Died Today (September 6th): Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998)

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Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998) Born: March 23, 1910 in Tokyo, Japan Died: September 6, 1998 (age 88) in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Married tO: Yôko Yaguchi (21 May 1945 – 1 February 1985) (her death) (2 children) With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script,…

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Happy Birthday: Max Schreck (1879–1936)

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Max Schreck (1879–1936) Born: September 6, 1879 in Berlin, Germany Died: February 20, 1936 (age 56) in Munich, Bavaria, Germany Married to: Fanny Schreck (1910 – 20 February 1936) (his death) An oft-told legend is that Schreck’s otherworldly performance as Nosferatu was due to the fact that he was in…

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