Robert V. Newman was a film studio exective who worked with Paramount Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and Howard Hughes. Born on July 21, 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut, he produced broadway shows before arriving in Hollywood, California in 1942 to assist in film production. In 1972, he was hired as a general manager within Hughes' corporations. Newman died on April 26, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.

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Howard Hawks was a director and screenwriter who worked on Howard Hughes films including Scarface. He was born May 30, 1896 in Goshen, Indiana as Howard Winchester Hawks, and died December 26, 1977 in Palm Springs, California.

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“Howard Hawks.” Find a Grave. August 19, 1998. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3482/howard-hawks

Robert M. Savini was a theater owner, film producer, distributor, and founder of Astor Pictures. Born in Huntington, New York on August 29, 1886, Savini moved to Florida in 1925 seeking movie production sites. He founded Astor Pictures in 1933, and managed twenty-six subsidiary companies underneath Astor Pictures. Savini died April 29, 1956 in Islamorada, Florida.

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Neil Steere McCarthy was a corporate and film industry lawyer who worked as an attorney for Howard Robard Hughes Jr. for seventeen years, as well as a Vice President in the Hughes company during World War II. He was born May 6, 1888 in Phoenix, Arizona and died July 25, 1972 in Los Angeles, California.

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Johnson, Benard. “Neil Steere McCarthy.” Find a Grave. September 18, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117294075/neil-steere-mccarthy