Born on this day – Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Writer

September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950

Credits:

Books:

6 Of The Best Ever Classic Sci Fi Stories (2012); A Fighting Man of Mars (1930); A Princess of Mars / aka Under The Moons Of Mars (1917); Apache Devil (1933); At the Earth's Core (1922); Back to the Stone Age (1937); Beyond the Farthest Star (1941); Black Cat Weekly #62 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #76 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #86 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #88 (2023); Brother Men (2005); Captive of the Centaurianess / A Princess of Mars (2012); Carson of Venus (1937); Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County (1940); Dreams and Wonders (2010); Escape on Venus (1946); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1968); I Am A Barbarian (1967); Jane: The Women Who Loved Tarzan / Tarzan of the Apes (2016); John Carter of Mars (1941); Journeys Through Time & Space (2017); Jungle Tales Of Tarzan / aka Tarzan's Jungle Tales (1917); Land of Terror (1944); Llana of Gathol (1948); Lost on Venus (1933); Marcia of the Doorstep (1924); Mars, We Love You (1973); Mother Was a Lovely Beast (1974); Out of Time's Abyss (1918); Pellucidar (1923); Pirate Blood (1970); Pirates of Venus (1934); Savage Pellucidar (1941); Science Fiction Classics (2001); Sense of Wonder (2023); Swords of Mars (1934); Synthetic Men of Mars (1938); Tales Of Three Planets (1964); Tanar of Pellucidar (1929); Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924); Tarzan and the Castaways (1965); Tarzan and the City of Gold (1933); Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938); Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916); Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1935); Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933); Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1929); Tarzan and the Madman (1964); Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion (1936); Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1930); Tarzan of the Apes (1912); Tarzan of the Apes / Prisoner of Zenda (2006); Tarzan the Invincible (1931); Tarzan the Magnificent (1939); Tarzan the Terrible (1921); Tarzan the Untamed (1920); Tarzan Triumphant (1932); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1928); Tarzan's Quest (1935); The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1926); The Beasts of Tarzan (1914); The Big Book of Adventure Stories (2011); The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019); The Cave Girl (1925); The Chessmen of Mars (1922); The Edgar Rice Burroughs Western MEGAPACK (2015); The Efficiency Expert (1921); The Eternal Savage / aka The Eternal Lover (1925); The Girl From Farris's (1916); The Girl from Hollywood (1922); The Gods of Mars (1918); The Lad and the Lion (1938); The Land of Hidden Men / aka Jungle Girl (1932); The Land That Time Forgot (1924); The Lost Adventure (1995); The Lost Continent / aka Beyond Thirty (1915); The Mad King (1926); The Man Eater (1955); The Master Mind of Mars (1927); The Monster Men (1929); The Moon Maid (1923); The Moon Men (1925); The Mucker (1921); The Oakdale Affair (1917); The Outlaw of Torn (1927); The People That Time Forgot (1918); The Red Hawk (1925); The Return of Tarzan (1913); The Return of the Mucker / aka The Man without a Soul (1921); The Rider (1937); The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979); The Son of Tarzan (1915); The Tarzan Twins (1926); The War Chief (1927); The Warlord of Mars (1919); The Wizard of Venus (1970); Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920); Under the Moons of Mars (1970); You Lucky Girl (1999).

Movies and television:

Adventures of Tarzan (1921); At the Earth's Core (1976); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); John Carter (2012); John Carter: 100 Years in the Making (2012); Jungle Girl (1941); Kaj og Andrea (2000); Per una manciata d'oro (1965); Princess of Mars (2009); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Tarzan & Jane (2002); Tarzan (1967 / 1984 / 1999 / 2003 / 2013); Tarzán / TV series (1991–1995); Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005); Tarzan Activity Center (1999); Tarzan and His Mate (1934); Tarzan and Jane (2017); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927); Tarzan and the Great River (1967); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Tarzan and the Lost City (1998); Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Tarzan and the Trappers (1960); Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966); Tarzan Escapes (1936); Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939); Tarzan Goes to India (1962); Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / 1998); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 / 1981); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); Tarzan the Mighty (1928); Tarzan the Tiger (1929); Tarzan Triumphs (1943); Tarzan van George (2023); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–1978); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); Tarzan: Terk's Tree Surfing Challenge (2005); Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–2000); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943); Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958); Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959); Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955); Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tarzan's Peril (1951); Tarzan's Revenge (1938); Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963); The Lad and the Lion (1917); The Land That Time Forgot (1974 / 2009); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2002 / 2016); The Lion Man (1936); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Oakdale Affair (1919); The People That Time Forgot (1977); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Romance of Tarzan (1918); The Son of Tarzan (1920); The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1980–1982); The Underground World (1943); Wish (2023).

Born on this day – Madlaine Traverse:

Madlaine Traverse

Actress

August 1, 1875 – January 7, 1964

Credits:

Fruits of Desire (1916); Gambling in Souls (1919); Leah Kleschna (1913); Lost Money (1919); Rose of the West (1919); Sins of Ambition (1917); Snares of Paris (1919); The Caillaux Case (1918); The Closing Net (1915); The Danger Zone (1918); The Hell Ship (1920); The Iron Heart (1920); The Love That Dares (1919); The Other Woman (1913); The Penalty (1920); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Shielding Shadow (1916); The Spirit of Good (1920); The Splendid Sin (1919); The Tattlers (1920); Three Weeks (1914); What Would You Do? (1920); When Fate Decides (1919).

Born on this day – Edgar Wallace:

Edgar Wallace

Writer

Producer

Director, April 1, 1875 – February 10, 1932

Credits:

Books:

A Debt Discharged (1926); A King By Night (1928); A Present for Evans (1924); Again Sanders (1928); Again The Ringer (aka The Ringer Returns) (1929); Again the Three Just Men (aka The Law of the Four Just Men) (1921); Angel Esquire (1908); Barbara on Her Own (1926); Big Foot (1927); Black Cat Weekly #109 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #123 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #21 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #47 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #49 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #54 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #56 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #92 (2023); Blue-Hand (1927); Bones (1915); Bones in London (1921); Bones of the River (1923); Bosambo of the River (1914); Captains of Souls (1923); Circumstantial Evidence (1934); Death Packs a Suitcase (1961); Double Dan (aka Diana of Kara-Kara) (1924); Down Under Donovan (1930); Educated Evans (1924); Eve's Island (1909); Fighting Snub Reilly (1934); Flat 2 (1927); Flying Fifty-five (1922); For Information Received (1929); Four Square Jane (1929); Good Evans (aka The Educated Man) (1924); Great Stories of Real Life (1930); Guilty Creatures (2021); Heroes All (1914); Jack o'Judgment (1920); John Flack (1930); Kate Plus 10 (1917); King Kong (1933); Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces (1915); KONG (2023); Lieutenant Bones (1918); Menace of the Monster (2019); More Educated Evans (1924); Mr J. G. Reeder Returns (1932); Mr Justice Maxwell (1927); Murder in the Falling Snow (2022); On the Spot (1931); People (1929); Planetoid 127 (1929); Red Aces (1932); Room 13 (1924); Sanders (aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders) (1926); Sanders of the River (1911); Sandi The Kingmaker (1922); Selected Novels (1985); Sergeant Sir Peter (aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.) (1932); Silinski - Master Criminal (1930); Terror Keep (1927); The Admirable Carfew (1914); The Adventures of Heine (1919); The Angel of Terror (aka The Destroying Angel) (1922); The Avenger (aka The Hairy Arm) (1925); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Black Abbot (1926); The Book of All Power (1923); The Brigand (1928); The Calendar (1930); The Cheaters (1910); The Clue of the New Pin (1923); The Clue of the Silver Key (aka The Silver Key) (1930); The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917); The Coat of Arms (aka The Arranways Mystery) (1931); The Council of Justice (1908); The Crimson Circle (1922); The Daffodil Mystery (aka The Daffodil Murder) (1920); The Dark Eyes of London (1929); The Daughters of the Night (1925); The Day of Uniting (1930); The Death Room (1986); The Devil Man (1931); The Door with Seven Locks (1926); The Double (1928); The Duke in the Suburbs (1909); The Face in the Night (1924); The Feathered Serpent (1930); The Fellowship of the Frog (1925); The Flying Squad (1929); The Forger (aka The Clever One) (1927); The Four Just Men (1905); The Fourth Plague (1913); The Frightened Lady (aka The Mystery of the Frightened Lady) (1932); The Ghost of Down Hill (1929); The Golden Hades (1929); The Governor of Chi-Foo (1933); The Green Archer (1926); The Green Mamba (aka The Dangerous Reptile) (1925); The Green Ribbon (1929); The Green Rust (1919); The Gunner (aka Gunman's Bluff (1928); The Guv'nor (aka Mr. Reeder Returns) (1932); The Hand of Power (1930); The India Rubber Men (1929); The Iron Grip (1929); The Joker (aka The Colossus (1926); The Just Men of Cordova (1917); The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917); The Lady of Ascot (1930); The Lone House Mystery (1929); The Man at the Carlton (1931); The Man from Morocco (1926); The Man Who Bought London (1915); The Man Who Knew (1919); The Man Who Was Nobody (1927); The Missing Million (1923); The Mission The Failed (1898); The Mixer (1927); The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder (aka The Mind of Mr J G Reeder) (1925); The Nine Bears (aka The Other Man) (1910); The Northing Tramp (aka The Tramp) (1926); The Orator (1928); The People of the River (1912); The Platform Edge (2019); The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929); The Ringer (1928); The River of Stars (1913); The Road to London (1986); The Secret House (1917); The Sinister Man (1924); The Sooper (1984); The Square Emerald (aka The Girl from Scotland Yard) (1926); The Squeaker (aka The Squealer) (1927); The Standard History of the War (1914); The Strange Countess (1925); The Terrible People (1928); The Thief in the Night (1930); The Three Just Men (1929); The Three Oak Mystery (1924); The Traitor's Gate (1927); The Twister (1928); The Valley of Ghosts (1922); The War of the Nations (1914); The Yellow Snake (1926); This England (1927); Unofficial Despatches (1901); When the Gangs Came to London (1932).

Movies and television:

Skull Island: Rise of Kong (2023); FilmToons Logic (2021); King Kong Skull Island (2019); Kong: Skull Island (2017); Le mystère des jonquilles (2014); Banglar King Kong (2010); Kong: Return to the Jungle (2007); The Vexxer (2007); King Kong (2005); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); Kong: King of Atlantis (2005); Der Engel des Schreckens (2005); Der Wixxer (2004); Das Schloss des Grauens (2002); Kong: The Animated Series (2000); Theater: Der Hexer (1999); The Mighty Kong (1998); Der Blinde (1996); Das Karussell des Todes (1996); Die Katze von Kensington (1996); The Mixer (1992–1993); The Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (1987); King Kong Lives (1986); Kingu Kongu Tsû: Ikari no Megaton Panchi (1986); Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986); Die Schokoladenschnüffler (1986); Rùzový Hubert (1985); Viaje a Bangkok, ataúd incluido (1985); Voces de Muerte (1983); Sangre en mis zapatos (1983); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983); Il Camaleonte (1979); The Feathered Serpent (1976–1978); King Kong (1976); Night of the Skull (1974); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972); Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972); Il laccio rosso (1971); The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969–1971); Angels of Terror (1971); The Devil Came from Akasava (1971); Double Face (1969); The Man with the Glass Eye (1969); Gorilla Gang (1968); The Zombie Walks (1968); L'oro di Londra (1968); The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968); The College Girl Murders (1967); King Kong Escapes (1967); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Creature with the Blue Hand (1967); The Trygon Factor (1966); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Psycho-Circus (1966); The Sinister Monk (1965); Again the Ringer (1965); Coast of Skeletons (1965); Face of a Stranger (1964); The Main Chance (1964); Downfall (1964); Das Verrätertor (1964); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1964); The Mysterious Magician (1964); We Shall See (1964); The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964); Room 13 (1964); The Double (1963); To Have and to Hold (1963); The Set Up (1963); The Rivals (1963); The Partner (1963); Return to Sender (1963); On the Run (1963); Five to One (1963); Accidental Death (1963); Death Drums Along the River (1963); The Indian Scarf (1963); The Black Abbot (1963); Der Hexer (1963); King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963); Der Zinker (1963); Ricochet (1963); Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963); Incident at Midnight (1963); Locker Sixty Nine (1962); Backfire! (1962); Death Trap (1962); Solo for Sparrow (1962); Playback (1962); The Inn on the River (1962); Der Hexer (1962); Time to Remember (1962); The Door with Seven Locks (1962); Number Six (1962); Candidate for Murder (1962); Secret of the Red Orchid (1962); The Share Out (1962); Flat Two (1962); The Sinister Man (1961); The Fourth Square (1961); Clue of the Silver Key (1961); Never Back Losers (1961); Man Detained (1961); Attempt to Kill (1961); Partners in Crime (1961); Noita (1961); The Strange Countess (1961); The Forger of London (1961); The Devil's Daffodil (1961); Clue of the New Pin (1961); Dead Eyes of London (1961); Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961); Marriage of Convenience (1960); Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960); The Man Who Was Nobody (1960); Crossroads to Crime (1960); The Terrible People (1960); The Avenger (1960); The Four Just Men (1959–1960); Armchair Theatre (1960); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); Urge to Kill (1960); The Red Circle (1960); Face of the Frog (1959); Der Zinker (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1958); Educated Evans (1957–1958); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1957); Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte (1956); Der Hexer (1956); Inner Sanctum (1954); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); The Ringer (1952); Danger (1951); Kraft Theatre (1947–1950); The Squeaker (1949); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1948); On the Spot (1948); The Calendar (1948); The Green Pack (1947); The Ringer (1946); The Missing Million (1942); The Green Archer (1940); The Flying Squad (1940); The Frightened Lady (1940); Chamber of Horrors (1940); A Criminal at Large (1939); The Human Monster (1939); The Ringer (1939); The Secret Four (1939); The Missing People (1939); Flying Fifty-Five (1939); The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939); Old Bones of the River (1938); The Ringer (1938); The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936); Smoky Cell (1938); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Terror (1938); Queen of Crime (1938); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1938); On the Spot (1938); Thank Evans (1938); Dangerous to Know (1938); Mystery of Room 13 (1938); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); The Frog (1937); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Chick (1936); Educated Evans (1936); The Crimson Circle (1936); Prison Breaker (1936); Born to Gamble (1935); Sanders of the River (1935); The Lad (1935); The Feathered Serpent (1934); Giallo (1934); Return of the Terror (1934); Mystery Liner (1934); Der Doppelgänger (1934); Quelqu'un a tué... (1933); The Jewel (1933); Before Dawn (1933); King Kong (1933); Le jugement de minuit (1933); The Ringer (1932); The Flying Squad (1932); Criminal at Large (1932); The Menace (1932); The Old Man (1931); Bachelor's Folly (1931); Der Zinker (1931); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931); To Oblige a Lady (1931); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); Red Aces (1930); The Squeaker (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); The Yellow Mask (1930); The Valley of Ghosts (1930); Prince Gabby (1929); The Wrecker (1929); The Clue of the New Pin (1929); Der rote Kreis (1929); The Flying Squad (1929); The Man Who Changed His Name (1928); The Forger (1928); The Terror (1928); The Ringer (1928); The Terrible People (1928); Mark of the Frog (1928); Der große Unbekannte (1927); The Brotherhood (1926); The Green Archer (1925); A Dear Liar (1925); The Flying Fifty-Five (1924); The Diamond Man (1924); Fighting Snub Reilly (1924); Down Under Donovan (1922); The Crimson Circle (1922); Melody of Death (1922); The River of Stars (1921); The Four Just Men (1921); Wanted at Headquarters (1920); Angel Esquire (1919); The Green Terror (1919); Pallard the Punter (1919); The Man Who Bought London (1916); Nurse and Martyr (1915).

Born on this day – Edgar Selwyn:

Edgar Selwyn

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944

Credits:

Pierre of the Plains (1942); Washington Melodrama (1941); Dulcy (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Bridal Suite (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Baby Face Harrington (1935); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Chained (1934); Men Must Fight (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); Possessed (1931); War Nurse (1930); The Girl in the Show (1929); Dancing Mothers (1926); Night Life of New York (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); The Mirage (1924); The Arab (1924); The Primitive Lover (1922); Lonely Heart (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Dodging a Million (1918); Nearly Married (1917); Rolling Stones (1916); The Arab (1915); The Country Boy (1915); Pierre of the Plains (1914).

Western Kansas by Albert Bierstadt (1875):

Moonlit Bay, by Sophus Jacobsen (1875):