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Hawley, Tom, 1961-2021
Tom Hawley can claim to be a Las Vegas native, having been born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He started spending summers in Las Vegas at age 5 and has spent most of his life in Southern Nevada. Tom is a graduate of Rancho High School in North Las Vegas and has a B.A. in Communication Studies from UNLV.
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Wright, Kevin L., 1992-
Papers found in UNLV Library catalog authored by Dr. Wright. Retrieved 2021 Oct 15 via: https://unlv-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?query=creator,exact,Wright,%20Kevin%20L.,AND&tab=default_tab&search_scope=EVERYTHING&vid=UNLV&mode=advanced&offset=0
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Kalaoram, Stella, 1969-
“Every Monday I will be at the union, like right now, helping the grievance team. If you’re asking for memories, no. It’s memories every day for me.”
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Strong, Eugene, 1893-1962
Actor and vaudeville performer Eugene Strong was born on August 9, 1893 to Jean Chistopherson and Peter Strong in Wisconsin, United States. He performed on stage in The Virginian for two years before entering a forty-week vaudeville tour on To Save One Girl. Strong also appeared as Endicott on Howard Hughes' The Front Page (1931).
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Mansfield, W. Duncan
W. Duncan Mansfield was an film and television editor, director, and screeplay writer. Born on September 15, 1971 in Hollywood, California, he worked for directors including Thomas H. Ince and Harold Lloyd. During his career, he edited fifty-one films, directed two, and wrote the screenplay for one. Mansfield also performed editing for the Howard Hughes-produced films The Age For Love (1931) and Cock of the Air (1932). He died on September 15, 1971 in Hollywood, California.
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Warren, Eda
American film editor Eda Warren was born in Denver, Colorado on October 17, 1903. She was one of the first women to be accepted in the film ediing process, and assisted on over sixty films for Paramount Pictures and Howard Hughes' RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Warren was also eleceted secretary of American Cinema Editors group in 1955. She died on July 15, 1980 in Los Angeles, California.
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Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971
Harold Lloyd was an influential film actor and producer known for his sight gags and extreme stunts in his silent comedy films between 1913 and 1928, as well as his sound films between 1929 and 1938 before his retirement. After retiring, director Preston Sturges convinced him to return to acting, appearing in the Howard Hughes-produced The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947).
The film was re-edited and re-released as Mad Wednesday in 1950.Person
Wagner, Max, 1901-1975
Mexican-American actor, Maxwell Sergius Wagner was most known for starring in most of Preston Sturges' films. Wagner was one of five children born to William Wallace Wagner and Edith Gilfillan in Torreon, Mexico on November 28, 1901. After his father died in the Mexican Revolution, the Wagner family moved to Salinas, California. He followed three of his brothers to Hollywood, California to work in the film industry.
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Van Cleef, Lee, 1925-1989
Notorious Western film villian Lee Van Cleef was born Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. in Somerville, New Jersey to Marion Lavinia Gilbert Van Fleet and Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Sr. on January 9, 1925. Van Cleef attended Somerville High School before dropping out in order to elist in the United States Nacy in 1942. He worked as a sonarman on the U. S. S. Incredible in Mediterranean Sea, before moving to sweeping seabeds near Russia.
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Derr, E. B.
Edward B. Derr. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
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Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
Adolphe Jean Menjou was an actor active between the 1910s and 1960s, known for playing suave and flirtatious roles.
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Stallings, Charles P., 1893-1960
American film director and production manager Charles Potter Stallings was born on August 18, 1893 in Lansing, Michigan to Florence E. Higby and Joseph Stallings. Stallings produced over 28 films in Hollywood, California. He also worked for Howard Hughes' The Caddo Company, Inc., and worked on The Front Page (1931),The Age For Love (1931), Sky Devils (1932), and Scarface (1932).
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Marquardt, Paul, 1889-1960
Paul Marquardt was a German composer, arranger, and orchestrator, known for writing film scores between the late 1920s and 1950s including The Wizard of Oz (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He also wrote compositions for Howard Hughes-produced Jet Pilot (1957).
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Martin, Skip
Lloyd Vernon "Skip" Martin was a saxiphonist, clarinetist, and arranger who performed work for jazz bands, orchestras, and films between the 1930s and 1960s. His credited films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), A Star Is Born (1954), and the Howard Hughes-produced Jet Pilot (1957).
Martin was born on May 14, 1916 in Illinois. He died on February 12, 1976 in Los Angeles, California.
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Dolenz, George, 1908-1963
George Dolenz was born in Trieste, Italy in 1908 and immigrated to the United States in 1934. Finding work as a waiter, he pursued an acting career, earning a contract with Universal Studios in 1942. As a successful character actor, Dolenz had few leading roles in film; an exception was the 1950 Howard Hughes produced thriller, Vendetta. In 1956, he played the lead role in the television series The Count of Monte Cristo, and continued to take occasional television roles until his death in 1963.
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Lawrence, Frank, 1883-1960
Frank Lawrence was a film editor who worked on silent and early sound films between 1917 and 1936. Born on June 15, 1883, Lawrence worked for film companies including Vitagraph Studios and Universal City Studios. On 1918, he married Viola Lawrence, a fellow editor considered to be the first female film editor in Hollywood. During his career, Lawrence performed editing on films including Hell's Angels (1930). He died on July 28, 1960.
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Doner, Rose, 1905-1926
Rose Doner, born Rose Irene Donohoe in 1905, was youngest daughter of vaudeville team Joe and Nellie Doner and sister of entertainers Kitty and Ted Doner. Rose trained as a dancer from a young age, and made her first professional appearence on stage in 1920. In 1925, she traveled to California with her sister Kitty and brother Ted to perform in the West coast production of the Gershwin musical, Lady Be Good. While in Los Angeles, she reported appeared in two films; one may have been the Howard Hughes funded Swell Hogan.
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Dove, Billie
Born Lillian Bertha Bohny to Charles and Bertha Bohny, Billie Dove first appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1917. Five year later, she signed with Metro in Hollywood and appeared in her first film "Polly of the Follies" (1922). Nick named Billie Dove, she was known as the beauty queen of the silent film era. Her many credits included "The Lone Star Ranger" (1923), "The Air Mail" (1925), "Kid Boots" (1926), "American Beauty" (1927) and "Her Private Life" (1929). She retired from the screen in 1934.
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