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Jacopo Ferretti was born on 16 July 1784 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Cenerentola (1949), La Cenerentola (1982) and La Cenerentola (2017). He died on 7 March 1852 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy].- Writer
- Soundtrack
Camille du Locle was born on 16 July 1832 in Orange, France. Camille was a writer, known for Aïda (1977), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Don Carlos (1962). Camille died on 9 October 1903 in Capri, Italy.- Soundtrack
Eben E. Rexford was born on 16 July 1848 in Johnsburgh, New York, USA. He was married to Harriet Bauman Harsh. He died on 18 October 1916 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA.- Julius Larsen was born on 16 July 1850 in Randers, Denmark. He was married to Helene Dorothea Jensen. He died on 8 March 1916.
- Gertrude Claire was born on 16 July 1852 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Oliver Twist (1922), The Little Irish Girl (1926) and The Female of the Species (1916). She died on 28 April 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
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Georges Rodenbach was born on 16 July 1855 in Tournai, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Más allá del olvido (1956), Die tote Stadt (1983) and Brugge, die stille (1981). He died on 25 December 1898 in Paris, France.- S. Clarke-Hook was born on 16 July 1857 in Pancras, London, England, UK. S. was a writer, known for Jack, Sam and Pete (1919). S. died on 14 August 1923 in Bournemouth, England, UK.
- Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina was born on 16 July 1859 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Don Diego i Pelageya (1928), Doch rodiny (1937) and A Greater Promise (1936). She died on 16 October 1938 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
- Director
George F. Marion was born on 16 July 1860 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Anna Christie (1930), Death from a Distance (1935) and Robinson Crusoe (1916). He was married to Agnes E. Daly and Lillian E. Swain (actress). He died on 30 November 1945 in Carmel, California, USA.- Crissie Sheridan was born on 16 July 1863 in New York. She died on 15 November 1930 in New York, USA.
- George A. Birmingham was born on 16 July 1865 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. George A. was a writer, known for General John Regan (1921), General John Regan (1934) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). George A. was married to Adelaide S. Wynne. George A. died on 2 February 1950 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Producer
Maria Dabrowska was born on 16 July 1865 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress and producer, known for Mów do mnie jeszcze (1922), Maly marynarz (1936) and Swiat bez granic (1931). She was married to Roman Dabrowski. She died on 3 December 1952 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Joseph Scott was born on 16 July 1867 in Penrith, Cumbria, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919). He died on 24 March 1958 in California, USA.
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Composer and songwriter ("Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"), educated with Emil Liebling in Chicago and at the Berlin Conservatory with Yetlitzky. Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief musical collaborator was Beth Slater Whitson. His other popular-song compositions include "When I Dream of Old Erin", "If I Should", "In His Steps", "Baby Mine", "In Poppyland", "Wigwam Dance", "Indian Sun Dance", and "The Trailing Arbutus".- After school he began studying medicine, which he stopped after his father's death. He now turned to seafaring, which had fascinated him since his early youth. From 1897 to 1899, Amundsen took part as a helmsman in the South Polar expedition of the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache. This sparked his interest in polar research. As part of an exploratory trip to the northern magnetic pole, which Amundsen undertook from 1903 to 1906 on the ship "Gjöa", he was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific. After several winters, he managed to pass through the Bering Strait in 1906. In 1911, the explorer explored the South Pole, where he landed at the Ross Barrier and then, after a two-month sleigh ride across the ice, became the first person to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
His competitor, the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott, did not arrive until several weeks later. While returning, Amundsen also discovered the Queen Maud Necklace. The success now gave him funds to carry out long-planned expeditions to the North Pole. From 1918 to 1920, Amundsen sailed through the Northeast Passage along the north coast of Siberia following Adolf Erik von Nordenskiöld. Although he missed the North Pole, he was able to bring a rich collection of scientific research results back to Norway. He then made several attempts to reach the North Pole by air. On May 12, 1926, Amundsen, together with the Italian Umberto Nobile and the American Lincoln Ellsworth, succeeded in flying over the North Pole for the first time.
In June 1928, Amundsen went missing during a rescue operation for an unfortunate U. Nobile expedition. The explorer and adventurer never returned from a flight to Spitsbergen. - Actor
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- Director
Jørgen Lund was born on 16 July 1873. He was an actor and production designer, known for Elverhøj (1910), Kærlighed ved Hoffet (1912) and Week-end (1935). He died on 9 May 1941.- Cathrine Countiss was born on 16 July 1873 in Sherman, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for A Modern Magdalen (1915), The Avalanche (1915) and The Gray Nun of Belgium (1915). She was married to George Clark Hanna, Edward D. Price and William Peter Countiss. She died on 27 October 1955 in Pasadena, California, USA.
- Walter Grant was born on 16 July 1875 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for L'assedio di Siracusa (1960), Più rosa che giallo (1962) and Carthage in Flames (1960). He died in 1963 in Rome, Italy.
- Ola Humphrey was a popular stage actress who also made a few appearances during the silent film era. She was the sister of Thomas Orral Humphrey, a well-known American silent film actor and director, and daughter of Thomas Marshall Humphrey and his wife Minnie J. Paschal. When Pearl Ola, at first known as Pearl Humphrey, was in her early teens the family moved from Iowa to Oakland, California, which was subsequently claimed as her home town and even place of birth. Pearl was graduated Class of 1893 at Oakland's Snell Seminary just before she turned 18. She had always displayed a talent for recitation, and in 1894 attended the Emerson School of Oratory in Boston, after this beginning her professional career.
While performing on the London stage, she caught the eye of Prince Ibrahim Hassan, a wealthy diplomat who was a cousin of Egypt's Khedive Abbas II Hilmi. Their 1911 marriage in a London registrar's office was witnessed by American Vice-consul Richard Westacott (1849-1922) and the Count de Nevers. There has lately been a claim that Ola converted to Islam and took the name "Habiba," but this does not appear in any findable press coverage. The idea appears to originate with researchers of the Prince's family, and could be true, but possibly was information that Ola didn't wish to share, since the marriage failed. She became known in the society pages of London, Paris and Cairo as "the Princess Hassan." The couple separated after a few months, as Ola was not happy in an Egyptian marriage with the restrictions it imposed upon her. Ola asked the U.S. State Department to help settle her divorce, asking $250,000 in exchange for relinquishing her title. However, the American government felt powerless to intervene, claiming Ola had given up her citizenship by marrying a foreign royal. Ola repeatedly asked the Prince to divorce her, since if she initiated the divorce there would be no settlement or alimony from her extremely wealthy spouse. Before the matter was settled Prince Ibrahim died at Barcelona in 1918, making her his legal widow, and after much litigation she was awarded a cool million. She soon remarried. - Edward J. Dent was born on 16 July 1876 in Ribston, Yorkshire, England, UK. Edward J. was a writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Arlecchino (1939). Edward J. died on 22 August 1957 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Producer
Warren Gilbert was born on 16 July 1876 in Oregon, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for 10/31 Part 2 (2019). He died on 28 December 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- De Witte Kaplan was born on 16 July 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. De Witte is known for Mothers of Men (1920).
- Frank Abbott was born on 16 July 1878 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wild Bull's Lair (1925), The Broken Law (1924) and Fade Away Foster (1926). He died on 2 February 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Janet Alexander born in 1880 in Surrey became a well-known classical stage actress she later starred in a number of drama films, first under the direction of Cecil Hepworth in 'A Fallen Star' starring opposite music hall performer Albert Chevalier for the Hepworth Film Company in 1916, followed by playing many distinguished characters until the late silent era. She failed to make the transition to sound and was seen in smaller roles in few early talkies. married actor Lauderdale Maitland.
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Bert Lewis was born on 16 July 1879 in Missouri, USA. He was a composer, known for Suzanna (1923), Wanted: No Master (1939) and Jitterbug Follies (1939). He died on 30 November 1948 in Ventura, California, USA.- David Kirby was born on 16 July 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dangerous Coward (1924), Is That Nice? (1926) and Lightning Romance (1924). He died on 4 April 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- American novelist and short-story writer Kathleen Norris was born Kathleen Thompson into a wealthy family in San Francisco, CA, in 1880. Her father was a bank executive and was twice president of the famous (or infamous) Bohemian Club of San Francisco. Kathleen and her siblings were educated at the family estate in Mill Valley, CA, called "Treehaven" (later the name and setting for one of her novels) by tutors and governesses. The family's fortunes took a turn for the worse when Kathleen became a teenager, however, when her mother suddenly died of pneumonia and her father died less than a month later; the family was left almost destitute. She took a variety of jobs, including bookkeeper, schoolteacher and sales clerk. She would invent stories to tell her siblings in order to occupy their time, and to make some spare money she submitted one of them to the local newspaper, the San Francisco Argonaut, and it was accepted and published. It wasn't long before she became the society reporter for the Evening Bulletin newspaper, and spent two years as a reporter on the San Francisco Call.
In 1909 she married novelist Charles Norris, the brother of famed novelist Frank Norris. They moved to New York City, where he was art editor of the "American Magazine". She submitted a story to the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine and it was accepted. It wasn't long before she was getting stories published in a variety of different magazines, and she became a prolific writer. She and her family eventually moved back to California, settling in the town of Saratoga, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She died in 1966 at age 85. - Joe Neary was born on 16 July 1880 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1921), Atta Boy's Last Race (1916) and The Unknown Wife (1921). He died on 18 August 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Franclein Macconnell was born on 16 July 1881 in Derbyshire, England. Franclein died on 9 February 1970 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Canadian native Edward Earle was born in Toronto on July 16, 1882, and was raised and schooled there. His stage career took form in Canada with an early emphasis on musical comedy, and he later toured in vaudeville and stock in association with Belasco, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Marie Cahill and the Schuberts, among other theatrical illuminaries. Making his Broadway debut in the comedy "The Triumph of Love" in 1904, his work on the stage eventually led to film parts in 1914.
Earle entered via the Edison film company and emerged a star not long after, distinguishing himself at other studios as well, including Vitagraph, Famous Players, Metro, Warners and Columbia, with a tally of over 400 silent and talking films by the time he retired four decades later. Tawny blond, blue-eyed, well-built and with a clean-cut handsomeness, Earle was a natural for dashing, romantic silent film leads. He gained initial film attention starring in Edison's "Olive's Opportunities" one-reeler series paired opposite Mabel Trunnelle in 1914 and 1915. Adding dash and verve to such silents as Ranson's Folly (1915), a western also showcasing Ms. Trunelle; The Innocence of Ruth (1916); The Light of Happiness (1916) and The Gates of Eden (1916), all opposite a dramatic Viola Dana, he went on to dress up everything from stalwart war dramas (For France (1917)) to mystery comedies (The Blind Adventure (1918)). From 1917 through 1919, he and Agnes Ayres enjoyed great success in a series of two-reeler shorts based on the works of O. Henry.
Earle ventured into the 1920s with such stylish movie showcases as East Lynne (1921), False Fronts (1922) and The Dangerous Flirt (1924), but then began to falter into second leads and support roles, which including the George Arliss starrer The Man Who Played God (1922), the Marie Prevost comedy How to Educate a Wife (1924), little Baby Peggy's showcase The Family Secret (1924), Colleen Moore's comedy romance Irene (1926), the John Gilbert/Joan Crawford sea tale Twelve Miles Out (1927), and Conrad Nagel's part talking prohibition tale Kid Gloves (1929). Come the advent of sound Earle was offered character parts and by the end of the pre-Code talkies era was relegated to bit and unbilled extra parts in Shirley Temple, Laurel and Hardy and Marx Bros. flicks.
He continued to appear throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and tended to be more visible in oaters and serial cliffhangers. Extremely athletic with a daredevil instinct, he tried his hand as an artist, aviator and automobile racing car driver. Retiring in the early 1960s, Earle eventually retired to the Woodland Hills, California Motion Picture Country Home, where he passed away from complications of old age at age 90 in 1972.- Character actor Felix Locher (pronounced Lo-Shay) didn't begin acting until he was 73 years old. The father of actor Jon Hall (born Charles Felix Locher), he was visiting his son who was preparing for his part in the film Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) when he was spotted by the director who convinced him to play the part of the elderly Tahitian chief. From then on he appeared in numerous television productions throughout the 1950s and 1960s until his death in 1969 at age 87.
- Charles Eggleston was born on 16 July 1882 in Covington, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Lights Out (1946), Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). He died on 31 October 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Harry Adler was born on 16 July 1882 in the USA. He was a writer, known for By Whose Hand? (1932). He died on 5 May 1944 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Millicent Hearst was born on 16 July 1882 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to William Randolph Hearst. She died on 5 December 1974 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Eyvind Kornbeck was born on 16 July 1882. He was an actor, known for Gøglerbandens adoptivdatter (1919) and Det største i verden (1921). He died on 17 October 1924.
- Shep Camp was born on 16 July 1882 in West Point, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Song of the Flame (1930), The Painted Angel (1929) and Hampton Court Palace (1926). He was married to Ottie Chenault. He died on 20 November 1929 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Vera Robson was born on 16 July 1882. She is known for When Avarice Rules (1915) and The Rajah's Sacrifice (1915).
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Charles Sheeler was born on 16 July 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and cinematographer. He died on 7 May 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.- Marion Colvin was born on 16 July 1883 in Canada. She was an actress, known for The Branding Iron (1920), The Cup of Fury (1920) and The Critical Age (1923). She died on 31 August 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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C. Graham Baker was born on 16 July 1883 in Evansville, Indiana, USA. C. Graham was a writer and director, known for Four Faces West (1948), Fighting Fate (1921) and The Man from Brodney's (1923). C. Graham died on 15 May 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Franz Nabl was born on 16 July 1883 in Lautschin, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Loucen, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Der verzauberte Tag (1944), Am Abend nach der Oper (1945) and Die Ortliebschen Frauen (1981). He was married to Ilse Meltzer. and Hermenegild Lampa. He died on 19 January 1974 in Graz, Austria.
- Lew Davis was born on 16 July 1884 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soul Mates (1916), The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936) and Welcome Stranger (1947). He was married to Kathryn West. He died on 13 January 1948 in Inglewood, California, USA.
- Maks Brin was born on 16 July 1884 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Yidl mitn fidl (1936), The Jester (1937) and Mamele (1938). He was married to Roza Shkliarzh. He died in 1942 in Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw, General Government, Occupied Polish Region, Nazi Germany [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland].
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- Production Manager
A well-read man, which is how some define Stefan Markus. Not wrong but a bit thin for a man of so many talents. Born in Zurich in 1884, young Stefan soon proved a fertile mind as well as a consummate reader. It comes as no surprise to find him studying literature... and history... and political economy. In 1909, with his Ph. D. in his pocket, he left Berlin where he had been a student and came back to Switzerland. That same year, he founded the Hertenstein Open Air Theater in Weggis and started writing plays and novels. In addition to these activities, he wrote articles for Swiss, German and Austrian newspapers. In the early 1920s, Markus tried his luck in yet another venture, namely film production. After putting two movies together in his native country, he moved to Paris where for five years running he was the driving force behind a series of silent movies, the best being Sables (1928). Back in Zurich in 1933, Stefan Markus launched an ambitious film company, Mentor Film, designed to produce film adaptations of major works of Swiss literature. Only one project came about though, due to the fact that The Kidnapping (1934) was a box office flop. Not because it was a bad movie, far from that: Dimitri Kirsanoff, who had previously directed 'Sables' for Markus, had actually graced his adaptation of Ramuz' novel with a splendid cinematography and allowed Arthur Honegger and Arthur Hoérée to provide a magnificent film score and a revolutionary sound design, but it may be the film's very artistry that kept viewers away. Despite such a setback, Markus' enterprising spirit remained uncurbed: in 1936, he was back in Paris, producing Jeunes filles de Paris (1936), the first feature film in color ever made in France. At the outbreak of World War II, Markus came back one more time to Switzerland where, until he retired in 1948, he wrote and/or produced several additional films. Undeniably an important figure of Swiss culture, Stefan Markus died in 1957 after a full and productive life.- Nikolai Konovalov was born on 16 July 1885 in Georgiyevsk, Stavropol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Spring (1947), Spring Song (1941) and Muzykalnaya istoriya (1940). He died on 16 April 1947 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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- Soundtrack
Heinie Conklin was born on 16 July 1886 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hard Boiled (1926), Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927) and Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919). He was married to Irene Blake. He died on 30 July 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Blossom Seeley was born on 16 July 1886 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933), Blood Money (1933) and Somebody Loves Me (1952). She was married to Benny Fields, Rube Marquard and Joe Kane. She died on 17 April 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.- Pierre Benoît was born on 16 July 1886 in Albi, Tarn, France. He was a writer, known for The Lebanese Mission (1956), Blood Red Rose (1939) and Missing Husbands (1921). He was married to Marcelle Milliès-Lacroix. He died on 3 March 1962 in Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Isabel La Mal was born on 16 July 1886 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for College Scandal (1935), Lady in a Jam (1942) and Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935). She was married to Otto Matieson. She died on 20 July 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anna Panova-Potemkina was born on 16 July 1886. She is known for Neft vä milyonlar sältänätindä (1916), Arvad (1916) and Bortsy za svetloe tsarstvo III Internatsionala (1919).