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- Aristole Onassis was an ethnic Greek born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire in what is now Turkey, who became a billionaire shipping tycoon when the number of billionaires could be counted on one hand. He is known to history as the second husband of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
He was the son of Socrates Onassis, a ship owner with a modest fleet of 10 ships manned by 40 sailors. The relative wealth of his father got the young Ari a good education, and he became fluent in English, Spanish and Turkish. In the aftermath of World War One, when the Ottoman Empire was broken up by the victorious Allies and modern Turkey was created by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, many ethnic Greeks were expelled from the new country. The Onassis family fled to Greece as refugees.
Aristotle Onassis emigrated to Argentina in 1923 with 60 dollars (approximately $800 in 2011 dollars, when factored for inflation). He became an importer of Turkish tobacco and eventually became an owner of ships. Eventually, he held Argentine and Greek passports and dual citizenship.
Onassis switched to transporting oil for the major petroleum companies, who could save money by not owning their own fleets. It was the introduction of the supertanker to transport Middle Eastern oil that made Onassis one of the richest men in the world. A supertanker could be paid for with one six-month lease, meaning that the majority of the 20-year life-span of a tanker could result in extraordinary profits. Onassis invested his vast fortune wisely, including in the petroleum industry itself, transportation, and other businesses.
Outside of the business world, Aristole Onassis was little known, and if he was known at all, it was for his romance with the opera singer Maria Callas. However, his 1968 marriage to the widow of the late President John F. Kennedy made him a world-wide figure whose life was chronicled in newspapers around the globe. - Director
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Arthur Crabtree (1900-1975) was born in Shipley, Yorkshire where he gave up a safe job with a local firm of engineers to become a clapper boy at Elstree Studios. He had always been interested in photography and at the age of 29 he took a calculated risk, which paid off, when sound hit the British studios .From being a lowly clapper boy he rose to become an assistant to a young and up coming director called Alfred Hitchcock learning all he could. Ten years later he moved to Gainsborough Studios where he became a cameraman and then a lighting director working on such films as Kipps (1940) ,The Man in Grey (1943), and Fanny by Gaslight (1944). After that he was noticed by Maurice Ostrer who promoted him to director for Madonna of the Seven Moons' This milestone in British film history had a cast that included Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger and caused great queues at cinemas when it was screened in 1945, Subsequent films by Arthur included Lilli Marlene and Hindle Wakes. His last film was Horrors of the Black Museum in 1959 after which he retired- Producer
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Born in Hungary and educated in Vienna, John H. Auer was an actor in European films from the age of 12. After his career as a child actor ended, he entered the business world, but soon decided to rejoin the film industry. He journeyed to Hollywood in 1928 to find work as a director, but came up empty. However, he did sign a contract to direct films in Mexico, and the several films he made there were well-reviewed (and, more importantly, made money) and won awards from the Mexican government. Hollywood noticed, and called him back in the early 1930s. He directed many mostly routine films for various studios, but spent many years at Republic. Although virtually all house directors at Republic made at least a few westerns--that genre being the studio's bread and butter--Auer made none, concentrating mainly on musicals and crime dramas. In addition, unlike most Republic directors, Auer was the producer of most of the films he directed.- Raúl Dantés was born on 13 June 1925 in Cuautepec, Hidalgo Mexico. He was an actor, known for Rapiña (1975), Mariana (1968) and Leyendas de México (1968). He died on 15 March 1975 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Leónidas Barletta was born on 30 August 1902 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Los afincaos (1941). He died on 15 March 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Julie Cunningham was born on 10 January 1949 in the USA. She died on 15 March 1975 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.
- Karlton Kadell was born on 21 August 1904 in Danville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The All-American (1932), Night of Evil (1962) and Screen Snapshots Series 26, No. 6: Behind the Mike (1947). He died on 15 March 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Frank O'Neill was an actor and director, known for The Overland Limited (1925), Quand on est belle (1932) and L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930). He died on 15 March 1975.