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- Music Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Singer, composer and author Frankie Laine was born March 30, 1913 in Chicago. His real name was Francesco Paulo LoVecchio and he lived in Chicago's Little Italy. Frankie was the oldest of eight children born to Sicilian immigrants John and Anna Lo Vecchio, who had come from Monreale, Sicily near Palermo. His father first worked as a water-boy for the Chicago Railroad and he was eventually promoted to laying rails. His father subsequently went to a Trade School and became a barber. One of his most famous clients was gangster Al Capone. Frankie made his first appearance in a choir at the Immaculate Conception Church where he was an altar boy. At 15, he performed at the Merry Garden Ballroom in Chicago while attending Lane Technical School. He supported himself by working as a car salesman, bouncer in a beer parlor and as a machinist. He also sang at a weekly radio station (wins) for $5.00 per week. The program director for wins convinced him to change his name to Frankie Laine after he auditioned for the radio. His name was stretched out to Frankie because opera singer Frances Lane (Dorothy Kirsten) and Fanny Rose (Dinah Shore) were singing at nearby radio station WNEW. At 18, he went to Baltimore and participated in a marathon dance contest after coming off the heels of winning ones in Stamford, CT. and Chicago. Laine set an all-time marathon dance record of 3501 hours in 145 consecutive days in 1932 at Wilson's Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey and his competition was an Olympic miler named Joey Ray and included 101 other contestants. Altogether, he participated in 14 marathons, winning three, second once and fifth twice. His last contest was back in Chicago at the Arcadia where a 14-year-old girl was disqualified because the judges found out her age. She later became successful singer, Anita O'Day.
Laine moved to Los Angeles, California and worked at a defense plant. One day, he noticed a boy struggling in a neighborhood swimming pool and saved him from drowning. His name was Ronnie Como, son of singer Perry Como. Coincidentally, Laine replaced Como on the Frankie Carlone band. Laine was working at Hollywood and Vine in the Billy Berg Club when he was discovered by Hoagy Carmichael after Carmichael heard him sing his song "Old Rocking Chair". The house trio was led by none other than Nat 'King' Cole. Laine introduced the song "That's My Desire" at the Vine Street Club in Hollywood, California. He was also a first class jazz singer and, by 1952, he was among the top recording stars and had his own show at the London Palladium. He also made a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II. In 1950, he married Nan Grey, an actress, and raised her two children from a previous marriage. He joined ASCAP in 1952, and his chief musical collaborator was Carl Fischer. He toured Britain in 1988, singing as vigorously as ever. He has experienced open heart surgery (quad by-pass) and still performs. In the 1980s, he observed children in a park without shoes in the wintertime and petitioned radio stations across the United States to raise money to buy shoes at Christmas time for poor families with children. Thousands and thousands of dollars have been raised to benefit this effort. Some of Laine's finest hits include "That's My Desire" (1947), "Mule Train" (1949), "Jezebel, Cry of the Wild Goose" (1950), "On the Sunny Side Of The Street" (1951), "I Believe" (1953) and "Moonlight Gambler" in 1957. He sang the title song for the hit TV series, Rawhide (1959), that starred Clint Eastwood in the early 1960s. He co-wrote "We'll Be Together Again". His wife passed away in recent years and he makes his home in San Diego, California.- Gérard Herter was born on 12 April 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Big Gundown (1967), Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) and The Changing of the Guard (1962). He died on 6 February 2007 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Kadri Roshi was born on 4 January 1924 in Mallakaster, Albania. He was an actor, known for Mirupafshim (1997), Fijet që priten (1976) and Skanderbeg (1953). He died on 6 February 2007 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Richard Curnock was born on 9 May 1922 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Public Eye (1965) and Much Ado About Nothing (1988). He died on 6 February 2007 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actress
Violet N. Cane was born on 20 June 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for No Way Out (1987), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and Casey Jones (1927). She was married to Mel Dellar, Leonard J. South and Eddie Hall. She died on 6 February 2007 in Orange, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Gerardo Vallejo was born on 4 January 1942 in Tucumán, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for The Sternness of Fate (1985), El camino hacia la muerte del viejo Reales (1971) and Reflexiones de un salvaje (1978). He was married to Eva Piwowarski. He died on 6 February 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Lee Hoffman was born on 14 August 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Lee was a writer, known for Chino (1973). Lee died on 6 February 2007 in Port Charlotte, Florida, USA.
- Editorial Department
- Sound Department
- Editor
Sarah Ellis was born in 1945 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an editor, known for The Bounty (1984), Supergirl (1984) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990). She was married to Michael Ellis. She died on 6 February 2007.- Nelson Polsby was born on 25 October 1934 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Linda Dale Offenbach. He died on 6 February 2007 in Berkeley, California, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Arnall was born on 14 July 1944 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Home Road Movies (2002), A Is for Autism (1992) and Yours Truly (2006). He was married to Marjut Rimminen. He died on 6 February 2007 in London, England, UK.- Producer
- Director
Glenn Sarty was born on 9 September 1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Glenn was a producer and director, known for Telescope (1963), The Sound of August (1971) and Gzowski & Co. (1985). Glenn died on 6 February 2007 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA.- Editor
- Editorial Department
Dick Allen was born in 1944 and educated at Ardingly College in West Sussex, before taking an apprenticeship at Vickers in Weybridge, Weybridge, in aeronautical engineering. Almost by accident he joined the BBC, in 1964, on the recommendation of a friend, and he remained in their employ for 28 years, first in the film library, before training as a film editor. By 1973 he was a fully-fledged editor, in demand for his services, and he worked on some of the corporation's major documentary series, as well as some of the most prestigious UK television dramas of the 1970s and 1980s.
He received two British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs), the first in 1986 for his work on Hotel du Lac (1986) and then again in 1991 for Portrait of a Marriage (1990) . He left the BBC in 1991 but continued to work until the birth of his son in 1994, when he gave up editing to be a father.- Svetlana Bogolyubova was born on 6 December 1926 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Vow (1946) and Trevozhnyye nochi v Samare (1970). She died on 6 February 2007 in Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia.
- Lew Burdette was born on 22 November 1926 in Nitro, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Mary Ann Burdette. He died on 6 February 2007 in Winter Garden, Florida, USA.
- Coen van Hoewijk was born on 1 December 1922 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He died on 6 February 2007 in Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Michael Cayce Lindner was born on 2 April 1968. Michael Cayce was a producer, known for Welcome to Nollywood (2007) and Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story (2003). Michael Cayce died on 6 February 2007 in Oakland, California, USA.