Curt H. Drady was an entrepreneur in the entertainment field in Columbus, Georgia, primarily in film distribution and film making. He was born August 30, 1923. By the 1930s he was showing films to neighborhood children . Later he owned various film rental business, movie theaters, drive-in theaters, and specialty film businesses, such as filmed band performances for use at proms and other events where a live band would have been too expensive to use. In later years, to accommodate the changing nature of the movie business, he moved into producing made-for-TV movies, many made in and around Columbus, Georgia. He was perhaps best known for Kiss of the Tarantula, filmed in Columbus with mostly local talent. He died January 21, 1997 and is buried in Parkhill Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia.