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- Ernest Lambart was born on 1 January 1874 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for Deadline at Eleven (1920) and The Black Panther's Cub (1921). He was married to Josephine Drake. He died on 27 June 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Wingold Lawrence was born on 3 January 1874 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Eugene Aram (1914), Two Lancashire Lasses in London (1916) and The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning (1915). He was married to Marie Lyons and Mary Elizabeth McCauley. He died on 13 March 1938 in London, England, UK.
- Thomas Thurban was born on 3 January 1874 in Holloway, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Splinters in the Navy (1931). He died on 26 November 1967 in West Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- Ben Kilpatrick was born on 5 January 1874 in Coleman, Texas, USA. He died on 13 March 1912 in Sanderson, Texas, USA.
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Fred Niblo entered films in 1917 after two decades as a touring actor in vaudeville and one-time manager of 'The Four Cohans' (he married Josephine Cohan, the sister of George M. Cohan). He made his film debut with two early Australian silent films in 1916. He worked for Thomas H. Ince from 1917 as producer-director, many of his films starring his second wife, Australian actress Enid Bennett. Niblo joined Paramount under a three-year contract from 1918-21 and then settled at MGM (1923-31). During this period, his chief claim to fame rests on directing the epic Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), filmed in Italy (though completed in California) at the (then) staggering cost of $4 million. Niblo was brought in by Louis B. Mayer to replace director Charles Brabin after the production ran into financial difficulties.He not only rescued it but made it into one of the biggest blockbusters of the decade. However, it was second-unit director B. Reeves Eason who deserves credit for the famous chariot race.
In 1926 Niblo replaced Swedish director Mauritz Stiller who had a disagreement with producer Irving Thalberg, on Greta Garbo's The Temptress (1926). This, alongside Camille (1926) and The Mysterious Lady (1928), were his last successes. His career failed to survive the transition to sound and even a stint in England could not resuscitate it. After a few small parts as an actor, Niblo slipped quietly into relative obscurity in 1943.- S. Fowler Wright was born on 6 January 1874 in Birmingham, England, UK. S. was a writer, known for Deluge (1933) and Three Witnesses (1935). S. was married to Truda Hancock and Nellie Ashberry. S. died on 25 February 1965 in England, UK.
- Robert Edgren was born on 7 January 1874 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Go and Get It (1920). He was married to Helen Maude Durand. He died on 9 September 1939 in Del Monte, California, USA.
- Victor Gouriet was born on 8 January 1874 in Holborn, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for In the Wake of the Bounty (1933), Two Minutes Silence (1933) and Heritage (1935). He was married to Jessica May Stokes and Margaret Eastwood Crossland. He died on 10 August 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Robert Koppel was born on 9 January 1874 in Bochum, Germany. He was an actor, known for Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918) and Henriette Jacoby (1918). He died on 21 August 1966 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Walter Turszinsky was born on 9 January 1874 in Danzig, Pomerania, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Der springende Hirsch oder Die Diebe von Günstersburg (1915), The Dawn of Freedom (1914) and Die Firma heiratet (1931). He died on 21 May 1915 in Berlin, Germany.
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Enrico Cannio was born on 10 January 1874 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Enrico is known for The ginger and Fred (2006) and Golos (2012). Enrico died on 30 January 1949 in Naples, Campania, Italy.- Henry Pettibone was born on 10 January 1874 in the USA. He is known for Behold the Man (1921), The Splendid Sinner (1918) and The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919).
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Pierre Bressol was born on 12 January 1874 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and director, known for Une goutte de sang (1920), Le mystère de la villa Mortain (1919) and Les figures de cire (1919). He died on 9 April 1925 in Paris XIII, Paris, France.- Music Department
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Songwriter ("Sweet Rosie O'Grady"), composer, actress and author. After high school, she appeared in vaudeville and acted in the Broadway productions of "The Thoroughbred", "The Empire Show", and "Town Topics". She was the wife of William Jerome. Joining ASCAP in 1944, her other popular-song compositions include "Mamie Reilly", "I Can't Forget You Honey", "Mary From Tipperary", "There's No Other Girl Like My Girl", "Somebody Wants You", "Love and You", "Down at Rosie Reilly's Flat", "My Pretty Little China Maid", "My Lady Peggy Waltz", "The Donkey Trot", and "Down Among the Roses".- Actor
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Adolfo Bernáldez was born on 13 January 1874 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Las de Méndez (1927), En tiempos de Don Porfirio (1940) and Corazón, o La vida de una modista (1925). He was married to Alfonsina Guerrier. He died on 28 April 1944 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Rózsi Forrai was born on 13 January 1874 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for A szerencse fia (1917). He was married to Jenö Törzs. He died on 20 June 1931 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Georges Wague (1874-1965) was a French mime, teacher and silent film actor. Between 1907 and 1922 he also performed in more than forty films. He started his film career with the silent film L'Enfant prodigue/The Prodigal Son (Michel Carré, 1907), where he played a Pierrot. His last film performance was in Faust (Gérard Bourgeois, 1922).
Georges Wague was born Georges Marie Valentin Waag in Paris in 1874. In the early 1890s Wague participated in the soirées of La Plume, the literary magazine founded by Léon Deschamps, where he was noticed for his verse recitals. Xavier Privas proposed to sing songs while Georges Wague mimed them, creating a new artistic expression they called 'cantomime'. In the cantomimes, which began in 1893 at the Café Procope, Wague performed on stage with a singer and piano in the wings. Often the character was Pierrot. The established mime Félicia Mallet assisted Wague in developing his highly individual style during the early part of his career. Cantomimes included Noël de Pierrot (1894) and Le Testament de Pierrot (1895). Wague staged his first pantomime at the Théâtre Montparnasse in 1895, Le Voeu de Musette. Many others followed over the years. To revive his career after his return from military service in 1898, Georges Wague began to participate in soirées of the 'Veillées artistiques de Plaisance'. Cantomimes included Pierrot Chante (1899) and Sommeil Blanc (1899). Sommeil blanc (White Sleep) was written for him by Xavier Privas, with music by Louis Huvey. Due to rivalry with other performers of cantomimes, Wague created a company with Christiane Mandelys (or Mendelys), who became his wife, to preserve his rights as inventor of the concept. With his troupe, he played La Roulotte (The Caravan) directed by Georges Chartron. He won success and began touring in France and abroad, leading to presentation of the last show at the Exposition Universelle (1900) where he played Pierrot parts such as unfaithful Pierrot and Christmas Pierrot. Georges Wague decided to move into white pantomime, where large gestures and movements are made, and the pantomime is dramatic. For this he changed his stage play: his mime consisted of gestures reduced to the simplest attitudes to express the full range of thought in constant movement. He did not use the conventional alphabet of mimes in this original form of expression.
Georges Wague taught pantomime, notably to the writer Colette, with whom he made a tour from 1906 to 1912 and caused a scandal with presentations of La Chair (Flesh) where Colette was largely naked. Wague performed in many stage pantomimes including Scaramouche, Barbe Bluette and L'homme aux poupées, and played silent roles in ballet and opera. Between 1907 and 1922 he also performed in more than forty films. He started his film career with the silent film L'Enfant prodigue/The Prodigal Son (Michel Carré, 1907), where he played a Pierrot. His last film performance was in Faust (Gérard Bourgeois, 1922).He continued to play a white-faced Pierrot at the Opéra-Comique during the 1920s. In 1925 he performed with the flamenco dancer Antonia Mercé y Luque, "La Argentina", in El amor brujo at the Théâtre Trianon-Lyrique. From 1916 Wague taught at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. Wague taught mimes who went on the fame such as Christine Kerf, Caroline Otéro, Angèle Héraud and Charlotte Wiehé. He also taught actors and opera singers how to use their bodies to express their feelings. This skill was much neglected in opera, where often the singers were chosen for their voice rather than their appearance and had little acting ability. Wague collaborated with the mime and actor Jean-Louis Barrault when he played Jean-Gaspard Deburau in the film Les Enfants du Paradis/Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1943), the basis for his 1946 mime piece Baptiste. Georges Wague was awarded the Grande médaille de vermeil by the city of Paris in 1962. In1965, he died at Menton in the Alpes-Maritimes, aged 91. - Thornton W. Burgess was born on 14 January 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Mother Goose World: Old Granny Fox (2023), Fairytale Fun Force Storytime: The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (2023) and Mother Goose World: Mrs Peter Rabbit (2023). He died on 5 June 1965.
- Otto Conradsen was born on 14 January 1874 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Isle of the Dead (1913) and The Great Dock Disaster (1913). He died on 25 July 1919.
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Fructuós Gelabert was born on 15 January 1874 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Beby y su circo (1915), Fabricación del corcho en Sant Feliu de Guixols (1909) and Lucha por la herencia (1911). He died on 27 February 1955 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Writer
- Actor
Robert W. Service was born on 16 January 1874 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Trail of '98 (1928), The Roughneck (1924) and Clancy of the Mounted (1933). He was married to Bourgoin, Germain. He died on 11 September 1958 in Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France.- Aleksandr Doroshenko was born on 16 January 1874. He was an actor, known for Semya Gribushinykh (1923). He died on 26 October 1950.
- Edna Wallace Hopper was born on 17 January 1874 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Who Killed Simon Baird? (1916) and The Perils of Divorce (1916). She was married to Albert O. Brown and DeWolf Hopper Sr.. She died on 14 December 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Pepi Glöckner-Kramer was born on 17 January 1874 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for 1. April 2000 (1952), Seesterne (1952) and Wir bitten zum Tanz (1941). She was married to Leopold Kramer. She died on 9 March 1954 in Vienna, Austria.
- Lloyd Peddrick was born on 17 January 1874 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for He Did and He Didn't (1916). He died on 3 October 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Otto Storm was born on 19 January 1874 in Újvidék (Neusatz), Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia]. He was an actor, known for Harvest (1936), Der Mann mit der Maske (1917) and Der König lächelt - Paris lacht (1936). He died on 12 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria.
- Lottie Williams was born on 20 January 1874 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Dark Victory (1939), Yesterday's Wife (1923) and The Barefoot Boy (1923). She died on 16 November 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hans Stürm was born on 21 January 1874 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Liebe und Trompetenblasen (1925), Die keusche Susanne (1926) and The Lost Shadow (1921). He died on 17 January 1933 in Berlin, Germany.
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- Actor
Popular British novelist, playwright, short-story writer and the highest-paid author in the world in the 1930s, Somerset Maugham graduated in 1897 from St. Thomas' Medical School and qualified as a doctor, but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays. During World War I he worked as a secret agent and in 1928 settled in Cap Ferrat in France, from where he made journeys all over the world. Maugham's spy novel "Ashenden; or The British Agent" (1928) is partly based on his own experiences in the secret service. In making the transition from secret agent to writer, Maugham carried on in the tradition of such classic writers as Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and Daniel Defoe to such contemporary writers as Graham Greene, John le Carré, John Dickson Carr, Alec Waugh and Ted Allbeury. Maugham's skill in handling plot is compared by critics to that of Guy de Maupassant. In many of Maugham's novels the surroundings are international and the stories are told in a clear, economical style with a cynical or resigned undertone. Although Maugham was successful as an author he was never knighted and his relationship with Gerald Haxton, his secretary, has been subject to speculation.- Dario Niccodemi was born on 27 January 1874 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for L'ombra (1917), Una sombra en mi destino (1946) and Scampolo (1917). He died on 24 September 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Kathleen Chambers was born on 27 January 1874 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man Without a Face (1928), For Ladies Only (1927) and The Greater Glory (1926). She was married to John T. Prince. She died in 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Campbell McCullough was born on 27 January 1874. He was a writer, known for The Adventures of a Boy Scout (1915), The Fates and Ryan (1914) and The Clause in the Constitution (1915). He died on 6 March 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alec Smith was born on 28 January 1874 in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, UK. He was married to Jessie Maiden. He died on 21 April 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Mary Tourtel was born on 28 January 1874 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK. Mary was a writer, known for Jackanory (1965), Rupert (1991) and Rupert and the Frog Song (1984). Mary was married to Herbert Tourtel. Mary died on 15 March 1948 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
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Composer ("Song of the Islands" ["Na Lei O Hawaii"]), author, legislator and educator, educated in public schools and at the Oswego State Normal School. He was a leader in musical education in Hawaii and an authority on Hawaiian songs, and taught in the Kamahemeha Schools and in public schools. Also, he was an inspector of schools for the Territory of Hawaii, and conductor of the Royal Hawaiian Band. In the early 1920s, he served as a senator on the Hawaiian legislature. Joining ASCAP in 1940, his other popular-song compositions include "Imi Au Ia Oe" ["Serenade"], "Beautiful Kahana", "Ke Kali Nei Au" ["Hawaiian Wedding Song"], "Me Nei?" ["How About Me?"], "Paauau Waltz", "Dreaming, Aloha, of You", "Lei Aloha, Lei Makamae", "Forevermore", and "Home in Hawaii".- John D. Rockefeller Jr. was born on 29 January 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He died on 11 May 1960 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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Owen Davis was born on 29 January 1874 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Lazybones (1925), Jezebel (1938) and Spring Is Here (1930). He was married to Elizabeth Breyer. He died on 14 October 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.- Animation Department
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Raoul Barre was born on 29 January 1874 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Cartoons in the Hotel (1915), Cartoons in the Parlor (1915) and The Animated Grouch Chaser (1915). He was married to Antoinette. He died on 21 May 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- Oscar Langkilde was born on 30 January 1874 in Hillerød, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1911), Kattebaronessen (1912) and The Stolen Legacy (1911). He died on 3 February 1953.
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William Cavanaugh was born on 31 January 1874 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Traffic in Souls (1913), Evangeline (1914) and Down to the Sea in Ships (1922). He died on 21 May 1936 in Edgewater, New Jersey, USA.- Harald Tandrup was born on 31 January 1874 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Only One Night (1939) and Gillekop (1919). He died on 10 May 1964.
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal's family was of Austrian-Jewish-Lombard origin. His first novel, "Yesterday," was published in 1891 under the code name "Theophil Morren," which caused a stir among the public. In Stefan George's "Blättern der Kunst" von Hofmannsthal published many of his poems under the pseudonym "Loris". In 1892 he began studying law at the University of Vienna. The lyric drama "The Death of Titian" was written during this time. He wrote a lyrical prologue for Arthur Schnitzler's drama "Anatol". A year later, von Hofmannsthal wrote the one-act play "The Thor and Death". After passing his state law examination in 1894, Hugo von Hofmannsthal volunteered for one year of military service in the Dragoon Regiment in Göding in 1895.
Shortly afterwards, his first publications appeared in Paul Cassirer's art magazine "PAN". Von Hofmannsthal received his doctorate in philosophy in 1898. That year, the drama "Woman in the Window" was performed in Berlin for the first time. Von Hofmannsthal turned away from poetry and wrote more and more operas for the theater. In 1901, von Hofmannsthal gave up his habilitation in Romance philology and settled down as a freelance writer. He married Gertrud Schlesinger, with whom he had three children. During this time he wrote "A Letter", the Lord Chandos Letter. In 1906, Hugo von Hofmannsthal began working with the composer Richard Strauss, who set his opera texts to music.
The operas "Elektra", the comedy "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Ariadne auf Naxos" date from the years 1909 to 1912. At the beginning of the First World War, in 1914, von Hofmannsthal devoted himself to cultural-political tasks in the War Welfare Office. In 1917, Strauss and von Hofmannstahl took part in the Salzburg Festival. The tragedy "The Tower" and the drama "The Difficult" were created in 1920 and 1921. Hugo von Hofmannstahl's eldest son committed suicide on July 13, 1929. Hugo von Hofmannsthal died two days later, shortly before the funeral, on July 15, 1929.
The lyric opera "Arabella", on which Richard Strauss also worked, was premiered posthumously.- Georges de La Fouchardière was born on 1 February 1874 in Châtellerault, Vienne, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Scarlet Street (1945), Les filles de la concierge (1934) and Pax (1933). He died on 10 February 1946 in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France.
- Conrad Seideman was born on 1 February 1874 in Freiburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Are We Civilized? (1934) and Die Sehnsucht jeder Frau (1930). He died on 28 July 1949 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Totò Majorana was born on 2 February 1874 in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Red Diamond (1913), For Napoleon and France (1914) and L'eredità di Caino (1921). He was married to Ada Masenza. He died on 19 May 1944 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Gertrude Stein was the fifth child in the Daniel and Amelia Stein family. She grew up in a trilingual environment, spending her childhood in Vienna and Paris, then living in California. She graduated from Radcliffe College and went to the Medical School at Johns Hopkins University for 2 years. She continued her medical studies in Europe, but traveling and writing eventually took over. Her first novel "Q.E.D." was written in New York, but was published only after her death under the title "Things As They Are".
Gertrude Stein lived in Paris for 40 years, becoming a patron of artists Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, and others. She amassed an enormous collection of art, that is now displayed in major museums. Her 1906 portrait by Pablo Picasso was finished after more than 50 sittings. She experimented with stream-of-consciousness in her own deconstructive style, and by using words as rhythmical brush-strokes. She was called a "literary cubist", being compared to the cubist artists for her ability of projecting reality beyond reality. Her literary secretary, Alice B. Toklas, was a lifetime companion. They traveled in Spain together, while Stein worked on the book "Tender Buttons" (1914). During WWI Stein was driving her Ford and helping the wounded soldiers. She and Alice were both honored for this work.
After WWI Gertrude Stein became the center of the American expatriate community in Paris. She was the catalyst in the development of modern artists and writers. Her home was the meeting place for such artists and writers, as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Thornton Wilder and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ernest Hemingway confessed on meeting Stein..."It was a vital day for me when I stumbled upon you." She was credited for dubbing them as "The Lost Generation".
"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" (1933) became a best seller and turned Stein into a celebrity. Her lecture tour of the United States was a great success, and she was praised by Thornton Wilder, Sherwood Anderson, and Charles Chaplin. Back in Paris she went through changes of moving to a new apartment, and soon moving out of Paris before the Nazi occupation in WWII. Gertrude Stein and Alice, being both Jewish, barely escaped a concentration camp, protected by their French neighbors. They returned to Paris in 1944 and found the precious art collection untouched.
Her health declined and she was diagnosed with colon cancer. When rushed into emergency surgery her last words to Alice were: "What is the answer?" ...without a reply, "In that case...what is the question?"- Stephen Pell was born on 3 February 1874 in New York, USA. He is known for Nice and Friendly (1922).
- George Periolat was born on 5 February 1874 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Red Lily (1924), Samson (1914) and The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915). He died on 20 February 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Luigi Barzini was born on 7 February 1874 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Per aver visto (1919), La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1920) and La fabbrica dell'imprevisto (1942). He was married to Mantica Pesavento. He died on 6 September 1947 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Actress
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Marie Cahill was born on 7 February 1874 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Judy Forgot (1915), When Betty Bets (1917) and Gladys' Day Dreams (1917). She was married to Daniel V. Arthur. She died on 23 August 1933 in New York City, New York, USA.