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Salar Sindi was born on 24 October 1775 in Delhi, Mughal Empire. He is known for Mandi (1983) and Baghdad Messi (2012). He died on 7 November 1862 in Rangoon, Burma.- Russell Bassett was born on 24 October 1845 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), Such a Little Queen (1914) and Nearly a King (1916). He was married to Lottie C. Sparrow and Florence Lillian Gillette. He died on 8 May 1918 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Wilhelm Fliess was born on 24 October 1858 in Arnswalde, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (today in Poland). He died on 13 October 1928 in Berlin, Germany.
- Sarah Bindley was born on 24 October 1863 in Burnet County, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Heart of a Texan (1922) and West of the Pecos (1922). She was married to James H Bindley, M.D. and James Edwards Barnes McKendree. She died on 24 January 1939 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Laffitte was born on 24 October 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Paul was a writer and producer, known for Mister Hobo (1935), Rothchild (1933) and The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908). Paul died on 29 June 1949 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.- Ben Landeck was born on 24 October 1864 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Tommy Atkins (1928), The Two Roads (1916) and The Model (1915). He was married to Valentina Carlotta Unsworth (Valerie Crespin - actress). He died on 6 January 1928 in London, England, UK.
- James Gibson was born on 24 October 1865 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Social Lion (1930), Old Heidelberg (1915) and No Ordinary Guy (1928). He died on 13 October 1938 in Redondo Beach, California, USA.
- Alban Atwood was born on 24 October 1866 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Flames of Passion (1922), The Lackey and the Lady (1919) and Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920). He died on 17 July 1927 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Wilhelm Tunelli was born on 24 October 1867 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Husband by Proxy (1927), Ebberöds bank (1926) and Synd (1928). He died in 1930.
- Additional Crew
R.H. Newlands was born on 24 October 1871 in London. He is known for The Man Who Laughs (1928). He died on 14 December 1935 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Christopher St. John was born on 24 October 1871 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Rising Sun (1939). He died on 20 October 1960 in Small Hythe, Kent, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
William Robert Daly was born on 24 October 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Forgiven; or, the Jack of Diamonds (1914), At Piney Ridge (1916) and Unto Those Who Sin (1916). He was married to Fritzi Brunette and Eva Condon. He died in 1935.- Walter Noble Burns was born on 24 October 1872 in Lebanon, Kentucky, USA. Walter Noble was a writer, known for Billy the Kid (1941), Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942) and Billy the Kid (1930). Walter Noble was married to Rose Marie. Walter Noble died on 15 April 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Jules Rimet was born on 24 October 1873 in Theuley-les-Lavoncourt, Haute-Saône, France. He died on 16 October 1956 in Paris, France.
- Actor
Gracie Ansell was born on 24 October 1873 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor. He was married to Charles Ansell. He died on 5 January 1961 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.- Henry Herbert Knibbs was born to American parents on October 24, 1874, in Clifton, Ontario (later known as Niagara Falls). He became fascinated by the fiddle and learned to play at an early age. He suffered from a respiratory ailment for most of his life. Knibbs never worked as a cowboy, but he wrote western short stories, novels and poems. His father, George Knibbs, was a bank clerk at Pierce, Howard and Co., Bankers in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Eventually the company failed, casting the family into hard times. Knibbs spent summer vacations at his grandparents' farm in Pennsylvania. On the farm, he developed a love of horses nearly as great as that for his fiddle. Though he never earned a college degree, Knibbs attended Woodstock College and Bishop Ridley College in Ontario and studied English at Harvard. Leaving college, he spent two years hoboing in the American Midwest. In 1899, he married Ida Julia Pfeifer and went to work for the railroad in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1910, he moved to California and wrote his first Western novel, Lost Farm Camp. He then left on a long trip through New Mexico, Arizona and California to soak up local color for his writing. In 1929, Knibbs left his wife to live with Turbesé Lummis Fiske. Ida refused to grant him a divorce and wrote him daily begging him to return home. Turbesé, whose father, Charles Lummis, was a Western writer, influenced and edited much of his later work. Knibbs wrote 13 novels and six books of poems. His novels are out of print and largely forgotten, but his poetry remains popular in cowboy poet circles. Among his best remembered poems are Boomer Johnson and When the Ponies Come to Drink. Seven films made between 1919 and 1930 were based on his stories and novels. Knibbs career as a Western write came to a sudden halt when he mistakenly gave the period of a mare's gestation as nine months in a story published in the Saturday Evening Post. He was crucified by his peers for the mistake. He certainly knew that the correct period was 11 months, but this slip of the pen cost him his writing career, as he was never able to get another piece published. He died in San Diego, California, on May 17, 1945, from respiratory illness.
- Writer
- Editorial Department
- Additional Crew
Marion Fairfax, movie screenwriter and Broadway playwright, was born Marion Neiswanger in Richmond, Virginia, on October 25, 1875. After graduating from Chicago's South Division High School she went on to Emerson College in Boston. She went on the boards briefly as an actress before focusing her theatrical ambitions on writing.
In 1899 Fairfax married actor Tully Marshall, who was born Tully Marshall Phillips. Although she was known as Mrs. Tully Marshall and Marion Fairfax Marshall Phillips, she wrote under the name Marion Fairfax. She made her Broadway debut as an actress at the Criterion Theatre in "The Triumph of Love," which opened and closed on February 8, 1904, after one performance. Her first produced Broadway play was "The Builders," which was produced by her husband's Tully Marshall Company and featured him in the cast. It opened at the Astor Theatre on May 20, 1907, and ran a total of 16 performances.
Her next play, "The Chaperon", was more successful. It opened at Maxine Elliott's Theatre on December 30, 1908, and racked up a total of 62 performances. Her next play, "The Talker", was more successful still, with more than twice as many performance as her previous effort. Marion herself directed "The Talker", which featured her husband in the cast. Opening at the Harris Theatre on January 8, 1912, the play had a run of 144 performances.
Her next play, "A Modern Girl", written in collaboration with Ruth C. Mitchell and produced by the Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.), was a flop, closing after 17 performances after opening at the Comedy Theatre on September 12, 1914. Her next play would duplicate the run of of its predecessor, as well as the venue: "Mrs. Boltay's Daughters" lasted but 17 performances at the Comedy after opening on Oct 23, 1915.
Fairfax moved to California and became a screenwriter at the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. The first movie made from script of hers appeared in 1915, The Chorus Lady (1915), and was followed that year by two others made from her scenarios, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915) and The Immigrant (1915). In 1916 she began a short collaboration with director William C. de Mille with The Blacklist (1916), which he co-wrote with Fairfax as well as directed. From 1916 through 1918 they collaborated on nine other films.
In 1917 Fairfax wrote the screenplay for the Jack Pickford picture Freckles (1917), directed by Marshall Neilan. Three years later she left Lasky after writing the Wallace Reid vehicle The Valley of the Giants (1919) and hooked up again with Neilan, working on his The River's End (1920). The movie was made by Neilan's own production company, and released through First National. They followed it up with another six films in 1920 and 1921, including Don't Ever Marry (1920) and The Lotus Eater (1921) starring John Barrymore. Their last film together was Fools First (1922).
After helping adapt William Gillette's play based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories for Sherlock Holmes (1922) for Goldwyn Pictures, with John Barrymore playing the famed detective, Fairfax directed her first and only film, from her own script, The Lying Truth (1922), starring husband Tully Marhsall. The movie was produced by her own Marion Fairfax Productions, of which she was president, for the Eagle Producing Co. and it was distributed by American Releasing Co.
Her greatest accomplishment as a screenwriter was the script for the classic The Lost World (1925), adapted from the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. She adapted her own Broadway play The Talker (1925) for First National. Her last credited screenplay was for the romance The Blonde Saint (1926), directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Lewis Stone, who headlined four other of her First National pictures.
Tully Marshall passed away on March 10, 1943. Marion Fairfax died on Otober 2, 1970, and was laid to rest in a grave next to her husband at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Arthur Bergen was born on 24 October 1875 in Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Erinnerungen einer Nonne (1927), Frühere Verhältnisse (1927) and Das Lebenslied (1926). He died in 1943.- Production Designer
- Art Department
Konstantin Yuon was born on 24 October 1875 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Konstantin was a production designer, known for Volki i ovtsy (1953), Pravda - khorosho, a schastye - luchshe (1952) and Ivan Nikulin - russkiy matros (1945). Konstantin died on 11 April 1958 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Rika Hopper was born on 24 October 1877 in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De Jantjes (1934), L'oeuvre immortelle (1924) and Pro domo (1918). She died on 1 January 1964 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Léon Courtois was born on 24 October 1878 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Napoleon (1927), The Death Agony of the Eagles (1933) and Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926). He died on 18 July 1941 in Paris, France.
- Frank Coffyn was born on 24 October 1878. He was an actor, known for Ranson's Folly (1926), Private Affairs (1925) and Her Husband's Secret (1925). He was married to Pauline Neff. He died on 10 December 1960 in Palo Alto, California, USA.
- Cinematographer
Theophan Ouchakoff was born on 24 October 1878 in Russia. Theophan was a cinematographer, known for Phantom (1922) and Der Sinn des Lebens (1922). Theophan died on 31 October 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Milton R. Corey Sr. was born on 24 October 1879 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Julia Reid McKenney. He died on 23 October 1951 in Washington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Director
B.A. Rolfe was born on 24 October 1879 in Brasher Falls, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Love Without Question (1920), The Master Mystery (1918) and Wings of Pride (1920). He was married to Edna Britton. He died on 23 April 1956 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
James T, Ormont's birth name was James Tomarse Goldberg. He was born in Lodz, Russia. His father's name was Isaac Goldberg. His mother's name was Rachel Minewitsky. James arrived in America on January 21, 1904, became a naturalized citizen on October 29, 1915, and married Pauline Wolf on March 21, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Julien Josephson was born on 24 October 1881 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA. He was a writer, known for Disraeli (1929), Fuss and Feathers (1918) and Lady Windermere's Fan (1925). He died on 14 April 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Santiago Sierra was born on 24 October 1881 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a director and producer, known for Aventuras de Chucho el Roto (1919), La leyenda azteca (1915) and Una pagina de amor (1915). He was married to Sara Marciana García Romero. He died on 29 September 1947 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Ödön Réthely was born on 24 October 1881 in Pápa, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Din Grozaviile lumii (1920), A vén bakancsos és fia, a huszár (1918) and Az egymillió fontos bankó (1917). He died on 20 October 1951 in Cluj, Romania.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
This distinguished theatrical tragedienne will be remembered forever if only for the fact George Bernard Shaw wrote his classic "Saint Joan" work specifically for her. Her over six-decade career allowed for a gallery of sterling, masterful portrayals, both classic and contemporary, performing all over the world including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and both Western and Eastern Europe. She was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1931, when her career was not quite half over, and in 1970 was made Companion of Honor to Queen Elizabeth.
Born Agnes Sybil Thorndike on October 24, 1882 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of a minor canon of Rochester Cathedral. She was the eldest of four children. One younger brother, Frank, was killed in WWI action, a tragedy that left her father inconsolable. He himself would die a few months later. Sybil first became a concert pianist until nerve injuries in her hands quickly altered her destiny. She, at brother Russell Thorndike's suggestion, decided upon acting. Russell would later become a novelist and his sister's biographer.
Not a classic beauty by any stretch, Dame Sybil had sharp features, prominent cheek bones and a pronounced chin that gave her a rather severe look. At age 21 she and her brother began professionally in a touring company guided by actor-manager Ben Greet. She performed as Portia in a production of The Merchant of Venice in 1907 while touring in New York. The following year she met playwright George Bernard Shaw while understudying the role of Candida in a tour which was being directed by the writer himself. It was also during this tour that Sybil met and married actor Sir Lewis Casson and solidified one of the most respected personal and professional relationships the acting realm has known. She stayed with The Old Vic for five years (1914-1919) and in 1924 earned stardom as Shaw's Joan of Arc.
Sybil's film career, unlike that of her esteemed contemporary Edith Evans, fell far short of expectations. Silent films recreated some of her finest theatrical experiences, including Lady Macbeth and, of course, Joan of Arc, but she would not evolve into a film star. She was sporadically utilized in later years as a flavorful character support and played a number of queens, dowagers and old crones with equal finesse. Such classic costumed fare would include Major Barbara (1941), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947), Stage Fright (1950), Gone to Earth (1950), The Lady with a Lamp (1951), Melba (1953), as Queen Victoria, and The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) in which she managed to grab focus during her scenes with Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. In 1969, Sybil lent her name to the new theatre in Leatherhead, Surrey, which became The Thorndike. Despite her 87 years, she performed in the new play There Was An Old Woman in its first season. It was to be her final theatrical performance. Always a healthy, vigorous woman, she died of a heart attack on June 9, 1976 at the ripe young age of 93. She was survived by four children and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Emmerich Kálmán was born on 24 October 1882 in Siófok, Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Csardas Princess (1934), Die Csárdásfürstin (1971) and I'll Be Yours (1947). He was married to Vera Natascha. He died on 30 October 1953 in Paris, France.- Zella Russell was born on 24 October 1883 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Avenging Waters (1936) and Taming the Wild (1936). She was married to Harry K. Morgan and James H. Magrath (aka Harry J. Russell, theater mgr.). She died on 31 January 1952 in Somerville, New York, USA.
- Evelyn Cecil was born on 24 October 1883 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1923) and The Angel of the Ward (1915). She was married to Norman Yates. She died in 1978 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Alois Dvorský was born on 24 October 1883 in Horice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Inspector General (1933), Lemonade Joe (1964) and Workers, Let's Go (1934). He died on 10 October 1966 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Walter Buch was born on 24 October 1883 in Bruchsal, Baden, Germany. He died on 15 September 1949 in Bavaria, Germany.
- Art Director
- Costume Designer
Paul Scheurich was born on 24 October 1883 in New York City, New York, USA. Paul was an art director and costume designer, known for Two Friends (1938) and Robert und Bertram (1939). Paul died on 18 November 1945 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.- Vincente DePascale was born on 24 October 1884 in Italy. He is known for Spaghetti a la Mode (1915), The Fresh Air Cure (1914) and Dog-Gone Luck (1915).
- Hugh Rutledge was born on 24 October 1884. He was married to Dorothy Jessie Hair Elder. He died on 7 November 1961 in Stoke, Plymouth, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Emil Fjellström was born on 24 October 1884 in Östersund, Jämtlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Outlaw and His Wife (1918), Tåg 56 (1943) and Hans nåds testamente (1919). He was married to Millan Fjellström. He died on 14 July 1944.- Anna Thompson was born on 24 October 1885 in Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for All for Peggy (1915). She died on 22 September 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
Ernest Claes was born on 24 October 1885 in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for De witte (1934), Uilenspiegel leeft nog (1935) and De witte (1980). He was married to Stephanie Claes-Vetter. He died on 2 September 1968 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium.- Guy Bellis was born on 24 October 1886 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Cardinal Richelieu (1935), Two Lost Worlds (1951) and Pride of Maryland (1951). He died on 30 October 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Harry Hilliard was born on 24 October 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), Heart and Soul (1917) and Merely Mary Ann (1916). He died on 21 April 1966 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- George Goforth was born on 24 October 1886 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Show People (1928). He died on 27 January 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Director
Ottmar Ostermayr was born on 24 October 1886 in Munich, Germany. He was a producer and production manager, known for Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (1920), Der Schwarze Meister (1919) and Sodoms Töchter (1919). He died on 15 December 1958 in Munich, Germany.- Victoria Eugenia von Battenberg, always called "Ena", was born in Scotland on October 24, 1887, the only daughter of Prince Henry von Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, herself one of Queen Victoria's daughters. 1887 was also Queen Victoria's Jubilee Year, and in her honor her little granddaughter Ena was called the "Jubilee Princess". Her father had been obliged to live with his mother-in-law in order to marry the princess, but in 1896 he set off on the Ashanti expedition to West Africa, where he died of malaria. After turning down a marriage proposal from a Russian Grand Duke, Ena caught the eye of King Alfonso XIII, and her uncle King Edward VII gave her the title of Royal Highness in order to compensate for her morganatic status. After the wedding in 1906, Ena and Alfonso were returning to the Palace when a bomb was thrown at their carriage. It exploded and killed 24 people and wounded more than a 100. Though not injured, Ena was covered with the blood of a nearby decapitated guard. The royal couple had their first child, son and heir Prince Alfonso, in 1907, but much to their dismay he was a hemophiliac. Like so many of the female members of her family, Ena was a carrier of hemophilia (one of her brothers also suffered from hemophilia which killed him in 1922). The second son, Jaime, was deaf and their youngest Gonzalo was also a hemophiliac. Only the middle son, Juan, was healthy. Alfonso blamed Ena for their children's health problems, and their marriage deteriorated. In 1931, the King went into exile after Republican demonstrations and abdicated the throne of Spain in 1941. In 1934 Ena's children, Beatriz and Gonzalo, were in a car accident; though they were barely injured, Gonzalo was unable to stop bleeding and died at the age of 19. His eldest brother Alfonso also died in a car accident in Florida in 1938. Disheartened by the deaths of her children and the disintegration of her family, Ena lived throughout Europe for the rest of her life. She returned to Spain briefly in 1968 to stand as godmother to her great-grandson, Crown Prince Felipe. She was greeted warmly by the crowds, and when she left 50,000 people said goodbye to her at the airport. Victoria Eugenia von Battenberg, called "Ena", died on April 15, 1969.
- Anton Hamik was born on 24 October 1887 in St. Pölten, Austria. He was a writer, known for Das Verlegenheitskind (1938), Oupa for Sale (1968) and Der Komödienstadel (1959). He died on 24 January 1943 in Vienna, Austria.
- John Bridges was born on 24 October 1888 in Tallasee, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Wild Horse Stampede (1943), Death Valley Rangers (1943) and Sonora Stagecoach (1944). He died on 11 July 1973 in San Bernardino County, California, USA.
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- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
René Guissart was born on 24 October 1888 in Paris, France. René was a cinematographer and director, known for Sweet Devil (1938), Je te confie ma femme (1933) and Les soeurs Hortensia (1935). René died on 19 May 1960 in Monaco.- Manetta Ryberg was born on 24 October 1888 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Barbacka (1946). She was married to Robert Ryberg. She died on 19 April 1978 in Rimbo, Stockholms län, Sweden.