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- Actress
- Soundtrack
If the purpose of a "prairie flower" was to help distract the cowboy hero from the bad guys and/or his horse, then lovely "B" blonde actress June Storey fit the bill. She certainly inspired guitar-strumming balladeer Gene Autry to warble a few ditties in ten of his popular Republic Pictures' oaters.
The Toronto-born leading lady moved with her parents and sister at age 5 to the United States, first to Connecticut then to Long Island, New York, then to Southern California. Following graduation from Laguna Beach High School, she turned to the local stage (including the Laguna Playhouse) and, through family connections, won a screen test at 20th Century-Fox that earned her a contract. A wholesome, natural beauty and one-time model, she apprenticed in starlet bits including work in Student Tour (1934), Girls' Dormitory (1936), skater Sonja Henie's vehicle Thin Ice (1937) and the fictionalized retelling of the great Chicago fire of 1871 In Old Chicago (1938). She did not progress in the ranks, however, and was left pretty much high and dry.
In 1939 Republic signed June up and this is where she began her association with Autry, appearing, beginning with Blue Montana Skies (1939), in ten of his westerns within a two-year span. Feeling trapped and uninspired in this setting she left Republic to find a bigger studio but didn't and freelanced for the remainder of her career. Making the effort to branch out into other film genres with the mystery whodunnit The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) and the noirish End of the Road (1944), she couldn't rise above the second tier in films. Her last leading role was in the Western Song of the Prairie (1945) starring Ken Curtis. She added some radio work ("Ellery Queen") and toured Army camps following this period and after a few supporting/small roles in some obscure films, June retired from the movies after marrying an Oregon rancher. She never returned.
She devoted much of her later life to charitable causes and became a nurse for a time. Her long association with Autry also allowed her to be a frequent guest at western film festivals and Autry tributes. She later sought a spiritual guidance and became a deacon at her Presbyterian Church in Southern California before dying of cancer on December 18, 1991 at age 73. She is interred at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar.- Bambang Hermanto was born on 1 August 1925 in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. He was an actor, known for After the Curfew (1954), Pedjuang (1961) and De Kris Pusaka (1977). He died on 18 December 1991 in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Bernard J. Kingham was born on 21 February 1925 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and Hawk the Slayer (1980). He died on 18 December 1991 in Chiltern and South Bucks, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Art Department
Ray Chambers was born on 14 June 1940 in St Joseph, Missouri, USA. Ray is known for The Lost Boys (1987) and Legal Eagles (1986). Ray died on 18 December 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joey Smallwood was born on 24 December 1900 in Gambo, Newfoundland, Canada. He died on 18 December 1991 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
- Ted Pearson was born on 9 June 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Pirates of Penzance (1985). He died on 18 December 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Valentin Popov was born on 30 May 1936 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for I Am Twenty (1965), Svidaniye s molodostyu (1982) and Na novom meste (1979). He died on 18 December 1991 in Moscow, USSR.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Long was a cinematographer and director, known for The Man Who Digs for Fish (1979), Eye Witness No. 63 (1954) and Eye Witness No. 74 (1955). He died on 18 December 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Yuri Klarov was born on 4 February 1929. Yuri was a writer, known for Dela davno minuvshikh dney... (1972) and Chyornyy treugolnik (1983). Yuri died on 18 December 1991 in Moscow, Russia.
- Donald Rackerby was born on 17 July 1924 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Little Men (1940). He died on 18 December 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ke Yao was born in 1905 in Anhui, China. Ke was a writer, known for Ah Q zheng zhuan (1958), Ai de fu lu (1951) and Mei gui mei gui wo ai ni (1954). Ke died on 18 December 1991 in the USA.
- George Abecassis was born on 21 March 1913 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He died on 18 December 1991 in Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.