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- John Adams was born on 30 October 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Biography (1987). He was married to Abigail Smith. He died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
- John Adams was born on 30 October 1735 in Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America. He died on 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
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Richard B. Sheridan was born on 30 October 1751 in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland [now Ireland]. He was a writer, known for Bedlam (1946), Beryl Reid (1977) and The School for Scandal (1914). He died on 7 July 1816 in London, England, UK.- Writer
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven children of Mikhail Andreevich and Maria Dostoevsky. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his family. It's believed that he was murdered by his own serfs in revenge for the violence he would commit against them while in drunken rages. As a child Fyodor was traumatized when he witnessed the rape of a young female serf and suffered from epileptic seizures. He was sent to a boarding school, where he studied sciences, languages and literature. He was devastated when his favorite writer, Alexander Pushkin, was killed in a duel in St. Petersburg in 1837. That same year Dostoevsky's mother died, and he moved to St. Petersburg. There he graduated from the Military Engineering Academy, and served in the Tsar's government for a year.
Dostoevsky was active in St. Petersburg literary life; he grew out of his early influence by Nikolay Gogol, translated "Eugenia Grande" by Honoré de Balzac in 1844 and published his own first novel, "Poor Folk", in 1845, and became friends with Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai A. Nekrasov, but it ended abruptly after they criticized his writing. At that time he became indirectly involved in a revolutionary movement, for which he was arrested in 1849, convicted of treason and sentenced to death. His execution was scheduled for a freezing winter day in St. Petersburg, and at the appointed hour he was blindfolded and ordered to stand before the firing squad, waiting to be shot. The execution was called off at the last minute, however, and his sentence was commuted to a prison term and exile in Siberia, where his health declined amid increased epileptic seizures. After serving ten years in prison and exile, he regained his title in the nobility and returned to St. Petersburg with permission from the Tsar. He abandoned his formerly liberal views and became increasingly conservative and religious. That, however, didn't stop him from developing an acute gambling problem, and he accumulated massive gambling debts.
In 1862, after returning from his first major tour of Western Europe, Dostoevsky wrote that "Russia needs to be reformed, by learning the new ideas that are developing in Europe." On his next trip to Europe, in 1863, he spent all of his money on a manipulative woman, A. Suslova, went on a losing gambling spree, returned home flat broke and sank into a depression. At that time he wrote "Notes from Underground" (1864), preceding existentialism in literature. His first wife died in 1864, after six years of a childless marriage, and he adopted her son from her previous marriage. Painful experiences caused him to fall further into depression, but it was during this period that he wrote what many consider his finest work: "Crime and Punishment" (1866).
After completion of "The Gambler" (1867), the 47-year-old Dostoevsky married his loyal friend and literary secretary, 20-year-old Anna Snitkina, and they had four children. His first baby died at three months of age, causing him to sink further into depression and triggering more epileptic seizures. At that time Dostoevsky expressed his disillusionment with the Utopian ideas in his novels "The Idiot" (1868) and "The Devils" (aka "The Possessed") (1871), where the "devils" are destructive people, such as revolutionaries and terrorists. Dostoevsky was the main speaker at the opening of the monument to Alexander Pushkin in 1880, calling Pushkin a "wandering Russian, searching for universal happiness". In his final great novel, "The Brothers Karamazov" (1880), Dostoevsky revealed the components of his own split personality, depicted in four main characters; humble monk Alyosha, compulsive gambler Dmitri, rebellious intellectual Ivan, and their cynical father Fyodor Karamazov.
Dostoevsky died on February 9, 1881, of a lung hemorrhage caused by emphysema and epileptic seizures. He lived his entire life under the pall of epilepsy, much like the mythical "Sword of Damocles", and was fearless in telling the truth. His writings are an uncanny reflection on his own life - the fate of a genius in Russia.- Randolph McCoy was born on 30 October 1825. He was married to Sarah McCoy. He died on 28 March 1914 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA.
- Camillo Boito was born on 30 October 1836 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Times Gone By (1952), Black Angel (2002) and Senso (1954). He died on 28 June 1914 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Arnaldo Gandolini was born on 30 October 1852 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer, known for Policarpo 'ufficiale di scrittura' (1959). He died on 10 August 1906 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
- Gertrude Atherton, a famed author during the early 1900s, was always more a novelist than a screenwriter, but, amid her fame as a novelist, she was given major opportunities during the silent era when studios began turning to literary properties to adapt for the screen. A 1932 Los Angeles Times article says that after her husband died in 1887 and was shipped back to Chile in a barrel of rum, the writer left the Atherton estate and, dismissing her dead husband as 'the second rate offspring of the Athertons,' moved to San Francisco. Eventually, she relocated to New York with a completed novel that shocked publishers and was derided by critics, but immediately made Atherton famous.
The Los Angeles Times reported that in May 1919, Rex Beach, president of the Authors League, and Samuel Goldwyn announced the formation of the Eminent Authors Pictures Corporation, an organisation that owned exclusive picture rights to works by famed authors, one of whom was Gertrude Atherton. Each signed author was given supervision over the motion pictures that were being made from their source material, although they rarely wrote the screenplays for their projects. Atherton was no exception to this rule, although she did work closely with studios during the production of films based on her novels. In a 1921 Los Angeles Times article, she called her life on the studio lot 'intensive, unique, exciting, almost unreal' and referred to herself as being 'as temperamental as a prima donna'. Although she mainly supervised the adaptations of her work, in November 1920 the Los Angeles Times reported that Atherton was working on her first original screen story titled Noblesse Oblige . In April 1921, the same paper reported that the film opened under the title Don't Neglect Your Wife. Although it is possible these are different films, they are both referred to as Atherton's first original screen story, so it is more likely that the title changed over the course of the production.
In 1933, Gertrude Atherton became part of Woman Accused, a large-scale serial project initiated by Paramount Pictures. The sound film written by ten popular authors received a mixed reaction. Critics noted that Atherton's classic touches were less recognisable than others included in the project. Providing further evidence that Atherton continued working with studios during the sound era, is a 1933 Los Angeles Times article. While original stories were never her focus in production, Atherton blurred the line between novelist and screenwriter during the silent era when she worked in two worlds of writing-inside and outside of the major studios. - Duiliu Zamfirescu was born on 30 October 1858. Duiliu was a writer, known for Tanase Scatiu (1976). Duiliu died on 3 June 1922.
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Conrad Dreher was born on 30 October 1859 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Der kleine Muck (1921), Der Mann mit dem Affenkopf (1920) and In der Sommerfrisch'n (1920). He died on 6 December 1944.- Director
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Emil Albes was born on 30 October 1861 in Pyrmont, Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont [now Bad Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany]. He was a director and actor, known for Seltsame Seelen (1918), Traue nie dem blossen Schein (1916) and Trick-Track (1921). He died on 22 March 1923 in Berlin, Germany.- Horace Annesley Vachell was born on 30 October 1861 in Sydenham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Her Son (1920), Quinneys (1919) and Quinneys (1927). He was married to Lydie Phillips. He died on 10 January 1955 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Friedrich Meinecke was born on 30 October 1862 in Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was married to Antonie Delhaes. He died on 6 February 1954 in Berlin, Germany.
- Paul Wiecke was born on 30 October 1862 in Elberfeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der galante König - August der Starke (1920). He died on 18 December 1944 in Blankenburg, Germany.
- Czeslaw Knapczynski was born on 30 October 1863 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ludzie bez jutra (1921) and Tamten (1921). He was married to Zenobia Knapczynska and Maria Kordecka. He died on 4 June 1927 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Ernst Schrumpf was born on 30 October 1863 in Weimar, Germany. He is known for Der Mann aus Zelle 19 (1922), Des Nächsten Weib (1916) and Villa Mephisto (1921).
- Emma Meissner was born on 30 October 1866 in Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Den glada änkan (1907), Servant's Entrance (1932) and Eva går ombord (1934). She was married to Hjalmar Meissner and Robert Berg. She died on 20 November 1942.
- Esther Lyon was born on 30 October 1868. She was an actress, known for The Dictator (1915) and The Frozen Warning (1917). She was married to Oscar Eagle. She died on 15 July 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
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As a young boy in England, Lawrence Grant became a great admirer of the Native American peoples. He devoured every book or article he could get his hands on relating to their culture and history. Years later Grant got the opportunity to spend some months living with several Native American tribes in Wyoming and Montana. He filmed his experiences using an early motion picture color film process called Kinemacolor. Later, after editing the thousands of feet of film he shot, Grant embarked on a lecture tour that he named "Travels with Kinemacolor".
Grant first came to America in 1908 with a repertoire company that also starred Pauline Frederick. Within a few years he was able to launch a successful 25 year career as a Hollywood character actor.
Lawrence Grant died on 19 February 1952, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 81. His health began to fail him the previous year after four performances he gave at the Santa Barbara Lobero Theater during a major heat wave. Though married four times, the only immediate family he had at the time of his death was four nieces living in England.- Kenneth C. Beaton was born on 30 October 1871. He was an actor and writer, known for Song of the Caballero (1930), Under Four Flags (1918) and Souls for Sale (1923). He died on 27 August 1956 in Ventura County, California, USA.
- Paul Valéry was born on 30 October 1871 in Cette [now Sète], Herault, France. He was a writer, known for Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten (1965), L'ippogrifo (1974) and Paul Valéry (1960). He was married to Jeannie Gobillard. He died on 20 July 1945 in Paris, France.
- Dezsö Szalóky was born on 30 October 1872 in Abádszalók, Hungary. He is known for Egy csók és más semmi (1941), Halálos tavasz (1939) and Elnémult harangok (1940).
- Francisco I. Madero was born on 30 October 1873 in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico. He died on 22 February 1913 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Georgia Caine was born on 30 October 1876 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) and It's Love I'm After (1937). She was married to Alphonzo Bell Hudson and Charles Winters. She died on 4 April 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- A stalwart of the African-American stage, Ben "Dink" Stewart started out with his brother Alex singing and dancing for pennies on the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio. They soon worked up an act good enough to have them enter vaudeville. Dink went on to be known as a comedian and "sinegr of funny songs." He retired to Chicago, Illinois and died there in the winter of 1951.
- Julia Mackley was born on 30 October 1878 in Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Intolerance (1916), Daughter Angele (1918) and A Mother's Justice (1915). She was married to Arthur Mackley. She died on 2 July 1964 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Eily Malyon was born on 30 October 1879 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Little Princess (1939), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and Kind Lady (1935). She was married to J. Plumpton Wilson. She died on 26 September 1961 in South Pasadena, California, USA.
- Owen Coll was born on 30 October 1879 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor, known for Kraft Theatre (1947), Three-Minute Fuse (1939) and Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950). He died on 7 February 1960 in Queens, New York, USA.
- Walter D. Nealand was born on 30 October 1879 in Cohoes, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dark Mirror (1920), The Rainbow Princess (1916) and One Day (1916). He died on 13 July 1961 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Dublin-born Sara Allgood started her acting career in her native country with the famed Abbey Theatre. From there she traveled to the English stage, where she played for many years before making her film debut in 1918. Her warm, open Irish face meant that she spent a lot of time playing Irish mothers, landladies, neighborhood gossips and the like, although she is best remembered for playing Mrs. Morgan, the mother of a family of Welsh miners, in How Green Was My Valley (1941), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her sister Maire O'Neill was an actress in Ireland, and famed Irish poet William Butler Yeats was a family friend.
Sara Allgood died of a heart attack shortly after making her last film, Sierra (1950). - Charles Vissières was born on 30 October 1880 in Caen, Calvados, France. He was an actor, known for The Little World of Don Camillo (1952), The Return of Don Camillo (1953) and Le Plaisir (1952). He died on 13 April 1960 in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne, France.
- Lena Christ was born on 30 October 1881 in Glonn, Bavaria, Germany. She was a writer, known for Madame Bäurin (1993), Die Rumplhanni (1981) and Der Fall Lena Christ (1970). She was married to Peter Benedix and Anton Leix. She died on 30 June 1920 in Munich, Germany.
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Margaret Pemberton was born on 30 October 1881 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is known for What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Westward Passage (1932). She was married to Brock Pemberton. She died in February 1969 in Oakland, New Jersey, USA.- US Admiral William "Bull" Halsey was born William Frederick Halsey Jr., in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 30, 1882, the son of the late Capt. William F. Halsey, US Navy. President William McKinley appointed Halsey to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1900. While at the Academy Halsey was a member of the "Lucky Bag" yearbook staff, president of the Athletic Assocaition and got his letter in football (fullback). He also won the honor of having his name engraved on the Thompson Trophy Cup as the Midshipman who had done the most during the year for the promotion of athletics.
He graduated from the Academy in February 1904 and was assigned to the USS Missouri. He later transferred to the USS Don Juan de Austria, on which he was commissioned an Ensign after having completed two years at sea, which was the requirement at the time. In 1907 he was assigned to the USS Kansas and made the famous World Cruise of the Fleet in that battleship.
For the next 25 years virtually all of his sea assignments were on destroyers, beginning in 1909 when he was given command of the USS DuPont. He also served on the USS Lamson, the USS Flusser and the USS Jarvis. In 1915 he was assigned to shore duty for two years in the Executive Department in the Naval Academy. During WWI he was assigned to the Queenstown Destroyer Force, commanding the USS Benham and the USS Shaw. In 1920 he was given command of the USS Wickes and Destroyer Division 15. More shore duty followed, at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in Washington, DC. In 1922 he traveled to Berlin, Germany, as Naval Attache at the US Embassy there, and afterward performed that duty at the US embassies in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. In 1927 he was assigned as Executive Officer on the battleship USS Wyoming, and had a three-year hitch as commander of the USS Reina Mercedes, stationed at the Naval Academy. From 1932-34 he was a student at the Naval War College, after which he received his flight training at the naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, getting his pilot wings in May of 1935. Command of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga followed, and two years later he returned to the Pensacola naval air station as its commander. Upon promotion to admiral in 1938 he was given successive commands of carrier divisions, and in 1940 he was promoted to Vice Admiral and given command of the Aircraft Battle Force. He was aboard the USS Enterprise in that capacity when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Several months later he was assigned to command Task Force 16 and escorted the carrier USS Hornet on its way to launch the first bombing of Japan. In June 1944 he was made Commander of the US Third Fleet and was in charge of naval operations against the Japanese in the Philippines, Formosa, Okinawa and the South China Sea, all the while carrying out the naval bombing campaign against the Japanese mainland. When Japan finally surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, it was aboard Halsey's flagship, the USS Missouri.
After the war he returned to the US and was posted to the Office of Secretary of the Navy. On Dec. 11, 1945, he was promoted to Fleet Admiral (the fourth, and last, officer to hold that rank). After a flying tour of Central and South America in 1946, he retired from naval service in 1947. As a civilian he joined the board of directors of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co., a position he held until 1957.
He died of a heart attack in Fishers Ialand, New York, on Aug. 16, 1959. - F.C.S. Tudor was born on 30 October 1882 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK. F.C.S. was a director, known for The Devil's Profession (1915), Island Jess (1914) and The Cripple of Ypres (1915). F.C.S. died on 14 November 1951 in Wraysbury, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Günther von Kluge was born on 30 October 1882 in Posen, Prussia, Germany [now Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was married to Mathilde Marie von Briesen. He died on 19 August 1944 in near Metz, Lorraine, France.
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Fred A. Ritter was born on 30 October 1882 in Michigan, USA. He was an art director and actor, known for The Crimson Ghost (1946), Captain America (1944) and The Invisible Monster (1950). He died on 26 November 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- John Christian was born on 30 October 1883 in Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Delinquent Daughters (1944). He was married to Dorothy Vernon. He died on 29 August 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Bob Jones Sr. was born on 30 October 1883 in Shipperville, Alabama, USA. He was married to Mary Gaston Stollenwerck and Bernice Sheffield. He died on 16 January 1968 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
- Agnes Brantford was born on 30 October 1883 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Everything Is Rhythm (1936), A Will and a Way (1922) and The Last Post (1929). She died on 15 July 1965 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Aage Brodersen was born on 30 October 1883 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Aage was a writer, known for De nygifte (1920), Agentens Tvillinger (1919) and En kriminel Historie (1919). Aage died on 19 January 1966 in Denmark.
- Ada Velický was born on 30 October 1883 in Plzen, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Chytte ho! (1925), Prazský kat (1927) and On a jeho sestra (1931). He died on 24 February 1931 in Praha, Czechoslovakia.
- Rudolf Forster was born on 30 October 1884 in Gröbming, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Das Glas Wasser (1960), The Threepenny Opera (1931) and Wälsungenblut (1965). He was married to Wilhelmine Karoline Klara Schachschneider and Eleonora von Mendelssohn. He died on 25 October 1968 in Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria.
- Calvin Thomas was born on 30 October 1884 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Man Against Crime (1949), The Money Master (1915) and Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951). He was married to Delia ?. He died on 26 September 1964 in Caldwell, New Jersey, USA.
- Katarzyna Zbikowska was born on 30 October 1884 in Wólka Szczawinska, Poland, Russian Empire [now Wólka Szczawinska, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Television Theater (1953), Podhale w ogniu (1956) and Szkice weglem (1957). She died on 17 June 1967 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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During WWII, Pound was the "Tokyo Rose" of Italy, making several hundred anti-American radio broadcasts in an effort to undermine the US war effort. After the defeat of the Axis powers, Pound was arrested by American forces. Returned to the United States to face treason charges, Pound was examined by physicians and pronounced unfit for trial due to his insanity. He was confined in a hospital for the criminally insane for 12 years. In 1958, treason charges were dropped and he was freed. He later returned to Italy where he continued writing poetry and translating ancient Chinese texts. He died there in 1972.- Camera and Electrical Department
John Ellis was born on 30 October 1885 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is known for The Song of the Flame (1930). He was married to Margaret Mortland Von Hermann. He died on 11 October 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriter Zoë Akins was born on the day before Halloween in 1886 in Humansville, Missouri. She was home-schooled before attending the Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois, and Hosmer Hall in St. Louis for her education. Akins lived in St. Louis for many years, writing poetry and contributing criticism to the magazine "Reedy's Mirror". As a writer she developed into a successful contributor to the leading magazines of the day.
Akins wrote 40 plays, starting with the sophisticated comedy "Papa" in 1914. "The Magical City", which was part of the repertory of the Washington Square Players' 1915-16 season, was her first Broadway production, opening on October 4, 1915. There were to be another 17 original plays of hers produced on Broadway over the next 30 years.
Her first big hit was "Declassée", which starred Ethel Barrymore and ran for 257 performances in the 1919-20 season. She did not have another big hit until "The Greeks Had a Word for It", which ran for 253 performances in the 1930-21 season. Her most famous play, "The Old Maid"--an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel--ran for 305 performances from January through September 1935. The play brought Akins the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. None of her plays has ever been revived on Broadway.
Her play "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting" was the first to be adapted by Hollywood, serving as the basis for the 1925 film of the same name (Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)) directed by Frank Borzage. Hollywood also bought "Declassée" (which it adapted twice, as a 1925 silent 0Déclassé (1925)] and as a 1928 sound film, Her Private Life (1929)) and "The Moon-Flower", which was turned into Eve's Secret (1925). In 1930 she became a screenwriter herself, writing the dialogue for Sarah and Son (1930), a "woman's picture" directed by Dorothy Arzner, the sole woman director to successfully make the transition from silents to sound in Hollywood. Akins and Arzner would also collaborate on Anybody's Woman (1930), Working Girls (1931) and Christopher Strong (1933), Katharine Hepburn's second film; her debut was in Morning Glory (1933), based on an Akins play that did not make it to Broadway. The role brought Hepburn the first of her four Academy Awards as Best Actress.
Apart from the movies made from her plays and her novel "Pardon My Glove" (adapted as Ladies Love Brutes (1930)), Akins wrote, adapted or contributed the story to 15 motion pictures. Her most famous film, as a contributing writer, was the classic Camille (1936), which she worked on along with James Hilton and Frances Marion.
Zoë Atkins died in Los Angeles, California, on October 29, 1958, one day before what would have been her 72nd birthday. - Art Director
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Gustav A. Knauer was born on 30 October 1886 in Berlin, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927), The Gala Performance (1932) and The Barber of Seville (1938). He died on 12 June 1950 in Berlin, Germany.- Helena Boguszewska was born on 30 October 1886 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Ludzie Wisly (1938). She died on 11 November 1978 in Poland.