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A performer since childhood (she was widely known then as "Cuddles"), pert and pretty, raven-haired Lila Lee was brought to Hollywood by Paramount mogul Jesse L. Lasky and debuted in a starring role with The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918) as a poor girl supported by a rich admirer. Following her appearance as a servant wench in Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female (1919), Paramount starting grooming her to eventually supplant the highly temperamental and troublesome Gloria Swanson. Lila's talent, however, was lighter in weight and, though she enjoyed great popularity in such films as Blood and Sand (1922) with Rudolph Valentino, Another Man's Wife (1924), The Midnight Girl (1925), Love, Live and Laugh (1929) co-starring George Jessel and The Unholy Three (1930) opposite Lon Chaney, Swanson had little to worry about. A series of bad judgments and highly publicized bouts with illness led to Lila's swift decline. She made a few dismal comebacks on stage and in TV soaps in the 1950s but to little fanfare. Her last picture was as a hayseed mom in the deservedly obscure Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967). Her actor-turned-writer son James Kirkwood Jr., however, earned fame on his own for penning the play "P.S. Your Cat Is Dead" and the musical "A Chorus Line." Lila died of a stroke in 1973.

Dorothy Oriolo was born on 20 March 1915 in Union Hill, New Jersey, USA. Dorothy is known for The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995). Dorothy was married to Joseph Oriolo. Dorothy died on 8 June 2004 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.

Basil D'Oliveira was born on 4 October 1931 in Signal Hill, Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa. He was married to Naomi Brache. He died on 19 November 2011 in England, UK.

Norman Cousins was born on 24 June 1915 in Union Hill, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Anatomy of an Illness (1984), In Search of... (1976) and Little Clowns of Happytown (1987). He died on 30 November 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.