Editing Richard Barthelmess (section)

==Early life==
Barthelmess was born in New York City, the son of Caroline W. Harris, a stage actress,<ref name="fb">{{cite book|last1=Donnelley|first1=Paul|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|date=2003|publisher=Music Sales Group|isbn=9780711995123|pages=70&ndash;71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=%22Richard+Semler+Barthelmess%22&pg=PA70|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=44222 IBDb profile of Caroline Harris]; Deaths Last Night, ''Ironwood Daily Globe'' (Ironwood, Michigan) April 24, 1937, p. 11, c. 2.</ref> and Alfred W. Barthelmess.<ref>Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1103; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0470; FHL microfilm: 1241103</ref> His father died when he was a year old.<ref>[http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/hmj0626rbarthelmess.htm "Tea With Mrs. Barthelmess – An Intimate Chat With the Mother of Dick"], ''The Home Movie Journal,'' June 1926</ref> Through his mother, he grew up in the theatre, doing "walk-ons" from an early age. In contrast to that, he was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack, New York and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pawlak|first1=Debra Ann|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|date=2012|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=9781605982168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Richard+Semler+Barthelmess%22&pg=PT47|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> He did some acting in college and other amateur productions. By 1919 he had five years in stock company experience.<ref>''The Motion Picture Studio Directory,'' 1919; Page: 48. The 1900 US Census reported his mother ran a boardinghouse as housekeeper with a maid and butler. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 1009.</ref>