Born on this day – Leonard Rossiter:

Leonard Rossiter

Actor

Writer

October 21, 1926 – October 5, 1984

Born on this day – John Morris:

John Morris

Composer

Dance arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018

Born on this day – Julie Adams:

Julie Adams

Actress

October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019

Born on this day – Beverly Garland:

Beverly Garland

Actress

October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008

Born on this day – Ed McBain:

Ed McBain

Writer

October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005

Credits:

The 87th Precinct novel series: Cop Hater (1956); The Mugger (1956); The Pusher (1956); The Con Man (1957); Killer's Choice (1957); Lady Killer (1958); Killer's Wedge (1958); Killer's Payoff (1958); King's Ransom (1959); 'Til Death (1959); Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960); The Heckler (1960); See Them Die (1960); Lady, Lady, I Did It! (1961); The Empty Hours (1962); Like Love (1962); Ten Plus One (1963); Ax (1963); He Who Hesitates (1965); Doll (1965); Eighty Million Eyes (1966); Fuzz (1968); Shotgun (1968); Jigsaw (1970); Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971); Sadie When She Died (1972); Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1973); Hail to the Chief (1973); Bread (1974); Blood Relatives (1975); So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976); Long Time No See (1977); Calypso (1979); Ghosts (1980); Heat (1981); McBain Brief (1982); Ice (1983); Lightning (1984); And All Through The House (1984); Eight Black Horses (1985); Poison (1987); Lullaby (1989); Vespers (1989); Tricks (1989); Widows (1991); Kiss (1992); Mischief (1993); Romance (1995); Nocturne (1997); The Big Bad City (1998); The Last Dance (1999); Money, Money, Money (2001); Fat Ollie's Book (2002); The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003); Hark! (2004); Fiddlers (2005). The Matthew Hope novel series: Goldilocks (1976); Rumpelstiltskin (1981); Beauty And The Beast (1982); Jack and the Beanstalk (1984); Snow White and Rose Red (1985); Cinderella (1986); Puss in Boots (1987); The House That Jack Built (1988); Three Blind Mice (1990); Mary, Mary (1991); There Was A Little Girl (1994); Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996); The Last Best Hope (1998). Transgressions Books: Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006). Stand alone novels: Rocket To Luna (1953); Don't Crowd Me (1953); Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953); Cut Me In (1954); Runaway Black (1954); The Blackboard Jungle (1954); Death of a Nurse (1955); Murder in the Navy (1955); Tomorrow's World (1956); Second Ending (1956); Vanishing Ladies (1957); The Spiked Heel (1957); I'm Cannon--For Hire (1958); Strangers When We Met (1958); Even the Wicked (1958); The Gutter and the Grave (1958); Big Man (1959); A Matter of Conviction (1959); Buddwing (1964); The Sentries (1965); The Paper Dragon (1967); A Horse's Head (1967); Last Summer (1968); Sons (1969); Nobody Knew They Were There (1971); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Seven (1972); Come Winter (1973); Streets of Gold (1974); Doors (1975); Where There's Smoke (1975); Guns (1976); The Chisholms (1976); Love Dad (1981); Far from the Sea (1982); Lizzie (1984); Another Part of the City (1986); Downtown (1989); Gangs! (1989); Scimitar (1992); Criminal Conversation (1994); Privileged Conversation (1995); Driving Lessons (1998); Candyland (2000); The Moment She Was Gone (2002); Alice In Jeopardy (2004); So Nude, So Dead     (2015); Runaway (2016); Find the Feathered Serpent (1952); The Remarkable Harry (1961); The Wonderful Button (1961); Me and Mr. Stenner (1976); Let's Talk (2005); The McBain Brief (1982); Barking at Butterflies (2000); Running from Legs and Other Stories (2002); Learning to Kill (2006); Transgressions (2006); Keller's Adjustment; Forever (2006); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Jungle Kids (2016); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Sunday Pigeon Murders (1942); The Thursday Turkey Murders (1943); The April Robin Murders (1958); Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1988); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Crimes of Passion (1993); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); Crime After Crime (1999); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 (2000); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); Dangerous Women (2005); Transgressions (2005); Price of Desire (2005); Transgressions vol. 4 (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Masters of Noir, Volume Three (2010); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies and television:

87. revír (1970); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1959); All About 'the Birds' (2000); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blood Relatives (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Brokovnice (1992); Case Reopened (1999); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Climax! (1958); Columbo (1992–1994); Cop Hater (1958); Dream West (1986); Dzungle pred tabulí (1980); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ed McBain möter Ulf Örnkloo (1988); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Fallen Angels (1995); Fuzz (1972); General Electric Theater (1958); High and Low (1963); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); Ironside (1968); Kao no nai onna: Kurushima keiji no hôkokusho yori (2007); Koho si vybral vrah (1974); Kraft Theatre (1958); La soupe aux poulets (1963); Last Summer (1969); Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971); Le Dernier Tour (2002); Living Famously (2003); Lonely Heart (1981); Midnight Journal (1990); Mike Hammer (1958); Mister Buddwing (1966); Of Men and Women (1973); Panenka (1980); Plus rien à perdre (1968); Read All About It (1979); Reputations (1999); Skládacka (1991); Spin (2012); Sposob ubiystva (1993); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Tanin no kankei (1989); Tengoku to jigoku (2007); The Birds (1963); The Bob Braun Show (1981); The Chisholms (1979–1980); The Culture Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980); The Mugger (1958); The Pusher (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Write Stuff (1989); The Young Savages (1961); Three Blind Mice (2001); Walk Proud (1979); Without Apparent Motive (1971); Wogan (1986); Zabiják (1972).

Born on this day – Jean Peters:

Jean Peters

Actress

October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000

Born on this day – Duccio Tessari:

Duccio Tessari

Director

Writer

Actor

October 11, 1926 – September 6, 1994

Born on this day – Richard Jaeckel:

Richard Jaeckel

Actor

October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997

Born on this day – Danièle Delorme:

Danièle Delorme

Actress

Producer

October 9, 1926 – October 17, 2015

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.

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:

Ramona Fradon

Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Born on this day – Julie London:

Julie London

Actress

Singer

September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

A Question of Infidelity (1958); Adam-12 (1972); Adventures in Paradise (1959); An Evening with... (1965); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Blood Orange (2016); Blue Moon (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957); Boy on a Dolphin (1957); Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Broken Noses (1987); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Checkmate (1961); Cinema Verite (2011); Compression (2024); Crazy Love (2007); Crime Against Joe (1956); Crimes of the Heart (2003); Dan Raven (1960); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Dark Harbor (1998); Der Duft von Las Vegas (1965); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Dinah! (1975); Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999); Drango (1957); Emergency! (1972–1978); Emergency! 50! The Show That Saved Your Life (2022); Endeavour (2016); Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Follow the Sun (1961); Frances Langford Presents (1959); Frontier Justice (1959); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011); Girl Picture (2022); Greta (2018); Gypsy (1966–1968); He Said, She Said (1970); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hollywood Preview (1956); Hong Kong (1961); I Spy (1965); I'll Bet (1965); Imaginary Crimes (1994); Immortal (2004); Independent Lens (2005); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Janie (1944); Laramie (1960); Legends (2009); Love Letters in the Sands of Time (2010); Mad Men (2007); Magic City (2013); Man of the West (1958); Masquerade Party (1974); Match Game (1975); Match Game PM (1976); Michael Shayne (1960); Moka (2016); Mulatschag (2012); My Dinner with Hervé (2018); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2022); Nabonga (1944); Night in Paradise (1946); Night of the Quarter Moon (1959); On Stage Everybody (1945); Operation: Entertainment (1968); P2 (2007); Palm Royale (2024); Pan Am (2011); Panic (2000); Paris Follies (2014); Passion of Mind (2000); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1959); Person to Person (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Poms (2019); Proven Innocent (2019); Rawhide (1960); Return of the Frontiersman (1950); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Saddle the Wind (1958); Sanctuary (1961); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shower of Stars (1957); Showtime (1968); Sibyl (2019); Singapore Sling (1990); Six Feet Under (2001); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Something Special (1967); Stars of Jazz (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tap Roots (1948); Task Force (1949); Tattletales (1974–1975); Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Bad Guys (2022); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Record (1957); The Big Tease (1999); The Big Valley (1968); The Bob Crosby Show (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1956–1964); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The David Frost Show (1969); The David Niven Show (1959); The Dean Martin Show (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019); The Fat Man (1951); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Garry Moore Show (1959–1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Great Man (1956); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1972); The Jack Benny Program (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Julie London Special (1968); The Lively Ones (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The National Sports Awards (1961); The Notorious Bettie Page (2005); The Red House (1947); The Red Skelton Hour (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Sopranos (2006); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1960); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Wonderful Country (1959); Under the Mistletoe (2012); V for Vendetta (2005); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Wedding Day Winners (2018); Welcome to Marwen (2018); What's My Line? (1957–1961); Your First Impression (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Aldo Ray:

Aldo Ray

Actor

September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991

Born on this day – Henry Silva:

Henry Silva

Actor

September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Magali Vendeuil:

Magali Vendeuil

Actress

September 18, 1926 – January 12, 2009

Born on this day – Irene Papas:

Irene Papas

Actress

Singer

September 3, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Thomas N. Scortia:

Thomas N. Scortia

Writer

August 29, 1926 – April 29, 1986

Born on this day – Angus Scrimm:

Angus Scrimm

Actor

Comedian

Writer

August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016

Credits:

Dances with Werewolves (2017); Dear Angus (Tribute to the Tall Man) (2017); Phantasm Extinction (2017); Tall Tales (2017); The Bucket (2017); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016); No Sleep TV3 (2016); Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen (2015); Disciples (2014); The Trick Is the Treat (2013); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); House of Good and Evil (2013); John Dies at the End (2012); The Innkeepers (2011); Femme Fatales (2011); Tales from Beyond the Pale (2010); Satan Hates You (2010); Spaceman on Earth (2009); I Sell the Dead (2008); Red 71 (2008); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Automatons (2006); Robert and Theresa (2006); Satanic (2006); Phandom (2005); Phantasmagoria (2005); Hollywood Horror (2005); Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2005); Masters of Horror (2005); Alias (2001–2005); The Off Season (2004); Monsters Gone Wild! (2004); Coupling (2003); The Jersey (2003); Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002); The Nightmare Room (2001); Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001); FreakyLinks (2001); Bel Air (2000); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Gravedigger's Nemesis (1999); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997); Wishmaster (1997); Vampirella (1996); Bone Chillers (1996); Fatal Frames (1996); Munchie Strikes Back (1994); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Deadfall (1993); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); Munchie (1992); Mindwarp (1991); Subspecies (1991); VideoZone (1991); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Nutt House (1989); Transylvania Twist (1989); Phantasm II (1988); Chopping Mall (1986); First Strike (1984); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); The Lost Empire (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1981); Witches' Brew (1980); Salvage 1 (1979); Phantasm (1979); Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); A Piece of the Action (1977); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Life or Death - EMT First Responders (1973); Scream Bloody Murder (1973); Sweet Kill (1972); Abraham Lincoln (1951).

Born on this day – Tania Weber:

Tania Weber

Actress

August 18, 1926 – November 20, 2009

Born on this day – Jean Poiret:

Jean Poiret

Actor

Director

Writer

August 17, 1926 – March 14, 1992