Born on this day – Weldon Heyburn:

Weldon Heyburn

Actor

September 19, 1903 – May 18, 1951

Born on this day – Dolores Costello:

Dolores Costello

Actress

September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979

Born on this day – Claudette Colbert:

Claudette Colbert

Actress

September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); Access Hollywood / Segment: In Memory (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980 / 1982); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America at the Movies (1976); American Horror Story (2012); Arise, My Love (1940); Azzedine Alaïa: Un couturier français (2022); Back to the Present (2015); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biography (2005); Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938); Boom Town (1940); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Bride for Sale (1949); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Cinema 3 (1988); City Confidential (2007); Cleopatra (1934); Climax! (1955); Colgate Theatre (1958); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2016); Conquer by the Clock / The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Elisabeth (1954); Discovering Film (2015); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Extraordinary Women (2011); Family Honeymoon (1948); Film Time (1955); For the Love of Mike (1927); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Four Frightened People (1934); Frontier Justice (1959); Garabatos Claudette Colbert (1944); General Electric Theater (1958); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Guest Wife (1945); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); His Woman (1931); History Brought to Life (1950); Hitchcock (2012); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Honor Among Lovers (1931); I Cover the Waterfront (1933); I Met Him in Paris (1937); I'll Tell the World (1939); Imitation of Life (1934); It Happened One Night (1934); It's a Wonderful World (1939); La grande mare (1930); Land of Liberty (1939); L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Maid of Salem (1937); Make Me a Star (1932); Manslaughter (1930); Midnight (1939); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); No Time for Love (1943); Outpost in Malaya (1952); Parrish (1961); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pontiac Star Parade (1959); Practically Yours (1944); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005); Private Worlds (1935); Remember the Day (1941); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948); Secrets of a Secretary (1931); She Married Her Boss (1935); Since You Went Away (1944); Siskel & Ebert (1996); Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020); Skylark (1941); Sleep, My Love (1948); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Stars of the Silver Screen (2015); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Suspicion (1958); Telephone Time (1957); Texas Lady (1955); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Bells of St. Mary's (1959); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The Big Pond (1930); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Egg and I (1947); The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Claudette Colbert (1984); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Gilded Lily (1935); The Hole in the Wall (1929); The Hollywood You Never See (1934); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Lady Lies (1929); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magic Makers (2023); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Many Faces of Cleopatra (2009); The Misleading Lady (1932); The Moviemakers (1984); The Naked Archaeologist (2005–2006); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Phantom President (1932); The Secret Fury (1950); The Secret Heart (1946); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1958); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987); The Wiser Sex (1932); Third Adam 2: The Great Seduction (2020); Three Came Home (1950); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Tonight Is Ours (1933); Torch Singer (1933); Under Two Flags (1936); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What's My Line? (1956–1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Without Reservations (1946); Yesterday's Witness (1972); Young Man of Manhattan (1930); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – Hugh Harman:

Hugh Harman

Animator

August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982

Credits:

A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Horse Tale (1928); A Message for Women (1945); A Rainy Day with the Bear Family (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Ain't Nature Grand! (1930); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alias St. Nick (1935); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Wet (1927); Art Gallery (1939); Barnyard Babies (1935); Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson (2007); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands / Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes (2006); Big Man from the North (1930); Bottles (1936); Box Car Blues (1930); Bright Lights (1928); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bull-Oney (1928); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cinderella (1922); Circus Daze (1937); Cleaning Mess Gear (1945); Congo Jazz (1930); Convict Concerto (1954); Cubby's World Flight (1933); Down the Drain (1947); Drinking Water (1945); Easy Does It (1946); Empty Socks (1927); Farmyard Follies (1928); Fiery Fireman (1928); Friz on Film (2006); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939); Good Little Monkeys (1935); Good Wrinkles (1951); Goopy Geer (1932); Great Guns (1927); Harem Scarem (1928); Haunted Gold (1932); Hen Fruit (1929); Hey-Hey Fever (1935); High Up (1928); Hold Anything (1930); Hold 'Em Ozzie (1929); Homeless Homer (1929); Honeyland (1935); Hot Dogs (1928); Hungry Hoboes (1928); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love a Parade (1932); I Wish I Had Wings (1932); Ice Man's Luck (1929); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Got Me Again! (1932); Jack and the Beanstalk (1922); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Johnny Learns His Manners (1946); Jungle Jingles (1929); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Little Buck Cheeser (1937); Little Cheeser (1936); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); March of Progress (1945); Merbabies (1938); Mischievous Mice (1934); Mississippi Mud (1928); Moonlight for Two (1932); Native Food (1945); Neck 'n' Neck (1928); Nuts and Jolts (1929); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); One More Time (1931); One Step Ahead of My Shadow (1933); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pagan Moon (1932); Panicky Pancakes (1928); Papa Gets the Bird (1940); Peace on Earth (1939); Personal Cleanliness (1945); Pipe Dreams (1938); Plane Crazy (1928); Poor Little Me (1935); Poor Papa (1927); Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy (1946); Puss in Boots (1922); Red-Headed Baby (1931); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Rocks and Socks (1928); Run Sheep, Run! (1935); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Saucy Sausages (1929); Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933); Sick Cylinders (1929); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleigh Bells (1928); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Stage Stunts (1929); Stripes and Stars (1929); Swing Wedding (1937); Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934); Tall Timber (1928); Ted's Typewriter (1939); The Adventures of Sir Gee Whiz on the Other Side of the Moon (1960); The Alley Cat (1941); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Blue Danube (1939); The Bookworm (1939); The Bookworm Turns (1940); The Booze Hangs High (1930); The Calico Dragon (1935); The Chinese Nightingale (1935); The Discontented Canary (1934); The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1933); The Dumb Patrol (1931); The Early Bird and the Worm (1936); The Field Mouse (1941); The Fishing Fool (1929); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Gay Gaucho (1933); The Hot Stogie (1947); The Hound and the Rabbit (1937); The Hungry Wolf (1942); The Little Bantamweight (1938); The Little Mole (1941); The Littlest Angel (1950); The Lonesome Stranger (1940); The Lost Chick (1935); The Lumberjack (1929); The Mad Maestro (1939); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Old House (1936); The Old Mill Pond (1936); The Old Pioneer (1934); The Old Plantation (1935); The Organ Grinder (1933); The Pups' Christmas (1936); The Pups' Picnic (1936); The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932); The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933); The South Pole Flight (1928); The Tree's Knees (1931); The Wayward Pups (1937); The Wicked West (1929); To Spring (1936); Tom Thumb in King Arthur's Court (1963); Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Toyland Broadcast (1934); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Little Pups (1936); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Ups 'n Downs (1931); Use Your Head (1945); Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (1933); Weary Willies (1929); We're in the Money (1933); When the Cat's Away (1935); Winky the Watchman (1945); Yanky Clippers (1929); Yodeling Yokels (1931); You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931); Young and Healthy (1933).

Born on this day – Duane Thompson:

Duane Thompson

Actress

July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970

Credits:

A Fat Chance (1924); A Fool and His Honey (1927); A Man of Position (1923); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); A Wireless Lizzie (1926); Aggravatin' Papa (1924); April Fool (1926); Beauty and Bullets (1928); Born to the Saddle (1929); Built on a Bluff (1924); Call Again (1928); College Days (1926); Cornfed (1924); Don't Play Hookey (1923); False Morals (1927); Flyin' Buckaroo (1928); Four Faces West (1927); Fresh Faces (1926); Frozen River (1929); Good Spirits (1925); Hats (1924); Her Summer Hero (1928); Hitchin' Up (1926); Hollywood Bound (1923); Hot Doggie (1925); Hot Water (1923); Husband Hunters (1927); I'll Be There (1927); Long Pants (1927); Mama's Baby Boy (1923); Oh, Bridget! (1925); One Hour of Love (1927); Phantom of the Range (1928); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Plumb Crazy (1923); Reno or Bust (1924); Short Change (1924); Slim Fingers (1929); Some Pun'kins (1925); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926); Take Your Choice (1923); Tender Feet (1925); The Big Game (1924); The Desert Pirate (1927); The Fightin' Redhead (1928); The Golden Bed (1925); The Kiss Doctor (1928); The Lodge in the Wilderness (1926); The Lucky Rube (1923); The Mysterious Stranger (1925); The Price of Fear (1928); The Silent Avenger (1927); The Tip Off (1929); The Voice of the City (1929); Tin Can Alley (1924); Too Many Cookies (1928); Up and at 'em (1921); Vacation Waves (1928); Weak, But Willing (1926); West of Singapore (1933); Wizard of the Saddle (1928).

Born on this day – Jeanne Helbling:

Jeanne Helbling

Actress

July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985

Born on this day – Irving Stone:

Irving Stone

Writer

July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Adversary in the House (1947); Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949); Dear Theo (1958); Depths of Glory (1985); Drawings of Michaelangelo (1960); Earl Warren (1948); From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999); Immortal Wife (1950); Love Is Eternal (1955); Lust for Life (1934); Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement? (1973); Men to Match My Mountains (1956); Sailor on Horseback (1938); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961); The Greek Treasure (1975); The Irving Stone Reader (1971); The Origin (1980); The Passionate Journey (1950); The Passions of the Mind (1971); The President's Lady (1952); There Was Light (1970); They Also Ran (1966); Those Who Love (1966).

Movies and television:

Arkansas Judge (1941); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Clarence Darrow (1974); Climax! (1955); Day at Night (1974); General Electric Theater (1955); Gypsy (1966); Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten (1978); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lust for Life (1956); Magnificent Doll (1946); Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The David Frost Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The President's Lady (1953); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971).

Born on this day – John Wyndham:

John Wyndham

Writer

July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969

Credits:

Books:

13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); A Chamber of Horrors (1965); A Sense of Wonder (1969); A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (2020); Alien Worlds (1964); An ABC of Science Fiction (1971); Chocky (1968); Consider Her Ways (1961); Dragons (1997); Exiles on Asperus (1979); Foul Play Suspected (1935); From Other Worlds (1964); Jizzle (1954); Meteor (1991); No Place Like Earth - a Science Fiction Anthology (2020); No Place Like Earth (2003); Out of This World (1973); Plan for Chaos (2009); Sleepers Of Mars (1973); Spectrum IV (1965); Stowaway To Mars / Planet Plane (1935); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956); The Best of British SF 1 (1977); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Best of John Wyndham 1932-1949 (1973); The Best of John Wyndham 1951-1960 (1973); The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977); The Chrysalids /Re-Birth (1955); The Curse of the Burdens (2022); The Day of the Triffids / Revolt of the Triffids (1951); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Infinite Moment (1961); The Kraken Wakes / Out of the Deeps (1953); The Man From Beyond, And Other Stories (1975); The Microcosmic God (1965); The Midwich Cuckoos (1957); The Moon Era (1967); The Night of the Triffids (2001); The Outward Urge (1961); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Science Fiction Century, Volume 1 (1997); The Secret People (1935); The Seeds of Time (1956); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); Time Untamed (1967); Trouble with Lichen (1960); Vintage Science Fiction (1999); Wanderers of Time (1973); Web (1979).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armchair Theatre (1962); Children of the Damned (1964); Chocky (1984); Chocky's Challenge (1986); Chocky's Children (1985); Cineficción Radio (2021); John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005); Ördögi szerencse (1978); Out of the Unknown (1965–1969); Out of This World (1962); Quest for Love (1971); Random Quest (2006); Spine Chillers (1980); Storyboard (1961); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Day of the Triffids (1963 / 1981 / 2009); The Midwich Cuckoos (2021 / 2022); Time Stops Today (2013); Tonight (1960); Village of the Damned (1960 / 1995); Ways with Words (1965).

Born on this day – St. Louis Jimmy Oden:

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 26, 1903 – December 30, 1977

Born on this day – George Orwell:

George Orwell

Writer

June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950

Credits:

Books:

1984 (1949); 40 Model Essays (2005); A Clergyman's Daughter (1935); A Collection of Essays (1970); A Kind of Compulsion (1999); A Life in Letters (2010); A Nice Cup Of Tea (1946); An Age Like This 1920-1940 (1971); Animal Farm (1945); As I Please, 1943-1945 (1968); Books v. Cigarettes (2008); Coming Up for Air (1939); Critical Essays (1951); Decline of the English Murder and Other Essays (1965); Diaries (2009); Dickens, Dali and Others (1946); Down and Out in Paris and London (1933); England Your England and Other Essays (1953); Facing Unpleasant Facts (1999); Fifty Essays (2015); Homage to Catalonia (1938); In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950 (1971); It Is What I Think (1999); Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936); Keeping Our Little Corner Clean (1999); Narrative Essays (2009); Orwell in Spain (2001); Orwell In Tribune (2007); Orwell The Lost Writings (1985); Orwell: A Celebration (2009); Orwell: The 'Observer' Years (2003); Orwell's England (2001); Our Job is to Make Life Worth Living (1999); Pages From a Scullion's Diary (1995); Selected Essays / Inside the Whale and Other Essays (1957); Selected Prose (1991); Selected Writings (1958); Smothered Under Journalism (1999); Such, Such Were the Joys and Other Essays (2010); The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters (1961); The Eloquent Essay (2000); The English People (1982); The Lion and the Unicorn (1962); The Penguin Essays of George Orwell (1984); The Road to Wigan Pier (1937); The Sayings of George Orwell (1994); The War Broadcasts (1985); Two Wasted Years (1999); War Commentaries (1985); Why I Write (2004); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies, television, theatre and audioplay:

1984 - BBC Live TV Productions (1954); 1984 / aka Nineteen Eighty-Four (1956 / 1984 / 2006 / 2009 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023); 1984 a ballet by Jonathan Watkins (2016); 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (1983); A Merry War (1997); A Reading: 'You and the Atomic Bomb' (2017); About Religion (1964); Amélie Paul (2020); Animal Farm (1954 / 1999 / 2020); Anno Schmidt (1974); Apple Mac: 1984 (1983); Arena (1984); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Big Brother (1970); Dobro vece, gospodine Orvel (1984); Dramarama (1984); Especial 84 (1984); Europa: The Last Battle (2017); Four Episodes from 1984 (1985); Good Morning Mr. Orwell (1984); Hollywood Insider (2021); How to Become a Tyrant (2021); I riassuntini (2018); Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1965); LIT P.D. (2017); NET Playhouse (1968); rwell's England (1985); Peaceforce (2011); Poem 1984 (2020); Reminded (2023); Shooting an Elephant (2016); Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (2023); Studio One (1953); The Bolt Report (2024); The Dark Triad (2019); The Final Redpill (2022); The Rita Panahi Show (2023); Theatre 625 (1965).

Born on this day – Jeanette MacDonald:

Jeanette MacDonald

Actress

Singer

June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965

Born on this day – Ted Tetzlaff:

Ted Tetzlaff

Cinematographer

Director

June 3, 1903 – January 7, 1995

Born on this day – Bob Hope:

Bob Hope

Comedian

Actor

May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003

Born on this day – Dorothy Sebastian:

Dorothy Sebastian

Actress

April 26, 1903 – April 8, 1957

Credits:

A Woman of Affairs (1928); Allez Oop! (1934); Among the Living (1941); Beauty à la Mud (1926); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Brothers (1930); California (1927); Compression (2017); Contraband (1933); Contrabando (1932); Days of Jesse James (1939); Free and Easy (1930); George White's Scandals (1945); Hell's Island (1930); His First Command (1929); Isle of Forgotten Women (1927); Kansas Cyclone (1941); Ladies Must Play (1930); Love (1927); Montana Moon (1930); Morgan's Last Raid (1929); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Officer O'Brien (1930); On Ze Boulevard (1927); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); Radio Barred (1936); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Ship of Wanted Men (1933); Ships of Hate (1931); Show People (1928); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); Spite Marriage (1929); Tea for Three (1927); The Adventurer (1927); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arizona Wildcat (1927); The Big Gamble (1931); The Deceiver (1931); The Demi-Bride (1927); The Devil's Apple Tree (1929); The Haunted Ship (1927); The House of Scandal (1928); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lightning Flyer (1931); The Miracle of the Bells (1948); The Mysterious Pilot (1937); The Rainbow (1929); The Rounder (1930); The Show (1927); The Single Standard (1929); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Unholy Night (1929); The Utah Kid (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Wide Open Spaces (1931); The Women (1939); Their Hour (1928); They Never Come Back (1932); Torrent (1926); True to the Army (1942); Twelve Miles Out (1927); Why Women Love (1925); Winds of Chance (1925); Wyoming (1928); You'd Be Surprised (1926).

Born on this day – Eliot Ness:

Eliot Ness

Law enforcement agent and head of The Untouchables

Writer

April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957

Credits:

Book:

The Untouchables (1957).

Movies and television:

American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Haunted History (2013); Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Untouchables (1959–1963); The Untouchables (1987); The Untouchables (1993); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Ward Bond:

Ward Bond

Actor

April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960

Credits:

Wagon Train (1957–1961); Rio Bravo (1959); Alias Jesse James (1959); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); The Christophers (1955–1958); The Howard Miller Show (1958); China Doll (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Halliday Brand (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Searchers (1956); Dakota Incident (1956); Star Stage (1956); The Red, White and Blue Line (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955–1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); A Man Alone (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); Climax! (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); Suspense (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer (1953); Hondo (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); Blowing Wild (1953); The McGurk Way (1952); Thunderbirds (1952); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Hellgate (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); On Dangerous Ground (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); This Is Korea! (1951); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Wagon Master (1950); Riding High (1950); Singing Guns (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); 3 Godfathers (1948); Joan of Arc (1948); Tap Roots (1948); The Time of Your Life (1948); Sins of the Fathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); Unconquered (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Dakota (1945); Tall in the Saddle (1944); Home in Indiana (1944); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); They Came to Blow Up America (1943); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Hello Frisco, Hello (1943); Gentleman Jim (1942); Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942); Sin Town (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Know for Sure (1941); Swamp Water (1941); The Maltese Falcon (1941); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Manpower (1941); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Sergeant York (1941); A Man Betrayed (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); City for Conquest (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); Buck Benny Rides Again (1940); Virginia City (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Waterfront (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Dodge City (1939); Sundown (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Going Places (1938); The Law West of Tombstone (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Fugitives for a Night (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Prison Break (1938); Reformatory (1938); Professor Beware (1938); Numbered Woman (1938); Gun Law (1938); Flight Into Nowhere (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Hawaii Calls (1938); Over the Wall (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Born to Be Wild (1938); Penitentiary (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); The Westland Case (1937); Music for Madame (1937); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Game That Kills (1937); Escape by Night (1937); Dead End (1937); Topper (1937); Marry the Girl (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); A Fight to the Finish (1937); Mountain Music (1937); The Wildcatter (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Night Key (1937); 23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); Park Avenue Logger (1937); The Soldier and the Lady (1937); When's Your Birthday? (1937); Devil's Playground (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); After the Thin Man (1936); Conflict (1936); The Accusing Finger (1936); Legion of Terror (1936); Without Orders (1936); The Big Game (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Second Wife (1936); Crash Donovan (1936); White Fang (1936); High Tension (1936); The Bride Walks Out (1936); Fury (1936); The Cattle Thief (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936); Avenging Waters (1936); Pride of the Marines (1936); The First Baby (1936); Colleen (1936); Boulder Dam (1936); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); We're Only Human (1935); Too Tough to Kill (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Guard That Girl (1935); Western Courage (1935); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); Waterfront Lady (1935); His Night Out (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Calm Yourself (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Murder in the Fleet (1935); The Headline Woman (1935); The Informer (1935); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Strangers All (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); Fighting Shadows (1935); Black Fury (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Times Square Lady (1935); One New York Night (1935); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Under Pressure (1935); Grand Old Girl (1935); Broadway Bill (1934); Men of the Night (1934); Against the Law (1934); 6 Day Bike Rider (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Girl in Danger (1934); The Human Side (1934); Chained (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Defense Rests (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); A Man's Game (1934); Here Comes the Groom (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); I'll Tell the World (1934); The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934); Whirlpool (1934); Voice in the Night (1934); The Fighting Ranger (1934); It Happened One Night (1934); The Poor Rich (1934); Speed Wings (1934); School for Romance (1934); Frontier Marshal (1934); The Fighting Code (1933); Straightaway (1933); Son of a Sailor (1933); College Coach (1933); Police Car 17 (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Lady for a Day (1933); The Wrecker (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); When Strangers Marry (1933); Unknown Valley (1933); Obey the Law (1933); State Trooper (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); Sundown Rider (1932); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Virtue (1932); Rackety Rax (1932); White Eagle (1932); That's My Boy (1932); Hold 'Em Jail (1932); Hello Trouble (1932); Bachelor's Affairs (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); Careless Lady (1932); High Speed (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Maker of Men (1931); Arrowsmith (1931); Over the Hill (1931); Sob Sister (1931); The Spider (1931); The Brat (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Three Girls Lost (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Up the River (1930); The Big Trail (1930); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Born Reckless (1930); The Lone Star Ranger (1930); So This Is College (1929); Salute (1929); Words and Music (1929); Noah's Ark (1928).

Born on this day – Mabel Seeley:

Mabel Seeley

Writer

March 25, 1903 – June 9, 1991

Credits:

Eleven Came Back (1943); The Beckoning Door (1950); The Chuckling Fingers (1941); The Crying Sisters (1939); The Listening House (1938); The Stranger Beside Me (1951); The Whispering Cup (1940); The Whistling Shadow (aka The Blonde with the Deadly Past) (1954); Women of Property (1947).

Born on this day – Mark Hellinger:

Mark Hellinger

Writer

Producer

March 21, 1903 – December 21, 1947

Credits:

Affectionately Yours (1941); At the Round Table (1930); Between Two Worlds (1944); Boston Blackie / Rebound (1952); British Intelligence (1939); Broadway Bill (1934); Brother Orchid (1940); Brute Force (1947); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Danger (1951–1952); Hell's Kitchen (1939); High Sierra (1940); I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933); It All Came True (1940); Kid Nightingale (1939); Manpower (1941); Moontide (1942); Naked City (1958–1959); Night Court (1932); Racket Busters (1938); Riding High (1950); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Swell Guy (1946); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Doughgirls (1944); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Hundred Pound Window (1944); The Killers (1946); The Naked City (1948); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Women in the Wind (1939).

Born on this day – Verree Teasdale:

Verree Teasdale

Actress

March 15, 1903 – February 17, 1987

Credits:

Stage:

Buy, Buy, Baby (1926); By Request (1928); Experience Unnecessary (1931 / 1932); Marriage for Three (1931); Nice Women (1929); Precious (1929); Soldiers and Women (1929); The Constant Wife (1926 / 1927); The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930 / 1931); The Master of the Inn (1925 / 1926); The Morning After (1925); The Royal Virgin (1930); The Youngest (1924 / 1925).

Movies and television:

A Dream Comes True (1935); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); A Modern Hero (1934); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Busby Berkeley and the Gold Diggers (1969); Come Live with Me (1941); Desirable (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Fashions of 1934 (1934); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); First Lady (1937); Good-bye Love (1933); Her New Chauffeur (1929); Hunt the Tiger (1929); I Take This Woman (1940); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Luxury Liner (1933); Madame Du Barry (1934); Mr. Intruder (1930); Payment Deferred (1932); Roman Scandals (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); Syncopation (1929); Terror Aboard (1933); The Firebird (1934); The Milky Way (1936); The Ninety-Ninth Amendment (1929); The Sap from Syracuse (1930); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Turnabout (1940).

Born on this day – Dorothy Mackaill:

Dorothy Mackaill

Actress

March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990

Credits:

Hawaii Five-O (1976–1980); Studio One (1953); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937); Cheaters (1934); Picture Brides (1934); The Chief (1933); Curtain at Eight (1933); Neighbors' Wives (1933); No Man of Her Own (1932); Love Affair (1932); Safe in Hell (1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Their Mad Moment (1931); Party Husband (1931); Once a Sinner (1931); Bright Lights (1930); The Office Wife (1930); Man Trouble (1930); The Flirting Widow (1930); Strictly Modern (1930); The Love Racket (1929); The Great Divide (1929); Hard to Get (1929); Two Weeks Off (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); His Captive Woman (1929); The Barker (1928); Waterfront (1928); The Whip (1928); Lady Be Good (1928); Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927); Smile, Brother, Smile (1927); Convoy (1927); The Lunatic at Large (1927); Just Another Blonde (1926); Subway Sadie (1926); Ranson's Folly (1926); The Dancer of Paris (1926); Joanna (1925); Shore Leave (1925); The Making of O'Malley (1925); Chickie (1925); One Year to Live (1925); The Bridge of Sighs (1925); The Mine with the Iron Door (1924); The Painted Lady (1924); The Man Who Came Back (1924); What Shall I Do? (1924); The Next Corner (1924); Twenty-One (1923); His Children's Children (1923); The Fair Cheat (1923); The Fighting Blade (1923); The Broken Violin (1923); Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923); The Inner Man (1922); The Streets of New York (1922); A Woman's Woman (1922); Isle of Doubt (1922); Torchy's Hold-Up (1922); The Lotus Eater (1921); Bits of Life (1921); Torchy's Promotion (1921); Torchy's Night Hood (1921); Torchy Mixes In (1921); Torchy's Millions (1920); Torchy (1920); The Face at the Window (1920).