Question: When was the writer of a film about a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet born?

A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life.  Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician. "In 1917, Carlo Salvini (George F. Houston), an opera singer and captain in the Italian army, returns home to participate in a performance of "Carmen" for a Red Cross benefit.  Afterward, Carlo meets Franceska Manzoni (Helen Westley) and her niece, pianist Ann Prescott (Josephine Hutchinson).  When German troops move closer to the village, Carlo and his fellow soldiers help Franceska, Ann and the other villagers evacuate.  Before Carlo can get away, however, the German troops invade and Ann hides him in the attic.  During the ensuing months, Ann and Carlo fall in love and marry.  Carlo returns to the front line, and later Ann gives birth to their son, whom she names Carlo.  Then, Franceska, who was her piano instructor too, dies, and her final wish is for Ann to dedicate young Carlo's life to music.  In order to save her baby from the enemy concentration camp, Ann turns him over to the custody of a Dominican convent.  After Ann learns that Carlo has died, she returns to the convent, but the Mother Superior (Laura Hope Crews) informs her she cannot have custody of Carlo without a husband.  Desperate, Ann decides to enter the convent as a nun, and is able to ascertain which child is her own.  Ann is forced to leave the order, however, when she is caught trying to leave with the baby.  Ann returns to her family villa, immerses herself in the piano, and becomes an acclaimed concert pianist.  Years later, after hiring an agency to track her son, Ann learns that Carlo was adopted by diplomat Marco Turina (John Halliday) and his wife Sylvia (Mona Barrie).  A friend, Groce (Walter Kingsford), helps Ann get invited to a party at the Turina home, and there Ann sees Carlo, who is now called Guido Turina (David Scott) and is a young college student.  A bond between Guido and Ann develops, and he confides to her that he feels a strange calling to become a musician, although his father plans for him to follow the long line of Turina men and become a diplomat.  In order for Ann to continue to see Guido and coerce Marco to allow the boy to sing, she develops a friendship with Marco, but Sylvia misconstrues the relationship, and a desperate Ann is forced to confront her.  Ann reveals Guido's parentage to Sylvia so that Sylvia will help the young man fulfill his true destiny.  Ann agrees to leave, but receives her life's wish when Guido becomes an opera star." <SEP> The Jacko hoax was a Canadian newspaper story about a gorilla supposedly caught near Yale, British Columbia in 1884.  The story, titled "What is it? , A strange creature captured above Yale.  A British Columbia Gorilla", appeared in the British Columbia newspaper the "Daily Colonist" on July 4, 1884.  The original newspaper article describes "Jacko" as a gorilla and not a Sasquatch.  However, the "Jacko" story has been used by Bigfoot advocates as evidence for the existence of Sasquatch.  Many books about Bigfoot and cryptids have featured the event and cite the original newspaper article.  In 2008 Michael Cremo discussed the story as possible proof for the existence of Sasquatch.  The "Jacko" story was featured on the A&E television documentary series "Ancient Mysteries" about Bigfoot, season 4, episode 18 narrated by Leonard Nimoy.  The story was also mentioned on the Bigfoot episode of the television series "In Search Of...", season 1, episode 5, also narrated by Nimoy.  The Jacko story was mentioned in a 1976 documentary called The Mysterious Monsters. <SEP> Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker.  Columbus is known for directing movies such as "Home Alone" (1990), "" (1992), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002), and for writing movies such as "Gremlins" (1984) and "The Goonies" (1985). <SEP>  This story was continued with a sequel, "", released in 1990. Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante and released by Warner Bros. The film is about a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, evil monsters.  Unlike the lighter sequel, "Gremlins" opts for more black comedy, balanced against a Christmastime setting.  Both films were the center of large merchandising campaigns.