During the 1930s and ‘40s, Warren William emerged as a leading man in movies playing ruthless criminals and businessmen, and later debonair detectives. He was the first actor to portray Perry Mason on screen and starred in the movie series The Lone Wolf, about a former jewel thief turned detective. Off-camera, Warren William found solace from the stress of Hollywood by enjoying hobbies of sailing and inventing.

Professor Pinetti was an eighteenth century stage magician who billed himself as a natural philosopher to cash in on what was popular at the time. Ironically, because natural philosophy was popular, he was subject to a kind of scientific investigation by the public that exposed all his tricks and disrupted his livelihood.

Of Chinese descent, James Wong Howe pioneered cinematic techniques and was nominated for 16 Academy Awards, winning twice for cinematography

Mary Kay & Johnny broke all the social norms on TV and pioneered the domestic situation comedy.