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Friday, June 13, 2025

Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:


L.B. Abbott


Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985

Credits:

Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Born on this day – Margherita Carosio:


Margherita Carosio


Opera singer

Soprano

June 7, 1908 – January 10, 2005

Credits:

Eternal Melodies (1940); L'elisir d'amore (1941); Regina della Scala (1937); Ripudiata (1955); Sarasate (1941).

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Born on this day – James Stewart:


James Stewart


Actor

May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997

Credits:

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); Right of Way (1983); Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980); A Tale of Africa (1980); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Laugh-In (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Shootist (1976); Sentimental Journey (1976); Hawkins (1973); Harvey (1972); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); Fools' Parade (1971); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Bandolero! (1968); Firecreek (1968); The Rare Breed (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Shenandoah (1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1950); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); My Three Sons (1960); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); X-15 (1961); Two Rode Together (1961); The Mountain Road (1960); Startime (1959); The FBI Story (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Playhouse (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Vertigo (1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Night Passage (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Man from Laramie (1955); Strategic Air Command (1955); Tomorrow's Drivers (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Far Country (1954); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); Thunder Bay (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); Carbine Williams (1952); Bend of the River (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); And Then There Were Four (1950); Harvey (1950); The Jackpot (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Malaya (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948); Rope (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Magic Town (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); It's a Wonderful World (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Shopworn Angel (1938); Vivacious Lady (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); Seventh Heaven (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Born to Dance (1936); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); Speed (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Important News (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); The Murder Man (1935); Art Trouble (1934).

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Born on this day – Lucien Ballard:


Lucien Ballard


Cinematographer

May 6, 1908 – October 1, 1988

Credits:

A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Nag in the Bag (1938); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Time for Dying (1969); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Al Capone (1959); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Anna Lucasta (1958); Arruza (1972); Back to the Woods (1937); Band of Angels (1957); Beloved Bachelor (1931); Berlin Express (1948); Big Executive (1933); Black Saddle (1960); Blind Alley (1939); Blonde Venus (1932); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Bomber's Moon (1943); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Cash and Carry (1937); City of Fear (1959); Coast Guard (1939); Cold Turkey (1940); Craig's Wife (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Curves (1929); Dear Brigitte (1965); Desire in the Dust (1960); Devil's Playground (1937); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Drum (1976); Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law (1963); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Flat Foot Stooges (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Noon Till Three (1976); Girls Can Play (1937); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Highway Patrol (1938); Holy Matrimony (1943); Home on the Rage (1938); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I Married a Woman (1958); I Promise to Pay (1937); I Take This Woman (1931); Inferno (1953); Junior Bonner (1972); L'académie des 9 (1982); Lady Ice (1973); Laura (1944); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Life Begins with Love (1937); Love Me Tonight (1932); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Monte Carlo (1930); Moontide (1942); Morocco (1930); Murder by Contract (1958); My Kingdom for... (1995); Nevada Smith (1966); New Faces (1954); Night Song (1947); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Census, No Feeling (1940); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour with You (1932); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outside These Walls (1939); Pay or Die! (1960); Penitentiary (1938); Prince Valiant (1954); Rabbit Test (1978); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Return of the Texan (1952); Ride the High Country (1962); Rio Grande (1938); Roustabout (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962); Seven Cities of Gold (1955); South of the Boudoir (1940); Squadron of Honor (1938); St. Ives (1976); Susan Slade (1961); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Temptation (1946); Texas Stampede (1939); The 33rd (1959); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Final Hour (1936); The Getaway (1972); The Glory Brigade (1953); The Hawaiians (1970); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killing (1956); The King and Four Queens (1956); The King Steps Out (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938); The Love Parade (1929); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1961); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Interns (1964); The Nightshirt Bandit (1938); The Outlaw (1943); The Parent Trap (1961); The Party (1968); The Proud Ones (1956); The Raid (1954); The Rifleman (1963); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Shadow (1937); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Thundering West (1939); The Undying Monster (1942); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Bunch (1969); This Is the Night (1932); This Love of Ours (1945); Thomasine & Bushrod (1974); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three the Hard Way (1974); Tonight We Raid Calais (1943); True Grit (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938); Wall of Noise (1963); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Whispering Ghosts (1942); White Feather (1955); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Will Penny (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); Zorro (1960).

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Born on this day – Eve Arden:


Eve Arden


Actress

April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990

Credits:

A Child Is Born (1939); A Gift of Music (1981); A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); A Very Missing Person (1972); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1987); Alice (1980); All My Darling Daughters (1972); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amazing Stories (1986); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); At the Circus (1939); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Bedtime Story (1941); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Bewitched (1966); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Town Czar (1939); Biography (2001); Bloopermania (1987); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (1978); Cactus Creek (1950); CBS: On the Air (1978); Checkmate (1961); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Climax! (1956); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Comrade X (1940); Cover Girl (1944); Crawford at Warners (2008); Dancing Lady (1933); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dinah! (1978); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Eternally Yours (1939); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); Flying High (1979); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Grease (1978); Grease 2 (1982); Great Performances (1983); Gypsy (1967); Hart to Hart (1980); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Help, Inc. (1972); Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hour Magazine (1984); I Love Lucy (1955); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); In Name Only (1969); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1972); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Laredo (1965); Last of the Duanes (1941); Let's Face It (1943); Letter of Introduction (1938); Life with Linkletter (1970); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love, American Style / Love and the Contact Lens / Love and the New Roommate (1971); Manpower (1941); Masquerade (1983); Maude (1977); Mildred Pierce (1945); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Reputation (1946); My Three Sons (1962); Night and Day (1946); No, No, Nanette (1940); Nuts and Bolts (1981); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Oh, Doctor (1937); One Touch of Venus (1948); Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956); Our World (1987); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Paid in Full (1950); Pan-Americana (1945); Pandemonium (1982); Password (1962–1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Patrick the Great (1944); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1960); Personality (1967); Philbin's People (1970); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Run for Your Life (1966); San Antonio Rose (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); She Couldn't Say No (1940); She Knew All the Answers (1941); Sing for Your Supper (1941); Slightly Honorable (1939); Song of Love (1929); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Stage Door (1937); Star Bloopers (1979); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Tea for Two (1950); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Costume Designer (1950); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Show (1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1959); The Doughgirls (1944); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Eve Arden Show (1957–1958); The Forgotten Woman (1939); The George Gobel Show (1959); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Grease Yearbook (1998); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Liberace Show (1969); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Milton Berle Show (1948); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1969); The Movie Game (1971); The Name's the Same (1953); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pet Set (1971); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986); The Strongest Man in the World (1975); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1967); The Unfaithful (1947); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); This Is Your Life (1972); Three Husbands (1950); Today (1982); Under the Rainbow (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Vega$ (1979); We, the People (1949); We're Not Married! (1952); What's It All About, World? (1969); What's My Line? (1955); Whiplash (1948); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Women in the Wind (1939); You Don't Say (1966); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004).

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Williamson:


Jack Williamson


Writer

April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Sense of Wonder (1967); After World's End (1939); At the Human Limit (2011); Beachhead (1992); Bright New Universe (1967); Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods (1979); Darker Than You Think (1948); Darker Than You Think and Other Novels (2003); Demon Moon (1994); Dragon's Island / aka The Not-Men (1951); Dragon's Island and Other Stories (2002); Dreadful Sleep (1977); Farthest Star (1975); Firechild (1986); Gateway to Paradise (2008); Golden Blood (1933); H. G. Wells (1973); Islands of the Sun (1935); Jack Williamson SF Gateway Omnibus (2014); Jamboree (1969); Lady in Danger (1945); Land's End (1988); Lifeburst (1984); Manseed (1982); Mazeway (1990); One against the Legion (1939); People Machines (1971); Realm of Wizardry (1940); Rogue Star (1969); Salvage in Space (2011); Seetee Ship (1951); Seetee Shock (1950); Seventy-Five (2004); Spider Island (2002); Star Bridge (1955); Starchild (1965); Teaching Science Fiction (1980); Terraforming Earth (2001); The Alien Intelligence (1929); The Best of Jack Williamson (1978); The Black Sun (1997); The Blue Spot (1935); The Cometeers (1936); The Cosmic Express (2011); The Crucible of Power (2006); The Dome Around America / aka Gateway to Paradise (1955); The Early Williamson (1975); The Fortress of Utopia (1939); The Girl from Mars (1930); The Green Girl (1930); The Green Girl / The Robot Peril (2012); The Humanoid Touch (1980); The Humanoids (1949); The Humanoids and With Folded Hands (2002); The Legion of Space (1934); The Legion of Time (1938); The Metal Man and Others (1984); The Moon Children (1973); The Moon Era (1967); The Pandora Effect (1969); The Power of Blackness (1976); The Queen of the Legion (1982); The Reefs of Space (1964); The Reign of Wizardry (1964); The Silicon Dagger (1999); The Singers of Time (1991); The Stone from the Green Star (1931); The Stonehenge Gate (2005); The Trial of Terra (1962); The Ultimate Earth (2000); Trapped in Space (1968); Undersea City (1958); Undersea Fleet (1955); Undersea Quest (1954); Wall Around a Star (1975); With Folded Hands (2011); With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind (2010); Wizard's Isle (2000); Wolves of DarknessX (1999); Wonder's Child (1984); Xandulu (1934).

Movie, television and radio:

Dimension X (1950); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); The Creation of the Humanoids (1962).

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Born on this day – Virginia Cherrill:


Virginia Cherrill


Actress

April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996

Credits:

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933); City Lights (1931); Delicious (1931); Fast Workers (1933); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); He Couldn't Take It (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Ladies Must Love (1933); Late Extra (1935); Money Mad (1934); The Air Circus (1928); The Brat (1931); The Nuisance (1933); Troubled Waters (1936); Unknown Chaplin (1983); What Price Crime (1935); White Heat (1934).

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Born on this day – Bette Davis:


Bette Davis


Actress

April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989

Credits:

Wicked Stepmother (1989); The Whales of August (1987); As Summers Die (1986); Murder with Mirrors (1985); Hotel (1983); Right of Way (1983); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); Family Reunion (1981); Skyward (1980); The Watcher in the Woods (1980); White Mama (1980); Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979); Death on the Nile (1978); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978); Laugh-In (1977); The Disappearance of Aimee (1976); Burnt Offerings (1976); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973); The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972); The Scopone Game (1972); Madame Sin (1972); Bunny O'Hare (1971); Connecting Rooms (1970); It Takes a Thief (1970); The Anniversary (1968); Gunsmoke (1966); The Decorator (1965); The Nanny (1965); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Dead Ringer (1964); The Empty Canvas (1963); Perry Mason (1957); The Virginian (1962); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); Wagon Train (1959–1961); Pocketful of Miracles (1961)The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Scapegoat (1959); John Paul Jones (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Suspicion (1958); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1958); Telephone Time (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); The Catered Affair (1956); Storm Center (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Virgin Queen (1955); The Star (1952); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); Another Man's Poison (1951); Payment on Demand (1951); All About Eve (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); Beyond the Forest (1949); June Bride (1948); Winter Meeting (1948); Deception (1946); A Stolen Life (1946); The Corn Is Green (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Now, Voyager (1942); In This Our Life (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942); The Little Foxes (1941); The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941); Shining Victory (1941); The Great Lie (1941); The Letter (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); If I Forget You (1940); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); The Old Maid (1939); Juarez (1939); Dark Victory (1939); The Sisters (1938); Jezebel (1938); That Certain Woman (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Kid Galahad (1937); A Day at Santa Anita (1937); Marked Woman (1937); Satan Met a Lady (1936); The Golden Arrow (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Dangerous (1935); Special Agent (1935); Front Page Woman (1935); The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935); Bordertown (1935); Housewife (1934); Of Human Bondage (1934); Fog Over Frisco (1934); Jimmy the Gent (1934); Fashions of 1934 (1934); The Big Shakedown (1934); Just Around the Corner (1933); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Ex-Lady (1933); The Working Man (1933); Parachute Jumper (1933). 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932); Three on a Match (1932); The Cabin in the Cotton (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); So Big! (1932); Hell's House (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); The Menace (1932); Way Back Home (1931); Waterloo Bridge (1931); Seed (1931); Bad Sister (1931).

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Born on this day – John Mills:


John Mills


Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:

Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Born on this day – Sidney Gilliat:


Sidney Gilliat


Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 15, 1908 – May 31, 1994

Credits:

A Gentleman of Paris (1931); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); Ask a Policeman (1939); Au théâtre ce soir (1971); Bed and Breakfast (1930); Big Time Operators (1957); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Captain Boycott (1947); Chu Chin Chow (1934); Crook's Tour (1940); Doomed Cargo (1936); Dulcimer Street (1948); Endless Night (1972); Facing the Music (1933); Falling for You (1933); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Friday the Thirteenth (1933); Get Charlie Tully (1972); Gilbert and Sullivan (1953); Green for Danger (1946); I See a Dark Stranger (1946); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); Jack Ahoy (1934); Jamaica Inn (1939); Joey Boy (1965); King of the Damned (1935); Kraft Theatre (1955); Left Right and Centre (1959); Lord Babs (1932); Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930); Marriage a la Mode (1955); Millions Like Us (1943); Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941); My Heart Is Calling (1935); Night and Day (1932); Night Train to Munich (1940); Notorious Gentleman (1945); Only Two Can Play (1962); Orders Is Orders (1933); Partners in Crime (1942); Post Haste (1933); Red Pearls (1930); Rome Express (1932); She Played with Fire (1957); Sign Please (1933); Strange Boarders (1938); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Take My Tip (1937); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Blue Lagoon (1949); The Boys in Blue (1983); The Bridal Path (1959); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); The Ghost Train (1931); The Girl in the News (1940); The Great Manhunt (1950); The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Happy Ending (1931); The Lady Vanishes (1938); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Man Who Lived Again (1936); The Moment of Truth (1952); The Open Window (1956); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960); The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); They Came by Night (1940); Third Time Lucky (1931); Twelve Good Men (1936); Two Thousand Women (1944); Uncensored (1942); Unpublished Story (1942); Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965); Waterloo Road (1945); Where There's a Will (1936); You'd Be Surprised! (1930); You're Telling Me! (1941).

Monday, February 10, 2025

Born on this day – Willie Trice:


Willie Trice


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 10, 1908 – December 11, 1976

Credits:

Album:

Blue and Rag'd (1995).

Songs:

Come on in Here Mama; Goin' to the Country; Good Time Boogie; I Love You, Sweet Baby; I've Had Trouble; My Baby's Ways; New Careless Love Blues; New Diddey Wah Diddey; She's Coming on the C & O; Shine On; Troublesome Mind; Trying to Find My Baby; You Have Mistreated Me.

Friday, January 3, 2025

Born on this day – Jacob Barosin:


Jacob Barosin (self-portrait)
Jacob Barosin and his wife Sonia

Jacob Barosin


Holocaust survivor

Artist

Painter

Writer

January 3, 1908 – 2001

Exact date of death unknown

Credits:

Book:

A Remnant (1988).

ISBN-10: 0896041298
ISBN-13: 978-0896041295
United States Holocaust Library.

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Born on this day – Lew Ayres:


Lew Ayres


Actor

Director

Producer

December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996

Credits:

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Cast the First Stone (1989); Highway to Heaven (1985–1989); L.A. Law (1989); The English Programme (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Outlaws (1987); The A-Team (1986); Simon & Simon (1986); Lime Street (1985–1986); Under Siege (1986); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Hotel (1984); Fame (1984); The World of Don Camillo (1984); Savage in the Orient (1983); Fantasy Island (1979–1983); Quincy M.E. (1983); The Devlin Connection (1982); Little House on the Prairie (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Knots Landing (1982); Of Mice and Men (1981); Magnum, P.I. (1981); The Love Boat (1981); Reunion (1980); Salem's Lot (1979); Letters from Frank (1979); Suddenly, Love (1978); Flying High (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Damien: Omen II (1978); Wonder Woman (1977); End of the World (1977); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1977); The Bionic Woman (1977); Altars of the World (1976); Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1976); McMillan & Wife (1975); Kung Fu (1974); The Magician (1974); Columbo (1974); Heatwave! (1974); The Questor Tapes (1974); Hawkins (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Stranger (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); The Man (1972); The Biscuit Eater (1972); She Waits (1972); Earth II (1971); The Interns (1971); San Francisco International Airport (1970); The Virginian (1970); The Doris Day Show (1970); My Three Sons (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Here Come the Brides (1969); The Big Valley (1967–1968); Gunsmoke (1967); ABC Stage 67 (1966); The F.B.I. (1966); I Spy (1966); Mark Dolphin (1965); Slattery's People (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); Channing (1964); The Upper Chamber (1963); Laramie (1962); Saints and Sinners (1962); Advise & Consent (1962); Bus Stop (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); Route 66 (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958–1959); Pursuit (1958); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Frontier Justice (1958); Climax! (1958); Cavalcade of America (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Altars of the East (1955); Omnibus (1954); Donovan's Brain (1953); No Escape (1953); New Mexico (1951); The Capture (1950); Johnny Belinda (1948); The Way of Peace (1947); The Unfaithful (1947); The Dark Mirror (1946); Fingers at the Window (1942); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Remember? (1939); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); These Glamour Girls (1939); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Broadway Serenade (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Spring Madness (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Holiday (1938); King of the Newsboys (1938); Scandal Street (1938); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); The Last Train from Madrid (1937); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); Murder with Pictures (1936); Lady Be Careful (1936); Shakedown (1936); Panic on the Air (1936); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Silk Hat Kid (1935); Spring Tonic (1935); Lottery Lover (1935); Servants' Entrance (1934); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Cross Country Cruise (1934); My Weakness (1933); Don't Bet on Love (1933); State Fair (1933); Okay America! (1932); Night World (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Impatient Maiden (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); Up for Murder (1931); The Iron Man (1931); Many a Slip (1931); East Is West (1930); The Doorway to Hell (1930); Common Clay (1930); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); The Kiss (1929); Big News (1929); The Sophomore (1929).

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Born on this day – Helen Twelvetrees:


Helen Twelvetrees


Actress

December 25, 1908 – February 13, 1958

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Woman of Experience (1931); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Bad Company (1931); Blue Skies (1929); Boo! (1932); Century of Cinema (1996); Complicated Women (2003); Disgraced (1933); Don't Call Me Girlie (1985); Frisco Waterfront (1935); Her Man (1930); Hollywood Round-Up (1937); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Is My Face Red? (1932); King for a Night (1933); Millie (1931); My Woman (1933); Now I'll Tell (1934); One Hour Late (1934); Panama Flo (1932); Persons in Hiding (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); She Gets Her Man (1935); She Was a Lady (1934); State's Attorney (1932); Swing High (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Ghost Talks (1929); The Grand Parade (1930); The Painted Desert (1931); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935); Thoroughbred (1936); Times Square Lady (1935); Unashamed (1932); Unmarried (1939); Words and Music (1929); Young Bride (1932).