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Graham Cutts (1884–1958) was a British film director. One of the leading British directors in the 1920s, his fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia
Edward A. Kull (December 10, 1885 – December 22, 1946) was an American cinematographer and film director. He worked on 101 films between 1916 and 1946. He also directed 43 films between 1919 and 1938.
William Sidney “Will” Stanton (September 18, 1885 – December 18, 1969) was an American character actor, whose career spanned the first twenty-five years of the sound film era. Born in London, England, Stanton broke into the film industry at the ver
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 mus
Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla (German: Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Roßla; 23 July 1885, Roßla, Grafschaft Stolberg-Roßla – 16 October 1969, Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein) was the second wife of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, Regent of the D
Albert Roy Mitchell (April 19, 1885 – September 8, 1959) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of seven seasons (1910–1914, 1918–1919) with the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. For
Harry O. Hoyt (6 August 1885 – 29 July 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 film The Lost World, b
Joseph Nathan Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 10, 1938) better known as King Oliver or Joe Oliver, was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz. Al
George Kuwa (7 April 1885 – 13 October 1931) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 58 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen, in the 1926 f
Zou Rong (Chinese: 鄒容; pinyin: Zōu Róng; Wade–Giles: Tsou Jung; 1885 – 1905) was a Chinese nationalist, racialist and revolutionary martyr of the anti-Qing movement. He was born in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, his ancestors having moved the
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Erskine Sanford (November 19, 1885 – July 7, 1969) was an American actor in films from the late 1930s. A member of Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre company, he also appeared in several of Welles’s films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newsp