Born on this day – T. Hayes Hunter:

T. Hayes Hunter

Director

Writer

December 1, 1884 – April 14, 1944

Credits:

Josser on the Farm (1934); The Green Pack (1934); Warn London (1934); The Ghoul (1933); Sally Bishop (1932); Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend (1932); Criminal at Large (1932); Bachelor's Folly (1931); The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931); The Silver King (1929); The Scarlet Daredevil (1928); A South Sea Bubble (1928); One of the Best (1927); Wildfire (1925); The Sky Raider (1925); Trouping with Ellen (1924); The Recoil (1924); Damaged Hearts (1924); The Light in the Clearing (1921); Earthbound (1920); The Cup of Fury (1920); Desert Gold (1919); Once to Every Man (1918); The Border Legion (1918); The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916); Father and Son (1916); Judy Forgot (1915); The Tip-Off (1915); The Seats of the Mighty (1914); The Adventures of Kitty Cobb (1914); The Vampire's Trail (1914); Fire and Sword (1914); Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913); The Vampire (1913); Farmer Allen's Daughter (1912); While Father Telephoned (1913); Getting Rich Quick (1912); Papa's Double (1912).

Born on this day – Jane Murfin:

Jane Murfin

Writer

Producer

Director

October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955

Credits:

The Women (2008); Ponds Theater (1953); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Dragon Seed (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Flight for Freedom (1943); Smilin' Through (1941); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Northwest Passage (1940); The Women (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); The Shining Hour (1938); I'll Take Romance (1937); That Girl from Paris (1936); Come and Get It (1936); Alice Adams (1935); Roberta (1935); The Little Minister (1934); Romance in Manhattan (1934); The Fountain (1934); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); This Man Is Mine (1934); The Crime Doctor (1934); Spitfire (1934); Little Women (1933); After Tonight (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); Double Harness (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Our Betters (1933); Rockabye (1932); Smilin' Through (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Young Bride (1932); Way Back Home (1931); Friends and Lovers (1931); Caught Plastered (1931); Too Many Cooks (1931); White Shoulders (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); The Runaway Bride (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Dance Hall (1929); Half Marriage (1929); Side Street (1929); Street Girl (1929); Lilac Time (1928); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); The Notorious Lady (1927); Meet the Prince (1926); The Savage (1926); A Slave of Fashion (1925); White Fang (1925); The Love Master (1924); Flapper Wives / play entitled: The Flaming Sign (1924); Brawn of the North (1922); Smilin' Through/ play entitled: Smiling Through (1922); Flapper Wives (1924); The Silent Call (1921); Playthings of Destiny (1921); The Amateur Wife (1920); The Right to Lie (1919); A Temperamental Wife / play entitled: Information Please (1919); Marie, Ltd. (1919); Daybreak (1918).

Born on this day – Devereaux “Dev” Jennings:

Devereaux “Dev” Jennings

Cinematographer

September 22, 1884 – March 12, 1952

Credits:

Born to the West (1937); Musical Cocktail (1935); Hark Ye Hark! (1935); Rhythm on the Roof (1934); Stranger in Town (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); Manhattan Parade (1931); War Mamas (1931); Side Show (1931); The Public Enemy (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Finn and Hattie (1931); Divorce Among Friends (1930); The Life of the Party (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); The Matrimonial Bed (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Hold Everything (1930); Song of the West (1930); Sally (1929); The Sap (1929); Heart Trouble (1928); Vamping Venus (1928); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Flying Romeos (1928); College (1927); The Missing Link (1927); The General (1926); Battling Butler (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Steel Preferred (1925); Cobra (1925); The Eagle (1925); The Million Dollar Handicap (1925); Those Who Dare (1924); The Gunfighter (1923); Children of Jazz (1923); Brass Commandments (1923); The Footlight Ranger (1923); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); Without Compromise (1922); Bells of San Juan (1922); The Glory of Clementina (1922); Two Kinds of Women (1922); The Lure of Jade (1921); The Sting of the Lash (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); Salvage (1921); Roads of Destiny (1921); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Great Lover (1920); Madame X (1920); The Daredevil (1920); The Feud (1919); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Evangeline (1919); Cowardice Court (1919); Miss Adventure (1919); The Forbidden Room (1919); Treat 'Em Rough (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); Fame and Fortune (1918); Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918); Ace High (1918); Confession (1918); The Bride of Fear (1918); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Cheating the Public (1918); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Spy (1917); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Her Temptation (1917); One Touch of Sin (1917); The Sin Ye Do (1916); A Gamble in Souls (1916); The Mediator (1916); The Jungle Child (1916); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Eye of the Night (1916); The Dividend (1916); The No-Good Guy (1916); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); The Corner (1916); Civilization (1915); The Winged Idol (1915); Matrimony (1915).

Born on this day – Stein Riverton:

Stein Riverton

Writer

September 7, 1884 – December 18, 1934

Born on this day – John Francis Dillon:

John Francis Dillon

Director

Actor

July 13, 1884 – April 4, 1934

Credits:

A Bachelor's Finish (1917); A Berth Scandal (1917); A Burglar's Bride (1917); A Deep Sea Liar (1916); A Desert Honeymoon (1915); A Dishonest Burglar (1917); A Dramatic Mistake (1914); A Hotel Disgrace (1917); A Maid and a Man (1915); A Maid by Proxy (1915); A Male Governess (1917); A Mixed Up Elopement (1915); A Mixup at Rudolph's (1916); A Mix-Up in Photos (1916); A Prisoner for Life (1919); A Taste of Life (1919); A Warm Reception (1917); Aired in Court (1917); All in the Same Boat (1915); Almost a King (1915); Almost a Widow (1915); Anita's Butterfly (1915); Beans (1918); Behind the Mask (1932); Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch (1914); Betty Takes a Hand (1918); Blackbirds (1920); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Bungling Bill, Detective (1916); Bungling Bill, Doctor (1916); Bungling Bill's Burglar (1916); Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (1916); Bungling Bill's Peeping Ways (1916); Burglar by Proxy (1919); Call Her Savage (1932); Calvert's Valley (1922); Cappy Ricks (1921); Careers (1929); Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915); Chickie (1925); Children of the Night (1921); Children of the Ritz (1929); Chinatown Villains (1916); Curing Father (1915); Dan Cupid: Fixer (1915); Delinquent Bridegrooms (1916); Deserted at the Auto (1915); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); Double Dealing (1923); Down on the Farm (1915); Ethel's New Dress (1915); Fast Life (1929); Flaming Youth (1923); Flirting with Love (1924); Following Father's Footsteps (1915); For His Sake (1922); For Ten Thousand Bucks (1916); Getting in Wrong (1916); Gleam O'Dawn (1922); Green-Eyed Johnny (1919); Happy Returns (1919); He Fell in a Cabaret (1915); Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil (1916); Heiress for a Day (1918); Henry's Little Kid (1916); Her Birthday Knight (1917); Her Finishing Touch (1917); Hired and Fired (1916); His Blowout (1916); His Nobs the Duke (1915); His Only Pants (1915); His Sudden Rival (1917); His Taking Ways (1914); His Wife's Husband (1915); Hobbled Hearts (1917); Humanity (1933); If I Marry Again (1925); Igorrotes, Crocodiles and a Hat Box (1916); Indiscreet Corinne (1917); It Happened on Friday (1915); It Happened While He Fished (1915); It Might Have Been Serious (1915); Johnny the Barber (1915); Just for a Kid (1916); Kiddus, Kids and Kiddo (1915); Kids and Corsets (1915); Kismet (1930); Knocking Out Knockout Kelly (1916); Lilies of the Field (1924); Limousine Life (1918); Love, Dynamite and Baseballs (1916); Love's Blindness (1926); Love's Prisoner (1919); Man About Town (1932); Man Crazy (1927); Man Wanted (1922); Midnight Lovers (1926); Millie (1931); Mixed Values (1915); Molly's Malady (1915); More Truth Than Poetry (1916); Nailing on the Lid (1916); Nancy Comes Home (1918); National Nuts (1916); Nellie the Pride of the Fire House (1915); One Night at Susie's (1930); One to the Minute (1915); One Way Street (1925); One Yard to Go (1931); Out of the Ruins (1928); Paddy's Political Dream (1916); Pagan Lady (1931); Sally (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); Search Me! (1916); Shannon of the Sixth (1914); She Hired a Husband (1918); Slipping It Over on Father (1916); Smile, Brother, Smile (1927); Some Night (1916); Spring Is Here (1930); Suds (1920); Taking Her Measure (1915); Tapering Fingers (1919); Temporary Alimony (1919); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); The Baby's Fault (1915); The Big Shakedown (1934); The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (1914); The Broken Violin (1923); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Cub Reporter (1922); The Dangerous Maid (1923); The Finger Points (1931); The Flip of a Coin (1919); The Follies Girl (1919); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); The Huntress (1923); The Iron Mitt (1916); The Key to Yesterday (1914); The Lion Hearted Chief (1916); The Love Swindle (1918); The Man in the Couch (1914); The Noose (1928); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Plaything of Broadway (1921); The Political Boss (1914); The Primitive Instinct (1914); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); The Rajah's Vow (1914); The Reckless Hour (1931); The Right of Way (1920); The Rise and Fall of Officer 13 (1915); The Roof Tree (1921); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Self-Made Wife (1923); The Silk-Lined Burglar (1919); The Tea Hound (1919); The Test of Donald Norton (1926); The Yellow Stain (1922); Their Husband (1917); Three Friends (1913); 'Tis Spring (1933); Too Many Crooks (1915); Too Much Married (1916); Too Much Money (1926); Twin Troubles (1917); Two Hearts and a Thief (1915); Walk This Way (1916); Wanted... A Chaperone (1915); We Moderns (1925); Wheels and Woe (1917); When Cupid Crossed the Bay (1915); When His Lordship Proposed (1915); When Papa Died (1916); With Father's Help (1915); Without Compromise (1922).

Born on this day – Howard Estabrook:

Howard Estabrook

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978

Credits:

A Bill of Divorcement (1932); Are These Our Children (1931); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Cattle Queen of Montana (1954); Chasing Choo Choos (1927); Cimarron (1931); Dakota (1945); David Copperfield (1935); Double Cross Roads (1930); Dressed to Kill (1928); El hombre malo (1930); Forgotten Faces (1928); Four Feathers (1915); Giving Becky a Chance (1917); Heavenly Days (1944); Hell's Angels (1930); International Lady (1941); Kismet (1930); Lone Star (1952); Lopez, le bandit (1930); Maid of Salem (1937); Maquillage (1932); M'Liss (1915); New Wine (1941); North Star (1925); Officer 666 (1914); Orchids to You (1935); Passion (1954); Play Safe (1927); Roar of the Dragon (1932); She Goes to War (1929); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Sweepings (1933); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Adventurous Sex (1925); The Bad Man (1930); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Bowery (1933); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944); The Butterfly (1915); The Closing Net (1915); The Conquerors (1932); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Devil's in Love (1933); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Four Feathers (1929); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Human Comedy (1943); The Masquerader (1933); The Master Smiles (1916); The Millionaire (1957–1958); The Mysteries of Myra (1916); The Port of Missing Girls (1928); The Price of a Party (1924); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Virginian (1929 / 1946); The Wild Girl (1917); The Woman Between (1931); Varsity (1928); Way Down East (1935); Wells Fargo (1937); Woman Hungry (1931).

Born on this day – Oscar Micheaux:

Oscar Micheaux

Writer

Director

Producer

January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951

Credits:

The Betrayal (1948); The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940); Lying Lips (1939); Birthright (1938); God's Step Children (1938); Swing! (1938); Underworld (1937); Murder in Harlem (1935); Temptation (1935); Harlem After Midnight (1934); Phantom of Kenwood (1933); Black Magic (1932); The Girl from Chicago (1932); Ten Minutes to Live (1932); Veiled Aristocrats (1932); The Darktown Revue (1931); The Exile (1931); Easy Street (1930); A Daughter of the Congo (1930); Wages of Sin (1929); When Men Betray (1928); Thirty Years Later (1928); The House Behind the Cedars (1927); The Millionaire (1927); The Broken Violin (1927); The Spider's Web (1927); The Conjure Woman (1926); The Devil's Disciple (1926); Marcus Garland (1925); Body and Soul (1925); A Son of Satan (1924); Birthright (1924); The Virgin of Seminole (1923); Deceit (1923); Uncle Jasper's Will (1922); The Dungeon (1922); The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921); The Hypocrite (1921); The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920); The Brute (1920); Within Our Gates (1920); The Homesteader (1919).