This is the grave of Bruno Frank. Born in 1887 in Stuttgart, Germany, Frank grew up there in a prominent family. Both his father and grandfather were bankers, but this was not to be Frank's interest. He went to prep school in Stuttgart, then went...
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This is the grave of Billy Wilder. Born in 1906 in what is today Sucha, Poland, close to the modern border with Slovakia, Samuel Wilder grew up in a Jewish.
This is the grave of Mary Howard. Born in Independence, Kansas in 1913, Howard grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was interested in dance as a little girl, which of.
This is the grave of Cecil B. DeMille. Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881, at his parents' vacation home, DeMille grew up in New York City. His parents were well-off literary people. His father wrote plays with David Belasco and Cecil would watch them rehearse,...
This is the grave of Tod Browning. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1880, Charles Browning grew up middle class. His father was a respectable construction guy and a prominent local.
This is the grave of William Bendix. Born in Manhattan in 1906, Bendix grew up in a well off German immigrant family. Among his family members was his Uncle Max,.
This is the grave of Mihai Iacob. I don't have much to say here, but this is possibly why this is interesting. I had never heard of Iacob but I was wandering the cemeteries of Los Angeles and you see a grave like, you take...
This is the grave of Adrian. Born in 1903 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Adrian Greenburg grew up in a Jewish immigrant household that was upwardly mobile. Interested in art from the.
This is the grave of Janet Leigh. Born in 1927 in Merced, California, Jeannette Morrison grew up in Stockton. I can see why she would want to move to Hollywood!.
Before too much time passes here, I want to mention the death of the great filmmaker Robert Young. He was not that widely known, though a far more interesting and talented and useful director than, oh say Terry Gilliam or Tim Burton or Ron Howard...
This is the grave of Betty Grable. Born in 1916 in St. Louis, Grable grew up well-off. Her father was a stockbroker. There was also artistic talent in the family..
Like many Criterion fans, I have long wondered how the hell Michael Bay movies got in the collection early on. I mean, I actually like The Rock for what it.