William Henry O'Connell
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William Henry O'Connell was an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Boston in Massachusetts from 1907 until his death in 1944, and was made a cardinal in 1911. He previously served as
O'Connell in 1913
Painting by Albert Bernhard Uhle
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. Known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children, he was the patriarch of the Kenned
William Henry O'Connell
…a powerful force for the neutralists seeking to keep the United States out of war in the pre-Pearl Harbor era. Having presided over the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald in 1914, he asked actress Gloria Swanson to end her affair with Kennedy. He opposed the Child Labor Amendment and called Hollywood…
Kennedy in 1938
Kennedy in 1914, aged 25, after becoming president of Columbia Trust Bank
Studio photo of Kennedy as part of trade paper advertisement promoting Film Booking Offices of America's forthcoming attractions, May 1928
Kennedy, along with fifteen others, signed a telegram warning that the release of Sadie Thompson starring Gloria Swanson would jeopardize the ability of the film industry to censor itself. Swanson needed financing for her film production company, and Kennedy began a three-year affair with her when he met her for lunch in New York after the film's release.