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- Writer
- Production Manager
British-born playwright J. Hartley Manners, of Irish extraction, spent many years in the United States. In his twenties, in Australia, he began a relatively successful acting career and made his debut in London's West End in 1898. Joining the company of famed actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, he toured the provinces as an actor. For famed actress Lily Langtry, with whom he was acting, he wrote the play "The Crossways" in 1902, which he produced and co-starred in. At the end of that year Manners, Langtry and the play traveled to America, where it had a brief Broadway run. Manners acted for only another two years, but devoted himself from 1902 to playwrighting, managing to write or collaborate on more than 30 plays in the next twenty-six years. In 1909 his play "The Great John Ganton" introduced one of the century's great theatrical stars, Laurette Taylor, to Broadway. Manners married Taylor and wrote and produced ten plays for her over the next decade. One of these, "Peg o' My Heart," was a huge success, spawning eight road companies during its Broadway run, playing more than 11,000 collective performances in its first nine years. It was filmed several times. An unproduced play was the posthumous source of the musical "The Gay Divorce," a Broadway hit for Fred Astaire and Cole Porter (later filmed as The Gay Divorcee (1934)). Manners had surgery to treat esophageal cancer in November, 1928, and died three weeks later.- Ali Riza was born in 1860. He was an actor, known for Sözde Kizlar (1924), Bogaziçi Esrari (1923) and Kiz Kulesinde Bir Facia (1924). He died on 19 December 1928 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Silvio Hein was born on 15 March 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Charity (1916), M*A*S*H (1972) and The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914). He was married to Anna V. Mooney. He died on 19 December 1928 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Easton was born in 1900. He was an assistant director, known for Come and Get It! (1929) and Ramona (1928). He was married to Marcella C. Fay. He died on 19 December 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.