Born on this day – Vedah Bertram:

Vedah Bertram

Actress

December 4, 1891 – August 26, 1912

Born on this day – Edward F. Cline:

Edward F. Cline

Director

Writer

Actor

November 7, 1891 – May 22, 1961

Born on this day – Miriam Cooper:

Miriam Cooper

Actress

November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976

Credits:

A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); A Diamond in the Rough (1914); A Man for All That (1915); A Railroad Conspiracy (1913); A Railroad Lochinvar (1912); A Railroad Wooing (1913);  Treacherous Shot (1913); Across the Continent (1913); After the Ball (1924); Battle in the Virginia Hills (1912); Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912); Betrayed (1917); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Captured by Strategy (1913); Century of Cinema (1995); Daughters of the Rich (1923); Evangeline (1919); 'Fighting' Dan McCool (1912); For His Master (1914); For the Sake of Kate (1914); Golden Dross (1914); Her Accidental Husband (1923); His Mother's Picture (1912); His Return (1915); Home, Sweet Home (1914); How Izzy Stuck to His Post (1914); Intolerance (1916); Is Money Everything? (1923); Izzy and His Rival (1914); Izzy and the Diamond (1914); Kindred of the Dust (1922); Lest We Forget (1914); Only a Tramp (1915); Prisoners of War (1913); Rounding Up the Counterfeiters (1913); Saved from Court Martial (1912); Serenade (1921); Shenandoah (1913); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); The Artist's Wife (1915); The Battle of Bloody Ford (1913); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Broken Wing (1923); The Bugler of Battery B (1912); The Burned Hand (1915); The Confederate Ironclad (1912); The Darling of the CSA (1912); The Deep Purple (1920); The Dishonored Medal (1914); The Double Deception (1915); The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912); The Duke's Plan (1910); The End of the Run (1913); The Exposure of the Land Swindlers (1913); The Farm Bully (1912); The Fatal Black Bean (1915); The Filibusters (1912); The Girl in the Caboose (1912); The Girl Who Came Back (1923); The Greaser (1915); The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912); The Gunman (1914); The Hand of Destiny (1913); The Hero (1923); The Honor System (1917); The Horse Wrangler (1914); The Infamous Don Miguel (1913); The Innocent Sinner (1917); The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' (1998); The Moonshiner's Mistake (1913); The Mother and the Law (1919); The Oath (1921); The Octoroon (1913); The Odalisque (1914); The Old Shoemaker (1915); The Prison Ship (1912); The Prussian Cur (1918); The Pseudo Prodigal (1913); The Railroad Detective's Dilemma (1913); The Railroad Inspector's Peril (1913); The Rival Engineers (1912); The Rose Bush of Memories (1914); The Sacrifice at the Spillway (1913); The Siege of Petersburg (1912); The Silent Lie (1917); The Slave Girl (1915); The Smuggler (1913); The Smugglers of Sligo (1914); The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (1912); The Stolen Radium (1914); The Story of a Story (1915); The Tide of Battle (1912); The Toll Gate Raiders (1912); The Turning Point (1913); The Woe of Battle (1913); The Woman and the Law (1918); Their First Acquaintance (1914); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913); War's Havoc (1912); When Fate Frowned (1914).

Born on this day – Fanny Brice:

Fanny Brice

Actress

Comedian

Singer

October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951

Credits:

The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Crime Without Passion (1934); The Man from Blankley's (1930); Be Yourself! (1930); Night Club (1929); My Man (1928).

Born on this day – Burt Gillett:

Burt Gillett (left) and Walt Disney (right)

Burt Gillett

Director

Writer

Animator

October 15, 1891 – December 28, 1971

Born on this day – Irene Rich:

Irene Rich

Actress

October 13, 1891 – April 22, 1988

Credits:

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); Joan of Arc (1948); Fort Apache (1948); New Orleans (1947); Angel and the Badman (1947); Calendar Girl (1947); This Time for Keeps (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); Keeping Company (1940); Queen of the Yukon (1940); The Lady in Question (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); Everybody's Hobby (1939); The Right Way (1939); That Certain Age (1938); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Spitfire (1934); Manhattan Tower (1932); Her Mad Night (1932); Down to Earth (1932); The Champ (1931); Wicked (1931); The Mad Parade (1931); Five and Ten (1931); Strangers May Kiss (1931); Father's Son (1931); Beau Ideal (1931); Double Check (1930); On Your Back (1930); So This Is London (1930); Shanghai Rose (1929); They Had to See Paris (1929); The Exalted Flapper (1929); Daughters of Desire (1929); Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928); Women They Talk About (1928); The Perfect Crime (1928); Craig's Wife (1928); Powder My Back (1928); Beware of Married Men (1927); The Silver Slave (1927); The Desired Woman (1927); Dearie (1927); The Climbers (1927); Don't Tell the Wife (1927); My Official Wife (1926); The Honeymoon Express (1926); Silken Shackles (1926); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); Compromise (1925); The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925); Eve's Lover (1925); The Man Without a Conscience (1925); My Wife and I (1925); A Lost Lady (1924); What the Butler Saw (1924); This Woman (1924); Behold This Woman (1924); A Woman Who Sinned (1924); Captain January (1924); Being Respectable (1924); Cytherea (1924); Beau Brummel (1924); Pal o' Mine (1924); Boy of Mine (1923); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Defying Destiny (1923); Rosita (1923); Yesterday's Wife (1923); Dangerous Trails (1923); Michael O'Halloran (1923); Snowdrift (1923); Brass (1923); Fruits of Faith (1922); The Marriage Chance (1922); While Justice Waits (1922); Brawn of the North (1922); The Ropin' Fool (1922); The Yosemite Trail (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); One Clear Call (1922); The Trap (1922); Strength of the Pines (1922); The Call of Home (1922); The Poverty of Riches (1921); The Invisible Power (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); A Tale of Two Worlds (1921); Boys Will Be Boys (1921); One Man in a Million (1921); Sunset Jones (1921); Godless Men (1920); Just Out of College (1920); Stop Thief (1920); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); The Strange Boarder (1920); The Street Called Straight (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); The Spite Bride (1919); Her Purchase Price (1919); Wolves of the Night (1919); The Blue Bonnet (1919); The Sneak (1919); The Lone Star Ranger (1919); Castles in the Air (1919); The Silver Girl (1919); Diane of the Green Van (1919); A Man in the Open (1919); Todd of the Times (1919); A Law Unto Herself (1918); The Girl in His House (1918); A Desert Wooing (1918).

Born on this day – Isabel Jeans:

Isabel Jeans

Actress

September 16, 1891 – September 4, 1985

Born on this day – Rowland V. Lee:

Rowland V. Lee

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

September 6, 1891 – December 21, 1975

Born on this day – Helen Broderick:

Helen Broderick

Actress

August 11, 1891 – September 25, 1959

Born on this day – Doris Lloyd:

Doris Lloyd

Actress

July 3, 1891 – May 21, 1968

Born on this day – Mae Busch:

Mae Busch

Actress

June 18, 1891 – April 20, 1946

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Divorce Courtship (1933); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Human Hound's Triumph (1915); A Man's Man (1929); A Parisian Scandal (1921); A Rascal's Wolfish Ways (1915); A Woman Who Sinned (1924); Alibi (1929); Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915); Because He Loved Her (1916); Beloved (1934); Better Late Than Never (1916); Bing Bang (1917); Black Butterflies (1928); Blondie Johnson (1933); Bread (1924); Broken Barriers (1924); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925); Cheating Blondes (1933); Chickens Come Home (1931); Come Clean (1931); Compression (2020); Cross My Heart (1946); Dance of the Cookoos (1982); Dance, Girl, Dance (1933); Daughter of Shanghai (1937); Defenders of the Law (1931); Dick und Doof in 1000 Nöten (1958); Doctor X (1932); Ducky Dear (1933); Easy to Take (1936); Extra! Extra! (1932); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fazil (1928); Flaming Love (1925); Fly My Kite (1931); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools of Fashion (1926); For Better - But Worse (1915); French Fried Patootie (1941); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Hello, Annapolis (1942); Her Husband's Friend (1920); Her Own Money (1922); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); Hogan, the Porter (1915); Husband Hunters (1927); I Like It That Way (1934); Ladies' Man (1947); Lilly Turner (1933); Love 'Em and Weep (1927); Love in Armor (1915); Marie Antoinette (1938); Married Flirts (1924); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Merely a Married Man (1915); Name the Man! (1924); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); Oliver the Eighth (1934); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Out All Night (1933); Pardon My Nerve! (1922); Perch of the Devil (1927); Picture Brides (1934); Prison Farm (1938); San Francisco Nights (1928); Scandal Street (1938); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Secrets of Hollywood (1933); Settled at the Seaside (1915); Slow Poison (1931); Something to Shout About (1943); Sons of the Desert (1933); Souls for Sale (1923); Sucker Money (1933); That's That! (1938); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affair of Susan (1935); The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936); The Beauty Shoppers (1927); The Best of Enemies (1915); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Bohemian Girl (1936); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Buccaneer (1938); The Christian (1923); The Devil's Passkey (1920); The Egyptian Mummy (1916); The Fair Barbarian (1917); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Folly of Fanchette (1917); The Grim Game (1919); The Heart Punch (1932); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Live Ghost (1934); The Lone Ranger (1920); The Love Charm (1921); The Mad Monster (1942); The Man Called Back (1932); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Nutcracker (1926); The Purchase Price (1932); The Racing Strain (1932); The Rent Jumpers (1915); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Ruin (1934); The Rounders / Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Stork Club (1945); The Triflers (1924); The Truthful Sex (1926); The Unholy Three (1925); The Worst of Friends (1916); Their First Mistake (1932); Them Thar Hills (1934); Those Bitter Sweets (1915); Time, the Comedian (1925); Tit for Tat (1935); Tongues of Scandal (1927); Toplitsky and Company / A One Night Stand (1915); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wicked (1931); Without Honor (1932); Women Without Names (1940); Women Won't Tell (1932); Ye Olden Grafter (1915); Young Desire (1930); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel (1932).

Born on this day – Mamie Smith:

Mamie Smith

Blues & Vaudeville singer

May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946

Credits:

Albums:

All Legacy Masters (2014); All Night in Music (2015); Blue Woman (2023); Blues Essentials (2011); Blues Will Never Die (2014); Can Anyone See The Light (2015); Can't Be Satisfied - The 1920 Recordings (2023); Crazy Blues: The Best Of (2004); Essential Blues Masters (2013); Female Crazy Blues (Classic Mood Experience) (2013); I Found My Love Outside (2015); Last Tower's Bell (2016); Let Me Tell You - The 1921 Recordings (2023); Live Music (2022); Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921) (2005); Mamie Smith Vol. 2 (1921-1922) (2005); Mamie Smith Vol. 3 (1922-1923) (2005); Mamie Smith Vol. 4 (1923-1942) (2005); Me Myself and My Songs (2016); Memories Suite (2015); Mem'ries of You, Mamie (2021); Music In My Hands (2015); My Happy Heaven (2016); My Jazzy Kiss (2021); Over the Top Blues Masterpieces (Remastered) (2014); Please Stay Somedays (2015); Presenting Mamie Smith (1920); Queen of the Blues (2015); The Groovin' Atmosphere (2015); The Immortal Blues Masters (2014); Unforgettable Sentimental Songs (2015); Wonderful Soundtrack (2016).

Movies and television:

A Huey P. Newton Story (2001); All You Need Is Love (1977); American Epic (2017); Because I Love You (1942); Beginners (2010); Black History, Black Freedom, and Black Love (2022); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Jailhouse Blues (1929); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941); Paradise in Harlem (1939); Soul Power! (2013); Stolen Paradise (1940); Sunday Sinners (1940); The Blues (2003).

Born on this day – Helen Reilly:

Helen Reilly

Writer

April 25, 1891 – January 11, 1962

Credits:

All Concerned Notified (1940); And Let the Coffin Pass (1942); Beyond the Dark (1944); Certain Sleep (1961); Compartment K: Murder Rides a Canadian Transcontinental Express (1955); Dead for a Ducat (1939); Dead Man Control (1936); Death Demands an Audience (1940); Ding, Dong, Bell (1958); File on Rufus Ray (1937); Follow Me (1960); Lament for the Bride (1951); Man with the Painted Head (1931); McKee of Centre Street (1934); Mourned on Sunday (1941); Mr. Smith's Hat: A Case for Inspector McKee (1936); Murder at Arroways (1950); Murder in Shinbone Alley (1940); Murder in the Mews (1931); Murder on Angler's Island (1945); Name Your Poison (1942); Not Me, Inspector (1959); Run with the Hare (1941); Staircase 4 (1949); Tell Her It's Murder (1954); The Canvas Dagger (1956); The Day She Died (1962); The Dead Can Tell (1940); The Diamond Feather (1930); The Doll's Trunk Murder (1932); The Double Man (1952); The Farmhouse (1947); The Line-Up (1934); The Opening Door (1944); The Silver Leopard (1946); The Thirty-first Bullfinch (1930); The Velvet Hand (1953); Three Women in Black (1941).

Born on this day – Marshall Neilan:

Marshall Neilan

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958

Credits:

A Bottled Romance (1914); A Busy Day in the Jungle (1912); A Coupon Courtship (1913); A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); A Little Princess (1917); A Model Wife (1915); A Mountain Tragedy (1912); A Peach at the Beach (1914); A Star Is Born (1937); A Strange Adventure (1917); A Substitute for Pants (1914); A Thing or Two in Movies (1915); Absent Minded Abe (1913); Accidents Will Happen (1912); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); An Elopement in Rome (1914); Bits of Life (1921); Black Waters (1929); Bob Hampton of Placer (1921); Broadway Gold (1923); Bud, Bill and the Waiter (1914); Calamity Anne's Ward (1912); Catch-As Catch-Can (1931); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Classmates (1914); Cupid Backs the Winners (1914); Cupid Through Padlocks (1912); Cupid's Lariat (1913); Curing Her Extravagance (1913); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Dinty (1920); Diplomacy (1926); Dippy's Dream (1914); Don't Ever Marry (1920); Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (1914); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Everybody's Acting (1926); Ex-Sweeties (1931); Father's Favorite (1912); Fatty's Busy Day (1913); Fatty's Deception (1913); Fleeing from the Fleas (1914); Fools First (1922); For the Good of Her Men (1912); Forever Yours (1930); Freckles (1917); Getting Father's Goat (1915); Go and Get It (1920); Ham and the Sausage Factory (1915); Ham and the Villain Factory (1914); Ham at the Garbage Gentleman's Ball (1915); Ham the Iceman (1914); Ham the Lineman (1914); Ham, the Piano Mover (1914); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Hell's Angels (1930); Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919); Her Wild Oat (1927); His Last Haul (1928); Hit-the-Trail Holliday (1918); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); How Jim Proposed (1912); In Love and War (1913); In Old Kentucky (1919); Jones' Jonah Day (1913); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Landing the Hose Reel (1915); Little Pal (1915); Lizzie the Life Saver (1914); Love, Oil and Grease (1914); Madame Butterfly (1915); Man's Duty (1913); May Blossom (1915); McBride's Bride (1914); Men and Women (1914); Mental Suicide (1913); Mice and Men (1916); Mike (1926); Minnie (1922); M'Liss (1918); One, Two, Three (1912); Only One Shirt (1914); Out of a Clear Sky (1918); Parcel Post Johnnie (1913); Partners (1913); Pat, the Cowboy (1913); Penrod (1922); Percy's Wooing (1913); Put Me Off at Wayville (1915); Rags (1915); Ranch Girls on a Rampage (1912); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); Rube, the Interloper (1914); Sally's Guardian (1913); Saved from Court Martial (1912); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 21 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 9 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Seeing Stars (1922); Sherlock Bonehead (1914); Sing While You're Able (1937); Si's Wonderful Mineral Spring (1914); Social Register (1934); Souls for Sale (1923); Spooks (1916); Stella Maris (1918); Stung (1914); Sweethearts on Parade (1930); Swing It Professor (1937); Take Me Home (1928); Tanned Legs (1929); Taxi 13 (1928); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924); Thanks for Listening (1937); 3-Ring Marriage (1928); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Animal (1913); The Awful Truth (1929); The Bandit of Point Loma (1912); The Best Man Wins (1912); The Billionaire (1914); The Bingville Fire Department (1914); The Black Hand (1913); The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (1914); The Bottle Imp (1917); The Brand (1912); The Bravest Girl in California (1913); The Cat and the Bonnet (1913); The Chronicles of Bloom Center (1915); The Cold Storage Egg (1913); The Come Back of Percy (1915); The Comedy Team's Strategy (1913); The Commanding Officer (1915); The Country Boy (1915); The Country That God Forgot (1916); The Crisis (1916); The Cycle of Fate (1916); The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (1914); The Egyptian Mummy (1913); The Eternal Three (1923); The 'Fired' Cook (1913); The Foreclosure (1912); The Girl at Home (1917); The Greaser and the Weakling (1912); The Great Love (1925); The Guerilla Menace (1913); The Harvest of Flame (1913); The Hash House Count (1913); The Hobo and the Myth (1913); The Horse That Wouldn't Stay Hitched (1913); The House of Discord (1913); The Intrusion at Lompoc (1912); The Jaguar's Claws (1917); The Kidnapped Conductor (1912); The Lemon Drop Kid (1934); The Lotus Eater (1921); The Love Route (1915); The Manicurist and the Mutt (1913); The Matrimonial Venture of the 'Bar X' Hands (1913); The Mission of a Bullet (1913); The Outlaw Colony (1912); The Pasadena Peach (1912); The Peace Offering (1912); The Phony Singer (1913); The Picket Guard (1913); The Powder Flash of Death (1913); The Prince Chap (1916); The Reformation of Dad (1913); The Reformation of Ham (1914); The Rendezvous (1923); The Reward of Valor (1912); The River's End (1920); The Romance of a Dry Town (1912); The Rube and the Boob (1913); The Sentimental Sister (1914); The Sheriff of Stone Gulch (1913); The Silent Partner (1917); The Skyrocket (1926); The Slavery of Foxicus (1914); The Spirit of the Flag (1913); The Sporting Venus (1925); The Stranger at Coyote (1912); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Tattered Duke (1914); The Tell-Tale Shells (1912); The Tenderfoot's Troubles (1912); The Tides of Barnegat (1917); The Toilers (1915); The Unpardonable Sin (1919); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Vengeance That Failed (1912); The Wages of Sinn (1914); The Wall of Money (1913); The Wanderer (1913); The Weaker Brother (1912); The Wedding Gown (1913); The Will of James Waldron (1912); The Winning Whiskers (1914); The Wooers of Mountain Kate (1912); This Is the Life (1935); Those Without Sin (1917); Three Men and a Girl (1919); Three Suitors and a Dog (1913); Toothache! (1913); Trixie and the Press Agent (1913); Vaccinating the Village (1914); Venus of Venice (1927); Walk, -- You, Walk! (1912); Wanted: An Heir (1914); War Mamas (1931); War Relief (1918); When Men Wear Skirts (1914); When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912); When Women Are Police (1913); Why Tightwad Tips (1912); Wild Oats Lane (1926); Women and War (1913).

Born on this day – Sam Jaffe:

Sam Jaffe

Actor

Musician

March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984

Credits:

On the Line (1984); Nothing Lasts Forever (1984); The Love Boat (1983); Foul Play (1981); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Flying High (1978); Kojak (1977); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976); Medical Story (1975); Harry O (1975); Columbo (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Best of Times (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); Mooch (1974); QB VII (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Wishing Star (1972); Circle of Fear (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); The Tell-Tale Heart (1971); Enemies (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); Quarantined (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); The Dunwich Horror (1970); Night Gallery / Escape Route (1969); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Tarzan (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Batman (1966); Bonanza (1966); Daniel Boone (1965); Ben Casey (1961–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1964); The Defenders (1962); Cain's Hundred (1961); The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1961); Naked City (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); The Untouchables (1961); The Islanders (1961); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); The Westerner (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959–1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Ben-Hur (1959); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Spies (1957); Main Street to Broadway (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); Under the Gun (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Big Story (1949); Rope of Sand (1949); The Accused (1949); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); 13 Rue Madeleine (1947); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Gunga Din (1939); Lost Horizon (1937); We Live Again (1934); The Scarlet Empress (1934); A Cheap Vacation (1916).

Born on this day – Lidia Quaranta:

Lidia Quaranta

Actress

March 6, 1891 – March 5, 1928

Credits:

A drama among the beasts (1915); A Living Tomb (1912); A woman passed by (1922); Among roars of beasts (1913); An athlete's novel (1915); Auspicious Venus (1919); Baron Lagarde (1910); Buridano's donkey (1917); Cabiria (1914); Cheerful husbands (1914); Clio and Phyletes (1911); Diamonds and documents (1915); Fatal resemblance (1916); Flame in the flames (1917); Flame! (1920); Goodbye youth! (1913); I segreti dell'anima (1912); I want to cheat on my husband (1925); In the hands of destiny (1916); In the vortex of sin (1916); Iwna, the pearl of the Ganges (1914); Like a sister (1912); Margot (1914); Maria Bricca (1910); Mockery of Satan (1915); Mother's pity (1911); On the field of honor (1915); Pauline (1915); Pleasure train (1924); Severed from the World (1911); The avenging tiger (1918); The best revenge (1912); The Dagger Dance (1919); The dance of the veil (1918); The dangers of disguises (1914); The Dread of Doom (1913); The factory of the unexpected (1920); The Knights of Death (1910); The left jewel (1917); The Lost Daughter (1912); The Mad Mask (1915); The Man-Parrot (1917); The memories of the devil (1915); The Mysteries of Souls (1912); The Palace of Flames (1912); The Prince Adventurer (1916); The Race to Death (1917); The Romance of Death (1916); The smiles of a sunset (1913); The Solemn Hour (1912); The sweetest crown (1917); The Three Sentimentals (1921); The torn veil (1917); The treasure chest of millions (1914); The two orphans of Turin (1917); The unknown (1910); The Vampire (1914); The Vortex of Fate (1913); Tigris (1913); To like you more (1923); Treasure of the Louzate (1914); Unmasked (1913); When the hero returned (1918).

Born on this day – Howard Higgin:

Howard Higgin

Director

Writer

February 15, 1891 – December 16, 1938

Writing partners: Sada Cowan (left) and Howard Higgin (right).

Credits:

Battle of Greed (1937); Broken Barriers (1924); Cafe Hostess (1940); Carnival Lady (1933); Changing Husbands (1924); Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924); Fashion Row (1923); Hell's House (1932); Her Man (1930); High Voltage (1929); I Conquer the Sea! (1936); In the Name of Love (1925); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Marriage on Approval (1933); Power (1928); Rent Free (1922); Revolt of the Zombies (1936); Sal of Singapore (1928); Skyscraper (1928); Smouldering Fires (1925); The Crusades (1935); The Final Edition (1932); The Gold Racket (1937); The Great Deception (1926); The Invisible Ray (1935); The Last Man (1932); The Leatherneck (1929); The Line-Up (1934); The New Commandment (1925); The Painted Desert (1931); The Perfect Sap (1927); The Racketeer (1929); The Reckless Lady (1926); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Wilderness Woman (1926); Tomorrow's Love (1925).

Born on this day – Archie Mayo:

Archie Mayo

Director

Writer

Actor

January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968

Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Archie Mayo on the set of It's Love I'm After (1937).

Credits:

The Beast of Budapest (1958); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Crash Dive (1943); Orchestra Wives (1942); Moontide (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); Four Sons (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); They Shall Have Music (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); It's Love I'm After (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Black Legion (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Bordertown (1935); Desirable (1934); The Man with Two Faces (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Convention City (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); The Mayor of Hell (1933); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); Night After Night (1932); Two Against the World (1932); Street of Women (1932); The Expert (1932); Under Eighteen (1931); Bought! (1931); Svengali (1931); Illicit (1931); The Doorway to Hell (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Courage (1930); Vengeance (1930); Wide Open (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); The Sap (1929); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Sonny Boy (1929); My Man (1928); On Trial (1928); State Street Sadie (1928); Retribution (1928); The Movie Man (1928); The Crimson City (1928); Beware of Married Men (1927); The College Widow (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Dearie (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927); Unknown Treasures (1926); Christine of the Big Tops (1926); Money Talks (1926); Weak, But Willing (1926); Off His Beat (1925); Oh, Bridget! (1925); Tender Feet (1925); Why Hesitate? (1925); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); Good Spirits (1925); Reno or Bust (1924); High Gear (1924); Short Change (1924); Tootsie Wootsie (1924); Dandy Lions (1924); Spring Fever (1923); A Man of Position (1923); Round Figures (1923); High Kickers (1923); Speed Bugs (1923); Don't Get Fresh (1923); The Imperfect Lover (1923); All Over Twist (1923); F.O.B. (1923); No Luck (1923); The Educator (1922); The Speeder (1922); Poor Boy (1922); Rolling Stones (1922); The Vagrant (1921); Robinson Crusoe Ltd. (1921); It's Your Move (1921); Beaches and Peaches (1918); The Kid Snatchers (1917); Double Dukes (1917); A Nurse of an Aching Heart (1917); A Limburger Cyclone (1917).

Born on this day – George Marshall:

George Marshall

Actor

Writer

Producer

Director

December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975

Left to right: George Marshall, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, and William Holden, on the set of the movie Texas (1941).

Credits:

Police Woman (1975); The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974); Hec Ramsey (1972); Cade's County (1972); Daniel Boone (1964–1970); Here's Lucy (1969); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968); Eight on the Lam (1967); Tarzan (1966); Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Advance to the Rear (1964); Dark Purpose (1964); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Happy Thieves (1961); Cry for Happy (1961); The Gazebo (1959); It Started with a Kiss (1959); The Mating Game (1959); Imitation General (1958); The Sheepman (1958); The Sad Sack (1957); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); Beyond Mombasa (1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Cavalcade of America (1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); Destry (1954); Duel in the Jungle (1954); Red Garters (1954); Money from Home (1953); Houdini (1953); Scared Stiff (1953); Off Limits (1952); The Savage (1952); A Millionaire for Christy (1951); Ace of Clubs (1951); Never a Dull Moment (1950); Fancy Pants (1950); My Friend Irma (1949); Lust for Gold (1949); Tap Roots (1948); Hazard (1948); Variety Girl (1947); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); The Blue Dahlia (1946); Hold That Blonde! (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Murder, He Says (1945); And the Angels Sing (1944); True to Life (1943); Riding High (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Forest Rangers (1942); Valley of the Sun (1942); Texas (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); When the Daltons Rode (1940); The Ghost Breakers (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939); Hold That Co-ed (1938); Battle of Broadway (1938); The Goldwyn Follies (1938); Love Under Fire (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936); A Message to Garcia (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); In Old Kentucky (1935); Music Is Magic (1935); $10 Raise (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Wild Gold (1934); Ever Since Eve (1934); Call It Luck (1934); The Big Fibber (1933); Husbands' Reunion (1933); Sweet Cookie (1933); Caliente Love (1933); Easy on the Eyes (1933); Olsen's Big Moment (1933); Towed in a Hole (1932); Their First Mistake (1932); The Soilers (1932); A Firehouse Honeymoon (1932); Alum and Eve (1932); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932); The Old Bull (1932); Strictly Unreliable (1932); Just a Pain in the Parlor (1932); Big Dame Hunting (1932); He Loved Her Not (1931); Hey Diddle Diddle (1930); Uncle's Visit (1929); Puckered Success (1929); Tomato Omelette (1929); Watch My Smoke (1929); No Children (1929); Circus Time (1929); No Vacation (1929); Camping Out (1928); No Sale Smitty (1928); No Picnic (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927); Girls (1927); From a Cabby's Seat (1926); A Parisian Knight (1925); The Sky Jumper (1925); The Big Game Hunter (1925); A Spanish Romeo (1925); The Burglar (1924); Paul Jones, Jr. (1924); The Race (1924); The Hunt (1924); The Fight (1924); The Back Trail (1924); Men in the Raw (1923); Where Is This West? (1923); Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923); The Haunted Valley (1923); West Is West (1922); Smiles Are Trumps (1922); The Jolt (1921); The Lady from Longacre (1921); After Your Own Heart (1921); A Ridin' Romeo (1921); Hands Off! (1921); Why Trust Your Husband (1921); Prairie Trails (1920); Ruth of the Rockies (1920); Charlot, Charlot! (1919); The Adventures of Ruth (1919); The Gun Runners (1919); The Husband Hunter (1918); The Fast Mail (1918); Beating the Limited (1918); When Paris Green Saw Red (1918); Naked Fists (1918); The Midnight Flyer (1918); Quick Triggers (1918); The Man from Montana (1917); The Ninth Day (1917); Squaring It (1917); Right of Way Casey (1917); Meet My Wife (1917); Double Suspicion (1917); Swede Hearts (1917); The Honor of Men (1917); Casey's Border Raid (1917); Bill Brennan's Claim (1917); The Desert Ghost (1917); The Raid (1917); Roped In (1917); Border Wolves (1917); They Were Four (1917); The Comeback (1917); Won by Grit (1917); The Devil's Own (1916); A Woman's Eyes (1916); Love's Lariat (1916); The Committee on Credentials (1916); The Code of the Mounted (1916); Across the Rio Grande (1916); The Waiters' Ball (1916); And the Best Man Won (1915).