Born on this day – Madeline Hurlock:

Madeline Hurlock

Actress

December 12, 1897 – April 4, 1989

Credits:

Love at First Flight (1928); The Beach Club (1928); The Best of Friends (1927); Love in a Police Station (1927); The Bull Fighter (1927); For Sale, a Bungalow (1927); The College Kiddo (1927); Cured in the Excitement (1927); Catalina, Here I Come (1927); A Small Town Princess (1927); The Jolly Jilter (1927); Duck Soup (1927); Peaches and Plumbers (1927); Flirty Four-Flushers (1926); A Harem Knight (1926); Masked Mamas (1926); A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); When a Man's a Prince (1926); Butter Fingers (1925); A Sea Dog's Tale (1926); Ice Cold Cocos (1926); Butter Fingers (1925); Trimmed in Gold (1926); Whispering Whiskers (1926); From Rags to Britches (1925); Over Thereabouts (1925); Butter Fingers (1925); Sneezing Beezers (1925); The Lion's Whiskers (1925); The Marriage Circus (1925); Giddap! (1925); The Raspberry Romance (1925); Water Wagons (1925); Bull and Sand (1924); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Hansom Cabman (1924); Wandering Waistlines (1924); Three Foolish Weeks (1924); The Luck o' the Foolish (1924); The First 100 Years (1924); His New Mamma (1924); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Hollywood Kid (1924); Scarem Much (1924); Smile Please (1924); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); One Spooky Night (1924); Inbad the Sailor (1923); The Dare-Devil (1923); Asleep at the Switch (1923); Pitfalls of a Big City (1923); Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923).

Born on this day – Ethel Borden:

Ethel Borden

Writer

Actress

December 11, 1897 – July 4, 1953

Credits:

They Wanted to Marry (1937); I Live My Life (1935); After Office Hours (1935).

Born on this day – Tina Lattanzi:

Tina Lattanzi

Actress

December 5, 1897 – October 25, 1997

Born on this day – Roger Richebé:

Roger Richebé

Director

Writer

Producer

December 3, 1897 – July 10, 1989

Credits:

American Love (1931); Angels of Sin (1943); Baby's Laxative (1931); Clara de Montargis (1951); Crimson Dynasty (1935); Der Zarewitsch (1954); Der Zarewitsch (1954); Domino (1943); Élisa (1957); Fanny (1932); Fantômas (1932); Forfaiture (1937); Gibier de potence (1951); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Hommage à Raimu (1976); J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931); J'ai une idée (1934); Jean de la Lune (1949); La donna di una notte (1931); La femme d'une nuit (1930); La fugue de Monsieur Perle (1952); La grande Maguet (1947); La peau d'un homme (1951); La tradition de minuit (1939); L'amant de Madame Vidal (1936); Le collier (1931); Le fantôme (1936); Le mort en fuite (1936); Le salaire du péché (1956); Les amants de minuit (1953); Les J3 (1946); Les quatre jambes (1931); L'habit vert (1937); L'homme qui assassina (1931); Madame Sans-Gêne (1941); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Marked Girls (1938); Midnight in Paris (1942); Minuit... place Pigalle (1934); Monseigneur (1949); Que les hommes sont bêtes (1957); Romance à trois (1942); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Bitch (1931); The Death Agony of the Eagles (1933); The Secret of Polichinelle (1936); The Story of the Fox (1937); Två kvinnor (1947); Un déjeuner de soleil (1937); Voyage sans espoir (1943).

Born on this day – Gertrude Olmstead:

Gertrude Olmstead

Actress

November 13, 1897 – January 18, 1975

Born on this day – Herman J. Mankiewicz:

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Writer

November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953

Born on this day – Adolph Deutsch:

Adolph Deutsch

Composer

Conductor

Actor

October 20, 1897 – January 1, 1980

Born on this day – Bud Abbott:

Bud Abbott

Actor

Comedian

Producer

October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974

Credits:

Abbott & Costello (1967); General Electric Theater (1961); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); The Andrews Sisters in Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940).

Born on this day – William Faulkner:

William Faulkner

Writer

September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); 65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Fable (1954); A Rose for Emily (1930); Absalom, Absalom! (1936); As I Lay Dying (1930); Barn Burning (1996); Barn Burning and other stories (1939); Big Woods (1955); Collected Stories (1948); Doctor Martino and Other Stories (1934); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Flags in the Dust (1973); Go Down, Moses (1942); Growing Up in the South (1991); Intruder in the Dust (1948); Jealousy and Episode (1977); Knight's Gambit (1949); Light in August (1932); Louisiana Stories (1990); Magical Realist Fiction (1984); Marble Faun and a Green Bough (1960); Mayday (1978); Mosquitoes (1927); New Orleans Sketches (1957); Ole Miss Juvenilia (2018); Pylon (1935); Requiem for a Nun (1950); Road to Glory (1981); Sanctuary (1931); Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun (1954); Sartoris (1929); Selected Short Stories (1956); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Soldiers' Pay (1926); Stories of the Modern South (1977); The Bear (1942); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Best Horror Stories (1977); The Essential Faulkner (2013); The Hamlet (1940); The Mansion (1959); The Marionettes (1978); The Reivers (1962); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); The Sound and the Fury (1929); The Town (1957); The Unvanquished (1938); The Wild Palms / If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (1939); These 13 (1931); Three Famous Short Novels (1958); Uncle Willy and Other Stories (1967); Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner (1979); Wishing Tree (1927); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing Los Angeles (2002).

Movies and television:

A Rose for Emily (1983); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Air Force (1943); As I Lay Dying (2013); Background to Danger (1943); Barn Burning (1980); Camera Three (1956–1958); Cheyenne (1956); Climax! (1954–1955); Deep Valley (1947); Dim (1958); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Estudio 1 (1977); Fireside Theatre (1952); Flesh (1932); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Fumée / Smoke (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gunga Din (1939); Intruder in the Dust (1949); Invitation au voyage (2021); Kaki Bakar (1995); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lazy River (1934); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); Mildred Pierce (1945); Mississippi Requiem (2018); Moi, général de Gaulle (1990); Noga (1991); Northern Pursuit (1943); Old Man (1997); Omnibus / Segment: William Faulkner (1952); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2020); Requiem for a Nun (1975); Requiem für eine Nonne (1965); Sanctuary (1961); Slave Ship (1937); Sling Blade (1996); Submarine Patrol (1938); Suspense (1954); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land (1988); The Bear (1980); The Big Sleep (1946); The Loneliness Trilogy (2008); The Long Hot Summer (1985); The Long, Hot Summer (1958–1966); The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William Faulkner (2024); The Reivers (1969); The Road to Glory (1936); The Sound and the Fury (1959 / 2009 / 2014); The Southerner (1945); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Tarnished Angels (1957); To Have and Have Not (1944); Today We Live (1933); Tomorrow (1972); Two Soldiers (1986 / 2003); Vacation Playhouse (1964).

Born on this day – Doris Kenyon:

Doris Kenyon

Actress

September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979

Credits:

The Real McCoys (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); The Man in the Iron Mask (1939); Girls' School (1938); Along Came Love (1936); The Human Side (1934); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Counsellor at Law (1933); No Marriage Ties (1933); Voltaire (1933); The Man Called Back (1932); Young America (1932); Alexander Hamilton (1931); The Ruling Voice (1931); The Road to Singapore (1931); The Bargain (1931); Beau Bandit (1930); Interference (1928); The Home Towners (1928); The Hawk's Nest (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); The Valley of the Giants (1927); The Blonde Saint (1926); Ladies at Play (1926); Mismates (1926); Men of Steel (1926); The Unguarded Hour (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); I Want My Man (1925); A Thief in Paradise (1925); If I Marry Again (1925); Idle Tongues (1924); Born Rich (1924); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); Lend Me Your Husband (1924); The New School Teacher (1924); The Love Bandit (1924); Restless Wives (1924); Bright Lights of Broadway (1923); The Last Moment (1923); You Are Guilty (1923); Sure-Fire Flint (1922); The Ruling Passion (1922); Shadows of the Sea (1922); Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921); The Conquest of Canaan (1921); The Harvest Moon (1920); The Bandbox (1919); Twilight (1919); Wild Honey (1918); The Inn of the Blue Moon (1918); The Street of Seven Stars (1918); The Hidden Hand (1917); Strictly Business (1917); The Great White Trail (1917); Jimmie Dale, Alias the Grey Seal (1917); The Empress (1917); A Girl's Folly (1917); The Man Who Forgot (1917); The Rack (1916); The Traveling Salesman (1916); The Ocean Waif (1916); The Man Who Stood Still (1916); The Feast of Life (1916); Pawn of Fate (1916).

Born on this day – Sally Benson:

Sally Benson

Writer

September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972

Credits:

Short stories:

Emily (1938); Junior Miss (1941); Meet Me in St. Louis (1942); People Are Fascinating (1936); Stories of the Gods and Heroes (1940); Women and Children First (1943).

Movies and television:

Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Bus Stop (1961); Come to the Stable (1949); Conspirator (1949); Curtain Call (1952); General Electric Guest House (1951); Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958); Joy in the Morning (1965); Junior Miss (1945 / 1946); Little Women (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 / 1959 / 1966); No Man of Her Own (1950); Occupation Housewife / Yrke: Hemmafru (1967); Shadow of a Doubt (1943 / 1991); Signpost to Murder (1964); Summer Magic (1963); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); The Singing Nun (1966); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Born on this day – Fredric March:

Fredric March

Actor

August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975

Born on this day – Gertrude Bambrick:

Gertrude Bambrick

Actress

August 24, 1897 – January 10, 1974

Credits:

A Circumstantial Hero (1913); A Compromising Complication (1913); A Horse on Bill (1913); A Limited Divorce (1912); A Ragtime Romance (1913); A Real Estate Deal (1912); A Saturday Holiday (1913); A Spring Chicken (1916); All Hail to the King (1913); Almost a Wild Man (1913); An Old Maid's Deception (1913); As It Might Have Been (1914); Aunts, Too Many! (1913); Baby Indisposed (1913); Broken Ways (1913); Brothers (1913); Cinderella and the Boob (1913); Cupid and the Cook (1913); Divorcons (1915); Faust and the Lily (1913); For the Son of the House (1913); Frappe Love (1913); Gold and Glitter (1912); Highbrow Love (1913); His Hoodoo (1913); Intolerance (1916); Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character (1913); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Just Kids (1913); Liberty Belles (1914); Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913); Master Jefferson Green (1913); McGann and His Octette (1913); Mr. Spriggs Buys a Dog (1913); Near to Earth (1913); Objections Overruled (1913); Oil and Water (1913); Red Hicks Defies the World (1913); The Adventures of Dollie (1912); The Billionaire (1914); The End of the World (1913); The God Within (1912); The Hicksville Epicure (1913); The King and the Copper (1913); The Lady in Black (1913); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912); The New York Hat (1912); The One She Loved (1912); The Perfidy of Mary (1913); The Reformers; or, the Lost Art of Minding One's Business (1913); The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916); The Skating Rink (1916); The Suffragette Minstrels (1913); The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913); The Waiter Who Waited (1915); The Widow's Kids (1913); The Winning Punch (1913); Those Little Flowers (1913); Two Daughters of Eve (1912); Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914); Who's Looney Now? (1914).

Born on this day – Enid Blyton:

Enid Blyton

Writer

August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968

Credits:

Books:

A Very Special Birthday (2010); Adventure of the Wishing Chair (1937); Adventure Stories (1960); Amelia Jane Again (1946); At Appletree Farm (1944); Before I Go to Sleep (1947); Benjy and the Others (1955); Bible Stories from the New Testament (1955); Bible Stories from the Old Testament (1955); Brer Bear's Red Carrots (1987); Brer Rabbit Again (1963); Brer Rabbit and His Friends (1948); Brer Rabbit Book (1948); Brer Rabbit's a Rascal (1965); Child Whispers (poems) (1922); Chimney Corner Stories (1963); Christmas Treats (2017); Circus Days Again (1942); Claudine At St. Clare's (1947); Come Along Twins (1952); Come to the Circus (1948); Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Dog stories (1960); Don't Be Silly, Mr. Twiddle! (1973); Down At the Farm (1952); Eight O'Clock Tales (2017); Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999); Enid Blyton's Christmas Story (1953); Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales (2016); Enid Blyton's Eighth Bedside Book (1956); Enid Blyton's Happy Hours Story Book (1964); Enid Blyton's More Chimney Corner Stories (1955); Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons (1929); Enid Blyton's Omnibus! (1952); Enid Blyton's Santa's Workshop (1991); Enid Blyton's Treasury (1947); Fifth Formers at St Clare's (1945); First Term at Malory Towers (1946); Five Are Together Again (1963); Five Fall Into Adventure (1950); Five Get Into a Fix (1958); Five Get Into Trouble / aka Five Caught in a Treacherous Plot (1949); Five Go Adventuring Again (1942); Five Go Down to the Sea (1953); Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946); Five Go Off to Camp / aka Five on the Track of a Spook Train (1948); Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957); Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961); Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954); Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962); Five Have a Puzzling Time (1995); Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952); Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955); Five O'Clock Tales (2017); Five On a Hike Together (1951); Five On a Secret Trail (1956); Five On a Treasure Island (1942); Five On Finniston Farm (1960); Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947); Five Run Away Together / aka Five Run Away to Danger (1944); Five-Minute Summer Stories (2024); Four in a Family (1956); Fun for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Old Horse (1963); Giantland (2009); Go Ahead Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven Get Their Man (1953); Gobbo (2008); Good Old Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Old Fort Adventure (1960); Good Old Timmy and Other Stories (2017); Good Work Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Stolen Car (1954); Hallo, Little Mary Mouse (1945); Hedgerow Tales (1986); Hello Mr. Twiddle (1968); Hello Twins (1951); Here Come the Twins (1953); Here Comes Mary Mouse Again (1947); Heyo, Brer Rabbit! (1938); Hide and Seek Fun (2009); Holiday House (1955); Hollow Tree House (1945); Hurrah for the Circus! (1939); I'll Tell You Another Story (1943); In the Fifth at Malory Towers (1950); Last Term at Malory Towers (1951); Let's Garden (1948); Let's Go to the Circus (1951); Look Out Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Missing Medals (1962); Martha Monkey (2008); Mary Mouse and Her Family (1946); Mischief Again! (1955); More About Amelia Jane! (1974); More Adventures of Mary Mouse (1943); More Adventures on Willow Farm (1942); Mr Plod (2008); Mr. Galliano's Circus (1938); Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party (1971); My Third Enid Blyton Book (1955); Mystery Stories (1960); Naughty Amelia Jane (1946); Noddy and His Car (1951); Noddy and His Friends (1993); Noddy and the Bunkey (1959); Noddy and the Pirates (2009); Noddy and the Tootles (1962); Noddy at the Seaside (2010); Noddy Goes to School (1990); Noddy Goes to Toyland (2010); Noddy Goes Vroom! (2009); Noddy Has an Adventure (1958); Noddy in the Land of Spells and Top Speed the Golly (1970); Noddy Meets Father Christmas (2009); Peter and the Magic Shadow (2004); Puzzle for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Music Lover (1958); Rubbalong Tales (1949); Secret Seven Adventure / aka The Secret Seven and the Circus Adventure (1950); Secret Seven Fireworks / aka The Secret Seven and the Bonfire Adventure (1959); Secret Seven Mystery / aka The Secret Seven and the Missing Girl Mystery (1957); Secret Seven On the Trail / aka The Secret Seven and the Railroad Mystery (1952); Secret Seven Win Through / aka The Secret Seven and the Hidden Cave Adventure (1955); Seven O'Clock Tales (2017); Shadow and Johnny (1987); Shadow in Trouble (1987); Shadow Learns a Lesson (1987); Shadow the Sheep Dog (1942); Shadow to the Rescue (1987); Shock for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Dog Lover (1961); Six Cousins Again (1950); Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (1948); Six O'Clock Tales (2017); Smuggler Ben (1943); Snowball the Pony (1953); Spellworld (2009); Springtime Stories (2018); Stories of Magic and Mischief (2018); Stories of Wizards and Witches (2017); Stories of Wonders and Wishes (2022); Story Book of Jesus (1956); Summer Holiday Stories (2017); Summer Term at St Clare's (1943); Summertime Stories (2018); Sunny Stories (2018); Tales of Betsy-May (1940); Tales of Brer Rabbit: Retold (1928); Tales of Green Hedges (1946); Tales of the Twins (1948); Tales of Toyland (2013); The Adventure of the Secret Necklace (1954); The Adventure of the Strange Ruby (1960); The Adventures of Scamp (1943); The Adventurous Four (1941); The Adventurous Four Again (1947); The Bonfire Folk (1984); The Boy Next Door (1944); The Boy Who Came Back (1965); The Boy Who Wanted a Dog (1963); The Boy With the Loaves and the Fishes (1948); The Brown Family (1945); The Buttercup Farm Family (1951); The Caravan Family (1945); The Castle of Adventure (1946); The Children at Green Meadows (1954); The Children at Happy House (1946); The Children of Cherry Tree Farm (1940); The Children of Kidillin (1940); The Children of Willow Farm (1942); The Children's Life of Christ (1943); The Circus of Adventure (1952); The Dog with the Long Tail (1975); The Enchanted Wood (1939); The Enid Blyton Bedtime Story Book (1980); The Family at Red Roofs (1945); The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946); The Four Cousins (1961); The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit (1942); The Goblin Aeroplane and Other Stories (1986); The Golliwog Grumbled (1954); The Happy House Children (1966); The Happy House Children Again (1947); The Hidey Hole (1932); The House at the Corner (1947); The Island of Adventure (1944); The Island of Surprises (2009); The Land of Blue Mountains (1993); The Land of Fairytales (2009); The Land of Far-Beyond (1942); The Land of Mythical Creatures (2009); The Little Girl at Capernaum (1948); The Little White Duck (1946); The Magic Brush (1942); The Magic Faraway Tree (1943); The Magic Watering Can (2010); The Man Who Stopped to Help (1965); The Mountain of Adventure (1949); The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953); The Mystery of the Banshee Towers (1961); The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943); The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944); The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948); The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (1950); The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956); The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (1947); The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949); The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945); The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946); The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952); The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957); The Mystery of the Tally-Ho Cottage (1954); The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951); The Mystery That Never Was (1961); The Naughtiest Girl Again (1942); The Naughtiest Girl in the School (1940); The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor (1945); The Night The Toys Had A Party (1991); The O'clock Tales (2010); The O'Sullivan Twins (1942); The Pole Star Family (1950); The Put-Em-Rights (1946); The Queen Elizabeth Family (1951); The Queer Adventure (1952); The Ragamuffin Mystery (1959); The Rat-A-Tat Mystery (1956); The Rilloby Fair Mystery (1950); The Ring O'Bells Mystery (1951); The River of Adventure (1955); The Rockingdown Mystery (1949); The Rubadub Mystery (1952); The Saucy Jane Family (1947); The Sea of Adventure (1948); The Seaside Family (1950); The Second Form at Malory Towers (1947); The Second form at St Clare's (1944); The Second Holiday Book (1947); The Secret Island (1938); The Secret Mountain (1941); The Secret of Cliff Castle (1947); The Secret of Killimooin (1943); The Secret of Moon Castle (1953); The Secret of Spiggy holes (1940); The Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Mystery of the Empty House (1948); The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (1997); The Ship of Adventure (1950); The Six Bad Boys (1951); The Sixth holiday Book (1951); The Smith Family (1947); The Sneezing Dog and Other Stories (1993); The Story of My Life (1952); The Tenth Holiday Book (1955); The Three Golliwogs (1946); The Treasure Hunters (1940); The Troublesome Three (1955); The Twins at St Clare's (1941); The Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949); The Valley of Adventure (1947); The Very Big Secret (1952); The Wishing Chair Again (1950); The Wishing Chair Collections (2002); They Ran Away Together (1948); Third Year at Malory Towers (1948); Those Dreadful Children (1949); Three Boys and a Circus (1940); Three Cheers Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Grim Secret (1956); Trouble for the Twins (1964); Up the Faraway Tree (1951); Visitors in the Night (1953); Welcome Mary Mouse (1950); Well Done Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Tree House Adventure (1951); Well, Really, Mr. Twiddle! (1968); What an Adventure (1950); Winter Stories (2018); Winter Wonderland (2009); World Book Day 2017.

Movies and television:

À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968); Adventures of Noddy (1955); Circus of Adventure (1995); De 5 i fedtefadet (1970); De 5 og spionerne (1969); Famous Five (2012); Famous Five 2 (2013); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964); Five on a Treasure Island (1957); Fünf Freunde 3 (2014); Hanni & Nanni (2010); Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013); Hanni & Nanni: Mehr als beste Freunde (2017); Hanni and Nanni 2 (2012); Jackanory (1974–1986); Lilalu im Schepperland (2000–2001); Make Way for Noddy (2001–2003); Malory Towers (2020–2024); Noddy (1975); Noddy (1998–2000); Noddy Goes to Toyland (1963); Noddy in Toyland (1957); Noddy Saves Christmas (2004); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); Noddy's Playtime (1992); Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1993); Personality Meet: Enid Blyton (1946); Readers and Writers (1951); Secret Lives (1996); Success Story (1974); The Castle of Adventure (1990); The Comic Strip Presents (1982); The Enid Blyton Adventure Series (1996); The Enid Blyton Secret Series (1997–1998); The Famous Five (1978–1997); The Famous Five (2023); The Famous Five Adventure Game (2018); The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018); The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island (1991); The Island of Adventure (1981); The Magic Faraway Tree (2024); The Project (2010); The Twins at St. Clare's (1991).

Born on this day – Sylvester Weaver:

Sylvester Weaver

Blues Guitarist

July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960

Credits:

Compilation albums:

Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (1923–1927) (1992); Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 (1927) (1992).

Born on this day – John Gilbert:

John Gilbert

Actor

Writer

Director

July 10, 1897 – January 9, 1936

Born on this day – Mary Ellis:

Mary Ellis

Actress

Singer

June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003

Credits:

All Creatures Great and Small (1978); All the King's Horses (1935); Armchair Theatre (1961); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bella Donna (1934); Fatal Lady (1936); Frederic Chopin (1961); Glamorous Night (1937); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); Hotel Imperial (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1959); Kate (1971); Paris in Spring (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Somerset Maugham Hour / Segment: The Voice of the Turtle (1960); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960); The Astonished Heart (1950); The Browning Version (1949); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993); The First Mrs. Fraser (1950); The Magic Box (1951); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); This Is Your Life (1994); Wednesday Theatre (1953).

Born on this day – Memphis Minnie:

Memphis Minnie

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973

Credits:

Songs:

A Little Too Late; After While Blues; Ain't No Use Tryin' to Tell On Me (I Know Something on You); Ain't Nobody Home but Me; Bad Outside Friends; Ball and Chain Blues; Banana Man Blues; Beat It Right; Black Cat Blues; Black Rat Swing; Black Widow Stinger; Blue Monday Blues; Blues Everywhere; Botherin' That Thing; Boy Friend Blues; Broken Heart; Bumble Bee; Call the Fire Wagon; Can I Do It for You; Can't Afford to Lose My Man; Caught Me Wrong Again; Cherry Ball Blues; Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing); Conjur Man; Crazy Cryin' Blues; Daybreak Blues; Dirty Dauber Blues; Dirty Mother for You; Doctor, Doctor Blues; Don't Lead My Baby Wrong; Don't Turn the Card; Don't Want No Woman; Down by the Riverside; Down Home Girl; Down in New Orleans; Down in the Alley; Dragging My Heart Around; Drunken Barrel House Blues; Ethel Bea; Fashion Plate Daddy; Fingerprint Blues; Fish Man Blues; Fishin' Blues; Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool); 'Frisco Town; Garage Fire Blues; Georgia Skin; Give It to Me in My Hand (Can I Go Home with You); Goin' Back to Texas; Good Biscuits; Good Morning; Good Soppin'; Got to Leave You No. 1; Got to Leave You No. 2; Grandpa and Grandma Blues; Has Anyone Seen My Man?; He's in the Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing); Hold Me Blues; Hole in the Wall; Hoodoo Lady; Hot Stuff; Hustlin' Woman Blues; I Am Sailin'; I Called You This Morning; I Don't Want No Woman I Have to Give My Money To; I Don't Want That Junk Outa You; I Don't Want You No More; I Got To Make a Change Blues; I Hate to See the Sun Go Down; I Hope Love Will Change Some Day; I Never Told a Lie; Ice Man Blues; Ice Man (Come On Up); I'd Rather See Him Dead; If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home); I'm a Bad Luck Woman; I'm a Gambling Woman; I'm Going Back Home; I'm Going Don't You Know; I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits; I'm Not a Bad Gal; I'm So Glad; I'm Talking About You; I'm Waiting On You; I'm Wild About My Stuff; In Love Again; In My Girlish Days; It Was You, Baby; It's Hard to Be Mistreated; It's Hard to Please My Man; I've Been Treated Wrong; Jailhouse Trouble Blues; Jockey Man Blues; Joe Louis Strut; Joliet Bound; Jump Little Rabbit; Keep It to Yourself; Keep On Eatin'; Keep On Goin'; Keep On Sailin'; Keep Your Big Mouth Shut; Kid Man Blues; Kind Treatment Blues; Killer Diller Blues; Killer Diller from the South; Kissing in the Dark; Lake Michigan; Lean Meat Won't Fry; Let Me Ride; Let's Go to Town; Living the Best I Can; Long As I Can See You Smile; Look What You Got; Looking the World Over; Lonesome Shack Blues; Love Come and Go; Low Down Man Blues; Ma Rainey; Man, You Won't Give Me No Money; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Mean Mistreater Blues; Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues; Meningitis Blues; Million Dollar Blues; Moaning the Blues; Moonshine; Mr. Tango Blues; My Baby Don't Want Me No More; My Black Buffalo; My Butcher Man; My Gage Is Going Up; My Man Is Gone Again; My Mary Blues; My Strange Man; My Wash Woman's Gone; New Bumble Bee Blues; New Caught Me Wrong Again; New Dirty Dozen; New Orleans Stop Time; Night Watchmen Blues; North Memphis Blues; Nothing in Rambling; Oh, Believe Me; Out in the Cold; Pickin' the Blues; Pig Meat on the Line; Pile Driving Blues; Please Don't Stop Him; Please Set a Date; Plymouth Rock Blues; Poor and Wandering Woman Blues; Preacher's Blues; Reachin' Pete; Remember Me Blues; Running and Dodging Blues; Selling My Pork Chops; She Put Me Outdoors; She Wouldn't Give Me None; Shout the Boogie; Soo Cow Soo; Squat It; Stinging Snake Blues; Stop Lying to Me; Sweet Man; Sylvester and His Mule Blues; That Will Be Allright; The Man I Love; The Saint; This Is Your Last Chance Baby; Three Times Seven Blues; Today Today Blues; Tonight I Smile with You; Too Late; True Love; Walking and Crying Blues; Wants Cake When I'm Hungry; Weary Woman's Blues; Western Union; What a Night; What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1; What Fault You Find of Me? Part 2; What's the Matter with the Mill?; When My Man Comes Home; When the Levee Breaks; When the Saints Go Marching Home; When the Sun Goes Down; When You Love Me; When You're Asleep; Where Is My Good Man; Why Did I Make You Cry; World of Trouble; Worried Baby Blues; You Can't Give It Away; You Got to Get Out of Here; You Got to Move; You Need a Friend; You Wrecked My Happy Home.

Albums:

"The Queen of the Blues": 1929–1941; 1930–1941; 1934–1941; 1941–1949; Blues Classics by Memphis Minnie; Complete Recorded Works 1935–1941 in Chronological Order, vol. 1, 10 January to 31 October 1935; Early Recordings with Kansas Joe McCoy, vol. 2; Hoodoo Lady (1933–1937); Hot Stuff: 1936–1949; I Ain't No Bad Gal; In My Girlish Days; In My Girlish Days: 1930–1935; Let's Go to Town; Love Changin' Blues: 1949, Blind Willie McTell and Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Moaning the Blues; Night Time Blues, Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie; Pickin' the Blues; Queen of the Blues; The Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues; World of Trouble.

Born on this day – Frank Capra:

Frank Capra

Director

Producer

Writer

May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:

Horace McCoy

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).