Born on this day – Son House:

Son House

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Been Here and Gone (2003); Country Farm Blues (2010); Death Letter (1998); Delta Blues (1991); Delta Blues and Spirituals (1995); Essential Blues Masters (2009); Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992); Feel Like Going Home - A Film By Martin Scorsese (2003); Forever On My Mind (2022); Got the Blues (2012); Grinnin’ in Your Face (2015); J.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi Delta (1963); John The Revelator (Live Radio Broadcast) (2017); King Of The Delta Blues (2006); Legends of Country Blues (CD B) (2006); Les Pionniers Du Blues, Vol. 11: Son House (2019); Live at Oberlin College (Live) (2018); Live At Oberlin College, April 15, 1965 (2018); Live... (2013); Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (2000); Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House (2003); Milestones of a Legend - Delta Blues, Vol. 3 (2017); New York Central (2007); Rare Country Farm Blues (2017); Revisited (2002); Son House - At Home - Rochester 1969 (2005); Son House in Seattle 1968 (2018); Son House Library of Congress Recordings 1941-1942 (2014); Son House Live At The Gaslight Cafe Jan 3rd 1965 (2000); Son House Revisited Vol. 1 (2006); Son House Selected Favorites Volume 2 (2006); Special Rider (2000); The 1930-42 Mississippi and Wisconsin Recordings (2021); The Classic Years (2012); The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 (Hd Remastered Edition, Doxy Collection) (1990); The Delta Blues Of Son House (2003); Walking blues (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Wonderful Soundtrack (2016).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); American Epic (2017); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Better Things (2017); Black Snake Moan (2006); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Cold Case (2006); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Fargo (2017); Fear the Walking Dead (2019); Festival (1967); Goliath (2016); Hard Target (1993); In the Aisles (2018); It Might Get Loud (2008); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); Later... With Jools Holland (2009); On the Road (2012); ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Supernatural (2006); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Blues (2003); The Howlin’ Wolf Story (2003); The Originals (2014); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); True Detective (2019); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? (1979); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004).

Born on this day – Louise Beavers:

Louise Beavers

Actress

March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962

Credits:

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Facts of Life (1960); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); The Goddess (1958); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Teenage Rebel (1956); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Good-bye, My Lady (1956); Star Stage (1956); General Electric Theater (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Beulah (1952); I Dream of Jeanie (1952); Colorado Sundown (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951); My Blue Heaven (1950); The Jackie Robinson Story (1950); Girls' School (1950); Tell It to the Judge (1949); For the Love of Mary (1948); Good Sam (1948); A Southern Yankee (1948); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); Banjo (1947); Lover Come Back (1946); Young Widow (1946); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Dixie Jamboree (1944); South of Dixie (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); Jack London (1943); Top Man (1943); All by Myself (1943); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Good Morning, Judge (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Seven Sweethearts (1942); The Big Street (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Young America (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Kisses for Breakfast (1941); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Virginia (1941); I Want a Divorce (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); Primrose Path (1940); Women Without Names (1940); Parole Fixer (1940); Reform School (1939); The Lady's from Kentucky (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); The Headleys at Home (1938); Brother Rat (1938); Life Goes On (1938); Scandal Street (1938); The Last Gangster (1937); Love in a Bungalow (1937); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Make Way for Tomorrow (1937); Rainbow on the River (1936); General Spanky (1936); Wives Never Know (1936); Bullets or Ballots (1936); Annapolis Farewell (1935); Million Dollar Baby (1934); West of the Pecos (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); I Give My Love (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Beggar's Holiday (1934); The Merry Frinks (1934); Cheaters (1934); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); I Believed in You (1934); Glamour (1934); Registered Nurse (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Woman Condemned (1934); A Modern Hero (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); I've Got Your Number (1934); Bedside (1934); Palooka (1934); Grin and Bear It (1933); Jimmy and Sally (1933); In the Money (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Bombshell (1933); Notorious But Nice (1933); A Shriek in the Night (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); What Price Innocence? (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Big Cage (1933); Central Airport (1933); Pick-up (1933); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); Girl Missing (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Hunting Trouble (1933); Her Splendid Folly (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Too Busy to Work (1932); Hesitating Love (1932); Wild Girl (1932); Hell's Highway (1932); Divorce in the Family (1932); Doctor X (1932); Unashamed (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); Street of Women (1932); The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932); Night World (1932); Young America (1932); You're Telling Me (1932); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); The Expert (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Good Sport (1931); Girls About Town (1931); Reckless Living (1931); Sundown Trail (1931); Annabelle's Affairs (1931); Party Husband (1931); 6 Cylinder Love (1931); Don't Bet on Women (1931); Millie (1931); Paid (1930); Knights Before Christmas (1930); Bright Lights (1930); Outside the Law (1930); Manslaughter (1930); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Recaptured Love (1930); Back Pay (1930); Safety in Numbers (1930); True to the Navy (1930); Honey (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); Wide Open (1930); Second Choice (1930); Nix on Dames (1929); Wall Street (1929); Barnum Was Right (1929); Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); Glad Rag Doll (1929); Coquette (1929); Seeing the World (1927); Oriental Hugs (1928); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – John Steinbeck:

John Steinbeck

Writer

February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

Credits:

Books:

Burning Bright (1950); Cannery Row (1945); Cup of Gold (1929); East of Eden (1952); Five Best Sellers (1989); In Dubious Battle (1936); Nothing So Monstrous (1936); Of Mice and Men (1937); Of Mice and Men and Short Stories (1937); Steinbeck Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (1978); Sweet Thursday (1954); The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976); The Forgotten Village (1941); The Gift (1992); The Grapes of Wrath (1939); The Long Valley (1938); The Moon Is Down (1942); The Moon Is Down and Short Stories (1942); The Pastures of Heaven (1932); The Pearl (1948); The Red Pony (1933); The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (1953); The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957); The Vigilante (2018); The Wayward Bus (1947); The Winter of Our Discontent (1961); To A God Unknown (1933); Tortilla Flat (1935); Viva Zapata (1975); Zapata (1993).

Movies and television:

A Medal for Benny (1945); A Pérola (1967); A Scene from 'Of Mice and Men' (2020); ABC News Close-Up (1961); Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War (2005); American Playhouse (1991); Anthropoi kai pontikia (1977); Back in Time (2014); Biography (1999); Breakfast (2021); Cannery Row (1982); Chubby (1972); Curtain Call (1952); Der Rattenkönig (2002); Des souris et des hommes (1971 / 1976); East of Eden (1955 / 1981 / 2026); East of Eden: Art in Search of Life (2005); Fareler ve Insanlar (1975); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Grande Teatro Tupi (1957); Grapes (2017); Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019); Helmi (1962); Hiiriä ja ihmisiä (1977); I riassuntini (2018); Ikimize bir dünya (1962); Immortals (2017); In Dubious Battle (2016); Invitation au voyage (2021); Laser Grapes of Space Wrath (2008); Lement a Hold (1992); Lifeboat (1944); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Livsflammen (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Mahalle arkadaslari (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mooso-the Mouse (2019); Möss och människor (1977); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Mice and Men (1939 / 1968 / 1981 / 1992 / 2010 / 2014); Omnibus (1954); Ondu Muthina Kathe (1987); Play of the Week (1959); Producers' Showcase (1955); Skids (2016); Studio One (1956); Teatr Polskiego Radia (2015); Television Theater (1957); The English Programme (1988); The Forgotten Village (1941); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Grapes of Wrath: We Shall Overcome (2015); The Harness (1971); The Innocents (2022); The Log from the Sea of Cortez (2025); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Pearl (1947 / 1948 / 2004); The Red Pony (1949 / 1973); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); To theatro tis Defteras (1977); Tortilla Flat (1942); Travels with Charley (1968); TV de Vanguarda (1953–1963); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995); Viva Zapata! (1952); Von Mäusen und Menschen (1968); World in Action (1968).

Born on this day – Ansel Adams:

Ansel Adams

Photographer

Environmentalist

February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984

Credits:

Books:

Basic Photo Book 1, Camera & Lens: Studio, Darkroom, Equipment; Basic Photo Book 2, The Negative: Exposure and Development; Basic Photo Book 3, The Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging; Basic Photo Book 4, Natural Light Photography; Basic Photo Book 5, Artificial Light Photography; Images 1923–1974; Making a Photograph: An Introduction to Photography; Polaroid Land Photography Manual; Polaroid Land Photography; Yosemite and the Range of Light.

Movies and television:

American Experience (2002); Ansel Adams, Photographer (1957); Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002); Ben Casey (1962); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Electrode Universe (2013); Invitation au voyage (2021); The Other Side of Mars (2019); Today (1985).

Born on this day – Thelma Ritter:

Thelma Ritter

Actress

February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969

Credits:

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); The Incident (1967); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Move Over, Darling (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); For Love or Money (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); Wagon Train (1962); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); The Second Time Around (1961); Frontier Circus (1961); The Misfits (1961); Startime (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); Pillow Talk (1959); A Hole in the Head (1959); Telephone Time (1957); Kraft Theatre (1957); The Proud and Profane (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); Lucy Gallant (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); Pickup on South Street (1953); Titanic (1953); With a Song in My Heart (1952); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); As Young as You Feel (1951); The Mating Season (1951); All About Eve (1950); I'll Get By (1950); Perfect Strangers (1950); Father Was a Fullback (1949); City Across the River (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Call Northside 777 (1948); Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

Born on this day – Lyle Talbot:

Lyle Talbot

Actor

February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996

Born on this day – Tallulah Bankhead:

Tallulah Bankhead

Actress

January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968

Credits:

A Royal Scandal (1945); A Streetcar Named Desire (1956); Antony and Cleopatra (1937); Batman (1967); Clash by Night (1942); Dark Victory (1934); Dear Charles (1955); Devil and the Deep (1932); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Eugenia (1957); Everyday (1921–1922); Faithless (1932); Foolish Notion (1945); Footloose (1920); Forsaking All Others (1933); General Electric Theater (1957); Her Cardboard Lover (1929); His House in Order (1928); Kraft Theatre (1954–1962); Lifeboat (1944); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Make Me a Star (1932); Midgie Purvis (1961); My Sin (1931); Nice People (1921); Private Lives (1949); Rain (1935); Reflected Glory (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Something Gay (1935); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Tarnished Lady (1931); The Boy Who Owned a Melephant (1959); The Cheat (1931); The Circle (1938); The Daydreamer (1966); The Eagle Has Two Heads (1947); The Exciters (1922); The Little Foxes (1940); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957); The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1965); The Skin of Our Teeth (1942–1943); The Squab Farm (1918); The Trap (1919); Thirty a Week (1918); Thunder Below (1932); When Men Betray (1918); Who Loved Him Best? (aka His Inspiration) (1918).

Born on this day – Viora Daniel:

Viora Daniel

Actress

January 24, 1902 – May 9, 1980

Credits:

Bulldog Pluck (1927); One Chance in a Million (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Old Shoes (1925); The Cowboy and the Lady (1922); The Son of a Sheik (1922); Cold Feet (1922); 'Twas Ever Thus (1922); Saturday Night (1922); A Barnyard Cavalier (1922); Be My Wife (1921); A Pair of Sexes (1921); In for Life (1921); Let Me Explain (1921); The Easy Road (1921); The Life of the Party (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); The Sins of St. Anthony (1920); Thou Art the Man (1920); Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920).

Born on this day – J. D. Short:

J. D. Short

Blues singer

Guitarist

Harmonicist

December 26, 1902 – October 21, 1962

Credits:

Albums:

Blues from the Mississippi Delta, with Son House (1963); Legacy of the Blues Vol. 8 (1973); Stavin' Chain Blues, with Big Joe Williams (1961).

Television:

The Blues (1962).

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 – 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