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Langdon first performed when he ran away from home at the age of 12-13 to join a travelling medicine show. In 1903 he scored a lasting success in vaudeville with an act called "Johnny's New Car" which he performed for twenty years. In 1923, he signed with Principal Pictures as a series star, but transferred to the Mack Sennett Studio when Mack Sennett bought the contract. Early in his film career, he had the good fortune to work regularly with the young Frank Capra. The two developed a unique character of an innocent man-child who found himself in dramatic and hazardous circumstances with only providence and good luck making him come out on top. This character clicked with the public and Langdon enjoyed a streak of artistic and commercial successes using it with Capra's direction. Unfortunately, he began to take the praise of his talent too seriously and broke with Capra so he could hog all the glory himself with his films. This proved to be a disastrous mistake as his first film "Three's a Crowd", a sickeningly sentimental film that plainly showed that he did not even approach the talent and skill of Capra which was needed to keep his character style viable. It has been also speculated the public was getting tired of Langdon's character, which contributed to Langdon's first solo film being an artistic and commercial failure. That film was the first in a series of bombs that ruined Langdon's career and relegated him to minor films from third string companies for the rest of his life.- Actress
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Eleni was a Greek actress. A unique woman, a complex and charismatic personality, full of sensitivities and tenderness but also brave, determined, strong and risky. She had a legion of followers but also an army of enemies. Many attempts to upstage her were often made over the years by people who had the power and/or connections in the theatrical business; she was often the subject of bitter jealousy from her fellow actors and actresses; her rivalry with the Oscar-winning Katina Paxinou was well-known back in the days. During the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II the rumor that she was having an affair with collaborationist Prime Minister Ioannis Rallis resulted to a new kind of hatred. The truth is that Eleni Papadaki had saved many people from the Germans during the War. The Greek Actor's Association finally expelled her from its ranks. A few months after the liberation of Athens she was arrested by members of the Greek partisan army and was executed without a trial as a war criminal. Shortly after her murder was admitted to be "a big mistake" and "an idiocy" even by the leaders of the Greek partisans.- Aubrey Beattie was born on 8 October 1865 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Hedda Gabler (1917), The Greater Woman (1917) and Mrs. Balfame (1917). He died on 22 December 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Eddie James was born on 17 July 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Head Hunters (1913), The God of Gold (1912) and The Lucky Devil (1925). He died on 22 December 1944 in New York, USA.