Showing posts with label 1918. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 1, 2026

On this day in television history - The Outlaw and His Wife (1918):


The Outlaw and His Wife

Swedish title: Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru,
directed by Victor Sjöström,
written by Victor Sjöström and Sam Ask,
based on the 1911 play by Jóhann Sigurjónsson.
Based on the true 1760 case of Eyvind of the Mountains.
Released in Sweden on January 1, 1918.
Orchestra music by Röda Kvarns Orkester and Rudolf Sahlberg.


Cast:

Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, William Larsson, Artur Rolén, Sigurd Wallén, Emil Fjellström, Hildur Carlberg, Edith Wallén, Harald Wehlnor, Thure Holm, Gucken Cederborg, Nils Elffors, Olof Ås, Herman Lantz, Walerie Alexandrow-Höök.

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Born on this day – Maritta M. Wolff:


Maritta M. Wolff


Writer

December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002

Credits:

Books:

Whistle Stop (1941); Night shift (1942); About Lyddy Thomas (1947); Back of Town (1953); Buttonwood (1962); The Big Nickelodeon (1963); Sudden Rain (2005).

Movies and television:

The Man I Love (1946); Whistle Stop (1946).

Monday, December 15, 2025

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:


Jeff Chandler


Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Born on this day – William P. McGivern:


William P. McGivern


Writer

December 6, 1918 – November 18, 1982

Credits:

But Death Runs Faster / The Whispering Corpse (1948); Heaven Ran Last (1949); Very Cold for May (1950); Shield for Murder (1951); Blondes Die Young (1952); The Crooked Frame (1952); The Big Heat (1953); Margin of Terror (1953); Rogue Cop (1954); The Darkest Hour / Waterfront Cop (1955); The Seven File / Chicago-7 (1956); Night Extra (1957); Odds Against Tomorrow (1957); Mention My Name in Mombasa (1958); Savage Streets (1959); Seven Lies South (1960); The Road to the Snail (1961); A Pride of Place (1962); A Choice of Assassins (1963); The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1966); Lie Down, I Want to Talk to You (1967); Caprifoil (1972); Reprisal (1973); Night of the Juggler (1975); Soldiers of '44 (1979); The Seeing (1980); Summit (1982); War Games (1984); A Matter of Honor (1984); Killer On the Turnpike (1961); The Science Fiction Collection 3 (2018); Convoy to Atlantis (1941); Send Along a Wreath (2019); The Judas Valley (2008); Police Special (1962); We, the Machine / Planet of Dread (2012); Black Cat Weekly #83 (2023).

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Born on this day – Madeleine L'Engle:


Madeleine L'Engle


Writer

November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

Credits:

Books:

101st Miracle: Early Short Stories (1999); A Circle of Quiet (1971); A Cry Like a Bell (1987); A Full House (2000); A House Like a Lotus (1984); A Live Coal in the Sea (1962); A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer (1999); A Ring of Endless Light (1980); A Severed Wasp (1982); A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob (1986); A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978); A Wind in the Door (1973); A Winter's Love (1957); A Wrinkle in Time (1962 / 2012); An Acceptable Time (1989); And Both Were Young (1949); And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (1983); Anytime Prayers (1994); Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (1997); Camilla Dickinson / Camilla (1951); Certain Women (1992); Dance in the Desert (1969); Dragons in the Waters (1976); Everyday Prayers (1974); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Friends for the Journey (1997); From This Day Forward (1989); Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections (1996); Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002); Ilsa (1946); Intergalactic P.S. 3 (2018); Ladder of Angels (1979); Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems (1969); Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life (2001); Many Waters (1986); Meet the Austins (1960); Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings (1998); Moses, Prince of Egypt (1999); Mothers & Daughters (1997); Mothers and Sons (2000); My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life (1999); Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places (1996); Prayers for Sunday (1974); Prelude (1968); Second Sight (1999); Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being (1989); The Anti-Muffins (1981); The Arm of the Starfish (1965); The Fact of the Matter (2020); The Glorious Impossible (1990); The Irrational Season (1976); The Journey with Jonah (1967); The Joys of Love (2008); The Love Letters (1966); The Moment of Tenderness (2020); The Moon by Night (1963); The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle (2005); The Other Dog (2001); The Other Side of the Sun (1971); The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993); The Small Rain (1945); The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories (1989); The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974); The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (1964); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); The Wand in the Word (2006); The Weather of the Heart (1978); The Young Unicorns (1968); Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature (1985); Troubling a Star (1994); Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988); Walking on Water: Personal Reflections (1980); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Way More than Luck (2015); WinterSong (1996); Writing Women's Lives (1994).

Movies and television:

A Ring of Endless Light (2002); A Wrinkle in Time (2003 / 2018); Camilla Dickinson (2012); Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer (1990).

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Born on this day – Helen Nielsen:


Helen Nielsen


Writer

October 23, 1918 – June 22, 2002

Credits:

Books:

101 Mystery Stories (1986); A Killer in the Street (1967); After Midnight (1966); Anti-Social Register (1965); Borrow the Night / aka Seven Days Before Dying (1956); Coffin Break (1974); Dead on the Level (2012); Deadly Arts (1985); Detour / aka Detour to Death (1953); False Witness (1959); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Gold Coast Nocturne / aka Dead On The Level / Murder By Proxy (1951); Hard-boiled (1995); Murder on Trial (1994); Obit Delayed (1952); Shot On Location (1971); Sing Me a Murder (1960); Sing Me a Murder / Woman Missing (1961); Speaking of Greed (2001); Stranger In The Dark (1955); Tales of Terror (1980); The Brink of Murder (1976); The Case of the Gilded Lily / The Crime Is Murder / Riddle of a Lady (1956); The Crime Is Murder (1956); The Darkest Hour (1969); The Fifth Caller (1959); The Kind Man (1951); The Man in My Grave / Burden of Proof / Borrow the Night (1956); The Severed Key (1973); The Woman On the Roof (1954); To Hide a Rogue / Policeman's Dread / Verdict Suspended (1964); Uncollected Crimes (1987); Verdict Suspended (1964); Woman Missing (1961).

Movies and television:

87th Precinct (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1961); Blackout (1954); Checkmate (1961); Der Unfallzeuge (1971); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lux Playhouse (1959); Markham (1960); Perry Mason (1961–1962); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961).

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Born on this day – Olive Deering:


Olive Deering

Actress

October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986

Born on this day – Linda Hayes:


Linda Hayes


Actress

October 11, 1918 – December 19, 1995

Credits:

Brooklyn (2015); Citadel of Crime (1941); Conspiracy (1939); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); I'm Still Alive (1940); Men of the Timberland (1941); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942); Romance on the Range (1942); Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992); South of Santa Fe (1942); Sued for Libel (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Saint in Palm Springs (1940); The Spellbinder (1939).

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Born on this day – Arnold Stang:


Arnold Stang


Actor

Comedian

September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009

Credits:

Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2001); Garfield and Friends (1994); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Dennis the Menace (1993); Clippers (1991); Mathnet (1990); Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990); Ghost Dad (1990); True Blue (1990); The Cosby Show (1989); Top Cat (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988); Norman's Corner (1987); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Tales from the Darkside (1987); CBS Library (1983); No Man's Valley (1981); I Go Pogo (1980); Flying High (1978); ABC Nutrition Spots (1977); The Fourth King (1977); Easy Come Easy Go (1976); Cool Shark (1976); Deep Sea Rodeo (1976); Maguiness Book of Records (1976); Fish Anonymous (1976); Cannery Caper (1976); The Aquanuts (1976); Shark and the Beanstalk (1976); Holiday in Venice (1976); Moulin Rogues (1976); Mama (1976); Misterjaw (1976); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Chico and the Man (1976); The $6.95 Bionic Shark (1976); Transistorized Shark (1976); The Fishy Time Machine (1976); Stand-In Room Only (1976); Never Shake Hands with a Piranha (1976); Aloha, Hah, Hah! (1976); Sea Chase (1976); Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman (1976); Caught in the Act (1976); The Shape of Things (1976); Flying Saucer (19760; Davey Jones' Locker (1976); The Codfather (1976); Little Red Riding Halibut (1976); Aladdin's Lump (1976); Showbiz Shark (1976); Monster of the Deep (1976); Beach Resort (1976); Shopping Spree (1976); Flying Fool (1976); The Bureau (1976); Sweat Hog Shark (1976); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1974); Ozzie's Girls (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1973); Emergency! (1972–1973); Marco Polo Jr. (1972); Loopy de Loop (1971–1972); Hercules in New York (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); Hello Down There (1969); Skidoo (1968); Batman (1968); Two by Two (1966); The Secret Squirrel Show (1966); Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965); Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar (1965); Broadside (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); Slippery Slippers (1962); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); Top Cat (1961–1962); Kooky Loopy (1961); Bonanza (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Dondi (1961); Alakazam the Great (1960); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959); Fun on Furlough (1959); Owly to Bed (1959); You Said a Mouseful (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Frighty Cat (1958); One Funny Knight (1957); From Mad to Worse (1957); Sky Scrappers (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); Cat in the Act (1957); Hide and Peak (1956); December Bride (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Washington Square (1956); Bulletin from Bertie (1956); Mousetro Herman (1956); Will Do Mousework (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Mouseum (1956); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Ship A-Hooey (1954); Surf and Sound (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); Northwest Mousie (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Herman the Catoonist (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Of Mice and Magic (1953); Doc Corkle (1952); Mice-capades (1952); Cat Carson Rides Again (1952); The Billy Bean Show (1951); Cat Tamale (1951); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1951); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Land of Lost Watches (1951); Hold the Lion Please (1951); Mice Paradise (1951); Mice Meeting You (1950); Voice of the Turkey (1950); Saved by the Bell (1950); Starlight Theatre (1950); Expectant Father (1950); Campus Capers (1949); A Mutt in a Rut (1949); The Goldbergs (1954-1955); So This Is New York (1948); The Bored Cuckoo (1948); We're in the Honey (1948); The Circus Comes to Clown (1947); Naughty But Mice (1947); Much Ado About Mutton (1947); A Scout with the Gout (1947); Musica-Lulu (1947); Sudden Fried Chicken (1946); The Goal Rush (1946); Sheep Shape (1946); Bored of Education (1946); Cheese Burglar (1946); Laughter in Paris (1946); A Lamb in a Jam (1945); Beau Ties (1945); Scrappily Married (1945); Let's Go Steady (1945); Moving Aweigh (1944); I'm Just Curious (1944); Herman and Katnip (1944); Henpecked Rooster (1944); The Marry-Go-Round (1943); No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943); The Hungry Goat (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Seven Days' Leave (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" (1942); Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1949); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949).

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Born on this day – Audra Lindley:


Audra Lindley


Actress

September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997

Credits:

Absolute Strangers (1991); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1979); American Inventory (1954); An American Girl (1958); Another World (1964–1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Barnaby Jones (1975); Best Friends (1982); Biography (2009); Bridesmaids (1989); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Cannery Row (1982); Chico and the Man (1975); Cybill (1996–1998); Dangerously They Live (1941); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Desert Hearts (1985); Dinah! (1979); Doc (1976); Entertainment Tonight (2016); Family Feud (1980); Fay (1975–1976); Friends (1995); From These Roots (1958–1961); Getting Married (1978); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Hands of Mystery (1951–1952); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); High Incident (1996); Horizons (1954); Insight (1981); Just My Imagination (1992); Kraft Theatre (1953–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992); Lights Out (1951); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Manpower (1941); Married Is Better (1974); Matlock (1987); Maude (1975); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Naked City (1961–1962); Nothing Sacred (1997); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Route 66 (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Shoot the Moon (1996); Sisters and Other Strangers (1997); Skyward Christmas (1981); Spellbinder (1988); Stamp of a Killer (1987); Sudden Death (1995); Take My Daughters, Please (1988); Taking Off (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land (1988); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957); The Big Story (1952); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Canterville Ghost (1974); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); The Hidden Room (1991); The Love Boat (1977–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Male Animal (1942); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1978–1979); The Mommies (1994); The New Age (1994); The Relic (1997); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Web (1951–1954); Three's Company (1976–1982); Three's Company (1982); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); True Story (1957–1958); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Zoo Ship (1985).

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Born on this day – Constance Weiler:


Constance Weiler


Actress

September 17, 1918 – December 10, 1965

Credits:

Bathing Beauty (1944); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); I Dood It (1943); I Led 3 Lives (1954); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Clock (1945); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Man from Down Under (1943); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); This Man's Navy (1945); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Two Smart People (1946); Up Goes Maisie (1946).

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Born on this day – Helen Wagner:


Helen Wagner


Actress

September 3, 1918 – May 1, 2010

Credits:

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (1994); A Closer Look (1991); As the World Turns (1956–2010); As the World Turns (2010); Donahue (1985); Guiding Light (1952–1953); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Inner Sanctum (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1954); Lamp Unto My Feet (1951); Mister Peepers (1953); SoapTalk (2006); Starlight Theatre (1951); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Kate Smith Hour (1954); The Web (1950–1951); The World of Mr. Sweeney (1954–1955); Valiant Lady (1953–1957).

Monday, August 25, 2025