c. 1926
(possible)
Vaudeville dance specialty on a Stanley Theatres circuit bill with the Leland and Keller Harmony Singers, likely accompanying the 1926 US (Paramount) release of the German film 'Variety' (Varieté), st
c. 1926
(possible)
Walter Winchell's syndicated 'On Broadway' column reports that, following Rudolph Valentino's recent death, the New York Morning World ran a story noting that 'Goddard-Neville, a dancer on the big tim
1926
(possible)
The Carthage Evening Press runs the first installment of a travel letter from Walter Lanyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
c. 1926
(probable)
A photo caption credited to International Newsreel describes Neville Goddard, 'a dancer of West Indian birth,' as about to enter the movies on the strength of his remarkable likeness to t
1926
(possible)
A Unity Church listing announces Walter Lanyon.
1926
(possible)
The Metaphysical Library and Book Shop, 177 Post Street, advertises Walter C. Lanyon for Sunday talks at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., daily 9 a.m.
1926
During a several-week Honolulu stay, Walter C.
9 January 1926
(probable)
A newspaper listing places Neville and Amerique performing at the Keith State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 9, 1926.
16 January 1926
(possible)
A Publix touring stage-show unit (Publix Singers, Publix Corps de Ballet, Royal Accordion Band), Buffalo, NY, Jan 16 1926: six specialty dancers including Amerique and Neville (billed here as 'Spanish
between 19 February 1926 and 18 February 1928
(probable)
Neville recounts that in the late 1920s, when he was not more than twenty-one or twenty-two, he received his command - the words 'Time to act' and 'Down with the bluebloods' - which he says has never
March 1926
(possible)
A theater program or newspaper ad billing Neville, performing with a partner as 'The International Dancers', on the stage alongside a screening of Douglas Fairbanks' film 'The Black Pirate', advertise
17 May 1926
(probable)
A two-act musical play, ‘Wait a Minute,’ by Walter C. Lanyon is announced for Monday evening at Capitol Hill High School auditorium under Mrs.
between July 1926 and June 1927
(possible)
2 August 1926
(probable)
Unity Center, Kalakaua Avenue at Saratoga Road, advertises Walter C. Lanyon talks and healing meditation every morning of the following week at 9 o’clock.
11 August 1926
(probable)
The Aldine (Vaudeville) Theatre, Wilmington, DE (Market St near 8th St) — closing-day ('LAST DAY') newspaper ad for the film 'Variety' (1925, Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti), with Amerique and Neville an
11 August 1926
(probable)
Aldine Theatre, Wilmington DE, newspaper ad for the film 'Variety' (Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti), with Amerique and Neville and Leyland and Keller on the stage bill — the same Aug 1926 engagement as h
11 August 1926
(probable)
Aldine Theatre, Wilmington DE, newspaper ad for the film 'Variety' ('How Many Times Have You Seen It?'), with Amerique and Neville and Leyland and Keller on the stage bill — the same Aug 1926 engageme
between September 1926 and December 1927
(possible)
Vaudeville dance-act booking at Loew's Rochester Theatre; the same trade item notes the act had played the Palace Theatre, New York (hist_event:20037) 'several weeks' earlier, and that three New York
between September 1926 and December 1927
(possible)
Vaudeville dance-act booking at the Palace Theatre, New York; per the same trade item (Zit's Theatrical Weekly), reviewers compared Neville's looks and dancing favorably to the late Rudolph Valentino.
between September 1926 and February 1927
(possible)
Stage-and-screen bill at the Aldine Theatre: Emil Jannings and Lya de Putti's German film "Variety" (US premiere Rialto Theatre, New York, 1926-06-27), with a stage bill of Amerique and Neville ("Inte
between September 1926 and February 1927
(possible)
Feature article, "European Star Seen in Film at Aldine": Emil Jannings and Lya de Putti's German film "Variety" (US premiere Rialto Theatre, New York, 1926-06-27) "now in the course of its presentatio
between September 1926 and February 1927
(possible)
"Last day" closing advertisement for the same Aldine Theatre stage bill as hist_event:20057, hist_event:20079 and hist_event:20081: Amerique and Neville ("International Dancers") and Leyland and Kelle
c. October 1926
(probable)
Vaudeville bill at Loew's Rochester Theatre, Rochester, NY, circa October 1926 — the same trade item notes Amerique and Neville had played the Palace Theatre, New York City, several weeks earlier, and
20 October 1926
(probable)
Wire caption 'A NEW VALENTINO ON THE SCREEN HORIZON...NEVILLE GODDARD' with a clear OCR press date stamp of Oct 20, 1926 (International Newsreel).
31 December 1926
(probable)
'New Year Dance for Shore Club': the Larchmont Shore Club's New Year's Eve supper dance, Dec 31, 1926, with an exhibition dance by Amerique and Neville for roughly six hundred guests, music by Billy W
c. 1927
During the seventh week of the 1927 Atlanta summer season, in Arthur Hammerstein's The Wildflower, Neville and Amerique's tarantella and tango numbers so thrilled the audience that they b
c. June 1927
Neville and Amerique performed a fourteen-number, eight-week engagement for the Atlanta Municipal Opera Association at the Erlanger Theater over the summer of 1927, dancing in productions including
The letter-writer last sees her two brothers more than forty years before 1968
Description
In a letter Neville says he had been expecting since mid-December, a woman describes waking at 3:30 in the morning to a strange cold wind and an eerie light, in which her two brothers -- whom she had not seen in over forty years -- appeared at the foot of her bed along with her landlord, whom she regards as a brother. Her older brother placed an infant in her arms, remarking she was 'too old to have a baby,' and the child reached toward her before she woke.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
before 1927
(possible)
Told
2 February 1968
between 1927 and 1929
(probable)
c. 1927
(probable)
As a boy he was savagely caned by a schoolteacher for quoting a Bible verse as "take up your bed" instead of "take up your couch" and for not producing the family Bible, which his brother Cecil had; t
1927
(probable)
c. 1927
(possible)
A 'Crystal Bath' promotional gravure-section piece quoting Amerique and Neville on using the product 'after performances', describing them as appearing in light opera (venue/production not legible).
1927
(probable)
between 1927 and 1930
(possible)
A mid-1950s 'Views of Hollywood' retrospective column recalls that Neville 'starred on Broadway' earlier in his career, without naming a production; his only documented Broadway credits run 1927 ('My
1927
(probable)
1927
(possible)
between 1927 and 1930
(possible)
Generic career-retrospective mention of Neville's Broadway dancing career (c.1953 Jimmie Fidler column); no specific production named.
c. 1927
(doubtful)
Preview announcing that Amerique and Neville, 'the graceful dancers who have scored such a hit here in the other operas', will introduce special dances into the Atlanta Municipal Opera Association's p
1927
(probable)
In 1927, in his hotel room, Neville felt a peculiar sensation begin in his head; it intensified and he found himself catapulted out of the body and set down on a beach among strangers.
between 1927 and 1928
(possible)
A few months after the first projection, Neville again found himself released from the body.
c. 1927
(possible)
Newspaper report: Dr.
1927
(possible)
A newspaper essay by Rabbi Jacob S.
28 May 1927
On May 28, 1927, G. Mahmud Ahmad Abdoullah spoke at the Waldorf-Astoria for the Woman's Press Club of New York, delivering a lecture alongside Dr. J. Campbell White.
June 1927
June 1927
(probable)
Frank Daniel's preview of the Atlanta Municipal Opera Association's Red Mill (Victor Herbert, first produced 1906), 'the second weekly production of its third summer season'.
between June 1927 and September 1927
(possible)
between June 1927 and September 1927
(possible)
Rotogravure pictorial-section feature (Crystal Baths massage endorsement) describing Amerique and Neville as 'now appearing at the Erlanger theater during the season of light opera' — consistent with
between June 1927 and August 1927
(possible)
Franz Lehár's operetta "The Count of Luxemburg", performed during the Atlanta Municipal/Erlanger summer stock season of 1927 (an ~8-week season from late June including The Pink Lady, The Red Mill, Th
between June 1927 and August 1927
(possible)
Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S.
June 1927
(possible)
Atlanta Municipal Opera manager Haase reports signing Amerique and Neville after seeing 'several star dancing teams' in New York and judging them 'unquestionably the best I saw'.