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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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