Born on this day – Eudora Welty:

Eudora Welty

Writer

Photographer

April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001

Credits:

A Curtain of Green (1941); Bride of the Innisfallen (1940); Delta Wedding (1946); Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart (2011); Eudora Welty Photographs (1989); Losing Battles (1970); Moon Lake (2011); Occasions (2009); One Time, One Place (1971); One Writer's Beginnings (1983); Selected Stories of Eudora Welty (1977); Stories, Essays and Memoirs (1998); The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (1980); The Eye of the Story (1978); The Golden Apples (1949); The Optimist's Daughter (1972); The Ponder Heart (1954); The Robber Bridegroom (1942); The Shoe Bird (1964); The Wide Net (1943); Thirteen Stories (1965); Why I Live at the P.O. And Other Stories (1995).

Movies and television:

A Visit of Charity (2009); A Worn Path (1994); American Experience (1989); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1987); Camera Three (1959); Camera Three (1959–1963); Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird (2022); Firing Line (1972); Great Drives / TV Mini Series: volume 1: Highway 61 (1996); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Omnibus (1987); Radio Play Revival (2023); Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White (1998); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Frost Whistle (2008); The Hitch-Hikers (1989); The Key (1996); The Ponder Heart (2001); The Purple Hat (2010); To Dance for Gold (1982); Why I Live at the P.O. (1998).

Born on this day – Nelson Algren:

Nelson Algren

Writer

March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981

Credits:

Books:

A Walk on the Wild Side (1956); Chicago, a City On the Make (poems) (1951); Never Come Morning (1942); Somebody in Boots (1935); The Devil's Stocking (1983); The Last Carousel (1973); The Man with the Golden Arm (1949); The Neon Wilderness (1947); The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (1995).

Movies and television:

Algren's Last Night (2003); America After Dark (1957); Book Beat (1963–1974); Calendar (1963); Danger (1951); Day at Night (1974); Down You Go (1951); Fearless Frank (1967); Goldstein (1964); Nelson Algren Live (2016); Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (2001); NET Playhouse (1970); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shoestring Theatre (1960); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The New Deal for Artists (1976); Today (1965); Walk on the Wild Side (1962).

Born on this day – Maxine Jennings:

Maxine Jennings

Actress

March 8, 1909 – January 11, 1991

Credits:

Hawaii Five-O (1968); My Three Sons (1964); G.I. War Brides (1946); Mr. Wong, Detective (1938); The Dummy Owner (1938); Breakfast for Two (1937); The Big Shot (1937); On Again-Off Again (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Wrong Romance (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Sea Devils (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Criminal Lawyer (1937); Dog Blight (1936); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Walking on Air (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); Bunker Bean (1936); The Last Outlaw (1936); Fight is Right (1936); The Witness Chair (1936); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Love on a Bet (1936); Follow the Fleet (1936); Radio Barred (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Chatterbox (1936); I Dream Too Much (1935); Counselitis (1935); Another Face (1935); Old Man Rhythm (1935); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Roberta (1935); Maybe It's Love (1935); Honeymooniacs (1929); The Godless Girl (1928).

Born on this day – August Derleth:

August Derleth

Writer

February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971

Credits:

A Collector of Stones (1946); A Corner for Lucia (1953); A Dinner at Imola (1929); A Boy's Way (1947); A Cloak From Messer Lando (1934); A Gentleman from Prague (1944); A Knocking in the Wall (1951); A Little Knowledge (1948); A Matter of Faith (1934); A Matter of Sight (1930); A Praed Street Dossier (1968); A Room in a House (1950); A Thin Gentleman with Gloves (1943); A Traveler in Time (1953); A Wig for Miss DeVore (1943); Across the Hall (1930); After You, Mr. Henderson (1940); Alannah (1945); Altimer's Amulet (1941); An Elegy for Mr. Danielson (1933); An Eye for History (1975); An Occurrence in an Antique Shop (1929); And You, Thoreau! (1944); Any Day Now (1938); Atmosphere of Houses (1939); August Derleth's Eerie Creatures (2009); Balu (1949); Bat's Belfry (1926); Baynter's Imp (1943); Beachheads in Space (1952); Beyond the Threshold (1941); Beyond Time and Space (1950); Birkett's Twelfth Corpse (1933); Bishop's Gambit (1947); Blessed Are the Meek (1948); Bramwell's Guardian (1940); Bright Journey (1940); By Rocket to the Moon (1965); Carousel (1945); Century Jumper (1953); Clark Ashton Smith: Master of Fantasy (1974); Colonel Markesan (1934); Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People (1966); Columbus and the New World (1957); Come to Me! (1941); Compliments of Spectro (1941); Concord Rebel: A Life of Henry D. Thoreau (1962); Consider Your Verdict (1937); Country Growth (1940); Country Matters (1996); Country Poems (1956); Countryman's Journal (1963); Dark Mind, Dark Heart (1962); Dark Things (1971); Dead Man's Shoes (1946); Death by Design (1953); Death Holds the Post (1936); Dwellers in Darkness (1976); Emerson, Our Contemporary (1970); Empire of Fur (1953); Evening in Spring (1941); Far Boundaries (1951); Father Marquette and the Great Rivers (1959); Feigman's Beard (1934); Fell Purpose (1953); Ferguson's Capsules (1966); Forest Orphans: Carl Marty and His Animal Friends (1964); From Other Worlds (1964); Gangster Stories (1930); Glory Hand (1937); H.P. Lovecraft And His Work (1963); H.P.L.: A Memoir (1945); Habitant of Dusk (1946); Halloween for Mr. Faulkner (1959); Harrigan's File (1975); Hawk on the Wind (1938); He Shall Come (1929); Headlines for Tod Shayne (1942); Here on a Darkling Plain (1940); Here, Daemos! (1942); In Lovecraft's Shadow (1998); In Re: Sherlock Holmes – The Adventures of Solar Pons (1945); In the Left Wing (1932); Incubus (1934); Innsmouth Clay (1971); Invaders from the Microcosm (1953); Ithaqua (1941); It's a Boy's World (1948); Jacksnipe Over (1971); Journals (Sac Prairie Saga); Just a Song at Twilight (1930); Kingsridge 214 (1949); Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square (1944); Lamplight for the Dark (1941); Land of Gray Gold (1954); Land of Sky Blue Waters (1955); Lansing's Luxury (1942); Laughter in the Night (1932); Lesandro's Familiar (1936); Logoda's Heads (1939); Lonesome Places (1962); Lovecraft and "The Pacer" (1959); Man and the Cosmos (1935); Man Track Here (1939); Mara (1948); Mark VII (1954); McElwin's Glass (1943); McGovern's Obsession (1937); McIlvaine's Star (1952); Melodie in E Minor (1929); Mischief in the Lane (1944); Miss Esperson (1962); Mr. Ames' Devil (1942); Mr. Berbeck Had a Dream (1935); Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (1968); Mr. George (1947); Mr. George and Other Odd Persons (1963); Mrs. Bentley's Daughter (1930); Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind (1942); Mrs. Elting Does Her Part (1939); Mrs. Lannisfree (1945); Mrs. Manifold (1949); Muggridge's Aunt (1935); Murder Stalks the Wakely Family (1934); Nellie Foster (1933); New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow (1998); New Worlds for Old (1963); Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company (1952); No Future for Luana (1945); No Light for Uncle Henry (1943); Not Long for this World (1948); Old Mark (1929); Oliver, The Wayward Owl (1945); Omega (1934); Only Deserted (1937); Open, Sesame! (1949); Over the Edge (1964); Pacific 421 (1944); Parrington's Pool (1947); Pikeman (1946); Place of Hawks (1935); Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1937); Portals of Tomorrow (1954); Potts' Triumph (1950); Prince Borgia's Mass (1931); Protoplasma (1975); Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight (1948); Psyche (1953); Red Hands (1932); Rendezvous in a Landscape (1952); Restless is the River (1939); Return to Sac Prairie (1996); Return to Walden West (1970); Riders in the Sky (1928); Rind of Earth (1942); Sac Prairie People (1948); Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus (1956); Saunder's Little Friend (1948); Scarlatti's Bottle (1929); Selected Poems (1944); Sentence Deferred (1939); Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall (1953); Shadow of Night (1943); Shane's Girls (aka Happiness is a Gift) (1948); Sign of Fear (1935); Sleep No More (1944); Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft (1959); Someone in the Dark (1941); Something from Out There (1951); Something in Wood (1948); Something Left Behind (1971); Something Near (1945); Spawn of the Maelstrom (1939); Still is the Summer Night (1937); Still Small Voice (1940); Strange Ports of Call (1948); Sweet Genevieve (1942); Sweet Land of Michigan (1962); Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1969); That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth (2009); The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (1955); The Adventure of the Black Cardinal (1930); The Adventure of the Intarsia Box (1964); The Adventure of The Orient Express (1964); The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (1953); The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians (1968); The Ancestor (1957); The Beast in Holger's Woods (1968); The Bishop Sees Through (1932); The Black Castle (1927); The Black Island (1952); The Blue Spectacles (1949); The Bridge of Sighs (1931); The Captain Is Afraid (1931); The Captive Island (1952); The Carven Image (1933); The Casebook of Solar Pons (1965); The Chronicles of Solar Pons (1973); The Churchyard Yew (1947); The Closing Door (1950); The Coffin of Lissa (1926); The Conradi Affair (1928); The Country of the Hawk (1952); The Dark Boy (1956); The Dark Brotherhood (1966); The Deserted Garden (1929); The Detective and the Senator (1953); The Devil's Pay (1926); The Disc Recorder (1953); The Drifting Snow (1939); The Dweller in Darkness (1944); The Ebony Stick (1953); The Edge of Night (1945); The Elixir of Life (1926); The Extra Passenger (1947); The Fifth Child (1950); The Figure with the Scythe (1973); The Final Adventures of Solar Pons (1998); The Gable Window (1957); The Ghost of Blackhawk Island (1961); The Ghost Walk (1947); The God-Box (1945); The Hills Stand Watch (1960); The Horror from the Middle Span (1967); The House by the River (1965); The House In the Magnolias (1932); The House in the Oaks (1971); The House in the Valley (1953); The House of Moonlight (1953); The House on the Highway (1929); The House on the Mound (1958); The Inheritors (1929); The Inverness Cape (1945); The Irregulars Strike Again (1964); The Island Out of Space (1950); The Keeper of the Key (1951); The Lair of the Star-Spawn (1932); The Lamp of Alhazred (1957); The Lilac Bush (1930); The Lonesome Place (1948); The Lost Day (1945); The Lost Path (1952); The Lost Sac Prairie Novels (2000); The Lurker at the Threshold (1945); The Man on All Fours (1934); The Man on B-17 (1950); The Man Who Rode the Saucer (1951); The Marmoset (1926); The Martian Artifact (1957); The Mask of Cthulhu (1958); The Maugham Obsession (1953); The Mechanical House (1954); The Memoirs of Solar Pons (1951); The Metronome (1934); The Mill Creek Irregulars (1959); The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years (1948); The Moon Tenders (1958); The Narracong Riddle (1940); The Night Rider (1927); The Night Road (1952); The Night Side (1947); The Night Side (1947); The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948); The Occupant of the Crypt (1947); The Odyssey of Janna Meade (1949); The Ormolu Clock (1950); The Other Side of the Moon (1949); The Other Side of the Wall (1951); The Outer Reaches (1951); The Owl on the Moor (1928); The Pacer (1930); The Pacer (1930); The Panelled Room (1937); The Peabody Heritage (1957); The Penfield Misadventure (1954); The Philosophers' Stone (1928); The Pinkertons Ride Again (1960); The Place in the Woods (1954); The Place of Desolation (1952); The Portrait (1930); The Prince Goes West (1968); The Remarkable Dingdong (1954); The Reminiscences of Solar Pons (1961); The Return of Andrew Bentley (1933); The Return of Hastur (1939); The Return of Sarah Purcell (1936); The Return of Solar Pons (1958); The River (1927); The Sandwin Compact (1940); The Satin Mask (1936); The Seal of R'lyeh (1957); The Second Print (1939); The Seven Who Waited (1943); The Shadow on the Sky (1932); The Shadow Out of Space (1957); The Sheraton Mirror (1932); The Shield of the Valiant (1945); The Shores of Night (1947); The Shuttered House (1937); The Shuttered Room (1959); The Slayers and the Slain (1949); The Sleepers (1927); The Sleepers and Other Wakeful Things (2009); The Sleeping and the Dead (1947); The Sleeping and the Dead (1963); The Solar Pons Omnibus (1982); The Song of the Pewee (1949); The Statement of Justin Parker (1928); The Survivor (1954); The Survivor and Others (1957); The Telephone in the Library (1936); The Tenant (1928); The Tenant at Number Seven (1928); The Tent Show Summer (1963); The Testament of Claiborne Boyd (aka The Gorge Beyond Salapunco) (1949); The Thing that Walked on the Wind (1933); The Three-Storied House (1928); The Time of Infinity (1963); The Trail of Cthulhu (1962); The Trail of Cthulhu (aka The House on Curwen Street) (1944); The Tsantsa in the Parlor (1948); The Turret Room (1927); The Unquiet Grave (1963); The Vanishing of Simmons (1933); The Vengeance of Ai (1939); The Watcher from the Sky (1945); The Watcher on the Heights (1966); The Watchers Out of Time (1974); The Watchers Out of Time and Others (1974); The Whippoorwills in the Hills (1948); The Whistler (1930); The White Moth (1933); The Wind from the River (1937); The Wind in the Cedars (aka Happiness Shall Not Escape (1946); The Wind in the Lilacs (1948); The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles (1942); The Woman at Loon Point (1936); They Shall Rise (1936); Thinker, Mark VII (1954); This Wound (1962); Those Who Seek (1932); Three Gentlemen in Black (1938); Three Problems for Solar Pons (1952); Three Straw Men (1970); Three Who Died (1935); Time to Come (1954); To a Spaceship (1934); Travellers by Night (1967); Twilight Play (1949); Village Daybook (1947); Village Year: A Sac Prairie Journal (1941); Vincennes: Portal to the West (1968); Walden West (1961); Wentworth's Day (1957); West of Morning (1960); When Evil Wakes (1963); Who Knocks? (1946); Who Shall I Say is Calling & Other Stories (2009); Who Shall I Say is Calling? (1952); Wilbur, The Trusting Whippoorwill (1959); Wild Grapes (1934); Wind in the Elms (1941); Wind Over Wisconsin (1938); Wisconsin Country: A Sac Prairie Journal (1965); Wisconsin Earth: A Sac Prairie Sampler (1948); Wisconsin in Their Bones (1961); Wisconsin Murders (1968); Worlds of Tomorrow (1953).

Born on this day – Joseph L. Mankiewicz:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993

Credits:

5 Fingers (1952); A Christmas Carol (1938); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); After Office Hours (1935); Alice in Wonderland (1933); All About Eve (1950); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cairo (1942); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cleopatra (1963); Close Harmony (1929); Diplomaniacs (1933); Double Wedding (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Dude Ranch (1931); Emergency Call (1933); Escape (1948); Fast Company (1929); Finn and Hattie (1931); Forsaking All Others (1934); Fury (1936); Guys and Dolls (1955); House of Strangers (1949); I Live My Life (1935); If I Had a Million (1932); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Julius Caesar (1953); June Moon (1931); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Love on the Run (1936); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Mannequin (1937); Meet the Baron (1933); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Newly Rich (1931); Night After Night (1932); No Way Out (1950); Only Saps Work (1930); Our Daily Bread (1934); Paramount on Parade (1930); People Will Talk (1951); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (1993); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (2017); Reckless (1935); Redheads on Parade (1935); Reunion in France (1942); Skippy (1931); Sky Bride (1932); Sleuth (1972); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Sooky (1931); Strange Cargo (1940); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Dummy (1929); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Gang Buster (1931); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Waltz (1938); The Honey Pot (1967); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Late George Apley (1947); The Light of Western Stars (1930); The Man I Love (1929); The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Pirate (1948); The Quiet American (1958); The River of Romance (1929); The Saturday Night Kid (1929); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Social Lion (1930); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Virginian (1929); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); This Reckless Age (1932); Three Comrades (1938); Three Godfathers (1936); Thunderbolt (1929); Too Much Harmony (1933); Two Fisted (1935); Woman of the Year (1942); Woman Trap (1929).

Born on this day – Ann Sothern:

Ann Sothern

Actress

January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001

Credits:

The Whales of August (1987); The Little Dragons (1979); Flying High (1978); The Manitou (1978); Captains and the Kings (1976); Medical Story (1975); Crazy Mama (1975); Golden Needles (1974); The Killing Kind (1973); The Weekend Nun (1972); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); A Death of Innocence (1971); Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971); The Virginian (1971); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); Love, American Style (1969); Insight (1964–1969); Chubasco (1968); Family Affair (1968); The Outsider (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); My Mother the Car (1965–1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lucy Show (1965); Sylvia (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Lady in a Cage (1964); The Best Man (1964); Atta Boy, Mama (1962); The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957); Private Secretary (1953–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Milton Berle Show (1955); Lady in the Dark (1954); The Red Skelton Hour (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); A Letter to Three Wives (1949 & 1985); Words and Music (1948); April Showers (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); Undercover Maisie (1947); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Maisie Goes to Reno (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); You, John Jones! (1943); Panama Hattie (1942); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Lady Be Good (1941); Ringside Maisie (1941); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Dulcy (1940); Gold Rush Maisie (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); Congo Maisie (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Fast and Furious (1939); Hotel for Women (1939); Maisie (1939); Trade Winds (1938); She's Got Everything (1937); There Goes the Groom (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Dangerous Number (1937); Smartest Girl in Town (1936); Walking on Air (1936); My American Wife (1936); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Hell-Ship Morgan (1936); You May Be Next! (1936); Grand Exit (1935); The Girl Friend (1935); Hooray for Love (1935); Eight Bells (1935); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); Kid Millions (1934); The Party's Over (1934); Blind Date (1934); The Hell Cat (1934); Melody in Spring (1934); Let's Fall in Love (1933); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); The March of Time (1930); Whoopee! (1930); Madam Satan (1930); Doughboys (1930); Good News (1930); Song of the West (1930); Show of Shows (1929); Broadway Nights (1927).

Born on this day – Dana Andrews:

Dana Andrews

Actor

January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992

Credits:

Prince Jack (1984); The Pilot (1980); Ike: The War Years (1980); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978); Born Again (1978); Good Guys Wear Black (1978); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Last Tycoon (1976); Ellery Queen (1975); Take a Hard Ride (1975); The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); Airport 1975 (1974); Bright Promise (1969); Innocent Bystanders (1972); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Devil's Brigade (1968); No Diamonds for Ursula (1967); The Cobra (1967); The Ten Million Dollar Grab (1967); Hot Rods to Hell (1966); The Frozen Dead (1966); Johnny Reno (1966); Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Loved One (1965); Spy in Your Eye (1965); Town Tamer (1965); Brainstorm (1965); In Harm's Way (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Crack in the World (1965); Madison Avenue (1961); The Crowded Sky (1960); Enchanted Island (1958); The Fearmakers (1958); Zero Hour! (1957); Curse of the Demon (1957); Spring Reunion (1956); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); While the City Sleeps (1956); Comanche (1956); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Smoke Signal (1955); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Duel in the Jungle (1954); Elephant Walk (1954); Assignment: Paris (1952); I Want You (1951); The Frogmen (1951); Sealed Cargo (1951); Edge of Doom (1950); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); My Foolish Heart (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); The Forbidden Street (1949); No Minor Vices (1948); Deep Waters (1948); The Iron Curtain (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Night Song (1947); Boomerang! (1947); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); A Walk in the Sun (1945); Fallen Angel (1945); State Fair (1945); Laura (1944); Wing and a Prayer (1944); The Purple Heart (1944); Up in Arms (1944); December 7th (1943); The North Star (1943); The Ox-Bow Incident (1943); Crash Dive (1943); Berlin Correspondent (1942); Ball of Fire (1941); Swamp Water (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Westerner (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); Lucky Cisco Kid (1940).

Born on this day – Isa Pola:

Isa Pola

Actress

December 19, 1909 – December 17, 1984

Credits:

A Country Without Peace (1946); Acciaio (1933); Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama) (1958); Boccaccesca (1928); Cavalleria rusticana (1939); Creatures of the Night (1934); First day of spring (1955); Furia / Fury (1947); Giardini che vivono / Living gardens (1930); Gli uomini non sono ingrati / Men are not ungrateful (1937); Him, her and the others (1956); Il moschettiere fantasma (1952); Il ponte di vetro / The glass bridge (1940); In the name of the Kadar sisters (1957); It Was I (1937); La cantante dell'opera / The opera singer (1933); La canzone dell'amore / The song of love (1930); La figlia del forzato (1954); La telefonista (1932); La Wally (1932); L'anonima Roylott / The anonymous Roylott (1936); Le scarpe al sole / Shoes in the sun (1935); Love and chatter (Let's save the view) (1958); Lucrezia Borgia (1940); Lui e lei (1956); L'ultima avventura (1932); Margaret of Cortona (1950); Miryam (1929); Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme/ Lullaby of the twelve mothers (1930); Ombre sul Canal Grande / Shadows on the Grand Canal (1951); Ragazzo (1934); Seeing great (1959); So it is (if you like) (1959); Stella del cinema (1931); Strange Witness (1950); Terra madre (1931); The Children Are Watching Us (1943); The Empress's Rival (1951); The hotel of happiness (1936); The Queen of Sheba (1952); The Sword of Damocles (1958); The Widow (1939); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Una signora dell'ovest / A lady from the west (1942); Valentina (Una ragazza che ha fretta) (1958); Za-bum Equestrian Circus / Segments: Telephone contact; From the window; Galop finale al circo (1944).

Born on this day – Florine McKinney:

Florine McKinney

Actress

December 13, 1909 – July 28, 1975

Credits:

Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Unholy Partners (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); You're the One (1941); A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940); The Philadelphia Story (1940); Escape (1940); Oklahoma Renegades (1940); Waterloo Bridge (1940); And One Was Beautiful (1940); Blazing Barriers (1937); A Star Fell from Heaven (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Dizzy Dames (1935); Strangers All (1935); Night Life of the Gods (1935); David Copperfield (1935); The Merry Widow (1934); Student Tour (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Riptide (1934); Dancing Lady (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); It's Great to Be Alive (1933); Blue of the Night (1933); Cynara (1932); The Cabin in the Cotton (1932); Horse Feathers (1932); The Miracle Man (1932); One Hour with You (1932).

Born on this day – Mavis Villiers:

Mavis Villiers

Actress

December 10, 1909 – February 23, 1976

Credits:

A Lady's Morals (1930); A Touch of Larceny (1960); Anne of Green Gables (1952); Armchair Theatre (1969); Baxter! (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1956); Boyd Q.C. (1963); Cheer the Brave (1951); Corridor of Mirrors (1948); Dixon of Dock Green (1957); Double Alibi (1937); Drama 61-67 (1961); Educated Evans (1957); Family Affairs (1949); First Night (1964); Frankie and Johnny (1950 / 1953); From a Bird's Eye View (1970–1971); Front Page Story (1965); Gasbags (1941); Harry's Girls (1963); Hi, Gang! (1941); I Believe in You (1952); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Interpol Calling (1960); It's a Square World (1961); It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); Jezebel ex UK (1963); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1971); King of the Castle (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Mad Men of Europe (1940); Meet the Wife (1964); Mogul (1968); Mousey (1974); No Sex Please - We're British (1973); North of 6 7/8 (1926); Old Age Handicap (1926); Once in a Lifetime (1937 / 1938); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974); Plays of Today (1969); Pool of London (1951); Promise Her Anything (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Sailors Don't Care (1940); Saloon Bar (1940); Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags (1952); South American George (1941); Straight on Till Morning (1972); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Taxi! (1963); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); The Adventures of Annabel (1956); The Bell Family (1951); The Boys (1962); The Bum's Rush (1927); The Dancing Bear (1954); The Four Just Men (1960); The Godless Girl (1928); The Haunting (1963); The Human Jungle (1963); The Inch Man (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939); The Passing Show (1951); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Saint (1965); The Vise (1958); The Wednesday Play (1969); Theatre 625 (1966); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Too Many Detectives (1952); Two for a Pair (1951); Victim (1961); Walter and Connie Reporting (1965–1966); Went the Day Well? (1942); You Can't Do Without Love (1944); Zero One (1963).

Born on this day – Sarah Ferrati:

Sarah Ferrati

Actress

Director

December 9, 1909 – March 3, 1982

Born on this day – Arch Oboler:

Arch Oboler

Writer

Producer

Director

December 7, 1909 – March 19, 1987

Credits:

Retro Static Radio (2023); Twelve Chimes It's Midnight Podcast (2018); Christmas Eve (1986); Domo Arigato (1990); Lights Out (1972); The Bubble (1966); One Plus One (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); Play of the Week (1959); Hi, Grandma! (1958); Eye on New York (1956); The Twonky (1953); Bwana Devil (1952); Chevron Theatre (1952); Lights Out (1951); Five (1951); Fireside Theatre (1950); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); On Our Merry Way (1948); Christmas Eve (1947); The Arnelo Affair (1947); Bewitched (1945); Strange Holiday (1945); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Rise and Shine (1941); Escape (1940).

Born on this day – June Clyde:

June Clyde

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 2, 1909 – October 1, 1987

Credits:

A Strange Adventure (1932); A Study in Scarlet (1933); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); After the Ball (1957); Aren't Men Beasts (1937); Arizona (1931); Back Street (1932); Behind the Mask (1946); Branded Men (1931); Charing Cross Road (1936); Country Fair (1941); Dance Band (1935); File 113 (1932); Forbidden Music (1936); Forgotten (1933); Her Resale Value (1933); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); His Lordship Goes to Press (1938); Hit the Deck (1929); Hi'Ya Chum (1943); Hold Me Tight (1933); Hollywood (1932); Hollywood and Vine (1945); Hollywood Mystery (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Humanettes No. 1 (1930); Humanettes No. 3 (1930); I Hate Women (1934); Intimate Relations (1937); King of the Castle (1936); Let's Make a Night of It (1937); Make-Up (1937); Midnight Mystery (1930); Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930); Morals for Women (1931); Night Without Stars (1951); No Monkey Business (1935); Oh! My Operation (1932); Only Yesterday (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Room Mates (1933); Sam Small Leaves Town (1937); School for Husbands (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Sealed Lips (1942); Seven Doors to Death (1944); She Shall Have Music (1935); Side Street (1929); Starlight (1937); Steady Company (1932); Street Girl (1929); Tanned Legs (1929); Tess of the Storm Country (1932); The All-American (1932); The Broadway Minstrel (1929); The Cuckoos (1930); The Finishing Touch (1932); The Love Lottery (1954); The Mad Parade (1931); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1947); The Secret Witness (1931); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Vise (1957); Thrill of Youth (1932); Treasure Hunt (1952); Unfinished Business (1941); Weddings Are Wonderful (1938).

Born on this day – David Miller:

David Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992

Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).

Born on this day – James Agee:

James Agee

Writer

Actor

Director

November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955

Credits:

Books and screenplays:

A Death in the Family; Agee on Film; Agee on Film II; Cotton Tenants: Three Families, Melville House; Face to Face; Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families; Letters of James Agee to Father Flye; Permit Me Voyage; The African Queen; The Collected Poems of James Agee; The Collected Short Prose of James Agee; The Morning Watch; The Night of the Hunter; The Tramp's New World.

Movies and television:

20 Feet from Stardom (2013); A Death in the Family (2002); Agee (1979); All the Way Home (1963 / 1971 / 1981); American Experience (1988); Experimenter (2015); Face to Face / Segment: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (1952); Festival (1961); Genghis Khan (1950); Green Magic (1953); In the Street (1948); Omnibus / Segment: Lincoln-Rutledge Debate (1953); Omnibus / Segments: Mr. Lincoln / Lincoln Part IV: New Salem (1953–1955); The African Queen (1951); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Quiet One (1948); Toutes les histoires / Histoire(s) du cinema (1999); Welcome to the Basement (2015); White Mane (1953).

Born on this day – Frances Dee:

Frances Dee

Actress

November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004

Born on this day – Mona Goya:

Mona Goya

Actress

November 25, 1909 – October 8, 1961

Born on this day – Dria Paola:

Dria Paola

Actress

November 21, 1909 – November 12, 1993

Credits:

Adam's Tree (1938); Battles in the Shadow (1938); Black Crossing (1939); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Does the gentleman wish? (1934); Fanny (1933); Hearts in the Storm (1940); La canzone dell'amore (1930); La notte delle beffe / The night of mockery (1939); Lowered Sails (1931); Movie Star (1931); Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme (1930); Pergolesi (1932); Song to the Wind (1939); Sun! (1929); The Black Panther (1942); The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934); The Conquest of the Air (1939); The Doctor by Strength (1931); The girl from the other world (1934); The Great Light - Montevergine (1939); The Hotel of the Absent (1939); The Knight of St. Mark (1939); The Last Days of Pompeii (1926); The Last Street Urchin (1938); The Man with the Claw (1931); Think It Over Jack (1936); Yard (1931).

Born on this day – Dorothy Wilson:

Dorothy Wilson

Actress

November 14, 1909 – January 7, 1998

Credits:

8 Girls in a Boat (1934); Above the Clouds (1933); Bad Boy (1935); Before Dawn (1933); Circus Shadows (1935); Craig's Wife (1936); His Greatest Gamble (1934); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); In Old Kentucky (1935); Lucky Devils (1933); Men of America (1932); One in a Million (1935); Scarlet River (1933); Speed to Spare (1937); The Age of Consent (1932); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Merry Widow (1934); The Milky Way (1936); The White Parade (1934); When a Man's a Man (1935); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943).

Born on this day – Robert Ryan:

Robert Ryan

Actor

November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973