Born on this day – James Van Trees:

James Van Trees

Cinematographer

August 13, 1890 – April 11, 1973

Credits:

My Mother the Car (1966); O.K. Crackerby! (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963); The Comedy Spot (1960); The George Burns Show (1958–1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); Bold Journey (1957); Cavalcade of America (1957); The People's Choice (1955–1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955); I Married Joan (1952–1955); For the Defense (1954); You Bet Your Life (1951–1953); Red Light (1949); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); The Great John L. (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Last Ride (1944); His Texas Playboys (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Nine Girls (1944); The Racket Man (1944); Gun to Gun (1944); Wintertime (1943); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Mechanized Patrolling (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); The Gorilla Man (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Busses Roar (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); International Squadron (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Here Comes Happiness (1941); Flight from Destiny (1941); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Young America Flies (1940); Smashing the Money Ring (1939); Waterfront (1939); Over the Wall (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); Expensive Husbands (1937); Love Is on the Air (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Let Them Live (1937); Career Woman (1936); Flying Hostess (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Palm Springs (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); Every Night at Eight (1935); Shanghai (1935); The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935); A Night at the Ritz (1935); Sweet Music (1935); West of the Pecos (1934); Gentlemen Are Born (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Murder in the Private Car (1934); Stingaree (1934); Looking for Trouble (1934); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Blood Money (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Baby Face (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Parachute Jumper (1933); The King's Vacation (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); They Call It Sin (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Life Begins (1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); The Heart of New York (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); Taxi (1931); Alexander Hamilton (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Children of Dreams (1931); The Millionaire (1931); Captain Thunder (1930); Viennese Nights (1930); Old English (1930); Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930); The Man Hunter (1930); The Man from Blankley's (1930); What a Life (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); The Green Goddess (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); So Long Letty (1929); The Argyle Case (1929); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); The Whip (1928); Sinner's Parade (1928); The Scarlet Lady (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); The Noose (1928); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); Lost at the Front (1927); Twinkletoes (1926); Midnight Lovers (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); Fifth Avenue (1926); Chickie (1925); I Want My Man (1925); If I Marry Again (1925); Single Wives (1924); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Woman on the Jury (1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); The Huntress (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); The Young Rajah (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); The Top of New York (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); Morals (1921); Wealth (1921); Sacred and Profane Love (1921); The Witching Hour (1921); The Furnace (1920); The Soul of Youth (1920); Jenny Be Good (1920); Nurse Marjorie (1920); Judy of Rogues' Harbor (1920); The 13th Commandment (1920); More Deadly Than the Male (1919); His Official Fiancée (1919); Widow by Proxy (1919); Girls (1919); Happiness a la Mode (1919); The Final Close-Up (1919); The Veiled Adventure (1919); Romance and Arabella (1919); Who Cares? (1919); A Lady's Name (1918); The Gypsy Trail (1918); Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918); The Man from Funeral Range (1918); Sauce for the Goose (1918); A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918); Good Night, Paul (1918); Viviette (1918); Unclaimed Goods (1918); The Shuttle (1918); A Petticoat Pilot (1918); The Fair Barbarian (1917); Molly Entangled (1917); The Trouble Buster (1917); Little Miss Optimist (1917); A Kiss for Susie (1917); Giving Becky a Chance (1917); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Spirit of Romance (1917); Her Own People (1917); The Wax Model (1917); The Right Direction (1916); The Road to Love (1916); The Intrigue (1916); The Stronger Love (1916); An International Marriage (1916); The American Beauty (1916); The Making of Maddalena (1916); David Garrick (1916); The Heart of Paula (1916); The Code of Marcia Gray (1916); The Wild Olive (1915).

Born on this day – Allen Holubar:

Allen Holubar

Actor

Director

Writer

August 3, 1890 – November 20, 1923

Credits:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916); A Double Fire Deception (1916); A Gentleman of Art (1915); A Soul for Sale (1918); A Wolf Among Lambs (1913); Any Youth (1916); Ashes of Remembrance (1916); Behind Life's Stage (1916); Behind the Curtain (1916); Broken Chains (1922); Conscience (1915); Courtmartialed (1915); Fear Not (1917); Heart Strings (1917); Hurricane's Gal (1922); Into the North (1913); Man-Woman-Marriage (1921); Midnight (1917); Once to Every Woman (1920); Paid in Advance (1919); Seeing Stars (1922); Sirens of the Sea (1917); Slander the Woman (1923); Stronger Than Steel (1916); The Black Pearl (1915); The Bombay Buddha (1915); The Double-Topped Trunk (1917); The Eleventh Dimension (1915); The Field of Honor (1917); The Grip of Love (1917); The Health Road (1916); The Heart of Humanity (1918); The Heart Punch (1915); The House of Fear (1915); The Human Mill (1923); The Mortgaged Wife (1918); The Old Toymaker (1917); The Phone Message (1916); The Prodigal Daughter (1916); The Prophecy (1913); The Pursuit Eternal (1915); The Reed Case (1917); The Right to Happiness (1919); The Shadow (1916); The Son of His Father (1915); The Story the Clock Told (1914); The Taint of Fear (1916); The Talk of the Town (1918); The War Waif (1917); The White Terror (1915); The Wrong Label (1915); Treason (1917); Two Social Calls (1913); Where Glory Waits (1917).

Born on this day – Gertrude McCoy:

Gertrude McCoy

Actress

June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967

Credits:

A Fresh Air Romance (1912); A Gentleman's Gentleman (1913); A Good Sport (1913); A Letter to Uncle Sam (1913); A Lonely Road (1914); A Moment of Madness (1914); A Personal Affair (1912); A Real Helpmate (1914); A Royal Divorce (1923); A Baby's Shoe (1912); A Cowboy's Stratagem (1912); A Dangerous Lesson (1912); A Serenade by Proxy (1913); A Soldier's Duty (1912); A Tragedy of the Rails (1915); A Winter Visit to Central Park, New York City (1912); All for His Sake (1914); All on Account of a Portrait (1913); Always Tell Your Wife (1914 / 1923); An Almond-Eyed Maid (1913); An American King (1914); An Unwilling Separation (1913); Andy Plays Cupid (1914); Angel Esquire (1919); Animated Weekly, No. 78 (1917); Annie Crawls Upstairs (1912); Apple Pies (1912); Aunt Elsa's Visit (1913); Aunty and the Girls (1913); Burnt In (1920); Caste (1913); Castle of Dreams (1919); Chappy: That's All (1924); Children of the Night No. 1 (1925); Christie Johnstone (1921); Circumstances Make Heroes (1913); Curing the Office Boy (1912); Cynthia's Agreement (1912); Dick Potter's Wife (1914); Every Rose Has Its Stem (1912); Father's Bluff (1912); Friend Wilson's Daughter (1915); Gates of Divorce (1916); Greater Than Art (1915); Hard Cash (1913); Heartstrings (1923); Her Face (1912); Her Husband's Son (1915); Her Secretaries (1913); Heroes Three (1911); His Daughter (1912); His Daughter Pays (1918); His Enemy (1913); His Greatest Victory (1913); His Mother's Hope (1912); Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story (1912); How Did It Finish? (1913); How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (1911); How They Outwitted Father (1913); In Spite of All (1915); In the Garden (1913); In the Shadow of the Mountains (1913); Jack, the Giant Killer (1912); June Friday (1915); Kathleen Mavourneen (1913); Kitty at Boarding School (1912); Kitty's Holdup (1912); Lost: Three Hours (1912); Madame Sherry (1917); Men (1918); Mercy Merrick (1913); Mike's Hero (1911); Miriam Rozella (1924); Mutual Weekly, No. 131 (1917); Nelson (1926); Nets of Destiny (1924); Nora's Boarders (1913); On the Stroke of Twelve (1915); Peg o' the Movies (1913); Reginald's Courtship (1913); Revenge Is Sweet (1912); Sam's Kid (1922); Sheep's Clothing (1914); Tell Your Children (1922); That Winsome Winnie Smile (1911); The Artist's Joke (1912); The Auction Mart (1920); The Best Man (1914); The Birth of Our Saviour (1914); The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914); The Blue Bird (1918); The Brass Bowl (1914); The Cabaret Singer (1913); The Danger Mark (1918); The Diamond Man (1924); The Dream Fairy (1913); The Duke's Dilemma (1913); The Fairies' Banquet (1911); The Girl at the Key (1912 / 1915); The Girl Who Kept Books (1915); The Golden Dawn (1921); The Greed of Osman Bey (1913); The Hand of Iron (1914); The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek (1914); The House of the Lost Court (1915); The Impersonator (1914); The Isle of Love (1916); The Jam Closet (1912); The Kid from the Klondike (1911); The Lady in Furs (1925); The Lash of Destiny (1916); The Last of the Hargroves (1914); The Little Girl Next Door (1912); The Long and Short of It (1913); The Magistrate's Story (1915); The Man in the Street (1914); The Manicure Girl (1913); The Mountaineers (1913); The Mystery of the Glass Tubes (1914); The Mystery of the Ladder of Light (1914); The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (1914); The Mystery of the Sealed Art Gallery (1914); The Mystery of the Silver Snare (1914); The Mystery of West Sedgwick (1913); The New Partner (1914); The Non-Commissioned Officer (1912); The Office Boy's Birthday (1913); The One Hundred Dollar Elopement (1913); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Phantom Thief (1915); The Ploughshare (1915); The President's Special (1914); The Shadow on the Blind (1912); The Shattered Tree (1914); The Silent Witness (1917); The Sketch with the Thumb Print (1912); The Star Spangled Banner (1911); The Stenographer (1914); The Stolen Models (1913); The Stranger and the Taxicab (1912); The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1914); The Summer Girl (1911); The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923); The Title Cure (1913); The Translation of a Savage (1913); The Twin Brothers (1913); The Uncanny Mr. Gumble (1914); The Usurer's Grip (1912); The Usurper (1919); The Vanishing Cracksman (1913); The Wife Whom God Forgot (1920); The Witness to the Will (1914); The Workman's Lesson (1912); Through Turbulent Waters (1915); To Him That Hath (1918); Under False Colors (1912); United in Danger (1914); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Very Much Engaged (1912); Was She Guilty? (1922); What Could She Do (1914); When the Cartridges Failed (1914); Winnie's Dance (1912); Winsome Winnie's Way (1913).

Born on this day – Jeanne Eagels:

Jeanne Eagels

Actress

June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929

Credits:

A Lesson in Bridge (1914); Hollywood (1980); Jealousy (1929); Man, Woman and Sin (1927); The Ace of Hearts (1913); The Bride of the Sea (1913); The Cross Bearer (1918); The Fires of Youth (1917); The House of Fear (1915); The Letter (1929); The Madonna of the Slums (1919); The World and the Woman (1916); Under False Colors (1917).

Born on this day – Charlotte Greenwood:

Charlotte Greenwood

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

June 25, 1890 – December 28, 1977

Credits:

Animated Weekly, No. 73 (1913); Baby Mine (1928); Banda sonora (2008); Cheaters at Play (1932); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dixie Dugan (1943); Down Argentine Way (1940); Driftwood (1947); First Man (2018); Flying High (1931); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Girls Will Be Boys (1931); Glory (1956); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Home in Indiana (1944); Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (1931); Jane (1915); Love Your Neighbor (1930); Miss George Washington (1916); Moon Over Miami (1941); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Oklahoma! (1955); Orders Is Orders (1933); Palmy Days (1931); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Peggy (1950); So Long Letty (1929); So This Is College (1929); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Star Dust (1940); Starland Review No. 2 (1922); Starland Review No. 4 (1922); Stepping Out (1931); Stepping Some (1918); Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941); The Best of the Post (1961); The Christmas Party (1931); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Great Dan Patch (1949); The Man in Possession (1931); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Perfect Snob (1941); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Starland Review (1922); Up in Mabel's Room (1944); Wake Up and Dream (1946); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – May Allison:

May Allison

Actress

June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989

Credits:

A Fool There Was (1915); A Successful Adventure (1918); Almost Married (1919); Are All Men Alike? (1920); Big Game (1921); Big Tremaine (1916); Castles in the Air (1919); David Harum (1915); Extravagance (1921); Fair and Warmer (1919); Flapper Wives (1924); Held in Trust (1920); Her Indiscretion (1927); Her Inspiration (1918); I Want My Man (1925); In for Thirty Days (1919); Life's Blind Alley (1916); Lillo of the Sulu Seas (1916); Men of Steel (1926); Mismates (1926); Mister 44 (1916); One Increasing Purpose (1927); Pardoned (1915); Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919); Pidgin Island (1916); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Social Hypocrites (1918); The Broad Road (1923); The Broken Cross (1916); The Buzzard's Shadow (1915); The Cheater (1920); The City (1926); The Come-Back (1916); The End of the Road (1915); The Gamble (1916); The Governor's Lady (1915); The Great Question (1915); The Greater Glory (1926); The Hidden Children (1917); The House of a Thousand Scandals (1915); The Island of Intrigue (1919); The Last Card (1921); The Man in the Sombrero (1916); The Marriage of William Ashe (1921); The Masked Rider (1916); The Other Side of the Door (1916); The Promise (1917); The Return of Mary (1918); The River of Romance (1916); The Secret Wire (1916); The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs (1915); The Telephone Girl (1927); The Testing of Mildred Vane (1918); The Tragic Circle (1915); The Uplifters (1919); The Walk-Offs (1920); The Winning of Beatrice (1918); The Woman Who Fooled Herself (1922); Wreckage (1925); Youth for Sale (1924).

Born on this day – Mary Charleson:

Mary Charleson

Actress

May 18, 1890 – December 3, 1961

Credits:

A Bit of Blue Ribbon (1913); A Corner in Crooks (1913); A Matter of Matrimony (1913); A Sentimental Burglar (1914); After the Honeymoon (1913); Bedelia Becomes a Lady (1913); Bill Wilson's Gal (1912); Burning the Candle (1917); Cutting Down Expenses (1915); Doctor Smith's Baby (1914); Etta of the Footlights (1914); Fate and Three (1913); Four Days (1913); Her Great Scoop (1914); His Lordship Billy Smoke (1913); His Robe of Honor (1918); His Weakness Conquered (1913); Human Stuff (1920); Humdrum Brown (1918); In Love's Own Way (1915); Iron and Steel (1914); Love the Clairvoyant (1914); Matrimonial Manoeuvres (1913); Mr. Barnes of New York (1914); Natoosa (1912); No Other Way (1915); Northern Hearts (1912); Out of the Shadows (1912); Passers By (1916); Polly of the Pots and Pans (1915); Satan's Private Door (1917); Sealed Lips (1915); Silent Trails (1914); The Acid Test (1914); The Actor (1913); The Ancient Bow (1912); The Call of Motherhood (1915); The Country That God Forgot (1916); The Courage of the Commonplace (1913); The Crisis (1916); The Deceivers (1913); The Education of Aunt Georgiana (1913); The Girl Who Waited (1912); The Golden Pathway (1913); The Hat (1912); The Heart of a Heathen (1913); The Honeymooners (1914); The Intruder (1913); The Little Shoes (1917); The Long Lane's Turning (1919); The Mystery of the Silver Skull (1913); The Prince Chap (1916); The Reckoning (1912); The Road o' Strife (1915); The Road to Yesterday; or, Memories of Patio Days (1912); The Saint's Adventure (1917); The Sale of a Heart (1913); The Sea Maiden (1913); The Silent Accuser (1915); The Smoke from Lone Bill's Cabin (1913); The Spell (1913); The Spirit of the Range (1912); The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914); The Transition (1913); The Troubled Trail (1912); The Truant Soul (1916); The Two Brothers (1913); The Warmakers (1913); The Whispered Word (1913); The Winning Hand (1913); The Woman in Black (1914); The Wrong Pair (1913); Think Mothers (1915); Timid May (1912); Tony and Marie (1915); Una of the Sierras (1912); Upstairs and Down (1919); What Happened to Jones (1915); When California Was Young (1912); When Men Love (1912); When the Desert Was Kind (1913); When Youth Is Ambitious (1915); With Hoops of Steel (1918); Without Hope (1914).

Born on this day – Katherine Anne Porter:

Katherine Anne Porter

Writer

May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Wreath for the Gamekeeper (1959); Collected Essays and Occasional Writings (1973); Collected Stories and Other Writings (2008); Conversations (1987); Downhome (1995); Downward Path to Wisdom (1939); Eudora Welty (1941); Flowering Judas and Other Stories (1935); Gertrude Stein, a self-portrait (1953); Gracious Greatness (1964); Growing Up in the South (1991); Hacienda (1934); Katherine Anne Porter's Poetry (1996); Letters of Katherine A. Porter (1990); Noon Wine (1937); Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts (1922); Selected Letters of Katherine Anne Porter (2012); Ship of Fools (1962); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Stories of the Modern South (1977); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Collected Stories (1965); The Cracked Looking-Glass (2018); The Days Before (1952); The Flower of Flowers (1950); The Grave (2013); The Leaning Tower And Other Stories (1944); The Never-Ending Wrong (1977); The Old Order (1955); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); This Strange, Old World and Other Book Reviews (2008); Uncollected Early Prose (1993); Women and Fiction (1975).

Movies and television:

ABC Stage 67 (1966); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1985); Boston Blackie (1952); Camera Three (1956–1964); Camera Three (1959–1961); Climax! (1956); Ship of Fools (1965); The Circus (1990); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Fig Tree (1987); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Martyr (2010); The Wednesday Play (1964).

Born on this day – Clarence Brown:

Clarence Brown

Director

Actor

May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987

Born on this day – E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith:

E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith

Writer

May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965

Credits:

Books:

Alien Realms (1980); Appointment at Bloodstar (1978); Astounding Science Fiction, November 1941 (1941); Astounding Stories, November 1937 (2008); Astounding Stories, October 1937 (1937); Black Knight of the Iron Sphere (1981); Children of the Lens (1947); Eclipsing Binaries (1983); First Lensman (1950); Galatic Patrol (1937); Getaway World (1977); Gray Lensman (1951); Lord Tedric (1978); Masters Of Space (1961); Masters of the Vortex (1960); Planet of Treachery (1981); Revolt of the Galaxy (1985); Second Stage Lensman (1953); Skylark Duquesne (1965); Skylark of Valeron (1934); Skylark Three (1930); Spacehounds of IPC (1931); Stranglers' Moon (1976); Subspace Encounter (1983); Subspace Explorers (1965); The Clockwork Traitor (1977); The Galaxy Primes (1965); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIV (2018); The Imperial Stars (1976); The Omicron Invasion (1984); The Purity Plot (1978); The Skylark of Space (1928); The Space Pirates (1979); Triplanetary (1948); Infinite Stars (2019)Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space (2021).

Movie and television:

Lensman: Galactic Patrol (1984–1985); Lensman (1984).

Born on this day – Beatriz Michelena:

Beatriz Michelena

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 22, 1890 – October 10, 1942

Credits:

A Phyllis of the Sierras (1915); Golden Gate Weekly, No. 55 (1913); Heart of Juanita (1919); Just Squaw (1919); Mignon (1915); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914); Salomy Jane (1914); Salvation Nell (1915); The Flame of Hellgate (1920); The Lily of Poverty Flat (1915); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Rose of the Misty Pool (1915); The Unwritten Law (1916); The Woman Who Dared (1916).

Born on this day – Frances Goodrich:

Frances Goodrich

Writer

December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984

Credits:

El diari d'Anna Frank (1996); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Father of the Bride (1991); Clarence (1990); The Diary of Anne Frank (1985); The Diary of Anne Frank (1982); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); The Diary of Anne Frank (1962); Five Finger Exercise (1962); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1958); A Certain Smile (1958); The Diary of Anne Frank (1957); Gaby (1956); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); The Long, Long Trailer (1954); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Kraft Theatre (1950–1952); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Father of the Bride (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Easter Parade (1948); The Pirate (1948); Summer Holiday (1948); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); The Virginian (1946); The Hitler Gang (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); Another Thin Man (1939); Society Lawyer (1939); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Firefly (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); Chained (1934); Hide-Out (1934); The Thin Man (1934); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Penthouse (1933); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); Prosperity (1932); Up Pops the Devil (1931).

Born on this day – Rhea Mitchell:

Rhea Mitchell

Actress

Writer

December 10, 1890 – September 16, 1957

Credits:

The Member of the Wedding (1952); My Man and I (1952); Washington Story (1952); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Bannerline (1951); Texas Carnival (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Dial 1119 (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); Please Believe Me (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Stars in My Crown (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); State of the Union (1948); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); High Wall (1947); Green Dolphin Street (1947); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Hidden Eye (1945); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); Harrigan's Kid (1943); I Take This Woman (1940); The Ship That Died (1938); Mysterious Crossing (1936); 15 Maiden Lane (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); San Francisco (1936); Song and Dance Man (1936); One Hour Late (1934); Behold My Wife! (1934); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); The Big Bluff (1933); Danger Patrol (1928); The Home Trail (1927); The Dude Desperado (1927); Modern Youth (1926); The Other Kind of Love (1924); The Greatest Menace (1923); The Innocent Cheat (1921); A Ridin' Romeo (1921); Good Women (1921); The Scoffer (1920); The Devil's Claim (1920); The Hawk's Trail (1919); The Sleeping Lion (1919); The Money Corral (1919); Unexpected Places (1918); The Goat (1918); Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918); Ghost of the Rancho (1918); The Lion of the Hills (1918); Social Ambition (1918); Honor's Cross (1918); The Blindness of Divorce (1918); Whither Thou Goest (1917); The Gilded Youth (1917); Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916); Philip Holden - Waster (1916); The Sable Blessing (1916); The Man from Manhattan (1916); The Blindness (1916); The Overcoat (1916); Overalls (1916); The Three Musketeers (1916); Don Quixote (1915); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Brink (1915); The Phantom Extra (1915); Tools of Providence (1915); The Operator at Big Sandy (1915); The Kite (1915); The Diamond from the Sky (1915); The Valley of Hate (1915); On the Night Stage (1915); Molly of the Mountains (1915); The Fakir (1915); The Devil (1915); Mr. 'Silent' Haskins (1915); The Scourge of the Desert (1915); In the Sage Brush Country (1914); A Game of Life (1914); The Master of the House (1914); The Game Keeper's Daughter (1914); A Tragedy of the North Woods (1914); The Cruise of the Molly Ann (1914); The Old Love's Best (1914); The Long Feud (1914); The Feud at Beaver Creek (1914); In the Southern Hills (1914); Tennessee (1914); The Fires of Ambition (1914); Shorty Escapes Marriage (1914); Wolves of the Underworld (1914); A Barrier Royal (1914); Twixt Love and Fire (1914); A New England Idyl (1914); An Indian's Honor (1913); An Indian's Gratitude (1913); A Frontier Wife (1913); His Squaw (1912); The Colonel's Ward (1912); The Hidden Trail (1912).

Born on this day – Fritz Lang:

Fritz Lang

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976

Credits:

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963); Bettler GmbH (1919); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Clash by Night (1952); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Confirm or Deny (1941); Contempt (1963); Der Herr der Liebe (1919); Destiny (1921); Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse (2018); Die Frau mit den Orchideen (1919); Die Frauen des Josias Graffenreuth (1918); Die Herrin der Welt 8. Teil - Die Rache der Maud Fergusson (1920); Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub (1917); Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924); Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924); Die Peitsche (1916); Die Rache ist mein (1919); Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922); Four Around the Woman (1921); Fury (1936); Grande Teatro Tupi (1951); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Harakiri (1919); Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917); House by the River (1950); Human Desire (1954); Journey to the Lost City (1960); Liliom (1934); Lilith and Ly (1919); M (1931); M (1951); M. le maudit (1982); Man Hunt (1941); Metropolis (1927); Metropolis (2001); Metropolis Retrofit (2023); Ministry of Fear (1944); Moonfleet (1955); Moontide (1942); Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law (1921); Paparazzi (1964); Pest in Florenz (1919); Rancho Notorious (1952); Scarlet Street (1945); Secret Beyond the Door... (1947); Spies (1928); The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960); The Big Heat (1953); The Black Vampire (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Dance of Death (1919); The Halfbreed (1919); The Indian Tomb (1959); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea (1919); The Spiders - Episode 2: The Diamond Ship (1920); The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933); The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959); The Wandering Image (1920); The Woman in the Window (1944); Western Union (1941); While the City Sleeps (1956); Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern (1919); Woman in the Moon (1929); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

Born on this day – Roland Totheroh:

Roland Totheroh

Cinematographer

November 29, 1890 – June 18, 1967

Credits:

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915); A Day's Pleasure (1919); A Dog's Life (1918); A Night in the Show (1915); A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923); Behind the Screen (1916); Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938); City Lights (1931); Easy Street (1917); Limelight (1952); Modern Times (1936); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Mystères d'archives (2015); One A.M. (1916); Pay Day (1922); Shoulder Arms (1918); Song of My Heart (1948); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunnyside (1919); The Adventurer (1917); The Bachelor's Burglar (1915); The Bond (1918); The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941); The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941); The Circus (1928); The Count (1916); The Cure (1917); The Dance at Eagle Pass (1913); The Fireman (1916); The Floorwalker (1916); The Gold Rush (1925); The Great Dictator (1940); The Idle Class (1921); The Immigrant (1917); The Kid (1921); The Making of Broncho Billy (1913); The Pawnshop (1916); The Pilgrim (1923); The Professor (1919); The Ranchman's Anniversary (1912); The Rink (1916); The Tomboy on Bar Z (1912); The Vagabond (1916); Un jour, une histoire (2014); Unknown Chaplin (1983); Voice of Land (2021); When Love and Honor Called (1915); Work (1915).

Born on this day – Irvin Willat:

Irvin Willat

Director

November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976

Credit:

A Daughter of the Wolf (1919); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923); Always in the Way (1915); America (1914); Back to God's Country (1927); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Civilization (1915); Damaged Love (1931); Down Home (1920); Fifty Candles (1921); Fog Bound (1923); In Slumberland (1917); Luck of Roaring Camp (1937); North of 36 (1924); Old Louisiana (1937); On the High Seas (1922); One of Millions (1914); Paradise (1926); Partners of the Tide (1921); Pawned (1922); Rugged Water (1925); Rustling a Bride (1919); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19 (1921); Submarine (1928); The Air Mail (1925); The Ancient Highway (1925); The Cavalier (1928); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Enchanted Hill (1926); The Face of the World (1921); The False Faces (1919); The Grim Game (1919); The Guilty Man (1918); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); The Law of the North (1918); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Siren Call (1922); The Story Without a Name (1924); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Zeppelin's Last Raid (1917); Three Miles Out (1924); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914); Under Strange Flags (1937); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924); Yellow Men and Gold (1922).

Born on this day – Ben Holmes:

Ben Holmes

Director

Writer

Actor

November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943

Credits:

The Upper Hand (1993); Poppa Knows Worst (1944); Say Uncle (1944); Prunes and Politics (1944); Wedtime Stories (1943); Unlucky Dog (1943); Cutie on Duty (1943); Seeing Nellie Home (1943); Petticoat Larceny (1943); Hot Foot (1943); Double Up (1943); Duck Soup (1942); Pretty Dolly (1942); Rough on Rents (1942); Dear! Deer! (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); One Crowded Night (1940); The Saint's Double Trouble (1940); Little Orphan Annie (1938); I'm from the City (1938); The Saint in New York (1938); Maid's Night Out (1938); There Goes My Girl (1937); Too Many Wives (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); The Plot Thickens (1936); Sleepy Time (1936); Melody in May (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Swing Time (1936); Foolish Hearts (1935); Drawing Rumors (1935); Alibi Bye Bye (1935); Pickled Peppers (1935); Sock Me to Sleep (1935); Hit and Rum (1935); Flying Down to Zero (1935); Night Life (1935); Top Hat (1935); Kentucky Blue Streak (1935); In a Pig's Eye (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); Everything's Ducky (1934); Unlucky Strike (1934); Odor in the Court (1934); Bedlam of Beards (1934); In the Devildog House (1934); Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934); Love and Hisses (1934); Snug in the Jug (1933); Whisperin' Bill (1933); Hey, Nanny Nanny (1933); The Gay Nighties (1933); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Fits in a Fiddle (1933); Kickin' the Crown Around (1933); So This Is Harris (1933); Melody Cruise (1933); The Druggist's Dilemma (1933); Hokus Focus (1933); Art in the Raw (1933); Private Wives (1933); A Slip at the Switch (1932); Jitters the Butler (1932); The Millionaire Cat (1932); The Iceman's Ball (1932); Ex-Rooster (1932); The Expert (1932); Many a Sip (1931); Cowslips (1931); The County Seat (1931); Arabian Daze (1930); A Royal Four-Flush (1930); Footlight Follies (1930); Live Ghosts (1930); Steeplechase (1930); Happy Birthday (1929); Marching On (1929); The Take-Off (1929); Hi-Jack and the Game (1929); Lady of Lions (1929); The Three Diamonds (1929); Love Birds (1929); The Royal Pair (1929); The Love Tree (1929); Sweethearts (1929); Splash Mates (1929); Flying High (1929); The Ladies' Man (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Winning a Widow (1912).

Born on this day – Groucho Marx:

Groucho Marx

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977

Born on this day – Alice Joyce:

Alice Joyce

Actress

October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955

Credits:

13 Washington Square (1928); A Battle of Wits (1912); A Bolt from the Sky (1913); A Business Buccaneer (1912); A Cattle Herder's Romance (1911); A Celebrated Case (1914); A Daughter's Sacrifice (1912); A Princess of the Hills (1912); A Prisoner of Mexico (1911); A Race with Time (1912); A Streak of Yellow (1913); A Thief in the Night (1913); A Victim of Deceit (1913); An Alabaster Box (1917); An American Invasion (1912); An Interrupted Wedding (1912); An Unseen Terror (1913); Beau Geste (1926); Between Father and Son (1911); Big Hearted Jim (1911); By the Aid of a Lariat (1911); Cast Up by the Sea (1915); Cousin Kate (1921); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925); Dan, the Lighthouse Keeper (1911); Dancing Mothers (1926); Dollars and the Woman (1920); Don Ramon's Daughter (1911); Everybody's Girl (1918); Fantasca, the Gipsy (1912); Fate's Midnight Hour (1914); Find the Woman (1918); For a Woman's Honor (1910); For Her Brother's Sake (1911); For Her Sister's Sake (1913); Freed from Suspicion (1912); He Knew Women (1930); Headlines (1925); Her Indian Mother (1910); Her Lord and Master (1921); Her Secret (1917); Her Supreme Sacrifice (1915); Hollywood (1980); How Betty Captured the Outlaw (1911); In the Grip of a Charlatan (1913); In the Power of Blacklegs (1913); In Wolf's Clothing (1914); Jean of the Jail (1912); Mannequin (1926); Mexican Filibusterers (1911); Mrs. Simms Serves on the Jury (1912); Nina o' the Theatre (1914); On the Warpath (1911); Our New Minister (1913); Over the Garden Wall (1911); Peggy, the Moonshiner's Daughter (1911); Rachel (1910); Reckless Reddy Reforms (1911); Richard the Brazen (1917); Rube Marquard Marries (1912); Rube Marquard Wins (1912); Saved by Telephone (1912); Slabsides (1911); Slaves of Pride (1920); Slim Jim's Last Chance (1911); Song o' My Heart (1930); Sorrell and Son (1927); So's Your Old Man (1926); Stella Dallas (1925); The $20,000 Corot (1913); The Ace of Cads (1926); The Adventure of an Heiress (1913); The Adventures of American Joe (1912); The Alcalde's Conspiracy (1912); The Alpine Lease (1911); The American Princess (1913); The Artist's Sacrifice (1913); The Attorney for the Defense (1913); The Badge of Courage (1911); The Bag of Gold (1912); The Beast (1914); The Bell of Penance (1912); The Blackfoot Halfbreed (1911); The Bolted Door (1911); The Brand (1914); The Branded Shoulder (1911); The Broken Trail (1911); The Business of Life (1918); The Cabaret Dancer (1914); The California Revolution of 1848 (1911); The Cambric Mask (1919); The Captain's Captain (1919); The Carrier Pigeon (1911); The Choice (1918); The Christian (1913); The City of Stars (1924); The Cloak of Guilt (1913); The Colonel's Escape (1912); The Countess (1917); The County Fair (1912); The Courage of Silence (1917); The Cub Reporter's Temptation (1913); The Dance of Death (1914); The Deacon's Daughter (1910); The Defeat of the Brewery Gang (1912); The Education of Elizabeth (1910); The Engineer's Daughter (1911); The Engineer's Sweetheart (1910); The Exposure of the Land Swindlers (1913); The Face of the Madonna (1915); The Family Tyrant (1912); The Fettered Woman (1917); The Finger of Suspicion (1912); The Flag of Freedom (1913); The Girl and the Stowaway (1914); The Girl of the Music Hall (1915); The Green Goddess (1923 / 1930); The Green Rose (1914); The Gun Smugglers (1912); The Hand Print Mystery (1914); The Heart of an Actress (1913); The Heart of Edna Leslie (1910); The Hero Track Walker (1911); The Higher Toll (1911); The Home Maker (1925); The Hunchback (1913); The Indian Maid's Sacrifice (1911); The Inner Chamber (1921); The Leech (1915); The Lion and the Mouse (1919); The Little French Girl (1925); The Long Arm of the Law (1911); The Lost Ribbon (1911); The Love of Summer Morn (1911); The Loyalty of Don Luis Verdugo (1911); The Lynbrook Tragedy (1914); The Mayor's Secretary (1914); The Mexican Joan of Arc (1911); The Mexican Revolutionist (1912); The Midnight Message (1913); The Miser's Child (1910); The Mission Carrier (1911); The Mistress of Hacienda del Cerro (1911); The Mystery of Grandfather's Clock (1912); The Mystery of the Sleeping Death (1914); The Noose (1928); The Nurse at Mulberry Bend (1913); The Octoroon (1913); The Old Army Coat (1914); The Organ Grinder (1912); The Outlaw (1912); The Passionate Adventure (1924); The Pawnbroker's Daughter (1913); The Peril of the Plains (1911); The Prey (1920); The Price of Ambition (1911); The Price of Silence (1914); The Question (1917); The Rescue of Molly Finney (1910); The Riddle of the Green Umbrella (1914); The Riddle of the Tin Soldier (1913); The Rising Generation (1928); The Roses of the Virgin (1910); The Runaway Engine (1911); The Russian Peasant (1912); The Scarab Ring (1921); The School for Scandal (1914); The Secret of the Miser's Cave (1912); The Senator's Dishonor (1913); The Shadow (1914); The Show Girl's Glove (1914); The Sneak (1913); The Song of the Soul (1918); The Spanish Revolt of 1836 (1912); The Spark Divine (1919); The Sporting Duchess (1920); The Squall (1929); The Stolen Invention (1912); The Strange Story of Elsie Mason (1912); The Street Singer (1912); The Suffragette Sheriff (1912); The Swindler (1915); The Temptation of Rodney Vane (1911); The Theft of the Crown Jewels (1914); The Third Degree (1919); The Trail of the Pomas Charm (1911); The Triumph of the Weak (1918); The Vampire's Trail (1914); The Vengeance of Durand (1919); The Vice of Fools (1920); The Viper (1914); The Wandering Musician (1912); The Wasp (1911); The Weakling (1914); The White Goddess (1915); The Winchester Woman (1919); The Woman Between Friends (1918); The Young Millionaire (1912); To the Highest Bidder (1918); Unfaithful to His Trust (1915); When California Was Won (1911); When Fate Decrees (1913); When Lovers Part (1910); When the Sun Went Out (1911); When Two Hearts Are Won (1911); White Man (1924); Whom the Gods Destroy (1916); Within the Law (1917); Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917).

Born on this day – Harry Joe Brown:

Harry Joe Brown

Director

Producer

September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972