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Kan-Kat lications1931; M.P.Herald editorialstaff;ed.staff The Linden Tree,Shop atSly Corner, Peter Pan, The 91. 1'. Daily, 1932; exec. ed., 1943; ed. since 1945. Lark. Pictures Include: The Strange Door, Black Castle, Lost KANE, STANLEY D.: Attorney. b. Minneapolis, Minn.. Patrol, Tap Roots, You'll Find Out, The Man They Couldn't Dec. 21,1912; e.U. of Minn.. B.A. (magna cum laude. Hang. The invisible Ray, Sahaka, Voodoo Island. 1930),M.A.,1931; Minn.Coll.of Law, LL.B.,1940. TV series: Col. March of Scotland Yard. Instructor,romancelanguages,U. ofMinn..1930-33: managinged. & asst.topublisher, Dental Survey and KARLSON, PHIL: Director.b.Chicago,Ill.,July2, Modern Medicine Pub., 1937-44; exec.sec. Allied Theatre 1908;e.Loyola Schs.(Chicago, Los Angeles). Worked in Owners of the Northwest. 1933-37; city attorney, Golden May Co. Dept. Store,1928-32. Entered m.p.Ind. with Valley, Minn., 1940 to date; City Atty.. Champlin, Minn.: Universal studiosin prop dept.; promoted toasst.; then on faculty, Minn. Coll. of Law. 1940-44; trial attorney & dir.,"Leatherneck" series. Managed Byron Foy for one trial examiner, NLRB, Minneapolis, New Orleans, N. IL. year. Became tech. & assoc. din with Stuart Walker; asst. 1943-46; gen.counsel, Puerto Rico Labor Relations Bd., dir..Universal; then prod.,1940; dir. many filmssince 1946;spec.counsel,NorthCentralAlliedIndependent 1945, including Scandal Sheet. Mask of Avenger, The Brig- Theatre Owners, 1946 to date; recording sec. Allied States and, , . They Rode Assn.,1947 to 1956. West, Tight Spot, Hell's Island, Five Against the House, Phenix City Story. KANIN, FAY: Writer.b. New York. N. Y.. May 9, 1917; e. Elmira Coll., U.S.C.. in. Michael Ramie, writer. KARNS, ROSCOE: Actor.b.San Bernardino,Calif., Contrib. fiction to mags.; pictures include: story, Blondie Sent. 7. 1897; e. U. of So. California. On stage in: Civil- for Victory; collab.story,a.p., Sunday Punch; collab.a. ian Clothes. Eyes of Youth, Thirteenth Chair, Merely Mary P., My Pal Gus, Rhapsody. Ann, Master of the House, School for Brides; pictures in- clude: Warming Up, Moran ofthe Marines, Beggars of KANIN, GARSON: Producer,director.b.Rochester, Life. Win That Girl, Something Always Happens, Flying N. Y., Nov. 24, 1912; e. Amer. Acad. Dram. Art; m. Ruth Ensign, My Son the Hero, His Butler's Sister, Navy Way, Gordon,actress.Musician,actor,appearinginSpring It Happened One Night, Night After Night, They Drive Song, Little 01' Boy, and others. Prod. assist. George Ab- by Night.Stage: Front Page. bott on Three Men on a Horse, Brother Rat. Room Service; TV: Rocky King Show, ITenncsey. dir.Hitch Your Wagon. Too Many Heroes,Broadway Plays. In June, 1937, Samuel Goldwyn's prod. staff.1938, KARP. JACOB H.: Assistant secretary, Paramount Pic- Joined RHO. prod.-dir. contract. In 1942: prod. for U. S. tures, Hollywood. h. New York City, Jan. 2, 1003. Married. OfficeofEmergency Management.Joinedarmyforces. D. Isaac and Becky Karp. e. New York University, Colum- World WarII;co.-dir.TrueGlory.Recentpictures: bia Law School. Legal department. New York Office, Para- s.p.) A Double Life, Adam's Rib; orig.play. mount. 1929-32: Transferred to Hollywood legal dept.; in ; collab.a.p.. Marrying Kind, Pat and 1935 made resident atty. in charge of legal dept.: in 1940 Mike; story,s.p.,It Should Happen to You, Teacher's exec.asst.tovice -pros.in charge of prod.; head, Para- Pet. mount studio, May, 1959. KANIN, MICHAEL: Writer. b. Rochester, N. Y.. Feb. KARR, JACK: Critic.h.Ottawa, Ont., Canada. 1916: 1. 1910; m. Fay Mitchell. Member: SWG, SD°, AMPAS. e. U. of Toronto. Stock broker; office clerk; cub reporter on Commercial artist, N. Y. priorto m.p.career(s.p.) Toronto Star; movie columnist, 1938; loaned to Air Cadet Panama Lady. They Made Her a Spy. 1939. Pictures in- League of Canada, 1942; drama & m. p. critic Toronto Star. clude:(collab.s.p.) Anne of Windy Poplars, Crossof Lorraine,Centennial Summer;(coital,.orig. & s.p.), KASHFI, ANNA: b. Calcutta, India, Sept. 30. e. French Acad Award best collab. orig.s.p. Woman of Year, 1942; Convent,Calcutta.M.P.debut,The Mountain,1955; (Prod., collab.s.p.) A Double Life:(s.p..dir.). When since in: Battle Hymn. I Grow Up; collab.s.p., My Pal Gus, Rhapsody, Teacher's I 'et. KASPER, EDWIN T.: Executive. b.Brooklyn, N. Y., KANTER, HAL: Writer,director.b.Savannah,Ga., Jan. 21, 1919. e. Rutgers U. With Pathe Industries, 1941- Dee.18,1918. Writer, Danny Kaye Show. Amos 'n Andy. 42; 16mm prod., Sound Masters, Inc., 1943-44; Dreg., Edwin Ring Crosby Show, Ed Wynn TV Show, 1999;creator, T. Kasper Prod., 1945; pres., Filmways. Inc., TV prod., writer, prod., stager. GeorgeGobel Show; writer, 1952; ores. VPI, Inc.,1958. Paramount, 1951-54; dir., RICO Radio, 1956; picturesin- clude: collah.s. KASS, HERMAN: Executive. b. New York, N. Y., Aug. p., My Favorite Spy. Off Limits, Road to 3,1923. Bali,Casanova's Big Night, About Mrs.Leslie;s.p., Office boy, Universal,1942; transferredtopub. Money from Home;collab.s.p.,Artistsand Models; dept., 1943; named eastern exploit. mgr., 1954; natl. panel Mardis Gras: adapt., Rose Tattoo;; dir.. Married a Woman; Amer. Arb. Ass's., 1958. collab.s.p.dir.,Loving You;a.p.dir.,prod.Once Upon a Horse. KASSLER, FRANK: Executive. b. Czechoslovakia, 1906; TV: Kraft Music Hall. e.Vienna Coll., Prague. Entered m.p.Ind.asdialogue dlr.,Paramount studios,Paris,1931;importer,diet.of !CAPER. BRONISLAU: Composer.b. Warsaw, Poland, foreign filmsin U.8.,1997-53; ores..Continental Dis- Feb.5,1902;e.Warsaw Cons.of Music. Wrote concert tributing,Inc.,formedwith Walter Reade,Jr.,1954; music, songs and music for films in Warsaw, Berlin. Vienna, formed Kassler Films 1957. inndon and Paris; m. p.include: Gaslight. Without Love. Mrs.Parkington,GreenDolphinStreet,ThatForsyte KASTNER, LACY W.: Executive.b. England, April 9. Woman, Naked Spur, Lill(Acad. Award. 1953),Beadle, 1896; e. English schools; m. Active service in France with Her Twelve Men, Them, Glass Slipper, Quentin Durward, British Army, five years; to U. S. as salesman Inter -Ocean Forever Darling, The Prodigal, The Swan, Brothers Kara - Film Corp.,later pres. Independent producer, Hollywood; massy, Don't Go Near the Water, Auntie Mame, Green then joined United Artiststo Parisasasst.Continental Mansions. Europe gen'l mgr., then mgr. In 1942 attached to U. S. Office of War Information; v. -p., man. dir. Columbia Pic- KAPLAN, BORIS: Executive.b. New York City, Sept. tures Intern.' Corp. for Europe & Near East, Oct.. 1951; 23. 1897; m.; e.Coll. of City of New York. General mgr. hdqrts.. Paris; asst to pres.,Col.Intern'l,htiorts.. New of Selwyn Theatrical Enterprises, 1925-32. Prod. plays for York; ever.5.-p.,thenpres.June,1951;Chev. French legitimatestage,Broadway;JoinedParamountPictures Legion of Honor, Com. Order of Merit Italian Republic. Corp.,1933;headofeasterncasting andtalentdept., Paramount since 1936. KASZNAR, KURT: Actor. b. Vienna, Austria, Aug. 12; e. Gymnasium, Vienna; The Minerva. Zurich; Max Rein- KARDAR, A.R.: Director,producer.b.1904,India. hardt's Seminary. Prof.acting debut atSalzburg Drama Prod., dir. silent films; assoc. with East India Film Corp., Festival,1936; U.S.debut in Eternal Road; playsInc.: Calcutta & Nat'lStudios, Bombay; org.Harder Prod., Henry V, Crazy with the Heat, Joy to the World, Montser- 1942,prod..dir.nearly 50films:Silvertown Film Lab. rat, Happy Time; U. S. Army, W.W. II; in.D. debut to 1945; Musical Pies, 1949, Harder Films, 1949. The Light Touch; since: Anything Can Happen. Talk About a Stranger, Lovely to Look At, Glory Alley, Happy Time, KARDOS, LESLIE: Director.b.Budapest,Hungary, Liii, Ride Vaquero, Sombrero, All the Brothers Were Val- Oct.8,1905. On European stage,then filmed. & asst. iant, Give a Girl a Break. Kiss Me Kate. Valley of the dir.; dir. Berlin, Budapest, Vienna (orig.s. p.). No Leave Kings, Last Time I Saw Paris, Jump into Hell, My Sister No Love, MGM, 1945. Member: Screen Directors Guild, Eileen, Flame of the Islands. Anything Goes. Screen Writers Guild. Pictures Include: Dark Streetsof Cairo. The Strip, Small Town Girl, Man Who Turned To KATCH, KURT: Actor. r.n, laser Rae; b. Gratin°, Po- Stone;orig.,s.p.,Dance With Me Henry. TV: Trip land, Jan. 28, 1896; e, Max Reinhardt Sch. of Drama. Berlin. Around the Block, Broken Barrier. Wine salesman; prisoner of war In Germany 1914 as Russian subject. After war went on stage. On screen 1943 In Wife KARLOFF, BORIS: Actor.r.n. William Henry Pratt; Takes a Flyer. Berlin Correspondent. b. London, Nov. 23, 1887; e. Uppingham School. In stock; PicturesInclude:BackgroundtoDanger,Missionto on N. Y. stage (The Virginian, Arsenic and Old Lace). Moscow, Watch on Rhine, Purple Heart, Mask of Dimitrios. On screenin many silentprods.,and since sound fea- The Conspirators,SeventhCross,Salome, SongofLove, tured in numerous "horror" pictures, both U. 8. & Brit. Secret of the Incas, Adventures of Horn Baba, A & C Picturesinclude: The Criminal Code,FiveStar FinaL Meet the Mummy. Frankenstein,The Mask of Fu Manchu. The Houseof Rothschild, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Climax. The KATZ, SAM: Production executive.b.Russia, 1892; e. Devil's Brood. House of Frankenstein, The Body Snatcher. Northwestern U. Began career at age of 13 as pianist, Carl Isle of the Dead. Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Unconquered, Laemmle's first 5 -cent m.p.theatre, West Side, Chicago, Tower of London. New York stage: Arsenic and Old Lace, 1905; owned 3theatresat17; in 1914 acquired 800 -seat

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