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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