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The illegitimate son of a Danish farmer and his Swedish housekeeper, Carl Theodor Dreyer was born in Copenhagen on the 3th of February, 1889. He spent his early years in various foster homes before being adopted by the Dreyers at the age of two. Contrary to popular belief (perhaps nourished by the fact that his films often deal with religious themes) Dreyer did not receive a strict Lutheran upbringing, but was raised in a household that embraced modern ideas: in his spare time the adoptive father was an avid photographer, and the Dreyers voted for The Danish Social Democrates. When he was baptized the reasoning was culturally, not religiously motivated. Dreyer's childhood was an unhappy one. He did not feel his adoptive parents' love (especially the mother), and longed for his biological mother, whom he never knew.
After working as a journalist, he entered the film industry, and advanced from reading scripts to directing films himself. In the silent era his output was large, but it quickly diminished with the arrival of the talkie. In his lifetime he was recognized as being a fanatical perfectionist amongst producers, and thus difficult to work with. His career was dogged by problems with the financing of his films, which led to large gaps in his output - and after the critics, too, denounced Vampyr (1932), he returned to journalism in 1932, and became a cinema manager in 1952 - though he still made features up to the mid- 1960s, a few years before his death. His films are typically slow, intense studies of human psychology, usually of people undergoing extreme personal or religious crises. He is now regarded as the greatest director ever to emerge from Denmark.- Charles Chaplin Jr. was born on 5 May 1925 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Beat Generation (1959), Fangs of the Wild (1954) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Martha Brown (nurse) and Susan Magness. He died on 20 March 1968 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Cesáreo González was born on 29 May 1903 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. He was a producer and actor, known for María de la O (1959), Camelia (1954) and Aventuras de Joselito y Pulgarcito (1960). He died on 20 March 1968 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Antonio Riquelme was born in Madrid, Spain as Antonio Riquelme Salvador. He was an actor, known for Jeromín (1953), La revoltosa (1950) and The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944). He was descended from artist parents, his grandfather was an actor of zarzuela, and his parents were dedicated to comedy, he recognized that he was not of the same category as them but of the same substance.
- John Sephens Oldham was born in a Britsh spring and music entered his life early since his boyhood. He was singing concert solos with his boy soprano voice, and when it evolved to tenor he soon went on to a professional career, leaving his job as a bank clerk. In 1914 he made his début at the London Pavilion as lead tenor in The Daring of Diane. After serving with the Scots Guards in World War I, singing for his fellow comrades, staging The Chocolate Soldier and earning the Military Cross in Macedonia, in 1919 he was demobilized and joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in which he stayed for three years singing the tenor leads of most of the Gilbert & Sullivan works, which would forever remain dear to his heart and took him to the West End.
There he would sing during the1920s the tenor leads in a variety of musical plays : Madame Pompadour, The Merry Widow, Rose-Marie, The Vagabond King, which he combined with the Gilbert&Sullivan Savoy operettas. In 1922 he met soprano Winnie Melville as costar in Whirled Into Happiness at the Lyric Theatre. They got married and she retired for three years to study singing "seriously", reappearing in 1926 in The Student Prince. The following year they played the leads in The Vagabond King, and they would perform together in White Eagle, Blue Eyes, and vaudeville (see their photograph at the image gallery). They were also offered an exclusive contract to record for His Master's Voice. Later in 1929 they joined for a few months the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to perform more Gilbert & Sullivan plays, including a tour to the States. In 1933 they separated, she would die in 1937.
Derek also appeared in a few filmed operettas and musical films, much in vogue during that period : Her Song of Love (1934), Melody of My Heart (1936).
When the operetta fever gave way to the 1940s swing music and after World War II ended, he made a turn to Lieder singing, "serious" stage plays and became a character actor, yet he stayed faithful to his Gilbert & Sullivan preferred musicals acting as an officer and later Vice-President in their Society. He performed onstage until 70 years old, when he retired to Hampshire. - Sound Department
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George Leverett was born on 10 February 1883 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, USA. He is known for Funny Face (1957), The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and The Black Swan (1942). He died on 20 March 1968 in Hemet, California, USA.- Joseph Simpson was born on 3 July 1909 in Dawley, Shropshire, England, UK. He was married to Elizabeth May Bowler. He died on 20 March 1968 in Roehampton, London, England, UK.
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Charlotte Arthur was born on 16 August 1895 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Rescue Squad (1935) and Borderline (1930). She was married to William Power Blodget and Gavin Arthur. She died on 20 March 1968 in San Diego, California, USA.