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Ron Asheton was born on 17 July 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Smokin' Aces (2006), Predestination (2014) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He died on 6 January 2009 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Louise La Planche was born on 6 February 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Louisiana Purchase (1941). She was married to Lester Freedman. She died on 7 September 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Ricky Blake was born on 5 May 1933 in Randolph, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Now and Forever (1953) and Papa Loves Mambo (1955). She was married to Bernard Agranoff . She died on 30 June 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Shirley Verrett was born on 31 May 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Macbeth (1987). She was married to Louis LoMonaco and James Carter. She died on 5 November 2010 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Scott Asheton was born on 16 August 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Smokin' Aces (2006), Predestination (2014) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on 15 March 2014 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Rudolf Arnheim was born on 15 July 1904 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Arnheim in Anaheim (2021), Omnibus (1952) and Screening Room (1972). He was married to Mary Elizabeth Frame and Annette Siecke. He died on 9 June 2007 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Born December 5th, 1949 to Wade and Rosemary in Detroit, Michigan, he was the middle child of nine. He graduated Redford Union High School in 1967, then attending Mercy College (now U of D Mercy) where he was quite active in the theater program. He landed a role in _Happy Birthday Gemini (1980)_ after playing the same role on stage in Chicago. He moved to New York and pursued his career, landing supporting or walk on roles in many television shows and movies. He resided in New York until 1999, then moving back to Redford after falling ill. He died on April 5th, 2000 of heart failure and is buried in Holy Sepluchur Cemetery.- In 1923, at the age of thirteen, Eero Saarinen left Finland with his family and moved to the United States. There his father Eliel Saarinnen continued his work as an architect. At this time he was already a famous planner who popularized avant-garde architecture in Finland in the New Building style. His main work is the Helsinki train station. From 1929, Eero Saarinen studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. In 1930 he enrolled at the prestigious Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to study architecture. He completed his studies in 1934. Saarinen then stayed in Finland and Europe. He then joined his father's office in Ann Arbor in 1936. In 1941 he became his partner with J. Robert Swanson. In 1950, Saarinen founded his own architectural practice under the name "Eero Sarinen and Associates" in Birmingham.
His first significant project was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial near Saint Louis (1948), for which he won the competition. However, Saarinen's plans were not implemented until 1963, after his death. The project is still characterized by its initial stylistic language of rationalism with its geometric shapes. In this he modeled himself on the famous Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is a 192 meter high parabolic arch made of concrete and stainless steel cladding. The General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, presents itself in the same expressive style. The building designed by Saarinen features geometric steel and glass architecture and was built between 1949 and 1956. The Kresge Auditorium at the Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was completed between 1953 and 1955, belongs to the same cubic style.
The striking feature of this building is the roof construction, which is made up of concrete shells in the shape of a spherically arched triangle. The institute chapel received a brick cylinder. As an independent architect, Saarinen found his own architectural style. He realized an organic architectural language in which dynamic forms predominate. In doing so, he created a subjective counterpoint to the existing constructivism. His two most famous buildings include the Trans World Airlines Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, which was built between 1956 and 1962, and the floating roof of Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C., which was built between 1958 and 1962 became. His other completed projects include the David S. Lngalls Ice Hockey Hall at Yale University in New Haven, which was completed between 1953 and 1959, and the John Deere and Company Administration Center in Moline, Illinois (1957-1963 ).
Eero Saarinen died on September 1, 1961 in Ann Arbor, USA. - Composer
- Director
- Producer
Ivan Kral was born in 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to a musician mother and journalist father.
The award-winning composer, filmmaker and musician knew his calling early. By the age of five, when he wrote his first song, he could sing, play guitar, piano and violin. At 16, he reached Czechoslovakia's Top 10 Hit Parade with Pierot, his own composition recorded with his band, Saze.
Ivan's family fled to New York just ahead of the Soviet Union closure of the Czech border in 1968. They settled in New York City, where his father, Dr. Karel Kral, was already a translator at the United Nations. While at the UN, Dr. Kral earned Czech government wrath over his criticism of the expected Soviet invasion.
Ivan, then 18 years old, adapted to his new country less readily than his older brother Pavel, 23. He stayed in the family's apartment on 81st Street, struggling to learn English - with the help of Daffy Duck cartoons - and hoping to return to Czechoslovakia and his rock 'n' roll celebrity.
Eventually, he attended Geneseo College in upstate New York, earning a degree in French literature. He paid for his education with a series of menial jobs, most notably working the midnight shift at Birds Eye Foods, where he donned a hazmat suit before jumping into 9-foot tall steel containers to remove leftover CoolWhip.
It was all a prelude to his life as a proto-punk, singer-songwriter and film chronicler of a musical era that still resounds today. Ivan wore eyeliner and satin onstage during the early 70s glitter glam rock phase. In 1974, he played guitar with Debbie Harry in Blondie. In 1975, he joined the seminal Patti Smith Group transforming them from poetry to rock and roll. The band recorded numerous tunes written by Kral with Smith, including debut album Horses, Radio Ethiopia, Easter and Wave.Rock journalist Dave Thompson quotes Patti: "Ivan fit in perfectly, because all of us were slightly offbeat, and felt somehow alienated from the mainstream of society, and of course, Ivan being a true alien fit in well with us. The greatest thing he had to struggle with, as we toured around the country and various parts of the world, was being stateless. Ivan was a part of what we were as a group."
Ivan and Mick Ronson, from Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, collaborated, though the band never materialized. He joined Iggy Pop at Rockfield Studios in Wales and remained his collaborator on two albums and four tours. Frequently, he filmed his musician friends in 8mm and 16mm. CBGBs and Max's Kansas City footage selections were edited with no wave filmmaker Amos Poe, resulting in The Blank Generation film -- hailed as the historical document of the punk revolution - featuring the Ramones, Talking Heads, New York Dolls, Television, Patti Smith Group, Wayne County, Heartbreakers and more.
He shared the occasional New York stage with Bruce Springsteen, John Cale from The Velvet Underground, Noel Redding from Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie Spector and Chris Spedding. His collaboration with Babys singer, John Waite, resulted in many songs, including the hit, Every Step of the Way. His new band, Eastern Bloc, produced one album, but disbanded after Polygram folded.
In 1982, Ivan composed the music score for the Barry Levinson film, "Diner". He wrote scores for underground films like Subway Riders, Unmade Beds and The Foreigner.
He stopped touring and moved to Seattle until his return to Prague in 1992. During this time, his music was recorded by many, including David Bowie, U2, Simple Minds, and France's Telephone. Ivan now secured status as an independent writer and record producer.
From CBGB's to the mailroom of ABKCo's Beatles, where his duties included driving John Lennon and Yoko Ono's psychedelic Rolls Royce and watching underground films over dinner with Allen Klein. Ivan was in bands that shared billing with Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Journey and Tom Petty.
A living national treasure in today's Czech Republic, he has 10 solo albums on Universal and BMG. He's a prolific writer and producer of major Czech talent. Ivan has been a guest at Prague Castle, and former President Vaclav Havel has attended his concerts.
Ivan's awards include Czech Grammys for his 1994 solo album, Nostalgia. He was awarded Grammys for Rock Producer of the Year in 1995 and 1998. Nominations include the Oscar-equivalent Cesky Lev for his 2001 Cabriolet film score. He and Patti Smith's song, Dancing Barefoot, entered #323 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1995, Mojo Magazine ranked Horses the 10th Greatest Album of All Time.
In 2007, he performed his own tribute song, Wasn't It Great, at the Bowery Ballroom memorial for the late CBGB founder, Hilly Kristal.
He continues to work globally from his Ann Arbor, Michigan home studio. In 2009, Ivan was songwriter/vocalist/musician for the soundtrack of the Japanese animated TV show, Yozakura Quartet 3.- Soundtrack
In 1957 17-year-old tenor saxophonist Johnny Pocisk formed a jazz combo composed of fellow students at Rossford Roman Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio; he called the group "The Orbits" and they played local gigs and also as a studio band. In 1958 they signed with Irving Micahnik and Harry Balk of Artists, Inc., a local management agency, who changed the group's name to "Johnny and the Hurricanes" and signed them to their label, Twirl Records. Among the group's hits for Twirl, and later Warwick Records and Big Top Records, were "Crossfire" (Twirl, 1959, got to #23 on the charts), the million-selling "Red River Rock" (Warwick Records, 1959, got to #5 on the charts), a riff on the traditional folk song "Red River Valley", and "Rocking Goose" (Big Top, 1960; charted #3 in the United Kingdom). In 1962 the Hurricanes played the StarClub in Hamburg, Germany, where a then unknown group called The Beatles opened for them.
In the US he was involved in the business of real estate and vending machine. He moved to Germany in the 1980s, came back in the 1990s and worked on his music project and as president of his record company, Atila Records, and his music publishing company Sirius 1 Music, plus he still played live, his last Johnny and the Hurricanes tour was in Sweden in November of 2005. He also established the Lion Heart Bullmastiff kennel together with his wife, Sonja, in the US.- 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".- Brian C. Bethel was born on 14 December 1969 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Grayson (2004). He died on 10 January 2010 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Stan Parrish was born on 20 September 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Ruth Purdy. He died on 3 April 2022 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Powell Lindsay was born on 2 September 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Souls of Sin (1949), That Man of Mine (1946) and Jivin' in Be-Bop (1946). He was married to June and June Campbell McKee. He died on 22 September 1987 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Marcus Belgrave was born on 12 June 1936 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020), Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) and Movement: Detroit Electronic Music Festival (2004). He was married to Joan. He died on 24 May 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Blair Moody was born on 13 February 1902 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Meet Your Congress (1949), We, the People (1948) and Longines Chronoscope (1951). He was married to Mary Ann and Ruth. He died on 20 July 1954 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Roy Brown was born on 30 October 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Jeanne Feciashko and Emily Roberts. He died on 24 February 2013 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Slade (born William Snaden on 26 August 1884 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, U.K.), attended local public schools. His parents were William Snaden and Mary West Snaden. He served in C Squadron of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry of the British Army from 1908 to 1911. In 1911, he migrated to the United States, crossing the border from Canada into Detroit, Michigan. He took the stage name "Slade" and made his silent film debut in "Trail to Sodom," a five-reel western that was produced by Esperanto Films of Detroit in 1915. The leading man of this film was Norman Hackett. It was shot in the Agawa Canyon region of Ontario, Canada. Unfortunately, the movie was not a commercial success. The chief cameraman for this company was Bill Kuensel, who in the late 1940s made many of the beautiful photographs that you saw in the Sunday edition of the Detroit News. He was also to be seen running up and down the sidelines at the University of Michigan stadium taking pictures of all home football games.In 1915, the Esperanto Films studio was located on Six Mile Road about three blocks from Woodward Avenue. This section is now covered with houses. After working in two movies at this studio, he organized and took a vaudeville show through Michigan and Illinois, ending his journey in the city of Chicago. There, he joined a company known as Eagle Films. It was here me married my mother, Florence Yerex, on December 15, 1915, just before they departed by train for Florida. Eagle Films made one- and two-reel films. They had an open-air studio in in Eagle City, nine miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. In 1916, my father was the principal supporting actor working with a European comedian by the name of Tweedledum. They acted together for nearly two years. Starting in 1917, my father worked with Victor Moore at Paramount Pictures, who was starring in their "Klever Comedies" series of two-reel films. At that time, Jacksonville was quite an important center for the movie industry. The very first Technicolor feature film was made in Jacksonville. Many New York film companies came down to the area in winter time to photograph exterior scenes. Among the companies that operated there was Vim Comedies, whose stars were Billy Ruge and Oliver "Babe" Hardy. Hardy later teamed up with Stan Laurel, and the two of them went on to make many full-length Laurel and Hardy comedies. Each summer, my father went to New York City to work as an independent with various film companies. He appeared in movies with Evylen Nesbitt (Fox Films), George Walsh, Bill Farnham, Virginia Pearson, Pearl White, Madge Kennedy and many others. This was still in the era of silent films, before the major studios moved to Hollywood. After working for a few more years as property manager for Fox Films, he quit the movie industry and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was there he died of a heart attack on 8 May 1950. He is buried in the cemetery at Central Lake, Michigan.- Bill Eskridge was born on 3 July 1944 in Isola, Mississippi, USA. He died on 14 November 2008 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Gelek Rinpoche was born on 26 October 1939 in Lhasa, Tibet. He died on 14 February 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- J. Richard Colbeck was born on 25 September 1939 in Allen Park, Michigan, USA. He died on 30 September 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Additional Crew
Fielding Yost was born on 30 April 1871 in Fairview, West Virginia, USA. He is known for The Quarterback (1926). He died on 20 April 1946 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Frank McIntyre was born on 25 February 1879 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Too Fat to Fight (1918), The Traveling Salesman (1916) and The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914). He died on 8 June 1949 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- William D. Revelli was born on 12 February 1902 in Spring Gulch, Colorado, USA. He died on 16 July 1994 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Hazen J. Schumacher Jr. was born on 28 March 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Hazen J. was a production manager, known for Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961). Hazen J. was married to Shirley (Rusty). Hazen J. died on 18 July 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Frithjof Bergmann was born on 24 December 1930 in Germany. He died on 24 May 2021 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- David P. Goldstein was born on 13 December 1931 in Buffalo, New York, USA. David P. was married to Judy Anderson and Mariamne (Mimi) Lebeson Goldstein. David P. died on 1 June 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- James Dapogny was born on 3 September 1940 in Berwyn, Illinois, USA. He is known for Boogie & the Blues Diva: 2004 Motor City Blues & Boogie Woogie Festival (2006). He was married to Gail Johnson, Gail and Ellen Bunning. He died on 6 March 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Katherine E. Hilgenberg was born on 29 December 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jack Benny Program (1950). She died on 18 March 1988 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Lyman Bryson was born on 11 July 1888 in Valentine, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Presidential Straws in the Wind (1948), U.N. Casebook (1948) and We Take Your Word (1950). He was married to Hope Mercereau. He died on 24 November 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Former president of the United Auto Workers, Woodcock became well known for his role of re-establishing full diplomatic ties between the U.S. and China during the Carter administration. Appointed U.S. Ambassador to China in 1979, Woodcock helped open the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in 1979, and served as a tour guide to Chinese President Deng during his 9-day tour of the United States in 1979.
- Paul McCracken was born on 29 December 1915 in Winston, Iowa, USA. He was married to Emily Ruth Siler. He died on 3 August 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Art Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Moffatt was born on 19 July 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Joe is known for Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961). Joe died on 29 December 2022 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- David Davis Jr. was born on 7 November 1930 in Burnside, Kentucky, USA. David was a writer, known for Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966). David died on 27 March 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- Frederick M. Remley Jr. was born on 20 May 1929 in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. Frederick M. is known for Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961). Frederick M. died on 22 October 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.