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- Rehman Khan was born in Lahore, British India on June 23, 1923 in a Pathan family believed to be the descendants of Afghanistan's King Amanuallah. His family subsequently re-located to Jabalpur where he attended the Robinson College. After completing college he joined the Indian Air Force as a Pilot.
In 1944 he opted out of the Indian Air Force and started working at Prabhat Studios, Bombay, as a 3rd Assistant to Bollywood Director, Vikram Bedekar, who was then filming 'Lakharani'. On the sets of 'Chand' the crew were unable to find anyone who could tie a Pathani Turban, Rehman resolved this problem, and was given a small two lined dialog role in the film.
His first major role was in 'Hum Ek Hain' with Dev Anand during 1946, and then as legendary Emperor Shahjahan in 'Shahjahan' in the same year. He ended up starring in over 70 movies, in character roles, mostly debonair and aristocratic, often as a villain. Some of his more memorable films included 'Pyaasa', 'Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam', 'Waqt', 'Dil Diya Dard Liya', and 'Chaudvi Ka Chand'. He was a close friend of Film-maker/Actor, Guru Dutt.
His acting career was cut short during 1977 when he suffered three massive heart attacks, which he barely survived, only to be inflicted by throat cancer - which led to the loss of his voice, and ultimately took his life during 1979.
Rehman is still remembered by his fans, and his movies continue to be popular even today on various Hindi language channels. - Producer
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Film critic, author and filmmaker Ivor Montagu devoted most of his life to his two passions: cinema and leftist politics. Following studies at the Royal College of Science--where he obtained a degree in zoology and botany--and studies at King's College, Cambridge, where he earned a masters in zoology, Montagu turned towards pursuing his interest in film. He and Sidney Bernstein established the London Film Society, the first film club devoted to showing art films and independent films, in 1925.
Over the years Montagu imported films, showed them and eventually began writing, producing, directing and editing his own short films. He also became a film critic, the first to work at such publications as "The Observer". His leftist political leanings led him to a long-term friendship with acclaimed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, and for a time Montagu traveled with the great filmmaker across Europe and to Hollywood (he later he published an account of this journey in "With Eisenstein in Hollywood"). For a time during the 1930s Montagu produced a few Alfred Hitchcock films including The 39 Steps (1935).
During the Spanish Civil War he went to Spain to make propaganda films for the Republicans. Once back in England he compiled some of that footage to make "Peace and Plenty" (1939). Montagu became interested in television in the late '50s and focused his energies there. In 1959 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, and in 1965 he published "Film World" (Penguin), one of the best looks at the situation of the international film industry in the early 1960s.- Set Decorator
Dennis W. Peeples was born on 17 March 1934 in Texas, USA. He was a set decorator, known for The Final Countdown (1980), East of Eden (1981) and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985). He died on 5 November 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
Klára Pápai was born on 1 October 1900 in Eger, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Jómadár (1943), Szerelmes szívek (1944) and Sárga kaszinó (1944). She was married to Hunyadi-Búzás, Endre. She died on 5 November 1984 in Budapest, Hungary.