Born on this day – Johanna von Koczian:

Johanna von Koczian

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1933 – February 10, 2024

Born on this day – William Harrison:

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

On this day in movie history - The Kennel Murder Case (1933):

The Kennel Murder Case

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Robert Presnell, Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on October 28, 1933.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Frank Conroy, Etienne Girardot, Paul Cavanagh, James Lee, Arthur Hohl, Helen Vinson, Jack La Rue, Harry Allen, Wade Boteler, George Chandler, Spencer Charters, Leo White.

Recommended reading - The Kennel Murder Case (1933):

The Kennel Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

First published 1933.

Published by Scribner Paper Fiction

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0684182483

ISBN-13: 978-0684182483

Description:

Vance, an independently wealthy college educator, amateur detective, uses his deductive skills and psychological knowledge to help his friend New York County Attorney solve the murder of Archer Coe. At first, he thought of suicide when Coe's body was found in a room locked from the inside with all the windows closed. As usual, the action takes place in New York. Vance's methods are unconventional and run counter to the more stringent police investigation methods and legal requirements of a lawyer.

Given all the rich people getting bumped off in Philo Vance's Manhattan, it's amazing there are enough left to support the symphony. Latest up: Arthur Coe, found dead in his own locked bedroom. Suicide? The ever-perceptive Philo doesn't buy that theory for a second. The presence in Coe's house of a strange, prize-winning terrier only adds to the mystery, although Philo's fabulously in-depth knowledge of dogs does not in fact solve the crime; his fabulously in-depth knowledge of the murder of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria in 1898 proves much more useful.

Praise for the Philo Vance series:

“With his highbrow manner and his parade of encyclopedic learning, Philo Vance is not only a detective; he is a god out of the machine.” – The New York Times.

“Well-crafted puzzlers that captivated readers . . . the works of S.S. Van Dine serve to transport the reader back to a long-gone era of society and style of writing.” – Mystery Scene.

“Outrageous cleverness . . . among the finest fruits of the Golden Age.” – Bloody Murder.

“A classic mystery featuring dogged detective Philo Vance. An intricate puzzle . . . [Vance] has an uncanny insight into the subtler aspects of crime.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Daniel Massey:

Daniel Massey

Actor

October 10, 1933 – March 25, 1998

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Will Sampson:

Will Sampson

Actor

Painter

Rodeo performer

September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); American Playhouse (1986); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Born to the Wind (1981); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Completely Cuckoo (1997); Cowboysan (1978); Crazy Mama (1975); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); Firewalker (1986); Fish Hawk (1979); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Great Spirit Within the Hole (1983); Hell Hath No Fury (1999); I Am (2010); Images of Indians (1979–1980); Insignificance (1985); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Orca (1977); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Relentless (1977); Reservation Dogs (2022); Standing Tall (1978); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Gunfighters (1987); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Mystic Warrior (1984); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The White Buffalo (1977); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Vega$ (1978–1980); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Robert Banas:

Robert Banas

Actor

Dancer

Producer

September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

Always (1989); Annie Get Your Gun (1957); Barnaby Jones (1978); Billie (1965); Bud and Lou (1978); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Carousel (1956); Daddy-O (1958); Damn Yankees (1958); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Don't Knock the Rock (1956); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966); Get Smart (1966); Girl Happy (1965); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); How the West Was Won (1962); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); Li'l Abner (1959); Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977); Made in Paris (1966); Malibu U. (1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mork & Mindy (1981–1982); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Odd Jobs (1986); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Rock Around the Clock (1956); Say One for Me (1959); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Shivaree (1965–1966); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Swingin' Country (1966); Teen Witch (1989); That's Dancing! (1985); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The King and I (1956); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Nut House!! (1964); The Skydivers (1963); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Virginian (1969); Toyland (1961); Tuff Turf (1985); Twist Around the Clock (1961); Under the Boardwalk (1988); Untamed Youth (1957); Webster (1983); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961).

Born on this day – David McCallum:

David McCallum

Actor

Musician

September 19, 1933 – September 25, 2023

Credits:

NCIS (2003–2023); NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2016); Batman vs. Robin (2015); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Son of Batman (2014); Diablo III (2012); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); NCIS (2011); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010); Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks (2009); Replacements (2006–2009); Wonder Woman (2009); FusionFall (2009); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Batman: Gotham Knight (2008); NCIS: Ducky's World (2007); JAG (2003); Jeremiah (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Deadline (2000); Cherry (1999); Sex and the City (1999); Coming Home (1998); March in Windy City (1998); Team Knight Rider (1997–1998); Three (1998); The Outer Limits (1997); Law & Order (1997); VR.5 (1995–1997); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996); Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996); Death Game (1996); Heartbeat (1994); Healer (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Shattered Image (1994); Fatal Inheritance (1993); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Dirty Weekend (1993); Trainer (1991–1992); Hear My Song (1991); Cluedo (1991); Masterpiece Mystery (1990); Boon (1990); Lucky Chances (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1990); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); The Haunting of Morella (1990); Mother Love (1989); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); Monsters (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Freedom Fighter (1988); Matlock (1987); Az aranyifjú (1987); The Wind (1986); The A-Team (1986); Those Golden Years (1985); Behind Enemy Lines (1985); Terminal Choice (1985); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); The Master (1984); As the World Turns (1983); Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Hart to Hart (1983); Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982); Strike Force (1982); The Watcher in the Woods (1980); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Kidnapped (1978); Dogs (1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); The Invisible Man (1975–1976); The Kingfisher Caper (1975); Colditz (1972–1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); She Waits (1972); The Man and the City (1971); Night Gallery (1971); Hauser's Memory (1970); The File on Devlin (1969); The Ravine (1969); Mosquito Squadron (1969); Teacher, Teacher (1969); Sol Madrid (1968); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968); Three Bites of the Apple (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Unknown (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Great Escape (1963); Freud (1962); Billy Budd (1962); Wuthering Heights (1962); Sir Francis Drake (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); Karolina Rijecka (1961); Jungle Fighters (1961); Jungle Street Girls (1960); Knight Errant Limited (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1960); Armchair Theatre (1959–1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960); Emma (1960); Antigone (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); The Eustace Diamonds (1959); Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Television World Theatre (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Hell Drivers (1957); Dangerous Youth (1957); The Secret Place (1957); Night Ambush (1957); The Rose and the Ring (1953).

On this day in movie history - Une vie perdue (1933):

Une vie perdue

directed by Raymond Rouleau,

written by Jacques Deval,

was released in France on September 8, 1933.
Music by Jean Wiener.

Cast:

Marcel André, Camille Corney, Ady Cresso, Maxime Fabert, André Gabriello, Jean Guilton, Yolande Laffon, Lucienne Le Marchand, Raymond Rouleau, Michel Salina, Marcel Vallée.

Born on this day – Gita Hall:

Gita Hall

Actress

Model

September 6, 1933 – August 13, 2016

Credits:

Getting On (2013); Good Morning America (2013); Old Skool with Terry and Gita (2008); The Gun Runners (1958); The Still Life (2006); Wolf Larsen (1958).

Born on this day – Susana Canales:

Susana Canales

Actress

September 5, 1933 – March 22, 2021

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:

Janet MacLachlan

Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Lori Nelson:

Lori Nelson

Actress

August 15, 1933 – August 23, 2020

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933):

Before Dawn,

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Garrett Fort,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.
Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,

originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O'Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Dom DeLuise:

Dom DeLuise

Actor

Comedian

August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009

On this day in movie history - Midnight Club (1933):

Midnight Club,

directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes,

written by Leslie Charteris and Seton I. Miller,

based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory by E. Phillips Oppenheim,

was released in the United States on July 29, 1933.
Music by W. Franke Harling and Howard Jackson.

Cast:
Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing, Alan Mowbray, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Forrester Harvey, Ethel Griffies, Teru Shimada, Charles Coleman, Billy Bevan, Jean De Briac, Leo White, Rita Carlyle, Dennis O'Keefe.

Born on this day – Ken Swofford:

Ken Swofford

Actor

July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018

Born on this day – John Gardner:

John Gardner

Writer

July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Come on Back (1981); Dragon, Dragon (1975); Dragon, Dragon and Other Tales (1975); Freddy's Book (1980); Grendel (1971); Gudgekin the Thistle Girl (1976); Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales (1976); He Clinc'd the Colossal Door (1971); In the Suicide Mountains (1977); Jason and Medeia (1973); John Napper Sailing Through the Universe (1974); Julius Caesar and the Werewolf (1984); King Gregor and the Fool (1974); Mickelsson's Ghosts (1982); Muriel (1974); Nimram (1981); Pastoral Care (1974); Queen Louisa (1972); Redemption (1981); So they announced (1972); So We Decided (1972); Stillness (1981); The Art of Living (1981); The Art of Living and Other Stories (1981); The Gnome and the Dragons (1977); The Griffin and the Wise Old Philosopher (1976); The Joy of the Just (1981); The King of the Hummingbirds (1977); The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales (1977); The King's Indian (1974); The King's Indian: A Tale (1974); The Last Piece of Light (1975); The Library Horror (1981); The Miller's Mule (1975); The Music Lover (1981); The Pear Tree (1977); The Ravages of Spring (1973); The Sea Gulls (1976); The Shape-Shifters of Shorm (1976); The Tailor and the Giant (1975); The Temptation of St. Ivo (1974); The Warden (1974); The Witch's Wish (1977); Trumpeter (1981); Vlemk the Box-Painter (1979); Vlemk the Box-Painter (1981).

Movies and television:

Biography (2006); The Liquidator (1965); The Stone Killer (1973); Wogan (1988).

Born on this day – Cormac McCarthy:

Cormac McCarthy

Writer

July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

All the Pretty Horses (1992); Blood Meridian (1985); Child of God (1973); Cities of the Plain (1998); No Country for Old Men (2005); Outer Dark (1968); Stella Maris (2022); Suttree (1979); The Counselor (2013); The Crossing (1994); The Gardener's Son (1996); The Orchard Keeper (1965); The Passenger (2022); The Road (2006); The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2024); The Stonemason (1994); The Sunset Limited (2006); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

All the Pretty Horses (2000); Child of God (2013); Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2022); Hollywood Insider (2021); Looking for Cormac (1995); Los 10 magníficos (2008); No Country for Old Men (2007); Outer Dark (2009); Red West (2023); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2023); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Counselor (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007); The Road (2009); The Sunset Limited (2011); The Tommy Tiernan Show (2023); The Unbelievers (2013); Truth of the Situation: Making 'the Counselor' (2014); Visions (1977).