Born on this day – Dorothy Devore:

Dorothy Devore

Actress

Comedian

June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976

Credits:

Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); Miracle on Main Street (1939); Take the Heir (1930); Auntie's Mistake (1929); Misplaced Husbands (1928); Companionate Service (1928); Rah! Rah! Rah! (1928); Circus Blues (1928); Cutie (1928); The Little Rube (1927); Kilties (1927); Better Days (1927); Up in Arms (1927); Mountains of Manhattan (1927); The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927); The First Night (1927); Money to Burn (1926); No Babies Wanted (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Social Highwayman (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); The Man Upstairs (1926); The Midnight Flyer (1925); Three Weeks in Paris (1925); His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925); Fighting the Flames (1925); How Baxter Butted In (1925); A Broadway Butterfly (1925); The Prairie Wife (1925); Who Cares (1925); The Narrow Street (1925); The Tomboy (1924); Hold Your Breath (1924); Getting Gertie's Goat (1924); Stay Single (1924); Kidding Katie (1923); When Odds Are Even (1923); Navy Blues (1923); Pick and Shovel (1923); Winter Has Came (1923); Babies Welcome (1923); Hazel from Hollywood (1923); Chop Suey (1922); Let 'Er Run (1922); Mile-a-Minute Mary (1922); Fair Enough (1922); One Stormy Knight (1922); Saving Sister Susie (1921); Paying Patients (1921); Nothing Like It (1921); Sneakers (1921); The Magnificent Brute (1921); Naughty Mary Brown (1921); The Reckless Sex (1921); Man vs. Woman (1921); Mind Your Business (1921); Movie Mad (1921); Call a Cop (1920); Should Husbands Dance (1920); 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seven Bald Pates (1920); Biff Bang Bomb (1920); A Home Made Hero (1920); Her Perfect Husband (1920); Should a Wife Come Back? (1920); Neat But Not Gaudy (1920); All Jazzed Up (1920); No Babies Allowed (1920); Nearly Newlyweds (1920); It Takes a Crook (1920); Should a Husband Tell? (1920); Twas Midnight (1919); Her Bear Escape (1919); A Flirt There Was (1919); Love in a Hurry (1919); Anybody's Widow (1919); A Cheerful Liar (1919); A Full House (1919); All in the Swim (1919); Kiss the Bride (1919); Oh, Susie, Be Careful (1919); Too Many Wives (1919); Lost: A Bridegroom (1919); Marrying Molly (1919); Brides for Two (1919); Oh, What a Night! (1919); Bobby Comes Marching Home (1919); Welcome Home (1919); Four of a Kind (1919); Salvation Sue (1919); The Girl Dodger (1919); You Couldn't Blame Her (1919); Marry My Wife (1919); Good Gracious, Bobby (1919); Sing, Rosa, Sing! (1919); How's Your Husband? (1919); Know Thy Wife (1918); Swat the Flirt (1918); String Beans (1918); Camping Out (1918); Maid Wanted (1918); The Price of a Rotten Time (1918); Frenzied Film (1918); Please Hit Me (1918); The Law of the North (1918); The Extra Bridegroom (1918); The House Cleaning Horrors (1918).

Born on this day – William K. Howard:

William K. Howard

Director

Writer

Producer

June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954

Credits:

A Guy Could Change (1946); A Ship Comes In (1928); Bachelor Brides (1926); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Captain Fly-by-Night (1922); Christina (1929); Code of the West (1925); Danger Ahead (1923); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Dillinger (1945); Don't Bet on Women (1931); East of Broadway (1924); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Extra! Extra! (1922); Fire Over England (1937); Get Your Man (1921); Gigolo (1926); Good Intentions (1930); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Klondike Fury (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Let's Go (1923); Love, Live and Laugh (1929); Lucky Dan (1922); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Money and the Woman (1940); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Over the Moon (1939); Play Square (1921); Red Dice (1926); Rendezvous (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Scotland Yard (1930); Sherlock Holmes (1932); Sin Town (1929); Surrender (1931); The Adorable Savage (1920); The Border Legion (1924); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Crusader (1922); The First Year (1932); The Fourth Musketeer (1923); The Green Cockatoo (1937); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Main Event (1927); The One-Man Trail (1921); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The River Pirate (1928); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Valiant (1929); This Side of Heaven (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Top Gun Academy: The Real Story (1997); Transatlantic (1931); Trooper O'Neill (1922); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Volcano (1926); What Love Will Do (1921); When the Lights Go on Again (1944); White Gold (1927).

Born on this day – Arthur Q. Bryan:

Arthur Q. Bryan

Actor

May 8, 1899 – November 30, 1959

Credits:

A Corny Concerto (1943); A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942); A Mutt in a Rut (1959); A Pest in the House (1947); A Star Is Bored (1956); A Study in Socks (1942); A Wild Hare (1940); Alice in Wonderland (2010); All Star Revue (1951); An Itch in Time (1943); Ant Pasted (1953); Any Bonds Today? (1942); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Back Alley Oproar (1948); Beanstalk Bunny (1955); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Wagnerian Wabbit - The Making of 'What's Opera, Doc?' (2004); Beulah (1952); Big Bill Tilden (1941); Blow Ups of 1947 (1947); Broadway Serenade (1939); Broken Lance (1954); Bugs' Bonnets (1956); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Confederate Honey (1940); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952); Dad for a Day (1939); Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939); Design for Leaving (1954); Doc Corkle (1952); Don't Axe Me (1958); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Each Dawn I Crow (1949); Easter Yeggs (1947); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); Elmer Fudd's School of Hard Knocks (1993); Elmer's Candid Camera (1940); Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941); Fresh Hare (1942); General Electric Theater (1954); Grand Central Murder (1942); Groom and Bored (1942); Hare Brush (1955); Hare Do (1949); Hare Remover (1946); Hare Tonic (1945); Heir-Conditioned (1955); Hell's Outpost (1954); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); I Love Lucy (1952); I Stole a Million (1939); Idea Girl (1946); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's a Great Life (1955–1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Kit for Cat (1948); Larceny, Inc (1942); Little Accident (1939); Look Who's Laughing (1941); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Looney Tunes Sing-Alongs (1998); Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection (1940); Man of the World (1931); Manpower (1941); Meet Millie (1952–1956); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Mopey Dope (1944); Moryaki zashchishchayut Rodiny (1931); Movieland Quiz (1948); Mr. Elephant Goes to Town (1940); Mr. Wright Goes Wrong (1946); My Hero (1953); National Barn Dance (1944); Nutty News (1942); Our Miss Brooks (1953–1955); Past Perfumance (1955); Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1986); Person to Bunny (1960); Pests for Guests (1955); Private Secretary (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Professional Father (1955); Quack Shot (1954); Quizzing the News (1948–1949); Rabbit Fire (1951); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Rampage (1955); Rabbit Romeo (1957); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Road to Rio (1947); Road to Singapore (1940); Robot Rabbit (1953); Samson and Delilah (1949); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Slick Hare (1947); So You Want a Model Railroad (1955); So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951); So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955); So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955); So You Want to Enjoy Life (1954); So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954); South of the Boudoir (1940); Stage Door Cartoon (1944); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Swing with Bing (1940); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1956); The Big Snooze (1946); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Bob Hope Show (1955); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–2000); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1961); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–1978); The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Dark Horse (1946); The Devil Bat (1940); The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947); The Fall of 2008 (2024); The Go-Getter (1956); The Great Library Misery (1938); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Halls of Ivy (1954–1955); The Hank McCune Show (1950–1953); The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940); The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Life of Riley (1953–1957); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Old Grey Hare (1944); The People's Choice (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Spike Jones Show (1954); The Super Snooper (1952); The Two Mouseketeers (1952); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Vitamin G-Man (1943); The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942); The Wacky Wabbit (1942); hese Glamour Girls (1939); This Is a Life? (1955); To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943); ToonHeads (2000); Upswept Hare (1953); Wabbit Twouble (1941); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); What Makes Daffy Duck (1948); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); What's Up Doc? (1950); What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny (1990); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wideo Wabbit (1956); Wise Quackers (1949); Yankee Dood It (1956); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Aline MacMahon:

Aline MacMahon

Actress

May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991

Credits:

Actor's Choice (1970); Ah Wilderness! (1935); All the Way Home (1963); Babbitt (1934); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Big Hearted Herbert (1934); Camera Three (1978); Celanese Theatre (1952); Cimarron (1960); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Diamond Head (1962); Dragon Seed (1944); Five Star Final (1931); For the Use of the Hall (1975); Frontiers of Faith (1952–1955); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Gold Diggers: FDR's New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006); Great Performances (1974); Guest in the House (1944); Heat Lightning (1934); Heroes for Sale (1933); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); I Could Go on Singing (1963); I Live My Life (1935); Kind Lady (1935); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lamp Unto My Feet (1957–1961); Life Begins (1932); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); NET Playhouse (1969); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Out of the Fog (1941); Play of the Week (1959); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Reward Unlimited (1944); Roseanna McCoy (1949); Seeds of Freedom (1943); Side Streets (1934); Silver Dollar (1932); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Studio One (1957–1958); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1961); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Flame and the Arrow (1950); The Heart of New York (1932); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Merry Frinks (1934); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Mouthpiece (1932); The Movie Crazy Years (1971); The Search (1948); The Shade of the Tree (1956); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The World Changes (1933); The Young Doctors (1961); Tish (1942); Twenty Years After (1944); Week-End Marriage (1932); When You're in Love (1937); While the Patient Slept (1935).

Born on this day – Byron Haskin:

Byron Haskin

Director

April 22, 1899 – April 16, 1984

Credits:

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Across the Pacific (1926); Across the Pacific (1942); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Alcoa Theatre (1957); All American (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Always in My Heart (1942); Armored Command (1961); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); As the Earth Turns (1934); Black Fury (1935); Black Waters (1929); Bobbed Hair (1925); Broken Chains (1922); Brother Orchid (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Bullet Scars (1942); Captain Sindbad (1963); Captains of the Clouds (1942); Castle on the Hudson (1940); Caught in the Fog (1928); City for Conquest (1940); Clothes Make the Pirate (1925); Colleen (1936); Conquest of Space (1955); Denver & Rio Grande (1952); Desperate Journey (1942); Dive Bomber (1941); Dodge City (1939); Don Juan (1926); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Flight Angels (1940); Flowing Gold (1940); Four Wives (1939); From the Earth to the Moon (1958); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Ginsberg the Great (1927); Glad Rag Doll (1929); Gold Is Where You Find It (1938); Green Light (1937); High Sierra (1940); His Majesty O'Keefe (1954); His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hollywood (1980); Hurricane's Gal (1922); I Married a Doctor (1936); I Walk Alone (1947); Invisible Stripes (1939); Irish Hearts (1927); It All Came True (1940); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); King of the Lumberjacks (1940); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Big Shot (1935); Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954); Madonna of Avenue A (1929); Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948); Manpower (1941); Man-Woman-Marriage (1921); Matinee Ladies (1927); Millionaires (1926); On Approval (1930); On Thin Ice (1925); On Trial (1928); On Your Toes (1939); One Embarrassing Night (1930); Passage to Marseille (1944); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Plunder (1930); Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); September Storm (1960); Side Streets (1934); Silver City (1951); Silver Dollar (1932); Slander the Woman (1923); Slim (1937); South of Suez (1940); Stage Struck (1936); Star Trek (1966); Strings (1933); Studio 57 (1957); Submarine D-1 (1937); Tarzan's Peril (1951); The Adventures of Long John Silver (1957); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Boss (1956); The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941); The Californians (1957–1958); The Deadline (1931); The Fighting 69th (1940); The First Texan (1956); The Golden Cocoon (1925); The Great Lie (1941); The Great Sex War (1969); The Guilty Generation (1931); The Little Savage (1959); The Magical World of Disney (1955); The Naked Jungle (1954); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Perfect Specimen (1937); The Power (1968); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); The Redeeming Sin (1929); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Sea Beast (1926); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Singing Fool (1928); The Siren (1927); The Speckled Band (1931); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The War of the Worlds (1953); The World's a Stage (1922); They Drive by Night (1940); This Our Life (1942); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Tons of Money (1930); Too Late for Tears (1949); Torrid Zone (1940); Treasure Island (1950); Truck Busters (1943); Virginia City (1940); Warpath (1951); We Are Not Alone (1939); When a Man Loves (1927); Where the Worst Begins (1925); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wild Harvest (1947); Wings for the Eagle (1942); Wings of the Navy (1939); Wolf's Clothing (1927); World of Giants (1959).

Born on this day – Carmel Myers:

Carmel Myers

Actress

April 4, 1899 – November 9, 1980

Credits:

Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Chico and the Man (1975); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); Studio One (1953); The Carmel Myers Show (1951–1952); Penthouse Party (1951); Danger (1950); Whistle Stop (1946); George White's Scandals (1945); The Conspirators (1944); Pretty Dolly (1942); Lady for a Night (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934); No Living Witness (1932); Nice Women (1931); Chinatown After Dark (1931); The Mad Genius (1931); Pleasure (1931); Svengali (1931); The Lion and the Lamb (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 14 (1930); A Lady Surrenders (1930); The Stronger Sex (1930); The Ship from Shanghai (1930); Show of Shows (1929); Broadway Scandals (1929); He Did His Best (1929); The Careless Age (1929); Careers (1929); The Ghost Talks (1929); The Red Sword (1929); The Bath Between (1928); Dream of Love (1928); Four Walls (1928); Prowlers of the Sea (1928); A Certain Young Man (1928); Sorrell and Son (1927); Sumuru (1927); The Understanding Heart (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); Camille (1926); Tell It to the Marines (1926); The Gay Deceiver (1926); The Devil's Circus (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); 1925 Studio Tour (1925); Garragan (1924); Babbitt (1924); Broadway After Dark (1924); Beau Brummel (1924); Poisoned Paradise (1924); Reno (1923); The Love Pirate (1923); The Dancer of the Nile (1923); Slave of Desire (1923); Mary of the Movies (1923); The Little Girl Next Door (1923); Goodbye Girls (1923); The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923); The Last Hour (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); The Love Gambler (1922); The Danger Point (1922); A Daughter of the Law (1921); Breaking Through (1921); The Kiss (1921); Cheated Love (1921); The Dangerous Moment (1921); The Mad Marriage (1921); Beautifully Trimmed (1920); The Gilded Dream (1920); In Folly's Trail (1920); The Little White Savage (1919); Who Will Marry Me? (1919); All Night (1918); A Society Sensation (1918); The Dream Lady (1918); The City of Tears (1918); A Broadway Scandal (1918); The Marriage Lie (1918); The Wine Girl (1918); The Girl in the Dark (1918); The Wife He Bought (1918); My Unmarried Wife (1918); The Lash of Power (1917); Sirens of the Sea (1917); The Haunted Pajamas (1917); Might and the Man (1917); A Daughter of the Poor (1917); A Love Sublime (1917); Stage Struck (1917); The Bad Boy (1917); The Matrimaniac (1916); Intolerance (1916); Ignatz's Icy Injury (1916); The Jailbird's Last Flight (1916); Tough Luck on a Rough Sea (1916); Georgia Pearce (1915).

Born on this day – Gloria Swanson:

Gloria Swanson

Actress

Producer

March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983

Credits:

A Dash of Courage (1916); A Social Cub (1916); A Society Scandal (1924); Airport 1975 (1974); At the End of a Perfect Day (1915); Baseball Madness (1917); Ben Casey (1965); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Dear Miss Gloria (1946); Don't Change Your Husband (1919); Don't Tell Everything (1921); Dr. Kildare (1963); Everywoman's Husband (1918); Father Takes a Wife (1941); Fine Manners (1926); For Better, for Worse (1919); Haystacks and Steeples (1916); Hearts and Sparks (1916); Her Decision (1918); Her Gilded Cage (1922); Her Husband's Trademark (1922); Her Love Story (1924); His New Job (1915); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Indiscreet (1931); Killer Bees (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Madame Sans-Gêne (1925); Male and Female (1919); Manhandled (1924); Music in the Air (1934); My American Wife (1922); My Three Sons (1965); Nero's Mistress (1956); Perfect Understanding (1933); Prodigal Daughters (1923); Queen Kelly (1932); Sadie Thompson (1928); Shifting Sands (1918); Society for Sale (1918); Something to Think About (1920); Stage Struck (1925); Station Content (1918); Straightaway (1961); Sunset Blvd. (1950); Sunshine (1916); Sweedie Goes to College (1915); Teddy at the Throttle (1917); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Ambition of the Baron (1915); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Broken Pledge (1915); The Coast of Folly (1925); The Danger Girl (1916); The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915); The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times Veteran (1914); The Fable of the Syndicate Lover (1915); The Great Moment (1921); The Great Sex War (1969); The Humming Bird (1924); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922); The Love of Sunya (1927); The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915); The Nick of Time Baby (1916); The Pullman Bride (1917); The Romance of an American Duchess (1915); The Secret Code (1918); The Sultan's Wife (1917); The Trespasser (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); Three for Bedroom C (1952); Tonight or Never (1931); Under the Lash (1921); Wages of Virtue (1924); What a Widow! (1930); Whose Baby? (1917); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Wife or Country (1918); You Can't Believe Everything (1918); Zaza (1923).

Born on this day – Ralph Steiner:

Ralph Steiner

Photographer

Filmmaker

February 8, 1899 – July 13, 1986

Credits:

Look Park (1974); This Is Tomorrow (1943); The City (1939); People of the Cumberland (1937); The River (1938); Pie in the Sky (1935); Cafe Universal (1934); Hands (1934); Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or the Lovely Life of Little Lisa (1931); Surf and Seaweed (1931); Mechanical Principles (1931); H2O (1929).

Born on this day – Lonnie Johnson:

Lonnie Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Violinist

Songwriter

February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970

Born on this day – Sleepy John Estes:

Sleepy John Estes

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Sleepy John Estes (2012); Blues At Home 11 (2013); BLUES IS A‐LIVE (1977); Blues Live (1999); Blues Masters Vol. 24 - Sleepy John Estes (2009); Blues Music (2016); Broke and Hungry - Ragged and Dirty, Too (1964); Broke and Hungry (1964); Brownsville Blues (1992); Colours of Music History (2014); Crying Out Loud - Sleepy John Estes Blues Chronicles (2023); Crying the Blues (2015); Drop Down (2018); Drop Down Mama (2013); Drop down mama (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Electric Sleep (1991); Goin' To Brownsville (1998); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (2011); I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941 (1992); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Jailhouse Blues (1998); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD A (2007); Legendary Country Blues Artists - CD B (2007); Liquor Store Blues (2011); Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon (2014); Newport Blues (2002); Numero Uno Blues (2020); On Highway 80 (2008); On the Chicago Blues Scene (1991); Presenting Sleepy John Estes (1930); Rats in My Kitchen (2012); Roots Of The Blues - Sleepy John Estes (2004); Sleepy John Estes 1935-1938 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Sleepy John Estes in Europe (1999); Sleepy John Estes Vol. 2 (1937 - 1941) (2005); Sleepy John Estes, King of Blues (2014); Sleepy John Estes: First Recordings With Lewis & Rachel (2006); Someday Baby Blues (2004); Street Car Blues (2008); Sweet Mama (2000); Tennessee Bluesman (2021); That's What I Need (2014); The Legend of Sleepy John Estes (1962); The Magic Masters (2016); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 13 - Blues (3 Of 4) (2007); Working Man Blues - The Best Of (2009); Working Man's Blues (2007).

Movies and television:

Blues America (2013); Dallas 362 (2003); Jazzorama (1964); Memphis '69 (2019); Nothing But the Blues / TV Movie (1966); Nothing But the Blues: Blues Scene (1967); Playboy After Dark (1969); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Shine a Light (2008); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Blues (1962); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003).

Born on this day – Adolphe Barreaux:

Adolphe Barreaux

Artist

Illustrator

Writer

January 9, 1899 – October 23, 1985

Credits:

A Treasury of Good Night Stories; A Treasury of Humor for Boys & Girls; Breezy Stories; Dan Turner; Diana Daw; Enchanted Stone; Flip Falcon; Flossie Flip; Ginger; Hollywood Detective; Marcia of the Movies; More Fun Comics; New Fun Comics; Patty O'Day; Pep; Polly of the Plains; Sally the Sleuth; Seven Round the Mountain; Snappy Stories; Spicy Adventure; Spicy Detective; Spicy Detective Stories; Spicy Mystery; Tad Among the Pirates; The Black Spider; The Blazing Scarab; The Comics; The Dragon's Teeth; The Enchanted Stone of Time; The Girl with the X-Ray Eyes; The Magic Crystal of History; The Police Gazette; The Raven; Trojan Comics; Trojan Magazines; Vera Ray.

Born on this day – Humphrey Bogart:

Humphrey Bogart

Actor

December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957

Credits:

The Harder They Fall (1956); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Left Hand of God (1955); We're No Angels (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); Sabrina (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Beat the Devil (1953); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Battle Circus (1953); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); The African Queen (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); In a Lonely Place (1950); Chain Lightning (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); Tokyo Joe (1949); Knock on Any Door (1949); Key Largo (1948); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); Always Together (1947); Dark Passage (1947); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); Dead Reckoning (1946); Never Say Goodbye (1946); The Big Sleep (1946); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Conflict (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Passage to Marseille (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Sahara (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Casablanca (1942); Across the Pacific (1942); The Big Shot (1942); All Through the Night (1942); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); High Sierra (1940); They Drive by Night (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); It All Came True (1940); Virginia City (1940); Invisible Stripes (1939); The Return of Doctor X (1939); The Roaring Twenties (1939); Dark Victory (1939); You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Racket Busters (1938); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Crime School (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Stand-In (1937); Dead End (1937); Kid Galahad (1937); San Quentin (1937); Marked Woman (1937); The Great O'Malley (1937); Black Legion (1937); Isle of Fury (1936); China Clipper (1936); Bullets or Ballots (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Two Against the World (1936); Midnight (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Love Affair (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Women of All Nations (1931); Bad Sister (1931); Body and Soul (1931); A Devil with Women (1930); Up the River (1930); Broadway's Like That (1930); The Dancing Town (1928).

Born on this day – Marcella Albani:

Marcella Albani

Actress

Writer

December 7, 1899 – May 11, 1959

Born on this day – Sam Newfield:

Sam Newfield

Director

Writer

Producer

December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964

Credits:

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959); Flaming Frontier (1958); Wolf Dog (1958); The Pathfinder and the Mohican (1957); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Frontier Gambler (1956); The Three Outlaws (1956); The Wild Dakotas (1956); Last of the Desperados (1955); Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955); Thunder Over Sangoland (1955); Ramar of the Jungle (1953–1954); The Gambler and the Lady (1952); Scotland Yard Inspector (1952); Outlaw Women (1952); Sky High (1951); Leave It to the Marines (1951); Lost Continent (1951); Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951); Mask of the Dragon (1951); Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951); Three Desperate Men (1951); Hi-Jacked (1950); Motor Patrol (1950); Western Pacific Agent (1950); Radar Secret Service (1950); Wild Weed (1949); State Department: File 649 (1949); The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948); Miraculous Journey (1948); Lady at Midnight (1948); The Counterfeiters (1948); Money Madness (1948); The Sea Hound (1947); Adventure Island (1947); Jungle Flight (1947); Three on a Ticket (1947); Mantan Messes Up (1946); House-Rent Party (1946); Fight That Ghost (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); Gas House Kids (1946); Outlaws of the Plains (1946); Overland Riders (1946); Queen of Burlesque (1946); Prairie Badmen (1946); Blonde for a Day (1946); Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946); Larceny in Her Heart (1946); Terrors on Horseback (1946); Gentlemen with Guns (1946); Murder Is My Business (1946); The Flying Serpent (1946); Lightning Raiders (1946); Prairie Rustlers (1945); Fighting Bill Carson (1945); White Pongo (1945); Border Badmen (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Stagecoach Outlaws (1945); Gangster's Den (1945); The Lady Confesses (1945); Shadows of Death (1945); The Kid Sister (1945); His Brother's Ghost (1945); Oath of Vengeance (1944); I Accuse My Parents (1944); Wild Horse Phantom (1944); Swing Hostess (1944); Rustlers' Hideout (1945); Fuzzy Settles Down (1944); The Drifter (1944); The Contender (1944); Valley of Vengeance (1944); The Monster Maker (1944); Thundering Gun Slingers (1944); Frontier Outlaws (1944); Nabonga (1944); Harvest Melody (1943); Devil Riders (1943); Raiders of Red Gap (1943); Tiger Fangs (1943); Blazing Frontier (1943); The Renegade (1943); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Cattle Stampede (1943); Wolves of the Range (1943); Western Cyclone (1943); The Black Raven (1943); Death Rides the Plains (1943); Fugitive of the Plains (1943); Wild Horse Rustlers (1943); Dead Men Walk (1943); The Kid Rides Again (1943); Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942); Queen of Broadway (1942); The Mysterious Rider (1942); Overland Stagecoach (1942); Along the Sundown Trail (1942); Border Roundup (1942); Prairie Pals (1942); Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942); Law and Order (1942); Jungle Siren (1942); Tumbleweed Trail (1942); Texas Justice (1942); The Mad Monster (1942); Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942); Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942); The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942); Billy the Kid Trapped (1942); Raiders of the West (1942); The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942); Texas Man Hunt (1942); Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941); The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941); Billy the Kid Wanted (1941); The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941); The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941); The Texas Marshal (1941); Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941); The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941); Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941); The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941); Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941); Billy the Kid's Range War (1941); The Lone Rider Rides On (1941); Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940); Riders of Black Mountain (1940); Marked Men (1940); Billy the Kid in Texas (1940); Arizona Gang Busters (1940); Gun Code (1940); Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940); Hold That Woman! (1940); Am I Guilty? (1940); Frontier Crusader (1940); I Take This Oath (1940); Secrets of a Model (1940); The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940); Texas Renegades (1940); Death Rides the Range (1939); The Invisible Killer (1939); Fighting Mad (1939); Trigger Fingers (1939); Flaming Lead (1939); Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939); The Fighting Renegade (1939); Straight Shooter (1939); Outlaws' Paradise (1939); Texas Wildcats (1939); Code of the Cactus (1939); Six-Gun Rhythm (1939); Trigger Pals (1939); The Terror of Tiny Town (1938); Six-Gun Trail (1938); Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938); Frontier Scout (1938); Durango Valley Raiders (1938); Desert Patrol (1938); Phantom Ranger (1938); Gunsmoke Trail (1938); The Feud Maker (1938); Code of the Rangers (1938); Songs and Bullets (1938); Knight of the Plains (1938); Thunder in the Desert (1938); The Rangers' Round-Up (1938); Paroled - To Die (1938); Harlem on the Prairie (1937); Colorado Kid (1937); The Fighting Deputy (1937); Moonlight on the Range (1937); Arizona Gunfighter (1937); Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937); Boothill Brigade (1937); Doomed at Sundown (1937); A Lawman Is Born (1937); Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937); Guns in the Dark (1937); Bar-Z Bad Men (1937); Melody of the Plains (1937); Trail of Vengeance (1937); Lightnin' Crandall (1937); The Gambling Terror (1937); Stormy Trails (1936); Roarin' Lead (1936); The Traitor (1936); Ghost Patrol (1936); The Lion's Den (1936); Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936); Aces and Eights (1936); Thoroughbred (1936); Crashing Through Danger (1936); Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936); Federal Agent (1936); Burning Gold (1936); Border Caballero (1936); Roarin' Guns (1936); Bulldog Courage (1935); You Can Be Had (1935); Timber War (1935); Racing Luck (1935); Trails of the Wild (1935); Branded a Coward (1935); Code of the Mounted (1935); Northern Frontier (1935); Undercover Men (1934); Beggar's Holiday (1934); Marrying Widows (1934); Under Secret Orders (1933); Big Time or Bust (1933); The Important Witness (1933); Reform Girl (1933); Sweet Patootie (1932); Wedding Belles (1931); She's a He (1930); Fellow Students (1930); Peek-A-Boo (1930); The Beauty Parade (1930); Sid's Long Count (1930); Her Bashful Beau (1930); All Wet (1930); French Leave (1930); Too Many Women (1929); Night Owls (1929); Stop Barking (1929); Buster's Spooks (1929); Buster's Choice (1929); Outdoor Sports (1929); Chaperons (1929); Delivering the Goods (1929); Magic (1929); This Way Please (1929); Tige's Girl Friend (1929); She's a Pippin (1929); Take Your Pick (1929); Have Patience (1929); Hold Your Horses (1929); Out at Home (1929); Watch the Birdie (1928); The Newlyweds' Visit (1928); Teacher's Pest (1928); Buster Trims Up (1928); Halfback Buster (1928); Busting Buster (1928); Good Scout Buster (1928); Buster Minds the Baby (1928); Sailor George (1928); She's My Girl (1928); Big Game George (1928); George's School Daze (1928); George Meets George (1928); When George Hops (1928); Watch, George! (1928); Man of Letters (1928); George's False Alarm (1928); High Flyin' George (1928); On Deck (1927); The Disordered Orderly (1927); Rushing Business (1927); On Furlough (1927); What an Excuse (1927); My Mistake (1927); Jane's Sleuth (1927); A Gym Dandy (1927); Auntie's Ante (1927); All Wet (1927); Ask Dad (1927); What's Your Hurry? (1927); Jane's Predicament (1926); Jane's Engagement Party (1926); Please Excuse Me (1926); Which Is Which? (1926).

Born on this day – Genevieve Tobin:

Genevieve Tobin

Actress

November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995

Credits:

A Lady Surrenders (1930); Breakdowns of 1936 (1936); Broadway Hostess (1935); By Your Leave (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Dramatic School (1938); Easy to Love (1934); Free Love (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Here's to Romance (1935); Hollywood Speaks (1932); I Loved a Woman (1933); Infernal Machine (1933); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); No Mother to Guide Her (1923); No Time for Comedy (1940); One Hour with You (1932); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Perfect Understanding (1933); Pleasure Cruise (1933); Queen of Crime (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Seed (1931); Snowed Under (1936); Success at Any Price (1934); The 9th Guest (1934); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Country Cousin (1919); The Duke Comes Back (1937); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Great Gambini (1937); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Woman in Red (1935); The Wrecker (1933); Uncertain Lady (1934); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910); Up for Murder (1931); Victory Plays (1932); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – W. R. Burnett:

W. R. Burnett

Writer

November 25, 1899 – April 25, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Little Caesar (1929); The Silver Eagle (1931); Dark Hazard (1933); The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (1934); High Sierra (1940); Nobody Lives Forever (1943); The Quick Brown Fox (1943); Tomorrow's Another Day (1945); Romelle (1946); The Asphalt Jungle (1949); Little Men, Big World (1951); Vanity Row (1952); Underdog (1957); Conant (1961); Round the Clock At Volari's (1961); The Widow Barony (1962); The Abilene Samson (1963); The Cool Man (1968); Good-bye, Chicago (1981); Four novel omnibus: Little Caesar / The Asphalt Jungle / High Sierra / Vanity Row (1984).

Movies and television:

4 for Texas (1963); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Accused of Murder (1956); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Arrowhead (1953); Background to Danger (1943); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bonanza (1968); Cairo (1963); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Colorado Territory (1949); Cool Breeze (1972); Crash Dive (1943); Dance Hall (1941); Danger (1950); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dark Command (1940); Dark Hazard (1934); Dr. Socrates (1935); High Sierra (1940); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Illegal (1955); Iron Man (1951); King of the Underworld (1939); Kraft Theatre (1949); Law and Order (1932/ 1940 / 1953); Little Caesar (1931); Naked City (1960); Night People (1954); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Off to See the Wizard (1967); San Antonio (1945); Scarface (1932); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); September Storm (1960); Sergeants 3 (1962); Short Cut to Hell (1957); Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937); Stiletto (1969); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1952); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Badlanders (1958); The Beast of the City (1932); The Finger Points (1931); The Getaway (1941); The Great Escape (1963); The Hangman (1959); The Iron Man (1931); The Jackals (1967); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Man I Love (1946); The Racket (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1967); The Westerner (1940); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Gun for Hire (1942); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); Wild West Days (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); Yellow Sky (1948).

Born on this day – Whistlin' Alex Moore:

Whistlin' Alex Moore

Blues singer

Pianist

Whistler

November 22, 1899 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

Finding My Way (2015); From North Dallas to the East Side (1994); In Europe (1970); Miracle Working God (2020); Whistlin' Alex Moore (1929-1951) (2005); Whistling Alexander Moore (1961); Wiggle Tail: Original, Eccentric, Legendary and Lascivious Piano Playing and Stories (1988).

Songs:

Across The Atlantic Ocean; Alex's Blues; Alex's Boogie; Alex's Rag; Alex's Wild Blues; Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls; Blue Bloomer Blues; Boogie In The Barrel; Boogiein' in Strassburg; Bull Con Blues; Chock House Boogie; Frisky Gal; Going Back to Foggy Bottom; Hard Hearted Woman; Heart Wrecked Blues; I Want My Mary; Ice Pick Blues; If I Lose You Woman; It Wouldn't Be So Hard; July Boogie; Lillie Mae Boogie; Miss No-Good Weed; New Miss No-Good Weed; Pretty Woman with a Sack Dress On; Rock and Roll Bed; Rubber Tired Hack; Sometime I Feel Worried; They May Not Be My Toes; West Texas Woman; Whistling Alex Moore's Blues; You Got Me Dissatisfied; You Say I'm a Bad Feller.

Born on this day – Jobyna Ralston:

Jobyna Ralston

Actress

November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967

Credits:

Sheer Luck (1931); Rough Waters (1930); The College Coquette (1929); Some Mother's Boy (1929); The Power of the Press (1928); The Toilers (1928); Black Butterflies (1928); The Big Hop (1928); The Count of Ten (1928); The Night Flyer (1928); Little Mickey Grogan (1927); Pretty Clothes (1927); A Racing Romeo (1927); Lightning (1927); Wings (1927); Special Delivery (1927); The Kid Brother (1927); Gigolo (1926); Sweet Daddies (1926); For Heaven's Sake (1926); Soft Pedal (1926); Don't Butt In (1926); Between Meals (1926); Whispering Lions (1925); Are Parents Pickles? (1925); The Freshman (1925); Hot Water (1924); Girl Shy (1924); Winner Take All (1923); Why Worry? (1923); For Guests Only (1923); For Art's Sake (1923); Speed the Swede (1923); Bowled Over (1923); For Safe Keeping (1923); Shoot Straight (1923); Do Your Stuff (1923); Tight Shoes (1923); A Loose Tightwad (1923); Jailed and Bailed (1923); Once Over (1923); Don't Say Die (1923); Mr. Hyppo (1923); Paste and Paper (1923); Watch Your Wife (1923); Fire the Fireman (1922); The White Blacksmith (1922); Fair Week (1922); I’ll Take Vanilla (1922); Blaze Away (1922); The Flivver (1922); Harvest Hands (1922); Washed Ashore (1922); Shine 'em Up! (1922); The Golf Bug (1922); Shiver and Shake (1922); Out on Bail (1922); The Uppercut (1922); Face the Camera (1922); Soak the Sheik (1922); Bone Dry (1922); The Landlubber (1922); Wet Weather (1922); Rough on Romeo (1922); The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922); The Truth Juggler (1922); Touch All the Bases (1922); Take Next Car (1922); The Bride-to-Be (1922); Friday, the Thirteenth (1922); The Call of Home (1922); The Brown Derby (1921); Don't Marry (1921); An Eastern Breeze (1921); Humor Risk (1921); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); Bride and Broom (1921); Ball Bearing, But Hard Running (1920); The Sultan of Djazz (1919); The Shimmy Gym (1919); Starting Out in Life (1919).

Born on this day – Frank McDonald:

Frank McDonald

Director

Actor

November 9, 1899 – March 8, 1980

Born on this day – Little Hat Jones:

Little Hat Jones

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 5, 1899 – March 7, 1981

Credits:

Songs:

Awful Moaning Blues, Pt. 1; Awful Moaning Blues, Pt. 2; Boe Hog Blues; Bye Bye Baby; Bye Bye Baby Blues; Cherry Street Blues; Corpus Blues; Cross The Water Blues; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; Gold Tooth Blues; Hurry Blues; Johnny Behren's Blues; Kentucky Blues; Little Hat Blues; New Two Sixteen Blues; Ninety-Eight Degree Blues; Rolled From Side To Side Blues; Seen Better Days; Two String Blues; Water Bound Blues.