Born on this day – Peetie Wheatstraw:

Peetie Wheatstraw

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941

Credits:

Songs:

Ain’t It a Pity and a Shame; Blues At My Door; C and A Blues; Chicago Mill Blues; Crazy With the Blues; Devil’s Son‐In‐Law; Don’t Feel Welcome Blues; Drinking Man Blues; Four O'Clock in the Morning; Gangster Blues; Gangster’s Blues; Good Whiskey Blues; Hog-Love Blues; I'm A Little Piece Of Leather; Long Time Ago Blues; Midnight Blues; More Good Whiskey Blues; Packin' Up Blues; Pete Wheatstraw; Police Station Blues; Saturday Night Blues; Shack Bully Stomp; Six Weeks Old Blues; So Long Blues; Strange Man Blues; Suicide Blues; Sweet Home Blues; Tennessee Peaches Blues; The Break I'm Getting'; The Rising Sun Blues; Working on the Project; You Can't Stop Me from Drinking.

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 48 (2010); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Peetie Wheatstraw (2012); Blues Legend 1934-1941 (2011); Blues Legends: Peetie Wheatstraw (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 1930-1932 (date?); Crazy With The Blues (2007); Macho Persona (2015); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 1 1930-1932 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 2 1934-1935 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 3 1935-1936 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 4 1936-1937 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 5 1937-1938 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 6 1938-1940 (2005); Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 7 1940-1941 (2005); Saint Louis - Chicago - New York 1931-1941 (The Blues) (1996); This Is the Blues, Vol. 8 (Mono Version) (1962, EP).

Recommended reading:

The Devil's son-in-law:

The story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his songs

By Paul Garon.

Paperback.

Published 1971.

Published by Studio Vista.

ISBN 13: 9780289702116

ISBN 10: 0289702119

ASIN: 0289702119

Description:

Blue-singer, songwriter, piano and guitar player, William Bunch (1902-1941) was well-known as Peetie Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law and the High Sheriff from Hell. Long recognized by connoisseurs as one of the most influential blues people of all time, his life and work are little known to the broad public. Blues scholar Paul Garon's important and abundantly illustrated study - drawing on his own extensive interviews with Wheatstraw's relatives, and fellow musicians - brings the exciting Whatstraw saga to life at last. With insight and imagination, Garon explores Peetie Wheatstraw's crucial role not only in blues history, but also in African American urban mythology, and - via a penetrating analysis of song lyrics - his appreciable contributions to blues poetry and to vernacular surrealism. Originally published in the UK in 1971, this substantially revised and expanded edition includes a mass of new information and images, as well as an updated bibliography, discography and index. Also included is a 24-track CD portraying Peetie at his best, with a bonus track by Harmon Ray, the previously unissued Xmas Blues!

Born on this day – Ralph Richardson:

Ralph Richardson

Actor

December 19, 1902 – October 10, 1983

Credits:

Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984); Six Centuries of Verse (1984); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Wagner (1983); Invitation to the Wedding (1983); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Early Days (1981); Time Bandits (1981); Dragonslayer (1981); The Double Dealer (1980); A Deadly Game (1979); Watership Down (1978); No Man's Land (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); Comet Amongst the Stars (1975); Rollerball (1975); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); O Lucky Man! (1973); A Doll's House (1973); ABC Afterschool Specials (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972); Tales from the Crypt (1972); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Eagle in a Cage (1972); Play for Today (1972); Great Performances (1971); She Stoops to Conquer (1971); Upon This Rock (1970); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); David Copperfield (1970); The Looking Glass War (1970); The Battle of Britain (1969); The Bed Sitting Room (1969); Midas Run (1969); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); NET Playhouse (1968); Blandings Castle (1967); Khartoum (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Thursday Theatre (1965); The Great War (1964); Woman of Straw (1964); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); Hedda Gabler (1962); The 300 Spartans (1962); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962); Exodus (1960); Oscar Wilde (1960); Our Man in Havana (1959); Theatre Night (1958); A Novel Affair (1957); Smiley (1956); Richard III (1955); Richard III (1955); The Holly and the Ivy (1952); The Sound Barrier (1952); Murder on Monday (1952); Fireside Theatre (1951); Outcast of the Islands (1951); The Heiress (1949); The Fallen Idol (1948); Anna Karenina (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Everyman (1947); Secret Flight (1946); The Silver Fleet (1943); The Avengers (1942); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Fugitive (1939); Smith (1939); The Four Feathers (1939); Q Planes (1939); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); The Citadel (1938); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); South Riding (1938); Othello (1937); Thunder in the City (1937); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); Things to Come (1936); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); Thunder in the Air (1934); The King of Paris (1934); Java Head (1934); The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934); Friday the Thirteenth (1933); The Ghoul (1933).

Born on this day – Mary Nolan:

Mary Nolan

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948

Credits:

A Man's Man (1929); Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926); Beautiful and Dumb (1932); Broadway Gossip No. 3 (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington (1925); Das süße Mädel (1926); Desert Nights (1929); Die Feuertänzerin (1925); Die Königin des Weltbades (1926); Die Mädchen von Paris (1927); Die unberührte Frau (1925); Die Welt will belogen sein (1926); Docks of San Francisco (1932); Eleven Who Were Loyal (1926); Enemies of the Law (1931); Erinnerungen einer Nonne (1927); File 113 (1932); Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstraße (1926); Good Morning, Judge (1928); Halloh - Caesar! (1927); Outside the Law (1930); Shanghai Lady (1929); Silks and Saddles (1929); Sorrell and Son (1927); The Armored Vault (1926); The Big Shot (1931); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Midnight Patrol (1932); Topsy and Eva (1927); Undertow (1930); Unser täglich Brot (1926); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Wenn die Liebe nicht wär'! (1925); West of Zanzibar (1928); Wien, wie es weint und lacht (1926); X Marks the Spot (1931); Young Desire (1930).

Born on this day – Margaret Hamilton:

Margaret Hamilton

Actress

Teacher

December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985

Credits:

13 Ghosts (1960); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); A String of Blue Beads (1953); ABC News Breakfast (2024); Angel in My Pocket (1969); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Another Language (1933); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Babes in Arms (1939); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Breaking the Ice (1938); Brewster McCloud (1970); Broadway Bill (1934); Bungalow 13 (1948); By Your Leave (1934); Camera Three (1956–1961); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Car 54, Where Are You? (1963); Center Stage (1954); Chatterbox (1936); Childhood Thoughts (2016); City Without Men (1943); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Discovery '70 (1964); Dishonored Lady (1947); Donahue (1975); Double Toasted (2022); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Driftwood (1947); Ethel and Albert (1953–1955); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Four's a Crowd (1938); George White's Scandals (1945); Ghostbreakers (1967); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Great Performances (1996); Guest in the House (1944); Gunsmoke (1973); Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934); Here's Boomer (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Horrors (2018); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Horrible Horror (1986); Ichabod and Me (1961); I'll Take Romance (1937); I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940); Is There a Doctor in the House (1971); I've Got a Secret (1957); Janie Gets Married (1946); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Laramie (1962); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Letters from Frank (1979); Lou Grant (1979–1982); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mack & Myer for Hire (1963); Main Street Lawyer (1939); Man Against Crime (1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1975–1976); Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (2018); Modern Romances (1954–1955); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mountain Justice (1937); Movietown USA (1950); My Hero (1952); My Little Chickadee (1940); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nothing Sacred (1937); Nurse (1981); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Omnibus / Segments: The Trial of Lizzie Borden; A Different Drummer; Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma (1953–1957); On Borrowed Time (1957); Once Upon a Christmas Time (1959); Paradise Alley (1962); Pardon Me for Living (1982); People Will Talk (1951); Pet Peeves (1947); Play Girl (1941); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959); Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (2005); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Rendezvous (1958); Riding High (1950); Rock Legends (2016); Rosie! (1967); Saratoga (1937); Sesame Street (1976); Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973); Stablemates (1938); Startime (1960); State of the Union (1948); Studio One (1953–1957); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Anderson Tapes (1971); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The Bigelow Theatre (1950–1951); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Christmas Tree (1958);  The Comedy Spot (1962); The Danny Thomas Show (1962); The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000); The David Frost Show (1970); The Daydreamer (1966); The Devil's Disciple (1955); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1958); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Good Old Soak (1937); The Good Years (1962); The Great Plane Robbery (1950); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); The Invisible Woman (1940 / 1966); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Making of 'the Wizard of Oz' (1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1977); The Moon's Our Home (1936); The Night Strangler (1973); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); The Partridge Family (1973); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976); The Paul Winchell Show (1954); The Phil Silvers Show (1957); The Project (2024); The Red Buttons Show (1954); The Red Pony (1949); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); The Shari Lewis Show (1963); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947); The Stu Erwin Show (1950); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Way of the World (1955); The Witness Chair (1936); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The World of Abbott and Costello (1965); The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (2009); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); These Amazing Shadows (2011); These Three (1936); This Side of Heaven (1934); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today Tonight (2009); Twin Beds (1942); Valiant Lady (1953–1957); Wabash Avenue (1950); Way Down East (1935); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Gulch (2005); When's Your Birthday? (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Zoo in Budapest (1933).

Born on this day – Richard Alexander:

Richard Alexander

Actor

November 19, 1902 – August 9, 1989

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); A House Divided (1931); A Perilous Journey (1953); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Across the Badlands (1950); Ada (1961); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943); Alias Jesse James (1959); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Annie Laurie (1927); Annie Oakley (1935 / 1956); Arch of Triumph (1948); Are You There? (1930); Back of the Mike (1938); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Below the Sea (1933); Bengal Tiger (1936); Big Jack (1949); Bonanza (1963); Born to Battle (1935); Boss of Boomtown (1944); Boss of Bullion City (1940); Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945); Broadway Limited (1941); Broken Lance (1954); Brown of Harvard (1926); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Burma Convoy (1941); Call of the South Seas (1944); Canadian Pacific (1949); Can't Help Singing (1944); Canyon Passage (1946); Captain Fury (1939); Cargo to Capetown (1950); Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938); Chasing Danger (1939); City Girl (1930); Cleopatra (1934); Code of the Outlaw (1942); Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958); Copper Canyon (1950); Covered Wagon Days (1940); Cowboy Holiday (1934); Coyote Trails (1935); Cyclone Fury (1951); Dangerous Waters (1936); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Daring Danger (1932); Dark Command (1940); Day of the Badman (1958); Deadly Ray from Mars (1966); Death Rides the Range (1939); Death Valley Days (1952–1955); Destination Unknown (1933); Destry Rides Again (1939); Dick Tracy (1950); Diplomaniacs (1933); Dirigible (1931); Disbarred (1939); Do Someone a Favor! (1954); Don't Be a Sucker (1943); Double Trouble (1941); Drift Fence (1936); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Everyman's Law (1936); False Paradise (1948); Fate's Fathead (1934); Father of the Bride (1950); Fighting Shadows (1935); Flagpole Jitters (1956); Flaming Bullets (1945); Flaming Gold (1932); Flash Gordon (1936); Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938); Flesh and the Spur (1956); Flying Fists (1937); Flying G-Men (1939); Follow the Fleet (1936); Freckles (1935); Frontier Marshal (1939); George White's Scandals (1934); Gunsmoke (1960); Gunsmoke Mesa (1944); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Hellfire (1949); Heritage (1969); His Brother's Ghost (1945); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); I Dream of Jeanie (1952); I Was a Criminal (1945); In Old California (1942); In the Navy (1941); Inside Straight (1951); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); Joan of Arc (1948); Joy of Living (1938); Jungle Jim (1937); Keep Smiling (1938); Kentucky Kernels (1934); King of the Carnival (1955); King of the Cowboys (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Lady in a Jam (1942); Laramie (1959); Laughter in Hell (1933); Law and Order (1932); Law of the Wild (1934); Les Girls (1957); Loaded Pistols (1948); Lost in a Harem (1944); Louisiana (1947); Love Bound (1932); Love on the Run (1936); Lust for Gold (1949); Man from Frisco (1944); Man from Montana (1941); March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934); Marie Antoinette (1938); Marlie the Killer (1928); Mars Attacks the World (1938); McHale's Navy (1964); Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Men of the Hour (1935); Mike Hammer (1959); Modern Times (1936); Montana Territory (1952); Mystery Range (1937); 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); Night in Paradise (1946); Night Stage to Galveston (1952); North of the Border (1946); Northwest Outpost (1947); Oklahoma Raiders (1944); Old Ironsides (1926); On the Great White Trail (1938); One Man Law (1931); One Too Many (1950); Outcast (1937); Outlaws of the Prairie (1937); Pack Train (1953); Paris Calling (1941); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Queen Christina (1933); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Border (1944); Raiders of the Range (1942); Rangers of Fortune (1940); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Redemption (1930); eefer Madness (1938); Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945); Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965); Return of the Rangers (1943); Riders of Death Valley (1941 / 1942); Riders of the Dawn (1945); Riders of the Santa Fe (1944); Riding Wild (1935); Rimfire (1949); Rio Rita (1929); Roarin' Guns (1936); Rock Island Trail (1950); Rocket Ship (1938); Roman Scandals (1933); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Romance on the Range (1942); Rough Waters (1930); Rumba (1935); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Santa Fe Stampede (1938); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Sea Raiders (1941); See America Thirst (1930); Senorita from the West (1945); Shanghaied Love (1931); She Gets Her Man (1935); Silent Conflict (1948); Silly Billies (1936); Silver Canyon (1951); Silver River (1948); Six-Shootin' Sheriff (1938); Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934); Skyscraper Souls (1932); So Big (1953); Son of Roaring Dan (1940); Song of Scheherazade (1947); SOS Coast Guard (1937); South Sea Woman (1953); Spaceship to the Unknown (1966); Spook Busters (1946); Spook Town (1944); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Strange Cargo (1940); Suicide Fleet (1931); Sundown Rider (1932); Sunset Trail (1932); Target: Sea of China (1966); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936); The Band Wagon (1953); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Country (1958); The Big Shot (1937); The Bounty Hunter (1954); The Bounty Killer (1965); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Buccaneer (1938); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Call of the Savage (1935); The Cameraman (1928); The Chance of a Lifetime (1943); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935); The Crusades (1935); The Dakotas (1963); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); The Dead Don't Dream (1948); The Deputy (1959); The Docks of New York (1928); The Feud of the Trail (1937); The Fightin' Comeback (1927); The Fighting Code (1933); The Fighting Guardsman (1945); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Fighting Marines (1935); The Front Page (1931); The Gabby Hayes Show (1952 / 1956); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The Gladiator (1938); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great Dictator (1940); The Great Race (1965); The Gun Hawk (1963); The House of Fear (1945); The Hurricane Horseman (1931); The Iron Claw (1941); The Kansas Terrors (1939); The King of Kings (1927); The Lady from Cheyenne (1941); The Last Hurrah (1958); The Laughback (1930); The Law of the Tong (1931); The Leopard Lady (1928); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Life of Riley (1949); The Lone Ranger (1950–1953); The Lone Star Ranger (1930); The Long, Long Trailer (1954); The Marauders (1947); The Marshall of Trail City (1950); The Master Key (1945); The Miracle Rider (1935); The Mysterious Lady (1928); The Mysterious Rider (1938); The Night the World Exploded (1957); The Plainsman (1936); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); The Public Pays (1936); The Range Rider (1951–1952); The Rifleman (1960); The Road to Denver (1955); The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945); The Scarf (1951); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Sheepman (1958); The Ship That Died (1938); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Sin Sister (1929); The Spoilers (1955); The Storm (1938); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Sunrise Trail (1931); The Tattered Dress (1957); The Texas Bad Man (1932); The Toast of New York (1937); The Two Gun Teacher (1954); The Viking (1928); The Wild Frontier (1947); The Young Land (1959); Them Thar Hills (1934); They Asked for It (1939); Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937); Those Redheads from Seattle (1953); Three Little Sisters (1944); Tide of Empire (1929); Timberjack (1955); Tombstone Territory (1957); Too Many Cooks (1931); Tower of London (1939); Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954); Trigger Trail (1944); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Two-Fisted Law (1932); Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937); Unconquered (1947); Unconquered Bandit (1935); Union Pacific (1939); Virgin Lips (1928); Voice in the Night (1934); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1961); We Live Again (1934); Western Feud! (1949); Western von gestern (1978); Where the Buffalo Roam (1938); Where the West Begins (1938); Whispering Smith (1961); Wild Brian Kent (1936); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Woman of the North Country (1952); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Wyoming (1940); XXX Medico (1940); Yancy Derringer (1959); Young Donovan's Kid (1931); Zorro Rides Again (1937 / 1959).

Born on this day – Elsa Lanchester:

Elsa Lanchester

Actress

October 28, 1902 – December 26, 1986

Credits:

Die Laughing (1980); Where's Poppa? (1979); Murder by Death (1976); Arnold (1973); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Here's Lucy (1973); Connors in Mannix (1972–1973); Night Gallery (segment: Green Fingers) (1972); Nanny and the Professor (1971); The Bill Cosby Show (1970–1971); Willard (1971); It Takes a Thief (1969); In Name Only (1969); Then Came Bronson (1969); The Magical World of Disney (1969); Me, Natalie (1969); Rascal (1969); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Easy Come, Easy Go (1967); The John Forsythe Show (1965–1966); That Darn Cat! (1965); Slattery's People (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); Ben Casey (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Pajama Party (1964); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Mary Poppins (1964); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Flood (1962); Follow the Sun (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); I Love Lucy (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Shower of Stars (1956); The Star and the Story (1955); Alice in Wonderland (1955); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Glass Slipper (1955); 3 Ring Circus (1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Omnibus (segment: Toine) (1953); Studio One (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Les Miserables (1952); Dreamboat (1952); Frenchie (1950); The Petty Girl (1950); Mystery Street (1950); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); The Inspector General (1949); Come to the Stable (1949); The Secret Garden (1949); The Big Clock (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); Northwest Outpost (1947); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); Passport to Destiny (1944); Lassie Come Home (1943); Thumbs Up (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Ladies in Retirement (1941); The Beachcomber (1938); Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1936); Rembrandt (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); David Copperfield (1935); The Private Life of Don Juan (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Officers' Mess (1931); Potiphar's Wife (1931); The Stronger Sex (1931); The Love Habit (1931); Ashes (1930); Mr. Smith Wakes Up (1929); The Tonic (1928); Day-Dreams (1928); Blue Bottles (1928); The Constant Nymph (1928); One of the Best (1927); The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama (1925).

Born on this day – Miriam Hopkins:

Miriam Hopkins

Actress

October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972

Credits:

Hollywood Horror House (1970); The Flying Nun (1969); The Chase (1966); Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); Route 66 (1963); General Electric Theater (1954–1962); The Children's Hour (1961); The Investigators (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Climax! (1957); Studio One (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); The Whistler (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Curtain Call (1952); Carrie (1952); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); The Mating Season (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Heiress (1949); Old Acquaintance (1943); A Gentleman After Dark (1942); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Virginia City (1940); The Old Maid (1939); Wise Girl (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Becky Sharp (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); She Loves Me Not (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); All of Me (1934); Design for Living (1933); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); Trouble in Paradise (1932); The World and the Flesh (1932); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931); 24 Hours (1931); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Fast and Loose (1930); The Home Girl (1928).

Born on this day – Renée Devillers:

Renée Devillers

Actress

October 9, 1902 – August 5, 2000

Credits:

At the Theatre Tonight (1968); Difficult Times (1966); Barberine (1965); Les femmes savantes (1964); Therese (1962); Climats (1962); Plaisir du théâtre (1958–1960); Professional secret (1959); Our Little Town (1959); The Confession (1959); If it were you? (1958); He Was a Gentleman (1957); Fernand clochard (1957); Miss Nitouche (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); The Immature Grain (1954) The Call of Destiny (1953); French Touch (1952); Perfectionist (1951); Cartouche, King of Paris (1950); The Rights of the Child (1949); The Lame Devil (1948); Monelle (1948); The Last Vacation (1948); False Identity (1947); Roger la Honte (1946); Moonguard (1946); The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Blue Veil (1942) Business is business (1942); The Woman I Loved Most (1942); I Accuse (1938); The appeal de la vie (1937); The Man of the Day (1937); The Thousand Note (1935); My Wife... businessman (1932); The Sweetness of Loving (1930); The affair of the Train 24 (1921).

Born on this day – Ray Nazarro:

Ray Nazarro

Director

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986

Ray Nazarro photographed with Adele Roberts during the filming of The Desert Horseman (1946)

Born on this day – John Houseman:

John Houseman

Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988

Born on this day – Barbecue Bob:

Barbecue Bob

Blues singer

Guitarist

September 11, 1902 – October 21, 1931

Credits:

Songs:

Bad Times Blues; Barbecue Blues; Black Skunk Blues; Blind Pig Blues; California Blues; Cloudy Sky Blues; Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name; 'Fo Day Creep; Freeze to Me Mama; Going up the Country; Good Time Rounder; Honey Your Going Too Fast; I'm on My Way Down Home; It Just Won't Hay; It's Just Too Bad; Jacksonville Blues; Me and My Whiskey; Mississippi Heavy Water Blues; Motherless Chile Blues; My Mistake Blues; New Mojo Blues; Poor Boy a Long Ways From Home / Poor Boy Long Way From Home; She Moves It Just Right; She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day; Spider and the Fly; Tellin' It to You; Thinkin' Funny Blues; Twistin’ Your Stuff; We Sure Got Hard Times; When the Saints Go Marching In; Yo Yo Blues.

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 2 (2010); Atlanta Blues (2021); Atlanta Moan (2019); Barbecue Blues (2007); Barbecue Bob Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928) (2005); Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 - 1929) (2005); Barbecue Bob Vol. 3 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Blues (2024); Blues Essentials (2011); Chef's Blues (2015); Chocolate To The Bone (1992); New Standards (1992); Presenting Barbecue Bob (1927); Rough Guide To Barbecue Bob (2015); Textures in Hi-Fi with Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra (1999); Winter Awhile (2022); Winter Awhile / 2023 Remaster (2023).

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