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Kenneth P. O'Donnell was born on 4 March 1924 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and ABC News Close-Up (1960). He died on 9 September 1977.

John Breeden was born on 3 May 1904 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929), The Beloved Bachelor (1931) and The False Madonna (1931). He died on 9 September 1977 in San Francisco, California, USA.

Mitchell Lindemann started writing for the Federal Theater in the 1930s. He then wrote for The Life of Riley both for radio and television. He moved to a screen writing career in the mid-1940s and was John Howard Lawson's writing partner working for the Hecht-Lancaster production company.

In 1948, his name was mentioned several times in the minutes for the HUAC committee and soon after he was blacklisted at the beginning of his Hollywood career. He worked using a front for many years. He never fully recovered from the blacklist, though he did work on Cat Ballou (1965). He was given associate producer credit, but helped write the screenplay as well.

Ninon Tallon Karlweiss was born on 31 January 1904 in Épinal, Vosges, France. She was married to Oskar Karlweis. She died on 9 September 1977 in Paris, France.

Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes was born on 17 September 1916 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for Ao Sul do Meu Corpo (1982), Memória de Helena (1969) and Vigo (1998). He was married to Lygia Fagundes Telles. He died on 9 September 1977.

Connecticut-born Emanuel Cohen left Hartford after graduating from high school and attended the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1912. After jobs writing for several different New York publications, he landed a spot with Pathe News as an associate editor. He was soon promoted to editor of Pathe's newsreel division, and over the next ten years held a succession of positions with the studio, eventually winding up as head of its short-subjects department. In 1926 he was hired away from Pathe by Paramount Pictures, which put him in charge of its own shorts division. Six years later he was placed in charge of production for all of Paramount's films - not much of a promotion, as the company was deeply in debt and hemorrhaging cash from a string of money-losing pictures. Cohen soon turned the company around, though, and by 1935 it was once more profitable. As a reward for his hard work, Paramount - in true Hollywood fashion - fired him. However, he formed his own production company in partnership with the studio, and his unit turned out several Mae West films, as well as Bing Crosby musicals.

In 1938 Cohen lost a power struggle with Paramount head Adolph Zukor and his production arrangement was canceled. He joined the Army during World War II, and found himself stationed back in New York City, but after the war ended he never went back to the motion picture business.

Adolf Dell was born on 30 June 1890 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sündige Grenze (1951), Du darfst nicht länger schweigen (1955) and Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz (1939). He died on 9 September 1977 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.

Pol Jacquemijns was born on 13 November 1896 in Drogenbos, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Eenmaal per jaar (1966), Beerschot 75 jaar (1975) and Ten huize van (1957). He died on 9 September 1977 in Boechout, Flanders, Belgium.