Born on this day – Anita Ekberg:

Anita Ekberg

Actress

September 29, 1931 – January 11, 2015

Born on this day – Larry Hagman:

Larry Hagman

Actor

Director

Producer

September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012

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).

Born on this day – Ray Danton:

Ray Danton

Actor

Director

Producer

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992

Born on this day – Jean-Claude Carrière:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer

Actor

Director

September 17, 1931 – February 8, 2021

Born on this day – Anne Bancroft:

Anne Bancroft

Actress

September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005

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).

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.

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).

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.

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).

Born on this day – Janice Rule:

Janice Rule

Actress

Psychotherapist

August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003

Born on this day – William Goldman:

William Goldman

Writer

August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

Credits:

Books:

Absolute Power (1997); Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983); Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole (1962); Boys and Girls Together (1969); Brothers (1986); Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969); Control (1982); Father's Day (1971); Five Screenplays with Essays (1984); Four Screenplays with Essays (1994); Heat / aka Edged Weapons (1985); Hype and Glory (1990); Magic (1976); Marathon Man (1974); No Way to Treat A Lady (1964); Soldier in the Rain (1963); The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980); The Big Picture (2000); The Color of Light (1984); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Princess Bride (1973); The Season (1969); The Silent Gondoliers (1983); The Temple of Gold (1957); The Thing of It Is... (1967); Tinsel (1979); Wait Till Next Year (1988); Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000); Wigger (1974); Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958).

Movies and television:

5 Minutes (2018); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Cinematic Life: The Art & Influence of Conrad Hall (2010); A Few Good Men (1992); Absolute Power (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (1993); All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006); All the President's Men (1976); Amateur (2005); American Experience (2002); American Masters (2000); Animaniacs (2020–2023); Arena (2000); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2014); Biography (1995–2000); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Chaplin (1992); Charlie Rose (1997); Checkpoint Echo (2006); Da Vinci (1996); Dateline NBC (2006); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Dreamcatcher (2003); Fierce Creatures (1997); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Fry's Planet Word (2011); Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001); Good Will Hunting (1997); Harper (1966); HBO First Look (2003); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Heat (1986); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Last Action Hero (1993); Magic (1978); Malice (1993); Marathon Man (1976); Masquerade (1965); Maverick (1994); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Horn (1979); NBA 100 Greatest Plays (1999); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); On Location with 'Gunga Din' (2004); Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006); Papillon (1973); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1988); Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014); Screenwriters: Word Into Image (1982); Screenwriting for Dummies (2006); ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Tales from the Script (2009); Talking Pictures (1988); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (2006); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Chamber (1996); The Garden's Defining Moments (2015); The General's Daughter (1999); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Gospel According to Bill (2010); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Hot Rock (1972); The Human Face (2001); The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970); The Oscars (2019); The Princess Bride (1987 / 1999 / 2012); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The South Bank Show (1990–2009); The Stepford Wives (1975); The War of the Roses (1989); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Twins (1988); Under Suspicion (2000); Wild Card (2015); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – October 19, 2017

Born on this day – Pat Heywood:

Pat Heywood

Actress

August 1, 1931 – June 26, 2024

Credits:

10 Rillington Place (1971); 2nd House (1975); All the Way Up (1970); Another Bouquet (1977); Arcadia (1990); Armchair Theatre (1972–1973); Arms and the Man (1983); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Between the Wars (1973); Centre Play (1975); Christabel (1988); Cottage to Let (1977); Couples (1976); Crown Court (1973–1978); December Flower (1984); Every Breath You Take (1988); First and Last (1989); Function Room (1985); Getting It Right (1989); Girly (1970); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hazell (1978); I Thought You'd Gone (1984); Inspector Morse (1991); ITV Playhouse (1970–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Lucky Feller (1976); Marks / Objects of Affection (1982); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Play for Today (1984); Public Eye (1972); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Root Into Europe (1992); Screen Two (1987); Seeing and Believing (1964); Six Days of Justice (1972); Sporting Scenes (1973); Staircase (1969); Storia di una capinera (1993); Summer Season (1985); The Best Things in Life (1969); The Castiglioni Brothers (1958); The Children of the New Forest (1964); The Collection (1976); The Foundation (1977); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Main Chance (1970); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Problem of Mary Winshaw (1962); The Secret Garden (1987); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona / Romeo & Juliet (1968); The Train Now Standing (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Too Much Monkey Business (1974); Village Hall (1974); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Wish You Were Here (1987); Within These Walls (1975); Wuthering Heights (1978); Young Toscanini (1988); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:

Darryl Hickman

Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:

Clive Cussler

Writer

Actor

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).

Born on this day – Alice Munro:

Alice Munro

Writer

July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); A Wilderness Station (2015); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Away from Her (2007); Carried Away (2006); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Dance of the Happy Shades (1968); Dear Life (2012); Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016); Every Father's Daughter (2015); Family Furnishings (2014); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Finding the Words (2011); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Friend of My Youth (1990); From Ink Lake (1990); Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls and Women (1971); Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014); My Best Stories (2009); New Selected Stories (2011); No Love Lost (2003); Open Secrets (1994); PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002); Points of View (1956); Queenie (1999); Runaway (2004); Selected Shorts (1993); Selected Stories (1996); Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974); Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); The Beggar Maid (1977); The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004); The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Love of a Good Woman (1998); The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991); The Moons of Jupiter (1983); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013); The Office (2015); The Progress of Love (1985); The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction (2008); The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999); Too Much Happiness (2009); View From Castle Rock (2006); Vintage Munro (2004); Who Do You Think You Are? (1977); Woman: An Anthology (2014); Women and Fiction (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

Away from Her (2006); Baptizing (1975); Boys and Girls (1983); Canaan (2008); Connection (1986); Cover to Cover (1987); Edge of Madness (2002); Hateship Loveship (2013); Juliet (2019); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls & Women (1996); Nobelstudion (2013); The Newcomers (1977); The Ottawa Valley (1974); The Play's the Thing (1974); To See Ourselves (1971–1973); Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood (2007).