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Frank Ryan was born on 18 October 1907 in Urbana, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Can't Help Singing (1944), Patrick the Great (1944) and Call Out the Marines (1942). He died on 1 January 1948 in Otterville, Missouri, USA.- Soundtrack
Composer Roger Lewis received only a high-school education, and then went on to join ASCAP in his fortieth year and composed a number of popular-song tunes including "Oceana Roll", "Down By the Winegar Woiks", "When I Was a Dreamer and You Were a Dream", "One Dozen Roses", "Down Home Rag", and "Torpedo Jim".- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Oh How I Miss You Tonight", "Everywhere You Go"), and early on a bandleader in dance halls and hotels. He joined ASCAP in 1926, and his chief musical collaborator was Joe Burke. His other popular-song compositions include "When You're Smiling", "Dear One", "Who Wants a Bad Little Boy", "Don't Forget to Remember", "Take Me Back to the Garden of Roses", "You're Too Much", and "Heart-Breaker".- Charles E. Graham was born in October 1865 in Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Headless Horseman (1922), My Own United States (1918) and On the High Card (1921). He was married to Catherine Elizabeth Pierpoint. He died on 2 January 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Edna May was born on 2 September 1878 in Syracuse, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Salvation Joan (1916) and Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 8 (1915). She was married to Oscar Lewisohn and Frederick Titus. She died on 2 January 1948 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Olive Noble was born on 21 November 1876 in Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Secret Woman (1918). She died on 2 January 1948 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Frederick Clayton was born in 1874. He was an actor, known for The Sacred Flame (1920). He died on 2 January 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Chilean poet and novelist Vicente Huidobro was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1893, into one of the most prominent families in the country. He received his education at the Jesuit College of Santiago and in France at the Berthelot Lyceum, where he studied law. He soon changed his studies to medicine, and began writing books and became an editor of several different Chilean magazines. His first volume of poetry, "La Gruta del Silencio", scandalized Chilean critics. He traveled to Paris, and in 1916 co-founded, with Guillaume Apollinaire and Pierre Reveedy, the artistic and literary review "Nord Sud".
He stayed in Paris throughout World War I but left in 1918, worn out by the wartime conditions and tribulations of Paris, and went to Madrid, Spain. When the war ended he returned to Chile. By this time he was a controversial figure in art and literary circles, with passionate defenders and just as passionate detractors.
When the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1937 he returned to Madrid to offer what assistance he could to the Loyalists, and stayed there for three months. After the Loyalist defeat and the takeover of Spain by the fascist forces of Gen. Francisco Franco, he returned to Chile again, settling in Santiago.
He died in Cartegena, Chile, in 1948.- Art Director
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Klaus Richter was born on 25 January 1887 in Berlin, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for The Student of Prague (1913) and New Year's Eve (1924). He died on 3 January 1948 in Berlin, Germany.- Sam Sidman was born in 1871 in Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for The Daring Years (1923), The Show Girl (1927) and Better Days (1927). He died on 3 January 1948 in Pinwald, New Jersey, USA.
- Gladys Coburn was born on 9 June 1898 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Primitive Call (1917), East Lynne (1921) and The Battle of Life (1916). She died on 4 January 1948 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
Larry Dods was born on 5 December 1898 in Gisborne, New Zealand. He was an actor. He died on 5 January 1948 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Ada Palmer was born on 24 January 1867 in City of London, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pursuit of Pamela (1920), A Will and a Way (1922) and Lawyer Quince (1924). She died on 5 January 1948 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK.
- Leopoldo Beristáin was born on 9 September 1878 in Mexico D.F., Mexico. He was an actor, known for México lindo (1938), Lo que el viento trajo (1941) and Viaje redondo (1920). He was married to Elisa Berumen, Josefina Ciris and Carolina Aguilar. He died on 5 January 1948 in Tijuana, Mexico.
- Robert Leonard was born on 22 February 1888 in Poland. He was an actor, known for The Tailor of Bond Street (1916), A Just Deception (1917) and Some Waiter! (1936). He was married to Lillian ?. He died on 5 January 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Alexander Sarner was born on 17 December 1892 in Spitalfields, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Dreyfus Case (1931), The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) and The Chinese Puzzle (1919). He died on 6 January 1948 in Dollis Hill, London, England, UK.
- Jacques Loustalot was an actor, known for Un film d'amateur (1947) and Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950). He died on 6 January 1948.
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Charles C. Wilson was born on 29 July 1894 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for It Happened One Night (1934), Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) and The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936). He died on 7 January 1948 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Thomas Mantell was born on 30 June 1922 in Franklin, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Peggy Mantell Bruckert. He died on 7 January 1948 in Franklin, Kentucky, USA.
- Albert Johnson was born on 31 May 1872 in Oberlin, Ohio, USA. He was married to Bessie Morris Penniman. He died on 7 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Second only to the great Caruso, Austrian opera singer Richard Tauber is revered as one of the world's finest Mozartian tenors to come out of early to mid-20th century Europe.
He was born on May 16, 1891 of modest means in Linz, Austria, the illegitimate son of soubrette Elisabeth Seiffert, who sang locally as well as toured. His father, Richard Anton Tauber, a legit actor, was not married to his mother and, in fact, was unaware of his parental status for quite some time after his son's birth. Richard traveled with his mother at a young age where he developed an ardent passion for the musical arts, but it proved a grueling and impossible undertaking for the actress who was continually on the road. The boy was finally sent to live with his father at age 6 who then took over his upbringing.
Trained in voice, Tauber initially seemed to lack fire and dimension, drawing unimpressive responses from his music masters. Unequipped to sing the heavy scores of the Romanticist composer Richard Wagner, who was his idol, Tauber subsequently studied piano and composition before coming under the tutelage of famed voice teacher Professor Carl Beines. It was Beines who redirected his pupil back to voice with the prospects of interpreting the classical works of Mozart.
Finally realizing and acknowledging his operatic niche, Tauber progressed quickly and made his public concert bow in 1912. A year later came his stage debut as Tamino in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with the help of his father, who had become the Intendant of both the Municipal and Stadt-Theater in Chemnitz. A few days later he played Max in "Der Freischütz" and, as a result, was offered a five-year contract with the Dresden Opera. The Vienna and Berlin companies were to follow where he worked up a rich repertoire of roles in such operas as "Don Giovanni," "Tosca," "Mignon," "Faust" and "Carmen." During this time he also recorded extensively.
Richard extended his lyrical tenor in a then-unheard move to include lighter-styled operettas. His first performance of a Franz Lehár work was in Berlin in 1920 with "Zigeunerliebe". In 1922 he was offered the part of Armand in Lehár's "Frasquita" at the Theater an der Wien, which proved to be a resounding success. He not only singlehandedly revived Lehár's flagging career but greatly expanded his own audience of admirers. Lehár went on to compose several new works specifically designed for Tauber's voice. These included "Der Zarewitsch" (1926), "Friederike" (1928), "The Land of Smiles" (1929), "Beautiful Is the World" (1930), and "Giuditta."
Tauber's vast talents also included conducting at the Vienna Theater, where he met and married soprano Carlotta Vanconti. With their busy schedules they managed to occasionally tour in operettas together. After about a year of marriage, however, the bloom was off the rose and they separated in 1928, divorcing two years later. Tauber also tested the virtually new waters of talking pictures with such breakthrough musical films as Das Land des Lächelns (1930) [The Land of Smiles], Never Trust a Woman (1930) [Never Trust a Woman], The Alluring Goal (1930) [The Golden Goal], The Big Attraction (1931) [The Big Attraction], and Right to Happiness (1932) his more prominent vehicles.
Part Jewish on his father's side, the rise of Nazism in his native Austria had Richard making frequent out-of-country appearances in London. He also starred in several popular musical films in England. Following skirmishes with Nazi purists, he eventually emigrated to London. He appeared again in filmed musicals and earned fine notices for his portrayal of composer Franz Schubert in April Blossoms (1934), as well as for his work in Heart's Desire (1935), the Leoncavallo tragedy A Clown Must Laugh (1936), and Forbidden Music (1936). He met and married frequent British co-star Diana Napier in 1936.
Making his London operatic debut with "The Magic Flute" in 1938, the U.S. was willing to embrace Tauber with open arms but the artist remained true to England throughout the war years. As there was no opera staged in wartime Britain, he made ends meet with concerts, conducting and composing operettas, radio broadcasts and recordings. One of his operettas, "Old Chelsea," produced his signature song, "My Heart and I." In 1947, Tauber sought help for an aggravated cough which was subsequently diagnosed as lung cancer.
Despite extreme difficulties in breathing and the collapse of one lung, Tauber gave a bravura performance in one of his favorite roles, Don Ottavio in "Don Giovannia" at Covent Garden on September 27, 1947 and fulfilled this engagement the following day at the Camden Theatre, having begun and ended his formidable career performing Mozart. Three days later, on October 1st, he entered Guy's Hospital for the removal of a cancerous lung; the surgery took place the next day--only five days after his final performance.
Tauber died of complications on January 8, 1948. His devoted second wife Diana published her first biography of her husband a year after his death; her second "My Heart and I" was published in 1959.- Writer
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After studying at both the School of Applied Art and the Royal Academy of Art in Germany, Kurt Schwitters experimented with abstract and expressionist painting before becoming involved with the Dada movement, an artistic philosophy based primarily on incongruity, absurdism, and nonsense. Although he associated with the Dadaists and his works shared many similarities to theirs, Schwitters preferred to refer to his own artistic efforts under the separate title "Merz"--a meaningless word Schwitters derived by taking the middle syllable from the German word "kommerzbank" ("commercial bank"). Schwitters was best known for his collages composed of everyday objects, and for his poems based on sounds rather than meanings ("An Anna Blume," "Die Ursonate"). In 1937, Kurt Schwitters emigrated to Norway to escape Nazi rule. After the outbreak of World War II, he again fled the Nazis by escaping to England, where he lived out the rest of his days. Despite being plagued by numerous health problems in his later years (a stroke, a cerebral hemorrhage, a broken leg), Kurt Schwitters continued to produce "Merz" artworks until his death in 1948.- Lili Fehér was born on 8 April 1899 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Rotschild leánya (1934), Mámi (1937) and Vica, a vadevezös (1933). She was married to Sándor Peti. She died on 9 January 1948 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Tramel was born on 18 April 1880 in Toulon, France. He was an actor, known for Cognasse (1932), La Résurrection du Bouif (1922) and Le crime du Bouif (1922). He died on 11 January 1948 in Paris, France.
- Charles Swinton Warnock was born on 9 November 1865 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. Charles Swinton was a writer, known for The Germ (1923). Charles Swinton died on 11 January 1948 in Glendale, California, USA.
- P. Munch was born on 25 July 1870 in Redsted, Mors, Denmark. He was married to Elna Sarauw. He died on 12 January 1948 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- W. Edward Stirling was born on 26 May 1892 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Eagle with Two Heads (1948), La mode rêvée (1939) and Colomba (1948). He was married to Margaret Vaughan and Margaret Vaughan. He died on 12 January 1948 in Paris, France.
- Lew Davis was born on 16 July 1884 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soul Mates (1916), The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936) and Welcome Stranger (1947). He was married to Kathryn West. He died on 13 January 1948 in Inglewood, California, USA.
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Hassan Said was born on 20 April 1894. He was an actor, known for Safari (1940) and Stanley and Livingstone (1939). He died on 13 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Karl Heinz Martin was born on 6 May 1886 in Freiburg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for From Morning to Midnight (1920), Die Perle des Orients (1921) and Das Haus zum Mond (1921). He was married to Roma Bahn and Rose Stradner. He died on 13 January 1948 in Berlin, Germany.- Director
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Patvakan Barkhudaryan was born on 31 August 1898 in Stepanavan, Russian Empire. He was a director and writer, known for Sev tevi tak (1930), Hinge khndzorin (1928) and Tasnvetserordy (1929). He died on 13 January 1948 in Yerevan, Armenia, USSR.- Sound Department
George Oschmann was born on 15 April 1889 in New York, USA. He is known for Love at First Sight (1929), Kitty (1929) and The Divorce Racket (1932). He died on 13 January 1948 in New York, USA.- Sebastian Smith from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, became a well-known star of many comedy and drama shows all over Britain in the late Victorian years before meeting pioneering film-maker Cecil Hepworth. Hepworth cast the handsome tall dark Smith in many of his films, often as a smart gentleman hero, in such titles as 'Rescued by Rover'. In his later years, Smith became quite fat and bald, allowing him to take on comedy roles in films such as 'Oh Mr. Porter' with Will Hay. He died in 1948 at the age of 78.
- H. Carleton-Crowe was born on 24 June 1875 in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He was an actor. He died on 15 January 1948 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
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- Soundtrack
Jack Guthrie was born on 13 November 1915 in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Barn Dance (1947), Slither (1973) and Bound for Glory (1976). He died on 15 January 1948 in Livermore, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
James Seim was born on 20 September 1892 in Norway. James died on 15 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Josephus Daniels was born on 18 May 1862 in Washington, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Addie Worth Bagley. He died on 15 January 1948 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- Francis X. Mahoney was born on 2 August 1884 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Show Boat (1936). He died on 17 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Eldridge Lee was born on 20 November 1886 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Injustice (1919). He was married to Mrs. Seth Webb. He died on 17 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Writer
Arthur Voegtlin was born on 8 November 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for America (1914). He was married to Maude Caldwell. He died on 18 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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- Cinematographer
Charles Magnusson was born on 26 January 1878 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He was a producer and director, known for Resa Stockholm-Göteborg genom Göta och Trollhätte kanaler (1908), Fiskarvals från Bohuslän (1909) and Minnen fran Bostonklubben (1909). He died on 18 January 1948 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- George Sorel was born on 24 March 1901 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Navy Secrets (1939), Swiss Miss (1938) and Espionage (1937). He died on 19 January 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Producer
- Additional Crew
Solomon Mikhoels was born on 16 March 1890 in Dvinsk, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was an actor and producer, known for The Circus (1936), Jewish Luck (1925) and A Greater Promise (1936). He died on 19 January 1948 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus].- Actor
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- Writer
Enrique de Rosas was born on 14 July 1888 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Hermanos (1941), Nativa (1939) and Atorrante (1939). He died on 20 January 1948 in Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Jozef Simons was born on 21 May 1888 in Oelegem, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer, known for De danstent (1976). He died on 20 January 1948 in Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium.
- Production Designer
Hans Henrik Sartz Backer was born on 20 September 1865. He was a production designer, known for Kaksen på Øverland (1920). He died on 21 January 1948.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was born on 12 January 1876 in Venice, Italy. He was a composer, known for Times Gone By (1952), El cerro de los locos (1960) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Wilhelmine Christine Funk and Clara Kilian. He died on 21 January 1948 in Venice, Italy.- Kaoru Futaba was born on 7 October 1871 in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Renbo kouta (1929), Haru hiraku (1928) and Reijin (1930). She died on 22 January 1948.
- Actor
- Stunts
Bert Young was born on 1 January 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Lights (1932), Please (1933) and Just an Echo (1934). He died on 23 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Stuart Casey was born on 19 November 1885 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England UK. He was an actor, known for Captain Blood (1935) and Age of Indiscretion (1935). He died on 23 January 1948 in Saratoga, New York, USA.