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Lorenzo da Ponte was born on 10 March 1749 in Ceneda, Republic of Venice [now Vittorio Veneto, Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for xXx (2002), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). He died on 17 August 1838 in New York City, New York, USA.- Poet and playwright, son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratin (1737-1780), who was also a playwright. In 1787, Moratín was sent on a mission to France and used his stay to study French drama and meet young poets and writers. This would inspire him to reform Spanish drama with plays in the French classical style, e.g. El Viejo y la Ninña (1790) and La Comedia Nueva (1792). After travelling through France, England, Germany, Italy and the Low Countries, Moratín improved his style, with plays such as El Barón (1803) and La Mojigata (The Female Hypocrite, 1804). His best work is El Si de las Niñas (1806). Due to political causes, Moratín was forced into exile, and went to Paris, where he died in 1828. His El médico a palos (1928) was an adaptation of Molière's Le Médecin malgré Lui.
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Joseph von Eichendorff was born into an old catholic noble family on the 10th of March 1788. After schooling he went to the university Halle for studying law, he completed his basic studies in Heidelberg 1808. After a journey to Paris and Berlin, he met Brentano, Kleist and Arnim, he ended his studies finally at the university of Vienna in 1812. He succeeded in getting a job in some departments of the Prussian state and served until he retired in 1844. Eichendorff died on the 26th of November 1857. Eichendorff is a famous writer of the late "Romantik" in Germany. Famous both for his poems and short novels, he is widely known for his "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts", in which he combined prose and lyrics.- Duque de Rivas was born on 10 March 1791 in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. He was a writer, known for La forza del destino (1911), Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1908) and Tutto Verdi (2012). He died on 22 June 1865 in Madrid, Spain.
- Joseph Légaré (March 10, 1795 - June 21, 1855) was a painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. Légaré painted a number of works depicting the "customs of North American Indians".However, some of his more memorable works include: First Monastery of the Ursulines at Quebec, Memorials of the Jesuits of New France, The Martyrdom of Brothers Brebeuf and Lalement and The Battle of Sainte-Foy.
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John B. Dykes was born on 10 March 1823 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. John B. died on 22 January 1876 in Ticehurst, Sussex, England, UK.- Xavier de Montépin was born on 10 March 1823 in Apremont, Ardennes, France. He was a writer, known for Le secret de la comtesse (1917), The Bread Peddler (1934) and La joueuse d'orgue (1925). He died on 1 May 1902 in Paris, France.
- Writer
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Author of the classic novella El sombrero de tres picos (1944), a graceful, humorous picaresque story. Liberal and anti-clerical, Alarcón was the notorious chief editor of the periodical El Látigo (The Whip). Wrote numerous novels, short stories, poetry and drama, but remained famous for abovementioned novella and the novel El escándalo (1943). Manuel de Falla made El Sombrero... into a famous ballet.- Music Department
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Pablo de Sarasate was born on 10 March 1844 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He is known for The Wind Rises (2013), Rhapsody (1954) and Ladies in Lavender (2004). He died on 20 September 1908 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.- Czar Aleksandr III was born on 10 March 1845 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was married to Czarina Maria Fyodorovna. He died on 2 November 1894 in Livadiya, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].
- 3rd of Russia Alexander was born on 10 March 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.
- William Courtright was born on 10 March 1848 in New Milford, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kit Carson (1928), Some Pun'kins (1925) and Hands Across the Border (1926). He was married to Jennie Lee. He died on 6 March 1933 in Ione, California, USA.
- Director
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Arthur William Haggar, a film pioneer of the silent era, began his career as a traveling entertainer who later bought a Bioscope show and earned his money in south Wales. Beginning in 1902 he began making ground-breaking fiction films which made him one of the earliest British film directors. "Desperate Poaching Affray", one of his most popular films, is believed to have influenced early narrative drama. It is one of four films by this director that is known to survive, though Haggar himself created more than 30 documented films with the help of his family, who made up his film company.
Though Haggar's fictitious filmmaking began in 1902, he began making films in 1901. These films were not the sort of documentaries created by August and Louis Lumiere, but were of the more entertaining side as Haggar himself understood what would entertain audiences. In 1902, Haggar's first great masterpiece, a film called "The Maid of Cefn Ydfa" earned his popularity. This film was shown at the Swansea fair and was one of the first films to gain a regional audience.
But it was "Desperate Poaching Affray" that became increasingly popular, having sold over 480 prints in Europe and America, and was such a success that it was widely pirated.
Haggar died on 4 February, 1925 in Elm Grove, Aberdare at the home of Walter Haggar, his son. The four films of his that remain today are "Desperate Poaching Affray", "The Life of Charles Peace" "The Sheepstealer" and "Revenge!".- Ida Waterman was born on 10 March 1852 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918), The Swan (1925) and The Enchanted Cottage (1924). She was married to Joseph Francoeur and Fred Waterman. She died on 22 May 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Pauline Johnson was born on 10 March 1861 in Six Nations Reserve, near Brantford, Canada West [now Ontario], Canada. She was a writer, known for Shadow River (1933). She died on 7 March 1913 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- György Pálffy was born on 10 March 1862 in Hódmezõvásárhely, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A kis hõs (1927), A fogadalom (1921) and A színésznö (1920). He died on 9 April 1939 in Budapest, Hungary.
- E.J. Ratcliffe was born on 10 March 1863 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Four Feathers (1929), The Great Adventure (1921) and Skinner's Dress Suit (1926). He was married to Alice De Lacy, Caroline Ravenhill and Eleanor Scott L'Estelle. He died on 28 September 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sigrid Calamnius was born on 10 March 1866 in Finland. She was a writer, known for Saved in Mid-Air (1912), När kärleken dödar (1913) and Bröderna (1914). She died in 1947 in Sweden.
- Hector Guimard was born on 10 March 1867 in Lyon, Rhône, France. Hector was married to Adeline Oppenheim. Hector died on 20 May 1942 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Lena Davis was born in East Whiteland, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of Thomas and Margaret (Tucker) Davis. Her mother later married Thomas Jefferson Newbury in December 1873 and she lived with them in Iowa in Keokuk (1875) Levy (1880) and Sioux City (1885). Her son, actor Irving Bacon, was born in St. Joseph, Missouri in September 1893. She appeared as Mrs. O'Rourke (1923) in "April Showers," Aunt Charlotte (1923) in "Are You a Failure?" Mrs. Martin (1924) in "The Mirage," Aunt Harriett Kennedy (1924) in "K-The Unknown," Elvira Carney (1924) in "A Girl of the Limberlost," Mrs. Van Gore (1924) in "A White Sin," and a credited actor in "A Finished Actor," in 1927. She was living with her son and his two small children in 1930 following the death of Irving's wife, Freda in 1928. Myrtle Vane/Lena Davis died of a paralytic stroke on February 17, 1932.
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Jessie Busley was born on 10 March 1869 in Albany, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Brother Rat (1938), Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) and It All Came True (1940). She was married to Ernest Joy and John McFedries (aka Jack Ferris). She died on 20 April 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.- Ester Rachel Kaminska was born on 10 March 1870 in Porozów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Porazava, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for The Slaughter (1913), Tkies khaf (1924) and Mirele Efros (1912). She was married to Abraham Izaak Kaminski. She died on 25 December 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Victor Mapes was born on 10 March 1870 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for High Flyers (1937), The Boomerang (1925) and Going Places (1938). He was married to Anna Louise Hoeke. He died on 27 September 1943 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Jakob Wassermann was born on 10 March 1873 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Masks of the Devil (1928), Weltbrand (1920) and On Trial (1954). He was married to Marta Stoss and Julie Speyer. He died on 1 January 1934 in Altaussee, Styria, Austria.
- Actor
Charles Knuske was born on 10 March 1873 in Rhode Island, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 24 September 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Amalie Konsa was born on 10 March 1873. She was an actress, known for The Young Eagles (1927). She died on 19 July 1949.
- Ike Paul was born on 10 March 1873 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is known for The Broken Violin (1927) and On the Levee (1929).
- Wright Lorimer was born on 10 March 1874 in Athol, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Shepherd King (1923). He was married to Kitty Isabel Purdy. He died on 22 December 1911 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Ingrid Sandahl was born on 10 March 1875. She was an actress, known for Fairy of Solbakken (1919). She died on 22 August 1955.
- E.L. Park was born on 10 March 1876 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Behind That Curtain (1929). He was married to Oie Chan. He died on 10 June 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- R. Henderson Bland was born on 10 March 1876 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mr. Gilfil's Love Story (1920), From the Manger to the Cross (1912) and A Cigarette Maker's Romance (1920). He was married to Maud. He died on 20 August 1941 in London, England, UK.
- Martha Dodd was born on 10 March 1876 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA. She died on 28 May 1938 in Round Hill, Virginia, USA.
- Josef Sládek was born on 10 March 1876 in Chrudim, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Jindra, hrabenka Ostrovínová (1934), Diagnosa X (1933) and Studentská máma (1935). He died on 17 May 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Basil Gill was born on 10 March 1877 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chains of Bondage (1916), The Rocks of Valpre (1919) and School for Scandal (1930). He was married to Margaret von Cavania (actress). He died on 23 April 1955 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Frank Stanmore was born on 10 March 1877 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Don Quixote (1933), Three Men in a Cart (1929) and The Christian (1915). He died on 15 August 1943 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK.
- Karel Van de Woestijne was born on 10 March 1878 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Leven en dood op het land (1963). He died on 24 August 1929 in Zwijnaarde, Flanders, Belgium.
- Nathan Anderson was born on 10 March 1878 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tell-Tale Hand (1914), The Naming of the Rawhide Queen (1913) and The Kid Sheriff (1913). He died on 18 December 1958 in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Louis Goodstadt was born on 10 March 1878 in Virginia, USA. Louis was a casting director. Louis was married to Mitzi Goodstadt. Louis died on 24 May 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- William Broadus was born on 10 March 1880 in Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Negro Soldier (1944). He died on 6 July 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Georges Colin was born on 10 March 1880 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Le malade imaginaire (1934), Claudine à l'école (1937) and Street of Shadows (1937). He died on 14 January 1945.
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- Director
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Robert Ober was born on 10 March 1881 in Bunker Hill, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Big Parade (1925), Across the Atlantic (1928) and The Woman Racket (1930). He was married to Mabel Taliaferro, Maude Fulton and Ruth Boyd. He died on 7 December 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.- One of the Portuguese theatre's most distinctive comedians, Silvestre Alegrim, born in 1881, performed in plays, operettas and revues, from the age of ten (when he became a child actor with the Chavas Companhia Infantil) to his death in 1946 (after a last triumph in "Charley's Aunt"). His contribution to the cinema of his country is more modest: mainly secondary roles in eleven films (a domestic in A Canção de Lisboa (1933); a butler in A Rosa do Adro (1938); the night watchman in A Menina da Rádio (1944)... ). Nothing memorable, with one exception, A Severa (1931), the first sound film made in Portugal, in which he played the cheerful Timpanas. The song he sings and whistles, "A Fado do Timpanas", is a joy to listen to and to watch, all the more as the sequence is filmed with exceptional skill for its time by José Leitão de Barros.
- Signe Rydberg-Eklöf was born on 10 March 1881 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Trollebokungen (1924), Only a Mother (1949) and Hylands hörna (1962). She died on 27 June 1972 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Elza Szamosi was born on 10 March 1881 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for A Munkászubbony (1915). She died on 14 July 1924 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Hans Steinhoff was born on 10 March 1882 in Marienberg, Saxony, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Ohm Krüger (1941), The Making of a King (1935) and Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939). He died on 20 April 1945 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany.- Production Designer
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Józef Galewski was born on 10 March 1882 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Krysta (1919), Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931) and Szlakiem hanby (1929). He died on 2 October 1966 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Stuart Holmes, born Joseph Liebchen, was a silent screen leading man (from 1909) who starred in Fox's first feature film, Life's Shop Window (1914), filmed on Staten Island for $4,500. Being of somewhat menacing demeanour, the cold-eyed, moustachioed Holmes quickly discovered his penchant for playing dastardly villains of French, Italian or Russian extraction. He was highly rated by critics for his Grand Duke Michael in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) and for Alexander, nemesis of Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924). His characters rarely ever survived the final reel. After leaving Fox, Holmes joined Metro for similar work and then segued into character parts after the coming of sound. He was signed as a Warner Brothers extra in the mid-30's and continued to amass uncredited or cameo bits until his retirement in 1964, by which time he had appeared in some 530 films. His wife, Blanche Maynard, was a well-known Hollywood astrologer and Holmes himself (when not busy on screen) spent his free time wood-carving. He was reputedly rather good at it.
- Lucien Blondeau was born on 10 March 1884 in Paris 17, Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1954), Premier de cordée (1944) and Cartouche (1934). He died on 11 August 1965 in Paris 4, Paris France.
- Suzanne Bing was born on 10 March 1885 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Le calvaire de Cimiez (1934). She was married to Edgard Varèse. She died on 20 November 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
- Oscar De Gruyter was born on 10 March 1885 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. Oscar was a writer, known for Stopseltje (1965). Oscar died on 27 February 1929 in Nice, France.