Born on this day – Victor Halperin:

Victor Halperin

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

August 24, 1895 – May 17, 1983

Credits:

Bachelor Bait (1934); Buried Alive (1939); Convoy (1927); Dance Magic (1927); Double Reward (1922); Ex-Flame (1930); Girls' Town (1942); Greater Than Marriage (1924); I Conquer the Sea! (1936); In Borrowed Plumes (1926); Nation Aflame (1937); Party Girl (1930); Racing Blood (1936); Revolt of the Zombies (1936); School for Wives (1925); She Goes to War (1929); Supernatural (1933); Tea: With a Kick! (1923); The Danger Point (1922); The Lone Star Trail (1943); The Unknown Lover (1925); Torture Ship (1939); Underseas (2018); When a Girl Loves (1924); White Zombie (1932).

Born on this day – W. Howard Greene (1956):

W. Howard Greene

Cinematographer

August 16, 1895 – February 28, 1956

Credits:

Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956); Three for Jamie Dawn (1956); The Violent Men (1955); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules (1954); Gun Belt (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Brigand (1952); It's Only the Beginning (1951); When Worlds Collide (1951); Quebec (1951); Oklahoma (1951); High Lonesome (1950); The Big Cat (1949); Tycoon (1947); Pirates of Monterey (1947); Slave Girl (1947); Night in Paradise (1946); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Can't Help Singing (1944); The Climax (1944); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); It's All True (1943); The Story of Samba (1943); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Salute to the Marines (1943); The Jungle Book (1942); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); The Bill of Rights (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Declaration of Independence (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Nothing Sacred (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); A Star Is Born (1937); Under Southern Stars (1937); Give Me Liberty (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Changing of the Guard (1936); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); Kliou, the Killer (1935); Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935); Hollywood Beauty Hints (1932); Sports of Many Lands (1929); West of the Golden Gate (1929); When Dreams Come True (1928); Springtime of Love (1927).

Born on this day – Liane Haid:

Liana Haid

Actress

August 16, 1895 – November 28, 2000

Credits:

The Five Rabbits (1953); The Imperfect Love (1940); Peter in the Snow (1937); Who kisses last... (1936); Mozart (1936); dance music (1935); The Trip to Youth (1935); An Evening Visit (1934); At the Blond Katherine's (1934); No Fear of Love (1933); The Castle in the South (1933); Her Serene Highness, the Saleswoman (1933); Novel einer Nacht (1933); The Star of Valencia (1933); Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933); Police file 909 (1933); A Woman Like You (1933); Madame Wants No Children (1933); The Diamond of the Tsar (1932); I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932); The Prince of Arcadia (1932); Madame hat Ende (1931); Die Männer um Lucie (1931); Mu Cousin from Warsaw (1931); Opera Ball (1931); Grock in Grock (1931); Circus Leben (1931); Kaiserliebchen (1931); Petit officier... Adieu! (1930); The Song Is Ended (1930); Twice Wedding (1930); The Immortal Scoundrel (1930); Black Forest Girl (1929); Spiel um den Mann (1929); S.O.S. Ship in Distress (1929); Der Weiberkrieg (1928); Marquis d'Eon, the Spy of the Pompadour (1928); Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928); Two Red Roses (1928); The Lady in Black (1928); Die Csardasfürstin (1927); The Dollar Princess and Her Six Suitors (1927); The Golden Abyss (1927); The last waltz (1927); The White Slave (1927); Die Czardasfürstin (1927); The dashing Archduke (1927); The Son of Hannibal (1926); When I Came Back (1926); Im weißen Rößl (1926); The Provincial Uncle (1926); Two Brothers (1926); Love Fire (1925); The Island of Dreams (1925); I Love You (1925); A Woman's Secret (1924); Bride of Vengeance (1923) Der Pantoffelheld (1923); Schlagende Wetter (1923); Lucrezia Borgia (1922); Money on the Street (1922); The Money on the Street (1922); Lady Hamilton (1921); The Novel of a Maid (1921); The films of the Princess Fantoche (1921); The Woman in White (1921); Sein Lebenslicht (1921); Doctor Ruhland (1920); Snowy (1920); Eve, the Sin (1920); Der Leiermann (1920); The Voice of Conscience (1920); The Dancing Death (1920); Rejoice in life (1920); Durch Wahrheit zum Narren (1920); Let the little ones come to me (1920); Der Herr des Lebens (1920); Die Ahnfrau (1919); So Fall the Lots of Life (1918); The King Amuses Himself (1918); The Double Suicide (1918); Der Schandfleck (1917); Der Verschwender (1917); Mir kommt keiner aus (1917); Lebenswogen (1917); On der Höhe (1916); Die Tragödie auf Schloss Rottersheim (1916); The Tramps (1916); Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich (1916); Sommeridylle (1916); With heart and Hand fürs Vaterland (1915).

Born on this day – Sam Taylor:

Sam Taylor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958

Credits:

A Lunch Room Legacy (1916); A Pair of Sexes (1921); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); Ambassador Bill (1931); Among Those Present (1921); Coquette (1929); Counting Out the Count (1916); Devil's Lottery (1932); Dr. Jack (1922); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Exit Smiling (1926); For Heaven's Sake (1926); Funny Side of Life (1963); Girl Shy (1924); Grandma's Boy (1922); Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Mini Biographies (2005); Her Great Invention (1916); Hot Water (1924); Human Collateral (1920); I Do (1921); In Honor's Web (1919); Juggling Justice (1916); Kiki (1931); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Married Bachelor (1941); My Best Girl (1927); Never Weaken (1921); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Now or Never (1921); Out All Night (1933); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Princess Jones (1921); Safety Last! (1923); Setting the Fashion (1916); Skyline (1931); Tempest (1928); The Artful Dodger (1916); The Cat's-Paw (1934); The Freshman (1925); The Gamblers (1919); The Gray Towers Mystery (1919); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Mohican's Daughter (1922); The Quack Quakers (1916); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Wrecked Station (1917); Vagabond Lady (1935); Why Worry? (1923).

Born on this day – Gracie Allen:

Gracie Allen

Vaudevillian

Singer

Actress

Comedian

July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Damsel in Distress (1937); American Masters (1997–2017); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Climax! (1956); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995); Fit to Be Tied (1930); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Lambchops (1929); Larry King Live (2003); Legends of Comedy (1992); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); Murphy Brown (1989); Oh, My Operation (1931); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); Once Over, Light (1931); Our World (1987); Patents Pending (1932); Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (2005); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2014); Pulling a Bone (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Shower of Stars (1955); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Stu's Show (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Factor (2008); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017); The Hollywood Palace (1982); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The World Our Stage (1957); This Is Your Life (1955); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Walking the Baby (1933); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Your Hat (1932).

Born on this day – Aileen Pringle:

Aileen Pringle

Actress

July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Kiss in the Dark (1925); A Single Man (1929); A Thief in Paradise (1925); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Adam and Evil (1927); Appointment for Love (1941); Beau Broadway (1928); Between Us Girls (1942); Body and Soul (1927); Boston Blackie / Front Page Detective (1951); By Appointment Only (1933); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Camille (1926); Convicted (1931); Criminal Lawyer (1937); Don't Marry for Money (1923); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Dream of Love (1928); Earthbound (1920); Happy Land (1943); His Hour (1924); Hollywood Guests at San Simeon (Hearst Castle);  (1931); In the Palace of the King (1923); Jane Eyre (1934); John Meade's Woman (1937); Laura (1944); Life in Hollywood No. 4 / 7 (1927); Love Past Thirty (1934); Man-Proof (1938); Married Flirts (1924); Murder at Midnight (1931); My American Wife (1922); Name the Man! (1924); Night Parade (1929); Nothing Sacred (1937); Oath-Bound (1922); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); One Year to Live (1925); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Police Court (1932); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Puttin' on the Ritz (1930); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930); She's No Lady (1937); Should a Girl Marry? (1939); Show People (1928); Since You Went Away (1944); Soldiers and Women (1930); Sons of Steel (1934); Soul Mates (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); Stolen Moments (1920); Subway Express (1931); Tea for Three (1927); Telephone Time (1956); Thanks for Listening (1937); The Age of Consent (1932); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932); The Christian (1923); The Cost (1920); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Great Deception (1926); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Mystic (1925); The Night of Nights (1939); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Sport of Kings (1920); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Tiger's Claw (1923); The Unguarded Hour (1936); The Wife of the Centaur (1924); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Women (1939); The Youngest Profession (1943); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Three Weeks (1924); Tin Gods (1926); Too Hot to Handle (1938); True As Steel (1924); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Wall Street (1929); Wanted! Jane Turner (1936); Wickedness Preferred (1928); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Wildfire (1925).

Born on this day – Florence Vidor:

Florence Vidor

Actress

July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977

Credits:

A Heart in Pawn (1919); A Tale of Two Cities (1917); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); Afraid to Love (1927); Alice Adams (1923); American Methods (1917); Are Parents People? (1925); Barbara Frietchie (1924); Beau Revel (1921); Bill Peter's Kid (1916); Borrowed Husbands (1924); Chinatown Nights (1929); Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924); Conquering the Woman (1922); Curfew at Simpton Center (1916); Doomsday (1928); Dusk to Dawn (1922); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hail the Woman (1921); Hashimura Togo (1917); Honeymoon Hate (1927); Husbands and Lovers (1924); Lying Lips (1921); Main Street (1923); Marry Me (1925); Old Wives for New (1918); One Woman to Another (1927); Poor Relations (1919); Real Adventure (1922); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 2 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 11 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 2 (1922); Sea Horses (1926); Skin Deep (1922); Souls for Sale (1923); The Bravest Way (1918); The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917); The Countess Charming (1917); The Eagle of the Sea (1926); The Enchanted Hill (1926); The Family Honor (1920); The Girl of Gold (1925); The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926); The Hidden Pearls (1918); The Honor of His House (1918); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Intrigue (1916); The Jack-Knife Man (1920); The Magnificent Flirt (1928); The Marriage Circle (1924); The Mirage (1924); The Other Half (1919); The Patriot (1928); The Popular Sin (1926); The Secret Game (1917); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Virginian (1923); The White Man's Law (1918); The Widow's Might (1918); The World at Her Feet (1927); The Yellow Girl (1916); Till I Come Back to You (1918); Welcome Stranger (1924); Woman, Wake Up (1922); You Never Know Women (1926).

Born on this day – Connie Gilchrist:

Connie Gilchrist

Actress

July 17, 1895 – March 3, 1985

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); A Really Important Person (1947); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); A Tiger Walks (1964); A Woman's Face (1941); Act of Violence (1948); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Apache Trail (1942); Arrest and Trial (1963); Auntie Mame (1958); Bachelor Father (1960–1962); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barnacle Bill (1941); Big City (1948); Billy the Kid (1941); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Born to Sing (1942); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chain of Circumstance (1951); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Daniel Boone (1965); Down in San Diego (1941); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Flesh and Fury (1952); Fluffy (1965); Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1961); Going My Way (1962–1963); Good News (1947); Grand Central Murder (1942); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Houdini (1953); Hullabaloo (1940); Important Business (1944); It Should Happen to You (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956–1958); Johnny Eager (1941); Junior Miss (1945); Leave It to Beaver (1957); Little Women (1949); Lock Up (1960); Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954); Louisa (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Luxury Liner (1948); M Squad (1960); Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); Married Bachelor (1941); Mr. Novak (1963); Music for Millions (1944); Nothing But Trouble (1944); One Big Affair (1952); Our Man Higgins (1963); Patrolling the Ether (1944); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Rationing (1944); Sam Benedict (1962); Say One for Me (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Stars in My Crown (1950); Sunday Punch (1942); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Swingin' Along (1961); Sylvia (1965); Telephone Time (1956); Tenth Avenue Angel (1948); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bob Cummings Show (1962); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); The Danny Thomas Show (1957); The F.B.I. (1965–1968); The Far Country (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Half-Breed (1952); The Heavenly Body (1944); The Hucksters (1947); The Interns (1962); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Loretta Young Show (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1967); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964); The Monkey's Uncle (1965); The Real McCoys (1961); The Restless Gun (1957–1958); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Tall Man (1961); The Thin Man Goes Home (1944); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Valley of Decision (1945); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); This Time for Keeps (1942); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tickle Me (1965); Tortilla Flat (1942); Tripoli (1950); Two on a Guillotine (1965); Undercover Girl (1950); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Wagon Train (1960); Waterfront (1955); We Were Dancing (1942); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Sidney Hickox:

Sidney Hickox

Cinematographer

July 15, 1895 – May 16, 1982

Born on this day – Dorothea Lange:

Dorothea Lange

Photographer

May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965

Credits:

Books:

A Sky; An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion; Aperture Masters of Photography Series; Dorothea Lange Looks at the American Country Woman: A Photographic Essay; Dorothea Lange. Ediz. Inglese; Dorothea Lange: 500 FSA Photographs; Dorothea Lange: Life Through the Camera; Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum; Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer; Dorothea Lange's Ireland; Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment; Photographing the Second Gold Rush: Dorothea Lange and the East Bay at War, 1941-1945; Photographs of a Lifetime; Photographs of Dorothea Lange; The Making of a Documentary Photographer; The Thunderbird Remembered: Maynard Dixon, the Man and the Artist; To a Cabin.

Television:

American Masters (2014); Dust to Eat (2021); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Maynard Dixon: Art and Spirit (2007).

Born on this day – George W. Hill:

George W. Hill

Director

Cinematographer

April 25, 1895 – August 10, 1934

Credits:

Big House (1931); Buckshot John (1915); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of ‘Burning Daylight’ in Civilization (1914); Buttons (1927); Buttons (1927); Clear All Wires! (1933); Fields of Honor (1918); Get Your Man (1921); Held Up for the Makin’s (1920); Hell Divers (1931); His Picture in the Papers (1916); Hypocrites (1915); Intolerance (1916); Less Than the Dust (1916); Macbeth (1916); Martin Eden (1914); Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920); Min and Bill (1930); Our Little Wife (1918); Polly of the Circus (1917); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Remodeling Her Husband (1920); Sunshine Alley (1917); Tell It to the Marines (1926); The Barrier (1926); The Beloved Traitor (1918); The Big House (1930); The Big Parade (1925); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Cinderella Man (1917); The Cossacks (1928); The Flying Fleet (1929); The Flying Torpedo (1916); The Foolish Virgin (1924); The Good Earth (1937); The Hill Billy (1924); The Limited Mail (1925); The Midnight Express (1924); The Painted Veil (1934); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret 6 (1931); The Waiting Soul (1917); Through the Dark (1924); Turning the Tables (1919); While the Devil Laughs (1921); Zander the Great (1925).

Born on this day – Ngaio Marsh:

Ngaio Marsh

Writer

Theatre director

April 23, 1895 – February 18, 1982

Written work:

A Fool about Money (1973); A Knotty Problem / Bodies from the Library: Volume 3 (2020); A Man Lay Dead (1934); A National Theatre (1949); A Play Toward (1946); An Author's Defence of the Hackneyed Classics (1949); Artists in Crime (1938); Black As He's Painted (1974); Black Beech and Honeydew (19651981); Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery (1974); Clutch of Constables (1968); Colour Scheme (1943); Columbine and Pantaloon (1919); Dead Water (1963); Death and the Dancing Footman (1941); Death at the Bar (1940); Death at the Dolphin (1966); Death in a White Tie (1938); Death in Ecstasy (1936); Death on the Air (1937); Died in the Wool (1945); Enter a Murderer (1935); Evil Liver (1975); Exit Sir Derek by Henry Jellett (1935); False Scent (1959); Final Curtain (1947); Grave Mistake (1978); Hand in Glove (1962); I Can Find My Way Out (1946); Last Ditch (1977); Light Thickens (1982); Little House Bound (1924); Marie Tempest by Hector Bolitho (1937); Money in the Morgue (2018); Moonshine / aka Yours and Mine: Stories by Young New Zealanders (1936); Morepork (1979); Mrs 'obson (1914); My Poor Boy (1959); New Zealand (1942); New Zealand: Welfare Paradise (1960); Noel (1912); Off With His Head (1956); Opening Night (1951); Overture to Death (1939); Photo Finish (1980); Scales of Justice (1955); Singing in the Shrouds (1958); Singing Land (1974); Slipknot (1967); So Much for Nothing (1921); Speech of New Zealanders (1939); Spinsters in Jeopardy (1953); Stratford-upon-Avon (1967); Surfeit of Lampreys (1941); Swing Brother Swing (1949); The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh / aka Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995); The Cupid Mirror (1972); The Development of the Arts in New Zealand / Journal of the Royal Society of the Arts (1951); The Figure Quoted (1927); The Gift (1920); The Hand in the Sand (1953); The Hawthorn Gate (1920); The Moon Princess (1913); The Night Train from Grey (1919); The Novelist's Problem (1934); The Nursing Home Murder (1935); The Quick Forge (1964); The Wyvern and the Unicorn (1962); Theatre in a Young Country (1951); Theatre: A Note on the Status Quo (1947); Tied Up in Tinsel (1972); Vintage Murder / aka The Case of the Greenstone Tiki (1937); When in Rome (1970).

Movies and television:

Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994); Colour Scheme (1977); Crown Court (1975); Detective (1964–1968); Died in the Wool (1978); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Opening Night (1977); Poslední opona (1965); Smrt s fotografiou (1988); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); Vintage Murder (1977).

Born on this day – Mance Lipscomb:

Mance Lipscomb

Blues singer

Guitarist

April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Captain, Captain! (1996); Mama Don't Allow (1996); Navasota (2021); So Different Blues (1993); Texas Sharecropper and Songster (1960); Texas Songster: Volume 2 (1964); Trouble in Mind (1969); Vol. 4 (1967); Vol. 5: Texas Blues and 3 Other Songs (1970); Volume 6 (1974).

Movies and television:

A Well-Spent Life (1971); Blues Under the Skin (1973); Singin' the Yodeling Blues (1983); The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1970); The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996).

Book:

I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman (1993).

Born on this day – Harold Rosson:

Harold Rosson

Cinematographer

April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988

Credits:

El Dorado (1966); Decision at Midnight (1965); Onionhead (1958); No Time for Sergeants (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Conflict (1956); Cheyenne (1955); Toward the Unknown (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); The Bad Seed (1956); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Ulysses (1954); Mambo (1954); The Actress (1953); Dangerous When Wet (1953); I Love Melvin (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lone Star (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Key to the City (1950); On the Town (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); Command Decision (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Hucksters (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); Between Two Women (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); An American Romance (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Tortilla Flat (1942); Johnny Eager (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); Men of Boys Town (1941); The Penalty (1941); Flight Command (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Boom Town (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); A Door Will Open (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Forgotten Victory (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Too Hot to Handle (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); As You Like It (1936); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); Treasure Island (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); Bombshell (1933); Penthouse (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Hell Below (1933); Red Dust (1932); Kongo (1932); Downstairs (1932); Red-Headed Woman (1932); When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Cuban Love Song (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Son of India (1931); The Squaw Man (1931); En cada puerto un amor (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Prodigal (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Madam Satan (1930); This Mad World (1930); Hello Sister (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Frozen Justice (1929); The Far Call (1929); Trent's Last Case (1929); The Case of Lena Smith (1929); Three Week Ends (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Open Range (1927); A Gentleman of Paris (1927); Service for Ladies (1927); Rough House Rosie (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Man Bait (1927); Jim the Conqueror (1926); For Wives Only (1926); Almost a Lady (1926); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); The Little French Girl (1925); A Man Must Live (1925); Too Many Kisses (1925); Manhattan (1924); The Story Without a Name (1924); Manhandled (1924); A Society Scandal (1924); Big Brother (1923); Zaza (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Quicksands (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); Garrison's Finish (1923); For the Defense (1922); Through a Glass Window (1922); The Cradle (1922); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Everything for Sale (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Heliotrope (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The American Consul (1917); Panthea (1917); The Victoria Cross (1916); Oliver Twist (1916); The Honorable Friend (1916); David Harum (1915).

Born on this day – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Composer

Pianist

Writer

April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968

Credits:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957); A Letter for Evie (1946); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); Above Suspicion (1943); Address Unknown (1944); Adventures in Silverado (1948); Adventures of Rusty (1945); Alias a Gentleman (1948); And Then There Were None (1945); Asana Travelogue (2012); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Barbary Pirate (1949); Barbed Wire (1952); Bataan (1943); Batman and Robin (1949); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle Stations (1956); Bewitched (1945); Big Leaguer (1953); Black Eagle (1948); Blondie's Hero (1950); Boston Blackie (1948); Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945); Brave Warrior (1952); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cannibal Attack (1954); Captain Pirate (1952); Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951); Captive Girl (1950); Charge of the Lancers (1954); Chinatown at Midnight (1949); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crash Landing (1958); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Cripple Creek (1952); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Customs Agent (1950); Dangerous Business (1946); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil Goddess (1955); Devil Ship (1947); Down to Earth (1947); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); El Alaméin (1953); Emergency Wedding (1950); Escape in the Fog (1945); Everybody Does It (1949); Fingers at the Window (1942); Forgotten Treasure (1943); Fury of the Congo (1951); Gaslight (1944); Gentle Annie (1944); Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953); Harem Girl (1952); Harrigan's Kid (1943); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hurricane Island (1951); I Love a Mystery (1945); In Our Time (1944); Inca Gold (1943); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Journey for Margaret (1942); Jungle Jim (1948); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Jungle Man-Eaters (1954); Jungle Manhunt (1951); Just Before Dawn (1946); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Key Witness (1947); Lassie Come Home (1943); Last of the Redmen (1947); Last Train from Bombay (1952); Main Street After Dark (1945); Man in the Dark (1953); Manhattan (1944); Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945); Mark of the Gorilla (1950); Mask of the Avenger (1951); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Mule Train (1950); My Name Is Julia Ross (1945); Mysterious Intruder (1946); Mysterious Island (1951); Night Editor (1946); Nine Girls (1944); Okinawa (1952); Orchestra of Exiles (2012); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Out of the Depths (1945); Pirates of the High Seas (1950); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plan for Destruction (1943); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Ship (1945); Prison Warden (1949); Racing Luck (1948); Rage in Heaven (1941); Rationing (1944); Reunion in France (1942); Revenue Agent (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Savage Mutiny (1953); Secret Command (1944); Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956); Sergeant Mike (1944); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Shadowed (1946); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slaves of Babylon (1953); Smuggler's Gold (1951); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Son of Lassie (1945); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Streets of Ghost Town (1950); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Superman (1948); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Big Gusher (1951); The Black Parachute (1944); The Brave Bulls (1951); The Brigand (1952); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Clock (1945); The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947); The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945); The Crooked Web (1955); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Devil's Henchman (1949); The Devil's Mask (1946); The Fighting Frontiersman (1946); The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948); The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944); The Giant Claw (1957); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); The Hard Man (1957); The Heavenly Body (1944); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Long Wait (1954); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Love Machine (1971); The Loves of Carmen (1948); The Maestro (2018); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Mark of the Whistler (1944); The Miami Story (1954); The Millerson Case (1947); The Missing Juror (1944); The Phantom Thief (1946); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Saracen Blade (1954); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stars Look Down (1940); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Stratton Story (1949); The Unknown (1946); The Unwritten Code (1944); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Werewolf (1956); The White Squaw (1956); The World Was His Jury (1958); Thief of Damascus (1952); Time Out of Mind (1947); Tortilla Flat (1942); Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948); Two-Man Submarine (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Undercurrent (1946); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Vendetta (1942); Voice of the Whistler (1945); Voodoo Tiger (1952); We Were Dancing (1942); Whirlwind Raiders (1948); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); White Cargo (1942); Without Love (1945); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957).

Born on this day – Wallace Fox:

Wallace Fox

Director

March 9, 1895 – June 30, 1958

Credits:

A Dream Came True (1945); A Son of the Sahara (1924); American Portrait (1940); Annie Oakley (1954); Arizona Territory (1950); Bad Men of the Border (1945); Blame It on Love (1940); Blazing Bullets (1951); Blazing Guns (1949); Block Busters (1944); Bowery at Midnight (1942); Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941); Bred in Old Kentucky (1926); Breed of the Sea (1926); Breed of the Sunsets (1928); Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945); Bullets for Bandits (1942); Call It Free (1955); Cannonball Express (1932); Career Girl (1944); Carnival Revue (1930); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Code of the Lawless (1945); Come and Get It! (1929); Devil on Deck (1932); Disappearing Enemies (1931); Docks of New York (1945); Driftin' Sands (1928); Evangeline (1929); Fence Riders (1950); Flying Devils (1933); Gun Packer (1938); Gun Town (1946); Gunman's Code (1946); Gunslingers (1950); Hearts and Hoofs (1930); Her Mad Bargain (1921); Jack Armstrong (1947); Joanna (1925); Kid Dynamite (1943); Laughing at Death (1929); Let's Get Tough! (1942); Little Women (1933); Madonna of the Streets (1924); Man in the Rough (1928); Men on Her Mind (1944); Million Dollar Kid (1944); Montana Desperado (1951); Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945); Mr. Sheldon Goes to Town (1939); My Son (1925); Near the Trail's End (1931); 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942); One Nutty Night (1930); Outlaw Gold (1950); Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943); Over the Border (1950); Parading Pajamas (1931); Partners of the Trail (1931); Pillow of Death (1945); Playthings of Destiny (1921); Powdersmoke Range (1935); Pride of the Plains (1944); Racing Lady (1937); Ramar of the Jungle (1953–1954); Red Morning (1934); Riders of the Santa Fe (1944); Roots in the Soil (1949); Rustler's Round-Up (1946); Sea Goin' Sheiks (1931); Shanghaied (1927); Silver Raiders (1950); Six Gun Mesa (1950); Smart Alecks (1942); Some Babies (1930); Some Day When the Clouds Roll by (1945); Song of the Range (1944); Swell People (1930); The Amazing Vagabond (1929); The Avenging Rider (1928); The Bad Man (1923); The Bandit's Son (1927); The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); The Daring Caballero (1949); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936); The Gay Amigo (1949); The Gene Autry Show (1951–1953); The Ghost Rider (1943); The Girl from Monterrey (1943); The Girl of the Golden West (1923); The Great Mike (1944); The Invisible Fear (1921); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Last of the Mohicans (1936); The Lawless Clan (1946); The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942); The Mexicali Kid (1938); The Mojave Kid (1927); The Range Rider (1951–1952); The Riding Renegade (1928); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Valiant Hombre (1948); The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947); Three Wise Clucks (1931); Trail of Courage (1928); Trail to Vengeance (1945); Trapped in Tia Juana (1932); Tropical Moon (1945); Twisted Tales (1931); Under the Cock-Eyed Moon (1930); West of Wyoming (1950); Western Renegades (1949); White Goddess (1953); Why Women Love (1925); Wild Beauty (1946); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Otto Brower:

Otto Brower

Director

December 2, 1895 – January 25, 1946

Born on this day – Margaret Livingston:

Margaret Livingston

Actress

Businesswoman

November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984

Credits:

Social Register (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Broadminded (1931); Smart Money (1931); God's Gift to Women (1931); Kiki (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Big Money (1930); What a Widow! (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Murder on the Roof (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Acquitted (1929); Tonight at Twelve (1929); The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929); Innocents of Paris (1929); The Charlatan (1929); The Office Scandal (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Canary Murder Case (1929); Dreary House (1928); The Last Warning (1928); The Apache (1928); Beware of Bachelors (1928); Through the Breakers (1928); His Private Life (1928); Say It with Sables (1928); The Way of the Strong (1928); Wheel of Chance (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); Mad Hour (1928); A Woman's Way (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Streets of Shanghai (1927); The American Beauty (1927); Sunrise (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Married Alive (1927); Lightning (1927); The Secret Studio (1927); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Breed of the Sea (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); A Trip to Chinatown (1926); Hell's Four Hundred (1926); The Yankee Señor (1926); Wages for Wives (1925); When the Door Opened (1925); The Best People (1925); After Marriage (1925); Havoc (1925); The Wheel (1925); Greater Than a Crown (1925); I'll Show You the Town (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); Capital Punishment (1925); The Chorus Lady (1924); Butterfly (1924); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Wandering Husbands (1924); Love's Whirlpool (1924); Divorce (1923); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922); Eden and Return (1921); Passing Through (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Home Stretch (1921); Lying Lips (1921); The Parish Priest (1920); The Brute Master (1920); Hairpins (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); What's Your Husband Doing? (1920); Haunting Shadows (1919); All Wrong (1919); The Busher (1919); Within the Cup (1918); Alimony (1917); The Chain Invisible (1916).

Born on this day – Edward Buzzell:

Edward Buzzell

Actor

Director

November 13, 1895 – January 11, 1985