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Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and High Noon (1952). His portrayals are so diverse and convincing that most people don't even realize that one actor could have played them all. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1940 for his role as the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939).- Art Director
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A graduate in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, Haas spent his first two years in Hollywood at the art department of Famous Players Lasky (1919-21), as a set designer and builder. He received early acclaim from the journal American Architect for a town in Elmhurst, New York, he had constructed for the movie The Copperhead (1920), and subsequently detailed to show its ageing process over a period of six decades. After several years of freelance work, Haas joined First National (1925-26) and Fox (1927-28), before settling at Warner Brothers in 1929. Until his retirement in 1950, he handled most of the A-grade output at Warners, along with Anton Grot. This included many of Bette Davis's lavishly produced, popular melodramas, such as Dark Victory (1939), Now, Voyager (1942) and Mr. Skeffington (1944).
Haas's best work is exemplified by Jezebel (1938), a romantic period drama set around the time of the Civil War, for which he built an authentic-looking Louisiana plantation house on the Warner Brothers ranch, some thirty miles from the main studio. The picture cost $1,073,000 to make, but still brought in a substantial profit. By contrast, for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Haas and director John Huston were allocated the standard gangster film budget of $300,000 (and a shooting schedule of six weeks). Still, Haas managed to fulfill the studio's missive of 'not overlooking a single detail'. He effectively established the standard for the look and atmosphere of subsequent films noir, particularly in terms of his claustrophobic sets, and in juxtaposing the austere, somewhat seedy interiors of Spade's office with the opulence of the hotel rooms and lobby.- Writer
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Tom Miranda was born on 10 May 1886 in Warren County, Ohio, USA. Tom was a writer and director, known for The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922), The Amateur Gentleman (1926) and Hearts of Youth (1921). Tom was married to Josephine Owan. Tom died on 17 December 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Aleksandre Apkhaidze was born on 13 September 1912. He was an actor, known for Maia Tskneteli (1959) and Last Day, First Day (1960). He died on 17 December 1962.
- Ilona Hegedüsné Berzétey was born on 3 May 1874 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for A víg özvegy (1912), A Munkászubbony (1915) and A táncz (1901). She was married to Gyula Hegedüs. She died on 17 December 1962 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Luis Fernández Ardavín was born on 16 July 1892 in Madrid, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Rosa de Francia (1935), En busca de una canción (1937) and El bandido de la sierra (1927). He died on 17 December 1962 in Madrid, Spain.