Born on this day – Richard Eberhart:

Richard Eberhart

Writer

April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005

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).

Born on this day – Dr. Seuss:

Dr. Seuss

Writer

Illustrator

Animator

Director

March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991

Credits:

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940); Horton Hears a Who! (1954); The Cat in the Hat (1957); The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958); The Cat in the Hat Songbook (1967); The Cat's Quizzer (1976); I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978); And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937); The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938); The Seven Lady Godivas (1939); The King's Stilts (1939); McElligot's Pool (1947); Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948); Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949); If I Ran the Zoo (1950); Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953); On Beyond Zebra! (1955); If I Ran the Circus (1956); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957); Happy Birthday to You! (1959); Green Eggs and Ham (1960); One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960); Ten Apples Up on Top! (1961); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962); Hop on Pop (1963); Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963); Fox in Socks (1965); I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965); Come over to My House (1966); The Foot Book (1968); The Eye Book (1968); My Book about Me (1969); Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970); The Lorax (1971); I Can Write! (1971); In a People House (1972); Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972); The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973); Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973); There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974); Great Day for Up (1974); The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (1974); Wacky Wednesday (1974); Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975); Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! (1975); Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975); Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (1976); Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977); Oh Say Can You Say? (1979); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! (1980); Hunches in Bunches (1982); The Butter Battle Book (1984); The Tooth Book (1984); You're Only Old Once! (1986); I Am Not Going to Get up Today! (1987); Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990); Daisy-Head Mayzie (1994); My Many Colored Days (1996); Seuss-isms (1997); Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998); Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures (2008); What Was I Scared Of? (2009); Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks (2011); Sneetches on Beaches (2012); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book (2012); My, Oh My--A Butterfly! (2014); The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book (2014); What Pet Should I Get? (2015); Oh, the Places I'll Go! (2016); My Book About Christmas (2016); Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself (2017); Gerald McBoing Boing (2017); Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 (2019); Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! (2019); Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things (2019); Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! (2022); I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself (1970); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958); The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961); A Hatful of Seuss (1967); I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969); The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough (1987); The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (2011); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (2011); A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew (2013); Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories (2014).

Born on this day – Glen Miller:

Glen Miller

Composer

Musician

March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944

Born on this day – Frank Gruber:

Frank Gruber

Writer

February 2, 1904 – December 9, 1969

Credits:

Beagle Scented Murder (1946); Billy the Kid (1957); Bitter Sage (1954); Bitter Sage and the Bushwhackers (1984); Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023); Brass Knuckles (1966); Bridge of Sand (1963); Broken Lance (1949); Brothers of Silence (1962); Buffalo Grass aka The Big Land (1956); Bugles West (1961); Classic Detective Stories From a Suitcase of Suspense (1999); Fall-Guy for a Killer aka The Yellow Overcoat (1942); Fighting Man (1948); Fort Starvation (1953); Fourth Postman / Among Those Absent / Lock and the Key (1948); Gunsight (1953); Horatio Alger, Jr (1961); Johnny Vengeance (1954); Little Hercules (1965); Lonesome River (1957); Market for Murder (1947); Missing Widow / Scarlet Feather / I Want to Go Home (1948); Murder '97 (1948); Outlaw (1941); Peace Marshal (1957); Quantrell's Raider / Town Tamer (1984); Quantrell's Raiders (1953); Ride to Hell (1955); Ride to Hell / Lonesome River (1983); Run, Fool, Run aka The Lock and the Key (1948); Simon Lash: Private Detective (1945); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); Swing Low, Swing Dead (1964); Tales of Terror (1967); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The Books of Horatio Alger, Jr (1948); The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965); The Buffalo Box (1942); The Bushwhackers (1959); The Corpse Moved Upstairs (1964); The Curly Wolf (1969); The Dawn Riders (1968); The Etruscan Bull (1969); The Fourth Letter (1947); The French Key aka The French Key Mystery (1940); The Gift Horse (1942); The Gold Gap (1968); The Greek Affair (1965); The Highwayman (1955); The Honest Dealer aka Double Dealer (1947); The Hungry Dog Murders aka Die Like a Dog (1941); The Laughing Fox (1943); The Leather Duke aka A Job of Murder (1950); The Limping Goose aka Murder One (1955); The Lone Gunhawk aka Smoky Road (1949); The Lonesome Badger aka Mood for Murder (1954); The Man From Missouri (1956); The Marshal (1958); The Mighty Blockhead (1945); The Navy Colt (1941); The Pulp Jungle (1967); The Scarlet Feather (1948); The Silver Jackass (1947); The Silver Tombstone Mystery (1948); The Spanish Prisoner (1969); The Talking Clock (1944); The Thirteenth Floor (1948); The Twilight Man (1967); The Whispering Master (1956); This Gun Is Still (1967); Town Tamer (1957); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Wanted (1971); Zane Grey (1928).

Born on this day – Cary Grant:

Cary Grant

Actor

January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986

Credits:

Walk Don't Run (1966); Father Goose (1964); Charade (1963); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Grass Is Greener (1960); Operation Petticoat (1959); North by Northwest (1959); Houseboat (1958); Indiscreet (1958); Kiss Them for Me (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Pride and the Passion (1957); To Catch a Thief (1955); Dream Wife (1953); Monkey Business (1952); Room for One More (1952); People Will Talk (1951); Crisis (1950); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Every Girl Should Be Married (1948); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); Notorious (1946); Night and Day (1946); Without Reservations (1946); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Road to Victory (1944); Once Upon a Time (1944); The Shining Future (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); The Talk of the Town (1942); Suspicion (1941); Penny Serenade (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Howards of Virginia (1940); My Favorite Wife (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); In Name Only (1939); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Gunga Din (1939); Holiday (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); The Awful Truth (1937); The Toast of New York (1937); Topper (1937); When You're in Love (1937); Wedding Present (1936); The Amazing Adventure (1936); Suzy (1936); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Sylvia Scarlett (1935); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); The Last Outpost (1935); Wings in the Dark (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Ladies Should Listen (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Born to Be Bad (1934); Alice in Wonderland (1933); I'm No Angel (1933); Gambling Ship (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Woman Accused (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Madame Butterfly (1932); Hot Saturday (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); Devil and the Deep (1932); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Singapore Sue (1932); Sinners in the Sun (1932); This Is the Night (1932).

Born on this day – Mississippi Fred McDowell:

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

61 Highway Blues (2011); A Dose Of Double Dynamite (2006); ABC Of The Blues Vol 33 (2010); Amazing Grace & My Home Is in the Delta (2013); Amazing Grace (1966); Ann Arbor, 1971 (Live) (2021); Best Live Country Blues (2022); Blues Masters: Mississippi Fred McDowell (1969); Come and Found You Gone: The Bill Ferris Recordings (2010); Downhome Blues, Vol. 1 (2009); Eight Years Ramblin' (1972); Fred Mcdowell (2014); Fred McDowell, Vol. 2 (1966); Going Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell 1959 (2020); Heritage Of The Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2003); I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (1969); Jesus On The Mainline (2023); Les pionniers du Blues, Vol. 15 : Mississippi Fred McDowell (2019); Levee Camp Blues (1980); Live at the Gaslight: Set One (2000); Live at the Gaslight: Set Two (2000); Live in New York (1972); Long Way From Home (1966); Long Way From Home: The Blues of Fred McDowell (1990); Mama Says I'm Crazy (2002); Mighty Mississippi (Rerecorded) (2009); Mississippi Delta Blues (1964); Mississippi Fred McDowell (1995); Mississippi Fred McDowell in London (Volume Two) (1970); Mojo Hand: Previously Unreleased (2022); Ole Miss Blues (2022);Portraits: The First Recordings (1997); Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (2012); Shake 'Em on Down (2015); Shake 'Em On Down: Live In NYC (2016); Standing At The Burying Ground (1996); The Alan Lomax Recordings (2011); The Best of Mississippi Fred Mcdowell (2001); The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert (Live) (2024); The Essential Fred McDowell (Live) (2022); The First Recordings (1997); The Man from Como, Miss (2020); The Train I Ride (1993); This Ain't No Rock n' Roll (1995); Timeless Blues: Mississippi Fred McDowell (2011); You Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore (2010); You Gotta Move (1989).

Songs:

61 Highway; Baby Please Don't Go; Como; Do My Baby Ever Think of Me; Everybody's Down on Me; Fred's Rambling Blues; Frisco Line; Get Right Church; Goin’ Down to the River; Going Away - Won't Be Gone Long; Going Down the River; Gravel Road Blues; Highway 61; I Heard Somebody Call; I Looked at the Sun; Jesus Is On The Main Line; John Henry; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning; Levee Camp Blues; Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom; My Baby; My Bottleneck; Red Cross Store Blues; Shake 'em on Down; That's Alright; What's the Matter Now?; When I Lay My Burden Down; When the Saints Go Marching In; Write Me a Few Lines; Write Me a Few of Your Lines; You Got to Move.

Born on this day – George Stevens:

George Stevens

Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975

Credits:

The Spirit of Liberation (2017); D-Day: The Color Footage (1999); George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994); D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special (1985); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Giant (1956); Shane (1953); Something to Live For (1952); A Place in the Sun (1951); I Remember Mama (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); George Stevens' World War II Footage (1946); The Nazi Plan (1945); Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945); That Justice Be Done (1945); The More the Merrier (1943); The Talk of the Town (1942); Woman of the Year (1942); Penny Serenade (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); Gunga Din (1939); Vivacious Lady (1938); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Quality Street (1937); Swing Time (1936); Annie Oakley (1935); Alice Adams (1935); The Nitwits (1935); Laddie (1935); Kentucky Kernels (1934); Ocean Swells (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Cracked Shots (1934); Rough Necking (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Undie-World (1934); Bridal Bail (1934); A Divorce Courtship (1933); Grin and Bear It (1933); Walking Back Home (1933); What Fur (1933); Flirting in the Park (1933); Quiet Please! (1933); Room Mates (1933); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); Should Crooners Marry (1933); Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (1933); Family Troubles (1933); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); The Finishing Touch (1932); The All-American (1932); Who, Me? (1932); The Kick-Off! (1931); Mama Loves Papa (1931); Call a Cop! (1931); Air-Tight (1931); High Gear (1931); Blood and Thunder (1931); The Panic Is On (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); Spuk um Mitternacht (1931); Glückliche Kindheit (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Bigger and Better (1930); Noche de duendes (1930); The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930); Radiomanía (1930); Tiembla y Titubea (1930); Below Zero (1930); La vida nocturna (1930); The Big Kick (1930); Brats (1930); Blotto (1930); The Fighting Parson (1930); The Real McCoy (1930); The Head Guy (1930); Ladrones (1930); Night Owls (1930); Angora Love (1929); Skirt Shy (1929); The Hoose-Gow (1929); Bacon Grabbers (1929); Shy Boy (1929); They Go Boom! (1929); Crazy Feet (1929); Snappy Sneezer (1929); Dad's Day (1929); Men O'War (1929); Leaping Love (1929); Madame Q (1929); Double Whoopee (1929); Hurdy Gurdy (1929); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); Big Business (1929); That's My Wife (1929); Wrong Again (1929); Liberty (1929); We Faw Down (1928); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Two Tars (1928); All Parts (1928); Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928); Early to Bed (1928); Should Married Men Go Home? (1928); Should Women Drive? (1928); Their Purple Moment (1928); Tell It to the Judge (1928); Blow by Blow (1928); Came the Dawn (1928); The Finishing Touch (1928); Dumb Daddies (1928); Leave 'em Laughing (1928); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Pass the Gravy (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); Putting Pants on Philip (1927); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Hats Off (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Sugar Daddies (1927); Lightning (1927); No Man's Law (1927); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); Slipping Wives (1927); The Valley of Hell (1927); The Desert's Toll (1926); The Devil Horse (1926); No Man's Law (1925); Black Cyclone (1925); Looking for Sally (1925); The White Sheep (1924); The Battling Orioles (1924); Roughest Africa (1923); Ladies Last (1930).

Born on this day – Claire Rommer:

Claire Rommer

Actress

December 7, 1904 – August 19, 1996

Born on this day – Elissa Landi:

Elissa Landi

Actress

December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948

Born on this day – Mozelle Alderson:

Mozelle Alderson

Blues singer

November 20, 1904 – February 15, 1994

Credits:

Songs:

Mobile Central Blues; Mozelle Blues; Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat; Room Rent Blues; Sobbin' The Blues; State Street Special; Tall Man Blues; Tight Whoopee.

Born on this day – Renée Saint-Cyr:

Renée Saint-Cyr

Actress

Producer

November 16, 1904 – July 11, 2004

Credits:

27 rue de la Paix (1936); À la recherche de Fernandel (1973); An der schönen blauen Donau (1955); Arlette et ses papas (1934); Capitaine Ardant (1951); Chacun pour soi (1994); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Coctail party (1960); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933); Déclic et des claques (1965); Des mots de minuit (2002); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Donogoo (1936); En votre âme et conscience (1966); Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981); Étrange destin (1946); Fleur d'oseille (1967); Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954); Ils sont fous ces sorciers (1978); Incognito (1934); Kurt Gerrons Karussell (1999); La Continental: Le mystère Greven (2017); La femme perdue (1942); La misère et la gloire (1965); La symphonie fantastique (1942); La trilogie des 'Monocle' (2003); La voix du rêve (1949); Lafayette (1962); Le beau voyage (1947); Le billet de mille (1935); Le chemin de l'honneur (1939); Le coeur dispose (1936); Le cowboy (1985); Le dernier milliardaire (1934); L'école des cocottes (1935); L'erreur est humaine (1984); Les femmes du monde (1977); Les loups entre eux (1936); Les Nuits de France Culture (2014–2016); Les pattes de mouche (1936); L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946); L'invité surprise (1989); Madame et le mort (1943); Marie-Martine (1943); Marked Girls (1938); Matin Bonheur (1988); Midi-Première (1981); My Other Husband (1983); Ne rien savoir (1979); Night in December (1939); Now We've Seen It All! (1976); O.K. patron (1974); Palace (1988–1989); Paméla (1945); Paris (1937); Pas de problème! (1975); Pierre et Jean (1943); Prisoner of Paradise (2002); Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973); Red Roses (1940); Retour de flamme (1943); Room Service (1992); Secret Document: Vienna (1950); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); Strange Boarders (1938); Sup de fric (1992); Témoignages (1973); The Knight of the Night (1953); The Monocle (1964); The Pearls of the Crown (1937); The Sexy Dozen (1968); The Two Orphans (1933); Toto (1933); Tous les deux (1949); Trois... six... neuf (1937); Une fois dans la vie (1934); Valse éternelle (1936); Valse royale (1936); Vous intéressez-vous à la chose? (1974).

Born on this day – H.C. Potter:

H.C. Potter

Producer

Director

November 13, 1904 – August 31, 1977

Born on this day – Selena Royle:

Selena Royle

Actress

Writer

November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983

Credits:

A Date with Judy (1948); As the World Turns (1956); Bad Boy (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Branded (1950); Cass Timberlane (1947); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Come Fill the Cup (1951); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952–1953); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Gallant Journey (1946); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); He Ran All the Way (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Joan of Arc (1948); Main Street After Dark (1945); Matinee Theatre (1957); Moonrise (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Murder Is My Beat (1955); My Dream Is Yours (1949); Night and Day (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Okay, Mother (1950); Robot Monster (1953); Smart Woman (1948); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Summer Holiday (1948); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big Hangover (1950); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Good Samaritan (1954); The Green Years (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Heiress (1949); The Misleading Lady (1932); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Web (1950); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Till the End of Time (1946); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Your Show Time (1949); You're My Everything (1949).

Born on this day – Laura La Plante:

Laura La Plante

Actress

November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996

Credits:

A Bottle Baby (1922); A Movie Mixup (1922); A Shaky Family Tree (1922); A Treacherous Rival (1922); Arizona (1931); Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923); Back from the Front (1920); Beware of Widows (1927); Big Town Ideas (1921); Brand of Courage (1921); Burning Words (1923); Butterflies in the Rain (1926); Butterfly (1924); Captain of the Guard (1930); Crooked Alley (1923); Dangerous Innocence (1925); Dead Game (1923); Desperation (1922); 813 (1920); Easy to Cop (1922); Excitement (1924); Fashion News (1930); Father's Close Shave (1920); Fighting Back (1922); Finders Keepers (1928); Gaslight Follies (1945); God's Gift to Women (1931); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1998); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Her Big Night (1926); Her Imaginary Lover (1933); His Four Fathers (1921); His Inheritance Taxi (1922); Hold Your Man (1929); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Home, James (1928); It's a Great Life (1955); Jiggs and the Social Lion (1920); Jiggs in Society (1920); King of Jazz (1930); Little Mister Jim (1946); Lonely Wives (1931); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Man of the Moment (1935); Matching Wits (1922); Meet the Wife (1931); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Old Dynamite (1921); Out of Luck (1923); Perils of the Yukon (1922); Play Square (1921); Poker Faces (1926); Ride for Your Life (1924); Scandal (1929); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Shootin' for Love (1923); Should Husbands Do Housework? (1921); Should Watchmen Sleep? (1922); Show Boat (1929); Silk Stockings (1927); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Smouldering Fires (1925); Society Sailors (1922); Sporting Youth (1924); Spring Reunion (1956); Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931); Taking Things Easy (1922); Telephone Time (1956); Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 42nd. Street Special (1933); The Alarm (1921); The Beautiful Cheat (1926); The Big Ranger (1922); The Big Town Round-Up (1921); The Call of Courage (1922); The Call of the Blood (1921); The Cat and the Canary (1927); The Church Mouse (1934); The City of Stars (1924); The Dangerous Blonde (1924); The Deputy's Double Cross (1922); The Fast Worker (1924); The Fatal Plunge (1924); The Girl in Possession (1934); The Great Gamble (1919); The Last Warning (1928); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Love Thrill (1927); The Love Trap (1929); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Sun (1926); The Minute Man (1922); The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921); The Ramblin' Kid (1923); The Ranger's Reward (1922); The Sea Ghost (1931); The Show Boat Story (1989); The Speed Boy (1922); The Teaser (1925); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trail of the Wolf (1922); The Wall Flower (1922); True Gold (1923); Widow's Might (1935); Won't You Worry? (1923); You Bet Your Life (1954); Young Ideas (1924).

Born on this day – Moss Hart:

Moss Hart

Playwright

Librettist

Theater director

October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961

Credits:

Plays:

George Washington Slept Here (Kaufman and Hart) (1940); I'd Rather Be Right (Kaufman and Hart) (1937); Lady in the Dark, with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin (1941); Light Up the Sky (1948); Merrily We Roll Along (Kaufman and Hart) (1934); Once In A Lifetime (Kaufman and Hart) (1930): The American Way (Kaufman and Hart) (1939); The Fabulous Invalid (Kaufman and Hart) (1938); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Kaufman and Hart) (1939); Winged Victory (1943); You Can't Take It with You (Kaufman and Hart / awarded the Pulitzer Prize) (1936).

Movies and television:

A Star Is Born (1954 / 2018); Act One (1963); Answer Yes or No (1950); Au théâtre ce soir (1978); Bam kai kato (1996); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1956); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Camelot (1967); Drei gegen Hollywood (1982); Flesh (1932); Frankie and Johnnie (1936); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Gran teatro (1961); Great Performances (1984); Hans Christian Andersen (1952); Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009); Lady in the Dark (1944 / 1954 / 1990 / 2001); Live from Lincoln Center (2015); Make Me a Star (1932); Merrily We Roll Along (2013 / 2024); Miss America Pageant (1958); Musical Comedy Time (1951); Nothing Sacred (1937); Omnibus / Segment: The Nature of the Beast (1953); Once in a Lifetime (1932 / 1937); Person to Person (1959); Play of the Week (1960); Prince of Players (1955); Prisel na veceri (1981); Probe and Night Beat (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Richard Rodgers' Jubilee Show (1951); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Ship's Reporter (1950); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Simple Gifts / Segment: A Memory of Christmas (1978); That Lucky Touch (1975); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Good Shepherd (2006); The Great Waltz (1955); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941 / 1947 / 1972 / 2000); The Masquerader (1933); The Mike Wallace Interview (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); TV de Vanguarda (1954); Una volta nella vita (1963); We, the People (1948); What's My Line? (1951); Winged Victory (1944); You Can't Take It with You (1938 / 1945 / 1947 / 1979 / 1987).

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).