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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Born on this day – Nell O'Day:


Nell O'Day


Actress

Equestrian

September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989

Credits:

A Roaming Romeo (1933); Arizona Cyclone (1941); Arizona Stage Coach (1942); Back Street (1941); Boss of Bullion City (1940); Boss of Rawhide (1943); Buck Privates (1941); Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941); Captain Blue Blood (1937); Convention Girl (1935); Double Date (1941); Fighting Bill Fargo (1941); Flight Angels (1940); Hello, Sucker (1941); Hooks and Jabs (1933); It's a Date (1940); King of Jazz (1930); Knight Duty (1933); Law and Order (1940); Law of the Range (1941); Man from Montana (1941); Mystery of Marie Roget (1942); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); Nice Girl? (1941); Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942); Pirates of the Prairie (1942); Pony Post (1940); Rackety Rax (1932); Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940); Rawhide Rangers (1941); Return of the Rangers (1943); Rustler's Round-Up (1946); Saturday's Children (1940); Serves You Right (1935); Sing Another Chorus (1941); Smoke Lightning (1933); Son of Roaring Dan (1940); Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942); Star Tonight (1956); Studio One (1954); The Hope That Jack Built (1957); The Masked Rider (1941); The Monster Maker (1944); The Road to Ruin (1934); The Story of Kenneth W. Randall, M.D. (1946); There's One Born Every Minute (1942); This Side of Heaven (1934); Thundering Trails (1943); Tied for Life (1933); Twinkletoes (1926); Watch the Birdie (1935); Western Feud! (1949); Woman in the Dark (1934); You're Telling Me (1942).

Friday, September 11, 2026

Born on this day – Anne Seymour:


Anne Seymour


Actress

September 11, 1909 – December 8, 1988

Credits:

A Cry in the Wilderness (1974); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); ABC Afterschool Specials (1977–1981); Adam's Rib (1973); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); All the King's Men (1949); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Another World (1978); Appointment with Adventure (1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1956); anyon (1973); Ben Casey (1961); Bewitched (1966–1970); Blindfold (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1972); Bus Stop (1961); Cade's County (1972); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cain's Hundred (1961); Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981); Checkmate (1962); Chiller (1985); Close Ties (1983); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Daniel Boone (1969); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Death Valley Days (1962); Desire Under the Elms (1958); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1965); Emergency! (1974–1976); Empire (1962–1963); Family Ties (1985); Field of Dreams (1989); Fitzwilly (1967); Follow Your Heart (1953); Four Boys and a Gun (1957); Gemini Affair: A Diary (1975); General Hospital (1978); Gloria (1982); Good Neighbor Sam (1964); Gunsmoke (1959–1970); Handle with Care (1958); Harry O (1974); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1961); Hazel (1965–1966); Hearts of the West (1975); Home from the Hill (1960); How to Commit Marriage (1969); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); Insight (1966–1972); Ironside (1972–1974); It Was a Very Good Year (1971); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); James at 16 (1977); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1954); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953–1954); Kraft Television Theatre (1954); Kung Fu (1975); Land of the Giants (1969); Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982); Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Lincoln (1974); Love on a Rooftop (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1957); Mama (1954); Man Against Crime (1953); Man on Fire (1957); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Martin Kane, Private Eye (1952–1954); Medical Center (1970–1974); Mirage (1965); Misty (1961); Modern Romances (1955); Mr. Citizen (1955); Mr. District Attorney (1952); Mr. Merlin (1981–1982); Mr. Novak (1963); Mr. Paracelsus, Who Are You? (1966); Mrs. Thanksgiving (1952); My Three Sons (1961); Naked City (1962); Never Never Land (1980); Ohara (1987); One Day at a Time (1979); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1972); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Peter Gunn (1959); Planet of the Apes (1974); Police Story (1976); Police Woman (1974–1978); Pollyanna (1960); Rawhide (1961); Remington Steele (1986); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Run for Your Life (1965); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Seven Alone (1974); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); So Long, Blue Boy (1973); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Stay Away, Joe (1968); Studio One (1951–1956); Studs Lonigan (1979); T.J. Hooker (1984); Tenafly (1973); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Big Valley (1966); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Defenders (1961–1964); The Detectives (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The F.B.I. (1973); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration (1985); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954–1955); The Last Survivors (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1963–1986); The Man (1972); The Miracle Worker (1979); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Nurses (1963); The Practice (1986); The Subterraneans (1960); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Web (1952); The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); This Is Your Life (1973); Thriller (1960); Trancers (1984); Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983); Volume One (1949); Waco (1966); Where Love Has Gone (1964).

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Born on this day – William Lindsay Gresham:


William Lindsay Gresham


Writer

August 20, 1909 – September 14, 1962

Credits:

Books:

Grindshow: The Selected Writings of William Lindsay Gresham (2013); Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls (1959); Limbo Tower (1949); Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny (1954); Nightmare Alley (1946); The Book of Strength: Body Building the Safe, Correct Way (1961).

Movies and television:

Checkmate (1961); Nightmare Alley (1947 / 2021).

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Born on this day – Joan Peers:


Joan Peers


Actress

August 19, 1909 – July 11, 1975

Credits:

Anybody's War (1930); Applause (1929); Around the Corner (1930); Over the Hill (1931); Paramount on Parade (1930); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Rain or Shine (1930); Rosita (1923); The Tip-Off (1931); Tol'able David (1930).

Friday, August 14, 2026

Born on this day – Angela Clarke:


Angela Clarke


Actress

August 14, 1909 – December 16, 2010

Credits:

A Double Life (1947); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All in the Family (1979); Arnie (1970); Backlash (1947); Baretta (1977–1978); Ben Casey (1961); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Blindfold (1966); Bonanza (1965–1970); Bracken's World (1970); Brookside (1983); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Combat! (1963); Daniel Boone (1966); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Death Valley Days (1965–1969); Dr. Kildare (1966); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Fantasy Island (1978); Going My Way (1962); Gunsmoke (1962–1964); Harrad Summer (1974); Her Sister's Secret (1946); Houdini (1953); House of Wax (1953); Insight (1974–1980); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Kojak (1974); MacGyver (1985); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mr. Novak (1965); Mr. Soft Touch (1949); Mrs. Mike (1949); My Favorite Spy (1951); Night Song (1947); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Outrage (1950); Petrocelli (1974–1975); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); St. Elsewhere (1984); The Bounty Hunter (1954); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Egyptian (1954); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Great Caruso (1951); The Gunfighter (1950); The Harlem Globetrotters (1951); The High Chaparral (1968); The Interns (1962); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Outer Limits (1964); The Partridge Family (1973); The Savage (1952); The Seven Little Foys (1955); The Snake Pit (1948); The Undercover Man (1949); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1966); The Young Lawyers (1970); Undercover Girl (1950); Visions (1977); Voyagers! (1983); Woman in Hiding (1950).

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Born on this day – John Beal:


John Beal

Actor

August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997

Born on this day – Charles Williams:


Charles Williams


Writer

August 13, 1909 – April 5, 1975

Credits:

Books:

A Touch of Death / aka Mix Yourself a Redhead; based on 1953 novella And Share Alike (1954); Aground (1960); All the Way / aka The Concrete Flamingo (1958); And The Deep Blue Sea (1971); Big City Girl (1951); Dead Calm; based on the novella Pacific Honeymoon (1963); Girl Out Back / aka Operator; based on 1957 novella entitled either Operator or Operation (1958); Go Home, Stranger (1954); Hell Hath No Fury / aka The Hot Spot (1953); Hill Girl (1951); Man on a Leash (1973); Man on the Run / aka Man in Motion (1958); Nothing in Her Way (1953); River Girl / aka The Catfish Tangle (1951); Scorpion Reef / aka Gulf Coast Girl; based on novella Flight to Nowhere (1955); Talk of the Town / aka Stain of Suspicion (1958); The Big Bite (1956); The Diamond Bikini (1956); The Long Saturday Night / aka Confidentially Yours; Finally, Sunday! (1962); The Sailcloth Shroud (1960); The Wrong Venus / aka Don't Just Stand There (1966); Uncle Sagamore and His Girls (1959).

Movies and television:

Banana Peel (1963); Confidentially Yours (1983); Dead Calm (1989); Diamond Bikini (1971); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Folio (1955); Joy House (1964); La fille des collines (1990); Le gros coup (1964); Mieux vaut courir (1989); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Deep (1970); The Dictator's Guns (1965); The Hot Spot (1990); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); The Pink Jungle (1968).

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Born on this day – Chester Himes:


Chester Himes


Writer

July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984

Credits:

Books:

A Rage in Harlem / aka For Love of Imabelle (1957); A Century of Noir (2002); A Case of Rape (1980); All God's Chillun Got Pride (2025); All Shot Up (1960); Black Noir (2009); Black On Black (1973); Blind Man with a Pistol / aka Hot Day Hot Night (1969); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1988); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965); Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950 (1997); Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969 (2023); Hard-boiled (1995); If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945); Lonely Crusade (1947); Murderous Schemes (1996); My Life of Absurdity (1976); Pinktoes (1961); Plan B (1993); Run Man Run (1966); The Big Gold Dream (1960); The Collected Stories of Chester Himes (1990); The Crazy Kill (1959); The End of a Primitive (1955); The Heat's On / aka Come Back, Charleston Blue (1966); The Quality of Hurt (1972); The Real Cool Killers (1959); The Third Generation (1954); Yesterday Will Make You Cry / aka Cast the First Stone (1952).

Movies and television:

A Rage in Harlem (1991); Camera Three (1972); Chester Himes, Reflections (1972); Come Back Charleston Blue (1972); Cosmic Slop (1994); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Dossier Souvenirs (1970); If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968); Three and a Half Thoughts (2006); Un sang d'encre (1998).

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Born on this day – Harriet Nelson:


Harriet Nelson


Actress

July 18, 1909 – October 2, 1994

Credits:

A Christmas for Boomer (1979); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Aloha Paradise (1981); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (1998); Bridget Loves Bernie (1973); Canal Zone (1942); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Dinah! (1976–1977); Disneyland '59 (1959); Fantasy Island (1978); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987); Follow the Fleet (1936); Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet (2005); Gals, Incorporated (1943); Glitter (1985); Happy Days (1982); Harem Scarem (1932); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Hi, Buddy (1943); Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944); High School U.S.A. (1984); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Honeymoon Lodge (1943); It's Your Bet (1970); Juke Box Jenny (1942); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Unmarriage; Love and the Only Child; Love and Take Me Along (1969–1973); Musical Justice (1931); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); NBC Special Treat (1977); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night Gallery / Segment: You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan (1972); Once an Eagle (1976); Our World (1987); Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra (1943); Ozzie's Girls (1973); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Pioneers of Television (2014); Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers (1987); Ricky Nelson & Fats Domino: Live at the Universal Amphitheatre (1985); Ricky Nelson Sings (2005); Rockin' Ricky (2023); Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on a Sunday Afternoon (1952); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Stu's Show (2021); Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts (1986); Sweetheart of the Campus (1941); Swingtime Johnny (1943); Take It Big (1944); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953–1962); The Andy Williams Show (1971); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Campus Mystery (1932); The David Frost Show (1969); The Falcon Strikes Back (1943); The First Time (1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983); The Life of the Party (1937); The Love Boat (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1973); The Red Skelton Hour (1967 / 1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1973); This Is Your Life (1953); Time Out for Dad (1987); Uncle Tom (2020); What's My Line? (1956 / 1973).

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Born on this day – Irene Hervey:


Irene Hervey


Actress

July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Thrill for Thelma (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Alibi Racket (1935); Along Came Love (1936); Attention Suckers (1934); Bombay Clipper (1941); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buried Loot (1935); Burke's Law (1964); Cactus Flower (1969); Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Deadline (1949); Circus Boy (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); Crash Landing (1958); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Delta House (1979); Destination Unknown (1942); Destry Rides Again (1939); Dr. Kildare (1962); East Side of Heaven (1939); Family Affair (1968–1970); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Follow the Sun (1962); Frisco Lil (1942); Gang Busters (1942); Going Steady (1958); Goliath Awaits (1981); Halfway to Shanghai (1942); Hard Rock Harrigan (1935); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); He's My Guy (1943); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Party (1934); Honey West (1965–1966); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Ironside (1968); Keeping Fit (1942); Let's Try Again (1934); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Manhandled (1949); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Mickey (1948); Missing Evidence (1939); Mod Squad (1968); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Most Wanted (1976); Motive for Revenge (1935); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Night Monster (1942); O'Conner's Ocean (1960); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Peter Gunn (1961); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Play Misty for Me (1971); Playhouse 90 (1959); Public Defender (1955); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Roberta (1969); San Francisco Docks (1940); Say It in French (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (1939); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Sneak Preview (1956); Soaring Stars (1942); Society Smugglers (1939); Stage 7 (1955); Straightaway (1962); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958); Surfside 6 (1961); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Teenage Rebel (1956); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Baileys of Balboa (1964); The Boys from Syracuse (1940); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Crooked Road (1940); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Dude Ranger (1934); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); The Girl Said No (1937); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The House of Fear (1939); The Lady Fights Back (1937); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Millionaire (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Smith Family (1972); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Women in His Life (1933); The Young Marrieds (1964–1965); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Godfathers (1936); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Thriller (1960); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Unseen Enemy (1942); White Lies (1934); Wide Country (1962); Woman in Distress (1937); Your Play Time (1954).

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Born on this day – Isa Miranda:


Isa Miranda


Actress

July 5, 1909 – July 8, 1982

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); A Kiss for a Killer (1957); A Little Big Business (1965); A New World (1966); A Song of Sixpence (1961); Adventure in Diamonds (1940); Affairs of Maupassant (1935); Apocalisse di un terremoto (1982); Appuntamento a Piazza di Spagna (1947); Armchair Theatre (1959–1960); Arrivano i dollari! (1957); Bambina (1974); Before the Deluge (1954); Between Two Worlds (1936); Botta e risposta (1950); Boyd Q.C. (1963); Camilla (1976); Caroline chérie (1968); Colpo rovente (1970); Compact (1963–1964); Compression (2023–2025); Creature della notte (1934); Die große Postraub (1967); Die Liebe des Maharadscha (1936); Disonora il padre (1978); Do You Know This Voice? (1964); Documento Z-3 (1942); Dorian Gray (1970); È caduta una donna (1941); Einer frisst den anderen (1964); Espionage (1964); Everybody's Woman (1934); Ghost Squad (1964); Gli sbandati (1955); Hardi Pardaillan! (1964); He and She (1969); Hell Is Empty (1967); Hotel Imperial (1939); I colpevoli (1957); I pinguini ci guardano (1955); Il cardinale Lambertini (1934); Il caso Haller (1933); Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937); La carne e l'anima (1945); La corruzione (1963); La donna a una dimensione (1969); La lunga strada senza polvere (1977); La maschera e il volto (1954); La Ronde (1950); L'assassinio di Federico Garcia Lorca (1976); L'aventure commence demain (1948); Le secret d'Hélène Marimon (1954); Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959); Leckerbissen (1948); Like the Leaves (1935); L'ombra (1954); Maigret (1963); Malombra (1942); Marta (1971); My Widow and I (1945); Night on the Highway (1960); Passaporto rosso (1935); Patto col diavolo (1949); Paul Temple (1971); Playdate (1961); Position Wanted (1951); Raspoutine (1954); Rommel's Treasure (1955); Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (1970); Scipione l'africano (1937); Senza cielo (1940); Sergeant Cork (1963); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Shirley's World (1972); Sulle strade di notte (1956); Summertime (1955); Tenebre (1934); The Avengers (1967); The Baron (1966); The Empty Canvas (1963); The Flying Swan (1965); The Great British Train Robbery (1966); The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Man from Nowhere (1937); The Night Porter (1974); The Secret Conclave (1952); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Walls of Malapaga (1949); The Wednesday Play (1966); The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964); The Younger Generation (1961); Thou Art My Joy (1936); Un estate con sentimento (1970); Una storia di notte (1964); Vendetta (1967); We, the Women / Segment: Isa Miranda (1953); We'll Call Him Andrea (1972); Zazà (1944).

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Born on this day – Madge Evans:


Madge Evans


Actress

July 1, 1909 – April 26, 1981

Credits:

Adventures of Carol (1917); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915); Are You Listening? (1932); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Army Girl (1938); Beauty for Sale (1933); Beloved Adventuress (1917); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Calm Yourself (1935); Cameo Theatre (1951); Classmates (1924); David Copperfield (1935); Day of Reckoning (1933); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dinner at Eight (1933); Envy (1930); Espionage (1937); Exclusive Story (1936); Fast Life (1932); From the Valley of the Missing (1915); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Good Times (1931); Grand Canary (1934); Guilty Hands (1931); Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933); Heartbreak (1931); Heidi (1920); Hell Below (1933); Helldorado (1934); Heredity (1918); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Home Wanted (1919); Huddle (1932); Husband and Wife (1916); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1950); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Made on Broadway (1933); Many Happy Returns (1930); Masquerade Party (1952); Maternity (1917); Matinee Theatre (1955); Medallion Theatre (1953); Men Without Names (1935); Moonlight Murder (1936); Mrs. Thanksgiving (1952); Neighbor Nelly (1921); Neighbors (1918); On the Banks of the Wabash (1923); Paris Interlude (1934); Pennies from Heaven (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Seventeen (1916); Shore Acres (1914); Sinners in Paradise (1938); Son of India (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stolen Orders (1918); Studio One (1954); Sudden Riches (1916); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Bard of Broadway (1930); The Burglar (1917); The Corner Grocer (1917); The Devil's Toy (1916); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Gates of Gladness (1918); The Gob (1930); The Golden Wall (1918); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hidden Scar (1916); The Investigator (1958); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Little Church Around the Corner (1915); The Little Duchess (1917); The Little Match Girl (1921); The Little Patriot (1917); The Love Defender (1919); The Love Net (1918); The Man Who Found Himself (1915); The Master Hand (1915); The Mayor of Hell (1933); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); The New South (1916); The Nuisance (1933); The Power and the Glory (1918); The Revolt (1916); The Seven Sisters (1915); The Show-Off (1934); The Sign of the Cross (1914); The Thirteenth Chair (1937); The Volunteer (1917); The Web of Desire (1917); Three Green Eyes (1919); Transatlantic Tunnel (1935); True Blue (1918); Vengeance (1918); Wanted: A Mother (1918); We, the People (1949); West of Broadway (1931); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Woman and Wife (1918); Your Show of Shows (1951); Zaza (1915).

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

On this day in movie history - Her First Biscuits (1909):


Her First Biscuits

directed by D.W. Griffith,
written by Frank E. Woods,
released in the United States on June 17, 1909.


Cast: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Linda Arvidson, Charles Avery, Dorothy Bernard, Clara T. Bracy, Charles Craig, Flora Finch, Guy Hedlund, Anita Hendrie, Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Jeanie Macpherson, Violet Mersereau, David Miles, Mrs. Herbert Miles, Owen Moore, George Nichols, Anthony O'Sullivan, Mary Pickford, Herbert Prior, Mack Sennett, Harry Solter, Marion Sunshine.

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Born on this day – Jessica Tandy:


Jessica Tandy


Actress

June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); A Streetcar on Broadway (2006); A Woman's Vengeance (1948); Actor's Studio (1948); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1958); Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War (2005); All About 'the Birds' (2000); An African Love Story (1996); *batteries not included (1987); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Best Friends (1982); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1999); Blonde Fever (1944); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Brando (2007); Breaking Point (1964); Butley (1974); Camilla (1994); CBS This Morning (1988); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dinah! (1975); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Dragonwyck (1946); Dream On (1992); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); E.T. - Entretenimento Total (1992); Entertainment Tonight (1986–1990); Fiat Justitia (1939); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Forever Amber (1947); Fox in the Morning (1939); Foxfire (1987); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); 'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery (1998); General Electric Theater (1956); Glorious Morning (1938); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1956); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Home Stories (1990); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Inside the White House (1995); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star (2003); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Lights Out (1951); Luncheon Date (1968); Masterpiece Playhouse (1950); Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen (2003); Murder in the Family (1938); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); NET Playhouse (1970); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Nobody's Fool (1994); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Omnibus / Segments: The Better Half / Minds over Manners / Children's Books / Courtship (1953–1956); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Over Easy (1979); Password (1964); Person to Person (1958); Producers' Showcase (1955); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1990); Ruth Page: Once Upon A Dancer (1988); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); September Affair (1950); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Star Stage (1956); Still of the Night (1982); Studio 57 (1957); Studio One (1951–1957); Suspicion (1957); Telephone Time (1958); Tennessee Williams' South (1973); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 15th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1991); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Birds (1963); The Bostonians (1984); The British Greats (1980); The Christmas Tree (1958); The David Frost Show (1970); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dick Cavett Show (1981); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951–1959); The F.B.I. (1972); The Fred Waring Show (1951); The Gin Game (1981); The Green Years (1946); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Indiscretions of Eve (1932); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1986 / 1987); The Light in the Forest (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Marriage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Movies (2019); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1951); The Sam Levenson Show (1959); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Story Lady (1991); The Valley of Decision (1945); The World According to Garp (1982); To Dance with the White Dog (1993); Today (1967–1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Used People (1992); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Wogan (1990–1992); Working in the Theatre (1983).