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- Alphonse Daudet was born on 13 May 1840 in Nîmes, France. He was a writer, known for Sapho (1934), Sapho (1917) and Sapho (1913). He was married to Julia Allard. He died on 16 December 1897 in Paris, France.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ottokar Novácek was born on 13 May 1866 in Fehértemplon, Serbia. He is known for Cousin Bette (1998) and Concert Magic (1951). He died on 3 February 1900 in New York City, New York, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Arthur Sullivan was a composer, born in London in 1842 and died in 1900. His father was a military bandmaster, and Arthur composed his first anthem at the age of eight. He studied at London's Royal Academy of Music after being awarded the inaugural Mendelssohn Scholarship at 14 years of age.
Sullivan was one half of Gilbert & Sullivan, the partnership responsible for works such as The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, and The Pirates of Penzance.- Janko Veselinovic was born on 13 May 1862 in Salas Crnobarski, Serbia. He was a writer, known for TV teatar (1956). He was married to Joan Joka Jovanovic. He died on 26 June 1905 in Glogovac, Serbia.
- Emil Gött was born on 13 May 1864 in Jechtingen, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Zieht blank, Kavaliere! (1981). He died on 13 April 1908 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Modest Tchaikovsky was born on 13 May 1850 in Alapayevsk, Verkhotursky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and Jolanta (2013). He died on 15 January 1916 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia].- Lima Barreto was born on 13 May 1881 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Osso, Amor e Papagaio (1957), Grande Teatro Tupi (1951) and Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil (1997). He died on 1 November 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Vano Sarajishvili was born on 13 May 1879 in Signagi, Georgia, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Mamis mkvleli (1923). He died on 11 November 1924 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia].
- Greta Lobo-Braakensiek was born on 13 May 1882 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for The Lion's Mouse (1923). She died on 9 September 1926 in De Vink, Netherlands.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Louis H. Chrispijn was born on 13 May 1854 in Netherlands. He was a director and actor, known for De vloek van het testament (1915), Krates (1913) and Luchtkastelen (1914). He died on 1 November 1926 in Netherlands.- Gabriela Montani was born on 13 May 1854 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Perdida (1916) and Entre Dois Amores (1917). She died on 3 December 1926 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- LeRoy Armstrong was born on 13 May 1854 in Plymouth, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924). He died on 29 March 1927 in Lancaster, California, USA.
- Esther Hart was born on 13 May 1863 in London, England. She was married to George Hossack Arthur Brooke and Benjamin Hart. She died on 7 September 1928 in London, England.
- Fritz Friedmann-Frederich was born on 13 May 1883 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Der Herr Finanzdirektor (1931), Friederike (1932) and Victoria and Her Hussar (1931). He died on 16 March 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Frank Rice was born on 13 May 1892 in Muskegon, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924), The Squaw Man (1931) and The Last Round-Up (1934). He was married to Louise Kaufman. He died on 9 January 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Carl Gandrup was born on 13 May 1880 in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Lykketyven (1918), Den sidste Hurdle (1912) and Den Vanærede (1915). He was married to Ingeborg Gandrup. He died on 11 August 1936.
- August Miehe was born on 13 May 1889 in Hørsholm, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Alexander den Store (1917) and Cirkusrevyen 1936 (1936). He died on 4 October 1936.
- Mirko Eliás was born on 13 May 1899 in Chocen, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Mravnost nade vse (1937), The World Is Ours (1937) and Jánosik (1936). He died on 29 May 1938 in Chvojenec by Holice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Charles E. Boss was born on 13 May 1874 in the USA. Charles E. is known for Orphans of the Storm (1921) and America (1924). Charles E. died on 17 March 1940 in New York, USA.- William E. Danforth was born on 13 May 1867 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Seven Swans (1917) and The Gates of Eden (1916). He was married to Norma Kopp (light-opera singer). He died on 16 April 1941 in Skaneateles, New York, USA.
- William Danforth was born on 13 May 1867 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl Said No (1937). He was married to Norma Kopp (performer). He died on 16 April 1941 in Skaneateles, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Turo Kartto was born on 13 May 1910 in Viitasaari, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Rivilotta (1943), Rikas tyttö (1939) and Vihtori ja Klaara (1939). He was married to Liisa Pakarinen. He died on 19 July 1942 in Helsinki, Finland.- Clara Salbach was born on 13 May 1861 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der galante König - August der Starke (1920). She died on 30 January 1944 in Dresden, Germany.
- Betty Compton was born on 13 May 1904 in Isle of Wight, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Too Many Millions (1934) and The Legacy (1930). She was married to Theodore Temple Knappen, Jimmy Walker, Edward Duryea Dowling (producer) and Charles Stanley Reed Riches (barrister-at-law). She died on 12 July 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Carl Gehrman was born on 13 May 1867 in Stockholm, Sweden. He died on 20 April 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Soundtrack
George Richelavie was born on 13 May 1888 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for The Firefly (1937), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and Marie Antoinette (1938). He died on 4 June 1948 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
J. Searle Dawley, the man who considered himself "the first motion picture director", was born James Searle Dawley on 5/13/1877 in Del Norte, CO. He was educated in Denver, and after graduating in 1895 became an actor with Louis Morrison's stock theatrical company. The tour he was hired for was canceled, however, and he returned to Denver. In 1897 he rejoined Morrison's company, where he plied his trade as a thespian and stage manager for three years. He left to enter the vaudeville circuit as a performer and writer, then in 1902 joined the Spooner Stock Company as an actor, stage manager and writer. In May 1907 he was hired by Edison Co. director Edwin S. Porter specifically to direct The Nine Lives of a Cat (1907), so arguably he WAS the first professional movie director in the US. Dawley based his claim on the assertion that until he was hired by Porter, "The cameraman was in full charge." Dawley oversaw acting and dramatic continuity rather than just supervising action sequences shot by the cameraman.
At Edison he directed D.W. Griffith in his film acting debut in Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908), as a woodsman who saves his child from the clutches of an eagle. The film features some of the earliest special effects, as the eagle is a stuffed bird with movable wings (the creature seems to puzzle rather than scare his captive, the child who will be wrestled away from the clutches of this taxidermist's nightmare by the man who would soon achieve fame as the father of the narrative film). While primitive, the special effect proved potent with nickelodeon audiences. In 1910 Dawley moved to California to establish a West Coast presence for the Edison Co. On the way West, he took a camera and photographed Canada as he made his trip to California via train. In southern Caliiforni, he established a studio in Long Beach, attracted by the cheap land and sunny seaside climate. Building a facility downtown at the corner of what is now Sixth St. and Alamitos Ave., he named it Balboa Studio after Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Dawley's new studio employed Henry King and William Desmond Taylor as directors. Eventually, Balboa's facilities consisted of 20 buildings on eight acres, plus an outdoor shooting area of 11 acres in Signal Hill, a separate town within the Long Beach city limits. Reportedly he directed over 200 one-reel films at the Edison company. Among the more notable of these include the first adaptations of Frankenstein (1910) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912).
When Porter signed on with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players in 1912, he again hired Dawley. Starting with Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) Dawley directed 14 pictures for Famous Players, then he left to start his own company, Dyreda, in 1913. Dyreda was bought out by Metro Pictures after being in existence for slightly more than a year. Dawley's Always in the Way (1915), starring "Sweet Young Thing" specialist Mary Miles Minter (who would one day be implicated in the scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor), was released by Metro. Dawley then returned to Famous Players-Lasky (which increasingly became known by the name of its distribution arm, Paramount Pictures Corp.). He directed the first full-length (six reels) live-action version of Snow White (1916) for Famous Players-Lasky (Paramount Pictures Corp.), starring Marguerite Clark as Snow White. As a boy, Walt Disney would see and be influenced by the film. Dawley also directed a version of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918).
He left Paramount in 1918 to get married and freelanced for several years before joining Fox Films in 1921. The last feature he directed was Broadway Broke (1923), which was released by Lewis J. Selznick's Selznick Distributing Corp. His final work commanding from behind the camera were two sound shorts for Lee De Forest, Abraham Lincoln (1924) and Love's Old Sweet Song (1923), which were released in 1924.
After retiring from the movie industry, Dawley tried several lines of work before making a new career in radio from the late 1920s through the mid-1930s. One of Dawley's lasting legacies was his role in forming an organization for directors that eventually would morph into the Directors Guild of America. According to Dawley, eight Hollywood directors "met secretly one night in a mountain resort" to discuss the creation of an organization for directors to promote their interests in an industry dominated by producers and to do something about the "decadence" that already was rampant. The eight directors were interested in cleaning up the industry and putting an end to the sexual exploitation of "girls who have ambitions but [are] weak on the side of resisting flattering offers by certain executives." The directors were offended because "directors were often forced to use girls in their casts whose only qualification" was being the producer's girlfriend . . . This sort of thing had to stop, and eight directors decided to do something about it." The June 1, 1918, issue of "The Exhibitor's Trade Review" contained an article in which Charles Giblyn claimed he was at the first meeting as "nine" directors, and that the turnout was limited because of a driving rain. The meeting was held because "envy and malice" had engendered "a wave of slander" directed against the movie industry that threatened its viability, as the studios were under investigation. Considered "cesspools" and "habitats of criminals and vagrants" by the public and the Establishment, one studio already was under investigation by the Los Angeles district attorney. Apart from their moral concerns, Giblyn said the group was interested in promoting camaraderie amongst directors and removing competition between directors at rival studios. Before they came together, directors did all they could to impede the shoots of other directors, particularly by claiming rights to shooting locations. Dawley became the "Scenarist," with the job of secretary, of the fraternal organization that resulted from that meeting. The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA), which was neither a union or a guild, was incorporated in Los Angeles on 6/18/1915 as a nonprofit social organization to "maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of motion picture directors." Other aims of the MPDA, according to the articles of organization, were to promote the motion picture as a vehicle for uplifting the morals and "social and intellectual standing of all persons connected with the motion picture producing business," and to promote "social intercourse among its members." Like most fraternal organizations, the MPDA pledged itself to aiding and assisting "all worthy distressed members of this association, their wives, widows and orphans." In addition to Dawley, 25 other members were listed on the articles. On 11/14/1916 , a New York chapter was created for directors on the East Coast, which was still the center of motion picture production in the US. Allan Dwan was elected "Director" or president on 1/2/1917. The bylaws of the MPDA were modeled after those of the Masons, and their rising sun logo was adopted by the MPDA. Dawley wrote that both branches helped foster an atmosphere of cooperation, and during World War One the MPDA helped finance funerals for members killed during the war. In the 1/17/1917 issue of "Motography," the MPDA was described as being motivated by self-protection rather than having an aggressive stance towards producers. "Wid's Yearbook" of 1920-21 stated that the MPDA provided movie directors with a forum for new ideas and saw itself as an organization that could improve conditions and lobby for directors. As an entity that distinctly recognized directors, the MPDA promoted their profession in an era when cameramen were still considered mechanics. Ater the April 1917 declaration of war against Germany, the MPDA decided to speaking for movie directors with one voice, sending President Woodrow Wilson a telegram pledging its "loyalty and allegiance in this hour of national peril." The MPDA offered its services to help win the war effort by using the movies as a propaganda vehicle; the New York chapter voted to help the federal government with military recruiting via the medium of the movies. The MPDA's annual ball, held to raise money for disabled veterans and medical care for motion picture personnel, became THE social event of the year in Hollywood. In 1921 the MPDA made plans to build a $200,000 four-story building on Highland Ave. to serve as its lodge, but the plans were never realized. William Desmond Taylor became MPDA Director/President in 1919. Before becoming Director, he had been the MPDA's most outspoken and passionate member. He proved a dynamic leader, working hard on matters affecting directors such as censorship, runaway production and the producers' promotion of technology over meaningful content. He was also concerned with improving conditions for other members of the industry. Taylor promoted cooperation among other industry fraternal organizations, such as the Assistant Directors Association. In a letter lobbying the ADA, Taylor called for a "Central Committee of Western Motion Picture Organizations...for the purpose of protecting ourselves from all enemies and furthering our common interests." Public outcry over Hollywood's decadence and "objectionable" content in movies had led to calls for state and local censorship of motion pictures, and there was also a national movement to ban the showing of movies on the Sabbath (Boston already banned certain movies from being shown on Sunday). The MPDA was prepared to fight "legislative menaces of censorship and so-called Blue Laws." Film distributor W.W. Hodkinson, one of the founders of Paramount Pictures Corp., was invited by Taylor to address the MPDA. Appearing at an MPDA meeting on Feb. 24, 1921, Hodkinson called for self-censorship to forestall efforts to have content restrictions imposed by local and state governments. Hodkinson told the directors that their "influence is more potent than that of the schoolteacher" and urged them to uphold "certain standards of cleanliness and decency . . . that you want to preserve in your home and in society generally." Taylor became the vice chairman of the Affiliated Picture Interests (API), an organization that embraced members from all sectors of the industry, which intended to become a political lobby for members of the motion picture industry. API members launched a voter registration drive people to vote and lobbied the Los Angeles Cty Council to repeal censorship. The industry had faced fierce foreign competition in the early days, and as the industry became more settled, producers began moving production abroad in order to reduce their costs. Taylor was opposed to runaway production as it hurt the people who made their living in the domestic industry. In his capacity as MPDA Director, he lobbied the Senate Finance Committee to help end the practice, sending a telegram at the end of January 1922. On February 1, 1922, William Desmond Taylor was shot to death at his Los Angeles home. The MPDA arranged the funeral, which was attended by an estimated 10,000 mourners, the biggest crowd to turn out for a private citizen in Los Angeles history up until that time. Taylor was succeed as Director of the Hollywood Branch by David Hartford, who in turn was followed by Fred Niblo, Roy Clements, William Beaudine, John Ford, Reginald Barker and Henry Otto. Republican politician Will Hays, President Warren G. Harding's Postmaster General, who came from a notoriously corrupt administration but nonetheless had a reputation as a reformer, was appointed movie industry czar in 1922. As head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, the man who called directors "the key men of the industry" would become the front-man for the industry's efforts at self-censorship and governmental lobbying. On March 16, 1922, Hays addressed the MPDA's New York chapter at a dinner held at the Astor Hotel. The dinner was attended by 1,100 people, including William Randolph Hearst, Actors Equity President John Emerson (who wanted to organize movie industry actors), and Famous Players-Lasky boss Adolph Zukor. Hays reminded the movie-makers in the audience that they had a great potential to influence public morals and education, and thus their responsibility was great. By 1924 the MPDA had approximately 100 members in Hollywood and 40 in New York. It began publishing a plush monthly periodical called "The Director" that year, which was renamed "The Motion Picture Director" a year later. The lavish monthly featured book reviews, short fiction, and serialized novels, but mostly, it existed to promote a sense of unity among the MPDA membership. Articles addressed issues concerning directors, promoted networking column, and even included editorials. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sachem Louis B. Mayer, the man who eventually would indirectly cause the MPDA's demise, published an article in the magazine called "The Importance of the Director." Directors wrote articles, such as Albert S. Rogell's denouncing producers for limiting directors to a single genre. The periodical stopped publication in 1927, as the strength of the MPDA waned. John Ford served as MPDA Director in 1927, the year that Louis B. Mayer had the idea of creating the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to serve as a company union in order to forestall unionization in the industry. AMPAS originally had five branches, including one for directors, which served as a clearinghouse for directors' concerns and served as the directors' arbiter with the studios. With much of its raison d'etre usurped by AMPAS, and lacking a dynamic William Desmond Taylor-like figure to take it in other directions such as politics, lobbying, or creating an industry-wide union, the MPDA underwent a precipitous decline. By 1930, there were few members left, and by 1931 there were no members at all in Hollywood and only a few in the New York branch. J. Searle Dawley blamed the producers for killing off the MPDA. He claimed that the directors had secured capital from a San Francisco bank to finance their own production companies. The move into independent production was opposed by the studios, and at a powwow between top producers and members of the MPDA's Hollywood branch, the directors were threatened with "being blacklisted from the industry forever should they go through with the plan." Because of the threat, Dawley wrote, "today the MPDA is dead as a doornail." While AMPAS initially gave movie directors some clout in the industry, with the coming of the Depression, the major studios used AMPAS as Louis B. Mayer had intended: a company union. AMPAS helped implement across-the-board wage cuts and layoffs, and its use by the producers to advance their interests led eventually to the screenwriters (always the most radical part of the industry) founding the first craft union, the Screen Writers Guild. The directors followed shortly thereafter, when 12 directors, including five former MPDA members, met at former MPDA member King Vidor's house to form the Screen Directors Guild on December 23, 1935, The other four MPDA members who founded the SDG were Frank Borzage, John Ford, Henry King and Rowland V. Lee. The SDG was incorporated on January 16, 1936, and the ranks of the SDG soon swelled to 40. All resigned from AMPAS. Ford later said, "All of us in that room realized the need to band together to protect the integrity of motion picture direction." It was a sentiment found in the Articles of Incorporation of the MPDA, and a sentiment shared by J. Searle Dawley, the self-described "first" professional movie director.- Director
- Writer
Julius Carlsson was born on 13 May 1882. He was a director and writer, known for Storgårds-Annas friare (1927). He died on 24 June 1951 in Karlskoga, Örebro län, Sweden.- Actress
- Soundtrack
English actress Vesta Tilley (1864 - 1952) was the most famous and well paid music hall male impersonator of her day, nicknamed 'The London Idol'. She was a star in both Britain and the United States for over thirty years. Tilley also appeared in some very early silent films.
Vesta Tilley was born as Matilda Alice Powles Worcester, England in 1864. She was the second of thirteen children. Her father was an ex-factory worker who worked as a comedy actor and sometimes theatre manager, using the name Harry Ball. His daughter first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half. Managed by her father, she was soon performing regularly, billed as 'The Great Little Tilley. Tilley was the family's nickname for Matilda. At the age of six she did her first role in male clothing under the name Pocket Sims Reeves, a parody of then-famous music-hall singer, J. Sims Reeves. It was a great success and her father quickly developed her music-hall act into a series of male impersonations, for which she wore specially tailored costumes. She would come to prefer doing male roles exclusively, saying that "I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy". At the age of 11 she debuted in London at the Canterbury Hall the name Vesta Tilley. 'Vesta' referred to the trade-mark of the most popular safety-match, 'Swan Vesta'. In 1877, she performed in Portsmouth in her first pantomime and, the following year, made her first major London theatre appearance at the Royal Holborn. Tilley began to be known for her singing of comic numbers, including 'Girls are the Ruin of Men' and 'Angels without Wings', both by George Dance. In 1890 she married Walter de Frece, who was active in theatre management. Under his management, she established herself as one of the highest paid and most loved music-hall performers. In 1894, Vesta Tilley embarked on her first tour of the USA, starting at Tony Pastor's music hall in New York. She became almost as popular in America as she was in Britain and would return to the US on subsequent tours playing in New York and Chicago. In 1900 she made her film debut in the short The Midnight Son (1900, Walter Gibbons). The 3 minutes-long film was produced by Gibbons' Bio-Tableaux, which company also made with her Louisiana Lou (1900, Walter Gibbons) and Algy the Pickadilly Johnny (1900, Walter Gibbons). The latter was based on her act Algy, 'The Piccadilly Johnny with the Little Glass Eye'. Algy was described as 'the most perfectly dressed young man in the house'. In the cinema she also later appeared in the silent short Please Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train (1907, Arthur Gilbert) for Gaumont.
In 1912 Vesta Tilley appeared in the first Royal Variety Performance as Algy. It is said that Queen Mary was so shocked to see Tilley wearing men's trousers that she buried her head in her program. Tilley's popularity reached its all-time high point during World War I, when she and her husband ran a military recruitment drive, as did a number of other music-hall stars. In the guise of characters like 'Tommy in the Trench' and 'Jack Tar Home from Sea', Tilley performed songs like 'The army of today's all right' and 'Jolly Good Luck to the Girl who Loves a Soldier'. This is how she got the nickname Britain's best recruiting sergeant - young men were sometimes asked to join the army on stage during her show. She was prepared to be a little controversial. Famously, for example, she sang a song 'I've Got a Bit of a Blighty One', about a soldier who was delighted to have been wounded because it allowed him to go back to England and get away from extremely deadly battlefields. Tilley performed in hospitals and sold War Bonds. She also starred in the film The Girl Who Loves a Soldier (1916, Alexander Butler). It was a war drama about a tomboy who becomes a nurse and poses as a man to deliver her wounded fiancé's dispatches. After the war, Tilley's husband Walter de Frece was knighted in 1919 for his services to the war effort. Vesta Tilley became Lady Matilda Alice de Freece and so she decided that, with her husband's title and intention to enter the world of politics, it was no longer appropriate for her to perform in the variety theatre. Although she had contracts for stage appearance for the following six years, she announced that she would retire. Tilley made her last performance in 1920 at the Coliseum Theatre, London, at the age of 56. Nearly two million people signed the People's Tribute to her. In the 1924 elections, she campaigned for her husband, who was duly elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament. Upon his retirement in 1931, they moved to Monte Carlo. She returned to England after her husband's death in 1935. Her autobiography, Recollections of Vesta Tilley, was published in 1934. Vesta Tilley died in London in 1952, aged 88.- Actor
- Director
Elwood Fleet Bostwick was born on 13 May 1878 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for A Factory Magdalen (1914), Kitty (1929) and City Butterfly (1929). He was married to Daisy Starr and Vivian Blackburn. He died on 14 January 1953 in Great Neck, New York, USA.- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Louis Shapiro was born on 13 May 1895 in Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Let's Go, Gallagher (1925). He died on 28 September 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Zdenek Hofbauer was born on 13 May 1911 in Unhost, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director, known for Karhanova parta (1951). He died on 20 November 1953 in Beroun, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Effie Shannon was born on 13 May 1867 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Boy (1918), Pearl of Love (1925) and Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923). She was married to Henry Guy Carleton and Herbert Kelcey. She died on 24 July 1954 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Rene Sandeman was born on 13 May 1888 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Peter Vernon's Silence (1926) and The Dinkum Bloke (1923). She died on 20 October 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Production Manager
- Producer
Hubert Vincent-Bréchignac was born on 13 May 1899 in Versailles, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was a production manager and producer, known for Portrait of a Killer (1949), Les malheurs de Sophie (1946) and La grande volière (1948). He died on 25 August 1955 in Versailles, France.- Actor
- Soundtrack
The son of a cantor, Rasumny made his stage debut at 14 and toured Europe and South America with the Moscow Art Theatre. Rasumny settled in the U.S. in 1935 and took jobs as a bill collector and dishwasher between acting jobs. His first film appearance was in 1940's Comrade X (1940). He spent the remainder of his career playing several ethnic roles.- Hjalmar Løve was born on 13 May 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for I sidste Sekund (1913). He died on 18 October 1956.
- Actress
Sonja Rolén was born on 13 May 1896 in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden. She was an actress. She died on 18 November 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Music Department
- Composer
- Editorial Department
Film composer, songwriter ("Through an Old Cathedral Window"), and conductor, educated at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He studied with Van Anrooy and Hofmeester. As a youth, he conducted the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, and also the French and Royal Opera house orchestras. Later he was a guest conductor for the Carnegie "Pops" Concerts. He was a musical educator for Electrical Research Products. Joining ASCAP in 1947, his other song compositions include "Little Boy Blue on Broadway", "This - Our Land", "The Birds Will Sing No More", "Dialogue for Lovers", "Samba for Orchids", "Intermezzo for a Day in May", "I Will Bring You Music", and "Fanfare".- Camera and Electrical Department
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Louis Kolb was born on 13 May 1890 in California, USA. He is known for 1925 Studio Tour (1925). He died on 26 January 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Reinhold Schneider was born on 13 May 1903 in Baden-Baden, Germany. He was a writer, known for Elisabeth Tarakanow (1966), Der Traum des Eroberers (1964) and Die Abrechnung (1963). He died on 6 April 1958 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
- Sound Department
Danny Kelleher was born on 13 May 1896 in California, USA. Danny died on 26 April 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Danny Kelleher began working for the Essanay Film Company at their studio in Niles, California, in 1913, as an assistant propman and sometime actor. His work (in props) with the company's splinter unit that produced Charles Chaplin's comedies brought him to Hollywood. In the 1920's, he worked in Los Angeles as an electrician, and later worked (for 27 years) as a sound engineer for RKO.
- Archie Scott Brown was born on 13 May 1927 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He died on 19 May 1958 in Heusy, Belgium.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Ritchie, the 'California Kid' was from a family of poverty stricken fruit pickers and was the first rock star to originate from the West Coast and one of the innovators of 'Latino rock. In an eight month career he scored three hits with 'Come On Let's Go', 'Donna' and 'La Bamba' before being killed in an air crash on February 3rd 1959 which also took the lives of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.. He was just 17. Associate producer Daniel Valdez spent 2 1/2 years searching for Ritchie's family then discovered them living just 15 minutes from where he lived. He then spent months learning all about Ritchie before writing a script which he gave to the family for their approval and with it filming went ahead. The part of Ritchie went to the then 25 year old unknown Lou Diamond Phillips who put on 15lbs to get a chubbier face and learned how to sing and play the guitar after he'd past the audition. During the filming Lou married his own 'Donna' Julie Cyphers who was a production assistant on 'La Bamba'.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Duke R. Lee was born on 13 May 1881 in Prince Henry County, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Heart of Broadway (1928), Just Pals (1920) and In the Days of Daniel Boone (1923). He was married to Edith Louise McClocklin. He died on 1 April 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Miklós Poór was born on 13 May 1893 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Pókháló (1936), Maga lesz a férjem (1938) and Lu, a kokott (1919). He died on 18 September 1959 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Daisy Ford was born on 13 May 1906 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Reg'lar Fellers (1941). She was married to Thomas V Rooney. She died on 14 December 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Victor Sheridan was born on 13 May 1888 in England, UK. Victor was a director, known for Seven More Stations (1948) and Ace of Clubs (1947). Victor was married to Mary Grew (actress). Victor died on 27 January 1960 in London, England, UK.- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Douglas Furber was born on 13 May 1885 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Godfather (1972), Goodfellas (1990) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999). He was married to Elsa Cutler and Diana Christiansen. He died on 20 February 1961 in London, England, UK.