1. Ernest Marshall 1/2/1910 - 9/19/1999

2. Ernest Marshall Ernest was born in Poughkeepsie, and graduated from NYSD in 1931. He started work as an interior decorator at Manhattan’s Mid-City Hotel. His off duty hours he participated in local Deaf- theater groups where he developed a love for theater.

3. Ernest Marshall Ernest Marshall was a magical and innovative storyteller who used both video and live acting in his performance. His shoestring-budgeted films are valuable documents that highlighted talented Deaf performers before ASL was considered a legitimate language.

4. Ernest Marshall Ernest loved Deaf theater and recruited amateurs for his ASL movies Between1937 and 1962 he directed and produced his own films at his own expense. His remarkable style and charm were part of seven features and four shorts.

5. Ernest Marshall Ernest was an expert projectionist and personally screened his films for Deaf-club audiences around the nation. Although he was enthusiastically received by the Deaf-club audiences, he was largely unknown to the general public until fairly recently when his work was rediscovered.

6. Ernest Marshall Creative Communication