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1. Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Actor, Gone with the Wind Leslie Howard Stainer was born to Hungarian parents in London, and went to Dulwich College. After school, he worked as a bank clerk until the outbreak of World War I, when he went into the army. In 1917, diagnosed as shell-shocked, he was invalided out and advised to take up acting as therapy. In a few years...
2. Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Actor, Casablanca Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing. He disliked heights, flying...
3. Dwight Frye Dwight Frye Actor, Dracula An extremely versatile character actor and originator of several memorable characterizations in the horror film genre, Dwight Frye had a notable theatrical career in the 1920s, moving from juvenile parts to leads before entering film. A favorite actor of Broadway theatrical producer-director Brock Pemberton...
4. Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn Writer, It
5. Montagu Love Montagu Love Actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood Montague Love - certainly an intriguing name - but his own - started his working life as a newspaper man in London. His primary expertise centered on being a field illustrator and cartoonist who covered the Boer War (1899-1902). His realistic battle sketches gained him popularity among readers, but he was bound for a different career...
6. Alphonse Ethier Alphonse Ethier Actor, Baby Face
7. W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke Director, The Thin Man For the better part of his career, Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke lived up to his sobriquet,'One- Take Woody', by steadfastly adhering to his credo of shooting each scene as quickly and efficiently as possible. During a period of 25 years, he economically directed over 90 diverse entertainments, which not only saved the studios vast amounts of money...
8. Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff Soundtrack, Shine Sergei Rachmaninov (also spelled Rachmaninoff) was a legendary Russian composer and pianist who emigrated after the Communist revolution of 1917, and became one of the highest paid concert stars of his time, and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. He was born Sergei Vasilevich Rachmaninov on April 2...
9. Spencer Charters Spencer Charters Actor, High Sierra Spencer Charters was a burly, moon faced man who got his start in the theater where he basically stayed until 1930. Thereafter, he quickly launched a career as a character actor in movies. His specialty was a lower-to-middle-class worker, and he portrayed many types, including judges, doctors, clerks...
10. Jean Benedict Jean Benedict Actress, A Slight Case of Murder
11. Tyler Brooke Tyler Brooke Actor, The Divorcee
12. Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream Max Reinhardt was from an Austrian merchant family (surname officially changed from the family name Goldmann to Reinhardt in 1904), and even as a boy, after his family moved to Vienna, he haunted the "Hofburg Theater" and tried to see every play. In 1890 he studied at the Sulkowsky Theater in Matzleinsdorf...
13. Frank Nitti Frank Nitti Uncategorised Although Frank Nitti has gotten the reputation over the years as the right-hand man of gangster Al Capone and a feared killer in his own right, this has actually proven not to be the case. Although Nitti and Capone were as youths in New York City both members of the Five Points Gang--one of the...
14. Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Self, Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society
15. Lorenz Hart Lorenz Hart Soundtrack, L.A. Confidential American lyricist who wrote the words to "My Funny Valentine," "Lover," "Isn't It Romantic," "Blue Moon" and other immortal pop-music standards. Also remembered for his collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers.
16. Tully Marshall Tully Marshall Actor, The Hurricane Express Tully Marshall intended to pursue a legal career, until he tried a dramatic course at Santa Clara University. He started stage work in San Francisco in 1883 and moved to New York in 1887, where he played in various roles on Broadway and on the road. After a few small parts in films he was given the role of the High Priest of Babylon in the D.W. Griffith classic...
17. Jeanne Olsen Jeanne Olsen Self, Hollywood Party
18. Wade Boteler Wade Boteler Actor, The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Ubiquitous character actor in scores of Hollywood films from the 20's until his death, very often in the role of police inspector.
19. Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth Actor, The Big Parade Hobart Bosworth--pioneering movie director, writer, producer and actor--was born Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, OH. He was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New World, on his mother's side. Bosworth was always proud of his lineage...
20. Lynne Overman Lynne Overman Actor, Edison, the Man
21. Sylvia Breamer Sylvia Breamer Actress, The Woman on the Jury Sylvia Breamer was one of a flock of Australians who came to Hollywood in the early silent era. She had been a stage actress in her native Sydney for several years, and had played in several Australian productions of American stage plays, which met with great success. Hoping to capitalize on that success...
22. Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy Soundtrack, Awakenings
23. Sol Horowitz Sol Horowitz Actor, Disorder in the Court
24. Fats Waller Fats Waller Soundtrack, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Thomas Waller was born in 1904. He was one of the most important pianist in the history of jazz. He studied piano with James P. Johnson, one of the masters of the stride piano in the 1920s. Fats began recording his first piano solos in 1923. He worked in the revue "Hot Chocolates" in the late 1920s as a composer...
25. Charles Ray Charles Ray Actor, The Busher Boyish American leading man who shot to fame but could not sustain his career. The son of a Scots-Irish railroad worker and a mother of French descent, Ray was raised peripatetically in towns in Illinois and then California. Half-hearted attempts at a business career were waylaid by a growing love for the theatre...
26. Arthur Byron Arthur Byron Actor, The Mummy
27. Rupert Julian Rupert Julian Director, The Phantom of the Opera Coming to the US at the age of 34, New Zealand-born Rupert Julian started his career as a stage and screen actor touring Australia and New Zealand. Having made his name (and a cool million for Universal) as a dead ringer for Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1918 film The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, he turned director. His output...
28. Harry Baur Harry Baur Actor, Les Misérables
29. Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter Writer, Tales of Beatrix Potter
30. Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto Self, Price for Peace Isoroku Yamamoto was born on April 4, 1884, in Nagoka, Japan, the last of seven children. His first name "Isoroku" translates into the number "56", which was his father's age when he was born. He lived near Nagaoka, entered the Imperial Naval School at age 16 and was an ensign on a cruiser during the Battle of Tshushima on May 27...
31. Donald Haines Donald Haines Actor, No Greater Glory
32. Reginald Barlow Reginald Barlow Actor, The Bride of Frankenstein
33. Robert W. Paul Robert W. Paul Producer, The '?' Motorist Robert Paul was an electrician and scientific instrument maker, with offices at Hatton Garden in London. He was approached by two Greek businessmen who had obtained an Edison kinetoscope (a slot machine that ran film in a continuous loop, that the customer viewed through an eyepiece). It should be noted that all the early Thomas A. Edison films were made for these machines--they were not projected...
34. Stephen Vincent Benet Stephen Vincent Benet Writer, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers American poet and writer, several of whose short stories were filmed. The son of a U.S. Army officer who inculcated in Benet and his brother, famed poet William Rose Benet, an appreciation for excellence in literature, Benet was raised around military posts. He attended Yale University, then traveled to Paris...
35. Gustav von Seyffertitz Gustav von Seyffertitz Actor, Shanghai Express
36. Hooper Atchley Hooper Atchley Actor, The Three Musketeers
37. Joe Cunningham Joe Cunningham Actor, Tom Dick and Harry
38. Charles Bennett Charles Bennett Actor, Tillie's Punctured Romance
39. Edward McWade Edward McWade Actor, Arsenic and Old Lace
40. Mrs. Harry Houdini Mrs. Harry Houdini Actress, Religious Racketeers
41. William Irving William Irving Actor, Call of the Night
42. Eric Knight Eric Knight Writer, Lassie Come Home
43. Anna Chance Anna Chance Actress, Chimmie Hicks and the Rum Omelet
44. Maurice Kellerman Maurice Kellerman Cinematographer, The Viking
45. Frank Campeau Frank Campeau Actor, The First Auto Stage actor in Hollywood character roles from the mid-1910's through the 1930's.
46. Kate Price Kate Price Actress, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
47. Henry Roquemore Henry Roquemore Actor, Texas Terror
48. David Bacon David Bacon Actor, Gals, Incorporated
49. Gaylord Lloyd Gaylord Lloyd Actor, Dodge Your Debts
50. Cliff Saum Cliff Saum Actor, A Bum Mistake
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