Born on this day – Christiane Delyne:

Christiane Delyne

Actress

September 3, 1902 – April 17, 1966

Born on this day – Norm Ferguson:

Norm Ferguson

Animator

September 2, 1902 – November 4, 1957

Credits:

A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (1937); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alpine Climbers (1936); Aquarela do Brasil (1942); Arctic Antics (1930); Babes in the Woods (1932); Bambi (1942); Beach Picnic (1939); Birds in the Spring (1933); Birds of a Feather (1931); Blue Rhythm (1931); Bone Trouble (1940); Bugs in Love (1932); Cannibal Capers (1930); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Cinderella (1950); Clown of the Jungle (1947); Cold Turkey (1951); Donald and Pluto (1936); Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959); Don's Fountain of Youth (1953); DTV Valentine (1986); DTV: Golden Oldies (1984); DTV: Pop & Rock (1984); DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (1984); Dumbo (1941); El Gaucho Goofy (1943); Fantasia (1940); Fantasia / Segment: Dance of the Hours (1940); Father Noah's Ark (1933); Fishin' Around (1931); Flowers and Trees (1932); Frolicking Fish (1930); Gulliver Mickey (1934); Horses, Horses, Horses (1927); How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made (1939); Just Dogs (1932); Kill or Cure (1928); King Neptune (1932); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Mickey Cuts Up (1931); Mickey Mouse Disco (1980); Mickey's Elephant (1936); Mickey's Good Deed (1932); Mickey's Grand Opera (1936); Mickey's Nightmare (1932); Mickey's Orphans (1931); Mickey's Pal Pluto (1933); Mickey's Polo Team (1936); Mickey's Steam Roller (1934); Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930); Monkey Melodies (1930); Moose Hunters (1937); Mother Goose Melodies (1931); Mother Pluto (1936); Night (1930); Officer Duck (1939); Old King Cole (1933); On Ice (1935); Orphan's Benefit (1934); Pedro (1943); Peter Pan (1953); Pinocchio (1940 / 2022); Playful Pan (1930); Playful Pluto (1934); Pluto and the Armadillo (1943); Pluto at the Zoo (1942); Plutopia (1951); Pluto's Judgement Day (1935); Pluto's Party (1952); Pluto's Playmate (1941); Pluto's Quin-puplets (1937); Popeye's Premiere (1949); Puppy Love (1933); Puppy Love / Moving Day (1936); Puppy Love / The Worm Turns (1937); R'coon Dawg (1951); Saludos Amigos / South of the Border with Disney (1942); Santa's Workshop (1932); School Days (1926); Shanghaied (1934); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Social Lion (1954); Society Dog Show (1939); Summer (1930); T-Bone for Two (1942); The Army Mascot (1942); The Barnyard Broadcast (1931); The Big Bad Wolf (1934); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Chain Gang (1930); The Fire Fighter (1926); The Fire Fighters (1930); The Fox Hunt (1938); The Golden Touch (1935); The Gorilla Mystery (1931); The Karnival Kid / Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929); The Klondike Kid (1932); The Mad Dog (1932); The Magical World of Disney (1956); The Moose Hunt (1931); The Pet Store (1933); The Pointer (1939); The Practical Pig (1939); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Simple Things (1953); The Sleep Walker (1942); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Thrifty Pig (1941); The Whoopee Party (1932); Three Little Pigs (1933); Three Little Wolves (1936); To Itch His Own (1958); Trader Mickey (1932); Traffic Troubles (1931); Walt & El Grupo (2008); White Elephant (1929); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935); Winter (1930); Ye Olden Days (1933).

On this day in movie history - A Trip to the Moon (1902):

A Trip to the Moon

French title: Le Voyage dans la Lune,

directed and written by Georges Méliès,

was released in France on September 1, 1902.

13-minute silent movie.

Inspired by the novels: From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne,

and The First Men in the Moon, by H. G. Wells.

Cast:

Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement, Henri Delannoy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Victor André, Delpierre, Farjaux, Kelm, Brunnet, Ballet of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Acrobats of the Folies Bergère.

Born on this day – Lewis Sargent:

Lewis Sargent

Director

August 19, 1902 – April 14, 1990

Credits:

A Dog Gone Day (1922); A Fool for Luck (1923); A Million for Love (1928); A Model Messenger (1922); A Polo Bear (1927); A Rip-Snoring Night (1922); Ace High (1918); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917); Aladdin Jr. (1922); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918); All Set (1928); As You Mike It (1929); Ask Dad (1927); Benjamin Franklin (1924); Blue Black (1926); Campus Knights (1929); Cash and Marry (1930); Crashin' Broadway (1933); Doubling in the Quickies (1932); Even Up (1927); Eventually, But Not Now (1930); Fan Fan (1918); Flip Flops (1923); Fortune's Wheel (1923); His First Job (1922); Hollywood Trouble (1935); Hot Tires (1927); Huckleberry Finn (1920); Jessie's James (1928); Just Around the Corner (1921); Land of the Sky Blue Daughters (1930); Look Out Below (1926); Lost and Foundered (1930); Lost in a Pullman (1927); Love's Labor Found (1929); Maid to Order (1923); Marie Galante (1934); Meet the Quince (1929); Miss Adventure (1919); Miss Mink of 1949 (1949); Models and Wives (1931); Navy Beans (1928); No More Children (1929); Old Vamps for New (1930); Oliver Twist (1922); Once to Every Boy (1922); One Splendid Hour (1929); Peanuts (1923); Punches and Perfume (1926); Ridin' the Wind (1925); Running Ragged (1928); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); South of Panama (1928); Spuds (1923); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1937); The Best Man (1923); The Call of the Wilderness (1926); The Cannonball (1931); The Captain of His Roll (1929); The Clean-Up (1929); The Coming of the Law (1919); The Dear Slayer (1930); The Fighting Fool (1926); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great Pearl Hunt (1923); The Heart of Youth (1919); The Last Gentleman (1934); The Man from New Mexico (1932); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Phantom Fortune (1923); The Setting Son (1930); The Shadow (1940); The Sleeping Cutie (1930); The Soul of Youth (1920); The Speed Boy (1922); The Speed Hound (1927); The Wild Party (1923); They Shall Not Pass Out (1929); Too Many Cooks (1931); Treasure Island (1917); Try and Do It (1927); Vamping Babies (1926); Weak Knees (1927); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Whiskers (1923).

Born on this day – Georges Lacombe:

Georges Lacombe

Director

August 19, 1902 – April 14, 1990

Born on this day – Ogden Nash:

Ogden Nash

Writer

August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971

Credits:

Poems:

A caution to everybody; A Drink With Something In It; A Tale Of The Thirteenth Floor; A Word to Husbands; Adventures of Isabel; Always marry an April girl; Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer; Biological Reflection; Celery; Children's Party; Common cold; Crossing the border; Family Court; Good-by Now Or Pardon My Gauntlet; Hard lines; I Didn't Go To Church Today; I'm a Stranger Here Myself; Lather As You Go; Ogden Nash's Zoo; Reflection On Babies; The Baby; The Octopus; The People Upstairs; The Tale of Custard the Dragon.

Books:

Bed Riddance (1969); Candy Is Dandy (1994); Carnival of animals (1950); Collected Verse from 1929 (1972); Custard and Company (1980); Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight (1999); Everyone but Thee and Me (1962); Good Intentions (1942); Hard Lines. Simon and Schuster (1931); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938 / 1994); Many Long Years Ago (1945); Marriage Lines. Boston (1964); Ogden Nash's Zoo (1986); Pocket Book of Ogden Nash (1990); Private Dining Room (1952); Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash (1995); The Face Is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash (1941); The Moon Is Shining Bright As Day (1953); The Old Dog Barks Backwards (1972); The Tale of Custard the Dragon (1998); There's Always Another Windmill (1968); Versus (1949); You Can't Get There from Here (1957).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (1958); Baby Einstein: Baby Shakespeare World of Poetry (1999); Body Electric (2002); Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976); Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976); But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972); Carnival of the Animals (1984); Columbo (1975); Fellow Travelers (2023); Foodie Love (2019); General Electric Guest House (1951); Hold That Kiss (1938); Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 (1972); Man of the Year (1953); Masquerade Party (1953–1956); Omnibus / Segment: The Twelve Days of Christmas (1956); One Touch of Venus (1948 / 1955); Phoenix (2014); Pisem, pisem stihove... (1974); Poezija Ogdena Nesa (1970); PogieJoe (2013); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Firefly (1937); The Shining Hour (1938); The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom (1982); The Tale of Custard the Dragon (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Today (1964); Who Said That? (1949).

Born on this day – Katharine Brush:

Katharine Brush

Writer

August 15, 1902 – June 10, 1952

Credits:

Written work:

Don't Ever Leave Me (1935); Free Woman (1936); Glitter (1926); Little Sins (1927); Mannequin / aka Marry For Money (1937); Night Club (1929); Other Women (1933); Out of My Mind (1943); Red-Headed Woman (1931); The Boy from Maine (1942); This Is on Me (1940); This Man and This Woman (1944); When She Was Bad (1948); You Go Your Way (1941); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Movies and television:

Actor's Studio (1948); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); General Electric Theater (1959); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Lady of Secrets (1936); Listen, Darling (1938); Mannequin (1937); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Starlight Theatre (1950); The Drop Kick (1927); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Born on this day – Lloyd Nolan:

Lloyd Nolan

Actor

August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985

Born on this day – Norma Shearer:

Norma Shearer

Actress

August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983

Born on this day – Ann Harding:

Ann Harding

Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

Born on this day – Robert Leslie Bellem:

Robert Leslie Bellem

Writer

July 19, 1902 – April 1, 1968

Credits:

Written work:

30 Seconds (1937); Back Home to Hell (1940); Beyond the Veil (1936); Bitter Reckoning (1937); Blood for the Vampire Dead (1940); Castle Sinister (1935); Cats of Cassandra (1935); Cavern of the Faceless (1936); Command to Kill (1935); Corpse Without a Face (1935); Curse of the Lovely Torso (1940); Dark Eyes of Hell (1938); Dark Splendor (1936); Dead Legs Walk (1935); Dealer in Death (1938); Death Orchids (1935); Death's Bright Halo (1935); Death's Chrysalis (1936); Death's Detour (1937); Death's Detour: The Surgeon of Souls Collection, Volume 1 (2002); Death's Nocturne (1936); Death's Passport (1940); Doom of the Half-Dead (1936); Fangs of the Bat (1935); Fate of the Faulains (1936); Fiend's Feast (1938); Flowers of Desire (1936); Forever Vengeance (1942); From the Sea (1936); Gallows Heritage (1937); Gallows Heritage: The Surgeon of Souls Collection, Volume 2 (2003); Ghost Cavalcade (1938); Ghoul's Trap (1937); Girl of Flame (1940); Graveyard Honeymoon (1936); Hell's Dark Fragrance (1936); Heritage of Madness (1937); Homicide Hunch (1943); I Am a Monster (1937); I Must Have Five Corpses (1936); Introducing the Author - Robert Leslie Bellem (1941); Kill That Headline (1939); Labyrinth of Monsters (1936); Letter / Amazing Stories, June 1934 (1934); Lorelei of Lynnwold Light (1935); Low Bridge (1941); Master of Death (1935); Mesa of Madness (1941); Message from the Grave (1942); Mirror Magic (1938); Mistress of Serpents (1935); Murder from Nowhere (1935); Murder Mine (1947); Murder's Migrants (1943); Pancho Diego, Villain (1936); Pearl of Hell (1941); Portals of Peril (1939); Portrait of Terror (1936); Princess of Dreams (1938); Program for Plunder (1939); Red Thirst (1939); Reunion Beyond (1936); Robots Can't Lie (1941); Room of Dreams (1938); Shadow from Eleusis (1938); Shadows Pass (1936); She Who Was Dead (1936); Six Lives for One (1940); Sonance Sinister (1940); Strange Journey (1938); Surgeon of Souls (1936); Taupoo Dance (1936); Televised Frame / comic strip (1949); The Belled Rat (1935); The Blood Drinkers (1935); The Corpse Screams Twice (1937); The Crimson Crone (1935); The Dark Tower (1937); The Executioner (1935); The Green Death Walks (1936); The Man Who Was Not (1935); The Moon-God Takes (1936); The Short-Wave Superman (1941); The Soul Eater (1938); The Surgeon of Souls and Other Tales of Terror (2009); The Thing in the Shaft (1939); Through Fire (1940); Tryst with Death (1936); Vampire's Castle (1938); Variant: "I Must Have 5 Corpses" (2015); Variant: Blood for Sale (1942); Variant: Cats of Cassandra (1935); Variant: Death Orchids (1935); Variant: Dog of Death (1942); Variant: Eyes of the Cat (1942); Variant: Fork the in Road (1942); Variant: I Must Have Five Corpses (1936); Variant: Miracle Man (1942); Variant: Murder Moon (1942); Variant: Nameless Dread of the Savage Sirens (1949); Variant: Payment in Blood (1942); Variant: The Blood Drinkers (1935); Variant: Will O' the Wisp (1942); Welcome to Hell (1941); When the Dead Awaken (1937); Wooed by a Werewolf (1939); You Are a Murderer (1940).

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1963–1964); Adventures of Superman (1956–1958); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1953); Assignment: Underwater (1961); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Blackmail (1947); Boston Blackie / Front Page Detective (1951 / 1953); Broken Arrow (1957–1958); Captain Midnight (1955–1956); Chevron Theatre (1953); Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1990); Death Valley Days (1965); Dick Tracy (1950–1952); Eye Witness (1953); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); Iron Horse (1967); Johnny Midnight (1960); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959); Man Without a Gun (1957–1959); Perry Mason (1961–1964); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956); Superman (1973); Temple Houston (1963); The Californians (1959); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The Forsaken Westerns (2017); The Lone Ranger (1956–1957); The Millionaire (1957–1959); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Restless Gun (1958); The Texan (1960); The Third Man (1963); The Web (1957); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959).

Born on this day – Richard "Hacksaw" Harney:

Richard "Hacksaw" Harney

Blues guitarist

Pianist

July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973

Born on this day – Mary Philbin:

Mary Philbin

Actress

July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993

Credits:

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Model Messenger (1922); After the Fog (1930); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Danger Ahead! (1921); Drums of Love (1928); False Kisses (1921); Fashion News (1930); Fifth Avenue Models (1925); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools Highway (1924); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); His First Job (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Horrors (2018); Hollywood Story (1951); Human Hearts (1922); Life in Hollywood No. 3 / 4 (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); Merry-Go-Round (1923); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); No Clothes to Guide Him (1921); Once to Every Boy (1922); Penrod and Sam (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006); Port of Dreams (1928); Red Courage (1921); Stella Maris (1925); Sure Fire (1921); Surrender (1927); The Age of Desire (1923); The Blazing Trail (1921); The City of Stars (1924); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Performance (1929); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Rose of Paris (1924); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trouper (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); Twelve Hours to Live (1921); Where Is This West? (1923).

Born on this day – Virginia Vance:

Virginia Vance

Actress

July 1, 1902 - October 13, 1942

Born on this day – William Wyler:

William Wyler

Director

Producer

July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981

Born on this day – Louis Alter:

Louis Alter

Composer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 18, 1902 – November 5, 1980

Born on this day – Skip James:

Skip James

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:

Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:

Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).

Born on this day – Charles Barton:

Charles Barton

Actor

Director

May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981

Credits:

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); A Lady's Profession (1933); A Man's World (1942); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Africa Screams (1949); And Sudden Death (1936); Avalanche (1928); Babies for Sale (1940); Beau Geste (1939); Beau Sabreur (1928); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beggars of Life (1928); Behind Prison Gates (1939); Born to the West (1937); Broadside (1964–1965); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Camp Runamuck (1966); Car 99 (1935); Chinatown Nights (1929); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Dangerous Paradise (1930); Dennis the Menace (1960–1963); Double Crossbones (1951); Family Affair (1967–1971); Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940); Forlorn River (1937); Free for All (1949); Grindl (1964); Harmon of Michigan (1941); Hazel (1965–1966); Hello, Annapolis (1942); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Hey, Rookie (1944); Honolulu Lu (1941); Horse Feathers (1932); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Jam Session (1944); June Moon (1931); Ladies of the Mob (1928); Lady and Gent (1932); Laugh Your Blues Away (1942); Let's Have Fun (1943); Louisiana Hayride (1944); Lucky Legs (1942); Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952); McHale's Navy (1964–1965); Medicine Man (1962); Meet the O'Briens (1954); Men in Her Diary (1945); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Mexican Hayride (1948); Monkey Business (1931); Murder with Pictures (1936); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Son Is Guilty (1939); Nevada (1935); Nobody's Children (1940); Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (1954); Out West with the Peppers (1940); Parachute Nurse (1942); Petticoat Junction (1965–1967); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Rose Bowl (1936); She Has What It Takes (1943); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Sing for Your Supper (1941); Smooth as Silk (1946); Spellbound (1945); Studio 57 (1956); Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942); Swingin' Along (1961); The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951–1955); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); The Big Boss (1941); The Comedy Spot (1960); The County Fair (1920); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1958); The Great Gildersleeve (1955–1956); The Last Outpost (1935); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1964); The Man I Love (1929); The Milkman (1950); The Miracle Man (1932); The Munsters (1965); The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Patty Duke Show (1966); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Ray Milland Show (1953–1954); The Real McCoys (1960–1961); The Richest Man in Town (1941); The Sea God (1930); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Spirit of Stanford (1942); The Stu Erwin Show (1955); The Time of Their Lives (1946); The Trumpet Blows (1934); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Thunder Trail (1937); Timothy's Quest (1936); To Rome with Love (1970); Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Union Pacific (1939); Wagon Wheels (1934); Wagon Wheels (1953); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wings (1927); Woman Trap (1929); Young Eagles (1930); Zorro (1958–1959); Zorro, the Avenger (1959).

Recommended reading - Brewster’s Millions, by George Barr McCutcheon (1902):

Brewster’s Millions

By George Barr McCutcheon.

Filmed as Brewster’s Millions (1985), directed by Walter Hill.

Published by Loki's Publishing.

First published 1902.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1636004865

ISBN-13: 978-1636004860

Description:

With the passing of his beloved grandfather, Monty Brewster inherits a long-anticipated million dollars. But he suddenly discovers that he can inherit seven times as much from his eccentric uncle if he spends every cent of his grandfather's money within a year. The carefree prospect of running through a fortune in order to receive an even greater windfall turns into a comic burden because of his uncle's Monty must spend responsibly, showing good business sense, limiting his charitable contributions, and maintaining utter secrecy about the second inheritance.

Can Monty run through the million according to his uncle's terms? His friends are aghast at his madcap extravagance – the gambling, the risky investments, the lavish parties – and Monty's romance with a banker's daughter is imperiled by his seemingly reckless spending. This sprightly comedy, originally published in 1902, offers an atmospheric picture of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century and its intriguing premise has served as the source of ten movie adaptations.

Born on this day – Meredith Willson:

Meredith Willson

Flutist

Composer

Conductor

Musical arranger

Bandleader

Writer

May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984