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- Gonçalves Dias was born on 10 August 1823 in Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Crime Delicado (2005). He was married to Olímpia Carolina da Costa. He died on 13 November 1864 in Guimarães, Maranhão, Brazil.
- Jan Kalinciak was born on 10 August 1822 in Horné Záturcie, Austrian Empire [now Slovakia]. Jan was a writer, known for Zemianska cest (1958). Jan died on 16 June 1871 in Turócszentmárton, Austria-Hungary [now Martin, Slovakia].
- C.D. Peacock was born on 10 August 1871 in Illinois, USA. C.D. died on 22 January 1917 in Illinois, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Theodore Marston was born on 10 August 1868 in Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Robin Hood (1913), The Secret Kingdom (1917) and Jane Eyre (1910). He died on 2 October 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gilson Willets was born on 10 August 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Tiger's Trail (1919), The Millionaire Baby (1915) and The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917). He was married to Daisy May Vanderveer. He died on 26 May 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- W. Chrystie Miller was born on 10 August 1843 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Ramona (1910), Faithful (1910) and The Last Deal (1910). He was married to Jennie Towell. He died on 23 September 1922 in Staten Island, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
Ernest C. Warde was born on 10 August 1874 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for King Lear (1916), The Coast of Opportunity (1920) and The Unfortunate Marriage (1917). He died on 9 September 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Edmund Gasinski was born on 10 August 1860 in Kielce, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Tamten (1921), Cud nad Wisla (1921) and Chcemy meza (1916). He died on 20 April 1924 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Edward Peple was born on 10 August 1867 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was a writer, known for Beloved Bachelor (1931), Richard the Brazen (1917) and The Spitfire (1914). He died on 28 July 1924 in New York, New York, USA.
- Václav Bican was born on 10 August 1901 in Ceské Budéjovice, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Slavia L-Brox (1927). He died on 1 June 1927 in Bucarest, Romania.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Sam Warner could rightly be called "The Father of Talking Pictures". Of the four Warner brothers, Sam was the most in favor of using synchronized sound with movies. He was the driving force behind the studio's partnership with Western Electric to create Vitaphone. At first, he only wanted to use Vitaphone to provide music and sound effects. (This was intended as a cost-saving device, allowing local theaters to dismiss their house musicians.) When Don Juan (1926) -- the first Vitaphone feature -- debuted, it was not nearly as well received as two of the Vitaphone shorts that immediately preceded it. One was of MPPDA president Will Hays giving a short introductory speech, the other was of an opera tenor singing a selection from "Il Pagliacci." Realizing that people wanted to hear movie actors' voices, Sam pushed his brothers to the next level: talkies. The result was The Jazz Singer (1927). Originally, Al Jolson was only supposed to sing. There was to be no dialogue. Jolson insisted on ad-libbing between songs. Sam convinced his brothers to include the ad-libbed scenes and, in fact, it is those few talking scenes that made the movie the sensation it was. Ironically, Sam never saw the revolution he started. He died the day before The Jazz Singer (1927) had its world debut in New York City.- Writer
- Production Manager
British-born playwright J. Hartley Manners, of Irish extraction, spent many years in the United States. In his twenties, in Australia, he began a relatively successful acting career and made his debut in London's West End in 1898. Joining the company of famed actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, he toured the provinces as an actor. For famed actress Lily Langtry, with whom he was acting, he wrote the play "The Crossways" in 1902, which he produced and co-starred in. At the end of that year Manners, Langtry and the play traveled to America, where it had a brief Broadway run. Manners acted for only another two years, but devoted himself from 1902 to playwrighting, managing to write or collaborate on more than 30 plays in the next twenty-six years. In 1909 his play "The Great John Ganton" introduced one of the century's great theatrical stars, Laurette Taylor, to Broadway. Manners married Taylor and wrote and produced ten plays for her over the next decade. One of these, "Peg o' My Heart," was a huge success, spawning eight road companies during its Broadway run, playing more than 11,000 collective performances in its first nine years. It was filmed several times. An unproduced play was the posthumous source of the musical "The Gay Divorce," a Broadway hit for Fred Astaire and Cole Porter (later filmed as The Gay Divorcee (1934)). Manners had surgery to treat esophageal cancer in November, 1928, and died three weeks later.- Madeleine Roch was born on 10 August 1883 in Les Mureaux, Yvelines, France. She was an actress, known for Cleopatra (1910), Anne Boleyn (1912) and Femme fatale (1912). She died on 9 December 1930.
- Willy was born on 10 August 1859 in Châtillon-Coligny, Loiret, France. He was a writer, known for Claudine en ménage (1917), Claudine s'en va (1917) and Claudine à Paris (1917). He was married to Colette. He died on 12 January 1931 in Paris, France.
- Vilhelm Berndtson was born on 10 August 1873 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Erotikon (1920), Hemsöborna (1919) and Boman på utställningen (1923). He died on 13 August 1931 in Göteborg, Sweden.
- Hans Otto was born on 10 August 1900 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das gestohlene Gesicht (1930). He was married to Marie Kuckhoff. He died on 24 November 1933 in Berlin, Germany.
- Tod Sloan was born on 10 August 1874 in Bunker Hill, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Hot Heels (1927), The Midnight Patrol (1932) and When Romance Rides (1922). He was married to Betty Saxon Maloney and Julia Sanderson. He died on 21 December 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Panait Istrate was born in the Danube port Braila in Romania, on 11 August 1884 to Joita Istrate, an unmarried house cleaner. It seams that a Greek smuggler named Valsamis, partner to Joita's father, was his father. At age of 12 leaves home, drifts and works in Braila port, living with his grandmother in Lacul Sarat (Salt Lake). In March 1916 leaves Romania and starts a long trip through Mediterranean area, living in Suisse, Greece, France, Italy, and passing through Egypt, Lebanon, Syria. On 4 January 1921 tried suicide; by chance his situation coming to attention of French writer Romaine Rolland, they start a long relationship and a productive letter exchange. He start publishing some short stories and novels, written in French, which were appreciated by the critics, which start calling him "Gorky of Balkan". Coming from a working class background, he was very supportive of new social system experience in Russia, (probable influenced by his communist friend Romaine Rolland), but later, after the real situation of repressions in Russia became generally known, he start being very critical of Stalin and communism. His life is described in one of his novels by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Died in 1935.
- Rene Crevel was born on 10 August 1900 in Paris, France. He died on 17 June 1935 in Paris, France.
- Otto Berman was born on 10 August 1881 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 24 October 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Aleksandr Glazunov was born on 10 August 1865 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a composer, known for Otnovo v zhivota (1947), The Company (2003) and Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda (2019). He was married to Olga Nikolayevna Gavrilova. He died on 21 March 1936 in Boulogne, France.- Philip Stuart was born on 10 August 1887 in India. He was a writer, known for Clara Gibbings (1934), Nine Till Six (1932) and The Girl Irene (1936). He was married to Aimée Stuart. He died on 18 June 1936 in London, England, UK.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Director Alan Crosland was born in New York City on August 10, 1894, into an upper-middle class family, which soon moved to East Orange, NJ, where Alan was reared. His family's finances allowed for him to spend part of his elementary education in England, where he acquired a curious Anglo-American accent that he would affect for the rest of his life. With a restless personality that was complemented by a sharp intellect and a smooth tongue, Crosland had an uncanny ability to befriend even the most disagreeable people around him (a talent he would put to good use in Hollywood). He attended Dartmouth College but left before graduation, deciding he wanted to become a journalist, and eventually landed a job with the New York Globe, writing articles and short stories on the side for movie magazines. From 1912 he began to moonlight with the nearby Edison Company as an actor and stage manager. He performed a variety of duties there, eventually directing the studio's last feature, The Unbeliever (1918), shortly before being drafted into the US Army during World War I. He served out the Great War in the Army Photo Service. After the armistice he signed with a smaller independent company, Select, one he had briefly worked with prior to the war, remaining with them on ten more pictures through 1922. During this period he gained an enviable reputation for effectively directing some of the most temperamental stars of the day. He was of the few directors who actually liked Erich von Stroheim and obtained effective performances from the notoriously hammy (yet undeniably talented) Lionel Barrymore.
He signed with Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan in 1923, where the reviews for Under the Red Robe (1923) placed him solidly in the ranks of Hollywood's top directors. He became the first director a studio wanted when shooting a big-budget, prestigious historical drama, especially if it starred a difficult actor that might be inclined to spin costs out of control. With his reputation growing, Crosland lived life to the hilt, thoroughly enjoying the 1920s Hollywood lifestyle; he was frequently seen around town looking always dapper in the latest flashy cars and inside the latest hot spot with a dazzling starlet.
After a brief stint at Paramount, Crosland signed with Warner Brothers and was assigned to projects by Darryl F. Zanuck just when the studio was in the midst of a make-or-break gamble on sound with its Vitaphone sound-on-disk system. At that time Warner Brothers was considered almost a "Poverty Row" studio, well below the ranks of MGM, Universal and Paramount. It had acquired an unenviable reputation in Hollywood as having only two major stars, one of whom was a German Shepherd named Rin-Tin-Tin and the other the temperamental, hard-drinking John Barrymore, who was hauled out for its few prestige pictures. One of the five combative brothers who ran the studio, Sam Warner, saw sound as the way to eliminate the need for theatrical orchestras and establish what he felt was Warner's rightful place within the film industry. Crosland's reputation for handling both spectacle and difficult stars made him the obvious choice to direct the studio's first tentative stab at sound, Don Juan (1926), which was the first film to contain synchronized music and sound effects. It was a moderate success and he was picked for an even more ambitious project, The Jazz Singer (1927), a part-talkie, on which the studio's entire fortunes rested. Crosland was chosen to direct the maudlin story largely on his ability to work with the notoriously difficult Al Jolson, after George Jessel (who had starred in the Broadway production) walked out over a pay dispute. The $500,000 production had only 281 spoken words (mostly incidental to the songs and ad-libbed by Jolson) but it ignited the public's voracious appetite for talkies and grossed $3,000,000, a blockbuster in those days.
Hollywood was soon caught up in a war between competing sound technologies: Warner's Vitaphone and Fox's superior Western Electric sound-on-film process. Meanwhile, studios faced enormous conversion costs and uncertainties over their stars' abilities to transition to sound. By 1928 the silent film had reached the pinnacle of its artistic achievement and the early talkies, by comparison, appeared crude. While some studios--most notably MGM (whose parent Loew's faced monumental costs related to converting its extensive theater network)--adopted a wait-and-see attitude toward both the public acceptance of sound and choosing a system, Warner's saw talkies in the form of its Vitaphone as its salvation. In Crosland's world of 1927-29, it should be remembered that sound cameras were fixed and muffled, large microphones had to be cleverly hidden and actors were often justifiably terrified of how their voices would be received. Unfortunately the Vitaphone process seriously limited the ability to edit a film, resulting in stagy long takes, and with its cumbersome electro-mechanical hardware and fragile records that would often break in transit, it was soon obvious that Fox's sound-on-film system was vastly superior (Warner's would quietly admit technological defeat in 1931 and convert).
Technology issues aside, the Vitaphone propelled Warner Brothers solidly into the ranks of the A-list studios and, infused with cash, it acquired Fox's First National theatrical network by 1930, a crucial business move that greatly expanded the studio's distribution capabilities and enabled it to ride out huge losses it would incur from 1931-34. It was during this all-too-brief transition period that Alan Crosland was the most experienced sound director in town. He directed another part-talkie hit, Glorious Betsy (1928), starring Dolores Costello, a return to his favored costume spectacle.
By mid-1929 it became apparent that a movie could not solely depend on the novelty of sound; hits required production values and a degree of action, an uncomfortable situation given the restrictions of the equipment. At this point Crosland stumbled badly. A primitive attempt at color didn't help On with the Show! (1929), a creaky musical starring a badly miscast Betty Compson and Arthur Lake, a textbook example of claustrophobic filmmaking and Crosland's first real flop. He tripped again with Captain Thunder (1930), one of his worst films. His next two assignments delved into the opera genre with dismal box office returns. His personal life became rocky, with his first marriage to Juanita Fletcher failing in 1930. He hastily wed actress Natalie Moorhead, a union that would last less than five years. Although he would direct more than 20 features--some of them moderately successful--after his career triumph with "The Jazz Singer," Crosland fell from the ranks of A-list directors and settled into directing B-level pictures.
Early in the morning of July 10, 1936, he was driving on Sunset Boulevard when his car hit some road debris and he swerved off the road, flipping twice in a construction zone. He was rushed to the hospital with multiple broken bones and a suspected skull fracture. Within four days he contracted pneumonia and his condition was downgraded by his doctor. He died on July 16, 1936, just shy of his 42nd birthday. His last film, The Case of the Black Cat (1936), was completed by William C. McGann. Crosland was survived by his son (with Juanita Fletcher), Alan Crosland Jr., who became a very successful television director in the 1960s-'70s.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Emanuel Brozík was born on 10 August 1887 in Zvánovice u Rícan, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Komediantská princezna (1936), Anicko, vrat se! (1927) and C. a k. polní marsálek (1930). He died on 28 December 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
- Soundtrack
Maxine Castle was born on 10 August 1903 in Toronto, Canada. She was an actress. She was married to Thomas B. Corbaley. She died on 30 October 1938 in New York, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Art Director
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was born on 10 August 1898 in Okunevo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Hlybokaye Raion, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer and actor, known for District Attorney (1933), Bialy Murzyn (1939) and Znachor (1937). He died on 20 September 1939 in Kuty, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kuty, Ukraine].- Charles Thurston was born on 10 August 1868 in Oconto, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Doubling for Romeo (1921), Is That Nice? (1926) and Rolling Home (1926). He was married to Pauline ?. He died on 4 March 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Ladislav Desenský was born on 10 August 1874 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Batalion (1927), Fidlovacka (1930) and Bludné duse (1927). He died on 10 April 1941 in Prerov, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic].
- Actor
- Stunts
Howard Hickey was born on 10 August 1895 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 4 March 1942 in San Fernando, California, USA.- Claudette Mawby was born on 10 August 1922 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Baby Cyclone (1928) and Dance of the Paper Dolls (1929). She died on 29 August 1942 in Sussex, England, UK.
- Albert Bras was born on 10 August 1865 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Ladies' Paradise (1930), Vampyr (1932) and Chicot the Jester (1913). He died on 29 September 1942 in London, England, UK.
- Josef Skrivan was born on 10 August 1902 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Workers, Let's Go (1934), Powder and Petrol (1932) and Jménem Jeho Velicenstva (1929). He died on 4 November 1942 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland.
- Hubert Wales was born on 10 August 1870 in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England, UK. Hubert was a writer, known for The Yoke (1915) and Cynthia in the Wilderness (1916). Hubert died on 5 July 1943 in Hindhead, Surrey, England, UK.
- Edmond Roze was born on 10 August 1878 in Reims, Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Le fils improvisé (1932), 600 000 francs par mois (1933) and Un coup de rouge (1937). He died on 23 July 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Frances Noyes Hart was the author of a score of popular crime novels and short stories, many of which appeared in national magazines during the 1920s and 1930s. A short list of her more successful works include "My a E F a Hail And Farewell" (1920), "Contact and Other Stories" (1923), "The Bellamy Trial" (1927), "Hide in the Dark" (1929), "Pigs in Clover" (1931) and "The Crooked Lane" (1934). Born on 10 August, 1890, at Silver Springs, MD, Hart was the daughter of Frank Brett Noyes (1863-1949), publisher of the Washington Star Newspaper Company and president of the Associated Press. Her mother was Janet Newbold Noyes (1868-1942), a well-known civic leader in the Washington, DC, area. Mrs. Noyes was credited as being the driving force behind the passage of the National Arboretum Act of 1931. Frances received her education at the Chicago Latin School, Columbia University and overseas at schools in Florence, Italy, and Paris, France. During the First World War she served with US Naval Intelligence and did volunteer work at YMCA canteens. On 6 January 1921 she married Edward Henry Hart, a general counsel with the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Frances Noyes Hart died unexpectedly on 23 October 1943, a few days after entering the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT, in need of rest. She was survived by her husband and two daughters, Janet and Ann.
- Irén Zilahy was born on 10 August 1904 in Kaposvár, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Tovaritch (1935), Úrilány szobát keres (1937) and Paprika (1933). She died on 4 April 1944 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Milena Jesenska was born on 10 August 1896 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Nu devant un fantôme (2006). She was married to Jaromír Krejcar and Ernst Polak. She died on 17 May 1944 in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Frank Marshall was born on 10 August 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 9 November 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
- Honorable Wu was born on 10 August 1896 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Stowaway (1936), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) and North of Shanghai (1939). He died on 27 February 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Nikolai Khmelev (Khmelyov) was a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre, known for his role as Belikov in Chelovek v futlyare (1939) by director Isidor Annensky.
He was born Nikolai Pavlovich Khmelev on August 10, 1901, in Sormovo on Volga, central Russia. His father, Pavel Khmelev, was a master-manager at locomotive building plant. His mother was a music teacher. Young Khmelev received a good private education. In 1916 - 1919 he studied at Demidov's Gymnasium in Moscow, then, in 1919 attended Moscow University's department of History and Philology, then transfered to Acting School of Moscow Art Theatre. Khmelev studied acting at the 2nd MKhAT Studio under Yevgeni Vakhtangov, V. Mchedelov, and Yuri Zavadsky.
He took advise from Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and also learned from other actors of Moscow Art Theatre, such as Michael Chekhov's and Aleksei Dikij's experimental gestures, time control, and make-up. However, during the bitter divide within the Moscow Art Theatre, Khmelev sided with Stanislavski. At age 20 Khmelev made stage appearance as Snegirev in 'Brothers Karamazov', and his acting was personally acclaimed by Konstantin Stanislavski.
From 1924 - 1945 Nikolai Khmelev was a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Alla Tarasova, Ivan Moskvin, Nikolai Sosnin, Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Kira Golovko, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Vasili Toporkov, Mark Prudkin, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and others.
In 1937 Khmelev shone as Count Karenin opposite Alla Tarasova as Anna Karenina in the Moscow Art Theatre's stage adaptation of the eponymous story by Lev Tolstoy. In 1940 Khmelev received much critical acclaim for his performances as Tuzenbakh in 'Tri sestry' (aka.. The Three Sisters), a classic play by Anton Chekhov.
Khmelev's career took an unusual turn when he shone as Aleksei Turbin in 'Dni Turbinykh' (aka.. The days of the Turbins) by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Khmelev's powerful performances attracted the eyes and ears of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Official record show that Khmelev's performances were attended by Stalin at least 15 times. Khmelev's lines from the Bulgakov's play, such as "Brothers and Sisters," as well as his delivery and acting style, were later used by Stalin himself in his official speeches, most notably during the Second World War.
Nikolai Khmelev was designated People's Actor of Russia (1937), and received the State Stalin's Prize three times (1941, 1942, and 1946 posthumously). He was married to actress Lyalya Chyornaya. From 1937 - 1940 he was Director-General at Theatre of Ermolova in Moscow. In 1943 Khmelev was appointed Artistic Director of Moscow Art Theatre.
After the end of WWII in 1945, Moscow Art Theatre, like most Soviet companies, had to update repertoire to glorify the Soviet leadership. At that time Khmelev worked on his role as Ivan the Terrible, and anxiously anticipated a visit by Joseph Stalin. Khmelev had a heart attack during the last rehearsal, and died on stage dressed as Tsar Ivan the Terrible, on November 1, 1945, in Moscow. He was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Russia. - Thomas Job was born on 10 August 1901 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), Escape in the Desert (1945) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Edith Anne Robinson and Eunice Lairnia Larson. He died on 31 July 1947 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Gyözö Kabók was born on 10 August 1881 in Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Göre Gábor bíró úr pesti kalandozásai (1914), Göre Gábor bíró úr kalandozásai Budapesten (1914) and A vén bakancsos és fia, a huszár (1918). He died on 14 June 1949 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Sem Benelli was born on 10 August 1877 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for Le figlie del mare (1918), La cena delle beffe (1942) and The Gorgona (1915). He died on 18 December 1949 in Zoagli, Liguria, Italy.
- Prezihov Voranc was born on 10 August 1893 in Podgora pri Kotljah, Slovenia. Prezihov was a writer, known for The Wild Growth (1963), Tri zgodbe (1955) and Ljubezen na odoru (1973). Prezihov died on 18 February 1950 in Maribor, Slovenia.
- Sallie Fisher was born on 10 August 1880 in Wyoming, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row (1916) and Animated Weekly, No. 34 (1912). She was married to Arthur Houghton. She died on 8 June 1950 in Twentynine Palms, California, USA.
- George Mayo was born on 10 August 1899 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for A Woman's Man (1934), A Perfect Match (1930) and American Eunuchs (2003). He died on 24 December 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Former stage actor and playwright - he wrote over 150 plays and vaudeville sketches - Hugh Herbert went, in the early 1930s to Hollywood, as a comedian. In the 1930s he worked mostly for Warner Bros., impersonating often eccentric millionaires, tycoons and dimwitted professors. In a few movies he collaborated on the screenplays, e.g. on "Gold Diggers of 1935" and "Hit Parade of 1941".- Charles Herzinger was born on 10 August 1864 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bat (1926), Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1921) and Honor Bound (1920). He died on 18 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Paul Marinier was born on 10 August 1866 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Paul died on 5 September 1953 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure, France.- David Johnston was born on 10 August 1923 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a producer, known for Wings of the Hawk (1953). He died on 10 February 1954 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.