Born on this day – Olive Thomas:

Olive Thomas

Actress

Model

October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920

Born on this day – Del Lord:

Del Lord

Director

October 7, 1894 – March 23, 1970

Born on this day – Olive Tell:

Olive Tell

Actress

September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951

Credits:

A Woman's Business (1920); Baby, Take a Bow (1934); Brilliant Marriage (1936); Chickie (1925); Clothes (1920); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Delicious (1931); Devotion (1931); Easy to Take (1936); False Faces (1932); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Good Medicine (1929); Hearts in Exile (1929); Her Sister (1917); In His Steps (1936); Ladies' Man (1931); Lawful Larceny (1930); Love Without Question (1920); National Red Cross Pageant (1917); Polo Joe (1936); Private Scandal (1934); Sailors' Wives (1928); Secret Strings (1918); Shanghai (1935); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Soft Living (1928); Strictly Personal (1933); Summer Bachelors (1926); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Girl and the Judge (1918); The Prince of Tempters (1926); The Right of Way (1930); The Right of Way (1930); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Silent Master (1917); The Trap (1919); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929); The Unforseen (1917); The Very Idea (1929); The Witching Hour (1934); The Wrong Woman (1920); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Under Southern Stars (1937); Wings of Pride (1920); Woman Hungry (1931); Womanhandled (1925); Worlds Apart (1921); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – Gladys Brockwell:

Gladys Brockwell

Actress

September 26, 1894 – July 2, 1929

Born on this day – Albert Lewin:

Albert Lewin

Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968

Born on this day – Patricia Palmer:

Patricia Palmer

Actress

September 14, 1894 – October 21, 1964

Credits:

A Child of the North (1915); A City Rube (1915); A Gentleman's Agreement (1918); A Kaffir's Gratitude (1916); A Little Madonna (1914); A Lucky Slip (1917); A Pair of Hellions (1924); A Perfect 36 (1923); A Rustic Romeo (1919); A Siren of the Jungle (1916); A Soul Enslaved (1916); Across the Border (1922); All on Account of Towser (1915); Almost a Hero (1915); Almost Divorced (1917); An Intercepted Vengeance (1915); Anne of the Mines (1914); Any Port in a Storm (1913); Auntie (1914); Avenged by Lions (1916); Betty Wakes Up (1917); Beyond the Trail (1921); Bianca (1913); Blondes (1921); Brandon's Last Ride (1914); By Injunction (1918); By the World Forgot (1918); Cold Feet (1922); Could a Man Do More? (1915); Cynthiana (1918); Destiny's Boomerang (1916); Detective and Matchmaker (1914); Dummy Love (1921); Faro Nell, Lookout (1918); Fate's Decision (1916); Francine (1914); Ginger's Reign (1914); Good Gracious, Bobby (1919); Greater Than Love (1921); Green Eyes and Bullets (1917); He Fell on the Beach (1917); Hearts and Clubs (1917); Her Merry Mix-Up (1917); Highlights and Shadows (1916); His Bitter Half (1921); His Kid Sister (1914); His Mother's Portrait (1915); Hold Your Breath (1924); Into the Light (1920); Kidding the Boss (1914); Local Color (1917); Love Will Out (1914); Mareea the Half-Breed (1914); Mareea, the Foster Mother (1914); Marta of the Jungles (1916); Mary Moves In (1919); Mixed Bedrooms (1921); Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923); Naughty Nanette (1927); Old Moddington's Daughters (1913); Only a Sister (1914); Out in Happy Hollow (1914); Polly at the Ranch (1913); Prosecution (1914); Public Approval (1916); Rose of Wolfville (1918); Rounding Up the Law (1922); Rowdy Ann (1919); Sally's Blighted Career (1919); Sand (1920); Sea Sirens (1919); Sisters (1914); Skirts (1917); Some Boy! (1919); Sunny; or, the Cattle Thief (1913); Sunshine Valley (1916); Tangled Hearts (1916); Tell Your Wife Everything (1919); The Arab's Vengeance (1915); The Bait (1916); The Canyon Hold-Up (1918); The Clients of Aaron Green (1918); The Coming of Faro Nell (1918); The Coward (1915); The Cowboy and the Lady (1922); The Cowboy King (1922); The Desert Wolf (1921); The Dismissal of Silver Phil (1918); The Faith of the Strong (1919); The Fifth Wheel (1918); The Fourteenth Man (1917); The Ghosts (1914); The Girl at Nolan's (1915); The Girl from Beyond (1918); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golden Trail (1915); The Good-for-Nothing Brat (1916); The Hammer (1915); The Heart of Tara (1916); The Heir of the Broken O (1918); The Hidden Law (1916); The Home Trail (1918); The Homesteaders (1916); The Honeymooners (1917); The Horse Thief (1914); The Island of Desire (1917); The Jungle Flash Light (1916); The Jungle Outcasts (1916); The King of Kings (1927); The Kiss (1914); The Last Will (1914); The Leopard's Bride (1916); The Level (1914); The Lion's Nemesis (1916); The Little Savage (1929); The Love of Tokiwa (1914); The Marquis and Miss Sally (1918); The Milky Way (1917); The Moment of Victory (1918); The Money Corral (1919); The Mystery of the Hidden House (1914); The Navajo Ring (1915); The Night Riders of Petersham (1914); The Old Oak's Secret (1914); The Ostrich Tip (1916); The Outlaw (1913); The Part Time Wife (1925); The Protest (1915); The Race (1913); The Sage-Brush Gal (1914); The Sea Ghost (1915); The Sea Maiden (1913); The Siren (1915); The Soul's Cycle (1916); The Spell (1913); The Star of India (1916); The Taming of Rita (1915); The Tempest (1921); The Waster (1926); The Web of the Law (1923); The Widow Dangerous (1918); The Winning of Jess (1915); The Woman in the Web (1918); The Wooing of Riley (1918); The Wrong Pair (1913); The Yellow Streak (1913); Their Seaside Tangle (1917); To the Ladies (1923); Tony, the Greaser (1914); Tucson Jennie's Heart (1918); Turkey Dressing (1921); When Love Leads (1915); When the Gods Forgive (1914); Who's Your Friend (1925); With the Mummies' Help (1917); Without Mercy (1925); You Couldn't Blame Her (1919).

Born on this day – J. B. Priestley:

J. B. Priestley

Writer

September 13, 1894 – August 14, 1984

Credits:

Books:

A Visit to New Zealand (1974); Adam in Moonshine (1927); An Inspector Calls (1948); Angel Pavement (1930); Benighted (1927); Beyond Time (2019); Black Water (1983); Black-Out in Gretley (1942); Bodley Head Leacock (1957); Bright Day (1946); Britain Under Fire (1942); Charles Dickens and His World (1961); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Daylight On Saturday (1944); Delight (1949); Dragon's Mouth (1952); English Humour (1929); English Journey (1934); Essays of Today and Yesterday (1935); Faraway (1932); Farthing Hall (1929); Festival at Farbridge (1951); Figures in Modern Literature (1924); Found, Lost, Found (1976); George Meredith (1926); Ghosts for Christmas (1988); Hauntings (1968); I for One (1923); I Have Been Here Before (1938); I'll Tell You Everything (1932); Instead of the Trees (1977); It's An Old Country (1967); Jenny Villiers (1947); Johnson over Jordan (1939); Journey Down a Rainbow (1955); Let the People Sing (1939); Letter To A Returning Serviceman (1945); Literature and Western Man (1960); London End (1968); London Stories (2013); Lost Empires (1965); Low Notes on a High Level (1954); Man and Time (1964); Margin Released (1962); Medley Macabre (1966); Midnight On the Desert (1937); My Six Favorite Plays (1978); Open House (1927); Our Nation's Heritage (1939); Out of the People (1941); Out of Town (1968); Outcries and Asides (1974); Over The Long High Wall (1972); Papers from Lilliput (1922); Particular Pleasures (1975); Postscripts aka Britain Speaks (1940); Rain Upon Godshill (1938); Realms of Darkness (1985); Salt is Leaving (1966); Saturn Over the Water (1961); Self-Selected Essays (1937); Sir Michael and Sir George (1966); Snoggle (1971); Spirits of the Season (2018); Stories of the Occult (1978); Tales of the Dark 3 (1988); Talking (1926); The 31st of June (1961); The 6th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1970); The Art of the Dramatist (1957); The Balconinny (1930); The Book of Bodley Head Verse (1926); The Carfitt Crisis (1975); The Doomsday Men (1938); The Edwardians (1970); The English (1971); The English Comic Characters (1925); The Good Companions (1929); The Great Book of Humour (1935); The Happy Dream (1976); The High Toby (1948); The Magicians (1954); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Other Place (1953); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume I (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume II (1949); The Plays of J.B. Priestley - Volume III (1950); The Prince of Pleasure (1969); The Second Omnibus Book (1930); The Shapes of Sleep (1962); The Silver Ship (1932); The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Three (2018); The Wonderful World of the Theatre (1959); Theatre Outlook (1947); They Walk in the City (1936); Thomas Love Peacock (1966); Thoughts in the Wilderness (1957); Three Men in New Suits (1945); Time and the Conways (1937); Time Travelers (1997); Trumpets Over the Sea (1968); Victoria's Heyday (1972); When We Were Married (1938); Wonder Hero (1933).

Movies and television:

1940: A Reminiscence by J.B. Priestley (1965); A Severed Head (1971); Actor's Studio (1950); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1957); Alta comedia (1971–1974); An Evening with J.B. Priestley (1973); An Inspector Calls (1948 / 1954 / 1982 / 2015 / 2018 / 2020); Angel Pavement (1957–1967); Anoihtoi logariasmoi (2000); Armchair Theatre (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1979); Battle for Music (1943); BBC Play of the Month (1974–1983); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); Beshenoe zoloto (1977); Bright Shadow (1950); Britain at Bay (1940); Celebrity Playhouse (1981); Ci sono già stato (1954); Conflict (1967); Conversations for Tomorrow (1964); Cornelius (1938); Dangerous Corner (1934 / 1946 / 1949 / 1965); De roos en de kroon (1963); Det er fra politiet (1960); Die Conways und die Zeit (1958); Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds (1962); Die Zeit und die Conways (1960); Doctor Who: The Cravat Doctor Adventures (2018); Doomsday for Dyson (1958); Eden End (1977); El teatro (1974); El temps i els Conway (1993); En inspektør ringer på (1961); Enas epitheoritis erhetai (1999); Encounter (1954); Ergens ligt een stad... (1964); Essi arrivarono a una città (1961); Estudio 1 (1967–2000); Gefährliche Kurve (1957); Gendel i gangstery (1967); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Great British Railway Journeys (2023); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Het begon in het paradijs (1960); Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford (2019); How the BBC Began (2022); I Have Been Here Before (1949 / 1964); Il tempo e la famiglia Conway (1954); In Front of the Children (1982); Inspektor Gull (1979); Inspektor sa vracia (1972); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1958); Jamaica Inn (1939); Jenny Villiers (1948); Kraft Theatre (1947–1951); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Laburnum Grove (1936 / 1938 / 1947); Last Holiday (1950 / 2006); Let the People Sing (1942); Little Ships (2010); Look Up and Laugh (1935); Lost City (1958); Lost Empires (1986); Matinee Theatre (1958); Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1955); Music at Night (1952); Omnibus (1968–1969); On the Road (1980); On Trial (1960); One Man's Week (1971); One Pair of Eyes (1973); Onkel Phils Nachlaß (1965); Out of the Unknown (1966); Paradies auf erden (1967); Performance (1994); Playdate (1964); Primera fila (1963–1965); Prizraki zelyonoy komnaty (1992); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Salute to America (1939); Sau Jhooth Ek Sach (2004); Seit Adam und Eva (1955 / 1962); Shadows (1975); Silberhochzeit!?! (2015); Sing As We Go! (1934); Skandalnoye proishestviye v Brikmille (1981); Snoggl (1993); Snuki (1978); Somewhere in France (1942); Studio One (1952–1958); Summer Day's Dream (1949); Suspeita (1958); Tarkastaja tulee (1964); Teatro estudio (1977); Television Theater (1997); Teper pust ukhodit (1963); Thana Theke Aschi (1965 / 2010); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Germans Are Coming (2005); The Good Companions (1933 / 1949 / 1957 / 1980 / 1981); The Linden Tree (1949); The Long Mirror (1948); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1961); The Old Dark House (1932 / 1963); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rose and Crown (1946 / 1956 / 1963); The Time and the Conways (1966); The Venetian Door (1966); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Winslow Boy / A Touch of Venus (1969); The World at War (1973–1974); They Came to a City (1944); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Time and the Conways (1985); Timeshift (2015); To theatro tis Defteras (1976); To theatro ton neon (1973); Today (1968); Treasure on Pelican (1951); TV de Vanguarda (1954–1957); Un inspecteur vous demande (1965); Und das am Montagmorgen (1957 / 1959); Virage dangereux (1956); Vorhang auf! (1954); Vremya i semya Konvey (1984); We Live in Two Worlds (1937); Wenn wir verheiratet sind (1982); What Did You Do in the War, Auntie? 1939-45 (1995); When We Are Married (1938 / 1943 / 1949 / 1951 / 1957 / 1987); Whitehall Wonders (1949); You Know What People Are (1955); Zur Rose und Krone (1964).

Born on this day – George Waggner:

George Waggner

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984

Born on this day – Richard Wallace:

Richard Wallace

Director

August 26, 1894 – November 3, 1951

Credits:

8 Girls in a Boat (1934); A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Night to Remember (1942); A Texas Steer (1927); Adventure in Baltimore (1949); Along Came Auntie (1926); Anybody's War (1930); Because of Him (1946); Beware of Your Relatives (1925); Blossoms on Broadway (1937); Bombardier (1943); Bride by Mistake (1944); Captain Caution (1940); Discord in 'A' Flat (1925); Dizzy Daddies (1926); Dog Biscuits (1925); Framed (1947); Heart Trouble (1925); Ice Cold (1925); Innocents of Paris (1929); It's in the Bag! (1945); Jiminy Crickets (1925); John Meade's Woman (1937); Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993); Kick In (1931); Kiss and Tell (1945); Lady Be Good (1928); Let's Live a Little (1948); Madame Mystery (1926); Man of the World (1931); McFadden's Flats (1927); Merry Widower (1926); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); Never Too Old (1926); Nobody Wins (1925); Obliging Young Lady (1942); One Hour in Wonderland (1950); One Wild Night (1925); Raggedy Rose (1926); Sea Legs (1930); Seven Days Leave (1930); She Knew All the Answers (1941); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); So This Is Paris? (1926); Starvation Blues (1925); Syncopating Sue (1926); The American Beauty (1927); The Butter and Egg Man (1928); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); The Honeymoon Hotel (1926); The Little Minister (1934); The Masquerader (1933); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Poor Nut (1927); The Right to Love (1930); The River of Romance (1929); The Road to Reno (1931); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Under-Pup (1939); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); The Young in Heart (1938); Thunder Below (1932); Tight Cargo (1926); Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1932); Tycoon (1947); Wedding Present (1936); What's the World Coming To (1926).

Born on this day – Mary Duncan:

Mary Duncan

Actress

August 13, 1894 – May 9, 1993

Credits:

Morning Glory (1933); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); Thirteen Women (1932); State's Attorney (1932); The Age for Love (1931); Five and Ten (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); Kismet (1930); City Girl (1930); Romance of the Rio Grande (1929); Thru Different Eyes (1929); The River (1928); 4 Devils (1928); Soft Living (1928); Very Confidential (1927).

Born on this day – Edith Johnson:

Edith Johnson

Actress

August 10, 1894 – September 6, 1969

Credits:

Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Wolves of the North (1924); The Fast Express (1924); The Steel Trail (1923); Smashing Barriers (1923); Playing It Wild (1923); The Fighting Guide (1922); When Danger Smiles (1922); The Silent Vow (1922); No Defense (1921); Steelheart (1921); Where Men Are Men (1921); Fighting Fate (1921); The Silent Avenger (1920); Smashing Barriers (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); Man of Might (1919); A Fight for Millions (1918); The Shuttle (1918); The Fighting Grin (1918); The Scarlet Car (1917); The Right Man (1917); Hands in the Dark (1917); In the Talons of an Eagle (1917); The Greater Punishment (1917); The Scarlet Crystal (1917); A Brother's Sacrifice (1917); Giant Powder (1916); The Five Franc Piece (1916); The Lost Lode (1916); Guilty (1916); For Love and Gold (1916); The Conspiracy (1916); Behind the Lines (1916); The Gold Ship (1916); The Private Banker (1916); The Valiants of Virginia (1916); The Hare and the Tortoise (1916); An Elephant's Gratitude (1916); Badgered (1916); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1916); The Three Wise Men (1916); The Cycle of Fate (1916); Toll of the Jungle (1916); The Black Orchid (1916); The Devil-in-Chief (1916); The Baby and the Leopard (1915); Orders (1915); Just as I Am (1915); Sweet Alyssum (1915); The Runt (1915); The Circular Staircase (1915); The Orang-Outang (1915); At the Flood Tide (1915); The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle (1915); The Girl and the Reporter (1915); The Jaguar Trap (1915); The Face at the Window (1915); Her Jungle Sweetheart (1915); Hearts of the Jungle (1915); The Van Thornton Diamonds (1915); Heart's Desire (1915); The Flower of Faith (1914); Wade Brent Pays (1914); The Lure of the Windigo (1914); The Butterfly's Wings (1914); Out of Petticoat Lane (1914); If I Were Young Again (1914); Rosemary, That's for Remembrance (1914); The Tonsorial Leopard Tamer (1914); The Dream Girl (1914); An Embarrassing Predicament (1914); For Love of Him (1914); Life's Crucible (1914); Nan's Victory (1914); The Captain's Chair (1914); Somebody's Sister (1914); Bombarded (1914); The Mother of Seven (1914); The Story of Diana (1914); The Story of Cupid (1914); The Better Way (1914); Conscience and the Temptress (1914); Dixieland (1913); A Message from Home (1913); An Actor's Romance (1913); The Three Wise Men (1913).

Born on this day – Lois Wilson:

Lois Wilson

Actress

June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988

Credits:

A Bird in the Hand (1929); A Burglar for a Night (1918); A Full House (1920); A Man's Fight (1919); A Man's Man (1917); A Son of the Immortals (1916); A Soul at Stake (1916); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Alias the Lone Wolf (1927); Alimony (1917); Alone in the World (1917); Another Scandal (1924); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916); Bad Little Angel (1939); Bella Donna (1923); Black Evidence (1917); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Born to Gamble (1935); Bright Eyes (1934); Broad Daylight (1922); Broadway Nights (1927); Burglar Proof (1920); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Come Again Smith (1919); Coney Island (1928); Conquest (1928); Contraband (1925); Deluge (1933); Divorce in the Family (1932); Drifting Souls (1932); Fascinating Youth (1926); Fashion News (1930); Female (1933); Flames of Treachery (1917); For Beauty's Sake (1941); For Love or Money (1930); French Dressing (1927); Gates of Brass (1919); Green Eyes (1916); Guiding Light (1955); He Wrote a Book (1916); Her Chance (1916); Her Husband's Women (1929); His Robe of Honor (1918); Hollywood (1923 / 1980); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hulda the Silent (1916); Icebound (1924); In the Money (1933); Irish Luck (1925); Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922); It Pays to Advertise (1919); Kid Gloves (1929); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Langdon's Legacy (1916); Laughing at Life (1933); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Let's Get Married (1926); Life Returns (1934); Love Insurance (1919); Lovin' the Ladies (1930); Maid o' the Storm (1918); Manslaughter (1922); Married on the Wing (1916); Marry Me (1925); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midsummer Madness (1920); Miss Information (1928); Miss Lulu Bett (1921); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); New York (1927); No Greater Glory (1934); Nobody's Children (1940); North of 36 (1924); Obey the Law (1933); Object: Alimony (1928); On Trial (1928); Once a Gentleman (1930); One Dollar Bid (1918); Only 38 (1923); Our Five Daughters (1962); Our Leading Citizen (1922); Parentage (1917); Picture This (2022); Pied Piper Malone (1924); Prisoners of the Pines (1918); Public Opinion (1935); Ransom (1928); Rugged Water (1925); Ruggles of Red Gap (1923); Sally's Shoulders (1928); School for Girls (1934); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Seed (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Society Fever (1935); Temptation (1930); The Age for Love (1931); The Aldrich Family (1950); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Bells (1918); The Best Man (1919); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The City of Masks (1920); The City of Silent Men (1921); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Crash (1932); The Decoy (1916); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Drifters (1919); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The End of the Game (1919); The Expert (1932); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Gay Lord Waring (1916); The Gingham Girl (1927); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hell Diggers (1921); The Hypocrite (1915); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The King on Main Street (1925); The Lost Romance (1921); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Morals of Hilda (1916); The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915); The Palace of Dust (1915); The Pool of Flame (1916); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Paradise (1915); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932); The Show-Off (1926 / 1934); The Silent Battle (1916); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Turn of a Card (1918); The Vanishing American (1925); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Whispered Name (1917); The White Man's Law (1916); The World's Champion (1922); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); This Is Your Life (1957); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three X Gordon (1918); Ticket to a Crime (1934); To the Last Man (1923); Too Much Johnson (1919); Treason (1917); Wedding Present (1936); Wedding Rings (1929); Welcome Home (1925); What Every Woman Knows (1921); What's Your Hurry? (1920); When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915); Who's Your Servant? (1920); Why Smith Left Home (1919); Without Compromise (1922); Won by Grit (1917); Your Uncle Dudley (1935).

Born on this day – Tay Garnett:

Tay Garnett

Director

Writer

June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977

Born on this day – Beatrice Lillie:

Beatrice Lillie

Actress

Singer

Comedienne

May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

80 Days (1956); A 1960'S Radio Broadcast Addition: Chase and Sandborn 101st Anniversary (1965); A Welcome to Britain (1943); All Star Revue (1950); American Masters (1997); Are You There? (1930); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Beatrice Lillie (1929); Before the Fringe (1967); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935); Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935); Corporal Kate (1926); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Exit Smiling (1926); G.P.O. Telephone Personality Girl (1959); Gypsy (1967); Juke Box Jury (1961–1967); On Approval (1944); Password (1962); Person to Person (1956); Pontiac Star Parade: Four for Tonight (1960); Show of Shows (1929); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Television (1988); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The Arthur Murray Party (1950–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1950–1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1960); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Ezio Pinza Show (1951); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1968); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pat Boone Show (1966–1967); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1969); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); This Is Show Business (1950–1952); This Is Your Life (1959–1962); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Today (1967); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1958 (1959); Variety Club Race Meeting (1967); What's My Line? (1952–1964).

Born on this day – Dashiell Hammett:

Dashiell Hammett

Writer

May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961

Credits:

Books:

A Man Called Spade (1944); Books to Die For (2012); Breakdown and Other Thrillers (1968); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Creeping Siamese and Other Stories (1950); Creeps by Night (2020); Dashiell Hammett: A Retrospective Anthology (2004); Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories and Other Writings (2001); Dead Yellow Woman (1947); Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992); Hammett Homicides (1946); Lost Stories (2005); Murder Plus (1992); Nightmare Town and Other Stories (1950); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Red Brain and Other Thrillers (1961); Red Harvest (1929); Return of the Thin Man (2012); San Francisco Noir 2 (2009); Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960 (2002); Tales of Mystery (1986); The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1944); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Big Knockover (1966); The Continental Op (1974); The Crime Wave (2007); The Dain Curse (1929); The Glass Key (1931); The Hunter (2013); The Hunter and Other Stories (2013); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Maltese Falcon (1930); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Thin Man (1934); They Can Only Hang You Once (1944); Vintage Hammett (2005); Woman In The Dark (1933).

Movies and television:

Monsieur Spade (2024); Cineficción Radio (2021); No Good Deed (2002); Fallen Angels (1995); Miller's Crossing (1990); Sam Spade jagt den Malteser Falken (1986); Bande (1986); When the Raven Flies (1984); The Wizard of Malta (1981); La ciudad maldita (1978); The Dain Curse (1978); The Last Round (1976); The Black Bird (1975); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); Maltézský sokol (1968); Der Steckbrief (1967); The Thin Man (1957–1959); Teledrama (1956–1959); The Fat Man (1951); Studio One (1949); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Secret Agent X-9 (1945); The Thin Man Goes Home (1944); Watch on the Rhine (1943); The Glass Key (1942); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); The Maltese Falcon (1941); Another Thin Man (1939); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); Secret Agent X-9 (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Satan Met a Lady (1936); The Glass Key (1935); Mister Dynamite (1935); Woman in the Dark (1934); The Thin Man (1934); The Maltese Falcon (1931); City Streets (1931); Roadhouse Nights (1930).

Born on this day – Estelle Taylor:

Estelle Taylor

Actress

May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958

Credits:

A Broadway Saint (1919); A California Romance (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); Bachelor Mother (1939); Bavu (1923); Blind Wives (1920); Call Her Savage (1932); Cimarron (1931); Desire (1923); Don Juan (1926); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Footfalls (1921); Forgive and Forget (1923); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Frisco Kid (1935); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Honor Bound (1928); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000); Lady Raffles (1928); Liliom (1930); Manhattan Madness (1925); Mary of the Movies (1923); Monte Cristo (1922); New York (1927); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Phantom Justice (1924); Playthings of Desire (1924); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Rhythm Roundup (1937); Screen Snapshots (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Show People (1928); Some of the Greatest (1955); Street Scene (1931); Street Scene (1931); The Adventurer (1920); The Alaskan (1924); The Golden Shower (1919); The Lights of New York (1922); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Singapore Mutiny (1928); The Southerner (1945); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930); The Western Limited (1932); The Whip Woman (1928); Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922); Tiger Love (1924); Twinkle Twinkle (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); Where East Is East (1929); While New York Sleeps (1920).

Born on this day – Norma Talmadge:

Norma Talmadge

Actress

Producer

May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957

Credits:

Haunted Theaters of Hollywood (2016); Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007); The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (2006); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Personality Parade (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935); Thrills of Yesterday (1931); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); New York Nights (1929); Show People (1928); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Dove (1927); Camille (1926); Kiki (1926); Graustark (1925); The Lady (1925); The Only Woman (1924); Secrets (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924); The Song of Love (1923); Ashes of Vengeance (1923); Within the Law (1923); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); The Eternal Flame (1922); Smilin' Through (1922); Seeing Stars (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (1922); Love's Redemption (1921); The Wonderful Thing (1921); The Sign on the Door (1921); Passion Flower (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 9-F (1921); The Branded Woman (1920); Yes or No (1920); The Woman Gives (1920); She Loves and Lies (1920); A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 7 (1920); The Isle of Conquest (1919); The Way of a Woman (1919); The Probation Wife (1919); The New Moon (1919); The Heart of Wetona (1919); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); The Forbidden City (1918); Her Only Way (1918); The Safety Curtain (1918); De Luxe Annie (1918); By Right of Purchase (1918); The Ghosts of Yesterday (1918); The Secret of the Storm Country (1917); The Moth (1917); Poppy (1917); The Law of Compensation (1917); Panthea (1917); Fifty-Fifty (1916); The Social Secretary (1916); The Devil's Needle (1916); Going Straight (1916); The Children in the House (1916); Martha's Vindication (1916); The Missing Links (1916); The Crown Prince's Double (1915); The Battle Cry of Peace (1915); Captivating Mary Carstairs (1915); The Criminal (1915); A Pillar of Flame (1915); Elsa's Brother (1915); Janet of the Chorus (1915); A Daughter's Strange Inheritance (1915); The Barrier of Faith (1915); A Daughter of Israel (1915); A Question of Clothes (1914); Sunshine and Shadows (1914); The Curing of Myra May (1914); Goodbye Summer (1914); The Mill of Life (1914); Under False Colors (1914); The Peacemaker (1914); The Loan Shark King (1914); Politics and the Press (1914); The Hidden Letters (1914); Memories in Men's Souls (1914); An Old Man's Love Story (1914); Fogg's Millions (1914); A Wayward Daughter (1914); The Right of Way (1914); Miser Murray's Wedding Present (1914); Cupid Versus Money (1914); An Old Man's Love Story (1914); Old Reliable (1914); The Sacrifice of Kathleen (1914); The Hero (1914); Iron and Steel (1914); His Little Page (1914); An Old Man's Love Story (1914); The Vavasour Ball (1914); Officer John Donovan (1914); The Honorable Algernon (1913); The Blue Rose (1913); Fanny's Conspiracy (1913); An Elopement at Home (1913); His Silver Bachelorhood (1913); Peggy's Burglar (1913); Father's Hatband (1913); The Doctor's Secret (1913); Under the Daisies; or, As a Tale That Is Told (1913); The Other Woman (1913); Extremities (1913); The Kiss of Retribution (1913); He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law (1913); Keeping Husbands Home (1913); The Tables Turned (1913); An Old Man's Love Story (1913); O'Hara as a Guardian Angel (1913); Solitaires (1913); Count Barber (1913); 'Arriet's Baby (1913); The Silver Cigarette Case (1913); The Midget's Revenge (1913); A Lady and Her Maid (1913); Vampire of the Desert (1913); Omens and Oracles (1913); O'Hara and the Youthful Prodigal (1913); Sleuthing (1913); Wanted, a Strong Hand (1913); Let 'Em Quarrel (1913); Getting Up a Practice (1913); Belinda the Slavey; or, Plot and Counterplot (1913); O'Hara's Godchild (1913); Just Show People (1913); Stenographer Troubles (1913); Everybody's Doing It (1913); O'Hara Helps Cupid (1913); Casey at the Bat (1913); O'Hara, Squatter and Philosopher (1912); The Model for St. John (1912); Captain Barnacle, Reformer (1912); An Old Man's Love Story (1912); Faithful Unto Death (1912); Father's Hot Toddy (1912); Bobby's Father (1912); Captain Barnacle's Waif (1912); A Fortune in a Teacup (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); Mr. Butler Buttles (1912); The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton (1912); Wanted... a Grandmother (1912); The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912); The Extension Table (1912); Fortunes of a Composer (1912); Counsel for the Defense (1912); Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (1912); Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912); The First Violin (1912); Captain Barnacle's Messmates (1912); The Meeting of the Ways (1912); A Romance of Wall Street (1912); The Four Poster Pest (1911); His Last Cent (1911); Her Hero (1911); Forgotten; or, an Answered Prayer (1911); The Child Crusoes (1911); The Thumb Print (1911); The General's Daughter (1911); The Sky Pilot (1911); The Stumbling Block (1911); The Wild Cat Well (1911); A Tale of Two Cities (1911); The Household Pest (1910); In Neighboring Kingdoms (1910); A Dixie Mother (1910); Francesca da Rimini (1910); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910); Love of Chrysanthemum (1910); A Broken Spell (1910).

Born on this day – Frank Borzage:

Frank Borzage

Actor

Director

April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962

Born on this day – Vivian Reed:

Vivian Reed

Actress

April 17, 1894 – July 19, 1989

Credits:

La belle vie (1985); Vivacious Lady (1938); Student Tour (1934); It's a Bear (1919); The Guilty Man (1918); The Bull's Eye (1917); Trials and Tribulations (1917); The Friendship of Beaupere (1917); The Lad and the Lion (1917); Little Lost Sister (1917); Lost and Found (1917); The Princess of Patches (1917); In the House of the Chief (1916); The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (1916); The Conflict (1916); The Return (1916); The Test of Chivalry (1916); The Hard Way (1916); The Temptation of Adam (1916); At Piney Ridge (1916); The Devil, the Servant and the Man (1916); A Social Deception (1916); The Dragnet (1916); Tom Martin: A Man (1916); Selig-Tribune, No. 93 (1916); The Sacred Tiger of Agra (1915); The Print of the Nails (1915); The Lost Messenger (1915); The Sculptor's Model (1915); The Eternal Feminine (1915); The Man with the Iron Heart (1915); The Scarlet Lady (1915); The Isle of Content (1915); Motherhood (1915); The Onion Patch (1915); The Journey's End (1915); Tiger Bait (1915); Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (1915); Perils of the Jungle (1915); The Heart of Maryland (1915); The Last Egyptian (1914); His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914); The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914); The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914).

Born on this day – Bessie Smith:

Bessie Smith

"Empress of the Blues"

Blues singer

April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937

Credits:

Albums and songs:

A Good Man Is Hard to Find; After You've Gone; Aggravatin' Papa; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Any Woman's Blues; Baby Doll; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Back Water Blues; Beale Street Mama; Bessie Smith Album (1938); Black Mountain Blues; Bleeding Hearted Blues; Blue Blues; Blue Spirit Blues; Boweavil Blues; Bye Bye Blues; Careless Love Blues; Careless Love; Cemetery Blues; Chicago Bound Blues; Cold in Hand Blues; Devil's Gonna Git You; Dirty No Gooder's Blues; Dixie Flyer Blues; Don't Cry Baby; Down Hearted Blues; Downhearted Blues; Dyin' by The Hour; Dying Gambler's Blues; Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Eavesdropper Blues; Empress of the Blues (1940); Empress of the Blues, Vol. II (1947); Empty Bed Blues Pt1; Empty Bed Blues Pt2; Empty Bed Blues; Far Away Blues; Florida Bound Blues; Follow the Deal on Down; Foolish Man Blues; Frankie Blues; Frosty Mornin' Blues; Gin House Blues; Golden Rule Blues; Graveyard Dream Blues; Gulf Coast Blues; Hard Driving Papa; Hard Time Blues; Hateful Blues; Haunted House Blues; He's Gone Blues; He's Got Me Goin'; Homeless Blues; Honey Man Blues; Hot Springs Blues; House Rent Blues; Hustlin' Dan; I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle; I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle; I Ain't Got Nobody; I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama; I Want Every Bit of It; I'd Rather be Dead and Buried in my Grave; If You Don't, I Know Who Will; I'm Going Back to My Used to Be; I'm Wild About that Thing; In the House Blues; It Makes My Love Come Down; It Won't Be You; I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It; I've Got What It Takes; J.C.Holmes Blues; Jail House Blues; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town; Keep It to Yourself; Keeps on A Rainin All Time; Lady Luck Blues; Lock and Key Blues; Lonesome Desert Blues; Long Old Road; Lookin' for My Man Blues; Lost Your Head Blues; Louisiana Low Down Blues; Love Me Daddy Blues; Mama's Got the Blues; Me and My Gin; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues; Midnight Blues; Mistreatin' Daddy; Moan Mourners; Money Blues; Moonshine Blues; Mountain Top Blues; Muddy Water; My Kitchen Man; My Man Blues; My Sweetie Went Away; Nashville Women's Blues; Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl; New Gulf Coast Blues; New Orleans Hop Scop Blues; Nobody in Town Can Bake a Jelly Roll Like My Man; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Nobody's Blues but Mine; Oh Daddy Blues; On Revival Day; One and Two Blues; Outside of That; Pickpocket Blues; Pinchbacks, Take 'em Away; Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind; Poor Man's Blues; Preachin' the Blues; Put It Right Here; Rainy Weather Blues; Reckless Blues; Red Mountain Blues; Rocking Chair Blues; Safety Mama; Salt Water Blues; Sam Jones' Blues; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; Shipwreck Blues; Sinful Blues; Sing Sing Prison Blues; Slow and Easy Man; Sobbin' Hearted Blues; Soft Pedal Blues; Sorrowful Blues; Spider Man Blues; Squeeze Me; St Louis Blues; St Louis Gal; Standin' in The Rain Blues; Sweet Mistreater; Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do; T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness if I Do; Take It Right Back; The Bessie Smith Story, in 4 Volumes (1951); The St. Louis Blues; Them Has Been Blues; Them's Graveyard Words; There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; Thinking Blues; Ticket Agent Easy Your Window Down; Trombone Cholly; Washwoman's Blues; Wasted Life Blues; Weeping Willow Blues; What's the Matter Now?; Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time; Woman's Trouble Blues; Work House Blues; Worn out Papa Blues; Yellow Dog Blues; Yes Indeed He Do; Yodeling Blues; You Don't Understand; You Ought to be Ashamed; Young Woman's Blues; You've Been a Good Ole Wagon; You've Got to Give Me Some.

Movies and television:

...and Beautiful II (1970); 7T3 (1988); A Good Man (2014); A Huey P. Newton Story (2001); All You Need Is Love (1977); American Masters (1989); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Angel Heart (1987); Arena (1993); Bessie (2015); Bessie Smith (1969); Billie (2019); BioShock Infinite (2013); Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (1971); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Boardwalk Empire (2012); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Brown Sugar (1986); Carbon Copy (1981); Carnivàle (2003); Cold Case (2005); Die Schauspielerin (1988); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); En kvinnas huvud (1997); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Fast Color (2018); FDR (1982); Great Performances (2003); History Lessons (2000); Idlewild (2006); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Jailhouse Blues (1929); Jazz (2001); Jazz Britannia (2005); Jimmy's Hall (2014); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); La route du blues (2003); Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016); Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990); Les Temps Modernes (2016); Lucky Lady (1975); Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2015); Moths (2010); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); Nights in Rodanthe (2008); Nun (2017); ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019); Rich and Famous (1981); 'Round Midnight (1986); Sanford and Son (1975); Shining Girls (2022); Sing Sing Thanksgiving (1973); Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016); Soul Power! (2013); Sound of Metal (2019); Sound of Song (2015); St. Louis Blues (1929); Sympathy for the Devil (1972); Tales from the Loop (2020); That's Black Entertainment (1990); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Blues (2003); The Butcher's Wife (1991); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Goldfinch (2019); The Hour (2011); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Originals (2015); The Shuroo Process (2021); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021); Water for Elephants (2011); Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017).