Born on this day – Edith Hallor:

Edith Hallor

Actress

March 26, 1896 – May 21, 1971

Credits:

A Man and the Woman (1917); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Black Friday (1916); Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939); Children of Destiny (1920); Dr. Rameau (1915); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Human Hearts (1922); Just Off Broadway (1942); Just Outside the Door (1921); Maid of Salem (1937); Seven Deadly Sins (1917); The Blue Pearl (1920); The Claws of Greed (1914); The Criminal Path (1914); The Family Stain (1915); The Governor's Ghost (1914); The Inside of the Cup (1921); The War of Wars; or, the Franco-German Invasion (1914); Thou Shalt Not (1914); Through Dante's Flames (1914); Too Busy to Work (1939); Wilson (1944); Wrath (1917).

Born on this day – Ray Enright:

Ray Enright

Director

March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Man from Cairo (1953); Flaming Feather (1952); Kansas Raiders (1950); Montana (1950); South of St. Louis (1949); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Albuquerque (1948); Trail Street (1947); One Way to Love (1946); Man Alive (1945); China Sky (1945); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Destroyer (1943); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); Sin Town (1942); Men of Texas (1942); The Spoilers (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Law of the Tropics (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Throwing a Party (1941); Thieves Fall Out (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); River's End (1940); An Angel from Texas (1940); Teddy the Rough Rider (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); On Your Toes (1939); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Naughty But Nice (1939); Going Places (1938); Hard to Get (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Back in Circulation (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); Slim (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); China Clipper (1936); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Snowed Under (1936); Miss Pacific Fleet (1935); We're in the Money (1935); Alibi Ike (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); While the Patient Slept (1935); The St. Louis Kid (1934); Dames (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); I've Got Your Number (1934); Havana Widows (1933); The Silk Express (1933); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Blondie Johnson (1933); The Tenderfoot (1932); Play Girl (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Side Show (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Scarlet Pages (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Dancing Sweeties (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Song of the West (1930); Skin Deep (1929); Kid Gloves (1929); Stolen Kisses (1929); The Little Wildcat (1928); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Domestic Troubles (1928); The Girl from Chicago (1927); Jaws of Steel (1927); Tracked by the Police (1927); The Better 'Ole (1926); The Man on the Box (1925); Verse and Worse (1921).

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Ida Cox:

Ida Cox

Blues singer

Vaudeville performer

February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967

Credits:

Albums:

15 Essentials of Ida Cox (Mono Version) (2014); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But... (1971); Blues For Rampart Street (1962); Colours of Music History (2014); Confidential Blues - The Early Years (2021); Deep Sea Blues (2015); Four Day Creep (2015); Hard Times Blues (2015); I Can't Quit My Man (1991); Ida Cox (2009); Ida Cox Sings the Blues (Mono Version) (1954); Ida Cox Vol. 1 1923 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 3 1925-1927 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 4 1927-1938 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940) (2005); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Late Numbers (2022); Mail Man Blues and Other Stories (2024); Milestones of Legends - Female Blues Singers, Vol. 5 (2018); Presenting Ida Cox (1923); Take Him off My Mind (2015); That's What I Need (2014); The Magic Masters (2016); The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (2013); Tonight in Time (2015); Uncrowned Queen (2015); Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (2023); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Songs:

Any Woman's Blues; Bama Bound Blues; Bear-Mash Blues; Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But!; Bone Orchard Blues; Coffin Blues; Come Right In; Confidential Blues; Death Letter Blues; Deep Sea Blues; Fare Thee Well Poor Gal; Georgia Hound Blues; Give Me a Break Blues; Hard Times Blues; Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues; Kentucky Man Blues; Last Mile Blues; Last Time Blues; Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Mama Doo Shee Blues; Mean Papa Turn Your Key; Misery Blues; Moanin' Groanin' Blues; Mojo Hand Blues; One Hour Mama; Pink Slip Blues; Rambling Blues; Those Married Man Blues; Weary Way Blues; Western Union Blues; Wild Women Don't Have The Blues; Worried Mama Blues.

Movies and television:

Giant Mine (1996); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Rocketman (2019); SexTV (2002); The Blues (2003); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Piano Lesson (2024); Woman's a Fool (1947).

Born on this day – Kokomo Arnold:

Kokomo Arnold

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Back to the Woods; Bad Luck Blues; Biscuit Roller Blues; Black Annie; Busy Bootin'; Chain Gang Blues; Feels So Good; Grandpa Got Drunk; Hobo Blues; How Long How Long Blues; I'm Going Fishing Too; Kokomo Blues; Long and Tall; Mean Old Twister; Milk Cow Blues; Old Black Cat Blues; Old Original Kokomo Blues; Paddlin' Blues; Paddlin' Madeline Blues; Policy Wheel Blues; Rainy Night Blues; Red Beans and Rice; Sagefield Woman Blues; Set Down Gal; Sissy Man Blues; Slop Jar Blues; Stop, Look and Listen; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 1) (2012); A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 2) (2012); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 (2010); ABC of the Blues Vol. 1 (2010); Bad Luck Blues (2015); Beans And Rice (2013); Best Blues (2016); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Experience Vol. 14 (2010); Blues Legends: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 14 - Kokomo Arnold (2009); Bootlegger Blues (2015); Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Bottlenecks (2023); Cold Winter Blues - The Best Of (2009); Collection 1930-38 (2020); Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 17 May 1930 to 15 March 1935 (1991); Crying Blues (2015); It's All About Blues Music (2014); King of the Bottleneck Guitar (1934-1937) (2003); Kokomo Arnold (2008); Kokomo Arnold UpGraded Masters (All Tracks Remastered) (2019); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 (1930 - 1935) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 3 (1936 - 1937) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934) (2005); Kokomo Arnold, Vol. 2 (1935 - 1936) (2012); Laugh And Grin (2013); Mean Old Twister (2011); Midnight Blues (Nothing But the Blues) (1994); Milk Cow Blues (2010); Milk cow blues (2022 Remastered Version) (2022); Policy Wheel Blues (2015); Presenting Kokomo Arnold (1934); Red Beans and Rice (2011); Shake That Thing (2016); That's What I Need (2014); The Twelves (2015); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 (4 Of 4) (2007); Tonight in Time (2015); Try Some of That (2024); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Movies and television:

Aerosmith: Live Texxas Jam '78 (1989); Elvis: The Memphis Flash (2005); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Shindig! (1965); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); Walk the Line (2005).

Born on this day – George Burns:

George Burns

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 18 Again! (1988); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Alice (1978); Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Ellery Queen (1975); Fame (1983); Fit to Be Tied (1930); General Electric Theater (1959); George Burns - His Wit and Wisdom (1989); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (1986); George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983); George Burns How to Live to Be 100 (1984); George Burns in George Burns in Nashville??? (1980); Going in Style (1979); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Here's Lucy (1970); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Just You and Me, Kid (1979); Lambchops (1929); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); McNab's Lab (1966); Mister Ed (1961–1963); Mona McCluskey (1965–1966); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); No Time for Sergeants (1964); Oh, God! (1977); Oh, God! Book II (1980); Oh, God! You Devil (1984); Oh, My Operation (1931); Once Over, Light (1931); Parade of Stars (1983); Patents Pending (1932); Phenom (1994); Pulling a Bone (1931); Radioland Murders (1994); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978); Summer Fun (1966); Svengoolie (2017); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); That's Entertainment! (1975); That's Life (1968); 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 (1955–1959); The Captain and Tennille (1977); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (1981); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The George Burns Show (1958–1960); The George Burns Special (1976–1977); The Golden Palace (1993); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1963); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Lucy Show (1966); The Many Faces of Comedy (1973); The Muppet Show (1977); The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Two of a Kind (1982); Walking the Baby (1933); Wendy and Me (1964–1965); We're Not Dressing (1934); Young at Heart (1987); Your Hat (1932).

Born on this day – Marjorie Bennett:

Marjorie Bennett

Actress

January 15, 1896 – June 14, 1982

Credits:

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964); 36 Hours (1964); 4 for Texas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Thunder of Drums (1961); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Adam-12 (1971); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Airport 1975 (1974); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1962); Arrest and Trial (1964); Autumn Leaves (1956); Barney Miller (1975–1980); Better Late Than Never (1979); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Boston Blackie (1952); Brock's Last Case (1973); Buckskin (1959); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Calliope (1971); Career (1959); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Charley Varrick (1973); Cheyenne (1956); CHiPs (1977–1978); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Conflict (1956); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Creature of Comfort (1968); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1954); Cry Terror! (1958); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); Death Valley Days (1955–1958); December Bride (1956–1958); Dennis the Menace (1959–1960); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Dressed to Kill (1946); F Troop (1966); Female on the Beach (1955); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Flaxy Martin (1949); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1955); Games (1967); General Electric Theater (1953–1961); Getting Away from It All (1972); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Glynis (1963); Good Heavens (1976); Happy Days (1974–1975); Harrad Summer (1974); Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959); Hey, Landlord (1966); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Home Before Dark (1958); Honey West (1965); Hugon, the Mighty (1918); I Love Lucy (1956); I Married Joan (1953–1955); I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1963); Ironside (1967); Jigsaw John (1976); June Bride (1948); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Klondike (1960); Kojak (1976); Lassie (1954–1957); Lay That Rifle Down (1955); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Limelight (1952); Lock Up (1960); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Man on Fire (1957); Many Happy Returns (1965); Mary Poppins (1964); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1958–1960); McMillan & Wife (1972); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mister Ed (1961); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Moment of Fear (1965); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Darling Judge (1961); My Fair Lady (1964); My Little Margie (1954); My Living Doll (1964); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Naughty, Naughty! (1918); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Night Gallery / Segment: Deliveries in the Rear (1972); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Ocean's Eleven (1960); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); On Guard - Bunco! (1974); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); One Step Beyond (1959); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Peggy (1950); Perfect Strangers (1950); Personal Appearance Theater (1952); Pete and Gladys (1961–1962); Peter Gunn (1959); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Petticoat Junction (1965); Phyllis (1976); Promises..... Promises! (1963); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1964); Rhoda (1974); Ricochet Romance (1954); Room 222 (1969); Sabrina (1954); Sail a Crooked Ship (1961); Saintly Sinners (1962); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1958); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955–1956); Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Silver River (1948); So Big (1953); Stacey (1973); Star Stage (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1957–1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Summer and Smoke (1961); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Suspicion (1958); Take One False Step (1949); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); That Girl (1966); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Best of the Post (1960); The Beverly Hillbillies (1964); The Big Punch (1948); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1958); The Californians (1959); The Cobweb (1955); The Congregation (1952); The Dennis Day Show (1953); The Detectives (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Family Jewels (1965); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957–1959); The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Girl Rush (1955); The Girl, Glory (1917); The Great Gildersleeve (1954–1956); The Human Jungle (1954); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Joey Bishop Show (1963); The Lawless Years (1959); The Life of Riley (1954); The Love God? (1969); The Man from Galveston (1963); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1961); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The New Breed (1961); The New Interns (1964); The Night Walker (1964); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Notorious Landlady (1962); The Pride of the Family (1953); The Rat Race (1960); The Real McCoys (1958–1962); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1962); The Reluctant Astronaut (1967); The Rookies (1973); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Steel Trap (1952); The Swinger (1966); The Thin Man (1957–1959); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Virginian (1968); The Whistler (1955); Thriller (1962); To the Victor (1948); Trackdown (1958); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Flags West (1950); Undertow (1949); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Valentine's Day (1964); Wagon Train (1959–1964); Washington Story (1952); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What a Way to Go! (1964); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); Willy (1955); Wire Service (1956); Young at Heart (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1960–1961); Zebra in the Kitchen (1965).

Born on this day – Lya de Putti:

Lya de Putti

Actress

January 10, 1896 – November 27, 1931

Credits:

A csavargó (1918); Buck Privates (1928); Cage of Death (1923); Charlott etwas verrückt (1928); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Claire (1924); Compression (2019); Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (1998); Die drei Marien und der Herr von Marana (1923); Die Filmstadt Hollywood (1928); Die Fledermaus (1923); Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004); Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore (1921); Du bist das Leben (1921); Eifersucht (1925); Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große (1924); From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014); God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926); Ilona (1921); Im Namen des Kaisers (1925); It Only Happened Once (1958); Junges Blut (1926); Komödianten (1925); Malva (1924); Manon Lescaut (1926); Midnight Rose (1928); Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law (1921); On the Waves of Happiness (1920); Othello (1922); Phantom (1922); Rund um die Liebe (1929); S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen (1923); Soldiers of the Emperor (1918); Thamar, das Kind der Berge (1924); The Burning Soil (1922); The Heart Thief (1927); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Informer (1929); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Prince of Tempters (1926); The Scarlet Lady (1928); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); Treibende Kraft (1921); Variety (1925); Wonderful Times (1950); Zigeunerblut (1920).

Born on this day – Virginia Valli:

Virginia Valli

Actress

January 10, 1896 – September 24, 1968

Credits:

Night Life in Reno (1931); Guilty? (1930); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); Mister Antonio (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Behind Closed Doors (1929); The Street of Illusion (1928); The Escape (1928); Ladies Must Dress (1927); East Side, West Side (1927); Judgment of the Hills (1927); Paid to Love (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Marriage (1927); Stage Madness (1927); Flames (1926); The Family Upstairs (1926); Watch Your Wife (1926); The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Man Who Found Himself (1925); The Lady Who Lied (1925); Siege (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); The Price of Pleasure (1925); K: The Unknown (1924); In Every Woman's Life (1924); The Signal Tower (1924); The Confidence Man (1924); Wild Oranges (1924); A Lady of Quality (1924); The Shock (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Storm (1922); The Black Bag (1922); His Back Against the Wall (1922); Tracked to Earth (1922); The Right That Failed (1922); The Idle Rich (1921); The Devil Within (1921); A Trip to Paradise (1921); The Man Who (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); Sentimental Tommy (1921); The Silver Lining (1921); The Plunger (1920); The Common Sin (1920); The Dead Line (1920); The Very Idea (1920); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Black Circle (1919); His Father's Wife (1919); The Lie That Failed (1918); Ruggles of Red Gap (1918); Uneasy Money (1918); The Fibbers (1917); The Fable of the Speedy Sprite (1917); Efficiency Edgar's Courtship (1917); The Long Green Trail (1917); The Golden Idiot (1917); Much Obliged (1917); Vernon, the Bountiful (1917); Filling His Own Shoes (1917); The Quarantined Bridegroom (1917); Satan's Private Door (1917); Skinner's Dress Suit (1917); The Strange Case of Mary Page (1916).

Born on this day – Tom Keene:

Tom Keene

Actor

December 30, 1896 – August 4, 1963

Credits:

Adventures of Superman (1952); Arizona Roundup (1942); Battle of Greed (1937); Beau Bandit (1930); Berlin Express (1948); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Blood on the Moon (1948); Brothers in the Saddle (1949); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Casey Jones (1958); Come on Danger! (1932); Corky and White Shadow (1956); Cross Fire (1933); Crossfire (1947); Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid (1953); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1954); Dangerous Intruder (1945); Death Valley Days (1956–1959); Desert Gold (1936); Desperadoes of the West (1950); Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947); Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947); Dig That Uranium (1955); Drift Fence (1936); Drums of Destiny (1937); Dynamite Canyon (1941); Film Tactics (1945); Freighters of Destiny (1931); Fury (1956); General Electric Theater (1953); Ghost Valley (1932); Girls of the Big House (1945); God's Country and the Man (1937); Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Home Town Story (1951); Hong Kong Nights (1935); Honky Tonk (1929); Hopalong Cassidy (1954); In Old California (1929); Indian Agent (1948); Judge Roy Bean (1956); Jungle Woman (1944); Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944); Lone Star Law Men (1941); Mark Saber (1953); Marked Money (1928); Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976); Night Work (1930); Old Louisiana (1937); Once Upon a Horse... (1958); Our Daily Bread (1934); Pardon My Gun (1930); Partners (1932); Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957); Port of 40 Thieves (1944); Race Street (1948); Racket Squad (1951); Radio Kisses (1930); Raw Timber (1937); Rebellion (1936); Red Planet Mars (1952); Renegades of the West (1932); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Riding the Sunset Trail (1941); Romance of the Rockies (1937); San Diego I Love You (1944); San Quentin (1946); Scarlet River (1933); Sergeant Mike (1944); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955–1956); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947); Sky King (1952); Son of the Border (1933); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Storm Over Wyoming (1950); Suicide Fleet (1931); Sundown Trail (1931); Sunset Pass (1933); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tension at Table Rock (1956); Texans Never Cry (1951); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958–1960); The Buckskin Rangers (1951); The Cheyenne Kid (1933); The Driftin' Kid (1941); The Dude Wrangler (1930); The Fat Man (1951); The Glory Trail (1936); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The Just a Little Late Club (1923); The Law Commands (1937); The Living Christ Series (1951); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956); The Milkman (1950); The Millionaire (1955); The Moonlighter (1953); The Navy Way (1944); The Outlaw's Daughter (1954); The Painted Trail (1938); The Range Rider (1951); The Saddle Buster (1932); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); The Sun Was Setting (1951); Thunder (1929); Thunder Mountain (1947); Tide of Empire (1929); Timothy's Quest (1936); Tol'able David (1930); Trail of Robin Hood (1950); U.S. Marshal (1958); Under Strange Flags (1937); Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Up in Arms (1944); Wanderers of the West (1941); Western Heritage (1948); Western Mail (1942); Wetbacks (1956); Where Trails Divide (1937); Where Trails End (1942); Whirlybirds (1958); Wild Horse Mesa (1947).

Born on this day – Vivienne Osborne:

Vivienne Osborne

Actress

December 10, 1896 – June 10, 1961

Credits:

Theater:

The Whirlwind (December 23, 1919 – February 1920); The Bonehead (April 12, 1920 – May 1920); The Silver Fox (September 5, 1921 – December 1921); The Love Child (November 14, 1922 – April 1923); Scaramouche (October 24, 1923 – December 1923); New Toys (February 18, 1924 – March 1924); The Blue Bandanna (June 23, 1924 - July 1924); Houses of Sand (February 17, 1925 – March 1925); Aloma of the South Seas (April 20, 1925 – June 1925); The Harem (June 1925)Fog (February 7, 1927 – May 1927); One Glorious Hour (April 14, 1927 – May 1927); The Three Musketeers (March 13, 1928 – December 15, 1928); Week-End (October 22, 1929 – October 1929); The Royal Virgin (March 17, 1930 – March 1930); As Good as New (November 3, 1930 – December 1930); Order Please (October 9, 1934 – October 1934).

Movies and television:

Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921); Captain Caution (1940); Champagne Waltz (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Follow Your Heart (1936); Husband’s Holiday (1931); I Accuse My Parents (1944); In Walked Mary (1920); Let’s Sing Again (1936); Life Begins (1932); Love’s Flame (1920); Luxury Liner (1933); Masquerade (1931); Men Are Such Fools (1932); Mother Eternal (1921); Night Club (1929); No More Ladies (1935); Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920); Primrose Path (1940); Sailor Be Good (1933); She Asked for It (1937); Sinner Take All (1936); So You Won’t Talk (1940); Supernatural (1933); The Beloved Bachelor (1931); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Dark Horse (1932); The Devil’s in Love (1933); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Good Provider (1922); The Nightingale (1930); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Restless Sex (1920); The Right Way (1921); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Two Seconds (1932); Week-End Marriage (1932); Wives Never Know (1936).

Born on this day – Stuart Heisler:

Stuart Heisler

Director

Editor

December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979

Born on this day – Alfred L. Werker:

Alfred L. Werker

Director

Producer

December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975

Born on this day – Jessie Royce Landis:

Jessie Royce Landis

Actress

November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972

Credits:

A Night with the Stars (1950); A Private's Affair (1959); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1955); Art Carney Special (1960); At Your Service (1930); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bon Voyage! (1962); Boys' Night Out (1962); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1971); Critic's Choice (1963); Derelict (1930); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Goodbye Again (1961); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Ironside (1969–1971); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Larger Than Life (1952); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Man Godfrey (1957); NET Playhouse (1970); North by Northwest (1959); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Swan (1956); The Web (1953); Thriller (1960); To Catch a Thief (1955); Tonight at 8:30 / Segment: Ways and Means (1952); Valentine's Day (1965).

Born on this day – Marie Prevost:

Marie Prevost

Actress

November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Blonde for a Night (1928); A Kitchen Cinderella (1920); A Parisian Scandal (1921); A Scoundrel's Toll (1916); A Small Town Idol (1921 / 1939); All Faces West (1929); Almost a Lady (1926); Being Respectable (1924); Bengal Tiger (1936); Better Late Than Never (1916); Bobbed Hair (1925); Brass (1923); Cain and Mabel (1936); Call a Cop (1921); Carnival Boat (1932); Cornered (1924); Dabbling in Art (1921); Daughters of Pleasure (1924); Death Scenes (1989); Divorce Made Easy (1929); Don't Get Personal (1922); Down on the Farm (1920); East Lynne with Variations (1919); For Wives Only (1926); Fresh from the City (1920); Friend Husband (1918); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Grauman Special (1918); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); Hell Divers (1931); Her Nature Dance (1917); Her Night of Nights (1922); Her Screen Idol (1918); Heroes of the Street (1922); Hesitating Love (1932); Hide and Seek, Detectives (1918); His Father's Footsteps (1915); His Hidden Purpose (1918); His Jazz Bride (1926); His Smothered Love (1918); His Youthful Fancy (1920); Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 (1933); How to Educate a Wife (1924); It's a Wise Child (1931); Keystone Hotel (1935); Kiss Me Again (1925); Kissed (1922); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Love, Honor and Behave! (1920); Love's False Faces (1919); Man Bait (1926); March of the Movies (1933); Moonlight Follies (1921); Movie Fans (1920); Nana (1926); Never Too Old (1919); Nobody's Fool (1921); On a Summer Day (1921); On to Reno (1927); Only Yesterday (1933); Other Women's Husbands (1926); Paid (1930); Parole Girl (1933); Party Girl (1930); Personality Parade (1938); Pick Me Up (1933); Players at Play (1929); Reckless Living (1931); Recompense (1925); Red Lights (1923); Reilly's Wash Day (1919); Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (1933); Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Secrets of a Beauty Parlor (1917); Seven Sinners (1925); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Sighed by the Seaside (1921); Sleuths (1918); Slightly Married (1932); Some of the Best (1944); Sporting Blood (1931); Sunshine (1916); Sweethearts on Parade (1930); Tango (1936); Tarnish (1924); Ten Laps to Go (1936); The Beautiful and Damned (1922); The Caveman (1926); The Crossroads of New York (1922); The Dangerous Little Demon (1922); The Dark Swan (1924); The Dentist (1919); The Eleventh Commandment (1933); The Flying Fool (1929); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Godless Girl (1928); The Good Bad Girl (1931); The Hollywood Kid (1924); The Lover of Camille (1924); The Marriage Circle (1924); The Married Flapper (1922); The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975); The Night Bride (1927); The Racket (1928); The Runaround (1931); The Rush Hour (1927); The Sideshow (1928); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); The Speakeasy (1919); The Village Chestnut (1918); The Wanters (1923); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Three Wise Girls (1931); Three Women (1924); Two Crooks (1917); Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919); Unto Those Who Sin (1916); Up in Alf's Place (1919); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); War Nurse (1930); Wedding Bells Out of Tune (1921); When Love Is Blind (1919); Whose Little Wife Are You? (1918); Why Beaches Are Popular (1919); Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919); You Wouldn't Believe It (1920).

Born on this day – Margery Wilson:

Margery Wilson

Actress

Director

Producer

Writer

October 31, 1896 – January 21, 1986

Credits:

A Corner in Colleens (1916); A Dark Horse (1915); A Woman of Nerve (1915); Bred in the Bone (1915); Crooked Straight (1919); Desert Gold (1919); Double Trouble (1915); Eye of the Night (1916); Flooey and Axel (1915); For the Honor of Bettina (1915); Insinuation (1922); Intolerance (1916); Jane Eyre (1914); Marked Cards (1918); Mountain Dew (1917); Old Love for New (1918); That Something (1920); The Bankhurst Mystery (1915); The Blooming Angel (1920); The Bride of Hate (1917); The Charcoal-Burner's Son (1939); The Clodhopper (1917); The Deadly Focus (1915); The Desert Man (1917); The Fatal Hour (1915); The Flames of Chance (1918); The Gunfighter (1917); The Hand at the Window (1918); The Hard Rock Breed (1918); The Honorable Algy (1916); The House of Whispers (1920); The Last of the Ingrams (1917); The Law of the Great Northwest (1918); The Lucky Transfer (1915); The Man of It (1915); The Mother Instinct (1917); The Offenders (1924); The Opal Pin (1915); The Primal Lure (1916); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Showdown (1915); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Sin Ye Do (1916); The Stab (1915); The Ten O'Clock Boat (1915); The Way of a Mother (1915); Two of a Kind (1920); Unwinding It (1915); Venus in the East (1919); Why Not Marry? (1922); Wild Sumac (1917); Without Honor (1918); Wolf Lowry (1917).

Born on this day – Ethel Waters:

Ethel Waters

Singer

Actress

October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977

Born on this day – Ruth Gordon:

Ruth Gordon

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Double Life (1947); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Adam's Rib (1949 / 1973); American Masters (1987 / 2011); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Blithe Spirit (1966); Boardwalk (1979); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Camille (1915); Cineficción Radio (2020); Columbo (1977); Delta Pi (1984); Donahue (1975); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Edge of Darkness (1943); Emergency! (1976); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Film '80 (1980); Flip (1971); Good Morning America (1976–1979); Hal (2018); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Harold and Maude (1971); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Information Please: Series 1, No. 8 (1940); Information Please: Series 2, No. 2 (1940); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Isn't It Shocking? (1973); Jimmy the Kid (1982); Kojak (1975); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Looks Familiar (1980); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Madame Butterfly (1915); Maxie (1985); Medical Story (1975); Mia and Roman (1968); My Bodyguard (1980); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Newhart (1983–1984); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Over 21 (1945); Pat and Mike (1952); Patti Smith, la poésie du punk (2022); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Person to Person (1959); RHEMA: Combine Man (1984); Rhoda (1975); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective (2000); Rosie! (1967); Saturday Night Live (1977); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Subaru BRAT Superbowl TV Comemrcial with Ruth Gordon (1982); Taxi (1979); That Was the Year That Was – 1976 (1976); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's Life (1979); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Actress (1953); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Big Bus (1976); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Great Houdini (1976); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Love Boat (1977); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Matchmaker (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1977); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Whirl of Life (1915); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Lilyan Tashman:

Lilyan Tashman

Actress

October 23, 1896 – March 21, 1934

Born on this day – Suzy Prim:

Suzy Prim

Actress

October 11, 1896 – July 7, 1991