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- Sergiy Radonezhskiy was born on 14 May 1314 in Varnitsa, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia. Sergiy died on 25 September 1392 in Sergiev Posad, Moscow oblast, Russia.
- Arthur Lloyd was born on 14 May 1839 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Arthur was married to Katty King. Arthur died on 20 July 1904 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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Alphons Czibulka was born on 14 May 1842 in Kirchdrauf/Szepeváralja, Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Spisské Podhradie, Slovak Republic]. Alphons died on 27 October 1894 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].- Alton B. Parker was born on 14 May 1852 in Cortland, New York, USA. He was married to Amelia Day Campbell and Mary Louise Schoonmaker. He died on 10 May 1926 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Novelist and dramatist Hall Caine, though largely forgotten now, was a hugely popular writer in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Born Thomas Henry Hall Caine on May 14, 1853, in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, his father was a Manx Man who moved to Liverpool, where he apprenticed as a ship's smith. After Hall's birth (he hated the name Thomas and never used it, even after he was knighted), the family moved back to Liverpool, where young Hall grew up. Hall Caine frequently took many trips to visit the Caine family on the Isle of Man.
He was apprenticed to an architect and surveyor and plied his trade as a surveyor while self-educating himself through wide reading. He became a lecturer and theatrical critic, which introduced him to some influential people such as actor Sir Henry Irving and author Bram Stoker, who dedicated Dracula (1931) to him. He became the secretary, factotum and nurse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the last years of the great poet's life.
Aside from a memoir of Rossetti that sold well, Caine's early endeavors in serious literature met with little success. However, when he abandoned literary criticism for romantic fiction (in the Walter Scott vein), he became popular. "Shadow of a Crime", an 1885 novel featuring a love triangle, was a best-seller. In 1887 he published a critical book about Samuel Taylor Coleridge that failed, but his return to fiction that same year with The Deemster (1917), a romance set in the Isle of Man, was a hit (a deemster is a judge on the Isle of Man).
In all, he published 15 romantic novels over 40 years. Many had themes influenced by his Christian socialist political sympathies. His popularity was immense, and his 1897 novel "The Christian" (later made into a film, The Christian (1915)) was the first novel to sell over a million copies in the United Kingdom. In August 1902, when King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited the Isle of Man, Caine was invited on board the royal yacht as the royal couple toured the island (the queen was a fan). He was a major celebrity in his own right, as well as a celebrated author.
During World War One he wrote propaganda articles urging the United States to join the fight against Germany and her allies. He declined a baronetcy in 1917 but accepted a knighthood, insisting he be styled Sir Caine Hall. After the Great War his popularity began to decline, as his style was considered old-fashioned. His return to fiction in 1921 with "The Master of Man: The Story of a Sin", another romance set in the Isle of Man, did not reach the level of popular success he was accustomed to and was poorly received by critics. He was derided as Victorian.
Many of his novels were made into movies during the silent era. "The Manxman" was turned into The Manxman (1929), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The last film made from a Hall Caine property was The Bondman (1929), also released in 1929. Such was the decline of his reputation and popularity that no sound film has ever been made from his works.
Caine is little remembered today, as his novels are considered badly written; the characterizations are fuzzy and one plot is much like the other. In 1931 G.K. Chesterton wrote his literary epitaph: "Bad story writing is not a crime. Mr. Hall Caine walks the streets openly, and cannot be put in prison for an anticlimax."
He died on August 31, 1931, at the age of 78, the same year that Chesterton dismissed him as a bad writer. He was the father of Sir Derwent Hall Caine, 1st Baronet (1891-1971), actor, publisher and Labour politician. - Writer
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Karel Stapfer was born on 14 May 1862 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. Karel was a writer and art director, known for Yorickova lebka (1920), Rytír Bledé ruze (1921) and Utrpením ke sláve (1919). Karel died on 30 November 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- John E. Kellerd was born on 14 May 1862 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fight (1915). He died on 8 June 1929 in Yonkers, New York, USA.
- Vilém Mrstík was born on 14 May 1863 in Jimramov, Moravia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Pohádka máje (1926), Marysa (1935) and Pohádka máje (1940). He was married to Bozena Pacasová. He died on 2 March 1912 in Diváky, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic].
- Emil Höfer was born on 14 May 1864 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren (1926), Der Geier von St. Veit (1917) and White Majesty (1933). He died on 1 May 1940 in Munich, Germany.
- Sophus Michaëlis was born on 14 May 1865 in Odense, Denmark. He was a writer, known for A Trip to Mars (1918), The Heart of Lady Alaine (1915) and A Friend of the People (1918). He was married to Karin Michaëlis. He died on 28 January 1932 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Peter Gerald was born on 14 May 1866 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Crimson Shoals (1919), The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916) and The Purple Mask (1916). He died on 23 October 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Frank Gillmore was born on 14 May 1867 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lifted Veil (1917) and The Fairy and the Waif (1915). He was married to Laura Margaret MacGillivray. He died on 29 March 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Kurt Eisner was born on 14 May 1867 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Elise Belli and Elisabeth Hendrich. He died on 21 February 1919 in Munich, Germany.
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Magnus Hirschfeld was born on 14 May 1868 in Kolberg, Pomerania, Germany [now Kolobrzeg, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Different from the Others (1919), Das Recht auf Liebe (1930) and Gesetze der Liebe (1927). He died on 14 May 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- William Hale Thompson was born on 14 May 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 19 March 1944 in Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Arthur Rostron was born on 14 May 1869 in Astley Bridge, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Ethel Minnie. He died on 4 November 1940 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Paul Baras was born on 14 May 1870 in Orchies, France. He died on 6 November 1941 in Saint-Maurice, France.
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Maurice Bertel was born on 14 May 1871 in L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France. He was a cinematographer, known for Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916), Officer 666 (1916) and Moondyne (1913). He died on 17 May 1930 in Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.- Music Department
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Composer, conductor and violinist. He studied for five years with Anton Dvorak in Prague, then returned to America as violinist and concertmaster with Victor Herbert in the Pittsburgh Symphony. He became the musical director at the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland, a vaudeville house that became a movie palace. He published a vast collection of music for scoring English and American silent films, using at least fourteen pseudonyms. Moved to Hollywood in 1924, the year he joined ASCAP. His popular-song compositions include among others "Neapolitan Nights", "Out of the Dusk to You", "Indian Dawn", "One Fleeting Hour", "Aloha Sunset Land", "My Paradise", "Spirit of America", and "I'm A-Longin' fo' You".- Writer
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L.V. Jefferson was born on 14 May 1873 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. She was a writer and director, known for The Set-Up (1926), The Desert Scorpion (1920) and The Bandit Chaser (1928). She died on 30 November 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Edward Roseman was born on 14 May 1875 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Fantomas (1920), The Tiger Woman (1917) and Big Hearted Jim (1913). He was married to Sophia Anderson. He died on 16 September 1957 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
- Hilda Spong was born on 14 May 1875 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Divorced (1915), Supper at Six (1933) and A Star Over Night (1919). She died on 16 May 1955 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
- Elizabeth Clark was born on 14 May 1875 in Hartlebury, Wychavon, Worcestershire, UK. She was a writer, known for Executive Suite (1976), Jackanory (1965) and Rainbow (1972). She died on 21 April 1972 in Winchester, Hampshire, UK.
- Richard Barker Shelton was born on 14 May 1876. Richard Barker was a writer, known for The Availing Prayer (1914). Richard Barker died on 23 May 1944.
- John Barton Oxford was born on 14 May 1876. He was a writer, known for The Man Tamer (1921), Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914) and An Hour of Freedom (1915). He died on 23 May 1944.
- Jack Henderson was born on 14 May 1877 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ridin' Fool (1931), The Power God (1925) and The Mystery Box (1925). He died on 1 January 1957 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Hal Sullivan was born on 14 May 1877 in New York, USA. Hal died on 25 April 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Oda Rostrup was born on 14 May 1879. She was an actress, known for The Tiger Countess (1914), Under Møllevingen (1913) and En Straamand (1913). She died on 25 October 1955.
- Samuel E. Hines was born on 14 May 1880 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Across the Pacific (1914), The Lost Chord (1925) and Shore Leave (1925). He died on 17 November 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- One of the greatest drag performers in the history of the American Theatre. First performed in drag at the age of 10 in an annual revue of the Boston Cadets. Subsequently appeared on Broadway in 1904 in a drag role in Mr. Wix of Wickham. Performed in the legitimate theatre and also in a number of films.
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Talented Maude Fulton was born on 14 May, 1881 in Eldorado, Kansas, the daughter of Titus P. and Lulu Fulton. Her father was a newspaper editor who over the years operated several papers in Butler and Crawford counties in Kansas before his death sometime in late 1890s. By 1900 Maude was working as a stenographer and living with her mother in St. Louis, Missouri. She would go on to be a vaudeville entertainer, stage and screen actress, concert pianist, dancer, composer, screenwriter, playwright, theater manager and magazine writer. Theatergoers at the time best remembered her for the plays "The Brat" (1919), which she wrote and played the lead role and "The Humming Bird" (1924).
In 1918 her manger, George Ebey, bought the Bishop Theater in Oakland, California and renamed it the Fulton Playhouse. The theater remained open until the early years of the Great Depression.
At midnight on 20 December, 1920 she married actor/playwright Robert Ober in Boston, Massachusetts. The couple divorced some five or six years later. Fulton and Ober were both born in 1881 and died in 1950.
She retired in 1941 after her heath began to decline and spent the last six years of her life under hospital care. Maude Fulton passed away on 9 November, 1950 in Los Angeles, California.
New York Times, 23 December, 1920, Sheboygan Press Telegram 11 Nov 1950, US Census records- Music Department
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Songwriter ("Hot Lips", "Where Are You?"), author, lyricist and businessman, educated in public schools. He was in the wholesale meat business. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborators included Abel Baer, Henry Busse, Harold Arlen, Henry Lange, and J. Fred Coots. His other popular-song compositions include "I'm Sitting Pretty in a Pretty Little City", "While We Danced Till Dawn", "Put Your Arms Where They Belong", "Love Tale of Alsace Lorraine", "A Precious Little Thing Called Love", "Once Upon a Time", "When the World Is at Rest", Moonlight Madness", and "My Little Dream Boat".- Ed Walsh was born on 14 May 1881 in Plains, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 26 May 1959 in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA.
- Piet Bron was born on 14 May 1882 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Rechter Thomas (1953), Merijntje Gijzen's Jeugd (1936) and De drie wensen (1937). He was married to Dora Vogelzang. He died on 29 May 1973 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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E.H. Tate was born on 14 May 1883 in England. He is known for 1925 Studio Tour (1925). He died on 2 December 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Otto Saltzmann was born on 14 May 1884 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tempel des Satans (1962), Kein Hüsung (1954) and Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963). He died on 5 December 1965 in Holzhausen, German Democratic Republic.
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Otto Klemperer was born on 14 May 1885 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He is known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Jude (1996) and Shadows and Fog (1991). He was married to Johanna Klemperer. He died on 6 July 1973 in Zurich, Switzerland.- Actor
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Poul Gregaard was born on 14 May 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor and writer, known for Ein Abenteuer (1920), Hjertetyven (1917) and Dydsdragonen (1917). He died on 8 April 1950.- Desmond Gallagher was born on 14 May 1885 in New Zealand. He was an actor. He died on 13 January 1953 in Thermal, California, USA.
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Harry MacPherson was born on 14 May 1887 in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), Rainbow Over Broadway (1933) and Valley of Hate (1924). He died on 5 August 1951 in Sawtelle, California, USA.- Actor
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This versatile artist, who had spent his 20's in New Zealand farming sheep, became novelist, playwright and film exhibitor on his return to Britain in 1918. Eventually he would observe success with The First Born (1928), which he directed and acted in and which was based on his own novel and play. He is better remembered, however, for his character portrayals of oily types, many of them upper-crust cads - such as Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1939). (In his Hollywood debut, he had portrayed King Louis XIII in the 1935 version of that same Dumas classic.)- Arthur Belasco was born on 14 May 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Penthouse (1933), The Fighting Rookie (1934) and The Story of Temple Drake (1933). He was married to Gladys Irene Taylor and Frances A. Flannery. He died on 8 November 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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G.O.T. Bagley was born on 14 May 1888 in India. G.O.T. is known for They Met in Bombay (1941) and Tower of London (1939). G.O.T. died on 14 November 1971 in Orange, Texas, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Victor Scheurich was born on 14 May 1889 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for The Shadow of the Eagle (1932), The Argonauts of California - 1849 (1916) and Address Unknown (1944). He died on 10 October 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Louis Douglas was born on 14 May 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Hell on Earth (1931). He was married to Marion Abigail Cook. He died on 19 May 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Frank Magee was born on 14 May 1889 in Dallas, Missouri, USA. He was an editor, known for Across the Pacific (1942), Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and Everybody's Hobby (1939). He died on 19 February 1971 in Orange, California, USA.
- Carlton Brickert was born on 14 May 1890 in Martinsville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rider of the King Log (1921), Daughter of Maryland (1917) and The Half Million Bribe (1916). He died on 23 December 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Songwriter ("Ragtime Cowboy Joe", "Second Hand Rose", "Am I Blue?"), author and publisher, educated in Akron (OH) High School, then an actor in stock companies, and later a staff writer for New York music publishing firms. He wrote special material for Bert Williams, Fanny Brice, Eva Tanguay, Nora Bayes, and Al Jolson, and also the Broadway stage score for "Dixie to Broadway" and songs for "Ziegfeld Follies of 1921" and "Bombo". Joining ASCAP in 1914 as a charter member, he collaborated musically with George Meyer, Harry Akst, James Monaco, Fred Fisher, Harry Warren, Al Piantadosi, Milton Ager, Archie Gottler, Arthur Johnston, James Hanley, and Lewis Muir. His other popular-song compositions include "Dat's Harmony", "He'd Have to Get Under", "When You're in Love With Someone", "Beatrice Fairfax", "There's a Little Bit of Baid in Every Good little Girl", "You Can't Get Along With 'Em or Without 'Em", "In the Land of Beginning Again", "Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia", "I Hate to Lose You", "Oogie Oogie Wa Wa", "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face", "Home in Pasadena", "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind", "Dixie Dreams", "I'm a Little Blackbird Looking For a Bluebird", "Birmingham Bertha", "I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues", and "Weary River".- Additional Crew
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Murray W. Garsson was born on 14 May 1891 in London, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Broadway Broke (1923), Success (1923) and The Spitfire (1924). He was married to Rose ? and Ruth Levy. He died on 26 March 1957 in New York City, New York, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Hutchinson was born on 14 May 1892 in New York, USA. Claude died on 9 June 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.