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- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night. After a few years of playing smaller clubs in the L.A. area, Cugat finally got his break when he and his band secured a job at the prestigious Coconut Grove nightclub in 1928. His style of music caught on, and Cugat was instrumental in bringing Latin music to the attention of the US public. In the '30s and '40s he was nicknamed "The Rumba King" because of his popularization of that Latin dance. In Cugat's film appearances he usually played himself, even if the character had a name other than Xavier Cugat, and he and his band appeared in several memorable MGM musicals in the '40s. After suffering a stroke in 1971, Xavier Cugat retired.- Paola Borboni was born on 1 January 1900 in Golese di Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Roman Holiday (1953), The Bullocks (1953) and I Have Lost My Husband (1937). She was married to Bruno Vilar. She died on 9 April 1995 in Bodio Lomnago, Lombardy, Italy.
- English silent screen siren Lillian Rich was 19 when she arrived in New York, courtesy of her Canadian husband Lionel Edward Nicholson. The couple had met while "Leo" was on active duty as a fighter pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. He came from a well-to-do middle-class family and was both able and keen to bankroll Lillian's entry into Hollywood with a stake of $1000. Prior to entering films, the dimple-chinned, auburn-haired Londoner had briefly made a name in musical comedy on the stage. In 1919, she started out on the screen playing sultry leads in westerns opposite stalwart sagebrush heroes like Jack Hoxie and Harry Carey. By the end of 1922, Lillian had already amassed 19 feature film credits on her resume. Following a divorce from Leo, she took a year's sabbatical from the screen before resuming her career with renewed vigor in 1924. The next year she was cast by the ever-extravagant Cecil B. DeMille in her defining role, as an aristocratic social-climbing, impecunious vamp in Paramount's The Golden Bed (1925). Attired in sables and bedecked with diamond bracelets, Lillian added to the general opulence (and excess) of the proceedings. She then gave what is considered her other notable performance, opposite H.B. Warner in the western railroad drama Whispering Smith (1926). There was also a minor Christie comedy, Seven Days (1925), a crime thriller with Boris Karloff and a host of low-budget B-pictures for independent producers and Poverty Row outfits like Chesterfield and Tiffany.
Between 1928 and 1930, Lillian unsuccessfully attempted a comeback in sound pictures, filming in England at Beaconsfield and at Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey). Alas, these low-budget "quota quickies" were made for the mass market and did nothing to reboot her career. Back in the States she found herself relegated to the bottom of the bill in "Our Gang" shorts. She saw out the rest of the 1930's in uncredited, no-name bits as "nurse", "nun", "telephone operator", and so on, before fading into relative obscurity. - Bedri Çavusoglu was born on 1 January 1900 in Turkey. He was an actor, known for Efkârliyim Abiler (1966), Yangin var: Eski Istanbul kabadayilari (1960) and Hak yerini bulur (1961). He died on 22 February 1973.
- Roger Maxwell was born on 1 January 1900 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), Heidi Grows Up (1954) and The Avengers (1961). He died on 24 November 1971 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Aurora Redondo was born on 1 January 1900 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1966), Anillos de oro (1983) and El último café (1970). She was married to Valeriano León García. She died on 10 July 1996 in Madrid, Spain.- Actress
Constance Carper born Constance Edith Carper on January 1, 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Alfred Carper, worked for a railroad company. She moved to New York City in 1917 and was quickly signed by Goldwyn Pictures. Constance had a bit parts in the movies Thais and Dodging A Million with Mabel Normand. The she joined the cast of the Ziegfeld Follies. In June of 1918 she checked into a hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tragically on June 13 she was found unconscious in her room. On the way to the hospital she died from gas poisoning at the young age of eighteen. The police said it was either an accident or a suicide. According to her friends she had seemed worried before her death. A letter she wrote to a soldier serving in Belgium was found in her room. Her mother believed she had died accidentally after forgetting to turn off the gas. Constance was buried at Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, Iowa.- Erwin Gelsey was born on 1 January 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Swing Time (1936), The Trespasser (1947) and Muss 'em Up (1936). He was married to Louise Latimer. He died on 12 December 1988 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Writer
- Actress
Olga Moore was born on 1 January 1900 in Buffalo, Wyoming, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for You Can't Beat Love (1937), Racing Luck (1941) and NBC Presents (1949). She was married to Carl Franklin Arnold. She died on 9 January 1981 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Odette Roger was born on 1 January 1900 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was an actress, known for Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956), Harvest (1937) and Feux de joie (1939). She died on 24 August 1985 in La Penne-sur-Huveaune, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
- Camera and Electrical Department
Erich Claunigk was born on 1 January 1900 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Das Lied der Nachtigall (1944), Conny und Peter machen Musik (1960) and Scheidungsreise (1938). He died on 14 November 1976 in Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany.- Rakhmetulla Salmenov was born on 1 January 1900 in Karkaralinskiy uyezd, Semipalatinsk oblast, Russian Empire [now Karkaraly rayon, Karaganda oblast, Kazakhstan]. He was an actor, known for Amangeldy (1939), Pesnya zovet (1961) and V odnom rayone (1960). He died on 5 January 1970 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Almaty, Kazakhstan].
- Rakhim Pirmukhamedov was born on 1 January 1900 in Tashkent, Syr-Darya Oblast, Turkestan, Russian Empire [now Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Mahallada Duv-duv Gap (1960), Adventures in Bokhara (1943) and Iz-pod svodov mecheti (1928). He died on 16 February 1972 in Tashkent, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan].
- Dorothy Jolliffe was born on 1 January 1900. She is known for Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949), Inner Sanctum (1954) and Crunch and Des (1955).
- Karen Winther was born on 1 January 1900. She was an actress, known for Københavns Sherlock Holmes (1925), Kärlekens ögon (1922) and Brændt a' (1919). She was married to Benjamin Christensen. She died on 7 January 1989.
- Khikmat Latypov was born on 1 January 1900 in Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara [now Bukhara Region, Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Klyatva (1937), Chrezvychainyy komissar (1970) and Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street (1968). He died on 3 February 1981 in Tashkent, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan].
- Actor
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Born in Staunton, Virginia, William Haines ran off to live life on his own terms while still in his teens, moving to New York City and becoming friends with such later Hollywood luminaries as designer Orry-Kelly and Cary Grant. His film career started slowly, but by the end of the silent era he was regularly named as the #1 male box-office draw. He also became fast friends with a number of contemporaries, such as Joan Crawford and Marion Davies, whose fame would eclipse his. His career faded rapidly in the early 1930s, and he was finally released allegedly due to a fight with MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer over Haines' refusal to end his relationship with his lover, Jimmie Shields. However, as his film career ended, his interior design career blossomed, resulting in major work for Jack L. Warner and the Bloomingdales, and culminating in the refurbishing of the American ambassador's residence in London, England. Although Haines was quite open about his homosexuality and entertained many of Hollywood's gay set - including George Cukor and Clifton Webb - his story is missing from many histories of the era. Haines and Shields remained a couple for 50 years; Crawford called them "the happiest married couple in Hollywood."- Sybil Seely was born on 2 January 1900 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for One Week (1920), Love, Honor and Behave! (1920) and Down on the Farm (1920). She was married to Jules Furthman. She died on 26 June 1984 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ada Svedin was born on 2 January 1900 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Das Mädel von Pontecuculi (1924), Das Kussverbot (1920) and Miss Venus (1921). She died on 10 July 1975 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Mansaku Itami was born on 2 January 1900 in Matsuyama, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Te o tsunagu kora (1948), Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kaja (1935) and Kentatsu's Vengeance (1932). He was married to Ikeuchi Kimi. He died on 21 September 1946 in Kyoto, Japan.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Carlo Lombardi was born on 2 January 1900 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for L'amore è come il sole (1969), Pride and Prejudice (1957) and Il ragazzo che sapeva amare (1967). He was married to Nella Maria Bonora. He died on 21 March 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Walter Futter was born on 2 January 1900 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Africa Speaks! (1930), Dark Sands (1937) and India Speaks (1933). He was married to Adele Lacy and Betty Bartley. He died on 3 March 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
István Majoros was born on 2 January 1900 in Pécs, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Átok vára (1927), Kristóf, a magánzó (1965) and Toldi Tihanyban (1960). He died in July 1985 in Budapest, Hungary.- Robert Adair was born on 3 January 1900 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Broken Horseshoe (1952), The Ticket of Leave Man (1937) and Journey's End (1930). He died on 10 August 1954 in London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Ernst Neubach was born on 3 January 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer and producer, known for Sperrbezirk (1966), Le signal rouge (1949) and Les mémoires de la vache Yolande (1951). He died on 21 May 1968 in Munich, Germany.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Maurice Jaubert was born on 3 January 1900 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Frances Ha (2012), L'Atalante (1934) and Port of Shadows (1938). He was married to Marthe Poidlouë. He died on 19 June 1940 in Azerailles, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.- Marian Melman was born on 3 January 1900 in Zólkiew, Poland, Russian Empire [now Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Celuloza (1954), Wege übers Land (1968) and The Jewish People Live (1947). He was married to Ida Kaminska. He died on 30 October 1978 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Arno Paulsen was born on 3 January 1900 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Murderers Among Us (1946), Und das am Montagmorgen (1957) and Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar (1951). He died on 17 September 1969 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Ida Peitsalo was born on 3 January 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is known for Hilma (1967). She was previously married to Ilmari Peitsalo.
- Dimitri Kipiani was born on 3 January 1900. He is known for Sami sitsotskhle (1924), Namdvili kavkasieli (1931) and Shekhvedra (1930).
- C.L. Dellums was born on 3 January 1900 in Corsicana, Texas, USA. He died on 6 December 1989 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Nellie Burt was born on 4 January 1900 in Aberdeen, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Ben Casey (1961), Bound and Gagged (1919) and The Outer Limits (1963). She was married to William Henry McMullen and Paul Edward Martin . She died on 3 November 1986 in East Rockaway, New York, USA.
- James Bond was born on 4 January 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mary Bond. He died on 14 February 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
- Actor
Elmer Ellsworth was born on 4 January 1900 in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Fugitive (1963), Thundering Dawn (1923) and New Orleans (1947). He was married to Carmen Laroux. He died on 4 April 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Wladyslaw Krasnowiecki was born on 4 January 1900 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956), Heroes Are Made (1942) and Five from Barska Street (1954). He died on 14 February 1983 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- William Young was born on 4 January 1900. He died on 24 July 2007 in Western Australia, Australia.
- Valja Petrova was born on 4 January 1900 in Olomouc, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Poslední mohykán (1947), Stenata (1958) and The Last Rose from Casanova (1966). She died on 2 December 1976 in Olomouc, Czehslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- George Magrill was born on 5 January 1900 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1933), Snowed In (1926) and Danger Island (1931). He was married to Ramona Oliver. He died on 31 May 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
When Georgie was born, his mother missed work as janitor of the building, and the landlord evicted the entire family of 11, carrying Mrs Price and Georgie into the street in her bed. A famous lady social worker (who?) saved them, letting the family return home. Georgie started singing and dancing on the streets and subways of New York at a very early age, and in 1907, accompanied an older brother on his dry-cleaning delivery rounds. He sang for the wife of Gus Edwards, a Vaudeville entrepreneur, and was adopted by the Edwards, thereafter taking Edwards as a middle name. He and "Lila Lee" starred as "Little Georgie and Cuddles" in Gus Edwards song review, "School Days". Surrounded and adored by old-timers of Vaudeville, he mastered many arts, including tap dancing, soft shoe, gag-writing, double-talk, and especially imitation, at which he was regarded as one of the best, not only for his accents and voices, but also for his ability to imitate dancers, singers (including Enrico Caruso, who offered to adopt him), and entertainers of the past -- as taught to him by those who remembered them best. He fell on hard times during his adolescence, when though short, he could no longer play children. Bribing an elevator operator at the Shuberts' office building, he donned the operator's uniform, and imprisoned one (or more) of the Shuberts between floors, just long enough to audition. He became their "headliner", replacing Al Jolson, and later became the first non-classical singer to get a long-term recording contract with RCA Victor. My favorite is "Pushcart Serenade", a comic song on the flip side of " (And Here Am I) Broken Hearted". In the Thirties, he took the advice of his friend Bernard Baruch to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, beginning a second career, but continued on in show business, notably as president of The American Guild of Variety Artists, as a frequent emcee of charitable fund-raisers, as the host of "The Big Time", a CBS radio show in the early Fifties, and as a spokesman for Vaudeville and retired Vaudevilleans.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Mikhail Glider was born on 5 January 1900 in Russia. He was a cinematographer, known for The People's Avengers (1943), Ivan (1932) and Den pobedivshey strany (1948). He died in 1967.- Yves Tanguy was born on 5 January 1900 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955). He was married to Kay Sage. He died on 15 January 1955 in Woodbury, Connecticut, USA.
- Writer
- Actress
Audrey Carten was born on 5 January 1900 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for Gay Love (1934), The Perfect Alibi (1930) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She died in April 1977 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK.- Yvonne Rozille was born on 5 January 1900 in Commentry, Allier, France. She was an actress, known for L'école des vierges (1935), Clair de lune (1932) and Mensonges (1946). She died on 1 December 1985 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- David O. McCall was born on 6 January 1900 in Leon, Nicaragua. He was an actor, known for Peter Gunn (1958). He died on 4 November 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Harold Waldridge was born on 6 January 1900 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for June Moon (1931), The Death Kiss (1932) and Private Scandal (1934). He died on 26 June 1957 in New York City, New York, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
- Director
Jaime Contreras was born on 6 January 1900 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was an assistant director and writer, known for The Magnificent Seven (1960), Sangre en las montañas (1938) and La muerte enamorada (1951). He was married to Catalina Coin. He died on 28 January 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Marija Karadjordjevic was born on 6 January 1900 in Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire [now Thuringia, Germany]. She was married to King Alexander of Yugoslavia. She died on 22 June 1961 in London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Writer
John Sinclair, born John St. Clair in Memphis, Tennessee, January 6 1900, began his movie career in a series of Biff Comedies, slap-stick, physical comedies produced in the early 1920s. Sinclair (known then as Johnnie St. Clair) had a sturdy build and soon became a stunt double. The exact number of films for which he did stunts is hard to gauge since stunt men of that period weren't credited.
One lost early film Starvation Hunters (1926)dampened his career. He donned a short fat mustache and a derby hat. His resemblance to Charlie Chaplin did not help him at all; Hollywood had room for only one Chaplin, and he never wore that same mustache again.
Sinclair is most famous for his stunt doubling for W.C. Fields. In one of Fields' lost silent comedies, Two Flaming Youths (1927), Sinclair saved Fields' life.
Fields was supposed to ride a bicycle up the ramp of a slowly backing up truck. Fields looked away, misjudged his approach, missed the ramp and banged his head on the undercarriage of the truck. Fields reported that he knew the truck was still rolling, but couldn't move his body out of the way. His neck was broken. Everyone on the set started screaming at the truck driver to stop, but he didn't hear them, and Sinclair dived to the ground and pulled Fields out of the way of the approaching wheels.
His quick actions guaranteed him work in the future with Fields. Working with Fields was difficult. Writing for Fields was impossible. Fields hated writers. However, if one of his crew ever offered up a good gag while preparing to film, Fields would walk over to that person and hand him a hundred dollar bill. This is how Sinclair became a gag writer for Fields. The most famous movies Sinclair wrote gags for were It's a Gift (1934)and Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) although he contributed to more movies, but again gag writers were mostly anonymous during this period of film history.
Sinclair, like Fields, loved his drink. One would think that because of their working relationship and similar "hobby," that the two would have been good friends, however, as much as Fields loved to drink, he hated drunks. Sinclair, sadly, was a drunk.
Around 1930, Sinclair married one of Mack Sennet's bathing beauties, as well as an up and coming comedy star, Thelma Hill. Sadly, alcohol too would be Hill's downfall.
Within two years Hill would leave movies to become Sinclair's housewife and drinking partner.
In 1932 Sinclair got the role of Secretary of Labor in W. C. Fields' Million Dollar Legs (1932)." He had one line and one stunt he did standing in for Fields. You can spot when Sinclair stands in because his hair is darker than Fields and Sinclair had a bit of side burns, whereas Fields did not.
His next role, quite short, was as a heavy in the movie High Gear (1933). But the one movie everyone remembers him in was his next: W. C. Fields' The Barber Shop (1933). Sinclair was the poor sap, Mr Flugg, who got the shave. Sinclair also does the one stunt at the end of the film, when Fields, riding a bicycle, falls down the stairs, and the bad guy tumbles after him falling on top.
Sinclair wasn't quite as tall as Fields. To make them equal in height, Fields wore shoes without heels, and Sinclair wore shoes with a slightly taller than usual heel. You can spot the heels as he gets into the barber chair, but they're even more prominent in the fall he takes. Before the switch, when Sinclair is on the floor to where they cut and then Fields is on the floor, you can see Sinclair's heels; after the cut, you can see that Fields wears no heels. In this scene, Sinclair also wears a plastic W. C. Fields mask.
In Poppy (1936), Sinclair wore that mask too, only this time it was for about 75% of Fields' scenes, mostly long shots. Fields was very ill during this period, so ill that it's been said he gave up drinking for about a year, though others have said he gave it up after the death of a friend who had died from drink. In addition to his illness, Fields had trouble with his equilibrium. Every few feet of walking he'd fall over. This happened so often that the director placed people on the ground along his path to catch him when he fell.
In one scene where Fields was to come through a window, then hide under the sink because he heard someone enter the home. When the coast was clear, he was to crawl out. During rehearsals, he tried again and again to get out from under the sink but failed. The director finally said, "Bill, let Sinclair do it. He's an old plumber and knows how it's done." To which Sinclair responded graciously, "Sure, I never really feel at ease anywhere else."
Though it was kept quiet in Hollywood, Southerland, the director, admitted later that Sinclair was in nearly every shot except for the close-ups saying, "I don't think Willie was in 25% of this picture."
Sinclair buried his wife, Thelma Hill in 1938. She had died from complications of chronic alcoholism. This did not stop Sinclair's drinking. He moved from his home, which was just minutes from the Mack Sennett studios to an apartment on the corner of W Jefferson Blvd and 7th Ave in Los Angeles. He remarried, but it wasn't a happy marriage. The jobs came slowly, his movie career started to falter, his parts were still small and uncredited, and worst of all, he fell out of favor with W. C. Fields, David Sharpe having taken his place as Fields' stunt double.
The last we hear about Sinclair is from a short write-up in "Variety" Feb 13, 1943, about his being hospitalized with head wounds and his new wife, Vivian, being held on charges of assault.
Sinclair died on February 13, 1945 of cirrhosis of the liver, at the age of 45. He is buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, in North Hollywood in a grave marked only by a brass plate with nothing engraved upon it.- Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie was born on 6 January 1900 in Paris, France. He died on 12 June 1969 in Paris, France.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Herbert Kirkpatrick was born on 6 January 1900 in Monroe, Michigan, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Mutiny Ahead (1935), The Phantom in the House (1929) and Red Signals (1927). He died on 27 December 1987 in Orange County, California, USA.