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Dead people in title listings
I din't know when the next redesign is scheduled -- and this is a suggestion that I have made before ---and it may be too expensive -- but... Is there some way that the names of people who have died could be displayed in a different color, perhaps the orange/salmon color, or green, or some color other than black or blue, in a title's credit listings? This would be an additional unique feature for IMDb. While IMDb is not a resume service, this would greatly assist productions in "tracking down" people. Also, for movie mavens and film historians like myself, it would greatly assist research. Is Jerry Maren really the last cast member of The Wizard of Oz to die? Are Olivia de Havilland and Mickey Kuhn really the last two surviving cast members of Gone With The Wind? Etc., etc., etc. Just a suggestion that will probably never happen.
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Is there some way that the names of people who have died could be displayed in a different color Is Jerry Maren really the last cast member of The Wizard of Oz to die? https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546439/ Born: January 24, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA Died: May 24, 2018 (age 98) in San Diego, California, USA?? by Bradley Kent Joined on February 9, 2017 https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/people/bradley_kent - - - ? ? 8,539,000 Titles https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8539000/reference 9,898,000 Names https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9898000/ IMDb would have to look up each name on all the titles pages to see if the person is Dead or Alive (every day ??) I would like to see the Age of the person next to the name on each title That would take some sort of calculation on each name and make the pages a little more bulky to load The Wizard of Oz (1939) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/reference https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/fullcredits - No count of names Stayin' alive ... Ambrose Schindler https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771827/ Born: April 21, 1917 in Mission Hills, California, USA Ambrose Schindler ... Winkie (uncredited) Ambrose Schindler ... stunt double: Tin Man (uncredited) Caren Marsh https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550514/ Born: April 6, 1919 in Hollywood, California, USA Caren Marsh ... dance stand-in: Judy Garland (uncredited) Gone with the Wind (1939) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/reference Caren Marsh ... BBQ Guest / Girl at Bazaar (uncredited) others ?
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bradley_kent
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7 years ago
Thanks for the specific info, especially about Ambrose Schindler and Caren Marsh. IMDb would not have to "look up each name on all the titles pages to see if the person is Dead or Alive." Instead, a program could be designed that, once a death date was entered, that name would automatically change color in the listings for every title in which it appeared. I'm just dreaming...
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jeorj_euler
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7 years ago
Maybe...
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gromit82
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I would like to suggest that if Bradley's suggestion to display names of deceased cast and crew in a different color is ever implemented, it should be optional. I personally don't think I would choose to display casts and crews that way. If that is some users' preference, that's fine, but it should be a user's voluntary choice whether or not to do so.
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bradley_kent
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7 years ago
Don't worry. It'll never happen.
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bradley_kent
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7 years ago
But... wouldn't it be fun IF it did! This would give IMDb another unique feature IF it did.
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