Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Shirley Temple Black

Child star of the highest magnitude -- via the Hollywood Reporter. She nearly single-handedly fought back the Depression with her cheerfulness, sense of hope, and . . . cuteness.







Monday, February 10, 2014

Eva Tovarich aka Natascha Slivinskas



Equilibrist -- via the Telegraph.

Arthur Rankin

Animator and producer -- via the New York Times.

Johnny Allen

Pianist and arranger -- via the Detroit Free Press.

The Mighty Hannibal aka James Shaw

Singer, songwriter, and record producer -- via Creative Loafing.





Khin Yu May

Actress and singer -- via the BBC.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ralph Kiner

Hall of Fame baseball player, and announcer for the Mets -- via CBS Sports.




Boyd Oxlade

Novelist and screenwriter -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Roy Cicala

Producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician -- via examiner.com. Some of the albums her worked on: "Electric Ladyland," "Imagine," "Easter," "Toys in the Attic," and "Born to Run."

Workshop de Microfonação - by Roy Cicala from Roy Cicala on Vimeo.

Francois Deguelt aka Louis Deghelt

Singer -- via Griddle Music.

Bruce "Squeaky" Barmes

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

Eric Lawson

Actor and model -- via the Washington Post.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

John Cacavas

Composer and conductor -- via the Aberdeen News.






Gordon Hessler

Director, screenwriter, and producer -- via horrornews.net. Did the last somewhat interesting Vincent Price trilogy -- "The Oblong Box," "Scream and Scream Again," and "Cry of the Banshee." He also helmed the not-bad "Golden Voyage of Sinbad" -- music by Rozsa, effects by Harryhausen, and decent work by John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, and Caroline Munro!










Maureen Gray

Singer and songwriter -- via philly.com.



Rusty York aka Charles Edward York

Rockabilly musician -- via vintagevinylnews.com. His big hit: "Sugaree."

Austin John Marshall

Record producer, songwriter, poet and graphic artist -- via the Guardian.