On this day in movie history - Metropolis (1927):

Metropolis

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang,

based on the novel by Thea von Harbou,

was released in Germany on January 10, 1927.
Music by Gottfried Huppertz.

Cast:

Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger, Olly Boeheim, Max Dietze, Ellen Frey, Beatrice Garga, Heinrich Gotho, Dolly Grey, Anny Hintze, Gottfried Huppertz, Georg John, Walter Kuehle, Vera Kálmán, Margarete Lanner, Rose Lichtenstein, Hanns Leo Reich, Arthur Reinhardt, Curt Siodmak, Henrietta Siodmak, Olaf Storm, Erwin Vater, Rolf von Goth, Helen von Münchhofen, Helene Weigel, Hilde Woitscheff.

Born on this day – Lee Philips:

Lee Philips

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

January 10, 1927 – March 3, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1961); Anna and the King (1972); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Barnum (1986); Blind Vengeance (1990); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972); Cade's County (1972); Checkmate (1962); Combat! (1965); Crazy Times (1981); Daddy-O (1961); Dan August (1970); Danger (1955); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1960); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dynasty (1976); East Side/West Side (1964); Follow the Sun (1961); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gidget (1966); Going Places (1973); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Happy (1983); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Headmaster (1970); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1966); Inspector Perez (1983); Justice (1955); King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (1988); Kraft Theatre (1953–1960); Kung Fu (1974); Longstreet (1971); Lottery! (1983); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Love, American Style (1973); M*A*S*H (1972–1975); Mae West (1982); Medical Center (1973–1975); Middle of the Night (1959); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Naked City (1959); Of Men and Women (1973); On the Right Track (1981); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1965); Peyton Place (1957–1969); Playhouse 90 (1958); Riding High (1977); Ripcord (1962); Room 222 (1969–1971); Route 66 (1963–1964); Salvage 1 (1979); Samson and Delilah (1984); Shaft (1974); Silent Motive (1991); Space (1985); Special Olympics (1978); Studio One (1952–1955); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); Tess of the Storm Country (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Girls (1978–1979); The Andy Griffith Show (1965–1971); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Comedy Company (1978); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Doris Day Show (1971–1973); The Fugitive (1963); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hunters (1958); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Loner (1965); The Man and the City (1971); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Notebook (1985); The Outer Limits (1963); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Practice (1976); The Red Badge of Courage (1974); The Reporter (1964); The Rookies (1974); The Spell (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Survivors (1969); The Twilight Zone (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1961); The Waltons (1972–1975); The War Between the Tates (1977); Valentine (1979); Violent Midnight (1963); Wagon Train (1965); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Barbara Rush:

Barbara Rush

Actress

January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024

Credits:

3055 Jean Leon (2006); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); All My Children (1992–1994); At Your Service (1984); Batman (1968); Ben Casey (1963); Bigger Than Life (1956); Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant (2017); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980); Burke's Law (1995); Cade's County (1972); Cannon (1975); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Captain Kangaroo (1977); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Checkmate (1960); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Convoy (1965); Cop Shop (1981); Crime Club (1973); Custer (1967); Cutter (1972); Dateline: San Francisco (1962); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Dinah! (1974); Dinah's Place (1973); Dr. Kildare (1965); Ellery Queen (1975–1976); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1984); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Flaming Feather (1952); Flamingo Road (1980–1982); Flight to Hong Kong (1956); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); Frontier Circus (1961); General Electric Theater (1962); Glitter (1985); Harry Black and the Tiger (1958); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Here's Hollywood (1960–1961); Hombre (1967); Hooperman (1988); Hotel (1985–1986); Hour Magazine (1981–1986); Ironside (1971–1972); It Came from Outer Space (1953); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); King of Cool (2021); Kiss of Fire (1955); Knight Rider (1983); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); La nuit des Césars (1992); Laredo (1966); Love, American Style / Love and the Motel (1970); Lux Playhouse (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Magnum, P.I. (1984–1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1972); Masquerade (1984); Matinee Theatre (1957); Matt Houston (1983); Maude (1972); McCloud (1972); Medal of Honor (1955); Medical Center (1969–1974); Mod Squad (1971); Moon of the Wolf (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Mother's Hairdo (2006); Night Gallery / Cool Air (1971); No Down Payment (1957); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Password (1963–1972); Peege (1973); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Police Story (1974); Prince of Pirates (1953); Private Screenings (2014); Private Screenings (2014); Quebec (1951); Relativity (1996); Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Suddenly Single (1971); Summer Lovers (1982); Sunday Showcase (1959); Superdad (1973); Suspicion (1958); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972); The First Legion (1951); The Fugitive (1965); The Goldbergs (1950); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Jet Set (1966); The Last Day (1975); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1979); The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982); The Man (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outer Limits (1998); The Regis Philbin Show (1981–1982); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Seekers (1979); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1969); The Unknown (1964); The Young Lions (1958); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Theatre '62 (1961); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Web of Deceit (1990); When Worlds Collide (1951); Widow's Kiss (1996); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); World in My Corner (1956); You Don't Say (1964).

Born on this day – Mary Higgins Clark:

Mary Higgins Clark

Writer

December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020

Credits:

A Cry in the Night (1982); A Stranger is Watching (1977); All Around the Town (1992); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Dressed in White (2015); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes By (2016); Aspire to the Heavens / Mount Vernon Love Story (1968); Bad Behavior (1995); Before I Say Good-Bye (2000); Burned (2005); By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010); Caribbean Blues (1988); Caribbean Blues (1988); Cursed (2009); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2013); Daddy's Little Girl (2001); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Death on the Cape and Other Stories (1989); Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (2015); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls (2000); Decked (1991); Double Vision (1988); Every Breath You Take (2017); Fleeced (2001); Ghost Ship (2007); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); I Heard That Song Before (2007); Iced (1994); I'll Be Seeing You (1993); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Inherit the Dead (2013); I've Got My Eyes on You (2018); I've Got You Under My Skin (2014); Jinxed (2002); Just Take My Heart (2009); Justice in Manhattan (1995); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (2019); Kitchen Privileges (2002); Laced (2007); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1995); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); Manhattan Mayhem (2015); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Mobbed (2011); Moonlight Becomes You (1996); More Malice Domestic (1997); Murder For Love (1996); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder on the Aisle (1987); Murder on the Run (1998); My Gal Sunday (1996); Nighttime is My Time (2004); No Place Like Home (2005); On a Raven's Wing (2009); On the Street Where You Live (2001); Piece of My Heart (2020); Popped (2003); Pretend You Don't See Her (1995); Remember Me (1994); Santa Cruise (2006); Silent Night (1995); Sisters in Crime 2 (1990); Snagged (1993); Stillwatch (1984); The Anastasia Syndrome (1989); The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998); The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy (1998); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Cinderella Murder (2014); The Cradle Will Fall (1980); The Crown Crime Companion (1995); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Magical Christmas Horse (2011); The Melody Lingers On (2015); The Night Awakens (1998); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Second Time Around (2003); The Shadow of Your Smile (2010); The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Twanged (1997); Two Little Girls in Blue (2006); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); We'll Meet Again (1999); Where Are the Children Now? (2023); Where are the Children? (1975); Where Are You Now? (2008); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989); Women of Mystery (1992); Wrecked (2010); You Belong To Me (1999); You Don't Own Me (2018); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Crime of Passion (2003); A Cry in the Night (1992); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); All Around the Town (2002); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2017); Ce Que Vivent les Roses (2018); Collection Mary Higgins Clark, la reine du suspense (2014); Crier Today (2000–2001); Deck the Halls (2011); Deux Petites Filles en Bleu (2014); Double Vision (1992); En aparté (2003); Encore with John Palmer (2006–2010); Ex Libris (1989–1995); Haven't We Met Before (2002); Imus in the Morning (2014); La Clinique du Docteur H (2015); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le divan (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2006); Les Années Perdues (2015); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); L'invité (2006); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (2001); Lucky Day (2002); Moonlight Becomes You (1998); My Gal Sunday (2014); NOS Uit het Leven (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); On a tout essayé (2003); On the Money (2005); Où Es-Tu Maintenant? (2014); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Pretend You Don't See Her (2002); Remember Me (1995); Rien ne vaut la douceur du foyer (2018); Souviens-toi (2015); Stillwatch (1987); Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992); The Cradle Will Fall (1983); The Joan Rivers Show (1991); The Last Horsemen of New York (2018); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2007); The Mystery Cruise (2013); Thé ou café (2008); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Scent of Fear (1960); The View (2004); The Write Stuff (1988); Today (2010–2017); Toi Que J'Aimais Tant (2014); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Weep No More, My Lady (1992); Where Are the Children? (1985); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997); You Belong to Me (2002).

Born on this day – Peggie Castle:

Peggie Castle

Actress

December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); 99 River Street (1953); Air Cadet (1951); Assignment: Mexico (1956); Back from the Dead (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Bright Victory (1951); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Conflict (1957); Cow Country (1953); Fingerman (1955); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); Gunsmoke (1957); Harem Girl (1952); Hell's Crossroads (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Herman's Herd (1949); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I, the Jury (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Invasion, U.S.A. (1952); Jesse James' Women (1954); Lawman (1959–1962); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Markham (1959); Max Liebman Presents: Kaleidoscope (1955); Mike Hammer (1959); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Our Miss Brooks (1956); Outside the Wall (1950); Overland Pacific (1954); Payment on Demand (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956); Racket Squad (1953); Seven Hills of Rome (1957); Shakedown (1950); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Tall Man Riding (1955); Target Zero (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Counterfeit Plan (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Golden Horde (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Long Wait (1954); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Texan (1958); The Virginian (1966); The White Orchid (1954); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Two-Gun Lady (1955); Wagons West (1952); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Woman in Hiding (1950); World of Giants (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Michael Carreras:

Michael Carreras

Director

Writer

Producer

December 21, 1927 – April 19, 1994

Born on this day – Richard Long:

Richard Long

Actor

Director

December 17, 1927 – December 21, 1974

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958–1963); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Air Cadet (1951); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); All American (1953); All I Desire (1953); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Back at the Front (1952); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bridge of Spies (2015); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Climax! (1955); Compression (2024); Copycat (1963); Criss Cross (1949); Cult of the Cobra (1955); Death Cruise (1974); Don Lee Television Workshop (1949); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Follow the Boys (1963); Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hawaiian Eye (1960); He Laughed Last (1956); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); House on Haunted Hill (1959); I'll Bet (1965); It Takes Two (1969); Kansas Raiders (1950); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1956); Lawman (1959); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Minister (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Ma and Pa Kettle (1949); Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Make Like a Thief (1964); Match Game (1974); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maverick (1958–1959); Movies Are Adventure (1948); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Outlaws (1962); P.D.Q. (1967); Password (1972–1974); Playgirl (1954); Saskatchewan (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Stump the Stars (1962–1964); Sugarfoot (1959); Suspicion (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Tap Roots (1948); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Big Valley (1965–1969); The Dark Mirror (1946); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Egg and I (1947); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Life of Riley (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Millionaire (1958); The Stranger (1946); The Twilight Zone (1962–1964); Thicker Than Water (1973); Thriller (1962); Tokyo After Dark (1959); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trailers from Hell (2013); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); Wagon Train (1958); What's This Song? (1965); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); You Don't Say (1963–1969); Your First Impression (1963).

Born on this day – James Wright:

James Wright

Writer

December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980

Credits:

Poems:

A Blessing; A Note Left In Jimmy Leonard's Shack; A Poem About George Doty In The Death House; A Winter Daybreak Above Vence; As I Step Over A Puddle At The End Of Winter...; At The Executed Murderer's Grave; Autumn Begins In Martins Ferry, Ohio; Beginning; Bologna: A Poem About Gold; Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry...; Fear Is What Quickens Me; Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium; Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon...; Hook; In Response To A Rumor That The Oldest Whorehouse In Wheeling...; Lying In A Hammock At William Duffy's; May Morning; Northern Pike; On The Skeleton Of A Hound; Outside Fargo, North Dakota; Rip; Saint Judas; Small Frogs Killed On The Highway; The Jewel; The Journey; The Lambs on the Boulder; The Last Pieta, in Florence; To A Blossoming Pear Tree; To The Muse; Trying To Pray.

Books:

A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright (2005); Above the River, The Complete Poems (1990); Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio—Broadside (1963); Collected Poems (1971); James Wright, In Defense Against This Exile. Letters To Wayne Burns (1985); Moments of the Italian Summer (1976); Saint Judas (1959); Selected Poems (2005); Shall We Gather at the River (1967); The Branch Will Not Break (1963); The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright (2009); The Green Wall (1957); The Temple at Nîmes (1982); This Journey (1982); To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977); Two Citizens (1973).

Born on this day – Geneviève Page:

Geneviève Page

Actress

December 13, 1927 – February 14, 2025

Credits:

A Talent for Loving (1973); A Touch of Venus (1969); Agguato a Tangeri (1957); Aria / Segment: Les Boréades (1987); Belle de Jour (1967); Beyond Therapy (1987); Brother Carl (1971); Buffet Froid (1979); Cartoline italiane (1987); Ce que Paris chante (1973); Cherchez la femme (1955); Cinépanorama (1964); Compression (2023); Dark Woods (1989); Days of Our Years (1950); Deadly Circuit (1983); Décembre (1973); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Droit d'auteurs (1996); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); El Cid (1961); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Fanfan la Tulipe (1952); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Girl in His Pocket (1957); Grand Prix (1966); Hommage à Debussy (1963); ITV Playhouse (1968); Jean Vilar, une belle vie (1972); La cavale (1971); La chambre (1964); La chasse à l'homme (1952); La chasse aux hommes (1975); La joie de vivre (1955); La nuit des Molières (1991–2007); La nuit des rois (1962); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1997); Le cercle des arts (1997); Le majordome (1965); Les Caprices de Marianne (1962); Les corsaires (1966); Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991); L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1954); Lettre ouverte (1953); Lovers (1999); Mardi cinéma (1987); Mayerling (1968); Mémoires en fuite (2000); Michael Strogoff (1956); Midi Trente (1973); Nuits andalouses (1954); On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1954); Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1950); Passez donc me voir (1979); Péchés originaux (1984); Picture Parade (1956); Pleasures of Paris (1952); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°5 - Soirs de Paris (1957); Rien que du bonheur (2003); Shades of Greene (1976); Song Without End (1960); Stranger in the House (1992); Studio Gabriel (1996); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Day and the Hour (1963); The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); The Reluctant Spy (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Youngblood Hawke (1964).

Born on this day – Don Pendleton:

Don Pendleton

Writer

December 12, 1927 – October 23, 1995

Credits:

Books:

A Search for Meaning (2002); Acapulco Rampage (1976); Arizona Ambush (1977); Ashes to Ashes (1986); Assault on Soho (1971); Battle Mask (1970); Boston Blitz (1972); California Hit (1972); Canadian Crisis (1975); Caribbean Kill (1973); Cataclysm (1969); Chicago Wipeout (1972); Civil War II (1971); Cleveland Pipeline (1977); Colorado Kill Zone (1976); Command Strike (1978); Continental Contract (1971); Copp for Hire (1987); Copp in Deep (1989); Copp in Shock (1992); Copp in the Dark (1990); Copp on Fire (1988); Copp on Ice (1991); Death Squad (1970); Detroit Deathwatch (1974); Dixie Convoy (1976); Eye to Eye (1986); Firebase Seattle (1975); Friday's Feast (1979); Hawaiian Hellground (1975); Heart to Heart (1987); Jersey Guns (1974); Life to Life (1987); Miami Massacre (1970); Mind to Mind (1987); Monday's Mob (1978); New Orleans Knock-out (1974); Nightmare in New York (1971); Panic in Philly (1973); Population Doomsday (1974); Revolt! (1968); Roulette (2002); San Diego Siege (1974); Satan's Sabbath (1980); Savage Fire (1977); St. Louis Showdown (1975); Tennessee Smash (1978); Terrible Tuesday (1979); Texas Storm (1974); The Cosmic Breath (2013); The Executioner Series Books 4 - 6 (2018); The Executioner Series Books 7 - 9 (2018); The Executioner Series, Books 1-3 (2016); The Godmakers (1974); The Guns of Terra 10 (1970); The Metaphysics of the Novel (2003); The Olympians (1972); Thermal Thursday (1979); Time to Time (1988); To Dance With Angels (1990); Vegas Vendetta (1971); War Against the Mafia (1969); Washington I.O.U. (1974); Wednesday's Wrath (1979); Whispers From the Soul (2003); Willing To Kill (2018).

Born on this day – Fenella Fielding:

Fenella Fielding

Actress

November 17, 1927 – September 11, 2018

Born on this day – Barbara Payton:

Barbara Payton

Actress

Writer

November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967

Credits:

Book:

I Am Not Ashamed

By Barbara Payton.

ASIN: B00F3U2514

Published by Holloway House.

Published 1963.

Description:

This is the true story of Barbara Payton … her bold, shockingly frank, completely uninhibited autobiography. She sold both her body and her soul to achieve the dizzying heights of stardom … but she also planted the seeds of her degradation and destruction!

When her $10,000-a-week silver screen lifestyle was torn from her grasp, it left her to ultimately sell her body on the Sunset Strip for $5 a night and seek out an existence on cheap wine and the comfort of strangers. Was she a sexual revolutionary ahead of her time, or a lady of the night whose price merely dropped with her once-stunning looks? You decide, as you read this shocking true story …

Movies and television:

4 for Texas (1963); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Bad Blonde (1953); Bride of the Gorilla (1951); Dallas (1950); Drums in the Deep South (1951); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2002); Flickers! (2014–2016); Four Sided Triangle (1953); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Murder Is My Beat (1955); Once More, My Darling (1949); Only the Valiant (1951); Run for the Hills (1953); Silver Butte (1949); The Arthur Murray Party (1952); The Great Jesse James Raid (1953); The Pecos Pistol (1949); Trapped (1949).

Born on this day – McLean Stevenson:

McLean Stevenson

Actor

Comedian

November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996

Born on this day – Rosalina Neri:

Rosalina Neri

Actress

November 12, 1927 – June 5, 2024

Credits:

Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1959); All the Moron’s Men (1999); Another Woman’s Face (2012); Bocche cucite (1970); Ci vuole un gran fisico (2013); Due sosia in allegria (1956); Faccione (1991); Finalmente a casa (2008); Finalmente Natale (2007); Finalmente soli (1999); I pinguini ci guardano (1955); I volontari (1998); Jack Hylton’s Monday Show (1958); L’incantatore di serpenti, la vita senza freno di Gian Carlo Fusco (2010); Maurizio Costanzo Show (1993); Mon coquin de père (1958); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); The Betrothed (1989); The Music Box (1957); The Predators (2020); The Rosalina Neri Show (1959); Three Men and a Leg (1997); Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958); Vivendo cantando... che male ti fò? (1957).

On this day in movie history - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927):

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

aka Sunrise,

directed by F.W. Murnau,

written by Carl Mayer, Hermann Sudermann, Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell,

based on the short story The Excursion to Tilsit by Hermann Sudermann,

was released in the United States on November 4, 1927.
Music by R.H. Bassett, Carli Elinor, Erno Rapee, Hugo Riesenfeld, Willy Schmidt-Gentner.
Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod.
A minor prelude by Frédéric Chopin.

Cast:

George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton, Arthur Housman, Eddie Boland, Herman Bing, Sidney Bracey, Gino Corrado, Vondell Darr, Sally Eilers, Gibson Gowland, Fletcher Henderson, Leon Janney, Thomas Jefferson, Bob Kortman, F.W. Murnau, Barry Norton, Robert Parrish, Sally Phipps, Tempe Pigott, Harry Semels, Phillips Smalley, Leo White, Clarence Wilson.