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Johnnie Walker was born on January 7, 1894 in New York City, New York. At the age of 20 he began singing and dancing in vaudeville. He starred in Edison films and then went to Fox where he was billed as a star. Johnnie's greatest movies were Over the Hill (1920) in which he played the black sheep son who saved his mother from the poorhouse and Old Ironsides in which he played Lt. Steven Decatur. He is also known for The Matinee Idol which had great success when it was "revived" in 1996. Johnnie was dapper and often touted as the best dressed man in Hollywood. He was married to Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty, Maude Wayne and Broadway actress, Rena Parker. He died on December 5, 1949 in New York City.- Actor
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"Boogie-woogie" pianist Albert Ammons was born in 1907 in Chicago, IL. He grew up listening to the blues and "barrelhouse" piano players that inhabited the city's famed jazz scene. He drove a taxi while trying to break into the music business, and one day he ran into fellow driver (and jazz pianist) Meade 'Lux' Lewis. The two hit it off and became close friends, even sharing an apartment for a period. A resident of that apartment building was yet another jazz pianist, Pinetop Smith. The three became close and often played together.
Ammons hit his stride in the Chicago blues scene in the early 1930s and cut his first album in 1936 with his group The Rhythm Kings. He went to New York and played in The Cafe Society, a nightclub that featured "boogie-woogie" musicians, and at one point played in Harry James' and Benny Goodman's bands. He joined Lionel Hampton's band in 1949, but his health--which hadn't been good--began to deteriorate rapidly. He died in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1949.- Camera and Electrical Department
Karl Gotham was born on 15 November 1887 in Kansas, USA. He died on 5 December 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Vin Moore was born on 23 January 1879 in Mayville, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Drag-Net (1936), Topa Topa (1938) and Young Eagles (1934). He died on 5 December 1949 in Hollywood, California, USA.