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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Born on this day – Helen Gibson:


Helen Gibson


Actress

Vaudeville performer

Producer

Rodeo rider

Stunt woman

August 27, 1892 – October 10, 1977

Credits:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Johnny Ringo (1959); Bonanza (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); The Man from the Alamo (1953); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Horizons West (1952); Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Dakota Kid (1951); Hollywood Story (1951); Kansas Raiders (1950); Lonely Heart Bandits (1950); Crooked River (1950); Outcasts of the Trail (1949); Cheyenne Cowboy (1949); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Climax (1944); The Blocked Trail (1943); The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942); The Sombrero Kid (1942); Wyoming (1941); Sheriff of Tombstone (1941); The Singing Hill (1941); Young Bill Hickok (1940); The Trail Blazers (1940); Deadwood Dick (1940); Covered Wagon Trails (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Saga of Death Valley (1939); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); New Frontier (1939); The Oregon Trail (1939); Spoilers of the Range (1939); Southward Ho! (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Flaming Frontiers (1938); The Old Barn Dance (1938); Luck of Roaring Camp (1937); Danger Valley (1937); Range Defenders (1937); Git Along Little Dogies (1937); Jungle Jim (1937); Roarin' Lead (1936); Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936); Winds of the Wasteland (1936); Last of the Warrens (1936); Lady of Secrets (1936); The Lawless Nineties (1936); Custer's Last Stand (1936); Gun Play (1935); Fighting Caballero (1935); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); The Drunkard (1935); Cyclone of the Saddle (1935); The Pecos Kid (1935); 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934); The Way of the West (1934); Rocky Rhodes (1934); Wheels of Destiny (1934); King of the Arena (1933); Law and Lawless (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Single-Handed Sanders (1932); Human Targets (1932); The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931); The Lightning Warrior (1931); The Vanishing West (1928); The Chinatown Mystery (1928); Heroes of the Wild (1927); Thorobred (1922); Nine Points of the Law (1922); The Wolverine (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); Wires Down (1920); Winning the Franchise (1920); Trail of the Rails (1920); The Payroll Pirates (1920); The Overland Express (1920); The Golden Star Bandit (1920); Flirting with Terror (1920); The Daring Daughter (1920); Clutch of the Law (1920); The Broken Trestle (1920); The Broken Brake (1920); The Ghost of the Canyon (1920); Border Watch Dogs (1920); Daring Danger (1919); Loot (1919); Down But Not Out (1919); Ace High (1919); Gun Law (1919); Rustlers (1919); The Black Horse Bandit (1919); Riding Wild (1919); The Canyon Mystery (1919); The Secret Peril (1919); Wolves of the Range (1918); The Robber (1918); Captured Alive (1918); The Silent Sentinel (1918); The Dead Shot (1918); The Fast Mail (1918); Under False Pretenses (1918); Danger Ahead (1918); Bawled Out (1918); The Pay Roll Express (1918); The Branded Man (1918); The Midnight Flyer (1918); Play Straight or Fight (1918); The Deserted Engine (1917); Fighting Mad (1917); The Detective's Danger (1917); Danger Ahead (1917); The End of the Run (1917); Saving the Fast Mail (1917); The Dynamite Special (1917); A Perilous Leap (1917); The Wrong Man (1917); A Race to the Drawbridge (1917); The Railroad Smugglers (1917); The Munitions Plot (1917); The Lone Point Feud (1917); The Mystery of the Burning Freight (1917); The College Boys' Special (1917); The Borrowed Engine (1917); The Registered Pouch (1917); In the Path of Peril (1917); The Sidetracked Sleeper (1917); The Prima Donna's Special (1917); The Death Siding (1917); The Railroad Claim Intrigue (1917); The Wrecked Station (1917); The Fireman's Nemesis (1917); The Mogul Mountain Mystery (1917); A Race with Death (1916); The Vanishing Box Car (1916); The Midnight Express (1916); The Lineman's Peril (1916); The Trial Run (1916); The Forgotten Train Order (1916); The Runaway Sleeper (1916); The Lone Point Mystery (1916); The Gate of Death (1916); The Lost Messenger (1916); A Daring Chance (1916); To Save the Special (1916); The Blocked Track (1916); The Death Swing (1916); Defying Death (1916); The Hoodoo of Division B (1916); Ablaze on the Rails (1916); The Secret of the Box Car (1916); At Danger's Call (1916); With the Aid of the Wrecker (1916); Hurled Through the Drawbridge (1916); A Mystery of the Rails (1916); A Plunge from the Sky (1916); In Death's Pathway (1916); The Broken Brake (1916); To Save the Road (1916); The Engineer's Honor (1916); The Mysterious Cipher (1916); A Race Through the Air (1916); The Treasure Train (1916); The Spiked Switch (1916); The Capture of Red Stanley (1916); One Chance in a Hundred (1916); The Bridge of Danger (1916); The Human Telegram (1916); The Trail of Danger (1916); The Governor's Special (1916); The Race for a Siding (1916); The Record Run (1916); The Trapping of 'Peeler' White (1916); The Detective's Peril (1916); The Girl Who Dared (1916); A Race for a Life (1916); The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve (1916); The Switchman's Story (1916); The Perilous Swing (1916); The Peril of the Rails (1916); The Broken Wire (1916); Tapped Wires (1916); The Open Track (1916); The Haunted Station (1916); When Seconds Count (1916); At the Risk of Her Life (1916); Boy at the Throttle (1915); The Wrong Train Order (1915); Crossed Wires (1915); The Tramp Telegrapher (1915); The Dynamite Train (1915); The Girl on the Bridge (1915); The Girl and the Special (1915); Danger Ahead! (1915); The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children (1915); A Mile a Minute (1915); The Hazards of Helen (1914); A Girl of the Range (1913); Old Moddington's Daughters (1913); Ranch Girls on a Rampage (1912).

Monday, August 17, 2026

Born on this day – Edna Maison:


Edna Maison


Actress

August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946

Credits:

The Mysterious Mr. Browning (1918); A Rich Man's Darling (1918); Love's Turmoil (1917); The Jewel of Death (1917); Mister Vampire (1916); Through Baby's Voice (1916); The Dumb Bandit (1916); The One Woman (1916); After the Play (1916); Undine (1916); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); A Daughter of Penance (1916); Buck Simmons, Puncher (1916); Manna (1915); Was She a Vampire? (1915); Vanity (1915); Her Mysterious Escort (1915); One Man's Evil (1915); Under the Crescent (1915); Roses and Thorns (1915); Courage (1915); The Grim Messenger (1915); The Love of Mary West (1915); When Jealousy Tumbled (1915); Her Adopted Mother (1915); The Recoil (1915); The Vaudry Jewels (1915); Lure of the West (1915); The Unmasking (1915); Their Island of Happiness (1915); A Girl of the Pines (1915); The King and the Man (1914); The Heart of a Magdalene (1914); Siss Dobbins, Oil Magnate (1914); Nan of the Hills (1914); The Senator's Lady (1914); Suspended Sentence (1914); The Padrone's Ward (1914); The Mayor's Manicure (1914); The Actress (1914); Richelieu (1914); Be Neutral (1914); A Modern Melnotte (1914); The Angel of the Camp (1914); The Storm Bird (1914); This Is the Life (1914); The Divorcee (1914); The Barnstormers (1914); Kate Waters of the Secret Service (1914); The Pearl of the Sea (1914); The Spy (1914); The Woman in Black (1914); The Brand of Cain (1914); The Masked Rider (1914); Heart Strings (1914); The Transformation of Prudence (1914); Old California (1914); The Taint of an Alien (1914); Risen from the Ashes (1914); Pitfalls (1914); Dangers of the Veldt (1914); Cupid Incognito (1914); The Way of a Woman (1914); By Radium's Rays (1914); The Merchant of Venice (1914); The Option (1914); The Cycle of Adversity (1914); Them Ol' Letters (1914); Three Children (1913); What Happened to Freckles (1913); Freckles' Fight for His Bride (1913); Her Legacy (1913); How Freckles Won His Bride (1913); The Lesson the Children Taught (1913); Playmates (1913); The Kid (1913); The Revelation (1913); The Struggle (1913); Mother (1913); The Little Skipper (1913); The Village Blacksmith (1913); The Death Stone of India (1913); The Second Home-Coming (1913); The Proof of the Man (1913); Poleon the Trapper (1913); The Idol of Bonanza Camp (1913); In Slavery Days (1913); On El Camino Real (1913); A Pig's a Pig (1913); The Bear Hunter (1913); The Spectre Bridegroom (1913); The Faithful Yuma Servant (1913); The Bear Trap (1912); The Padre's Gift (1912); Fate's Decree (1912); A Double Reward (1912); The Branded Arm (1912); Misleading Evidence (1912); For the Sake of the Papoose (1912); A Redman's Friendship (1912); The Girl Sheriff (1912).

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Born on this day – Otto Messmer:


Otto Messmer


Cartoonist

Animator

August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983

Works include: Felix the Cat.

Credits:

A Study in Crayon (1913); A Tale of Two Kitties (1926); Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer (1913); April Maze (1930); Arabiantics (1928); Arena (1985); Art for Heart's Sake (1927); Astronomeous (1928); At the Rainbow's End (1925); Backyard Serenade (1931); Baffled by Banjos (1924); Bargain Counter Attack (1946); Barn Yarns (1927); Bold King Cole (1936); Camera Three (1977); A Good Liar (1917);Cartoon Carnival (2021); Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945); Charley at the Beach (1919); Charley at the Circus (1919); Charley on the Farm (1919); Charley Out West (1919); Charlie in Turkey (1919); Charlie Treats 'Em Rough (1919); Chestnuts (1916); Daze and Knights (1927); Dough-Nutty (1927); Draggin' the Dragon (1928); Eats Are West (1925); Eskimotive (1928); Eye Jinks (1927); Felix All at Sea (1922); Felix All Balled Up (1924); Felix and the Radio (1923); Felix at the Fair (1922); Felix Behind in Front (1927); Felix Brings Home the Bacon (1924); Felix Calms His Conscience (1923); Felix Cashes In (1924); Felix Comes Back (1922); Felix Cops the Prize (1925); Felix Crosses the Crooks (1924); Felix Dopes It Out (1925); Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924); Felix Fairy Tales (1924); Felix Fills a Shortage (1923); Felix Finds a Way (1922); Felix Finds 'Em Fickle (1925); Felix Finds Out (1924); Felix Finishes First (1924); Felix Follows the Swallows (1925); Felix Full o' Fight (1925); Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923); Felix Gets His Fill (1925); Felix Gets Left (1922); Felix Gets Revenge (1922); Felix Gets the Can (1925); Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923); Felix Goes Hungry (1924); Felix Goes on Strike (1921); Felix Goes West (1924); Felix Grabs His Grub (1924); Felix Hits the Hipps (1924); Felix Hits the North Pole (1920); Felix 'Hyps' the Hippo (1924); Felix in Fairyland (1923); Felix in Love (1922); Felix in the Bone Age (1922); Felix in the Swim (1922); Felix Laughs Last (1923); Felix Left at Home (1921); Felix Lends a Hand (1922); Felix Loses Out (1924); Felix Makes Good (1922); Felix Minds His Business (1924); Felix Minds the Kid (1922); Felix Monkeys with Magic (1925); Felix on the Trail (1922); Felix Out of Luck (1924); Felix Outwits Cupid (1925); Felix Pinches the Pole (1924); Felix Puts It Over (1924); Felix Rests in Peace (1925); Felix Revolts (1923); Felix Strikes It Rich (1923); Felix the Cat (1958–1961); Felix the Cat 100 Years in the Making (2020); Felix the Cat as Romeeow (1927); Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (1926); Felix the Cat Busts a Bubble (1926); Felix the Cat Busts Into Business (1925); Felix the Cat Collars the Button (1926); Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927); Felix the Cat Ducks His Duty (1927); Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (1926); Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (1926); Felix the Cat Hits the Deck (1927); Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (1926); Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926); Felix the Cat in False Vases (1929); Felix the Cat in Forty Winks (1930); Felix the Cat in Gym Gems (1926); Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls (1930); Felix the Cat Kept on Walking (1925); Felix the Cat Laughs It Off (1926); Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (1926); Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926); Felix the Cat on the Farm (1925); Felix the Cat on the Job (1925); Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (1926); Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (1926); Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (1926); Felix the Cat Sees 'Em in Season (1927); Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (1926); Felix the Cat Spots the Spooks (1926); Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927); Felix the Cat Tries the Trades (1925); Felix the Cat Trips Thru Toyland (1925); Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (1926); Felix the Cat Uses His Head (1926); Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926); Felix the Gay Dog (1921); Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923); Felix the Globe Trotter (1923); Felix the Goat Getter (1923); Felix the Landlord (1920); Felix Tries for Treasure (1923); Felix Tries to Rest (1924); Felix Trifles with Time (1925); Felix Turns the Tide (1922); Felix Wakes Up (1922); Felix Wins and Loses (1925); Felix Win's Out (1923); Fifty-Fifty (1922); Filmograph Cartoons (1913); Flim Flam Films (1927); Free Lunch (1921); Friend in Need (1924); Frolics at the Circus (1920); Fun in Film by Hy Mayer (1913); Funny Fancies by Hy Mayer (1913); Germ Mania (1927); Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913); Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous (1930); How Charlie Captured the Kaiser (1918); Humors of Summer (1913); Hy Mayer: His Magic Hand (1913); Hy Mayer: His Merry Pen (1913); Hy Mayer's Cartoons (1913); Icy Eyes (1927); In and Out-Laws (1928); In Cartoonland with Hy Mayer (1913); In Laughland with Hy Mayer (1913); Jack from All Trades (1927); Japanicky (1928); Jolly Jottings by Hy Mayer (1913); Jungle Bungles (1928); Kill or Cure (1920); Land O'Fancy (1926); Leaves from Hy Mayer's Sketchbook (1913); Lightning Sketches by Hy Mayer (1913); 'Loco' Motive (1927); Los comienzos de la animación (1995); Lulu's Birthday Party (1944); Mess Production (1945); Motor Mat and His Flivver (1916); Movie-Wheels Presents Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1960); Musical Mews (1919); Musica-Lulu (1947); My Hero (1920); No Fuelin' (1927); Oceantics (1930); Ohm Sweet Ohm (1928); Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946); On the Wind Mill (1919); One Good Turn (1929); Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977); Out of Luck (1921); Outdoor Indore (1928); Over the Rhine with Charlie (1918); Pedigreedy (1927); Peep in the Deep (1946); Pen Laughs (1914); Pen Talks by Hy Mayer (1913); Polly-tics (1928); Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953); Reverse English (1926); Rocket to Mars (1946); Sammie Johnsin and His Wonderful Lamp (1916); Sammie Johnsin at the Seaside (1916); Sammie Johnsin Gets a Job (1916); Sammie Johnsin Hunter (1916); Sammie Johnsin in Mexico (1916); Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916); Sammie Johnsin Minds the Baby (1916); Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916); Sammie Johnsin Strong Man (1916); Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair (1916); Sax Appeal (1927); School Daze (1926); Scrambled Yeggs (1926); She-Sick Sailors (1944); Sketches from Life by Hy Mayer (1913); Spree for All (1946); Stars and Stripes (1927); Summer Caricatures (1913); Sure-Locked Homes (1928); Tee Time (1930); The Adventures of Felix (1919); The Adventures of Mr. Phiffles (1913); The Cold Rush (1925); The Hypnotist (1921); The Last Life (1928); The Love Affair of Ima Knut (1917); The Love Punch (1921); The Non-Stop Fright (1927); The Oily Bird (1928); The Smoke Scream (1928); The Travel-Hog (1927); The Trials of a Movie Cartoonist (1916); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997); Them Were the Happy Days (1917); To 'Frisco by the Cartoon Route (1915); Topical Topics (1914); Topical War Cartoons (1914); Topical War Cartoons No. 2 (1914); Two-Lip Time (1926); Uncle Tom's Crabbin' (1927); War Cartoons by Hy Mayer (1914); Whimsicalities by Hy Mayer (1913); Whys and Otherwise (1927); Wise Guise (1927); Woos Whoopee (1928); Woos Whoopee / Comicalamities (1928); Woos Whoopee / Feline Follies (1919); Woos Whoopee / Felix All Puzzled (1925); Woos Whoopee / Felix in Hollywood (1923); Woos Whoopee / Felix Saves the Day (1922); Woos Whoopee / Futuritzy (1928); Zoo Logic (1926).

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Born on this day – Valentine Tessier:


Valentine Tessier


Actress

August 5, 1892 – August 11, 1981

Credits:

Abus de confiance (1937); Archives du XXème siècle (1974–1977); Children of Love (1953); Club de femmes (1936); Contes pour le petit écran (1958–1959); Des quintuplés au pensionnat (1953); Désarroi (1947); Églantine (1972); Élisa (1957); French Cancan (1955); Grilles closes (1979); Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935); Justice Is Done (1950); La haine de Fatimeh (1912); La rivale (1974); Le fils prodigue (1912); Le lit à colonnes (1942); L'embuscade (1941); L'idiot (1968); Lifesize (1974); Lucrèce Borgia (1953); Madame Bovary (1934); Maddalena (1954); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Ménilmontant (1936); Nero and Britannicus (1912); Nez de cuir (1952); Procès au Vatican (1952); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956); The Italian Straw Hat (1928); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Snow Was Black (1954); The Spahi's Fiancée (1912); The Temptress (1951); The Vengeance of the Kabyle (1912).

Friday, July 10, 2026

Born on this day – Slim Summerville:


Slim Summerville


Actor

Director

Writer

July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946

Credits:

A Bedroom Blunder (1917); A Bedtime Story (1926); A Bird's a Bird (1915); A Dog Catcher's Love (1917); A Dumb Friend (1926); A Free Ride (1925); A Game Old Knight (1915); A New York Girl (1914); A Peaceful Riot (1925); A Rowboat Romance (1914); A Run for His Money (1927); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Swell Affair (1926); Absent-Minded (1925); Air Mail (1932); All Out (1925); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); All Tied Up (1925); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Among the Mourners (1914); An Incompetent Hero (1914); Andy Takes a Flier (1925); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Arabian Knights (1931); Are Waitresses Safe? (1917); Bachelor Daze (1944); Back to Nature (1925); Bad Sister (1931); Badly Broke (1926); Bless the Ladies (1931); Bride by Mistake (1944); Business Worries (1926); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Captain January (1936); Case Dismissed (1924); Caught in a Park (1915); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught in the Rain (1914); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); Cinders of Love (1916); Cursed by His Beauty (1914); Don't Be a Dummy (1926); Dough and Dynamite (1914); Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915); Easy Money (1924); Easy Work (1924); El Tenorio del harem (1931); Estamos en París (1931); Faint Heart (1925); Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); Fatty's New Role (1915); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); First to Fight (1931); Five of a Kind (1938); Footballs and Frauds (1919); Free Love (1930); Garden of Eatin' (1943); Gentlemen of Nerve (1914); Gold Rush Maisie (1940); Green Grocers (1924); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Gypsy Joe (1916); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); He Loved the Ladies (1914); Hearts and Sparks (1916); Hearts for Rent (1926); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Her Ball and Chain (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her First Kiss (1919); Her First Mate (1933); Her Man (1930); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Winning Punch (1915); Here's Luck (1931); Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927); High and Dry (1922); Highway West (1941); His Bread and Butter (1916); His Busted Trust (1916); His Hidden Purpose (1918); His Naughty Wife (1919); His Precious Life (1917); His Smothered Love (1918); His Talented Wife (1914); Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hold the Line (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hop Along (1927); Horse Play (1933); Hotter Than Haiti (1931); Idle Workers (1921); I'm from Arkansas (1944); In Again, Out Again (1927); In the Air (1926); In the Bag (1932); It Pays to Exercise (1918); Jailhouse Blues (1927); Jesse James (1939); Keep Healthy (1924); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Kid Glove Kisses (1932); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Rodeo (1928); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughing Gas (1914); Leading Lizzie Astray (1914); Let's Play (1931); Life Begins at 40 (1935); Little Accident (1930); Love and Bullets (1914); Love Birds (1934); Love Is News (1937); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Lover's Luck (1914); Mabel's Busy Day (1914); Mabel's Latest Prank (1914); Many a Slip (1931); Mary's Little Lobster (1920); Meet the Husband (1927); Meet the Princess (1932); Miners Over 21 (1924); Miss Polly (1941); My Little Brother (1924); Niagara Falls (1941); No One to Guide Him (1915); Off to the Races (1937); Officer, Save My Child (1932); Oh, What a Kick! (1927); One Hysterical Night (1929); One Moment, Please (1921); Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915); Ooh La-La (1930); Opry House Tonight (1926); Out All Night (1933); Painted Ponies (1927); Papa's Mama (1926); Pardon Me (1921); Parisian Gaities (1931); Parlez Vous (1930); Peeking in Peking (1931); Pepper (1936); Politics (1924); Pretty Lady (1920); Puddin' Head (1941); Qué tiempos aquéllos (1951); Racing Youth (1932); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Reckless Living (1931); Red Suspenders (1927); Reunion (1936); Riding for Fame (1928); Roaring Lions on the Midnight Express (1918); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rough Sailing (1923); Rum and Wall Paper (1915); Sad But True (1924); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Saved by Wireless (1915); Sea Soldier's Sweeties (1932); See America Thirst (1930); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Ship Ahoy! (1924); Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945); Skirts (1921); Soldiers of Misfortune (1914); Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914); Strong Boy (1929); Submarine Patrol (1938); Sunshine's Dark Moment (1929); Swing in the Saddle (1944); Switching Sleepers (1926); Taking the Heir (1926); Ten Nights Without a Barroom (1920); That Little Band of Gold (1915); The Anglers (1914); The Artist (1923); The Barnstormers (1922); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Country Doctor (1936); The Cry Baby (1924); The Cyclist (1923); The Denver Dude (1927); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Diver's Last Kiss (1918); The Eskimo (1922); The Eyes Have It (1932); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Five Fifteen (1923); The Front Page (1931); The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915); The High Spots on Broadway (1914); The Home Breakers (1915); The Honeymoon Quickstep (1927); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Kitchen Lady (1918); The Knockout (1914); The Last Warning (1928); The Midnight Bum (1927); The Pace That Thrills (1929); The Perfect Lie (1926); The Pinhead (1924); The Plumber (1914); The Property Man (1914); The Ranch Romeo (1922); The Riding Master (1923); The Rivals (1923); The Road Back (1937); The Royal Bluff (1931); The Sargie's Playmate (1931); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Singer Midget's Scandal (1921); The Snow Cure (1916); The Spoilers (1930); The Texas Streak (1926); The Three Slims (1916); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942); The Very Bad Man (1924); The Village Cut-Up (1926); The Winning Punch (1916); The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927); Their Big Moment (1934); Their Fatal Bumping (1914); Their Social Splash (1915); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Those College Girls (1915); Those Country Kids (1914); Those Happy Days (1914); Those Love Pangs (1914); Tiddly-Winks (1926); Tiger Rose (1929); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); Tobacco Road (1941); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Too Much Sleep (1926); Training for Husbands (1920); Troopers Three (1930); Tune Up! (1926); Uncle Joe (1941); Under Montana Skies (1930); Unreal News Reel (1923); Unreal News Reel No. 2 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 3 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 4 (1924); Up the River (1938); Villa of the Movies (1917); Virtuous Husbands (1919); Wanted a Bride (1926); Way Down East (1935); We! We! Marie! (1930); Western Union (1941); Wet and Weary (1923 / 1924); When Dumbells Ring (1925); White Fang (1936); Who's the Boss (1930); Why Mules Leave Home (1927); Why Wait? (1924); Wild Waves and Women (1919); Wild West Love (1914); William Tell (1924); Winner Take All (1939); Zip, the Dodger (1914).

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Born on this day – James M. Cain:


James M. Cain


Writer

July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977

Credits:

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934); Double Indemnity (1936); Serenade (1937); The Embezzler (1940); Mildred Pierce (1941); Love's Lovely Counterfeit (1942); Career in C Major: And Other Fiction (1943); Past All Dishonor (1946); The Butterfly (1947); Sinful Woman (1947); The Moth (1948); Everybody Does It (1949); Jealous Woman (1950); The Root of His Evil (1951); Galatea (1953); Mignon (1962); The Magician's Wife (1965); Rainbow's End (1975); The Institute (1976); Cloud Nine (1984); The Enchanted Isle (1985); Sixty Years of Journalism (1985); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); Writing Los Angeles (2002); Murder On The Railways (2003); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); The Cocktail Waitress (2012); Books to Die For (2012); A Bad Woman (2015); The Movie Book (2016).

Movies and television:

Algiers (1938); Blockade (1938); Buai laju-laju (2004); Butterfly (1981); Cineficción Radio (2021); Double Indemnity (1944 / 1973); Everybody Does It (1949); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Interlude (1957 / 1968); ITV Play of the Week (1960); Konto ausgeglichen (1959); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Mildred Pierce (1945 / 2011); Money and the Woman (1940); Obsession (1943); Out of the Past (1947); Passion (1998); Puissance de la parole (1988); Serenade (1956); She Made Her Bed (1934); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Stand Up and Fight (1939); Teledrama (1957); The Last Turning (1939); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 / 1981); The Postman Always Rings Twice: The Radio Play (1947); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Today (1969); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Yu hai qing mo (1967).

Friday, June 26, 2026

Born on this day – Pearl S. Buck:


Pearl S. Buck


Writer

June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973

Credits:

Awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature for her 1931 novel The Good Earth.

Books:

A Bridge for Passing (1963); A House Divided (1935); A Pearl Buck Reader (1985); All Under Heaven (1973); American Argument (1950); American Unity and Asia (1972); Bright Procession (1952); China as I See it (1971); China Sky (1956); Chinese Story Teller (1971); Christmas Day in the Morning (1955); Christmas Ghost (1960); Come, My Beloved (1953); Command the Morning (1959); Death in the Castle (1966); Dragon Seed (1942); East and West (1975); East Wind: West Wind (1930); Fairy Tales of the Orient (1965); Far and Near (1973); Fighting Angel (1937); For Spacious Skies (1966); Fourteen Stories (1961); Goddess Abides (1972); God's Men (1951); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Hidden Flower (1952); Home for Christmas (2014); Imperial Woman (1956); Johnny Jack and His Beginnings (1955); Joy of Children (1974); Kinfolk (1950); Letter from Peking (1957); Man Who Changed China (1963); Mandala (1971); Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (1967); My Several Worlds (1954); Of Men and Women (1941); One Bright Day (1952); Other Gods (1940); Pavilion of Women (1946); Pearl Buck's America (1971); Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (1986); Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook (1972); Peony (1948); Portrait of a Marriage (1941); Secrets of the Heart (1976); Sons (1932); Story Bible: Old Testament (1971); Story Bible: The New Testament (1972); Tell the People (1959); The Angry Wife (1947); The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1982); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Big Wave (1938); The Bondmaid (1949); The Child Who Never Grew (1950); The Chinese Novel (1939); The Christmas Mouse (1958); The Devil Never Sleeps (1962); The Eternal Wonder (2013); The Exile (1936); The First Wife (1933); The Good Deed (1969); The Good Earth (1931); The Kennedy Women (1970); The Living Reed (1963); The Long Love (1944); The Lovers (1977); The Mother (1934); The New Year (1968); The Patriot (1939); The People of Japan (1968); The Promise (1943); The Rainbow (1974); The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (1969); The Townsman (1944); The Townspeople (1945); The Woman Who Was Changed (1979); This Proud Heart (1938); Time is Noon (1967); To My Daughters, With Love (1967); Today and Forever (1941); Voices in the House (1944); What America Means to Me (1973); With a Delicate Air (1962).

Movies and television:

Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); China Sky (1945); China: Roots of Madness (1967); Da di (1954); Die große Woge (1958); Dragon Seed (1944); Guide (1965); Gypsy (1965–1966); Matinee Theatre (1956); McLean and Company (1970–1971); Omnibus / Segment: My Several Worlds (1954); Pavilion of Women (2001); Person to Person (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Satan Never Sleeps (1962); The Advocates (1969–1984); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Big Wave (1961); The David Frost Show (1971); The Gift (1977); The Good Earth (1937); The Guide (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1969); The Mike Wallace Interview (1958); The Tex and Jinx Show (1957); The Twentieth Century (1959); Today (1970–1971).

Friday, May 29, 2026

Born on this day – Max Brand:


Max Brand


Writer

May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944

Credits:

Books:

21 Great Stories (1969); A Sagebrush Cinderella (2000); Above the Law (1995); Acres of Unrest (2007); Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624 (2007); Ambush at Torture Canyon (1971); Bandit's Honor (1927); Bandit's Trail (2013); Battle's End (1993); Beyond the Outposts (1925); Big Game (1973); Big Trail (1929); Black Cat Weekly #22 (2022); Black Jack (1926); Black Thunder (1993); Blackie and Red (1926); Blood on the Trail (1957); Blue Kingdom (2003); Border Guns (1928); Brother of the Cheyennes (1934); Brothers on the Trail (1934); Bull Hunter (1921); Bull Hunter's Romance (1924); Call of the Blood / Red Hawk and White Horse / War Party (1934); Calling Dr. Kildare (1940); Carcajou's Trail (1991); Champion of Lost Causes (2014); Cheyenne Gold (1972); Children of Night (1923); Chinook (1998); Chip Champions a Lady (1994); Cleaned Out (1940); Coward of the Clan (1991); Cross Over Nine (1935); Crossroads (1997); Crusader (2002); Dan Barry's Daughter (1923); Danger Trail (1940); Daring Duval (2017); Dead Man's Treasure (1935); Dead or Alive (1938); Destry Rides Again (1930); Devil Horse (1922); Dionysus in Hades (1931); Dogs of the Captain (2006); Don Diablo (2001); Donnegan / The Guns of Dorking Hollow (1923); Dr. Kildare Takes Charge (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1942); Dr. Kildare's Search (1943); Dr. Kildare's Trial (1941); Drifter's Vengeance (1932); Dust Across the Range (1994); Earth Magic (1993); Farewell, Thunder Moon (1996); Fate's Honeymoon (1926); Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal (1996); Fightin' Fool / A Fairly Slick Guy (1933); Fire Brain (1925); Flaming Fortune (2003); Flaming Irons (1927); Free Range Lanning (1995); Free Range Lanning / Way of the Lawless (1921); Fugitive's Fire (1991); Galloping Broncos (1929); Galloping Danger (1979); Ghost Rider / Clung (1920); Golden Lightning (1962); Gun Gentlemen (1993); Gunfighter's Return (1979); Gunman's Goal (1974); Gunman's Gold (1933); Gunman's Legacy (1932); Gunman's Reckoning (1921); Gunmen's Feud / Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance (1920); Hair-Trigger Kid (1951); Happy Jack / Outlaw Rider (1936); Happy Valley (1972); Harrigan (1918); Hired Guns (1923); Hunted Riders (1935); In the Hills of Monterey (1998); Iron Dust (2010); Jigger Bunts (2019); Jim Curry's Test (1925); Jingo (1933); Jokers Extra Wild (2002); King Charlie (1925); King Charlie's Riders (1993); King of the Range (1982); Laboratory Excursions (1996); Larramee's Ranch (1952); Lightning of Gold (2012); Lightning Warrior (1996); Lost Wolf (1928); Luck (1926); Luck and a Horse (2022); Lucky Larribee (1957); Marbleface (1939); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 (1981); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 (1985); Men Beyond the Law (1997); Mighty Lobo (1962); Mistral (1929); Monsieur (1926); Montana Rides Again (1934); Montana Rides! (1933); More Tales of the Wild West (1999); Mountain Guns (1985); Mountain Made (2009); Mountain Riders (1946); Mountain Storms (2004); Murder Me! (1995); Mystery Ranch (1928); Old Carver Ranch (2013); On the Trail of Four (1927); One Man Posse (1987); Out of the Wilderness (2014); Outcast Breed (1994); Outlaw Breed (1954); Outlaw Valley (1928); Outlaws All (1996); Outlaw's Code (1953); Outlaws from Afar (2007); Pillar Mountain (1928); Pleasant Jim / Six-Gun Ambush (1928); Pride of Tyson (1927); Pulp Adventures #27 (2017); Rancher's Legacy (2008); Rawhide Justice (1976); Red Devil of the Range (1934); Red Fire (2013); Red Hawk's Trail (2018); Ride the Wild Trail (1966); Rider of the High Hills / Rider of the High Hill (1977); Riders of the Plains (1940); Riders of the Silences (1919); Rippon Rides Double (1969); Rogue Mustang (1985); Ronicky Doone (1921); Ronicky Doone's Reward (1922); Ronicky Doone's Treasure (1922); Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935); Saddlemates (1932); Safety McTee (1998); Sawdust and Sixguns / The Tenderfoot / Outlaw's Gold (1928); Secret Agent Number One (1936); Seven Faces (1998); Seven Trails (1949); Shotgun Law (1977); Showdown (1959); Silvertip (1942); Silvertip's Chase (1944); Silvertip's Roundup (1943); Silvertip's Search (1945); Silvertip's Strike (1942); Silvertip's Trap (1943); Singing Guns (1938); Single Jack (1950); Six Golden Angels (1937); Six-Gun Country (1980); Sixgun Legacy (1986); Sixteen in Nome (1995); Slow Joe (1933); Slumber Mountain (1997); Smiling Charlie (1930); Smiling Desperado (1953); Smoking Guns (2002); Smuggler's Trail (1934); Sour Creek Valley (2017); South of Rio Grande (1936); Speedy (1955); Spy Meets Spy (1937); Stagecoach (2013); Steve Train's Ordeal (1974); Stolen Gold (1999); Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 (2002); Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 (2004); Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 (2006); Storm on the Range (1978); Strange Courage (1930); Sunset Wins (1996); Tales of the Wild West (1962); Tamer of the Wild (1962); The Abandoned Outlaw (1997); The Bait and the Trap (1935); The Bamboo Whistle (1937); The Bandit of the Black Hills (1950); The Bells of San Carlos (1996); The Bells of San Filipo (1977); The Best Bandit (1993); The Big Trail (1956); The Black Rider (1996); The Black Rider and Other Stories (1996); The Black Signal (1925); The Blue Jay (1927); The Bold West, Edition 13 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 17 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 32 (2008); The Bold West, Volume 10 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 12 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 27 (2008); The Border Bandit (1947); The Border Kid (1941); The Brass Man (2014); The Bright Face of Danger (2000); The Bronze Collar (1925); The Brute (1926); The City in the Sky (1998); The Collected Stories of Max Brand (1994); The Cross Brand (1993); The Desert Pilot (1994); The Devil's Coattails (2012); The Double Rider (2018); The Dude (1940); The False Rider (1933); The Fastest Draw / Senor Jingle Bells (1927); The Fear of Morgan the Fearless (1999); The Fighting Four (1944); The Firebrand (1935); The Fugitive's Mission (1997); The Gambler (1954); The Garden of Eden (1922); The Gauntlet (1922); The Gentle Desperado (1985); The Gentle Gunman (1924); The Geraldi Trail (1999); The Ghost Rides Tonight! (1997); The Ghost Wagon (1996); The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures (1996); The Gold Trail (1999); The Golden Cat (2015); The Golden Knight (1937); The Golden West (2003); The Gun Tamer (1929); The Hair-Trigger Kid (1956); The Happy Valley (1930); The House of Gold (2001); The Invisible Outlaw (1954); The Iron Trail (1938); The Jackson Trail (1932); The Killers / Three on the Trail / Gunman's Goal (1928); The King Bird Rides (1933); The Last Showdown (1975); The Laughter of Slim Malone (1997); The Lawless Land (1983); The Legend of Thunder Moon (1996); The Lightning Warrior (2014); The Lone Rider (2002); The Long Chance (1947); The Long Chase (1960); The Long, Long Trail (1923); The Longhorn Feud (1932); The Lost Valley (1998); The Luck of the Spindrift (1972); The Making of a Gunman (1983); The Man From Mustang (1942); The Man from Savage Creek (1977); The Man From The Wilderness (1980); The Masterman (2000); The Mountain Fugitive (1927); The Mustang Herder (1928); The Naked Blade (1938); The New Frontier (1989); The Night Flower (1936); The Night Horseman (1920); The Nighthawk Trail (1987); The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand (1957); The Oath of Office (1998); The One-Way Trail (1996); The Outlaw (1933); The Outlaw of Buffalo Flat (1930); The Outlaw Redeemer (2000); The Outlaw Tamer (1927); The Overland Kid (2000); The Peril Trek (2000); The Phantom Spy (1973); The Quest of Lee Garrison / Lee Garrison's Quest (1995); The Rancher's Revenge (1959); The Rangeland Avenger (1924); The Rescue of Broken Arrow (1947); The Return of Free Range Lanning (1995); The Return of the Rancher (1972); The Revenge of Broken Arrow (1981); The Reward (1977); The Rock of Kiever (1998); The Runaways (2003); The Sacking of El Dorado (1994); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1940); The Seven of Diamonds / Law of the Gun (1935); The Seventh Man (1921); The Shadow of Silver Tip (1925); The Sheriff Rides (1934); The Smoking Land (1937); The Song of the Whip (1936); The Splendid Rascal (1926); The Stingaree (1969); The Stolen Stallion (1945); The Stone That Shines (1997); The Stranger (1963); The Streak (1936); The Survival of Juan Oro (1999); The Sword Lover (1927); The Ten-Foot Chain (1920); The Three Crosses (1993); The Thunderer (1933); The Tracker (2014); The Trail Beyond (2014); The Trail to San Triste (1927); The Trap at Comanche Bend (1927); The Two-Handed Man (1998); The Tyrant (1926); The Untamed (1919); The Village Street and Other Poems (1922); The Way of the West (2008); The Welding Quirt (2001); The Whispering Outlaw (1925); The White Cheyenne (1960); The White Eagle (1926); The White Streak (2022); The White Wolf (1975); The Winged Horse (2015); The Wolf and the Man (2014); The Wolf Strain (1996); Thunder Moon (1970); Thunder Moon Strikes (1982); Thunder Moon's Challenge (1982); Tiger (1979); Tiger Man (1994); Timbal Gulch Trail (1934); Timber Line (1999); Torture Trail (1965); Torturous Trek (2016); Tragedy Trail (1951); Trail of San Trieste (1986); Trail Partners (1956); Trailin'! (1920); Train's Trust (1923); Treasure Well (2006); Trouble in Timberline (1984); Trouble Kid (1971); Trouble Trail / Desert Showdown (1937); Trouble's Messenger (2005); Twenty Notches (1932); Two Sixes (1997); Valley of Jewels (1994); Valley of Vanishing Men (1947); Valley Thieves (1933); Valley Vultures (1932); Vengence Trail (1941); War Party (1973); Werewolf (1997); Western Tommy (1927); White Cheyenne (1974); Wild Freedom (1981); Wine on the Desert (1983); Wine on the Desert and Other Stories (1940); Wooden Guns (1925); Young Dr. Kildare (1941).

Movies and television:

Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008); Destry reitet wieder (1966); Destry (1964); Dr. Kildare (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Destry (1954); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); My Outlaw Brother (1951); Branded (1950); Singing Guns (1950); NBC Presents (1949); Dark Delusion (1947); Rainbow Over Texas (1946); Between Two Women (1945); 3 Men in White (1944); Uncertain Glory (1944); The Desperadoes (1943); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Powder Town (1942); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Destry Rides Again (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Fair Warning (1931); The Cavalier (1928); The Flying Horseman (1926); The Best Bad Man (1925); The Champion of Lost Causes (1925); Against All Odds (1924); The Vagabond Trail (1924); Darkness (1923); Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923); The Gunfighter (1923); Three Who Paid (1923); Just Tony (1922); The Fighting Streak (1922); Iron to Gold (1922); Trailin' (1921); The Night Horsemen (1921); Who Am I? (1921); Shame (1921); Children of the Night (1921); Tiger True (1921); A Thousand to One (1920); The Untamed (1920); Kiss or Kill (1918); Lawless Love (1918); The Adopted Son (1917).

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Born on this day – Claire Windsor:


Claire Windsor


Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Friday, April 10, 2026

Born on this day – Harry Segall:


Harry Segall


Writer

April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975

Credits:

Movies and television:

6 Hours to Live (1932); Angel on My Shoulder (1946 / 1980); Beautiful Accident (2017); Blind Alibi (1938); Blond Cheat (1938); Breakfast for Two (1937); Chandu the Magician (1932); Coast Guard (1939); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Down to Earth (1947); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Fatal Lady (1936); Fight for Your Lady (1937); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Monkey Business (1952); She Knew All the Answers (1941); She's Got Everything (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); The Powers Girl (1943); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); There Goes My Girl (1937); Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942); Uncertain Lady (1934); Wonderful Nightmare (2015).

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Born on this day – Mary Pickford:


Mary Pickford


Actress

Producer

April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979

Credits:

A Beast at Bay (1912); A Child's Impulse (1910); A Child's Stratagem (1910); A Decree of Destiny (1911); A Dog's Tale (1911); A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912); A Flash of Light (1910); A Gasoline Engagement (1911); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Good Little Devil (1914); A Little Princess (1917); A Lodging for the Night (1912); A Lucky Toothache (1910); A Manly Man (1911); A Midnight Adventure (1909); A Plain Song (1910); A Pueblo Legend (1912); A Pueblo Romance (1912); A Rich Revenge (1910); A Romance of the Redwoods (1917); A Romance of the Western Hills (1910); A Siren of Impulse (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Timely Repentance (1912); A Victim of Jealousy (1910); All on Account of the Milk (1910); All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Arcadian Maid (1910); An Indian Summer (1912); Artful Kate (1911); As a Boy Dreams (1911); As It Is in Life (1910); At a Quarter of Two (1911); At the Duke's Command (1911); Back to the Soil (1911); Behind the Scenes (1914); Behind the Stockade (1911); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Broken Hearts (1915); By the House That Jack Built (1911); Canadian Headlines of 1951 (1951); Caprice (1913); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); Cinderella (1914); Concept (1964); Conscience (1911); Coquette (1929); Coquette (1929); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Esmeralda (1915); Examination Day at School (1910); Fanchon, the Cricket (1915); Fate's Interception (1912); For Her Brother's Sake (1911); For the Queen's Honor (1911); Forever Yours (1930); Friends (1912); From Farm to Fame (1922); From the Bottom of the Sea (1911); Garrison's Finish (1923); Getting Even (1909); Grannie (1912); Heart o' the Hills (1919); Hearts Adrift (1914); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); Her Darkest Hour (1911); Her First Biscuits (1909); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Fury (1947); His Dress Shirt (1911); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); His Wife's Visitor (1909); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Home Folks (1912); Honor Thy Father (1912); How Could You, Jean? (1918); How Mary Fixed It (1911); Hulda from Holland (1916); In Old Kentucky (1909); In Old Madrid (1911); In the Bishop's Carriage (1913); In the Season of Buds (1910); In the Sultan's Garden (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909); Iola's Promise (1912); Johanna Enlists (1918); Just Like a Woman (1912); Kiki (1931); Lena and the Geese (1912); Less Than the Dust (1916); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Little Annie Rooney (1925); Little Iodine (1946); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Little Pal (1915); Little Red Riding Hood (1911); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Happy (1949); Love Heeds Not Showers (1911); Love's Reflection (1915); Madame Butterfly (1915); Madame Rex (1911); Maid or Man (1911); May and December (1910); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Mistress Nell (1915); M'Liss (1918); Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909); Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910); Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910); My Baby (1912); My Best Girl (1927); Never Again (1910); Oh, Uncle! (1909); One Hundred Percent American (1918); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (1941); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pollyanna (1920); Poor Little Peppina (1916); Potseluy Meri Pikford (1927); Rags (1915); Ramona (1910); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); Rosita (1923); Science (1911); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 21 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 5 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 5 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14 (1925); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955); Second Sight (1911); Secrets (1933); Serious Sixteen (1910); Simple Charity (1910); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); Sparrows (1926); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Stella Maris (1918); Stork Bites Man (1947); Such a Little Queen (1914); Suds (1920); Sunshine Sue (1910); Susie Steps Out (1946); Sweet and Twenty (1909); Sweet Memories (1911); Tender Hearts (1909); Tess of the Storm Country (1914); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Awakening (1909); The Better Way (1911); The Black Pirate (1926); The Broken Locket (1909); The Caddy's Dream (1911); The Call of the Song (1911); The Call to Arms (1910); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Children's Friend (1909); The Convert (1911); The Country Doctor (1909); The Courting of Mary (1911); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915); The Day After (1909); The Dream (1911); The Eagle's Mate (1914); The Englishman and the Girl (1910); The Eternal Grind (1916); The Face at the Window (1910); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fair Dentist (1911); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Female of the Species (1912); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Foundling (1915); The Foundling (1916); The Gaucho (1927); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hoodlum (1919); The Iconoclast (1910); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Informer (1912); The Inner Circle (1912); The Italian Barber (1911); The Kid (1910); The Light That Came (1909); The Lighthouse Keeper (1911); The Little American (1917); The Little Darling (1909); The Little Teacher (1909); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Love Light (1921); The Masher (1910); The Master and the Man (1911); The Mender of Nets (1912); The Message in the Bottle (1911); The Mexican Sweethearts (1909); The Mirror (1911); The Mountaineer's Honor (1909); The Narrow Road (1912); The Necklace (1909); The New York Hat (1912); The Newlyweds (1910); The Old Actor (1912); The One She Loved (1912); The Outcome (1914); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Portrait (1911); The Pride of the Clan (1917); The Renunciation (1909); The Restoration (1909); The School Teacher and the Waif (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Sentinel Asleep (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Skating Bug (1911); The Slave (1909); The Smoker (1910); The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910); The Son's Return (1909); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Stampede (1911); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Temptress (1911); The Test (1909); The Thread of Destiny (1910); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Trick That Failed (1909); The Twisted Trail (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Unchanging Sea (1910); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The Way of Man (1909); The Woman from Mellon's (1910); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); They Would Elope (1909); Three Sisters (1911); Through the Back Door (1921); Through the Breakers (1909); To Save Her Soul (1909); 'Tween Two Loves (1911); Two Memories (1909); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Waiter No. 5 (1910); Wifey's Fling (1915); Wanted, a Child (1909); What Drink Did (1909); What the Daisy Said (1910); What's Your Hurry? (1909); When a Man Loves (1911); When Fate Decrees (1913); When the Cat's Away (1911); When We Were in Our Teens (1910); White Roses (1910); Wilful Peggy (1910); With the Enemy's Help (1912); Won by a Fish (1912).

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Born on this day – Maurice Sandoz:


Maurice Sandoz


Writer

April 2, 1892 – June 5, 1958

Credits:

Books:

Am Rande; Choix de poèmes: Poèmes, épigrammes, le Beau voyage, sonnets; Collection de Montres et Automates; Das Labyrinth. Roman; Der Friedhof von Skutari: unheimliche Geschichten; Der Vampyr (Neff-Anthologie, #2); Diaghilev-Nijinksy, and other vignettes; Elephant Man e altri mostri; Fantastic memories; Imitation Des Sonnets from the Portuguese; La Limite; La salière de cristal: Souvenirs; On the Verge; Personal Remarks About England; Recordações Fantásticas e Três Histórias Singulares; The Crystal Salt Cellar; The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories; The House Without Windows; The Maze; The Pleasures of Mexico.

Movies:

Spring-Heeled Jack (1950); Strangler's Morgue (1946); The Maze (1953).

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Born on this day – Violet Horner:


Violet Horner


Actress

March 25, 1892 – July 6, 1970

Credits:

A Bad Tangle (1912); A Cave Man Wooing (1912); A Daughter of the Gods (1916); A Happy Family (1912); A Modern Romance (1913); A Strange Case (1912); A Woman Loved (1913); An Eventful Bargain Day (1912); An Imp Romance (1913); Animated Weekly, No. 62 (1913); Aunt Dinah's Plot (1912); Billy in Armor (1913); Billy Plays Poker (1913); Billy Wins (1913); Billy, the Wise Guy (1913); Billy's Adventure (1913); Billy's Board Bill (1913); Billy's Double (1913); Billy's First Quarrel (1913); Billy's Honeymoon (1913); Billy's Troubles (1913); Blood Is Thicker Than Water (1912); Bob's Baby (1913); Caught in a Flash (1912); Chappie the Chaperone (1912); Damages in Full (1913); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913); Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917); Ferdie, Be Brave (1912); Fresh Air Filkins (1913); Garden of Lies (1915); Getting Mary Married (1912); Gratitude (1913); He Had But Fifty Cents (1912); Hearts of Oak (1914); Her Nerve (1913); His Other Self (1912); How Ned Got the Raise (1912); In Old Tennessee (1912); Lady Audley's Secret (1912); Lena Rivers (1914); Let No Man Put Asunder (1912); Mr. Smith, Barber (1912); Retribution (1913); She Slept Through It All (1913); Shore Acres (1914); Sisters (1913); Ten Nights in a Barroom (1913); The Baldheaded Club (1913); The Breakdown (1912); The Bridal Room (1912); The Castaway (1912); The Fighting Chance (1916); The Fringe of Sin (1913); The Girl from Alaska (1915); The Higher Law (1913); The Man from the West (1912); The Marble Heart (1916); The Millionaire Cop (1912); The Peril (1912); The Right Clue (1912); The Ring and the Man (1914); The Schemers (1912); The Soul of Man (1913); The Stolen Voice (1915); The Wages of Sin (1913); The Wages of Sin (1914); Tillie, the Terrible Typist (1915); Winning the Latonia Derby (1912); Yvonne, the Foreign Spy (1912).

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Born on this day – Gregory La Cava:


Gregory La Cava


Director

Producer

March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952

Credits:

20,000 Legs Under the Sea (1917); A Bold Bad Man (1918); A Doity Deed (1920); A Heathen Benefit (1918); A Hot Time in the Gym (1917); A Picnic for Two (1918); A Quiet Day in the Country (1916); A Romance of '76 (1920); A Social Error (1922); A Sweet Pickle (1919); A Tale of a Kangaroo (1917); A Tankless Job (1917); A Tough Pull (1918); A Very Busy Day (1920); A Warm Reception (1920); A Wee Bit o' Scotch (1919); Abie Kabibble Outwitted His Rival (1917); Adventures of Mr. Nobody Holme (1916); After the Ball (1919); All for the Ladies (1918); All for the Love of a Girl (1920); Ananias Has Nothing on Hooligan (1917); Around the World in Half an Hour (1917); At the Circus (1917); At the Picnic (1917); Bang Go the Rifles (1916); Bed of Roses (1933); Big News (1929); Black's Mysterious Box (1915); Bullets and Bulls (1917); Burglars (1918); Business Is Business (1919); By the Sand Sea Waves (1917); Captain Goes a-Swimming (1916); Cartoons in a Barbershop (1915); Cartoons in a Sanitarium (1915); Cartoons in a Seminary (1915); Cartoons in the Country (1915); Cartoons in the Hotel (1915); Cartoons in the Kitchen (1915); Cartoons in the Laundry (1915); Cartoons in the Parlor (1915); Cartoons on the Beach (1915); Cartoons on Tour (1915); Chinese Question (1920); Crabs Iss Crabs (1918); Cupid's Advice (1920); Der Black Mitt (1918); Der Captain Discovers the North Pole (1917); Der Captain Goes-a-Flivvering (1917); Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance (1917); Der Captain's Birthday (1918); Der Captain's Magic Act (1916); Der Captain's Valet (1917); Der End of Der Limit (1917); Der Great Bear Hunt (1917); Der Last Straw (1917); Der Two Twins (1918); Der Wash on Der Line (1919); Doing His Bit (1918); Faint Hearts (1922); Fast and Furious (1917); Father Gets Into the Movies (1916); Fatherly Love (1921); Feel My Pulse (1928); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); Fisherman's Luck (1918); Gabriel Over the White House (1933); Gallant Lady (1933); Good Night, Nurse (1919); Half a Bride (1928); Happy Gets the Razoo (1917); Happy Hooligan in Soft (1917); Happy Hooligan, Double-Cross Nurse (1917); Hash and Hypnotism (1918); He Tries His Hand at Hypnotism (1917); He Tries the Movies Again (1916); Hearts and Horses (1918); Helpful Hogan (1923); Hicks in Nightmareland (1915); His Country Cousin (1920); His Dark Past (1918); His First Command (1929); His Last Will (1918); His Nibs (1921); How Could William Tell? (1919); In Oil (1920); In the Zoo (1917); Iska Worreh (1917); It Beats the Dutch (1919); Jerry Ships a Circus (1916); Judge Rummy in Bear Facts (1920); Judge Rummy's Miscue (1919); Judge Rummy's Off Day (1918); Jungle Jumble (1919); Just Like a Woman (1916); Kats Is Kats (1920); Knock on the Window, the Door Is a Jamb (1920); Knocking the 'H' Out of Heinie (1919); Krazy and Ignatz Discuss the Letter 'G' (1916); Lady in a Jam (1942); Laugh and Get Rich (1931); Let's Get Married (1926); Living in a Big Way (1947); Maud the Educated Mule (1916); Mopping Up a Million (1918); Music Hath Charms (1917); My Man Godfrey (1936); Mysterious Yarn (1917); One Good Turn Deserves Another (1920); One Touch of Venus (1948); Paradise for Two (1927); Pat's Patents (1923); Peace and Quiet (1917); Pep (1918); Pigs in Clover (1919); Policy and Pie (1918); Poor Si Keeler (1916); Primrose Path (1940); Private Worlds (1935); Restless Wives (1924); Rheumatics (1918); Robbers and Thieves (1917); Round and Round Again (1916); Rub-a-Dub-Dub (1918); Rubbing It In (1919); Running Wild (1927); Saturday's Children (1929); Sauce for the Goose (1919); Say It Again (1926); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 10 (1924); Sharks Is Sharks (1917); She Married Her Boss (1935); Smart Woman (1931); Smash-Up in China (1919); Smokey Smokes (and) Lampoons (1920); Snappy Cheese (1919); So This Is Hamlet? (1923); So's Your Old Man (1926); Spirits (1918); Spring Fever (1920); Stage Door (1937); Sufficiency (1919); Swat the Fly (1918); Swinging His Vacation (1920); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Tell It to Sweeney (1927); Tempest in a Paint Pot (1917); That Reminds Me (1919); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Age of Consent (1932); The Animated Grouch Chaser (1915); The Best Man Loses (1918); The Breath of a Nation (1919); The Busybody (1923); The Dummy (1920); The Fiddling Fool (1923); The Four Orphans (1923); The Gay Defender (1927); The Great Handicap (1919); The Great Hansom Cab Mystery (1917); The Great Offensive (1917); The Great Umbrella Mystery (1920); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Latest in Underwear (1918); The Life of Reilly (1923); The Limburger Blows (1917); The Mysterious Vamp (1920); The New Recruit (1917); The New School Teacher (1924); The Pill Pounder (1923); The Sawdust Trail (1919); The Spider and the Fly (1917); The Tale of a Monkey (1917); The Tale of a Shirt (1919); The Tale of a Wag (1920); The Tales of a Fish (1917); The Tanks (1917); The Wrong Track (1920); Third, Jiggs and the Social Lion (1918); Three Strikes You're Out (1917); Throwing the Bull (1918); Too Many Cooks (1918); Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (1918); Transatlantic Flight (1919); Turn to Right Leg (1920); Twinkle Twinkle (1919); Unfinished Business (1941); Up in the Air (1918); Vanity and Vengeance (1918); War Gardens (1918); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Where Are the Papers (1919); Where Has My Little Coal Bin? (1919); White Hope (1917); Wild and Wicked (1923); Womanhandled (1925).

Monday, March 9, 2026

Born on this day – Vita Sackville-West:


Vita Sackville-West


Writer

Garden designer

March 9, 1892 – June 2, 1962

Credits:

All Passion Spent (1931); All Passion Spent / Return of the Soldier / Two Days in Aragon (1987); Andrew Marvell (1933); Aphra Behn (1927); Berkeley Castle (1989); Challenge (1923); Country Notes (1940); Devil at Westease (1947); English Country Houses (1996); Even More for Your Garden (1958); Faces: Profiles of Dogs (1961); Family History (1932); Grand Canyon (1942); Grey Wethers (1923); Heir (1922); Heritage (1918); In Your Garden (1951); In Your Garden Again (1953); Joy of Gardening (1960); King's Daughter (1929); Knole and the Sackvilles (1922); Love Letters (2021); More for Your Garden (1955); No Signposts in the Sea (1960); Orchard and Vineyard (1921); Passenger to Teheran (1926); Pepita (1937); Poems of West and East (1917); Saint Joan of Arc (1936); Seducers in Ecuador (1924); Selected Poems (1941); Selected Writings (2002); Some Flowers (1937); The Dark Island (1934); The Death of Noble Godavary and Gottfried Kuenstler (1932); The Dragon in Shallow Waters (1921); The Eagle and the Dove (1943); The Easter Party (1953); The Edwardians (1930); The Garden (1946); The Illustrated Garden Book (1986); The Land (1926); The Land and The Garden (1989); The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (1984); The Women's Land Army (1993); Thirty Clocks Strike the Hour (1932); Twelve Days (1987); Vita and Harold (1992); Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst (2014); Weather in the Streets / All Passion Spent / Frost in May (1994).

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Born on this day – Dorothy Green:


Dorothy Green


Actress

March 5, 1892 – November 16, 1963

Credits:

A Parisian Romance (1916); After Dark (1915); Forest Rivals (1919); Her Mother's Secret (1915); My Favorite Husband (1953); Patria (1917); The A.B.C. of Love (1919); The American Way (1919); The Country Boy (1915); The Dark Star (1919); The Devil at His Elbow (1916); The Good-Bad Wife (1920); The Grouch (1918); The Lesson (1917); The Model (1915); The Praise Agent (1919); The Spirit of the Poppy (1914); The Wonderful Adventure (1915); Your Favorite Story (1954).