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Monday, October 27, 2025

Born on this day – Ruby Dee:


Ruby Dee


Actress

Writer

October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014

Credits:

Books:

My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons (1986); Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears / Audio (1984); With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (1998).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 1982 (2013); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 22nd NAACP Image Awards (1990); 39th NAACP Image Awards (2008); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story (2008); A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); A Simple Wish (1997); A Storm in Summer (2000); A Thousand Words (2012); A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998); A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers (1984); A Wealth of Wisdom (2004); Actor's Choice (1970); After Goodbye: An AIDS Story (1993); Alcoa Premiere (1963); All About Us (2007); All God's Children (1980); America (2009); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (1990); American Gangster (2007); American Masters (1995 / 1999); American Playhouse (1985–1990); American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013); An Ecstatic Experience (2015); An Evening at the Academy Awards (2008); An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence (1998); An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (2006); An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (2002); And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead (2015); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1976); Armchair Theatre (1966); Baby Geniuses (1999); Baby of the Family (2002); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Betty and Coretta (2013); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Between the Lions (2001); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2005); Black Girl (1972); Black Girls Rock (2010); Book TV (2004); Broadway Legends (2002); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Camera Three (1960–1965); Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996); Cat People (1982); CBC Show of the Week (1964); Character Studies (2005); Charlie Rose (1997–1998); Chelsea D.H.O. (1973); China Beach (1990); Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2001); Color Adjustment (1992); Cool Red (1976); Cop & ½ (1993); Cosby (1999); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Crown Dick (1987); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007); Dateline NBC: American Gangster: First Look (2007); Decoration Day (1990); Def Poetry (2004); Discovering William Greaves (2006); Do the Right Thing (1989); Domestic Differences (1997); Dooley's Not Dooby (2018); Dream Street (2010); East Side/West Side (1963); Easy to Get (1947); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1988); Edge of the City (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2008 / 2014); Evening Shade (1993); Fatherhood (2004); Finding Buck McHenry (2000); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore (2001); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Go Man Go (1954); Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985); God's Gonna Trouble the Water (1998); Gone Are the Days! (1963); Great Performances (1982–1998); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hands Upon the Heart (1991); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999); HBO First Look (2007); He Said, She Said (1970); History of the Negro People (1965); Homeward Bound (1994); Hughes' Dream Harlem (2002); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); Iconoclasts (2007); In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2001); It's Good to Be Alive (1974); I've Got a Secret (1963); Jazztime Tale (1991); Jungle Fever (1991); Just Cause (1995); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); La noche de los Oscar (2008); Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990); Legends Ball (2006); Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009); Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014); Lincoln (1988); Little Bill (1999–2004); Little Bill Thinks Big! (2003); Little Bill: Big Little Bill (2001); Lockdown, USA (2006); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982); Look Up and Live (1968); Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975); Love at Large (1990); Love in Syncopation (1946); Making Do the Right Thing (1989); Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (2023); Meet Mary Pleasant (2008); Middle Ages (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miss Smith of Georgia (1962); Mississippi, America (1996); Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996); Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (2012); Naming Number Two (2006); Nick Jr. Favorites Holiday (2006); No Way Out (1950); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Set of No. 2 (2007); Ossie and Ruby! (1980); Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007); Our Virgin Island (1958); P.O.V. (2014); Passing Glory (1999); Password (1962); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Police Woman (1975); Politics of Love (2011); Promised Land (1998); Reading Rainbow (1984–2001); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Seven Times Monday (1962); Shelly Fisher (1999); Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (2017); Sing Your Song (2011); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Soul! (1970–1972); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Spenser: For Hire (1987); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); St. Louis Blues (1958); Steam (2007); Stories from the Edge / Segment: Tuesday Morning Ride (1996); Street Gear (1995); Take a Giant Step (1959); Taking Back Our Town (2001); Tavis Smiley (2008); Tenafly (1973); That Man of Mine (1946); The 15th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1991); The 16th Annual Diversity Awards (2008); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The 16th Annual Tony Awards (1962); The 2006 Black Movie Awards (2006); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery (1994); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Balcony (1963); The Black Movie Awards (2005); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Business of Hunger (1984); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974); The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990); The Defenders (1965); The Dick Cavett Show (1970 / 1990); The Directors (2000); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ernest Green Story (1993); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Fight Never Ends (1948); The First Year (1946); The Fugitive (1963); The Golden Girls (1990); The Great Adventure (1963); The Great American Pastime (1956); The History Makers (2005); The Incident (1967); The Insider (2004); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2000); The Jackie Robinson Story (1950); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2004); The Landlord (2009); The Making of American Gangster (2008); The Making of Stephen King's the Stand (1994); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1971); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The New Neighbors (2009); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Oscars (2015); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Sheriff (1971); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Stand (1994); The Tall Target (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); The Torture of Mothers (1980); The Tyra Banks Show (2009); The Unfinished Journey (1999); The Wall / Segment: The Badge (1998); The Way Back Home (2006); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); Theater Talk (2014); Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005); To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972); To Tell the Truth (1963); Today (1989); Tony Brown's Journal (1978); Touched by an Angel (1999); Tuesday Morning Ride (1995); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003); Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (2005); Uptight (1968); Video Girl (2011); Watch Your Mouth (1978); Wattstax (1973); Wedding Band (1974); What a Guy (1948); What's My Line? (1972); Whitewash (1994); Windmills of the Gods (1988); Zur Nacht (1970).

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Born on this day – Martha Stewart:


Martha Stewart


Actress

October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021

Credits:

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Are You with It? (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Convicted (1950); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Doll Face (1945); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); In a Lonely Place (1950); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Musical Chairs (1955); My Three Sons (1965); Our Man Higgins (1963); Songs for Sale (1952); Surf Party (1964); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); The Stork Club (1955); Those Two (1952–1953).

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Born on this day – Woodrow Parfrey:


Woodrow Parfrey


Actor

October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984

Credits:

Bay City Blues (1984); The Yellow Rose (1984); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); The Sting II (1983); The Fall Guy (1983); Frances (1982); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Jinxed! (1982); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1982); Report to Murphy (1982); Mr. Merlin (1981); The Seduction (1982); Code Red (1981); Pals (1981); Foul Play (1981); Flo (1980); Used Cars (1980); Bronco Billy (1980); Carny (1980); Vega$ (1979); Barnaby Jones (1979); The Tenth Month (1979); Time Express (1979); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Dallas (1979); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); B.J. and the Bear (1978); The New Maverick (1978); The Seniors (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Police Woman (1978); Baretta (1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); The Oregon Trail (1978); Lucan (1978); Charlie's Angels (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Kojak (1977); Eight Is Enough (1977); Insight (1971–1977); Police Story (1975–1977); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); Stay Hungry (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); Valley Forge (1975); The Family Holvak (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); McCoy (1975); McCloud (1971–1975); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); Mannix (1968–1975); The Rookies (1973–1975); Movin' On (1974); This Is the West That Was (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); The Fess Parker Show (1974); Firehouse (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); Chase (1973–1974); Good Times (1974); Ironside (1972–1974); Maude (1973); Papillon (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); he Alpha Caper (1973); Charley Varrick (1973); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Kung Fu (1973); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); Hunter (1973); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); Mod Squad (1969–1972); Room 222 (1970–1972); No Place to Run (1972); Wheeler and Murdoch (1972); A Very Missing Person (1972); Cade's County (1972); Bonanza (1966–1972); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Dirty Harry (1971); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); Men at Law (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Adam-12 (1970–1971); The High Chaparral (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The F.B.I. (1971); The Most Deadly Game (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); That Girl (1968–1970); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Doris Day Show (1968–1970); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); The Movie Murderer (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Hastings Corner (1970); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); The Good Guys (1969); Daniel Boone (1969); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Sam Whiskey (1969); Lancer (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1969); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); The Outcasts (1968); Bewitched (1968); Madigan (1968); The Virginian (1962–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); The Felony Squad (1967–1968); The Flying Nun (1967); Iron Horse (1966–1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1967); The King's Pirate (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Batman (1966–1967); Occasional Wife (1966–1967); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Get Smart (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Family Affair (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Death Valley Days (1965–1966); Scalplock (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Honey West (1966); My Favorite Martian (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The War Lord (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Mister Roberts (1965); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1965); Laredo (1965); The Munsters (1965); No Time for Sergeants (1966); Wendy and Me (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); The Rogues (1964); Hazel (1964); Tom, Dick and Mary (1964); Summer Playhouse (1964); The Richard Boone Show (1964); Suspense (1964); My Three Sons (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Combat! (1963); Breaking Point (1963); Perry Mason (1962–1963); Temple Houston (1963); Cattle King (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Empire (1962–1963); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Gunsmoke (1963); Sam Benedict (1962); Wide Country (1962); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); Naked City (1959–1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960–1961); Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961); 'Way Out (1961); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Play of the Week (1959–1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); Startime (1959); Brenner (1959); Camera Three (1957–1958); Johnny Gunman (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); So Lovely... So Deadly (1957); Studio One (1956–1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Crunch and Des (1956); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1955); Ponds Theater (1954); The Stranger (1954); Man Against Crime (1954); Danger (1950); Wyoming Mail (1950).

Friday, October 3, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Temptress (movie & novel):


The Temptress

directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller,
written by Dorothy Farnum, Marian Ainslee,
based on the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,
released in the United States on October 3, 1926.
Music by Michael Picton, Ernst Luz.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Anderson, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire, Sam Appel, Helen Brent, Steve Clemente, Roy Coulson, Louise Emmons, Inez Gomez, Gale Gordon, Bob Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Annabelle Magnus, Chris-Pin Martin, Louis Mercier, Alys Murrell, Constantine Romanoff, Charles Stevens, Mauritz Stiller.

Recommended reading:


The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.
First published 1922.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 9362346877
ISBN-13: 978-9362346872

Description:

"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Born on this day – Louise Latham:


Louise Latham


Actress

September 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018

Credits:

33 Hours in the Life of God (1976); 92 in the Shade (1975); A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Against the Grain (1993); Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Ben Casey (1965); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Bonanza (1966–1971); Cannon (1972); CBS Playhouse (1968); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); CHiPs (1980); Columbo (1973); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Cruel Doubt (1992); Designing Women (1986); Dress Gray (1986); Dying Room Only (1973); Earth 2 (1995); Eight Is Enough (1977–1979); ER (1997); Falcon Crest (1989); Family (1980); Family Affair (1966–1968); Firecreek (1968); Fresno (1986); Good Heavens (1976); Great Performances (1976); Gunsmoke (1968–1974); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Hec Ramsey (1973); Highway to Heaven (1986); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hotel (1986); Hothouse (1988); Hunter (1988); In Cold Blood (1996); In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Invitation to a March (1972); Ironside (1969–1971); Johnny Belinda (1967); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1973); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Longstreet (1971); Love Field (1992); Love Lives On (1985); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Marnie (1964); Mary & Tim (1996); Mass Appeal (1984); McCloud (1971); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Medical Center (1971–1974); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1992); NET Playhouse (1968); Obsessive Love (1984); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Perry Mason (1965); Pray TV (1982); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Rhoda (1974); Roc (1991); Run for Your Life (1966); Savage (1973); Scruples (1980); Settle the Score (1989); Shell Game (1975); Stillwatch (1987); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Sweet Tornado DVD Extras (2006); Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Territorial Men (1976); The Actress (2014); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Awakening Land (1978); The Contender (1980); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fugitive (1967); The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Harness (1971); The Haunted (1991); The Invaders (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1977–1980); The Name of the Game (1970–1971); The Outsider (1968); The Philadelphia Experiment (1984); The Rogues (1965); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Waltons (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The X-Files (2000); The Young Lawyers (1969); Thin Ice (1981); Total Security (1997); Toughlove (1985); Visions (1977); White Lightning (1973); Winter Kill (1974); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Born on this day – Janis Paige:


Janis Paige


Actress

Singer

September 16, 1922 – June 2, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1978); All in the Family (1976–1978); All's Fair (1976); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Always Together (1947); American Masters (1990–2017); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Baby Makes Five (1983); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Banacek (1972); Bathing Beauty (1944); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bret Maverick (1981); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Burke's Law (1964); Capitol (1987); Caroline in the City (1997); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cheyenne (1947); Columbo (1972); Cop on the Beat (1975); Doc (1975); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Family Law (2001); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Flamingo Road (1981); Follow the Boys (1963); Ford Star Revue (1950); Funny You Should Ask (1969); General Electric Guest House (1951); General Electric Theater (1960); General Hospital (1989–1990); Great Performances (2021); Gun Shy (1983); Gypsy (1965); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Days (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood Screen Test (1950); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hooray for Love (1960); I Won't Play (1944); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); I've Got a Secret (1959–1960); Joe Forrester (1975); Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021); Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Dave King Show (1959); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); La strada buia (1950); Lanigan's Rabbi (1976–1977); Legend (1995); Legends (2007); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Lewis & Clark (1981); Love and Learn (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Maisie (1960); Mannix (1973); Matt Houston (1983); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mister Universe (1951); Natural Causes (1994); Night Court (1984); No Man's Land (1984); Of Human Bondage (1946); Oh My Word (1965); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Password (1963); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1959); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); Police Story (1974–1975); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Roberta (1958–1969); Rockhopper (1985); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Romance Theatre (1982); Room for Two (1992); Salute to Baseball (1957); Santa Barbara (1990–1993); Sarge (1971); Satin and Silk (2003); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Shades of LA (1990); Show of the Year (1950); Shower of Stars (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); St. Elsewhere (1983); Star of the Family (1951); Studio 57 (1957); Super Password (1986); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The $10,000 Pyramid (1986); The $25,000 Pyramid (1986); The 37th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1963); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); The Ann Sothern Show (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1952–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964); The Betty White Show (1977); The Big Record (1957); The Big Step (1961); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Bob Hope Show (1952–1966); The Caretakers (1963); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Chevy Show (1955 / 1961); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1954); The Dave King Show (1959); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fugitive (1964); The Garry Moore Show (1958–1960); The George Gobel Show (1957–1958); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The House Across the Street (1949); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Joyce Mathews Show (1950); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Love Boat (1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1976); The Milton Berle Show (1951–1959); The Milton Berle Spectacular (1962); The Nancy Walker Show (1976); The Other Woman (1983); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1951); The Paul Winchell Show (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Rockford Files (1978); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show (1958); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1968); The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); The Younger Brothers (1949); This Is Your Life (1995); This Side of the Law (1950); To Tell the Truth (1960); Too Close for Comfort (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1985–1986); Trauma Center (1983); 20 Questions (1950); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980); Versatile Varieties (1949–1950); Wagon Train (1961); Wallflower (1948); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); We Think the World Is Round (1984); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Win with the Stars (1969); Winter Meeting (1948); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); You Don't Say (1963–1969).

Born on this day – Guy Hamilton:


Guy Hamilton

Director

September 16, 1922 – April 20, 2016

Monday, September 8, 2025

Born on this day – Sid Caesar:


Sid Caesar

Actor

Comedian

Writer

September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014

Born on this day – Arthur Ibbetson:


Arthur Ibbetson


Cinematographer

September 8, 1922 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Babes in Toyland (1986); Santa Claus: The Movie (1985); The Bounty (1984); Master of the Game (1984); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Hopscotch (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); The Prisoner of Zenda (1979); The Medusa Touch (1978); A Little Night Music (1977); Spectre (1977); The Sell-Out (1976); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); Out of Season (1975); Brief Encounter (1974); 11 Harrowhouse (1974); Mistress Pamela (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); A Doll's House (1973); All Coppers Are... (1972); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); The Railway Children (1970); The Walking Stick (1970); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Inspector Clouseau (1968); A Matter of Innocence (1967); A Countess from Hong Kong (1967); The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); The Wild Affair (1965); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); Espionage (1963); Murder at the Gallop (1963); I Could Go on Singing (1963); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); Lisa (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Canadians (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Angry Silence (1960); The Bridal Path (1959); The Horse's Mouth (1958); Melba (1953).

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Born on this day – Max Schreck:


Max Schreck

Actor

September 6, 1879 – February 20, 1936

Most famous for playing the vampire Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922).

Monday, September 1, 2025

Friday, August 22, 2025

Born on this day – Micheline Presle:


Micheline Presle


Actress

August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

100 films by 100 personalities (1998); 20h10 pétantes (2004); In search of Jean Grémillon (1969); A Lady with Camellias (1953) A Man and His Dog (2008); Has Mistress for the Summer (1960) A Young Emmanuelle (1976); Studio Actor (1986); Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951); All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) Lark I Pluck You (1988); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Angel and Sinner (1945); Anna in Corsica (2000); Apostrophes (1975); After tomorrow (1990); Archipel des amours / Remue-ménage (1983); At the Top of the Stairs (1983); Au cinéma ce soir (1969); Wanted (1989); Bankable (2012); Bastard Brood (1996); Biette (2011); Biette Intermezzo (2011); Blue Helmet (1994); Bobosse (1959); Bouillon de culture (1994); C à vous (2011); Cabaret du soir (1958); Coffee follies: with Marcel Amont (1979); Call Me Victor (1993); Independent candidate (2007); Cannes Film Festival (1993); Cannes... The 400 Blows (1997); Vermeil Map (1981); Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956); Tonight (or never!) (2007–2011); Some short stories (1980); Those Dear Departed (1979); Champs-Elysées (1982); Luck Meeting (1959); Charming Boy (2001); Chouchou (2003); Christine (1958); Cinema Regards (1981); Filmmakers of Our Time (1967); Cinemas (2010); Bitter Lemon (1996); Clochemerle (1972); Fight! (1963); Comme au cinéma (2001); Short Stories Train (2002); Dark Purpose (1964); Demoniac (1957); Demons of Noon (1979); Der andere Blick (1991); Two Grown Girls in Pyjamas (1974); Devil in the Brain (1972); Devil in the Flesh (1947); Diary of a Seducer (1996); Donkey Skin (1970); Ecco la felicità (1940); École des vedettes (1959); There were twelve of them women (1940); Footprints (2011); En aparté (2007); Stars in the Sun (1953); Needed step!... (1996); Fanfan (1993); Fathers' Day (1990); Cannes Film Festival 1947 (1947); A Chef in Love (1996); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Five Day Lover (1961); Foolish Husbands (1941); Four Flights to Love (1939) France Boutique (2003); Gala of the union (1959–1969); Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986); Mayhem! (2005); Grand Amphi (1971); (G)rève party (1998); Guy Gilles, a filmmaker too soon extinct (2002); H (1999); Hail, Mafia (1965); Her Bridal Night (1956); Fuss of fiction (2003); House of Ricordi (1954); Human Cargo (1954); I briganti Italiani (1961); I Want to Go Home (1989); I Will Show My Breasts (2013); If a Man Answers (1962); Imperial Venus (1962); In inniger Feindschaft (1990); Unpublished (2021); It Happened in the Park (1953); I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979); Je chante (1938); I Want to Be an Actress (2016); Jean Moulin, a French case (2003); Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2018); John Raymond (1958); Young Girls in Distress (1939); Just Like Brothers (2012); King of Hearts (1966); The Beautiful Adventure (1942); Uncle Doc's Cabin (2008); The client (2004); The Comedy of Happiness (1940); The Double Life of Jeanne (2000); The spanking (1937); The Great Collection (1991); The Face of Employment (1974); The joie de vivre (1956); The Letter in a Taxi (1962); The Law of Men (1962); The lust (1961); The Night of the Caesars (2004); La nuit des Molières (1987); At night fantasy (1942); La preda (1974); La vie au grand fresco (2002); The life of Marianne (1976); L'amour d'une femme (1953); The Roundabout Adventure: Audacity Joyeuse et rire de résistance (2010); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); The Baron the lock (1960); The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975); The circle of midnight (1994); The Dog (1984); Long live cinema! (1972); Vivement dimanche (2007–2013); Vive dimanche prochaine (2007); Neighbourhoods (1996); Are you a police officer? (2007); You Only I Love (1939); We Forget Everything! (1979); Women Are Talkative (1958); The Devil's Cinema (1967); Le clair de terre (1970); The Heart at Work (2000); The Bamboo Blow (1963); The Devil in the Box (1977); Epiphany Day (1991); The Curtain Rising (1973); The Blood Bond (1999); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); The Revolver in the Rain (1972); The Red and the Black (1961); The sun has always Reason (1943); The Journey to Paris (1999); Antoine's Journey (1984); The journey Penelope (1996); The Traveler Without Baggage (2004); The loves of the beautiful era (1979); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1980); Angels 1943, history a film (2004); Empire Builders (1974); The last five minutes (1978); Echoes of Cinema (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1995); False Confidences (1984); The Game Is Done (1947); Les Misérables (1995); The nickel-plated feet (1964); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); The darling saints (1965–1971); The Three Glorious Days (2010); Cécile's Eyes (1993); History Irene (2010); The Saturday Story (1997); Lily Lamont (1983); The rare bird (1973); Love Vertigo (2001); Lulu (1986); Male Hunt (1964); Cinema Tuesday (1983–1988); Matin Bonheur (1991–1994); Bad Associations (1999); Merci Bernard (1982); Message for Margaret (1964); Micheline Presle, a film explorer (2010); Midi-Première (1981); Mignon è partita (1988) Mistress of the World (1960); Monsieur Cinéma (1979); Don't bite, we love you! (1976); Museum up, museum bas (2008); Myster Mocky presents (2008–2009); Napoleon (1955); Don't forget me pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); We Didn't Love Her Enough (1981); Zero Elsewhere (1995–1998); We Tried Everything (2004); Out of Whack (1979); Parade in 7 nights (1941); Last Paris (2005); Paris Frills (1945); Little Plague (1939); Plein sud (2009); Point d'orgue (1993); Secret Police (1994); For the cinema (1973); For Three Billion Men (1965); Presence of the Past (1966); Who kissed too much... (1986); Kidnapping on credit (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1957–1960); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Mandar Street (2012); S.O.S. disappeared (1990); Sacred evening (1990); Saltimbank (2003); Saturday Night (1974); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Seventh Art Seventh Box (1967); Sex, Love & Therapy (2014); Sidaction 2009 / Music Video - La chanson d'Hélène (2009); Please... the sea? (1979); Sins of Pompeii (1950) Something Fishy (1994) Let's be friends! (2001); Sport in feast (1973); Stars (1981); Studio Gabriel (1994); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); Testimonies (1973); Teuf-teuf (1963); The Assassin (1961) The Blood of Others (1984); The Count of Monte Cristo (1998); The Devil and the Ten Commandments / Luxurieux Point ne seras (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957) The French Way (1940); The Legend of Frenchie King (1971); The Nun (1966); The Prize (1963) The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); Themes and Variations of Cinema (1967); Thieves After Dark (1983) Time Out for Love (1961) It all depends on the girls... (1980); Transfixed (2001); Thirteen À table (1955); Trompe l'oeil (1975); Twilight (1944); Un cane sciolto (1990); Under My Skin (1950); V for Revenge (1990); Go see mamAn, Papa Is Working (1978); Venus and Apollo (2005); Venus Beauty Institute (1999).