Showing posts with label 1905. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1905. Show all posts

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Born on this day – Viktor Frankl:


Viktor Frankl


Neurologist

Psychiatrist

Writer

Holocaust survivor

March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997

Credits:

Man's Search for Meaning (1946); Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997); On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders (2004); Psychotherapy and Existentialism (1967); The Doctor and the Soul (1955); The Unheard Cry for Meaning (2011); The Will to Meaning (1988); Viktor Frankl Recollections: An Autobiography (2000); Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything (2020).

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Donat:


Robert Donat


Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Monday, March 16, 2026

Born on this day – Mildred Washington:


Mildred Washington


Actress

March 16, 1905 – September 7, 1933

Credits:

A Man of Sentiment (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Hearts in Dixie (1929); In Old Kentucky (1927); Morning Glory (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Tenderfeet (1928); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Thoroughbred (1930); Torch Singer (1933); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Born on this day – Betty Amann:


Betty Amann


Actress

March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1990

Credits:

A Simple Sap (1928); Asphalt (1929); Das Lied der Nationen (1931); Daughters of Today (1933); Der Sträfling aus Stambul (1929); Der weiße Teufel (1930); Die große Sehnsucht (1930); Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933); East of Shanghai (1931); Hans in allen Gassen (1930); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); In Old Mexico (1938); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Motorboat Mamas (1928); Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Niebezpieczny romans (1930); Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930); Pyjamas Preferred (1932); Smith's Holiday (1928); Strictly Business (1931); Strictly in Confidence (1933); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Big Bluff (1933); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Campus Vamp (1928); The Kick-Off (1926); The Perfect Lady (1931); The Rodeo (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Tugboat M 17 (1933).

Monday, March 9, 2026

Born on this day – Félix Labisse:


Félix Labisse


Painter

Writer

Actor

March 9, 1905 – January 27, 1982

Credits:

Movies and television:

For Your Beautiful Eyes (1929); La belle saison est proche (1959); La mort de Vénus (1930); Le bonheur d'être aimé (1962); Vacances (1931); Visite à Félix Labisse (1947); Zero for Conduct (1933).

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Born on this day – Edith Méra:


Edith Mera


Actress

February 7, 1905 – February 24, 1935

Credits:

Count Obligado (1935); The Outbreak (1934); Midnight Prince (1934); Poliche (1934); Fedora (1934); Iris lost and found (1934); Dream Castle (1933); Simone Is Like That (1933); The Premature Father (1933); The Hen (1933); Grandeur and Decadence (1933); I confide ma femme (1933); Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933); Three Musketeers (1932); A Star Disappears (1932); Shout It from the House Tops (1932); My Lover the Assassin (1932); Miche (1932); Monsieur le maréchal (1931); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Un soir de rafle (1931); The Man Who Murdered (1931); Beauty Cult (1930).

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Born on this day – Kay Francis:


Kay Francis


Actress

January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968


Credits:

Lux Video Theatre (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); Wife Wanted (1946); Allotment Wives (1945); Divorce (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Between Us Girls (1942); Always in My Heart (1942); The Feminine Touch (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); When the Daltons Rode (1940); It's a Date (1940); In Name Only (1939); Women in the Wind (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Secrets of an Actress (1938); My Bill (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); First Lady (1937); Confession (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); The White Angel (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); The Goose and the Gander (1935); Stranded (1935); Living on Velvet (1935); British Agent (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Mandalay (1934); The House on 56th Street (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); The Keyhole (1933); Cynara (1932); Trouble in Paradise (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Jewel Robbery (1932); Street of Women (1932); Man Wanted (1932); Strangers in Love (1932); The False Madonna (1931); Girls About Town (1931); 24 Hours (1931); Guilty Hands (1931); Transgression (1931); The Vice Squad (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Scandal Sheet (1931); Passion Flower (1930); The Virtuous Sin (1930); Let's Go Native (1930); For the Defense (1930); Raffles (1930); A Notorious Affair (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Illusion (1929); Dangerous Curves (1929); The Cocoanuts (1929); Gentlemen of the Press (1929).

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Born on this day – Nelson Leigh:


Nelson Leigh


Actor

January 1, 1905 – July 3, 1985

Credits:

The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other Wise Man (1969); This Is the Life (1952–1969); The Christophers (1968); Bonanza (1966–1967); The F.B.I. (1965–1966); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Silencers (1966); Perry Mason (1959–1964); The Great Adventure (1963); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Incident in an Alley (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Outsider (1961); Lover Come Back (1961); The New Breed (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Road to Better Living (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1961); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961); A Fever in the Blood (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Joyful Hour (1960); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); Men Into Space (1960); Ocean's Eleven (1960); The Gallant Hours (1960); Lassie (1960); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); The Millionaire (1956–1959); Tightrope (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); Steve Canyon (1958–1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Hangman (1959); Flight (1958); In Love and War (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); Step Down to Terror (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The Book of Acts Series (1957); Official Detective (1957); Bombers B-52 (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Black Panther (1957); God Is My Partner (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); Father Knows Best (1957); Navy Log (1955–1956); Friendly Persuasion (1956); Toward the Unknown (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Hold Back the Night (1956); The First Texan (1956); World Without End (1956); Crusader (1956); Empty Shoes (1956); Call It Free (1955); Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955); Medic (1955); The Virgin Queen (1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); Untamed Mistress (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); The Whistler (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Outlaw's Daughter (1954); Dynamite, the Story of Alfred Nobel (1954); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Saracen Blade (1954); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1954); Texas Bad Man (1953); Jack Slade (1953); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Split Second (1953); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Savage Mutiny (1953); The Living Bible (1952); The Story of Christopher Columbus: Proving the Earth Is Round (1952); Magnificent Adventure (1952); Family Theatre (1951–1952); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); The Living Bible (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Submarine Command (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); Yukon Manhunt (1951); Home Town Story (1951); The Cisco Kid (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Captive Girl (1950); The Lone Ranger (1950); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); The Living Christ Series (1949); The Christmas Carol (1949); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); Jolson Sings Again (1949); Barbary Pirate (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); Raising of Lazarus (1948); Simon Peter, Fisherman (1948); Racing Luck (1948); Congo Bill (1948); And Forbid Them Not (1948); Abraham's Faith (1948); The Gallant Blade (1948); Superman (1948); The Black Arrow (1948); Angels' Alley (1948); Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa (1947); Faith of Jairus (1947); The Unfaithful Servant (1947); Brick Bradford (1947); The Calling of Matthew (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem (1945); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); Cornered (1945); Son of Lassie (1945); Identity Unknown (1945); It's a Pleasure (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Hamlet (1945); Man of Faith (1944); Mary Magdalene (1944); Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Louisiana Hayride (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); The Girl in the Case (1944); Jam Session (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Texas Masquerade (1944); Journey Into Faith (1943); What a Woman! (1943); A Guy Named Joe (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Lassie Come Home (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); Sahara (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); First Comes Courage (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); No Greater Power (1942); A Certain Nobleman (1940).

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Born on this day – B.K. Turner:


B.K. Turner


Blues singer

Guitarist

December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation, Arhoolie, 1992); The Black Ace: BK Turner and His Steel Guitar (studio album, Arhoolie, 1960).

Songs:

Beer Drinkin`Woman; Black Ace; Evil Woman; Hitch Hiking Woman; I Am the Black Ace; Interview; Your Legs Too Little.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Born on this day – Norah Baring:


Norah Baring


Actress

November 26, 1905 – February 8, 1985

Credits:

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Escape from Dartmoor (1930); Little Stranger (1934); Murder! (1930); Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); Strange Evidence (1933); The Celestial City (1929); The Doctors' Women (1928); The House of Trent (1933); The Lyons Mail (1931); The Runaway Princess (1929); Two Worlds (1930); Underground (1928).

Friday, November 7, 2025

Born on this day – Alice Day:


Alice Day


Actress

November 7, 1905 – May 25, 1995

Credits:

A Dozen Socks (1927); A Love Sundae (1926); A Sweet Pickle (1925); Alice Be Good (1926); Bashful Jim (1925); Cold Turkey (1925); Drag (1929); East of the Water Plug (1924); Fashion News (1930); Fast and Furious (1927); Flickering Youth (1924); Gold (1932); Gooseland (1926); Her Actor Friend (1926); Hesitating Horses (1926); His New Mamma (1924); His New York Wife (1926); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Hot Cakes for Two (1926); Hot Curves (1930); Hotsy-Totsy (1925); In the Next Room (1930); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Kitty from Killarney (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Little Johnny Jones (1929); Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924); Love and Kisses (1925); Love Bound (1932); My Pal (1923); Night Life (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Pass the Dumplings (1927); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Picking Peaches (1924); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Riders of the Purple Cows (1924); Romeo and Juliet (1924); Secrets (1924); See You in Jail (1927); Shanghaied Lovers (1924); Should Husbands Marry? (1926); Show of Shows (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Spanking Breezes (1926); Tee for Two (1925); The Beloved Bozo (1925); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Circus: Premiere (1928); The First 100 Years (1924); The Ghost of Folly (1926); The Gorilla (1927); The Lady from Nowhere (1931); The Love Racket (1929); The Melody Man (1930); The Perils of Petersboro (1926); The Plumber (1925); The Plumber's Daughter (1927); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Sea Squawk (1925); The Smart Set (1928); The Soapsuds Lady (1925); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Waiter from the Ritz (1926); The Way of the Strong (1928); Times Square (1929); Two-Fisted Law (1932); Viennese Nights (1930); When Comedy Was King (1960).

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Born on this day – Michael Fessier:


Michael Fessier


Writer

Producer

November 6, 1905 – September 19, 1988

Credits:

Books:

Clovis (1949); Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind (1935); Masters of Noir: Volume Two (2010); The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (1999).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All American Chump (1936); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Bat Masterson (1960); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1968); Cavalcade of America (1957); Espionage Agent (1939); Exclusive Story (1936); Fired Wife (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Gal (1945); Gilligan's Island (1967); Greenwich Village (1944); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); He Stayed for Breakfast (1940); Her Primitive Man (1944); I Wanted Wings (1941); It All Came True (1940); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Johnny Staccato (1960); Julia (1969); Knockout (1941); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lost in Space (1966); Lover Come Back (1946); Mister Ed (1963); Mr. Lucky (1960); Red Garters (1954); San Diego I Love You (1944); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Slave Girl (1947); Society Doctor (1935); Song of the City (1937); Speed (1936); Studio 57 (1957); Sugarfoot (1957); Surfside 6 (1961); That Night with You (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1958–1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Thin Man (1958–1959); The Women Men Marry (1937); Trial by Trigger (1944); Vacation Playhouse (1964–1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Valley of the Giants (1938); Wings of the Navy (1939); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Women Are Trouble (1936); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You'll Never Get Rich (1941).

Born on this day – Ruth Selwyn:


Ruth Selwyn


Actress

Producer

November 6, 1905 – December 13, 1954

Credits:

Baby Face Harrington (1935); Five and Ten (1931); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Goofy Movies Number One (1933); Men Must Fight (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Speak Easily (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932).

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Born on this day – Joel McCrea:


Joel McCrea


Actor

November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990

Credits:

Mustang Country (1976); The Young Rounders (1971); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Ride the High Country (1962); The Crowning Experience (1960); Wichita Town (1959–1960); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); Fort Massacre (1958); Cattle Empire (1958); The Tall Stranger (1957); Gunsight Ridge (1957); Trooper Hook (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); The First Texan (1956); Wichita (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Shoot First (1953); The Lone Hand (1953); The San Francisco Story (1952); Cattle Drive (1951); Hollywood Story (1951); Frenchie (1950); Saddle Tramp (1950); Stars in My Crown (1950); The Outriders (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Four Faces West (1948); Ramrod (1947); The Virginian (1946); The Unseen (1945); The Great Moment (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); The More the Merrier (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Great Man's Lady (1941); Reaching for the Sun (1941); Foreign Correspondent (1940); Primrose Path (1940); He Married His Wife (1940); Espionage Agent (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Wells Fargo (1937); Dead End (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Banjo on My Knee (1936); Come and Get It (1936); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); Two in a Crowd (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Woman Wanted (1935); Our Little Girl (1935); Private Worlds (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Chance at Heaven (1933); One Man's Journey (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Rockabye (1932); The Sport Parade (1932); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Lost Squadron (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Girls About Town (1931); The Common Law (1931); Born to Love (1931); Kept Husbands (1931); Once a Sinner (1931); Lightnin' (1930); The Silver Horde (1930); Framed (1930); Dynamite (1929); So This Is College (1929); The Single Standard (1929); The Jazz Age (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Divine Lady (1928); Freedom of the Press (1928); Dead Man's Curve (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Torrent (1926); A Self-Made Failure (1924); Penrod and Sam (1923).

Friday, October 10, 2025

Born on this day – Jane Winton:


Jane Winton


Actress

Dancer

Opera soprano

Writer

Painter

October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959

Credits:

Books:

Park Avenue Doctor; Passion Is the Gale.

Movies and television:

A Notorious Affair (1930); Across the Pacific (1926); Backstage (1937); Bare Knees (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); Captain Lash (1929); Don Juan (1926); Footloose Widows (1926); Hell's Angels (1930); Hired Wife (1934); His Supreme Moment (1925); Honeymoon Flats (1928); In the Next Room (1930); Lonesome Ladies (1927); Melody of Love (1928); Millionaires (1926); My Official Wife (1926); My Old Dutch (1926); Nothing to Wear (1928); Perch of the Devil (1927); Scandal (1929); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Sunrise (1927); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); The Crane Poison Case (1932); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Furies (1930); The Gay Old Bird (1927); The Honeymoon Express (1926); The Light Fantastic (1935); The Love Toy (1926); The Monkey Talks (1927); The Passionate Quest (1926); The Patsy (1928); The Poor Nut (1927); The Week End Mystery (1931); Three Women (1924); Tomorrow's Love (1925); Upstream (1927); Why Girls Go Back Home (1926); Yellow Lily (1928).