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- Thomas Oliphant was born on 25 December 1799 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. He died on 9 March 1873 in London, England, UK.
- Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois was born on 25 December 1806 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Son fils (1917), Appassionatamente (1954) and La bouquetière des innocents (1923). He was married to Anaïs Clémentine Mélanie Gatte de Rocmont. He died on 18 January 1871 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Temistocle Solera was born on 25 December 1815 in Ferrara, Papal State [now Emilia-Romagna, Italy]. Temistocle was a writer, known for Crying Freeman (1995), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Joan of Arc, Opera in Four Acts (2015). Temistocle was married to Teresa Rosmina. Temistocle died on 21 April 1878 in Milan, Italy.- Clara Barton was born on 25 December 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Clara died on 12 April 1912 in Glen Echo, Maryland, USA.
- Soundtrack
Louis Lambert was born on 25 December 1829 in Ballygar, Ireland, UK [now County Galway, Republic of Ireland]. He was married to Ellen J. O'Neill. He died on 24 September 1892 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.- Eduardo Blanco was born on 25 December 1839 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a writer, known for El bandido de Aragua (1975) and Venezuela Heroica (1968). He died on 30 June 1912 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Joshua Brown was born on 25 December 1843 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Sam Davis, the Hero of Tennessee (1915). He died on 21 February 1924 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Enrico Golisciani was born on 25 December 1848 in Naples, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Secret of Susanna (1961). He died on 6 February 1919 in Naples, Italy.
- Maud Granger was born on 25 December 1849 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for The White Pearl (1915), Zaza (1915) and The Runaway Wife (1915). She was married to W.R. Baxter and Alfred Cecil Calmour (1857-1912) playwright. She died on 17 August 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Sam Allen was born on 25 December 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Valley (1927), The Midnight Limited (1926) and The Power God (1925). He died on 13 September 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Charles Pathé was born on 25 December 1863 in Chevry-Cossigny, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was a producer and director, known for À la conquête du pôle (1912), Arrivée d'un train (1896) and Débarquement d'un bateau (1896). He was married to Marie Foy. He died on 25 December 1957 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.- Henry Vibart was born on 25 December 1863 in Musselburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Four Feathers (1921), The Little Minister (1915) and John Forrest Finds Himself (1920). He died on 30 August 1943 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Fay Templeton was born on 25 December 1865 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The March of Time (1930) and Fay Templeton (1906). She was married to William Patterson, Howell Osborne and Billy West. She died on 3 October 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Evangeline Booth was born on 25 December 1865 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She died on 17 July 1950 in Hartsdale, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Director
Henri Burguet was born on 25 December 1865 in Iasi, Romania. He was an actor and director, known for Incriminating Evidence (1908) and La savelli (1911). He died on 9 September 1931 in Paris, France.- Eugenie Besserer was born in Watertown, New York on Christmas Day of 1868. She was largely a silent film actress who made her debut in 1910's silent version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910). She was 42 at the time. For the most part Eugenie was a character actress, much in demand for filling in roles. Because of her willingness to take just about any role, Eugenie was able to be a part of films such as Enemies of Children (1923), The Millionaire Policeman (1926), The Jazz Singer (1927) (the first "talkie"), and A Royal Romance (1930). Her final film was 1933's To the Last Man (1933). Eugenie died of natural causes on May 28, 1934 in Los Angeles, California.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Ernst Krohn was born on 25 December 1868 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Die Mausefalle (1918), Unikum (1919) and Im Schatten des Geldes (1919). He died on 4 August 1959 in Berlin, Germany.- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
Helena Rubenstein was born on 25 December 1870 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. She is known for Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Statues also Die (1953). She died on 1 April 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.- Blanche Dayne was born on 25 December 1871 in Troy, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Fifty Dollars a Kiss (1915). She was married to Will M. Cressy. She died on 27 June 1944 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
- Mortimer E. Stinson was born on 25 December 1871 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Luring Lips (1921) and Hold Your Horses (1921). He died on 20 July 1927.
- William Conklin was born on 25 December 1872 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for As No Man Has Loved (1925), Joan the Woman (1916) and In Mizzoura (1914). He was married to Lucy Blake. He died on 21 March 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Gertrud David was born on 25 December 1872 in Leipzig, Germany. She was a director and producer, known for Sprechende Hände (1925), Vom unsichtbaren Königreich - Die innere Mission in den Nöten und Leiden des Alltags (1925) and Die innere Mission in den Nöten und Leiden des Alltags (1927). She died on 21 June 1936 in Berlin, Germany.- Lina Cavalieri was born on 25 December 1874 in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Manon Lescaut (1914), The Eternal Temptress (1917) and The Two Brides (1919). She was married to Lucien Muratore, Robert W. Chanler, Giovanni Campari and Aleksandr Beriatinskij. She died on 7 February 1944 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- Annesley Hely was born on 25 December 1874 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Man in the Iron Mask (1928), The Treasure of Heaven (1916) and The Grip (1913). He died in 1937 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Mrs. Owen Bronson was born on 25 December 1874 in Menlo Park, California, USA. Mrs. Owen was a writer, known for The Raggedy Queen (1917), The Charming Deceiver (1921) and The Hidden Scar (1916). Mrs. Owen was married to Owen Bronson. Mrs. Owen died on 9 December 1953 in San Mateo, California, USA.
- Frank Stayton was born on 25 December 1874 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK. He was a writer, known for A Woman in Pawn (1927), The Inferior Sex (1920) and A Gamble in Lives (1920). He died on 29 January 1951 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Theodor Innitzer was born on 25 December 1875 in Weipert, Bohemia, Czech Republic. He died on 9 October 1955 in Vienna, Austria.
- Muhammad Ali Jinnaha was a barrister, politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first governor-general until his death. He is revered in Pakistan as the Quaid-i-Azam ("Great Leader") and Baba-i-Qaum ("Father of the Nation"). His birthday is observed as a national holiday in Pakistan.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
People liked Joseph M. Schenck. Anyone who knew both him and his brother Nicholas Schenck would comment on how different they were. He came to New York in 1893 and, with his younger brother, built a drugstore business. They risked some profits and made more money in amusement parks. Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater and movie house chain in 1912. The brothers' personalities were quite different; Joe was affable and enjoyed keeping a deal together by finding common ground between business associates that often despised each other. His brother Nick was a cold, driven, hard-nosed businessman who thoroughly enjoyed keeping people on short leashes. In short, people were drawn to Joe and feared Nick.
Joe booked films, which gave him the opportunity to meet movie stars, among them Norma Talmadge, who became his wife in 1916. He was fascinated by Hollywood and wanted to get involved with movie production, whereas Nick was quietly managing Loew's burgeoning theatrical empire. Joe was far more enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle than his brother and wanted to take a much more active role in the production rather than the high finance end of the business. He saw his opportunity in 1917 to produce Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and the later D.W. Griffith films. At this point the brothers' lives took separate paths; Joe left Consolidated while Nick remained and soon became Marcus Loew's #2 man, assisting him in his dream of combining Metro Pictures with Goldwyn Pictures in order to provide the expanding theater chain with a steady flow of quality films (morphing into MGM, after bringing Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg on board in 1924), later ascending to the presidency of Loew's Incorporated's--MGM's parent company--after Marcus Loew's sudden death (quietly becoming the most powerful man in the motion picture industry) in late 1926. Joe became chairman of United Artists (which, somewhat ironically, lacked a theater chain--a factor that would ultimately cripple his brother's studio in the 1950s after the Supreme Court's anti-trust decision required theatrical divestment) in 1924, then its president in 1927.
In 1933 he helped Darryl F. Zanuck establish 20th Century Pictures, which merged with the ailing Fox Film Corp. in 1935, with Schenck as chairman of the renamed 20th Century-Fox. Organized crime had coveted Hollywood from a distance for years, but had been unable to make serious inroads into the area thanks to the brutally effective work of the Los Angeles Police Department's so-called "hat squad," which was tasked with keeping the city Mafia-free. The studio's weak link was through the growing thorns in their collective sides: the unions, whose membership and collectives spanned across state lines. In 1936 Willie Morris Bioff, a Chicago mobster out of the remnants of the Al Capone gang who ran the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators behind the scenes, told the studios they could avoid strikes (along with the implied work slowdowns and spontaneous theater fires) for $2 million. All agreed to pay, but Schenck made one of the payoffs with a personal check, which came to the attention of U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents. Thanks to the paper trail, Schenck was indicted for income tax evasion. With some applied pressure and soul-searching, Joe testified against Bioff and the titular union president, George E. Browne, in 1941 as part of a plea bargain. In 1946 he began to serve a one-year sentence for tax irregularities and bribery (of the union officials) but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after having served only four months.
After leaving prison he immediately returned to Fox as head of production. Marilyn Monroe became friendly with him in 1947 and was known as one of his "girlfriends", although she said the relationship was platonic. He was helpful in her career in any case, getting her a very small part in Fox's Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and convincing Harry Cohn at Columbia to give her a contract after Fox dropped her.
AMPAS awarded Schenck a special Oscar for services to the film industry in 1952. In 1953 he co-founded the Magna Corp. with Mike Todd to market the Todd-AO wide-screen system, which was wildly profitable (and remains a technological force in the movie industry to this day). Shortly after he retired in 1957, Schenck had a stroke and never fully recovered.- Steve Murphy was born on 25 December 1876 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for The Circus (1928), White Fang (1925) and The Flame Fighter (1925). He died on 31 January 1953 in Alameda, California, USA.
- Giuseppe De Luca was born on 25 December 1876 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Macbeth: Melodramma in quattro atti di Giuseppe Verdi (1997). He died on 26 August 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Giuseppe De Luca was born on 25 December 1876 in Rome, Italy. He was married to Giulia (sister of Olympia) and Olympia. He died on 26 August 1950 in New York, New York, USA.
- Lynwood Roberts was born on 25 December 1877 in Plumstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for I Live Again (1936). He died in 1958 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
John Shepek was born on 25 December 1877 in Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Woman Hungry (1931) and Honeymooniacs (1929). He died on 16 April 1958 in Riverside, California, USA.- Ellen Rindom was born on 25 December 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Mellem pligt og kærlighed (1910). She was married to Svend Rindom. She died on 9 May 1922 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Gabriela Horvátová was born on 25 December 1877 in Varazdin, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Její pastorkyna (1930), Prodaná nevesta (1913) and Mikolás Ales (1952). She died on 29 November 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Louis Chevrolet was born on 25 December 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel, Switzerland. He was married to Suzanne Treyvoux. He died on 6 June 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
- Grace George was born on 25 December 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Johnny Come Lately (1943) and Tainted Money (1915). She was married to William A. Brady. She died on 19 May 1961 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Margaret Halstan was born on 25 December 1879 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Holly and the Ivy (1952), The Middle Watch (1930) and London Playhouse (1955). She was married to John Hartman Morgan. She died on 8 January 1967 in Hornchurch, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
Bertram Atkey was born on 25 December 1879 in Redlynch, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Secret Kingdom (1925) and After Dark (1924). He died on 12 June 1952 in Sway, Hampshire, England, UK.- Langhorne Burton born in Somersby in 1872, popular on stage from 1900 including 'Sapho' directed by Olga Nethersole at the Daly's Theatre in 1908. Became a well-known matinée idol in many drama and crime films with the London (Globe) Film Company in 1914, perhaps best remembered in the title role of 'Tom Jones' directed by Edwin J. Collins and co-starring with Sybil Arundale for the Ideal Film Company in 1917 and also in the role of Arthur Clenman in Sidney Morgan's 'Little Dorrit' in 1920 co-starring Joan Morgan for the Progress Film Company, he was last seen on screen in a supporting role as The Lawyer in 'Cross Roads' starring Percy Marmont in 1930. He died in Weymouth in 1949 aged 77.
- Heinrich Behnken was born on 25 December 1880. He was a writer, known for Liebe Verwandtschaft (1963), Liebe Verwandtschaft (1975) and Hamburger Bier (1981). He died on 1 December 1960 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Dora Weissman was born on 25 December 1881. She was an actress, known for The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and The Hospital (1971). She was married to Anshel Shorr. She died on 21 May 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Director
Vladimir Ballyuzek was born on 25 December 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an art director and production designer, known for Hamburg (1926), Deprived of the Day (1927) and Zemlya zovyot (1929). He died on 9 September 1957 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- John Dill was born on 25 December 1881 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, UK. He was married to Nancy Isabelle Cecil Charrington and Ada Maud Le Mottée. He died on 4 November 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Julia Fassett was born on 25 December 1881 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) and Attic of Terror (1937). She died on 19 January 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Albert Guyot was born on 25 December 1881 in Orléans, Loiret, France. He died on 24 May 1947 in Paris, France.
- Samuel Shipman was born on 25 December 1881 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Scarlet Pages (1930), Manhattan Parade (1931) and A Slave of Fashion (1925). He died on 9 February 1937 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Christine Mayo was born on 25 December 1883 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), Fair and Warmer (1919) and The House of Mirth (1918). She died on 9 January 1961 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Dave Manley was born on 25 December 1883 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Struggle (1931). He died on 8 June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.