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James O'Neill Actor, The Count of Monte Cristo | |
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Olive Thomas Actress, The Flapper Oliveretta Elaine Duffy was born on October 20, 1894, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Olive, as she was known to family and friends, did not have much of a childhood. Life in industrial Pittsburgh was depressing and grim with its smoky factories and hard living. She married Bernard Krug Thomas at the age of 16 (which wasn't uncommon at the time)... | |
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Robert Harron Actor, The Birth of a Nation Today screen actor Robert (Bobby) Harron is one of Hollywood's forgotten souls, although he was a huge celebrity in his time and graced some of the silent screen's most enduring masterpieces. A talented, charismatic star in his heyday, Bobby had everything going for him but died far too young to make the longstanding impression he certainly deserved... | |
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Benito Pérez Galdós Writer, Tristana | |
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Jim Colosimo Uncategorised Notorious Chicago gangster--and one of the last of the "Mustache Petes", a nickname given to the old-line Italian gangsters by the "Young Turks" trying to take over--Giacomo "Big Jim" Colosimo was born in Colosimi, Italy. His family emigrated to Chicago in 1895, where "Big Jim" got an early start in the criminal underworld... | |
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak Self, Tilak Bathing at the Ganges Indian nationalist, scholar, and philosopher. He was born in Ratnagiri during British rule of India in 1956. After teaching mathematics, he was owner and editor of 2 weekly newspapers. A militant member of the 'extremist' wing within the Indian National Congress (and a member of the famous 'Lal, Pal and Bal' trio)... | |
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Gilda Langer Actress, Struggling Souls Gilda Langer was born in Oderfurt (now Privoz). Not much is known about her background, but around 1915 she met screenwriter Carl Mayer in Vienna. It seems he fell in love with her and took her to Berlin, where she was engaged at the Residenz-Theater in 1917. In the same year she played in the movie "Das Rätsel von Bangalor"... | |
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Eleanor H. Porter Writer, Pollyanna | |
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Mario Caserini Director, The Last Days of Pompeii | |
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Hal Reid Writer, At Cripple Creek | |
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Ömer Seyfettin Writer, Diyet | |
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Anthony O'Sullivan Actor, Old Offenders | |
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Clarine Seymour Actress, Just Rambling Along Clarine Seymour born to Albert and Florence Seymour in Brooklyn, New York in 1898. Her father ran a ribbon manufacturing business, in 1917 her father became so ill that he had no choice but to close his successful business and so Clarine secured work through the Thanhouser Film Company, which was located in New Rochelle... | |
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Gaby Deslys Actress, Le Dieu du hasard | |
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Reginald De Koven Soundtrack, Harlem Nights Composer ("Oh, Promise Me") and author, educated at St. John's College in Oxford, England. He also studied with Lebert, Pruckner, Vannucini, von Suppe, Genee, and Delibes. He earned an honorary Mus. D. at Racine College. He first worked in a brokerage firm, and also owned a dry-cleaning business in 1882... | |
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Cyrus Townsend Brady Writer, Vengeance - and the Woman Cyrus Brady, an Episcopal minister, was a successful author, with over 100 books to his credit, and went to work for Vitagraph in 1914 as a screenwriter. He wrote everything from romances to action pictures, and even took on the serial genre. His brother, Jasper Ewing Brady, was also a screenwriter, first for Vitagraph and then for Metro. Cyrus died in Yonkers, NY, in 1920. | |
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Harry Solter Director, The Closed Door | |
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Theodore Marston Director, Robin Hood | |
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Walter Edwards Director, A Pair of Silk Stockings | |
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Gabrielle Réjane Actress, Alsace | |
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Ormer Locklear Actor, The Skywayman | |
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Rachel de Solla Actress, Robert's Capture | |
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Suzanne Grandais Actress, Le mystère des roches de Kador | |
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Aurelio Sidney Actor, El león | |
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Ludwig Ganghofer Writer, The Monastery's Hunter Ludwig Ganghofer was a German Heimat-writer. More than 34 of his novels were made into films. He was born in Kauftbeuren, Bavaria, Germany, as the son of the Bavarian Ministerialrat August Ganghofer and Caroline (born as Louis). After graduating from high school he worked as a mechanic in Augsburg. Then he studied literature and philosophy in Munich and Berlin... | |
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Robert Peary Self, Landing of Com. Robert E. Peary, the Discovery of the North Pole at Sydney, Nova Scotia | |
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Hazel Neason Actress, The Answered Prayer | |
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Gladys Field Actress, The Two Reformations | |
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William Dean Howells Writer, Christmas Every Day | |
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Edna Hunter Actress, Are You an Elk? | |
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Rev. Anderson Hatfield Uncategorised | |
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David Davies Actor, The Daughter of the Hills | |
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Venustiano Carranza Self, Following the Flag in Mexico Born into a wealthy cattle-ranching family, Venustiano Carranza followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Mexican army. He became a supporter of Francisco I. Madero in Madero's efforts to overthrow the dictatorship of Gen. Porfirio Díaz. When this proved successful, Madero appointed Carranza as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy... | |
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Egerton Castle Writer, Sweet Kitty Bellairs | |
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José Gómez 'Gallito' Self, Corazón de España o El triunfo de Granero | |
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A.E. George Actor, Brigadier Gerard | |
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Alajos Mészáros Actor, A hadtest parancsnok | |
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Félicien Trewey Self, The Lumière Brothers' First Films | |
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John Burton Actor, The Bond Between | |
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Adolf Jensen Actor, Fyrstindens skæbne | |
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Lew Hart Actor, The Deacon's Son | |
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William E. Meehan Actor, When False Tongues Speak | |
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Hallander Helleman Actor, Leaves Out of the Book of Satan | |
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Leo Delaney Actor, A Tin-Type Romance | |
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Thomas Commerford Actor, The Fable of the People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer | |
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Oliver Doud Byron Writer, Across the Continent | |
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Will S. Davis Director, Through Dante's Flames | |
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John Reed Writer, October (Ten Days that Shook the World) | |
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J.L. Franck Actor, Her Moment | |
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Fred L. Wilson Actor, The Cause of It All | |
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