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).

Born on this day – Clara Smith:

Clara Smith

Blues singer

March 13, 1894 – February 2, 1935

Credits:

Ain't Nothin' Cookin' What You're Smellin' / Separation Blues (1926); All Night Blues / Play It (Do It a Long Time Papa) (1923); Broken Busted Blues / Court House Blues with Louis Armstrong; Cheatin' Daddy / You Don't Know Who's Shakin' Your Tree (1927); Court House Blues / The L & N Blues (1926); Don't Never Tell Nobody / Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail (1923); Ease It / Percolatin' Blues (1927); Far Away Blues / I'm Going Back to My Used to Be (1923); For Sale / You Dirty Dog (1931); Freight Train Blues / Done Sold My Soul to the Devil (And My Heart's Done Turned to Stone) (1924); Frosty Mornin' Blues / Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Gin Mill Blues / Got My Mind on That Thing (1929); Good Looking Papa Blues / Don't Advertise Your Man (1924); He's Mine, All Mine / Steel Drivin' Sam (1925); How'm I Doin' / Whip It to a Jelly (1926); I Got Everything A Woman Needs / Every Woman's Blues (1923); I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain) / Awful Moanin' Blues (1923); I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / You Don't Know My Mind (1924); Irresistible Blues / I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (1923); It's Tight Like That / Daddy Don't Put That Thing on Me Blues (1929); Jelly Look What You Done Done / It's All Coming Home to You (1928); Kansas City Man Blues / Uncle Sam Blues (1924); Kind Lovin' Blues / Down South Blues (1923); Livin' Humble / Get on Board (1927); Mean Papa Turn in Your Key / Back Woods Blues (1924); My Good for Nuthin' Man / When I Steps Out (1925); Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' / If You Only Knowed (1925); Nobody's Blues but Mine / My Man Blues (1925); Oh! Mister Mitchell / Where Is My Man (1930); Ol' Sam Tages / Unemployed Papa-Charity Workin' Mama (1931); Papa I Don't Need You Now / Tired of the Way You Do (1929); San Francisco Blues / Chain Gang Blues (1924); Shipwrecked Blues / My John Blues; Steamboat Man Blues / Sobbin' Sister Blues (1928); That's Why The Undertakers Are Busy Today / Black Woman's Blues (1927); The Basement Blues / Mama's Gone, Good Bye (1924); The Market Street Blues / It Takes the Lawd (To Tell What's on My Mind) (1925); Troublesome Blues / You Can't Get It Now (1927); Wanna Go Home / Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee (1928); West Indies Blues / The Clearing House Blues (1924).

Born on this day – Symona Boniface:

Symona Boniface

Actress

March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950

Credits:

A Duke for a Day (1934); A Pinch in Time (1948); A Plumbing We Will Go (1940); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949); All Gummed Up (1947); All the World's a Stooge (1941); Among the Missing (1934); An Ache in Every Stake (1941); Andy Plays Hookey (1946); Angel and the Badman (1947); Ankles Away (1938); Appointment with Danger (1950); Arsène Lupin (1932); Baby Brother (1927); Back Street (1932); Beauty for Sale (1933); Bedlam in Paradise (1955); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Beware of Blondie (1950); Billie Gets Her Man (1948); Born to Kill (1947); Born to Sing (1942); British Agent (1934); Broadway Bill (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Christopher Bean (1933); Clancy Street Boys (1943); Confession (1937); Crash Goes the Hash (1944); Daybreak (1931); Dragnet Patrol (1931); Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946); Easy to Love (1934); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Flat Feat (1948); Forgotten Faces (1928); G.I. Wanna Home (1946); Gallant Journey (1946); Get Along Little Zombie (1946); Gilda (1946); Girl Without a Room (1933); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Girls of the Big House (1945); Go Chase Yourself (1948); Groom and Bored (1942); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Half-Wits Holiday (1947); Heavenly Daze (1948); Hectic Honeymoon (1947); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); High Blood Pleasure (1945); Hiss and Yell (1946); In Early Arizona (1938); In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Jerks of All Trades (1949); Jiggers, My Wife (1946); Joan of Arc (1948); La vida nocturna (1930); Leaping Love (1929); Loco Boy Makes Good (1942); Lost in a Harem (1944); Madame Q (1929); Marihuana (1936); Meet Mr. Mischief (1947); Micro-Phonies (1945); Monte Carlo (1930); Moron Than Off (1946); Movie Night (1929); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Murder in Times Square (1943); New News (1937); Ninotchka (1939); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Nursie Behave (1950); Oh, Baby! (1944); Oh, Duchess! (1936); On Your Toes (1939); One Dangerous Night (1942); One Night of Love (1934); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932); Pardon My Berth Marks (1940); Pardon My Nightshirt (1956); Pardon My Scotch (1935); Pest Man Wins (1951); Pirates of the High Seas (1950); Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943); Radio Romeo (1947); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Rio (1939); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Rolling Down to Reno (1947); Scheming Schemers (1956); Shanghai (1935); Show Girl (1928); Show People (1928); Skyway (1933); Slappily Married (1946); Slightly French (1949); Small Talk (1929); Some More of Samoa (1941); Souls in Pawn (1940); Spook Louder (1943); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Strictly Unreliable (1932); Strife of the Party (1944); Sunny Side Up (1929); Talk About a Lady (1946); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Tassels in the Air (1938); Termites of 1938 (1938); That Girl from Paris (1936); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Black Cat (1934); The Blitz Kiss (1941); The Buccaneers (1928); The Caretaker's Daughter (1925); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); The Fatal Warning (1929); The Golden Arrow (1936); The Good Bad Egg (1947); The Hoose-Gow (1929); The House on 56th Street (1933); The Jolson Story (1946); The Kiss (1929); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Man from Colorado (1948); The Man Who Played God (1932); The Mating Call (1928); The Medicine Men (1929); The Mind Reader (1933); The Murder in the Museum (1934); The Mysterious Lady (1928); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946); The Public Defender (1931); The Return of October (1948); The Scooper Dooper (1947); The Sheepish Wolf (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); The Vagabond Lover (1929); Three Little Pigskins (1936); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Two Nuts in a Rut (1948); Two Roaming Champs (1950); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Unexpected Riches (1942); Vagabond Loafers (1949); Waiting in the Lurch (1949); Washee Ironee (1934); Waterloo Bridge (1931); Wedding Belle (1947); What a Bozo! (1931); Wilson (1944); With Love and Hisses (1927); Woman of the Year (1942); Women Are Like That (1938); You Dear Boy! (1943).

Born on this day – John Ford:

John Ford

Director

Producer

Actor

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976); 7 Women (1965); Young Cassidy (1965); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Korea (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Last Hurrah (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mogambo (1953); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); What Price Glory (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); This Is Korea! (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Pinky (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Fireside Theatre (1949); 3 Godfathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); It's Your America (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Undercover (1944); German Industrial Manpower (1943); We Sail at Midnight (1943); December 7th (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); Torpedo Squadron (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Sex Hygiene (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Submarine Patrol (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); The Hurricane (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); The Informer (1935); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); Judge Priest (1934); The World Moves On (1934); The Lost Patrol (1934); Doctor Bull (1933); Pilgrimage (1933); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Brat (1931); The Seas Beneath (1931); Up the River (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); Salute (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Strong Boy (1929); Riley the Cop (1928); Napoleon's Barber (1928); Hangman's House (1928); Four Sons (1928); Mother Machree (1927); Upstream (1927); The Blue Eagle (1926); 3 Bad Men (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Fighting Heart (1925); Thank You (1925); Kentucky Pride (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Hearts of Oak (1924); The Iron Horse (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923); Cameo Kirby (1923); Three Jumps Ahead (1923); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); Silver Wings (1922); Little Miss Smiles (1922); Jackie (1921); Sure Fire (1921); Action (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); The Wallop (1921); The Freeze-Out (1921); The Big Punch (1921); Just Pals (1920); Hitchin' Posts (1920); The Girl in Number 29 (1920); The Prince of Avenue A (1920); Marked Men (1919); A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919); Rider of the Law (1919); Ace of the Saddle (1919); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919); The Last Outlaw (1919); Riders of Vengeance (1919); The Gun Packer (1919); Gun Law (1919); Bare Fists (1919); Rustlers (1919); By Indian Post (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); The Fighting Brothers (1919); Roped (1919); Three Mounted Men (1918); The Craving (1918); A Woman's Fool (1918); Hell Bent (1918); The Scarlet Drop (1918); Thieves' Gold (1918); Wild Women (1918); The Phantom Riders (1918); Bucking Broadway (1917); A Marked Man (1917); The Secret Man (1917); Straight Shooting (1917); Cheyenne's Pal (1917); The Soul Herder (1917); The Scrapper (1917); The Trail of Hate (1917); The Tornado (1917).

Born on this day – Alexander Hall:

Alexander Hall

Director

Editor

Actor

January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968

Credits:

Forever, Darling (1956); Let's Do It Again (1953); Because You're Mine (1952); Up Front (1951); Louisa (1950); Love That Brute (1950); The Great Lover (1949); Down to Earth (1947); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Once Upon a Time (1944); The Heavenly Body (1944); My Sister Eileen (1942); They All Kissed the Bride (1942); Bedtime Story (1941); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); This Thing Called Love (1940); He Stayed for Breakfast (1940); The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); Good Girls Go to Paris (1939); The Lady's from Kentucky (1939); There's That Woman Again (1938); I Am the Law (1938); There's Always a Woman (1938); The Toast of New York (1937); Exclusive (1937); Yours for the Asking (1936); Give Us This Night (1936); Annapolis Farewell (1935); Goin' to Town (1935); Limehouse Blues (1934); The Pursuit of Happiness (1934); Little Miss Marker (1934); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Torch Singer (1933); Midnight Club (1933); The Girl in 419 (1933); Madame Racketeer (1932); Sinners in the Sun (1932); The Spirit of Evil (1922); The Last Call (1922); A Game of Graft (1922); Unseen Foes (1922); The Great Opium Case (1921); The Crimson Clue (1921); $100,000 Kiss (1921); Missing Millions (1921); The Diamond Trail (1921); The Blackmailer's Bluff (1921); Who's Guilty? (1921); Dodging the Law (1921); Sealed Orders (1921); The Spendthrift (1921); Nick Carter Down East (1921); Birds of Prey (1921); Among the Counterfeiters (1921); The Mysterious Bond Case (1921); A Cry at Midnight (1921.

Born on this day – Zasu Pitts:

Zasu Pitts

Actress

January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); 13 Washington Square (1928); 1925 Studio Tour (1925); '49-'17 (1917); 52nd Street (1937); A Daughter of Luxury (1922); A Desert Dilemma (1917); A Lady's Name (1918); A Little Princess (1917); A Match in Quarantine (1917); A Modern Musketeer (1917); A Society Sensation (1918); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); A Woman of Experience (1931); A Woman's Faith (1925); About Faces (1961); Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Alum and Eve (1932); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); And She Learned About Dames (1934); As the Sun Went Down (1919); Asleep in the Feet (1933); Back Street (1932); Bad Sister (1931); Behind the Map (1917); Better Times (1919); Beyond Victory (1931); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Bright Skies (1920); Broadway Limited (1941); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buck Privates (1928); Burke's Law (1963); Canning the Cannibal King (1917); Casey at the Bat (1927); Catch-As Catch-Can (1931); Changing Husbands (1924); Dames (1934); Daughters of Today (1924); Dear Miss Gloria (1946); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Denver & Rio Grande (1952); Destry Rides Again (1932); Discords in 'A' Flat (1917); Disneyland '59 (1959); Early to Wed (1926); Eternally Yours (1939); Finn and Hattie (1931); For the Defense (1922); Forty Naughty Girls (1937); Francis (1950); Francis Joins the WACS (1954); Free Love (1930); General Electric Theater (1954); Going Highbrow (1935); Greed (1924); Guestward Ho! (1961); Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (1994); He Had 'em Buffaloed (1917); Heart of Twenty (1920); Hello, Sister! (1933); Her Big Night (1926); Her First Mate (1933); Her Private Life (1929); Here's Hollywood (1962); His Fatal Beauty (1917); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood maudit (2020); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Honey (1930); Hot Tip (1935); How Could You, Jean? (1918); Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922); Is My Face Red? (1932); It All Came True (1940); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); I've Got a Secret (1952); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lazybones (1925); Legend of Hollywood (1924); Let's Do Things (1931); Let's Face It (1943); Life with Father (1947); Little Accident (1930); Love Birds (1934); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Lum and Abner (1949); Mad Holiday (1936); Madison Square Garden (1932); Maids a la Mode (1933); Make Me a Star (1932); Mannequin (1926); Mary of the Movies (1923); Meet the Baron (1933); Men, Women, and Money (1919); Merry Comes to Town (1937); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); Mickey the Kid (1939); Miss Polly (1941); Monte Carlo (1926 / 1930); Mr. Skitch (1933); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934); Naughty But Nice (1939); Niagara Falls (1941); No, No, Nanette (1930 / 1940); Nurse Edith Cavell (1939); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Old Shoes (1925); O-My the Tent Mover (1917); On the Loose (1931); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Track Minds (1933); Out All Night (1933); Paris (1929); Passion Flower (1930); Patsy (1921); Penrod and Sam (1931); Perry Mason (1962); Poor Men's Wives (1923); Poor Relations (1919); Pretty Ladies (1925); Private Scandal (1934); Private Secretary (1957); Professional Sweetheart (1933); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); Red Noses (1932); Risky Business (1926); River's End (1930); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 9 - A Day at the Races (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (1948); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Sealskins (1932); Secrets of the Night (1924); Seed (1931); Seeing It Through (1920); She Gets Her Man (1935); Shopworn (1932); Show Business (1932); Sin Takes a Holiday (1930); Sing and Like It (1934); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); Sins of the Fathers (1928); Sneak Easily (1932); So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942); Souls for Sale (1923); Spring Tonic (1935); Steady Company (1932); Strangers of the Evening (1932); Strictly Unreliable (1932); Sunlight (1928); Sunlight of Paris (1924); Sunny Side Up (1926); Tea: With a Kick! (1923); Teenage Millionaire (1961); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Affair of Susan (1935); The Argyle Case (1929); The Bargain of the Century (1933); The Bashful Bachelor (1942); The Battling Bellboy (1917); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Big Gamble (1931); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Business of Love (1925); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Dummy (1929); The Fast Set (1924); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1960); The Gay Bride (1934); The Girl Who Came Back (1923); The Goldfish (1924); The Great Divide (1925); The Great Love (1925); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); The Green Fog (2017); The Guardsman (1931); The Honeymoon (1929); The James Melton Show (1951–1952); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Lady's from Kentucky (1939); The Locked Door (1929); The Lottery Bride (1930); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Naked Archaeologist (2008); The Name's the Same (1952); The Old Bull (1932); The Other Half (1919); The Pajama Party (1931); The Perfect Marriage (1946); The Pie Eyed Piper (1918); The Plot Thickens (1936); The Radio Broadcast Vault (2019); The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Secret Witness (1931); The Soilers (1932); The Spike Jones Show (1954); The Squall (1929); The Squealer (1930); The Talk of the Town (1918); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); The Wedding March (1928); Their Big Moment (1934); Their Mad Moment (1931); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); This Could Be the Night (1957); This Thing Called Love (1929); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Three Wise Fools (1923); Thunder Mountain (1925); Tillie of the Nine Lives (1917); Tish (1942); Triumph (1924); Twin Beds (1929); Two Alone (1934); Uncle Joe (1941); Uneasy Money (1917); Wages for Wives (1925); Wanted! (1937); War Mamas (1931); War Nurse (1930); Weekend for Three (1941); West of the Water Tower (1923); Westward Passage (1932); What Happened to Jones? (1925); What's My Line? (1952); Who's Your Wife? (1918); Why They Left Home (1917); Wife Savers (1928); Wine of Youth (1924); Youth to Youth (1922).

Born on this day – David Butler:

David Butler

Director

Actor

Writer

December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979

Credits:

C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967); Camp Runamuck (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); The Patty Duke Show (1964–1965); Daniel Boone (1965); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); I Love My Doctor (1962); The Hathaways (1962); Wagon Train (1958–1962); The Deputy (1959–1961); The Right Approach (1961); Bringing Up Buddy (1960); Overland Trail (1960); General Electric Theater (1959); M Squad (1959); Buckskin (1958–1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1959); Bachelor Father (1958); Captain Z-Ro (1955–1956); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Glory (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Jump Into Hell (1955); King Richard and the Crusaders (1954); The Command (1954); Calamity Jane (1953); By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953); April in Paris (1952); Where's Charley? (1952); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Tea for Two (1950); The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); John Loves Mary (1949); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Marlon Brando Screentest for Rebel Without a Cause (1947); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); San Antonio (1945); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); Shine on Harvest Moon (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Road to Morocco (1942); Playmates (1941); Caught in the Draft (1941); You'll Find Out (1940); If I Had My Way (1940); That's Right - You're Wrong (1939); East Side of Heaven (1939); Kentucky (1938); Straight Place and Show (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); You're a Sweetheart (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Pigskin Parade (1936); White Fang (1936); Captain January (1936); The Littlest Rebel (1935); Doubting Thomas (1935); The Little Colonel (1935); Bright Eyes (1934); Have a Heart (1934); Handy Andy (1934); Bottoms Up (1934); My Weakness (1933); Hold Me Tight (1933); Handle with Care (1932); Down to Earth (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Delicious (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Just Imagine (1930); High Society Blues (1930); Nertz (1929); Sunny Side Up (1929); Salute (1929); Chasing Through Europe (1929); Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929); Masked Emotions (1929); Prep and Pep (1928); Win That Girl (1928); News Parade (1928); High School Hero (1927); The Rush Hour (1927); Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927); 7th Heaven (1927); Girl in the Rain (1927); Nobody's Widow (1927); The Quarterback (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); Meet the Prince (1926); Oh, Baby! (1926); Too Many Relations (1926); The Sap (1926); His Own Lawyer (1926); The Gold Hunters (1925); The Plastic Age (1925); Wages for Wives (1925); The Phantom Express (1925); The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925); The Man on the Box (1925); Havoc (1925); His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925); Tracked in the Snow Country (1925); Private Affairs (1925); Code of the West (1925); The Narrow Street (1925); In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924); The Arizona Express (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); The Temple of Venus (1923); Cause for Divorce (1923); Desire (1923); The Fog (1923); Mary of the Movies (1923); A Noise in Newboro (1923); Poor Men's Wives (1923); The Hero (1923); Conquering the Woman (1922); The Village Blacksmith (1922); According to Hoyle (1922); The Wise Kid (1922); The Milky Way (1922); Bing Bang Boom (1922); Making the Grade (1921); The Sky Pilot (1921); Girls Don't Gamble (1920); The County Fair (1920); Fickle Women (1920); Smiling All the Way (1920); Don't Ever Marry (1920); The Triflers (1920); The Pointing Finger (1919); Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919); The Other Half (1919); A Petal on the Current (1919); Nugget Nell (1919); Better Times (1919); Upstairs and Down (1919); The Unpainted Woman (1919); The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); Intolerance (1916); The Deathlock (1915); The Alien (1915); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Face at the Window (1910).

Born on this day – Louis Natheaux:

Louis Natheaux

Actor

December 10, 1894 – August 23, 1942

Born on this day – Lucille Hegamin:

Lucille Hegamin

Blues singer

November 29, 1894 – March 1, 1970

Born on this day – Corinne Griffith:

Corinne Griffith

Actress

Producer

Writer

Businesswoman

November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979

Known as: The Orchid Lady of the Screen.

Credits:

Paradise Alley (1962); Lily Christine (1932); Back Pay (1930); Lilies of the Field (1929); Prisoners (1929); Saturday's Children (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Outcast (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); Three Hours (1927); The Lady in Ermine (1927); Syncopating Sue (1926); Into Her Kingdom (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Marriage Whirl (1925); Déclassé (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Single Wives (1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); Black Oxen (1923); Six Days (1923); The Common Law (1923); Divorce Coupons (1922); A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922); Island Wives (1922); Received Payment (1922); The Single Track (1921); Moral Fibre (1921); What's Your Reputation Worth? (1921); It Isn't Being Done This Season (1921); The Broadway Bubble (1920); The Whisper Market (1920); Babs (1920); The Garter Girl (1920); Deadline at Eleven (1920); Human Collateral (1920); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Climbers (1919); The Bramble Bush (1919); A Girl at Bay (1919); Thin Ice (1919); The Unknown Quantity (1919); The Girl Problem (1919); The Adventure Shop (1919); Miss Ambition (1918); A Wise Purchase (1918); The Girl of Today (1918); The Clutch of Circumstance (1918); Love Watches (1918); The Menace (1918); Who Goes There? (1917); I Will Repay (1917); The Love Doctor (1917); Transgression (1917); The Stolen Treaty (1917); The Mystery of Lake Lethe (1917); His Wife's Allowance (1916); The Last Man (1916); Through the Wall (1916); A Fool and His Friend (1916); The Yellow Girl (1916); The Waters of Lethe (1916); Ashes (1916); The Rich Idler (1916); The Cost of High Living (1916); Miss Adventure (1916); Sin's Penalty (1916); When Hubby Forgot (1916); Bitter Sweet (1916); La paloma (1916).

Born on this day – Nita Naldi:

Nita Naldi

Actress

November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961

Credits:

The Model from Montmartre (1926); Die Pratermizzi (1926); The Mountain Eagle (1926); The Unfair Sex (1926); The Miracle of Life (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Cobra (1925); Clothes Make the Pirate (1925); The Marriage Whirl (1925); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Hooded Falcon (1924); A Sainted Devil (1924); The Breaking Point (1924); Don't Call It Love (1923); The Ten Commandments (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Anna Ascends (1922); The Snitching Hour (1922); Blood and Sand (1922); Channing of the Northwest (1922); Reported Missing (1922); The Man from Beyond (1922); Everyman's Price (1921); Experience (1921); A Divorce of Convenience (1921); The Last Door (1921); Life (1920); The Common Sin (1920); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).

Born on this day – Beverly Bayne:

Beverly Bayne

Actress

November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982

Born on this day – Mae Marsh:

Mae Marsh

Actress

November 9, 1894 – February 13, 1968

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