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Songwriter ("Ragtime Cowboy Joe", "Second Hand Rose", "Am I Blue?"), author and publisher, educated in Akron (OH) High School, then an actor in stock companies, and later a staff writer for New York music publishing firms. He wrote special material for Bert Williams, Fanny Brice, Eva Tanguay, Nora Bayes, and Al Jolson, and also the Broadway stage score for "Dixie to Broadway" and songs for "Ziegfeld Follies of 1921" and "Bombo". Joining ASCAP in 1914 as a charter member, he collaborated musically with George Meyer, Harry Akst, James Monaco, Fred Fisher, Harry Warren, Al Piantadosi, Milton Ager, Archie Gottler, Arthur Johnston, James Hanley, and Lewis Muir. His other popular-song compositions include "Dat's Harmony", "He'd Have to Get Under", "When You're in Love With Someone", "Beatrice Fairfax", "There's a Little Bit of Baid in Every Good little Girl", "You Can't Get Along With 'Em or Without 'Em", "In the Land of Beginning Again", "Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia", "I Hate to Lose You", "Oogie Oogie Wa Wa", "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face", "Home in Pasadena", "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind", "Dixie Dreams", "I'm a Little Blackbird Looking For a Bluebird", "Birmingham Bertha", "I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues", and "Weary River".- Fritzi Fern was born Fritzi Fern Blower in Akron, Ohio. After her parents divorced she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and brother. Fritzi began her career as a child actress and made films for the Greyhound Motion Picture Company. In 1922 producer Harry Burns cast her in a series of shorts starring Little Napoleon. She spent the next several years dancing in vaudeville. Fritzi signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1928. Unfortunately the only movie she made at the studio was The Charlaton. She was supposed to costar with Reginald Denny in Clear In The Decks but she was replaced before filming began. In 1929 she appeared on stage in Earl Carroll's Revue. Fritzi had a small part in the 1932 Western serial The Last Frontier. It would be her last acting role. In the Fall of 1932 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had surgery to remove it. Tragically she never recovered and died on September 20, 1932. Fritzi was only twenty-five years old.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Rollo Lloyd was born on 22 March 1883 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mystery Man (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936) and Flaming Gold (1932). He was married to Ethel. He died on 24 July 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- W. Maxwell Goodhue was born in 1873 in Akron, Ohio, USA. W. Maxwell was a writer, known for The Sin of Nora Moran (1933). W. Maxwell died on 23 November 1938 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jimmy Butler was born on 20 February 1921 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935), No Greater Glory (1934) and Battle of Greed (1937). He was married to Jean Fahrney. He died on 18 February 1945 in Théding, Moselle, France.- Helen Crlenkovich Morgan was born on 14 January 1921 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is known for Aquaqueens (1946). She was married to Bob Morgan. She died on 19 July 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Fred Miller was born on 3 April 1911 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Sophie Lang Goes West (1937). He died on 8 February 1962 in the USA.
- Writer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Rowland Brown was born on 6 November 1897 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Blood Money (1933) and Hell's Highway (1932). He was married to Karen van Ryan and Marie Helis. He died on 6 May 1963 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
Irving G. Ries was born on 15 January 1890 in Akron, Ohio, USA. Irving G. was a cinematographer, known for Forbidden Planet (1956), An American in Paris (1951) and Singin' in the Rain (1952). Irving G. died on 20 August 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Kate Manx was born on 19 October 1930 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Hero's Island (1962), Private Property (1960) and Perry Mason (1957). She was married to Leslie Stevens and Anthony Brady Farrell. She died on 15 November 1964 in Torrance, California, USA.
- Ron Rector was born on 29 May 1944 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He died on 14 July 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- The younger son of two male children born to Frank and Lucy Leona (Dugan) Waltz, Jack Richard had an elder brother, Frank. Jack married Phyllis Dolores Showalter (born September 27, 1923 - died March 5, 1981) on September 27, 1941 in Summit County, Ohio by the deputy clerk in the office of Probate Judge Dean Fay. Waltz was 16 years old and it was Showalter's 18th birthday but both are listed as being 17 years old. His age is incorrectly recorded as "17 years of age on the 6 day of December 1940". The license was taken out on September 23, 1941. The daughter of Earl W. and Bertie (Calvert) Showalter, her parents are listed as giving their consent for their still minor age daughter. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce on September 22, 1954. He married, secondly, to co-star Lisa Davis on June 28, 1958. The couple had three children. The marriage ended in divorce in 1971, one year before Waltz's death at age 47.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Warren Wade was born on 23 June 1896 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for NBC Repertory Theatre (1949), Broadway Television Theatre (1952) and The Philco Television Playhouse (1948). He died on 14 January 1973 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Vaughn Wilton Monroe was born October 7, 1911 in Akron, Ohio, and his family moved to Wisconsin shortly thereafter. Monroe showed an early talent for the trumpet and focused most of his early efforts on that. Monroe wanted to be an opera singer, but the Depression made pursuing such a career impractical. Instead, he sang as a vocalist with several bands, among them Austin Wylie (who later worked for Artie Shaw), Larry Funk (for which he made his recording debut), and Jack Marshard. It was Marshard who realized Monroe's talent, brought him out from the brass section, and turned him into a conductor. At the urging of Marshard and many others, Monroe started his own orchestra in 1940. RCA Victor immediately signed him to a contract. From 1940 until 1954, he had over 70 chart hits. One of these is the one he's best known for today: "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!", the 1946 version of which is heard at the end of the first two Bruce Willis "Die Hard" films.
The tall, handsome Monroe, whose signature tune was "Racing With the Moon", was very popular in the 1940s and early 1950s. His band was heard every Sunday on the radio in America (under contract to Camel cigarettes) and played to full ballrooms everywhere they went. Some of the musicians who regularly toured with Monroe included guitarist 'Bucky Pizzarelli', saxophonist Adny Bagni, Bobby Nichols, singer Mary Jo Grogan, Trumpeter Bobby Nichols, trombonist Ray Conniff, and well-known jazz pianist Arnold Ross.
The big band business started losing steam in the early 1950s, and Monroe gave up his band in 1953. For the next 20 years, he worked as a single and on the nightclub circuit, while maintaining his contract with RCA Victor as their spokesman.
Monroe died May 21, 1973, shortly after undergoing stomach surgery.- Carroll Nye was born on 4 October 1901 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), King of the Wild (1931) and The Heart of Maryland (1927). He was married to Dorothy Barnes Stewart, Roberta Clementine Woodburn and Helen Lynch. He died on 17 March 1974 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Craig Woods was born on 14 April 1918 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Partners of the Trail (1944), Raiders of the Border (1944) and Sea Hunt (1958). He was married to Barbara Patricia Shannon and Gwen Seager. He died on 12 September 1974 in Orange County, California, USA.
- Myrna Ross was born in 1939 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965). She was married to Stuart C. Nelson. She died on 26 December 1975 in Rollinville, Colorado, USA.
- Ruth Jean MacTammany was born in 1893 in Akron, Ohio, to a bricklayer father and a dressmaker mother. Ruth was the youngest of eight children in this musical family. At the start of World War I, she was studying opera in Italy, and volunteered as an ambulance driver there during the war. In 1915 she sang with John Phillip Sousa's band at the Hippodrome in New York, entertaining the crowd with her rendition of "Caro Nome" from Verdi's "Rigoletto." She was a singer, Broadway actress, and silent movie star. Her films include "Alma, Where Do You Live?", and "One Day." She also appeared in the musical comedy play "The Lady in Red" on the New York stage. In 1917 or 1918, she was secretly married, but sued for divorce just six months later. In June 1921, she married again, this time to Alvin Rishel. Ruth MacTammany died in the home of her niece, Mirriam Warden Zimmerman, in Concord, California, sometime in the 1960s.
- Thurman Munson was born on 7 June 1947 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Diane Dominick. He died on 2 August 1979 in Canton, Ohio, USA.
- Howard Harpster was born on 14 May 1907 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Maybe It's Love (1930). He was married to Margaret Harpster. He died on 9 April 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Leland Richard was born in 1949 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Crimes of the Future (1970). He died on 3 May 1982 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Shawnda Summers was born on 28 June 1965 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She died on 9 October 1982 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Actor
Ernest Kubler was born on 19 September 1902 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 5 June 1983 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.- Judith A. Resnik was born on 5 April 1949 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was married to Michael Oldak. She died on 28 January 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
- Soundtrack
Tommy Reynolds was born on 17 January 1917 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He died on 30 September 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
- Producer
Cheryl Crawford was born on 24 September 1902 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was a producer, known for Paint Your Wagon (1969), One Touch of Venus (1948) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). She died on 7 October 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.- Roger Daniel was born on 3 January 1924 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Boy Slaves (1939), Junior G-Men (1940) and King of the Turf (1939). He was married to Josephine Starkweather. He died on 22 May 1987 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Make-Up Department
- Actress
Lillian Barb was born on 30 March 1921 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) and Racing with the Moon (1984). She died on 17 August 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Zenas Sears was born on 14 July 1913 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Jamboree! (1957) and The Legend of Blood Mountain (1965). He died on 4 October 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
- Cinematographer
Special effects for motion pictures the process was a complex and time consuming once known as "traveling matte" prior to the introduction of digital compositing. The blue screen and traveling matte method were developed in the 1930s at RKO Radio Pictures and other studios, and were used to create special effects for The Thief of Bagdad (1940). At RKO, Linwood Dunn used traveling matte to create "wipes" - where there were transitions like a windshield wiper in films such as Flying Down to Rio (1933).
The credit for development of the blue screen is given to Larry Butler, who won the Academy Award for special effects for The Thief of Bagdad. He had invented the blue screen and traveling matte technique in order to achieve the visual effects which were unprecedented in 1940. He was also the first special effects man to have created these effects in Technicolor, which was in its infancy at the time. In 1950, Warner Brothers employee and ex-Kodak researcher Arthur Widmer began working on an ultra violet traveling matte process. He also began developing bluescreen techniques: one of the first films to use them was the 1958 adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novella, The Old Man and the Sea, starring Spencer Tracy.- Brian Lee was born on 22 March 1953 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mouse and the Woman (1980) and CBS Storybreak (1984). He died on 25 July 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
Elizabeth Firestone was born on 16 July 1922 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was a composer, known for That Man from Tangier (1953), Once More, My Darling (1949) and The Voice of Firestone (1949). She died on 18 October 1989 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Lester Cowan was born on 1 April 1906 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for One Touch of Venus (1948), Ladies in Retirement (1941) and Story of G.I. Joe (1945). He was married to Ann Ronell. He died on 21 October 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Jane Speed was a New York-based short story writer and radio dramatist, active between 1941 and 1980.
She was born Jane Helen Krisher, the only child of William C. Krisher and Helen E. Roush. After graduating from Buchtel High School, she attended first Ohio Wesleyan and then Northwestern University's School of Speech, where she majored in drama; it was during this latter stint that she gained the bulk of her education regarding script-writing, both for radio and for film.
Subsequently she worked as a commercial copy writer at WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio, all the while working on radio scripts, both originals and adaptations, some of which would later go on to be produced and broadcast nationally.
After her marriage in 1943, Speed continued writing and selling radio scripts until 1955, at which point the prospect of a third child on the way, coupled with TV's dramatic erosion of the market for radio dramas, conspired to dictate a career change. Within eight years, Mrs. Speed had gained sufficient mastery, both of the essentials of short-story writing and of the conventions of the mystery genre, to become a regularly published writer in that genre. Not counting the myriad reprints and translations, her work debuted almost exclusively within the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, all of it published between the years of 1963 and 1980 (the sole exception being the 1977 story, "Poor Eva," which made its first appearance in EQMM's sister publication, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine). "End of the Day," arguably her most widely read and translated story, also brought about an unexpected return to Speed's radio roots, in the form of numerous European broadcasts, both straight readings and full-blown dramatizations; perhaps the most notable being one that aired on July 3, 1976, starring Elisabeth Wiedemann, who, despite an extensive stage and screen career, had the dubious distinction of being known almost exclusively for her TV portrayal of "Else Tetzlaff", the German equivalent of All in the Family (1971)'s Edith Bunker.
The subsequent death of Speed's longstanding editor at EQMM, Frederic Dannay (aka Ellery Queen), compounded by the failing health of her elderly father back in Akron, all but insured that the writer's block afflicting her at the beginning of the eighties would become firmly entrenched in relatively short order. Towards the end of that decade, the final nails in this coffin (figurative at first, but before long, literal) would be hammered home, first by her husband's, and later her own, health concerns. The latter would explode in late February 1991, when Mrs. Speed suffered a massive coronary from which she would not recover. She never did regain consciousness, finally succumbing on March 5th at the age of 71, survived by her husband and three children, her son-in-law, poet John Curl, and her grand-daughter, film and video producer Rachel Curl.- Gilson Brown was born on 13 April 1904 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Dinky (1935), Boy of the Streets (1937) and Little Tough Guy (1938). He died on 10 September 1991 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Paul Foltz was born on 28 February 1910 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 7 July 1994 in San Diego, California, USA.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Born in Akron, Ohio in 1924, the son of Mary Martha (Bone) and Frederick Coleman Mostoller. He joined the Army in 1943. He studied fashion design in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1958 he went to work for NBC in New York. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked on television as a costume designer. He was best known for "The Doctors" where he was in charge of dressing the cast for the wedding of the character Althea Davis, which was one of the most lavish weddings of 1968 after that of Jackie Onassis. He was married to fellow costume designer Ramsey Mostoller. He died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Glen Buxton was born on 10 November 1947 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Faculty (1998), If I Stay (2014) and Reality Bites (1994). He died on 19 October 1997 in Clarion, Iowa, USA.- Margo Prade was born on 17 September 1956 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She died on 26 November 1997 in Akron, Ohio, USA.
- Jack Haskell was born on 30 April 1919 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He died on 26 September 1998 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actress
M.J. McDonnell was born on 17 July 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was a director and actress, known for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), One Life to Live (1968) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to Dwight H. Little. She died on 22 January 2000 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Willard Van Orman Quine was born on 25 June 1908 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Marjorie Boynton. He died on 25 December 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- James St. Clair was born on 14 April 1920 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He died on 10 March 2001 in Westwood, Massachusetts, USA.
- Gene Woodling was born on 16 August 1922 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Betty Nicely. He died on 2 June 2001 in Barberton, Ohio, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Emil Oster was born on 17 December 1915 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for McCloud (1970), Love on a Rooftop (1966) and Square Pegs (1982). He died on 2 November 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Clint Atkinson was born on 17 October 1927 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Diamondbacks (1998). He died on 4 March 2002 in Columbia, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Sid Avery was born on 12 October 1918 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He is known for Rock Hudson (1990). He was married to Diana. He died on 1 July 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Lester Clark was born on 14 September 1941 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Skinned Alive (1990) and The Dead Next Door (1989). He died on 16 September 2002 in California, USA.
- Albert Hibbs was born on 19 October 1924 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Marka Ann Wilson and Florence Pavin. He died on 24 February 2003 in Pasadena, California, USA.
- Visual Effects
Frank Morelli was born on 8 January 1946 in Akron, Ohio, USA. Frank is known for The Right Stuff (1983). Frank died on 8 June 2003 in San Francisco, California, USA.