Hillside, Culver City.
Joseph Pasternak was a Hungarian-born film producer. He was successful in Germany and Austria, working for Universal Pictures in Europe, making German-language musicals for the international market. He moved to the US during the rise of the Nazis. Pasternak cast 14-year-old singer Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls (1936), which reputedly saved Universal from bankruptcy. Pasternak produced a string of Durbin musicals, and also discovered Gloria Jean, who began her own series in 1939. Other popular Pasternak films include Destry Rides Again (1939) and Seven Sinners (1940). After moving to MGM, he produced The Great Caruso (1951), and other musicals featuring Elvis Presley, Doris Day and Connie Francis. He also produced three Academy Award shows in the mid-60's.
Joseph Ruttenberg was a Russian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer. He was nominated for the Best Cinematography oscar for Waterloo Bridge (1940), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Madame Curie (1943), Gaslight (1944), Julius Caesar (1953), and Butterfield 8 (1960). He won for The Great Waltz (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and Gigi (1958). In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for the film Brigadoon. His first film was The Painted Madonna (1917) and his last was 1968's Speedway.
Bernard Schwab operated the four brothers’ pharmacies and was active in the Wisdom Masonic Lodge 202, Scottish Rite Temple, Al Malaikah Temple and the Peace Officers Shrine Club.
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar, known as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress. She grew up during the Mexican Revolution and her family was very poor. Tovar was discovered by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty in Mexico City after performing in a dance class and being invited with other girls to do a screen test as part of a competition which she won. With the prize including a contract from Fox, she moved to Hollywood in November 1928 with her grandmother. At Fox, Lupita's future husband, producer Paul Kohner, initially used Tovar to dub films in Spanish, her first being The King of Jazz. In 1930, she made Drácula, which was produced by Kohner. In 1931, Tovar starred in La Voluntad del Muerto directed by George Melford and, like the Spanish-language version of Drácula, filmed at night using the same daytime sets. Also in 1931, Tovar starred in the film Santa, which was such a hit that the Mexican government issued a postage stamp featuring Tovar as Santa. "I tell you I could not walk on the streets when Santa came out. People tore my dress for souvenirs. It was something." In 1932 Tovar married Kohner and in 1936, the couple had a daughter, Susan, who later was an actress, and in 1939, a son, Paul Jr., who became a director and producer. The re-release of the Spanish-language Drácula on home video in the 1990s caused a revival of Tovar's films. "It's like a dream being invited to all of these festivals and showings of my films. Was that really me up there on the screen? I had almost forgotten I was an actress. It has been absolutely wonderful how people have been so nice. Usually people die and then they get the award, but to be alive and receive this honor is fantastic!" Tovar died at age 106 just one day after her daughter's 80th birthday.