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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Born on this day – Veronica Hurst:


Veronica Hurst


Actress

November 11, 1931 – November 15, 2022

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); Angels One Five (1952); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Coronation Street (1966); Crime of Passion (1971); Dead Man's Evidence (1962); Detective (1968); Dixon of Dock Green (1968–1971); Don't Blame the Stork (1954); Don't Keep It Dark (1967); Fraud Squad (1970); Game of Danger (1954); General Hospital (1973–1975); Here's to the Memory! (1952); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Knight Errant Limited (1960–1961); Late Night Theatre (1972–1973); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Love Story (1966); Man in a Suitcase (1968); Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969); Mogul (1969); New Scotland Yard (1972); No Hiding Place (1966–1967); Peeping Tom (1960); Public Eye (1966); Remembering John Gregson (2019); Riviera Police (1965); Seven Deadly Virtues (1967); Sexton Blake (1968); Sing and Swing (1963); Talkies (2019); The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965); The Baron (1967); The Boy Cried Murder (1966); The Flaxton Boys (1971); The Gilded Cage (1955); The Girl on the Pier (1953); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Maze (1953); The Persuaders! (1971); The Pursuers (1961); The Royal African Rifles (1953); The Three Musketeers (1954); The Venus of Bainville (1952); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Turn Out the Lights (1967); Veronica Hurst: Inside 'The Maze' (2018); Who-Dun-It (1969); Will Any Gentleman...? (1953); Wire Service (1957).

Monday, November 10, 2025

Born on this day – Louise Martini:


Louise Martini


Actress

November 10, 1931 – January 17, 2013

Credits:

5 Cities - 5 Songs (1959); A Case for Two (1983–1988); Abends Kammermusik (1965); Abschied vom Ronacher (1976); Am Ziel aller Träume (1970); Arme klauen nicht (1974); Austropop-Legenden (2015); Balthasar im Stau (1979); Beautiful stories with Helmut Fischer: Dog and cat (1996); Berliner Weiße mit Schuß (1986); Berta Garlan (1966); Blauer Dunst (1964); Blick von der Brücke (1967); Blitzlicht (1973); Brettl vorm Klavier (1958); Butterfly Feelings (1998); Cabaret Cabaret (1973); Calafati Joe (1989); Chansons - ganz in Mode (1965); Chansons am Abend (1975); Dachl überm Kopf (1960); Dad, I'll get you out (1998); Dalli Dalli (1971–1983); Damen haben Vortritt (1977); Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch (2005); Das Kriminalmuseum (1967); Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt (1989); Deep End (1970); Der Bulle von Tölz (2007); Der Fall Mata Hari (1966); Der große Karpfen Ferdinand und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten (1978); Der grüne Kakadu (1963); Der kleine Lord (1962); Der Kommissar (1971–1975); Der Mann, der Peter Alexander war (2006); Der Qualtinger - Louise Martini liest und erinnert sich (1991); Der Qualtinger - Versuch eines Portraits (1973); Der Schattenmann / The Shadow Man (1996); Der Schauspieldirektor (1963); Der Snob (1968); Derrick (1978–1986); Detektiv Harvey (1979); Die 13 Monate (1970); Die Frau des Bäckers (1963); Die Gardine (1964); Die Gerichtsreporterin / The court reporter (1994); Die Kriminalerzählung (1973–1977); Die Krimistunde / Segment: Die Abrechnung (1983); Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker (1963); Die Pyramide (1983); Die Reise ins Rote (1959); Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn (1977); Die Stimme im Glas (1968); Die Stunde des Leon Bisquet (1986); Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1980–1982); Die Wohngenossin (1975); Die Zweite Republik - Eine unglaubliche Geschichte / The Second Republic - An Incredible Story (2005); Du bringst mich noch um / You're still killing me (1994); Eichbergers besondere Fälle (1988); Ein kleines Fest (1969); Ein Mädchen für alles (1970); Ein Stück aus ihrem Leben (1987); Eine einträgliche Stelle (1966); Eine Frau - Louise Martini (1967); Eine ganz gewöhnliche Geschichte (1975–1976); Einen Jux will er sich machen (1974); Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977); Es war ein bißchen laut... - Zum 50. Todestag von Kurt Tucholsky (1985); Exil (1981); Fairy (1977); Falco Gaga (2011); Fall Regine Krause (1970); Feuerbohne e.V. (1988); Forsthaus Falkenau (1991); Fragen Sie Frau Erika (1977); François Villon (1981); Fräulein Else (1974); Freiheit im Dezember (1966); Friendship with Heart (1998); Gaspar Varros Recht (1966); Gift-Affäre (1974); Glasl vorm Aug (1958); Glück privat (1976); Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1968); Gruß nach vorn (1975); Hallo und Adieu (1973); Hallo, wie geht's (2011); Hamburg Transit (1972); Hannelore Elsner: Ohne Spiel ist mir das Leben zu ernst (2021); Helmut Qualtinger: Porträt eines Unbequemen (2003); Hessische Geschichten (1988); Hochzeit (1972); Hotel Paradies (1990); Ich und der Teufel (1957); Ilona und Kurti (1991); I'm the greatest! (1964); Inspektion Lauenstadt (1976); Interpretentreffen bei Fritz Graßhoff (1969); Irgendwie und sowieso (1986); Jakob und Adele (1989); Kabarett-Legenden / Cabaret Legends (2016); Kalendergeschichten (1983); Keine Angst vor der Hölle? (1965); Keine Gondel für die Leiche (1989); König Heinrich IV. (1975); Konversationslexikon (1965); Kottan ermittelt (1976); Liebe hat ihre zeit (1982); Liebe mit 50 (1973); Like Snow Behind Glass (2004); Lobster (1976); Love me to death (1998); Macbett (1973); Madame Sans-Gêne - Die schöne Wäscherin (1968); Mamselle Nitouche (1963); Man ist nur zweimal jung (1958); Männer am Sonntag (1963); Männer aus zweiter Hand (1971); Marschmusik (1971); Mein seliger Onkel (1977); Meine Nichte tut das nicht (1960); Mélodie d'amour - Erinnerung an eine vergangene Liebe (1967); Mister Barnett (1969); Mit Leib und Seele / With body and soul (1989–1993); Mozart (1982); Musikflipper (1979); November Moon (1985); ORF-Legenden (2018); Pater Brown (1972); Patient with passion (1991); People of Today - The TV Teenage Party (1961); Polizeiinspektion 1 (1978–1980); Professor Columbus (1968); Qualtinger (2011); Qualtingers Vienna (1997); Rainy days (2002); Rosamunde Pilcher (1993–1999); Sag's dem Weihnachtsmann (1969); Santa Lucia (1979); Scherzo am Wege - Chansons im Grünen (1968); Schloßhotel Orth (2003); Schwester Bonaventura (1969); Showchance (1971); Simplicius (1999); Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee (1976); Solo für Georg (1990); Spiegel vorm Gesicht (1958); Spiel im Morgengrauen (1963); Spion unter der Haube (1969); Stayover in Tirol (1974); Tatort (1972–1977); The Adventures of Dr. Bayer (1989); The Dream Ship (1983–1999); The Endless Night (1963); The Hours Before Dawn (1997); The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (1970); The moon also shines for subtenants (1996–1997); The Old Fox (1990); Theaterblut (1985); Tohuwabohu (1990–1998); Traumulus (1963); Vaterland und Mutterwitz (1985); Vier Frauen sind einfach zuviel / Four women are just too many (1992); Voll daneben - Gags mit Diether Krebs (1990); Was bin ich? (1980–1988); Wechselkurs der Liebe (1966); Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop (2006); Wenn Poldi ins Manöver zieht (1956); Whiskey and Sofa (1963); Wie das Leben so spielt (1986); Wiener Pavillon (1962); Wunnigel (1978); Zeit.geschichte / Time.history (2019); Zum Abschalten (1964); Zum großen Wurstel (1971).

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Born on this day – Annie Girardot:


Annie Girardot


Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

Credits:

21 rue Blanche à Paris (1961); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1990); À chacun son enfer (1977); A Cry in the Night (1992); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); A Matter of Convenience (1992); À vos amours (1993); Adieu blaireau (1985); Ainsi soit nous (2000); Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français (2021); Alibi perfetto (1992); All Night Long (1981); Allez au cinema (1969); Allons au cinéma (1976); Allons petits enfants (2005); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Annie Girardot comme au cinema (2004); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Arena (2002); Au-delà de l'écran (1965); Avis de recherche (1988–1990); Beau geste (2023); Beautiful Families (1964); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black List (1984); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2021); Bobo Jacco (1979); Bobosse (1959); Boxes (2007); Cabaret du soir (1958); Caché (2005); Carné, vous avez dit Carné (1996); Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979); C'est au programme (2001); C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1982–1987); Chansons à la Carte (1981); Christian (2007); Chroniques de France / Segment: Le cinquantième film d'Annie Girardot (1974); Ciné regards (1980–1981); Cinéma (1967); Cinéma 16 (1989); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinépanorama (1957–1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Close Up (2020); Coeurs neufs (1969); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); Colpo di coda (1993); Comédie d'amour (1989); Comme au cinéma (1999); Commissariat Bastille (2002); Compression (2023–2025); Crime Does Not Pay / Segment: L'affaire Fenayrou (1962); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1976); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Dear Inspector (1977); Déclic et des claques (1965); Delitti privati (1993); Des fleurs pour Irma (2005); Días de cine (2011); Dillinger Is Dead (1969); Dim Dam Dom (1970); Discorama (1968); Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976); Double jeu (1992); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal (2003); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972); En aparté (2001); Engagement Italiano (1964); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Erotissimo (1969); Et si on se disait tout (1989); Ex Libris (1989); Faccia di lepre (1990); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Les Comédiennes (1961); Ferreri, I Love You (2000); Five Days in June (1989); Florence ou La vie de château (1987); Formule 1 (1982–1983); Gala de l'union (1978); Girls with Guns (1994); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1965–1972); Grossesse nerveuse / Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Ham and Chips (1977); Hearth Fires (1972); Hotel Shanghai (1997); Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975); Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Il pleut sur Santiago (1975); Il sospetto (1975); Inspector Maigret (1958); It Rains in My Village (1968); Jean Raymond / Les joies de la vie (1958–1959); Jean Yanne, tendre provocateur (2022); Jeanne (1994); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Juliette et Juliette (1974); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La bonne soupe (1964); La chanson d'un autre coeur IV (2012); La dernière nuit (1981); La façon de le dire (1999); La folle aventure de Louis de Funès (2020); La galerie France 5 (2017); La génération des Enfants du Rock (2024); La mandarine (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1989); La nuit des Césars (1977–2002); La nuit des Molières (1988–2002); La nuit des rois (1957); La parte del Leone: una storia della Mostra (2023); La prophétie des grenouilles (2003); La revanche (1981); La vie continue (1981); La vie de château (1985); La zizanie (1978); L'affaire (1977); L'âge de braise (1998); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); L'agence (1989); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); L'altro enigma (1988); L'amour en question (1978); L'amour est en jeu (1957); L'autre femme (1964); Le bateau d'Émile (1962); Le bois du Pardoux (2000); Le cercle (1998); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1996); Le clair de terre (1970); Le club (2001); Le coeur à l'envers (1980); Le dernier baiser (1977); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier voyage (1995); Le désert de Pigalle (1958); Le drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (2021); Le gitan (1975); Le grand échiquier (1973–1989); Le JAP, juge d'application des peines (1994); Le jeu de la vérité (1985); Le marathon du lit (2001); Le mystère Bardot (2012); Le pain de ménage (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le pays d'où je viens (1956); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2000); Le point de mire (1977); Le rendez-vous (1961); Le temps des porte-plumes (2006); Le vent des moissons (1988); L'école des fans (1977); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch (2002); Les Bidochon (1996); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2020); Les dossiers de l'écran (1970); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1996 / 2021); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les Feux de la rampe (2002); Les fleurs de Maureen (2002); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les grands enfants (1967); Les Misérables (1995); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les novices (1970); Les Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977–1980); Let's Be Friends (2005); L'histoire du samedi (1996); L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956); Life Love Death (1969); Lignes de mire (1998); L'invité du dimanche (1969–1970); Little Fadette (2004); Live for Life (1967); Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003); Louis de Funès, champion du box office (2021); Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (2003); Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Love Circle (1969); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lovers on a Tightrope (1960); Luchino Visconti (1999); Lundi en histoires (2016); Male Companion (1964); Mardi cinéma (1985–1987); Maria: Segment: Il principe Azzurro (1964); Marie Fransson (2000); Merci La Vie (1991); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1972); Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mourir d'aimer... (1971); Musique and Music (1977–1978); Mussolini and I (1985); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2012); Nuda proprietà vendesi (1997); Numéro un (1978–1981); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Ombre et lumière (2002); On a tous grandi avec Louis de Funès (2007); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); Orages d'été (1989); Outlaws of Love (1963); Paris aktuell (1970); Paris romance (2004); Partir, revenir (1985); Péplum (1975); Père Noël et fils (1983); Permission de minuit (1987); Petite soeur (1996); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); Pour le cinéma (1969–1975); Pourquoi Paris? (1964); Practice Makes Perfect (1979); Préférence (1998); Prisonnières (1988); Profession: comédien (1979); Recours en grâce (1960); Recto verso (2002); Reflets de Cannes (1964–1967); Regards de femme (1989); Reproduction interdite (1957); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Ruf (1989); Run After Me Until I Catch You (1976); Sacha show (1965–1967); Sacrée soirée (1989–1990); Sept à huit (2001); Shadows of Adultery (1961); Simon le juste (2003); Simone Signoret, figure libre (2020); Smog (1962); Souvenirs souvenirs (1984); Speaking of Murder (1957); Spécial cinéma (1980–1983); Sport en fête (1973); Stars (1981); Stars'N Co (1997); Story of a Woman (1970); Surprise sur prise (1989); T'aime (2000); Take It from the Top (1978); CM Remembers (2011); Téléthon (1987); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ape Woman (1964); The Dragon of Danube (2013); The Girls of Lido (1995); The Key Is in the Door (1978); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Making of 'C'est beau une ville la nuit' (2007); The Old Maid (1972); The Organizer (1963); Thé ou café (1998); The Piano Teacher (2001); The Secret Agents (1965); The Seed of Man (1969); The Shortest Day (1963); The Slap (1974); The Witches / Segment: La Strega Bruciata Viva (1967); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); This Is My Body (2001); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Top à... (1972–1974); Toujours seuls (1991); Tout ce qui brille (1996); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Traffic Jam (1979); Traitement de choc (1973); Treize à table (1955); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour en France (2002); Un jour, un destin (2010); Un métier de seigneur (1986); Una voglia da morire (1965); Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981); Une soupe aux herbes sauvages (2001); Unknown Movies (2015); Ursule et Grelu (1974); Vice and Virtue (1963); Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001); Vivement dimanche (1998–2002); Vivement dimanche prochain (2002); What War May Bring (2010).

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Born on this day – Ann Rule:


Ann Rule


Writer

October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015

Credits:

A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (1993); You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (1994); A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (1996); In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (1998); The End of the Dream (1998); A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases (1999); Empty Promises and Other True Cases (2001); Last Dance, Last Chance (2001); Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (2004); Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (2005); No Regrets and Other True Cases (2006); Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases (2007); Mortal Danger and Other True Cases (2008); But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (2009); Don't Look Behind You (2011); Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (2012); Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014); Possession (1981); The Stranger Beside Me (1980); Lust Killer (1981); The Want-Ad Killer (1983); The I-5 Killer (1984); Mind Games (1984); Small Sacrifices (1987); If You Really Loved Me (1991); Everything She Ever Wanted (1992); Dead By Sunset (1995); Bitter Harvest (1997); And Never Let Her Go (1999); Jerry Harris Case (1999); Every Breath You Take (2001); Without Pity (2003); Heart Full of Lies (2003); Green River, Running Red (2004); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2007); In the Still of the Night (2010); Practice to Deceive (2013).

Movies and television:

12 Desperate Hours (2023); 48 Hours (2001–2012); A House on Fire (2021); A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story (2023); And Never Let Her Go (2001); Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember (2020); Biography (1995); Born to Kill? (2010–2011); Circle of Deception (2021); Conversations with a Serial Killer (2008); Danger in the Dorm (2024); Dead by Sunset (1995); Deranged (2009); Every Breath You Take (2003); Everything She Ever Wanted (2009); Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011); Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case (2014); Murder by Number (1993); Murderous Minds: Inside Serial Killers (2018); Sleeping with Danger (2020); Small Sacrifices (1989); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Execution of Ted Bundy (1989); The Investigators (2002); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1997); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988); The Perfect Murder (2014); They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002); THS Investigates (2005); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009); Twisted (2011).

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Born on this day – Malachy McCourt:


Malachy McCourt


Actor

Writer

September 20, 1931 – March 11, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Monk Swimming: A Memoir (1998); Bush Lies in State (2004); Danny Boy: The Legend of the Beloved Irish Ballad (2003); Harold Be Thy Name: Lighthearted Daily Reflections for People in Recovery (2004); History of Ireland (2004); I Am Not Myself At All, an essay included in The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age (2009); Singing My Him Song (2000); The Claddagh Ring: Ireland's Cherished Symbol Of Friendship, Loyalty And Love (2003); Through Irish Eyes: A Visual Companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland (1998); Voices of Ireland: Classic Writings of a Rich and Rare Land (2002).

Movies and television:

13 Stars for Channel 13 (1970); After.Life (2009); All My Children (1992–2009); Angela's Christmas (2017); Another World (1982); Ash Wednesday (2002); Beautiful Kid (2003); Beyond the Pale, A Look Back (2000–2004); Body & Soul (2002); Brewster's Millions (1985); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Coming Up Roses (2011); Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (2013); Freethought Matters (2021); Gods and Generals (2003); Green Card (1990); Guiding Light (1989); H.E.L.P. (1990); Happy Hour (2003); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2006); Home (2006); Humor Me (2017); Ira & Abby (2006); Isn't It Delicious (2013); J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993); Joyce to the World (2004); Kettle of Fish (2006); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000–2001); Life on Mars (2009); Manny's Orphans (1978); Montana Trap (1976); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010); Music of Ireland: Welcome to America (2010); My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2010); Narcan (2016); Nick and Nicky; Odd Mom Out (2016); One Life to Live (1995); Oz (2002–2003); Popcorn Shrimp (2001); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Remember WENN (1997); Reversal of Fortune (1990); Reward (1980); Righteous Kill (2008); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Saint of 9/11 (2006); Search for Tomorrow (1984–1985); She's the One (1996); Starman (1987); Stillness (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Ten Hundred Kings (2000); The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990); The Brink's Job (1978); The Dain Curse (1978); The David Frost Show (1970); The Deli (1997); The Devil's Own (1997); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Don Rickles Show (1968); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The F.B.I. (1968); The Field (1990); The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012); The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022); The Guru (2002); The House of God (1984); The January Man (1989); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2007); The McCourts of Limerick (1998); The McCourts of New York (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mighty Macs (2009); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Molly Maguires (1970); The Orphan (1979); The Other Guys (2010); The Sam Levenson Show (1959); The Sweet Science (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993); Thin Ice (1981); This Is a Story About Ted and Alice (2008); Threebound (2019); Toss It (2019); Turbulence (1997); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Where the Dead Are (1994); Two for the Seesaw (1962); You Can't Go Home Again (1979).

Friday, September 19, 2025

Friday, September 12, 2025

Born on this day – Bill McKinney:


Bill McKinney

Actor

September 12, 1931 – December 1, 2011

Born on this day – Ian Holm:


Ian Holm

Actor

September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020

Born on this day – Silvia Pinal:


Silvia Pinal


Actress

Producer

September 12, 1931 – November 28, 2024


Credits:

70 Years the stars, shining together (2021); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); Addict de Salsa (2009); Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961); Adriana del Río, actress (1979); Adventures in Time (2001); Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred (2009); Alejandra Guzmán: The trajectory (2006); Love in Four Times (1955); Orange Blossoms for Your Wedding (1950); Bamba (1949); Bang Bang al Hoyo (1971); Good Night, New Year (1964); Corporal of Ovens (1956); Cachún cachún ra ra (1981); Cain, Abel and the Other (1971); Face de ángel (2000–2001); Charlotte: Love is... Veneno (1981); Mexican musical carousel (1964); Let's Celebrate Mexico: Made in Mexico (2005); Charleston (1959); Cinema 3 (2000); Cinema mil (2005); How There Are Shameless People (1972); When the children Pecan (1952); Cuando los hijos se van (1983); Care!... Women at work (2000); De película (1988); Derbez en cuando (1999); Right of admission (2006); Get undressed Lucrecia (1958); God forbid (1957); Divine Words (1978); Don Francis presents (2005); Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1953); Two and two, five (1981); Eclipse (1984); The Love of María Isabel (1970); Love is not Ciego (1950); The Song of the Cicada (1980); El casto Susano (1954); The body of crime / Segment: La insatiable (1970); The awakening of the wolf (1970); The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos (2024); The man I like (1958); The Innocent (1956); The Minute That Changed My Destiny (2016); The boy of his mother (1980); Laura's Sin (1949); The Doorman (1950); The privilege of amar (1999); The Master's Fist (1958); The Doll Seller (1955); School for married women (1949); Marriage Strategy (1966); Fire in the Blood (2008); Guns for San Sebastián (1968); Casaderas Daughters (1954); History of a mink coat (1955); Living History (2019); Historias engarzadas (2004–2006); Dangerous play / Segment: Divertimento (1967); The Adulteress (1956); The Sweet Enemy (1957); The Statue of Flesh (1951); The Great Illusion (2000); La guera Xóchitl (1971); The Sister Trinquete (1970); The Peak Hour (2002); The Mark of the Skunk (1950); The Fertile Memory (1986); The Golden Woman (1970); The Woman I Lost (1949); The incredible magazine by Silvia Pinal (1979); La soldadera (1966); The suspect (1955); Life Has Three Days (1955); Long Live Comedy (2005); The Locuras de Bárbara (1959); Lazos de amor (1995); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Them Échos du cinéma (1961); Locura pasional (1956); The Magnificent 5 (2007); The cacos (1972); Los caudillos (1968); Los cuervos están de luto (1965); The boyfriends (1971); Those Who Made Our Cinema (1983–1985); Luis Buñuel in the 60s (1984); Tomorrow is Spring (1982); María Isabel (1968); Maribel and the stranger family (1960); You bring me from a wing (1953); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); Mexico De mis amores (1979); My Unknown Wife (1958); My husband has a family (2017–2019); My purpose is you (2018); My Three Merry Widows (1953); Woman of Midnight (1952); Woman, Real Life Cases (1985–2007); Female Murderers (2009); +Night (2020); Not very, very... not so, so... simply Tin Tan (2005); Ofelia Guilmáin... The Great Tragedy (2005); Pa'lante with Cristina (2004); Sin mortal (1955); Pedro Infante Lives (2007); Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (2008); Por ellas pero malpayen (1952); TV and Novelas Awards 2004 (2004); Awards TV y novelas 2007 (2007); Lend me your body (1958); Angelic Pubis (1982); Puppy-Go-Round (1996); Qué nos pasa (1985); Who (1973); Newlyweds... do not disturb (1951); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Resale of Slaves (1954); Revista de cine (1977); Secret de confesión (1971); Shark (1969); If You Came Back to Me (1954); Sí, mi vida (1953); Silvia Pinal behind the scenes (2019); Silvia Pinal... Frente a ti (2019); Silvia and Enrique (1973); Simon of the Desert (1965); Soy tu dueña (2010); Stuffed Butterflies (1978); T.A.P. Professional Actors Workshop (2013); Theatre of the crime (1957); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Heart Is Never Wrong (2019); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Last Call (2013); The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008); The Loving Women (1953); Tiempo de amar (1987); Tin Tan (2010); After Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015); Twenty-Four Hours of Pleasure (1969); Un Buñuel mexican (1997); A Stranger on the Staircase (1955); One Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria (2020); A Corner Near Heaven (1952); One Lucky Family (2011); A Family of Ten (2007–2021); A Galician dances mambo (1951); Una golfa (1958); A Woman Without a Shadow (2013); Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959); Video theaters: Véngan correr que les tengo un Muerto (1993); Vintage Model (1992); Viridiana (1961); Viva el amor (1958); XHDRbZ (2002); And now what? (1980); They don't make them like they used to (2003); Yo soy muy macho (1953).

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

On this day in movie history - Five Star Final (movie & play):


Five Star Final

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
written by Byron Morgan, Robert Lord,
based on the play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn,
released in the United States on September 10, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein, Vitaphone Orchestra.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, James P. Burtis, Richard Carlyle, Frank Darien, James Donlan, Evelyn Hall, Gladys Lloyd, Arnold Lucy, Franklin Parker, William H. Strauss, David Torrence, Harold Waldridge, Polly Walters, Jack Wise.

Recommended reading:


Five Star Final

A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI
Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:


Mitzi Gaynor


Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

Monday, September 1, 2025

On this day in movie history - Murder at Midnight (1931):


Murder at Midnight

aka The Monster Kills,
directed by Frank R. Strayer,
written by Scott Darling,
was released in France on September 1, 1931.
Music by Val Burton.


Cast:

Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Leslie Fenton, Brandon Hurst, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Robert Ellis, Vernon Dent, Anita Garvin, Frank McLure, King Mojave, Tom Steele.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Born on this day – Marilyn Lovell:


Marilyn Lovell


Actress

August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012

Credits:

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Outsider (1969); Captain Nice (1967); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Nut House!! (1964); Naked City (1962–1963); Route 66 (1963); Tightrope (1959); Stanley (1956).