Borrah Minnevitch
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Borrah Minnevitch (November 5, 1902, Kiev – 26 June 1955, Paris), born Bora Minjevic was a notable harmonica player, actor, and leader of his group The Harmonica Rascals. Minnevitch hired Richard Hayman as an arranger for the Rascals -- Hayman later worked as an arranger for MGM and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Minnevitch appeared in a short film made by Lee DeForest in the short-lived sound-on-film process Phonofilm, titled A Boston Star: Borrah Minnevitch, which premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15 April 1923.
Minnevitch later made many other appearances in short films made by other filmmakers. Minnevitch went on to make many stage and screen appearances before his death in Paris in 1955 at age 52.
