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Eugène Ketterer was born on 7 July 1831 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. Eugène died on 18 December 1870 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.- Rodrigues Alves was born in 1867, in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo. Lawyer; councilman of D. Pedro II during the empire's regency; governor of São Paulo in several occasions; senator and later the fifth president of Brazil. During his term the Vaccine Revolt broke out, turning into the most memorable moments in politics in Brazil. Due to poor and inadequate health system at the nation's capital (then located in Rio de Janeiro), the outbreak of many diseases like typhus, tuberculosis, measles and leprosy were very common. Alves allowed the chief public health officials of the state to enforce any law to prevent more outbreaks, forcing down vaccines into the public. The event was successful despite the controversy. Alves was regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian presidents and with such great popularity, he managed to get a new term a few years later, in 1918 - re-election wasn't available back in the early years of the Republic. However, he wasn't able to assume his new presidency due to being affected by the Spanish influenza around the time of inauguration day. Delfim Moreira took as a vice hoping the president would recover but on January 1919, Alves died.
- Carl Lorens was born on 7 July 1851 in Erdberg, Austria. He was a writer, known for The Fairy Dolly (1936). He died on 14 December 1909 in Vienna, Austria.
- Vera Figner was born on 7 July 1852 in Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]. She died on 15 June 1942 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Olga Lewinsky was born on 7 July 1853 in Graz, Austria. She was an actress, known for Der Fluch (1925), Napoleon in Schönbrunn (1922) and Die Tragödie eines verschollenen Fürstensohnes (1922). She died on 26 July 1935 in Vienna, Austria.
- Ludwig Ganghofer was a German Heimat-writer. More than 34 of his novels were made into films. He was born in Kauftbeuren, Bavaria, Germany, as the son of the Bavarian Ministerialrat August Ganghofer and Caroline (born as Louis). After graduating from high school he worked as a mechanic in Augsburg. Then he studied literature and philosophy in Munich and Berlin. In 1879 he was promoted in Leipzig and in 1880 he wrote his first play, "Der Hergottschnitzer von Ammergau", inspired by the Volksschauspieler Ensemble at the Gärnerplatztheater in Munich. The premiere of the play in Berlin was a big success. In 1881 he worked in Vienna, Austria. In 1882 he married Catharina Engel and had four children. Between 1886 and 1891 he worked for the "Wiener-Tagblatts". In 1894 he settled down in Munich. In 1898 he founded the Litterary Society in Munich. In 1899 he published the book "Das Schweigen im Walde", in 1900 "Der hohe Schein", in 1908 the novel "Waldrausch" and from 1909 to 1911 he worked on his biography "Lebenslauf eines Optimisten" ("Diary of an optimist").
In 1917 he issued three stories "Neue Büte", "Die Depesche" and "Das Falsche Mass". He died in 1920 in his home at Tegensee. - Arthur Azevedo was born on 7 July 1855 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. He was a writer, known for A Capital Federal (1923), Entra na Farra (1943) and Teu Tua (1979). He died on 22 October 1908 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Armand Numès was born on 7 July 1857 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Le père Goriot (1910), The Open Secret (1913) and La rente viagère de Monsieur Trompe-la-Mort (1909). He died on 2 May 1933 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Music Department
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Gustav Mahler is largely considered one of the most talented symphonic composers of the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. His musical output comprised mainly of symphonic and song cycles requiring mammoth orchestras and often choruses. Sadly, Mahler never experienced popularity as a composer during his lifetime, not nearly as much as Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, or even Tchaikovsky, but his talents as interpretive artist on the conductor's podium earned him many accolades and prestigious assignments as music director to famous orchestras. Mahler was born in Kaliste, Bohemia on July 7, 1860, to a distillery manager father and a homemaker mother. Gustav was the second of twelve children, of which five died in infancy and three others did not live to mature adulthood. The constant conflicts between Gustav's domineering and abusive father and his weak mother helped to shape his compositional style, always reflecting on the struggle between good and evil, happy and sad, strong and weak, etc. Mahler showed musical talent at an early age, and by the age of eight years, he was already composing music influenced by military marches played at the nearby barracks. His parents eagerly encouraged his music studies, sending him to private tutors and ultimately to the Vienna Conservatory (1875-1878). Mahler's studies at the Conservatory got off to a slow start, but the final year at school was marked with him winning several composing awards. After graduation, for want of paying composing work, Mahler instead started conducting, typically directing light operas at second-rate orchestras. His insistence on complete artistic control of the entire production, from the stage costumes to the dramatic routines to how each and every note in the opera was played, earned him few friends among the orchestral players and performers but many positive reviews from critics. It was during these ten years after graduation from the Conservatory in which Mahler really began serious orchestral composing. Works written during this time included Das Klagend Lied (1880), Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) (1884), and his First Symphony (1888). It must be noted that Mahler conducted the premieres of each of his orchestral works. However, the premiere of his First, in Budapest in November 1889, was deemed a critical failure, since the audience was unaccustomed to the sound of this complex, modern work. Yet the First is perhaps his most approachable symphony, containing many Austrian Lieder themes and simple melodies. And, still, with a performance time of 55 to 60 minutes, it is his shortest symphony! Failures of Mahler the composer did not daunt Mahler the conductor, as his successes with the operas of Mozart, Wagner, and even some brand new works from Tchaikovsky earned him a reputation as a brilliant interpretive artist. Still, Mahler persevered, composing the Second Symphony (1892), a mammoth work of five movements requiring a full orchestra, female choral soloists, two choirs, an offstage brass band, and a pipe organ. His Third Symphony (1896) took this one step further, a six movement symphonic journey typically taking one hour and forty minutes to perform. During this time, Mahler was busy conducting orchestras and opera companies in Kassel (1883), Prague (1885), Leipzig (1886), Budapest (1888), Hamburg (1891), and Vienna (1894), but it was the musical director position at the Vienna Court Opera that he was aiming for. First, he had to overcome some family problems (both his parents died within months of each other, a younger brother fled to the United States, and another younger brother committed suicide), but, more importantly, Mahler's Jewish faith stood in the way of his career goal (Vienna was largely anti-Semitic during this time). To accommodate, he accepted a Roman Catholic baptism, and was promptly appointed musical director of the Vienna Hofoper Court Opera. Mahler's tenure at the Hofoper was tumultuous yet productive; he composed his Fourth Symphony (1901), thereby completing what many music historians agree wraps up his "Early Symphonies." His Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies (1903, 1904, 1905 respectively), all purely orchestral, make up his intermediate works. Although these works are increasingly modern and complex, they still contain some wonderful lyrical passages, especially the divinely beautiful Adagio from his 5th. Also, during this time he married Alma Schindler (a composer of fair talent herself), and they had two daughters, Maria (born 1902), and Anna (born 1904). Still, as director of The Hofoper, Mahler brought new high standards of performance unmatched anywhere else in the world. 1907 brought three tragic events to Mahler's life (ironically foreshadowed by the three "hammer blows" present in the Finale of his 6th Symphony): First, he was forced to resign from the Hofoper in somewhat acrimonious circumstances (chiefly disagreements as to what artistic direction he wanted to take the Hofoper), second, the diagnosis of the valve defect in his heart, and third, the death of his elder daughter (of Scarlet Fever). But by this point in his career Mahler had reached worldwide popularity as an orchestral and operatic conductor, and new work was not difficult to find. But it was composing that fueled his passions; The Eighth Symphony (1908) began the final series of Mahler's works. The Eighth is another work of Biblical proportions; a standard performance requires a full orchestra with enlarged brass and woodwind sections, eight soloists (three sopranos, two altos, a tenor, baritone, and bass), two full mixed choirs, a children's choir, several "unconventional" orchestral instruments (guitars, a harmonium, a piano, and a celesta), and, again, a pipe organ. Mahler disliked the alternate title bestowed upon this symphony, A Symphony of a Thousand, but indeed, during the premiere (in Munich in 1910), over one thousand performers were present. Amazingly, this lengthy and difficult work (only two movements but requiring 80-90 minutes to perform), was a huge success at its premiere; in attendance were many famous musicians, businesspeople, and royal families. Concluding Mahler's final works were Das Lied von der Erde (1908), the Ninth Symphony (1909), and an unfinished Tenth Symphony (1911), all of which he did not live to see or hear performed. The completed portions of the Tenth contain references to how Mahler lamented his crumbling marriage (by this time Alma was having an affair) yet it is considered perhaps the most pure form of Mahler's music (it contains many elements of modern 20th Century music). It was during concluding a winter season of conducting the New York Philharmonic Society in the spring of 1911 in which the heart condition diagnosed four years earlier caught up with Mahler; he traveled back to Austria to spend his final days near his family. He died late in the evening of May 18. Mahler's legacy took a long time to mature. His music, although complex and full of vivid imagery, failed to become popular in musical circles until fifty years after his death; it was primarily the efforts of Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, and, more recently, Simon Rattle , who have introduced the works of Mahler to many. Mahler himself declared, "My time will come."- Between 1887 and 1914, more than 2 million Jews, most of them desperately poor, emigrated to the United States and Canada from what later became the Soviet Bloc. Preceding them slightly was Abraham Cahan, who arrived in New York in 1882. (A convinced Socialist, he was forced to immigrate in order to avoid the roundup of dissidents that followed the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.) He settled on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and concerned himself with the welfare of the growing Jewish population. Cahan was the founding editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish-language newspaper that first appeared in 1897. (Now known simply as The Forward, it is still published each week, though with primarily English copy.) He was also a writer of fiction, and that is what brought him his widest audience: his stories and novels won the praise of the leading literary critics of the day.
- Kate Jepson was born on 7 July 1860 in Clinton, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Turmoil (1916), Just Out of College (1915) and The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914). She died on 27 September 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Heinrich Glücksmann was born on 7 July 1864 in Rackschitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Raksice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for So fallen die Lose des Lebens (1918), Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes (1921) and Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden (1921). He died on 1 March 1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Béla Radics was born on 7 July 1867 in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Béla is known for A táncz (1901). Béla died on 21 February 1930 in Budapest, Hungary.- Peter Courtney was born on 7 July 1867 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894). He died on 11 May 1896 in the USA.
- Richard Eivenack was born on 7 July 1870 in West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Karneval der Toten (1919), Das Rätsel im Menschen (1920) and Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln (1943). He died on 23 April 1953 in Berlin, Germany.
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Richard Carle was born on 7 July 1871 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Ghost Walks (1934), Ninotchka (1939) and Seven Sinners (1940). He was married to Laura Casner and Ella Samantha Clifford. He died on 28 June 1941 in North Hollywood, California, USA.- Nikolai Michurin was born on 7 July 1873. He was an actor, known for Treasure Island (1938), Chastnyy sluchay (1934) and Konnitsa skachet (1929). He died on 19 June 1964.
- According to most sources British author Cynthia Stockley was born in London around 1863 with the birth name Lilian Julian Webb. She could have been the oldest daughter of Frederick I. and Mary A. Webb. Their daughter is the only Lilian (or Lillian) Webb found in the 1871 English Census who was born in London around 1863. At that time of the 1871 census Frederick Webb was a schoolmaster in the village of Charles in the county of Devon. By the 1891 census his daughter Lilian was working as a teacher at a boarding school in London. This may or may not be the correct family connection. Also most of the news accounts at the time of her death believed that Stockley had been born in South Africa.
In 1896 Cynthia Stockley relocated to the then British colony of Rhodesia. There she married Rhodesian police officer Phillip George Watts Stockley and later Colonel H. E. Pelham-Browne, one of the earliest European settlers of Rhodesia.
Sometime around the turn of the twentieth century Stockley returned to England and began working as a newspaper writer. Her first book, "Virginia of Rhodesians" (1904), was a collection of short stories that achieved international success. Later "Poppy, The Story of a South African Girl" (1910), received a great deal of attention for its frankness about marriage, morality, sex and depression. A list of some of her later books include: "The Claw: Stories of South Africa" (1911), "The Dream Ship" (1913), "Wild Honey: Stories of South Africa"" (1914), "Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa" (1918), "Pink Gods and Blue Demons" (1920), "The Sins of Rosanne" (1920), "Ponjola" (1923), "Dalla The Lion-Cub: Stories of South Africa." (1924), "The Garden of Peril: A Story of the African Veld" (1924), "Perilous Woman: A Story of the African Veld" (1924), "Three Farms: A Story of South Africa" (1925), "The Dice of God: Stories of South Africa" (1926), "Leopard in the Bush: A Sequel to "Dalla the Lion-Cub" (1926), "Tagati (Magic)" (1930), "Kraal Baby: A Novel" (1934) and "Perilous Stuff: Three Short Novels" (1936).
Cynthia Stockley ended her life on 15 January, 1936 by inhaling coal gas in her London home. Her fading popularity and reduced financial circumstances may have played a factor in her death. Some believe that had her stories not revolved so much around colonial life in Africa that she might be better remembered today. - Halvdan Koht was born on 7 July 1873 in Tromsø, Norway. He died on 12 December 1965 in Bærum, Norway.
- Mary Mayfren was born on 7 July 1874 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Tower of Strength (1919), The House of Unrest (1931) and The Fortunate Fool (1934). She was married to Henry Welsh, Albert Lombardini (clergyman) and Jonathan Gain (stage name: J.G. Grahame). She died in 1963 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
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Max Agerty was born on 7 July 1875 in Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Banditen (1921), Die Strandnixe (1921) and In einem kühlen Grunde (1921). He died in February 1967 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA.- Actor
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Ben F. Wilson, the prolific actor and director of the silent era, was born on July 7, 1876, in Corning, NY. His career as an actor began as most other thespians did in that era--as a member of a theatrical stock company. The stock companies that employed Wilson worked the East Coast circuits.
The original "Hollywood" was Fort Lee, NJ, since the "inventor" of the motion picture (movie cameras and projection equipment), Thomas Edison, was a resident of New Jersey. Edison made the first movies himself and soon consolidated his movie equipment patents with those of others and formed the Motion Picture Trust. The Trust virtually bound movie production to New Jersey and the metropolitan New York City area at the turn of the last century, as Edison wanted to closely supervise--and, of course, make sure he got a cut of the profits from--those using his equipment.
Wilson, in fact, began his film career as an employee of Thomas Edison. Billed as "Benjamin Wilson," he made his film debut in Edwin S. Porter's Silver Threads Among the Gold (1911) for the Edison Co. From 1911-13 Wilson appeared in 13 movies directed by J. Searle Dawley, including The Priest and the Man (1913), the first cinematic adaptation of a work by popular Canadian novelist and short-story writer Gilbert Parker. Wilson first directed himself as an actor in A Shot in the Dark (1912). He directed 88 movies in which he appeared as an actor, mostly in the period of 1915-16. He left Edison for the Nestor Co. and eventually started his own production company, with a distribution deal with the Universal Film Manufacturing Co., which was still headquartered on the East Coast. He was popular enough as an actor by 1916 to be featured on his own "trading card" in an issue from Piedmont Cigarettes. Other honorees included Florence Lawrence, E.K. Lincoln and Pearl White. The next year he appeared on a card issued by Egyptian Oasis cigarettes along with such other stars as King Baggot, Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Marshall Neilan and Anna Q. Nilsson. In 1918 Wilson hooked up again with Universal, this time as a producer. He produced and directed the 18-part action-adventure serial The Brass Bullet (1918). Eventually, he served on the board of directors of the Motion Picture Directors' Association of America, a fraternal organization created by J. Searle Dawley and others in 1915 to promote the interests of movie directors.
In addition to appearing in 168 films as an actor, Wilson directed 123 movies, produced 69 and wrote 11 screenplays. By the late 1920s, however, he was reduced to grinding out cheap fodder for Poverty Row, producing, directing and writing silent films up through 1930 for Morris R. Schlank Productions, pretty much the bottom of the barrel of Hollywood studios. He made the transition to sound as an actor only: Wilson's last film was an acting gig in the Buck Jones western Shadow Ranch (1930) for Columbia Pictures, which was released in 1930. It remains his only sound picture, as his career was cut short by ill health.
Ben F. Wilson died from complications of heart disease on August 25, 1930, in Glendale, CA. He was 54 years old.- Additional Crew
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Lee Ephraim was born on 7 July 1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. Lee is known for Under Your Hat (1940) and Theatre Parade (1936). Lee died on 26 September 1953 in London, England, UK.- Marion Kerby was born on 7 July 1877 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Two Daughters of Eve (1912). She died on 16 December 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Allen Curtis was born on 7 July 1878 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Bashful Charley's Proposal (1916), The Tale of a Telegram (1916) and Circus Sarah (1917). He died on 24 November 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Cecil Lean was born on 7 July 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Cleo Mayfield and Florence Holbrook. He died on 18 July 1935 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Charles de Rochefort was born on 7 July 1879 in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He was an actor and director, known for Parada Paramount (1930), L'Arlésienne (1922) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1925). He was married to Mary Grant and Therese Forgerot . He died on 2 February 1952 in Paris, France.- Frederick Ross was born on 7 July 1879 in Leeds, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Warden (1951), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Henry IV (1947). He died on 9 February 1955 in Hillingdon, London, England, UK.
- Luigi Chiarelli was born on 7 July 1880 in Trani, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer, known for Under the Southern Cross (1938), Luisa Sanfelice (1942) and Circe moderna (1914). He died on 20 December 1947 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Eugene Howard was born on 7 July 1881 in Neustadt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Between the Acts at the Opera (1926), Willie and Eugene Howard (1927) and The Music Makers (1929). He was married to Maude Fisher (actress). He died on 1 August 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.- Hélène Burls was born on 7 July 1881 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dear Murderer (1947), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Never Look Back (1952). She died on 1 September 1967 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK.
- Georg Dalunde was born on 7 July 1881. He was an actor, known for Kan doktorn komma? (1942), Fänrik Ståls sägner (1910) and Värmlänningarne (1910). He died on 19 April 1961.
- Josef Winckler was born on 7 July 1881 in Bentlage, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der tolle Bomberg (1932) and Der tolle Bomberg (1957). He was married to Adele Gidion. He died on 29 January 1966 in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Janka Kupala was born on 7 July 1882 in Vyazynka, Byelorussian SSR, USSR. Janka was a writer, known for Raskidannoye gnezdo (1982), Pavlinka (1952) and Tutejshyja (2008). Janka died on 28 June 1942 in Moscow, USSR.
- Ödön Sümegi was born on 7 July 1882 in Arad, Austria-Hungary [now Romania]. He was an actor, known for Baccarat (1919) and Hotel Imperial (1918). He died on 26 April 1945 in Budapest, Hungary.
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He was educated at the University of Chicago, and worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Daily News, and Examiner. His books include "3,000 Miles Away", "Molly And I", "Five Fridays", "Help Yourself to Happiness", "For Valor", "King's Crew", and "The Secret Attic". He composed the stage scores for "The Time, The Place, and the Girl", "The Girl Question", "A Stubborn Cinderella", "The Goddess of Liberty", and "The Price of Tonight". His chief musical collaborators included Joe Howard, Harold Orlob and Will Hough. His song credits include "I Don't Like Your Family", "Blow The Smoke Away", "What's the Use of Dreaming", "When You First Kiss the Last Girl You Love", "Honeymoon", "Be Sweet to Me, Kid", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", "Tonight Will Never Come Again", and "Cross Your Heart".- Keith Armour was born on 7 July 1883. He was an actor, known for The Children Pay (1916), Atta Boy's Last Race (1916) and Business Rivals (1915). He died on 21 May 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Toivo Kuula was born on 7 July 1883 in Alavus, Finland. He was a composer, known for Unelma karjamajalla (1940), The Village Shoemakers (1923) and A Respectable Tragedy (1998). He was married to Alma Kuula and Rauha Nelimarkka. He died on 18 May 1918 in Viipuri, Finland.- Soundtrack
Herbert Ingraham was born on 7 July 1883 in Aurora, Illinois, USA. Herbert died on 24 August 1910 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
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J. Roy Hunt was born on 7 July 1884 in Caperton, West Virginia, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for I'm Still Alive (1940), She (1935) and Lucky Devils (1933). He died in October 1972 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA.- Feuchtwanger graduated from high school in 1903. From 1903 he studied German, history and philosophy in Munich and Berlin. He moved in the Munich artistic scene and began his first literary attempts with theater reviews, stories and dramas. In 1907 he received his doctorate. phil. with a work on Heinrich Heine's "Rabbi von Bacherach". Because of the restrictions for Jews at German colleges and universities at the time, he dropped his habilitation plans. From 1907 he initially worked as a theater critic and dramaturge in Munich. In 1912 he married Marta Loeffler. In 1914 he went on a trip to Tunisia with his wife, during which he narrowly escaped internment by the French.
Lion Feuchtwanger became one of the first writers to express criticism of the exuberant patriotism of the Germans and against the war in plays during the First World War. His short military service ended with his discharge due to short-sightedness. In 1918 he experienced the revolution in Munich and worked on the dramatic novel "Thomas Wendt". In 1920 he met Bertold Brecht and Marieluise Fleißer there. A friendly relationship developed with Brecht, which led to them working together. Feuchtwanger realized several theater projects with him, incorporating influences from this collaboration into his epic theater. In 1924 the two of them worked on the play "Life of Edward the Second of England".
In 1913, Feuchtwanger's historical novel "The Ugly Duchess Margarete Maultasch" about ugliness and outsiderness was published. In 1925 he moved to Berlin and in 1927 his play "The Petroleum Island" was premiered. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Feuchtwanger was expatriated. His house in Berlin was searched, looted and confiscated, and manuscripts were also lost. At that time he was on a lecture tour in the USA. He went to Sanary-sur-Mer in the south of France and to Moscow in 1937, where he co-edited the exile magazine "Das Wort", which was published in Germany, from 1936 to 1939. From 1939 to 1940 he was housed in an internment camp in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Through the intervention of Eleanor Roosevelt, he was released and fled to the USA via Portugal. From 1941 he lived near Los Angeles. Due to his rapprochement with the communists and the persecution of socialists and communists under Joseph McCarthy, he was unable to become a citizen. Lion Feuchtwanger's literary focus is now on the historical novel. He did not see it as a representation or retracing of history, but wanted to use it to communicate generally valid truths, which he based on historical material and figures as well as on the conflicts highlighted. The first major success came in 1818 with the drama "Jud Süß". He then expanded it into a novel, published in 1925. But before that he had difficulty finding a publisher.
Feuchtwanger's first contemporary historical novel, "Success. Three Years of History of a Province" (1930), not only tells the story of the rise of the Nazis in Bavaria, but also explains the socio-psychological prerequisites and the functioning of the interaction between politics, the judiciary, large industry and the crime of German citizens . "Success" became a highlight in Feuchtwanger's literary work. He later combined the contemporary historical novels "Success", "The Oppenheim Siblings" (1933) and "Exile" (1940) into the trilogy "The Waiting Room". The Josephus trilogy consisting of the works "The Jewish War" (1932), "The Sons" (1935), and "The Day Will Come" (1945) occupies a central position in Lion Feuchtwanger's oeuvre.
This is also about the fate of the Jewish people based on the writer Flavius Josephus in a non-Jewish environment. Feuchtwanger also reflects on his own literary work. In 1936 the satire on Hitler "The False Nero" was published. The novel "Exile", published in 1940, makes Feuchtwanger's approach to socialism clear. In the report "Unholdes France" (1942) he describes his experiences in the internment camp. In 1945 the collaboration with Bert Brecht was resumed with the play "The Story of Simone Machard". In 1948 he created the play "Wahn or The Devil in Boston" about the witch hunt in Massachusetts - the reason for this work was his experiences of the persecution of communists in the USA.
With the two works "The Jewess of Toledo" and "Jefta and his Daughter" Feuchtwanger turned back to the fate of the Jewish people. His other works include "Peace, a Burlesque Game" (1918), "The Prisoners of War" (1919), "Three Anglo-Saxon Pieces" (1927) - André Dunoyer de Segonzac was born on 7 July 1884 in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France. He is known for L'art et les hommes (1955), Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse (1961) and Chroniques de France (1964).
- Jirí Myron was born on 7 July 1884 in Humpolec, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Dve matky (1921), Probuzené svedomí (1919) and Únos (1953). He died on 25 January 1954 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Don Bartlett was born on 7 July 1885 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for The Fighting Blade (1923), The Wilderness Woman (1926) and The White Sister (1923). He was married to Edna ?. He died on 20 June 1941 in New York City, New York, USA.- Charl. Wilh. Burg was born on 7 July 1885. He was an actor, known for If I Were King (1934). He died on 27 July 1957 in Munich, Germany.
- Claudia Coleman was born on 7 July 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Frisco Kid (1935), King of Burlesque (1936) and Little Miss Nobody (1936). She died on 17 August 1938 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- George C. Ahern was born in Oakland, California to Irish parents Daniel J. Ahern, who was born in California and Annie Gallen Ahern, born in County Fermanagh, Ireland. His best friend was John Sheehan and together they started out acting on stage in Oakland. George toured with Grace Nile in "A Tonic for Temper" in the east, and in 1910 George and Jack were living in a boarding house for actors in New York City. George returned to California and began working in silent films while living in Santa Barbara, California. In 1918 he and Sheehan enlisted in the US Army and were sent together to France, where he died on the first day of the battle of Meuse-Argonne. He is buried in the military cemetery there.
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Robert M. Yost, son of Alice Kern (Yost) and Robert M. Yost and brother of writer Dorothy Yost, was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and attended Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois. Began his career as a reporter/writer for the St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch. Later, worked for the Los Angeles Examiner and then the Los Angeles Morning Herald and the Hearst syndicate services. In 1920, was named the Publicity Director for Fox West Coast Studios and, in early 1930, was appointed head of the scenario department for Fox. Left Fox shortly after the merger of Fox Film Corporation with Darryl F. Zanuck's Century Pictures.- Actress
Semone Sergis was born on 7 July 1886. She was an actress. She died on 12 July 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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The son of a physician, Raymond Hatton entered films in 1909, eventually appearing in almost 500 other pictures. In early silents he formed a comedy team with big, burly Wallace Beery. He was best known as the tobacco-chewing, rip-snorting Rusty Joslin in the Three Mesquiteers series. He was also in the Rough Riders series and appeared as Johnny Mack Brown's sidekick as well. His last Western was, fittingly, Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965).