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Eugene V. Brewster was born on 7 September 1871 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA. Eugene V. was a director and producer, known for Ramon, the Sailmaker (1920), Love's Redemption (1921) and From Farm to Fame (1922). Eugene V. was married to Liane Hill, Corliss Palmer, Eleanor V. Cator and Emilie Churbuck. Eugene V. died on 1 January 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- E. La Croix Du Duit was born on 23 March 1871 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Eve's Secret (1925), A Man's Mate (1924) and Parisian Nights (1925). He died on 3 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, USA. She was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President! (2020). She was married to George Palmer Putnam. She died on 5 January 1939 in Pacific Ocean.
- Actor
- Writer
Walter C. Kelly was born on 29 October 1873 in Mineville, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Tugboat Princess (1936), The Virginia Judge (1935) and Laughing Irish Eyes (1936). He died on 6 January 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Carl Gottschalksen was born on 20 February 1854 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Blind Justice (1916) and Det store Fald (1911). He died on 6 January 1939.
- Edwin Brandt was born in 1871. He was an actor, known for The Ventures of Marguerite (1915), The Million Dollar Robbery (1914) and The Ancient Coin (1915). He died on 8 January 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Harry Burns was born on 20 July 1882 in Warsaw, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Down in Jungle Town (1924), A White Wing Monkey (1924) and A Monkey Bell Hop (1921). He was married to Dorothy Vernon. He died on 9 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
On the British stage from his teens, he first appeared as a half-breed boy in "The Squaw Man." His screen debut was in 1923 in the film "Chu Chin Chow." Dissatisfied with the British film industry, he moved to Hollywood and played a number of minor roles up to the time of his death. On the English stage he appeared with such greats as Anna May Wong, Alice Joyce and Gilda Grey.- Karl Kusterer was born on 24 February 1874 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Fluidum (1918), Zu spät! (1919) and Was isch denn i mym Harem los? (1937). He died on 10 January 1939 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland.
- Music Department
Julius Bittner was born on 9 April 1874 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He is known for Strauss' Great Waltz (1934). He was married to Emilie Werner. He died on 10 January 1939 in Vienna, Austria.- Arthur Barker was born in 1899 in the USA. He died on 13 January 1939 in Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA.
- Frits Fuchs was born on 27 November 1867 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Helleveeg (1920), Cirque hollandais (1924) and Het wrak van de Noorzee (1915). He died on 13 January 1939 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Albert Bozenhard was born on 14 February 1860 in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Germany]. He was an actor and writer, known for Eine tolle Wette auf dem Imperator (1913), Downfall (1923) and Temperamental Artist (1920). He was married to Karli Bozenhard-Hücker. He died on 13 January 1939 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Jacob Ruppert was born on 5 August 1867 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 13 January 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Rupert Franklin was born in 1862. He was an actor, known for The Prairie Wife (1925). He died on 14 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lily Long was born in 1885 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) and The Cowgirl Queen (1922). She died on 14 January 1939 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Prins Valdemar was born on 27 October 1858 in Bernstorff Slot, Charlottenlund, Denmark. He was married to Prinsesse Marie. He died on 14 January 1939 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Kullervo Manner was born on 12 October 1880 in Kokemäki, Finland. He died on 15 January 1939 in the Soviet Union.
- Gordon Hamilton was born on 16 May 1882 in Coytesville, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Love Without Question (1920). He was married to Josephine. He died on 16 January 1939 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
Robert McLaughlin was born on 16 November 1877 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Hidden Charms (1921), The House Without Children (1919) and The Eternal Magdalene (1919). He died on 16 January 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Roland Stavely was born in 1871 in New Zealand. He was an actor and director, known for The Enemy Within (1918), The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1925) and The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916). He died on 16 January 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Soundtrack
Composer, educated at the New York Conservatory. He was a staff arranger, composer, and manager for the orchestra department of music-publishing firms, and advertising manager for the 'International Musician'. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his song and instrumental compositions include "Smoky Mokes Cake Walk", "The Whip", "Loveland Waltzes", "First Love Waltz", "Symphia Waltz", "Blaze Away", "The Spirit of Independence", and "Old Faithful".- Patrick Gover was born on 8 July 1904 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pride and Prejudice (1938), Bardell Against Pickwick (1938) and Cinderella (1937). He died on 17 January 1939 in Notting Hill, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Ivan Mozzhukhin was a legendary actor of Russian silent films, who escaped execution by the Soviet Red Army and had a stellar career in Europe.
He was born Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin on September 26, 1889, in the village of Kondol, Saratov province, Russia (now Penza province, Russia). His father was general manager of the large estate of Prince Obolensky. Mozzhukhin attended all-boys Gymnasium in Penza, then studied at the Law School of Moscow University for two years. There he was active in amateur stage productions and joined a touring troupe, then returned to Moscow and was a member of the Vvedensky Narodny Dom Theatre. He made his film debut in 1908. From 1911-14 he worked in the films of producer Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. Mozzhukhin shot to fame after his leading role as violinist Trukhachevsky in Kreytserova sonata (1911) by director Pyotr Chardynin, based on the eponymous story by Lev Tolstoy. He starred as Adm. Kornilov in Defense of Sevastopol (1911) and in about 30 more silent films made by Chardynin, Yevgeny Bauer and Khanzhyonkov.
By the mid-'10s Mozzhukhin was the indisputable leading star of the Russian cinema, having such film partners as 'Diaghilev''s ballerina Vera Karalli, and his own wife Nathalie Lissenko. His facial expressions were studied by many actors and directors as exemplary acting masks. From 1915-19 he worked in about 40 films by directors Yakov Protazanov and Viktor Tourjansky under the legendary Russian producer Joseph N. Ermolieff. His best known films of the Russian period were Queen of Spades (1916) and Otets Sergiy (1918), both by Protazanov. Mozzhukhin's incredible popularity brought him significant wealth, but that came with attendant pressure; he also became famous for his numerous love affairs with his admirers.
In 1918 the Russian Communist revolution had already caused irreversible destruction of cultural and economic life, and Mozzhukhin moved under protection of the anti-Communist White Russian forces in Yalta, Crimea. There he worked for Ermolieff during the Russian Civil War. Meanwhile, Soviet government leader Vladimir Lenin ordered the seizure and nationalization of all film studios and their films, properties and other assets to use for making Soviet propaganda' most of Mozzhukhin's 70 films were arrested and / or censored. Lev Kuleshov used fragments of Mozzhukhin's films to demonstrate his editing ideas. Mozzhukhin's face was used in Kuleshov's psychological montage to illustrate the principles of film editing, known today as the Kuleshov Effect.
Mozzhukhin suffered terribly from the loss of his property after the Communist revolution. However, he continued working in Yalta with Ermolieff until the end of 1919. When the Red Army advanced into Crimea and broke through to Yalta, however, he joined the White Russians and fled the now-communist Russia at the end of the Civil War. He managed to save a few rolls of his silent films, which he took aboard the Greek steamer Pantera\ in February of 1920. He left Russia together with his film partners from the Ermolieff film company, his wife Nathalie Lissenko, actors Nicolas Koline and Nicolas Rimsky, actress Nathalie Kovanko, cinematographer Nikolai Toporkoff, director Viktor Tourjansky and producer Joseph N. Ermolieff. They emigrated together to Paris, France, and started a Russian-French film company.
In 1926 Mozzhukhin got a lucrative contract with Universal Pictures in Hollywood, and was cast as the male lead in Surrender (1927). However, his stint in Hollywood was not a success, due to numerous pressures from the studio's producers who insisted on his taking the stage name John Moskin. In addition, Mozzhukhin and his female co-star Mary Philbin did not get along at all, and that was quite apparent from the footage that they had no chemistry whatever. Ats Hollywood at that time was just making the transition from silent films to talkies, Mozzuhkhin--who did not speak English--was not offered any further roles, and he returned to Europe. Soon Aleksandr Vertinskiy began to comment that Mozzhukhin's troubles in Hollywood were the results of a conspiracy by the powers in Hollywood to destroy a strong competitor.
By 1939 Mozzhukhin had made over 100 films in Russia, France, Italy, the US, Germany and Austria. He continued starring in the talkies of the 1930s, although not as successfully as he had during the silent era. He also wrote screenplays for several of his films, and planned to direct a film in France, but the project was abandoned because he contracted a severe form of tuberculosis and was hospitalized. Mozzhukhin died of tuberculosis in a Paris clinic on January 17, 1939, and was laid to rest in the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, in Paris, France.
Mozzhukhin's home in Kondol, Penza province, is now restored as the public Memorial Museum of Ivan Mozzhukhin. There, since the 1990s, the museum has annual showing of Mozzhukhin's films, also known as Mozzhukhin's Festivities.- Mordaunt Shairp was born on 13 March 1887 in Totnes, Devon, England, UK. Mordaunt was a writer, known for The Dark Angel (1935), The White Angel (1936) and The Barrier (1937). Mordaunt was married to Hilda L. Williams. Mordaunt died on 18 January 1939 in Hastings, England, UK.
- Carl E. Schultze was born on 25 May 1866. Carl E. was a writer, known for Foxy Grandpa Shows the Boys a Trick or Two with the Tramp (1902), Boys Take Grandpa's Cigars with Distressing Results (1902) and The Boys Try to Put One Up on Foxy Grandpa (1902). Carl E. died on 18 January 1939.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in London, England, in 1853, prolific actor/director (300+ credits) Tom Ricketts is mostly forgotten today, but his chief claim to fame is that he directed the first motion picture shot in Hollywood.
Ricketts began his show-business career as an actor on the London stage, and gained a reputation as one of the best Shakespearean actors of his day. Ricketts never seemed to rest, working up until a few days before his death in 1939. He left for work one day with a bad cold, which quickly developed into pneumonia. His health went downhill rapidly and he died only a few days later. His wife, the actress Josephine Ditt (aka Josephine Ditt), was not notified of his death at the time; she was still suffering from the effects of a stroke that she had in December of 1938.- Actress
Lili Beck was born on 29 December 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Dolken (1915), Sonad skuld (1915) and Saved in Mid-Air (1912). She was married to Victor Sjöström, Erik Magnussen, Hakon Ahnfelt-Rønne and Martellius Lundqvist. She died on 20 January 1939 in Århus, Denmark.- Director
- Animation Department
- Actor
Victor Bergdahl was born on 12 December 1878 in Österåker, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and actor, known for Den fatala konserten i Cirkus Fjollinski (1916), Kapten Grogg och Kalle på negerbal (1917) and Kapten Grogg gifter sig (1918). He died on 20 January 1939 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Merritt Hulburd was born on 6 March 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Merritt was a producer, known for The Hurricane (1937), Dead End (1937) and Dodsworth (1936). Merritt was married to Jean Thompson. Merritt died on 22 January 1939 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Aleksandr Voznesensky was born on 11 March 1880 in the Russian Empire. He was a writer, known for Mute Witnesses (1914), Slyozy (1914) and Tsar Nikolay II (1917). He died on 22 January 1939 in Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Kazakhstan].
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Herbert Sutch was born on 29 January 1884 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The White Rose (1923), One Exciting Night (1922) and The Winking Idol (1926). He died on 22 January 1939 in London, England, UK.- Alfred Norcom was born on 11 June 1897 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Black Gold (1928) and Regeneration (1923). He died on 22 January 1939 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Ernst Blass was born on 17 October 1890 in Berlin, Germany. Ernst was a writer, known for They Were So Young (1954). Ernst died on 23 January 1939 in Berlin, Germany.
- Matthias Sindelar was born on 10 February 1903 in Iglau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Jihlava, Czech Republic]. He died on 23 January 1939 in Vienna, Austria.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Composer
Manuel Penella was born on 31 July 1880 in Valencia, Spain. He was a writer and composer, known for [Rec]² (2009), The Adventurous Captain (1939) and Tiger Love (1924). He died on 24 January 1939 in Mexico.- 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.
- Actor
- Director
Ferry Seidl was born on 1 October 1881 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Batalion (1927), Z ceských mlýnu (1925) and V mesíci lásky (1919). He died on 24 January 1939 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Helen Ware was born on 15 October 1877 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Virginian (1929), Flaming Gold (1932) and The Garden of Allah (1916). She was married to Frederick Burt. She died on 25 January 1939 in Carmel, California, USA.
- Armando Camejo was born in 1891 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Swallow (1938), Abismos (1931) and The Pretty Indian Girl (1938). He was married to Concepción Velarde Cárdenas. He died on 26 January 1939 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Richard Daniels was born on 23 January 1864 in Gwubach, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Little Minister (1922), Her Night of Nights (1922) and Girl Shy (1924). He died on 27 January 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anna von Palen was born on 26 May 1875 in Perleberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Das Klima von Vancourt (1917), Die Glocken der Katharinenkirche (1918) and Wenn das Herz in Haß erglüht (1917). She died on 27 January 1939 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was a writer, known for Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) and Echoes. He was married to Georgiana Hyde-Lees. He died on 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.- Victor Stanley was born on 17 February 1892 in Shropshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ghost Camera (1933), White Ensign (1934) and School for Stars (1935). He died on 29 January 1939 in London, England, UK.
- Roy Byford was born on 12 January 1873 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tons of Money (1926), Falstaff the Tavern Knight (1923) and The Rivals (1938). He was married to Ida Brook. He died on 31 January 1939 in London, England, UK.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lawrence Marston was born on 8 June 1857 in the Czech Republic. He was a director and writer, known for The Millionaire Baby (1915), The Woman in Black (1914) and Love's Pilgrimage to America (1916). He was married to Mrs. Lawrence Marston. He died on 1 February 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Lawrence Underwood was born in 1871 in Albion, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Old Lady 31 (1920), The Phantom Buster (1927) and Twisted Rails (1934). He died on 2 February 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Actor
André Mauprey was born on 19 August 1881 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for The Threepenny Opera (1931), Le cavalier Lafleur (1934) and The Maiden (1955). He died on 3 February 1939 in Paris, France.- Music Department
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Desmond Carter was born on 15 June 1895 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Public Enemies (2009), Marry Me (1932) and Over She Goes (1937). He was married to Betty Lynn. He died on 3 February 1939 in London, England, UK.- Charles Schaeffer was born on 12 February 1863 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Man Power (1927), The Pride of the Legion (1932) and Ridin' Luck (1927). He died on 5 February 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.