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- Dora Mills Adams was born in 1875 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Piccadilly Jim (1919), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) and The Square Deceiver (1917). She died on 31 July 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Sada Cowan was an American screenwriter, author and playwright who's career began during the days of the silent screen. She was the daughter of Elias and Reba Myers Cowan and was born on 18 September, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was a Boston wholesale jeweler who was born in Melbourne, Australia and had come to America as a young boy with his Dutch parents. Reba Cowan was a native Bostonian.
Besides her film work, Cowan also wrote "The State Forbids: A Play in One Act" (1915) "As I remember You" (1925) "Pomp and Other Plays" (1926), "Napoleon Had it Too" (1929) "Defiance" (1931) and "Bitter Justice" (1943).
Cowan's marriage to Los Angeles doctor Ernest L. Commons in 1929 ended in divorce a few years later.
Sada Cowan died on 31 July, 1943 in Los Angeles where she had lived for most of the latter half of her life. - Alice Belmore was born in 1870 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Shopsoiled Girl (1915), The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning (1915) and Screen Struck (1916). She was married to H. Cooper Cliffe. She died on 31 July 1943 in New York, New York, USA.
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Song lyricist ("When You're Smiling", "Everywhere You Go") and a charter ASCAP member (1914), educated in public schools and a songwriter since World War I when he wrote songs for the 81st Wildcats. Thereafter he was a monologist in vaudeville and a professional manager for music publishers. Besides his film-music work he wrote songs and musical material for London revues. His chief musical collaborators included Nat Ayer, Louis Alter, Gus Edwards, George Meyer, Al Piantadosi, Mark Fisher, and Larry Shay, and his other popular-song compositions include "That's How I Need You", "Billy", "When I Get You Alone Tonight", "When You Play in the Game of Love", "Baby Shoes", "Liberty Bell It's Time to Ring Again", "Gee, But I Hate to Go Home Again", "I'm Knee Deep in Daisies", "They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii" and "Breeze".- Actor
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Paavo Kostioja was born on 27 January 1891 in Nurmijärvi, Finland. He was an actor and director, known for Laivan kannella (1938), Nuori luotsi (1927) and Kahden tanssin välillä (1930). He died on 31 July 1943 in Helsinki, Finland.