the State Historical Society of Missouri
Alfred E. Twomey was a professor of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-12/1.%20Robert%20Russell%20Bennett.jpg?itok=i7VP1vXe "Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]")
Robert Russell Bennett was born on June 15, 1894, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of…
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![Vincent Price in the Broadway production Diversions and Delights, 1978. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Division, swope_630152]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Vincent-Price.jpg?itok=mRofI5Tt "Vincent Price in the Broadway production Diversions and Delights, 1978. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Division, swope_630152]")
Vincent Price, a versatile actor of stage, screen, and television, was born in St. Louis,…
![Gladys Swarthout with costar Jan Kiepura from the movie Give Us This Night (1936). [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, psnypl_the_5262]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Gladys-Swarthout.jpg?itok=Ia7gXLdS "Gladys Swarthout with costar Jan Kiepura from the movie Give Us This Night (1936). [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, psnypl_the_5262]")
Gladys Swarthout, a concert and operatic mezzo-soprano, was born in Deepwater, Missouri,…
![Marion Talley. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Marion-Talley.jpg?itok=6pFpdoNw "Marion Talley. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs]")
Marion Talley was born on December 20, 1907, in Nevada, Missouri, the daughter of a…
![Virgil Thomson. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-42533]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/1.%20Virgil%20Thomson.jpg?itok=tVOpffmf "Virgil Thomson. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-42533]")
Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and music critic Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City,…