1741 Benedict Arnold

I wonder if it was his own men that he gave information on and he watched them die. No matter what though, he had to know he was getting men killed.







1892 Hal Roach - Producer, writer, director (One Million BC, Road Show) He worked with Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, and Will Rodgers, among others

I heard that he used the system to cheat a lot of the actors. For instance he kept Laurel and Hardy's contracts staggered so that they could never negotiate as a team. He'd then threaten to break them up if they demanded more.







1957 Humphrey Bogart - US actor (Casablanca, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon)

He sure made a lot of classics. We lost him too young.