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Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the harbor. After showing samples of his artwork he got a job at Walter Lantz Studios in 1929 as animator. His contributions during the years at Walter Lantz Studios were minor. From 1936 to 1941 he worked as supervisor - another word for cartoon director - of some 60 titles in the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series for Leon Schlesinger at Warner's. From 1942 to 1954 Avery worked as director of cartoons at MGM. He was responsible for practically every MGM Cartoon that did not feature Tom and Jerry. In 1955 he did four cartoons, again for Walter Lantz Studios, before leaving the field for advertising, where, alas, his unique sense of humor went largely unappreciated, but primarily because commercials are not credited for the viewing audience (perhaps his best known commercial work was for Raid bug spray, which always featured the cartoon bugs screaming "Raid!" before getting smashed.)
Among the many cartoon characters Avery created are Daffy Duck, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and Chilly Willy. Tex Avery is also credited with creating the basic personality of Bugs Bunny. He was the one who coined the phrase "What's up, Doc?"- Actress
- Soundtrack
Miliza's father was Arthur Korjus, a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and later Chief of Staff to the War Minister of Estonia. The Estonian branch of her family was of Swedish descent, having settled in Estonia during the middle of the seventeenth century when the country was ruled by Sweden. The original Swedish spelling of the family name was "Corjus" but later came to be spelled "Korjus" in Estonian. Miliza's mother was Anna Gintowt, who was descended from Lithuanian-Polish nobility. Miliza was the fifth of six children (she had one brother, and four sisters). Her mother and father separated during World War I and in 1918 she moved to Kiev with her mother and sisters. Miliza received her musical education at the Kiev Conservatory.
While still in her teens, she joined the Dumka Chorus in Kiev and toured the Soviet Union. During a visit to Leningrad in 1927, she crossed the border into Estonia and joined her father and brother who had settled there after Estonia won its independence from Russia. Under her father's guidance (he played the violin and greatly admired opera), she began making concert appearances in the Baltic states. In 1929 she married Dr. Kuno Foelsch, a physicist, and moved to Germany. She continued her concert career there and was eventually engaged by the Berlin State Opera in 1933. Her operatic appearances and recordings quickly propelled her to the forefront of European singers. Her records were heard by Irving Thalberg of MGM who signed her "sight unseen" to a 10 year film contract. She arrived in Hollywood in March of 1936. Thalberg's death in September of that year delayed production of her first film, and it was not until May of 1938 that she started work on The Great Waltz (1938). The film was well received and she was nominated for an Academy Award, one of the few singers of the period to be so honored. As a vehicle for her second picture, MGM bought the screen rights to the novel "Sandor Rozsa", a story based on the outlaw of the early 19th century who ambushed the wealthy as they traveled between Budapest and Vienna (a kind of Hungarian Robin Hood). The working title of the picture was "Guns and Fiddles" with music derived from Liszt and arranged by Emmerich Kalman. Her co-stars were to be Robert Taylor (as Sandor Rozsa), Hedy Lamarr and Franchot Tone. On May 28, 1940, just two weeks before the scheduled production date of this new picture, she was seriously injured in an auto accident. Her left leg was so badly crushed that the doctors at first considered amputation. However, after several months in hospital, where she underwent numerous operations and bone grafts, she did recover use of the leg.
By the summer of 1941 she had sufficiently recovered to undertake a concert tour of South America. The tour began in Mexico and shortly afterward the U.S. entered World War II. Having spent her youth in war and revolution, she decided to remain in Mexico for the duration. She made one film there, Caballería del imperio (1942) ("Imperial Chivalry"). She returned to the U.S. in October of 1944 to appear at Carnegie Hall. Eventually, she settled in Los Angeles and made concert appearances throughout North America. In 1952, she married Dr. Walter Shector, a physician, and retired from the stage, preferring instead to make recordings. She remained a bright fixture in southern California society and was greatly admired and sought out by visiting artists such as Joan Sutherland and Beverly Sills. She died of heart failure in August, 1980.- Knox Manning was born on 17 January 1904 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Invasion, U.S.A. (1952), Meet John Doe (1941) and Tanks a Million (1941). He was married to Annette Whiting North Manning. He died on 26 August 1980 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Arthur Weiss was born on 13 June 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Fugitive (1963), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Survivors (1969). He was married to Patricia Jones and Fay Baker. He died on 26 August 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Production Manager
George Templeton was born on 11 November 1906 in Mount Vernon, Texas, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for College Queen (1946), Rawhide (1959) and The Little Witch (1945). He was married to Frances Callaghan Templeton. He died on 26 August 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Rosa Albach-Retty was born on 26 December 1874 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Geld auf der Straße (1930), Dreimal Hochzeit (1941) and Der Kongreß tanzt (1955). She was married to Karl Albach. She died on 26 August 1980 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
- Afro-American jazz musician and composer. A hard-driving, modern-intoned tenor saxophonist, he began with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and then worked during the mid- and late 1930's with Fate Marable and Dewey Jackson in the St. Louis area. In 1940, he joined Jay McShann in Kansas City, playing in the same section of the band as Charlie Parker. After a spell with Andy Kirk in New York, 1943-47, he returned to St. Louis, leading his own small combo. Forrest had a massive hit with the all-time jazz standard "Night Train", which, however, owed much to a composition by Duke Ellington, "Happy-Go- Lucky Local". He was part of Ellington's organisation for one year, from 1949 to 1950. During the next three decades, Forrest became a prolific free-lance recording artist, who often combined elements of bebop and R&B with mainstream jazz. After leading several groups of his own, he worked with Count Basie and the Clarke-Boland Big Band in the 1970's.