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Ghost story and horror author Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was born on the 30th of May, 1919. A number of his short works were adapted into […]
The American short story writer, playwright and screenwriter Garrett Elsden Fort was born on June the 5th, 1900. Although he worked on a number […]
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was born on the 8th of June, 1893 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He ran away from home at the age of […]
Writer, researcher and filmmaker Ruth Rose, famous for her role as the screenwriter for King Kong (1933), was born on the 16th of January, […]
The acclaimed English novelist and social critic Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on the 7th of February 1812. While his seminal works of […]
Hammer co-founder, producer and production manager Sir James Carreras MBE was born on the 30th of January, 1910. Having worked as manager of Manchester’s […]
Wallace Ford was born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton, Lancashire, England on the 12th of February, 1898. At the age of seven, he was […]
