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 – Clara Horton:

Clara Horton

Actress

July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976

Credits:

A Bit o' Heaven (1915); A Friend in Need (1914); A Grim Fairy Tale (1923); A Jungle Hero (1916); A Puritan Episode (1913); A Son's Devotion (1913); A Soul's Tragedy (1915); A Wise Judge (1913); Action (1921); All Around Frying Pan (1925); Almost a Husband (1919); Animated Weekly, No. 68 (1913); At the Court of Prince Make Believe (1914); Auntie's Money Bag (1914); Because of Bobbie (1912); Bengal Tiger (1936); Beyond the Trail (1926); Big Hearted Jim (1913); Blind Youth (1920); Christopher of Columbus (1923); Clara and Her Mysterious Toys (1913); Coming Home (1914); Dolls (1912); Down to the Sea in Cabs (1927); Everywoman (1919); Fighting Blood (1923); Filial Love (1912); For Better or for Worse (1913); For His Child's Sake (1913); Gall of the Wild (1923); Girls on Probation (1938); Golden Shackles (1927); Grandfather's Romance (1914); Huck and Tom (1918); In an Old Trunk (1914); In the Days of Old (1914); In Wrong (1919); It's a Great Life (1920); Judy Punch (1923); Just Kids (1914); Just Off Broadway (1942); Kidnapping the King's Kids (1915); Makers of Men (1925); Making Uncle Jealous (1912); Mind Over Motor (1923); Nadine of Nowhere (1916); Nineteen and Phyllis (1920); Oh, Bridget! (1925); Outside Inn (1927); Over Here (1927); Penrod (1922); Playmates (1913); Prisoners of Love (1921); Sailor Izzy Murphy (1927); Shadows of the Harbor (1915); Sherlock's Rival (1927); Six Second Smith (1923); Some Punches and Judy (1923); Speed Madness (1925); Stepping on the Gas (1927); Taxi (1931); That Night (1927); The Answer (1915); The Banker's Daughter (1913); The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond (1912); The Broadway Gallant (1926); The Crimson Cross (1913); The Darling of the Mounted (1912); The Detective's Santa Claus (1913); The Dupe (1914); The End of a Perfect Fray (1923); The Faith Healer (1913); The Fightin' Comeback (1927); The Fortune Hunter (1927); The Girl from Outside (1919); The Governor's Veto (1913); The Greatest of These (1914); The Heart of a Woman (1920); The Higher Impulse (1914); The Homecoming (1912); The Key (1913); The Knight in Gale (1923); The Knight That Failed (1923); The Light in the Clearing (1921); The Little Band of Gold (1915); The Little Mother of Black Pine Trail (1913); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1920); The Long Shift (1915); The Motive (1922); The New Dress (1915); The Passing Parade (1912); The Plow Woman (1917); The Return of Lady Linda (1913); The Servant in the House (1921); The Slippery Spy (1914); The Sons of a Soldier (1913); The Spectre Bridegroom (1913); The Trail of the Hanging Rock (1913); The Trouble Chaser (1926); The Vengeance of Guido (1915); The Violinist (1914); The Wheel (1925); The Whirlwind Finish (1918); The Winning Girl (1919); The Wondrous Melody (1914); The Yellow Dog (1918); Thirteen at Table (1913); Three Faces West (1927); Time to Kill (1942); Tom Sawyer (1917); Two Stones with One Bird (1923); Under the Lion's Paw (1916); Up in the Air (1927); Us Kids (1916); When Gale and Hurricane Meet (1923); When Little Lindy Sang (1916); Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942); Why Aunt Jane Never Married (1913); Willie and the Muse (1914); Winning the Futurity (1926); Wrongs Righted (1924).

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 – Zita Johann:

Zita Johann

Actress

July 14, 1904 – September 20, 1993

Credits:

American Masters (1993); Bones (2009); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2013); Coming Soon (1982); Grand Canary (1934); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989); Luxury Liner (1933); Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (1999); Raiders of the Living Dead (1986); The Man Who Dared (1933); The Mummy (1932); The Mummy's Hand (1940); The Sin of Nora Moran (1933); The Struggle (1931); Tiger Shark (1932).

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

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); 49/95: Thousandyearsofcinema (1995); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Man's a Man (1931); A Shot at Dawn (1932); Aladdin (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1960); All Star Revue (1953); All Through the Night (1942); American Masters (2009); Angstlust - Faszination True Crime (2023); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); Background to Danger (1943); Beat the Devil (1953); Becoming Evil: Serial Killers (2019); Biography (1996–1997); Black Angel (1946); Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life (2020); Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931); Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931); Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021); Cabaret-Berlin, la scène sauvage (2010); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Casablanca (1942); Casbah (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1949); Celebrity Time (1952); Checkmate (1961); Cinéastes de notre temps (1967); Cineficción Radio (2020); Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2021); Climax! (1954–1957); Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David (1957); Coming Soon (1982); Compression (2023–2025); Confidential Agent (1945); Congo Crossing (1956); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Crack-Up (1936); Creepy Classics (1987); Crime and Punishment (1935); Das doppelte Gesicht: Peter Lorre (1984); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); (1930); Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931); Die verschwundene Frau (1929); Displaced Person - Peter Lorre und sein Film 'Der Verlorene' (2007); Dope (1932); Double Confession (1950); Dream On (1990); Emesis Blue (2023); Evocator (2009); F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932); Film Breaks (1999); Film Night (1971); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland (1975); Five Fingers (1959); Five from the Jazzband (1932); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2001); From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014); Geheimnisse der Weimarer Republik (2016); German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011); Hell Ship Mutiny (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Heroes of Horror (2001); High and Low (1933); Holiday in Spain (1960); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hotel Berlin (1945); Hour of Stars (2002); I Was an Adventuress (1940); I'll Give a Million (1938); Invisible Agent (1942); Invisible Opponent (1933); Island of Doomed Men (1940); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); I've Got a Secret (1954–1960); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953); Lancer Spy (1937); Les requins du pétrole (1933); Lux Video Theatre (1952); M (1931); Mad Love (1935); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Milton Berle, the Second Time Around: The Funny Fifties (1988); Miss Moto, Part 1 (2015); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); Monster Mania (1997); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Mr. District Attorney (1941); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938); Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Muscle Beach Party (1964); My Favorite Brunette (1947); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); One in a Million (1936); Passage to Marseille (1944); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Peter Lorre - Hinter der Maske des Bösen (2024); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 8: Palm Springs Week-End (1942); Playhouse 90 (1956–1960); Prisoner of Paradise (2002); Producers' Showcase (1955); Quicksand (1950); Rawhide (1960); Red Skelton: A Career of Laughter (1992); Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook (1981); Reinventing Chan (2008); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Rope of Sand (1949); Route 66 (1962); Satin and Silk (2003); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Secret Agent (1936); Silk Stockings (1957); Strange Cargo (1940); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Studio 57 (1955–1956); Stupéfiants (1932); Sündenbabel Berlin - Metropole des Verbrechens 1918-1933 (2020); Suspense (1952); Tales of Terror / Segment: The Black Cat (1962); Tell It to Groucho (1962); Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007); Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Circus (1959); The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Celluloid Closet (1995); The Chase (1946); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); The Conspirators (1944); The Constant Nymph (1943); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Dave Garroway Show (1953); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Face Behind the Mask (1941); The George Gobel Show (1955); The Gertrude Berg Show (1961); The Greatest Shows You Never Saw (1996); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Horror of It All (1983); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The James Bond Collector's Classic (1990); The James Melton Show (1952); The Lost Man (1951); The Magical World of Disney (1954–1976); The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (2003); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1958); The Mysterious Mr. Lorre: A Conversation with Stephen Youngkin (2006); The Originals (2005); The Patsy (1964); The Paul Winchell Show (1953); The Raven (1963); The Red Skelton Hour (1955–1960); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Sad Sack (1957); The Sinister Cinema Story (2025); The Star and the Story (1955); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1963); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); The Verdict (1946); They Met in Bombay (1941); Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937); Three Strangers (1946); Twister McGurk (2014); Undercover (1944); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Variety (1949); Very Scary People (2022); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Wagon Train (1960); Was Frauen träumen (1933); Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies (2022); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1952–1960); Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); You'll Find Out (1940).

Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948

Born on this day – Robert Montgomery:

Robert Montgomery

Actor

Director

Producer

May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981

Credits:

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006); Another Language (1933); Arena (1983); Art Heritage (1960); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Biography (2001); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Complicated Women (2003); Estrellados (1930); Ever Since Eve (1937); Eye Witness (1950); Faithless (1932); Fast and Loose (1939); Forsaking All Others (1934); Free and Easy (1930); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Haunted Honeymoon (1940); Hell Below (1933); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Hide-Out (1934); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Greats (1978–1979); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Trial (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Ingrid (1984); Inspiration (1931); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); John Ford (1992); June Bride (1948); Lady in the Lake (1946); Land of Liberty (1939); Letty Lynton (1932); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Love in the Rough (1930); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Made on Broadway (1933); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Navy Log (1958); Night Flight (1933); Night Must Fall (1937); No More Ladies (1935); Once More, My Darling (1949); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Petticoat Fever (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); President Hollywood (2008); Private Lives (1931); Rage in Heaven (1941); Reagan (2011); Review (1970); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Riptide (1934); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936); Shipmates (1931); So This Is College (1929); Some of the Best (1949); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Strangers May Kiss (1931); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big House (1930); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Divorcee (1930); The Earl of Chicago (1940); The Easiest Way (1931); The First Hundred Years (1937); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Man in Possession (1931); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); The Name's the Same (1953); The Perfect Match - The Sport of Polo in the US (2018); The Reagans (2020); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Secret Land (1948); The Single Standard (1929); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); Their Own Desire (1929); They Were Expendable (1945); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three Live Ghosts (1929); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Today (1960); Trouble for Two (1936); Unfinished Business (1941); Untamed (1929); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); War Nurse (1930); What's My Line? (1957); When Ladies Meet (1933).

Born on this day – Margery Allingham:

Margery Allingham

Writer

May 20, 1904 – June 30, 1966

Credits:

Books:

A Brief History of Witchcraft (1998); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Surprise for Christmas (2020); A Very Murderous Christmas (2018); Black Plumes (1940); Blackkerchief Dick (1923); Bodies from the Library 2 (2019); Bodies from the Library 6 (2023); Canine Crimes (1993); Capital Crimes (2015); Cargo of Eagles (1968); Christmas Crimes (1996); Classic Christmas Crime Stories (2023); Coroner's Pidgin / aka Pearls Before Swine (1945); Crime and Mr Campion (1959); Crimson Snow (2016); Dance of the Years / aka The Gallantrys (1943); Dancers in Mourning / aka Who Killed Chloe? (1937); Deadlier / 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Deadly Duo / aka Take Two at Bedtime (1949); Death of a Ghost (1934); Detective Duos (1997); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Flowers for the Judge (1936); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Hide my Eyes / aka Tether's End (1958); Look to the Lady / aka The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (1931); Miraculous Mysteries (2017); More Work for the Undertaker (1948); Mr Campion, Criminologist (1977); Mr. Campion and Others (1937); Mr. Campion's Clowns (1967); Mr. Campion's Falcon / aka Mr. Campion's Quarry (1969); Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969); Mr. Campion's Lady (1965); Murder at Christmas (2019); Murder at the Manor (2016); Murder in a Heatwave (2023); Murder In Midsummer (2019); Murder in Midwinter (2020); Murder on a Winter's Night (2021); Murder On Christmas Eve (2017); Murder Under the Christmas Tree (2016); Murder Under the Mistletoe (1992); My Friend Mr Campion (2011); Mysterious Pleasures (2003); Mystery for Christmas (1993); Mystery Mile (1930); Nine Detective Stories (1964); No Love Lost (1954); Police at the Funeral (1931); Rogues' Holiday (1935); Safer Than Love (1954); Serpents in Eden (2016); Silent Nights (2015); Six Against the Yard (1989); Sweet Danger / aka The Fear Sign (1933); The Allingham Case-Book (1969); The Allingham Minibus / aka Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories (1973); The Beckoning Lady / aka The Estate of the Beckoning Lady (1955); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Case of the Late Pig (1937); The Casebook of Mr Campion (1947); The China Governess (1962); The Crime At Black Dudley / aka The Black Dudley Murder (1929); The Darings of the Red Rose (1995); The Devil and Her Son (1936); The Fashion in Shrouds (1938); The Man of Dangerous Secrets / aka Other Man's Danger (1933); The Margery Allingham Omnibus (1983); The Mind Readers (1965); The Mysterious Mr. Campion (1963); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Patient at Peacocks Hall (1954); The Return of Mr. Campion (1989); The Tiger in the Smoke (1952); The White Cottage Mystery (1928); Traitor's Purse (1941); Wanted: Someone Innocent (1946); Water in a Sieve (1925).

Movies and television:

Dancers in Mourning (1959); Death of a Ghost (1960); Detective (1968); Die Kriminalerzählung (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Panorama (1958); Room to Let (1950); The Unforeseen (1959); Tiger in the Smoke (1956).

Born on this day – Jean Gabin:

Jean Gabin

Actor

Singer

May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976

Born on this day – Ethel Moses:

Ethel Moses

Actress

April 29, 1904 – June 1, 1982

Credits:

Stage:

Black Birds of 1935 (1935); Keep Shuffling (1928); Show Boat (1932).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2008); Birthright (1924); Birthright (1938); Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934); Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935); God's Step Children (1938); Gone Harlem (1938); Temptation (1935); Underworld (1937).

Born on this day – Bruce Cabot:

Bruce Cabot

Actor

April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972

Born on this day – Richard Eberhart:

Richard Eberhart

Writer

April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005

Credits:

Books:

A Bravery of Earth (1930); Brotherhood of Men (1949); Burr Oaks (1947); Collected Poems, 1930–1976 (1976); Collected Verse Plays (1962); Fields of Grace (1972); Great Praises (1957); New and Selected Poems: 1930–1990 (1990); Poems (1945); Reading the Spirit (1937); Selected Poems, 1930–1965 (1965); Shifts of Being (1968); Song and Idea (1942); The Long Reach: New and Uncollected Works 1948–1984 (1984); The Quarry: New Poems (1964); Thirty One Sonnets (1967); Undercliff: Poems 1946–1953 (1953); War and the Poet (1945).

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.

Born on this day – Patrick Hamilton:

Patrick Hamilton

Writer

March 17, 1904 – September 23, 1962

Credits:

Books and plays:

Craven House (1926); Gas Light / aka Angel Street (1942); Hangover Square (1941); Impromptu in Moribundia (1939); John Brown's Body (1930); Monday Morning (1925); Money with Menaces (1939); Rope / aka Rope's End (1929); The Charmer / aka Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse (1953); The Duke in Darkness (1942); The Man Upstairs (1954); The Midnight Bell (1929); The Plains of Cement (1934); The Siege of Pleasure (1932); The Slaves of Solitude (1947); The West Pier (1952); Twopence Coloured (1928); Unknown Assailant (1955).

Movies and television:

Alta comedia (1971); Anatomie eines Unfalls (1965); Angel Street (1946); Au théâtre ce soir (1971); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bitter Harvest (1963); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); Craven House (1950); De strop (1965 / 1968); Der Herr im ersten Stock (1957); Drohung bei Mondlicht (1987); El mundo del espectáculo (1979); Encounter (1952–1954); Gas Light (1939 / 1948); Gaslicht (1956 / 1960 / 1962 / 1977); Gaslight (1940 / 1944 / 1947 / 1958 / 1959); Gaslight / Podcast Series (2023); Gaslys (1957); Grande Teatro Tupi (1952–1958); Hangover Square (1945 / 2009); ITV Play of the Week / Angel Street; Rope's End (1957–1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); Köysi (1967); Luce a gas (1958 / 1966); Matinee Theatre (1958); Obsession (1966); Ponds Theater (1954); Rope (1939 / 1947 / 1948 / 1953 / 1957 / 2020); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Shell Presents (1959); Suspense (1963); Suspicion (1958); Teatro de misterio (1970); The Charmer (1987); The Duke in Darkness (1948 / 1957); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Governess (1949 / 1957 / 1958); The Man Upstairs (1954); To the Public Danger (1948); To theatro tis Defteras (1981); Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005).