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Girolamo Frescobaldi was born on 12 September 1583 in Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara [now Emilia-Romagna, Italy]. He was a composer, known for Tale of Tales (2015), Sodrásban (1964) and Le pont des Arts (2004). He died on 1 March 1643 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy].- Álvares de Azevedo was born on 12 September 1831 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Álvares was a writer, known for Noite na Taverna (2014). Álvares died on 25 April 1852 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Louis IV was born on 12 September 1837 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. He was married to Countess Alexandrina Hutten-Czapska and Grand Duchess Alice. He died on 13 March 1892 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany].
- William Carver was born on 12 September 1868 in Coryell County, Texas, USA. He died on 2 April 1901 in Sonora, Texas, USA.
- William Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist and mystic, probably best known for his play "The Immortal Hour" and "The Sin-Eater and Other Tales" an intriguing and gripping collection of tales that mixes mystery, Gothic horror, crime, and thriller. He wrote or edited almost forty books in his own name, as well as more than ten as Fiona MacLeod. William Sharp was educated at Blair Lodge Academy, Polmont, and from 1867 at Glasgow Academy. Gifted at languages, in 1871 he entered Glasgow University, where he came under the influence of the charismatic professor of English, John Nichol. By 1883 Sharp had been appointed London art critic of the Glasgow Herald, and his rise into the literary coterie of London continued. In 1890 he took a trip through Europe and developed or completed a feeling of deep dislike towards city living.
- Frederick Bond was born on 12 September 1861 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was married to Annie Rose (actress) and Caroline Parker (actress). He died on 9 February 1914 in Whitestone, Long Island, New York, USA.
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Frederik Jacobsen was born on 12 September 1876. He was an actor and writer, known for Hjælpen (1913), Hans gode Genius (1922) and Den kære Afdøde (1912). He died on 4 September 1922.- Douglas Munro was born on 12 September 1862 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 0-18 or A Message from the Sky (1914), The Christian (1915) and Justice (1917). He died on 27 January 1924 in Birmingham, England, UK.
- Jimmy Murphy was born on 12 September 1894 in San Francisco, California, USA. He died on 15 September 1924 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
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As a young actor in a small traveling Kabuki group, he was discovered by Makino Shozo and made his debut as the main character in Goban Tadanobu in 1909. Later he acted in parts both as a hero and kyokyaku (a professional gambler in the Edo period, often romanticized as a chivalrous 'Robin Hood' figure) one after another, and he also performed most of the main characters in the bestsellers of the time, Tachikawa paperbacks. Ninja films were also discovered by Matsunosuke, and he was given the nickname "Medama no Matchan" due to his very large eyes. He became very popular with children who would imitate the ninja moves they had seen in his films. Matusnosuke is said to have created over 80 films a year during his prime years and made over 1,000 films in total. However, the only films that are preserved today are Chushingura (1910), Goketsu Jiraiya (1921) and Shibukawa Bangoro (1922). Matsunosuke collapsed during the filming of Kyokotsu Mikazuki in 1926, and died of heart disease on 11 September that year.- H.H. Asquith, considered the founder of the British welfare state, was the prime minister of the United Kingdom who led the British Empire into the monumental debacle that was World War I.
The son of a cloth merchant, Henry Herbert Asquith was born in Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and attended Balliol College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. After graduation he became a barrister and was called to the bar in 1876. He married Helen Kelsall Melland, the daughter of a Manchester physician, in 1877. By the early 1880s he had become financially well-off from his law practice, enough so to consider politics (members of Parliament were not paid a real salary until the 1970s). He was first elected to Parliament in 1886, standing as the Liberal candidate for East Fife, Scotland.
His first wife gave him four sons and one daughter before dying from typhoid in 1891. He remarried in 1894, taking Margot Tennant, the daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet, as his second wife. She bore several children, but only a son and daughter survived into adulthood. Asquith was called Herbert by his family, but his second wife called him Henry, and those who called him by his Christian name made the switch. However, in public he was addressed only as H.H. Asquith.
In 1892 he became Home Secretary during William Gladstone's last government (as Home Secretary Asquith signed the arrest order for Oscar Wilde, who was eventually incarcerated for lewd behavior). Three years after the Liberals went out of power in 1895, he was offered the party leadership but turned it down. After the Liberals' landslide victory in the 1906 general election, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Campbell Bannerman, a post in which he proved a stalwart proponent of free trade. Bannerman resigned the premiership due to illness in April 1908 and Asquith succeeded him, becoming the first member of the professional middle class to serve as Prime Minister.
His first government launched a guns-and-butter legislative programme, building up the British Navy in an arms race with Germany while introducing social welfare programmes. Asquith can be considered the father of the British welfare state, as his government introduced government pensions in 1908. The programme was fiercely resisted by the Tories, which provoked a constitutional crisis in 1909 when the Conservative majority in the House of Lords rejected the government's "People's Budget." Traditionally finance was the province of the House of Commons, and the resulting constitutional crisis forced a general election in January 1910. Though the Liberals were returned to government with a majority, their numbers in the Commons were much reduced, and the crisis continued.
King Edward VII consented to filling the House of Lords with freshly-minted Liberal peers, who would override the Lords' veto, if Asquith agreed to hold another general election, after which he would act if the impasse continued. However, Edward VII died in May 1910, before the second general election. Asquith had to use his considerable powers of persuasion to get Edward's successor, King George V, to agree to the plan. The new king was hesitant, as packing the Lords would undermine the power of the hereditary aristocracy. Before the December 1910 general election (the last held for eight years), Asquith's persuasion paid off, and George V agreed to pack the House of Lords. The Liberals won their second election of 1910, though the balance of power in the government rested with peers from Ireland, who demanded a Home Rule bill as the price of support for Asquith's third government.
The Parliament Act of 1911 circumscribed the legislative power of the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of Parliament was limited to delaying, but not defeating outright, any bill passed by the House of Commons. Asquith paid off the Irish block with the Third Irish Home Rule Bill, which achieved Royal Assent in late 1914, though implementation of the law was suspended for the duration of World War I, which the UK had become involved in due to a spider web of treaties. The Irish question remained a tinderbox, and while civil war in Ireland over the fate of Ulster was averted in 1914 by the outbreak of the war in Europe, simmering tensions would lead to the Easter Rebellion of 1916, which would prove to be one of the factors that contributed to Asquith's loss of power. The other was the war.
In May 1915 the Cabinet split over a scandal involving the dearth of munitions available at the front. Asquith ultimately was held responsible for the shortcomings in British war production. The "Shell Crisis" underscored the need for the British economy to be put on a wartime footing. Responding to the discord, Asquith formed a new government, creating a national coalition that included members of the Opposition (though an election should have been held in 1915, elections were suspended for the duration of the war). David Lloyd George, the most dynamic of the Liberal ministers from the old cabinet, was made minister of munitions.
The new coalition government did nothing to bolster Asquith's premiership. Both Liberals and Tories criticized his performance over the conduct of the war and assigned him some of the blame for the failed offensives at the Somme (in which Asquith's eldest son Raymond died) and Gallipoli (which led to the resignation of Winston Churchill, then a Liberal MP, as First Sea Lord). He was also blamed for his handling of the armed Easter Rebellion of Irish Catholics in Dublin in April 1916 and the resulting civil war. The Machiavellian Lloyd George undermined Asquith by splitting the Liberal Party into pro- and anti-Asquith factions. The result was that Asquith resigned as prime minister on December 5, 1916, and was succeeded by Lloyd George.
After resigning, Asquith continued in his post as Liberal Party leader, even after losing his seat in the 1918 elections. He returned to the House of Commons in a 1920 by-election and played a key role in helping the Labour Party form a minority in 1924, which gave Ramsay MacDonald his first--though short-lived--premiership.
The minority Labour government fell in 1924, and in the subsequent election won by the Tories, Asquith lost his seat in the Commons. He was raised to the hereditary peerage as Viscount Asquith, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Oxford and Asquith in 1925. Asquith moved over to the House of Lords and finally resigned the Liberal Party leadership in 1926. He died in 1928.
Violet Bonham Carter (maiden name Violet Asquith), Asquith's only daughter by his first wife, was a successful writer who was made a Life Peeress in her own right (she is the grandmother of Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter). His son Cyril became a Law Lord, and two other sons married well, one being the poet Herbert Asquith. His two children by Margot were Elizabeth (later Princess Antoine Bibesco), a writer, and Anthony Asquith, a well-regarded film director. - Alice Washburn was born on 12 September 1861 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for John Brown's Heir (1911), Snow White (1916) and Freezing Auntie (1912). She died on 18 November 1929 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
- Sophus Claussen was born on 12 September 1865 in Helletofte, Langeland, Denmark. Sophus was a writer, known for Mordet i værtshuset (1965) and Gunnar Lauring har gæster (1965). Sophus was married to Inger Nielsen. Sophus died on 11 April 1931 in Gentofte, Denmark.
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Now completely forgotten, the name of Gerald Ames had a very special feel back in the silent era. The man who bore this name was indeed a heart breaker. Six feet tall, burly, athletic, mustached, dark-eyed and dark-haired, Ames had all it took to get top billing and he did grace about seventy films (many of which directed by pioneers George Loane Tucker and Cecil M. Hepworth) with his manly presence. He very successfully portrayed three archetypal fiction characters, Rupert Von Hetzau, Arsène Lupin and Raffles. And he most often found himself in the shoes of figures of imposing bearing such as aristocrats (knights, counts, marquises, princes...), officers (lieutenants, captains...), judges, ambassadors, the like... Directors also explored the darker side of his personality by making him a spy or an enemy officer. Debuting on the boards as of 1905 and on the big screen in 1914, Gerald was one of the few actors to manage two careers at once. For not content to be a thespian he was also a fencing champion and even represented Britain in the Stockholm Games of 1912. Born in Blackheath in 1881, educated at Freiburg University in Germany, married to actress Mary Dibley, Percy Gerald Ames died too soon of a heart attack after falling down the steps at a London Underground station in 1933. He was only 51.- Robert B. Mantell Jr. was born on 12 September 1912 in the USA. He was an actor, known for When You and I Were Young (1917) and The Sins of Society (1915). He died on 24 October 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Jan Brandts Buys was born on 12 September 1868 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was a composer, known for Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen (1991). He was married to Alma Shapiro and Valentine von Dziembowski. He died on 7 December 1933 in Salzburg, Austria.
- Helen Strickland was born on 12 September 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Vanity Fair (1915), The Scoundrel (1935) and The Ghost of Old Morro (1917). She was married to Robert Conness. She died on 11 January 1938 in New York City, New York, USA.
- William Slavens McNutt was born on 12 September 1885 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. William Slavens was a writer and director, known for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), Lady and Gent (1932) and Unmarried (1939). William Slavens was married to Mrs. Louise Tanner Glorius and Georgina McNally. William Slavens died on 25 January 1938 in La Cañada, California, USA.
- Lajos Réthey was born on 12 September 1860 in Budapest, Austrian Empire [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Dracula's Death (1921), Die Csardasfürstin (1927) and A vörös Sámson (1917). He died on 17 May 1940 in Budapest, Hungary.
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- Actor
Jasper Ewing Brady was born on 12 September 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Man She Brought Back (1922), The Island of Regeneration (1915) and The Divorce Trap (1919). He was married to Lillian Fowler Miller, Marjorie Estelle Shoals, Virginia Nelles Wright and Emma Augusta Dennis. He died on 8 August 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Rupert Lister was born on 12 September 1868 in Kennington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Splinters in the Navy (1931). He died on 14 October 1940 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas was born on 12 September 1866 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK. He died on 12 August 1941 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Elisabeth Freeman was born on 12 September 1876 in England, UK. She died on 27 February 1942 in Altadena, California, USA.
- Emma Tansey was born on 12 September 1870 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for When You and I Were Young (1917), Joan of the Woods (1918) and Are Children to Blame? (1920). She died on 23 March 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Myrtle Rishell was born on 12 September 1877 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Girls (1919), Luck in Pawn (1919) and Happiness a la Mode (1919). She died on 12 September 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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John R. Neill was born on 12 September 1877. He was a writer, known for Return to Oz (1985), The Plan Is Divine, the Gifts Are Awesome (1996) and Oz: The American Fairyland (1997). He was married to Margaret Carrol and Elsie G. Barrows. He died on 19 September 1943 in Flanders, New Jersey, USA.- Giacomo Almirante was born on 12 September 1875 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Doctor, Beware (1941), Song to the Wind (1939) and Amanda (1916). He was married to Ada Cristina Almirante. He died on 12 January 1944 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Composer, author, conductor, cornetist and teacher, educated in public schools. He was a cornet soloist in bands at Ontario Beach, but he played and instructed all brass instruments and also violin and viola at the Toronto Conservatory. He was a member of Patrick Gilmore's New York band, F. N. Innes' Band, and the 7th Regimental Band (under Victor Herbert). He made four European tours with John Philip Sousa as a cornet soloist and assistant conductor. He directed the Anglo-Canadian Concert Band in Huntesville, Ontario from 1918-1923, and the Municipal Band in Long Beach, California between 1923-1943. He joined ASCAP in 1938, and his instrumental compositions include "King of the Deep", "Birth of Dawn", "Youth Dauntless", "Sounds From the Deep", and the cornet trio feature "Flirtations".- Actor
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E.P. Evers was born on 12 September 1874 in Villa Ridge, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Drugged Waters (1916), The Jungle (1914) and Her Own Home (1914). He died on 22 July 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
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- Director
János Manninger was born on 12 September 1901 in Magyaróvár, Austria-Hungary [now Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary]. He was a writer and director, known for Kétszer kettö (1946), Fény és árnyék (1943) and Zenélö malom (1943). He died on 1 April 1946 in Budapest, Hungary.- Dubravko Dujsin was born on 12 September 1894 in Zadar, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Slavica (1947). He was married to Cata Dujisin-Ribar. He died on 30 January 1947 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
- Alfred Hewston was born on 12 September 1882 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Texas Cowboy (1929), The Mysterious Airman (1928) and Roaring Guns (1927). He was married to Ollie Haywood. He died on 6 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Phyllis Clare was born on 12 September 1905 in Fulham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Clive of India (1935), A Cup of Kindness (1947) and Romance in Rhythm (1934). She died on 1 November 1947 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Eleanor Painter was born on 12 September 1891 in Waterville, Iowa, USA. She was married to Charles H. Strong and Louis Graveure. She died on 3 November 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Nora Bennett Schilling was born in Chester, Illinois. She grew up and went to school near St. Louis. After modeling for a time, she went to visit a friend in California and was noticed by someone in the film industry. She successfully passed her screen test and began playing small parts in silent films in 1927, taking on the name Lane. In her 17 year career she played in over 80 films. Her notable works include her role as Zerelda in Jesse James (1927), her role as Sally in The Cisco Kid (1931), the villainous role of Goldie in Western Frontier (1935), as well as her supporting part in Jimmy the Gent (1934) which starred James Cagney and Bette Davis. She played in four Hopalong Cassidy films, two of which she was cast as the widowed ranch owner, Nora Blake. In her personal life, she was noted as an excellent swimmer and won many awards. On August 5, 1931, she and fellow actors Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe were involved in a Southern Pacific train crash 20 miles east of Yuma, Arizona, but managed to escape uninjured. In 1941 she married Burdette Henney and retired from movies in 1944. The two lived a happy marriage until tragedy struck in 1948 when they went on a fishing trip in Bishop, California, during which Nora's husband died suddenly of a heart attack. On October 16, exactly one month after Burdette's death, the grief stricken widow shot herself dead after leaving a note to her step-son, simply saying she could not go on without him.- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was born on 12 September 1894 in Ghoshpada-Muraripur, Kanchrapara, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a writer, known for Pather Panchali (1955), Fuleswari (1974) and Amar Prem (1972). He died on 1 November 1950 in Ghatshila, Bihar, India.
- Arno Dosch was born on 12 September 1879 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He died on 16 April 1951 in Madrid, Spain.
- Herbert Gernot was born on 12 September 1895 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933), Der verzauberte Tag (1944) and Frau im Strom (1939). He died on 12 September 1952 in Munich, Germany.
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Ernö Gál was born on 12 September 1889 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Romania]. He was a production manager and producer, known for Dunaparti randevú (1936), Lovagias ügy (1937) and Két fogoly (1938). He died on 27 October 1952 in Budapest, Hungary.- Oliver Thorndike was born on 12 September 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944), Unconquered (1947) and Suspense (1949). He died on 14 April 1954 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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- Actor
Jacques Fath was born on 12 September 1912. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Red Shoes (1948), Portrait of a Killer (1949) and Between Eleven and Midnight (1949). He was married to Genevieve Fath. He died on 14 November 1954.- Anna Larssen Bjørner was born on 12 September 1875 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was married to Sigurd Bjørner and Jens Otto Gyntelberg Larssen. She died on 6 March 1955 in Vedbæk, Denmark.
- Reg Bolton was born on 12 September 1881 in Pendleton, Salford, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Saturday Night Revue (1937). He died on 14 March 1955 in Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
H.L. Mencken was born on 12 September 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Good Night Valentino (2003), Camille (1926) and Mitzi & Mencken (2008). He was married to Sara Powell Haardt. He died on 29 January 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.- Irène Joliot-Curie was born on 12 September 1897 in Paris, France. She was married to Frédéric Joliot-Curie. She died on 17 March 1956 in Paris, France.
- Lou Moore was born on 12 September 1904 in Hinton, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 25 March 1956 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Charlie Melson was born on 12 September 1897 in New York, USA. Charlie was a writer, known for Flirting with Fate (1938), The Gladiator (1938) and Swiss Miss (1938). Charlie died on 22 May 1956 in San Mateo, California, USA.
- Etta Lee was born on 12 September 1906 in Maui, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Manchu Love (1929), Camille (1926) and Recompense (1925). She was married to Frank Brown. She died on 27 October 1956 in Eureka, California, USA.
- Anker Kirkeby was born on 12 September 1884 in Denmark. He was a director and writer, known for Amagerkonerne sælger Blomster paa Højbro Plads (1913), Professor Vilhelm Thomsen i videnskabernes selskabs bygning (1913) and Ingeniør Valdemar Poulsen paa sin station for traadløs telegrafi i Lyngby og i sit laboratorium (1913). He was married to Betty Meyer. He died on 27 January 1957 in Denmark.
- Holmes Zimmermann was born on 12 September 1900 in Maikammer, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der graue Hund (1922), Feuerteufel (1920) and Kladd und Datsch, die Pechvögel (1926). He died on 14 June 1957 in Berlin, Germany.