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Submitted: 9/11/20 • Approved: 4/27/21 • Last Updated: 4/27/21 • R9348-G9348
William February 21, 1908 - January 7, 1996
Born in Decatur, Illinois, Clothier entered the film industry painting sets at Warner Bros., and at the end of the silent era began photographing such films as Wings (1927) and Ernst Lubitsch's The Patriot (1928). Between 1933 and 1938, he worked in Spain, where he was imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War. He was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force during World War II, during which he flew seventeen missions on the Memphis Belle.
Carmen September 21, 1908 - December 16, 1996
Contributed on 9/11/20 by tomtodd
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