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 – 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 – Penny Singleton:

Penny Singleton

Actress

Labor leader

September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989); After the Thin Man (1936); Belle of the Night (1930); Beware of Blondie (1950); Blondie (1938); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Blondie for Victory (1942); Blondie Goes Latin (1941); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940); Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949); Blondie in Society (1941); Blondie in the Dough (1947); Blondie Knows Best (1946); Blondie Meets the Boss (1939); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939); Blondie's Anniversary (1947); Blondie's Big Deal (1949); Blondie's Big Moment (1947); Blondie's Blessed Event (1942); Blondie's Hero (1950); Blondie's Holiday (1947); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Blondie's Reward (1948); Blondie's Secret (1948); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Campus Cinderella (1938); Daws Butler: Voice Magician (1987); Death Valley Days (1963); Footlight Glamour (1943); Garden of the Moon (1938); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good News (1930); Hard to Get (1938); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Howd' Ya Like That? (1934); It's a Great Life (1943); It's Showtime (1976); Jetsons: The Movie (1990); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Life with Blondie (1945); Love in the Rough (1930); Mansfield 66/67 (2017); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Mr. Chump (1938); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Outside of Paradise (1938); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Racket Busters (1938); Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939); Sea Racketeers (1937); Secrets of an Actress (1938); Show-Business at War (1943); Swing Your Lady (1938); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The Best Man (1964); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990); The Jetsons (1962–1987); The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Twilight Zone (1964); This Is Your Life (1953–1960); Vogues of 1938 (1937); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Mae Questel:

Mae Questel

Actress

Voice of Betty Boop

September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998

Born on this day – Merna Kennedy:

Merna Kennedy

Actress

September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944

Born on this day – Dorothy Gulliver:

Dorothy Gulliver

Actress

September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997

Silent to sound.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dorothy Gulliver grew up a fan of movies.

She got her big break in 1924 after winning the title of Miss Salt Lake City.

The beauty contest was sponsored by Universal Pictures Studios.

The rest is movie history.

She made her mark in silent movies, beginning with serials, and made the transition into “talkies”.

Sadly, some of her early work is hard to find.

Even in small, sometimes uncredited roles, her performance was memorable.

Watch carefully for her all-too-brief role in the original King Kong (1933).

Over her career, her roles became fewer and smaller, until she finally retired from acting.

Dorothy Gulliver is one of the many unsung greats who were part of an important period of cinema history.

A period when the era of the silent film evolved into sound.

Gone were the screen title cards, delivering dialogue and narrative to the audience.

Gone were the in-theater orchestras, providing a musical accompaniment to the on-screen action.

The age of the audio soundtrack had arrived.

I love watching old movies, the original classics in particular, and I enjoy revisiting them when they are screened on TCM.

It’s a moot point that so many of them have not stood the test of time.

However, those who made and acted in the silents, were the pioneers of film.

Since their time, directors, actors, and creatives who followed would look back to their work for inspiration.

It’s fascinating to observe how far movies and the movie-making process has come since those early silents.

A quote from Isaac Newton resonates:

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”.

Credits:

A Dog of the Regiment (1927); A Fighting Finish (1927); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); And George Did! (1926); Appointment for Love (1941); Around the Bases (1927); Backward George (1927); Benson at Calford (1926); Big Hearted (1930); Borrowed Hero (1941); Breaking Records (1927); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Cheating Blondes (1933); Clearing the Trail (1928); College Love (1929); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross Country Run (1929); Custer's Last Stand (1936); Dear Old Calford (1928); Early Arizona (1938); Faces (1968); Farewell (1929); Fashion News (1930); Fighting Caballero (1935); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting to Win (1926); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Good Morning, Judge (1928); Graduation Daze (1929); Honeymoon Flats (1928); Hook or Crook (1926); In Old Cheyenne (1931); Junior Luck (1929); Kicking Through (1928); King Kong (1933); King of the Campus (1929); Lone Star Pioneers (1939); Making Good (1926); Mexicali Rose (1929); Mind Your Business (1930); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952); Night Parade (1929); North of Shanghai (1939); Official Detective (1957); On Guard (1929); On the Sidelines (1929); One Glorious Scrap (1927); One Wild Time (1926); Outlaw Justice (1932); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Painted Faces (1929); Revenge at Monte Carlo (1933); Running Wild (1927); Samson at Calford (1927); Sliding Home (1928); Speeding Youth (1929); Splash Mates (1929); Splashing Through (1927); Sporting Courage (1929); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Strings of Steel (1926); Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944); The Black Ghost (1932); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Cinder Path (1927); The Collegians (1926); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fighting Marshal (1931); The Galloping Ghost (1931); The Honor of the Press (1932); The Junior Year (1928); The Lariat Kid (1929); The Last Frontier (1932); The Last Lap (1926); The Pecos Dandy (1934); The Phantom of the West (1930); The Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rivals (1929); The Shadow of the Eagle (1932); The Shield of Honor (1927); The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (1926); The Traitor Within (1942); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The Wild West Show (1928); The Winking Idol (1926); The Winning Five (1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch (1927); Troopers Three (1930); Under Montana Skies (1930); Use Your Feet (1929); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976).

Born on this day – Ray Heindorf:

Ray Heindorf

Composer

Songwriter

August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980

Born on this day – Claire Rochelle:

Claire Rochelle

Actress

August 22, 1908 – May 23, 1981

Born on this day – Robert Shaw:

Robert Shaw

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

August 9, 1908 – May 18, 1985

Born on this day – Blanche Mehaffey:

Blanche Mehaffey

Actress

Showgirl

July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968

Born on this day – Lupe Vélez:

Lupe Vélez

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944

Credits:

Arena (1991); Death Scenes (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); East Is West (1930); Ernesto Alonso: Estrella de estrellas (2007); Fashion News (1930); Gypsy Melody (1936); He Loved an Actress (1938); Hell Harbor (1930); High Flyers (1937); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood Party (1934); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hombres de mi vida (1932); Honolulu Lu (1941); Hot Pepper (1933); Kongo (1932); La zandunga (1938); Ladies' Day (1943); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Laughing Boy (1934); Los que hicieron nuestro cine (1983–1985); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942); Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943); Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942); Mr. Broadway (1933); Naná (1944); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Palooka (1934); Perdida (2009); Playmates (1941); Recordar es vivir (1941); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Resurrección / Resurrection (1931); Sailors, Beware! (1927); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Stand and Deliver (1928); Strictly Dynamite (1934); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Broken Wing (1932); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Casting Couch (1995); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Gaucho (1927); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Morals of Marcus (1935); The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004); The Squaw Man (1931); The Storm (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 / Second Series (1932); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); What Women Did for Me (1927); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Where East Is East (1929); Wolf Song (1929).

Born on this day – Evi Maltagliati:

Evi Maltagliati

Actress

July 11, 1908 – April 27, 1986

Born on this day – Winston Graham:

Winston Graham

Writer

June 30, 1908 – July 10, 2003

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).