Don Hartman(1900-1958)

During the Depression, before his Hollywood career, Hartman served as the social director of the legendary Grossinger's Hotel in NY's Catskill Mountains. Nearby, the entertainment at the competitive Flagler Hotel was headed up by Moss Hart, would would later achieve fame as a Broadway playwright, assisted by Dore Schary, who would go on to head MGM, a competitor of Paramount Pictures, later headed by Hartman.