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- Lorena Carr was born Laura Emma Clark on September 20, 1911 in Ann Arbour, Michigan. She grew up in Missoula, Montana where her father was a Professor at the State University. Lorena attended Missoula High School and took dancing lessons at Bishop's School of Dancing. In 1927 she moved to Hollywood with her mother and brother. She worked as a dancer and was offered a contract at Hal Roach's studios. Lorena married film director Robert Farfan on May 25, 1929. Tragedy struck a few months later when her fifteen year old brother, Fay Clark, committed suicide. Lorena had bits parts in Paramount On Parade and Dancing Lady.
She was voted "the most beautiful and shapely blond" on the Paramout lot. Lorena said "I am perfectly contented. I make a good living, much better than I would have done at an average job". Although she appeared in more than a dozen film Lorena never became a major star. In 1934 she starred on stage in George White's Scandals. A few years later she retired from acting. Lorena divorced her husband and opened a whole sale dress selling business in New York City. Eventually she returned to California and married again. She died on August 26, 1964 at the age of fifty-two. Lorena was buried at Hollywood Forver Cemetery in Los Angeles. The name on her grave is Lorena C. Rose. - Leonard Lee was born on 4 September 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Spy Hunt (1950), The Silent Service (1957) and Smuggler's Island (1951). He was married to Dorothy Kiam. He died on 24 August 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Oliver C. Stratton was born on 19 October 1896 in Illinois, USA. Oliver C. was a set decorator, known for Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931). Oliver C. died on 24 August 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
- Writer
Lloyd was born in 1910 in New York City, the son of David Rosenmond, a wholesale clothier. His father later changed the family name from "Rosenmond" to "Rosamond" though that change was never confirmed legally. When Lloyd was 19, his family lost most of its money in the 1929 stock market crash, and he left college in order to work full time as a comedy writer. He wrote gags for vaudeville comedians, including Bert Lahr, and later helped Fanny Brice create her radio character, "Baby Snooks." He joined Frank and Anne Hummert's Air Features radio production company and became the executive in charge of production for 18 successful radio soap operas, including "Our Gal Sunday," "Amanda of Honeymoon Hll," "Stella Dallas," "Mary Noble, Backstage Wife," "The Romance of Helen Trent," and "Lorenzo Jones." He married actress Miriam Battista in 1948, after the death of her previous husband, author Russell Maloney. Lloyd later legally adopted Miriam and Russell's daughter Amelia. In 1960, after radio soap operas had been mostly replaced by television soap operas, Lloyd moved with his wife and daughter to Los Angeles, where he became the associate producer for 20th Century Fox's "Peyton Place" television series. He died on August 24, 1964, of a heart attack.- Wallace Pindell was born on 23 June 1920 in Winterset, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Navy Way (1944) and Arizona Trails (1935). He died on 24 August 1964 in Siskiyou County, California, USA.