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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Born on this day – Diana Barrymore:


Diana Barrymore


Actress

March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960

Credits:

Between Us Girls (1942); Eagle Squadron (1942); Fired Wife (1943); Frontier Badmen (1943); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Ladies Courageous (1944); Manpower (1941); Nightmare (1942); The Ben Hecht Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Mike Wallace Interview (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1951); Too Much, Too Soon (1958).

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:


Betty Hutton


Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Born on this day – Angela Greene:


Angela Greene


Actress

February 24, 1921 – February 9, 1978

Credits:

Futureworld (1976); Baretta (1975); Medical Center (1973–1975); The Day of the Locust (1975); Police Story (1974); The Waltons (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Room 222 (1972); Banacek (1972); Adam-12 (1969–1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Waitress (1971); Lassie (1970); Nancy (1970); The Immortal (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Mod Squad (1969); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fugitive (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Batman (1966); Tickle Me (1965); The Rogues (1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Lawman (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1962); Bus Stop (1962); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Cheyenne (1961); Thriller (1961); Lock Up (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); Markham (1960); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956–1960); General Electric Theater (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Perry Mason (1959); Whirlybirds (1958–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1958); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Night of the Blood Beast (1958); Sally (1958); M Squad (1958); El coyote (1957); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Affair in Reno (1957); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956); Waterfront (1955); Crossroads (1955); Shotgun (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Whistler (1955); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Patrick Henry (1955); Passport to Danger (1954); Topper (1954); The Royal African Rifles (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Loose in London (1953); A Perilous Journey (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Sky King (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Dick Tracy (1950); At War with the Army (1950); Wallflower (1948); King of the Bandits (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); Love and Learn (1947); Stallion Road (1947); That Way with Women (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); Humoresque (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); Mildred Pierce (1945); Coney Island Honeymoon (1945); Law of the Badlands (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); Musical Movieland (1944); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Grandfather's Follies.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Born on this day – Jean Heather:


Jean Heather


Actress

February 21, 1921 – October 29, 1995

Credits:

Double Indemnity (1944); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Going My Way (1944); Holiday Inn (1942); Knots Landing (1989); Murder, He Says (1945); National Barn Dance (1944); Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944); Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949); The Last Round-up (1947); The Well Groomed Bride (1946).

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Born on this day – Ann Savage:


Ann Savage


Actress

February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

My Winnipeg (2007); Saved by the Bell (1991); Fire with Fire (1986); Gang Busters (1955); City Detective (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); Death Valley Days (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Pier 23 (1951); Pygmy Island (1950); On the Right Side (1949); The Daring Caballero (1949); Jungle Flight (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Spider (1945); Detour (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Scared Stiff (1945); Manhattan (1944); The Unwritten Code (1944); Ever Since Venus (1944); The Last Horseman (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Footlight Glamour (1943); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Passport to Suez (1943); Two SeƱoritas from Chicago (1943); The More the Merrier (1943); Saddles and Sagebrush (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); Boston Blackie (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942).

Monday, February 16, 2026

Born on this day – Vera-Ellen:


Vera-Ellen


Actress

Dancer

February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981

Credits:

Let’s Be Happy (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1954); White Christmas (1954); Big Leaguer (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); The Belle of New York (1952); Happy Go Lovely (1951); Three Little Words (1950); On the Town (1949); Love Happy (1949); Words and Music (1948); Costa Rica (1947); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); Wonder Man (1945).

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Born on this day – Betty Friedan:


Betty Friedan


Writer

Actress

February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Beyond Gender (1997); It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement (1976); Life So Far (2000); The Feminine Mystique (1963); The Fountain of Age (1993); The Second Stage (1981).

Movies and television:

A Century of Women (1994); American Experience (2014); Beatles '64 (2024); Before Stonewall (1984); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Camera Three (1968); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Debunked (2022); Donahue (1972); Ex Libris (1990); Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965–1982); Firing Line (1971); Five Day Bicycle Race (2011); Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Headliners & Legends (1998); History 101 (2020); Independent Lens (2005); Intimate Portrait (1999); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm (2007); Quelques fĆ©ministes amĆ©ricaines (1977); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Take Thirty (1984); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Eighties (2016); The First Measured Century (2000); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Last Party (1993); The Many Lives of Martha Stewart (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Seventies (2015); The Sixties (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1996); Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie (2018); Town Bloody Hall (1979); Women's Day: The Making of a Bill (1998); Year of the Woman (1973).

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Born on this day – Donna Reed:


Donna Reed


Actress

January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986

Credits:

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Dallas (1984–1985); The Love Boat (1984); Deadly Lessons (1983); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966); Pepe (1960); The Whole Truth (1958); Suspicion (1957); General Electric Theater (1957); Beyond Mombasa (1956); Backlash (1956); Ransom! (1956); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); Tales of Hans Anderson (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); They Rode West (1954); Three Hours to Kill (1954); The Big Moment (1954); Gun Fury (1953); The Caddy (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Hangman's Knot (1952); Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952); Scandal Sheet (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Chicago Deadline (1949); Beyond Glory (1948); Green Dolphin Street (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); Gentle Annie (1944); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); Personalities (1942); Eyes in the Night (1942); Apache Trail (1942); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Mokey (1942); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Bugle Sounds (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); The Getaway (1941).

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Born on this day – Bill Hickman:


Bill Hickman


Actor

Stunt driver

Stunt coordinator

January 25, 1921 – February 24, 1986

Credits:

Bullitt: Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality (1998); Capricorn One (1977); The Hindenburg (1975); Electra Glide in Blue (1973); Charley and the Angel (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Anatomy of a Chase: Behind the Scenes of the Filming of 'the Seven-Ups' (1973); The Seven-Ups (1973); Shaft (1973); Madigan (1973); Rage (1972); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Hickey & Boggs (1972); The War Between Men and Women (1972); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Vanishing Point (1971); They Call It Murder (1971); The French Connection (1971); Columbo (1971); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1971); Zabriskie Point (1970); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); Patton (1970); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Love Bug (1969); The Wrecking Crew (1968); Bullitt (1968); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Gunsmoke (1967); Batman (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Point Blank (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Bonanza (1963–1967); The Invaders (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); A Fine Madness (1966); Get Smart (1966); Jericho (1966); The Rounders (1966); The Fugitive (1966); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966); Branded (1965–1966); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); The Great Race (1965); Honey West (1965); The Outer Limits (1964); The Fugitive (1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); Temple Houston (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Toys in the Attic (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); It Happened at the World's Fair (1963); California (1963); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); Outlaws (1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); The Lawless Years (1959–1961); The Deputy (1961); Klondike (1960–1961); Lock Up (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Not for Hire (1959–1960); Tombstone Territory (1960); Home from the Hill (1960); Peter Gunn (1959); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Big Operator (1959); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); The Thin Man (1957–1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Ask Any Girl (1959); The Mating Game (1959); Perry Mason (1959); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); The Perfect Furlough (1958); Houseboat (1958); High School Confidential! (1958); Attack of the Puppet People (1958); Adventures of Superman (1958); Maverick (1958); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Raintree County (1957); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); Appointment with a Shadow (1957); The Joker Is Wild (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Highway Patrol (1957); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); He Laughed Last (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Outside the Law (1956); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); The Square Jungle (1955); Love Me or Leave Me (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); High Society (1955); A Bullet for Joey (1955); Phffft (1954); Woman's World (1954); Tobor the Great (1954); Living It Up (1954); Public Defender (1954); Lucky Me (1954); Loophole (1954); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Jennifer (1953); Half a Hero (1953); Latin Lovers (1953); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Code Two (1953); My Pal Gus (1952); Because You're Mine (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Iron Man (1951); Meet Me After the Show (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); Tulsa (1949); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); The Beginning or the End (1947); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Salute to the Marines (1943).

Monday, January 19, 2026

Born on this day – Patricia Highsmith:


Patricia Highsmith


Writer

January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Dog's Ransom (1972); A Game for the Living (1958); A New Omnibus of Crime (2005); A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965); Books to Die For (2012); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Chillers (1990); Crime Never Pays (2001); Crime Story Collection (2000); Deep Water (1957); Edith's Diary (1977); Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories (1970); Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers (2002); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); Found in the Street (1986); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Little Tales of Misogyny (1974); Mermaids on the Golf Course (1984); Murder Intercontinental (1996); Murder On The Railways (2003); Mystery Cats (1991); Nothing That Meets the Eye (1968); Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 (2021); People Who Knock on the Door (1983); Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction (1966); Ripley Under Ground (1970); Ripley Under Water (1991); Ripley's Game (1974); Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners (1970); Slowly, Slowly in the Wind (1979); Small g (1994); Sour Tales for Sweethearts (2015); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Strangers on a Train (1950); Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (1987); The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1977); The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1983); The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder (1975); The Black House (1981); The Blunderer (1954); The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980); The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night (2003); The Cry of the Owl (1962); The Glass Cell (1964); The Price of Salt / Carol (1952); The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith (2001); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955); The Tremor of Forgery (1969); The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories (1971); The Two Faces of January (1964); The Web She Weaves (1983); This Sweet Sickness (1960); Those Who Walk Away (1967); Verdict of Thirteen (1979).

Movies and television:

15! (2007); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); A Kind of Murder (2016); A Mighty Nice Man (2014); After Dark (1988); Armchair Thriller (1978); Carol (2015); Chillers (1990); Climax! (1956); Cover to Cover (1987); Deep Water (1981 / 2022); Der GeschichtenerzƤhler (1989); Der Schrei der Eule (1987); Die zwei Gesichter des Januar (1986); Ediths Tagebuch (1983); Enough Rope (1963); HĆŗkanie sovy (1988); ITV Play of the Week (1967); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Kulturplatz (2006); La ranƧon du chien (1996); Loving Highsmith (2022); Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990); Muy personal (1987); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); Once You Meet a Stranger (1996); Perfect Days (2023); Petits contes misògins (1995); Purple Noon (1960); Read All About It (1978); Ripley (2024); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Ripley's Game (2002); Saturday Review (1986); Strangers on a Train (1951); Studio One (1956); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Tell Her That I Love Her (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Friend (1977); The Book Programme (1976–1980); The Cry of the Owl (1987); The Cry of the Owl (2009); The Glass Cell (1978); The Late Show (1990); The South Bank Show (1982); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); The Two Faces of January (2014); The Wednesday Thriller (1965); Tiefe Wasser (1983); Trip nach Tunis (1993); Trossos (1986).

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Born on this day – Kathleen Byron:


Kathleen Byron


Actress

January 11, 1921 – January 18, 2009

Credits:

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Painting with Light (2001); Perfect Strangers (2001); In a Land of Plenty (2001); A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000); Heartbeat (2000); Dalziel and Pascoe (2000); Casualty (1989–1999); Midsomer Murders (1999); Diary (1998); Saving Private Ryan (1998); Les MisĆ©rables (1998); Frighteners (1997); Remembering Sister Ruth (1997); Emma (1996); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); Out (1993); The Late Show (1992); Moon and Son (1992); The Bill (1991); Portrait of a Marriage (1990); Gentlemen and Players (1989); Casualty (1989–1999); Theatre Night (1985); Howards' Way (1985); Love and Marriage (1984); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Take Three Women (1982); God Speed Co-operation (1982); Nancy Astor (1982); From a Far Country (1981); Together (1980–1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Hedda Gabler (1981); Angels (1976–1980); The Elephant Man (1980); Minder (1979); Emmerdale Farm (1979); Blake's 7 (1979); Crown Court (1974–1979); General Hospital (1979); An Englishman's Castle (1978); ITV Playhouse (1968–1978); The Professionals (1978); Secret Army (1977); The Upchat Line (1977); Supernatural (1977); Z Cars (1977); Jubilee (1977); Within These Walls (1976); North & South (1975); Comedy Premiere (1975); The Main Chance (1975); One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975); Village Hall (1975); Edward the King (1975); Anne of Avonlea (1975); The Little Mermaid (1974); Notorious Woman (1974); Heidi (1974); The Abdication (1974); Marked Personal (1974); Craze (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1973); The BrontĆ«s of Haworth (1973); Sutherland's Law (1973); Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973); Away from It All (1973); Menace (1973); Nothing But the Night (1973); The Edwardians (1972); Armchair Theatre (1972); The Golden Bowl (1972); The Moonstone (1972); The Challengers (1972); Twins of Evil (1971); Private Road (1971); The Worker (1965–1970); Paul Temple (1970); Take Three Girls (1969); The Avengers (1969); Callan (1969); Omnibus (1969); Hammerhead (1968); The Portrait of a Lady (1968); The Wednesday Play (1965–1967); Who Is Sylvia? (1967); Vendetta (1966); Breaking Point (1966); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Hereward the Wake (1965); Sergeant Cork (1964); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959–1963); Night of the Eagle (1962); Probation Officer (1961); Design for Murder (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1961); Hand in Hand (1961); Danger Man (1961); Theatre 70 (1960); International Detective (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Othello (1956); Patrol Car (1955–1956); Secret Venture (1955); Handcuffs, London (1955); Night of the Silvery Moon (1954); Profile (1954); Star of My Night (1954); Young Bess (1953); The Gambler and the Lady (1952); My Death Is a Mockery (1952); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Four Days (1951); Life in Her Hands (1951); Hell Is Sold Out (1951); Scarlet Thread (1951); Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951); Prelude to Fame (1950); The Inheritance (1950); Madness of the Heart (1949); Hour of Glory (1949); Black Narcissus (1947); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); The Silver Fleet (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Climbing High (1938).

Thursday, January 1, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Phantom Carriage (1921 movie & novel):


The Phantom Carriage

a.k.a. The Stroke of Midnight & Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness,
directed and written by Victor Sjƶstrƶm,
based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness, original Swedish title: Kƶrkarlen,
by Selma Lagerlƶf,
released in Sweden on January 1, 1921.
Music by Eric Westberg.



Cast:

Victor Sjƶstrƶm, Hilda Borgstrƶm, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm, Tor Weijden, Einar Axelsson, Olof ƅs, Nils ArĆ©hn, Simon Lindstrand, Nils Elffors, Algot Gunnarsson, Hildur Lithman, Josua Bengtson, Emmy Albiin, Helga Brofeldt, Mona Geijer-Falkner, Signe Wirff, Anna-Lisa Baude, Arthur Natorp, Carl Harald, Fridolf Rhudin, Elof Ahrle, Julia CƦsar, Edvin Adolphson, John Ekman.

Recommended reading:


Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness

By Selma Lagerlƶf.

Translated by William Frederick Harvey.

Published by e-artnow.
First published 1912.
ISBN-10: 8027340209
ISBN-13: 9788027340200

Description:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness is a result of a collaboration between Selma Lagerlƶf and the Swedish association. The novel was written as a means of public education about tuberculosis. It is set in a small town in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Edith, a young "Slum Sister" (social worker) in the service of the Salvation Army is on her death bed dying of tuberculosis. She requests that before she dies, she would like to again see David Holm, one of her charges. It becomes apparent that the two have a special relationship.

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