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- Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch was born on 6 September 1806 in Madrid, Spain. Juan Eugenio was a writer, known for Los amantes de Teruel (1912). Juan Eugenio died on 2 August 1880 in Madrid, Spain.
- Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine was born on 6 September 1808 in El Guettana, Algeria. He died on 26 May 1883 in Damascus, Syria.
- Beatrice Dominguez born in San Bernardino in California in 1896. A exotic dancer, first working in vaudeville under the name of 'La Bella Sevilla'. dark-haired genuine beauty who appeared in a handful of melodrama and western movies, making her film debut in 1914 under the direction of Burton L. King in 'The Masked Dancer' at Vitagraph studios, later became popular in Art Acord westerns such as 'The Moon Rider' in 1920. She made screen history when she danced the Tango with Rudolph Valentino in 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' in 1921 the scene captivated audiences and made Valentino a star it is still one of the most famous moments of silent film history. sadly in 1921 she collapsed from a ruptured appendix and died of peritonitis after surgery, she was only 24
- Marie Procházková-Malá was born on 6 September 1866 in Prague, Cechy, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Enchanting Eyes (1924), Devce z Podskalí (1922) and Muz bez srdce (1923). She died on 3 February 1925 in Ceské Budéjovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Actor
- Director
Handsome classical stage and screen actor James K. Hackett born James Keteltas Hackett in Ontario, Canada in 1869. Son of the celebrated Shakespearian actor James Henry Hackett. Like his father he studied law at the College of the City of New York, his outstanding acting talent soon became evident in college theatricals and after leaving he embarked on a stage career after graduation in 1891. He made his professional stage debut in 'The Broken Seal' in Philadelphia in 1892, he became a highly well-known matinee idol through the 1890's, playing such roles as Romeo with Olga Nethersole as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet' and as Captain Basil Jennico in the 1900 production of 'The Pride of Jennico' with Bertha Galland in her New York stage debut. He eventually formed his own theatre Company. In 1913 Adolph Zukor asked him to star in a movie version of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' playing the duel roles Rudolf Rassendyll and King Rudolf of Ruritania a role which he played in the theatre numberous times, the film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and co-starred his wife Beatrice Beckley as Princess Flavia for the Famous Players Film Co. Later starred in only two more films, as Arthur Woodridge in Ivan Abramson's 'Ashes of Love' co-starring Effie Shannon in 1918 and his last screen appearance in A.J. Bloome's 'The Greater Sinner' starring opposite Ormi Hawley for Rivoli Film Co in 1919. Late in his stage career he attempted a number of Shakespearian revivals, which met with only modest success , and his last Broadway appearance was in 1924 as Macbeth. Married actress Mary Mannering in 1897 and in 1911 married Beatrice Beckley. Hackett died from cirrhosis of the liver in Paris, France at 57, leaving a $1 million bequest to the Actors' Home in Staten Island, New York.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ferdinand Hummel was born on 6 September 1855 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer, known for Die Herrin der Welt 5. Teil - Ophir, die Stadt der Vergangenheit (1920), Schwert und Herd (1916) and Die Herrin der Welt 1. Teil - Die Freundin des gelben Mannes (1919). He died on 24 April 1928 in Berlin, Germany.- Soundtrack
Buddy Bolden was born on 6 September 1877 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 4 November 1931 in Jackson, Louisiana, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Charles Giblyn was born on 6 September 1871 in Watertown, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Lesson (1917), Scandal (1917) and Just for Tonight (1918). He died on 14 March 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Sven Elvestad was born on 6 September 1884 in Fredrikshald, Norway. He was a writer, known for Miraklet (1913), Hvem er Gentlemantyven? (1915) and Mästertjuven (1915). He died on 18 December 1934 in Skien, Norway.- Jane Addams was born on 6 September 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Shoes (1916), Votes for Women (1912) and Mutual Weekly, No. 16 (1915). She died on 21 May 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Julian Rose was born on 6 September 1868 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Money Talks (1932) and Lost Money (1933). He was married to Marie S.. He died on 13 September 1935 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Max Schreck was born in Berlin. He worked in an apprenticeship until his father's death before enrolling into a school for acting. He toured the country with his peers and was a member of several theaters until he became a part of Max Reinhardt's group of innovative German actors. He played mostly out of the norm characters, the elderly and the grotesque, because of his talent and passion for make-up and costume fabrication. Although film was a challenge in which he excitedly and hopefully participated, he had small roles in films that are scarcely available, and his real career was in German theatre. He played hundreds of roles in his lifetime. He was married to Fanny Normann, a fellow performer whom he met a short time after his actor's education and shared many times with on stage. They had no children. He died on the morning of February 20th, 1936 from a heart attack.- Frank H. Spearman was born on 6 September 1859 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Night Flyer (1928), The Love Special (1921) and Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952). He was married to Eugenia Lonergan. He died on 29 December 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- C.J. Dennis was born on 6 September 1876 in Auburn, South Australia, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Sentimental Bloke (1932), His Royal Highness (1932) and Ginger Mick (1920). He was married to Olive Harriet. He died on 22 June 1938 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
- Writer
Fred Duprez was born on 6 September 1884 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for My Wife''s Family (1931), Lend Me Your Wife (1935) and Svärmor kommer (1932). He was married to Florence Isabel Mathews (actress) and Grace Hazard (actress). He died on 27 October 1938 in shipboard en route to England.- Born in Tokyo in 1876, Kaichi Yamamoto was one of the early actors with Nikkatsu who stayed with and grew with the company for over 20 years. He toured the USA with the Kawakami Otojiro Group as one of their managers, but in 1917 he was invited to join Nikkatsu which at that time was aiming to develop the modern Japanese film industry. While with the latter company, he starred in rough character roles in films such as Kirino Chigiri, Ikiru Shikabane, Fukkatsu and Konjikiyasha. He was skilled at "becoming" the characters he played in his films so that his name became synonymous with them, one of the most famous being that of the title role in Mitokomon. It is said that there is none other who could act the parts of historical characters as well as him. In the film Tsuchi, under director Tomu Uchida, he played the role of the farmer Kanji's father, Uhei, brilliantly but it was to be his last film. Yamamoto was also famous for his development of make-up in the film industry and he produced and sold "Yamaka" powder. He died in 1939.
- Harry Marvin, a college teacher, had met W. K. L. Dickson in the 1880s, and in 1894 Dickson, then still working for Thomas Edison and also involved with the Lathams, proposed to Marvin a flip-card device that would compete with the Kinetoscope. Elias Koopman, Herman Casler, Marvin, and Dickson called themselves the KMCD group to develop the idea, the Mutoscope viewer patent being applied for in November. Soon Casler had constructed a large-format camera, and the first test in June 1895, probably shot at the Syracuse engineering workshop of Casler's employer C.E. Lipe, showed Marvin and Casler in a mock sparring match. In June 1895 Harry Marvin obtained sufficient finance to open the Marvin Electric Rock Drill Works in Canastota, New York, for the manufacture of rock drills based on his patent. Casler was superintendent, and worked on his motion-picture experiments on the same site. On 22 September, the group met at Marvin's home in Canastota, where a group portrait was taken, and it may have been at that time, due to the drop-off in the peepshow motion picture business, that it was decided to develop a projector. In December the group formed the American Mutoscope Company (later American Mutoscope and Biograph, usually referred to as Biograph), which would become one of the leading producers and exhibitors in the world, and is still in existence today being the oldest movie company in America.
In December 1896 Edison successfully appealed against the Patent Office rejection of his (Edison's) camera patent, offering a new set of specifications. Harry Marvin claimed that the new specifications were for an entirely different invention, but this claim was thrown out on a technicality. Later, Marvin suggested that fraud had been involved. Discouraged by low profits and Biograph's comparative success, Edison contemplated selling his motion picture business to Biograph for $500,000. On 12 April 1900, Harry Marvin paid Edison a $2,500 option, but the deal fell through. In July 1901 the Edison company were about to be granted an injunction against Biograph, because of claimed patent infringement, but following a deposition by Marvin that such an injunction would 'bankrupt and utterly ruin our company' a stay was granted. In March 1902 Edison's case was dismissed, and all Edison's key motion-picture patents declared invalid. Marvin stayed with Biograph throughout the Motion Picture Patents Company years, and was the man who as vice-president and general manager of the company decided Biograph actor D. W. Griffith would make a useful director (on the suggestion of his brother Arthur Marvin, a longtime Biograph cameraman). It was the conservative production policies of Marvin and the Biograph board, frustrating Griffith's wishes to make longer films, that eventually sent him elsewhere to greater things. - Stanislaw Stanislawski was born on 6 September 1870 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for District Attorney (1933), Story of a Sin (1933) and My American Family (2021). He died on 10 January 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Best known for his Royal Air Force March Past (1918), Walford Davies was Master of the King's Music in Great Britain from 1934 until his death in 1941. He began his musical career as organist at the Temple Church in London, England and was later appointed musical director at the University of Wales. As broadcaster on BBC radio, he was a great popularizer on the subject of classical music. He is buried in Bristol Cathedral, England.- Emilie Giesrau was born on 6 September 1873 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Aufruhr im Damenstift (1941) and Immortal Waltz (1939). She died on 15 December 1943 in Berlin, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Powell was born on 6 September 1881 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Blinding Trail (1919), The Crimson Challenge (1922) and Her Market Value (1925). He was married to Valerie McDonald. He died on 2 July 1944 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Additional Crew
Robert Nichols was born on 6 September 1893. He is known for The Black Pirate (1926). He died on 17 December 1944.- Charles E. Evans was born on 6 September 1856 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Happy Days (1929), The Working Man (1933) and The Man Who Played God (1932). He was married to Helena Phillips Evans. He died on 16 April 1945 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Writer
- Director
Felix Salten was born on 6 September 1869 in Pest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Bambi (1942), Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) and Der Narr des Schicksals (1915). He was married to Ottilie Metzl. He died on 8 October 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Harry Pease was born on 6 September 1886 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. He is known for Where the Truth Lies (2005), The Big Party (1930) and Metro Movietone Revue (1929). He was married to Ora Dawson and Louise. He died on 8 November 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.- Arthur Chesney Train was born on 6 September 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Blind Goddess (1926), Rose of the South (1916) and Illusion (1929). He died on 22 December 1945 in the USA.
- Frank Fanning was born on 6 September 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942), Dance Hall (1941) and Guilty? (1930). He died on 8 January 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Albert Russell was born on 6 September 1876 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Courage of the West (1937) and I Conquer the Sea! (1936). He died on 3 April 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Grout was born on 6 September 1907 in Malta. Jack died on 1 June 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- S.A. Cookson was born on 6 September 1868 in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for King John (1899), Hamlet (1913) and Henry VIII (1911). He was married to Kathleen Babbage and Ada Whittall. He died on 27 February 1947 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK.
- Henry Christoffersen was born on 6 September 1883 in Fredericia, Denmark. He was an actor, known for De blaa drenge (1933). He died on 20 September 1947.
- Actress
Emily Miles was born on 6 September 1892 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Willie Howard. She died on 28 October 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Actor
Frank Antunez was born on 6 September 1895 in California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 20 November 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Aage Henvig was born on 6 September 1882 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Nelly's Forlovelse (1913), During the Plague (1913) and Paradise Lost (1913). He died on 2 March 1948.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
The younger brother of director Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey entered the film business in the mid-'20s as a prop boy, working his way up to assistant director, screenwriter and then director. In the early 1930s he joined Hal Roach Studios, where he directed several Our Gang and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedies, then moved on to Columbia, where he helmed several of The Three Stooges shorts. McCarey worked in all genres and many studios, from musicals at Republic to westerns at Columbia, but most of his output was routine and he never achieved the stature of his famous older brother.- Charley Young was born on 6 September 1869 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925), Angora Love (1929) and Saturday's Lesson (1929). He died on 4 December 1948 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Charles Lloyd was born on 6 September 1868 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Don't Park There (1924), Mother's Joy (1923) and Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924). He was married to Adeline King. He died on 4 December 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Editor
- Editorial Department
George Hively was born on 6 September 1889 in Springfield, Missouri, USA (some sources say Arkansas). He was a writer and editor, known for Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Great Air Robbery (1919) and The Informer (1935). He died on 2 March 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Charles Kemper was born on 6 September 1900 in Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Scarlet Street (1945), The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) and Fighting Father Dunne (1948). He was married to Jacqueline Kemper. He died on 12 May 1950 in Burbank, California, USA.- Aleksandr Zrazhevsky was born on 6 September 1886 in Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Kreyser 'Varyag' (1947), Great Citizen (1938) and The Turning Point (1945). He died on 14 December 1950 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Eino Palola was born on 6 September 1885 in Kirvu, Finland. Eino was a writer, known for Boheemielämää (1969). Eino died on 14 December 1951 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Don Sugai Matsuda was born on 6 September 1913 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor. He died on 14 October 1952 in Ada County, Idaho, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Charles Hochberg was born on 6 September 1898 in Massachusetts, USA. He was an editor, known for Sidewalks of New York (1931), Lucky Dog (1933) and Sequoia (1934). He died on 8 November 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composed the Al Jolson hit "April Showers" in collaboration with lyricist Buddy G. DeSylva, in 1921. Prior to that worked in vaudeville as pianist, and, subsequently, as musical director for shows by impresario Gus Edwards. Wrote songs for the Paul Whiteman and Orchestra in the early 1920's. Silvers came to Hollywood in 1927, starting at Warner Brothers as composer and musical director, importantly scoring the first talkie The Jazz Singer (1927). Left Warners in 1930, free-lanced, then joined MGM in 1933; next at Columbia 1934-35. Had his best period at 20th Century Fox between 1936 and 1940, working on several A-grade features (and garnering three Oscar nominations in the process), among them In Old Chicago (1938), Suez (1938) and Jesse James (1939). Free-lanced again from the 1940's, scoring B-movies (primarily westerns and crime melodramas) for minor studios, including Republic.- Cinematographer
Attilio Prevost was born on 6 September 1890 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Il vortice (1915) and Sulla soglia della felicità (1915). He was married to Elena Lanzoni. He died on 3 May 1954 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
The son of an exchange broker, Wihelm Prager (born in Augsburg 1n 1876) studies business before turning to theater, notably with Max Reinhardt. In 1919, Prager debuts in the UFA Shorts Department for which, until 1943, he will make over 150 films. He is mainly remembered for being the co-director of Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit - Ein Film über moderne Körperkultur (1925), whose alleged subject is "modern physical culture", but which mainly exalts naturism. Besides this exception, most of Prager's short movies are educational (Kulturfilme), about horses (his hobby-horse!), customs, traditions and landscapes of Germany. Declared "Half-Jewish" in 1939 by the Gestapo, Wilhelm Prager was nevertheless allowed to remain a member of the Reichskammer, enabling him to work for four more years until his retirement in 1943. He died twelve years later on 20-4-1955.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Sasa Rasilov was born on 6 September 1891 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Last Bohemian (1931), Poslední bohém (1931) and Prijdu hned (1942). He died on 4 May 1955 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Additional Crew
- Actor
Operatic baritone. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Frederick King, and in Dresden with George Henschel. His career was almost entirely in Britain. He made his debut with the Beecham Opera Company in 1915 as Mercutio in Gounod's ROMEO AND JULIET. Subsequently sang with the British National Opera Company, the Covent Garden touring company, and Sadlers Well's Opera. He was the Artistic Director of the Covent Garden English company 1937-39, and after WWII became its Artistic Advisor. His best roles were Marcello (LA BOHEME), Sharpless (MADAME BUTTERFLY), and he was the finest Scarpia (TOSCA) of his day. He also found time to appear in musicals, including LILAC TIME and JOLLY ROGER; at one time, he toured the USA as MacHeath in THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. He made many recordings, mostly of popular songs, but he did record some extracts from Wagner's PARSIFAL (in 1919, he had been the Amfortas in the first British production).- Additional Crew
- Director
George Hale was born on 6 September 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for Heads Up (1930), Office Steps (1930) and George White's Scandals (1934). He was married to Gloria Anderson. He died on 15 August 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.- Dorothy Benham was born on 6 September 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Weavers of Life (1917), The Path of Happiness (1916) and The Fugitive (1916). She was married to Jack Tutton. She died on 9 September 1956 in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA.