Born on this day – Edna Purviance:

Edna Purviance

Actress

October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958

Credits:

Limelight (1952); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Éducation de prince (1927); A Woman of the Sea (1926); A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923); The Pilgrim (1923); Pay Day (1922); The Idle Class (1921); The Kid (1921); A Day's Pleasure (1919); Sunnyside (1919); How to Make Movies (1918); Shoulder Arms (1918); The Bond (1918); Triple Trouble (1918); A Dog's Life (1918); The Adventurer (1917); The Immigrant (1917); The Cure (1917); Easy Street (1917); The Rink (1916); Behind the Screen (1916); The Pawnshop (1916); The Count (1916); The Vagabond (1916); The Fireman (1916); The Floorwalker (1916); Police (1916); A Burlesque on Carmen (1915); A Night in the Show (1915); Shanghaied (1915); The Bank (1915); A Woman (1915); Work (1915); By the Sea (1915); The Tramp (1915); A Jitney Elopement (1915); In the Park (1915); The Champion (1915); A Night Out (1915).

Born on this day – Evelyn Brent:

Evelyn Brent

Actress

October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975

Born on this day – Paul Wellman:

Paul Wellman

Writer

October 14, 1895 – September 17, 1966

Credits:

Books:

A Dynasty of Western Outlaws (1962); Angel with Spurs (1942); Broncho Apache (1936); Death in the Desert (1935); Death On Horseback (1947); Death On the Prairie (1956); Glory, God and Gold (1954); Gold in California (1958); Good Soldiers Do Die (1951); Jericho's Daughters (1956); Jubal Troop (1939); Magnificent Destiny (1962); Portage Bay (1957); Race to the Golden Spike (1961); Ride the Red Earth (1958); Spawn of Evil (1964); Stuart Symington (1960); The Blazing Southwest (1961); The Bowl of Brass (1944); The Buckstones (1967); The Chain (1950); The Comancheros (1954); The Devil's Disciples (1964); The Female City (1953); The Fiery Flower (1959); The Greatest Cattle Drive (1964); The House Divides (1966); The Indian Wars of the West (1947); The Iron Mistress (1951); The Trampling Herd (1939); The Walls of Jericho (1948).

Movies and television:

Apache (1954); Cheyenne (1947); Jubal (1956); McCoy of Abilene (1953); The Comancheros (1961); The Iron Mistress (1952); The Walls of Jericho (1948).

Born on this day – Gladys Lloyd:

Gladys Lloyd

Actress

October 11, 1895 – June 6, 1971

Credits:

Clive of India (1935); Five Star Final (1931); Little Caesar (1931); Lust for Life (1956); Round About Hollywood (1931); Smart Money (1931); The Hatchet Man (1932); Two Seconds (1932).

Born on this day – Benjamin Stoloff:

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Producer

Production Manager

October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960

Credits:

Home Run Derby (1960); Footlight Varieties (1951); It's a Joke, Son! (1947); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Take It or Leave It (1944); Bermuda Mystery (1944); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Marines Fly High (1940); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Radio City Revels (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); Swellhead (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Palooka (1934); Night of Terror (1933); Obey the Law (1933); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); By Whose Hand? (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Just Pals (1932); Perfect Control (1932); Slide, Babe, Slide (1932); Goldie (1931); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Soup to Nuts (1930); Rough Romance (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); Happy Days (1929); Protection (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Mind Your Business (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Plastered in Paris (1928); Horseman of the Plains (1928); Silver Valley (1927); The Gay Retreat (1927); The Circus Ace (1927); The Canyon of Light (1926); It's a Pipe (1926); A1 Society (1926); Matrimony Blues (1926); The Mad Racer (1926); Pawnshop Politics (1926); The Fighting Tailor (1926); East Side, West Side (1925); The Heart Breaker (1925); Love and Lions (1925); Sweet Marie (1925); On the Go (1925); A High Jinx (1925); Papa's Darling (1925); Say It with Flour (1925); Help Yourself! (1925); The House of Flickers (1925); Lion Love (1925); Grief in Bagdad (1925); Roaring Lions at Home (1924); Stolen Sweeties (1924); In-Bad the Sailor (1924); Stretching the Truth (1924); When Wise Ducks Meet (1924); On the Job (1924); Be Yourself (1924); Highly Recommended (1924); Slow and Sure (1923); Full Speed Ahead (1923); Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920).

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:

Buster Keaton

Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Recommended reading - The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (1895):

The Time Machine

By H.G. Wells.

First published 1895.

Published by Bantam Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0553213512

ISBN-13: 978-0553213515

Description:

When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700 – and everything had changed. In this unfamiliar, utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings – unearth their secret and then return to his own time – until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen.

H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.

Born on this day – Alfred Santell:

Alfred Santell

Director

Producer

September 14, 1895 – June 19, 1981

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

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).