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Girolamo Frescobaldi was born on 12 September 1583 in Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara [now Emilia-Romagna, Italy]. He was a composer, known for Tale of Tales (2015), Sodrásban (1964) and Le pont des Arts (2004). He died on 1 March 1643 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy].- Álvares de Azevedo was born on 12 September 1831 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Álvares was a writer, known for Noite na Taverna (2014). Álvares died on 25 April 1852 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Louis IV was born on 12 September 1837 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. He was married to Countess Alexandrina Hutten-Czapska and Grand Duchess Alice. He died on 13 March 1892 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany].
- H.H. Asquith, considered the founder of the British welfare state, was the prime minister of the United Kingdom who led the British Empire into the monumental debacle that was World War I.
The son of a cloth merchant, Henry Herbert Asquith was born in Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and attended Balliol College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. After graduation he became a barrister and was called to the bar in 1876. He married Helen Kelsall Melland, the daughter of a Manchester physician, in 1877. By the early 1880s he had become financially well-off from his law practice, enough so to consider politics (members of Parliament were not paid a real salary until the 1970s). He was first elected to Parliament in 1886, standing as the Liberal candidate for East Fife, Scotland.
His first wife gave him four sons and one daughter before dying from typhoid in 1891. He remarried in 1894, taking Margot Tennant, the daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet, as his second wife. She bore several children, but only a son and daughter survived into adulthood. Asquith was called Herbert by his family, but his second wife called him Henry, and those who called him by his Christian name made the switch. However, in public he was addressed only as H.H. Asquith.
In 1892 he became Home Secretary during William Gladstone's last government (as Home Secretary Asquith signed the arrest order for Oscar Wilde, who was eventually incarcerated for lewd behavior). Three years after the Liberals went out of power in 1895, he was offered the party leadership but turned it down. After the Liberals' landslide victory in the 1906 general election, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Campbell Bannerman, a post in which he proved a stalwart proponent of free trade. Bannerman resigned the premiership due to illness in April 1908 and Asquith succeeded him, becoming the first member of the professional middle class to serve as Prime Minister.
His first government launched a guns-and-butter legislative programme, building up the British Navy in an arms race with Germany while introducing social welfare programmes. Asquith can be considered the father of the British welfare state, as his government introduced government pensions in 1908. The programme was fiercely resisted by the Tories, which provoked a constitutional crisis in 1909 when the Conservative majority in the House of Lords rejected the government's "People's Budget." Traditionally finance was the province of the House of Commons, and the resulting constitutional crisis forced a general election in January 1910. Though the Liberals were returned to government with a majority, their numbers in the Commons were much reduced, and the crisis continued.
King Edward VII consented to filling the House of Lords with freshly-minted Liberal peers, who would override the Lords' veto, if Asquith agreed to hold another general election, after which he would act if the impasse continued. However, Edward VII died in May 1910, before the second general election. Asquith had to use his considerable powers of persuasion to get Edward's successor, King George V, to agree to the plan. The new king was hesitant, as packing the Lords would undermine the power of the hereditary aristocracy. Before the December 1910 general election (the last held for eight years), Asquith's persuasion paid off, and George V agreed to pack the House of Lords. The Liberals won their second election of 1910, though the balance of power in the government rested with peers from Ireland, who demanded a Home Rule bill as the price of support for Asquith's third government.
The Parliament Act of 1911 circumscribed the legislative power of the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of Parliament was limited to delaying, but not defeating outright, any bill passed by the House of Commons. Asquith paid off the Irish block with the Third Irish Home Rule Bill, which achieved Royal Assent in late 1914, though implementation of the law was suspended for the duration of World War I, which the UK had become involved in due to a spider web of treaties. The Irish question remained a tinderbox, and while civil war in Ireland over the fate of Ulster was averted in 1914 by the outbreak of the war in Europe, simmering tensions would lead to the Easter Rebellion of 1916, which would prove to be one of the factors that contributed to Asquith's loss of power. The other was the war.
In May 1915 the Cabinet split over a scandal involving the dearth of munitions available at the front. Asquith ultimately was held responsible for the shortcomings in British war production. The "Shell Crisis" underscored the need for the British economy to be put on a wartime footing. Responding to the discord, Asquith formed a new government, creating a national coalition that included members of the Opposition (though an election should have been held in 1915, elections were suspended for the duration of the war). David Lloyd George, the most dynamic of the Liberal ministers from the old cabinet, was made minister of munitions.
The new coalition government did nothing to bolster Asquith's premiership. Both Liberals and Tories criticized his performance over the conduct of the war and assigned him some of the blame for the failed offensives at the Somme (in which Asquith's eldest son Raymond died) and Gallipoli (which led to the resignation of Winston Churchill, then a Liberal MP, as First Sea Lord). He was also blamed for his handling of the armed Easter Rebellion of Irish Catholics in Dublin in April 1916 and the resulting civil war. The Machiavellian Lloyd George undermined Asquith by splitting the Liberal Party into pro- and anti-Asquith factions. The result was that Asquith resigned as prime minister on December 5, 1916, and was succeeded by Lloyd George.
After resigning, Asquith continued in his post as Liberal Party leader, even after losing his seat in the 1918 elections. He returned to the House of Commons in a 1920 by-election and played a key role in helping the Labour Party form a minority in 1924, which gave Ramsay MacDonald his first--though short-lived--premiership.
The minority Labour government fell in 1924, and in the subsequent election won by the Tories, Asquith lost his seat in the Commons. He was raised to the hereditary peerage as Viscount Asquith, of Morley in the West Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Oxford and Asquith in 1925. Asquith moved over to the House of Lords and finally resigned the Liberal Party leadership in 1926. He died in 1928.
Violet Bonham Carter (maiden name Violet Asquith), Asquith's only daughter by his first wife, was a successful writer who was made a Life Peeress in her own right (she is the grandmother of Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter). His son Cyril became a Law Lord, and two other sons married well, one being the poet Herbert Asquith. His two children by Margot were Elizabeth (later Princess Antoine Bibesco), a writer, and Anthony Asquith, a well-regarded film director. - William Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist and mystic, probably best known for his play "The Immortal Hour" and "The Sin-Eater and Other Tales" an intriguing and gripping collection of tales that mixes mystery, Gothic horror, crime, and thriller. He wrote or edited almost forty books in his own name, as well as more than ten as Fiona MacLeod. William Sharp was educated at Blair Lodge Academy, Polmont, and from 1867 at Glasgow Academy. Gifted at languages, in 1871 he entered Glasgow University, where he came under the influence of the charismatic professor of English, John Nichol. By 1883 Sharp had been appointed London art critic of the Glasgow Herald, and his rise into the literary coterie of London continued. In 1890 he took a trip through Europe and developed or completed a feeling of deep dislike towards city living.
- Lajos Réthey was born on 12 September 1860 in Budapest, Austrian Empire [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Dracula's Death (1921), Die Csardasfürstin (1927) and A vörös Sámson (1917). He died on 17 May 1940 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Alice Washburn was born on 12 September 1861 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for John Brown's Heir (1911), Snow White (1916) and Freezing Auntie (1912). She died on 18 November 1929 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
- Frederick Bond was born on 12 September 1861 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was married to Annie Rose (actress) and Caroline Parker (actress). He died on 9 February 1914 in Whitestone, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Douglas Munro was born on 12 September 1862 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 0-18 or A Message from the Sky (1914), The Christian (1915) and Justice (1917). He died on 27 January 1924 in Birmingham, England, UK.
- Helen Strickland was born on 12 September 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Vanity Fair (1915), The Scoundrel (1935) and The Ghost of Old Morro (1917). She was married to Robert Conness. She died on 11 January 1938 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Sophus Claussen was born on 12 September 1865 in Helletofte, Langeland, Denmark. Sophus was a writer, known for Mordet i værtshuset (1965) and Gunnar Lauring har gæster (1965). Sophus was married to Inger Nielsen. Sophus died on 11 April 1931 in Gentofte, Denmark.
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Jasper Ewing Brady was born on 12 September 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Man She Brought Back (1922), The Island of Regeneration (1915) and The Divorce Trap (1919). He was married to Lillian Fowler Miller, Marjorie Estelle Shoals, Virginia Nelles Wright and Emma Augusta Dennis. He died on 8 August 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Freeman Freeman-Thomas was born on 12 September 1866 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK. He died on 12 August 1941 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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Composer, author, conductor, cornetist and teacher, educated in public schools. He was a cornet soloist in bands at Ontario Beach, but he played and instructed all brass instruments and also violin and viola at the Toronto Conservatory. He was a member of Patrick Gilmore's New York band, F. N. Innes' Band, and the 7th Regimental Band (under Victor Herbert). He made four European tours with John Philip Sousa as a cornet soloist and assistant conductor. He directed the Anglo-Canadian Concert Band in Huntesville, Ontario from 1918-1923, and the Municipal Band in Long Beach, California between 1923-1943. He joined ASCAP in 1938, and his instrumental compositions include "King of the Deep", "Birth of Dawn", "Youth Dauntless", "Sounds From the Deep", and the cornet trio feature "Flirtations".- Jan Brandts Buys was born on 12 September 1868 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was a composer, known for Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen (1991). He was married to Alma Shapiro and Valentine von Dziembowski. He died on 7 December 1933 in Salzburg, Austria.
- Rupert Lister was born on 12 September 1868 in Kennington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Splinters in the Navy (1931). He died on 14 October 1940 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.
- William Carver was born on 12 September 1868 in Coryell County, Texas, USA. He died on 2 April 1901 in Sonora, Texas, USA.
- Emma Tansey was born on 12 September 1870 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for When You and I Were Young (1917), Joan of the Woods (1918) and Are Children to Blame? (1920). She died on 23 March 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Adolph Fink was born on 12 September 1873 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for America (1924).- Actor
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E.P. Evers was born on 12 September 1874 in Villa Ridge, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Drugged Waters (1916), The Jungle (1914) and Her Own Home (1914). He died on 22 July 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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As a young actor in a small traveling Kabuki group, he was discovered by Makino Shozo and made his debut as the main character in Goban Tadanobu in 1909. Later he acted in parts both as a hero and kyokyaku (a professional gambler in the Edo period, often romanticized as a chivalrous 'Robin Hood' figure) one after another, and he also performed most of the main characters in the bestsellers of the time, Tachikawa paperbacks. Ninja films were also discovered by Matsunosuke, and he was given the nickname "Medama no Matchan" due to his very large eyes. He became very popular with children who would imitate the ninja moves they had seen in his films. Matusnosuke is said to have created over 80 films a year during his prime years and made over 1,000 films in total. However, the only films that are preserved today are Chushingura (1910), Goketsu Jiraiya (1921) and Shibukawa Bangoro (1922). Matsunosuke collapsed during the filming of Kyokotsu Mikazuki in 1926, and died of heart disease on 11 September that year.- Giacomo Almirante was born on 12 September 1875 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Doctor, Beware (1941), Song to the Wind (1939) and Amanda (1916). He was married to Ada Cristina Almirante. He died on 12 January 1944 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Anna Larssen Bjørner was born on 12 September 1875 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was married to Sigurd Bjørner and Jens Otto Gyntelberg Larssen. She died on 6 March 1955 in Vedbæk, Denmark.
- Hallene Hill was born on 12 September 1876 in Kirksville, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956), The Arkansas Traveler (1938) and Thriller (1960). She died on 6 January 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Frederik Jacobsen was born on 12 September 1876. He was an actor and writer, known for Hjælpen (1913), Hans gode Genius (1922) and Den kære Afdøde (1912). He died on 4 September 1922.- Elisabeth Freeman was born on 12 September 1876 in England, UK. She died on 27 February 1942 in Altadena, California, USA.
- Myrtle Rishell was born on 12 September 1877 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Girls (1919), Luck in Pawn (1919) and Happiness a la Mode (1919). She died on 12 September 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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John R. Neill was born on 12 September 1877. He was a writer, known for Return to Oz (1985), The Plan Is Divine, the Gifts Are Awesome (1996) and Oz: The American Fairyland (1997). He was married to Margaret Carrol and Elsie G. Barrows. He died on 19 September 1943 in Flanders, New Jersey, USA.- Arno Dosch was born on 12 September 1879 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He died on 16 April 1951 in Madrid, Spain.
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H.L. Mencken was born on 12 September 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Good Night Valentino (2003), Camille (1926) and Mitzi & Mencken (2008). He was married to Sara Powell Haardt. He died on 29 January 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.- Actor
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Now completely forgotten, the name of Gerald Ames had a very special feel back in the silent era. The man who bore this name was indeed a heart breaker. Six feet tall, burly, athletic, mustached, dark-eyed and dark-haired, Ames had all it took to get top billing and he did grace about seventy films (many of which directed by pioneers George Loane Tucker and Cecil M. Hepworth) with his manly presence. He very successfully portrayed three archetypal fiction characters, Rupert Von Hetzau, Arsène Lupin and Raffles. And he most often found himself in the shoes of figures of imposing bearing such as aristocrats (knights, counts, marquises, princes...), officers (lieutenants, captains...), judges, ambassadors, the like... Directors also explored the darker side of his personality by making him a spy or an enemy officer. Debuting on the boards as of 1905 and on the big screen in 1914, Gerald was one of the few actors to manage two careers at once. For not content to be a thespian he was also a fencing champion and even represented Britain in the Stockholm Games of 1912. Born in Blackheath in 1881, educated at Freiburg University in Germany, married to actress Mary Dibley, Percy Gerald Ames died too soon of a heart attack after falling down the steps at a London Underground station in 1933. He was only 51.- Reg Bolton was born on 12 September 1881 in Pendleton, Salford, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Saturday Night Revue (1937). He died on 14 March 1955 in Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Alfred Hewston was born on 12 September 1882 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Texas Cowboy (1929), The Mysterious Airman (1928) and Roaring Guns (1927). He was married to Ollie Haywood. He died on 6 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Emil Mamelok was born on 12 September 1882 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Leather Stocking: The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920), Leather Stocking: The Last of the Mohicans (1920) and Taschendiebe (1921). He died in May 1954 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Gus Cannon was born on 12 September 1883 in Red Banks, Mississippi, USA. He died on 15 October 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.- Anker Kirkeby was born on 12 September 1884 in Denmark. He was a director and writer, known for Amagerkonerne sælger Blomster paa Højbro Plads (1913), Professor Vilhelm Thomsen i videnskabernes selskabs bygning (1913) and Ingeniør Valdemar Poulsen paa sin station for traadløs telegrafi i Lyngby og i sit laboratorium (1913). He was married to Betty Meyer. He died on 27 January 1957 in Denmark.
- Henryk Cudnowski was born on 12 September 1884 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Lotna (1959). He died on 16 November 1963 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
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Heinrich Hoffmann was born on 12 September 1885 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany. He is known for The World at War (1973) and History (2000). He was married to Therese Baumann and Erna Gröbke. He died on 16 December 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- William Slavens McNutt was born on 12 September 1885 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. William Slavens was a writer and director, known for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), Lady and Gent (1932) and Unmarried (1939). William Slavens was married to Mrs. Louise Tanner Glorius and Georgina McNally. William Slavens died on 25 January 1938 in La Cañada, California, USA.
- Fred Luderus was born on 12 September 1885 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 5 January 1961 in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, USA.
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Germane Gogitidze was born on 12 September 1886 in Ozurgeti, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire [now Guria, Republic of Georgia]. Germane was a producer and director, known for Qristine (1916) and Krasnye dyavolyata (1923). Germane died on 7 March 1960 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia].- Additional Crew
Earl L. McMurtrie was born on 12 September 1886 in Colorado, USA. He is known for The Corsican Brothers (1920), The Butterfly Man (1920) and Kismet (1920). He died on 2 December 1962 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Actor
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Jack Hill was born on 12 September 1887 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Eight Bells (1935), The Fighting Demon (1925) and Shiver My Timbers (1931). He died on 22 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Harry Moody was born on 12 September 1887 in Sydney, Australia. He was an actor and director, known for Mystery Pilot (1926), The Power Divine (1923) and The Vow of Vengeance (1923). He died on 29 December 1978 in Ventura, California, USA.- Actor
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Maurice Chevalier's first working job was as an acrobat, until a serious accident ended that career. He turned his talents to singing and acting, and made several short films in France. During World War I he enlisted in the French army. He was wounded in battle, captured and placed in a POW camp by the Germans. During his captivity he learned English from fellow prisoners. After the war he returned to the film business, and when "talkies" came into existence, Chevalier traveled to the US to break into Hollywood. In 1929 he was paired with operatic singer/actress Jeanette MacDonald to make The Love Parade (1929). Although Chevalier was attracted to the beautiful MacDonald and made several passes at her, she rejected him firmly, as she had designs on actor Gene Raymond, who she eventually married. He did not take rejection lightly, being a somewhat vain man who considered himself quite a catch, and derided MacDonald as a "prude". She, in turn, called him "the quickest derrière pincher in Hollywood". They made three more pictures together, the most successful being Love Me Tonight (1932). In the late 1930s he returned to Europe, making several films in France and England. World War II interrupted his career and he was dogged by accusations of collaboration with the Nazi authorities occupying France, but he was later vindicated. In the 1950s he returned to Hollywood, older and gray-headed. He made Gigi (1958), from which he took his signature songs, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "I Remember it Well". He also received a special Oscar that year. In the 1960s he made a few more films, and in 1970 he sang the title song for Walt Disney's The Aristocats (1970). This marked his last contribution to the film industry.- Producer
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Born in New York City to Bertha and Samuel Strumwasser (non-professionals). He was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, NY, College of New York and New Work University. He had no stage training. In the early years (pre-1939), he wrote for most of the Fox stars, including William Farnum, Dustin Farnum, William Russell, Shirley Mason, Buck Jones. Also wrote two Zane Grey films for Paramount -- Nevada (1927) and Drums of the Desert (1927). Worked two years for Tom Mix, writing films such as No Man's Gold (1926), The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926), Hard Boiled (1926), Daredevil's Reward (1928) and The Arizona Wildcat (1927). Director of foreign productions for Fox in 1930-31. In 1931, he was appointed assistant to Winfield R. Sheehan, Fox vice-president. In 1933, produced Smoky (1933), with Sol M. Wurtzel. Later, he produced many "Charlie Chan" films.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Clay Crapnell was born on 12 September 1888 in Illinois, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Silver Valley (1927), Horseman of the Plains (1928) and Daredevil's Reward (1928). He died on 5 January 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jenö Tersánszky Józsi was born on 12 September 1888 in Nagybánya, Austria-Hungary [now Baia Mare, Romania]. He was a writer, known for Kakuk Marci (1973), Egy tál lencse (1941) and Sári bíró (1943). He was married to Margit Szántó and Sára Molnár. He died on 12 June 1969 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Christl Giampietro was born on 12 September 1888 in Gießhübel, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Olesnice, Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Alte Zeit, neue Zeit (1919), Mir kommt keiner aus (1917) and Das Licht der Liebe (1954). She died on 2 September 1974 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Paul Byron was born on 12 September 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Child of Mystery (1916), The Heritage of Hate (1916) and The Second in Command (1915). He died on 12 May 1959 in San Diego, California, USA.