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- Vittorio Alfieri was born on 16 January 1749 in Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia [now Piedmont, Italy]. Vittorio was a writer, known for Teatro de siempre (1966), Saul (1959) and Agamennone (1968). Vittorio died on 8 October 1803 in Florence, Kingdom of Etruria [now Tuscany, Italy].
- Charles D. Sigsbee was born on 16 January 1845 in Albany, New York, USA. He died on 13 July 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Kálmán Mikszáth was born on 16 January 1847 in Szklabonya, Hungary [now Sklabiná, Slovakia]. He was a writer, known for Kísértet Lublón (1976), A Noszty fiú esete Tóth Marival (1960) and And the Puszta Gleams (1933). He was married to Ilona Mauks. He died on 28 May 1910 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary].
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J.H. Erkko was born on 16 January 1849 in Orimattila, Finland. J.H. is known for A Respectable Tragedy (1998), Land of Hope (2018) and Peacemaker (2020). J.H. died on 16 November 1906.- Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatrical impresario that George Bernard Shaw and other critics considered to be the finest Hamlet (1913) of his generation. Forbes-Robertson had trained to be an artist and was not overly fond of acting, but he took to the boards to make a living. He did his apprenticeship with Samuel Phelps' company and made his theatrical debut in 1874. He played the second lead in the company of Henry Irving, indisputably the greatest actor of his generation and the first actor to be knighted.
Forbes-Robertson did not play Hamlet until he was 44 years old, but excelled at it. He was famed for his magnificent voice. Other Shakespearean roles he was hailed for were Leontes in "The Winter's Tale", Othello and Romeo. Shaw wrote the part of Julius Caesar in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) specifically for Forbes-Robertson.
In 1913, at the age of 60, he became the fifth actor since Irving was knighted in 1895 to made a knight bachelor. He retired from the stage the same year but continued to produce plays. He died in Dover in 1937 at the age of 84. - General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD, served in the British Army from 1873 to 1916. He first saw action in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, and also served with distinction in the South African War. During the First World War, Hamilton was responsible for the land campaign at Gallipoli, and when that failed was recalled to the UK. He faced considerable criticism for this failure and went into retirement, though he kept an active role in the British Legion and other welfare organisations for ex-servicemen.
- Federico De Roberto was born on 16 January 1861 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Federico was a writer, known for Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014), Bridges of Sarajevo (2014) and I Viceré (2007). Federico died on 26 July 1927 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
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London-born Wilfrid North had a long and distinguished career on the stage as an actor, director and manager before joining Vitagraph Pictures in 1913 as a director. Vitagraph placed him at the helm of the films of its reigning comedy star, the portly John Bunny. North acquitted himself well in that position, and within a few years he was appointed Supervising Director at Vitagraph. In 1920 he signed with Select Pictures as a director, but didn't stay there long and returned to Vitagraph as company Production Manager. In the 1920s he began appearing in Vitagraph's films as an actor, and then for other studios. He directed his last film in 1922 but stayed in the business as an actor until 1935, and died in June of that year.- Alice Fischer was born on 16 January 1863 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for National Red Cross Pageant (1917) and Animated Weekly, No. 55 (1913). She was married to William Harcourt. She died on 25 June 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Johanne Dorothea Birkerod-Schiwe was born on 16 January 1863 in Køge, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Slægten (1912), Letsind (1914) and Pigen fra Hidalgo Fyret (1914). She died on 3 July 1949.
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Frank Bacon was born on 16 January 1864 in Marysville, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Lightnin' (1925), Lightnin' (1930) and The Magnavox Theater (1950). He was married to Jane Jennie Weidman (actress). He died on 19 November 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Actress and variety artiste. From the age of 13 an accomplished violinist, she also played the leading parts of principle boy in many pantomimes, and went into the music halls, playing regularly at the Tivoli, Oxford and Pavillion. Also the first woman member of the Variety Artists Federation, she travelled to Australia, America and all over England appearing in many Variety Shows. When she was almost 50 years old, she teamed up with Wee Georgie Wood and carried on travelling the world doing pantomimes and comedy sketches as his partner in jest. She nearly always played his stage mother and also became known as the "Mother of the Forces" when she travelled abroad entertaining the troops. A very giving and caring lady who never took anything in return, she worked practically up until the day she died at the age of 89 years in 1956.
- George V. Hobart was born on 16 January 1867 in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a writer, known for The White Sister (1923), The Jungle Trail (1919) and Bad Company (1925). He was married to Sarah H. De Vries. He died on 31 January 1926 in Cumberland, Maryland, USA.
- William Bewer was born on 16 January 1867. He was an actor, known for Den store Cirkusbrand (1913), Privatsekretæren (1911) and Guld der hævner (1914). He died on 4 June 1965.
- Stanley Cooke was born on 16 January 1868 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Road to Fortune (1930). He was married to Amy Annie Francis. He died on 6 January 1931 in London, England, UK.
- Annie Edney was born on 16 January 1869 in England. She was an actress, known for A Man for A' That (1914), Smithy's Grandma Party (1913) and Oh, Doctor (1914). She died on 14 February 1965 in Orange, California, USA.
- Ivan Bulatov was born on 16 January 1869. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Pantherin (1921), Downfall (1923) and Die Gezeichneten (1922). He died on 19 December 1947.
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Jerome Nelson Wilson was a marine engineer who later became a crime reporter for a Chicago newspaper, author of short stories, writer of vaudeville skits and a screenwriter. In the early 1920s he represented The Saliger Ship Salvage Corporation at screenings of a film the company made to attract public investors. At the time of his death he was a sales executive with the Monogram Picture Corporation, trusty of the Motion Picture Association and a secretary-treasurer of the Boys of Harlem, an organization made up of graduates of P. S. 95 (Gravesend Grammar School, Brooklyn).
Jerome Nelson Wilson died after a short illness on June 1, 1943 at his home in New York City. He was survived by his wife Rose and son Ivan A. Wilson, who was serving in the military at the time. Wilson's obituary appeared in the June 2nd, 1943 edition of the New York Times. His father's name surfaced in June of 2010 over a controversy about some photographs of his that appeared in an Internet auction.
US Passport Application, October 22, 1912, The Daily Courier (Connellsville PA) May 5, 1917, Jerome Nelson Wilson by Keith Craig, The Bridgeport Telegram, December 10, 1920, New York Times, June 2, 1943- Carl Hintz was born on 16 January 1869 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Gud raader (1912), Naar Hadet slukkes (1917) and Slægternes Kamp (1918). He was married to Anna. He died on 31 March 1926 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
- Rachel Macnamara was born on 16 January 1870 in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She was a writer, known for Tell Your Children (1922). She died on 18 October 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Lottie Alter was born on 16 January 1871 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Eternal City (1915), The Lottery Man (1916) and An Arizona Romance (1910). She was married to Harry C. Bradley. She died on 25 December 1924 in Beechurst, New York, USA.
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British actor / author / producer E. Gordon Craig was born in England on January 16, 1872. He was the son of legendary stage actress Ellen Terry (another theatrical legend, Henry Irving, was his godfather). He made his stage debut at age six in "Olivia", which starred his mother, and when the family traveled to the US in 1885, he appeared in another of his mother's plays, "Eugene Aram", in Chicago. He had a steady, if unspectacular, career on stage, but it wasn't his cup of tea and he gave up acting in 1897 for a career as an author and set designer.
In 1903 he left England for Italy, where he founded the School for the Art of the Theatre in Florence. He designed sets for productions starring Isadora Duncan, and in 1910 he was commissioned to design the sets for the Moscow Art Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
Gordon also also became a theatrical and film producer, in addition to being a set designer and author. In 1931 he wrote a biography of his mother, "Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self".- Music Department
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Henri Büsser was born on 16 January 1872 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. He is known for Joyful Partaking (2001), Opéra de Paris (1936) and Lectures pour tous (1953). He was married to Yvonne Gall. He died on 30 December 1973 in Paris, France.- Frank A. Bonn was born on 16 January 1873 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Madame la Presidente (1916), Ben Blair (1916) and Who Killed Walton? (1918). He died on 4 March 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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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.
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Born in New York City to a Judge of Special Sessions who was also president of a sewing machine company. Grew up on City Island, New York. Attended Hamilton Military Academy and turned down an appointment to West Point to attend New York Law School, where his law school classmates included future New York City mayor James J. Walker. After a boating accident which led to pneumonia, Carey wrote a play while recuperating and toured the country in it for three years, earning a great deal of money, all of which evaporated after his next play was a failure. In 1911, his friend Henry B. Walthall introduced him to director D.W. Griffith, for whom Carey was to make many films. Carey married twice, the second time to actress Olive Fuller Golden (aka Olive Carey, who introduced him to future director John Ford. Carey influenced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle to use Ford as a director, and a partnership was born that lasted until a rift in the friendship in 1921. During this time, Carey grew into one of the most popular Western stars of the early motion picture, occasionally writing and directing films as well. In the '30s he moved slowly into character roles and was nominated for an Oscar for one of them, the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He worked once more with Ford, in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and appeared once with his son, Harry Carey Jr., in Howard Hawks's Red River (1948). He died after a protracted bout with emphysema and cancer. Ford dedicated his remake of 3 Godfathers (1948) "To Harry Carey--Bright Star Of The Early Western Sky."- Actor
Perc Teeple was born on 16 January 1879 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 6 September 1954 in Duarte, California, USA.- Music Department
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Arthur Kay was born on 16 January 1881 in Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Just Imagine (1930) and Married in Hollywood (1929). He died on 19 December 1969 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Alberto Romea was born on 16 January 1882 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Carmen (la de Triana) (1938), The Barber of Seville (1938) and El 13-13 (1944). He died on 14 April 1960 in Madrid, Spain.
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António dos Santos Graça's last name was Constantino but he took his godfather last name (António Baptista Graça - who was also the family doctor) and the new family name Santos-Graça was passed on the future generations. He married in 1899 with Maria d'Assunção Maio and together they had 8 children. Born within a simple family in the coastal fishermen community of Póvoa de Varzim (Northern Portugal), António dos Santos Graça became a self-taught well known and beloved figure as an entrepreneur, journalist, politician, writer, ethnographer. He dedicated his most important works to his own community - he studied, researched and published about Póvoa de Varzim's traditional uses and customs of the fishing community and its maritime and nautical activity. Therefore, he participated in the movie Ala Arriba as a consultant.- Writer
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Sándor Nádas was born on 16 January 1883 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Három Csehov-novella (1916), Peter (1934) and Márta (1913). He died on 24 February 1942 in New York, USA.- Daisy Dormer born Kezia Beatrice Stockwell in Southsea Portsmouth in 1883 her father John Henry Stockwell a rivetter at HM Dockyard, mother Mary Ann Stockwell nee Barber. Dainty Daisy Dormer began as a dancer on stage in her home town at the age of six years old. A pretty dark haired singing and dancing star (a figure of innocence in her singing) became famous in music halls and pantomimes, appearing in many productions, including the lovable Goody in 'Goody Tow Shoes' at The Royal Princess's Theatre in Glasgow in 1902 and in the successful 'Robinson Crusoe' at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool in 1903 and played Ruby in 'Sinbad the Sailor' with Jack Pleasants at the Royal in Bradford in 1910. Daisy became better known for her many songs , which include 'After the Ball is Over', Mammy O'Mine', I've Got a Feeling for Ophelia', 'Down in Virginia', 'When the Roses Bid Summer Good-Bye' 'Mister Johnson' and many more. Daisy appeared in only one silent movie, 'Potted Pantomimes' directed by W.P. Kellino, starring famous stage star Lillian Russell and music hall comedians the Egbert Brothers made at Vaudefilms (Gaumont) Film Co in 1914, later she can be seen playing the role as Mrs. Deakin in 'City of Beautiful Nonsense' with Emlyn Williams in 1935. Daisy married Albert Jee but it was a unhappy marriage, later they ran The Sun Hotel in Godalming. She died in 1947 age 64 at her home in Clapham and was cremated at Streatham Park Cemetery.
- Will H. Glaze was born on 16 January 1883 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mary Latimer, Nun (1920). He died on 15 June 1952 in Bayswater, London, England, UK.
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Hanns Kräly was born on 16 January 1884 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for The Patriot (1928), One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) and Broadway Gondolier (1935). He died on 11 November 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Johannes Fønss was born on 16 January 1884 in Århus, Denmark. He was an actor, known for For frihed og ret (1949) and The Woman Always Pays (1910). He was married to Dagmar Elisabeth Halberg. He died on 16 December 1964 in Denmark.
- Alfred Maury was born on 16 January 1884. Alfred was a writer, known for Till We Meet Again (1944). Alfred died in August 1967 in Herkimer, New York, USA.
- F.D. Yates was born on 16 January 1884 in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 11 November 1932 in London, England, UK.
- Jules Supervielle was born on 16 January 1884 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a writer, known for La fruta mordida (1945), Gran teatro (1960) and The Children Thief (1991). He was married to Pilar Saavedra Barroso and Pilar Saavedra. He died on 17 May 1960 in Paris, France.
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Karl Victor Plagge was born on 16 January 1885 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for Die Piraten der Ostseebäder (1927), Der Lawinen-Löwe (1920) and Adipipopex (1920). He died on 13 November 1926 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.- Mandi Terho was born on 16 January 1885. She is known for Verettömät (1913), Nuori luotsi (1913) and Kesä (1915).
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William Marshall was born on 16 January 1885 in Turkey. He was a cinematographer, known for The Fighting Demon (1925), Partners in Crime (1928) and Laughing at Danger (1924). He died on 25 April 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ludwig Hardt was born in Neustadtgoedens in the North-West of Germany. Shortly after, his family moved to Weener in East-Frisia, where he spend his childhood. As a teenager he lived in Berlin. After high-school he finished a three year acting school in Berlin. Later, Ludwig Hardt became one of the most prominent reciters of literature in Germany. He was an important promoter of the German author Franz Kafka and was much appreciated by other famous German authors like Kurt Tucholsky, Thomas Mann and Else Lasker-Schüler. He became professor for the art of recitation. Under the Nazi-regime he had to migrate to the USA, where he acted in various movies. He also started to recite in the English language, before he died in New-York in 1947.
- Billy Danvers was born on 16 January 1886 in Liverpool, England, UK. He died on 20 March 1964 in Manchester, England, UK.
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Martin Faust was born on 16 January 1886 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Lena Rivers (1914), The Toll of Love (1914) and Jane Eyre (1914). He was married to Hazel. He died on 20 July 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Burly, stentorian-voiced John Hamilton, worked on Broadway and in touring theatrical companies for many years prior to his 1930 film debut. He was in the original Broadway company of "Seventh Heaven" and would appear in the film remake (Seventh Heaven (1937)) in 1937. For Warner Bros, he starred with Donald Meek in a series of short mysteries based on S.S. Van Dine stories. He was often typecast as prison wardens, judges and police chiefs, but played various types of characters in an almost limitless number of films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He became famous when he was cast as Daily Planet newspaper editor Perry White in the 1950s TV classic, Adventures of Superman (1952). He died of a heart attack in 1957 and is survived by a son. Hamilton is often confused with John F. Hamilton, an American actor whose career began in the 1920s, John Hamilton, a British actor who worked during the same period but exclusively in the UK, and with several other actors of the same name.
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The youngest of three filmmaking brothers (the others were John Ince and Thomas H. Ince), Ralph Ince's career mirrored that of his brother John: he went from acting in silents to directing, and with the advent of sound he turned character actor. Unlike John, however, he would eventually resume directing and was successful in UK productions from 1934 until his death.- American playwright George Edward Kelly was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1887. He came from a wealthy and socially prominent "mainline" family--his brother was actor Walter C. Kelly and his niece was Grace Kelly--and was educated in exclusive private schools. In 1911 he followed his brother onto the stage, That lasted about five years, after which he took to traveling the vaudeville circuit, performing in his own sketches. He wrote his first play, "The Torchbearers", in 1922 (it was turned into a British made-for-TV production, The Torchbearers (1939), in 1939) and in 1924 wrote his most popular play, "The Show-Off", which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and over the years was filmed in several versions. Although he didn't win the Pulitzer that year, he did the next year, for "Craig's Wife" (turned into a popular film, Craig's Wife (1936)). Unfortunately, his next several works didn't achieve the levels of success as those two did.
He died in Bryn Mawr, PA, in 1974. - Beautiful dark haired star Jessalyn Van Trump born in Ohio in 1887. began in drama theatre from the early 1900's. Starred and supported in more than 110 silent drama and westerns, making her film debut as Alice in 'Alice's Sacrifice' for the Lubin Film Co in 1911, then Jessalyn starred opposite the legendary cowboy star J. Warren Kerrigan in many short westerns produced by the American Film Company. She left with J. Warren Kerrigan when they moved to the more prosperous film companies including Rex Motion Picture Co, Bison Film Co and the better known Universal and in 1914 she appeared in many dramas with Wallace Reid and Pauline Bush until 1916 when her career seem to be over, only appearing in minor roles and even as an extra, including a Chaplin short 'A Day's Pleasure' in 1919, then in 1920 she was offered the supporting role playing Vera in Rollin S. Sturgeon's 'The Girl in the Rain' starring Anne Cornwall and Lloyd Bacon at Universal, but she still struggle to find work her last film role was a bit part in 'The Bargain Hunt' in 1928. Jessalyn or Toodles to her friends died in Hollywood in 1939 age 52.
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Osip Maksimovich Brik was born on January 16, 1888, in Moscow, Russia. He was raised in Moscow in a traditional Russian-Jewish family. His mother, named Paulina Yurievna (nee Segal) was a multilingual interpreter. His father, named Maksim Pavlovich Brik, was the 1-st Guild Merchant, and the owner of the international trade company, dealing between Russia and Italy. Osip Brik traveled with his father, then studied at the Law school of the Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1910. He practiced Law in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
On February 26, 1912, Brik married Lilya Urievna Kagan in Moscow, and soon the couple moved to St. Petersburg. There Lilya's junior sister, Elsa Kagan, who later became known as writer Elsa Triolet, introduced her boyfriend poet Vladimir Mayakovsky to Osip and Lilya Brik in July of 1915. Mayakovsky became obsessed with both, charming and coquettish Lilya Brik, and intellectually challenging Osip Brik. But Lilya remained married to Osip Brik, who extended his hospitality to her greatest admirer. Osip Brik financed the publication of Futuristic poetry collection 'Cloud in Pants' (1915) by Vladimir Mayakovsky, which was inspired by their muse Lilya Brik.
From 1913-1918 Brik was a lawyer for his father's international trade company. Brik was involved in trade deals with Italian sellers and byers in Siberia and in Central Asia. He traveled to locations in Central Asian area of Turkestan. During the Russian Revolution Brik lived in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). There he briefly served at the special militarized Revolutionary Automobile Group, and had risen to the rank of a Commissar. From June of 1920, Brik worked in Moscow as a Legal Councel for the CheKa (predecessor of the KGB). From there Brik was fired with a verdict, "for negligent attitude and evasion from work", but he still managed to help emigration of the parents of writer Boris Pasternak.
After the Bolshevik revolution and the Russian Civil War, in 1919, Brik moved with the "family" to Moscow. There he became one of the important literary critics and film writers in Russia. In 1919 he published his philological research 'Zvukovye Povtory' (Sound Repetitions), where he analyzed the Russian avant-garde literature. Brik's tiny room near the Yaroslavsky Station, was the meeting place for Boris Pasternak, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Sergei Eisenstein, Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Rodchenko, Yuri Tynyanov, and many others. Brik was among the active proponents of new artistic ideas in art, literature, theatre and film in the 1910s-1930s Russia. He was an important member of the Russian Formalism. He also identified himself as one of the Russian Futurists in literature and art. In 1922-23 Brik made a trip to Europe and visited Wassily Kandinsky and Bauhaus in Germany. In Russia Brick collaborated in several film and literary projects and creativity influenced Vladimir Mayakovsky and other Russian writers and filmmakers of his time.
From 1922-1928 Brik and Vladimir Mayakovsky published the magazine 'LEF' (Leftist Front of Arts), which became the platform for the LEF group, and for the Russian Constructivist art. Brik organized a group of writers, artists and film directors, such as Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Rodchenko, Lev Kuleshov, Dziga Vertov, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Yutkevich, Viktor Shklovskiy, V. Ivanov-Zhemchuzhny and others. In 1923 Brik collaborated with Sergei Yutkevich on a film script titled 'Priklyucheniya elvista' (Adventures of elvist). The script was bought by Goskino, but was never produced. In 1926 Brik was appointed the head of writers department at the Mezhrabpom Film Studio in Moscow. There he continued working together with his colleagues from the 'LEF' group.
Brik believed mainly in making documentaries. His position was shared by many in the time of silent film. He worked on the script for the feature film 'Potomok Chingiskhana' in spite of his main passion for documentaries. The author of the unpublished novel 'Potomok Chingiskhana' was 'I. Novokshonov' , who worked on the book in 1926-1933. He later was exiled for political reasons and died during the repressions under Joseph Stalin. His book was not published until 1966. Osip Brik adapted the unpublished book into the form of a film scenario. Together with director Vsevolod Pudovkin they made one of the best Russian silent films, Storm Over Asia (1928) (aka..The Heir to Genghis Khan / Storm Over Asia).
Osip Brik was the literary adviser to Vladimir Mayakovsky and editor of many of his works. Brik financed some of the early publications of Mayakovsky's poetry. In 1930, during the Brik's trip abroad, Mayakovsky committed suicide. Brik's literary works were severely criticized during the 1930s, when official Soviet propaganda began the crackdown on the avant-garde art. Brik survived through the repressions during the "Great Terror" under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. In 1942 Brik wrote a drama 'Ivan the Terrible'.
Osip Brik died of a heart attack on February 22, 1945, in his apartment on Arbat street in Moscow.