Born on this day – Gladys Cooper:

Gladys Cooper

Actress

Producer

Theatrical manager

December 18, 1888 – November 17, 1971

Credits:

The Persuaders! (1971); The Doctors (1971); The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); Callan (1967); Adam Adamant Lives! (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Emergency-Ward 10 (1965); Ben Casey (1965); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1964); My Fair Lady (1964); The Twilight Zone (1962–1964); The Outer Limits (1963); Burke's Law (1963); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); Going My Way (1963); Pygmalion (1963); Fair Exchange (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Playdate (1962); Naked City (1962); If the Crown Fits (1961); Rendezvous (1960); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1960); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Separate Tables (1958); The Ann Sothern Show (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Suspicion (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955); At Sword's Point (1952); Thunder on the Hill (1951); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); The Secret Garden (1949); The Pirate (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); Green Dolphin Street (1947); The Cockeyed Miracle (1946); Beware of Pity (1946); The Green Years (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Valley of Decision (1945); Mrs. Parkington (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Now, Voyager (1942); Eagle Squadron (1942); This Above All (1942); The Gay Falcon (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); The Black Cat (1941); That Hamilton Woman (1941); Kitty Foyle (1940); Rebecca (1940); The Iron Duke (1934); Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923); The Bohemian Girl (1922); Headin' North (1921); Unmarried (1920); My Lady's Dress (1917); Masks and Faces (1917); The Sorrows of Satan (1917); The Real Thing at Last (1916); Danny Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman (1914); The Eleventh Commandment (1913).

Born on this day – Ray Taylor:

Ray Taylor

Director

Writer

Producer

December 1, 1888 – February 15, 1952

Born on this day – Ford Beebe:

Ford Beebe

Writer

Director

November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978

Credits:

The Green Hornet Movie Edition (2011); The Green Hornet (1990); King of the Wild Stallions (1959); The Adventures of Champion (1955); Lord of the Jungle (1955); Killer Leopard (1954); The Golden Idol (1954); Safari Drums (1953); Dogs 'n Ducks (1953); Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952); African Treasure (1952); Wagons West (1952); Curley Bradley: The Singing Marshal (1951); Elephant Stampede (1951); The Lion Hunters (1951); The Lost Volcano (1950); The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Bomba on Panther Island (1949); Red Desert (1949); The Dalton Gang (1949); Shep Comes Home (1948); Courtin' Trouble (1948); My Dog Shep (1946); Riders of Pasco Basin (1940); The Stranger from Texas (1939); Oklahoma Frontier (1939); Riders of Black River (1939); Trouble at Midnight (1937); West Bound Limited (1937); Stampede (1936); Code of the Range (1936); The Mysterious Avenger (1936); Gallant Defender (1935); Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935); The Man from Guntown (1935); Riding Wild (1935); The Outlaw Deputy (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Fighting Shadows (1935); The Revenge Rider (1935); Law Beyond the Range (1935); The Prescott Kid (1934); Law of the Wild (1934); Laughing at Life (1933); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Shadow of the Eagle (1932); The Lightning Warrior (1931); The Galloping Ghost (1931); Alias the Bad Man (1931); The Vanishing Legion (1931); King of the Wild (1931); The Phantom of the West (1930); The Lightning Express (1930); Tarzan the Tiger (1929); Overland Bound (1929); Come Across (1929); Brothers (1929); .45 Calibre War (1929); Yellow Contraband (1928); The Black Ace (1928); The Code of the Scarlet (1928); The Upland Rider (1928); The Canyon of Adventure (1928); The Bronc Stomper (1928); The Wagon Show (1928); The Apache Raider (1928); The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928); The Devil's Twin (1927); Border Blackbirds (1927); Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927); Don Desperado (1927); The Man from Hard Pan (1927); The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927); The Outlaw Express (1926); The High Hand (1926); Without Orders (1926); The Blind Trail (1926); Luck and Sand (1925); Win, Lose or Draw (1925); The Blood Bond (1925); Flash o' Lightning (1925); Across the Deadline (1925); The Shield of Silence (1925); The Trouble Buster (1925); Headin' Through (1924); Battling Bunyan (1924); The Loser's End (1924); Not Built for Runnin' (1924); The Perfect Alibi (1924); Riding Double (1924); The Law Forbids (1924); Payable on Demand (1924); Huntin' Trouble (1924); King's Creek Law (1923); Warned in Advance (1923); In Wrong Right (1923); Yellow Gold and Men (1923); Steel-Shod Evidence (1923); Tom, Dick and Harry (1923); Hyde and Zeke (1923); The Unsuspecting Stranger (1923); Wings of the Storm (1923); 100% Nerve (1923); When Fighting's Necessary (1923); The Extra Seven (1923); Partners Three (1923); Double Cinched (1923); Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1923); Smoked Out (1923); Border Law (1923); Under Suspicion (1923); Here's Your Man (1922); One Jump Ahead (1922); His Enemy's Friend (1922); The Drifter (1922); The Bar Cross War (1922); Deputized (1922); Come and Get Me (1922); His Own Law (1922); Too Much Business (1922); Nine Points of the Law (1922); Winners of the West (1921); The White Horseman (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); The Grip of the Law (1921); Kickaroo (1921); Sweet Revenge (1921); The Driftin' Kid (1921); The Saddle King (1921); The Trail of the Hound (1920); Fight It Out (1920); Superstition (1920); Tipped Off (1920); The Two-Fisted Lover (1920); Double Danger (1920); 'in Wrong' Wright (1920); One Law for All (1920); The Grinning Granger (1920); A Gamblin' Fool (1920); The Big Catch (1920); The Railroad Raiders (1917); A Lass of the Lumberlands (1916); A Youth of Fortune (1916); The Girl and the Game (1916).

Born on this day – Nana Bryant:

Nana Bryant

Actress

November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955

Credits:

A Dangerous Adventure (1937); A Feather in Her Hat (1935); A Little Bit of Heaven (1940); A Modern Marriage (1950); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Alice in Movieland (1940); Always in Trouble (1938); Atlantic Adventure (1935); Bathing Beauty (1944); Best Foot Forward (1943); Big Town (1946); Black Market Babies (1945); Blackmailer (1936); Brewster's Millions (1945); Bright Victory (1951); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Can't Help Singing (1944); Counsel for Crime (1937); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Years (1947); Espionage Agent (1939); Eyes of Texas (1948); Father Is a Prince (1940); Fireside Theatre (1955); Follow the Sun (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Geraldine (1953); Get Going (1943); Get Hep to Love (1942); Give Me a Sailor (1938); Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948); Guard That Girl (1935); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Harvey (1950); Her Husband's Affairs (1947); Hideout (1949); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); If I Had My Way (1940); Inner Sanctum (1948); Jungle Woman (1944); Key to the City (1950); Kraft Theatre (1953); Ladies of the Chorus (1948); Lady at Midnight (1948); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lamp Unto My Feet (1953); Let's Dance (1950); Let's Get Married (1937); Lincoln in the White House (1939); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1955); Mad About Music (1938); Madame Spy (1942); Man-Proof (1938); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet Nero Wolfe (1936); Midnight Intruder (1938); Millie's Daughter (1947); Nice Girl? (1941); Old Hickory (1939); On Our Merry Way (1948); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One-Way Ticket (1935); Only the Valiant (1951); Our Miss Brooks (1952–1955); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Parents on Trial (1939); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Pennies from Heaven (1936); Possessed (1947); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Public Enemies (1941); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Sinners in Paradise (1938); Stage Struck (1948); State Department: File 649 (1949); Street of Missing Men (1939); Studio One (1953); Swing, Sister, Swing (1938); Take It or Leave It (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Big Fix (1947); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Blonde Bandit (1949); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1955); The Devil Is Driving (1937); The Du Pont Story (1950); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The First Hundred Years (1951–1952); The Flag of Humanity (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1955); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The King Steps Out (1936); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady Gambles (1949); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Lone Wolf Returns (1935); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1955); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); The Outcast (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Perfect Marriage (1946); The Private War of Major Benson (1955); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Return of October (1948); The Runaround (1946); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Star and the Story (1955); The Unsuspected (1947); The Virginian (1946); The West Side Kid (1943); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); Thieves Fall Out (1941); Three Secrets (1950); Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942); Topper (1954); Unknown Woman (1935); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); You May Be Next! (1936); Youth on Parade (1942).

Born on this day – Frances Marion:

Frances Marion

Writer

Director

November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973

Credits:

Dinner at Eight (1989); The Champ (1979); The Clown (1953); The Pirate (1948); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Molly and Me (1945); Without Love (1945); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Tish (1942); Northwest Passage (1940); Green Hell (1940); Rosalie (1937); Knight Without Armor (1937); Maytime (1937); A Night of Terror (1937); The Good Earth (1937); Camille (1936); Poor Little Rich Girl (1936); Riffraff (1935); Going Hollywood (1933); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The White Sister (1933); Secrets (1933); Cynara (1932); Smilin' Through (1932); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Emma (1932); Menschen hinter Gittern (1931); Big House (1931); Daybreak (1931); The Secret 6 (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Forever Yours (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Min and Bill (1930); El presidio (1930); Wu Li Chang (1930); Good News (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); The Big House (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); Anna Christie (1930); The Rogue Song (1930); Their Own Desire (1929); The Pagan (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Awakening (1928); The Wind (1928); Excess Baggage (1928); The Mysterious Lady (1928); Kit Carson (1928); The Cossacks (1928); The Sunset Legion (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); Pioneer Scout (1928); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Jesse James (1927); Madame Pompadour (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); Silver Comes Through (1927); Mr. Wu (1927); The Red Mill (1927); Don Mike (1927); The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926); Lone Hand Saunders (1926); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Son of the Sheik (1926); The Two-Gun Man (1926); Hands Across the Border (1926); Paris at Midnight (1926); Partners Again (1926); The Tough Guy (1926); The First Year (1926); Stella Dallas (1925); Simon the Jester (1925); Lazybones (1925); Thank You (1925); Ridin' the Wind (1925); The Dark Angel (1925); Graustark (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Zander the Great (1925); His Supreme Moment (1925); The Lady (1925); A Thief in Paradise (1925); Sundown (1924); Thundering Hoofs (1924); In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924); Tarnish (1924); Cytherea (1924); Secrets (1924); Galloping Gallagher (1924); The Mask of Lopez (1924); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); Through the Dark (1924); The Song of Love (1923); Potash and Perlmutter (1923); The French Doll (1923); Dulcy (1923); The Love Piker (1923); The Eagle's Talons (1923); Within the Law (1923); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); Minnie (1922); The Toll of the Sea (1922); East Is West (1922); The Eternal Flame (1922); Sonny (1922); The Primitive Lover (1922); Back Pay (1922); Just Around the Corner (1921); Straight Is the Way (1921); The Love Light (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); The World and His Wife (1920); Go and Get It (1920); Humoresque (1920); The Flapper (1920); Pollyanna (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); Anne of Green Gables (1919); A Regular Girl (1919); The Dark Star (1919); The Misleading Widow (1919); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); The Temple of Dusk (1918); Johanna Enlists (1918); The Goat (1918); He Comes Up Smiling (1918); The City of Dim Faces (1918); How Could You, Jean? (1918); M'Liss (1918); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); Stella Maris (1918); A Little Princess (1917); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); The Amazons (1917); Beloved Adventuress (1917); The Divorce Game (1917); The Stolen Paradise (1917); The Crimson Dove (1917); Forget-Me-Not (1917); As Man Made Her (1917); The Social Leper (1917); The Web of Desire (1917); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); A Girl's Folly (1917); A Square Deal (1917); A Hungry Heart (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); On Dangerous Ground (1917); A Woman Alone (1917); The Rise of Susan (1916); All Man (1916); Bought and Paid For (1916); The Heart of a Hero (1916); The Hidden Scar (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); The Revolt (1916); Friday the 13th (1916); The Summer Girl (1916); A Woman's Way (1916); The Crucial Test (1916); La vie de Bohème (1916); Tangled Fates (1916); The Battle of Hearts (story: Woman Against the Sea (1916); The Feast of Life (1916); The Social Highwayman (1916); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); The Yellow Passport (1916); A Circus Romance (1916); The Foundling (1916); Camille (1915); A Daughter of the Sea (1915); Esmeralda (1915); The Foundling (1915); Rags (1915); A Sister's Burden (1915); Fanchon, the Cricket (1915); The Wild Girl from the Hills (1915); The Jest of Jealousy (1915); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); The New York Hat (1912).

Born on this day – S. S. Van Dine:

S. S. Van Dine

Writer

October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939

Credits:

The Benson Murder Case (1926); The Canary Murder Case (1927); The Greene Murder Case (1928); The Bishop Murder Case (1928); The Scarab Murder Case (1929); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Casino Murder Case (1934); The Garden Murder Case (1935); The Kidnap Murder Case (1936); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (aka The Smell of Murder) (1938); The Winter Murder Case (1939); Murder Plus (1992).

Movies and television:

Calling Philo Vance (1940); El cuerpo del delito (1930); Murder in the Pullman (1932); Night of Mystery (1937); Philo Vance (1974); Philo Vance Returns (1947); Philo Vance's Gamble (1947); The Benson Murder Case (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Campus Mystery (1932); The Canary Murder Case (1929 / 1935); The Clyde Mystery (1931); The Cole Case (1932); The Crane Poison Case (1932); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Garden Murder Case (1936); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Greene Murder Case (1929 / 2002); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The President's Mystery (1936); The Scarab Murder Case (1936); The Side Show Mystery (1932); The Skull Murder Mystery (1932); The Studio Murder Mystery (1932); The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932); The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932); The Wall Street Mystery (1931); The Week End Mystery (1931).

Born on this day – Lowell Sherman:

Lowell Sherman

Actor

Writer

Director

October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934

Credits:

Night Life of the Gods (1935); Born to Be Bad (1934); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); Morning Glory (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); What Price Hollywood? (1932); False Faces (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Jury (1932); High Stakes (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Royal Bed (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); He Knew Women (1930); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Mammy (1930); General Crack (1929); Evidence (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Nearly Divorced (1928); The Whip (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); Mad Hour (1928); The Whip Woman (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); The Divine Woman (1928); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Convoy (1927); Lost at Sea (1926); You Never Know Women (1926); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Love Toy (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); Satan in Sables (1925); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); The Spitfire (1924); The Masked Dancer (1924); Bright Lights of Broadway (1923); The Face in the Fog (1922); Grand Larceny (1922); Molly O' (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The New York Idea (1920); Way Down East (1920); Yes or No (1920); Vera, the Medium (1917); The Better Woman (1915); Sold (1915); Always in the Way (1915); Behind the Scenes (1914).

Born on this day – Irving Cummings:

Irving Cummings

Actor

Director

October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959

Credits:

Double Dynamite (1951); The Dolly Sisters (1945); The Impatient Years (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); My Gal Sal (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Belle Starr (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Down Argentine Way (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); Everything Happens at Night (1939); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Jesse James (1939); Just Around the Corner (1938); Little Miss Broadway (1938); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); Vogues of 1938 (1937); White Hunter (1936); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Poor Little Rich Girl (1936); Curly Top (1935); It's a Small World (1935); The White Parade (1934); Grand Canary (1934); I Believed in You (1934); The Mad Game (1933); The Woman I Stole (1933); Man Hunt (1933); Man Against Woman (1932); The Night Club Lady (1932); Attorney for the Defense (1932); The Cisco Kid (1931); A Holy Terror (1931); A Devil with Women (1930); On the Level (1930); Cameo Kirby (1930); Behind That Curtain (1929); Not Quite Decent (1929); In Old Arizona (1928); Romance of the Underworld (1928); The Port of Missing Girls (1928); Dressed to Kill (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); The Brute (1927); Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926); The Country Beyond (1926); The Midnight Kiss (1926); Rustling for Cupid (1926); The Johnstown Flood (1926); Infatuation (1925); The Desert Flower (1925); Just a Woman (1925); One Year to Live (1925); As Man Desires (1925); The Rose of Paris (1924); In Every Woman's Life (1924); Riders Up (1924); The Dancing Cheat (1924); Stolen Secrets (1924); Fools Highway (1924); Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923); East Side - West Side (1923); The Drug Traffic (1923); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Environment (1922); The Jilt (1922); Broad Daylight (1922); Paid Back (1922); Environment (1922); The Eternal Flame (1922); Flesh and Blood (1922); The Man from Hell's River (1922); The Avenger (1922); Don't Get Personal (1922); Campbell of the Mounted (1922); Valley of the Missing (1922); Jules of the River (1922); Trapped (1922); The False Trail (1921); The Blasphemer (1921); Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921); The Rope's End (1921); Corporal Jim's Ward (1921); Patsy's Jim (1921); Tricked (1921); On the Trail (1921); Beautifully Trimmed (1920); Old Dad (1920); The Round-up (1920); The Saphead (1920); Harriet and the Piper (1920); The Ladder of Lies (1920); Sex (1920); The Tree of Knowledge (1920); The 13th Commandment (1920); Everywoman (1919); What Every Woman Learns (1919); The Greater Sinner (1919); The Better Wife (1919); Secret Service (1919); Men, Women, and Money (1919); Some Bride (1919); The Scar (1919); Her Code of Honor (1919); The Unveiling Hand (1919); Mandarin's Gold (1919); Don't Change Your Husband (1919); The Bluffer (1919); Auction of Souls (1919); The Woman Who Gave (1918); Merely Players (1918); The Heart of a Girl (1918); The Interloper (1918); Toys of Fate (1918); The Struggle Everlasting (1918); The Debt of Honor (1918); An American Widow (1917); A Man's Law (1917); Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917); Wrath of Love (1917); A Royal Romance (1917); The Whip (1917); Sister Against Sister (1917); The Hidden Scar (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); The World's Great Snare (1916); The Feud Girl (1916); The Saleslady (1916); His Brother's Debt (1915); The Derelict (1915); The Haunting Memory (1915); A Polar Romance (1915); The Lure of the Mask (1915); Dreams Realized (1915); The Diamond from the Sky (1915); The Once Over (1915); The First Stone (1915); When the Fire Bell Rang (1915); In the Mansion of Loneliness (1915); The Doctor's Strategy (1915); The Haunting Memory (1915); The Happier Man (1915); The Three of Us (1914); Over the Ledge (1914); The Diamond of Disaster (1914); The Varsity Race (1914); Conscience (1914); The Last Volunteer (1914); The Messenger of Death (1914); The Leaven of Good (1914); For Her Child (1914); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Man Without Fear (1914); From the Shadows (1914); Pamela Congreve (1914); The Dawn of Romance (1914); A Leech of Industry (1914); Broken Lives (1914); Jane Eyre (1914); In the Mesh of Her Hair (1914); A Sword of Damocles (1914); The Resurrection (1914); The Finger of Fate (1913); The Missing Ring (1913); The Stolen Woman (1913); The Glow Worm (1913); Success (1913); The Fight for Right (1913); The Higher Justice (1913); A Hospital Romance (1913); Her Rosary (1913); Ashes (1913); The Tangled Web (1913); The Madcap of the Hills (1913); Italian Love (1913); The Master Cracksman (1913); London Assurance (1913); The Big Boss (1913); A Cruel Suspicion (1913); The Good Within (1913); The Bawlerout (1913); Held for Ransom (1913); For Love of Columbine (1913); The Grey Sentinel (1913); The Woman Who Knew (1913); The Judge's Vindication (1913); The Vengeance of Heaven (1913); The Man from Outside (1913); The Birthday Cake (1913); The Bells (1913); The Strike Leader (1913); The Marked Card (1913); The Open Road (1913); Duty and the Man (1913); The Fires of Conscience (1912); The Old Mam'selle's Secret (1912); The Brother of the Bat (1912); Don César de Bazan (1912); The Faith Healer (1912); Men Who Dare (1912); The Peddler's Find (1912); Guy Mannering (1912); Caleb West (1912); Thelma (1912); The Poisoners (1912); The Gypsy Bride (1912); Sisters (1912); Camille (1912); Mrs. Alden's Awakening (1912); The Life of Buffalo Bill (1912); For Home and Honor (1912); Revolution in a Bachelors' Club (1911); At the Window (1911); The Maid of Niagara (1910); His Yankee Girl (1910).

Born on this day – T. S. Eliot:

T. S. Eliot

Writer

September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965

Credits:

Written work:

Prufrock and Other Observations (1917); Ara Vus Prec. (1919); The Waste Land (1922); Poems 1909-1925 (1925); Journey of the Magi (1927); A Song for Simeon (1928); Animula (1929); Selected Poems (1930); Ash Wednesday (1930); Marina (1930); Triumphal march (1931); Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939); East Coker (1941); The Dry Salvages (1941); T.S. Eliot's Little Gidding (1942); Four Quartets (1943); Burnt Norton (1943); Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot: 1909-1935 (1945); The Undergraduate Poems of T. S. Eliot (1948); The Complete Poems and Plays (1952); The Cultivation of Christmas Trees (1954); Collected Poems, 1909-1962 (1963); Poems Written In Early Youth (1967); The Poems of T. S. Eliot (2018); Eeldrop and Appleplex & Ezra Pound (1917); Sweeney Agonistes (1932); The Rock (1934); Murder in the Cathedral (1935); The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1949); The Confidential Clerk (1950); The Film of Murder in The Cathedral (1952); The Elder Statesman (1959); Collected Plays (1962); The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot (2014); Ezra Pound (1918); The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays (1920); Homage to John Dryden (1924); John Dryden (1924); Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca (1927); For Lancelot Andrewes (1928); Dante (1929); Thoughts after Lambeth (1931); Charles Whibley: A Memoir (1931); Essays On Elizabethan Drama (1932); After Strange Gods (1934); Essays Ancient and Modern (1936); Christianity and Culture (1939); Idea of a Christian Society (1939); A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1941); Introducing James Joyce (1942); Reunion By Destruction (1943); What is a classic? (1945); Notes Towards a Definition of Culture (1948); Milton; Annual Lecture on a Master Mind (1948); From Poe to Valery (1948); The Aims of Poetic Drama (1949); Selected Essays (1950); Poetry and Drama (1951); An Address to Members of the London Library (1952); The Value and Use of Cathedrals in England To-Day (1952); American Literature and the American Language (1953); The Three Voices of Poetry (1954); Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern (1954); The Literature of Politics (1955); The Frontiers of Criticism (1956); On Poetry And Poets (1957); Geoffrey Faber, 1889-1961 (1961); George Herbert (1962); The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism (1964); To Criticize the Critic and Other Writings (1965); Elizabethan Essays (1969); The Classics And The Man Of Letters (1974); Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley (1989); The Letters of T.S. Eliot: Volume 1 (1988); The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 2 (2009); The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 3 (2012); The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 4 (2013); The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 5 (2014); The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 6 (2016); Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 7 (2017); Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 8 (2019); The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 9 (2021); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading Their Own Poetry (1992); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

A Lovesong (2016); Aline (2020); American Playhouse (1983); America's Got Talent (2019); Animal Practice (2012); Apocalypse Now (1979); Arena (2009); Ashes (1975); Assassinio nella Cattedrale (1966); Assassinio nella cattedrale (2006 / 2012); Barbra Streisand: Memory (1981); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1955); Birthday Girl (2001); BoJack Horseman (2014); Broadway on Broadway (2000); BumtsiBum! (2021); Cats (2019); Cocktailparty (1967); Coctail party (1960); Conflict (1967); Connie and Carla (2004); Cover to Cover (1936); Der Familientag (1965); Der Privatsekretär (1963 / 1977); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2003); Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011); Die Cocktailparty (1964); Diminishing Returns (2019–2020); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2020); Diva (2006); Eufòria (2023); Fame (1985); Four Quartets (2022); Funny People (2009); Glee (2014); Going to Seed (2009); Great Performances (1998–2003); Great Poets: In Their Own Words (2014); Hengaillaan (2023); Hollow Men (2012); Il canto d'amore di Prufrock (1967); In Living Color (1991); Koktel (1967); Logan's Run (1976); Love Flesh (2011); Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture (2012); Mord im Dom (1962); Murder in the Cathedral (1947 / 1951 / 1962); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2022); New in November 2011 (2012); No me la puc treure del cap (2010); Omnibus (1971); Omnibus / Segment: The Confidential Clerk (1954); Post Grad (2009); Raphael: Mi gran noche (2013); Rio 2 (2014); Saturday Night Live (1992); School of Rock (2003); Shining Time Station (1989); Solo (1970); Sopro (2021); Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (2002); Startime (1960); Teatro estudio (1978); Television Theater (1997); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); Terra desolata (2008); Thames Film (1987); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The Cocktail Party (1952 / 1957); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Family Reunion (1959); The Hollow Men (1975 / 2015); The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (2013); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Magic of David Copperfield V (1983); The Marvels (2023); The Masked Singer (2022); The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf (2002); The Reader (2008); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Rum Tum Tugger (1984); The Simpsons (2011); The Sunday Programme (2004–2005); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2019); The Twentieth Century (1960); The Waste Land (1981 / 1996 / 1999); The Wasteland (2015); The White Chateau (1938); Theatre 625 (1966); Theatre Parade (1936); This Is My Life (1992); Thursday Theatre (1964); Till Human Voices Wake Us (2015); Timeshift (2005); Total Eclipse (1995); Triptych (2018); Tu cara me suena (2016); Wellow (2021); What Happens to the Mountain (2017); Wurlitzer (1985); XI Premis Gaudí de l'Acadèmia del Cinema Català (2019); Yellowjackets (2021).

Born on this day – Cecil Cunningham:

Cecil Cunningham

Actress

Singer

Comedienne

August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959

Credits:

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Above Suspicion (1943); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Anybody's Woman (1930); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Artist and Models (1937); Back Street (1941); Blond Cheat (1938); Blonde Venus (1932); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Bottoms Up (1934); Cairo (1942); College Swing (1938); Come and Get It (1936); Complicated Women (2003); Cowboy Serenade (1942); Daughter of Shanghai (1937); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Four Star Playhouse (1952); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Girls' School (1938); Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941); I Married an Angel (1942); If I Had a Million (1932); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Is My Face Red? (1932); It's a Wonderful World (1939); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Joyful Hour (1960); Just a Pain in the Parlor (1932); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); King of Gamblers (1937); Kitty Foyle (1940); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lady of the Tropics (1939); Laugh It Off (1939); Lillian Russell (1940); Love Is a Racket (1932); Love Me Tonight (1932); Manhattan Love Song (1934); Marie Antoinette (1938); Mata Hari (1931); Monkey Business (1931); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); My Reputation (1946); Never the Twins Shall Meet (1932); New Moon (1940); Night Club Scandal (1937); Paramount on Parade (1930); People Will Talk (1935); Play Girl (1941); Playboy of Paris (1930); Repent at Leisure (1941); Return of the Terror (1934); Safe in Hell (1931); Scandal Street (1938); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age for Love (1931); The Awful Truth (1937); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); The Candid Camera (1932); The Captain Is a Lady (1940); The Druggist's Dilemma (1933); The Family Next Door (1939); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Hidden Hand (1942); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Wet Parade (1932); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); Their Own Desire (1929); This Way Please (1937); Those We Love (1932); Trouble from Abroad (1931); Twin Beds (1942); We Live Again (1934); Winter Carnival (1939); Wives Under Suspicion (1938); Wonder Man (1945); You and Me (1938).

Born on this day – Raymond Chandler:

Raymond Chandler

Writer

July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959

Credits:

Books to Die For (2012); Double Indemnity (1944); Farewell, My Lovely (1940); Five Murders (1944); Five Sinister Characters (1945); Goldfish (1981); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); I’ll Be Waiting (2020); Killer in the Rain (1964); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); Mandarin's Jade (1937); No Crimes In The Mountains (1941); Only to Sleep (2018); Pearls are a Nuisance (1958); Perchance to Dream (1991); Pickup on Noon Street (1952); Playback (1958); Poodle Springs (1989); Pulp Fiction - The Dames (2008); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Red Wind (1946); Selected Letters (1981); Smart-Aleck Kill (1953); Spanish Blood (1946); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Big Sleep (1939); The Black-Eyed Blonde (2014); The Blue Dahlia (1976); The Curtain (1936); The Finger Man (1947); The Goodbye Coast (2022); The High Window (1942); The Lady in the Lake (1943); The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror (1992); The Little Sister (1949); The Long Goodbye (1953); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Man Who Liked Dogs (1996); The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1976); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Second Murderer (2023); The Simple Art of Murder (1950); The Smell of Fear (1965); The World of Raymond Chandler (2014); Trouble is My Business (1950); Try The Girl (1937); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing Los Angeles (2002).

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Aspetterò (1978); Cineficción Radio (2021); Climax! (1954); Danger (1953); Double Indemnity (1944 / 1973); Fallen Angels (1993–1995); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler (2006); Ich werde warten (1982); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lady in the Lake (1946); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Marlowe (1969 / 2007 / 2022); Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off (2013); Morning Patrol (1987); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Omnibus (1969); Once You Meet a Stranger (1996); Philip Marlowe (1959–1960); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986); Poodle Springs (1998); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Smart Philip (2003); Storyboard (1961); Strangers on a Train (1951); Studio One (1951–1953); The Big Sleep (1946 / 1978); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); The Great Detectives (1999); The Long Goodbye (1973 / 2014); The Long Goodbye: Tom Williams on Raymond Chandler (2013); The Unseen (1945); Time to Kill (1942); Triple Feature (2016); TV de Vanguarda (1957).

Born on this day – Max Steiner:

Max Steiner

Composer

Conductor

May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971

Born on this day – Florence La Badie:

Florence La Badie

Actress

April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917

Credits:

A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913); A Debut in the Secret Service (1914); A Deep Sea Liar (1913); A Disciple of Nietzsche (1915); A Freight Car Honeymoon (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Knight of the Road (1911); A Leak in the Foreign Office (1914); A Love of Long Ago (1912); A Master of Millions (1911); A Mother's Faith (1911); A Noise Like a Fortune (1912); A Peaceful Victory (1913); A Poor Relation (1913); A Star Reborn (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Twentieth Century Farmer (1913); Adrift in a Great City (1914); After the Ball (1910); All Aboard (1915); An Honest Young Man (1913); An Unromantic Maiden (1913); As It Was in the Beginning (1912); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); Aurora Floyd (1912); Beauty in the Seashell (1913); Beneath the Veil (1911); Bianca Forgets (1915); Big Sister (1912); Bobby, the Coward (1911); Called Back (1912); Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914); Cinderella (1911); Crossed Wires (1915); Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913); Cymbeline (1913); Dave's Love Affair (1911); David Copperfield (1911); Divorce and the Daughter (1916); Dottie's New Doll (1912); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912); East Lynne (1912); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Extravagance (1912); Fighting Blood (1911); Flying to Fortune (1912); For the Man She Loved (1913); From the Shadows (1914); Getting Even (1909); God's Witness (1915); Graft vs. Love (1915); Her Confession (1915); Her Gallant Knights (1913); Her Ladyship's Page (1912); Her Life and His (1917); Her Sacrifice (1911); Her Sister's Secret (1913); How She Triumphed (1911); In Blossom Time (1912); In the Chorus (1911); In the Nick of Time (1913); In the Window Recess (1909); In Their Hour of Need (1913); Jess (1912); Jilted (1912); Life's Pathway (1913); Little Brother (1913); Louie, the Life Saver (1913); Lucile (1912); Ma and Dad (1912); Madame Rex (1911); Mary's Goat (1912); Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (1916); Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912); Monsieur Lecoq (1915); Monsieur Nikola Dupree (1915); Mr. Meeson's Will (1915); Mutual Weekly, No. 78 (1916); My Baby's Voice (1912); Oh! Such a Beautiful Ocean (1913); Paradise Lost (1911); Petticoat Camp (1912); Redemption (1913); Reincarnation (1915); Rejuvenation (1912); Retribution (1913); Rosie's Revenge (1913); Saint, Devil and Woman (1916); Serious Sixteen (1910); Some Fools There Were (1913); Swords and Hearts (1911); Taming a Husband (1910); Tannhäuser (1913); The Adventure of Florence (1915); The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance (1914); The Arab's Bride (1912); The Baseball Bug (1911); The Blight of Wealth (1913); The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911); The Broken Cross (1911); The Buddhist Priestess (1911); The Cat's Paw (1914); The Country Girl (1915); The County's Prize Baby (1912); The Cycle of Hatred (1915); The Diamond Star (1911); The Duel in the Dark (1915); The Elevator Man (1914); The Evidence of the Film (1913); The Fear of Poverty (1916); The Final Reckoning (1915); The Finger Prints of Fate (1915); The Five Faults of Flo (1916); The Fugitive (1916); The Girl of the Grove (1912); The Guilty Baby (1912); The Head Waiter (1913); The Indian Brothers (1911); The Junior Partner (1913); The Last of the Mohicans (1911); The Lie That Failed (1913); The Man Without a Country (1917); The Manicure Lady (1911); The Marble Heart (1913); The Merchant of Venice (1912); The Message to Headquarters (1913); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Mohammedan's Conspiracy (1914); The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel (1913); The New Dress (1911); The Other Girl (1913); The Pillory (1916); The Politician's Love Story (1909); The Portrait of the Lady Anne (1912); The Pretty Girl in Lower Five (1913); The Price of Her Silence (1915); The Primal Call (1911); The Race (1912); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912); The Rose of Kentucky (1911); The Saleslady (1912); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Satyr and the Lady (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Silent Witness (1912); The Six-Cent Loaf (1915); The Smuggled Diamond (1915); The Smuggler (1911); The Snare of Fate (1913); The Somnambulist (1914); The Sorrowful Example (1911); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); The Star of Bethlehem (1912); The Success of Selfishness (1914); The Tempest (1911); The Thief and the Girl (1911); The Trail of Books (1911); The Trouble Maker (1912); The Troublesome Baby (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Two Sisters (1913); The Unfortunate Marriage (1917); The Voice of Conscience (1912); The Ward of the King (1913); The Water Cure (1913); The Way to a Man's Heart (1913); The Wrecked Taxi (1912); Their Golden Wedding (1914); Through the Breakers (1909); Through the Flames (1912); Turkey Trot Town (1914); Twins and a Stepmother (1914); Under False Colors (1914); Under Two Flags (1912); Undine (1912); Variety Time (1948); War and the Woman (1917); What Doris Did (1916); When a Count Counted (1912); When Love Was Blind (1917); When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912); When the Fleet Sailed (1915); When the Worm Turned (1913); Whom God Hath Joined (1912); Won at the Rodeo (1913).

Born on this day – William Axt:

William Axt

Composer

April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959

Credits:

Untamed (1940); What's Your IQ? (1940); Miracles for Sale (1939); Tell No Tales (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Sergeant Madden (1939); Within the Law (1939); Heroes at Leisure (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); The Girl Downstairs (1938); Spring Madness (1938); Listen, Darling (1938); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Fast Company (1938); Woman Against Woman (1938); The Story of Doctor Carver (1938); Yellow Jack (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); La Savate (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); Friend Indeed (1937); Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); The First Hundred Years (1937); Big City (1937); London by Night (1937); Between Two Women (1937); Parnell (1937); Song of the City (1937); Ski Skill (1937); Espionage (1937); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); Under Cover of Night (1937); Wanted -- A Master (1936); Mad Holiday (1936); All American Chump (1936); Libeled Lady (1936); Old Hutch (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Suzy (1936); We Went to College (1936); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); Old Shep (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond' (1936); Petticoat Fever (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Tough Guy (1936); Three Live Ghosts (1936); The Garden Murder Case (1936); Primitive Pitcairn (1936); Last of the Pagans (1935); Whipsaw (1935); The Perfect Gentleman (1935); Rendezvous (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935); It's in the Air (1935); O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935); The Perfect Tribute (1935); Pursuit (1935); Woman Wanted (1935); The Murder Man (1935); Pitcairn Island Today (1935); Windy (1935); Buried Loot (1935); David Copperfield (1935); Forsaking All Others (1934); A Wicked Woman (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Hide-Out (1934); Straight Is the Way (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); Paris Interlude (1934); Stamboul Quest (1934); Operator 13 (1934); Dartmouth Days (1934); The Thin Man (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Flying Hunters (1934); Sadie McKee (1934); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Men in White (1934); Lazy River (1934); Vital Victuals (1934); Goofy Movies Number Two (1934); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); You Can't Buy Everything (1934); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Should Ladies Behave (1933); Eskimo (1933); Bombshell (1933); Menu (1933); Penthouse (1933); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); The Nuisance (1933); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Looking Forward (1933); Hell Below (1933); Gabriel Over the White House (1933); Clear All Wires! (1933); Whisperin' Bill (1933); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); Whistling in the Dark (1933); Prosperity (1932); The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932); Payment Deferred (1932); Microscopic Mysteries (1932); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Sea Spiders (1932); The Washington Masquerade (1932); As You Desire Me (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Wet Parade (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Mata Hari (1931); Private Lives (1931); Wild and Woolly (1931); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Love-Tails of Morocco (1931); The Big Dog House (1931); Inspiration (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Who Killed Rover? (1930); A Lady's Morals (1930); Madam Satan (1930); Doughboys (1930); Romance (1930); Call of the Flesh (1930); The Unholy Three (1930); Redemption (1930); Free and Easy (1930); The Ship from Shanghai (1930); The Woman Racket (1930); Anna Christie (1930); The Rogue Song (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); Their Own Desire (1929); Devil-May-Care (1929); Navy Blues (1929); Dynamite (1929); It's a Great Life (1929); Untamed (1929); The Kiss (1929); The Unholy Night (1929); The Mysterious Island (1929); Speedway (1929); Our Modern Maidens (1929); Marianne (1929); Madame X (1929); The Single Standard (1929); Wonder of Women (1929); Thunder (1929); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929); Where East Is East (1929); The Pagan (1929); Tide of Empire (1929); The Duke Steps Out (1929); Desert Nights (1929); Wild Orchids (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Flying Fleet (1929); A Woman of Affairs (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); West of Zanzibar (1928); The Masks of the Devil (1928); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); The Viking (1928); Show People (1928); The Wind (1928); While the City Sleeps (1928); Excess Baggage (1928); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); The Mysterious Lady (1928); White Shadows in the South Seas (1928); The Cossacks (1928); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Trail of '98 (1928); Love (1927); The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927); Annie Laurie (1927); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); The Fire Brigade (1926); Camille (1926); Monte Cristo (1922); Faust (1926); The Scarlet Letter (1926); Don Juan (1926); La Bohème (1926); Mare Nostrum (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); The Big Parade (1925); Greed (1924); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); The Navigator (1924); The Sea Hawk (1924); Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923); Scaramouche (1923); The Mark of Zorro (1920); Passion (1919).

Born on this day – Florence Bates:

Florence Bates

Actress

April 15, 1888 - January 31, 1954

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953); Paris Model (1953); Street to Broadway (1953); Private Secretary (1953); My Little Margie (1952–1953); My Hero (1953); The Hank McCune Show (1951–1953); Our Miss Brooks (1952); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Four Star Playhouse (1952); I Married Joan (1952); Les Miserables (1952); The San Francisco Story (1952); I Love Lucy (1952); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1951–1952); Havana Rose (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Tall Target (1951); Father Takes the Air (1951); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Dick Tracy (1950); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); County Fair (1950); The Second Woman (1950); Belle of Old Mexico (1950); On the Town (1949); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); My Dear Secretary (1948); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); River Lady (1948); Winter Meeting (1948); The Inside Story (1948); I Remember Mama (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); Desire Me (1947); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); Love and Learn (1947); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Man I Love (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Claudia and David (1946); The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946); Whistle Stop (1946); San Antonio (1945); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Out of This World (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Tahiti Nights (1944); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Kismet (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); His Butler's Sister (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Mister Big (1943); Slightly Dangerous (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); The Moon and Sixpence (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); Kathleen (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Love Crazy (1941); Strange Alibi (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Road Show (1941); Kitty Foyle (1940); Hudson's Bay (1940); The Son of Monte Cristo (1940); Calling All Husbands (1940); Rebecca (1940); The Man in Blue (1937); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); Stump the Stars (1950).

Born on this day – Victor Schertzinger:

Victor Schertzinger

Composer

Director

Producer

Writer

April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941

Credits:

38-24-36 (1963); A Boy of Flanders (1924); A Dangerous Adventure (1937); A Hunting We Will Go (1932); A Nine O'Clock Town (1918); A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (1967); Abel Escoto: Fragmentos de Vida e Obra (2009); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Alice (1990); All in the Family (1976); Am I Having Fun! (1936); And So They Were Married (1936); Arise, My Love (1940); Back to the Woods (1937); Backbeat (1994); Basquiat (1996); Beating the Game (1921); Beauty and the Beach (1941); Beloved (1934); Betrayal (1929); Between Men (1915); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Bimbo's Express (1931); Birds in Love (1936); Birth of the Blues (1941); Blondie (1938); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Bread (1924); By Your Leave (1934); Cabo Blanco (1980); Cadet Rousselle (1972); Catalina Interlude (1948); Caught Plastered (1931); Celebrity (1998); Ces chers disparus (1978); Chastity (1923); Civilization (1915); Coals of Fire (1918); Cocktail Hour (1933); Cousins (1989); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Dad's Army (1970); Dangerous Corner (1934); Dead Again (1991); Devil's Playground (1937); Devil's Squadron (1936); Dollar Devils (1923); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Double Indemnity (1944); Extortion (1938); Extravagance (1919); Fashions in Love (1929); Flaming Love (1925); Follow Your Heart (1936); For the Boys (1991); Forgotten Faces (1928); Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984); Friends and Lovers (1931); Funny About Love (1990); Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006); Gilda (1946); Glamour Boy (1941); Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hard Boiled (1919); Harem Girl (1952); Head Over Heels (1922); Heads Up (1930); Hell's Hinges (1916); His Mother's Boy (1917); His Own Home Town (1918); Hoi Polloi (1935); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Love a Mystery (1945); I Married a Witch (1942); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jinx (1919); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); La joie de vivre (1953–1954); La légende (2005); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lady of Secrets (1936); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Let's Get Lost (1988); Let's Live Tonight (1935); Long Live the King (1923); Love Me Forever (1935); Made in Heaven (1921); Man and Maid (1925); Manhattan Cocktail (1928); Maurice Chevalier - Mistinguett: Un demi-siècle de chansons (2007); Maurice Chevalier, un canotier à Hollywood (2023); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Midsomer Murders (2001); Minding the Baby (1931); Mommie Dearest (1981); More Tales of the City (1998); Mr. Barnes of New York (1922); Musicolor (1970); My Woman (1933); NBC Follies (1973); Nickelodeon (1976); Northern Exposure (1993); Nothing But the Truth (1929); One Night of Love (1934); Other Men's Wives (1919); Outcast (1928); Outlaws of the Desert (1941); Paperback Hero (1999); Paramount on Parade (1930); Paycheck (2003); Peggy (1916); Pinto (1920); Playing the Game (1918); Plaza Suite (1971); Poivre et Sel in Numéro un (1979); Princess of the Dark (1917); Priorities on Parade (1942); Quicksand (1918); Racing with the Moon (1984); Rags to Riches (1941); Redskin (1929); Refuge (1923); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Rentaghost (1976); Rhythm on the River (1940); Road to Singapore (1940); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Robin Hood (1922); RocKwiz (2005); Rolling Caravans (1938); Sabrina (1995); Safety in Numbers (1930); Sahara (1919); Scandal (1989); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Shadow of the Law (1930); She Married an Artist (1937); She Married Her Boss (1935); Short Cuts (1993); Siberia (1926); Soir 3 (1988); Something to Sing About (1937); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Stage Madness (1927); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988–1993); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Startime (1960); Strange Justice (1932); String Beans (1918); Sudden Jim (1917); Summer Rental (1985); Synthetic Sin (1929); Télé dimanche (1968); Termites of 1938 (1938); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Big Bus (1976); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Blooming Angel (1920); The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922); The Claws of the Hun (1918); The Climax (1930); The Clodhopper (1917); The Concert (1921); The Conqueror (1916); The Constant Woman (1933); The Conversation (1974); The Crystal Ball (1943); The Dancing Fool (1932); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Edge of the Abyss (1915); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Family Skeleton (1918); The First Wives Club (1996); The Fleet's In (1942); The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955); The Glass Key (1942); The Golden Strain (1925); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Hired Man (1918); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Homebreaker (1919); The Kingdom Within (1922); The Lady of Red Butte (1919); The Laughing Lady (1929); The Lily (1926); The Lone Wolf Returns (1935); The Lonely Road (1923); The Love Parade (1929); The Love Race (1931); The Majestic (2001); The Major and the Minor (1942); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Man Next Door (1923); The Many Saints of Newark (2021); The Mark of Beauty (2006); The Mikado (1939); The Millionaire Vagrant (1917); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Peace of Roaring River (1919); The Pinch Hitter (1917); The Presidio (1988); The Return of Peter Grimm (1926); The Return of Peter Grimm (1935); The Scarlet Lily (1923); The Secret Studio (1927); The Sheriff's Son (1919); The Showdown (1928); The Silver Streak (1934); The Slim Princess (1920); The Son of His Father (1917); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976); The Sopranos (2002); The Stolen Melody (1934); The Tabasco Kid (1932); The Three Musketeers (1916); The Victors (1963); The Wheel (1925); The Wheel of Life (1929); The Winged Idol (1915); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The Woman Between (1931); The Woman from Tangier (1948); The Year My Voice Broke (1987); This Is Your Music (1955); Thunder Mountain (1925); Top Man (1943); Trapeze (1956); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956); Two and a Half Men (2010); Under one roof (1920); Up Jumped a Swagman (1965); Upstairs (1919); Uptown New York (1932); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Vive la France (1974); We Want Our Mummy (1939); West of the Pecos (1934); What Happened to Rosa (1920); When Doctors Disagree (1919); When G-Men Step In (1938); Where's That Fire? (1939); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); You Came Along (1945); You May Be Next! (1936); Yudum Yudum Sev (1979); Zander the Great (1925).

Born on this day – Barry Fitzgerald:

Barry Fitzgerald

Actor

March 10, 1888 – January 4, 1961

Credits:

Grand Hotel (1964); Play of the Week (1960); Broth of a Boy (1959); Rooney (1958); The Catered Affair (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Tonight's the Night (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); Silver City (1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); Union Station (1950); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Naked City (1948); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); Easy Come, Easy Go (1947); California (1947); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); The Stork Club (1945); And Then There Were None (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); I Love a Soldier (1944); Going My Way (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); Two Tickets to London (1943); The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); San Francisco Docks (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); Full Confession (1939); The Saint Strikes Back (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); The Dawn Patrol (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Ebb Tide (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Guests of the Nation (1935); Juno and the Paycock (1929); Land of Her Fathers (1924).