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- William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 29 July 1833 in London, England.
- Pietari Hannikainen was born on 24 August 1813 in Sääminki, Finland. Pietari was a writer, known for Silmänkääntäjä - Eli Jussi Oluvisen matka Hölmölään (1965), Silmänkääntäjä (1962) and Silmänkääntäjä (1972). Pietari died on 27 September 1899 in Parikkala, Finland.
- Adèle Hugo was born on 24 August 1830 in Paris, France. She was a writer, known for The Story of Adele H (1975). She died on 21 April 1915 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Adolf Wilbrandt was born on 24 August 1837 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Adolf was a writer, known for Fabricius úr leánya (1917). Adolf died on 10 June 1911 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
- Eduard Napravnik was born on 24 August 1839 in Byst, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Dubrovskiy (1961). He was married to Olga E. Schroeder. He died on 23 November 1916 in Petrograd, Russian Empire [now Russia].
- Charles Garvice was born on 24 August 1850 in Stepney, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Just a Girl (1916), A Fair Impostor (1916) and The Rugged Path (1918). He died on 1 March 1920 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Henry A. Du Souchet was born on 24 August 1852 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Betsy Ross (1917), My Friend from India (1927) and My Friend from India (1914). He died on 27 October 1922 in Kingston, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Waclaw Sieroszewski was born on 24 August 1858 in Wólka Kozlowska, Poland, Russian Empire [now Wólka Kozlowska, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Wiatr od morza (1930), Rok 1914 (1932) and Dziewczyna szuka milosci (1938). He died on 20 April 1945 in Piaseczno, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actor
- Director
Dante Testa was born on 24 August 1861 in Turin, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for The Dread of Doom (1913), Il segreto del vecchio Giosuè (1918) and Cabiria (1914). He died on 3 March 1923 in Turin, Italy.- King Ferdinand of Romania was born on 24 August 1865 in Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, Kingdom of Prussia [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was married to Queen Marie of Romania. He died on 20 July 1927 in Sinaia, Romania.
- Actor
- Writer
Josef Jarno was born on 24 August 1866 in Pest, Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]. He was an actor and writer, known for Der lustige Witwer (1920), Die Jüdin von Toledo (1919) and Der fremde Gast (1914). He was married to Hansi Niese. He died on 11 January 1932 in Vienna, Austria.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tom Leamore was born on 24 August 1866 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Little of What You Fancy (1968), The Final Finale (1968) and Music-Hall Cavalcade: Stars of Yesterday and Today (1937). He was married to Mary Anne Fleming, Rose Hamilton and Florence Palmer. He died on 6 September 1939 in London, England, UK.- Actor
- Director
Egil Eide was born on 24 August 1868 in Haugesund, Norway. He was an actor and director, known for Envar sin egen lyckas smed (1917), Saints and Sorrows (1914) and Brother Against Brother (1913). He died on 13 December 1946 in Sweden.- Anna Opplová was born on 24 August 1868 in Stracov, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Príbeh jednoho dne (1926), Páter Vojtech (1929) and Love Led Them Through Life (1928). She died on 16 May 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- John Wallace was born on 24 August 1869 in Spennymoore, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fighting Ranger (1934), The Donovan Affair (1929) and The Black Pirate (1926). He died on 16 July 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Avgusta Danilova was born on 24 August 1869 in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary [now Slovenia]. She was an actress, known for Na svoji zemlji (1948) and Trst (1951). She died on 3 January 1958 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia].
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Charles Sellon was born on 24 August 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Make Me a Star (1932), The Monster (1925) and Bright Eyes (1934). He was married to Florence E. Willis. He died on 26 June 1937 in La Crescenta, California, USA.- Vladimir Purishkevich was born on 24 August 1870 in Kishinyov, Russia. He died in February 1920 in Novorossiysk, Russia.
- Camille Bardou was born on 24 August 1872 in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France. He was an actor, known for Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926), Les mystères de Paris (1922) and Protéa (1913). He died on 8 June 1941 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Writer
- Art Department
Max Beerbohm was born on 24 August 1872 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Nobody Said Anything (1971), The Unforeseen (1958) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Elizabeth Jungmann and Florence Kahn. He died on 20 May 1956 in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy.- John Power was born on 24 August 1874 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for She's Dangerous (1937), The Moonstone (1934) and The Grip of Iron (1920). He was married to Clara Reid. He died on 25 September 1951 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Aniela Boguslawska was born on 24 August 1874 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Dzieje grzechu (1911), Skrzydlaty zwyciezca (1924) and Sad bozy (1911). She was married to Antoni Bednarczyk. She died on 19 September 1931 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Frank Craven, the actor, director, playwright, and producer who achieved theatrical immortality as The Stage Manager in the original 1938 Broadway production and 1940 movie version of Thornton Wilder's classic Our Town (1940), was born into a theatrical family on August 24, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts. The son of Ella Mayer Craven and John T. Craven, he first trod the boards in Boston as a child. He made his Broadway debut in George Ade's comedy "Artie" at the Garrick Theatre on October 28, 1907. In 1914, he starred in and directed the first of his many plays to be produced on the Great White Way, "Too Many Cooks" [Original, Play] The play, which opened on February 24 and closed in September 1914, was a hit, lasting 223 total performances.
His 1924 Broadway play "New Brooms (1925)" which he wrote, produced and directed, was made into a major motion picture the following year by Paramount. Screenwriter Clara Beranger adapted the play for the film, which was directed by William C. de Mille. As a screenwriter himself, Craven worked on State Fair (1933); in all, he wrote or contributed to eight films, including an adaptation of his own 1932 play That's Gratitude (1934), which he also directed and starred in at Columbia. His most famous screen work was providing the story for the Laurel & Hardy comedy Sons of the Desert (1933) and adapting "Our Town" for the screen. In addition, seven of his plays were made into movies and one of his short stories was adapted for television production.
As a playwright and screenwriter, Craven generally stuck to the domestic-comedy genre rooted in the trials and tribulations of everyday family life. As an actor, Craven was willing typecast as an actor as small-town men with a wry sense of humor. He made his acting debut on the Big Screen in an uncredited role in the 1928 drama We Americans (1928) for Universal. At R.K.O. the following year, he directed and starred in the movie adaptation of William LeBaron's play The Very Idea (1929), which he co-directed with _Richard Rosson (I)_. Then, he returned to Broadway.
His film career began in earnest after Fox signed him to a contract in 1932. At Fox, he appeared in Handle with Care (1932) before writing the screenplay and playing the Storekeeper in the classic "State Fair", which starred superstar Will Rogers. In all, he acted in almost two score films.
Craven returned to Broadway in 1935 to direct the play "A Touch of Brimstone", which opened in September and closed after 98 performances. He also directed and performed in the World War One drama "For Valor" on Broadway, a flop that lasted only one week of eight performances. His next appearance on Broadway, three years later, was more memorable.
"Our Town", which opened at Henry Miller's Theatre on February 4, 1938 and ran there and at the Morosco for 336 performances, won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play set in to the fictional Grover's Corners, New Hampshire between 1901 and 1913, also was the Broadway debut of his son John Craven, who played one of the main roles, George Gibbs. The independently made film of "Our Town" was released in 1940, with Craven reprising his role as the Stage Manager (with William Holden replacing his son in the role of George Gibbs). The movie, directed by Sam Wood, earned seven Academy Award nominations and remains a part of the mystique of the American classic.
Craven appeared on Broadway in three more productions after "Our Town". His last appearance was in Zoe Akins' "Mrs. January and Mr. X" in 1944. He died on September 1, 1945 in Beverly Hills, California, shortly after completing his role in movie Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946). He was 70 years old.- Actor
- Director
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Dan Russell was born James Charles Dunn in England in 1875. His family moved to the United States when he was a child. He started his career in vaudeville with his wife Blanche O'Neill, He left her in for seventeen year old actress Marjorie Ray. They were married in 1909 and had a son, James E Dunn, that December. Tragically the baby died when he was five months old. Dan was hired by LK-O studios in 1915 and became a popular comedian. He made at least six films with his wife Marjorie Ray. Unfortunately by 1921 the couple had divorced. Dan died in March of 1925 following an ulcer operation in Texas.- Mehmet Rauf was born on 24 August 1875 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Pençe (1917) and Eylül (1987). He died on 23 December 1931 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Actor
- Writer
Florencio Parravicini was born on 24 August 1876 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for Luisito (1943), Hasta después de muerta (1916) and Tres anclados en París (1938). He died on 25 March 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Victor Boucher was born on 24 August 1877 in Rouen, France. He was an actor, known for Ce n'est pas moi (1941), L'amant de Madame Vidal (1936) and Chipée (1938). He died on 21 February 1942 in Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Paul Irving was born on 24 August 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Battle of Broadway (1938) and The Night of January 16th (1941). He died on 8 May 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Arthur Stanford was born on 24 August 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Whirl of Life (1915). He died on 21 July 1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Lew Kelly was born on 24 August 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lady in Scarlet (1935), Winds of the Wasteland (1936) and Paradise Express (1937). He died on 10 June 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Rentarô Taki was born on 24 August 1879 in Tokyo, Japan. Rentarô was a composer, known for La La Land (2016), Emperor and Atarashiki tsuchi (1937). Rentarô died on 29 June 1903.- Alfred Frith was born on 24 August 1879 in Poplar, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for White Death (1936) and Diggers in Blighty (1933). He died on 16 April 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Cinematographer
David Calcagni was born on 24 August 1879. He is known for The Auction Block (1917), The Road Called Straight (1919) and The Eternal Sin (1917).- Additional Crew
- Producer
Herbert J. Yates, the cigar-chomping force behind Republic Pictures, spent his early adulthood as a salesman for the American Tobacco Co. (and later, at age 23, for Liggett & Meyers as an account executive). At the beginning of World War I, Yates saw an opportunity to apply his hard-nosed business skills in the burgeoning film processing business, which led him to create Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) in 1922 (a company that is still in existence today, although Republic Pictures ceased operations in 1959).
The 1933 bankruptcy of slapstick producer Mack Sennett presented a unique opportunity for a handful of enterprising (though some would call them cheapskate) producers along Gower Gulch (a section of Gower Street in Hollywood, also called "Poverty Row," where many small, independent producers and production companies had their offices). Sennett, who had fallen on hard times due to a combination of circumstances he was both unable and unwilling to confront, had his own well-equipped studio production facility. Nat Levine, the head of serial specialist Mascot Pictures, had his headquarters in a cramped building above a building contractor's office on Santa Monica Boulevard. He immediately saw an opportunity to go big time and approached Monogram Pictures chiefs Trem Carr and W. Ray Johnston about a joint venture to buy the studio, an offer they declined. Rebuffed but not discouraged, Levine obtained an option for the shuttered facility. At the same time, Yates was entering into film production with his fledgling Republic Pictures, and since both Monogram and Mascot were customers of his film lab (to which they owed a considerable amount of money), he held more influence than Levine in convincing the Monogram executives to join under the wings of the Republic eagle. Neither Monogram nor Mascot had owned much in the way of any real production facilities, instead renting studio space whenever it was needed. When Mascot and Monogram (along with Liberty Pictures, Chesterfield Pictures and Invincible Pictures, three small production companies that Yates basically foreclosed on) merged into Republic, Mascot was killed off and the Monogram name was (temporarily) shelved when production began at Republic in 1935 (beginning with a John Wayne oater, Westward Ho (1935), released that August. This "marriage," however, was not one of equals. Carr and Johnston, nominally the studio's chieftains, constantly clashed with Yates, who they felt was a tyrannical Hollywood interloper. One thing became clear, however--Yates was, as Republic's chief stockholder, the financial force of the studio. Levine managed to largely remain out of the fray (he was later bought out by Yates and blew his money on the ponies), and by using many of the same production techniques he had used at Mascot, the new studio's output came to resemble the best of Levine's Mascot product. Republic could also boast of having the best special effects/miniatures department (headed by former Mascot employees Howard Lydecker and his brother Theodore Lydecker) in the industry, a factor that greatly contributed to the quality level of Republic's output. Chafing under Yates' autocratic business style, Carr and Johnston finally departed Republic in 1937 to reform Monogram Pictures. Republic would, for a time, dominate the B-movie industry and often defy expectations by producing several notable A-pictures (Lewis Milestone's The Red Pony (1949), Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948), John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952), among others), along with a number of excellent programmers that temporarily blurred Republic's image as a Poverty Row studio. Yates' reign at Republic would last until 1956, when he was ultimately ousted by stockholders who'd grown increasingly dissatisfied with him. Much of the resentment was based on the blatant favoritism Yates showed toward his wife, Vera Ralston, a former ice-skating champ from Czechoslovakia who Yates repeatedly cast in big, expensive vehicles that almost always lost money because of her near total lack of acting skills. Also, Yates refused to license Republic's film library to be shown on television, believing that TV was just a fad, a mistake that cost the company hundreds of thousands of much-needed dollars. He eventually "saw the light" and not only licensed Republic's library for television showing but actually got the studio itself involved in television production. By that time, however, it was too late. With no strong production head and faced with the onslaught of television in an era of declining theater revenue, Republic Pictures' sprawling studio became more valuable as a real estate and film library portfolio than as a functioning production company. The facilities were sold to CBS and became CBS Studio Center, Studio City, CA. Yates died an extremely wealthy man and eventually left Vera Ralston a very rich widow.- André Cheron was born on 24 August 1880 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor, known for One Hour with You (1932), The Fighting Demon (1925) and L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935). He died on 26 January 1952 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Achille Majeroni was born on 24 August 1881 in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Bullocks (1953), Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941) and Il fiacre N. 13 (1948). He was married to Ersilia Arrighi and Lea Müller. He died on 12 October 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Vincenzo Lancia was born on 24 August 1881 in Fobello, Italy. He died on 15 February 1937 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Hedda Lembach was born on 24 August 1881 in Germany. She is known for Stronger Than Love (1938), Verlorene Seelen (1919) and Der Geiger von Meißen (1921).
- Ludwig Auer was born on 24 August 1881 in Bruneck, Austria-Hungary [now Brunico, Italy]. He was an actor, known for Der Meineidbauer (1941), Die Geierwally (1940) and Glaube und Heimat (1921). He died on 29 April 1954 in Innsbruck, Austria.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Daniel Carson Goodman was born on 24 August 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Daniel Carson was a writer and producer, known for What's Wrong with the Women? (1922), Thoughtless Women (1920) and The Daring Years (1923). Daniel Carson was married to Alma Rubens and Winifred Spear. Daniel Carson died on 16 May 1957 in Wilmington, New Jersey, USA.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Max Urban was born on 24 August 1882 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Estrella (1913), Konec milování (1913) and Saty delaji cloveka (1913). He was married to Anna Sedlácková. He died on 17 July 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Art Director
- Art Department
- Animation Department
Willy Pogany was born on 24 August 1882 in Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an art director, known for Wonder Bar (1934), Palmy Days (1931) and Dames (1934). He was married to Elaine Pogany. He died on 30 July 1955.- Alberto Pasquali was born on 24 August 1882 in Turin, Italy. He was an actor, known for Christus (1916), The Passion of St. Francis (1927) and Redenzione (1919). He died on 15 February 1929 in Milan, Italy.
- Eva Speyer was born on 24 August 1882 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Vase der Semirames (1918), Der galante König - August der Starke (1920) and Sein Rekordflug (1914). She was married to Robert Ebert and Otto Stoeckel. She died on 13 August 1975 in Mombasa, Kenya.
- Ella Hansen was born on 24 August 1883 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for En Æresoprejsning (1916), Krigsmillionæren (1919) and Det evige Had (1915). She died on 7 September 1923.
- Clinton Preston was born on 24 August 1883 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Seats of the Mighty (1914), The Family Cupboard (1915) and Judy Forgot (1915). He died on 22 November 1927 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Earl Derr Biggers was born on 24 August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The House Without a Key (1926), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) and Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935). He was married to Eleanor Ladd. He died on 5 April 1933 in Pasadena, California, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Austin Melford was born on 24 August 1884 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Oh, Daddy! (1935), Car of Dreams (1935) and A Southern Maid (1934). He was married to Jessie Winter. He died on 19 August 1971 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- Set Decorator
- Writer
- Director
Fernando Mignoni was born on 24 August 1884 in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. He was a set decorator and writer, known for Nuestro culpable (1938), La famosa Luz María (1942) and El famoso Carballeira (1940). He died in 1971 in Madrid, Spain.- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Emmerich Hanus was born on 24 August 1884 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and actor, known for Seine einzige Liebe (1947), Handsome Gigolo, Poor Gigolo (1930) and Glaube und Heimat (1921). He died on 20 November 1956 in Vienna, Austria.