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Becoming popular playing the ukulele, his unique singing and supplying the voice of animated movies, Cliff Edwards was one of the most popular singers in America.
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Edwards left school at the age of 14, moved to St. Louis, and started to work as a singer in saloons. He then taught himself to play the ukulele. He got his nickname, "Ukelele Ike", from a club owner who couldn't remember his name.
Entering the vaudeville circuit, he finally made it big. After going into movies, one of his first movies he made was his most noticeable: The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929). Eleven years later, he was immortalized in Disney's Pinocchio (1940).- Alexis Bellino was born on 19 January 1977 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), PeopleTV (2005) and Tamra's OC Wedding (2013). She was previously married to Jim Bellino and Jeff Barry.
- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Barry Kemp was born on 4 December 1949 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Newhart (1982), Taxi (1978) and Coach (1989).- Actor
- Visual Effects
Cooper Stone was born on 20 August 1999 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for It's Still Your Bed (2019) and When I Grow Up (2019).- Lydia Boland is from St. Louis, MO, and is the fourth of five siblings. Her parents are Lynn, a teacher and basketball coach, and Bobby, who owns and operates Ford/Chevrolet automobile dealerships. She is the fourth of five siblings. Lydia stumbled upon her acting ability when she starred in a local television commercial for her family's dealership. She's a student at NYU Tisch.
- Margaret Tobin was born on 18 July, 1867, the daughter of Irish immigrants John and Johanna Tobin. Her father had been widowed with one daughter and her mother was widowed with one daughter also. They had 4 more children including Margaret and raised their six children in Hannibal, Missouri. Margaret worked stripping tobacco leaves as a young girl, and at the age of eighteen, she and her sister went to Leadville, Colorado. She met her future husband, James Joseph Brown, during the summer of 1886 and they were married on the 1st of September of that year when Margaret was only nineteen years of age. They had two children, Lawrence and Helen. When they were living in Leadville, J.J. made enormous profits from his Little Johnny Mine. They shipped out 135 tons of ore every day which gave them opportunities that they had not had before. Money came in and J.J. became a very successful miner. In 1894 they bought a home in Denver. She helped raise her brothers after their mother died young. On April 10, 1912, she was returning to America to visit her sick grandson. The ship she boarded was the famous Titanic. She boarded at Cherbourg, France and on April 14, 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg while en route to America. Stewards soon woke passengers and told them to put on life jackets and prepare to get into the lifeboats. She stood near lifeboat 6, as singer Berthe Mayne refused to get into a lifeboat and tried to return to her cabin to get her jewels. Margaret soon convinced her to leave. She was then dropped 4 feet into the boat as it was lowered. When in the boat, the women became annoyed with Quartermaster Robert Hitchens who would not let them go back to the sinking ship and Margaret soon took over the boat. She later watched the Titanic sink. In 1914, she ran for The United States Senate and lost. She did a great deal of charity work throughout her life, much of it to help the devastated areas on the front lines of WWI. J.J. died on the 5th of September, 1922 and Margaret "Molly" Brown herself died on October 28, 1932.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
J Purkaple was born Kevin Thomas Purkaple - to Susan (Jett) and Tom Purkaple, of Illinois - at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, on Wednesday, September 25, 1996, at 1:06 a.m. He is the oldest of his parents' 4 children, including Nathan, Brian, and Hannah Purkaple. His first home was in Winchester, IL. After moving west in 2000, he was raised in Kansas City & Gladstone, Clay County, MO. Christian, conservative, and avid genealogist, Purkaple attributes a great deal of his acting ability and success to Winnetonka's Dr. Sheri Coffman, teacher and mentor, who also instilled in him a great love for the acting craft. Purkaple's adopted one-letter name stands for nothing, and is therefore followed by no period.- Kimberly Greene was born on 28 August 1977 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for Jolly Blu (1998), Natale sul Nilo (2002) and Tabù (1995).
- W.P. Lear Sr. was born on 26 June 1902 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for In Like Flint (1967). He died on 14 May 1978 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Flynn Thomas Smith was born on 23 July 1982 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Gone Girl (2014), Safe Haven (2013) and Up in the Air (2009).- Michael Waldschlager II was born on 23 January 1976 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. Michael is a producer, known for Now You Know (2002).
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Harlan Thompson was born on 24 September 1890 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Kiss and Make-Up (1934), Married in Hollywood (1929) and Ship Cafe (1935). He was married to Marian Spitzer. He died on 29 October 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.- Gary Schluckebier was born on 5 May 1944 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was married to Cathy Y. Stinson and Linda Ann Shull. He died on 30 September 2018 in Quincy, Illinois, USA.
- Rita Dian is an independent vocalist and actress. She was born in Hannibal, Missouri to Charles and Elsie Potter, and grew up in the small town of Vandalia, Missouri.
During her high school years, she was constantly involved in theatre, whether it be school plays or church musicals. She also participated in Speech & Drama competitions, winning two silver medals for her prose performance of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.
In the early 1990s she attended Indian Hills Community College where her studies focused mainly on Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Professor Michael Phillipsen.
From 2004 to 2007, Rita Dian was a regular performing guest on Pepper & Friends, a morning variety show in Columbia, Missouri that aired on KOMU-TV8. - Cotton Fitzsimmons was born on 7 October 1931 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was married to JoAnn D'Andrea . He died on 24 July 2004 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
In 1915, Clune purchased forty acres of land near Hollywood Memorial Park and built a soundstage for making movies. When United Artists was formed, the production office moved to the studio and lensed a handful of films on that lot. In 1922, Columbia Pictures occupied the lot, followed by Inspiration Pictures, Lillian & Dorothy Gish Productions, among others. Today Raleigh Studios occupies that parcel of land. Known as a multi-millionaire, Clune was known for his vast wealth, due mostly from real estate investments and his vision in the growing motion picture industry. He began with a penny arcade, later building a theater and purchasing what was then called the Philharmonic Auditorium and later owned a number of theaters in Los Angeles and the surrounding area.- Bryce Bonet was born on 30 September 1963 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA.
- Actor
Russell Wooding was born on 30 April 1891 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Sitka T. Downes. He died on 20 February 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.- Donald M. Nelson was born on 17 November 1888 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He died on 29 September 1959 in California, USA.