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Paul Morand was a well-known anti-semite and Nazi collaborator. In 1939 he left his diplomatic post in London where he was asked to join Charles de Gaulle and the Free French government and instead chose to join the Vichy government. He was given a diplomatic post in Bucharest which he fled in 1944 when the air raids became too intense. He eventually ended up in Bern, Switzerland where he remained after the war.
A man of wealth from inheritance, marriage and his own writings, he managed to escape any significant repercussions from his wartime activities.
Ironically, the Jewish director, Jean Benoit-Levy, turned Morand's book, La Mort du Cygne, into a brilliant film of the same name. The film was later remade in Hollywood, although less successfully, by another Jewish director, Henry Koster.- Actress
Melba Snowden was born on 22 October 1911 in Stanislaus County, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 23 July 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Harry Maynard was born on 7 May 1898 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed Crazed (1926) and Ruth of the Rockies (1920). He died on 23 July 1976 in Saratoga, California, USA.
- Martin Wickremasinghe was born on 29 May 1890 in Koggala, Sri Lanka. Martin was a writer, known for Kaliyugaya (1982), Gamperaliya (1963) and Viragaya (1987). Martin died on 23 July 1976.
- Ruth Carnahan was born on 25 February 1907 in Douglas, Kansas. She died on 23 July 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.