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).

Born on this day – Lucille Bogan:

Lucille Bogan

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948

Born on this day – Robert Riskin:

Robert Riskin

Writer

Producer

Director

March 30, 1897 – September 20, 1955

Credits:

American Madness (1932); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Arizona (1931); Broadway Bill (1934); Çarikli Milyoner (1983); Carnival (1935); Conquer by the Clock (1942); Ex-Lady (1933); Half Angel (1951); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Hymn of the Nations (1944); Illicit (1931); It Happened One Night (1934); Lady for a Day (1933); Lelki klinika (1941); Library of Congress (1945); Lost Horizon (1937); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Magic Town (1947); Many a Slip (1931); Meet John Doe (1941); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Men in Her Life (1931); Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989); Mister 880 (1950); Mr. Deeds (2002); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Platinum Blonde (1931); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Riding High (1950); Rough and Ready Reggie (1917); Shopworn (1932); Swedes in America (1943); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Big Timer (1932); The Cowboy (1943); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Cummington Story (1945); The Miracle Woman (1931); The Night Club Lady (1932); The Real Glory (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Thin Man Goes Home (1944); The Town (1944); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); They Shall Have Music (1939); Three Wise Girls (1931); Valley of the Tennessee (1944); Virtue (1932); Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945); When You're in Love (1937); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); You Can't Take It with You (1938).

Born on this day – Betty Compson:

Betty Compson

Actress

Producer

March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974

Credits:

This Is Your Life (1954); Here Comes Trouble (1948); Second Chance (1947); Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947); Her Adventurous Night (1946); Claudia and David (1946); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Zis Boom Bah (1941); Escort Girl (1941); Invisible Ghost (1941); Roar of the Press (1941); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); Laughing at Danger (1940); Strange Cargo (1940); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Mad Youth (1939); News Is Made at Night (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Under the Big Top (1938); Religious Racketeers (1938); Two Gun Justice (1938); The Beloved Brat (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Port of Missing Girls (1938); Blondes at Work (1938); Federal Bullets (1937); God's Country and the Man (1937); Circus Girl (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Two Minutes to Play (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Bulldog Edition (1936); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); The Millionaire Kid (1936); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); August Weekend (1936); False Pretenses (1935); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Notorious But Nice (1933); Destination Unknown (1933); West of Singapore (1933); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Hollywood Halfbacks (1931); The Gay Diplomat (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); She Got What She Wanted (1930); The Spoilers (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); Czar of Broadway (1930); Those Who Dance (1930); Isle of Escape (1930); The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930); Fashion News (1930); Blaze o' Glory (1929); Show of Shows (1929); Woman to Woman (1929); The Great Gabbo (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Street Girl (1929); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929); On with the Show! (1929); Weary River (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Barker (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); Court-Martial (1928); Life's Mockery (1928); The Masked Angel (1928); The Desert Bride (1928); The Big City (1928); Cheating Cheaters (1927); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); Say It with Diamonds (1927); The Ladybird (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); The Belle of Broadway (1926); The Wise Guy (1926); The Palace of Pleasure (1926); Counsel for the Defense (1925); Dangerous Virtue (1925); The Pony Express (1925); Paths to Paradise (1925); Beggar on Horseback (1925); New Lives for Old (1925); Eve's Secret (1925); Locked Doors (1925); The Garden of Weeds (1924); The Fast Set (1924); Ramshackle House (1924); The Female (1924); The Enemy Sex (1924); White Shadows (1924); Miami (1924); The Stranger (1924); Woman to Woman (1923); The Royal Oak (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Woman with Four Faces (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 9 (1922); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Kick In (1922); To Have and to Hold (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); Always the Woman (1922); Over the Border (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); The Law and the Woman (1922); The Little Minister (1921); Ladies Must Live (1921); At the End of the World (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Prisoners of Love (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (1920); The Miracle Man (1919); The Devil's Trail (1919); The Little Diplomat (1919); The Light of Victory (1919); The Prodigal Liar (1919); The Terror of the Range (1919); The Sheriff (1918); Border Raiders (1918); All Dressed Up (1918); Never Surprise Your Wife (1918); Betty's Adventure (1918); Somebody's Baby (1918); Here Comes the Groom (1918); Circumstantial Evidence (1918); Whose Wife? (1918); Many a Slip (1918); Cupid's Camouflage (1917); Help! Help! Police! (1917); Their Seaside Tangle (1917); Betty Wakes Up (1917); Nearly a Papa (1917); Almost Divorced (1917); Love and Locksmiths (1917); Almost a Bigamist (1917); Betty's Big Idea (1917); Crazy by Proxy (1917); A Smoky Love Affair (1917); Won in a Cabaret (1917); Down by the Sea (1917); Five Little Widows (1917); A Bold, Bad Knight (1917); Almost a Scandal (1917); Those Wedding Bells (1917); His Last Pill (1917); Father's Bright Idea (1917); Love and the Ice Man (1917); Suspended Sentence (1917); Sauce for the Goose (1917); As Luck Would Have It (1917); Out for the Coin (1917); Hubby's Night Out (1917); Small Change (1917); Her Friend, the Chauffeur (1917); Her Crooked Career (1917); Lovers and Lunatics (1916); Cupid's Uppercut (1916); Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916); Sea Nymphs (1916); Some Kid (1916); Her Sun-Kissed Hero (1916); A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916); Nearly a Hero (1916); Dad's Masterpiece (1916); When Clubs Were Trumps (1916); He Loved the Ladies (1916); That Doggone Baby (1916); He Wouldn't Tip (1916); The Making Over of Mother (1916); Those Primitive Days (1916); Inoculating Hubby (1916); His Baby (1916); The Browns See the Fair (1916); Almost a Widow (1916); Wanted: A Husband (1916); All Over a Stocking (1916); Her Celluloid Hero (1916); The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (1916); He's a Devil (1916); Potts Bungles Again (1916); Lem's College Career (1916); The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (1916); Eddie's Night Out (1916); A Leap Year Tangle (1916); He Almost Eloped (1916); The Janitor's Busy Day (1916); A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916); Love and Vaccination (1916); The Deacon's Waterloo (1916); When Lizzie Disappeared (1916); Cupid Trims His Lordship (1916); Her Friend, the Doctor (1916); When the Losers Won (1916); A Quiet Supper for Four (1916); Her Steady Carfare (1916); Mingling Spirits (1916); Jed's Trip to the Fair (1916); Some Chaperone (1915); Love and a Savage (1915); Where the Heather Blooms (1915); Their Quiet Honeymoon (1915); Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:

Hope Hampton

Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Born on this day – Arthur Ripley:

Arthur Ripley

Writer

Editor

Producer

Director

Cinematographer

January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961

Credits:

A Celebrated Case (1914); A Hollywood Theme Song (1930); A Lady of Quality (1924); A Price for Folly (1915); A Wrestler's Bride (1933); A Yankee Doodle Duke (1926); All Night Long (1924); Am I Having Fun! (1936); Barnum Was Right (1929); Behind Prison Walls (1943); Blindness of Devotion (1915); Boobs in the Wood (1925); Captain of the Guard (1930); Caravan (1934); Cavalcade of America (1952–1954); Colt .45 (1959); Counsel on De Fence (1934); Courting Trouble (1932); Dance Hall Marge (1931); Dr. Rameau (1915); Edgar Hamlet (1935); Elmer Steps Out (1934); Fiddlesticks (1927); Gasoloons (1936); General Electric Theater (1953); Happy Tho' Married (1935); Heart Trouble (1928); Heart Trouble (1928); Hide-Out (1930); His Busted Trust (1916); His First Flame (1927); His Marriage Wow (1925); Hold 'er Sheriff (1931); Hold Your Temper (1943); Hooked at the Altar (1926); How to Behave (1936); How to Train a Dog (1936); Hypnotized (1932); I Met My Love Again (1938); In Conference (1931); In Love at 40 (1935); In the Dog House (1934); In-Laws Are Out (1934); Just a Bear (1931); Life's Darn Funny (1921); Long Pants (1927); Love on a Ladder (1934); Lucky Stars (1925); Monkey Business in Africa (1931); Plain Clothes (1925); Prisoner of Japan (1942); Remember When? (1925); Saturday Afternoon (1926); Scrappily Married (1940); Shannon of the Sixth (1914); Shivers (1934); Should a Mother Tell (1915); Siren of Atlantis (1949); Smith's Surprise (1927); Smith's Uncle (1926); Soldier Man (1926); South Seasickness (1935); Speed (1931); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); The Bluffer (1930); The Bride's Mistake (1931); The Chase (1946); The Chaser (1928); The Christophers (1957); The College Vamp (1931); The Dog Doctor (1931); The Golf Specialist (1933); The Green-Eyed Monster (1916); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Leather Necker (1935); The Pharmacist (1933); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Star and the Story (1955); The Strong Man (1926); The Third Generation (1920); The Wonderful Adventure (1915); Three Blonde Mice (1942); Three's a Crowd (1927); Thunder Road (1958); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926); Twincuplets (1940); Voice in the Wind (1944); Wandering Waistlines (1924); Waterfront (1939); Wedded Blitz (1942); Will Power (1936); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – Marion Davies:

Marion Davies

Actress

Producer

Writer

Philanthropist

January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961

Credits:

Ever Since Eve (1937); Cain and Mabel (1936); Hearts Divided (1936); Catalina Isle (1935); Page Miss Glory (1935); Operator 13 (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); The Florodora Girl (1930); Not So Dumb (1930); Marianne (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); Show People (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); The Patsy (1928); Quality Street (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Tillie the Toiler (1927); The Red Mill (1927); Beverly of Graustark (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Lights of Old Broadway (1925); Zander the Great (1925); The Wife of the Centaur (1924); Janice Meredith (1924); Yolanda (1924); Little Old New York (1923); The Pilgrim (1923); Adam and Eva (1923); When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922); The Young Diana (1922); Beauty's Worth (1922); The Bride's Play (1922); Enchantment (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The Dark Star (1919); Getting Mary Married (1919); The Belle of New York (1919); The Burden of Proof (1918); Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918); Runaway Romany (1917).

Born on this day – Dorothy Arzner:

Dorothy Arzner

Director

Writer

Editor

January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979

Credits:

First Comes Courage (1943); Dance, Girl, Dance (1940); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); Craig's Wife (1936); Nana (1934); Christopher Strong (1933); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Working Girls (1931); Honor Among Lovers (1931); Anybody's Woman (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Sarah and Son (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Charming Sinners (1929); The Wild Party (1929); Manhattan Cocktail (1928); Get Your Man (1927); Ten Modern Commandments (1927); Fashions for Women (1927); Old Ironsides (1926); The Red Kimona (1926); When Husbands Flirt (1925); Breed of the Border (1925); The No-Gun Man (1924); Inez from Hollywood (1924); Blood and Sand (1922).

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).