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Manuel, Arlene, 1984-
After a 13-year courtship spanning the Pacific Ocean, Arlene and Mach Manuel began married life in San Diego, where their daughter was born. The couple is from two worlds. Arlene was raised in the Philippines, where her parents sacrificed to send her to the best Catholic school in Manila and to college for two separate degrees. In contrast, Mach's San Diego upbringing was that of a working-class "American" child who connected with his Filipino heritage on his first visit to the Philippines as an adult.
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Manuel, Mach V., 1977-
After a 13-year courtship spanning the Pacific Ocean, Arlene and Mach Manuel began married life in San Diego, where their daughter was born. The couple is from two worlds. Arlene was raised in the Philippines, where her parents sacrificed to send her to the best Catholic school in Manila and to college for two separate degrees. In contrast, Mach's San Diego upbringing was that of a working-class "American" child who connected with his Filipino heritage on his first visit to the Philippines as an adult.
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Sun, Reika, 1983-
Zhen "Reika" Sun was born and raised in Shanghai, China, during the one-child policy. Because her parents both worked, she was raised by nannies. Wanting a better life for their daughter, Reika's parents immigrated to the U.S. in 2009, choosing to settle in Las Vegas because her mother's sister lived here. However, before Reika could join her parents in Las Vegas, they sent her to an English as a Second Language program at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.
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Cormack, Bartlett, 1898-1942
Born in 1898, Edward Bartlett Cormack wrote his first play as a nineteen year-old college student before taking a job as a newspaper reporter. In 1927, he wrote The Racket as a stage play; a year later he created the silent screen version of the story for Howard Hughes. The film was nominated for a best picture award in 1929. Bartlett would go on to write twenty-five plays and screenplays before his death in 1944.
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Moore, Matt, 1888-1960
Matt Moore was an Irish-born actor and director, and brother of fellow actors Tom, Mary, and Owen Moore. He was born on January 08, 1888 in County Meath, Ireland and later emigrated to the United States. Moore's acting career spans between the 1910s and 1950s, where he played roles including Kruger in The Front Page (1930) and Terry in Cock of the Air (1932), both produced by Howard Hughes.
Moore died on January 20, 1960 in Hollywood, California.
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Chester, Morris
Chester Morris was an actor best known for his role as Boston Blackie in fourteen Columbia Pictures film series and NBC radio series between 1941 and 1949. He was born on February 16, 1901 in New York City, New York. After Morris' first starring role as Chick Williams in Alibi (1928), he went on to perform in more than eighty-five films, including Lieutenant Roger Craig in the Howard Hughes-produced Cock of the Air.
Morris died on September 11, 1970 in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Maynard, Kermit, 1897-1971
Kermit Maynard was a stunt actor and circus performer, known for performing uncredited in over a hundred films and television series between the 1920s and 1960s. Born on September 20, 1897 in Vevay, Indiana, Maynard performed parimarily in westerns in both silent and sound films. Of his numerous roles, he is credited for performing stunts in the Howard Hughes-produced "The Conqueror." Maynard died on January 16, 1971 in North Hollywood, California.
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