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Paul White was born on 1 May 1925 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Boy Slaves (1939), Scattergood Rides High (1942) and Scattergood Baines (1941). He died on 12 April 1978 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA.- Edgar Evans Cayce was born on 18 March 1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. He died on 3 January 1945 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Roger Heman, born in the hills of Kentucky in 1898, made his way west to LA at a very early age, arriving in 1915. Since he knew how to drive he got a job delivering furniture. One of these deliveries was to the Metro Studios in Boyle Heights. Impressed with his appearance and the fact he could read and write they gave him a job as a prop boy and gopher. He worked for director John H. Collins and his wife actress Viola Dana and even appeared in The Winding Trail (1918) as a cowboy. He worked with 'Jack Gilbert' the following year on Should a Woman Tell? (1919) and with 'Rex Ingram' and Rudolph Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) of which he appeared in a bit part as a gaucho. With the formation of the new United Artists Studio, Roger left Metro and worked on many of the Pickford films of both Mary and Jack. He did much travel and acted as location manager too. In 1925 with Goldwyn becoming the dominant force on the lot he became an Asst. Director starting with Stella Dallas (1925) where he befriended a younger Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who he would take to the movies while the rest of the crew went south of the border to party and continue with The Bat (1926) as well as working under Lubitch on Eternal Love (1929) with John Barrymore and with Brenon on The Rescue (1929) which was Goldwyn's last silent picture. United Artists was the last studio to convert to sound but when they did they chose Roger to lead the way by sending him to the new AMPAS School of Sound Recording where he graduated in Class 2 on December 16, 1929.It was the end of an era for Roger as well as the silent period and the 54 films he worked on during it. During the beginning of the sound period at UA, he distinguished himself with Vidor's Street Scene (1931) and Milestone's Rain (1932) with Joan Crawford. At this same time a new company, 20th Century, not having a lot of its own, having been founded by a young Daryl Zanuck, newly fired from WB, was using the UA Sound Department for some of its first motion pictures The House of Rothschild (1934) and _Misérables, Les (1935)_ and Roger was recruited. He spent the rest of his working life with 20th Century Fox, becoming the head of their Sound Re-Recording Department and a trusted Zanuck confidant often working directly with Zanuck from rushes as well as in post production. He was put in charge of the studio's 'A' pictures and handled special effects with Fred Sersen, dubbing and re-recording and musical scoring with Al Newman and Cyril J. Mockridge. He shared the first Special Effects Oscar, given for The Rains Came (1939) and winning again for Crash Dive (1943). He was nominated individually numerous times and won for the studio Sound Oscars for Twelve O'Clock High (1949) and All About Eve (1950). He was credited by Zanuck for his help in developing Cinemascope ("you were a mountain of strength...") as well as for his efforts in using surround sound like effects for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) for scenes where the spaceship comes and goes and for Gort's death ray. He married the love of his life, Jesse, a prominent banker's daughter he courted for five years and had a son Roger Heman Jr., who, having been brought into the business by his father at a young age, spent 37 years with Universal and spent many years with Spielberg as he was starting out (he won an Academy Award for Jaws (1975)). Roger worked until the 1960's when he had a devastating stroke. He passed away in the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, begun by his two close friends Mary Pickford and Jean Hersholt, in 1969.- bell hooks was born on 25 September 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. She was a writer, known for Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation (1997), Give a Damn Again (1995) and My Feminism (1997). She died on 15 December 2021 in Berea, Kentucky, USA.
- Christine Johnson was born on 8 September 1911 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for H.M.S. Pinafore (1973). She was married to Dr. Robert W. Smith. She died on 9 June 2010 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Lynn Starling was born on 13 September 1888 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. Lynn was a writer, known for A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940), The Cat and the Canary (1939) and It's a Pleasure (1945). Lynn died on 25 February 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
- Producer
J. Allen Holt was born on 15 January 1978 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. J. Allen is a writer and producer, known for World's End (2010), Bandmates (2012) and Prey 4 Me (2007).- Dick Winfree was born on 5 March 1898 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Ruth R. Winfree. He died on 24 February 1975 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Gant Gaither was born on 1 August 1917 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. Gant was a producer, known for My Six Loves (1963). Gant died on 16 February 2004 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Vinquallis Sanders was born on 11 November 1992 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for Dream Recruits (2015).
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Lee Ephraim was born on 7 July 1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. Lee is known for Under Your Hat (1940) and Theatre Parade (1936). Lee died on 26 September 1953 in London, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Matthew Todd DeCesare was born on 17 March 1970 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for The Infiltrator (2016), Zola (2020) and The Throwback (2024). He has been married to Dania Baskovich-DeCesare since 10 May 2020.- Director
- Writer
- Music Department
Christian Jeremiah Coleman (born May 23, 1996), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, model, dancer, film producer, television host, author, and CEO. He was born in Hopskinville, Kentucky and was raised in DeRidder, Louisiana. Christian studied criminal justice at Northwestern State University for one year before he decided to attend a local performing arts school in Lafayette, Louisiana.