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- Camera and Electrical Department
Arvo Ylppö was born on 27 October 1887 in Akaa, Finland. He is known for Suuret Suomalaiset: Arvo Ylppö (2004), SF-katsaus 29 (1957) and Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto Tasavallan presidentin linnassa (1967). He was married to Lea Ylppö and Aino Marjatta Wegelius. He died on 28 January 1992 in Helsinki, Finland.- Anne-Marie Ferrières was born on 7 February 1888 in Tournai, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Prisoners of Honour - We Lived Through Buchenwald (1946), Le pèlerin de l'enfer (1947) and Vive le duc! (1960). She died on 30 August 1992 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Marjorie Robb was born on 12 February 1889 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 11 June 1992 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Simon Feldman was born on 15 July 1890 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was an actor, known for Fantômas (1932), Napoleon (1927) and Le prince charmant (1925). He died on 6 November 1992 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Gwen Ffrangcon Davies was born on 25 January 1891 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991), Nine Days a Queen (1936) and Paul Krüger (1956). She died on 27 January 1992 in Stambourne, Essex, England, UK.
- Charlotte Jackson was born on 17 February 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for A Prince There Was (1921). She was married to Ephraim Poole Jackson. She died on 19 April 1992 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Actor
Ted Offenbecker was born on 11 September 1891 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a set decorator and actor, known for The Fighting O'Flynn (1949), Never a Dull Moment (1943) and Ivy (1947). He died on 5 July 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Special Effects
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Born in Denison, Iowa, of immigrant parents from Oldenburg, Germany, Hans Koenekamp began his film career with a job as a motion picture projectionist. He became a cinematographer in 1913 at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He later worked at Fox Films and then joined Vitagraph in 1917, where he photographed all the Larry Semon comedies. When Warner Bros. purchased First National's studio in Burbank, California, he signed a contract and remained with the studio for the next 30 years. He specialized in directing and photographing second units and producing special effects shots for the studio.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Maurice Buckmaster was born on 11 January 1892 in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Moonstrike (1963), Odette (1950) and The Sorrow and the Pity (1969). He died on 13 April 1992.- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Hal Roach was born in 1892 in Elmira, New York. After working as a mule skinner, wrangler and gold prospector, among other things, he wound up in Hollywood and began picking up jobs as an extra in comedies, where he met comedian Harold Lloyd in 1913 in San Diego. By all accounts, including his own, he was a terrible actor, but he saw a future in the movie business and in Harold Lloyd. Roach came into a small inheritance and began producing, directing and writing a series of short film comedies, under the banner of Phun Philms (soon changed to Rolin, which lasted until 1922), starring Lloyd in early 1915. Initially these were abysmal, but with tremendous effort, the quality improved enough to be nominally financed and distributed by Pathe, which purchased Roach's product by the exposed foot of film. The Roach/Lloyd team morphed through two characters. The first, nominally tagged as "Will E. Work", proved hopeless; the second, "Lonesome Luke," an unabashed imitation of Charles Chaplin, proved more successful with each new release. Lloyd's increasing dissatisfaction with the Chaplin clone character irritated Roach to no end, and the two men engaged in a series of battles, walkouts and reconciliations. Ultimately Lloyd abandoned the character completely in 1917, creating his now-famous "Glasses" character, which met with even greater box-office success, much to the relief of Roach and Pathe. This new character hit a nerve with the post-war public as both the antithesis and complement to Chaplin, capturing the can-do optimism of the age. This enabled Roach to renegotiate the deal with Pathe and start his own production company, putting his little studio on a firm financial foundation. Hal Roach Productions became a unique entity in Hollywood. It operated as a sort of paternalistic boutique studio, releasing a surprising number of wildly popular shorts series and a handful of features. Quality was seldom compromised and his employees were treated as his most valuable asset.
Roach's relationship with his biggest earner was increasingly acrimonious after 1920 (among other things, Lloyd would bristle at Roach's demands to appear at the studio daily regardless of his production schedule). After achieving enormous success with features (interestingly, his only real feature flop of the 1930s was with General Spanky (1936), a very poorly conceived vehicle for the property), Lloyd had achieved superstar status by the standards of "The Roaring Twenties" and wanted his independence. The two men severed ties, with Roach retaining re-issue rights for Lloyd's shorts for the remainder of the decade. While both men built their careers together, it was Lloyd who first recognized his need for creative freedom, no longer needing Roach's financial support. This realization irked Roach, and from this point forward he found it difficult, if not impossible, to offer unadulterated praise for his former friend and star (while Lloyd himself was far more generous in his later praise of Roach, he, too, could be critical, if more accurate, in his recollections). Lloyd went on to much greater financial success at Paramount.
Despite facing the prospect of losing his biggest earner, Roach was already preoccupied with building his kiddie comedy series, Our Gang, which became an immediate hit with the public. By the time he turned 25 in 1917, Roach was wealthy and increasingly spending time away from his studio. He traveled extensively across Europe. By the early 1920s he had eclipsed Mack Sennett as the "King of Comedy" and created many of the most memorable comic series of all time. These included the team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, 'Snub' Pollard and especially the long-running Our Gang series (AKA "The Little Rascals" in TV distribution). Pathe, which distributed his films, shut down its U.S. operations after its domestic representative, Paul Brunet, returned to France in 1927. But Roach was able to secure an even better deal with MGM (his key competitor, Mack Sennett, was also distributed by Pathe, but he was unable to land a deal, ultimately declaring bankruptcy in 1933). For the next eleven years Roach shored up MGM's bottom line, although the deal was probably more beneficial to Roach. In the mid-'30s Roach became inexplicably enamored of 'Benito Mussolini', and sought to secure a business alliance with the fascist dictator's recently completed film complex, Cinecitta. After Roach asked for (and received) assurances from Mussolini that Italy wasn't about to seek sanctions against the Jews, the two men formed RAM ("Roach And Mussolini") Productions, a move that appalled the powers at MGM parent company, Leow's Inc. These events coincided with Roach selling off "Our Gang" to MGM and committing himself solely to feature film production. In September 1937, Il Duce's son, Vittorio Mussolini, visited Hollywood and Roach's studio threw a lavish party celebrating his 21st birthday. Soon afterward the Italian government took on an increasingly anti-Semitic stance and, in retribution, Leow's chairman Nicholas Schenck canceled his distribution deal. Roach signed an adequate deal with United Artists in May 1938 and redeemed his previous record of feature misfires with a string of big hits: Topper (1937) (and its lesser sequels), the prestigious Of Mice and Men (1939) and, most significantly, One Million B.C. (1940), which became the most profitable movie of the year. Despite the nearly unanimous condemnation by his industry peers, Roach stubbornly refused to re-examine his attitudes over his dealings with Mussolini, even in the aftermath of World War II (he proudly displayed an autographed portrait of the dictator in his home up until his death). His tried-and-true formula for success was tested by audience demands for longer feature-length productions, and by the early 1940s he was forced to try his hand at making low-budget, full-length screwball comedies, musicals and dramas, although he still kept turning out extended two-reel-plus comedies, which he tagged as "streamliners"; they failed to catch on with post-war audiences. By the 1950s he was producing mainly for television (My Little Margie (1952), Blondie (1957) and The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956), for example). His willingness to delve into TV production flew in the face of most of the major Hollywood studios of the day. He made a stab at retirement but his son, Hal Roach Jr., proved an inept businessman and drove the studio to the brink of bankruptcy by 1959. Roach returned and focused on facilities leasing and managing the TV rights of his film catalog.
In 1983 his company developed the first successful digital colorization process. Roach then became a producer for many TV series on the Disney Channel, and his company still produces most of their films and videos. He died peacefully just shy of his 101st birthday, telling stories right up until the end.- James Van Fleet was born on 19 March 1892 in Coytesville, New Jersey, USA. He died on 23 September 1992 in Polk City, Florida, USA.
- Writer
- Director
- Composer
Pierre Maudru was born on 24 April 1892 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and director, known for Grey contre X (1940), La treizième enquête de Grey (1937) and Monsieur Hector (1940). He died on 1 March 1992 in Paris, France.- Arthur Harold Beal was born on 26 June 1892 in Oakland, California, USA. He died on 16 August 1992 in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
- In 1917, Frank Wenzel changed his name to "Frank Britton" to form a double act (trombone and cornet) with Milt Britton. Originators of the "slapstick" orchestra, Britton's Orchestra became known in Europe and the USA as "America's Craziest Orchestra" and "The Mad Musical Maniacs".
The band's routine was to begin playing a selection in the normal way, then about half way through the song, a musician would stumble and knock an instrument out of another's hand, thereby starting a melee of comedy.
The band played some Broadway shows, made tours of South America and the US, and made appearances in shorts and feature films. They are seen causing mayhem during the title song in Moonlight and Pretzels (1933). . - Madeleine Bouchez was born on 3 February 1893 in Combrée, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was an actress, known for Les Misérables (1982), Dangerous Liaisons (1980) and Cain from Nowhere (1970). She died on 2 March 1992 in Viroflay, Yvelines, France.
- Additional Crew
Hanya Holm was born on 3 March 1893 in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. She is known for The Vagabond King (1956), The Golden Fleece (1941) and Pinocchio (1957). She died on 3 November 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
Arline Bletcher was born on 23 March 1893 in New York. She was an actress. She was married to Billy Bletcher. She died on 2 July 1992 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Del Castillo was a respected theater, radio and television organist. He was inducted into the American Theatre Organ Society Hall of Fame in 1972 for his years of live radio performances of organ music and his dedication to the preservation of theater organ music. His best known composition is "Cuckoo Clock" recorded in 1944 by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Promenade Orchestra.
- Oscar Lewis was born on 5 May 1893 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Children of Sanchez (1978). He was married to Betty Mooney. He died on 11 July 1992 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Judith Nelmes was born on 14 September 1893 in Holborn, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Anna Karenina (1948), The Scarlet Web (1954) and Murder at Scotland Yard (1952). She died on 16 December 1992 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Nietta Mordeglia was born on 25 January 1894 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Casa di bambola (1919), Cenere (1917) and Il Fauno (1917). She was married to Febo Mari. She died on 26 February 1992 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Dai Vernon was born on 11 June 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Magician (1973), Magiskt (1993) and Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973). He died on 21 August 1992 in Ramona, California, USA.
- Roman Wronski was born on 23 October 1894 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He died on 2 November 1992 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Gladys Spencer was born on 27 November 1894 in Ivanhoe, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Doctor Who (1963) and BBC Play of the Month (1965). She died on 10 December 1992 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Music Department
Conductor and arranger, educated at Wilberforce University (MA), and Allen University (Mus. D.) She conducted the Eva Jessye Choir, with appearances in universities and colleges with symphony orchestras and in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. On Broadway, she appeared in the musical "Porgy and Bess" (and was the choral director for all "Porgy and Bess" productions between 1935 and 1958 including American and European tours) and "Lost in the Stars", and the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts", plus films and television, as well as television writing and directing. Also, she was an American consultant for the BBC in London, head of the music department at Morgan State College, and composer-in-residence for Maryland State College. Joining ASCAP in 1957, her musical arrangements included "An' I Cry", "Who Is That Yondah?", and "The Spirit o' the Lord Done Fell on Me", plus sixteen songs and stories for the collection "My Spirituals".- Janet Velie was born on 23 April 1895 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Yours Sincerely (1933). She died on 17 December 1992 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Mark Reizen was born on 3 July 1895 in Zaitsevo, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Aleko (1953), Intrigan (1935) and Khovanschina (1959). He died on 25 November 1992 in Moscow, Russia.
- Gino Cavalieri was born on 25 July 1895 in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Caccia all'uomo (1948), Tempesta su Parigi (1948) and The Priest's Wife (1970). He died on 15 October 1992 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
- Yolande Laffon was born on 24 August 1895 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Les mystères de Paris (1943), Mayerling (1936) and The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936). She died on 15 December 1992 in Louveciennes, Yvelines, France.
- Prinsesse Margrethe was born on 17 September 1895 in Bernstorffshøj, Gentofte, Denmark. She was married to Prince René of Bourbon-Parma. She died on 18 September 1992 in Brødrehøj, Gentofte, Denmark.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
David E. Rose was born on 19 October 1895 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a producer, known for Circle of Danger (1951), The File of the Golden Goose (1969) and Sea Devils (1953). He died on 21 August 1992 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.- Yimei Zheng was born on 19 October 1895 in Jiangwan, Shanghai, China. Yimei was a writer, known for Tang Meiren (1929), Nanhai Meiren (1932) and Xu Pan Si Dong (1930). Yimei died on 11 July 1992.
- Constantin Parvulescu was born on 10 November 1895 in Olánesti, Romania. He died on 11 July 1992 in Roman, Romania.
- Evelyn Campbell was born on 4 December 1895. She was a writer, known for The Western Limited (1932), Creaking Stairs (1919) and Yesterday's Wife (1923). She died on 9 May 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Axel Thingsted was born on 3 April 1896 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a composer, known for Styrmand Karlsen (1958), Dansk melodi grand prix (1957) and Dansk melodi grand prix (1960). He died on 15 February 1992.
- Magda Koprivová was born on 5 May 1896 in Pelhrimov, Cechy Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Krakatit (1948), Na slunecní strane (1933) and Chlap jako hora (1960). She died on 22 August 1992 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Kitty Godfree was born on 7 May 1896 in Bayswater, Greater London, England, UK. She was married to Leslie Godfree. She died on 19 June 1992 in East Sheen, Greater London, England, UK.
- Paolo Caccia Dominioni was born on 14 May 1896 in Nerviano, Lombardy, Italy. He died on 12 August 1992 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Lillian Powell was born on 29 May 1896 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was an actress, known for One Step Beyond (1959), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) and 77 Sunset Strip (1958). She died on 31 May 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mimi Aylmer was born on 29 May 1896 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for La straniera (1930), La telefonista (1932) and Colei che tutto soffre (1914). She died on 20 October 1992 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Doña Petrona C. de Gandulfo was born on 29 June 1896 in La Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Las recetas de Doña Petrona (1960). She died on 6 February 1992 in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Bill Walker was born on 1 July 1896 in Pendleton, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Big Jake (1971), Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) and Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961). He was married to Peggy Cartwright. He died on 27 January 1992 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Beatrice La Plante was born on 23 July 1896 in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Hush (1921), Rose of the West (1919) and Dangerous Waters (1919). She was married to Clyde F. Drollinger, Jr.. She died on 3 March 1992 in Monrovia, California, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Bert Brugman was born on 26 August 1896 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and director, known for Dappere Dodo (1955), Buffalo Bill (1964) and De Weet-Je-Nog-Van-Toen Show (1981). He died on 19 July 1992 in Naarden, The Netherlands.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Respected character actor whose on-screen work included everything from Shakespeare to Dick Tracy (1990) (his last film). After a long apprenticeship in the theatre, the 38-year-old Wolfe finally debuted in films in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), recreating his Broadway role. He then toiled away steadily in Hollywood for the next several decades, working as a supporting player in literally hundreds of film and TV productions well into his 90s. Though capable of a wide range of parts, Wolfe's gentle, patrician manner found him most often cast as a butler, a minister or a kindly doctor. He finally gained his greatest fame at the age of 85, effortlessly stealing scenes as Mama Carlson's doddering yet feisty butler "Hirsch" in several episodes of the MTM sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978).- Music Department
At eight years of age, Joseph received a scholarship to the Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg. In 1938 he and his wife moved to Los Angeles where he was put under contract to Disney Studios as a librarian and proofreader. During his thirty-plus years with Disney, he proofread for the likes of Leopold Stokowski. His first film work was on Disney's masterpiece, "Fantasia." Oroop also taught music at USC, UCLA and other colleges in the Los Angeles area.- Vincent Hallinan was born on 16 December 1896 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was married to Vivian Moore. She died on 2 October 1992 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Laura Soinne was born on 6 February 1897 in Tuusula, Finland. She was a writer, known for Miehen vankina (1943), Synnin puumerkki (1942) and Kahden ladun poikki (1958). She died on 17 March 1992 in Tuusula, Finland.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. There she established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Her notable stage works included the role of Lady Macbeth, which she played first in the 1920s, and gave an Emmy Award-winning television performance in Macbeth (1960). Anderson's long association with Euripides' "Medea" began with her acclaimed Tony Award-winning 1948 stage performance in the title role. She appeared in the television version of Medea (1983) in the supporting character of the Nurse.
Anderson made her Hollywood film debut under director Rowland Brown in a supporting role in Blood Money (1933). Her striking, not conventionally attractive features were complemented with her powerful presence, mastery of timing and an effortless style. Anderson made a film career as a supporting character actress in several significant films including Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), for which she was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress. She worked with director Otto Preminger in Laura (1944), then with René Clair in And Then There Were None (1945). Her remarkable performance in a supporting role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) fit in a stellar acting ensemble under director Richard Brooks.
Anderson was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's New Year's Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Living in Santa Barbara in her later years, she also had a successful stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984) and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984. In the same year, at age 87, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the High Priestess, and was nominated for a Saturn Award for that role. She was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Anderson died at age 94 of pneumonia on January 3, 1992 in Santa Barbara, California.- Jack Val was born on 12 March 1897 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 9 February 1992 in New York, New York, USA.