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- Producer
- Writer
Ronald Kass grew up in Hollywood and attended Fairfax High School where he played in the original Tijuna Brass. He went on to get a degree in accounting at USC after which he married his college sweetheart, Anita. He worked at Liberty records which sent him to London to head up their European Division under EMI. He had two sons, Jonathon and Roberto who grew up in Lugano, Switzerland with their mother after Ron married Joan Collins.
After leaving Apple Records, he ran MGM and Warner Bros. Records and later became a successful film producer, especially filming the books of his sister-in-law, Jackie Collins.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leah Rhodes started her working life rather modestly as a window dresser in her home town and in San Antonio. After moving from Texas to California in 1926 she gained on-the-job experience in the Warner Brothers wardrobe department, eventually becoming apprenticed to the legendary Orry-Kelly. By 1939, she was officially signed under contract as a fully-fledged costume designer and began to work on A-grade features, effectively replacing Orry-Kelly who had been drafted for wartime military service. Rhodes remained at Warners until 1950, then headed the costume department at Universal, followed by a spell at Paramount. She also designed for television and for specialty shows in Las Vegas. On Broadway, she collaborated with Edith Head on the costumes for "Edwin Booth" (1959), directed by José Ferrer.
Many of her designs played an important part in creating screen history, as, for example, Lauren Bacall's gowns for The Big Sleep (1946) which set the standard for the Bacall 'look' in subsequent films. Leah's rich, colourful costumes also added immensely to the lavish Technicolor swashbuckler Adventures of Don Juan (1948), for which she, and co-designers Marjorie Best and Travilla, deservedly shared an Academy Award.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Derek New was born on 8 September 1922 in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Damned United (2009), Starter for 10 (2006) and The Secret of My Success (1965). He died on 17 October 1986 in Hendon, London, England, UK.- Rene Van Sambeek was born on 9 May 1955 in Geleen, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De vlaschaard (1983). He died on 17 October 1986 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium.