Born on this day – Constance Bennett:

Constance Bennett

Actress

Producer

October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965

Born on this day – Anna Neagle:

Anna Neagle

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 20, 1904 – June 3, 1986

Born on this day – Lester Dent:

Lester Dent

Writer

October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959

Credits:

The Man of Bronze (1933); The Land of Terror (1933); Quest of the Spider (1933); The Polar Treasure (1933); Pirate of the Pacific (1933); The Red Skull (1933); The Lost Oasis (1933); The Sargasso Ogre (1933); The Phantom City (1933); Brand of the Werewolf (1934); The Man Who Shook the Earth (1934); Meteor Menace (1934); The Monsters (1934); The Mystery on the Snow (1934); The Thousand-Headed Man (1934); The Squeaking Goblin (1934); Fear Cay (1934); Death in Silver (1934); The Sea Magician (1934); The Annihilist (1934); The Land of Always-Night (1935); The Spook Legion (aka The Ghost Legion) (1935); The Secret in the Sky (1935); The Roar Devil (1935); Spook Hole (1935); Dust of Death (1935); Murder Melody (1935); The Fantastic Island (1935); Murder Mirage (1936); Mystery Under the Sea (1936); The Metal Master (1936); The Men Who Smiled No More (1936); The Seven Agate Devils (1936); The Haunted Ocean (1936); The Black Spot (1936); The Midas Man (1936); Cold Death (1936); The South Pole Terror (1936); Resurrection Day (1936); The Vanisher (1936); Land of Long Juju (1937); The Derrick Devil (1937); The Mental Wizard (1937); Mad Eyes (1937); The Land of Fear (1937); The Feathered Octopus (1937); Repel (aka The Deadly Dwarf) (1937); The Golden Peril (1937); The Living-Fire Menace (1938); The Mountain Monster (1938); Devil on the Moon (1938); The Pirate's Ghost (1938); The Motion Menace (1938); The Submarine Mystery (1938); The Giggling Ghosts (1938); The Munitions Master (1938); Fortress of Solitude (1938); The Green Death (1938); The Devil Genghis (1938); Mad Mesa (1939); The Yellow Cloud (1939); The Freckled Shark (1939); World's Fair Goblin (1939); The Gold Ogre (1939); The Flaming Falcons (1939); Merchants of Disaster (1939); The Crimson Serpent (1939); Poison Island (1939); The Stone Man (1939); Hex (1939); The Dagger in the Sky (1939); The Other World (1939); The Angry Ghost (1940); The Spotted Men (1940); The Evil Gnome (1940); Tunnel Terror (1940); The Purple Dragon (1940); Devils of the Deep (1940); The Awful Dynasty (1940); The Men Vanished (1940); The Devil's Playground (1941); Bequest of Evil (1941); The Golden Man (1941); The Pink Lady (1941); The Headless Men (1941); The Green Eagle (1941); Mystery Island (1941); The Mindless Monsters (1941); Birds of Death (1941); The Invisible Box Murders (1941); Peril in the North (1941); The Rustling Death (1942); Men of Fear (1942); The Too-Wise Owl (1942); The Magic Forest (1942); Pirate Isle (1942); The Speaking Stone (1942); The Man Who Fell Up (1942); The Three Wild Men (1942); The Fiery Menace (1942); The Laugh of Death (1942); They Died Twice (1942); The Devil's Black Rock (1942); The Time Terror (1943); Waves of Death (1943); The Black, Black Witch (1943); The King of Terror (1943); The Talking Devil (1943); The Running Skeletons (1943); Mystery on Happy Bones (1943); The Mental Monster (1943); Hell Below (1943); The Goblins (1943); The Secret of the Su (1943); The Spook of Grandpa Eden (1943); According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic (1944); Death Had Yellow Eyes (1944); The Derelict of Skull Shoal (1944); The Whisker of Hercules (1944); The Three Devils (1944); The Pharaoh's Ghost (1944); The Man Who Was Scared (1944); The Shape of Terror (1944); Weird Valley (1944); Jiu San (1944); Satan Black (1944); The Lost Giant (1944); Violent Night (aka The Hate Genius) (1945); Strange Fish (1945); The Ten Ton Snakes (1945); Cargo Unknown (1945); Rock Sinister (1945); The Terrible Stork (1945); King Joe Cay (1945); The Wee Ones (1945); Terror Takes 7 (1945); The Thing That Pursued (1945); Trouble on Parade (1945); The Screaming Man (1945); Measures for a Coffin (1946); Terror and the Lonely Widow (1946); Five Fathoms Dead (1946); Death is a Round Black Spot (1946); Colors for Murder (1946); Fire and Ice (1946); Three Times a Corpse (1946); The Exploding Lake (1946); Death in Little Houses (1946); The Devil is Jones (1946); The Disappearing Lady (1946); Target for Death (1947); The Death Lady (1947); Danger Lies East (1947); No Light to Die By (1947); The Monkey Suit (1947); Let's Kill Ames (1947); Once Over Lightly (1947); I Died Yesterday (1948); The Pure Evil (1948); Terror Wears No Shoes (1948); The Angry Canary (1948); The Swooning Lady (1948); The Green Master (1949); Return From Cormoral (1949); Up From Earth's Center (1949); The Red Spider (1979); Dead at the Take-Off (1946); Lady to Kill (1947); Lady Afraid (1950); Cry at Dusk (1952); Lady in Peril (1959); Hades & Hocus Pocus (1979); Sinister Ray (1987); Honey in his Mouth (2009); Genius Jones (2015); Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent (2009); Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent (2009); The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent (2009); Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg (2011); Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent (2013); Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006); The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder (2010); Radio Western Adventures (2010); Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade (2012); Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent (2007); Six Scarlet Scorpions (2016); Justice, Inc. (1939); The Yellow Hoard (1939); The Sky Walker (1939); The Devil's Horns (1939); The Frosted Death (1940); The Blood Ring (1940); Stockholders in Death (1940); The Glass Mountain (1940); Tuned for Murder (1940); The Smiling Dogs (1940); River of Ice (1940); The Flame Breathers (1940); Murder on Wheels (1940); Three Gold Crowns (1941); House of Death (1941); The Hate Master (1941); Nevlo (1941); Death in Slow Motion (1941); Pictures of Death (1941); The Green Killer (1942); The Happy Killers (1942); The Black Death (1942); The Wilder Curse (1942); Midnight Murder (1942); The Man From Atlantis (1974); Red Moon (1974); The Purple Zombie (1974); Dr. Time (1974); The Nightwitch Devil (1974); Black Chariots (1974); The Cartoon Crimes (1974); The Blood Countess (1975); The Death Machine (1975); The Glass Man (1975); The Iron Skull (1975); Demon Island (1975); Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013); Python Isle (1991); White Eyes (1992); The Frightened Fish (1992); The Jade Ogre (1992); Flight into Fear (1993); The Whistling Wraith (1993); The Forgotten Realm (1993); The Desert Demons (2011); Horror in Gold (2011); The Infernal Buddha (2012); Death's Dark Domain (2012); The Miracle Menace (2013); Skull Island (2013); Phantom Lagoon (2013); The War Makers (2014); The Ice Genius (2014); The Sinister Shadow (2015); The Secret of Satan's Spine (2015); Glare of the Gorgon (2016); Empire of Doom (2017); Mr. Calamity (2018); Famous Fantastic Mysteries (2017); Black Mask (2017); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Miami Noir (2020).

Born on this day – Graham Greene:

Graham Greene

Writer

October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991

Credits:

Books:

A Burnt-Out Case (1960); A Chance For Mr Lever (1936); A Gun for Sale / This Gun for Hire (1936); A Sense of Reality (1950); A Sort of Life (1971); A World of My Own: A Dream Diary (1992); Across the Bridge and Other Stories (1981); Alaska Stories (1995); Articles of Faith: The Collected Tablet Journalism of Graham Greene (2006); Babbling April (1925); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Blood River (2007); Brighton Rock (1938); British Dramatists (1942); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Carving a Statue (1964); Chicago Stories (1993); Child's Ploy (1984); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Collected Essays (1969); Collected Stories (1973); Complete Short Stories (1990); Contemporary British Short Stories I (1971); Crime Never Pays (2001); David Bowie (2016); Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party (1980); England Made Me / The Shipwrecked (1935); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers (2002); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Florida Stories (1993); Fragments of Autobiography (1991); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Friendship (1990); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Getting to Know the General (1984); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Graham Greene's Nineteen Stories (1947); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); In Patagonia (1977); In Search of a Character: Two African Journals (1961); It's a Battlefield (1934); J. D. Salinger (2016); J'Accuse (1982); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Jane Jacobs (2016); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Journey Without Maps (1936); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Vonnegut (2011); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Little Fire Engine (1950); London Stories (2013); Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1974); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Loser Takes All (1955); Lou Reed (2015); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); May We Borrow Your Husband? & Other Comedies of the Sexual Life (1967); Monsignor Quixote (1982); New Orleans Stories (1992); No Man's Land (2004); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Oliver Sacks (2016); Orient Express / Stamboul Train (1932); Our Man in Havana (1958); Philip K. Dick (2015); Pleasure Dome: The Collected Film Criticism, 1935-40 (1972); Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2014); Reflections (1990); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Rumour at Nightfall (1931); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Shades of Greene (1975); Shadow of the Silk Road (2007); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Southwest Stories (1993); Texas Stories (1995); The Bear Fell Free (1935); The Captain and the Enemy (1988); The Collected Plays (1985); The Comedians (1966); The Complaisant Lover (1961); The Confidential Agent (1939); The Destructors (1955); The End of the Affair (1951); The Great Jowett (1981); The Heart of the Matter (1948); The Honorary Consul (1973); The Human Factor (1978); The Killing Spirit (1996); The Last Word and Other Stories (1990); The Lawless Roads / Another Mexico (1939); The Little Fire Engine (1973); The Little Horse Bus (1952); The Little Steamroller (1955); The Little Train (1946); The Living Room (1954); The Lost Childhood and Other Essays (1951); The Man Within (1929); The Ministry of Fear (1943); The Name of Action (1930); The Old School (1984); The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1987); The Portable Graham Greene (1973); The Potting Shed (1957); The Power and the Glory / The Labyrinthine Ways (1940); The Quiet American (1955); The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975); The Rings of Saturn (1995); The Tenth Man (1985); The Third Man (1949); The Third Man and Other Stories (2011); Third Man (1977); Three Entertainments (1952); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Travels with My Aunt (1969); Triple Pursuit! (1971); Twenty-One Stories (1954); Under the Garden (1963); Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2019); Victorian Villainies (1984); Ways of Escape (1980); Why Do I Write? (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Yours etc.: Letters to the Press, 1945-89 (1991).

Movies and television:

21 Days Together (1940); A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2013); A Shocking Accident (1982); A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013); About Religion (1964); Across the Bridge (1957); Alta comedia (1971); Arena (1987 / 1993); Au théâtre ce soir (1980); Beyond the Limit (1983); Brighton Rock (1948 / 2010); Celebrity Playhouse (1981); Cineficción Radio (2020); Confidential Agent (1945); Cüneyt Arkin in Yarali Kurt (1972); Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013); Das Geheimnis (1957); Das Herz aller Dinge (1971); Day for Night (1973); De kamer waarin wij leven (1959); Den føjelige elsker (1963); Den nøysomme elsker (1967); Der letzte raum (1966); Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit (1957); Double Take (2001); Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984); El teatro (1974); Empire of the Censors (1995); England Made Me (1973); Estudio 1 (1982); François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996); Frontiers of Faith (1955); Great Performances (1986); Günes dogmasin (1961); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Honorární konzul (1991); Il treno per Istanbul (1980–1981); ITV Play of the Week (1956); Jádro veci (1968); La fine dell'avventura (1969); La mano dello straniero (1954); Late Night Story (1978); Lights Out (1951); Los exclusivos del Nueve (1982); Loser Takes All (1956); May We Borrow Your Husband? (1986); Ministerstvo strachu (1966); Ministry of Fear (1944); Neodcudzitelný majetok (1984); Noche de teatro (1974); Novela (1976); Omnibus (1968); Orient Express (1934); Our Man in Havana (1959); Pelon talo (1966); Play of the Week (1959–1961); Primera función (1989); Quinta colonna (1966); Saint Joan (1957); Saturday Review (1986); Secrets of the Content (2010); Shades of Greene (1975–1976); Shadowing the Third Man (2004); Ship's Reporter (1950); Short Cut to Hell (1957); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Strike It Rich (1990); Studio 4 (1962); Studio One (1951); Tajný agent (1974); Television Theater (1998); Terror Toons 4 (2022); The Art of Dissent (2021); The Book Programme (1978); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Complaisant Lover (1961); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The End of the Affair (1955 / 1999 / 2006); The Fallen Idol (1948); The Fugitive (1947); The Future's in the Air (1937); The Green Cockatoo (1937); The Heart of the Matter (1953 / 1983); The Human Factor (1979); The Making of 'Saint Joan' (1957); The New Britain (1940); The Power and the Glory (1957 / 1961); The Quiet American (1958 / 2002); The Smugglers (1947); The Tenth Man (1988); The Third Man (1949–1965); The Unforeseen (1960); This Gun for Hire (1942 / 1991); Thursday Theatre (1965); To theatro tis Defteras (1976); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Una pistola in vendita (1970); Verschlossene Räume (1958); Went the Day Well? (1942).

Born on this day – Greer Garson:

Greer Garson

Actress

Singer

September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996

Credits:

Radio:

Brief Encounter (1946); Mrs. Parkington (1946); My Favorite Wife (1945); The African Queen (1952); The Philadelphia Story (1942); Twas the Night Before Christmas (1953).

Movies and television:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); 60 Minutes Of (2023); A Gift of Music (1981); A Report from Miss Greer Garson (1944); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010); Adventure (1945); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1980); American Masters (1986); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); At This Very Moment (1962); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bogart: The Untold Story (1997); Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960); Crown Matrimonial (1974); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Desire Me (1947); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Extraordinary Women (2011); Father Knows Best (1957); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); General Electric Theater (1956–1960); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); Her Twelve Men (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hour Magazine (1986); How He Lied to Her Husband (1937); Inasmuch... (1934); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963); James Stewart, Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Julius Caesar (1953); Little Women (1978); Madame Curie (1943); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Father Gave Me America (1973); Pepe (1960); Perry Como's Christmas in New Mexico (1979); Personalities (1942); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Producers' Showcase (1955); Random Harvest (1942); Remember? (1939); Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall (1978); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Screen Actors (1950); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Some of the Best (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Sophia Loren (2019); Star Stage (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); Talking Pictures (1988); Telephone Time (1957); That Forsyte Woman (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 12th Annual Tony Awards (1958); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Art Linkletter Show (1968); The Big Party (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); The Heart of Variety (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Law and the Lady (1951); The Linkletter Show (1967–1968); The Little Drummer Boy (1968); The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976); The Little Foxes (1956); The Love Boat (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1971); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miniver Story (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Red Skelton Hour (1964–1966); The School for Scandal (1937); The Singing Nun (1966); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Virginian (1970); The Youngest Profession (1943); Theatre Parade (1937); This Is Your Life (1960); This Proud Land (1966); Twenty Years After (1944); Victory in the Pacific (1995); What's My Line? (1953–1958); When Ladies Meet (1941).

Born on this day – Gladys George:

Gladys George

Actress

September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954

Born on this day – Jazz Gillum:

Jazz Gillum

Blues harmonicist

September 11, 1904 – March 29, 1966

Credits:

Songs:

Alberta Blues; Boar Hog Blues; Crazy About You; Down south blues; Early in the Morning; Gillum's Windy Blues; Go Back to the Country; Good Old 51 Highway; Got to Reap What You Sow; Harmonica Stomp; I Want You by My Side; I'll Get Along Somehow; I'm Gonna Get It; I'm Gonna Train My Baby; Is That a Monkey You Got?; Jazz Gillum's Blues; Just Like Jesse James; Key to the Highway; Look on Yonder Wall; Mule Blues; Reefer Head Woman; Sarah Jane; Signifying Woman; Stavin' chain; Sweet Sweet Woman; Take A Little Walk With Me; Take One More Chance With Me; The Race of the Jim Lee and the Katy Adam; War Time Blues; Worried and Bothered; You Got to Run Me Down; You're Laughing Now.

Born on this day – Alice White:

Alice White

Actress

August 25, 1904 – February 19, 1983

Credits:

3-Ring Marriage (1928); A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935); A Very Honorable Guy (1934); A Woman of the Sea (1926); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Big City (1937); Breakfast at Sunrise (1927); Broadway Babies (1929); Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935); Coronado (1935); Cross Country Cruise (1934); Employees' Entrance (1933); Fashion News (1930); Flamingo Road (1949); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Gift of Gab (1934); Girls' Town (1942); Girls Will Be Boys (1929); Harold Teen (1928); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (1934); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hot Stuff (1929); Jimmy the Gent (1934); King for a Night (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Lingerie (1928); Luxury Liner (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Naughty Baby (1928); Picture Snatcher (1933); Playing Around (1930); Secret of the Chateau (1934); Show Girl (1928); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Show of Shows (1929); Sweet Mama (1930); Sweet Music (1935); Sweethearts on Parade (1930); Telephone Operator (1937); The American Beauty (1927); The Ann Sothern Show (1958); The Big Noise (1928); The Dice Woman (1926); The Dove (1927); The Girl from Woolworth's (1929); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Naughty Flirt (1930); The Night of January 16th (1941); The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927); The Satin Woman (1927); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Widow from Chicago (1930).

Born on this day – Evelyn Francisco:

Evelyn Francisco

Actress

August 13, 1904 – January 27, 1963

Credits:

Bashful Jim (1925); Bright Lights (1924); Flip Flops (1923); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Giddap! (1925); He Who Gets Smacked (1925); His First Flame (1927); His New Mamma (1924); King of the Herd (1927); Love and Kisses (1925); Madame Behave (1925); Masked Mamas (1926); Nize Monkey (1926); O.U. West (1925); Off His Beat (1925); Picking Peaches (1924); Scarem Much (1924); Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925); Tee for Two (1925); The Godless Girl (1928); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); The Hollywood Kid (1924); The King of Kings (1927); The Plumber (1925); The Raspberry Romance (1925); The Wild Goose Chaser (1925); Uppercuts (1926).

Born on this day – Dorothy B. Hughes:

Dorothy B. Hughes

Writer

August 10, 1904 – May 6, 1993

Credits:

Books:

Dark Certainty (1931); Dread Journey (1945); Erle Stanley Gardner (1978); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); In a Lonely Place (1947); Johnnie (1944); Mr. President, Private Eye (2004); Ride the Pink Horse (1946); The Bamboo Blonde (1941); The Blackbirder (1943); The Candy Kid (1950); The Cross Eyed Bear Murders (1940); The Davidian Report (1952); The Delicate Ape (1944); The Expendable Man (1963); The Fallen Sparrow (1942); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999); The Scarlet Imperial (1946); The So Blue Marble (1940).

Movies and television:

The Hanged Man (1964); Destry (1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Climax! (1958); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1952); In a Lonely Place (1950); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); Follow the Boys (1944); The Fallen Sparrow (1943).

Born on this day – Helen Kane:

Helen Kane

Singer

Actress

August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966

Credits:

Babylon (2022); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); BioShock Infinite (2013); Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930); Favorite Melodies / A Lesson in Love (1931); Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024); Grand Piano (2013); Happy Days (1970–1976); Heads Up (1930); Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I've Got a Secret (1954); Moon Rock City (2017); Nothing But the Truth (1929); Paramount on Parade (1930); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Pointed Heels (1929); Sweetie (1929); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1961); The Milton Berle Show (1951); he Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The Vaudeville Show (1953); This Is Your Life (1958); Three Little Words (1950); Unseen Community (2020); We, the People (1950).

Born on this day – Dolores del Río:

Dolores del Río

Actress

August 3, 1904 – April 11, 1983

Born on this day – Leigh Jason:

Leigh Jason

Director

Writer

July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979

Born on this day – Marjorie White:

Marjorie White

Actress

July 22, 1904 – August 21, 1935

Credits:

Broadminded (1931); Charlie Chan Carries On (1931); Diplomaniacs (1933); Happy Days (1929); Her Bodyguard (1933); Her Golden Calf (1930); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hollywood Halfbacks (1931); Just Imagine (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); Oh, for a Man! (1930); Possessed (1931); Stooges Slap Happy Hour (2004); Sunny Side Up (1929); The Black Camel (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); Woman Haters (1934); Women of All Nations (1931).

Born on this day – Vera Schmiterlöw:

Vera Schmiterlöw

Actress

July 19, 1904 – September 9, 1987

Credits:

33.333 (1924); Alimony (1930); At Ruedesheim Castle there is a lime tree (1928); Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström (1923); bi-products (1969); Bodakungen (1920); Brother Bernhard (1929); Dame Care (1928); Den italienska halmhatten (1974); The standard-bearer von Sedan (1927); The Black Domino (1929); Die Flucht vor der Liebe (1929); Drottningen av Pellagonien (1927); A Little Girlfriend Needs Every Man (1927); En Kvinnas Morgondag (1931); Ett resande teatersällskap (1972); Håll polisen Utanför (1969); Hon, han och Andersson (1926); Hrích (1929); Her last love adventure (1927); Jahrmarkt des Lebens (1928); Madame Bluebeard (1931); Girls' fates (1928); Minns Ni? (1993); Mordbrännerskan (1926); När millionerna rullar... (1924); His Best Friend (1929); His Strongest Weapon (1928); Släpp fångarne Loss - det är vår! (1975); Styrman Karlssons flammor (1925); Thomas Graals Myndling (1922); Unga hjärtan (1934) Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1929); When the mother and daughter... (1928); We hold together firmly and faithfully (1929).

Born on this day – Lili Damita:

Lili Damita

Actress

Singer

July 10, 1904 – March 21, 1994

Credits:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Breakdowns of 1942 (1942); Brewster's Millions (1935); Cab No. 13 (1926); Corsica (1923); Das Spielzeug von Paris (1925); Die berühmte Frau (1927); Die große Abenteuerin (1928); Fighting Caravans (1931); For Auld Lang Syne (1938); Forbidden Love (1927); Friends and Lovers (1931); Frisco Kid (1935); Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000); Goldie Gets Along (1933); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Guests at San Simeon (Hearst Castle) (1931); I 10 del Texas (1961); Jungle Drums (1929); La belle au bois dormant (1922); La Fille sauvage (1922); La voyante (1924); Le père célibataire (1931); Le prince charmant (1925); L'empereur des pauvres (1922); L'escadrille de la chance (1938); Maman Pierre (1922); Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1926); On a volé un homme (1934); One Hour with You (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Quand on est belle (1932); Scandal in Paris (1928); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936); Secrets of a Soul (1926); Soyons gais (1930); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Golden Butterfly (1926); The Match King (1932); The Rescue (1929); The Woman Between (1931); This Is the Night (1932); Une femme dans la nuit (1924).

Born on this day – Glenda Farrell:

Glenda Farrell

Actress

June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971

Born on this day – Alberta Vaughn:

Alberta Vaughn

Actress

June 27, 1904 – April 26, 1992

Credits:

A Friendly Husband (1923); A Kick for Cinderella (1924); A Miss in the Dark (1924); A Snitch in Time (1926); Ain't Love Funny? (1927); Ain't Love Grand? (1925); Alimony Madness (1933); All's Swell That Ends Swell (1926); Amazing Mazie (1925); And Never the Trains Shall Meet (1924); Apartment Wanted (1922); As You Mike It (1929); Backstage (1927); Bee's Knees (1924); Broadway Ladies (1928); Cash and Marry (1930); Collegiate (1926); Crook's Tour (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Daring Danger (1932); Don Coo Coo (1925); Down to the Sea in Shoes (1923); Emergency Call (1933); Eventually, But Not Now (1930); Fashion News (1930); Faster Foster (1924); Fire When Ready (1924); Flip Flops (1923); For the Love of Mike (1924); Forbidden Hours (1928); Getting Going (1924); He Who Gets Rapped (1925); Hello, Mars (1922); High, But Not Handsome (1926); In the Knicker Time (1924); It's a Buoy (1926); Jessie's James (1928); Julius Sees Her (1924); King Leary (1924); Land of the Sky Blue Daughters (1930); Little Andy Looney (1926); Lost and Foundered (1930); Love and Learn (1924); Love in High Gear (1932); Love's Labor Found (1929); Madam Sans Gin (1925); Mazie Won't Tell (1925); Mazie's Married (1926); Meet the Quince (1929); Merton of the Goofies (1925); Midnight Morals (1932); Mild But She Satisfies (1928); Miss Me Again (1925); Molly and Me (1929); Money to Burns (1924); Never Say Never (1924); Nip and Tuck (1923); No Brains (1922); Noisy Neighbors (1929); Old Age Handicap (1926); Old Vamps for New (1930); Or What Have You (1925); Picking Peaches (1924); Pike's Pique (1925); Plane Jane (1926); Playing with Fire (1925); Points West (1929); Randy Rides Alone (1934); Roll Your Own (1926); Rough and Ready (1923); Ruth Is Stranger Than Fiction (1928); Sherlock's Home (1924); Shipwrecked Among Animals (1922); Show of Shows (1929); Sic 'Em Brownie (1922); Sinews of Steel (1927); Skylarking (1923); Skyscraper (1928); Smile Please (1924); Smouldering Tires (1926); Sock Me to Sleep (1926); So's Your Old Man (1925); Speed (1931); Speed 'Em Up (1922); Spell of the Circus (1930); Stop Kidding (1921); Tea for Toomey (1925); That Wild Irish Pose (1928); The Adorable Deceiver (1926); The Arabian Fights (1928); The Big Charade (1926); The Captain of His Roll (1929); The Constant Simp (1925); The Covered Flagon (1925); The Dear Slayer (1930); The Drop Kick (1927); The Fast Male (1925); The Going of Cumming (1924); The Great Decide (1925); The Laramie Kid (1935); The Lightning Slider (1926); The Live Wire (1935); The Love Bargain (1931); The Merry Kiddo (1925); The Naughty Forties (1928); The Romantic Age (1927); The Setting Son (1930); The Six Best Fellows (1928); The Sleeping Cutie (1930); The Sleuth (1925); The Square Sex (1924); The Sweet Buy and Buy (1928); The Vanishing Armenian (1925); The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 (1930); The Wages of Synthetic (1928); The Way of a Maid (1925); The White Moth (1924); They Shall Not Pass Out (1929); This Is Your Life (1954); Three Bases East (1925); Three Weeks Off (1922); Twelve Smiles Out (1926); Twins (1925); Uneasy Payments (1927); Up and Wooing (1926); Upper and Lower (1922); Watch Your Pep (1928); Wedding Pumps (1922); Welcome Granger (1925); What Price Gloria? (1925); When Knighthood Was in Tower (1924); When Sally's Irish Rose (1926); Whiskering Chorus (1926); Who's Hooligan? (1924); Wild Horse (1931); William Tells (1924); Women First (1922); Working Girls (1931); You Just Know She Dares 'Em (1928).

Born on this day – Peter Lorre:

Peter Lorre

Actor

June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964

Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948