Born on this day – Richard Rush:

Richard Rush

Director

April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021

Credits:

A Man Called Dagger (1968); Air America (1990); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part I (2019); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part II (2019); Color of Night (1994); Danger God (2018); Distortions (1988); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Getting Straight (1970); Hells Angels on Wheels (1967); Love & Haight (2003); Mod Squad (1968); Of Love and Desire (1963); Psych-Out (1968); Tales from the Script (2009); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Cups of San Sebastian (1967); The Maverick Career of Richard Rush (2011); The Savage Seven (1968); The Sinister Saga of Making 'the Stunt Man' (2000); The Stunt Man (1980); Thunder Alley (1967); Too Soon to Love (1960); Vegas Cinefest (2011).

Born on this day – Max von Sydow:

Max von Sydow

Actor

April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020

Credits:

4 x 4 (1965); A che punto è la notte (1994); A Kiss Before Dying (1991); A Look at Liv (1979); A Man and His Dog (2008); AFI Life Achievement Award (1983); Ägget är löst! En hårdkokt saga (1975); Alltid på en söndag (1963); Atlanten (1995); Autour de 'Rush Hour 3' en 80 mots (2008); Awakenings (1990); Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde (2011); Bending Colours (2012); Black Journal (1977); Black Palm Trees (1968); Bogart (1988); Branded (2012); Brass Target (1978); Brink of Life (1958); Bröllopsdagen (1960); Capture - Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer (1995); Carl Jung: Wisdom of the Dream (1989); CBS This Morning (1989); Cellini: A Violent Life (1990); Charlie Rose (2012); Christopher Columbus (1985); Cinema 3 (2016); Citizen X (1995); Code Name: Emerald (1985); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000); Cuore di cane (1976); Dagbok genom ett sekel (1986); Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2001); Death Watch (1980); Delblanc (1996); Deleted 'Dune' (2006); Depth Solitude (1995); Destination Dune (1984); Diálogos de cine (2008); Dragons 3D (2013); Dreamscape (1984); Druids (2001); Duet for One (1986); Dune (1984); Echoes of the Past (2021); Embassy (1972); Emotional Arithmetic (2007); En frusen dröm (1997); Europa (1991); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011); Familjen Schedblad (1988); Father (1990); Filmkrönikan (1988); Flash Gordon (1980); Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood (1989); Foxtrot (1976); Game of Thrones (2016); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Ghostbusters (2009); Ghostbusters II (1989); Good Morning America (1984); Gösta Berlings saga (1986); Hamsun (1996); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hawaii (1966); Heidi (2005); Here Is Your Life (1966); iroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990); Hour of the Wolf (1968); Hurricane (1979); I havsbandet (1971); I själva verket är det alltid något annat som händer (1971); Il pentito (1985); Illustrious Corpses (1976); Ingen mans kvinna (1953); Inger Stevens in Sweden (1965); Ingmar Bergman (1972); Ingmar Bergman: The Director (1988); Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (1988); Intacto (2001); Interlude in the Marshland (1965); Jag Carl Larsson (2003); Jarl's (1994); Jerusalem (1996); Jesus Christ, Movie Star (1992); John Rabe (2009); Judge Dredd (1995); Jugando con la muerte (1982); Kojak: The Belarus File (1985); Kvartetten som sprängdes (1973); La fuga degli innocenti (2004); La nuit des Césars (2008); Le cercle des passions (1983); Le dernier civil (1985); Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016); Les amants de Mogador (2002); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000); Lumière and Company / Liv Ullman (1995); Made in Hollywood (2011); Made in Sweden (1969); March or Die (1977); Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with the Renter (2012); Minority Report (2002); 'Minority Report': The Players (2002); Miss Julie (1951); Morfars resa (1993); Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957); Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti (2010); Needful Things (1993); NET Playhouse (1972); Never Say Never Again (1983); Night of the Living Dorks (2004); Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (1962); Nöjesmaskinen (1984); Nuremberg (2000); Och ge oss skuggorna (1993); On the Set of the New Film by Dario Argento: Sleepless (2001); Onkel Vanja (1994); Only a Mother (1949); Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009); Oviri (1986); Pelle the Conqueror (1987); Piedra del sol (1990); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Prisma: Illustrerad konst- och kulturrevy (1960); Private Confessions (1996); Professione fantasma (1998); Public Broadcast Laboratory (1968); Quo Vadis? (1985); Rabies (1958); Radetzkymarsch (1994); Rätten att älska (1956); Red Carpet Report (2012); Red King, White Knight (1989); Ring of the Nibelungs (2004); Robin Hood (2010); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Samson and Delilah (1984); Screen One (1997); Shame (1968); She Dances Alone (1981); Shutter Island (2010); Sleepless (2001); Snow Falling on Cedars (1999); Snow Falling on Cedars: Spotlight on Location (2000); Solomon (1997); Solomon Kane (2009); Sommar & Vinter i P1 (1994); Spion 503 (1958); Square (2012); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Starring Sigmund Freud (2012); Steppenwolf (1974); Strange Brew (1983); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 1988 European Film Awards (1988); The 1990 European Film Awards (1990); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Apple War (1971); The Bachelor (1990); The Best Intentions (1991); The Best Intentions (1992); The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer (1982); The Command (2018); The Desert of the Tartars (1976); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Emigrants (1971); The Exorcist (1973); The Fascination (1985); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The Final Inquiry (2006); The First, the Last (2016); The Flight of the Eagle (1982); The Future According to Steven Spielberg: An Interactive Guide to 'Minority Report' (2010); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Kremlin Letter (1970); The Last Norwegian Troll (2010); The Last Place on Earth (1985); The Letters (2014); The Linkletter Show (1966); The Magician (1958); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Minister of Uddarbo (1957); The New Land (1972); The Night Visitor (1971); The Ox (1991); The Passion of Anna (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Princess and the Pauper (1997); The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The Reward (1965); The Second Victory (1987); The Seventh Seal (1957); The Simpsons (2014); The Soldier's Tale (1984); The Swedish Mistress (1962); The Touch (1971); The Touch (1992); The Tudors (2009); The Ultimate Warrior (1975); The Virgin Spring (1960); The Will (1978); The Wolfman (2010); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Through a Glass Darkly (1961); Time Is Money (1994); Tria33 (2016); Trompe l'oeil (1975); Truck Stop (1996); Until the End of the World (1991); Up All Night (1994); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); Ved vejen (1988); Venetian Lies (1979); Victory / aka Escape to Victory (1981); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Warst Du Axel Corti? (2003); What Dreams May Come (1998); Wild Strawberries (1957); Winter Light (1963); Wo ist Fred? (2006).

Born on this day – Joi Lansing:

Joi Lansing

Actress

April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972

Credits:

Adventures of Superman (1958); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1955); Bat Masterson (1959); Bigfoot (1970); Blondie's Secret (1948); But Not for Me (1959); Cavalcade of America (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1957); Colgate Theatre (1958); Conflict (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); December Bride (1955–1957); Easter Parade (1948); F.B.I. Girl (1951); Finger Man (1955); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1955); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1954–1959); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Glory Alley (1952); Gypsy (1965); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); A Hole in the Head (1959); Hot Cars (1956); Hot Shots (1956); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I Love Lucy (1956); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); Inside Magoo (1960); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It's a Dog's Life (1955); It's a Great Life (1955–1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Joi Lansing: The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (1965); Joi Lansing: The Silencer (1964); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Key to the City (1950); Klondike (1960–1961); Linda, Be Good (1947); Lux Playhouse (1959); Markham (1959); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Maverick (1958); Meet Corliss Archer (1954); Mike Hammer (1958); Movietown USA (1949–1950); Mr. Lucky (1960); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Noah's Ark (1956); On the Riviera (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Petticoat Junction (1968); Pier 23 (1951); Playhouse 90 (1957); Queen of Outer Space (1958); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1963); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Sadie and Sally (1948); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Sea Hunt (1959); Singin' in the Rain (1952); So This Is Hollywood (1955); So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956); So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955); So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955); So You Want to Go to a Night Club (1954); So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954); Son of Sinbad (1955); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Super Cue Men (1949); T.V. of Tomorrow (1953); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Terror at Midnight (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956–1963); The Atomic Submarine (1959); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963–1968); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959); The Bob Hope Show (1960–1962); The Brave One (1956); The Counterfeiters (1948); The Danny Thomas Show (1957); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Donald O'Connor Show (1969); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The French Line (1953); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Governor & J.J. (1970); The House of Tomorrow (1949); The Jack Benny Program (1959); The Joey Bishop Show (1963–1967); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Merry Widow (1952); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1968); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The People's Choice (1955–1957); The Star and the Story (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967); The Untouchables (1960); The Web of Love (1966); This Man Dawson (1960); Touch of Evil (1958); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Where's Raymond? (1954); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – André Previn:

André Previn

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019

Born on this day – Jonathan Haze:

Jonathan Haze

Actor

Writer

Production Manager

April 1, 1929 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 11th Victim (1979); 77 Sunset Strip (1959 / 1960); A Story of Little Shop of Horrors (1987); Another Nice Mess (1972); Apache Woman (1955); Bayou (1957); Blood Bath (1966); Carnival Rock (1957); Castle Blood Midnight Monster Hop (2006); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Childish Things (1969); Cimarron City (1958); Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness (2015); Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Day the World Ended (1955); Dementia (1955); Dragnet (1956); East of Eden (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Flesh and the Spur (1956); Forbidden Island (1959); Ghost of the China Sea (1958); Gunslinger (1956); Highway Patrol (1955); Horrible Horror (1986); Howard (2018); I Led 3 Lives (1956); Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962); Invisible Mom II (1999); It Conquered the World (1956); Medium Cool (1969); Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954); Mummenschanz (1978); Naked Paradise (1957); Navy Log (1956); Nobody Smiling (2010); Not of This Earth (1957); Overland Trail (1960); Rock All Night (1957); Special Collector’s Edition (2013); Stakeout on Dope Street (1958); Swamp Women (1956); Teenage Cave Man (1958); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955); The Born Losers (1967); The Californians (1959); The Fast and the Furious (1954); The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Phantom Eye (1999); The Premature Burial (1962); The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957); The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967); The Terror (1963); Vice Squad (1982); X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963).

Born on this day – Richard Dysart:

Richard Dysart

Actor

March 30, 1929 – April 5, 2015

Credits:

L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Spawn (1997–1999); Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle (1999); Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 (1998); Hard Rain (1998); Spawn / Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997); A Child Is Missing (1995); Truman (1995); Panther (1995); My Secret Summer (1995); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); L.A. Law (1986–1994); Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993); The Wild West (1993); Mystery of the Keys (1991); Back to the Future Part III (1990); War and Remembrance (1989); Day One (1989); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Moving Target (1988); Wall Street (1987); Six Against the Rock (1987); The Last Days of Patton (1986); Castle in the Sky (1986); Moses (1986); Blood & Orchids (1986); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985); Warning Sign (1985); Pale Rider (1985); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mask (1985); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Smurfs (1981); Challenge of the GoBots (1984); Insight (1984); American Playhouse (1984); Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982); The Thing (1982); The Seal (1981); Norma Rae (1981); Bitter Harvest (1981); The People vs. Jean Harris (1981); The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980); Bogie (1980); Lou Grant (1980); Being There (1979); Meteor (1979); Churchill and the Generals (1979); Prophecy (1979); First, You Cry (1978); Visions (1978); An Enemy of the People (1978); Columbo (1978); It Happened One Christmas (1977); The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977); The Andros Targets (1977); Riding with Death (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Sara (1976); Cannon (1976); Lincoln (1975–1976); The Hindenburg (1975); Doctors' Hospital (1975); McCoy (1975); Doc (1975); Maude (1975); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); The Day of the Locust (1975); Baretta (1975); The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974); The Terminal Man (1974); The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974); Another World (1972); All in the Family (1972); NET Playhouse (1966–1972); The Hospital (1971); The Sporting Club (1971); The Lost Man (1969); CBS Playhouse (1969); Petulia (1968); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); Mr. Broadway (1964); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); East Side / West Side (1963); Camera Three (1960); Art Carney in Art Carney Special (1959); You Are There (1953); Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Corwin (1996); Arena (1995); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); An Evening at the Improv (1990); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The More You Know (1989); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Your Alcohol I.Q. (1988); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); Family Comedy Hour (1987); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968); Look Up and Live (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Shirley Stoler:

Shirley Stoler

Actress

March 30, 1929 – February 17, 1999

Credits:

The Deli (1997); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Loving (1993); Malcolm X (1992); Me and Veronica (1992); Mac (1992); Topsy and Bunker: The Cat Killers (1992); Age Isn't Everything (1991); Law & Order (1991); Beyond Vaudeville (1986); Frankenhooker (1990); Miami Blues (1990); Sons (1989); In the Heat of the Night (1989); Kate & Allie (1989); Sturdy Browns (1988); Chief Zabu (1988); Sticky Fingers (1988); Shakedown (1988); Three O'Clock High (1987); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986); One Life to Live (1986); Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986); Brass (1985); Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); A Stroke of Genius (1984); The Brass Ring (1983); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Splitz (1982); Below the Belt (1980); Seed of Innocence (1980); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); The Edge of Night (1980); Skag (1980); Charlie's Angels (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); NBC Special Treat (1978); The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones (1977); The Displaced Person (1977); A Real Young Girl (1976); Seven Beauties (1975); Law and Disorder (1974); Kojak (1973); Klute (1971); The Honeymoon Killers (1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); Max Liebman Presents: Spotlight (1954).

Born on this day – Anne Ramsey:

Anne Ramsey

Actress

March 27, 1929 – August 11, 1988

Credits:

Homer and Eddie (1989); Meet the Hollowheads (1989); Scrooged (1988); The River Pirates (1988); Doctor Hackenstein (1988); Another Chance (1988); ALF (1988); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The New Hollywood Squares (1988); Hour Magazine (1988); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); Throw Momma from the Train (1987); Trying Times (1987); Weeds (1987); Love at Stake (1987); Deadly Friend: Deleted Scenes (1986); Deadly Friend (1986); Say Yes (1986); Knight Rider (1986); Night Court (1985); Hill Street Blues (1985); The Making of 'the Goonies' (1985); The Goonies (1985); Family Ties (1984); The Killers (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Getting Physical (1984); The Seduction of Gina (1984); Manimal (1983); Three's Company (1983); Herndon (1983); I Want to Live (1983); Laverne & Shirley (1979–1982); Class Reunion (1982); Cassie & Co. (1982); Marian Rose White (1982); A Small Killing (1981); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); The Killing of Randy Webster (1981); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Cheaper to Keep Her (1980); The Black Marble (1980); White Mama (1980); CHiPs (1979); Blind Ambition (1979); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1979); The Gift of Love (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Goin' South (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); Wonder Woman (1975–1977); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Charlie's Angels (1976); From Noon Till Three (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Law (1974); Columbo (1973–1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); Rhinoceros (1974); The Third Girl from the Left (1973); Banyon (1972); Up the Sandbox (1972); Ironside (1972); The New Centurions (1972); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Sporting Club (1971).

Born on this day – Roxanne:

Roxanne

Actress

Model

March 20, 1929 – May 2, 2024

Credits:

Beat the Clock (1950–1953); Broadway Television Theatre (1952); Crime Photographer (1952); Easter Parade of Stars Auto Show (1954); Parade of Stars Auto Show (1952); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Seven Year Itch (1955); The Young Don't Cry (1957); Winner Take All (1948–1950).

Born on this day – Alice Hirson:

Alice Hirson

Actress

March 10, 1929 – February 14, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2006); A Woman Called Moses (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Another World (1970); Baby Blues (2000–2002); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1981); Bathtub Picnic (2010); Being There (1979); Blind Date (1987); Cold Case (2008); Crossings (1986); Dallas (1982–1988); Dear John (1991); Determination of Death (2001); Ellen (1994–1998); Equal Justice (1990); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981); Foley Square (1986); Full House (1987); General Hospital (1982); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Having Babies (1979); Having Babies II (1977); Home Fires (1992); Hotel (1985); Houston Knights (1987–1988); If Things Were Different (1980); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Judging Amy (2001); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Law & Order (1993); Loose Change (1978); Loving (1993); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Mass Appeal (1984); Matlock (1986); Maude (1977); Men of a Certain Age (2011); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014); Murphy Brown (1990–1996); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Night Vet (2014); Nightwing (1979); NYPD Blue (2001); One Life to Live (1971–1976); Paris (1979); Particular Men (1972); Private Benjamin (1980); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Psyko Ferret (2000); Quincy, M.E. (1977–1983); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978); Sitcom (1983); Slice of Water (2009); Slickers (1985); Somerset (1970–1976); St. Elsewhere (1983); Starlight Theatre (1951); Starman (1987); StarStruck (2010); Stepmonster (1993); Taxi (1981); The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985); The Big Picture (1989); The Death of Richie (1977); The Don of the Flies (2011); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Glass House (2001); The Lost (2006); The Magical World of Disney (1986–1987); The Ropers (1979); The Rules of Marriage (1982); The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012); The Waltons (1977); Trash Truck (2021); Trauma Center (1983); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Will & Grace (2019).

On this day in movie history - The Canary Murder Case (1929):

The Canary Murder Case

directed by Malcolm St. Clair,

written by S.S. Van Dine, Albert Shelby LeVino, Florence Ryerson and Herman J. Mankiewicz,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in France on February 16, 1929.
Music by Karl Hajos.

Cast:

William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Louise Brooks, Margaret Livingston, Charles Lane, Lawrence Grant, Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. H. Calvert, Eugene Pallette, Ned Sparks, Louis John Bartels, Tim Adair, Oscar Smith.

Born on this day – Sol Negrin:

Sol Negrin

Cinematographer

Producer

Actor

February 16, 1929 – March 20, 2017

Credits:

...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); A Call to Arms (2008); Across 110th Street (1972); Amazing Grace (1974); Baker's Dozen (1982); Blue Shirts (2000); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963); Clean and Sober (1988); Coming to America (1988); Crazy Joe (1974); Dear John (1988); Dempsey (1983); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Eischied (1979); Fame (1984); Great Performances (1971); Happy Hell Night (1991); I, the Jury (1982); Jamboree! (1957); Jaws 2 (1978); Johnny Garage (1983); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak (1974–1977); Light Fantastic (1964); Lime Street (1985); McCloud (1974); More Than Friends (1978); Naked City (1958–1959); Parades (1972); Pink (2010); Proof of the Man (1977); Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983); RoboCop (1987); Sacred Eyes (2009); Salsa (1976); Some Trouble of a SeRRious Nature (2002); St. Elsewhere (1982–1983); Superman (1978); The Bedroom (2012); The Concert for Bangladesh (1972); The Deer (2009); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Edge of Town (2012); The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure (1986); The Last Tenant (1978); The Line (1980); The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985); The Nothing Man (2010); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Rack (2002); The Scourge of the Vagabond Spectre (2009); The Story Lady (1991); The White Shadow (1980); Voodoo Blood Death (1965); Where's Poppa? (1970); Women at West Point (1979).

Born on this day – Olga James:

Olga James

Actress

Singer

February 16, 1929 – January 25, 2025

Credits:

Music:

Cannonball Adderley Presents the Nat Adderley Sextet Plus Rick Holmes / Soul of the Bible (1972); Carmen Jones / Original Movie Soundtrack (1954); David Axelrod / Heavy Axe (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. / 1956 Broadway Cast / Mr. Wonderful (1956); The Cannonball Adderley Quintet / The Happy People (1972).

Movies and television:

Carmen Jones (1954); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Omnibus (1978); Sealab 2020 (1972); The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957).

Born on this day – Jerry Goldsmith:

Jerry Goldsmith

Composer

Conductor

February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 2 Days in the Valley (1996); 87th Precinct (1962); A Better Tomorrow II (1987); A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Ghost of a Chance (1973); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); A Patch of Blue (1965); A Step Out of Line (1971); A Tale of Two Galaxies (2007); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); A Walton's Family Reunion (2010); Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973); Adams of Eagle Lake (1975); Air Force One (1997); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alien (1979); Alien Nation (1988); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Along Came a Spider (2001); Amazing Stories (1986); An Evening with Friends of the Environment (1990); Angie (1994); Anna and the King (1972); Archer (1975); Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad (1996); Atop the Fourth Wall (2012–2016); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); Babe (1975); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); Bad Girls (1994); Bandolero! (1968); Barnaby Jones (1973–1980); Basic Instinct (1992); Basic Instinct 2 (2006); Ben Casey (1963–1965); Big Fat Liar (2002); Black Patch (1957); Black Saddle (1959–1960); Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bracken's World (1970); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breaking Point (1964); Breakout (1975); Brokedown Palace (1999); Brotherhood of the Gun (1991); Brows Held High (2013); Bruce Nul: Le Film (2013); Building a Better Mummy (1999); Business as Usual (1978); Cabo Blanco (1980); Cain's Hundred (1961–1962); Cannonball (2017); Capricorn One (1977); Catching Up (1975); CBS Playhouse (1968); Chain Reaction (1996); China Doll (1975); Chinatown (1974); Cine Chalom (2020); City Hall (1996); City of Fear (1959); Climax! (1954–1958); Colorado Inside Out (2016); Coma (1978); Confessions of a Teenage Supergirl (2006); Congo (1995); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Crawlspace (1972); Criminal Law (1988); Crosscurrent (1971); Curious George (2006); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015); Curious George: Go West, Go Wild (2020); Curious George: Royal Monkey (2019); Damien: Omen II (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Dancing with the Devil: An Appreciation of 'The Mephisto Waltz' (2017); Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980); Daughters of Darkness (1975); Deadpool 2 (2018); Deep Rising (1998); Dennis the Menace (1993); Despicable Me (2010); Destry (1964); Diamonds (1999); Diminishing Returns (2019–2022); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (1994); Django Unchained (2012); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Dr. Kildare (1961–1966); Drawing First Blood (2002); Dusty (1983); Dynamite (1978); Eerie Magazine (2020); El tapón (2011); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Executive Decision (1996); Explorers (1985); Extreme Prejudice (1987); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018); Fatal Attraction (1987); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Fierce Creatures (1997); Fireback (1983); Fireball Forward (1972); First Blood (1982); First Knight (1995); Flaming Star (1960); Fleshing Out the 'Hollow Man' (2000); For Better or Worse (1959); Forever Young (1992); Forfiter (2021); Freud (1962); Full Circle (1960–1961); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Gladiator (1992); Goliath (2016); Googas (2008); Greek Lightning (1973); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Gremlins: A Christmas Nightmare (2018); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Guts and Glory (2002); H.E.L.P. (1990); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawkins (1973–1974); Hercules (1997); High Velocity (1976); Hollow Man (2000); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2012–2017); Homecoming (2018); Hoosiers (1986); Hop (2011); Hour of the Gun (1967); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000); Hren' 2.0 (2011); Hudson Hawk (1991); I.Q. (1994); Ilik Dudaklar (1978); In Harm's Way (1965); In Like Flint (1967); Inchon (1981); Indict and Convict (1974); Innerspace (1987); Innerspace II (2018); Inside Man (2006); International Velvet (1978); Islands in the Stream (1977); Jericho (1966–1967); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); Justine (1969); Karpuzcu (1979); King Solomon's Mines (1985); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); Kingdom of the Spiders (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1985); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Confidential (1997); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2021); Launchpad (2021); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Legend (1985); Leviathan (1989); Lights Out (1972); Lilies of the Field (1963); Link (1986); Lionheart (1987); Logan's Run (1976); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003); Love Field (1992); MacArthur (1977); MacGyver (1989); Magic (1978); Mahal Kita (2004); Malcolm in the Middle (2003); Malice (1993); Man About Town (2006); Man on the Beach (1961); Masada (1981); Matinee (1993); Medical Story (1975); Medicine Man (1992); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970–1974); Morituri (1965); Morning Joe (2023); Mr. Baseball (1992); Mr. Mom (1983); Ms. Marvel (2022); Mulan (1998); Murder Most Foul (1964); Música de cine (2008); Nick Quarry (1968); Night Crossing (1982); Nixon in the Den (2015); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Not Without My Daughter (1991); Omen IV: The Awakening (1991); One Hit Wonderland (2014); One Little Indian (1973); One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966); One Spy Too Many (1966); Only Fools and Horses (1996); Operation Eos (2021); Our Man Flint (1966); Outland (1981); Papillon (1973); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Patton (1970); Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner (1997); Peck's Bad Girl (1959); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Pete and Gladys (1960); Planet of the Apes (1968); Players (1979); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Pleasure Island (1975); Police Story (1973–1979); Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Poltergeist (1982); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Powder (1995); Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (1965); Prometheus (2012); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Psycho II (1983); Pursuit (1972); QB VII (1974); Raggedy Man (1981); Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018); Rambo (2008); Rambo III (1988); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Rambo: Last Blood (2019); Rambo: The Rescue (1986); Rambo: The Video Game (2014); Rank (2015); Ransom (1974); Rawhide (1961); Rent-a-Cop (1987); Retail Trek: The Partnership (2006); Revenge of Middle Management: Star Wars Ep3 (2014); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Lobo (1970); Room 222 (1969–1974); Rudy (1993); Runaway (1984); S*P*Y*S (1974); Satisfaction Guaranteed (1976); Saturday Night Live (1994); Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023); Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010); Sebastian (1968); Seconds (1966); Selling a Hero (2002); Seven Days in May (1964); Shamus (1973); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Shock Treatment (1964); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Skin Deep (1982); Slave of Pleasure (1978); Sleeping with the Enemy (1991); Small Soldiers (1998); Soarin' (2001); Soarin' Around the World (2016); Solan Yaprak / Aga Düsen Kadin (1979); Some Jerk with a Camera (2011–2012); Speed (1994); Spielberg (2017); Spoof Trek IV: The Parody Home (2015); Stagecoach (1966); Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991); Star Trek Phase II (2004); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005); Star Trek: Enterprise E (2015–2018); Star Trek: Eye of the Tempest (2015); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Incident at Beta 9 (2002); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Star Trek: Nemesis (2002); Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023); Star Trek: Roddenberry - The Rhaquenion Incident (2004); Star Trek: The Final Darkness (2004); Star Trek: The Infinite Chain (1994); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994); Star Trek: The Romulan Wars (2006); Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Starship Valiant: Crosses to Bear (2016); Starship Valiant: Legacy (2014); Stealing Time (2009); Studio One (1958); Studs Lonigan (1960); Sunburst II (1984); Supergirl (1984); Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985); Survival (2010); Take a Hard Ride (1975); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Tarzan the Mighty Man (1974); Tatli Tatli (1975); Temple Grandin (2010); The 13th Warrior (1999); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Best of Times (1974); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Blue Max (1966); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The 'Burbs (1989); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The Chairman (1969); The Challenge (1982); The Cine-Masochist (2010–2017); The Clay of Kings (1953); The Crimebusters (1962); The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Edge (1997); The Expendables (1962); The Fantastic Heroes (1973); The Fear (El Miedo) (2006); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fire in Francesca (1977); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets (2002); The Fugitive (1964); The General with the Cockeyed Id (1964); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Going Up of David Lev (1973); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Haunting (1999); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hemingway Play (1976); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Human Adventure (2022); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Karate Killers (1967); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2003); The Kid (2000); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Ladiest Damn'd Lady: An Afternoon with Stella Stevens (2006); The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002); The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000); The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001); The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003); The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005); The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006); The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007); The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016); The Last Castle (2001); The Last Hard Men (1976); The Last Run (1971); The Last Sex Act (1978); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lineup (1954–1959); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Loner (1965–1966); The Lost World (2014); The Low Down (2000); The Man (1972); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–2015); The Man Who Saved the World (1982); The Mephisto Waltz (1971); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mummy (1999); The Omen (1976); The Omen (2006); The Oscars (2013); The Other (1972); The Pinball Arcade (2012); The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (2008); The Prize (1963); The Public Eye (1992); The Real Nam: Voices from Within (2002); The Red Pony (1973); The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The River Wild (1994); The Salamander (1981); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Satan Bug (1965); The Science of Star Trek (1995); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Shadow (1994); The Simpsons (1990–2019); The Spiral Road (1962); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Stripper (1963); The Sum of All Fears (2002); The Swarm (1978); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Untouchables (1993); The Vanishing (1993); The Waltons (1972–1981); The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980); The Wanderer (1956); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The Wind and the Lion (1975); They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists (2007); Thriller (1960–1962); Thunderheads (1972); Timeline (2003); To Trap a Spy (1964); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Total Recall (1990); Troldspejlet & Co. (2019); Troldspejlet (1989–2000); Twee Handen Op Een Buik (2007); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); U.S. Marshals (1998); Under Fire (1983); Valentine (2001); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Wagon Train (1961–1962); Wall Street (1987); Warlock (1989); Warning Shot (1966); Wayne's World (1992); We Get to Win This Time (2002); What If...? (2010); What's Up Doc? (1993–1994); Wild Rovers (1971); Winter Kill (1974); KRP in Cincinnati (1979); World in White (1957); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006–2009).

Born on this day – Floyd Dixon:

Floyd Dixon

Blues singer

Pianist

February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006

Born on this day – Jean Simmons:

Jean Simmons

Actress

Singer

January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010

Born on this day – Elio Petri:

Elio Petri

Director

Writer

January 29, 1929 – November 10, 1982

Credits:

A Husband for Anna (1953); A Quiet Place in the Country (1968); Angels of Darkness (1954); Cannes Film Festival (1970); Ciné regards (1978); Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Giorni d'amore (1954); Good News (1979); High Infidelity (1964); His Days Are Numbered (1962); I sette contadini (1958); Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960); Il maestro di Vigevano (1963); Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970); La Garçonnière (1960); Le mani sporche (1978); Le notti dei Teddy Boys (1959); L'impiegato (1960); L'Italia con Togliatti (1964); Men and Wolves (1957); Nasce un campione (1953); Nudi per vivere (1963); Pierrot the Fool (1965); Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973); Quando tramonta il sole (1956); Rome 11:00 (1952); The 10th Victim (1965); The Assassin (1961); The Hunchback of Rome (1960); The Monsters (1963); The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971); The Year Long Road (1958); Todo modo (1976); Tre ipotesi sulla morte di Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Un ettaro di cielo (1958); Vento del Sud (1960); Vlak bez voznog reda (1959); We Still Kill the Old Way (1967).

Born on this day – Jules Feiffer:

Jules Feiffer

Cartoonist

Writer

Production designer

January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears (1995); Backing into Forward: A Memoir (2010); Bark, George (1999); Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl (1961); Feiffer on Civil Rights (1966); Feiffer on Nixon, the Cartoon Presidency (1974); Feiffer's Album (1963); Feiffer's Children (1986); Feiffer's Marriage Manual (1967); Harry: The Rat with Women, a Novel (1963); Hold Me! (1962); I Lost My Bear (1998); Jules Feiffer's America: From Eisenhower to Reagan (1982); Kill My Mother (2014); Knock Knock (1976); Marriage Is an Invasion of Privacy and Other Dangerous Views (1984); Meanwhile— (1997); Passionella and Other Stories (1959); Pictures at a Prosecution (1971); Ronald Reagan in Movie America (1988); Sick, Sick, Sick (1958); Smart George (2020); Tantrum (1979); The Explainers (1960); The Feiffer Album (1962); The Ghost Script (2018); The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965); The Man in the Ceiling (1993); The Penguin Feiffer (1966); The Unexpurgated Memoirs of Bernard Mergendeiler (1964).

Movies and television:

A Broadway Lullaby (2012); ABC News Close-Up (1962); American Masters (1996–2017); Another Day, Another Doormat (1959); Bark, George (2003); Bernard and Huey (2017); Bird of Steel! (2025); Boomtown (1985); Carnal Knowledge (1971 / 1980); Cartoon College (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2011); Comedy Zone (1984); Dad Strangelove (2025); Day to Day Affairs (1985); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012); Foofle's Train Ride (1959); Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004); God's Will (2000); Great Performances (1985); Hand Drawn Life - The History and Influence of Newspaper Comic Strips (2019); Happy Endings / Segment: Kidnapped (1975); Herblock: The Black & the White (2013); He's Way More Famous Than You (2013); Hold Me! (2018); Horizon (2006); Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992); I Lost My Bear (2005); I Want to Go Home (1989); Jules Feiffer's Hold Me (1981); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014); Little Murders (1971); Little Murders: Random Acts of Violence with Jules Feiffer (2018); Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016); Mord i det hvite hus (1972); Munro (1961); Oh! Calcutta! (1972); Popeye (1980); Quest (1962); Reputations (1982); Shoestring Theatre (1964); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); TCM Guest Programmer (2012); That Was the Year That Was – 1976 (1976); The Dancer Films (2011); The David Frost Show (1971); The Fifties (1997); The First Amendment Project: No Joking (2004); The Jewish Americans (2008); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Legacy Project (2014); The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Naked Brothers Band (2008); The Nudnik Show (1991); The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations (2012); The Tale of a Dog (1959); The Young Set (1965); Theater Talk (2010); To Live & Dialogue in LA (2019); Un alma pura (1965); VD Blues (1972); Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007).

Recommended reading - Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett (1929 & 1981):

Little Caesar

By W.R. Burnett.

ASIN: B0012363AA

Published by Dial.

Published 1929.

Hardcover.

First edition.

Description:

Rico is a small, pale man, but he has guts, endurance and a steely single-mindedness. When Vettori sends the gang out to rob a local nightclub, Rico shoots a cop who pulls a gun on him. They get away, but Vettori is shocked. He had told Rico, no gunplay. That’s when Rico realizes that Vettori has gone soft. He’s too old to control the gang anymore. So Rico takes over. With the faithful Otero at his side, the rest of them quickly shift their allegiances. Now the world is Rico’s. It’s his gang, and he’s calling all the shots. But there is always a weak link, someone who’s ready to spill when the bulls get tough. And sooner or later the nightclub killing is bound to catch up with him.

Little Caesar

By Gerald Peary.

Edited by Tino Balio.

Published by University of Wisconsin Press.

Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays.

Published 1981.

First edition.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 029908454X

ISBN-13: 978-0299084547

Description:

Little Caesar, a 1931 Hollywood gangster classic, is viewed in revivals today with nearly as much audience enthusiasm as it enjoyed a half-century ago, in the depths of the Great Depression.

In general, the Hollywood film industry responded to the dark economic conditions of the 1930s with escapist and non-topical films. The fascinating exception was the gangster film, through which the studios joined in the debate over the spiritual and economic health of the nation. Little Caesar, considered by many to be an architype of the genre, is one of the most memorable dramatizations of the discontent and alienation, the deep anxiety and hostility shared by millions of Americans during those dark years.

Born on this day – Denis Sanders:

Denis Sanders

Director

Producer

Writer

January 21, 1929 – December 10, 1987

Credits:

A Film on Hitchhiking (1974); A Time Out of War (1954); Assignment: Underwater (1961); Computers Are People, Too! (1982); Computers: The Friendly Invasion (1982); Crime & Punishment, USA (1959); Czechoslovakia 1918-1968 (1969); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Mannix (1968); Naked City (1962); One Man's Way (1964); Ripcord (1962); Route 66 (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); Soul to Soul (1971); Subject: Narcotics (1951); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Defenders (1962); The Great Adventure (1964); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Trial: the City and County of Denver vs. Lauren R. Watson (1970); War Hunt (1962); What's the Big Hurry? (1974).