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Carl Balhaus was born on 4 November 1905 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Haus im Feuer (1960), Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ (1958) and Der Teufelskreis (1956). He was married to Eva Schmidt-Kayser and Almuth Dorowa. He died on 28 July 1968 in Eisenach, German Democratic Republic [now Thuringia, Germany].- Writer
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Steven Vinaver, born 1936 in Berlin, was a Polish/American librettist, composer and stage and screen director. His father Chemjo Vinaver was a composer, musicologist and conductor, while his mother Mascha Kaléko was a poet. The family exiled to the U.S.A. via France in September 1938. They settled in New York, but lived in Hollywood for a few months in 1940/1941, as Chemjo Vinaver had the hope of being able to work in the film industry. Steven Vinaver found work on Broadway, writing, composing and directing for the theater. He was also connected to the BBC and Schiller Theatre in Berlin. In addition to his work for the theater, he also wrote a number of screenplays for American television and also directed television. In 1961, he wrote the screenplay for "His Polyvinyl Girl" episode of the TV series Armchair Theatre. In the following two years, he wrote for 37 episodes of Ned Sherrin's TV series "That Was the Week That Was". His last work was in 1966, for director Dwight Hemion's TV movie "The Soupy Sales Hour". Steven Vinaver died on July 28, 1968, in Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, at the age of 31 after a serious illness.- Otto Hahn was born on 8 March 1879 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was married to Edith Junghans. He died on 28 July 1968 in Göttingen, Germany.
- Pamela Stephen was born on 18 May 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Pamela was a writer, known for Hidden Pages (1954). Pamela was married to William Gordon Stephen and Rowley Cruit. Pamela died on 28 July 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Violinist Carl Ravazza got his start in the early 1930's as vocalist first with Anson Weeks and then with Tom Coakley, whose band he took over in 1936 when Coakley quit music in favour of practicing law. At this time, the 12-man ensemble was based in San Francisco and enjoyed long spells at the Sir Francis Drake. Female vocalist was Carole Landis who later became a noted but tragically short-lived actress. Personnel also included pianist Neil Bondshu (later a bandleader himself), trombonist Marshall Cram and singer Dawn Meredith.
Like every band of the day, Ravazza had a theme song, in this case, Vieni Su, which he recorded under the Bluebird label in 1940. The Carl Ravazza Orchestra was always more of a 'society' or hotel band rather than a more jazz-oriented swinging outfit. Among its more famous regular pit stops were the Adolphus (Dallas), the Nicollet (Minneapolis), the Lexington (New York), the Aragon and Trianon (Chicago) and the Peabody (Memphis). When the big band era came to an end, Ravazza used his voice, his chief asset, to carve out a solo career singing at many of the country's top night spots. He retired from show business in 1960 and moved to Reno, Nevada, where he started a talent agency and died there in July 1968.