Born on this day – Gordon Willis:

Gordon Willis

Director

Cinematographer

May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014

Born on this day – Michael Lonsdale:

Michael Lonsdale

Actor

Writer

May 24, 1931 – September 21, 2020

Credits:

Book:

Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie (2016).

Movies and television:

007 Legends (2012); 12h45 (2012); A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958); A Dirty Story (1977); A Monkey's Tale (1999); À suivre (1988); Acte manqué (1979); Adieu (2003); Adorable Liar (1962); African Glory (2023); Agora (2009); Alberte (1972); Allons au cinéma (1976); Aloïse (1975); An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022); Appelez-moi Rose (1969); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2010); Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible (1977); Bartleby (1976); Behold a Pale Horse (1964); Best Ever Bond (2002); Billy Ze Kick (1985); Birth and Death of Prometheus (1974); Bond's Greatest Moments (2013); Brigitte Fossey, à coeur ouvert (2016); Bruit d'amour et de guerre (1997); Bruits en fête et sons de plaisir (1978); Bye Bye Blackbird (2005); C à vous (2011–2014); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003–2006); Canevas la ville (1986); Caravan to Vaccarès (1974); Ce que je vous dois (2006); Cela s'appelle l'amour (1989); Certains Leeb Show (1986); C'est arrivé à Aden... (1956); C'est le ciel qui vous envoie! (2014); Ceux d'en face (2000); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chronopolis (1982); Chut! (1972); Ciels de traîne (2008); Ciné regards / Segment: Le film de la semaine (1978–1979); Cinéma 16 (1981–1987); Clap (1975); Comédie (1966); Compression (2016–2025); Concerto pour un exil (1968); Concessions à perpétuité (1997); Cops Is Cops (1972); Crime Does Not Pay / Segment: L'homme de l'avenue (1962); D'après une histoire vraie (2021); Degas et moi (2019); Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000); Der Madonna-Mann (1987); Des mots de minuit (2003–2012); Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon / Video Game (2008); Destroy, She Said (1969); Deux amis, prelude (1992); Die Abtei des Verbrechens: Umberto Ecos 'Der Name der Rose' wird verfilmt (1986); Dix de der (1976); Don Juan (1998); Dream On (1992); Droit d'auteurs (1996); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Ella, une vraie famille (1980); En votre âme et conscience (1958); Enigma (1982); Erendira (1983); Escale obligatoire (1962); Euphorie II (1979); Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été (1979); Faits divers (2007); Film sur Hans Bellmer (1974); Fioretti pour Marcel Hanoun (2011); Five Times Two (2004); Folle à tuer (1975); Foutraque (!) Jean-Pierre Mocky cinéaste (2024); Free Men (2011); Galileo (1975); Gargouille de charme - Daniel Emilfork, contre les apparences (2010); Gebo and the Shadow (2012); Gentille (2005); Ghjuva est mort (2011); Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure (2007); God Only Knows (1994); Goya's Ghosts (2006); Grand écran (1972); Hail, Mafia (1965); Halman's Walk (2003); Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta (1976); Hibernatus (1969); Histoire contemporaine (1981); Hitler in Hollywood (2010); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Il sera une fois... (2006); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); India Song (1975); Inside 'Moonraker' (2000); Is Paris Burning? (1966); J.R.R.Tolkien, des mots, des mondes (2014); Jacques Prévert (1977); Jaloux comme un tigre (1964); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond Stars (2002); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); Jaune le soleil (1971); Je vais te manquer (2009); Je veux être actrice (2016); Jean-Louis Barrault, un homme de théâtre (1983); Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres (2015); Jeanne à petits pas (2006); Jean-Sans-Terre (1980); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Jeune cinéma (2023); Kaena: The Prophecy (2003); La chevauchée sur le lac de Constance (1974); La choisie (1974); La confession d'un enfant du siècle (1974); La conscience (1987); La couleur des mots (1984); La dame à la licorne (1978); La fenêtre (1970); La fille au violoncelle (1973); La galerie France 5 (2012); La grande lessive (!) (1968); La grande Paulette (1974); La jeune femme en vert (1984); La main chaude (1960); La nuit des Césars (1977–2011); La nuit des Molières (2018); La nuit du beau marin peut-être (1976); La pince à ongles (1969); La place de l'autre (2003); La plante humaine (1996); La poule (1973); La question humaine (2007); La redevance du fantôme (1965); La séparation (2005); La table d'émeraude (1992); La traque (1975); La vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu (1974); La visite (2015); L'adieu nu (1977); L'amour médecin (1964); Langlois monumental (1991); L'art d'aimer (1985); L'authentique procès de Carl-Emmanuel Jung (1967); L'automne (1972); Le bon roi Dagobert (1984); Le bureau des mariages (1962); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1994); Le chant des particules (2011); Le conseiller Crespel (1977); Le diable dans la boîte (1977); Le divan (1989); Le doc Stupéfiant (2019); Le drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (2021); Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020); Le fer à repasser (1966); Le film de Bazin (2017); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2017); Le Furet (2003); Le génie du faux (1985); Le grand échiquier (1978); Le jeu des preuves (1974); Le Jour du Seigneur (1987); Le judoka, agent secret (1966); Le juge (1984); Le loufiat (1987); Le malade imaginaire (1971); Le monde enchanté d'Isabelle (1973); Le nom de la rose (2004); Le Petit Nicolas (1964); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980–1982); Le renard jaune (2013); Le revolver et la rose (1970); Le risque de vivre (1980); Le roman du samedi (1981); Le rose et le blanc (1982); Le silence de l'épervier (2008); Le tiroir secret (1986); Le tourbillon de Jeanne (2013); Le voisin de Paul (1989); Le voyage à l'étranger (1976); L'Eden Palace (1976); L'empreinte (2004); L'enfant et le president (1987); L'enjeu de l'acteur (1979); L'enlèvement d'Antoine Bigut (1964); L'entretien (1995); Les acteurs (2000); Les amants cinéma (2008); Les années Lumière (1972); Les assassins de l'ordre (1971); Les atours de l'oeil foudre (1982); Les Boulugres (1984); Les cent livres des hommes (1972); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Les compagnons de la marguerite (1967); Les copains (1965); Les discours du maître (1976); Les écrans déchirés (1976); Les fables de La Fontaine (1966); Les filles au Moyen Âge (2015); Les frères Karamazov (1969); Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons (1973); Les invisibles (2005); Les invites (1982); Les mains d'Andrea (2006); Les musiciens du culte (1974); Les Mystères de Paris: 'Out 1' de Jacques Rivette revisité (2015); Les Nuits de France Culture (2022–2024); Les oeufs brouillés (1976); Les petites demoiselles (1964); Les portes claquent (1960); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978–1979); Les trois soeurs (1960); Let There Be Light (1998); L'étalon (1970); L'etranger: Air is on Fire (2023); L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma (1985); L'hiver (1969); L'homme à la Buick (1968); L'homme de terre (1989); Liberté-liberté (1983); L'imprécateur (1977); L'invité (2014); Lire c'est vivre: Élie Faure, Vélasquez et les Ménines (1984); Lonsdale l'insondable (2007); L'ordre du jour (1993); Ma vie est un enfer (1991); Maestro (2014); Maigret et la grande perche (1991–2001); Malaventure (1974); Marguerite Yourcenar: Alchimie du paysage (2013); Mauvais genre (1997); Méli-mélodrame (1967); Même l'avenir dure longtemps (2010); Mémoires rhénanes: L'aventure des mines (1990); Merci Bernard (1983–1984); Mersonne ne m'aime (1982); Metropolis (2007); Micros et caméras (1969); Mocky circus (2006); Monsieur Cinéma (1979); Moonraker (1979); Mora (1982); Mr. Klein (1976); Munich (2005); unich: The International Cast (2006); Murmur of the Heart (1971); My Name Is Bond... James Bond (1979); N: The Madness of Reason (2014); Ne (1975); Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995); Nom d'une pipe (1961); Non-Lieu (1981); Nox (2015); Of Gods and Men (2010); Out 1 (1971); Out 1: Spectre (1972); Papa, the Lil' Boats (1971); Park Benches (2009); Passemerveille (2009); Passez donc me voir (1979); Passion Terzieff (2018); Pièce unique (1992); Plain-chant (1972–1975); Plaisir du théâtre (1985); Pour le cinéma (1976); Project Orfée (1968); Qui est-ce? (2010); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Rembob'Ina (2020); Rencontre avec Michael Lonsdale (2011); Rendez-vous manqués (1986); Requiem pour un fumeur (1985); Riviera (1987); Romulus le grand (1971); Ronin (1998); Ronin: In the 'Ronin' Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs (2004); Rosenn (2014); Samedi soir (1972); Sculpt (2016); Selon Rachel (2005); Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975); Seuls (1981); Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (2013); Smiley's People (1982); Snobs! (1962); Sotto falso nome (2004); Souvenir (1988); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Special Section (1975); Spring (1971); Stavisky (1974); Stolen Kisses (1968); Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974); Sur les traces de Balint (1977); Sweet Inquest on Violence (1982); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Terra incognita (1995); The Bride Wore Black (1968); The Bunker (1981); The Cardboard Village (2011); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The First, the Last (2016); The Games of Countess Dolingen (1981); The Holcroft Covenant (1985); The Immoral Moment (1962); The Last Mistress (2007); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Man from London (2007); The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003); The Name of the Rose (1986); The Name of the Rose: Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud (2003); The Old Maid (1972); The Passage (1979); The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Pink Telephone (1975); The Remains of the Day (1993); The Romantic Englishwoman (1975); The Suspects (1974); The Trial (1962); The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988); Théâtre pour demain: L'armoire (1982); Titeuf, le film (2011); To Be or Not to Be (1998); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Le Don (2007); Top Gear (2012); Tous les enfants du monde (1964); Trompe-l'oeil (1982); Un cane sciolto (1990); Un cane sciolto 2 (1991); Un cane sciolto 3 (1992); Un comédien lit un auteur (1979); Un étrange equipage (2010); Un film sur Georges Perec (1990); Un foglio bianco - Appunti su 'Il villaggio di cartone' (2011); Un immense fil d'une heure de temps (2007); Un jour, un destin (2013–2015); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Un passager clandestin (2016); Un prete tra noi (1997); Un siècle d'écrivains (2000); Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1974); Une belle croisière (2008); Une jeunesse (1983); Une saison pour Maurice Pons (2016); Une ville (2009); Vivement dimanche (2008–2013); Vroum-vroum (1995); Wakefield (2009); Woyzeck (1993); Your Money or Your Life (1966); Zoo Story (1968).

Born on this day – Laura Devon:

Laura Devon

Actress

Singer

May 23, 1931 – July 19, 2007

Credits:

A Covenant with Death (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Coronet Blue (1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Gunn (1967); I Spy (1965); Insight (1960); Mr. Sycamore (1975); Rawhide (1964); Red Line 7000 (1965); Route 66 (1962–1963); Stoney Burke (1963); T.H.E. Cat (1966); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Big Valley (1966); The Fugitive (1966); The Gallant Men (1963); The Invaders (1967); The Lieutenant (1963); The New Breed (1962); The Richard Boone Show (1963–1964); The Rogues (1965); The Twilight Zone (1963); Wide Country (1962).

On this day in movie history - The Public Enemy (1931):

The Public Enemy

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Harvey F. Thew,

based on the novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1931.

Music by David Mendoza.

Cast:

James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Mae Clarke, Frank Coghlan Jr., Frankie Darro, Robert Homans, Sam McDaniel, William H. Strauss, Mia Marvin, Lev Abramov, Clark Burroughs, George Daly, Snitz Edwards, Rita Flynn, Dorothy Gee, Douglas Gerrard, Dorothy Gray, Ben Hendricks Jr., Eddie Kane, Arnold Lucy, Harold Minjir, Helen Parrish, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Purnell Pratt, Nanci Price, Joe Sawyer, Landers Stevens, Charles Sullivan, Lucille Ward, Adele Watson.

Recommended reading - The Public Enemy, by Kubec Glasmon & John Bright (1931):

The Public Enemy

aka Beer and Blood.

By Kubec Glasmon & John Bright.

Filmed as The Public Enemy (1931), directed by William A. Wellman.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap.

Published 1931.

Hardcover.

ASIN: B0006ALC06

Description:

Photoplay novelization of the famed 1931 James Cagney classic gangster film. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (voted by the American Film Institute as the 8th greatest crime film in American film history) was a 1931 American Pre-Code crime film starring James Cagney and directed by William A. Wellman. based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs: "Beer and Blood" by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon (who had witnessed some of Al Capone’s murderous gang rivalries in Chicago!) A remarkable book in itself, one of those rare Grosset & Dunlap publications (like King Kong).

On this day in movie history - The Secret Six (1931):

The Secret Six

aka The Secret 6,

directed by George W. Hill,

written by Frances Marion,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1931.

Cast:

Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray Kinnell, Fletcher Norton, Louis Natheaux, Frank McGlynn Sr., Theodore von Eltz, Lynton Brent, Mary Carlisle, Charles Giblyn, Joseph W. Girard, Betty Lawson, Tom London, George Magrill, Lee Phelps, Buddy Roosevelt, Oscar Rudolph, Hector V. Sarno, Carol Tevis, Arthur Thalasso, Walter Walker, S.D. Wilcox.

Born on this day – Patt Shea:

Patt Shea

Writer

April 12, 1931 – April 12, 2024

Credits:

All in the Family (1979); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Bagdad Cafe (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Gloria (1982–1983); Happy Days (1980); Hell Town (1985); I Married Dora (1987); In the Beginning (1978); In the Heat of the Night (1992); Lou Grant (1980–1981); Mama Malone (1984); Marblehead Manor (1987–1988); Nothing Is Easy (1987); Sanford (1980); The Egg Plant Lady (2000); The Golden Girls (1987); The Jeffersons (1977–1978); Valerie (1987).

Born on this day – John Gavin:

John Gavin

Actor

April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018

John Gavin (left), Vera Miles (right), in Psycho (1960).

Credits:

A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Breath of Scandal (1960); A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958); Alcoa Premiere (1962); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Back Street (1961); Behind the High Wall (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1998); Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Compression (2023); Convoy (1965); Cutter's Trail (1970); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destry (1964); Disclosure (2020); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Everybody's Talking (1967); Fantasy Island (1978–1981); Flying High (1978); Four Girls in Town (1957); Hart to Hart (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hour Magazine (1986); Imitation of Life (1959); Insight (1960); It's Your Bet (1972–1973); Jennifer (1978); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1974); Keep It in the Family (1973); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); La casa de las sombras (1976); Mannix (1973); Maurice Woodruff Predicts (1969); Medical Center (1976); Midnight Lace (1960); Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); OSS 117 Murder for Sale (1968); Password (1965–1975); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pedro Páramo (1967); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2015); Psycho (1960); Psycho Path (1998); Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970); Quantez (1957); Raw Edge (1956); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Romanoff and Juliet (1961); Snap Judgment (1967); Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980); Spartacus (1960); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 16th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1959); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1965); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The City of Gods (1968); The Doris Day Show (1971); The Horror Show (1979); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1969); The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975); The Love Boat (1977); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); The Making of 'Far from Heaven' (2002); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1971); The New Adventures of Heidi (1978); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Virginian (1964); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); This Is Your Life (1973); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); To Tell the Truth (1973); Today (1985); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); You Don't Say (1965); Your First Impression (1964).