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- Qorpo Santo was born on 19 April 1829 in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Qorpo was a writer, known for Eu Sou Vida, Eu Não Sou Morte (1970). Qorpo died on 1 May 1883 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was born on 19 April 1832 in Madrid, Spain. José was a writer, known for Lovers? (1927), The Celebrated Scandal (1915) and The World and His Wife (1920). José died on 14 September 1916 in Madrid, Spain.
- Ferdinand Cheval was born on 19 April 1836 in Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse, Drôme, France. He was a writer, known for Le palais idéal (1958). He died on 19 August 1924 in Hauterives, Drôme, France.
- John Dalzell was born on 19 April 1845 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 2 October 1927 in Altadena, California, USA.
- Theo Mann-Bouwmeester was born on 19 April 1850 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Judith (1923), Pro domo (1918) and Frauenmoral (1923). She died on 18 April 1939 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Mrs. John Douglas was born on 19 April 1852 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for In Another Girl's Shoes (1917). She was married to John Douglass (playwright, producer). She died on 5 November 1920 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from home to marry Charles Leveson Gore in 1875 and in 1877 the young couple went to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to establish a cattle ranch. They survived for two years before moving to New York where her husband died about 1881.
In 1884 she took up acting to support her three children (only her son Edward Gore survived childhood). She played both leads and supporting roles on the road and on Broadway, and over several decades she became highly respected as a character actress. She appeared in a few silent films, then returned to the screen for good in 1926 and flourished in the subsequent sound era. She was usually cast as crusty, gruff, domineering society matron or grandmother. For her portrayal of Damon Runyon's Apple Annie in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), one of her rare starring roles, she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Ultimately she appeared in more than 60 films, the last of which was released the year of her death.- Helena Marcello-Palinska was born on 19 April 1860 in Périgueux, Dordogne, France. She was an actress, known for Trucizna bolszewizmu (1924), Tredowata (1926) and Tamten (1921). She was married to Wladyslaw Palinski. She died on 25 September 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Hemmo Kallio was born on 19 April 1863 in Jyväskylän pitäjä, Finland. He was an actor, known for Curses of the Witch (1927), Tukkipojan morsian (1931) and Vaihdokas (1927). He died on 8 September 1940 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Laura Winston was born on 19 April 1863 in Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Aladdin from Broadway (1917), Should She Obey? (1917) and The Planter (1917). She was married to ? Van Dyke. She died on 10 April 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bernard Siegel was born on 19 April 1868 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), Beau Geste (1926) and The Wolf (1914). He died on 9 July 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
Max von Schillings was born on 19 April 1868 in Düren, Germany. He was a composer, known for Hexenlied (1910) and Das Weltkonzert II. Ouvertüre zu der Oper Wilhelm Tell von G. Rossini (1932). He was married to Barbara Kemp and Caroline Josefa Peill. He died on 24 July 1933 in Berlin, Germany.- American writer Melville Davisson Post was born in Romine Mills, WV, in 1871. His father was a farmer, and Melville worked on his family's farm while attending local schools. He received his B.A. from West Virginia University in 1891, and his law degree the next year. He practiced criminal defense and corporate law in West Virginia for several years, but in 1896 he began his writing career. He used his experience as a lawyer as background for "The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason" (1896), a volume of short stories about a crooked lawyer. The stories were received favorably by both critics and readers, and though Post later tried writing novels, he found his greatest success in writing short stories. He wrote another series of short stories centered around Uncle Abner, a Virginia squire in colonial times whose duty to protect his mountain community resulted in his turning detective. Originally published in various magazines, the stories were so successful they were ultimately published in book form in a collection called "Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries" (1918).
Post's knack for detective fiction resulted in a series of short stories featuring at least five other detectives, and although successful, they didn't meet with the success of his Uncle Abner series. Several reviewers compared Post's talents as a short-story writer to that of Edgar Allan Poe,
Post died in Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1930 from injuries he received when he was thrown from a horse. - Ricardo Calvo was born on 19 April 1875 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for La fuerza del mal (1914), I Was a Parish Priest (1953) and El escándalo (1943). He died on 13 June 1966 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Arthur Poole was born on 19 April 1875 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Picture (1916), The Green Terror (1919) and The Girl Who Wrecked His Home (1916). He died on 15 December 1964 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands was born on 19 April 1876 in Schwerin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany]. He was married to Queen Wilhelmina. He died on 3 July 1934 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Florence Smythe was born on 19 April 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Voice in the Fog (1915), Common Ground (1916) and The Winning of Sally Temple (1917). She was married to Theodore Roberts. She died on 29 August 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Morris R. Schlank, the eponymous boss of Morris R. Schlank Productions, is vaguely remembered as a Poverty Row producer who continued to turn out silent films into the 1930s for his main market of third-run rural movie theaters. In the pantheon of movie producers, Schlank was to Irving Thalberg what Pauly Shore is to Charles Chaplin among comedians.
Schlank was born on 1879 in Omaha, Nebraska. By 1914 he had established himself in Hollywood with a costume rental business. In 1919 he produced his first motion picture, the comedy short The Janitor (1919) starring Hank Mann, who had played one of the Keystone Kops. Schlank produced a plethora of comedy shorts with Mann, at least one of which was directed by Charley Chase, a talented second-tier silent comedian himself who at the end of his career directed shorts starring The Three Stooges (if the entertaining Chase was second-rate, Mann's rating as a cinema stooge likely was junk status). The other King of Comedy at Schlank's studio was Bobby Ray, another "star" whose light has been snuffed out by the sifting sands of time, albeit a star that never burned very brightly in the first place.
Schlank's first feature film was Storm Girl (1922), which was directed by Francis Ford (John Ford's brother), who also starred in the picture. Once a major filmmaker and star, Ford was on the downside of his career, a situation that typified Morris R. Schlank Productions employees, such as director/writer/producer/actor Ben F. Wilson, who ended his prolific career at Schlank's studio. Other than his featuring of "Never-Will-Be's", the hallmark of Schlank productions was the use of "Has-Been's"--actors and filmmakers in the twilight of their careers.
Dangerous Trails (1923) likely was the highlight of the output of Schlank's studio; the western starred character actor Noah Beery and Irene Rich, a frequent co-star of Will Rogers in the early 1920s. The studio cranked out low-budget westerns starring Al Hoxie, the brother of the more famous (and equally forgotten) cowboy star Jack Hoxie.
A Morris R. Schlank production was made very quickly on an extremely low budget. A Schlank picture was silent up through 1930. After taking a year off, Schlank returned to the screen in 1932 with Shop Angel (1932), his first sound movie. There would be two more Schlank sound productions released in 1932: Drifting Souls (1932) and Exposure (1932).
Morris R. Schlank died of a heart attack on June 29, 1932, while vacationing at Murietta Hot Springs, CA. He was 52 years old.- Richard Scheibe was born on 19 April 1879 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
- Edith M. Kennedy was born on 19 April 1880 in New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Marcellini Millions (1917), Molly Entangled (1917) and Jane Goes A' Wooing (1919). She was married to Albert Dewey Jewett. She died on 8 November 1963 in the USA.
- Edith Cartwright was born on 19 April 1880 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Vulture's Prey (1922). She died on 25 May 1969 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East-Sussex, England, UK.
- Director
- Cinematographer
Anatol Bazarov was born on 19 April 1881 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Grjesnice (1930) and Seljacka svadba u Hrvatskoj (1922). He died on 19 March 1936 in Zagreb, Croatia.- William von Simpson was born on 19 April 1881 in Georgenburg, East Prussia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Die Barrings (1955) and Friederike von Barring (1956). He was married to Margot von Simpson. He died on 11 May 1945 in Scharbeuz, Germany.
- Willard Louis was born on 19 April 1882 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Babbitt (1924), Beau Brummel (1924) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917). He was married to Maude Louis. He died on 22 July 1926 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Getúlio Vargas, nicknamed "the father of the poor", was a Brazilian president, lawyer, politician, and dictator who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil. Vargas rose to power in 1930 under a provisional presidency, remaining until 1934 where he was elected under a 1934 Constitution. Three years later, Vargas would seize powers under the context of a potential communist revolution, beginning an 8-year long dictatorship with Vargas at its center. Though he was ousted in 1945 after fifteen years of being president, he returned in 1951 after being elected by the people.
- Writer
- Director
Eino Kalima was born on 19 April 1882 in Sääminki, Finland. He was a writer and director, known for Teatterituokio (1962), Rikos ja rangaistus (1967) and Lokki (1966). He died on 14 February 1972 in Helsinki, Finland.- Karel Kolár was born on 19 April 1882 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Babichka (1940), Yorickova lebka (1920) and Ahasver (1915). He died on 21 June 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Fritz Staudte was born on 19 April 1883 in Sipirok, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Napoleon auf St. Helena (1929), Rotation (1949) and Der Untertan (1951). He died in 1958.
- Farland was born on 19 April 1883 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Murder at the Cabaret (1936). He died in 1961 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
Hinko Nucic was born on 19 April 1883 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was an actor and director, known for Gricka vjestica (1920), Das Lied der Schwarzen Berge (1933) and Vragoljanka (1919). He was married to V. Podgorska and Vika Podgorska. He died on 21 May 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.- Mary Beaton was born on 19 April 1884 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for A Message from Mars (1921), The Man Who (1921) and Clothes (1920). She died on 25 January 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Manuel Bandeira was born on 19 April 1886 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965), Aquarius (2016) and Innocence (1983). He died on 13 October 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Lillian Christine was born on 19 April 1886 in Stretford, Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Huntingtower (1927), Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart (1922) and A Light Woman (1928). She was married to Harvey Braban. She died on 5 March 1971 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
Helena Millais was born on 19 April 1886 in Brixton, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Stronger Will (1916), Meg of the Slums (1916) and Victory and Peace (1918). She died on 14 November 1970 in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK.- Tadeusz Skarzynski was born on 19 April 1886 in Kutno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kutno, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Sezonowa milosc (1918), Rozporek i Ska (1918) and Nie damy ziemi, skad nasz ród (1920). He died on 2 April 1944 in Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actress
Frieda Stoll was born on 19 April 1887 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress. She died in April 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Production Manager
Charles-Félix Tavano was born on 19 April 1887 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Charles-Félix was a director and writer, known for Ève et le serpent (1949), Le billet de logement (1932) and Coq en pâte (1951). Charles-Félix died on 29 May 1963 in Châtel-de-Neuvre, Allier, France.- Composer
- Music Department
- Editorial Department
Composer and conductor, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, and in private music study in Berlin. He was the assistant conductor at the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company in New York, and conducted for Emma Trentini between 1914-1918. He was musical director at the Capitol Theatre in New York, and later headed the music department at MGM. He joined ASCAP in 1924.- Actor
- Director
Al Ferguson was born on 19 April 1888 in Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. He was an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1933), The Trail of Vengeance (1924) and Shackles of Fear (1924). He was married to Lottie Taber. He died on 4 December 1971 in Burbank, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Pat West was born on 19 April 1888 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for His Girl Friday (1940), Ball of Fire (1941) and Only Angels Have Wings (1939). He was married to Lucille Harmon. He died on 10 April 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Maksymilian Hauschild was born on 19 April 1888 in Berlin, Germany. He is known for Zlote lózko Gabby (1922) and Car Dymitr Samozwaniec (1922).- Gosta Segercrantz was born on 19 April 1888 in Umeå, Västerbottens län, Sweden. She was a writer, known for Watch Your Wife (1926). She died in 1978.
- Dolly Larkin was born on 19 April 1889 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Labyrinth (1915), The Broken Barrier (1914) and Black Beauty (1913). She was married to George Larkin. She died in December 1976 in Wiliston Park, New York, USA.
- Sándor Mészáros was born on 19 April 1889 in Arad, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Kalotaszegi Madonna (1943) and Fehér galambok fekete városban (1923). He died on 13 September 1972 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Herbert Wilcox was born on 19 April 1890 in West Norwood, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Victoria the Great (1937), Spring in Park Lane (1948) and The Loves of Robert Burns (1930). He was married to Anna Neagle, Maud Violet Bower and Dorothy Brown. He died on 15 May 1977 in London, England, UK.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Lou Bandy was born on 19 April 1890 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Het leven is niet zo kwaad (1935), The Late Late Lien Show (1979) and Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934). He was married to Carla van den Hurk, Sinia Franke and Mathilde Eugenie Else Küch. He died on 24 June 1959 in Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Simone Judic was born on 19 April 1890 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The City Struck by Lightning (1924), La vierge folle (1929) and Le billet de logement (1932). She died on 22 April 1964 in Bondy, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France.
- In 1906, Madge went to New York City to study at the Art Students League where she hoped to become an illustrator. This lasted until she appeared in a student musical, which led to a full time job in a traveling stock company. By 1912, Madge was a Broadway Star with the bedroom farce "Little Miss Brown". For the next five years, Madge continued to find success on Broadway appearing in similar roles. Within 3 months of the formation of Goldwyn Pictures, Sam Goldwyn had signed Madge Kennedy to a big movie contract. Goldwyn was at his best when it came to publicity. It was Goldwyn himself who gave Madge the title of "winsome", and Madge was as winsome and sweet as her light comedies suggested. Some of her films were 'Baby Mine (1917)', 'Our Little Wife (1918)', The Kingdom of Youth (1918)' and 'Dollars and Sense (1920)'. While at Goldwyn, Madge shared a dressing room with actress Mabel Normand. After 21 films, Madge left Goldwyn Pictures and appeared in a handful of films produced by her husband, Harold Bolster. These films included 'The Purple Highway (1923)' and 'Bad Company (1925)'. After that, Madge retired from the screen and returned to the stage. After a few years and her remarriage, Madge retired from acting altogether. In 1952, Madge was coaxed out of retirement by George Cukor for the small role of Judge Carroll in 'The Marrying Kind (1952)'. With that, she started another career as Character Actress appearing in films like 'Lust for Life (1956)', 'The Catered Affair (1956)', 'North by Northwest (1959)' and 'The Day of the Locust (1975)'. On the small screen, Madge played the part of Aunt Martha on "Leave It to Beaver (1957)".
- Actress
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Françoise Rosay was born on 19 April 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Nobody's Children (1951). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on 28 March 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.- Lawrence Fisher was born on 19 April 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 6 December 1937.