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Monday, September 29, 2025

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Born on this day – William Brinkley:


William Brinkley


Writer

September 10, 1917 – November 22, 1993

When William Brinkley was a reporter for The Washington Post, he wrote the article covering the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy who lived in Mt. Rainier, Washington.

This case later became the inspiration for the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, published in 1971, and the movie of the same title, directed by William Friedkin and released in 1973.


Article dated: Friday, August 20, 1949.

Friday, August 29, 2025

Born on this day – Isabel Sanford:


Isabel Sanford


Actress

Comedian

August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); All in the Family (1971–1979); All Star Blitz (1985); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); America 2-Night (1978); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Bewitched (1968); Body Language (1984–1985); Break the Bank (1977); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS: On the Air (1978); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Click Three Times (2000); Community (2009); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Cybill (1996); Daniel Boone (1970); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Valerie Harper (1975); Dean's Place (1975); Dinah! (1977); Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin (1998); Donny & Marie (2000); Donny and Marie (1976); Dream On (1993); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1983–1986); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hickey & Boggs (1972); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001–2003); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); In the House (1995); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2003); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); Jackie's Back! (1999); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1983); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kids Are People, Too (1979); Kojak (1974); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Living Single (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Love at First Bite (1979); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Perfect Wedding; Love and the Baby (1971–1972); Mafia! (1998); Match Game (1976); Match Game PM (1976); Maury (1991); Mod Squad (1968); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Of Black America (1968); Original Gangstas (1996); Pendulum (1969); Pepper Ann (1998); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989); Reading Rainbow (1985); Relatively Speaking (1988); RerunIt: Some Things Are Worth Repeating (2018); Roseanne (1995); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1976); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); South Beach (1993); Sprung (1997); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Search (1984); Steigler and Steigler (1980); Storybook Squares (1976); Supertrain (1979); Tattletales (1984); Teen Angel (1997); That's TV (1982); The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1990); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 4th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1985); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards / TV Special (1981); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1977); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Comic (1969); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1995–1996); The Fuzz Brothers (1973); The Great American Quiz Show (1987); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The Interns (1971); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2002); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Late Show (1986); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The New Centurions (1972); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The New Mike Hammer (1986); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Parkers (2001); The Paul Kent Show (1999); The Photographer (1974); The Red, White, and Black (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Shape of Things (1982); The Simpsons (2004); The Steve Harvey Show (1996); The Young and the Restless (2002); The Young Runaways (1968); This Is Your Life (1984); Time & Again (2000); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 4 (2000); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Unsung Hollywood (2017); Up the Sandbox (1972); Vega$ (1978); Vicki! (1992–1993); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972); You Are the Jury (1986).

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Kirby:


Jack Kirby


Comic book artist

Writer

Actor

August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994

Credits:

Comic books:

2001: A Space Odyssey #1–10 (1976–1977); Amazing Adventures #1–4 (Inhumans) (1970); Avengers #1–8 (full pencils), #14–17 (1963–1965); Black Panther #1–12 (1977–1978); Captain America #100–109, 112 (1968–1969); Demon #1–16 (1972–1974); Devil Dinosaur #1–9 (1978); Eternals #1–19, Annual #1 (1976–1978); Fantastic Four #1–102, 108, Annual #1–6 (1961–1971); Forever People #1–11 (1971–1972); Incredible Hulk #1–5 (1962–1963); Journey into Mystery #51–52, 54–82 (1959–1966); Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1–40 (1972–1976); Machine Man #1–9 (1978); Mister Miracle #1–18 (1971–1974); New Gods #1–11 (1971–1972); O.M.A.C. #1–8 (1974–1975); Our Fighting Forces #151–162 (1974–1975); Silver Surfer #18 (1970); Strange Tales #67–70, 72–100 (1959–1967); Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133–139, 141–148 (1970–1972); Tales of Suspense #2–4, 7–35 (1959–1968); Tales to Astonish #1, 5–34; (Ant-Man): #35–40, 44, 49–51 (1962–1966);Thor #126–177, 179, Annual #2 (1966–1970); X-Men #1–11 (full pencils) (1963–1966).

Movies, television and video games:

A Clean Shaven Man (1936); Agent Carter (2015–2016); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (2016); Animal Man (2012); Ant-Man (2015 / 2017); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023); Atop the Fourth Wall (2013); Avengers Assemble (2012–2019); Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014); Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Avengers: Infinity War (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010); Battleworld (2022); Big Barda of Suburbia (2021); Biography (1995); Black Adam (2022); Black Panther (2010 / 2018); Black Panther: Legacy (2023); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); Black Widow (2021); Blue Beetle (2023); Bob (1993); Captain America (1944 / 1966 / 1979 / 1990); Captain America Battles the Red Skull (1964); Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979); Captain America vs. The Mutant (1964); Captain America: Civil War (2016); Captain America: Super Soldier (2011); Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); Captain Marvel (2019); Centurions (1986); Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos (1986); Comic Book Confidential (1988); Comic-Con Begins (2021); COMIX: Beyond the Comic Book Pages (2016); Dark Suns (2023); DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016); DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017); DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High (2016); De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2001); Death Battle (2012–2023); Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022); Entertainment Tonight (1982); Eternals (2021); Fantastic Four (1967 / 1997 / 2005 / 2015); Fantastic Four Activity Studio (2005); Fantastic Four: Flame On (2005); Fantastic Four: Origins of the Silver Surfer (2007); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2007); Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2007); Femme Fatales (2012); Frankenpimp (2009); Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979); Glorious Purpose (2023); Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014 / 2015 / 2019); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023); Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (2017); Harley Quinn (2020–2023); Hawkeye (2021); Hold the Wire (1936); How I Became a Super Hero (2020); Hulk (1966 / 2003); Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2015); Hulk in Traffic (2016); Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell (2016); I Am Groot (2022–2023); Icons Unearthed (2024); Inhumans (2017); Injustice 2 (2017); Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (2013); Iron Man (1966 / 2008 / 2010); Iron Man 2 (2010); Iron Man 3 (2013); Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United (2014); Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2008); Iron Man: Extremis (2010); Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013); Justice League (2001–2017); Justice League Action (2016–2018); Justice League Dark (2017); Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020); Justice League Unlimited (2004–2005); Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015); Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013); Justice League: The New Frontier (2008); Justice League: War (2014); KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode: Paritto! Omoide no Mille-feuille! (2017); Kirby at War: La Guerre De Kirby (2017); Kount Kracula's Review Showcase (2017); Lazer Tag Academy (1986); Legion (2017); Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015); Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain (2017); LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-villain High (2018); Lego DC Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom! (2015); Lego DC Super-Villains (2018); Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017); LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda (2018); Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016); LEGO the Amazing Spider-Man (2020); Loki's Plot: An Easter Special (2013); M.O.D.O.K. (2021); Magneto (2024); Marvel Avengers Academy (2016); Marvel Covers: Remake of Fans (2024); Marvel Heroes (2013); Marvel Knights: Eternals (2014); Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013); Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011); Marvel Puzzle Quest (2013); Marvel Snap (2022); Marvel Strike Force (2018); Marvel Studios: Legends (2021); Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! (2015); Marvel Super Heroes (1995); Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011); Marvel World of Heroes (2023); Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006); Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009); Marvel's Midnight Suns (2022); Mighty Thor (1966); Minoriteam (2006); Mister T (1983–1985); Ms. Marvel (2022); Planet Hulk (2010); Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936); Prisoners of Gravity (1993); Pryde of the X-Men (1989); Rambo (1986); Reign of the Supermen (2019); Reign of the Superwomen (2021); Rocket & Groot (2017); Rogue Redemption (2019); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980); Secret History of Comics (2017); Secret Invasion (2023); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Sectaurs (1985); Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021); She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022); Silver Surfer (1998 / 2020); Sin City (2005); Smallville (2010–2011); Space Stars (1981); Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1982); Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (1992); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017); Spider-Man: Identity (2019); Spider-Man: Wanted (2018); Stan Lee (2023); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Super Friends (1979–1985); Super Power Beat Down (2013–2016); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010); Superman: The Animated Series (1997–2000); Superman: The Animated Series (1998); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Swat the Fly (1935); Team Thor (2016); Team Thor: Part 2 (2017); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003); The Anti Gravity Room (1995–1997); The Avengers (2012); The Avengers Lego Adventure (2013); The Avengers: Audio Drama (2023); The Avengers: Audio Drama / Podcast Series (2024); The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010–2012); The Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000); The Death and Return of Superman (1994); The Death of Superman (2018); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Fantastic Four (1978 / 1994); The Gifted (2017–2019); The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022); The Incredible Hulk (1979–2008); The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (2005); The King & the Worst (2009); The Lego Batman Movie (2017); The Marvel Super Heroes (1966); The Marvels (2023); The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987); The New Shmoo (1979–1980); The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993); The Punisher (1993); The Replacement Gods (2012); The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008); Thor (2011); Thor and Loki in Wigan (2013); Thor in the Playroom (2013); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Thundarr the Barbarian (1980–1981); Troldspejlet (2015); Turbo Teen (1984); Ultimate Avengers II (2006); Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006); Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2016); Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk (2013); WandaVision (2021); What If...? (2021–2023); Wolverine (1991); X2: X-Men United (2003); X-Men (1992 / 1993 / 2000 / 2011); X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995); X-Men '97 (2024); X-Men Legends (2004); X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005); X-Men: Apocalypse (2016); X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994); X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); X-Men: Destiny (2011); X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003); X-Men: First Class (2011); X-Men: Mutant Academy (2000); X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (1994); X-Men: Next Dimension (2002); X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997); X-Men: The Audio Drama (2014–2023); X-Men: The Official Game (2006); Young Justice (2011–2022); Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021); Zombie Beach Party (2003).

Friday, August 22, 2025

Monday, August 4, 2025

Born on this day – Patricia Dane:


Patricia Dane


Actress

August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995

Credits:

Are You with It? (1948); Fighting Mad (1948); Fireside Theatre (1951); Grand Central Murder (1942); I Dood It (1943); I'll Wait for You (1941); Johnny Eager (1941); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Northwest Rangers (1942); Personalities (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Road to Bali (1952); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); The Harder They Fall (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Born on this day – Lorna Gray:


Lorna Gray


Actress

July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017

Credits:

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002); Adventure in Sahara (1938); Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945); Along the Oregon Trail (1947); Andy Clyde Gets Spring Chicken (1939); Back to the Woods / Three Sappy People (1939); Beware Spooks! (1939); Biography (1997); Brimstone (1949); Bullets for Rustlers (1940); Cafe Hostess (1940); California Firebrand (1948); Captain America (1944); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Coast Guard (1939); Convicted Woman (1940); Dakota (1945); Daughter of Don Q (1946); Deadwood Dick (1940); Drums of the Desert (1940); Exposed (1947); F.B.I. 99 (1966); Fashion Model (1945); Father Steps Out (1941); Federal Operator 99 (1945); Flying G-Men (1939); Good Girls Go to Paris (1939); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hideout (1949); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Home on the Range (1946); Last Frontier Uprising (1947); Lightnin' in the Forest (1948); Love's A-Poppin' (1953); Man from Rainbow Valley (1946); Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976); Missing Daughters (1939); Mooching Through Georgia / Pest from the West (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (1966); O, My Darling Clementine (1943); Oh! Susanna (1951); Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939); Out California Way (1946); Outside These Walls (1939); Perils of Nyoka (1942); Red River Range (1938); Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942); Rock Island Trail (1950); Rockin' Thru the Rockies (1940); Scandal Street (1938); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Skinny the Moocher (1939); Smashing the Spy Ring (1938); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Spoilers of the North (1947); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Tell It to a Star (1945); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Awful Goof (1939); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Girl Who Dared (1944); The Last Bandit (1949); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Man They Could Not Hang (1939); The Plunderers (1948); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Savage Horde (1950); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Stranger from Texas (1939); The 3 Stooges / Episode: You Nazty Spy! (1940); Those High Grey Walls (1939); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Tuxedo Junction (1941); Under Colorado Skies (1947); Up in the Air (1940); Valley of the Zombies (1946); Yellow Fin (1951).

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Born on this day – Georges Arnaud:


Georges Arnaud


Writer

July 16, 1917 – March 4, 1987

Credits:

Books:

Chronicles of crime and Innocence (1982); Highland Indians (1952); Indians Not Dead (1956); Juste avant l'aube, in collaboration with Jean Anglade (1990); The Largest Slope (1961); The Peiper Affair: More Than a News Item (1978); The Salary of the Fear (1950); The Journey of the Bad Thief (1951 / 1987); The Sweetest Confessions (1954); Ears on the Back (1953 / 1974); Sulfur Light (1952); Marshal P... (1958); My Trial (1961); For Djamila Bouhired (1957); Preface within The Murder of Roger Ackroyd of Agatha Christie (1961); Prisons 53 (1953); Schtibilem 1941 (1953).

Movies and television:

December (1973); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); Ears on the Back (2002); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Sorcerer (1977); The Wages of Fear (1953 / 2024); Violent Road / aka Hell's Highway (1958).

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Born on this day – Faye Emerson:


Faye Emerson


Actress

Talk show host

July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983

Credits:

20 Questions (1950); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Affectionately Yours (1941); Air Force (1943); Arthur Godfrey Time (1958); At the Stroke of Twelve (1941); Author Meets the Critics (1952); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Between Two Worlds (1944); Blues in the Night (1941); Cavalcade of Bands (1951); Chesterfield Presents (1952); Colgate Theatre (1950); College of Musical Knowledge (1950); Crime by Night (1944); Damon Runyan Cancer Fund Telethon (1950); Danger Signal (1945); Destination Tokyo (1943); Faye and Skitch (1953); Fifteen with Faye (1950); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Food and Magic (1943); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Guilty Bystander (1950); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); In Our Time (1944); It's News to Me (1952); I've Got a Secret (1952–1963); Juke Girl (1942); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953–1961); Lady Gangster (1942); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Manpower (1941); Masquerade Party (1957–1960); Matinee in New York (1952); Murder in the Big House (1942); Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Of All Things (1956); Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948–1949); Person to Person (1953); Premiere (1951); Project Twenty (1960); Quick as a Flash (1953–1954); Secret Enemies (1942); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Star of the Family (1952); Studio One (1954); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 27th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1953); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1952); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The David Susskind Show (1961); The Desert Song (1943); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); The Eloise McElhone Show (1953); The Eyes Have It (1950); The Faye Emerson Show (1949–1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The George Gobel Show (1954); The Great Lie (1941); The Hard Way (1943); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Joyce Mathews Show (1951); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); The Match Game (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1952–1955); The Nurse's Secret (1941); The Sam Levenson Show (1951); The Silver Theatre (1949); The Stork Club (1952); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Tonight Show (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); This Is Show Business (1949–1953); To Tell the Truth (1960–1963); Today (1955); Uncertain Glory (1944); What's in a Word (1954); What's My Line? (1950–1962); Who Said That? (1948–1951); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Women at War (1943); Women Want to Know (1956–1957); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951–1952); Your Show of Shows (1951–1954).