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- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stalwart, durable Monte Blue, a romantic leading man of the silent days, was born January 11, 1887, as Gerard Monte Blue (some sources indicate 1890, but his mother's application for his admission to the Soldier's and Sailor's Orphan's Home lists his birth date as January 11, 1887). Various sources have reported his first name as George or Gerald, but, again, in his mother's application, it is spelled Gerard. His father was killed in a railroad accident when Monte was eight and his mother could not support four children. He was admitted (along with another brother, Morris) to the orphanage at that time. There he built up his physique playing football. At one time or another the able-bodied gent was a railroader, a fireman, a coal miner, a cowpuncher, a ranch hand, a circus rider, a lumberjack and, finally, trekking west, he became a day laborer for D.W. Griffith's Biograph Studios.
Blue eventually became a stuntman for Griffith and an extra in The Birth of a Nation (1915), which was his first film. Griffith took him in and made him an assistant on his classic epic Intolerance (1916), where he earned another small part. Gradually moving to support roles for both Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, Blue earned his breakthrough role as "Danton" in Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921) with sisters Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. He rose to stardom as a rugged romantic lead opposite Hollywood's top silent stars, among them Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow and Norma Shearer. He made a relatively easy transition into talkies as he had a fine, cultivated voice, but, at the same time, lost most of his investments when the stock market crashed in 1929. By the 1930s the aging star had moved back into small, often unbilled parts, continuously employed, however, by his old friend DeMille and Warner Bros. At the end of his life he was working as an advance man for the Hamid-Morton Circus in Milwaukee. He died of a coronary attack complicated by influenza in 1963.- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Mike Schank was born on 1 March 1966 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for American Movie (1999), Storytelling (2001) and Coven (1997). He died on 13 October 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.- Konerak Sinthasomphone was born on 1 December 1976. He died on 27 May 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- A 26-year old African-American named Anthony Sears is now famous for being the fifth victim of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. He was bisexual, had a girlfriend and worked at the Bakers Square restaurant in Milwaukee. Sears met Dahmer on the evening of March 25, 1989 at the Milwaukee gay club "La Cage". Later that night, when the bar closed, Sears' friend Jeffrey Connor drove him, Dahmer and Bob Keel, another friend of his, back to his grandmother's house. Before Connor let Anthony and Dahmer go, he reminded Sears that he was going to spend time with his family on Easter and asked him to call him in case he needed a ride back home. He had since never been seen again. According to his mother Marilyn, who didn't know he was going to be dead, Anthony was planning to see her on the next day to celebrate his recent promotion at his job at the Bakers Square restaurant as a manager, but he never showed up. As for Dahmer, he brought Sears inside his grandmother's house, where they had sex and Dahmer gave him a drink that put him to sleep. Once Sears fell asleep, Dahmer killed and dismembered his body, mummifying his head and penis, while the rest of the body was disposed. He eventually boiled his face by removing the skin and kept his skull as a souvenir. According to Dahmer, the body parts of Sears were in a black cabinet when he was serving a one-year sentence for a second degree sexual assault charge involving a teenage boy. In late July 1991, two years after his murder, Sears' remains were identified by a local coroner, when the world discovered the infamous ruthless serial killer of all time: Jeffrey Dahmer.
- Darlene Lucht was born on 17 March 1938 in Franklin, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Bikini Beach (1964), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) and Five Bloody Graves (1969). She was married to Robert Dix. She died on 5 March 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Errol Lindsey was born on 3 March 1972. He died on 23 July 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- James E. Doxtator was born on 1 March 1973. He died on 16 January 1988 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
John Dann MacDonald was born on July 24, 1916, in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He served in the OSS in the far east during World War Two. While still in the military, he wrote a short story and mailed it home to his wife, simply for her entertainment. Unknown to him, she submitted it to the magazine "Story", and it was accepted. This launched a writing career that spanned more than 40 years. MacDonald is best known for the series of detective-style novels featuring Travis McGee, with an interesting twist on the usual hard-boiled character; McGee was NOT a licensed private investigator, and in most of the novels, he agrees to recover something of value for a friend or a friend of a friend; his fee is one-half the value of the object. MacDonald had enrolled in the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, but dropped out during his sophomore year. He later completed his studies at Syracuse University, graduating in 1938, and in 1939 he received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University. While attending Syracuse, he met Dorothy Prentiss; they married in 1937. They had one son. At the age of 70, John D. MacDonald traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in December of 1986 to undergo heart surgery. He died at a hospital there on December 28th. He is buried in Milwaukee, at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum.- Of Jewish-Puerto Rican descent, 23 year old handsome Chicagoan, Jeremiah Weinberger would become known as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmers 15th murder victim. They met in early July 1991 when Dahmer was prowling the streets of Chicago at "Carols Speakeasy Bar", located on Chicago's near north side, in Oldtown. Despite reservations, Weinberger was lured by the charming, boyishly handsome Dahmer to his Milwaukee apartment (Formerly The Oxford Apartments). After 4 days, Dahmer drugged Weinberger's drink. Once unconscious, Dahmer conducted experiments on Weinberger, by drilling a hole in his head, and injecting acid and boiling water into the frontal lobe of his brain, in an attempt to create a "sex zombie". Weinberger regained consciousness, but was groggy. Dahmer then drugged him again. Weinberger struggled for life for a day and a half before slipping into a coma. When his experiment failed, Dahmer strangled him. He severed Weinberger's head and placed it in his freezer. Dahmer dismembered Weinberger's body with a chainsaw and stored his torso in a 57 gallon blue drum which was filled with acid. In late July, 1991, along with a number of other victims, Jeremiah Weinberger's remains were returned to his parents for burial, when the world discovered a new infamous serial murderer; Jeffrey Dahmer.
- Mike Sardina was born on 22 March 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Parental Ties (2011) and Song Sung Blue (2008). He was married to Claire Sardina. He died on 27 July 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Eli Grier Hayes was born on November 5th, 1993 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He fell in love with cinema at a relatively early age upon viewing the works of directors such as James Benning and Chantal Akerman. Eli began screenwriting as he entered high school, and directed his first short films, "The Life That Follows" and "Nobody," during his senior year. While enrolled at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York -- where he received his bachelor's degree in abnormal psychology, with a minor in creative writing -- he founded Hazel Eye Productions. Eli has since directed, produced & edited more than twenty-five feature films, and approximately fifty short films. His work has been screened at over seventy festivals across six continents, including The Beijing International Short Film Festival, Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, The Pune Short Film Festival, The Cannes International Film Festival's Court Métrage, The Princeton Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, and The Milwaukee Short Film Festival, as well as venues such as Anthology Film Archives and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2017, he graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee with a master's degree in film & creative media, and went on to become the Project Manager at The Nashville Film Institute. Eli recently relocated back to his home city of Milwaukee, where he was working on several different projects, both short form and feature length, before passing away on May 23rd, 2020 at the age of 26 of an accidental overdose.- Catherine Dahmer was born on 29 October 1904 in Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Herbert Walter Dahmer. She died on 25 December 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Curtis Straughter was born on 6 April 1973. He died on 18 February 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Joseph Bradehoft was born on 24 January 1966 in Minnesota, USA. He was married to Cheryl. He died on 19 July 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Charlotte Zucker was born on 10 March 1921 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Rat Race (2001) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997). She was married to Burton Zucker. She died on 5 September 2007 in Shorewood, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.
- Oliver Lacy was born on 23 June 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 15 July 1991 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Dorothy Libaire was born on 5 November 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Affairs of a Gentleman (1934), Hi, Nellie (1934) and Baby, Take a Bow (1934). She was married to John T. Ardis and Marion Gering. She died on 28 August 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Raymond Smith was born in 1957. He died in May 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Steven W. Tuomi was born on 19 December 1962 in Ontonagon, Michigan, USA. He died on 15 September 1987 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Douglas Mellor was born on 10 June 1929 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), Fanny Crosby (1984) and Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent (1994). He died on 13 October 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Ernest Miller was born in 1968 in the USA. He died on 3 September 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Rosalie Roy was born on 13 June 1909 in Portland, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Clancy of the Mounted (1933) and Young as You Feel (1931). She was married to Alan Douglas Nowell Clark. She died on 9 June 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Audrey Conti was born on 31 January 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), Conflict (1956) and The Sheriff of Cochise (1956). She was married to Gary Clarence Steenblock. She died on 3 June 2021 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- David C. Thomas was born in 1967. He died on 24 September 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Linda Hopkins was born on 14 December 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), Leprechaun 2 (1994) and The Kitchen (2019). She died on 10 April 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.