Born on this day – Lilian Bond:

Lilian Bond

Actress

January 18, 1908 – January 25, 1991

Credits:

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Air Mail (1932); Beauty and the Boss (1932); Blond Cheat (1938); China Seas (1935); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017); Dirty Work (1934); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Christian (1957); Fighter Squadron (1948); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Hell Bent for Love (1934); Her Splendid Folly (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hot Pepper (1933); Hot Saturday (1932); In Again, Out Again (1930); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Just a Gigolo (1931); Man About Town (1932); Man in the Attic (1953); Manhattan Parade (1931); No More Children (1929); Nocturne (1946); Pick-up (1933); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Putting it On (1931); Rider of the Plains (1931); Sagebrush Politics (1929); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scotland Yard (1941); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Stepping Out (1931); Sued for Libel (1939); Take a Chance (1933); That Forsyte Woman (1949); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Big Brain (1933); The Big Trees (1952); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); The Californians (1958); The Great Lover (1931); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jolson Story (1946); The Life of Riley (1949); The Maze (1953); The Old Dark House (1932); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Sniper (1952); The Squaw Man (1931); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Westerner (1940); The Women (1939); Under Eighteen (1931); Union Depot (1932); When Strangers Marry (1933).

Born on this day – Ethel Merman:

Ethel Merman

Actress

Singer

January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984

Credits:

Books:

Merman (1978); Who Could Ask for Anything More? (1955).

Albums:

An Earful of Music (1934); Dearie (1950); Eadie Was a Lady (1933); How Deep Is the Ocean? (1932); I Get a Kick Out of You (1935); I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) (1950); If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950); Move It Over (1943); Once Upon a Nickel (1951); They Say It's Wonderful (1946); You're Just in Love (1951); You're the Top (1934).

Movies and television:

A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Airplane! (1980); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); All That Jazz (1979); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); All-Star Inaugural Gala (1981); American Experience (2006–2023); American Masters (1990–2017); AMV Hell (2004); An Evening with Ethel Merman (1965); Annie Get Your Gun (1967); Answer the Call (1953); Anything Goes (1936); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Arrested Development (2005); At Long Last Cole (1975); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Be Like Me (1931); Behind the Music (1998); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1987–2001); Bones (2006); Broadway (1973); Broadway! A Special Salute (1982); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Call Me Madam (1953); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Cilla (1973); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Designing Women (1991); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinner with the President (1953); Discovery (1995); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Evening at Pops (1976); Follow the Leader (1930); Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (1990); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1956); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning Britain (2019); Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2015); Great Performances (1981–2005); Gypsy (1967); Happy Landing (1938); Hee Haw (1980); Her Future (1930); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In & Out (1997); Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (1949); Ireno (1932); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023); I've Got a Secret (1965); Joey (2004); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Kid Millions (1934); Kitty from Kansas City (1932); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1932); Little Voice (1998); Maggie Brown (1963); Marilyn (1963); Masquerade Party (1956); Match Game (1975–1978); Match Game PM (1976–1978); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Musical Comedy Tonight (1979); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Old Man Blues (1931); On Broadway Tonight (1965); Our World (1987); Panama Hattie (1954); Parkinson (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Paul Anka ... Music My Way (1977); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1963); Person to Person (1955); Personality (1967–1968); Reboot (2022); Roaming (1931); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012); 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972); Saturday Night Live (1987); Screen Goddesses (2005); Sha Na Na (1977); Shower of Stars (1955); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Six by Sondheim (2013); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Song Shopping (1933); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Startime (1959–1960); Steve & Eydie: From This Moment On... Cole Porter (1977); Straight Place and Show (1938); Strike Me Pink (1936); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Super Night at Forest Hills (1977); Tarzan (1967); Telescope (1963); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Terms of Endearment (1983); Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (1982); That Girl (1967–1968); That's Life (1968); The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1976); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1956–1960); The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1964); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Best of the Royal Variety (2006); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Bob Hope Show (1962); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1969); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Cave Club (1930); The Chevy Show (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1954); The David Steinberg Show (1977); The Dean Martin Show (1965–1968); The Delegate (2006); The Devil Sea (1931); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1971); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Factor (2008–2014); The First 100 Years of Recorded Music (1981); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975–1976); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1969); The Joy of Disco (2012); The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964); The Late Shift (1995); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Lucy Show (1964); The Match Game (1965–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Muppet Show (1977); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Next Best Thing (2000); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Royal Variety Performance 1982 (1982); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Sugarcube Critic (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1992); The Wonder Years (1989); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Show Business (1950); This Is Your Life (1971); Time on My Hands (1932); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1984); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1964); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Welcome to the Basement (2015); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1963–1972); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (2008); You Try Somebody Else (1932); You're Gonna Love It Here (1977); Zeit.geschichte (2018).

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.

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).

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).

Born on this day – Laurence Naismith:

Laurence Naismith

Actor

December 14, 1908 – June 5, 1992

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); A Killer Walks (1952); A Night to Remember (1958); A Piece of Cake (1948); Adventure Theater (1956); Amicalement Votre, Hollywood au service de sa majesté (2017); Bad Blonde (1953); Badger's Green (1949); Barriers (1981–1982); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bonanza (1969); Boy on a Dolphin (1957); Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951); Camelot (1967); Chelsea Story (1951); Cineficción Radio (2020); Cleopatra (1963); Compression (2023); Court Martial (1954); Crock of Gold (1948); Danger Man (1960); Dark Secret (1949); Deadlier Than the Male (1967); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Eye of the Cat (1969); Fall of Eagles (1974); Fan des années 70 (2012); Final Column (1955); Fitzwilly (1967); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder (1953); Great Performances (1993); Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961); Gypsy Girl (1966); Hell Is Sold Out (1951); High Treason (1951); His Excellency (1952); I Accuse! (1958); I Believe in You (1952); I Remember Nelson (1982); I Thank a Fool (1962); Jason and the Argonauts (1963); Jason and the Argonauts: An Interview with Ray Harryhausen (1995); Josephine and Men (1955); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Lancer (1968); Late Night Theatre (1972); London Conspiracy (1974); Love in Pawn (1953); Love Story (1969); Lust for Life (1956); Man with a Million (1954); Mannix (1968); Mission: Monte Carlo (1974); Mogambo (1953); Mr. Lord Says No (1952); Oh, Father! (1973); Penny Princess (1952); Pool of London (1951); Profiles in Courage (1965); Quest for Love (1971); Rendezvous (1957); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Return of the Saint (1978); Richard III (1955); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Room to Let (1950); Run a Crooked Mile (1969); Scrooge (1970); Seven Days from Now (1957); Shoot First (1953); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Sir Francis Drake (1961); Solomon and Sheba (1959); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Tempest (1958); Terror on a Train (1953); The 300 Spartans (1962); The Admirable Crichton (1968); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956); The Amazing Mr. Beecham (1949); The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972); The Angry Silence (1960); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Beggar's Opera (1953); The Black Knight (1954); The Bushbaby (1969); The Concrete Jungle (1960); The Dam Busters (1955); The Defenders (1964); The Extra Day (1956); The File on Devlin (1969); The Fugitive (1965–1967); The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Invaders (1967); The James Bond Story (1999); The Last Appointment! (1977); The Long Duel (1967); The Long Memory (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1965); The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Masqueraders (1980); The Naked Earth (1958); The Name of the Game (1969); The Persuaders! (1971); The Prince and the Pauper (1962); The Protectors (1972); The Scorpio Letters (1967); The Singer Not the Song (1961); The Slasher (1953); The Switch (1976); The Third Man (1959–1963); The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); The Two-Headed Spy (1958); The Valiant (1962); The Valley of Gwangi (1969); The Vise (1954–1955); The Weapon (1956); The World of Suzie Wong (1960); Third Man on the Mountain (1959); Tiger in the Smoke (1956); Timeshift (2006); Train of Events / Segment: The Actor (1949); Trouble in the Air (1948); Vampire Over London (1952); Village of the Damned (1960); Wall of Death (1951); We Joined the Navy (1962); Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Sally Eilers:

Sally Eilers

Actress

December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978

Credits:

Stage to Tucson (1950); Coroner Creek (1948); Strange Illusion (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); First Aid (1943); I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941); Full Confession (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Tarnished Angel (1938); Nurse from Brooklyn (1938); Condemned Women (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Lady Behave! (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); We Have Our Moments (1937); Talk of the Devil (1936); Without Orders (1936); Florida Special (1936); Don't Get Personal (1936); Strike Me Pink (1936); Remember Last Night? (1935); Pursuit (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Carnival (1935); I Spy (1934); She Made Her Bed (1934); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Walls of Gold (1933); Hold Me Tight (1933); Made on Broadway (1933); Central Airport (1933); Sailor's Luck (1933); State Fair (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); Hat Check Girl (1932); Disorderly Conduct (1932); Dance Team (1932); Over the Hill (1931); Bad Girl (1931); A Holy Terror (1931); The Black Camel (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Clearing the Range (1931); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Reducing (1931); Doughboys (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Trigger Tricks (1930); Roaring Ranch (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Long, Long Trail (1929); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); Matchmaking Mamma (1929); Trial Marriage (1929); Weary River (1929); The Campus Vamp (1928); Dry Martini (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Good-Bye Kiss (1928); Fazil (1928); Broadway Daddies (1928); The Crowd (1928); Sunrise (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Paid to Love (1927); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Red Mill (1927).

Born on this day – Ursula Grabley:

Ursula Grabley

Actress

December 8, 1908 – April 3, 1977

Credits:

...und das ist die Hauptsache!? (1931); 1A in Upper Bavaria (1937); A Soldier's Love Is True Indeed (1932); Abu Kasems Pantoffeln (1957); Adieu, Prinzessin (1961); Affäre Dreyfus (1959); Annette in Paradise (1934); At the Strassburg (1934); Bashful Felix (1934); Damen und Husaren (1965); Das Konzert (1931); Das Ministerium ist beleidigt (1954); Das Missverständnis (1960); Das Tankmädel (1933); Defraudanten (1954); Der arme Millionär (1939); Der blaue Diamant (1935); Der bunte Traum (1952); Der Fächer (1956); Der Kommissar (1969–1972); Der Läufer von Marathon (1933); Der Schrecken vom Heidekrug (1934); Der schwarze Husar (1932); Der Storch streikt (1931); Der unmögliche Herr Pitt (1938); Derrick (1977); Die Galerie der großen Detektive (1955); Die Insel der Krebse (1975); Die Kronzeugin (1937); Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank - 1. Trimester: Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968); Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959); Die Panne (1961); Die Sache mit dem Hermelin (1939); Die Sache mit Kasanzew (1957); Drei Frauen im Haus (1968); Dreizehn unter einem Hut (1950); Ein Fall für Titus Bunge (1967); Ein Fingerhut voll Mut (1960); Ein Leutnant für Emmeline (1964); Ein Mädel vom Ballett (1937); Eine geschiedene Frau (1974); Export in Blond (1950); For Once I'd Like to Have No Troubles (1932); Frei nach Mark Twain (1971); Frühlingsstimmen (1933); Geständnis unter vier Augen (1954); Grossalarm (1938); Großer Ring mit Außenschleife (1966); Hals- und Beinbruch (1969); Hamburg Transit (1972); Hexenschuß (1960); Himmel, Amor und Zwirn (1960); Hot Blood (1936); Hurrah! I'm a Papa (1939); Ich bin gleich wieder da (1939); Im Bann des Eulenspiegels (1932); Ist mein Mann nicht fabelhaft? (1933); Kampf um Blond (1933); Katharina Knie (1929); Lärm um Weidemann (1935); Life Goes On (1945); Mach' mich glücklich (1935); Mamitschka (1955); Man nennt es Liebe (1953); Miss Molly Mill (1970); Mittagspause (1961); Modell Lu, der Lebensweg eines Hutes (1939); Motiv Liebe (1972); Nie hab ich nie gesagt (1962); Ohne dich wird es Nacht (1956); Peter im Schnee (1937); Ride to Freedom (1937); Romance in Budapest (1933); Rosalinde (1957); Sanatorium total verrückt (1954); Sie schreiben mit (1962–1963); Solistin Anna Alt (1945); Stahlnetz (1959); Tatort (1975); The Call of the Jungle (1936); The Old Fox (1977); The Tannhof Women (1934); The Yellow House on Pinnasberg (1970); Tote zahlen keine Steuern (1963); Under the Bridges (1946); Vatertag (1955); Vorsicht, Falle! - Nepper, Schlepper, Bauernfänger (1976); Zu Befehl, Frau Feldwebel (1956); Zum goldenen Anker (1932); Zwielicht (1940); Zwischen den Zügen (1961).

Born on this day – Harry Kemelman:

Harry Kemelman

Writer

November 24, 1908 – December 15, 1996

Credits:

Books:

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964); Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (1966); The Nine Mile Walk (1967); Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (1969); Monday the Rabbi Took Off (1972); Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (1973); Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet (1976); Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (1978); Conversations with Rabbi Small (1981); Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (1985); One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (1987); The Day the Rabbi Resigned (1992); That Day the Rabbi Left Town (1996).

Movies and television:

Lanigan's Rabbi (1976); The Nine Mile Walk (2003).

Born on this day – Rina Morelli:

Rina Morelli

Actress

November 24, 1908 – July 17, 1976

Credits:

L'Innocente (1976); 'Na Santarella (1975); 'O tuono 'e marzo (1975); The Murri Affair (1974); Così è (se vi pare) (1974); L'albero dalle foglie rosa (1974); Sorelle Materassi (1972); I Buddenbrook (1971); Antonio Meucci cittadino toscano contro il monopolio Bell (1970); La tigre e il cavallo (1969); I corvi (1969); Morte di un commesso viaggiatore (1968); Questa sera parla Mark Twain (1965); The Shortest Day (1963); The Leopard (1963); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); La viaccia (1961); Che gioia vivere (1961); Vita col padre e con la madre (1960); Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960); Bell' Antonio (1960); Gli zitelloni (1958); Città di notte (1957); Vita col padre (1956); L'intrusa (1956); Andrea Chenier (1955); Le diciottenni (1955); Senso (1954); Cento anni d'amore (1954); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); Times Gone By (1952); The Forbidden Christ (1951); Fabiola (1949); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Che distinta famiglia! (1945); Crazy Quartet (1945); Gli assi della risata (1943); Il nostro prossimo (1943); The Genius and the Nightingale (1943); Loves of Don Juan (1942); Fedora (1942); Sissignora (1942); La corona di ferro (1941); An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939).

Born on this day – Luke Short:

Luke Short

Writer

November 19, 1908 – August 18, 1975

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Great Western Stories (2000); A Man Could Get Killed (1980); Ambush (1950); And the Wind Blows Free (1943); Barren Land Showdown / aka Barren Land Murders (1951); Bold Rider (1938); Bold Rider / King Colt (1989); Bought with a Gun / aka Gun Bought Grant (1940); Bought with a Gun / Marauder's Moon (1989); Bounty Guns (1939); Brand of Empire (1937); Colt's Law (1957); Coroner Creek (1945); Crazy Rythmn / No Man's Range / Guns for a Peacemaker (1999); Dead Freight for Piute / aka Bull-Whip (1939); Debt of Honor (1968); Desert Crossing (1963); Donovan's Gun (1969); Fiddlefoot (1946); First Campaign (1965); First Claim (1960); Floodwater (1965); Frontier (1955); Gauntlet of Fire (1960); Great Tales of the West (1994); Gunfight! (1996); Gunman's Chance / aka Blood On the Moon (1941); Hard Money (1938); Hardcase (1941); High Vermilion / aka Hands Off! (1947); Hurricane Range (1959); King Cole (1980); King Colt (1937); Last Hunt (1963); Luke Short's Best of the West (1983); Man from the Desert (1979); Marauder's Moon (1937); Misery Lode (1964); Paper Sheriff (1966); Play a Lone Hand (1952); Raiders of the Rimrock (1938); Ramrod (1943); Raw Land (1940); Ride the Man Down (1942); Rimrock (1956); Saddle by Starlight (1953); Savage Range (1938); Show the Colors (1989); Silver Rock (1953); Station West (1947); Summer of the Smoke (1958); Sunset Graze (1942); The Best of the American West (1998); The Branded Man (1936); The Deserters (1976); The Feud At Single Shot (1936); The Gold Rustlers (1959); The Guns of Hanging Lake (1969); The Jackleg Sheriff (1989); The Man from Two Rivers (1975); The Man on the Blue (1936); The Marshal of Vengeance (1985); The Outrider (1989); The Primrose Try (1967); The Some-Day Country (1970); The Stalkers (1973); The Whip (1958); Three for the Money (1970); Trigger Country (1965); Trouble Country (1976); Trumpets West! (1951); Vengeance Valley (1949); War on the Cimarron (1939); War Whoop and Battle Cry (1968); Weary Range (1960); Western Bonanza (1969); Western Freight (1960).

Movies and television:

Albuquerque (1948); Ambush (1950); Blood on the Moon (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Hell's Outpost (1954); Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941); Ramrod (1947); Ride the Man Down (1952); Silver City (1951); Stage 7 (1955); Station West (1948); Suspense (1951); The Hangman (1959); Vengeance Valley (1951); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1960).

Born on this day – Stanley Cortez:

Stanley Cortez

Cinematographer

November 4, 1908 – December 23, 1997

Born on this day – Ira Wolfert:

Ira Wolfert

Writer

November 1, 1908 – November 24, 1997

Credits:

Books:

An epidemic of genius (1957); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1945); Battle for the Solomons (1943); Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron (1943); Tucker's people / aka The Underworld (1997).

Movies and television:

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Exercise No. One (1962); Force of Evil (1948).

Born on this day – Lee Krasner:

Lee Krasner

Painter

October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984

Born on this day – Polly Ann Young:

Polly Ann Young

Actress

October 25, 1908 – January 21, 1997

Credits:

Invisible Ghost (1941); Road Show (1941); The Last Alarm (1940); Turnabout (1940); Murder on the Yukon (1940); Port of Hate (1939); Wolf Call (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Mystery Plane (1939); I Cover Chinatown (1936); The Border Patrolman (1936); Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936); His Fighting Blood (1935); Thunder in the Night (1935); Happiness C.O.D. (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Sons of Steel (1934); The White Parade (1934); Elinor Norton (1934); The Man from Utah (1934); Stolen Sweets (1934);Disorderly Conduct (1932); Lady with a Past (1932); The Circus Show-Up (1932); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); The One Way Trail (1931); This Modern Age (1931); Up for Murder (1931); Going Wild (1930); Love in the Rough (1930); Road to Paradise (1930); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Children of Pleasure (1930); They Learned About Women (1930); Rich People (1929); Tanned Legs (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Sheik (1921); Sirens of the Sea (1917).

Born on this day – Preston Blair:

Preston Blair

Animator

Director

Writer

Producer

October 24, 1908 – April 19, 1995

Credits:

Cartoon Alley (2005); Fantasia 2000 (1999); The Pink Panther (1995); ToonHeads (1992); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Freakies (1974); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); The Flintstones (1961); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Rodney (1956); Sleepy-Time Squirrel (1954); Why Play Leap Frog? (1950); Señor Droopy (1949); Meet King Joe (1949); Goggle Fishing Bear (1949); Bad Luck Blackie (1949); Pueblo Pluto (1949); The Bear and the Hare (1948); The Bear and the Bean (1948); Going Places (1948); Lucky Ducky (1948); Make Mine Freedom (1948); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947); Red Hot Rangers (1947); Hound Hunters (1947); Henpecked Hoboes (1946); Northwest Hounded Police (1946); The Hick Chick (1946); Lonesome Lenny (1946); Wild and Woolfy (1945); Swing Shift Cinderella (1945); The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945); Jerky Turkey (1945); The Screwy Truant (1945); Big Heel-Watha (1944); Happy-Go-Nutty (1944); Batty Baseball (1944); Screwball Squirrel (1944); What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943); One Ham's Family (1943); Who Killed Who? (1943); Red Hot Riding Hood (1943); Dumb-Hounded (1943); Pluto at the Zoo (1942); The Early Bird Dood It! (1942); Blitz Wolf (1942); T-Bone for Two (1942); Bambi (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); The Sleep Walker (1942); Dumbo (1941); The Alley Cat (1941); Fantasia (1940); Bone Trouble (1940); Donald's Dog Laundry (1940); The Riveter (1940); Pinocchio (1940); Officer Duck (1939); The Pointer (1939); Sea Scouts (1939); Beach Picnic (1939); The Practical Pig (1939); Donald's Golf Game (1938); The Whalers (1938); Mickey's Polo Team (1936); Catnips of 1940 (1934); Masquerade Party (1934); Busy Bus (1934); Bowery Daze (1934); Cinder Alley (1934); Tom Thumb (1934); The Autograph Hunter (1934); The Curio Shop (1933); The Bill Poster (1933); Stage Krazy (1933); Krazy Spooks (1933); Whacks Museum (1933); Out of the Ether (1933); Antique Antics (1933); House Cleaning (1933); Bunnies and Bonnets (1933); Wooden Shoes (1933); Medicine Show (1933); Wedding Bells (1933); Snow Time (1932); The Minstrel Show (1932); The Crystal Gazebo (1932); Prosperity Blues (1932); Apache Kid (1932); Seeing Stars (1932); Light House Keeping (1932); Binko the Toreador (1931); Sand Witches (1931); Hot-Toe Mollie (1930); Arabian Nightmare (1930).

Born on this day – Sally O'Neil:

Sally O'Neil

Actress

October 23, 1908 – June 18, 1968

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); Bachelor's Paradise (1928); Battling Butler (1926); Beauty on Broadway (1933); Becky (1927); Beggar's Holiday (1934); Broadway Fever (1929); Broadway Scandals (1929); By Appointment Only (1933); Compression (2017); Convention Girl (1935); Don't (1925); Frisco Sally Levy (1927); Girl of the Port (1930); Hardboiled (1929); Hold Everything (1930); Jazz Heaven (1929); Kathleen (1937); Kathleen Mavourneen (1930); Ladies Must Love (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Mike (1926); Murder by the Clock (1931); On with the Show! (1929); Round About Hollywood (1931); Sally, Irene and Mary (1925); Salvation Nell (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Sisters (1930); Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); The Auction Block (1926); The Battle of the Sexes (1928); The Brat (1931); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Floating College (1928); The Girl on the Barge (1929); The Lovelorn (1927); The Moth (1934); The Sophomore (1929); Too Tough to Kill (1935); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926).

Born on this day – Johnny Green:

Johnny Green

Composer

Songwriter

Musical arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989

Born on this day – Carole Lombard:

Carole Lombard

Actress

October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942

Born on this day – Mildred Boyd:

Mildred Boyd

Actress

October 2, 1908 - October 22, 1999

Credits:

Baby, Are You Kiddin'? (1946); Birth of the Blues (1941); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Carolina Blues (1944); Cleopatra (1934); Double Deal (1939); Force of Evil (1948); Gang Smashers (1938); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); I Love a Bandleader (1945); I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951); Irene (1940); Lady for a Night (1942); Lydia Bailey (1952); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Mississippi (1935); Murder at the Vanities (1934); New Faces of 1937 (1937); No Time for Romance (1948); Out of the Past (1947); Phantom Lady (1944); Pinky (1949); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1949); Riley the Cop (1928); Satchel Mouth Baby (1946); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Spirit of Youth (1938); Strike Me Pink (1936); Sun Tan Ranch (1948); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Beloved Brat (1938); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Duke Is Tops (1938); The Harlem Globetrotters (1951); The Jackie Robinson Story (1950); The Red Dragon (1945); The Singing Kid (1936); Variety Girl (1947); Vogues of 1938 (1937); Way Down South (1939).