Born on this day – Elinor Glyn:

Elinor Glyn

Writer

October 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943

Credits:

The Visits Of Elizabeth (1901); The Seventh Commandment (1902); The Reflections Of Ambrosine (1903); The Vicissitudes of Evangeline (1905); Beyond the Rocks (1906); Three Weeks (1907); Elizabeth Visits America (1909); His Hour (1910); Halcyone (1912); Love Itself (1912); The Reason Why (1912); Guinevere's Lover (1913); The Sequence (1913); Your Affectionate Godmother (1914); The Career of Katherine Bush (1916); Family (1919); The Price Of Things (1924); Six Days (1924); The Great Moment (1925); Man and Maid (1925); This Passion Called Love (1925); Love's Blindness (1926); It (1927); The Man and the Moment (1927); Eternal Youth (1928); Red Hair (1928); Glorious Flames (1932); Love's Hour (1932); Such Men are Dangerous (1933); Sooner Or Later (1934); The Contrast and Other Stories (1913); The Damsel and the Sage (1903); The Sayings of Grandmamma (1908); Letters to Caroline (1914); Three Things (1915); Destruction (1918); The Point Of View (1920); The Elinor Glyn System of Writing (1922); The Philosophy of Love (1923); The Wrinkle Book, Or, How to Keep Looking Young (1927); Romantic Adventure (1937); Keep Young and Beautiful (1982).

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:

Louis Lumière

Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:

The Prince of Wales (1902); The Cycle Chalet (1900); The Eiffel Tower (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Dances Spanish (1900); Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: II. The Balloon and its Engine (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); The Street of Nations, II (1900); View taken from a mobile platform I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899) Parade of baby cars at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); Troyes: the town hall (1899); La Mi-Carême, Float and Confetti Battles (1899); Departure in a gondola of LL. MM. (1898); Bluebeard (1898); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); The horse parade of stonemason Vautier (1898); The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898); A Heavy Load (1898); Painting Upside Down (1898); Lourdes (1898); The Merry Skeleton (1898); Belfast fire alarm alert: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, taken from a boat (1897); Cuirassiers swimming across the Saône (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Ballet dancer (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama of the casino taken from a boat (1897); Washers on the river (1897); Place du Pont (1897); The regrinder and L'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897) Tourists returning from an excursion (1897); Children's Scenes (1897); Children's round (1897); Family Meals (1897); Little brother and little sister (1897); Carpenters (1897); Market (1897); Bicycle Lesson (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Child and Dog (1897); Embarkation for the Promenade (1897); Place of the Opera (1897); Serpentine Dance (1897); Shower after the bath (1897); Battle de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Baths on the Rhone (1896); Schaffouse, Rhine Falls seen from afar (1896); Aquarium (1896); Fishermen mending nets (1896); Tsar Nicholas II in Paris (1896); Carmaux, coke loading (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); The Fish Market (1896); Quay of the Archbishopric (1896); Panorama of the arrival at Perrache station taken by train (1896); Geneva (Exhibition 1896): return to the stable (1896); Ball fight of snow (1900); Sacks race (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama of the banks of the Seine in Paris, III (1896); Franco-Russian festivals: Cherbourg, Entrance of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the hall (1896); Boules competition (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Washers (1896); Family Meals (1896); Raft with bathers (1896); Baby's First Steps (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, alert of firemen: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); Arrival by car (1896); Return of a sea trip (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Disembarkation (1896); Barque en mer (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Recreation at La Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (cars) (1896); Battle of women (1896); Departure by car (1896); Concert (1896); Launching a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train to Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Workshops of La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition of an mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Westminster Bridge (1896); Plates (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Ball juggler (1896); Sardine fishing (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Weeds (1896); Firefighters: Fire attack (1895); Photographer (1895); Tric-trac game (1895); The farrier (1895); Lyon, Place Bellecour (1895); The Cat's Luncheon (1895); Discussion of Monsieur Janssen and Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Goldfish Bowl (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895); Parade of cars from babies at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); The Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Children Playing Marbles (1896); Family Meals (1896); Pelicans (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Launch of a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train at Perrache (1896); Demolition of a Wall, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).

Born on this day – Richard Strauss:

Richard Strauss

Composer

June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949

Born on this day – Alice Davenport:

Alice Davenport

Actress

February 29, 1864 – June 24, 1936

Credits:

The Dude Wrangler (1930); Legend of Hollywood (1924); Unmarried Wives (1924); Monkeying Around (1923); The Show (1922); Oh, Mabel Behave (1922); Fool Days (1921); The Hayseed (1921); Skirts (1921); The Sleep of Cyma Roget (1920); His Private Wife (1920); Her Private Husband (1920); How Dry I Am (1919); Her First Kiss (1919); Spotlight Sadie (1919); Rip & Stitch: Tailors (1919); Tony America (1918); Her Blighted Love (1918); His Nimble Twist (1918); A Coward's Courage (1918); Little Red Decides (1918); His Double Life (1918); His Hidden Shame (1918); An Ice Man's Bride (1917); His Social Rise (1917); A Maiden's Trust (1917); Secrets of a Beauty Parlor (1917); Pinched in the Finish (1917); Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917); His Last Scent (1916); Pills of Peril (1916); Counting Out the Count (1916); The Snow Cure (1916); Ramona (1916); A Love Riot (1916); The Egyptian Mummy (1916); Fido's Fate (1916); Perils of the Park (1916); Because He Loved Her (1916); The Worst of Friends (1916); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Stolen Magic (1915); His Father's Footsteps (1915); My Valet (1915); Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915); Mabel Lost and Won (1915); Mabel's Wilful Way (1915); Wished on Mabel (1915); Ambrose's Fury (1915); That Little Band of Gold (1915); From Patches to Plenty (1915); Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915); A Bird's a Bird (1915); The Home Breakers (1915); Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915); Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915); Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915); Rum and Wall Paper (1915); Hushing the Scandal (1915); His Second Childhood (1914); Wild West Love (1914); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); The Plumber (1914); Among the Mourners (1914); The Sea Nymphs (1914); Fatty's Wine Party (1914); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); His Talented Wife (1914); Cursed by His Beauty (1914); Gentlemen of Nerve (1914); The Love Thief (1914); Hello, Mabel (1914); He Loved the Ladies (1914); Those Country Kids (1914); The Property Man (1914); Mabel's New Job (1914); Love and Bullets (1914); Mabel's Married Life (1914); The Water Dog (1914); Caught in the Rain (1914); Caught in a Cabaret (1914); Mabel at the Wheel (1914); The Passing of Izzy (1914); Fatal High C (1914); The Star Boarder (1914); Against Heavy Odds (1914); Tango Tangle (1914); A False Beauty (1914); Love and Gasoline (1914); Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914); Making a Living (1914); Won in a Closet (1914); The Under-Sheriff (1914); A Hornet's Nest (1913); Schnitz the Tailor (1913); Mother's Boy (1913); When Dreams Come True (1913); Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913); The Firebugs (1913); The Riot (1913); Cohen's Outing (1913); Just Kids (1913); A Noise from the Deep (1913); Love and Rubbish (1913); The Telltale Light (1913); The Tale of a Black Eye (1913); The Hansom Driver (1913); Passions, He Had Three (1913); Toplitsky and Company (1913); The Water Nymph (1912); Just Brown's Luck (1913); The Mistaken Masher (1913); For Lizzie's Sake (1913); A Double Wedding (1913); Mabel's Stratagem (1912); Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912); The Drummer's Vacation (1912); Pat's Day Off (1912); Brown's Seance (1912); Mabel's Lovers (1912); At It Again (1912); Ambitious Butler (1912); Stolen Glory (1912); The Leading Man (1912); The Love Trail (1912); The Baron (1911); Got a Match? (1912); A Near-Tragedy (1912); Lily's Lovers (1912); Pants and Pansies (1912); The Engagement Ring (1912); The Best Man Wins (1911).

Born on this day – Jessie Ralph:

Jessie Ralph

Actress

November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944

Credits:

They Met in Bombay (1941); The Lady from Cheyenne (1941); The Bank Dick (1940); I Want a Divorce (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940); Star Dust (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Mickey the Kid (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Cafe Society (1939); St. Louis Blues (1939); Four Girls in White (1939); Port of Seven Seas (1938); Hold That Kiss (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Good Earth (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Camille (1936); Walking on Air (1936); Bunker Bean (1936); San Francisco (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936); Yellow Dust (1936); The Garden Murder Case (1936); Captain Blood (1935); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Metropolitan (1935); I Live My Life (1935); Jalna (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Enchanted April (1935); David Copperfield (1935); Evelyn Prentice (1934); We Live Again (1934); One Night of Love (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Coming Out Party (1934); Nana (1934); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); Elmer, the Great (1933); Child of Manhattan (1933); Such a Little Queen (1921); The Madonna of the Slums (1919); New York (1916); Mary's Lamb (1915); The Galloper (1915); A Ringer for Max (1915).