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- Allan Kardec was born on 3 October 1804 in Lyon, France. Allan was a writer, known for O Espiritismo, de Kardec aos Dias de Hoje (1995). Allan was married to Amélie Gabrielle Boudet. Allan died on 31 March 1869 in Villa Ségur, Bordeaux, France.
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Lina Sandell was born on 3 October 1832 in Småland, Sweden. Lina is known for A Man Called Ove (2015), One Summer of Happiness (1951) and Prison (1949). Lina died on 27 July 1903 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Vilém Blodek was born on 3 October 1834 in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He is known for Blues pro EFB (1980) and Criminal Lovers (1999). He was married to Marie Doudlebská. He died on 1 May 1874 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.- Alphonse Winckler was born on 3 October 1839 in Champagnole, France. He died on 21 April 1925 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Maurice Desvallières was born on 3 October 1857 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for La casta Susana (1944), Die keusche Susanne (1926) and La casta Susana (1963). He died on 23 March 1926 in Paris, France.
- Actress
- Writer
Eleonora Duse was born on 3 October 1858 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Cenere (1917). She was married to Tebaldo Marchetti. She died on 21 April 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Karin Larsson was a Swedish artist in crafts, clothes and furnishings. She showed an early artistic aptitude and entered the Art Academy in Stockholm in 1877, where she studied until 1882. After the Art Academy, she went to the Scandinavian artists' colony in the small village of Grez outside Paris. There she met her future husband, Carl Larsson. Karin Larsson's creative energy and personal sense of style was a very important component of Carl's artistry. The bold decor, the modern textiles, the rustic furniture - she designed most of it herself. Despite eight children, she continued working in parallel with her artistry.
- Charles MacDona was born on 3 October 1860 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Once Upon a Time (1918) and Daddy (1917). He was married to Mrs. Charles MacDona. He died on 15 November 1946 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Erich Wulffen was born on 3 October 1862 in Dresden, Germany. He is known for Der Mann mit den sieben Masken (1918), Die Kraft des Michael Argobast (1918) and Die geschlossene Kette (1920).
- Hermann Leffler was born on 3 October 1864 in Quedlinburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Golden Butterfly (1926), Praschnas Geheimnis (1922) and Die Kleine aus Amerika (1925). He died on 21 November 1929.
- Herbert Ross was born on 3 October 1865 in Calcutta, India. He was an actor, known for The Skin Game (1931), The Gables Mystery (1931) and Keepers of Youth (1931). He was married to Gertrude Charlotte Kendall. He died on 18 July 1934 in London, England, UK.
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Arvid Lindström was born on 3 October 1866. Arvid is known for Bock i örtagård (1958).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Julia Crawford Ivers was born on 3 October 1867 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for A Son of Erin (1916), The White Flower (1923) and The Majesty of the Law (1915). She died on 8 May 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Pierre Bonnard was born on 3 October 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was previously married to Maria Boursin.
- Producer
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- Director
Robert Paul was an English scientific instrument maker, pioneer of film, and foremost pioneer of the British film industry in its formative years. He was born in Liverpool Road, Highbury, North London and was educated at the City & Guilds Technical College, Finsbury. He began his career working in the electrical instrument shop of Elliott Brothers, where he obtained a practical knowledge of instrument making. In 1891, he established the Robert W. Paul Instrument Company, and established a workshop at 44 Hatton Garden, London, which later became his office. His involvement with cinematography came about by chance. In 1894, he was approached by two Greek businessmen, Georgiades and Tragides, who wanted him to make copies of an Edison Kinetoscope that they had purchased. He initially refused until learning that Thomas A. Edison had not patented the invention in Britain. Having agreed to manufacture the machines for his clients, he decided to make others for himself. The only films available were controlled by the Edison company and so in order for Paul's Kinetoscope business to succeed, it was essential that he make his own films. As Edison had patented his camera, Paul resolved to solve this bottleneck by creating his own camera. Via a mutual friend, Henry Short, Paul was introduced to Birt Acres, a photographic expert, and with his assistance designed and manufactured a cinematograph camera, now known as the Paul-Acres Camera. It was the first camera made in England, capable of shooting film in Edison's 35mm format. By 29 March 1895, the first successful English film had been shot - Clovelly Cottage, Barnet (1895), and Acres went on to shoot more films. Paul obtained a concession to operate a kinetoscope parlour at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, and the success of this venture inspired him to attempt surpassing Edison by projecting moving images onto a screen. While Paul and Birt Acres shared innovator status for creating Britain's first 35mm camera, they quickly dissolved the partnership to operate as competitors in the film camera and projector markets. Paul presented his Theatrograph on 20 February 1896 at Finsbury Park College. This was the first commercially produced 35 mm film projector to be produced in Great Britain. He also pioneered a system of projecting motion pictures onto a screen using a double Maltese cross system (modern-type sprockets that prevented wear on the film). The projection of films in London by Paul, Acres and the Lumieres happened around the same time. After some demonstrations before scientific groups, he was asked to supply a projector and staff to the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, and he presented his first theatrical programme on 25 March 1896. The use of his Theatrograph in music halls across England helped popularize cinema among the British population. To support the many showmen interested in making films of local interest, Paul established a separate manufacturing department focused on cameras, projectors, and cinema equipment with a dedicated office and showroom. Continuing his innovations with portable cameras, he built the 'Cinematograph Camera No. 1' in April 1896, the first camera to feature reverse-cranking. This mechanism allowed for the same film footage to be exposed several times. Paul was one of the first English producers to realise the possibilities of cinema as a means of presenting short comic and dramatic stories and to this end he built the first studio in England in 1989, with an adjacent laboratory capable of processing up to 8,000 feet of film per day. By the turn of the century his film projectors were being exported to the Continent, as well as to Australia and other British Dependencies. He entirely dominated the home market and earned the title 'Father of the British Film Industry'. Paul continued to make his own films that pioneered techniques such as close-up framing and cut transitions, selling them either directly or through newer new distribution companies. While Paul exited the film industry by early 1910, his importance was recognized among contemporaries through the moniker 'Daddy Paul'.- Sebastian Smith from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, became a well-known star of many comedy and drama shows all over Britain in the late Victorian years before meeting pioneering film-maker Cecil Hepworth. Hepworth cast the handsome tall dark Smith in many of his films, often as a smart gentleman hero, in such titles as 'Rescued by Rover'. In his later years, Smith became quite fat and bald, allowing him to take on comedy roles in films such as 'Oh Mr. Porter' with Will Hay. He died in 1948 at the age of 78.
- Zélie Yzelle was born on 3 October 1869 in Sommedieue, Meuse, France. She was an actress, known for Claudine à l'école (1937), Le Plaisir (1952) and Ouvert contre X... (1952). She died on 14 February 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Robert Kraft was born on 3 October 1869 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He is known for Die Gespenster von Garden Hall (1919). He was previously married to Johanna Rehbein.
- Carl Jönsson was born on 3 October 1870 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Trouble Backstairs (1935), Zwei Krawatten (1930) and Lady Windermeres Fächer (1935). He died on 5 May 1949 in Wembley, England, UK.
- Géza Raskó was born on 3 October 1870 in Pest, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was an actor, known for A tizennegyedik (1920). He died on 18 February 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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- Soundtrack
William P. Carleton was born on 3 October 1872 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936), Behind Masks (1921) and Morals (1921). He was married to Toby Claude. He died on 6 April 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Robert Sauer was born on 3 October 1872 in Rammenau, Saxony, Germany. He was an assistant director, known for Klasskamrater (1952), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) and Community Sing: Series 2, No. 1 (1937). He died on 5 January 1944 in Provo, Utah, USA.- Ivan Shmelyov was born on 3 October 1873 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a writer, known for Man from the Restaurant (1927), The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2008) and My Love (2006). He died on 24 June 1950 in Bussy-en-Othe, Yonne, France.
- Charles Brown Middleton was born 7th October 1879. His father was a military man with a strong sense of discipline which conflicted with Charles' own outlook on how to live his life so when 12 he ran away to join a circus and looked after the elephants before moving into performing in dramatic vignettes between traditional acts. At 18 he'd formed his own stock company which toured the South performing Shakespeare and self penned melodramas. He worked his way onto the Vaudeville circuit earning a reputation as a good actor which is how he met Stan Laurel. He appeared in some silent films in the 20's but his career took off with sound as stage actors were in demand due to their experience of vocal performance. He had a very distinctive voice which marked him out from the competition.He appeared with 3 great film comedy teams - Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges. He was often cast as a 'Heavy' and appeared in a lot of serials - Di ck Tracy, Batman, and Black Raven but is probably best remembered as Ming the Merciless in 3 Flash Gordon serials of the 30's. He was never under contract which allowed him to choose his own roles but a succession of unwise career choices led to less work in his later years so for every good role there were some bad ones. In his final years he took to the stage touring theatres showing clips from his films and talking about his work. On 19th April 1949 he was admitted to hospital and had an operation for gangrene on his right foot and died on the 22nd with cause of death being given as arteriosclerotic heart disease which he'd been suffering from for 20 years.
- Joseph Jiquel-Lanoë spent several years in Tahiti where he doubtlessly met Gauguin during his first stay in the late 1890's. He spent the last years of his life from 1940 to his death in 1948 in Papeete. Except for three paintings, one of them ("Trois Tahitiennes près d'un étang en forêt") revealing a strong influence of Gauguin, all traces of his work are gone.
- Max Malini was born on 3 October 1875 in Ostrov, Czech Republic. He died on 3 October 1942 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Dr. Atl was born on 3 October 1875 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He died on 15 August 1964 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- László Betegh was born on 3 October 1876 in Cluj, Romania. He was an actor, known for Mesék az írógépröl (1916). He died on 5 October 1926 in Cluj, Romania.
- Alex Scott-Gatty was born on 3 October 1876 in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1913) and Symphony in Two Flats (1930). He was married to Elayne Veronica Dewey and Lina Hart-Dyke. He died on 6 November 1937 in London, England, UK.
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Alexander MacDonald was born on 3 October 1877 in Stirling, Scotland, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Kingdom of Twilight (1929) and The Unsleeping Eye (1928). He died on 22 March 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Actor
- Director
Franz Herterich was born on 3 October 1877 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Liebesträume (1935), So endete eine Liebe (1934) and The Prince and the Pauper (1920). He died on 28 September 1966 in Vienna, Austria.- E.L. Frewen was born on 3 October 1877 in Rye, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for When Knights Were Bold (1929), My Lord Conceit (1921) and Adventures of Captain Kettle (1922). He died in May 1941 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Virginia Gildersleeve was born on 3 October 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. She died on 7 July 1965 in Centerville, Massachusetts, USA.
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Arno Nadel was born on 3 October 1878 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. Arno is known for Hebrew Melody (1935). Arno died in 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.- Else Heims was born on 3 October 1878 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lady Hamilton (1921), My Wife, the Adventuress (1931) and Die Rothausgasse (1928). She was married to Max Reinhardt. She died on 20 February 1958 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Warner Oland was born Johan Verner Olund in the small village of Nyby in Bjurholm parish in the county of Vasterbotten, Sweden, on October 3, 1879. Bjurholm is situated about 60 kilometers outside the town of Umea. His family emigrated to the US on October 15, 1892. His father Jonas was a shopkeeper and his mother was Maria Johanna (nee Forsberg).
After finishing grade school and working on Broadway during his 20s, Oland settled in California in the early 1910s, where he worked odd jobs. The movie industry was in its beginning stages in Hollywood, and Johan Olund--changing his name to the more Americanized "Warner Oland"--worked as a stage actor for a while before getting small parts in films in the 1910s and 1920s. As Hollywood made the transition from silent to sound pictures in the late 1920s (Oland co-starred in Warner Brothers' groundbreaking part-talkie The Jazz Singer (1927)), he began landing more prominent roles.
His greatest success came in 1931 when he was cast in the role of Charlie Chan, a Honolulu-based Chinese-American police detective in Charlie Chan Carries On (1931), based on the popular detective mystery series by Earl Derr Biggers [1884-1933] which was produced by Fox Films. His performance as the seemingly mild-mannered but razor-sharp Asian detective won him critical acclaim, which resulted in his playing Chan again in the sequel, The Black Camel (1931).
The success of the Chan character turned into a cash cow for Fox Studios and Oland became a valuable property. It seems incredible today, but in Fox's pre-Shirley Temple period, Oland was considered the only guaranteed profit maker on the lot. He became wealthy and bred miniature schnauzers. Although seemingly happy, Oland became increasingly dependent upon alcohol and exhibited bizarre delusional behavior after periods of drinking.
Oland appeared in a total of 16 Charlie Chan feature films from 1931 to 1937. The Chan films were budgeted approaching 1930s A-picture levels (approximately $275,000) and were usually shot within tight 30-day schedules, three films per year (sadly, a number of these have apparently been lost). The series was pretty much the only guaranteed profit-maker the ailing studio could bank on during the days leading to its takeover by ex-Warner's production chief Darryl F. Zanuck in 1935, that resulted in its transformation from Fox Films into Twentieth Century-Fox.
From 1931 to 1935 Oland did other films besides the Chan series, but he was increasingly relegated to roles that didn't vary much beyond mysterious Asians, and in mid-1935 he became so identified as Charlie Chan that he was assigned to the series exclusively. His last eight films were all Chan entries, usually co-starring Keye Luke, who played Chan's Number One Son. While considered somewhat stereotypical today, these films were met with wide critical acclaim and all were hugely profitable. The best of the series is generally considered to be Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), featuring lavish set design and a particularly effective menacing villain in Boris Karloff.
Oland's physical and mental problems slowly began to catch up to him, and in 1937 he was said to have suffered a nervous breakdown apparently due to some kind of mental dementia. The Fox executives, knowing that Oland was one of its biggest money earners, kept his alcoholism and mental problems hidden from the public. In November 1937, Edith, his wife of 30 years, filed for divorce. In January 1938 "Charlie Chan at (the) Ringside" began production at Fox's Western Avenue lot under the direction of James Tinling with an increasingly erratic Oland. After a few days shooting inside Studio 6, Oland walked out and never returned. He was heard complaining the studio was possessed by voodoo and feared contracting pneumonia. Over the next month there were numerous negotiations between Oland and SAG (Oland had been an early member) and production was briefly resumed, then suspended after Oland again failed to report to work. He was hospitalized and released, then decided to return to his mother's home in Sweden. Oland's film career, unbeknown to him, was over. In the interim, producer Sol M. Wurtzel, desperate to salvage the property, ordered the Chan picture reworked as Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938), with minor supporting cast changes. Successful negotiations were made with the Biggers' estate and the film was quickly shot with Peter Lorre and released April 7, 1938. The film itself remains an anachronism in the Moto series, as it contains much Chan-like dialog, tacked on Moto-esque action scenes and a guest-starring role by Keye Luke. Regardless, it was also a hit.
During his visit to Sweden, Oland negotiated a reconciliation with Edith but contracted bronchial pneumonia and died there on August 6, 1938, at age 57. Ironically, Fox contract (and Chan series) director John G. Blystone died the same day.
Numerous actors were tested to fill Oland's shoes as Charlie Chan, among them Cy Kendall, Walter Connolly, J. Edward Bromberg, Noah Beery Jr., Michael Visaroff and Leo Carillo (Kendall and Connelly had played Chan on radio). The series continued at Fox for another 11 entries with Sidney Toler, who was signed by Zanuck in mid-October 1938. Toler injected more humor into the character as scripts became somewhat more pedestrian. By 1942 Fox considered the series exhausted and it would ultimately be sold to low-budget studio Monogram Pictures and continue on even after Toler's death in 1947 with Roland Winters in the role through six dismal films into 1949.
In a postscript, Fox director Norman Foster paid a subtle tribute to Oland in the next Moto film, Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938). During that movie's production in August 1938, cast and crew learned of Oland's passing in his native Sweden. Over the title Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938), on the bill of the Sultana Theatre of Variety, they placed the banner "Last Day."- Joe De Stefani was born on 3 October 1879 in Venice, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Man They Could Not Hang (1939), Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) and Sky Bandits (1940). He was married to Helen De Stefani. He died on 26 October 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- André Brunot was born on 3 October 1879 in Prémery, Nièvre, France. He was an actor, known for L'affaire Blaireau (1923), The Red and the Black (1954) and The Lame Devil (1948). He died on 4 August 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Born out of wedlock in Manhattan, Kansas, but grew up in Denver. A close friend of fellow New York sportswriter--and former western gunfighter--William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, who knew the Runyan family in Denver. In the late teens and early 1920s both Ed Sullivan and Walter Winchell worked as Runyon's leg men. Buried in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery.- Soundtrack
Nora Bayes was born on 3 October 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was married to Benjamin L Friedland, Arthur Gordini, Harry Clark, Jack Norworth and Otto Anselm Gressing. She died on 19 March 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Director
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Gustaf Bergman was born on 3 October 1880 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and actor, known for Generalen (1931), En kvinnas morgondag (1931) and Kärlek måste vi ha (1931). He was married to Thorborg, Kerstin. He died on 5 June 1952 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Robert F. McElroy was born on 3 October 1880 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor. He died on 29 January 1976 in San Diego, California, USA.
- George Moran was born on 3 October 1881 in Elwood, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for My Little Chickadee (1940), Why Bring That Up? (1929) and Anybody's War (1930). He was married to Claire White. He died on 1 August 1949 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Laura Bowman was born on 3 October 1881 in Quincy, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Drums o' Voodoo (1934), Murder in Harlem (1935) and The Brute (1920). She was married to LeRoi Antoine and Sidney Kirkpatrick. She died on 29 March 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ulderico Marcelli was born on 3 October 1882 in Italy. He is known for Salomé (1922). He died on 17 August 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actor
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Krzewinski studied philosophy at the Jagiellonski University in Kraków. In 1905, he went to Brazil as a circus performer and teacher. Back in Warsaw, he joined other theater actors in creating a cinematography company; they completed several short films as early as 1911. He was the author of librettos for operettas, popular songs, screenplays and several novels. He fought in both World Wars and died in Warsaw in March 1943, under the German occupation.- Max Weydner was born on 3 October 1882 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Jolly, der Teufelskerl (1921), Der Tunnel (1933) and In einem kühlen Grunde (1935). He died in 1937 in Germany.
- Earl Dwire was born on 3 October 1883 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Randy Rides Alone (1934), Radio Patrol (1937) and The Lawless Frontier (1934). He was married to Elizabeth Alice Maddeaux and Ruth Lechler, nee Castle. He died on 16 January 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Danish-born Harry August Jansen was not the first magician to don the sobriquet 'Dante the Magician' -- that honour belonged to fellow Scandinavian Oscar Eliason (born in Utah to Mormon parents). Eliason, invariably attired in courtly dress, performed stage illusions, including the spirit-cabinet act, touring the United States, Mexico, Canada and Australia as early as the 1890's. He was at the peak of his popularity when he took a fatal bullet to the abdomen during a hunting trip in South Africa after a gun discharged accidentally. The second Dante was the famous one. Harry Jansen was understudy to Howard Thurston in the 1920's and adopted the moniker on the advice of his mentor. He took Thurston's magic show on a world tour and was still overseas performing to captivated audiences when Thurston died in 1936. The name of Dante's lavishly produced show was 'Sim Sala Bim' (a nonsense phrase from an old Danish song and Dante's trademark line). It featured classic routines like the "Backstage Illusion", sawing a woman in half, the vanishing horse and rider and the "The Un-Sevilled Barber". The only illusionist of his day to enjoy success on all five continents (something even his great rival Harry Blackstone failed to achieve), Dante was the epitome of sartorial elegance and poise. The New York Times aptly described him as a cross between Mephistopheles and Monty Woolley. He appeared in a handful of films as himself, notably a leading role in A-Haunting We Will Go (1942), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Dante spent his last years on 'Rancho Dante', his estate at Northridge in the San Fernando Valley, where he died in June 1955 at the age of 71.- Actor
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Henry Clive was born on 3 October 1883 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor and production designer, known for When the Clouds Roll by (1919), Heedless Moths (1921) and Obey the Law (1933). He was married to Burnu Acquanetta and Helen Sevilla Cunningham. He died on 12 December 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.