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- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Sam Warner could rightly be called "The Father of Talking Pictures". Of the four Warner brothers, Sam was the most in favor of using synchronized sound with movies. He was the driving force behind the studio's partnership with Western Electric to create Vitaphone. At first, he only wanted to use Vitaphone to provide music and sound effects. (This was intended as a cost-saving device, allowing local theaters to dismiss their house musicians.) When Don Juan (1926) -- the first Vitaphone feature -- debuted, it was not nearly as well received as two of the Vitaphone shorts that immediately preceded it. One was of MPPDA president Will Hays giving a short introductory speech, the other was of an opera tenor singing a selection from "Il Pagliacci." Realizing that people wanted to hear movie actors' voices, Sam pushed his brothers to the next level: talkies. The result was The Jazz Singer (1927). Originally, Al Jolson was only supposed to sing. There was to be no dialogue. Jolson insisted on ad-libbing between songs. Sam convinced his brothers to include the ad-libbed scenes and, in fact, it is those few talking scenes that made the movie the sensation it was. Ironically, Sam never saw the revolution he started. He died the day before The Jazz Singer (1927) had its world debut in New York City.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Reggie Lanning was born on 6 October 1893 in Congress, Arizona, USA. Reggie was a cinematographer, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Pilgrim Lady (1946) and Wake of the Red Witch (1948). Reggie was married to Eileen Juanita Christensen. Reggie died on 6 December 1965 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Max Bozyk was born in Lodz (pronounced Wooj - but often Anglicized to sound like Ludz), Poland, in 1888, where he first performed in Yiddish theater and films. It was also there that he met his wife Reizl Bozyk, who accompanied him on stage as the second half of a comedy team. Touring in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he and his wife elected not to return to Poland after Hitler's invasion of their home country. Instead, they with their only daughter (their only son had remained in Poland and subsequently died in the holocaust) emigrated to the U.S. in 1941 and quickly established themselves as regulars in Yiddish productions on stage, as well as in Yiddish films. He was often likened to the French comedian [link-nm0272794] for his ability to evoke laughter and tears, almost simultaneously, and for the way in which he moved with subtle, abject gestures of the shoulders and head to enhance the comedic effect. His involvement with the Yiddish theater extended to a stint as president of the now-defunct Hebrew Actors Union, an organization for which he also served many years on the executive board. He was also a member of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance and the Yiddish Artists & Friends. A performer to the last, he collapsed in his wife's arms after completing a monologue from the writings of Sholom Aleichem. Unable to revive him, he was pronounced dead at New York's Roosevelt Hospital.
- Lucy Gehrman was born in 1889 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for A Brivele der mamen (1938) and God, Man and Devil (1950). She died on 8 May 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Samuel Landau was born on 9 August 1882 in Wloclawek, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Hertsele meyukhes (1913), Yidl mitn fidl (1936) and The Jester (1937). He died in 1942 in Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Helena Janina Pajzderska-Rogozinska was born on 16 May 1862 in Sandomierz, Radom Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Sandomierz, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]. Helena Janina was married to Tomasz Pajzderski and Stefan Szolc-Rogozinski. Helena Janina died on 4 December 1927 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Second Polish Republic.
- Ajzyk Samberg was born on 22 February 1889 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Dybbuk (1937), Pan Tadeusz (1928) and The Jester (1937). He was married to Helena Gotlib. He died on 4 November 1943 in Poniatowa Concentration Camp, Poniatowa, Lublin District, General Government, Occupied Polish Region, Nazi Germany [now Poniatowa, Lubelskie, Poland].
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Marian Czauski was born on 19 May 1900 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He is known for Dorozkarz nr 13 (1937), Szczesliwa trzynastka (1938) and Straszny dwór (1936).- Helena Wisniewska was born on 22 May 1902 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Helena was married to Gabriel Wolman. Helena died on 3 September 1972 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland].
- Janina Godlewska was born on 8 March 1908 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She died on 19 July 1992 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Janina Pollakówna was born on 17 February 1914 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was married to Wagner, Borkowski and Turbaczewski. She died on 28 December 2001 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Jan Nowicki was born on 5 April 1907 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953). He died on 1 March 1993 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Natalia Szydlowska was born on 29 April 1912 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Natalia was married to Wlodzimierz Lwow. Natalia died on 31 December 1985 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland].
- Anna Swirszczynska was born on 7 February 1909 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Anna was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). Anna was married to Jan Adamski. Anna died on 1 October 1984 in Kraków, Krakowskie, Polish People's Republic [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland].
- Jerzy Siekierzynski was born on 15 January 1880 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was married to Czeslawa Siekierzynska . He died on 26 February 1967 in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoskie, Polish People's Republic [now Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland].
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Wladyslaw Eiger was born on 7 February 1907 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for The Jester (1937), Love Only Me (1935) and Maly marynarz (1936). He died on 11 May 1991 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.- Stefan Czajkowski was born on 8 June 1903 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He died on 2 September 1942 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Alicja Matusiakówna was born on 11 July 1909 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was married to Waclaw Radulski. She died on 8 October 1988 in Kraków, Krakowskie, Polish People's Republic.
- Remigiusz Kwiatkowski was born on 3 June 1884 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Remigiusz died on 14 October 1961 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]-.
- Mieczyslaw Wielicz was born on 22 December 1910 in Lublin, Lublin Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland]. He died on 10 May 1983 in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoskie, Polish People's Republic [now Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland].
- Kazimierz Gembicki was born on 9 February 1888 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He died on 8 January 1954 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland].
- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Zygmunt Turkow was born on 6 November 1896 in Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for The Vow (1937), Tkies khaf (1924) and Jolly Paupers (1937). He was married to Ida Kaminska and Diana Blumenfeld. He died on 20 January 1970 in Israel.- Jan Nepomucen Miller was born on 16 May 1890 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Jan Nepomucen died on 29 September 1977 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic.
- Wladyslaw Trojanowski was born on 21 January 1912 in Magierowa Wola, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Magierowa Wola, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was married to Janina Zuzanna Miechowiak. He died on 7 February 1980 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gorzowskie, Polish People's Republic [now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland].
- Gertrude Bulman was born on 19 April 1909 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for A Brivele der mamen (1938), Mamele (1938) and The Youth of Russia (1934). She was married to Bernard Kisner and Clement Miller. She died on 2 May 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.