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Notable Deaths - 1942

1942J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African Premier (1914-39), dies at 76

1942George M Cohan, father of musical comedy, dies of cancer at 64

1942Albert Kahn, architect of Detroit, dies at 73

1942Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables), dies at 67

1942 Deaths
Date Event
Jan 1
Jaroslav Jezek, composer, dies at 35 
Jan 1
Jaroslav Jezek, I Served the King of England 
Jan 3
Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70 
Jan 4
Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 
Jan 4
Otis Skinner, An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee 
Jan 4
Leon Jessel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 
Jan 5
Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered 
Jan 6
Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) 
Jan 6
Tina Modotti, The Tiger's Coat 
Jan 6
Aleksandr Belyaev, Amphibian Man 
Jan 6
Emma Calvé, La chambre de la bonne 
Jan 6
Henri de Baillet-Latour, Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad 
Jan 7
Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63 
Jan 7
Andrew Bennison, Pardon My Scotch 
Jan 8
Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44 
Jan 8
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869) 
Jan 9
Poul Welander, Champagneruset 
Jan 9
Franz Wenzler, Hans Westmar 
Jan 9
Oswald Stoll, The Barton Mystery 
Jan 10
Ligia de Golconda, La dama atrevida 
Jan 11
Barney McGill, Svengali 
Jan 12
George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies 
Jan 12
Hattie Buskirk, The Widow Dangerous 
Jan 13
Ursula Krug, Infinite Sorrow 
Jan 13
Ida Anderson, Secret Sorrow 
Jan 14
Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883) 
Jan 14
Fred Fisher, Titanic 
Jan 14
Pyotr Kirillov, Naslednyy prints respubliki 
Jan 15
Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympic-gold-08, 12), dies at 58 
Jan 16
Carole Lombard, American actress (To Be or Not to Be), dies of plane crash at 33 
Jan 16
Carole Lombard, To Be or Not to Be 
Jan 16
Prince Arthur, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Decorating the Monument of Champlain and Receiving Addresses of Welcome from the Mayor of Quebec, the Governor General of Canada and Vice President Fairbanks, Representative of the United States 
Jan 17
Frederick Jerome Work, composer, dies at 61 
Jan 17
Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884) 
Jan 17
Georg Hirschfeld, Das graue Haus 
Jan 17
Walter von Reichenau,  
Jan 18
Truman H. Talley, Soldiers of the Sky 
Jan 18
Walter Spies, Insel der Dämonen 
Jan 20
Volmar Neiro, Suvinen satu 
Jan 21
Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 
Jan 21
René Pujol, The Two Orphans 
Jan 22
Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81 
Jan 22
Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 
Jan 22
Emmy Wyda, The Last Laugh 
Jan 23
Walter Sickert, Jack the Ripper 
Jan 24
John B. Browne, Garden of the Moon 
Jan 24
John J. Richardson, Married Bachelors 
Jan 25
Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78 
Jan 26
Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 
Jan 26
Semyon Mejnkin, Great Citizen 
Jan 26
Holger Obel, Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden 
Jan 27
Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888) 
Jan 28
Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 
Jan 28
Harry Arras, Blind Circumstances 
Jan 28
Tamaki Tokuyama, Hyakuman-nin no gasshô 
Jan 28
Pablo Luna, Windmills 
Jan 28
Curtis Nero, West of Zanzibar 
Jan 29
Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92 
Jan 29
Pál Forró, A Régiséggyüjtö 
Jan 30
Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72 
Jan 31
Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860) 
Jan 31
Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (b. 1917) 
Jan 31
Artturi Järviluoma, Pohjalaisia 
Jan 31
Rolf Wenkhaus, Emil und die Detektive 
Feb 1
Sayle Taylor, The Hit Parade 
Feb 2
Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905) 
Feb 2
Daniil Kharms, The Fall 
Feb 3
Major Gordon W. 'Pawnee Bill' Lillie, Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East 
Feb 3
Dudley Hendricks, The Terror 
Feb 6
Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 
Feb 6
Richard Korn, Karussell 
Feb 7
Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 
Feb 7
Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876) 
Feb 7
Irving Kahal, Forrest Gump 
Feb 8
Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50 
Feb 8
Hans Brennert, Magda 
Feb 8
James F. Hanley, The Theory of Everything 
Feb 8
Fritz Todt, Triumph of the Will 
Feb 9
Lauri Kristian Relander, Talonpoikaismarssi 7.VII. 1930 
Feb 9
Charles Alden Seltzer, Riddle Gawne 
Feb 10
Bohumil Benoni, Písen lásky 
Feb 10
Felix Powell, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 
Feb 10
Alice Hegan Rice, Sunshine Nan 
Feb 11
Louis Weadock, Bred in Old Kentucky 
Feb 12
Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 
Feb 13
Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian president (b. 1865) 
Feb 13
Carlos López, Los millones de Chaflán 
Feb 14
Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915) 
Feb 15
Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 
Feb 15
Stanislav Binicki, composer, dies at 69 
Feb 15
Stanislav Binicki,  
Feb 15
Edwin Mordant, The Cost 
Feb 15
Vince Speaker, Citizen Kane 
Feb 16
Edwin Milton Royle, The Squaw Man 
Feb 17
Yevgeni Chervyakov, Poet i tsar 
Feb 17
Frank L. Packard, The Miracle Man 
Feb 18
Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872) 
Feb 18
Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog 
Feb 19
Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910) 
Feb 19
Margaret Moffatt, The Spy in Black 
Feb 20
Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 
Feb 20
Mihailo Mihailovic, Doktor Tokerama 
Feb 20
Annie Vivanti, Marion, artista di caffè-concerto 
Feb 21
Victor Boucher, La banque Nemo 
Feb 21
Alfred H. Lathem, Lost, Strayed or Stolen 
Feb 22
Svyatoslav Belyayev, Cities and Years 
Feb 22
Stefan Zweig, The Grand Budapest Hotel 
Feb 23
Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 
Feb 23
Robert Katscher, Sweet and Lowdown 
Feb 25
Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61 
Feb 25
Leo Ascher, Purpur und Waschblau 
Feb 25
Sidney D. Mitchell, Capote 
Feb 26
Walter Lynch, The Border Raiders 
Feb 27
Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 
Feb 27
Elisabeth Freeman, On to Washington 
Feb 28
La Belle Raymond,  
Mar 1
George S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (b. 1882) 
Mar 2
Charlie Christian, Focus 
Mar 2
Robin Maule, Julius Caesar 
Mar 3
Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 
Mar 3
Justus Paris, Die Erbschaft 
Mar 4
Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 
Mar 4
Edwin R. Coffin, An Angelic Attitude 
Mar 4
Howard Hickey, The Virginian 
Mar 7
Tony Sarg, Why They Love Cave Men 
Mar 8
Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 
Mar 8
José Raúl Capablanca, Chess Fever 
Mar 8
Georges Mauloy, Les Misérables 
Mar 9
Valentin Kadochnikov, Volshebnoye zerno 
Mar 9
Rodney Hickok, The Mystery of Edwin Drood 
Mar 10
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) 
Mar 12
Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 
Mar 12
Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861) 
Mar 12
Enric Morera, Acte institucional de l'Onze de Setembre 
Mar 14
André Calmettes, The Life and Death of King Richard III 
Mar 15
Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian and US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 
Mar 15
Rachel Field, All This, and Heaven Too 
Mar 17
Josef Svatopluk Machar, Magdalena 
Mar 17
August Ballin, En Dæmon fra Skovene 
Mar 17
Larry Darmour, The Scarlet Letter 
Mar 18
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, Pegeen 
Mar 19
Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855) 
Mar 20
Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 
Mar 21
Olga Kobylyanskaya, The Land 
Mar 21
Charles A. Taylor, The Half Breed 
Mar 21
Holger Reenberg, Provinsen kalder 
Mar 23
Emma Tansey, Young Oldfield 
Mar 25
George Pauncefort, Free Air 
Mar 26
Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) 
Mar 26
J.H. Benrimo, The Yellow Jacket 
Mar 26
Gustav Hinrichs, The Phantom of the Opera 
Mar 26
Katharine Kaelred, Idols 
Mar 27
August Van den Hoeck, Gloria transita 
Mar 28
Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 
Mar 28
Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31 
Mar 28
Charlotte Burton, The Wily Chaperon 
Mar 28
Miguel Hernández, Dos pájaros de un tiro 
Mar 28
Mikhail Borisoglebsky, Katka-bumazhnyy ranet 
Mar 28
Albert Hurter, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
Mar 29
Charles Edler, A Kentucky Romance 
Mar 30
Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 
Mar 31
Ed Brady, The Son of Kong 
Apr 3
Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 
Apr 3
Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76 
Apr 3
J.H. Shewry, Shoulder Arms 
Apr 3
Fritz Holl, So You Don't Know Korff Yet? 
Apr 4
George Cowl, The Mystery of the Yellow Room 
Apr 7
Carlyle Ellis, Home-Keeping Hearts 
Apr 8
Alfred Mombert, writer, dies 
Apr 8
Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880) 
Apr 8
Arthur Housman, Sunrise 
Apr 8
William Raskin, The Hangover 
Apr 9
Arthur Ray, Lady Luck 
Apr 10
Carl Schenstrøm, Cocktails 
Apr 12
Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 
Apr 12
Wilhelm Högstedt, Ingmarssönerna 
Apr 13
Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58 
Apr 14
Bjørn Bjørnson, Children of the Stage; or, When Love Speaks 
Apr 15
Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 
Apr 15
Bobbie Comber, Be Careful, Mr. Smith 
Apr 15
Robert Musil, Young Torless 
Apr 17
Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870) 
Apr 17
Velma Clay, The Little Diplomat 
Apr 17
Alfred Hertz, Jazz Mad 
Apr 17
Emilie Smith, The War Correspondents 
Apr 18
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) 
Apr 18
Frederick Vogeding, Ulbo Garvema 
Apr 18
Joseph Stringer, My Doggone Destiny 
Apr 18
Lizzie McCall, The Other Girl 
Apr 21
C.M. Hallard, The Pauper Millionaire 
Apr 21
Monte Brewer, Mr. Dynamite 
Apr 23
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 
Apr 23
Olga Benario,  
Apr 24
Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900) 
Apr 24
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables), dies at 67 
Apr 24
Leonid Kulik, Russian Minerologist (Tunguska meteor site) dies of typhus in a Nazi prison camp at 58 
Apr 24
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea 
Apr 24
Mike Behegan, Block-Heads 
Apr 24
Mario Giannini, L'ebbrezza del cielo 
Apr 25
Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52 
Apr 25
Uberto Palmarini, Ginevra degli Almieri 
Apr 26
Walter Cameron, The Varsity Race 
Apr 27
Wilma Roelof, Swiss Miss 
Apr 27
Stuart Anthony, Border Law 
Apr 27
Ashton Dearholt, The New Adventures of Tarzan 
Apr 28
Burr McIntosh, Way Down East 
Apr 29
George Brock, The Gold Rush 
Apr 30
Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51 
Apr 30
J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54 
May 1
Paul Legband, Das Blut 
May 1
Eddie Fitzgerald, The Unhappy Finish 
May 1
Ted Dickson, The Trespasser 
May 2
Malcolm Duncan, The Scarlet Road 
May 3
Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed 
May 3
Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873) 
May 3
Thorvald Stauning, Folkets søn - Danmarks statsminister 
May 3
Elías Alippi, The Best Father in the World 
May 3
Dong Yuen Jung, Polo Joe 
May 4
Wesley Lake, 4 Devils 
May 4
William A. Williams, The Cliff Girl 
May 4
Eugene McMurtrie, The Cavalier 
May 5
Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) 
May 5
Errol Hinds, A Berth Scandal 
May 6
Hasan Kikic, Provincija u pozadini 
May 7
Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 
May 7
Felix Weingartner,  
May 8
Orfa Casanova, A1 Society 
May 8
Orpha Alba, Look Your Best 
May 9
Graham McNamee, Menace of the Rising Sun 
May 10
Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 
May 10
Forrest Wilson, Blessed Event 
May 10
Joe Weber, The Worst of Friends 
May 12
Raymond L. Ditmars, The Polar Bear 
May 13
Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 
May 13
Josette Andriot, In Search of the Castaways 
May 13
Estelle Everett, The Law of Nature 
May 13
Hyam Greenbaum, Escape Me Never 
May 14
Frank Churchill, Enchanted 
May 14
Joe Jackson, The Lion and the Girl 
May 15
Makiyo Ishimitsu, Ishimitsu Makiyo no shogai 
May 16
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies 
May 16
Morris Gest, Camille 
May 16
Joseph K. Watson, Land Beyond the Law 
May 17
Solly Ward, The Wife's Birthday 
May 19
[Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 
May 19
Hale Hamilton, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 
May 19
Clifford Howard, Lady Robinhood 
May 20
Sasa Dobrovolná, Syn hor 
May 22
Alexandre Volkoff, Father Sergius 
May 24
Paola Marchetti, Avanti! 
May 25
Emanuel Feuermann, Adventure in Music 
May 25
Marion Lord, Broadway 
May 26
Attila Petheö, Az ördög hegedüse 
May 26
Libero Bovio, Chains 
May 26
Georg Victor Mendel, Mamsell unnütz 
May 29
John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 
May 29
Fred J. Williams, A Modern Cain 
May 29
John Barrymore, Grand Hotel 
May 31
Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated 
Jun 1
Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53 
Jun 1
Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50 
Jun 1
Vladislav Vancura, Marketa Lazarová 
Jun 1
Edwin C. Hahn, Only Angels Have Wings 
Jun 2
Bunny Berigan, Brick 
Jun 3
Ormi Hawley, Race Suicide 
Jun 3
Jennie Harris Oliver, Mokey 
Jun 4
Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies 
Jun 4
Reinhard Heydrich, Triumph of the Will 
Jun 5
Virginia Lee Corbin, Hands Up! 
Jun 7
Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903) 
Jun 8
Morley Roberts, The Shadow Before 
Jun 9
James Fawcett, Living on Love 
Jun 10
Jean François van Royen, Sect-Gen of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63 
Jun 10
Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1937), dies 
Jun 10
Stanley Lupino, Happy 
Jun 10
Julio C. Sanders, Scent of a Woman 
Jun 11
Charles Dalton, The Eternal Magdalene 
Jun 11
Geoffrey Toye, The Mikado 
Jun 11
Charles Murphy, Jack's Pals 
Jun 12
Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 
Jun 12
Walter Leigh, The Song of Ceylon 
Jun 12
Richard Carlyle, The Valiant 
Jun 12
Margaret Turnbull, My Cousin 
Jun 15
Vera Figner, writer, dies 
Jun 15
Vera Figner,  
Jun 16
Rudolph Besier, The Barretts of Wimpole Street 
Jun 17
Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853) 
Jun 18
Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down 
Jun 18
Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71 
Jun 18
John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28 
Jun 18
David Hawthorne, Rob Roy 
Jun 18
Daniel Alomía Robles, Wild 
Jun 22
Anne Sutherland, My Sin 
Jun 23
Cyrus Wood, Alice in Movieland 
Jun 24
Kate Blancke, The Whirl of Life 
Jun 24
Frederick Vroom, The General 
Jun 25
Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67 
Jun 26
Carola Neher, The 3 Penny Opera 
Jun 28
Bland Holt, The Breaking of the Drought 
Jun 29
James Hanney, Native Land 
Jun 29
Mario Dominici, Sei tu l'amore 
Jun 29
James W. Horne, Way Out West 
Jun 30
Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62 
Jul 1
George Watts, Angels Over Broadway 
Jul 1
W.S. McDunnough, Afraid to Fight 
Jul 2
Yevgeni Petrov, The Twelve Chairs 
Jul 3
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856) 
Jul 3
Dorothy Tennant, Night Club 
Jul 3
Anna Ziegloserová, Trny a kvety 
Jul 5
Karin Swanström, Giftasvuxna döttrar 
Jul 5
Mario de Lara, Silk, Blood and Sun 
Jul 7
Axel Blixen-Finecke, Direktør Ivar Knudsen til prøvesejlads om bord paa et dieselskib, omgivet af repræsentanter for handel og industri, hvoriblandt admiral A. de Richelieu, etatsraad Martin Dessau, gehejmeetatsraad Julius Larsen, baron Blixen-Finecke og flere 
Jul 8
Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83 
Jul 8
Robert A. Golden, Safety Last! 
Jul 8
Charlotte Granville, Werewolf of London 
Jul 9
Mikhail Klimov, Broken Shoes 
Jul 10
Charles Willy Kayser, Waterloo 
Jul 10
Franz Blei, Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2 
Jul 10
Viran Rydkvist, 'Swing it' magistern 
Jul 11
Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau 
Jul 11
Mabel Shoulters, The Pilgrim 
Jul 11
Charles Henry Smith, The General 
Jul 13
W.C. Robinson, The Musketeers of Pig Alley 
Jul 13
Ernest Wood, Horse Shoes 
Jul 14
Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 
Jul 14
Neel Doff, Katie Tippel 
Jul 15
Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies 
Jul 17
Peter Jørgensen, Kan disse Øjne lyve? 
Jul 17
Paul Guertzman, The Wolf of Wall Street 
Jul 19
Turo Kartto, Vihtori ja Klaara 
Jul 20
Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 
Jul 20
Sable Fern, Music-Hall Cavalcade: Stars of Yesterday and Today 
Jul 20
Germaine Dulac, The Smiling Madame Beudet 
Jul 20
Rob Wagner, Smudge 
Jul 21
Elliott J. Clawson, Let 'Er Go Gallegher 
Jul 23
Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56 
Jul 23
Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 
Jul 23
Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880) 
Jul 23
Bergliot Skands, Den forelskede Gullaschbaron 
Jul 25
Georges Berr, Le Million 
Jul 25
Galia Grandell, Folies Bergère de Paris 
Jul 25
Virgil Owens, Absent 
Jul 25
Tom Reynolds, Bindle at the Party 
Jul 26
Titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies 
Jul 26
Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900) 
Jul 26
Roberto Arlt, The Revolution of the Seven Madmen 
Jul 27
William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies 
Jul 28
David Kerwin, The Arizona Kid 
Jul 29
Robert J. Horner, Trails of Treachery 
Jul 31
Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 
Aug 1
Herbert Selpin, Titanic 
Aug 2
Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 
Aug 2
Robert Welles Ritchie, Two Moons 
Aug 3
James Cruze, The Covered Wagon 
Aug 3
Vassourinha, Fazendo Fitas 
Aug 3
William Hamilton, Suspicion 
Aug 4
Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 
Aug 4
Mae Talbot, The Mother Call 
Aug 4
Alberto Franchetti, Il re d'Inghilterra non paga 
Aug 4
Jeanette Loff, King of Jazz 
Aug 5
Sidney Bracey, The Cameraman 
Aug 6
Margaret Carthew, 42nd Street 
Aug 6
Valdemar Poulsen, Ingeniør Valdemar Poulsen paa sin station for traadløs telegrafi i Lyngby og i sit laboratorium 
Aug 6
Janusz Korczak, Król Macius I 
Aug 7
Richard Gott, Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 
Aug 7
Charles E. Ford, You Can't Get Away with It 
Aug 8
Henryk Szaro, Mocny czlowiek 
Aug 9
Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies 
Aug 9
Edith Stein,  
Aug 9
Arnold Genthe, Landmarks in 21st Century Architecture: Thom Mayne 
Aug 11
Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 
Aug 12
Phillips Holmes, The Criminal Code 
Aug 12
Pasquale Amato, Glorious Betsy 
Aug 13
E.H. Allen, Pardon My Pups 
Aug 14
Ivor McFadden, The Delicious Little Devil 
Aug 15
John L. Hobble, Daddies 
Aug 16
Regnar Bjelke, Millions in Flight 
Aug 16
Rudolf Greinz, Gordian the Tyrant 
Aug 16
J. Walter Ruben, The Roadhouse Murder 
Aug 16
André Heuzé, The Diary of a Chambermaid 
Aug 17
Walker Whiteside, The Belgian 
Aug 17
Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française 
Aug 17
Milton Bridenbecker, Thunder Riders 
Aug 18
Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 
Aug 18
Allan Sears, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish 
Aug 18
Erwin Schulhoff, Volume 1: 2010 
Aug 18
Rafaela Ottiano, Grand Hotel 
Aug 19
Effie Palmer, Way Back Home 
Aug 20
Walter Serner, The Tigress 
Aug 20
Rudolph Spielmann, Chess Fever 
Aug 20
Manfred Voss, Der Fremdenlegionär 
Aug 21
Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies 
Aug 21
J. Parker Read Jr., The Last Moment 
Aug 21
Børge Munch Petersen, De tre måske fire 
Aug 22
Henry Eichheim, composer, dies at 72 
Aug 22
Mikhailmichel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer/choreographer, dies 
Aug 22
Mikhail Fokin, The Turning Point 
Aug 22
Alice Duer Miller, Roberta 
Aug 22
Murdock MacQuarrie, Modern Times 
Aug 23
Hans Löhr, Emil und die Detektive 
Aug 23
Louis Natheaux, Weary River 
Aug 24
Carmen Laroux, The Desert Trail 
Aug 25
George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39 
Aug 25
Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70 
Aug 25
W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded 
Aug 25
George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902) 
Aug 25
Duke of Kent, Episode dated 19 February 2013 
Aug 25
Karol Benda, Maly marynarz 
Aug 27
Walter Steinbeck, In letzter Minute 
Aug 27
John Gottowt, Nosferatu 
Aug 28
Arthur L. Todd, Monkey Business 
Aug 29
Charles Urban, Combatting the Elements 
Aug 29
Claudette Mawby, Dance of the Paper Dolls 
Aug 30
John Willard, The Cat and the Canary 
Aug 31
Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle 
Aug 31
Paula DeCardo, You and Me 
Aug 31
Teddie Gerard, The Cave Girl 
Sep 1
Harriet Lorraine, The Red Shadow 
Sep 1
Tom O'Grady, Movieland 
Sep 2
Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924) 
Sep 2
Ned Wayburn, The Great White Way 
Sep 3
Harrison Grey Fiske, The District Attorney 
Sep 3
Jack Woods, Rustlers 
Sep 3
Will James, Shoot Out 
Sep 4
Zsigmond Móricz, Rokonok 
Sep 5
François de Labouchère, French aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917) 
Sep 6
László Szilágyi, Erzsébet királyné 
Sep 7
Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter dies aged 87 
Sep 7
Bernard H. Hyman, San Francisco 
Sep 7
Conway Washburne, Street Scene 
Sep 10
Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, actor, dies in Auschwitz at 63 
Sep 12
Myrtle Rishell, Mr. Briggs Closes the House 
Sep 14
E.S. Gosney, American eugenicist (b. 1855) 
Sep 14
Amelia Rotter-Jarninska, Wierna rzeka 
Sep 15
Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies 
Sep 15
Joe Travers, cricketer (Australian SLA, in only Test innings), dies 
Sep 19
Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873) 
Sep 21
Fred Patey, Secret of the Skies 
Sep 21
Nina Vavra, Le choc en retour 
Sep 26
Bartlett Cormack, Fury 
Sep 26
Aleksandre Imedashvili, Caucasian Love 
Sep 27
Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 
Sep 27
William H. Turner, Traffic in Souls 
Sep 28
Evelyn Thatcher, dies 
Sep 28
Houghton Ralph, Reap the Wild Wind 
Sep 28
Eva Thatcher, Dumb -- And How 
Sep 28
William B. Williams, La grande mare 
Sep 29
Albert Bras, Vampyr 
Oct 1
Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884) 
Oct 1
Jacques van Hoven, De leugen van Pierrot 
Oct 2
Carl Alstrup, The Apache Girl's Revenge 
Oct 3
Max Malini,  
Oct 4
William Humphrey, Husks 
Oct 6
Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies 
Oct 7
Laurence Cowen, The World, the Flesh and the Devil 
Oct 7
Henry Gleditsch, Brudeferden i Hardanger 
Oct 8
Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer 
Oct 8
Effie Ellsler, The Front Page 
Oct 10
Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 
Oct 10
Beatriz Michelena, Salomy Jane 
Oct 10
Sándor Hunyady, Egy erkölcsös éjszaka 
Oct 10
George Gibbs, Voltaire 
Oct 11
Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 
Oct 11
Robert Hobart Davis, The Miracle Man 
Oct 12
Fritz Junkermann, Alfreds Techtelmechtel 
Oct 13
Neil Jack, Mystery Train 
Oct 13
Frank Grimmer, The Magnet of Destruction 
Oct 13
Virginia Vance, Empty Heads 
Oct 14
Lowell Drew, The Greene Murder Case 
Oct 14
Cosmo Hamilton, The Love of Sunya 
Oct 15
Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed 
Oct 15
Marie Tempest, Yellow Sands 
Oct 16
12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed 
Oct 16
Maurice Campbell, Burnt Fingers 
Oct 17
Frank Jonasson, Sagebrush Law 
Oct 18
Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) 
Oct 18
Bruce Sidney, Citizen Kane 
Oct 18
Ivan Novoseltsev, The Thirteen 
Oct 20
May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84 
Oct 20
May Robson, Bringing Up Baby 
Oct 21
Charles Dorian, Flesh and the Devil 
Oct 21
Olga Svendsen, Harestegen 
Oct 22
Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies 
Oct 22
Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies 
Oct 23
Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies 
Oct 23
Ralph Rainger, composer, dies at 41 
Oct 23
Ralph Rainger, Forrest Gump 
Oct 24
Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (1 Test England 1921, 1 run, 1 catch), dies 
Oct 24
Anna Letenská, Slávko nedej se! 
Oct 24
James C. Morton, The Devil's Brother 
Oct 24
Halbert Brown, My Four Years in Germany 
Oct 25
Ted Arnold, cricketer (160 runs & 31 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng), dies 
Oct 26
Jan van Dommelen, Schakels 
Oct 26
Albert Schaefer, The Set-Up 
Oct 27
Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (b. 1925) 
Oct 27
Brenda Fowler, Judge Priest 
Oct 27
Del Andrews, All Quiet on the Western Front 
Oct 28
Ferdinand Exl, Speckbacher 
Oct 29
Leopold Kramer, Ecstasy 
Oct 31
J.S. Stembridge, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 
Nov 1
Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34 
Nov 1
Helen Troy, Everybody Sing 
Nov 1
Wadsworth Harris, An Unsullied Shield 
Nov 2
Thomas Chan, The General Died at Dawn 
Nov 2
Bud McClure, Heroes of the Range 
Nov 3
Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64 
Nov 3
Eric Abrahamsson, Flickan från varuhuset 
Nov 3
Frederick Culley, The Four Feathers 
Nov 3
Carl Sternheim, Die Kassette 
Nov 4
Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz 
Nov 4
Josef Skrivan, Workers, Let's Go 
Nov 5
George M Cohan, father of musical comedy, dies of cancer at 64 
Nov 5
George M. Cohan, Little Miss Sunshine 
Nov 8
Edward Puchalski, Antosia zgubil gorset 
Nov 9
Edna May Oliver, dies on 59th birthday 
Nov 9
Georgi Stamatov, Geratzite 
Nov 9
Edna May Oliver, David Copperfield 
Nov 10
Kornélia Parlaghy, A Népfölkelö 
Nov 10
Violet Vanbrugh, Pygmalion 
Nov 11
Anton H Blaauw, botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60 
Nov 11
Hector Abbas, actor/director (Rosa Lynd Company), dies at 58 
Nov 11
Billy DeBeck, Private Snuffy Smith 
Nov 11
Maurice Vernon, Mr. Wu 
Nov 11
J. Robert Pauline, The Mystery Mind 
Nov 11
Hector Abbas, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 
Nov 12
Frances Moffett, No One Man 
Nov 13
Daniel J Callaghan, US spy (at Guadalcanal), dies 
Nov 13
Douglas H Fox, US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle 
Nov 13
Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies 
Nov 13
Laura Hope Crews, Gone with the Wind 
Nov 14
Sidney Fox, Murders in the Rue Morgue 
Nov 16
Joseph Schmidt, Ein Lied geht um die Welt 
Nov 16
Ben L. Reitman, Boxcar Bertha 
Nov 17
Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879) 
Nov 18
Jean Temple, His Picture in the Papers 
Nov 18
Laurence Creutz, The Flaming Signal 
Nov 19
Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76 
Nov 19
Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (shot) (b. 1892) 
Nov 19
Inez Gomez, The Heart Beneath 
Nov 19
Bruno Schulz, Street of Crocodiles 
Nov 20
Emma Meissner, Skilda tiders danser 
Nov 20
Luigi Antonelli, Il barone di Corbò 
Nov 20
Diana Hope, The Man from Blankley's 
Nov 21
J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African Premier (1914-39), dies at 76 
Nov 21
Maxwell Held, Love's Law 
Nov 21
Evelyn Carter Carrington, Salvation Nell 
Nov 21
Hans Erdmann, Nosferatu 
Nov 22
Norah Sprague, Dodging a Million 
Nov 24
Helen Gilliland, The Storm 
Nov 24
Frank Owen, World Series Baseball Game 
Nov 24
Gulya Korolyova, Children of the Revolution 
Nov 25
Jack Barty, Oliver the Eighth 
Nov 25
Victor Vance, Lady Windermere's Fan 
Nov 27
A B C Langton, cricketer (WWII 15 Tests for South Africa 1935-39), dies 
Nov 28
Verne Hardin Porter, Winner Takes All 
Nov 29
Winfield Hogaboom, The Daughter of the Don 
Nov 30
Buck Jones, The Gunman from Bodie 
Dec 2
Karen Jønsson, Frk. Møllers jubilæum 
Dec 3
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75 
Dec 4
Fritz Löhner-Beda, The Student's Romance 
Dec 5
Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried 
Dec 5
Hugh Hoffman, The Untameable 
Dec 5
Richard Tucker, Wings 
Dec 6
Tom Miller, The Old Fashioned Way 
Dec 7
Walter Woods, The Pony Express 
Dec 8
Albert Kahn, architect of Detroit, dies at 73 
Dec 8
Dolph Singer, Watch the Birdie 
Dec 9
Carl Heinz Wolff, Pipin, der Kurze 
Dec 9
Florence Latimer, The Pilgrim 
Dec 10
E. Douglas Bingham, Beatrice Fairfax 
Dec 10
George Rogers, Swinging the Lead 
Dec 11
Franz C. Schmelkes, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid (chlorazodin), a disinfectant, dies of a heart attack at 43 
Dec 11
Jochen Klepper, Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute 
Dec 12
Helen Westley, Heidi 
Dec 13
Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78 
Dec 13
Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866) 
Dec 13
Douglas Dawson, A Regular Scout 
Dec 13
Ángel Llorca, Ángel Llorca: El último ensayo 
Dec 14
Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61 
Dec 14
Ignazio Lupi, Cabiria 
Dec 15
William T. Horne, Half a Hero 
Dec 16
Claire Bäuerle, Flower of Hawaii 
Dec 16
Kläre Bäuerle, Bal paré 
Dec 16
Elias van Praag, De man zonder hart 
Dec 17
Coen Hissink, Levensschaduwen 
Dec 18
Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies 
Dec 20
Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 
Dec 20
Jean Gilbert, Die keusche Susanne 
Dec 21
Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63 
Dec 21
Nellie Slattery, The Little Grey Mouse 
Dec 21
Tony Kornman, The Ridin' Streak 
Dec 22
Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858) 
Dec 24
Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 
Dec 24
Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists 
Dec 24
K Balmont, writer, dies at 75 
Dec 24
Corrado De Cenzo, L'ultimo scugnizzo 
Dec 24
Bertil Schedin, Kadettkamrater 
Dec 24
Helge Kihlberg, Kronans kavaljerer 
Dec 24
François Darlan,  
Dec 24
Jean Darlan, At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army 
Dec 25
Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32 
Dec 25
George L. Cobb, The Newton Boys 
Dec 25
William Hamilton Osborne, The Boomerang 
Dec 26
Bosinier de la Chapelle, Fren murderer of adm Darlan, executed at 24 
Dec 26
Edna Hibbard, The Apaches of Paris 
Dec 26
Red Cagle, The Big Game 
Dec 27
Faith Celli, The Bump 
Dec 28
Warren Gilbert, A Day's Pleasure 
Dec 29
Frank D Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83 
Dec 30
Cyril Gardner, The Royal Family of Broadway 
Dec 31
C.M. Woolf, The Lodger 
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