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One of only two composers to start out as a dentist (the other being English-born Wilfred Josephs) Roberto Nicolosi was born in Genoa in 1914. As well as gaining a degree in medicine, he also won a diploma in composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan. After several years in Milan as a practising dentist, Nicolosi began to win popularity in the 1940s as a leading jazz musician in Italy, at first playing piano, violin, trumpet, vibraphone or double-bass, then conducting and arranging for radio and records. Moving to Rome, he wrote musical criticism and worked in nightclubs and theatres.
His movie break-through came in 1954 with the score for Folco Quilici's documentary Sesto continente (1954). In 1957 Nicolosi turned his attention to the Italian epics. Although an unlikely choice to score historical movies, he turned out to be a master of the genre, with a fine symphonic style far removed from his jazz persona. In all he turned out fifteen Italian epic scores before the craze petered out in the mid-1960s. Having retired from films in 1971, Roberto Nicolosi passed away in 1989 in a Rome hospital.- Sophisticated, dark-haired star of silent screen comedy. Of English and Italian ancestry, Madeline was the daughter of engineer John W. Hurlock and his Italian wife Sallie. She was educated in Philadelphia and first appeared on stage there with the Little Theatre. Moving on to New York, Madeline acted and danced in musical comedy at the Century Roof Garden and made her Broadway debut in the ensemble cast of 'The Rose of China' in 1919. After several years of toiling in support, she was spotted in 1923 by the producer Mack Sennett and signed as leading lady for a series of two-reel comedies, cast opposite the likes of Ben Turpin, Harry Langdon and Billy Bevan. In 1925, she was voted a WAMPAS Baby Star which greatly helped to raise her profile in Hollywood.
Madeline was known for her poise and comedy timing, even under trying circumstances, such as, when pinned underneath a lion in Circus Today (1926). Her best known appearance was as Lady Tarbotham in the frenetically-paced early Laurel & Hardy effort, Duck Soup (1927).
Madeline retired from films after the coming of sound and later became affiliated with the New York literary set, via her second husband, the playwright and screenwriter Marc Connelly. She got married a third time to former film critic, turned playwright, Robert E. Sherwood. After his death in 1955, she spent her many remaining years well away from the limelight and died at the age of 89. - Actress
Betty Dotson left Clarksburg, where she was born, to become an artist.When her father moved to Gresham, near Portland, she went there and did ranching with him for a while.She went to San Francisco, where she worked as as a model for John Garth.After that she became a "Goldwyn girl" in the Eddie Cantor-film "Kid Millions".- Actor
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Sam Garrett was born on 8 December 1892 in Mulhall, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Flying Lariats (1931) and Riders of the Cactus (1931). He died on 4 April 1989 in San Diego, California, USA.- Salvatore 'Sally' Consiglio was born in 1915. He was married to Flora Consiglio. He died on 4 April 1989 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Viktor Vishnyak was born on 30 March 1944 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Khozhdenie po mukam (1977), Maigret at the Minister (1987) and Zhizn Klima Samgina (1986). He died on 4 April 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].