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With his slicked back hair and thin moustache Erik Rhodes arrived in Hollywood to recreate his stage role of Rudolfo Tonetti (which he had performed first on Broadway and then in London, 1932-1933) for the filming of The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Contrary to his screen image, Erik was born in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma where he won a scholarship to study acting in New York. He made his theatrical debut, delivering eight lines, in the 1928 play 'A Most Immoral Lady', under his birth name Ernest (sometimes spelled Earnest) Sharpe. Because of his good baritone voice, he was next cast in two musicals. An expert mimicker of accents and dialects, he came to specialise in films as the perennial hyperactive continental charmer. In his second notable screen outing, Top Hat (1935), he played flamboyant dressmaker Alberto Beddini, famously declaring to Ginger Rogers "All my life I have promised my dresses I'd take them to Italy...and you must be in them". There were other good parts, particularly in the comedy A Night at the Ritz (1935) as would-be master chef Leopold Jaynos. Andre Sennwald's review in The New York Times (May 16,1935) commented on Erik's performance "as the psychopath with a yearning for culinary immortality, he gives 'A Night at the Ritz' its air of polite lunacy and helps to wring laughter out of a featherweight enterprise".
Erik Rhodes made films at RKO until 1937, more often than not as excitable Europeans (Henri Saffron in Woman Chases Man (1937), Frank Rochet in Old Man Rhythm (1935), Tony Bandini in Criminal Lawyer (1937) and, not forgetting, Spaghetti Nadzio in Music for Madame (1937)). By the end of the decade, his screen career had run its course. After his wartime service with U.S. Air Force Intelligence, he went back to Broadway for a lengthy spell in 'Can Can' as a Parisian bon vivant.- Actor
- Casting Department
A native of Oklahoma, Nathan came to Hollywood, California at the age of 18 and was discovered by talent agent Tory Christopher while working at a Blockbuster video store on Sunset Blvd. Often teaches audition technique classes to kids and young adults, both in Los Angeles and New York.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Special Effects
Born in El Reno, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Kenneth Peach entered the film industry in 1923 and became a director of photography in 1926. He worked with composite processes, miniatures, montages and matte shots for Tiffany Pictures for two years, then joined Fred Jackman's technical effects department at Warner Bros.- First National for three years. In 1931 he joined RKO Pictures' special effects department. In 1933 he began a long association with producer Hal Roach of Hal Roach Studios, where he shot many of the comedy shorts of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.- Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Frosty Royce was born on 20 December 1910 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Littlest Hobo (1958), Oklahoma Renegades (1940) and Prairie Gunsmoke (1942). He died on 16 May 1965 in Studio City, California, USA.- Gena Ramsel was born on 10 February 1950 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) and The Jerk, Too (1984).
- Sierra Herd was born on 27 November 1995 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress, known for Little Dixie (2023).
- Additional Crew
Betty Pat Gatliff was born on 31 August 1930 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. She is known for Quincy M.E. (1976) and BattleField Detectives (2003). She died on 5 January 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.- Matthew Jones was born on 30 April 1901 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Am I Guilty? (1940), The Nightwatchman's Mistake (1929) and The New Aunt (1929). He died on 7 December 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sam Rivers was born on 25 September 1923 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. He was a composer, known for Pavillon noir (2007), Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra (2008) and Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969). He was married to Beatrice. He died on 26 December 2011 in Orlando, Florida, USA.