ERNEST MARSHALL

By: Othello JimenezASL project due: April 15 2013

ERNEST MARSHALL

(1/2/1910—9/19/1999)

ERNEST MARSHAL

was born in Poughkeepsie NY Was born deaf

ERNEST MARSHALL

Produced silent movies for the deaf about and including sigh language

ERNEST MARSHALL

Parents: john Marshall, Rhoda Marshall Wife: married to Alida Purdy

ERNEST MARSHALL

Deaf people loved his movies but hearing people thought it was a waste of time. Of course it was still in the time period where they treated deaf people like a joke.

ERNEST MARSHALL

Brought asl to the community in a different way. He did this with his shorts and films. Which mainly went unnoticed by the general hearing public until “rediscovered and watched repeatedly.

MOVING PICTURES MOVING HANDS

http://deaftv.com/film/Moving-Pictures-The-Story-of-Ernest-Marshall/