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Rusian-born Marion Gering was a stage producer and director who came to the US in 1924 as a member of a Soviet trade commission. Making contacts in the theatrical community in Chicago, Gering put on the play "Gas", which was very successful. He stayed in Chicago and founded the Chicago Play Producing Co., which was also successful. He directed many plays on Broadway before being summoned to Hollywood in 1931 by Paramount, which placed him at the helm of many of Sylvia Sidney's pictures. Gering's Hollywood career ended in the late 1930s, although he made sporadic attempts to revive it over the next 20 years with foreign productions, none of which were particularly successful.

Derek Prentice was born on 29 March 1904 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Break in the Circle (1955), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and Norman Conquest (1953). He died on 19 April 1977 in Perth, Australia.

Aleksandr Barushnoy was born on 7 November 1914 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Osvobozhdenie: Napravlenie glavnogo udara (1971), Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976) and 713 prosit posadku (1962). He died on 19 April 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].

Günter Bruno Fuchs was born on 3 July 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Blinker (1969) and Zur Nacht (1967). He died on 19 April 1977 in Berlin, Germany.

Harry D. Mills was born on 30 January 1901 in Indiana, USA. He is known for Sullivan's Travels (1941), Spawn of the North (1938) and Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942). He died on 19 April 1977 in Orange County, California, USA.

István Brand was born on 16 July 1914. He was a writer, known for Csak egy telefon (1970), Csinibaba (1997) and Musical TV Theater (1970). He died on 19 April 1977.

Victor Noerdlinger was born on 29 January 1898 in St. Gall, Switzerland. He was an assistant director and director, known for Watch Your Wife (1926), The Drake Case (1929) and Der achti Schwyzer (1940). He died on 19 April 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.