Jack Sullivan (film director)
Jack Sullivan( born March 5, 1893 in San Francisco, California, United States, died February 19, 1946) was an assistant director.
He won the Best Assistant Director award at the 9th Academy Awards for" The Charge of the Light Brigade."
Sullivan is the great uncle of Beth Sullivan, creator and executive producer of the TV series" Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
Louis Nolan
Louis Edward Nolan( 4 January 1818 – 25 October 1854) was a British Army officer and cavalry tactician best known for his role and death in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.
Born to a minor diplomatic official and his wife, Nolan was educated at the Austrian" Inhaber" Pioneer School at Tulln, where he was noted as an enthusiastic horseman and military theorist.
After early graduation he was commissioned as a subaltern in the 10th Austrian Hussar regiment, serving in Austria, Hungary and on the Polish frontier, where he again became known for his horsemanship and was promoted to senior lieutenant.
Due to the nepotism inherent in the Austro- Hungarian armed forces, Nolan succeeded in transferring to the British Army as a Cornet in the 15th Light Dragoons.
Deployed in India, Nolan was eventually made the regimental riding master and an aide- de- camp to General George Berkeley, commander- in- chief in Madras, accompanying him on horse trials to evaluate the use of geldings as cavalry mounts rather than stallions, and was made a Captain in 1850.
Returning to Great Britain in 1851, he toured continental Europe and wrote two books on horsemanship and cavalry theory, the second of which," Cavalry: Its History and Tactics", was universally acclaimed and led to the adoption of a Nolan- designed saddle by the British Army.
A trusted voice on cavalry matters, Nolan was dispatched to the Middle East in the early days of the Crimean War to hunt for appropriate mounts.
After returning he was attached to the staff of General Richard Airey, and in this role delivered the order that led to the Charge of the Light Brigade.
40 percent of the Light Brigade's soldiers were killed, wounded, captured or rendered unfit for service, including Nolan, who was the first casualty of the charge.
Contemporary accounts blamed Nolan for failing to properly communicate the order, either accidentally or deliberately, while some modern historians apportion the blame not only to Nolan but also Lord Raglan, commander of the British forces in the Crimea, and the cavalry commander, Lord Lucan.
Arthur Tremayne
Arthur Tremayne( 15 May 1827 – 14 November 1905) was a Crimean War soldier and Cornish MP, who survived the charge of the Light Brigade, during which his horse was shot from under him.
Samuel Parkes (VC)
Samuel Parkes VC (probably late 1815 – 15 November 1864) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Parkes was awarded his VC for his actions during the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponymous charge.
It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley.
Its animated credits and linking passages were created by Richard Williams, drawing on the satirical use of jingoistic images.
This film followed an earlier version" The Charge of the Light Brigade"( 1936), starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
William Morris (British Army officer)
Lieutenant- Colonel William Morris, CB( 18 December 1820 – 11 July 1858) was a British Army officer who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
Lieutenant- General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan,( 16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868) was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.
He led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.
Throughout his life in politics and his long military career he characterised the arrogant and extravagant aristocrat of the period.
His progression through the Army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, but also by generosity to the men under his command and genuine bravery.
As a member of the landed aristocracy he had actively and steadfastly opposed any political reform in Britain, but in the last year of his life he relented and came to acknowledge that such reform would bring benefit to all classes of society.
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film made by Warner Bros.
It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer, from a screenplay by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, from a story by Michael Jacoby based on the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
The music score was by Max Steiner; his first for Warners and the cinematography by Sol Polito.
Scenes were shot at the following California locations:
Lone Pine, Sherwood Lake, Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth and Sonora.
The Sierra Nevada mountains were used for the Khyber Pass scenes.
The film stars Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, and its script is very loosely based on the famous Charge of the Light Brigade that occurred during the Crimean War (1853–56).
Additionally, the storyline includes an event similar to the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
This was the second of eight films in which Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland costar.
A later film was made in 1968 under the same name, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and stars Trevor Howard and Vanessa Redgrave.
William Lummis
Canon William Murrell Lummis MC( 4 June 1886 – 2 November 1985) was a British military historian most noted for the research he conducted on the Victoria Cross, the Charge of the Light Brigade, and Rorke's Drift.
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer(1886-1905)
Mihály Kertész (1905); December 24, 1886 April 11, 1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history.
He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent.
Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age.
He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. become the fastest-growing movie studio.
He directed 102 films during his Hollywood career, mostly at Warners, where he directed ten actors to Oscar nominations.
James Cagney and Joan Crawford won their only Academy Awards under Curtiz's direction.
He put Doris Day and John Garfield on screen for the first time, and he made stars of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bette Davis.
He himself was nominated five times and won twice, once for Best Short Subject for "Sons of Liberty" and once as Best Director for "Casablanca".
Curtiz introduced to Hollywood a unique visual style using artistic lighting, extensive and fluid camera movement, high crane shots, and unusual camera angles.
He was versatile and could handle any kind of picture: melodrama, comedy, love story, film noir, musical, war story, Western, or historical epic.
He always paid attention to the human-interest aspect of every story, stating that the "human and fundamental problems of real people" were the basis of all good drama.
Curtiz helped popularize the classic swashbuckler with films such as "Captain Blood" (1935) and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938).
He directed many dramas which today are also considered classics, "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Casablanca" (1942), and "Mildred Pierce" (1945).
He directed leading musicals, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), "
This Is the Army" (1943), and "White Christmas", and he made comedies with "Life With Father" (1947) and
"We're No Angels" (1955).

Question: When was the director of film The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1936 Film) born?
Answer: December 24, 1886