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1. Lupe Velez Lupe Velez Actress, The Girl from Mexico Together with Dolores del Rio, Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez and José Mojica as among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. Vélez career began in Mexico City, where she lived with her mother and sisters. In 1925, while working in a clothes store, Vélez caught the attention of three theatrical managers who were impressed by her beauty and grace...
2. Mildred Harris Mildred Harris Actress, The Magic Cloak
3. Laird Cregar Laird Cregar Actor, This Gun for Hire Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable of playing much older than he was, Hollywood tragically lost Laird Cregar of early 40s films before it could fully comprehend on how to best utilize his obvious gifts. He was born Samuel Laird Cregar in a well-to-do section of Philadelphia...
4. Harry Langdon Harry Langdon Actor, The Strong Man Langdon was 12 years old when he ran away to join the circus. Soon he was involved in medicine shows, circuses and Vaudeville where he spent the next 20 years developing an act called "Harry's New Car". With Vaudeville, he would play and perfect the act in town after tank town, year after year. By 1923...
5. Alan Dinehart Alan Dinehart Actor, Baby Take a Bow Tall, heavy-set character actor Alan Dinehart dropped out of school to join a repertory company. He had extensive stage experience (including some 27 appearances on Broadway) and, by the time he was signed by Fox in 1931, he had worked not only as an actor but as a stage manager and writer. On screen he appeared for the most part in "B" pictures...
6. Glenn Miller Glenn Miller Soundtrack, The Aviator Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa; the son of Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou Cavender Miller. He started his music studies when his father gave him a mandolin. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn. In 1916 he switched to trombone. In 1923, he enrolled in the University of Colorado...
7. Guy Gibson Guy Gibson Writer, The Dam Busters Was a Royal Air Force (RAF) Wing Commander in World War II. He formed the elite 617 Squadron (The Dam Busters) and led the squadron on its most famous mission, the attack on the Moehne and Eder Dams. Won the Victoria Cross for his performance on the dams raid. He also earned two Distinguished Service Orders and two Distinguished Flying Crosses.
8. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke Dhundiraj Govind Phalke Director, Raja Harishchandra Dadasaaheb Phalke was born in 1870 in Trymbakeshwar in Nasik. He was born to a Sanskrit scholar, he studied at J.J. college of Art in Bombay and at Kala Bhavan, Baroda. He then studied architecture and became landscape painter of academic nature studies. He worked in a photographic studio and at Ratlam learned three-colour block making and ceramics...
9. Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel Self, Buzz Beurling: World War II Flying Ace Erwin Rommel, aka "The Desert Fox", was one of Adolf Hitler's most able generals during WWII. He joined the German army in 1910 and won awards for bravery in WW I. He was in the 7th Tank Division at the outbreak of WW II and headed the push to the English Channel. Promoted to the rank of lieutenant general...
10. George B. Seitz George B. Seitz Director, Love Finds Andy Hardy Former playwright George B. Seitz left the theater for Hollywood in 1913, and before long he was turning out screenplays for action serials such as The Perils of Pauline, The Exploits of Elaine, and The Iron Claw. In addition to writing and sometimes starring in these productions, he began to direct them as well...
11. Dick Purcell Dick Purcell Actor, King of the Zombies
12. Richard Bennett Richard Bennett Actor, The Magnificent Ambersons
13. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Writer, The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born into an old family of provincial nobility. After failing his final exams at a preparatory school, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture. In 1921, he began his military service in the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs, and was sent to Strasbourg for training as a pilot...
14. Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky Self, Schaffende Hände: Wassily Kandinsky in der Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf Wassily Kandinsky, a lawyer turned artist, belongs in the Pantheon of the 20th century artists alongside Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He was born Wassily (Vasili Vasilevich) Kandinsky on December 16, 1866, in Moscow, Russia. His father, Vasili Silvesterovich Kandinsky, was a successful Russian businessman...
15. Jessie Ralph Jessie Ralph Actress, David Copperfield Jessie Ralph was a sailor's daughter, who first came to the stage at the age of 16, performing with a stock company in either Boston, Massachusetts, or Providence, Rhode Island (accounts differ). The year was 1880, and it took Jessie another 26 years to make her debut on the Great White Way in "The Kreutzer Sonata"...
16. Bud Jamison Bud Jamison Actor, Three Little Beers
17. George Nash George Nash Actor, The Jungle
18. Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron Actor, The Blue Angel Kurt Gerron born in 1897 to Jewish parents in Germany, studied at first medicine, before he decided to become a stage actor in 1920. He came to the movies in 1926. On stage he starred in the original version of Bert Brecht's and Kurt Weill's "Dreigroschen Oper" as Tiger Brown, introducing the "Haifisch" song...
19. Douglas McPhail Douglas McPhail Actor, Babes in Arms Although his career was short-lived, McPhail was fortunate enough to have appeared in some of the finest musicals and operettas of the late 30s. Jeanette MacDonald took an early interest in this handsome baritone, when he performed in the chorus of San Francisco and other of her pictures. The studio signed him on at nineteen as the back-up for Nelson Eddy in The Girl of the Golden West (1938)...
20. Merna Kennedy Merna Kennedy Actress, The Circus
21. Wallace Worsley Wallace Worsley Director, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
22. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Uncategorised A charismatic German resistance member and would-be assassin of Adolf Hitler, Claus Phillip Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was born 15 November 1907, 1:00 a.m. CET, in the family's castle in the small Bavarian town of Jettingen (today known as Jettingen-Scheppach). He was born one of a set of twins (his other twin...
23. Mary Lou Cook Mary Lou Cook Actress, Fits and Benefits
24. Donald Stuart Donald Stuart Actor, The Invisible Man
25. Lee Powell Lee Powell Actor, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
26. Robert Frazer Robert Frazer Actor, White Zombie
27. Henrietta Crosman Henrietta Crosman Actress, Pilgrimage Former leading stage actress, in US films for two decades from 1914, usually in grande-dame roles.
28. Carl Mayer Carl Mayer Writer, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Carl Meyer was the son of a stock speculator who committed suicide. He had to leave school at 15 to work as a secretary. Mayer moved away from Graz to Innsbruck and then Vienna, where he worked as a dramatist. Meanwhile, the events of the First World War turned him into a pacifist. In 1917 he went to Berlin...
29. Ferdinand Gottschalk Ferdinand Gottschalk Actor, Grand Hotel
30. Kent Rogers Kent Rogers Actor, All-American Co-Ed
31. Edmund Mortimer Edmund Mortimer Actor, The Devil Bat
32. Lionel Pape Lionel Pape Actor, The Philadelphia Story
33. Max Brand Max Brand Writer, Destry Rides Again
34. Edward McNamara Edward McNamara Actor, Arsenic and Old Lace
35. G.W. Bitzer G.W. Bitzer Cinematographer, The Birth of a Nation
36. William Collier Sr. William Collier Sr. Actor, Wife and Auto Trouble
37. Eustace Wyatt Eustace Wyatt Actor, Journey Into Fear
38. George Houston George Houston Actor, Frontier Scout This movie cowboy was actually born in New Jersey just before the turn of the 20th century, the son of a Protestant minister. He sang in his father's church choir, and after graduating high school he attended the private Blair Academy and then continued his musical training at New York's famous Julliard School (then known as the Institute of Musical Arts)...
39. Stephen Leacock Stephen Leacock Writer, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town A man of seemingly inexhaustible talents, Stephen Butler Leacock (born December 30, 1869) easily juggled being a humorist, essayist, teacher, political economist, lecturer, and historian. He received many awards and honorary degrees, among them the Lorne Pierce Medal; the Leacock Medal for Humour was...
40. Harry Beresford Harry Beresford Actor, David Copperfield Hollywood supporting player of the 30's.
41. Charles King Charles King Actor, The Broadway Melody Vaudeville entertainer who appeared in a handful of Hollywood musicals through 1935.
42. Fernand Charpin Fernand Charpin Actor, Pépé le Moko
43. Otto Hoffman Otto Hoffman Actor, Abraham Lincoln
44. Galeazzo Ciano Galeazzo Ciano Uncategorised
45. Edwin Stanley Edwin Stanley Actor, The Phantom Creeps Edwin Stanley was a bespectacled, white haired, distinguished-looking actor who was trained in live theater and who, except a few silent pictures, stayed in that medium until he reached the age of 51. In 1932, he made his screen debut in talking pictures in "Virtue". Thereafter, Stanley appeared in over 200 movies...
46. Myron Selznick Myron Selznick Miscellaneous Crew, Gone with the Wind The motion picture producer Myron Selznick, who was the head of his father's Lewis J. Selznick Pictures in the early 1920s, is most famous for being the first great talent agent in Hollywood and the brother of David O. Selznick. Movie stars for which Selznick received his ten percent included Constance Bennett...
47. Wendell Willkie Wendell Willkie Self, Charles Lindbergh
48. Richard Fiske Richard Fiske Actor, The Devil Commands
49. Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson Actress, The Voice of Hollywood No. 9
50. Edgar Selwyn Edgar Selwyn Writer, The Girl in the Show What a life! Edgar Selwyn was born Edgar Simon on October 20, 1875, in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a child he and his family lived in Toronto, Canada, before moving to Selma, Alabama, where his parents died. He moved to Chicago at the age of 17 to seek his fortune, but Fortuna would not let the young man take her as his mistress...
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