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- Actress
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Frances Williams was born Frances Jellinek of St. Paul, Minnesota. She started performing when she was 14 and left home when she was 16 as part of an acrobatic troup. Her first oppurtunity to show off her vocal abilities was in George M. Cohan's musical "Mary". She is perhaps best known for her roles in "Artists and Models", "The Cocoanuts" (also with the Marx Brothers, as well as several editions of George White's Scandals. It was in one of those editions in which she is credited as having introduced the Charleston to the general public. Another notable musical was "Everybody's Welcome" in 1932, not a generally well-known show, but best remembered for the introduction of the standard "As Time Goes By", which Miss Williams introduced. She made several film appearances, and only made 5 recording sessions between 1931-1937, on which her vocal abilities are greatly shown. She also did quite a bit of vaudeville, headlining the Palace in twice, once in the early 30's and again in 1950. She made several TV appearances throughout the 50's, before becoming ill with cancer in 1956. Miss Williams had been living with her mother at the Shoreham Hotel. She died at Lenox Hill Hospital on January 27, 1959, surviving her mother, Maude Williams, and brother, William Jellinek.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Joseph Nussbaum was known for orchestrating the Academy Award-winning movies Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, Meet Me in St. Louis and Anchor's Away. He was born in London, England; died in Hollywood and is buried in Mt. Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Starting in the mid-30s in Hollywood, Nussbaum composed and arranged throughout a prolific and eclectic movie and television career until his early death at age 61. His work is extremely varied, ranging from James A FitzPatrick travelogues to MGM musicals. Nussbaum worked for most of the major studios and orchestrated movies for Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick, among others. He collaborated extensively with composer Rudolf Friml, who called on Nussbaum for virtually all of his works. In 1938, Nussbaum was one of the founding members of ASMAC, the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers.
Nussbaum was classically trained. In 1910 at the remarkable age of 13, he graduated from the London Academy of Music before immigrating alone to the US at 16. After serving in the US Army in WWI, Nussbaum began a composing and arranging career in New York City. In the 1920s he composed a number of nationally-popular music pieces, including foxtrots like "A Fascinatin' Vamp" and "Chinese Moon." He orchestrated for Paul Whiteman, and a composition by Nussbaum and W.C. Handy, "The Evolution of the Blues," shared the program the night Whiteman and George Gershwin debuted "Rhapsody in Blue." While in New York City Nussbaum mainly composed and arranged theatrical works, including many for producer Billy Rose. Rose successfully encouraged Nussbaum to move on to movie music in Hollywood.
Nussbaum's career spanned much of the "golden age" of Hollywood. The listing of his large and diverse output reveals an unpretentious yet impressive career in making some of Hollywood's best movies better through music.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Fred Frank was born on 23 September 1894 in Illinois, USA. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Saboteur (1942) and Paris Calling (1941). He died on 27 January 1959 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Cuca Escobar was born on 19 March 1911 in Durango, Durango, Mexico. She was an actress, known for El museo del crimen (1945), Trip to the Moon (1958) and El espectro de la novia (1943). She was married to Tomás Perrín and Joannes Varenne Rieupert. She died on 27 January 1959 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Gertrude Sterroll was born on 26 August 1870 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Call of Youth (1921), Lorna Doone (1920) and The Wine of Life (1924). She died on 27 January 1959 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.