John Schlesinger, the British-born director of “Midnight Cowboy” and “Marathon Man,” died last Friday at 77. Schlesinger, who was both gay and Jewish, helped organize a hostel for 13 Jewish refugee children who came to England on kindertransports before World War II.
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