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- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Irving Berlin was born Israel Isidor Baline on May 11, 1888 in Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire. Towering composer, songwriter, ("God Bless America", "Always", "Blue Skies", "White Christmas") author and publisher, he came to the United States at age 5 and was educated in New York's public schools. His earliest musical education was from his father, a cantor. He earned Honorary degrees from Bucknell University and Temple University. Beginning his career as a song-plugger for publisher Harry von Tilzer, Berlin worked as a singing waiter in Chinatown. In 1909, he was hired as a staff lyricist by the Ted Snyder Company, and became a partner to that firm four years later.
In 1910, he began doing vaudeville appearances in the United States and abroad, and also appeared with Snyder in the Broadway musical "Up and Down Broadway", that ran for 72 performances. He joined ASCAP as a charter member in 1914, and served on its first board of directors between 1914-1918. Berlin enlisted the United States Army infantry in World War I, and was a sergeant at Camp Upton, New York. After the war, he established his own public-relations firm, and in 1921, he built the 1025-seat Music Box Theatre (at 239 W. 45th Street, New York) with Sam H. Harris. After Harris' death in 1941, Berlin assumed full ownership and the theatre remains a Broadway institution to this day.
Among his many awards was the Medal for Merit for his 1942 all-soldier show "This Is the Army", which toured the United States, Europe and South Pacific battle zones; all proceeds were assigned to Army Emergency Relief and other service agencies. Berlin was also a member of the French Legion of Honor and held the Congressional Medal of Honor for "God Bless America", the proceeds from which went to the God Bless America Fund. His songs were sung by Fred Astaire, Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Dick Powell, Alice Faye and many others. Irving Berlin died at the age of 101 of natural causes on September 22, 1989 in New York City.- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Carl Anderson was born in 1903 in Dover, New Jersey - coincidentally, in the same year and in the same town where the pioneering film The Great Train Robbery (1903), generally considered to be the first "narrative" film in cinema history, was shot. His family eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he attended high school, and after graduation went to work for an interior design business. In the early 1930s he was hired as a draftsman at MGM Studios, but by 1936 he was working at Columbia Pictures, where he spent the next quarter-century. It didn't take long before Anderson worked his way up to art director, and after gaining experience in short subjects, he began work on feature films in the early 1940s. He worked on such films as Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), Hatari! (1962) and Chisum (1970), and was twice nominated for an Academy Award in Art Direction, once for The Last Angry Man (1959) and again for Lady Sings the Blues (1972). Starting in the 1970s he worked mainly in television, and mostly on made-for-TV movies. He retired from features in 1981, and died in 1989.- Actor
- Producer
Alfonso Tafoya was born on 14 November 1928 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for C.H.U.D. (1984), Banacek (1972) and Medical Center (1969). He died on 22 September 1989 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jan Teulings was born on 29 May 1905 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Hollands glorie (1977), Maigret (1964) and Dagboek van een herdershond (1978). He died on 22 September 1989 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Sound Department
Alf Nordenström was born on 20 June 1903. He is known for Valfångare (1939). He died on 22 September 1989.- Wojciech Maciuszonek was born on 20 March 1955 in Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Wedle wyroków twoich... (1984). He died on 22 September 1989.
- Production Designer
- Producer
- Set Decorator
'Salvo d'Angelo', an architecture graduate, was initially active in motion pictures as a decorator in the late thirties, and eventually became a film producer, starting with documentaries, most of them on behalf of the Vatican, which were awarded important prizes at the Venice and Cannes International Film Festivals. This encouraged him to set up his own company, _Universalia_. He was one of the very first to recognize the genius of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica, producing their early films (La Terra Trema (1948) for Visconti, _Germania anno zero (1947)_, for Rossellini, and _Porta del cielo, La (1946)_ for De Sica). Visconti's 'Terra Trema' screenplay was refused by all producers at the time, as they felt it would hardly be a box-office hit. Salvo d'Angelo was the only one who believed that Visconti (who had made at that point just one film) would make it a great movie that would eventually repay its cost. That proved to be true: the film was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and has been presented consistently in many countries in the past 54 years of its life (it was made in 1947). 'Terra trema' has been hailed one of the greatest art films of all time. D'Angelo was the first Italian producer starting co-productions with the French motion picture industry, and the result was Fabiola (1949) directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring 'Michèle Morgan', 'Henri Vidal' and 'Michel Simon', with a strong social and historical message. Next came Beauty and the Devil (1950) directed by the celebrated René Clair and starring Gérard Philipeand Michel Simon. The première of this film took place at the Paris Opera House and was attended by the President of the Republic of France, Vincent Auriol.
In 1951 D'Angelo' proposed to Luchino Visconti to make a movie (Bellissima (1951)) with the greatest Italian star of the time, 'Anna Magnani', it was the story of a mother who wants at all costs her little daughter to win a competition for a role in a movie. Her illusions, even when her daughter is finally selected by the director (Alessandro Blasetti playing himself), will collapse when she discovers the harsh reality behind the glamor of motion pictures. Salvo d'Angelo was the first to believe in and help Franco Zeffirelli, Francesco Rosi (both were hired to be Visconti's assistants for 'Terra Trema' and 'Bellissima') and other directors and actors, like Vittorio Gassman, who later became world famous. He never produced his films by looking first and foremost at the box office, for his prime considerations were always quality and contents.
His mark as a producer of Italian motion pictures has been publicly recognized, among others, by Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Alessandro Blasetti, Roberto Rosselliniand Giorgio Strehler as well as by the press. His films are still part of the collections kept in many cine clubs both in Italy and abroad.- Vera Vergani was born on 19 February 1894 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for Dora o Le spie (1919), Lucie de Trecoeur (1922) and Il presagio (1916). She was married to Leonardo Pescarolo. She died on 22 September 1989 in Procida, Campania, Italy.
- Vivian Gane was born on 5 July 1898 in Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Frame-Up (1919), A Fugitive's Life (1919) and The Tryout (1919). She died on 22 September 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.