Raquel Meller

Raquel Meller, born Francisca Marqués López, was an Aragonese cuplé and tonadilla singer, and diseuse. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas.  Artists such as Charlie Chaplin and Sarah Bernhart considered Raquel Meller to have been genius. She performed extensively in the United States under contract for the Schuberts, and performances broke box office records at the time.

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Betti Mays

Betti Mays was a dancer, singer and popular chorus girl in the 1940's. She  appeared in soundies and films. 

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Shelley Winters

1940s cheesecake photo of Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters, (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006. Two-time Oscar-winning actress Shelley Winters borrowed her stage name from her favorite poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and her mother's maiden name, Winter.

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Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) is the fourth most prolific inventor in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. 

 

An advertisement for Edison’s “greatest marvel,” the Vitascope, which allowed films to be enjoyed by large audiences. Courtesy the Library of Congress

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Sari Maritza

Sari Maritza, 1932

Sari Maritza (March 17, 1910 – July, 1987) was an actress in British films of the early 1930s. Born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan in Tianjin, China, Maritza was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist and his Viennese wife. (bottom photo 1930s by Irving Chidnoff)

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Thelma Todd

Thelma Alice Todd, July 29, 1906 - December 16, 1935, was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily.

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Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran (January 27, 1924 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model. Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy. Dolores was a popular pin-up item with soldiers after appearing on magazine covers.

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Conrad Veidt

Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Man Who Laughs, The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca.

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Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman age 19 from her first movie Munkbrogrefen 1934

Ingrid Bergman, ( August 29, 1915 - August 30, 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress.

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Hazel Scott

Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was an internationally known, American jazz and classical pianist and singer; she also performed as herself in several films.

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Gwili Andre

Gwili Andre (4 February 1908 – 5 February 1959) was a Danish actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films.1932

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Norma Talmadge

Norma Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade.

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Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film and television star.

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Kay Francis

Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress.

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Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney born Joseph Yule, Jr.: (September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. c 1930

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Shirley Temple

Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later Shirley Temple Black, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. c. 1930s

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James Dean

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. Dean was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.  

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Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert (September13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) American actress of stage and film.

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded  for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. c. 1931 film The Bad Sister

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Gibson Gowland

Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor.

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