The Mouthpiece Welcomes You to the Online Home of Warren William

The best place to start is the original home page written in 2007. While I'm sure some of my thoughts have changed over the past few years it does explain what initially attracted me to Warren William as the subject of his own web site. Next, head over to the Warren William Filmography page to find links to all of the films that have been covered since then. Enjoy!

1930's & 1940's Film Star Warren William Tribute Site

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Another Warren William Invention – for Ping Pong Players

Monday, July 6th, 2009 | inventions | The_Mouthpiece

I was excited to receive a lot of 18 Warren William press photos from the San Francisco Examiner archives in today’s mail. Well, they didn’t just send them to me, of course, I had a winning bid on eBay. I’ll be sharing these here and there as we move forward, starting tonight with this one:

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On back it’s stamped received by the Examiner Reference Library, April 29, 1939 with a separate stamp crediting photographer Don English of Paramount. The descriptive text is printed directly on back of the photo (sometimes it’s attached via a tag) and is as follows:

PING-PONG PLAYERS — will cherish this latest invention of actor Warren William. By having set screws in the table, he has constructed a bracket which enables the net to hit dead center. This gadget was made at Paramount between takes of “The Gracie Allen Murder Case.”