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James T. Callahan was born on 4 October 1930 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Knight Rider (1982), The Governor & J.J. (1969) and Black Sheep Squadron (1976). He was married to Peggy Cannon. He died on 3 August 2007 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Pat Woodell was born on 12 July 1944 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Roommates (1973), Petticoat Junction (1963) and The Big Doll House (1971). She was married to Robert Vern McDade and Gary Clarke. She died on 29 September 2015 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dolores Costello was once known as the Goddess of the Silent Screen but is probably best remembered today as Drew Barrymore's grandmother. She was born in 1905 to actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello. Her father began his film career in 1908 and soon became the most popular matinée idol of his day. He gave Dolores and her sister Helene Costello their screen debuts in 1911. Dolores appeared in numerous pictures throughout the 1910s and the early 1920s, mostly with her father and sister. She later appeared on the New York stage with her sister in "George White Scandals of 1924." They were then signed by Warner Bros. where Dolores met future husband John Barrymore.
Barrymore soon made Dolores his costar in The Sea Beast (1926). During their lengthy kissing scene Dolores fainted in John's arms. They married in 1928 despite the misgivings of her mother, who would die the following year at age 45. They had two children, DeDe in 1931 and John Drew Barrymore in 1932. Dolores took time off from her movie career in the early 1930s to raise her young children. Her sister Helene and her new husband, actor Lowell Sherman, successfully convinced Dolores to divorce Barrymore in 1935, mainly because of his excessive drinking.
After the divorce Dolores returned to acting, appearing in several big-budget pictures, and her career seemed to be back on track. Her physical appearance, however, was greatly damaged from the harsh studio makeup used in the early years. The skin on her cheeks was in the process of deteriorating, forcing her into early retirement. She lived in semi-seclusion on her Southern California avocado farm, Fallbrook Ranch, where much of the memorabilia and papers from both the Barrymore and Costello family were destroyed in a flood.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
The ultimate milquetoast and ineffectual boss in comedy outings, meek character actor Ernest Truex was a small (5'3"), adenoidal, very well-dressed fellow, a popular avuncular type in later years who enjoyed a seven-decade-long career. He was born September 19, 1889, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a physician. Raised in Rich Hill, Missouri, he was actually trained in acting by one of his father's actor/patients (in exchange for mounting medical bills). An acting prodigy, Truex performed Shakespeare as a small child and was at one time dubbed "The Youngest Hamlet" by promoters (the five-year-old actually played the "ghost" of Hamlet). Upon his parents' separation when Ernest was nine, he and his mother toured the West in a show billed as "The Child Entertainers," in which the young talent recited everything from "Othello" to "Romeo and Juliet." Making appearances in stock and vaudeville, he took his first Broadway bow as a teenager with "Wildfire" starring Lillian Russell in 1908, and continued in the same vein with "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1910) and "Very Good Eddie" (1915), which also featured his first wife, actress Julia Mills. In 1913, he appeared on Broadway with Mary Pickford in the popular play "A Good Little Devil."
That same year Truex made his film debut with Pickford in Caprice (1913), then appeared with her in the film version of A Good Little Devil (1914). With his film career now off and running, he found a fairly comfortable niche for himself as mild-mannered, mischievous heroes in comedy capers. He played the title role in Artie, the Millionaire Kid (1916), as well as the protagonist in Come on In (1918) and Good-Bye, Bill (1918), not to mention a number of humorous shorts. His last silent film, Six Cylinder Love (1923) as Gilbert Sterling, came from an earlier Broadway success.
Truex continued to rack up a strong body of stage work in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His first wife had died around this time and he married stage actress Mary Jane Barrett, appearing with her in New York in such plays as "The Third Little Show" (1931), "The Hook-Up (1935), and "Fredericka" (1937). In 1934 Truex directed, co-produced, and starred in the play "Sing and Whistle" which co-starred Sylvia Field. She would later become his third wife upon his divorce from Ms. Barrett, and came into her own in later years as the kindly Mrs. Wilson on the Dennis the Menace (1959) sitcom.
With his first wife Julia Mills he had two children, Philip and James. With his second wife Mary Jane Barrett he had one child, Barry Truex. All three of his sons went into acting for the first decade of their adult lives. Philip and James Truex were mainly theatre actors but Barry Truex also had substantial roles in movies. Barry Truex's best known role was as the young Benny Goodman in The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
A much sought-after character lead and farceur after the arrival of sound, Truex appeared in a host of standout roles in such comedies as Get That Venus (1933), Whistling in the Dark (1933) (another stage success), Everybody Dance (1936), a British musical comedy that co-starred Cicely Courtneidge, and Mama Runs Wild (1937). Forever the henpecked husband or exasperated executive, he was an avid scene stealer in The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938), Bachelor Mother (1939), the classic His Girl Friday (1940), Lillian Russell (1940) and Christmas in July (1940). Broadway triumphs kept rolling in as well with "Best Sellers," "George Washington Slept Here" and "Androcles and the Lion."
The quality of his films fell off in the postwar years and he started scouting out TV projects. He appeared as a regular on the Mister Peepers (1952) series, as a grandfather in Jamie (1953), a boss in The Ann Sothern Show (1958), and as "Pop" in the December Bride (1954) spin-off Pete and Gladys (1960). Truex died on June 27, 1973, in Fallbrook, California, of a heart attack at age 83.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bartlett Robinson was born on 9 December 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sleeper (1973), The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). He was married to Margaret White Ballantine. He died on 26 March 1986 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sylvia Field was born on 14 February 1901 in Allston, Massachusetts. She was an actress, known for The Best of Broadway (1954), Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) and Annette (1958). She was married to Ernest Truex, Harold LeRoy Moffet and Robert Jacques Froehlich. She died on 31 July 1998 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Gregg Barton was born on 5 June 1912 in Long Island City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tripoli (1950), The Gunman (1952) and The Gene Autry Show (1950). He was married to Bonita Cooper and Helen Norris. He died on 28 November 2000 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Nick Yankovic was born on 4 June 1917 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for 'Weird Al' Yankovic: I Lost on Jeopardy (1984), 'Weird Al' Yankovic: There's No Going Home (1996) and 'Weird Al' Yankovic Live! (1999). He was married to Mary Yankovic. He died on 9 April 2004 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
- Cinematographer
Special effects for motion pictures the process was a complex and time consuming once known as "traveling matte" prior to the introduction of digital compositing. The blue screen and traveling matte method were developed in the 1930s at RKO Radio Pictures and other studios, and were used to create special effects for The Thief of Bagdad (1940). At RKO, Linwood Dunn used traveling matte to create "wipes" - where there were transitions like a windshield wiper in films such as Flying Down to Rio (1933).
The credit for development of the blue screen is given to Larry Butler, who won the Academy Award for special effects for The Thief of Bagdad. He had invented the blue screen and traveling matte technique in order to achieve the visual effects which were unprecedented in 1940. He was also the first special effects man to have created these effects in Technicolor, which was in its infancy at the time. In 1950, Warner Brothers employee and ex-Kodak researcher Arthur Widmer began working on an ultra violet traveling matte process. He also began developing bluescreen techniques: one of the first films to use them was the 1958 adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novella, The Old Man and the Sea, starring Spencer Tracy.- Nan Boardman was born on 21 March 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Vicious Circle (1948) and Mrs. Mike (1949). She died on 9 September 1984 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Mary Yankovic was born on 7 February 1923 in Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for 'Weird Al' Yankovic: I Lost on Jeopardy (1984), 'Weird Al' Yankovic: There's No Going Home (1996) and 'Weird Al' Yankovic Live! (1999). She was married to Nick Yankovic. She died on 9 April 2004 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Music Department
Tom Hansen was born on 11 September 1925 in Modesto, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fabulous Fordies (1972), Skidoo (1968) and The CBS Newcomers (1971). He died on 27 April 2006 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Josephine Stevens was born on 18 October 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915), The Butcher Boy (1917) and Oh, You Women! (1919). She was married to Edward Ellis and John E Baird. She died on 16 October 1966 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Joseph McStay was born on 20 November 1969 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was married to Summer McStay. He died on 4 February 2010 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- George Archambeault was born on 13 October 1913. He was an actor, known for Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Union Pacific (1958) and Gunsmoke (1955). He died on 10 December 2003 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Gaius Shaver was born on 14 August 1910 in Covina, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 11 October 1998 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Summer McStay was born on 27 December 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was married to Joseph McStay. She died on 4 February 2010 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Music Department
George Roberts was born on 22 March 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. George is known for Timeline (2003) and The List of Adrian Messenger (1963). George died on 28 September 2014 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Animation Department
- Director
- Additional Crew
Robert Allen was born on 14 May 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director, known for A Message for Women (1945), Chips Off the Old Block (1942) and The Captain's Pup (1938). He died on 19 May 2008 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Stella Májová was born on 19 July 1923 in Havlíckuv Brod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970), Zíznivé mládí (1943) and You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971). She was married to Jaroslav Mráz. She died on 5 November 2009 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Gianni McStay was born on 9 July 2005. He died on 4 February 2010 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Joseph McStay Jr. was born on 31 January 2007. He died on 4 February 2010 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Nenette de Courcy was born on 21 March 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Veiled Mystery (1920). She died on 9 September 1984 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Al Donahue was born on 12 June 1902 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet Genevieve (1947), Al Donahue and His Orchestra in Harmony Highway (1944) and Come Back to Sorrento (1943). He died on 20 February 1983 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Mira Slovak was born on 25 October 1929 in Cifer, Czechoslovakia. He died on 16 June 2014 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Bruce A. Beers was born on 8 April 1944 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is known for Josh and S.A.M. (1993), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994). He was married to Susan McLaughlin. He died on 13 September 2011 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Rob Gage was born on 20 March 1952 in California, USA. He died on 12 June 2019 in Fallbrook, California, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Burris Grimwood was born on 4 January 1901 in San Francisco, California, USA. Burris is known for Enchanted Island (1958), Girls' School (1950) and The Fabulous Joe (1947). Burris died on 30 April 1994 in Fallbrook, California, USA.