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

Born on this day – Julien Duvivier:

Julien Duvivier

Director

Writer

October 8, 1896 – October 29, 1967

Born on this day – F. Scott Fitzgerald:

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writer

September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940

Credits:

Books:

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015); 40 Short Stories (2004); A Short Trip Home (1927); A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1991); All of the Belles (2020); All the Sad Young Men (1926); American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009); Babylon Revisited (2023); Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories (2019); Black Water 2 (1990); Classic Works (2018); Flappers and Philosophers (1920); Golden Age Whodunits (2024); I'd Die for You (2017); Parties (2020); Spires and Gargoyles (2010); Tales of the Jazz Age (1922); Taps at Reveille (1935); Tender Is the Night (1934); The Beautiful and Damned (1922); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2008); The Best of F. Scott Fitzgerald (2021); The Complete Fitzgerald Collection (2019); The Crack-up (1945); The Cruise of the Rolling Junk (1924); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories (2020); The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1922); The Fantasy and Mystery Stories of F Scott Fitzgerald (1991); The Great Gatsby & Related Stories (2023); The Great Gatsby (1925); The Great Gatsby and Other Classic Works (2021); The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920 - 26 (2022); The Jelly-Bean (1920); The Last Tycoon / aka The Love of the Last Tycoon (1970); The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1964); The Love Boat and Other Stories (2019); The Moonlight Traveller (1949); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Pat Hobby Stories (1962); The Platform Edge (2019); The Popular Girl (2005); The Popular Girl (2018); The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1951); This Side of Paradise (1920); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991).

Movies and television:

A Curious World (2016); A Yank at Oxford (1938); American Playhouse (1984); Armchair Theatre (1959); Az édenen innen és túl (1971); Berenika (1995); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976 / 2015); Biography (1997); Bookmark (1988); Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Climax! (1955); Contretemps (2007); Curtain Call (1952); Duels (2016); Einer meiner ältesten Freunde (1994); Ernest Hemingway, quatre mariages et un enterrement (2021); Everything Happens at Night (1939); F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles' (1974); F. Scott Fitzgerald's Head and Shoulders (2014); Fate's Shadow (2019); Fate's Shadow: The Whole Story (2021); Frankly Speaking: A Conversation with Frank Howson (2012); Front Row Center (1955–1956); Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020); Gatsby: The Movie... Kind Of (2016); Grit (1924); Hemingway (2021); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); I riassuntini (2020); Indiánské léto (1995); Izmedju dva aviona (1964); Kraft Theatre (1955–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1952); La France en face (2013); Look Up and Live (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Marie Antoinette (1938); Million Dollar American Princesses (2016); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); New York: A Documentary Film (1999); Perfidi incanti / Segment: Il Viaggio (1985); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Ponds Theater (1954); Project Twenty (1956); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Raffles (1939); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Star Tonight (1956); Starlight Theatre (1950–1951); Suspense (1953); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (1987); Taví zadok (1979); Teletale (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962 / 1985); The Beautiful and Damned (1922 / 2009); The Bridal Party - F. S. Fitzgerald (2021); The Chorus Girl's Romance (1920); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); The Dashing Mr. Lowell (2012); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The Great Gatsby (1926 / 1949 / 1974 / 2000 / 2013); The Great Gatsby Live Read! (2021); The Husband Hunter (1920); The Jazz Age (1968); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Last Tycoon / TV series (2016–2017); The Lost Decade (2012); The Off-Shore Pirate (1921); The Offshore Pirate (2013); The Sensible Thing (1996); The Twentieth Century (1960); The Women (1939); Three Comrades (1938); To theatro tis Defteras (1977); Winter Carnival (1939); Zelig (1983).

Born on this day – Denise Grey:

Denise Grey

Actress

September 17, 1896 – January 13, 1996

Credits:

A Fine Romance (1991); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957); Adieu Léonard (1943); Allô... je t'aime (1952); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Antenne 2 Midi (1987); April Fools' Day (1954); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1984); Avis de recherche (1988); Bell' Antonio (1960); Boléro (1942); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonheur en location (1949); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); Carré de valets (1947); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Castles in Spain (1954); C'est la faute d'Adam (1958); Champs-Elysées (1982–1988); Chéri (1962); Coïncidences (1947); Demain nous divorçons (1951); Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943); Devil in the Flesh (1947); En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983); En famille (1915); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Escalier de service (1954); Et dix de der (1948); Étrange destin (1946); Fan des années 80 (2009–2012); Fantaisie d'un jour (1955); Girls' Dormitory (1953); Hello-Goodbye (1970); Honneur d'artiste (1920); Il seduttore (1954); Jeunes filles à marier (1935); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julietta (1953); La bonne soupe (1964); La dame de Vittel (1937); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1982); La joie de vivre (1954); La maison de campagne (1969); La nuit des Molières (1987); La peau de l'ours (1957); La ronde des heures (1949); La rue des bouches peintes (1955); La soupière (1992); La une est à vous (1988); La villa Sans-Souci (1955); L'auberge en folie (1956); L'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944); Le chevalier Tempête (1967); Le confident de ces dames (1959); Le couple idéal (1946); Le divan (1988); Le gaffeur (1985); Le panier à crabes (1960); Le père de Mademoiselle (1953); Le petit monument (1961); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1985); Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955); Le tombeur (1958); Le voleur de feuilles (1984); L'entretien (1969); Les aventures de Babar (1968); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les dames de la côte (1979–1980); Les moyens du bord (1979); Les petites Cardinal (1951); Les pique-assiettes (1989); Les quartiers de Paris (Clio dans le métro) (1967); Les rois maudits (1972); Les saisons du plaisir (1988); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les uns et les autres (1988); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'extravagante mission (1945); L'honorable Catherine (1943); L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946); L'oasis dans la tourmente (1942); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Madame et son flirt (1946); Madame Rigadin modiste (1914); Mademoiselle Etchiko (1913); Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé? (1971); Mardi cinema (1984); Merci Sylvestre (1983); Midi-Première (1981); Mimi Pinson (1958); Mitsou (1956); Mon ami Sainfoin (1950); Monsieur Hector (1940); Montmartre sur Seine (1941); My Fair Lady (1964); Nemrod et compagnie (1916); N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982); On demande un ménage (1946); Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965); Pas de week end pour notre amour (1950); Police judiciaire (1958); Raspoutine (1954); Regards de femme (1990); Retour de flamme (1943); Rigadin professeur de danse (1916); Romance à trois (1942); Rome Express (1950); Rouge (1960); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Samedi soir (1972); Serge Panine (1939); Six heures à perdre (1947); Stars 90 (1991); Summertime (1955); Sur la sellette (1978); Sylviane de mes nuits (1957); Tête blonde (1950); The Blue Veil (1942); The Blues (1918); The Party (1980); The Party 2 (1982); The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954); The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953); Thé, soupçon et sympathie (1967); Tout pour le mieux (1969); Trois artilleurs à l'opéra (1938); Trois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937); Un curé de choc (1974); Un homme dans la maison (1962); Un ours pas comme les autres (1978); Une autre vie (1971); Une femme par jour (1949); Une nuit aux Baléares (1957); Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur (1943).

Born on this day – Walter Lang:

Walter Lang

Director

August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972

Credits:

Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928); Amor in montagna (1932); As a Man Lives (1923); Autodefensa (2022); Brothers (1930); But Not for Me (1959); By Whose Hand? (1927); Call Me Madam (1953); Can-Can (1960); Carnival (1935); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Claudia and David (1946); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Command Performance (1931); Coney Island (1943); Desk Set (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Hell Bound (1931); Hello Sister (1930); Hooray for Love (1935); I'll Give a Million (1938); Lady Tubbs (1935); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Meet the Baron (1933); Money to Burn (1926); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mother Wore Tights (1947); No More Orchids (1932); On the Riviera (1951); Racetrack (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Second Honeymoon (1937); Sentimental Journey (1946); Sitting Pretty (1948); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Song of the Islands (1942); Star Dust (1940); State Fair (1945); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); The Big Fight (1930); The Blue Bird (1940); The Carnival Girl (1926); The College Hero (1927); The Costello Case (1930); The Desert Bride (1928); The Earth Woman (1926); The Golden Web (1926); The Great Profile (1940); The Jackpot (1950); The King and I (1956); The Ladybird (1927); The Little Princess (1939); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Mighty Barnum (1934); The Night Flyer (1928); The Party's Over (1934); The Red Kimono (1926); The Satin Woman (1927); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Warrior's Husband (1933); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Top of the Town (1937); Week-End in Havana (1941); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Women Go on Forever (1931); You're My Everything (1949).

Born on this day – Irene Purcell:

Irene Purcell

Actress

August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972

Credits:

Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Just a Gigolo (1931); Just One Word (1929); Le plombier amoureux (1932); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Man in Possession (1931); The Passionate Plumber (1932); Westward Passage (1932).

Born on this day – Erle C. Kenton:

Erle C. Kenton

Director

August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980

Born on this day – William Cameron Menzies:

William Cameron Menzies

Production designer

Director

Producer

July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957

Born on this day – Barbara La Marr:

Barbara La Marr

Actress

Writer

July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926

Credits:

Arabian Love (1922); Cinderella of the Hills (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); Domestic Relations (1922); Flame of Youth (1920); Harriet and the Piper (1920); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); March of the Movies (1933); Mary of the Movies (1923); Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêve (2024); Movie Memories #2 (1934); My Husband's Wives (1924); Personality Parade (1938); Poor Men's Wives (1923); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Rose of Nome (1920); Sandra (1924); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Strangers of the Night (1923); The Brass Bottle (1923); The Eternal City (1923); The Eternal Struggle (1923); The Girl from Montmartre (1926); The Heart of a Siren (1925); The Hero (1923); The Land of Jazz (1920); The Little Grey Mouse (1920); The Mother of His Children (1920); The Nut (1921); The Prisoner of Zenda (1922); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Three Musketeers (1921); The White Monkey (1925); The White Moth (1924); The White Moth (1924); Thy Name Is Woman (1924); Trifling Women (1922).

Born on this day – Evelyn Preer:

Evelyn Preer

Actress

Singer

July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932

Credits:

Birthright (1924); Blonde Venus (1932); Brown Gravy (1929); Deceit (1923); Georgia Rose (1930); Good Sport (1931); Husband's Holiday (1931); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Oft in the Silly Night (1929); The Brute (1920); The Conjure Woman (1926); The Devil's Disciple (1926); The Framing of the Shrew (1929); The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921); The Homesteader (1919); The Lady Fare (1929); The Melancholy Dame (1929); The Spider's Web (1927); The Widow's Bite (1929); Within Our Gates (1920).

Born on this day – Zena Keefe:

Zena Keefe

Actress

June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977

Credits:

A Bunch of Violets (1912); A Game of Cards (1913); After Midnight (1921); All Is Fair in Love and War (1911); An Amateur Widow (1919); Another Man's Wife (1924); At the Eleventh Hour (1912); Betty, the Boy and the Bird (1916); Caprice of the Mountains (1916); Captain Jenks' Diplomacy (1912); Cutey Plays Detective (1913); Cutey Tries Reporting (1913); Does Advertising Pay? (1913); Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917); Father and Son (1912); Hearts Ablaze (1915); Her Choice (1912); Her Maternal Right (1916); Heroes of the Mutiny (1911); His Wife's Money (1920); In the Furnace Fire (1912); La vie de Bohème (1916); Life's Yesterdays (1915); Little Miss Happiness (1916); Marooned Hearts (1920); None So Blind (1923); Oh Boy! (1919); Omens and Oracles (1913); One Hour (1917); Out of the Snows (1920); Perils of Our Girl Reporters (1916); Piccadilly Jim (1919); Prejudice (1922); Proxies (1921); Putting Pep in Slowtown (1916); Red Foam (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Shame (1917); Sisters All (1913); The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction (1913); The Awakening of Bianca (1912); The Black Sheep (1912); The Broken Silence (1922); The Broken Violin (1923); The Cabin Boy (1911); The Carpenter (1913); The Challenge Accepted (1918); The Cross Roads (1912); The Eavesdropper (1912); The Esterbrook Case (1915); The Gamblers (1912); The Hero of Submarine D-2 (1916); The Hieroglyphic (1912); The Hindoo's Curse (1912); The Island of Surprise (1916); The Jade Necklace (1916); The Long Skirt (1911); The Lure of Love (1924); The Man Under the Bed (1912); The Mate of the 'John M' (1911); The Meeting (1917); The Mills of the Gods (1912); The Pink Pajama Girl (1912); The Rail Rider (1916); The Scarlet Runner (1916); The Spider's Web (1912); The Struggle (1912); The Tigress (1915); The Unforgiven (1915); The Woman God Sent (1920); Three Girls and a Man (1912); Tommy's Sister (1912); Trouping with Ellen (1924); When Love Is Young (1922); Who's Cheating? (1924).

Born on this day – Blanche Sweet:

Blanche Sweet

Actress

Producer

June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986

Credits:

A Chance Deception (1913); A Change of Spirit (1912); A Corner in Wheat (1909); A Country Cupid (1911); A Cure for Suffragettes (1913); A Decree of Destiny (1911); A Flash of Light (1910); A Man with Three Wives (1909); A Pueblo Romance (1912); A Romance of the Western Hills (1910); A Sailor's Heart (1912); A Sister's Love (1912); A String of Pearls (1912); A Temporary Truce (1912); A Woman of Pleasure (1919); A Woman Scorned (1911); All on Account of the Milk (1910); Always Faithful (1929); American Masters (1993); An Outcast Among Outcasts (1912); Anna Christie (1923); Ashes of the Past (1914); Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982); Beyond All Law (1913); Blind Love (1912); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Brave New Cowboy (1979); Broken Ways (1913); Camera Three (1975); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Choosing a Husband (1909); Classmates (1914); D.W. Griffith (1975); Death's Marathon (1913); Diplomacy (1926); Disclosure (2020); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Fashion News (1930); Fighting Blood (1911); Fighting Cressy (1919); Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (1947); Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1945); For Her Father's Sins (1914); For His Son (1912); For Those Unborn (1914); Girl Talk (1966); Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911); Help Wanted - Male (1920); Her Awakening (1914); Her Unwilling Husband (1920); Her Wedding Bell (1913); His Daughter (1911); His Supreme Moment (1925); Hollywood (1980); Home, Sweet Home (1914); How She Triumphed (1911); If We Only Knew (1913); In Little Italy (1909); In the Palace of the King (1923); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913); Love in Quarantine (1910); Love in the Hills (1911); Man's Lust for Gold (1912); March of the Movies (1933); Men and Women (1914); Oil and Water (1913); One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912); Out from the Shadow (1911); Pirate Gold (1913); Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911); Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911); Proposta in quattro parti (1985); Public Opinion (1916); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 6 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Simple Souls (1920); Singed (1927); Souls for Sale (1923); Stolen Goods (1915); Strongheart (1914); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924); That Girl Montana (1921); The Amazing Years of Cinema (1976); The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914); The Battle (1911); The Blacklist (1916); The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911); The Broken Cross (1911); The Captive (1915); The Case of Becky (1915); The Chief's Blanket (1912); The Clue (1915); The Coming of Angelo (1913); The Country Lovers (1911); The Day After (1909); The Deadlier Sex (1920); The Dupe (1916); The Escape (1914); The Eternal Mother (1912); The Evil Eye (1917); The Far Cry (1926); The Five Pennies (1959); The Girl in the Web (1920); The God Within (1912); The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912); The Hero of Little Italy (1913); The House of Discord (1913); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Human Mill (1923); The Hushed Hour (1919); The Indian Brothers (1911); The Kid (1910); The Lady from Hell (1926); The Last Drop of Water (1911); The Lesser Evil (1912); The Lily of the Tenements (1911); The Little Country Mouse (1914); The Lonedale Operator (1911); The Long Road (1911); The Making of a Man (1911); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960); The Massacre (1912); The Meanest Man in the World (1923); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Miser's Heart (1911); The Mistake (1913); The Movie Album #2 (1932); The New Commandment (1925); The New Dress (1911); The Odalisque (1914); The Old Bookkeeper (1912); The Old Maid (1914); The Painted Lady (1912); The Painted Lady (1914); The Primal Call (1911); The Punishment (1912); The Ragamuffin (1916); The Rocky Road (1910); The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914); The Secret Orchard (1915); The Secret Sin (1915); The Sentimental Sister (1914); The Silent Partner (1917); The Silver Horde (1930); The Smile of a Child (1911); The Soul of Honor (1914); The Sowers (1916); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); The Spirit Awakened (1912); The Sporting Venus (1925); The Stolen Bride (1913); The Storm (1916); The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1911); The Tear That Burned (1914); The Thin Man (1958); The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916); The Tides of Barnegat (1917); The Transformation of Mike (1912); The Twentieth Century (1959); The Two Paths (1911); The Unpardonable Sin (1919); The Vengeance of Galora (1913); The Villain Foiled (1911); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); The Voice of the Child (1911); The Warrens of Virginia (1915); The Wedding Gown (1913); The White Rose of the Wilds (1911); The Woman in White (1929); The Woman Racket (1930); This Is Your Life (1963); Those Who Dance (1924); Those Without Sin (1917); Three Friends (1913); Through Darkened Vales (1911); To Save Her Soul (1909); Twenty Years After (1944); Two Men of the Desert (1913); Under Burning Skies (1912); Unprotected (1916); Was He a Coward? (1911); Why Women Love (1925); With the Enemy's Help (1912).

Born on this day – Howard Hawks:

Howard Hawks

Director

Producer

Writer

May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Little Princess (1917); A Song Is Born (1948); Adventure (1925); Air Force (1943); American Masters (2001–2008); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ball of Fire (1941); Barbary Coast (1935); Big John (2006); Biography (1993–2001); Bob Hampton of Placer (1921); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Cary Grant and Howard Hawks (2003); Ceiling Zero (1936); Cinema (1967); Code of the West (1925); Come and Get It (1936); Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dark Hearts: The Secret Of Haunting Melissa (2014); Dinty (1920); El Dorado (1966); Empty Hands (1924); Fazil (1928); Femme Fatales (2012); Fig Leaves (1926); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Go and Get It (1920); Hatari! (1962); Hawks on Hawks (2017); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942); His Girl Friday (1940); Hollywood Greats (1977); Hollywood Insider (2021); Honesty - The Best Policy (1926); Howard Hawks on the Front Page and His Girl Friday (2017); Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life (1978); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (2000); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); In Again, Out Again (1917); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast (1977); La foule hurle (1932); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Le Cinéma selon Luc Moullet (Carnet Filmé: 29 janvier 1979) (1979); Lord Jim (1925); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Metropolis Refound (2010); Monkey Business (1952); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1971); North of 36 (1924); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Open All Night (1924); Paid to Love (1927); Penrod (1922); Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Quicksands (1923); Red Line 7000 (1965); Red River (1948); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Lobo (1970); Scarface (1932); Scarface (1983); Sergeant York (1941); Talking Pictures (2016); Targets (1968); Test Pilot (1938); The Air Circus (1928); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Criminal Code (1930); The Crowd Roars (1932); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924); The Dawn Patrol (1930); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Devil's Cargo (1925); The Dreamers (2003); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (1967); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Outlaw (1943); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); The Road to Glory (1926); The Road to Yesterday (1925); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thing from Another World (1951); Tiger Love (1924); Tiger Shark (1932); To Have and Have Not (1944); Today We Live (1933); Trent's Last Case (1929); Twentieth Century (1934); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Underworld (1927); Viva Villa! (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2020).

Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

Ruth Donnelly

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

Born on this day – Dodie Smith:

Dodie Smith

Writer

May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

Credits:

Books:

The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956); The Starlight Barking (1967); Look Back with Love (1974); Look Back with Mixed Feelings (1978); Look Back with Astonishment (1979); Look Back with Gratitude (1985); I Capture the Castle (1948); Girl from the Candle-lit Bath (1961); The New Moon With the Old (1963); The Town in Bloom (1965); It Ends with Revelations (1967); Tale of Two Families (1970); The Midnight Kittens (1978); Service (1932); Autumn Crocus (1933); Touch Wood (1934); Call it A Day (1936); Bonnet Over the Windmill (1937); Dear Octopus (1938); Lovers and Friends (1947); Letter from Paris (1954); Amateur Means Lover (1962).

Movies and television:

101 Dalmatian Street (2020); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002); 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor (1997); 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998); 102 Dalmatians (2000); 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (2000); Autumn Crocus (1934); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952); Call It a Day (1937); Call It a Day (1948); Call It a Day (1956); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Cruella (2021); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Dear Octopus (1943); Dear Octopus (1953); Der erste Frühlingstag (1956); Der erste Frühlingstag (1962); Der erste Frühlingstag / Call it a Day (1961); I Capture the Castle (1954); I Capture the Castle (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1959); ITV Playhouse (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Jackanory (1986); Looking Forward (1933); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Primo giorno di primavera (1955); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Schoolgirl Rebels (1915); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Glorious Adventure (1922); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Uninvited (1944); To Each His Own (1946); Zo maar een dag in de lente (1960).

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).