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- Dee J. Thompson was born on 7 June 1920 in the USA. She was an actress, known for The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961) and The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958). She was married to James S. Pollak. She died on 5 August 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ruth Etting was born on 23 November 1896 in David City, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934), Road to Perdition (2002) and Water for Elephants (2011). She was married to Myrl Alderman and Martin Snyder. She died on 24 September 1978 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- John Napier was born on 2 December 1926 in Roda, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Gypsy Moths (1969) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He was married to Mary Cora Machin, Lisa James and Mary Catherine Vaughan. He died on 17 November 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Lil Travieso was born on 6 August 2002. He was an actor, known for Lil Travieso: Homies (Remix) (2021), Lil Travieso feat. KlumzyDoll: War Zone (2021) and Lil Travieso x Lil Nate: Thuggin (2021). He died on 6 July 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Robin Olds was born on 14 July 1922 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He was married to Ella Raines. He died on 14 June 2007 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Buddy Swan was born on 24 October 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Citizen Kane (1941), Haunted House (1940) and Scared Stiff (1945). He was married to Donna L. Coon. He died on 21 March 1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Justin Carmical was born on 11 April 1971 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for You Can Play This! (2009), To Boldly Flee (2012) and Kickassia (2010). He was married to Jenny Valentine. He died on 23 January 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Emily Spiegel was an actress, known for Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013), Head Case (2007) and Post-Mortem (2010). She died on 26 March 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Marshie Patton was born on 14 July 1923 in Harrisville, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Aru heishi no kake (1970) and Time Travelers (1966). She was married to Raymond Charles Arthur Purl. She died on 19 July 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Known in the "Roaring Twenties" as "the crooning Troubadour", Nick Lucas was one of the early stars of American popular music. He was a well-established, influential singer and guitarist. Nick would become one of the most popular crooners on radio.
Nick Lucas was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1897. His birth name was Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese. At an early age, Nick learned to play the guitar, the mandolin, and the banjo. He, along with his brother Frank, would play Italian weddings and Italian christenings. They would play on street corners and in saloons. Nick became a very popular recording artist, renown both for his beautiful, sincere singing and his exceptional guitar playing. His guitar playing was very advance for the age.
Nick was among the earliest solo jazz guitar players, and made the first solo jazz guitar record for Pathe in 1922. Nick wrote original compositions for the recording, "Picking the Guitar," and "Teasin' the Frets." These songs would blaze a trail for many generations of guitarists to come. In 1922, Nick would also introduce the song, "Yes, We Have No Bananas," while playing for the Russo-Fiorito Orchestra at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. This orchestra was heard over the entire country on Chicago's WEBH radio station.
Fellow guitarist, Eddie Lang would often speak about Nick's fast runs, and graceful playing.
In 1923, Nick discovered that he needed a guitar that would both project and provide a balanced sound for his vocalizations. He approached the Gibson Company and had a special guitar built for him. This guitar became known as the Nick Lucas Special. This model was the first custom-made signature guitar. Gibson kept this model in continual production from 1927 to 1940. Delta blues great, Charley Patton played a Nick Lucas model.
His 1926 tour of Europe set records for the time at the London Palladium, and the Cafe de Paris. Nick never performed again in Britain.
When Nick appeared in the 1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway, he introduced two songs of note, "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine," and "Tiptoe thru the Tulips." This last became his only number one hit, selling more than 2 million records. Warners offered Nick a seven-year contract. Nick turned it down. The contract then went to Dick Powell. Nick eventually made a series of shorts for Universal and Warners.
In the 1940, Nick was often heard on radio shows of the period, singing a playing his most popular songs. He also played 100 consecutive weeks at Hollywood's El Captain Theater. In the 1950, Nick played shows in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. He also often appeared on television in shows such as the Ed Sullivan show.
Nick appeared in the 1974 film, The Great Gatsby. In it, he sang, "I'm Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston," "When You And I Were Seventeen," and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue." The film won an Oscar for the best music.
Nick Lucas died in Newark, New Jersey, on July 28, 1982. During his career, Nick sold over 84 million discs, the bulk of them in the 1920's. Nick left behind him a great musical legacy that influenced many other musicians to come after him.
"..I began on simple chords like most everybody, and then I studied for a year on the Nick Lucas book." -Joe Pass
"Me and my younger brother, John, used to listen to that record, "Picking The Guitar" and "Teasing The Frets." We'd play it over and over again. And boy, we'd say, "Can't that fellow play! Wow!!" " -Merle Travis
"I've been the luckiest guy in the world. If you disc jockeys had been on hand when Nick Lucas first hit his stride he'd be the biggest name in show business." -Bing Crosby
"We fellows in the field of western music know that Nick Lucas pioneered with guitar music. He can do two of the old favorites and throw a blanket of nostalgia over any audience in America." -Eddie Dean- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Jan Kuehnemund was born on 18 November 1953 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Hardbodies (1984), Bad Business (1996) and Vixen: How Much Love (1990). She died on 10 October 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
J. Neil Schulman is a writer, publisher, radio personality, composer, prophet, filmmaker, and actor.
He was born in Forest Hills, New York, the only son of Julius Schulman, a renowned concert violinist who won CBS's Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition, and to Betty Schulman, a painter. He grew up in New York City, New Orleans, and Massachusetts, and beginning in high school, regularly sold sports and event photography to newspapers, and once had his art photography submitted to New York's Museum of Modern Art. After dropping out of City University of New York, he pursued a career as a writer, making his first professional sale to the New York Times Book Review in 1973.
Schulman's journalism includes humor sold to Reader's Digest and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, op-eds in the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register, and feature articles in magazines as diverse as National Review and Cult Movies.
In 1975 he moved to Southern California, living in Long Beach, Hollywood, and Venice, and settling in Culver City. In 1985 he married singer/composer Kate O'Neal, and lived bi-coastally between California and New York for five years. Their daughter, Soleil O'Neal-Schulman, was born in Culver City in 1991. They divorced the following year. During these years he worked as an assistant to a Hollywood talent agent, as a first reader for a New York book publisher, as a literary agent, and as a raunchy humor magazine editor. He produced classical music for Texas cable television, traveled as a researcher for a Pennsylvania public television station, taught a graduate course in media studies for the New School in New York City, and produced original radio drama for the Pacifica Radio Network. In 1989 he founded the first of two book publishing companies which made bestselling authors' books available either by on-demand print or for download, and he's been called a pioneer of the eBook by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. In 1990 he began a career as a radio talk show host.
He's the author of ten books including three novels. His career as an author began with his novel Alongside Night published in 1979, which won endorsements from Anthony Burgess and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, and went on to win the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. His 1983 novel, The Rainbow Cadenza, also won the Prometheus Award, and inspired a Laserium show. His latest novel, Escape from Heaven, was a finalist for the Prometheus Award, and is currently being developed as a feature film. Other books include a collection of short stories, a book which concludes that both of O.J. Simpson trials failed to reach the truth, a widely cited study of gun-control laws, and an omnibus collection including an essay on the meaning of life and eight of his poems. His latest book tells of his conversion from lifelong atheism to being a firm believer in God who still distances himself from religion.
His screen-writing career began with an original feature-film treatment sold to Herb Jaffe's Vista Films in 1983, and in 1986 he sold two original scripts to CBS's revived Twilight Zone, one of which, "Profile in Silver," was produced. The outlines and first two drafts of that teleplay are included in his 1999 book, Profile In Silver And Other Screenwritings. The book also includes the bulk of Schulman's early works written for the screen as well as commentaries about his adventures and trials in the film and TV industries.
In 2005 he began a producing partnership with Nichelle Nichols, and produced, wrote, and directed his first feature film, Lady Magdalene's.- Composer
- Music Department
Myrl Alderman was born on 11 September 1908 in Leoti, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for Something to Sing About (1937). He was married to Ruth Etting. He died on 16 September 1966 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Russell Stoneham was born on 18 April 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. Russell was a producer and director, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Streets of San Francisco (1972) and Front Row Center (1955). Russell was married to Sharon Finch and Jo-Carroll Dennison. Russell died on 12 March 2002 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Edgar Hatrick was born on 8 March 1885 in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. Edgar was a producer, known for News of the Day (1952). Edgar was married to Jessie L. Rankin. Edgar died on 15 September 1949 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Linda Goodman was born on 9 April 1925 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. She was married to Sam O. Goodman and William Herbert Snyder. She died on 21 October 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ursula Gray was born on 22 December 1916 in Germany. She was a writer, known for Festival (1963), Ponzi (2012) and The World at War (1973). She was married to J. Glenn Gray. She died on 13 January 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- John V.A. Weaver was born on 17 July 1893 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. John V.A. was a writer, known for A Man from Wyoming (1930), Sweet Surrender (1935) and Close Harmony (1929). John V.A. was married to Peggy Wood. John V.A. died on 14 June 1938 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- James Irwin was born on 17 March 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mary Ellen Monroe. He died on 8 August 1991 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Heather Church was born on 7 July 1978 in Black Forest, Colorado, USA. She died on 17 September 1991 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles and Europe, Robert Dassanowsky attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the AFI Conservatory and holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. A widely published film and literary historian, he is also an award-winning playwright and has written for television. As Professor of Germanic Studies and Film at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Dassanowsky is particularly known for his influential work on Austrian author Alexander Lernet-Holenia, on controversial German filmmaker and photographer Leni Riefenstahl, and on Austrian and Central European cinema in general. In 1999 he reestablished Belvedere Film, the postwar film company his mother Elfi von Dassanowsky co-founded, and has since been active as an independent international producer.- Pat Lysinger was born on 30 April 1943. She was an actress, known for The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree (1979), The Bob Newhart Show (1972) and The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine (1982). She was married to Michael Gallagher. She died on 28 June 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Austin Eubanks was born on 8 October 1981. He died on 18 May 2019 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
- Art Department
Larry Clark Bird was born on 22 June 1935 in Camden, Arkansas, USA. Larry Clark is known for Nowhere to Run (1993), Escape from Alcatraz (1979) and Silverado (1985). Larry Clark was married to Marilyn McMahan-Bird. Larry Clark died on 3 June 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Harold Lockwood was born on 3 June 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Twinkletoes (1926). He died on 6 May 1996 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.