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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Hawthorne entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. He published his first work in 1828, the novel Fanshawe; he later tried to suppress it, feeling that it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The following year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment as consul took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to Concord in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their three children. Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his college friend Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States.- Charles Timothy Brooks was born on 20 June 1813 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Max und Moritz - Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen (2020). He died on 14 June 1883 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
- Ernest Fenollosa was born on 18 February 1863 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Ernest was a writer, known for Only the Sound Remains (2016). Ernest died on 21 September 1908 in London, England, UK.
- William Jennings Bryan is an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson.
Born and raised in Illinois, WilliamBryan moved to Nebraska in the 1880s. He won election to the House of Representatives in the 1890 elections, serving two terms before making an unsuccessful run for the Senate in 1894. The Democratic convention nominated Bryan for president, making Bryan the youngest major party presidential nominee in U.S. history. Subsequently, Bryan was also nominated for president by the left-wing Populist Party, and many Populists would eventually follow Bryan into the Democratic Party. In the intensely fought 1896 presidential election, Republican nominee William McKinley emerged triumphant. Bryan gained fame as an orator, as he invented the national stumping tour when he reached an audience of 5 million people in 27 states in 1896.
Bryan retained control of the Democratic Party and won the presidential nomination again in 1900. In the election, McKinley again defeated Bryan, winning several Western states that Bryan had won in 1896. Bryan's influence in the party weakened after the 1900 election and the Democrats nominated the conservative Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential election. Bryan regained his stature in the party after Parker's resounding defeat by Theodore Roosevelt and voters from both parties increasingly embraced the progressive reforms that had long been championed by Bryan. Bryan won his party's nomination in the 1908 presidential election, but he was defeated by William Howard Taft. Along with Henry Clay, Bryan is one of the two individuals who never won a presidential election despite receiving electoral votes in three separate presidential elections.
After the Democrats won the presidency in the 1912 election, Woodrow Wilson rewarded Bryan's support with the important cabinet position of Secretary of State. Bryan helped Wilson pass several progressive reforms through Congress. Bryan resigned from his post in 1915. - Corinne Barker was born Gertrude Corinne Riely in Salem, Oregon. Her father, Charles Riely, was a prominent businessman, and her mother, Amelia Riely, taught elocution. Corinne was educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart and Williamette University. When she was a teenager she began acting in local stage productions. She married William Barker in Portland in 1908; they divorced five years later. In 1914 she moved to New York City and planned to become an interior designer. Instead she was cast in a stage production of "The Squab Farm." Corinne appeared in several Broadway shows including "Shirley Kaye" and "On With The Dance." Then she spent two seasons as the leading lady in "Potash and Perlmutter." The beautiful brunette became known for her hourglass figure. She made her film debut in the 1918 mystery :Money Mad." Corinne costarred with Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl" and with Marion Davies in The Restless Sex.
On July 24, 1920, Corinne married Hobart Henley, who had directed her in "One Week Of Life." Unfortunately, her film career never really took off. Her final film was the 1921 romance "Enchantment." Then she started a new career designing clothes for the theater. She was the costume supervisor for the Broadway show "No, No, Nannette" and she designed all the clothes for Vincent Youmans' productions. By 1925 her marriage to Hobart was over. She had a brief romance with Robert L. Hague, a millionaire oilman. During the summer of 1928 she went on a vacation to Europe. Shortly after returning home she was hospitalized with a case of food poisoning. While in the hospital she developed peritonitis. Tragically on August 6, 1928 she died at the young age of 38. She was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. - Henry Johnson was born in 1897 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Too Much Speed (1921), The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921) and Crazy to Marry (1921). He died on 2 July 1929 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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Ben Turbett was born in 1874 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and actor, known for When Love Is King (1916), The Lady of the Photograph (1917) and Builders of Castles (1917). He died on 6 March 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.- Writer
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James Forbes was born on 2 September 1871 in Salem, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for The Chorus Lady (1915), Bachelor's Affairs (1932) and The Traveling Salesman (1916). He was married to Ada Eugenie Fischer. He died on 26 May 1938 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Novelist Hamlin Garland was born in West Salem, Wisconsin, on September 14, 1860. His father was an itinerant farmer who kept moving the family westward, to Iowa and to the wild and sparsely settled Dakota Territory (now comprising the states of North Dakota and South Dakota). Garland received little formal schooling and for the most part educated himself. In 1884, at 24 years of age, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue a career as a writer. In 1891 he published a collection of his short stories and sketches, called "Main-Traveled Roads", and followed that with a pair of novels, "Prairie Folks" (1893) and "Wayside Courtships" (1897). His novels reflected the dire poverty of his childhood growing up on the western frontier, and his characters were not the sort of hardy individualists who persevered against all odds that the public believed populated the frontier; Hamlin saw little of those kinds of people growing up, and his novels detailed the poverty and despair of the frontier that he knew. The public wasn't ready to accept that portrayal of their beloved "west", and his novels weren't successful.
In 1893 Garland moved to Chicago and became a proponent of the "veritism" school of literature, which stressed realism in writing rather than the somewhat saccharine romanticism of much of popular literature of the time. In 1917 he wrote the autobiographical "A Son of the Middle Border", which was a critical and financial success and spawned several sequels. In addition to novels, Garland also wrote extensively for a variety of magazines, and in 1923 a collection of those stories was published as "The Book of the American Indian".
In 1929 Garland moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lived until his death on March 4, 1940. - Milt Britton started playing vaudeville around 1914. In 1917 he formed a double act (trombone and cornet) with Frank Wetzel, who then changed his name to Frank Britton. Originator of the "slapstick" orchestra, Britton's Orchestra became known in Europe and the USA as "America's Craziest Orchestra" and "The Mad Musical Maniacs." The band's routine was to begin playing a selection in the normal way, then about half way through the song, a musician would stumble and knock an instrument out of another's hand, thereby starting a melee of comedy. Their band played some Broadway shows, made tours of South America and the US, and made appearances in shorts and feature films. They are seen causing mayhem during the title song in Moonlight and Pretzels (1933).
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John L. Cass was born on 26 October 1901 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Cat People (1942), Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Spiral Staircase (1946). He died on 5 March 1952 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
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John 'Spider Bruce' Mason was born on 17 June 1895 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Playing God (1997), Harlem Is Heaven (1932) and The Joint Is Jumpin' (1949). He died on 2 July 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
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Fayte M. Browne was born on 14 June 1896 in Salem, Oregon, USA. Fayte M. was a cinematographer, known for Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951), The Loves of Carmen (1948) and The Mating of Millie (1948). Fayte M. died on 18 July 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Raymond Knight was born on 12 February 1899 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Signing Off (1936) and Ladies Love Hats (1935). He was married to Virginia Lee Peppers, Sallie Belle Cox, Ruth Adams Yingling and Ruth Emerson Jackman. He died on 12 February 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
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George Plues was born on 12 June 1895 in Salem, Washington County, Indiana. He was an actor, known for The Call of the Heart (1928), Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940) and Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943). He was married to Lillian Grotewold. He died on 16 August 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Composer, pianist and author Carroll Loveday was educated at Harvard University and in private music study. He served in the United States Navy during World War I, worked as a pianist in film studios, and wrote special material for vaudeville and night clubs. Joining ASCAP in 1942, his chief musical collaborators included Fred Hall and Helmy Kresa, and his popular-song compositions include "That's My Desire", "The Shrine of St. Cecelia", "As Long As We Still Have Each Other", "I Had Trouble With You Before", "My Pipe, My Slippers, and You", "Here's a Rose for Your Birthday", "One Little Glance", "Zany Zoo", "I'll Let That Be My Consolation", and "I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were".- Rose Tapley was born on June 30, 1881 in Salem, Massachusetts. She was primarily a stage actress when, in 1912, she was picked to play Queen Victoria in The Victoria Cross (1912). She was 31, an age that some producers would have bypassed an actress, but she was a seasoned performer so she made it rather easily. Rose was kept busy with forty more films in 1912 and many more in the years ahead. In 1931, at the age of 50, she played Princess Sophya in Resurrection (1931). On February 23, 1956 at the age of 75, she died in Woodland Hills, California.
- Gilmor Brown was born on 16 June 1886 in New Salem, ND USA. He was a producer, known for The Pasadena Community Playhouse (1932). He died on 12 January 1960 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Frances Raymond was born on 24 May 1869 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Fools for Luck (1917), The Last of the Duanes (1919) and Seven Chances (1925). She was married to David Henderson (stage producer). She died on 18 June 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Rita Stanwood was born on 15 January 1888 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935), The Ghost Breaker (1914) and The Deserter (1916). She was married to H.B. Warner. She died on 15 November 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- In the 1930s, 1940s, and especially the 1950s, if a director wanted a short, fat actor to play a windy storekeeper or a raucous conventioneer, he might well cast Dick Elliott. He was one of those actors who, whenever he appeared on screen, often for less than a minute, the audience would think, "Oh, it's that guy." Yet few would ever know his name.
Elliott was certainly short, probably not much more than five foot four. And he was certainly fat. His belly was large and round, so he looked a bit like a huge ball with arms and legs. One imagined him soft and pink, and always happy. A Hobbit, perhaps. Santa Claus without the whiskers. And like another short, fat actor, Eugene Pallette, Elliott had a distinctive voice. Not the bullfrog basso that rumbled out of Pallette's gullet, but higher-pitched, whiny, or honey-smooth as the role demanded, with an "sh" in place of a lot of "s" sounds.
Elliott appeared in over 240 films. He was most often cast as judges, mayors, newspaper reporters, policemen, and blowhards, usually one who can't stop talking except when he'd burst into a loud laugh that bordered on a cackle.
As was the case with many character actors who never became featured players, not much record remains of his personal life. He was born Richard Damon Elliott on April 30, 1886, in Salem, Massachusetts. His gravestone says he was a loving husband and father. And we know he began performing in stock in 1931 and was on stage for nearly thirty years before his film debut, including appearing in the long-running hit, "Abie's Irish Rose." Other than that, we have only his film and television appearances to go on, and I'll mention some highlights.
His first movie was Central Airport (1933), and he was Ned Buntline in Annie Oakley (1935) with Barbara Stanwyck in 1935. He was perfect for the role of Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner (1940), was amusing as the Judge in Christmas in Connecticut (1945), again starring Stanwyck, and made the most of his small role as a Whiskey Drummer in The Dude Goes West (1948) with Eddie Albert. Many film fans remember him best for another small role, as the man on the porch in the holiday perennial It's a Wonderful Life (1946), who tells James Stewart to stop jabbering and go ahead and kiss Donna Reed. Often his role in a film was so small his character didn't even have a name, and was sometimes listed in the cast simply as "Fat Man." He did have a good part in the under appreciated film Park Row (1952). His last film role was in Go, Johnny, Go! (1959).
The advent of television opened up a whole new world of roles. An unending stream of weekly comedies, dramas, and even variety shows needed performers. Some featured character actors like Gene Lockhart and Cecil Kellaway might star in an episode of an anthology series. Actors who had little screen time in films became invaluable featured players, and a few even attained the Holy Grail of being a series regular, Elliott among them. In the fifties he appeared in dozens and dozens of TV shows, including Dick Tracy (1950), in which he had a recurring role as Chief Murphy, My Little Margie (1952), Adventures of Superman (1952), I Love Lucy (1951), I Married Joan (1952), in which his character was called "Fatso," December Bride (1954), and Rawhide (1959). One of his best roles was in the episode The Rain Wagon (1955), in which he played Osgood Falstaff, the Shakespeare-quoting rainmaker who is secretly a bank robber. It was rare for Elliott to play a villain, but he pulls it off, making his eyes look devious and sinister -- a cuddly fat man, but don't turn your back on him. At the other extreme, he often played Santa Claus on Christmas episodes of the Jimmy Durante, Red Skelton, and Jack Benny shows.
To many people, Elliott will always be remembered as Mayor Pike in The Andy Griffith Show (1960) Sadly, Elliott died during the second season of the show, on December 22, 1961, in Burbank, California.
Dick Elliott was one of those character actors who were almost anonymous, though they lit up the screen in short roles. Fortunately, because of "It's a Wonderful Life" every Christmas and "The Andy Griffith Show" in frequent reruns, his fans can still delight in the little fat man. - Ernie Davis was born on 14 December 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 18 May 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Jane Gail was born Ethel Magee in Salem, New York in 1890. She first appeared on stage in 1905, then went on to silent drama and comedy films after beginning her film career as an extra in 1912 and becoming a leading lady the following year. She is best remembered for her role in 1913's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'; she gained worldwide fame as Dr. Jekyll's imperiled fiancee. In 1914 she traveled to England, where she starred in many drama films for the London Film Company, often under the direction of George Loan Tucker. She returned to America in 1916 to star on the Broadway stage. She was only 30 years old when she made her last film, 1920's 'Bitter Fruit.' She was married to writer Edwin C. Hill. She died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1963 at 72.
- Nina Romano was born on 18 October 1901 in Salem, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Palace of Pleasure (1926), What Happened to Jones? (1925) and Money to Burn (1926). She was married to Count Sophus Danneskjold and Lou Tellegen. She died on 15 October 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Harvey Hester was born on 6 August 1895 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). He died on 28 March 1967 in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
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Eugene Solow was born on 19 July 1904 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Eugene was a writer and producer, known for Master of Men (1933), Bowery Boy (1940) and Fog Over Frisco (1934). Eugene was married to Bodil Miller. Eugene died on 23 July 1968 in London, England, UK.- Actress
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Shirley White was born on 20 September 1923 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Born and Bred (2002), Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) and Reunion in Reno (1951). She was married to Robert Nathan and Wallace McClintock White Jr.. She died on 12 August 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Goose Goslin was born on 16 October 1900 in Salem, New Jersey, USA. He died on 15 May 1971 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, USA.
- C.R. Rajagopalachari was born on 10 December 1878 in Salem, Madras Presidency, British India. He died on 25 December 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Lowman Pauling was born on 14 July 1926 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Lowman was married to Ellise Maye. Lowman died on 26 December 1973 in New York, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Tom Casey was born on 23 July 1910 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 18 June 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Michael Butler was born on 13 May 1918 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Sweethearts (1942). He died on 1 January 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Steve Benton was born on 8 July 1896 in Salem, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for You Can't Run Away from It (1956). He was married to Marie. He died on 4 August 1976 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Frances Raeburn was born on 15 August 1924 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Seven Sweethearts (1942) and Swing Out, Sister (1945). She was married to Sidney Abraham Kurstin and David Miller. She died on 26 December 1976 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Sture Ericson was born on 27 September 1912 in Salem, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Societetshuset (1963), Onkel Vanja (1967) and It Rains on Our Love (1946). He died on 15 March 1979 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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James E. Casey was born on 9 July 1901 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. James E. was an assistant director and production manager, known for Terry and the Pirates (1952), Son of Sinbad (1955) and Bengazi (1955). James E. died on 14 April 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gordon Russell was born on 15 August 1929 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Dark Shadows (1966). He died on 19 January 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Judy Spencer was born on 16 October 1960 in Salem, Missouri, USA. She died on 10 March 1982 in Salem, Missouri, USA.
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Udaya Kumar was born on 5 March 1933 in Palakkodu, Salem, Tamilnadu, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Ide Mahasudina (1965), Sandhya Raga (1966) and Chandrahasa (1965). He died on 26 December 1985 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.- Composer
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Frank Perkins was born on 21 April 1908 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for Outside the Wire (2021), Gypsy (1962) and Varsity Show (1937). He died on 15 March 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Carroll Righter was born on 2 February 1900 in Salem, New Jersey, USA. He died on 30 April 1988 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Percy Price Jr. was born on 19 May 1936 in Salem, New Jersey, USA. He died on 12 January 1989 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
- Mabel Hampton was born on 2 May 1902 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. She died on 25 October 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jerry Berg was born on 16 May 1937 in Salem, Oregon, USA. He died on 26 September 1991 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
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Kenneth Utt was born on 13 July 1921 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The French Connection (1971) and All That Jazz (1979). He was married to Angie. He died on 19 January 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.- Joe Brainard was born on 11 March 1942 in Salem, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer, known for Ein Denkmal für Alice (1972) and I Remember: A Film About Joe Brainard (2012). He died on 25 May 1994 in New York, New York, USA.
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When you think of the words honesty, straight from the shoulder, and tell it like it is, you think of one man: Howard Cosell. Howard is best remembered as the greatest sportscaster in the history of sports. His way with words and ability of telling like it was, brought him fame not only in America, but all over the world. Perhaps, no one will ever forget the memorable moments that he and Muhammad Ali spent together. How they made fun of each other and played with each other are legendary.
Howard also appeared several times with Dean Martin in the 70s on some of Dean's celebrity roasts, honoring people like Bob Hope, Bette Davis, Mr. T, even Dean Martin himself, and probably the man whom he knew the most: Muhammad Ali. After the 80s, Cosell drifted away from fame. On April 23, 1995, Howard passed away with heart embolism. But, surely, no one ever forgets how honest and straight-going Howard Cosell was.- Composer
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Clarence Paul was born on 19 March 1928 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Clarence was a composer, known for Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and The Many Saints of Newark (2021). Clarence died on 6 May 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Michael Nations was born on 12 March 1952 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Michael was a costume designer, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). Michael died on 19 April 1997 in Dobson, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
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Reid Shelton was born on 7 October 1924 in Salem, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for 1st & Ten (1984), Remington Steele (1982) and St. Elsewhere (1982). He died on 8 June 1997 in Portland, Oregon, USA.