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A former magazine illustrator, Harry Lachman traveled to Paris in 1911 to begin an art career, and soon became recognized as a first-rate post-Impressionist painter. Decorated for his contributions to art by the French government, Lachman afterwards became a set designer at a film studio in Nice. In 1925 American director Rex Ingram hired him as an assistant director on Mare Nostrum (1926) and soon thereafter Lachman gave up his painting career and traveled to England to began a career as a film director. He returned to France and made several films, then journeyed to the U.S. in 1933 and settled in Hollywood. Mainly given B-pictures, his best films were a Laurel and Hardy comedy, Our Relations (1936), and Dante's Inferno (1935), where his painter's eye was evident in the intense ten-minute hell sequence. Lachman ended his career with a Charlie Chan movie in the 1940s, and returned to painting. His artworks can be seen in such museums as Spain's Prado and the Luxembourg Museum.

André Gabriello was born on 15 October 1896 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Yoshiwara (1937), Roger la Honte (1946) and Le roi des resquilleurs (1945). He was married to Jeanne Glasson. He died on 19 March 1975 in Paris, France.

Janina Kozlowska was born on 10 June 1898 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Janko Muzykant (1930). She died on 19 March 1975 in Penrhos, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Ragnar Engström was born on 16 November 1903 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an editor, known for Här kommer vi... (1947), The Long Search (1952) and Tre glada tokar (1942). He died on 19 March 1975 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.