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- Make-Up Department
Ward Hamilton was born on 24 September 1892 in Illinois, USA. He is known for South of St. Louis (1949). He died on 24 May 1955 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Blues singer Sara Martin was born June 18, 1884, in Louisville, KY. She began her career in vaudeville, and in 1922 she signed a recording contract with Okeh Records. She toured clubs and theaters all over the US, especially in the South. She was renowned for the flashy and extravagant costumes she wore on stage, as well as the layers of jewelry and gaudy clothes. In 1931 she appeared in a short film by pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux called The Darktown Revue (1931).
She eventually quit touring and returned to her home town of Louisville. She did some gospel singing there and ran a nursing home. She died in Louisville of a stroke in 1955.