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Hoyt, John, 1905-1991

John Hoyt was an actor known for his range of roles in film and television between the 1940s and 1980s. Born as John McArthur Hoystradt on October 05, 1904 in Bronxville, New York, he first worked as a pianist before working in Orson Welles' Mercury Theater. He quit the theater company and moved to Hollywood in 1945, where he played roles in over seventy films over the course of his career. His roles include Dr.

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Perry, Harry, 1888-1985

American cinematographer Harry Frank Perry was born on May 2, 1888, the fifth of seven children born to Fannie Teter and Henry Perry in Idana, Kansas. He married Fern Frost Strange on July 29, 1921, and the couple had three children, Harry Frank Perry Jr., Thomas Leon Perry, and John Richard Perry. Perry is most well known for his work on aerial cinematic sequences in Wings (1927) and Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He died on February 9, 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

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Graves, Ralph, 1900-1977

Ralph Graves was a film actor, director, and screenwriter known for his work in silent films. Born on January 23, 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio, Graves is credited for approximately ninety films between the 1910s and 1940s, including the first film produced by Howard Hughes, Swell Hogan (1926). He retired in 1949, the same year of his last film, Joe Palooka and the Counterpunch. Graves died on January 10, 1977 in Santa Barbara, California.

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Fritz, Pom, 1950-

One of four children born to a farming family in Udon Thani, Thailand, Pom Fritz is a retired guest room attendant (Flamingo, Desert Inn, and Mirage) and member of Culinary Workers Union Local 226, serving the Union as committee member, shop steward, Trustee, and member of the Executive Board. Pom came to the U.S. with her second husband, an American, in 1972. After stops at Air Force bases near Sacramento and in North Carolina, she moved to Riverside, California, where her younger sister then lived.

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Powell, Dick, 1904-1963

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell was a film actor, producer, director, and singer, born in 1904 to Ewing Powell and Sallie Thompson. He began his career as a singer and band leader in the early 1920s; in 1932 Warner Brothers offered him a contract and his first film role. In 1940, after appearing in many romantic comedies, Powell signed with Paramount Pictures. In 1944, he was cast as the detective Philip Marlowe in the first of a series of film noir productions that cemented his reputation as a dramatic actor.

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Audiovisual materials, approximately 1960 to 2010

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The Audiovisual materials series consists of audio and video recordings from Bill Moore and George Arnold show performances between 1960 and 2009. Recordings include, but are not limited to, performances of B-Dazzled, Bravo, City Lights, Glitter, Moulin Rouge, Nudes on Ice, Playgirls on Ice, and Razzle Dazzle. Material types are VHS tape, audio cassette, reel-to-reel tape, and MP4 digital files created from DVD originals.

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Bill Moore Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00597
Collection Name: Bill Moore Professional Papers
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