1907-????
One of two credited actors in the 1918 groundbreaking fantasy short The Ghost of Slumber Mountain, Chancey A. Day was born in New Jersey on this day in 1907. The Ghost of Slumber Mountain is a 16 minute stop-motion film that would pave the way for such films as The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933), not to mention the career of the wonderful Ray Harryhausen (who was born just two years after the release of Slumber). [Note: there is ample evidence to suggest that this film was a "spec" of sorts for a "pitch" that lead to the making of The Lost World some six years later.] I am assuming that Chancey was the older brother of the other child actor of the film Alan V. Day--though that is just an assumption (could have been a cousin for all I know). Neither one of the young actors has a death date listed and I can still find no information as when either of them passed away, where or what memorials have been placed for them. Chancey was some 4 years older than Alan when they appeared in the film.
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