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Ottola Nesmith was born on 12 December 1889 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Becky Sharp (1935), Television Spy (1939) and Four Star Playhouse (1952). She was married to Leon D'Usseau. She died on 7 February 1972 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Walter Lang entered the film industry in New York when he got a job as a clerk in the office of a film production company. He worked his way up to assistant director, and directed his first film in 1926. By the time sound arrived Lang was already a well-regarded director, but he left the business at that time to try his hand as an artist in Paris. His venture into that medium was unsuccessful, and he returned to Hollywood a few years later. In the mid-'30s Lang was hired at 20th Century-Fox, and it was there he found his niche. He was one of the talents responsible for the glossy, splashy Technicolor musicals Fox was famous for in the 1940s and 1950s, films such as Tin Pan Alley (1940), Moon Over Miami (1941), Coney Island (1943) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Always well respected by his contemporaries (Betty Grable once said that he was one of the few true gentlemen she had ever met), Lang ended his long and productive career in 1961 with Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961).

Bob Woodward was born on 5 March 1909 in Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951), The Range Rider (1951) and The Fighting Texan (1937). He was married to Diana Mack. He died on 7 February 1972 in Granada Hills, California, USA.

William Campbell was born on 12 June 1884 in Ashley, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Nu-Ma-Pu - Cannibalism (1931), Ingagi (1930) and Gypsy Joe (1916). He died on 7 February 1972 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Haskell Coffin was born on 20 June 1910 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hands of Mystery (1949), The United States Steel Hour (1953) and The Man Behind the Badge (1953). He died on 7 February 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Sinclair Weeks was born on 15 June 1893 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Alice Pauline Requa and Beatrice Lee Dowse. He died on 7 February 1972 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.