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People liked Joseph M. Schenck. Anyone who knew both him and his brother Nicholas Schenck would comment on how different they were. He came to New York in 1893 and, with his younger brother, built a drugstore business. They risked some profits and made more money in amusement parks. Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater and movie house chain in 1912. The brothers' personalities were quite different; Joe was affable and enjoyed keeping a deal together by finding common ground between business associates that often despised each other. His brother Nick was a cold, driven, hard-nosed businessman who thoroughly enjoyed keeping people on short leashes. In short, people were drawn to Joe and feared Nick.
Joe booked films, which gave him the opportunity to meet movie stars, among them Norma Talmadge, who became his wife in 1916. He was fascinated by Hollywood and wanted to get involved with movie production, whereas Nick was quietly managing Loew's burgeoning theatrical empire. Joe was far more enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle than his brother and wanted to take a much more active role in the production rather than the high finance end of the business. He saw his opportunity in 1917 to produce Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and the later D.W. Griffith films. At this point the brothers' lives took separate paths; Joe left Consolidated while Nick remained and soon became Marcus Loew's #2 man, assisting him in his dream of combining Metro Pictures with Goldwyn Pictures in order to provide the expanding theater chain with a steady flow of quality films (morphing into MGM, after bringing Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg on board in 1924), later ascending to the presidency of Loew's Incorporated's--MGM's parent company--after Marcus Loew's sudden death (quietly becoming the most powerful man in the motion picture industry) in late 1926. Joe became chairman of United Artists (which, somewhat ironically, lacked a theater chain--a factor that would ultimately cripple his brother's studio in the 1950s after the Supreme Court's anti-trust decision required theatrical divestment) in 1924, then its president in 1927.
In 1933 he helped Darryl F. Zanuck establish 20th Century Pictures, which merged with the ailing Fox Film Corp. in 1935, with Schenck as chairman of the renamed 20th Century-Fox. Organized crime had coveted Hollywood from a distance for years, but had been unable to make serious inroads into the area thanks to the brutally effective work of the Los Angeles Police Department's so-called "hat squad," which was tasked with keeping the city Mafia-free. The studio's weak link was through the growing thorns in their collective sides: the unions, whose membership and collectives spanned across state lines. In 1936 Willie Morris Bioff, a Chicago mobster out of the remnants of the Al Capone gang who ran the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators behind the scenes, told the studios they could avoid strikes (along with the implied work slowdowns and spontaneous theater fires) for $2 million. All agreed to pay, but Schenck made one of the payoffs with a personal check, which came to the attention of U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents. Thanks to the paper trail, Schenck was indicted for income tax evasion. With some applied pressure and soul-searching, Joe testified against Bioff and the titular union president, George E. Browne, in 1941 as part of a plea bargain. In 1946 he began to serve a one-year sentence for tax irregularities and bribery (of the union officials) but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after having served only four months.
After leaving prison he immediately returned to Fox as head of production. Marilyn Monroe became friendly with him in 1947 and was known as one of his "girlfriends", although she said the relationship was platonic. He was helpful in her career in any case, getting her a very small part in Fox's Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and convincing Harry Cohn at Columbia to give her a contract after Fox dropped her.
AMPAS awarded Schenck a special Oscar for services to the film industry in 1952. In 1953 he co-founded the Magna Corp. with Mike Todd to market the Todd-AO wide-screen system, which was wildly profitable (and remains a technological force in the movie industry to this day). Shortly after he retired in 1957, Schenck had a stroke and never fully recovered.- Aleksey Smirnov is a Soviet theater and film actor.
In 1940 he graduated from the theater studio at the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy and was accepted into the troupe of the same theater. In 1946, he was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. In the early 1950s, he had several notable roles in the repertoire of the Musical Comedy Theater. By the end of the 1950s, he became famous among filmmakers. In 1961, when he became an actor in the Lenfilm film studio, two films with his participation were released on the screens of the country. All-Union fame for the actor brought the role in the films of Leonid Gayday. In all these films, he performed in comedic roles. - Nikolay Kuzmin was born on 25 February 1917 in Bokovo, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Myshkin Raion, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Amphibian Man (1961), Kazhdyy desyatyy (1984) and Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974). He died on 14 March 1999 in Russia.
- Actor
- Director
Vladimir Batalov was born on 19 September 1902 in Kostenevo village, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Baby (1940), Dom na Trubnoy (1928) and Na dne (1952). He was married to Nina Olshevskaya. He died on 14 March 1964 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Stanislav Rostotsky was a renown Russian film director whose two films, The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) and White Bim Black Ear (1977) were nominated for Oscar and won other international awards.
He was born Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky on April 21, 1922, in Rybinsk, north of Moscow, Russia. His father, named Josef Boleslavovich Rostotsky, was a respected Medical Doctor and later became an official at State Department of Health. His mother, named Lidia Karlovna, was a homemaker. Young Rostotsky spent much of his childhood in a village in Central Russia. There he developed his special ability to uncover the beauty of wild nature, that later became a professional forte in his directing.
In 1936, at age 14, Rostotsky made his film debut as an actor in Bezhin lug (1937), albeit some parts of the film were lost, including most of Rostotsky's scenes. At that time he met the legendary director Sergei Eisenstein. Under the guidance from Eisenstein, young Rostotsky studied literature and arts, and focused on such writers as Honoré de Balzac and Émile Zola, composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, art of Japanese prints and Impressionist paintings by such artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas among others. Rostotsky and Eisenstein became life-long friends. Upon Eisenstein's advise, Rostotsky did not rush into film business until he achieved a well-rounded education, he attended Moscow Institute of Philosophy and Literature.
In February 1942 Rostotsky was drafted in the Red Army. After a brief training, he served as a private with the 6th Cavalry Guards Brigade at the Ukrainian Front, fighting against the Nazi troops during the Second World War. On February 11, 1944 Rostotsky was severely wounded in action; after having his leg amputated he undergone a comprehensive six-month treatment, and had to wear a prosthesis for the rest of his life. Rostotsky was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner for his courage in battle.
In August of 1944 Rostotsky became a student of director Grigoriy Kozintsev at Leningrad Institute of Cinematography. There he studied film directing for seven years, assisted in Kozintsev's films, and graduated in 1951 as a film director. From 1952 to 2001 he worked at Gorky Film Studio in Moscow. There he made 17 films as director, including his best films, We'll Live Till Monday (1968), 'A zori zdes tikhie' (1972), and 'Belyy Bim - chernoe ukho' (1977), the latter two received Oscar nominations and international acclaim.
Stanislav Rostotsky was awarded the State Prize of the USSR twice (1970, 1975). He was designated People's Artist of the USSR, and received numerous awards and decorations for his contribution to film art. He was a Member of the Board of Union of Cinematographers, and five times Member of the Jury at Moscow International Film Festival (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983). He also taught directing at State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, and wrote numerous articles on film directing and film history. He also wrote memoirs about Eisenstein, Gerasimov, Moskvin, and other Russian film figures. Rostotsky was married to notable Russian actress Nina Menshikova and their son, Andrey Rostotskiy was a popular film actor.
Outside of his film profession Stanislav Rostotsky was famous for his support of recreational fishing and was known for releasing his catch alive; he was decorated with the Medal of Honor "For Development of Fishing Resouces in Russia" and also presided at several sport fishing competitions. Stanislav Rostotsky died of a heart failure on August 11, 2001, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Vagankovskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Eugen York was born on 26 November 1912 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Morituri (1948), Lockende Gefahr (1950) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He was married to Catja Görna. He died on 18 November 1991 in Berlin, Germany.- Georgi Kovrov was born on 3 February 1891 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for And Quiet Flows the Don (1930), V gorod vkhodit' nelzya (1929) and Babiy log (1925). He died on 8 July 1961 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Venyamin Basner was born on 1 January 1925 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for Blokada: Luzhskiy rubezh, Pulkovskiy meredian (1974), Mirovoy paren (1972) and The Arrows of Robin Hood (1975). He died on 3 September 1996 in St Petersburg, Russia.- Mariya Andrianova was born on 10 August 1920 in village Ermolovo, Pereslavl-Zalessky uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, RSFSR [now Pereslavsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for The Train Goes East (1948), A esli eto lyubov? (1962) and Ishchite i naydyote (1969). She died on 19 July 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Art Department
Pyotr Mosyagin was born on 3 June 1880 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl oblast, Russia]. Pyotr was a cinematographer and director, known for Na ldine v okean (1931), Sopernitsy (1929) and Kinokar'era zvonarya (1927). Pyotr died in 1960 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Ivan Marin was born on 19 January 1905 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for There Lived an Old Man and an Old Woman (1965), Mechta moya (1966) and Desyatyy shag (1967). He died on 6 February 1983 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Aleksandr Gyultsen was born on 31 October 1918 in Rostov, Yaroslavl Governorate, RSFSR [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Delo (1955), Teni (1953) and Mesyats may (1965). He died on 25 June 1969 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Writer
- Director
Sergei Mitrich was born in 1894 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl oblast, Russia]. Sergei was a writer and director, known for Babiy log (1925), Pereval (1925) and Glush Povolzhskaya (1926). Sergei died in 1948.- Arkadiy Polyakov was born on 9 March 1893 in village Polyany, Yaroslavl uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl raion, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for 1812 (1944), Vsem na radost (1924) and Krepysh (1926). He died on 19 April 1966 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Boris Lifanov was born on 26 April 1913 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Eto nachinalos tak... (1956), Shchit i mech (1968) and Prodavets dozhdya (1975). He died on 25 October 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Director
- Writer
Mstislav Pashchenko was born on 1 April 1901 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for A Naughty Kitten (1953), An Unusual Match (1955) and Dzhyabzha (1938). He died on 22 October 1958 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Ivan Nazarov was born on 21 December 1899 in Dudkino, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Inzhener Goff (1935), The Great Beginning (1940) and The New Teacher (1939). He died on 27 June 1963 in Myshkin, Yaroslavl Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Production Designer
Miliy Vinogradov was born on 27 April 1910 in Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire. Miliy was a production designer, known for Printsessa Turandot (1971). Miliy died on 9 July 1985.