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Sothern Lake. The largest group is the Readily Understandables. Issur Danielovitch lacks, well, euphony. So the name was shortened to Kirk Douglas. It is also understandable why Tula Ellice Finklea would want to change her name to Cyd Charisse, Frances Gumm to Judy Garland, Bernie Schwartz to Tony Curtis, Sarah Jane Fulks to Jane Wyman, Emma Motzo to Lizabeth Scott, Judith Tuvim to Judy Holliday, Doris Kappelhoff to Doris Day, Aaron Chwatt to Red Buttons, Zelma Hedrick to Kathryn Grayson, Eunice Quedens to Eve Arden, Natasha Gurdin to Natalie Wood, Barney Zanville to Dane Clark, and William Beedle to William...
...Harry Gumm Sr. (circus clown), K6MDD
Died. Albert Von Tilzer, 78 (born Gumm), longtime artisan of Tin Pan Alley, who wrote (1908) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (with Lyricist Jack Norworth), reputedly did not see a baseball game until 20 years later, also turned out Heart of My Heart, I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time and Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo; in Los Angeles...
Born. To Judy Garland (born Frances Gumm), 23, doelike screen ingenue, and Vincente Minnelli, 38, her deft director in The Clock; their first child, a daughter; in Hollywood. Name: Liza, Weight...
Died. Harry von Tilzer (real name: Harry Gumm), 73, dear old daddy of Tin Pan Alley (which he named), writer of such dear old songs as I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl, A Bird in a Gilded Cage, In the Evening by the Moonlight, Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie, first to publish Irving Berlin and George Gershwin; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...