Frederick Martin MacMurray was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man began in 1935, but his most renowned role was in Billy Wilder's film noir Double Indemnity. From 1959 to 1973, MacMurray appeared in numerous Disney films, including The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Follow Me, Boys!, and The Happiest Millionaire. He starred as Steve Douglas in the television series My Three Sons.
Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Yawkey Austin was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. Born in Detroit, Yawkey became president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933 and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons until he died of leukemia. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.
Paul Anthony Sorvino was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law.
The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950. It was considered a serious paper, like the city's two more successful broadsheets, The New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States, and was for a time, the most successful newspaper in America.
Catherine Carr was a silent film era screenwriter with at least 28 films to her credit.
Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner.
Winifred Westover, birth name Winifred Heide, was an actress of the 1910s and 1920s. Her career included films made in Hollywood, Sweden and New York.
Frances Guihan was an American screenwriter. She worked on more than 40 films during her career, including a number of B westerns.
Alice D. G. Miller was an early American screenwriter. She was sometimes erroneously credited as Alice Duer Miller, another writer of no relation.
George B. Harper Sr. was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1954 to 1964. He was the son of baseball pitcher Harry Harper.
Connie Lee was an American screenwriter and songwriter known for her work on the Blondie films, as well as a number of B-Westerns.
Anna Violet Clark (1896-1974) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.
Lillian Ducey was an American screenwriter and director active during Hollywood's silent era. She's noted for being one of the first American women to direct a feature-length film ; she also worked on over a dozen scripts between 1918 and 1930.
Sylvia Thalberg was an American screenwriter. Her brother was film producer Irving Thalberg.
Rose Caylor was a Russian-American screenwriter, playwright, actress, and journalist known for her work in the U.S. in the 1920s through the 1940s. She was married to filmmaker and journalist Ben Hecht.
Lillian Case Russell, often credited as L. Case Russell, was an American screenwriter during Hollywood's silent era. She was married to actor John Lowell Russell.
Walter K. Whitman was an American character actor of the stage and screen who was active during Hollywood's silent era. He is not to be confused with the influential poet of the same name.
Mildred Richter was an American film editor and screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.
Paul Perez was an American screenwriter active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s; he wrote for both English- and Spanish-language films over the course of his career, and often worked on Westerns. He also had several credits as an actor and editor.
Edward Robertson, better known as Eddie Roberts, was an American Welterweight/Middleweight boxer, actor and a World War I, World War II and Korean War veteran who competed from 1922 to 1931. He held the title of Pacific Northwest Welterweight Champion and was a serious contender for the World Welterweight championship in 1926–1927.
