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- As Gordon Daviot, she was a famous well-known playwright during the 1930s, and, as Gordon Daviot, published her first mystery novel, "The Man In The Queue". For the second, "A Shilling For Candles", she took a family name, Josephine Tey, under which she published a further six.
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Marion Shelton was born on 12 December 1914. She was an actress. She was married to Gordon Douglas. She died on 13 February 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
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Composer, songwriter, conductor, arranger, violist and pianist, educated at the Chicago Conservatory and a student of Luigi van Kunits. He was a violist with the Listemann Sring Quartet between 1896 and 1898, and then a pianist for the Red Path Grand Concert Company in 1898-1899. He conducted and arranged for dance orchestras and for musical stage productions, and wrote the stage score for the Chicago production of "The Elopers". He conducted and arranged for Victor Phonograph Company recording sessions between 1916 and 1924, and from 1921 he was on the staff of music-publishing companies in New York. Joining ASCAP as a charter member in 1914, his popular-song compositions include "Havanola", "Rockin' the Boat", "Yodel Dodel Doh", "Sarah from Sahara", "When You Come Back", "American's Creed", and "On the Home Front".- Actor
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Max Figman, a veteran actor, whose last important Broadway role was that of Louis XV in "The Dubarry" on stage in 1932. Starting his career under Augustin Daly, and later under the management of Charles Frohman was a member of the old Madison Square Garden Stock Company. For seven years he was leading man and stage director with Mrs.Fiske, appearing in "Becky Sharp" "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch, and her entir Ibsen repertoire. It was during this time that he met Theodore Wharton who later featured him in the silent film serial The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford with Burr McIntosh he played Blackie Daw and his wife Lolita Robertson also appeared in the serial. He has one son Max Jr. and his wife survive him. He was 85 years old when he died in the Edgewater Rest nursing home.- Director
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Arthur Van Thillo was born on 17 August 1882 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a director and actor, known for A Nice Case (1941). He died on 13 February 1952 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.- Bert Haily was born on 23 December 1894 in Cleburne, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Reformation (1920). He died on 13 February 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.