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Charley Chase

Silent Film Comedian / Director / Writer

1893-1940

1910s through the 1940s

He acted in over 275 Movies and Shorts and directed about 175!
He was Charley in Laurel and Hardy's Sons of the Desert!

46 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/charley-chase.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.122446,-118.247096]

George Fitzmaurice

Director

1885-1940

1910s through the 1940

He directed over 75 Movies and Shorts!

55 Years Old

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[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/george-fitzmaurice.php]
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John Hyams

Actor

1869-1940

1930s

He was in about 50 Movies!
His wife was Leila McIntyre!

71 Years Old

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/john-hyams.php]
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Tom Mix

Actor / Directory / Writer

1880-1940

1910s through the 1930s

He was in about 275 Movies!

60 Years Old
Car Accident

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/tom-mix.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125267,-118.250087]

Charles Ogle

Silent Film Actor

1865-1940

1910s through the 1930s

He was in over 300 Movies and Shorts!
He was Frankenstein in the first Frankenstein movie!

75 Years Old
Arteries

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/charles-ogle.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125866,-118.244802]

Landers Stevens

Actor

1877-1940

1920s through the 1940s

He was in over 100 Movies!
His son was director George Stevens!

63 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/landers-stevens.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125256,-118.248662]

Arthur Stone

Actor

1883-1940

1920s through the 1930s

He acted in about 80 Movies and Shorts!

56 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/arthur-stone.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123895,-118.245738]

Jenny Dolly

Vaudeville and Theatre

1892-1941

1910s and 1920s

She was and her twin sister Rosie were the Dolly Sisters! They were super famous in Europe!
Jenny got in a major car wreck in Paris while having an affair. She got disfigured from it and tried plastic surgery but it did not work out. A few years later she hung herself back in her Hollywood apartment!

48 Years Old
Suicide by Hanging

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/jenny-dolly.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/search/...]

Gus Kahn

Composer

1886-1941

1930s

His lyrics and music in about 30 Movies!

54 Years Old
Heart Attack

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/gus-kahn.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125243,-118.248573]

Oliver T. Marsh

Cinematographer

1892-1941

1910s through the 1950s

He did over 125 Movies!
He was Jeanette MacDonald's Cameraman!
Mae Marsh was his sister!
He won the 1939 Honorary Award Oscar for the movie Sweethearts!

48 Years Old
0

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/oliver-t-marsh.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123968,-118.250875]

James Stephenson

Actor

1889-1941

1930s through the 1940s

He was in about 40 Movies!
He was Howard Joyce in The Letter!

52 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/james-stephenson.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125564,-118.249998]

James W. Horne

Director / Writer

1881-1942

1910s through the 1950s

He was involved in almost 250 Movies!
He directed that Buster Keaton movie College!
He directed some Laurel and Hardy movies!

60 Years Old
Brain Bleed

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/james-w-horne.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.122923,-118.244098]

Carole Lombard

Actress

1908-1942

1920s through the 1940s

She acted in about 75 Movies and Shorts!
She was Irene Bullock in My Man Godfrey!
She was married to William Powell and then they divorced and five years later she married Clark Gable!
She was returning from selling World War II Bonds in her home state of Indiana when her plane crashed outside of Las Vegas. There were no survivors!

33 Years Old
Plane Crash

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[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/carole-lombard.php]
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Burr McIntosh

Actor

1862-1942

1910s through the 1930s

He was in about 70 Movies!

79 Years Old
Heart Attack

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/burr-mcintosh.php]
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Ralph Rainger

Composer / Song Writer

1901-1942

1930s

He is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame!
In 1939 he and Leo Robin won the Best Music, Original Song Oscar in The Big Broadcast of 1938 for the song "Thanks for the Memory"!

41 Years Old
Plane Crash

ON EAT LIFE:
[eatlife.net/vips/ralph-rainger.php]
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[google.com/maps/search/?...]

Frederik Vogeding

Actor

1887-1942

1910s through the 1940s

He acted in about 85 Movies!

55 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/frederik-vogeding.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126111,-118.243908]

Spencer Charters

Actor

1875-1943

1920s through the 1940s

He was in over 200 Movies!
His wife died then a couple of years later he killed himself

67 Years Old
Suicide by Sleeping Pills

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/spencer-charters.php]
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Dwight Frye

Actor

1899-1943

1910s through the 1940s

He acted in about 70 Movies!
He was Fritz the hunchback lab assistant in Frankenstein!

44 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/dwight-frye.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123792,-118.241239]

Charles Ray

Actor

1891-1943

1910s through the 1940s

He was in about 175 Movies!
He was famous in the silent film era!

52 Years Old
Tooth Infection

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/charles-ray.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.124882,-118.251103]

Henry Roquemore

Actor

1886-1943

1920s through the 1940s

He was in about 300 Movies and Shorts!
He was married to Fern Emmett!

57 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/henry-roquemore.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.119855,-118.246901]

Harry Beresford

Actor

1863-1944

1920s and 1930s

He was in about 50 Movies!

80 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/harry-beresford.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.124887,-118.248265]

Nat Carr

Actor

1886-1944

1920s through the 1940s

He was in over 100 Movies!

57 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/nat-carr.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.119722,-118.246654]

Robert Fiske

Actor

1889-1944

1930s through the 1940s

He was in about 75 Movies and TV Shows!

54 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/robert-fiske.php]
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Aimee Semple McPherson

Evangelist

1980-1944

She was national radio star!
She went missing from a Southern California beach in 1926 and everyone thought she had drown but then she showed up a month later saying that she was kidnapped and had escaped. It may have been true, or it may have been an elaborate publicity stunt, or it may have been a cover up for an affair!

53 Years Old
Seconal Overdose

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/aimee-semple-mcpherson.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.122887,-118.247393]

Albert Ray

Director / Writer

1897-1944

1920s through the 1930s

He directed about 40 Movies and was involved in writing about 25!

46 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/albert-ray.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125087,-118.250505]

David Clyde

Actor

1885-1945

1930s and 1940s

He was in almost 100 Movies!

60 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/david-clyde.php]
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Donald Douglas

Actor

1905-1945

1930s through the 1940s

He was in over 100 Movies!

40 Years Old
Appendix

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/donald-douglas.php]
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Malcolm McGregor

Actor

1892-1945

1920s through the 1930s

He was in about 50 Movies and Shorts!
He was Peter Wyndham in Broken Chains!
Fell asleep while smoking and got burned

52 Years Old
Burns

ON EAT LIFE:
[eatlife.net/vips/malcolm-mcgregor.php]
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Alla Nazimova

Actress

1879-1945

1910s through the 1940s

She was in about 25 Movies!
She was Marguerite Gautier in Camille!

66 Years Old
Heart Attack

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[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/nazimova.php]
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Fern Emmett

Actress

1896-1946

1920s through the 1940s

She was in about 250 Movies and Shorts!
She was married to Henry Roquemore!

50 Years Old
Cancer

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/fern-emmett.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.119844,-118.246892]

Bud Geary

Actor

1898-1946

1920s through the 1940s

He was in over 250 Movies!
He was Will Scarlett in Robin Hood!

48 Years Old
Car Accident

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/bud-geary.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.120761,-118.246922]

Lillian Harmer

Actress

1883-1946

1930s

She was in about 65 Movies!

62 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/lillian-harmer.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126509,-118.243506]

Chief Thunderbird

Actor

1866-1946

1930s

He was in about 20 Movies!
He was Chief Sitting Bull in Annie Oakley!

79 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/chief-thunderbird.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.124024,-118.241343]

Olive Borden

The Joy Girl

1906-1947

1920s through the 1930s

She was in about 65 Movies!
In the 40s she was an out of work alcoholic living on skid row

41 Years Old
Cirrhosis of the Liver

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/olive-borden.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.120601,-118.237576]

Bert Kalmar

Vaudville

1884-1947

1930s

He did that song I Want to Be Loved By You!

63 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/bert-kalmar.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.121029,-118.245460]

Henry Kolker

Actor

1874-1947

1910s through the 1940s

He was in about 150 Movies!

76 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/henry-kolker.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126309,-118.246670]

Arthur Loft

Actor

1897-1947

1930s through the 1940s

He was in over 200 Movies!

49 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/arthur-loft.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126260,-118.242747]

Ernst Lubitsch

Director

1892-1947

1910s through the 1940s

He directed about 75 Movies!
In 1947 he was given an Honorary Award Oscar for Contributions to the Art of Motion Pictures!

55 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/ernst-lubitsch.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123987,-118.240026]

Helen Mann

Actress

1915-1947

1930s

She was in about 25 Movies and TV Shows!

31 Years Old
Drank Ammonia Suicide

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/helen-mann.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123510,-118.240249]

LeRoy Mason

Actor

1903-1947

1920s through the 1940s

He acted in about 175 Movies!

44 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/leroy-mason.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.123606,-118.241156]

Arthur Rankin

Actor

1896-1947

1920s through the 1940s

He was in over 150 Movies!

50 Years Old
Brain Bleed

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/arthur-rankin.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126611,-118.246412]

Jim Tully

Writer

1891-1947

1920s through the 1930s

Laughter in Hell was based on his book!
Beggars of Life was based on his book!

56 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/jim-tully.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.126031,-118.249377]

Tom O'Brien

Actor

1890-1947

1910s through the 1930s

He was in close to 100 Movies and Shorts!
He was Starbuck in Moby Dick!

56 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/tom-obrien.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.119722,-118.246654]

Steve Drake

Actor

1923-1948

1940s

He did a handful of Movies then died in a car accident

25 Years Old
Car Accident

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/steve-drake.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.125988,-118.246342]

Mary Eaton

Stage Actress

1901-1948

1920s

She was in a handful of Movies!
She was one of the The Seven Little Eatons who were famous brothers and sisters in the 1920s!

47 Years Old
Alchohol

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/mary-eaton.php]
ON GOOGLE MAPS:
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.121321,-118.246103]

Carole Landis

Actress

1919-1948

1930s through the 1940s

She was in about 60 Movies!
She was Loana in One Million B.C.!
She was was having an affair with Rex Harrison and when he did not want to divorce his wife she killed herself

29 Years Old
Seconal Overdose Suicide