Born on this day – Richard Davalos:

Richard Davalos

Actor

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Born on this day – Kate Reid:

Kate Reid

Actress

November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993

On this day in movie history - The Doorway to Hell (1930):

The Doorway to Hell

directed by Archie Mayo,

written by George Rosener,

based on the story A Handful of Clouds by Rowland Brown,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1930.
Music by Erno Rapee and Louis Silvers.

Cast:

Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney, Robert Elliott, James Cagney, Kenneth Thomson, Jerry Mandy, Noel Madison, Eddie Kane, Tom Wilson, Dwight Frye.

Recommended reading - The Maltese Falcon (1930):

The Maltese Falcon

By Dashiell Hammett.

Introduction by Richard Russo.

First published 1930.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679722645

ISBN-13: 978-0679722649

Description:

“Hammett … wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.” – Raymond Chandler.

Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance – a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.

“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – James Olson:

James Olson

Actor

October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022

Born on this day – Cosetta Greco:

Cosetta Greco

Actress

October 8, 1930 – July 14, 2002

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Canne al vento (1958); Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952); Cavalcade of Song (1953); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); Cronache del '22 / Segment: Spedizione punitive (1961); Dossier Mata Hari (1967); Foglio di via (1954); Four Ways Out (1951); Gli eroi della domenica (1952); I pappagalli (1955); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952); Il romanzo di un maestro (1959); Il viale della speranza (1953); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Je suis un sentimental (1955); La nemica (1952); La sposa non può attendere (1949); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Musoduro (1953); Napoleon (1955); Napoleone (1951); Plagio (1969); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Scampolo 53 (1953); Sheriff of Rock Springs (1971); Terroristi a Madrid (1955); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); Three Girls from Rome (1952); Voice of Silence (1953); Wild Love (1956).

Born on this day – Richard T. Heffron:

Richard T. Heffron

Director

October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007

Born on this day – Stanley Myers:

Stanley Myers

Composer

October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993

Born on this day – Richard Harris:

Richard Harris

Actor

Singer

October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002

Born on this day – Norah Hayden:

Norah Hayden

Actress

Singer

Model

Writer

September 29, 1930 – August 10, 2013

Born on this day – Colin Dexter:

Colin Dexter

Writer

September 29, 1930 – March 21, 2017

Born on this day – Philip Bosco:

Philip Bosco

Actor

September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018

Born on this day – Charles B. Griffith:

Charles B. Griffith

Writer

Actor

Director

September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007

Born on this day – Colin Blakely:

Colin Blakely

Actor

September 23, 1930 – May 7, 1987

Born on this day – Kathie Browne:

Kathie Browne

Actress

Writer

Producer

September 19, 1930 – April 8, 2003

Credits:

43: The Richard Petty Story (1972); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1964); A Walk by the Sea (1963); American Reunion (1975); Angel (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1974); Ben Casey (1962); Berlin Affair (1970); Big Town (1955); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Bonanza (1961–1964); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Bronco (1961); Cade's County (1972); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinderfella (1960); City of Fear (1959); Coronado 9 (1960); Fantasy Island (1979); Frontier Circus (1962); Get Smart (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); Gunsmoke (1957); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hazel (1962–1965); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Ironside (1968–1974); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Johnny Midnight (1960); King of Diamonds (1961); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1962–1963); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1962); Lock Up (1960); Longstreet (1972); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the King (1970); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Miami Undercover (1961); Mooch (1974); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder by Contract (1958); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Favorite Martian (1963); Password (1974); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Police Story (1974); Rawhide (1961); Redigo (1963); Ripcord (1962–1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Shannon (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1960); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek / episode entitled: Wink of an Eye, originally aired November 29 1968); Startime (1959); Studs Lonigan (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962); Tattletales (1975–1977); Temple Houston (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1968); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Brass Bottle (1964); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Evil Touch (1974); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Name of the Game (1968); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Outsider (1968–1969); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rockford Files (1975); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1963); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); This Is the Life (1959–1968); Tombstone Territory (1960); Two Faces West (1960); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Whispering Smith (1961); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Antonio Margheriti:

Antonio Margheriti

Director

September 19, 1930 – November 4, 2002

Born on this day – Anne Francis:

Anne Francis

Actress

September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011

Born on this day – John Cephas:

John Cephas

Blues guitarist

September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009

Credits:

Albums:

Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).

Born on this day – Ben Gazzara:

Ben Gazzara

Actor

August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012

Credits:

19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); A Constant Forge (2000); A Film és... I.-XIV (1995); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); A Question of Honor (1982); A Rage to Live (1965); A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); An Early Frost (1985); Anatomy '59: The Making of a Classic Motion Picture (2009); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Angelo nero (1998); Anything for John (1993); Armchair Theatre (1959); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banditi (1995); Believe (2000); Ben Gazzara Remembers the Strange One (2009); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Blindsided (1993); Bloodline (1979); Blue Moon (2000); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Bon dia, Catalunya (1993); Bonjour Michel (2005); Brian's Song (2001); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Buenafuente (2005); Buffalo '66 (1998); Calendar (1963); Capone (1975); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cassavetes: Claroscuro americano (2001); Ceremonia de clausura (2005); Chabad: To Life Telethon (2008); Charlie Rose (1998–2004); Chez Gino (2011); Christopher Roth (2010); Cinéma cinémas / Segment: Ben Gazzara: New-York 42nd et 9th (1985); Cinemagazine (1988–1995); Columbo (1974–1975); Conquered City (1962); Control (1987); Convict Cowboy (1995); Convicts 4 (1962); Cry Vengeance! (1961); Danger (1951–1954); Dee Time (1969); Días de cine (2012); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dogville (2003); Dogville Confessions (2003); Domenica in (1994); Don Bosco (1988); Donne sbagliate (2007); Downpayment on Murder (1987); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013); Els De Davant/Los De Enfrente (1993); Empire State Building Murders (2008); Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012); Eve (2008); Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005); Farmer & Chase (1997); Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994); Festival de San Sebastián - Ceremonia de apertura (2005); Film '83 (1983); Fireball Forward (1972); Forever (1991); Gazzara (2012); Giuseppe Tornatore: Every Film My First Film (2012); Great Performances (1987); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Greenwich Village: A World Apart (2015); Happiness (1998); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Velocity (1976); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries (1984); Holy Money (2009); Home Sweet Hoboken (2000); Howard Stern (1996); Husbands (1970); Hysterical Blindness (2002); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Il camorrista (1986); Il tesoro di Damasco (1998); Illuminata (1998); Inchon (1981); I've Got a Secret (1959); Jack of Hearts (1999); John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996); Justice (1954); Karussell (1987); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); La parada (1990); Ladykiller (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001); Les gens d'en face (1993); Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem (1994); Lies Before Kisses (1991); L'onore e il rispetto (2009); Looking for Palladin (2008); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); L'ospite segreto (2003); Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993); Love, Marilyn (2012); Magacine (2005); Man of the Year (1953); Maneater (1973); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Medallion Theatre (1954); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Mundo VIP (1996); My Dearest Son (1985); Nefertiti (1994); Nella terra di nessuno (2000); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Opening Night (1977); Paleoworld (1994–1995); Paradise Cove (1999); Parallel Lives (1994); Paris, I Love You / Segment: Quartier Latin (2006); Password (1962); People Like Us (1990); Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Piovuto dal cielo (2000); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Poor Liza (2000); Porndemic (2018); Power (2024); Premio Donostia a Ben Gazzara (2005); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Propheten und Geschäftemacher (1972); Pupetta: Il coraggio e la passione (2013); Pursuit (1972); QB VII (1974); Quicker Than the Eye (1988); Quién es Alejandro Chomski (2002); Ristabbànna (2011); Road House (1989); Run for Your Life (1965–1968); Saint Jack (1979); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Schubert (2005); Secret Obsession (1989); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); Shark in a Bottle (1999); Sherwood's Travels (1994); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stag (1997); Strangers (1996); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Summer of Sam (1999); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); Talking Pictures (1979); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The American Parade (1974); The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd (1993); The Annual Theatre World Awards (1976); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Camorrist (2024); The David Frost Show (1969); The Death of Richie (1977); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Dogfighters (1995); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Family Rico (1972); The Girl from Trieste (1982); The Jerry Lewis Show (1967); The Joe Namath Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976); The Larry Solway Show (1974); The List (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1978); The Name of the Game (1971); The Neptune Factor (1973); The Notorious 7 (1997); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Passionate Thief (1960); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Police Film (1972); The Shore (2006); The Sicilian Connection (1972); The Spanish Prisoner (1997); The Strange One (1957); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1973); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); The Web (1953); The Young Doctors (1961); Thermidor (1964); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Tikhiy Don (2006); To Tell the Truth (1963); Today (1966); Too Tired to Die (1998); Tre stelle (1999); Treasury Men in Action (1952–1953); Un bacio nel buio (2000); Un principe chiamato Totò (2007); Una donna in fuga (1996); Undertaker's Paradise (2000); Uno scandalo perbene (1984); Valentine's Day (1998); Very Mean Men (2000); Vicious Circles (1997); Voyage of the Damned (1976); What's My Line? (1959–1961); When Michael Calls (1972); Wogan (1987); Woman of Wonders (1985).