Born on this day – Joe Santos:

Joe Santos

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Dana Wynter:

Dana Wynter

Actress

June 8, 1931 – May 5, 2011

Born on this day – Joan Marshall:

Joan Marshall

Actress

Producer

June 6, 1931 – June 28, 1992

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); A Star Is Born (1976); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Bat Masterson (1958); Biography (1999–2003); Bold Venture (1959); Bonanza (1967); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bronco (1960–1961); Dante (1960–1961); Dr. Kildare (1966); Follow the Sun (1962); Gunsmoke (1962); Gypsy (1967); Hal (2018); Harbor Command (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1963); Hennesey (1960); Here's Hollywood (1962); Highway Patrol (1958); Homicidal (1961); I Spy (1967); Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (2004); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1960); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Looking for Love (1964); M Squad (1960); Maverick (1958–1961); Men Into Space (1960); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1958); Paris Is Gay Again (1944); Petticoat Junction (1964); Shampoo (1975); Star Trek (1967); Sunday Night Live (1984); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Tammy and the Doctor (1963); Target (1958); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The Chicago Kid (1945); The Detectives (1961); The F.B.I. (1965); The Great Sex War (1969); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968); The Jack Benny Program (1963–1964); The Landlord (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Millionaire (1958); The Munsters (1964); The Road West (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rough Riders (1958); The Twilight Zone (1962); Tombstone Territory (1958).

Born on this day – Audrey Flack:

Audrey Flack

Visual artist

Painter

Printmaker

Sculptor

Photographer

Writer

May 30, 1931 – June 28, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Art & Soul: Notes on Creating (1986); Audrey Flack: On Painting (1981); Audrey Flack: The Daily Muse (1989); Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, a Retrospective 1950–1990 (1992); Louisa Ignacia Roldan (1978); On Carlo Crivelli / Art Magazine 55 (1981); The Haunting Images of Louisa Roldan (1979); With Darkness Comes Stars: Audrey Flack, a Memoir (2024).

Television:

Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity (2024); Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack (2019).

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.