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- Bernini was trained from 1562 to 1629 in the sculpture workshop of his father Pietro Bernini. He first became known from 1622 to 1625 with sculptures such as the "Groups Pluto", "Proserpina", "Apollo" and "Daphne". The sculpture "David" was made between 1623 and 1624 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese. These works can be seen in the Villa Borghese in Rome and are striking for their extraordinary dynamics and direction of movement. His most important sponsor, Pope Urban VIII, entrusted the young artist with the construction of the canopy over St. Peter's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica, which Bernini made from bronze between 1624 and 1633. The mixture of plastic and architecture became visible in Bernini's architectural work. This was evident in the "Ecclusion of Saint Theresa", which was completed between 1646 and 1652, as well as in the "Cathedra Petri" from the period 1656 to 1666 or in the church of Sant'' Andrea al Quirinale, which he built, which was built from 1658 to 1670.
In 1629 Bernini completed the Palazzo Barberini. Among other things, he created the colonnades on St. Peter's Square under Alexander VII from 1656 to 1667 and built the Four Streams Fountain on Piazza Navona under Innocent X from 1647 to 1651. Gian Lorenzo Bernini then became known far beyond the borders of Italy. In total, he worked for eight popes over the course of his life. In 1665 he traveled to Paris on behalf of the French "Sun King" Louis XIV to draw up plans for the new Louvre. Bernini's designs for the new Louvre building did not become reality, but they had a lasting influence on European secular architecture. His magnificent style, which can be attributed to baroque classicism, had a lasting influence on Rome. Bernini also designed the "Triton Fountain" 1632-1637, the sculpture "Habakkuk and the Angel" 1655-1661, the "Ecclusion of Saint Theresa" 1645-1652, the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, the "Caesar Constantine", the " Augustine", the "Angel of the Inscription I.N.R.I." as well as the "Torso of Neptune".
As sculptors and master builders of Roman Baroque sculpture, Ercole Ferrata, Antonio Raggi, Domenico Guidi and Cosimo Fancelli were among Bernini's well-known students.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini died on November 28, 1680 in Rome. Bernini is buried in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. - Nestroy completed high school between 1811 and 1816. After graduating from high school, he began studying philosophy at the University of Vienna in 1817. In 1820 he moved to the law faculty for two semesters. During this time he had his first appearances as a singer and actor on amateur stages. He also took on speaking roles. He gave up his studies and devoted himself entirely to stage art. Between 1823 and 1825 he was engaged as a bassist at the German Theater in Amsterdam. This was followed by appearances in various places such as Brno, Graz and Pressburg. From 1831 he was back in Vienna. He played there at the Theater an der Wien until 1839. This was followed by appearances at the Leopoldstadt Theater, which was renamed the Carl Theater in 1848. In 1854 he leased this venue and ran it as director. There he was able to record many performance successes.
In 1860 he gave up this activity and moved to Graz. There he appeared for the first time in 1827 as the author of local farces with the title "Der Zettelträger Papp". Since his engagement in Vienna, Johann Nestroy has often written his speaking roles himself, and he has usually appeared in the lead role in his works. In total he wrote over 80 plays, which he adapted from originals. He used novels, novellas, comedies and vaudevilles by English or French authors as inspiration. Through his redesigns, in which he often used his characteristic dialogue wit or language play, the pieces underwent a strong change and deviation from the original, which was often no longer recognizable. Nestroy's play "The Ankin" (1848), for example, is based on the play "Martin Chuzzlewit" by Charles Dickens. In his pieces he makes language itself the theme of the content. But he also adapted pieces into parodies in which the original remained explicitly recognizable.
For example, he created "Tannhäuser" (first performed in 1857), "Lohengrin" (first performed in 1859) and "Judith and the Holofernes" (first performed in 1849). Nestroy's first literary success came with the fantastic comedy "The Evil Spirit Lumpacivagabundus or The Dissolute Cloverleaf" (premiered in 1833). It is a "magic farce with singing" as the subtitle says. The dramatic piece can still be seen on many schedules today. The magical elements of the content soon disappeared in Nestroy's work. He turned to social criticism. Just two years later, the work "On the ground and first floor" was premiered. In it the author addresses the contrast between poverty and wealth. The social difference was made immediately noticeable in the divided stage design at the premiere. The play "Talisman" was premiered in 1840. There Titus Feuerfuchs stands in the foreground as an outsider and for injustice, but also for the narrow-mindedness of the lower middle class, poverty and boredom. With these social symptoms, Nestroy pointed to the fragility of the world order. The "Talisman" is considered Nestroy's masterpiece.
As an opera singer himself, he often added vocals to his works. In the revolutionary play "Freiheit in Krähwinkel", which premiered in 1848, political criticism is voiced directly - Nestroy speaks out against the reaction in the year of the German revolution. But the author also doubts the effectiveness of exclusively rhetorical formulations in revolutionary jargon. Thanks to his acting experience and talent, Nestroy was a master of extemporization. This spontaneous, improvised speaking posture in the middle of the performance was a thorn in the side of the censors, because in this way Nestroy made his socially critical content heard without the censors being able to intervene. Nestroy's comedic, satirical plays served as inspiration for the work of numerous writers, such as Ödön von Horváth, Karl Kraus and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Nestroy's title "He wants to make a joke" (1842) became the literary template for Thornton Wilder's comedy "The Matchmaker" and the musical "Hello Dolly". - Music Department
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Teodoro Cottrau was born on 7 December 1827 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [now Campania, Italy]. He is known for The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), Pushing Tin (1999) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). He died on 30 March 1879 in Naples, Campania, Italy.- Svetolik Rankovic was born on 7 December 1863 in Mostanica-Ub, Serbia. He was a writer, known for Gorski car (1968) and Stari vruskavac (2000). He died on 18 March 1899 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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George A. Minor was born on 7 December 1845 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. George A. died on 30 January 1904 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.- Redvers Buller was born on December 7, 1839 in Downes England, the
scion of one of the area's oldest landed families. A graduate of Eton,
he began his career in the British Army in 1858 when he was
commissioned as an ensign in the King's Royal Rifles. Buller spent the
next 28 years at posts in India, Canada and Africa. In 1882, he
received knighthood by Queen Victoria for leading the British Army to
victory in Arabi Pasha's Rebellion in Egypt. Sir Redvers then served
with distinction as chief of staff during the Mahadist Uprising in the
Sudan in 1884 as major-general, rising to the rank of full general on
June 24, 1896. At the outbreak of the Boer War in South Africa in
October 1899, General Buller was selected to command a force of 70,000
men charged with protecting British interests against the Boer
insurgents. Buller turned out be be a better field commander than a
strategist; as a result, his forces during the last months of 1899 and
first few months of 1900 were defeated by the Boer guerillas using
unconventional warfare tactics and Buller was soon replaced by Field
Marshall Lord Roberts, a move that enabled him to take his proper place
at the head of his troops. His first triumph was the relief of the town
of Ladysmith, which was under siege by the Boer Afrikaners since
November 1899. Genera Buller's forces succeed in driving the Boers
under the command of Louis Botha from Ladysmith after a fierce battle
on February 28, 1900 and entered the town the following day. Buller
then set the stage for a British offensive into the Boer states of
Transvaal and the Orange Free State, where in two months he captured
the capital of Pretoria and ended the Afrikaners' struggle for
independence. The war then settled into a protracted guerilla war which
ended formal military operations, so Buller returned to England in
November 1900 where he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of
Saint Michael and was given command of the First Army Corps. Buller's
military career ended in October 1901 when he was removed from his post
for making a politically damaging speech. Buller died at his country
home in Credition, England on June 2, 1908 at the age of 68. - Lew Hart was born on 7 December 1846 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Stolen Paradise (1917), The Deacon's Son (1914) and The Unbeliever (1918). He was married to Louise Generva Plunkett and Evalyn Patterson. He died on 9 January 1920 in Staten Island, New York, USA.
- Elsie Herman was born on 7 December 1907 in Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929). She died on 18 April 1931 in New Jersey, USA.
- Scott Welsh was born on 7 December 1875 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Whispering Wires (1926), Bits of Life (1921) and Wild Oats Lane (1926). He died on 19 April 1931 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Illarion Nikolaevich Pevtsov was born on December 7, 1879, in Antopol,
Brest province, Russian Empire (now Belarus). His father, named Nikolai
Pevtsov, was a government clerk. Young Pevtsov studied and graduated
from Panevezhys College in 1899, then worked as a clerk in Vilno. At
that time Pevtsov made his stage debut with the Vilno Drama troupe in a
production of 'Zhenitba' (Marriage) by
Nikolay Gogol.
From 1899-1902 he studied under
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
at the Moscow Drama School at Moscow Philharmonic Society. From
1902-1906 he worked with
Vsevolod Meyerhold at the "New Drama
Theatre" in Moscow. Then he organized his own troupe and performed in
many Russian cities. Pevtsov had also a stellar career as a stage
actor. From 1922-1925 he worked with Konstantin Stanislavsky and
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
at the Moscow Art Theatre. From 1925-1934 he was a permanent member of
the troupe of the Pushkin Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
There his stage partners were such remarkable actors as
Yekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya,
Nikolay Cherkasov,
Yuri Yuryev,
Boris Babochkin,
Nikolai Simonov,
Vasiliy Merkurev,
Konstantin Skorobogatov,
Yuriy Tolubeev, Leonid Vivyen,
Vladimir Chestnokov, and other
notable Russian actors.
Pevtsov enjoyed a career in silent films. His best known film role is
in 'Chapaev' (1934), where his partner was
Boris Babochkin. Pevtsov taught acting
classes in St. Petersburg theatre of Komissarzhevskaya and in Moscow
Art Theatre. He died on October 25, 1934, and was laid to rest in
Tikhvinskoe Cemetery of Aleksander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg,
Russia. - Music Department
Tommy Lorne was born on 7 December 1890 in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, UK. He is known for The Lard Song (1927). He died on 17 April 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.- Novelist and historian Constance Skinner was born at a small trading post in remote British Columbia, Canada, where her father was an agent for the Hudson Bay Co. When she was 14 her family moved to Vancouver, BC, and at age 16 she developed health problems and moved to California to live with an aunt. She was already a published writer by that time, and soon was reviewing music and theatrical productions for the "San Francisco Examiner" and the "Los Angeles Times". She wrote her first play, "David", and it was produced in Carmel, CA, at the Forest Theatre in 1910. She later moved to New York City, where she was hired to write book reviews for the "Herald Tribune", and also contributed regularly to such publications as "Bookman", the "North American Review" and "Poetry", among others. Her second play, "Rosamund!", was produced in New York in 1917.
She was gaining a reputation as a serious writer, and it wasn't long before she was asked to contribute two volumes to Yale University's "Chronicles of America" series, and for that she wrote "Pioneers of the Old Southwest" in 1919 and "Adventures in Oregon" in 1920. With two colleagues, Clark Wissler and William C.H. Wood, she wrote "Adventures in the Wilderness" for the Yale "Pageant of America" series. She next wrote a series of adventure stories for children, all based on her life growing up on the Canadian frontier. After that published several novels and in 1930 published a well-received poetry collection, "Songs of the Coast Dwellers"..
She was considered an authority on frontier life, and in 1935 she proposed to the publishing firm of Farrar & Rinehart that she edit a series of historical works on the major rivers of North America. They accepted, and the first volume in the series, "Kennebec: Cradle of Americans", was published in 1937. Unfortunately, the series outlasted Skinner; it grew to more than 40 volumes, but she died of influenza in New York City in 1940 before she could finish editing the project. - Gunnar Tolnæs was a trained actor with an extensive career on the
stage, including Nationalteatret in Oslo. Made his film debut in
Swedish films working with Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström. Came to
Denmark in 1915 and worked exclusively for Nordisk Film, where he soon
became their biggest attraction after Valdemar Psilander left the
studio in 1916. A favorite with the ladies the tall, stately Norwegian
with the slumbering eyes thrilled audiences playing men of authority
especially maharajahs in a string of dramas. However, having made a
fortune and growing tired of 'sheik films',as he called them, he
retired early. - Walter Schofield was born on 7 December 1901 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Under Suspicion (1939). He died on 13 May 1941 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Cale Young Rice was born on 7 December 1872 in Dixon, Kentucky, USA. Cale Young was a writer, known for Your Favorite Story (1953). Cale Young was married to Alice Hegan Rice. Cale Young died on 23 January 1943 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Clementine Plessner was born on 7 December 1855 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Taras Bulba (1924), Kaliber fünf Komma zwei (1920) and Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918). She died on 27 February 1943 in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Terezín, Czech Republic].
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Max Ehrlich (1892-1944) was one of the most celebrated actors and
directors on the German comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s. But his
brilliant career was brutally interrupted by the rise of Nazism and his
resulting deportation in 1942 to Westerbork concentration camp in
Holland. Amazingly, there behind the walls and barbed wire, Max Ehrlich
formed a theater troupe composed of fellow prisoners - the majority of
them also famous Jewish show business personalities - and produced high
quality musical and comedy revues. This artistic activity provided the
means for everyone concerned, audience and actors alike, to retain a
small measure of humanity, free their minds - if only momentarily -
from the tragedy of daily life and nourish the illusion of survival.
But, in the end, comedy did not prevail: like almost all of his
colleagues from this theater of despair, in 1944 Max Ehrlich was
transported to Auschwitz and gassed.- Actor
- Producer
Ernst Hofmann was born on 7 December 1880 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for Die Fledermaus (1923), Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922) and Emerald of Death (1919). He was married to Hedda. He died on 27 April 1945 in Potsdam, Germany.- William Roselle was born on 7 December 1877 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Moonstone (1915), Gloria's Romance (1916) and In Search of a Sinner (1920). He was married to Rose Winter. He died on 1 June 1945 in New York, USA.
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Pietro Mascagni was born on 7 December 1863 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. He was a composer and writer, known for Raging Bull (1980), Funny Games (2007) and Death to Smoochy (2002). He was married to Lina Carbognani. He died on 2 August 1945 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Vasco Creti was born on 7 December 1874 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Last Days of Pompeii (1926), L'uomo dall'artiglio (1931) and Brivido (1941). He died on 16 October 1945 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Stanley Jessup was born on 7 December 1877 in Chester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Heads Up (1930) and The Playboy (1930). He was married to Leonora C. Buddine and Helen Irving. He died on 26 October 1945 in The Bronx, New York, USA.
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Károly Lajthay was born on 7 December 1883 in Marosvásárhely, Hungary, Austria-Hungary. He was a director and actor, known for Átok vára (1919), Sárga kaszinó (1944) and Júlia kisasszony (1919). He died on 30 August 1946 in Budapest, Hungary.- Composer, songwriter ("Moon Love", "For Your Love"), and author,
educated at DeWitt Clinton High School. He later conducted his own
orchestra. He was on the executive staff of CBS' Artist Bureau and MCA.
Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief musical collaborators included Sammy
Stept, Mack David, Don George, and Walter Kent. His other popular-song
compositions include "I Never Mention Your Name (Oh No)", "There's
Honey on the Moon Tonight", "What Is Love?", "An Evening in Paris",
"Just a Moon Ago", "Yesterday's Love", "My Songs", "Pretty Little
Hindu", Nothing Ever Happens to Me", and "Serenade to
Love". - Willa Cather was born in 1875 on a small farm close to the Blue Ridge
Mountains in Virginia. She was the eldest of seven children born to
Charles Cather, a deputy Sheriff and struggling entrepreneur, and Mary
Virginia Boak Cather. The family's Irish ancestors had settled in
Pennsylvania in the 1750s, and Willa cut her hair short and wore
trousers to her fashionable mother's chagrin. In 1883 the Cather family
moved to join Willa's grandparents in Webster County, Nebraska. A year
later they moved to Red Cloud, a nearby railroad town, where Willa met
Annie Sadilek, whom she later used as the model for My Antonia. Willa
attended the University of Nebraska, where she edited the school
magazine and contributed to local papers. In 1892 she published her
short story "Peter" in a Boston magazine, a story that later became
part of her novel My Antonia. After graduation in 1895, became an
editor at Home Monthly in Pittsburgh. Her short stories were ultimately
published in a collection called `The Troll Garden' in 1905, which
brought her to the attention of S.S. McClure. In 1906 she moved to New
York to join McClure's Magazine, eventually becoming its managing
editor. Over the next two decades, she published such prolific works as
'O Pioneers' (1913), 'My Antonia' (1917), and 'One of Ours' (1922),
which won the Pulitzer Prize. Her early novels focused on the
destruction of provincial life and the death of the pioneering
tradition, though her later novels (including 'The Professor's House'
(1925), 'My Mortal Enemy' (1926), and 'Death Comes for the Archbishop'
(1927)) reflected the personal despair that followed her commercial
success. Willa once said that she belonged to a world that had split in
two and, as a woman of two centuries - the conservative 19th and the
modern 20th - she bridged the large gap between traditional culture and
the uneasy Americanism of new immigrants. She had a keen eye for
new-century changes, writing about the most intimate pictures of the
inner setting: the heart, the soul, the home. Though there is
speculation about Cather's personal relationships with other women, her
intimate connections with friends are found in the intense human
interactions and nature imagery of her work. She maintained an active
writing career, publishing novels and short stories until her death,
whereupon she ordered her letters burned and was buried in New
Hampshire. - Actor
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Ferenc Futurista was born on 7 December 1891 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Za oponou smrti (1923), Ferenc se zení (1918) and Osálená komtesa Zuzana (1918). He died on 19 June 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Michaelson was born on 7 December 1898 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He died on 27 December 1948 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- John Tyrrell entered show business at the age of 16 as half of the
vaudeville dance team of Tyrrell and Mack. The act became very
successful, and for the next ten years they played engagements all over
the country and secured billing as featured players in the famous revue
"George White's Scandals." As vaudeville began to wane, however,
Tyrrell saw the handwriting on the wall and began studying acting,
sensing that his future would be in motion pictures. He spent two years
with a stock theater company in Connecticut perfecting his craft, then
journeyed to Hollywood. He was soon placed under a long-term contract
to Columbia Pictures, and appeared in many of the studio's prestige
pictures in supporting parts. He was a staple in the studio's comedy
shorts, and often appeared with such comics as El Brendel, Andy Clyde and
The Three Stooges, specializing in playing con artists, swindlers and other shady
types. - Actor
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Roy Applegate was born on 7 December 1878 in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania. He was an actor and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914), All for a Girl (1915) and Yolanda (1924). He was married to Katherine K. Burch. He died on 9 February 1950 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, USA.- Actor
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Harry Stubbs was born on 7 December 1874 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Invisible Man (1933), Alibi (1929) and The Locked Door (1929). He was married to Susan. He died on 9 March 1950 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sound Department
Harry Baker was born on 7 December 1901 in Missouri, USA. He is known for Something Simple (1934), Music in Your Hair (1934) and It Happened One Day (1934). He died on 27 December 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Ernie Lotinga was born on 7 December 1876 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dr. Josser, K.C. (1931), Love Up the Pole (1936) and Josser on the Farm (1934). He was married to Hetty King and Kathleen Barbor (performer). He died on 28 October 1951 in London, England, UK.- Molly Malone was an actress who began during the early days of silent
film. She was born in Wisconsin. She didn't get
her first role in motion pictures until 1917, in
The Pulse of Life (1917),
making her a late bloomer in the film industry. By then she was 29,
several years older than most actresses just starting out. Once she got
her start, though, Molly was kept very busy. The twenties proved
especially busy for her, with appearances in films such as
Sure Fire (1921),
Across the Deadline (1922),
Battling Bunyan (1924), and
Rawhide (1926). She retired from the big
screen after
The Golden Stallion (1927).
On February 14, 1952, Molly died of natural causes in Los Angeles,
California. She was 63 years old. - Writer
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Perets Davidovich Markish was born on December 7, 1895, in Polonnoe
shtetl, Volynsk province, Ukraine, Russian Empire. His father, named
David Markish, was a melamed. His mother, named Khaya, was a daughter
of a local tailor Shimshon-Behr. Young Perets Markish studied at cheder
from the early age of three. Young Markish worked as a hard laborer, a
trader, and a teacher in Berdichev, Odessa, and in Moldavia. Markish
always kept the scroll of Torah that was given to him by his father.
At the beginning of the First World War he was drafted in the Tsar's
Army and served in the front-lines against the German army. He was
severely wounded in action and suffered from a contusion. He was
decommissioned and settled in Yekaterinoslav. There Markish made his
first publications of poetry in Yiddish, in 1917. In 1918 Markish moved
to Kiev and joined the "Kiev group" of writers in Yiddish. There he
published his poetry in the collection titled "Eingst" together with
such poets as Osher Shvartsman, David Gofstein, and Lev Kvitko.
After the Russian Civil War Markish moved to Warsaw, then moved to
Paris. He enjoyed a continuous friendship with artist Marc Chagall, whom he
had known from his youth. In 1926 Markish returned to the USSR. In 1929
he married Ester Lasebnikova and their first son, named Simon, was born
in 1931, their second son, named David, was born in 1938. Markish was
elected the head of the Yiddish Writers group within the Union of
Soviet Writers. He was a prominent poet and writer in Yiddish. His
plays 'Nit Gedayget' (Don't give up 1931) and 'Semya Ovadis' (The
Ovadis family 1938) had a successful run in Soviet theatres. His poetry
was translated from Yiddish to Russian by such poets as Anna Akhmatova, Eduard
Bagritsky, Boris Pasternak, and David Samoylov among others. In 1939 Markish was
awarded the Order of Lenin for his work in literature.
In August of 1941, Perets Markish joined the Jewish Anti-Fascist
Committee. It was formed by the group of leading intellectuals in the
Soviet Union to campaign against the Nazis during the Second World War.
The Committee was headed by actor Solomon Mikhoels. Along with Mikhoels other
prominent members were Aleksandr Tairov, Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Samuil Marshak, Ilja Ehrenburg, and
many other leading intellectuals in the Soviet Union. The main driving
force of the Committee was represented by the group of Yiddish writers
such as Lev Kvitko, David Gofstein, Itsik Fefer, David Bergelson, and
others. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee provided over 45 million
rubles for the Soviet Army. After the end of the Second World War the
Committee was denounced by Joseph Stalin.
Markish was arrested on January 27, 1949, at his apartment in Moscow.
He was taken by four officers to a Soviet secret service prison. The
Jewish group within the Union of Soviet Writers was destroyed and many
of its members were arrested and sentenced to 25 years of exile.
Joseph Stalin personally intervened in the fate of Yiddish writers and
changed their sentences from exile to execution. Thirteen Yiddish
writers were executed by the Soviet secret service. Perets Markish was
executed by the gunshot to his head on August 12, 1952, in Moscow,
Soviet Union.
Posthumous publication of Markish's works revealed a collection of
outstanding poetry and prose. His poem "Voina" (War 1948) was a
sheloshim for the millions of Jews killed by the Nazis during the
Second World War.- Actor
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Matthew Smith was born on 7 December 1903 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934). He died on 16 March 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
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Phyllis Barry was born Gertrude Hillyard on December 7, 1908, in Leeds, England. She was a gifted dancer and at the age of fourteen she joined an Australian cabaret troupe. Phyllis starred in many stage musicals including No No Nannette and Lady Be Good. She made her film debut in the 1925 Australian film Painted Daughters. At the time her stage name was Phyllis DuBarry. In 1930 she toured America in a production of Rio Rita. Producer Samuel Goldwyn saw her on stage and offered her a part in the drama Cynara starring Kay Francis. Unfortunately the movie flopped and her performance got mixed reviews. She married vaudeville performer Albert Nordlund (also known as Al Nord) in 1932. The following year she landed the lead role in the comedy What - No Beer? opposite Buster Keaton. She had supporting roles in the films Blind Adventure and Forbidden Heaven.
Phyllis and Albert had a rocky marriage and they separated several times. She divorced him in 1936 and said "he told me he didn't think my career meant anything". Phyllis continued to make movies but by 1939 her career had stalled. She appeared in The Three Stooges short Three Little Sew and Sews and had a bit part in the drama Waterloo Bridge. On August 20, 1939 she married decorator Gilbert M. Caldwell. The couple moved to a small house in West Hollywood. Her last film role was playing a waitress in the 1947 drama Love From A Stranger. Phyllis quit acting and tried to settle into life as a housewife. Unfortunately she became increasingly addicted to prescription drugs. On July 1, 1954 she died after accidentally overdosing of phenobarbital. Phyllis was only forty-five years old. She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.- Cinematographer
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Otto Trippel was born on 7 December 1891 in Aach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Von Königsberg bis Berchtesgaden (1934), Der graue Hund (1922) and Schneepiraten (1925). He died on 7 October 1954 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Charles Goldner was born on 7 December 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Brighton Rock (1948), Third Time Lucky (1949) and Black Magic (1949). He was married to Maureen Leslie. He died on 15 April 1955 in London, England, UK.
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Ismael Neto was born on 7 December 1925 in Belém, Pará, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria (2003), Barnabé Tu És Meu (1952) and Estou Aí (1949). He was married to Heleninha Costa. He died on 31 January 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Writer
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- Additional Crew
Harry Chandlee was born on 7 December 1882 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for Sergeant York (1941), Broadway Madness (1927) and The Stronger Will (1928). He was married to Edith Creel Spofford. He died on 3 August 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joyce Cary was born on 7 December 1888 in Londonderry, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Give Me Your Heart (1936), Men of Two Worlds (1946) and Secret People (1952). He died on 29 March 1957 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Ferenc Hoykó was born on 7 December 1900 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A kölcsönkért kastély (1937), Uz Bence (1938) and Stolen Wednesday (1933). He died on 17 March 1958 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Julio Villarreal was born on 7 December 1885 in Lérida, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956), The Rebel (1943) and Christopher Columbus (1943). He was married to Elisa Asperó. He died on 4 August 1958 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Vingie E. Roe was born on 7 December 1879 in Wyandotte, Kansas, USA. Vingie E. was a writer, known for The Crimson Challenge (1922), Big Timber (1924) and Twilight (1919). Vingie E. was married to Raymond L. Lawton. Vingie E. died on 13 August 1958 in Sonoma County, California, USA.
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Forgotten today, Marcella Albani was an idol of the European cinema in
the final years of the 1920s, making dozens of films in five different
countries (Italy, Germany, Austria, France and Czechoslovakia). After
sound came, her popularity declined and she turned to writing. One of
her novels "La Città dell'amore" was even adapted for the big screen by
Mario Franchini, her husband. She went
on acting until 1936. After a final appearance in
Luis Trenker
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936),
she retired from acting and led a peaceful life at the Ligurian Coast.
Born in 1899, Marcella Albani had been discovered twenty years
afterward by writer-director Guido Parish
with whom she formed a very successful team. The couple made nearly all
their respective films together (mainly tearjerkers and adventure
yarns) until 1924 when they parted company. Their first movies were
made in Italy until Parish decided to go to Germany. Marcella followed
her mentor - who had changed his name to Guido Schamberg - there, and
she met with instant success. Very exotic as the elegant Latin lady
against a German backdrop, she enraptured German males in flicks such
as Frauenschicksal (1923),
Das Spiel der Liebe (1924) or
Die Flucht in den Zirkus (1926).
When she became freelance, she was occasionally chosen by important
directors like Joe May, Friedrich
Zelnik' or William Dieterle. One thing
leading to another Marcella Albani made no fewer than fifty-odd films
in only seventeen years. She was not even sixty when, having fallen
into oblivion, she died of a brain tumor. Will she be rediscovered some
day?- Gertrude Bondhill was born on 7 December 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Unborn (1916), The Awakening of Bess Morton (1916) and Miss Arizona (1919). She died on 15 September 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Actor
Leif B. Hendil was born on 7 December 1898 in Skive, Denmark. He was an actor. He died on 20 June 1961 in Denmark.- Börje Blomberg was born on 7 December 1921 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Ungdom i fara (1946). He died on 25 June 1961 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Make-Up Department
- Actress
Jane Romeyn was born on 7 December 1901 in Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), The Star (1952) and Siren of Atlantis (1949). She was married to Fred Desch. She died on 5 May 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Producer
- Writer
- Director
George J. Banfield was born on 7 December 1888 in De Beauvoir Town, Hackney, London, England, UK. George J. was a producer and writer, known for Power Over Men (1929), Lady Godiva (1928) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1928). George J. died on 10 June 1963 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.