Born on this day – Leon Shamroy (1974):

Leon Shamroy

Cinematographer

Director

July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974

Credits:

Arnie (1970); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Justine (1969); Skidoo (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Caprice (1967); One Chance (1966); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Cardinal (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); North to Alaska (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); The Blue Angel (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Porgy and Bess (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Bravados (1958); South Pacific (1958); Desk Set (1957); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The King and I (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); The Egyptian (1954); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); The Robe (1953); White Witch Doctor (1953); The Girl Next Door (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); Tonight We Sing (1953); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); With a Song in My Heart (1952); David and Bathsheba (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Two Flags West (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); That Lady in Ermine (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Forever Amber (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); State Fair (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Greenwich Village (1944); Wilson (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); Claudia (1943); Stormy Weather (1943); Crash Dive (1943); The Black Swan (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Down Argentine Way (1940); Four Sons (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); I Was an Adventuress (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); Second Fiddle (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Man's Paradise (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); Broadway (1937); She Asked for It (1937); The Great Gambini (1937); Her Husband Lies (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Wedding Present (1936); Spendthrift (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); She Couldn't Take It (1935); She Married Her Boss (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Private Worlds (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Good Dame (1934); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); The Mystic Hour (1933); A Strange Adventure (1932); Stowaway (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Alma de Gaucho (1930); The Telltale Heart (1928); Bitter Sweets (1928); Out with the Tide (1928); The Last Moment (1928); Land of the Lawless (1927); Hidden Aces (1927); Tongues of Scandal (1927); The Trunk Mystery (1926); Lightning Hutch (1926); Pirates of the Sky (1926).

Born on this day – Guy Endore:

Guy Endore

Writer

July 4, 1901 – February 12, 1970

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Horror (1971); A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1960); Babouk (1934); Casanova (2001); Human Machines (1977); Methinks the Lady… / aka Nightmare (1945); Satan's Saint (1965); Synanon (1968); Tales of Terror (1967); The Man from Limbo (1930); The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery (1944); The Werewolf of Paris (1934); We, Robots (2020); Zoo 2000 (1973).

Movies and television:

Ben Casey (1964); Captain Sindbad (1963); Carefree (1938); Cineficción Radio (2024); El hombre que amé (1947); Fear No Evil (1969); He Ran All the Way (1951); Johnny Allegro (1949); Ladies in Distress (1938); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Mad Love (1935); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Rumba (1935); Shining Victory (1941); Song of Russia (1944); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); The Curse of the Werewolf (1961); The Devil-Doll (1936); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Raven (1935); The Vicious Circle (1948); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Whirlpool (1950).

Born on this day – Mona Dol:

Mona Dol

Actress

May 28, 1901 – December 29, 1990

Credits:

A Place in the Sun (1951); A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Above Suspicion (1943); Adam's Rib (1949); Ainsi finit la nuit (1949); Angel and Sinner (1945); Angel and the Badman (1947); Ball of Fire (1941); Bernard père et fils (1945); Bourrachon (1935); Bright Leaf (1950); Casanova Brown (1944); Danger de mort (1947); Dead Reckoning (1946); Des quintuplés au pensionnat (1953); Deux sous de violettes (1951); El pequeño coronel (1960); En légitime défense (1958); Father of the Bride (1950); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Force of Evil (1948); Heritage (1936); His Father's Portrait (1953); In a Lonely Place (1950); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Joan of Arc (1948); La symphonie fantastique (1942); La visiteuse (1947); Le bout de la route (1949); Le chanteur de minuit (1937); Le joueur (1958); Le mariage de Ramuntcho (1947); Le parfum de la dame en noir (1949); Le voyageur de la Toussaint (1943); L'école des contribuables (1934); L'école des journalistes (1936); L'enfant des neiges (1951); Les aventures de Salavin (1964); Les deux poulains de Lucette (1925); Les époux scandaleux (1935); Les frères Bouquinquant (1947); Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938); L'homme du jour (1937); L'homme sans Coeur (1937); Love Around the Clock (1943); Lucrezia Borgia (1935); Madame Sans-Gêne (1941); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942); Marie-Martine (1943); Matricule 33 (1933); Mensonges (1946); Messieurs Ludovic (1946); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Paix sur le Rhin (1938); Par la fenêtre (1948); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Raintree County (1957); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960); Sacré Léonce (1936); Saint Theresa of Lisieux (1938); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Service de nuit (1944); Si ça peut vous faire plaisir (1948); Strangers on a Train (1951); Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Tapage nocturne (1951); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Blue Veil (1942); The cheat (1949); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946); The Fire Within (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Little Foxes (1941); The Naked City (1948); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Nun's Story (1959); The Snake Pit (1948); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Stranger (1946); Tombé du ciel (1946); Totò cerca casa (1949); Under Capricorn (1949); Une fille épatante (1955); Union Station (1950); Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941).

Born on this day – Gary Cooper:

Gary Cooper

Actor

May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961

Born on this day – Hamilton MacFadden:

Hamilton MacFadden

Actor

Writer

Director

April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977

Credits:

Are You There? (1930); As Husbands Go (1934); Charlie Chan Carries On (1931); Charlie Chan in Paris (1935); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933); Cheaters at Play (1932); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); Crazy That Way (1930); Crazy That Way (1930); Dressed to Kill (1941); Elinor Norton (1934); Escape by Night (1937); Fighting Youth (1935); Five of a Kind (1938); Harmony at Home (1930); Hold That Girl (1934); Inside the Law (1942); It Can't Last Forever (1937); Keep Smiling (1938); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Oh, for a Man! (1930); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Pier 13 (1940); Ride, Kelly, Ride (1941); Riders of the Purple Sage (1931); Sea Racketeers (1937); Second Hand Wife (1933); Sharpshooters (1938); She Was a Lady (1934); Shooting High (1940); Sleepers West (1941); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Tarnished Angel (1938); The Black Camel (1931); The Fourth Horseman (1932); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Lady in Question (1940); The Legion of Missing Men (1937); The Man Who Dared (1933); The Power of God (1942); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); Their Mad Moment (1931); Three Legionnaires (1937); Time Out for Murder (1938); Touchdown, Army (1938); Trick for Trick (1933); Unmarried (1939); While New York Sleeps (1938); Wilson (1944); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); Young America (1942); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).

Born on this day – Sharon Lynn:

Sharon Lynn

Actress

Singer

April 9, 1901 – May 26, 1963

Credits:

It Came from Hollywood (1982); Thistledown (1938); Way Out West (1937); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Big Executive (1933); The Big Broadcast (1932); Discarded Lovers (1932); Too Many Cooks (1931); Men on Call (1930); Lightnin' (1930); Up the River (1930); Man Trouble (1930); Wild Company (1930); Crazy That Way (1930); Let's Go Places (1930); Sunny Side Up (1929); Happy Days (1929); The One Woman Idea (1929); Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Red Wine (1928); Give and Take (1928); Son of the Golden West (1928); None But the Brave (1928); Dad's Choice (1928); Aflame in the Sky (1927); The Cherokee Kid (1927); Jake the Plumber (1927); Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927); The Coward (1927); Tom's Gang (1927); City of Shadows (1927); Curlytop (1924).

Born on this day – Carmen Boni:

Carmen Boni

Actress

April 8, 1901 – November 19, 1963

Credits:

Man to Men (1948); The Count of Monte Cristo (1943); Cleo, robes et manteaux (1935); The old one rogue (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The shore Dei bruti (1931); The Devil's Holiday (1931); The Call of the Heart (1930); Katharina Knie (1929); The Grace (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Der Adjutant des Zaren (1929); The Art of Love (1928); The Jolly Peasant (1928); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); The Story of a Little Parisian (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); Gehetzte Frauen (1927); Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer (1927); Venus im Frack (1927); Goodbye youth! (1927); The Last Lord (1926); The mouth closed (1925); The Extinguished Hearth (1925); The Prey (1924); The beautiful wife (1924); The Ransom (1924); The Little Unknown (1923); La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923); Passione di Popolo (1921); My Uncle Barbassous (1921); The Prey (1921); But it is not Una cosa seria (1921); Barbarossa's scimitar (1921); Street Girl (1920); The Caucasus Flower (1920); Ave Maria (1920); Miss Dorothy (1920); The Pecorella (1920); Ave Maria, gratia plena! (1919).

Born on this day – Ed Begley:

Ed Begley

Actor

March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970

Born on this day – Ub Iwerks:

Ub Iwerks

Animator

Cartoonist

Inventor

Special effects technician

March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971

Credits:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); A Busy Day (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Africa Squeaks (1931); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alaskan Sled Dog (1957); Ali Baba (1936); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Beach Nut (1927); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Together (1942); All Wet (1927); Arctic Antics (1930); Autumn (1930); Baby Checkers (1940); Balloon Land (1935); Bear Country (1953); Beauty Shoppe (1940); Beaver Valley (1950); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Blackboard Revue (1940); Bright Lights (1928); Bulloney (1933); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cave Man (1934); Cinderella (1922); Cinderella (1950); Circus (1932); Coo Coo the Magician (1933); Crop Chasers (1939); Cuckoo Murder Case (1933); Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956); Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955); Davy Jones' Locker (1934); Dick Whittington's Cat (1936); Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956); Don Quixote (1934); El terrible toreador (1929); Empty Socks (1927); Fiddlesticks (1930); Fiddling Around (1930); Fire! Fire! (1932); Flip's Lunch Room (1933); Flying Fists (1930); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Funny Face (1932); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goliath II (1960); Great Guns (1927); Happy Days (1936); Harem Scarem (1928); Hell's Bells (1929); Hell's Fire (1934); High Up (1928); Hot Dogs (1928); Humpty Dumpty (1935); Hungry Hoboes (1928); Jack and the Beanstalk (1933); Jack Frost (1934); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Jail Birds (1931); Johnny Tremain (1957); Jungle Cat (1960); Jungle Jitters (1934); Jungle Rhythm (1929); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Laughing Gas (1931); Little Boy Blue (1936); Little Orphan Willie (1930); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); Make Mine Music (1946); Mary Poppins (1964); Mary's Little Lamb (1935); Melodious Zach: O! Melodious Song (2014); Melody Time (1948); Men Against the Arctic (1955); Merry Mannequins (1937); Midnight Frolics (1938); Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930); Movie Mad (1931); Nature's Half Acre (1951); Nell's Yells (1939); Nurse Maid (1932); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); Old Mother Hubbard (1935); One Hour in Wonderland (1950); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pale-Face (1933); Perri (1957); Peter Pan (1953); Phoney Express (1932); Plane Crazy (1928); Play Ball (1933); Pollyanna (1960); Poor Papa (1927); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky's Badtime Story (1937); Porky's Super Service (1937); Prowlers of the Everglades (1953); Puddle Pranks (1930); Puppy Love (1932); Puss in Boots (1922); Puss in Boots (1934); Ragtime Romeo (1931); Rasslin' Round (1934); Reducing Crème (1934); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Robin Hood, Jr. (1934); Room Runners (1932); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Sardinia (1956); School Days (1932); Scrappy's Trip to Mars (1937); Secrets of Life (1956); See How They Won (1935); Simple Simon (1935); Sinbad the Sailor (1935); Skeleton Frolic (1937); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Sleigh Bells (1928); Snowtime (1938); So Dear to My Heart (1948); Soda Squirt (1933); Song of the South (1946); Spite Flight (1933); Spooks (1931); Springtime (1929); Steamboat Willie (1928); Stop That Tank! (1942); Stormy Seas (1932); Stratos-Fear (1933); Summer (1930); Summertime (1935); Tall Timber (1928); Techno-Cracked (1933); Ten Who Dared (1960); The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949); The African Lion (1955); The Air Race (1933); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Barn Dance (1929); The Barnyard Battle (1929); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Birds (1963); The Blue Men of Morocco (1956); The Boston Tea Party (1966); The Brave Tin Soldier (1934); The Brementown Musicians (1935); The Bully (1932); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Carpenters (1941); The Egg Hunt (1940); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Foxy Pup (1937); The Frog Pond (1938); The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928); The Goal Rush (1932); The Good Scout (1934); The Gorilla Hunt (1939); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956); The Haunted House (1929); The Headless Horseman (1934); The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round (1938); The Jazz Fool (1929); The Jungle Book (1967); The Karnival Kid (1929); The King's Tailor (1934); The Little Red Hen (1934); The Living Desert (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1954–1971); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Merry Dwarfs (1929); The Mickey Mouse Club (1955); The Microbe Army (1935); The Milkman (1932); The Music Lesson (1932); The New Car (1931); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Office Boy (1932); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Olympic Elk (1952); The Opry House (1929); The Parent Trap (1961); The Plowboy (1929); The Queen of Hearts (1934); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Skeleton Dance (1929); The Soup Song (1931); The Sword in the Stone (1963); The Three Bears (1935); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963); The Vanishing of S.S. Willie (2024); The Vanishing Prairie (1954); The Village Barber (1930); The Village Smitty (1931); The Village Specialist (1931); The Wise Owl (1940); Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960); Tom Thumb (1936); ToonHeads (2003); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Lazy Crows (1936); Viva Willie (1934); Water Birds (1952); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); What a Life (1932); When the Cat's Away (1929); White Wilderness (1958); Wild Waves (1929); Willie Whopper (1933); Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (1940).

Born on this day – Carmelita Geraghty:

Carmelita Geraghty

Actress

Painter

March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966

Credits:

50 Million Frenchmen (1931); A Close Shave (1929); A Jim Jam Janitor (1928); After the Fog (1930); All's Swell on the Ocean (1924); Bag and Baggage (1923); Black Oxen (1923); Brand of Cowardice (1925); Broadway Bad (1933); Brothers (1930); Button My Back (1929); Calling Hubby's Bluff (1929); Clunked on the Corner (1929); Courageous Fool (1925); Cyclone Cavalier (1925); Daybreak (1931); Discontented Husbands (1924); Don't Get Jealous (1929); Escapade (1932); Fight and Win (1924); Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 (1930); Foolish Husbands (1929); Forgotten Women (1931); Geared to Go (1924); Graft (1931); High Speed (1924); His Unlucky Night (1928); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); Jealous Husbands (1923); Josselyn's Wife (1926); Jungle Mystery (1932); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Malay Nights (1932); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Men Without Law (1930); Millie (1931); Motorboat Mamas (1928); My Best Girl (1927); My Lady of Whims (1925); Night Life in Reno (1931); Object: Alimony (1928); Paris Bound (1929); Passionate Youth (1925); Pick 'Em Young (1930); Prestige (1931); Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930); Smith's Uncle (1926); South of Panama (1928); The Bargain Hunt (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Canyon of Light (1926); The Devil Plays (1931); The Flaming Signal (1932); The Flying Mail (1926); The Girl from Everywhere (1927); The Gold Digger (1924); The Good-Bye Kiss (1928); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hawk (1931); The Last Trail (1927); The Lily (1926); The Mississippi Gambler (1929); The Mysterious Stranger (1925); The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Slaver (1927); The Small Bachelor (1927); The Texas Ranger (1931); The Title Holder (1924); This Thing Called Love (1929); Through the Dark (1924); Trouble Brewing (1924); Uncle Tom (1929); Under the Rouge (1925); Venus of Venice (1927); What Every Girl Should Know (1927); What Men Want (1930); Winning His Way (1924).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

Born on this day – Casey Bill Weldon:

Casey Bill Weldon

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 2, 1901 – September 28, 1972

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Blues Everywhere I Go; Can't You Remember; Doctor's Blues; Flood Water Blues; Flood Water Blues - No. 2; Give Me Another Shot; Go Ahead, Buddy; Gonna Take My Time; Has My Gal Been Here; Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule; Howlin' Dog Blues; I Believe I’ll Make a Change; I'm a Stranger in Your Town; I've Been Tricked; Lady Doctor Blues; New Round And Round; No Good Woman; Red Hot Blues; Rooster Blues; Sales Lady; Sold My Soul to the Devil; Somebody Changed the Lock on That Door; Somebody's Got to Go; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Turpentine Blues; Way Down in Louisiana; We Gonna Move; What's The Matter With My Milk Cow?; You Just as Well Let Her Go; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Casey Bill Weldon 1927-1938: Slide Guitar Swing (The Blues) (2002); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 1 1935-1936 (2005); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 2 1936-1937 (2005); Casey Bill Weldon Vol. 3 1937-1938 (2005); Greatest Blues Licks 1927-1938 (2010); Guitar Swing (2002); Hawaiian Guitar Wizard (1978); Presenting Casey Bill Weldon (1935); Steel Serenade - Vintage String Blues (2025); The Essential (2002).

Movies and television:

42 (2013); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Independent Lens (2016); Life (1999); Queen of the Ring (2024); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Sopranos (2006).

Born on this day – Walter Vinson:

Walter Vinson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975

Credits:

Album:

Complete Recorded Works (1928–1941) (1991).

Tracks: Mad Dog Blues; Your Friends Gonna Use It Too-Part 1; Overtime Blues; Your Friends Gonna Use It Too-Part 2; Mississippi Yodelin' Blues; Working Man's Blues; Sheiks Special; Dear Little Girl; Mississippi Low Down; That's It; Can't Anybody Tell Me Blues; Black Widow Spider; When The Breath Bids The Body Goodbye; I Ain't Gonna Have It; Losin' Blues; The Wrong Man; How Did It Happen; Rats Been On My Cheese; Every Dog Must Have His Day; You Know What You Promised Me; Gulf Coast Bay; Rosa Lee Blues; Can't Get A Word In Edgeways; She's Leaving Me.

Born on this day – Clark Gable:

Clark Gable

Actor

February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960

Born on this day – Catherine Bennett:

Catherine Bennett

Actress

January 17, 1901 – October 11, 1978

Credits:

A Wild Goose Chase (1924); Always Late (1923); Control Yourself (1925); Dangerous Hour (1923); Lawless Men (1924); Paging Love (1923); Soul Mates (1925); Taxi Please (1923); The Devil's Bowl (1923); The Southbound Limited (1923); The Wild Bull's Lair (1925); When Knights Were Cold (1923).

Born on this day – Bebe Daniels:

Bebe Daniels

Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

Producer

January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971

Credits:

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); The Adventures of Timothy Telescope (1956); The Lyons Abroad (1955); Life with the Lyons (1955–1960); Family Affair (1954); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Fabulous Joe (1947); Hi Gang! (1941); The Return of Carol Deane (1938); Treachery on the High Seas (1936); Music Is Magic (1935); Registered Nurse (1934); A Southern Maid (1934); The Song You Gave Me (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Counsellor at Law (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); Honor of the Family (1931); The Maltese Falcon (1931); My Past (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Dixiana (1930); Alias French Gertie (1930); Love Comes Along (1930); Rio Rita (1929); What a Night! (1928); Take Me Home (1928); Hot News (1928); The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928); Feel My Pulse (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); She's a Sheik (1927); Swim Girl, Swim (1927); Señorita (1927); A Kiss in a Taxi (1927); Stranded in Paris (1926); The Campus Flirt (1926); Volcano (1926); The Palm Beach Girl (1926); Miss Brewster's Millions (1926); The Splendid Crime (1925); Lovers in Quarantine (1925); Wild, Wild Susan (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); Miss Bluebeard (1925); Argentine Love (1924); Dangerous Money (1924); Sinners in Heaven (1924); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); Unguarded Women (1924); Daring Youth (1924); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); His Children's Children (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Exciters (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The World's Applause (1923); Singed Wings (1922); Pink Gods (1922); Nice People (1922); North of the Rio Grande (1922); A Game Chicken (1922); Nancy from Nowhere (1922); The Speed Girl (1921); One Wild Week (1921); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The March Hare (1921); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Ducks and Drakes (1921); She Couldn't Help It (1920); Oh, Lady, Lady (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); You Never Can Tell (1920); Sick Abed (1920); The Dancin' Fool (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Everywoman (1919); Captain Kidd's Kids (1919); Male and Female (1919); Bumping Into Broadway (1919); His Only Father (1919); Luke's Movie Muddle (1916–1919); Count the Votes (1919); Soft Money (1919); He Leads, Others Follow (1919); The Rajah (1919); Be My Wife (1919); Don't Shove (1919); Heap Big Chief (1919); A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919); At the Old Stage Door (1919); Just Neighbors (1919); Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919); Off the Trolley (1919); Swat the Crook (1919); Pistols for Breakfast (1919); Back to the Woods (1919); The Marathon (1919); Before Breakfast (1919); Si, Senor (1919); Ring Up the Curtain (1919); Young Mr. Jazz (1919); Crack Your Heels (1919); Just Dropped In (1919); A Sammy in Siberia (1919); Next Aisle Over (1919); The Dutiful Dub (1919); Look Out Below (1919); I'm on My Way (1919); On the Fire (1919); Going! Going! Gone! (1919); Ask Father (1919); Love's Young Scream (1919); Wanted - $5,000 (1919); She Loves Me Not (1918); Take a Chance (1918); Nothing But Trouble (1918); Swing Your Partners (1918); Bees in His Bonnet (1918); Two Scrambled (1918); Bride and Gloom (1918); That's Him (1918); Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918); An Ozark Romance (1918); Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918); Somewhere in Turkey (1918); Sic 'Em, Towser (1918); The City Slicker (1918); Fireman Save My Child (1918); Two-Gun Gussie (1918); The Non-Stop Kid (1918); Kicked Out (1918); Hey There (1918); It's a Wild Life (1918); Pipe the Whiskers (1918); Follow the Crowd (1918); On the Jump (1918); Let's Go (1918); Here Come the Girls (1918); Look Pleasant, Please (1918); A Gasoline Wedding (1918); Beat It (1918); Hit Him Again (1918); Hello Teacher (1918); The Lamb (1918); The Tip (1918); Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle (1917); The Big Idea (1917); Step Lively (1917); Bashful (1917); Move On (1917); We Never Sleep (1917); Clubs Are Trump (1917); The Flirt (1917); Love, Laughs and Lather (1917); Rainbow Island (1917); From Laramie to London (1917); Bliss (1917); Birds of a Feather (1917); By the Sad Sea Waves (1917); Pinched (1917); Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917); Over the Fence (1917); Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917); Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917); Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917); Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917); Lonesome Luke, Plumber (1917); Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917); Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917); Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917); Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917); Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917); Luke's Trolley Troubles (1917); Drama's Dreadful Deal (1917); Luke's Busy Day (1917); Luke's Lost Liberty (1917); Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916); Luke Locates the Loot (1916); Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916); Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916); Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916); Luke, Patient Provider (1916); Luke, the Gladiator (1916); Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916); Luke, the Chauffeur (1916); Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916); Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916); Luke and the Mermaids (1916); Luke Joins the Navy (1916); Luke Does the Midway (1916); Luke's Lost Lamb (1916); Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916); Luke Rides Roughshod (1916); Luke's Washful Waiting (1916); Luke's Society Mixup (1916); Luke's Fatal Flivver (1916); Luke Laughs Last (1916); Luke's Late Lunchers (1916); Luke and the Bomb Throwers (1916); Them Was the Happy Days! (1916); Luke's Double (1916); Lonesome Luke, Circus King (1916); Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916); Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916); Luke Foils the Villain (1916); Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916); Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (1916); Luke Lugs Luggage (1916); Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary (1916); Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster (1915); Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915); Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks (1915); A Foozle at the Tee Party (1915); Ragtime Snap Shots (1915); Great While It Lasted (1915); Tinkering with Trouble (1915); Bughouse Bellhops (1915); Giving Them Fits (1915); Fresh from the Farm (1915); Anne of the Golden Heart (1914); The Savage (1913); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); Justinian and Theodora (1910); The Common Enemy (1910); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910).

Born on this day – A. B. Guthrie Jr.:

A. B. Guthrie Jr.

Writer

Historian

January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991

Credits:

Wild Pitch (1973); The Genuine Article (1977); No Second Wind (1980); Playing Catch-Up (1985); Murder in the Cotswolds (1989); The Big Sky (1947); The Way West (1949); Fair Land, Fair Land (1982); Murders at Moon Dance (1943); Twenty-Six Years After (1949); Kentucky (1951); These Thousand Hills (1956); The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit (1959); Arfive (1970); Once Upon a Pond (1973); The Last Valley (1975); Four Miles From Ear Mountain (1987); The Big It and Other Stories (1972); The Blue Hen's Chick (1965); Big Sky, Fair Land (1974); Images from the Great West (1990); A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991).

Born on this day – Lew Landers:

Lew Landers

Director

Actor

January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962

Credits:

Terrified (1962); Bat Masterson (1959–1961); Sugarfoot (1960–1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Maverick (1959–1960); Bronco (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Colt .45 (1960); Cheyenne (1960); Tombstone Territory (1959–1960); Highway Patrol (1955–1959); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956–1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Hot Rod Gang (1958); Harbor Command (1957–1958); Casey Jones (1957–1958); Adventures of Superman (1958); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1957); Dr. Christian (1957); Circus Boy (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Savage Fury (1956); The Cruel Tower (1956); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); Passport to Danger (1956); Scattergood Baines (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Topper (1954–1955); Meet Corliss Archer (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954); Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954); The Cisco Kid (1953–1954); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Terry and the Pirates (1952–1953); Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Run for the Hills (1953); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953); Man in the Dark (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); Tangier Incident (1953); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1953); Torpedo Alley (1952); Arctic Flight (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); California Conquest (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); The Bogus Green (1951); The Magic Carpet (1951); Jungle Manhunt (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); The Big Gusher (1951); When the Redskins Rode (1951); A Yank in Korea (1951); Blue Blood (1951); Revenue Agent (1950); Last of the Buccaneers (1950); Chain Gang (1950); State Penitentiary (1950); Beauty on Parade (1950); Dynamite Pass (1950); Tyrant of the Sea (1950); Girls' School (1950); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Barbary Pirate (1949); Air Hostess (1949); Stagecoach Kid (1949); I Found a Dog (1949); Law of the Barbary Coast (1949); Public Prosecutor (1947–1948); Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948); Inner Sanctum (1948); My Dog Rusty (1948); Doctor Jim (1947); Devil Ship (1947); My Pal (1947); The Son of Rusty (1947); Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947); Danger Street (1947); Death Valley (1946); Harry Cording, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, and Jean Rogers in Hot Cargo (1946); The Truth About Murder (1946); The Mask of Diijon (1946); Tokyo Rose (1946); A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946); Follow That Woman (1945); The Enchanted Forest (1945); The Windjammer (1945); Shadow of Terror (1945); Arson Squad (1945); Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945); Trouble Chasers (1945); The Power of the Whistler (1945); Crime, Inc. (1945); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Black Arrow (1944); Swing in the Saddle (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Stars on Parade (1944); The Black Parachute (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944); Cowboy Canteen (1944); The Deerslayer (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Doughboys in Ireland (1943); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943); Power of the Press (1943); Junior Army (1942); Stand by All Networks (1942); The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942); Smith of Minnesota (1942); Sabotage Squad (1942); Atlantic Convoy (1942); Submarine Raider (1942); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Canal Zone (1942); The Man Who Returned to Life (1942); Cadets on Parade (1942); Harvard, Here I Come! (1941); The Stork Pays Off (1941); Mystery Ship (1941); I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941); The Singing Hill (1941); Back in the Saddle (1941); Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941); Lucky Devils (1941); Slightly Tempted (1940); Girl from Havana (1940); Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); La Conga Nights (1940); Ski Patrol (1940); Enemy Agent (1940); Honeymoon Deferred (1940); Bad Lands (1939); Conspiracy (1939); The Girl and the Gambler (1939); Fixer Dugan (1939); Twelve Crowded Hours (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Sky Giant (1938); Blind Alibi (1938); Law of the Underworld (1938); Condemned Women (1938); Double Danger (1938); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Danger Patrol (1937); Living on Love (1937); Flight from Glory (1937); Border Cafe (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Night Waitress (1936); Without Orders (1936); Parole! (1936); The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936); Stormy (1935); The Raven (1935); The Call of the Savage (1935); Rustlers of Red Dog (1935); Tailspin Tommy (1934); The Red Rider (1934); The Vanishing Shadow (1934); The Escape (1914); Admission -- Two Pins (1914); The Escape (1913).

Born on this day – Marlene Dietrich:

Marlene Dietrich

Actress

Singer

December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992

Credits:

Just a Gigolo (1978); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Touch of Evil (1958); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); The Montecarlo Story (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Rancho Notorious (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Stage Fright (1950); Jigsaw (1949); A Foreign Affair (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); The Room Upstairs (1946); Kismet (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Pittsburgh (1942); The Spoilers (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Manpower (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Seven Sinners (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Angel (1937); Knight Without Armor (1937); I Loved a Soldier (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Desire (1936); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Song of Songs (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Shanghai Express (1932); Dishonored (1931); Morocco (1930); The Blue Angel (1930); Nights of Love (1930); The Ship of Lost Men (1929); Three Loves (1929); I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929); The Art of Love (1928); Café Elektric (1927); Sein größter Bluff (1927); Kopf hoch, Charly! (1927); Der Juxbaron (1927); A Modern Du Barry (1926); Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926); Manon Lescaut (1926); Dance Fever (1925); Der Sprung ins Leben (1924); The Countess of Paris (1923); The Tragedy of Love (1923); Man by the Roadside (1923); So sind die Männer (1923); Im Schatten des Glücks (1919).

Born on this day – Lil Green:

Lil Green

Blues singer

Songwriter

December 22, 1901 – April 14, 1954

Credits:

Albums:

1940-1941 (2008); 1942-1946 (2008); 1947-1951 (2008); Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Lil Green 1940-1941 (2003); Give Your Mama One Smile (2023); Greens Got The Blues (2020); Instinctively the Blues - Lil Green (2020); Lil Green (2016); Love In The Dark (2023); No Stranger to Trouble (2015); Romance In The Dark (1971); Romance In The Dark (Original Recordings 1940 - 1944) (2015); The Blues Collective - Lil Green (2023); The Blues Mama (2019); The Very Best Of (2010); Why Don't You Do Right? 1940-1942 (Remastered Historical Recordings) (2006).

Songs:

Aggravatin' Papa; Because I Love My Daddy So; Cherry Tree Blues; Country Boy Blues; Give your mama one smile; Hello Babe; How Can I Go On?; How Come You Do Me Like You Do; I Gotta Have It; I Have a Place to Go; I Want A Man; I Won't Sell My Love; If I'm a Fool; If You Want to Share Your Love; I'm going to start a racket; I'm Wasting My Time on You; Just Rockin'; Keep Your Hand on Your Heart; Knockin' Myself Out; Last Go Round Blues; Let's Be Friends; My Mellow Man; No, Baby, Nobody but You; Outside Of That; Romance in the Dark; Take Me Back To Little Rock; What Have I Done; What's The Matter With Love?; Why Don't You Do Right; Why Don'y You Do It Right; You're Just Full of Jive; You've Been A Good Old Wagon.