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- Born in England and there wrote the ballad "Kathleen Mavourneen" came to America and in 1860 joined the Richmond, VA Howitzers Co. A of the Confederacy at the age of 52 injured/decorated and was present at the signing of the surrender ceremonies by Gen. Ullisis H. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, VA 1861 buried in "Confederate Hill Cemetary" Baltimore, Maryland, His ballad Kathleen Mavourneen was hailed as the "Favorite Song of the South" quoted in the book " Richmond To the Rapidan" also there quoted by fireside troops they hated the song "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" played/written by my Gr.Grand Father Frederick W.N.Crouch named the Company Bugelar and sung by many in the Company later suggested by some that it's written by George M. Cohan, not true, GMC was an infant when this took place.
- For more than 50 years Fredriksson was one of Sweden's best known actors, known for his flawless diction and mastery of spiritual delivery of characters in French comedies, but also in more serious works by Ibsen and Sudermann. Originally a student of law at Uppsala University, he turned to acting at the age of 29 and became a member of the cast at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, for which he was also managing director 1888-1898 and again in 1904-1907. However, he only performed in one single film; at the ripe age of 86 he made his movie debut in "Mästerkatten i stövlar" (1918). The year before that he had retired from the stage. He published his memoirs, "Teaterminnen", in 1918.
- G. Bruno was born on 31 July 1833 in Laval, Mayenne, France. He was a writer, known for Le tour de France par deux enfants (1924), Le tour de France par deux enfants (1957) and France/tour/détour/deux/enfants (1980). He died on 8 July 1923 in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- William Quantrill was born on 31 July 1837 in Canal Dover, Ohio, USA. He died on 6 June 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Rosegger had only irregular schooling. During his childhood and youth he worked as a guardian. He learned to read and write from a retired school teacher. Between 1860 and 1863 he completed an apprenticeship as a tailor. Rosegger acquired his education self-taught. At the age of 16 he tried to publish his first literary works in the "Grazer Zeitung". In 1864 he was given an apprenticeship as a bookseller in Laibach. From 1865 to 1869 he received training at the Academy of Commerce and Industry. With his first book successes, Peter Rosegger decided to pursue writing full-time.
The well-known Prague publisher Gustav Heckenast not only published Rosegger's works, but was also his liberal-minded mentor. In the years 1870 and 1872 the writer made various trips to Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. In 1867 he met Adalbert Stifter during a visit. Peter Rosegger was a prolific writer. Almost all of his short stories are about the home landscape in Styria and its farming society. The writer traces these in an idealizing manner and equipped with archetypes. One of his basic keywords is "forest", which can be found in the headings and subtitles of the issues as well as in the theming of the content.
Rosegger often talks about his childhood in a transfiguring way. In 1876 Rosegger moved to Graz. There he became editor of the monthly magazine "Heimgarten". With his stories of country life he follows the tradition of Berthold Auerbach's village history. They are connected with the intention of enlightenment and popular education. The social democratic-pacifist-minded Peter Rosegger also traced this intention in his works. In addition, the Austrian writer Ludwig Anzengruber was a literary role model for him from whom he was inspired. Faced with the threat to peasant culture and forest landscapes, Rosegger developed an ideology of homeland and peasantry that is easily open to abusive interpretations.
Rosegger wrote many of his works in dialect. The writer saw country life and the forest landscape as an alternative to modern industrial society. Rosegger often published his own works under the pseudonym "Petri Katten Feier". After the turn of the century, the writer received numerous international honors, including honorary doctorates. His autobiographical titles such as "The Writings of the Forest Schoolmaster" (1875) and "Waldheimat" (1877) as well as the stories "Stories from Styria" (1871), "Stories from the Alps" (1873) and "When I was still Forest farmer's boy was" (1902).
His other works include titles such as "Zither and Dulcimer" (1870), "In der Einöde" (1872), "Jakob the Last" (1889), "Idylls from a Ending World" (1899), "Erdsegen" (1900 ), "World Poison" (1903) or "Collected Works" (1913-1916).
Peter Rosegger died on June 26, 1918 in Krieglach in Styria. - J.I.C. Clarke was born on 31 July 1846 in Kingstown, Ireland, UK. J.I.C. was a writer, known for The Gilded Cage (1916). J.I.C. was married to Mary Agnes Cahill. J.I.C. died on 27 February 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
- E. Story Gofton was born on 31 July 1846 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sixty Years a Queen (1913), Circus Jim (1921) and Onder spiritistischen dwang (1921). He died on 1 May 1939 in Hornchurch, Essex, England, UK.
- Joseph I.C. Clarke was born on 31 July 1846 in Kingstown, Ireland. Joseph I.C. was a writer, known for Heartsease (1919). Joseph I.C. was married to Mary Agnes Cahill. Joseph I.C. died on 27 February 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Composer
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Ignacio Cervantes was born on 31 July 1847 in Havana, Cuba. He was a composer, known for Original Sin (2001), The Lost City (2005) and Paraiso (2009). He died on 29 April 1905.- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
Robert Planquette was born on 31 July 1848 in Paris, France. He was a writer and composer, known for Ford v Ferrari (2019), Maytime (1937) and Les cloches de Corneville (1917). He died on 28 January 1903 in Paris, France.- Emilio De Marchi was born on 31 July 1851 in Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Lombardy, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Giacomo l'idealista (1943), Il cappello da prete (1944) and Racconti dell'Italia di ieri (1961). He was married to Lina Martelli. He died on 6 February 1901 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Giacinto Gallina was born on 31 July 1852 in Venice, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Veneto, Italy]. Giacinto was a writer, known for El moroso de la nona (1927) and La famegia del santolo (1966). Giacinto died on 13 February 1897 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.
- J.L. Franck was born on 31 July 1852 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Ramona (1916) and Her Moment (1918). He died on 22 October 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ferko Urbánek was born on 31 July 1858 in Vsetín, Cechy, Austrian empire [now Czech Republic]. Ferko was a writer, known for Svadobná cesta (1991). Ferko died on 10 December 1934 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].
- Actor
H.C. Chisholm was born on 31 July 1859 in Canada. He was an actor. He died on 1 February 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ellen Hartman-Cederström was born on 31 July 1860 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924). She was married to Count Carl Gustaf Bror Cederström and Victor Hartman. She died on 4 January 1945 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Mary Vaux Walcott was born on 31 July 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Felicitas Rose was born on 31 July 1862 in Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany. She was a writer, known for Eternal Love (1954) and The Country Schoolmaster (1933). She was married to Ernst Moersberger. She died on 18 June 1938 in Müden, Örtze, Faßberg, Germany.
- Helene Odilon was born on 31 July 1863 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. She was an actress, known for Nach der Premiere (1914). She was married to Alexander Girardi, Franz von Rakovsky and Bela von Pecic. She died on 9 February 1939 in Baden, near Vienna, Austria.
- Roberto Vittiglio was born on 31 July 1864 in Cassino, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Die Nacht gehört uns (1929). He was married to Wilhelmine Westphal. He died on 3 April 1935 in Berlin, Germany.
- Frederick Volpe was born on 31 July 1865 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921), Altar Chains (1916) and The Middle Watch (1930). He was married to Alice Beet (actress). He died on 6 March 1932 in London, England, UK.
- John C. Bland was born on 31 July 1865 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for Bridge-Head (1939). He died in 1943 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.
- Ina Hammer was born on 31 July 1866 in Carson City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for King Lear (1916), Crossed Wires (1915) and The House of Fear (1915). She was married to Ira Hards. She died on 9 August 1953 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
- Ivy Baldwin was born on 31 July 1866 in Houston, Texas, USA. He died on 8 October 1953 in Eldorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Paul Clerget was born on 31 July 1868 in France. He was an actor and writer, known for Two AM; or, The Husband's Return (1896), Le bossu (1934) and La gondole aux chimères (1936). He died on 4 December 1935 in Paris, France.
- Mathilde Felumb Friis was born on 31 July 1871 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for En opstandelse (1915), Lidenskabens Magt (1915) and Ungdomssynd (1914). She died on 31 October 1945.
- Roy Horniman was born on 31 July 1872 in Southsea, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), A Bedtime Story (1933) and A Gentleman of Paris (1927). He died in 1930.
- Sydney Fairbrother was born on 31 July 1873 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Down Our Street (1932), Don Quixote (1923) and The Temperance Fete (1932). She was married to Trevor Lowe (Charles Montague Trevor Lowe) and Percy Buckler (Thomas Percy Warr Buckler). She died on 4 January 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Contrary to his familiar image, Clarence Kolb started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy act, Kolb and Dill. He made a few shorts in 1916 and a feature in 1917, but went back to vaudeville and the stage immediately thereafter, and did not return to films until the late 1930s. His stern, authoritarian looks and booming voice fit the irascible, bombastic politicians and businessmen--usually crooked to a greater or lesser degree--he played so well. Best remembered as the fast-talking, corrupt mayor in the classic His Girl Friday (1940) and Mr. Honeywell, Vern Albright's boss, in the TV series My Little Margie (1952).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Charles Paton was born on 31 July 1874 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Blackmail (1929), My Wife''s Family (1931) and A Sister to Assist 'Er (1938). He died on 10 April 1970 in Harrow, London, England, UK.- Actor
- Costume Designer
Carlos Rincón Gallardo was born on 31 July 1874 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. He was an actor and costume designer, known for La boda de Rosario (1929), Rondalla (1949) and Pathé's Weekly, No. 27 (1914). He died on 7 June 1950 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Harry Northrup was born on 31 July 1875 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), The White Circle (1920) and The Christian (1914). He was married to Merceita Esmond. He died on 2 July 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
A. George Smith was born on 31 July 1875 in Foulsham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for The Feathered Serpent (1934), Easy Riches (1938) and When the Devil Was Well (1937). He was married to Pauline Peters. He died on 30 March 1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Kunio Yanagida was born on 31 July 1875 in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio is known for Michinaru hanran (1983).
- Lauri Näre was born on 31 July 1877 in Pertteli, Finland. Lauri was a composer, known for Meidän poikamme (1929). Lauri was married to Anna Irene Rehnström. Lauri died on 23 May 1959.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Siegfried Philippi was born on 31 July 1877 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Thora West (1915), Die Harvard-Prämie (1917) and Der Schmuck der Herzogin (1916). He died in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
- Producer
Mario Gallo was born on 31 July 1878 in Barletta, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and producer, known for Tierra baja (1912), Juan Moreira (1913) and Güemes y sus gauchos (1910). He died in 1945 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Henri Jullien was born on 31 July 1879 in Aix-en-Provence, France. He was an actor, known for Le prince Jean (1934), La flambée (1934) and Maquillage (1932). He died on 23 May 1961 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Léopold Survage was born on 31 July 1879 in Moscow, Russia. He died on 31 October 1968 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
- He is one of the greatest Hindi writers. His stories gives the correct picture of village realities. He used his stories to great effect for social reforms. He married a child widow Shivarani Devi when widow marriages were considered as a sin in Indian society. He also wrote varios novels voicing for these social reforms. Early in his career he took up the government job of a school teacher to support his family. But in 1921 he resigned the job to take up Gandhi's call. He contributed to freedom movement through his writings. He changed his pen name to "Premchand" after his book Soje Vathan was banned by the then British government, which burned all the copies. In his writings the characters are always the ordinary people. When asked why he doesn't write anything about himself, he answered: "What greatness do I have that I have to tell anyone about? I live just like millions of people in this country; I am ordinary. My life is also ordinary. I am a poor school teacher suffering family travails. During my whole lifetime, I have been grinding away with the hope that I could become free of my sufferings. But I have not been able to free myself from suffering. What is so special about this life that needs to be told to anybody?". This is the greatness of the man.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Composer
Manuel Penella was born on 31 July 1880 in Valencia, Spain. He was a writer and composer, known for [Rec]² (2009), The Adventurous Captain (1939) and Tiger Love (1924). He died on 24 January 1939 in Mexico.- Georgie Cooper (her birth name was Georgia Cooper) was a theater actress with her husband Landers Stevens at Ye Liberty Playhouse in Oakland, California, and touring on the Orpheum Circuit. Her mother, Georgia Woodthorpe (1860-1927), was an actress whose stage name was Georgie Woodthorpe. As a child, Georgie appeared as Little Lord Fauntleroy with her mother at the Burbank Theater in Los Angeles. Around 1918 she and Landers moved to Glendale, California, where they lived the rest of their lives. Both took up careers in motion pictures. Their first son, John Landers Stevens (aka Jack Stevens,became a movie cameraman and their second son, George Stevens, went on to become a noted director/producer.
- Emil Nyitray was born on 31 July 1882 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for No, No, Nanette (1940), He Comes Up Smiling (1918) and Tea for Two (1950). He was married to Mamie E. Woods. He died on 20 May 1922 in Milford, Connecticut, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Felix Moeschlin was born on 31 July 1882 in Basel, Switzerland. Felix was a director and writer, known for Der Tanz um die Tänzerin (1919). Felix died on 4 October 1969 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland.- Charles Gunn was born on 31 July 1883 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for An Even Break (1917), Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four (1913) and Framing Framers (1917). He was married to Nina. He died on 6 December 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Heckel met the future painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff at school and became friends with him. From 1904 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Dresden. There he made the acquaintance of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl. Heckel dropped out of his studies and then worked as a draftsman and construction supervisor in 1905. In the same year, 1905, he founded the artists' association "Die Brücke" with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Its members rejected the established art forms and looked for a new form of artistic expression. In 1906 he met Max Pechstein at the Third Decorative Arts Exhibition, who became a member of the "Brücke". He gave up his work as a draftsman. From 1907, Erich Heckel worked as a freelance artist who dedicated himself to painting and graphics. In 1910 he was in Berlin and met the painter Otto Müller. He became a member of "The Bridge". The following year he moved to Berlin with the other members of the "Brücke". Heckel took over Otto Müller's studio there. In his motifs he turned to life in the big city and circus life.
In 1912 he met the American painter Lyonel Feininger as well as Franz Marc and August Macke from the "Blauer Reiter" group. During this time he adopted ideas from Cubism and the works of Robert Delaunay, which were reflected in the subdued, colorful style of his pictures. In 1912, the artists' association "Die Brücke" took part in the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne, after which it dissolved in 1913. The following year, Erich Heckel exhibited his pictures at the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne. In 1915 he married the dancer Sida Riha. From 1915 to 1918, Heckel took part in the First World War as a volunteer. He became a paramedic in Flanders. There he met Max Beckmann. Heckel processed his impressions of the war in woodcuts and lithographs such as the titles "Wounded Sailor" (1915) and "Madonna of Ostend" (1915). His repertoire expanded from previous landscape painting to include depictions of people in social and physical situations of misery.
After the war, the artist went back to Berlin in 1918 and took part in the "November Group" exhibition. During this time he became a member of the "Working Council for Art", in which the academic approach to art was rejected. From 1920 onwards, Erich Heckel traveled extensively throughout Europe. He processed his travel impressions into poetic images with bright colors that reveal a special understanding of nature. In 1937, Heckel's works were classified as "degenerate" by the National Socialists, the artist was defamed and banned from exhibitions. The Nazi regime confiscated a total of 729 works from public museums. At this time, Erich Heckel went to his workshop on the Flensburg Fjord and placed his artistic focus on watercolor painting. This technique became more important to him; it went beyond the significance of a study as a full-fledged painting technique. From 1940 to 1942 he stayed in Carinthia often. Not only his studio, but also many of his works fell victim to a bomb attack in Berlin in 1944.
This year Heckel moved to Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. He lived there as neighbors with the painter Otto Dix. From 1949 to 1955 he taught as a professor, alongside Walter Becker, at the Karlsruhe University of Fine Arts. Heckels preferred scenes from the circus world, but he also painted landscapes, portraits and nudes. Vincent van Gogh and the Paris Fauvists were his role models when it came to choosing colors. His pictures shone with unmixed colors. When he moved to Berlin in 1911, his style also changed. He emphasized the geometric style of painting with harder contours and a subdued color scheme. His constant search for his own style was accompanied by a further style variation when the Brücke group disbanded in 1913. Heckel's pictures from this era radiate more calm. In addition to his paintings, he created numerous woodcuts, lithographs and drawings.
Erich Heckel died on January 27, 1970 in Radolfzell on Lake Constance. - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was born on 31 July 1884 in Schneidemühl, Prussia, Germany [now Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was married to Anneliese Ulrich. He died on 2 February 1945 in Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
Al Lloyd was born on 31 July 1884 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor. He died on 10 July 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Henry G. Sell was born on 31 July 1884 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Fine Feathers (1915), East Lynne (1921) and The Seven Pearls (1917). He died on 20 August 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- Albert S. Lloyd was born on 31 July 1884 in Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Half Breed (1922). He was married to Dorothy Ceballos. He died on 10 July 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.