Scottish poet James Thomson (1700) ended up having one of his poems turned into the lyrics of RULE, BRITANNIA! and then almost 200 years later had that song incorporated into the “Cheer Up, Cheerio, Carry On” portion of BABES ON BROADWAY (1941). It counts.

Actor Erville Alderson (1882) made three films that included Virginia. He was the court deputy in OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS (1938), Sauers in OUTSIDE THESE WALLS (1939) and Dr. John Clemens in HENRY GOES ARIZONA (1939). In the silent era, he was a favorite of director D.W. Griffith. After Ginny, he would appear in SERGEANT YORK, THE BISHOP’S WIFE and THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. 

Ray S. Harris (1885) wrote the screenplay of LADDIE (1935) along with Dorothy Yost. He also wrote MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE and THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. On a negative note, he wrote HILLBILLY BLITZKRIEG, based on the comic “Barney Google and Snuffy Smith”. The Laddie Ladies stand in for Harris.

Barnett Parker (1886) played butlers. Like Eric Blore and TIGer Leonard Carey he played a lot of butlers. Sometimes he was Graves, sometimes Maurice, other times William. In LOVE IS A HEADACHE (1938), he was Hotchkiss. In LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, he branched out and played George, the chauffeur. 

Frank Tomick (1894) only ever appeared in flying movies. He’d do the stunts and get a small acting part. He had small roles and performed flying stunts for both MEN WITH WINGS (1938) and TOO HOT TO HANDLE (1938). The photo is a card promoting HELL’S ANGELS, another film he flew in.

We also salute Alan Dong (1921) who played the kid with a fishbowl in the OUR GANG short PUPS IS PUPS (1930). In that film Warner and Walter Weidler, not twins, played twin brothers. The photo is of Alan in his only other IMDb credit, CHARLIE CHAN’S GREATEST CASE. Alan is at far right, his brother David is next to him and his older brother Frank is behind with his hair parted down the middle.