Born on this day – Joanna Barnes:

Joanna Barnes

Actress

Writer

November 15, 1934 – April 29, 2022

Credits:

Books:

From Floor to Ceiling: Decorating and Furnishing a Home (1970); Pastora (1980); Silverwood (1985); Starting from Scratch (date?); The Deceivers (1970); The Dissemblers (1971); Who Is Carla Hart? (1973).

Movies and television:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alcoa Premiere (1962–1963); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Arrest and Trial (1964); Auntie Mame (1958); B.S. I Love You (1971); Bachelor Father (1962); Barney Miller (1982); Beach Patrol (1959); Benson (1986); Biography (1996); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Cain's Hundred (1961); Charlie's Angels (1979); Cheers (1989); Cheyenne (1957–1958); Classified X (2007); Colt .45 (1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Copycat (1963–1964); Dante (1960); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dolly (1987); Don't Make Waves (1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Eddie (1971); Ellery Queen (1975); Empire (1963); Executive Suite (1976); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Follow the Sun (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); Girl Talk (1968); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Guess My Sign (1968); Gypsy (1966); Hart to Hart (1982); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Home Before Dark (1958); I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975); I'll Bet (1965); Judd for the Defense (1969); Laramie (1962); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Legend (1973); M Squad (1960); Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973); Matt Helm (1975); Maverick (1957–1960); McCloud (1973); Michael Shayne (1961); Mr. Lucky (1960); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Nanny and the Professor (1970); No Time to Be Young (1957); Off to See the Wizard (1968); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Onionhead (1958); Password (1965–1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963); Philip Marlowe (1960); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1957); Quincy, M.E. (1976); Remington Steele (1983); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Rio (1961); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sam Benedict (1962); Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (1983); Snap Judgment (1967–1969); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Steve Canyon (1958); Stumpers! (1976); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); Tempo (1970); The Betty White Show (1978); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Garment Jungle (1957); The Investigators (1961); The Jack Barry Show (1963); The Jim Backus Show (1960); The Last Resort (1980); The Legacy of the Parent Trap (2024); The Magical World of Disney (1976); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Millionaire (1960); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Parent Trap (1961 / 1998); The Parent Trap: Caught in the Act (2002); The Purple Hills (1961); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Trials of O'Brien (1965–1966); The Untouchables (1961); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The War Wagon (1967); The Young Set (1965); Then Came You (2000); To Tell the Truth (1967–1969); Too Many Thieves (1966); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1985); Violent Road (1958); What's My Line? (1965–1973); When the Whistle Blows (1980); You Don't Say (1963).

Born on this day – Garry Marshall:

Garry Marshall

Writer

Director

Producer

Actor

November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016

Born on this day – Carl Sagan:

Carl Sagan

Astronomer

Planetary scientist

Cosmologist

Astrophysicist

Astrobiologist

Writer

November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996

Credits:

Books:

Contact (1985); Intelligent Life in the Universe (1966); Planets (1966); The Cosmic Connection (1973); Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1974); Other Worlds (1975); Dragons of Eden (1977); Broca's Brain (1979); Cosmos (1980); Murmurs of Earth (1983); The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear War (1984); Comet (1985); Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1992); Pale Blue Dot (1994); The Demon-Haunted World (1995); Billions & Billions (1997); The Varieties of Scientific Experience (2006); The New Solar System (1981); The Eloquent Essay (2000).

Movies and television:

Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020); Star Stuff: A Story of Carl Sagan (2015); Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014); FanGirl Academy: 101 (2014); Pale Blue Dot (2009); Contact (1997); The Earth Day Special (1990); Cosmos (1980); Voyager Golden Record (1977).

Born on this day – Victor Argo:

Victor Argo

Actor

November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004

Credits:

A Change of Climate (1999); After Hours (1985); All in the Family (1973); Angel Eyes (2001); Angela (2002); Anything But Love (2002); Bad Lieutenant (1992); Baretta (1975); Blue in the Face (1995); Blue Moon (2000); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Bridget (2002); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984); Chopper One (1974); Cinéma, de notre temps (2003); Coming Soon (1999); Compression (2023); Condition Red (1995); Confessions of a Dangerous Mime (2004); Coyote Ugly (2000); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dangerous Game (1993); Dark Eyes (1995); Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); Dirt (2003); Don't Say a Word (2001); Double Whammy (2001); Dream House (1981); Dream Street (1989); Due vite, un destino (1993); Early Edition (1997); Falling in Love (1984); Fast Food Fast Women (2000); Fast Horses (1998); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Florida Straits (1986); Force Five (1975); Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999); Going Nomad (1998); Hanky Panky (1982); Her Alibi (1989); Hot Tomorrows (1977); Household Saints (1993); I Believe in America (2007); Joe Forrester (1976); Johnny Ryan (1990); Johnny Staccato (1977); King of New York (1990); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Kojak (1973–1974); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Law & Order (1992–1997); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003); Leg Work (1987); Little Bill (2001–2003); Love = (Me) ^3 (2000); Lulu on the Bridge (1998); Lustre (2005); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); McBain (1991); Mean Streets (1973); Men Lie (1994); Miami Vice (1988); Monkey Trouble (1994); Mulberry St (2006); Music (2003); New Rose Hotel (1998); New York News (1995); New York Stories / Segment: Life Lessons (1989); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Off Beat (1986); On the Run (1999); Personal Sergeant (2004); Prince Street (1997); Queenie in Love (2001); Quick Change (1990); 'R Xmas (2001); Raw Deal (1986); Romando (1987); Shadows and Fog (1991); Side Streets (1998); Sins of Silence (1996); Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974); Smoke (1995); Somebody to Love (1994); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Taxi Driver (1976); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Electric Chair (1985); The Equalizer (1985); The Exorcist (1973); The Funeral (1996); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); The Man Who Knew Belle Starr (2001); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rose (1979); The Terminal Man (1974); The Unholy Rollers (1972); The Waltons (1973); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Yards (2000); Toma (1974); True Romance (1993); Under Fire (1995); Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990); Very Like a Whale (1980); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Suzanne Shepherd:

Suzanne Shepherd

Actress

October 31, 1934 – November 17, 2023

Credits:

The Performance (2023); Blue Bloods (2016–2018); The Week Of (2018); Furlough (2018); Where Is Kyra? (2017); Jerome's Bouquet (2013); Delivering the Goods (2012); Gravity (2010); I Hate Valentine's Day (2009); Harold (2008); Choke (2008); The Sopranos (2000–2007); Twilight's Last Gleaming (2005); A Dirty Shame (2004); Ed (2000–2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002); The Wormhole (2002); Deadline (2001); Never Again (2001); Third Watch (2000); Requiem for a Dream (2000); On the Run (1999); Vig (1998); American Cuisine (1998); Living Out Loud (1998); Come to (1998); Illuminata (1998); Lolita (1997); Trees Lounge (1996); Bullet (1996); Palookaville (1995); The Jerky Boys (1995); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Law & Order (1990); Goodfellas (1990); Second Sight (1989); Uncle Buck (1989); Working Girl (1988); Mystic Pizza (1988).

Born on this day – Inger Stevens:

Inger Stevens

Actress

October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970

Credits:

5 Card Stud (1968); A Dream of Kings (1969); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Time for Killing (1967); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1964); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Bonanza (1959); Checkmate (1960); Climax! (1957); Conflict (1956); Crunch and Des (1956); Crusader (1956); Cry Terror! (1958); Danger (1954); Empire (1963); Firecreek (1968); Follow the Sun (1961); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Gypsy (1967); Hang 'Em High (1968); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hong Kong (1960); House of Cards (1968); Inger Stevens in Sweden (1965); Kraft Theatre (1954); Madigan (1968); Mama (1955); Man on Fire (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mister Peepers (1954); Moment of Fear (1960); Personality (1968); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Route 66 (1960–1961); Run, Simon, Run (1970); Sam Benedict (1962); Studio One (1954–1955); Sunday Showcase (1959); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bob Hope Show (1964); The Borgia Stick (1967); The Buccaneer (1958); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Mask of Sheba (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Wallace Interview (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1967); The Twilight Zone / The Hitch-Hiker (1959); The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959); You Don't Say (1963); Your First Impression (1963); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Wilford Brimley:

Wilford Brimley

Actor

Singer

September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); A Place to Grow (1995); Absence of Malice (1981); Act of Vengeance (1986); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); Amber Waves (1980); Bandolero! (1968); Big John (2006); Billy the Kid (1989); Biography (1999); Blood River (1991); Borderline (1980); Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title (2009); Brigham City (2001); Brubaker (1980); Chapter Perfect (1997); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Comanche (2000); Country (1984); Crossfire Trail (2001); Death Valley (1982); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Double Toasted (2022); End of the Line (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Eternity (1990); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harry & Son (1984); Heaven Sent (1994); High Road to China (1983); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); How the West Was Won (1979); I Believe (2017); In & Out (1997); Jackals (1986); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1989); Keeper of the Flame (2005); Kung Fu (1975); Larry King Live (2003); Last of the Dogmen (1995); Lawman (1971); Liberty Medical Commercial (2004); Liberty Medical Wilford Brimley Diabetes Commercial (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lunker Lake (1998); Mansome (2012); Masque (2012); Miracles & Mercies (2002); Murder in Space (1985); Mutant Species (1994); My Fellow Americans (1996); One on One with John Tesh (1992); OP Center (1995); Our House (1986–1988); PC and the Web (2001); Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003); Progeny (1998); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Resurrection Mary (2002); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Rodeo Girl (1980); Roughnecks (1980); Seinfeld (1997); Shadows on the Wall (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Summer of the Monkeys (1998); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tender Mercies (1983); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Awakening Land (1978); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Boys of Twilight (1992); The China Syndrome (1979); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Firm (1983 / 1993); The Frollo Show (2011–2020); The Frollo Show (2019); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011–2013); The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (1982); The Making of 'the China Syndrome' (1979); The Men of Outpost 31 (2016); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Oregon Trail (1976–1977); The Oscars (2021); The Path of the Wind (2009); The Round and Round (2002); The Stone Boy (1984); The Thing (1982); The Waltons (1974–1977); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Timber the Treasure Dog (2016); Tough Enough (1983); True Grit (1969); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992); Wilson's Floral (2016); Yellowstone (2020 / 2021).

Born on this day – Marie-Blanche Vergnes:

Marie-Blanche Vergnes

Actress

September 22, 1934 – July 28, 1989

Born on this day – Paul Naschy:

Paul Naschy

Actor

Writer

Director

September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009

Born on this day – Chuck McCann:

Chuck McCann

Actor

Comedian

Puppeteer

Commercial presenter

Television host

September 2, 1934 – April 8, 2018

Chuck McCann, with Harry Hurwitz and Ina Balin, on set filming The Projectionist (1970).

Credits:

227 (1988); A Cry for Help (1975); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Adventure Time (2013–2015); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1987–1990); All That Glitters (1977); All-New Dennis the Menace (1993); Animaniacs (1993); Arnold's Closet Revue (1971); Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1991); Baby's Imagination (2023); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Plane (1998); Blast-Off Buzzard (1977); Bonanza (1972); Bonkers (1993); Boston Legal (2007–2008); Bug City (1998); C B Bears (1977); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cameron's Closet (1988); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1990); Carpool (1983); Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1990); CHiPs (1981); Christmas at F.A.O. Schwarz (1968); Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982); Citizen Jane (2009); Code Red (1982); Columbo (1973); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Cool McCool (1966–1967); Cover Up (1985); Darkwing Duck (1991); Dennis and Lois (2019); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diff'rent Strokes (1985); Dorf da Bingo King (2001); Down to Earth (1985); Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995); Drak Pack (1980); Dream On (1994); Droopy: Master Detective (1993); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); DuckTales (1987–1990); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); DuckTales: Remastered (2013); Empty Nest (1992–1994); Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1979); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Flying High (1978); Foul Play (1978); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Friend or Foe (2015–2017); G.I. Joe (1986); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986); Garfield and Friends (1988–1991); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2015); Gothic 3 (2006); Guns (1990); Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986); Happy Days (1970–1976); Harry Nilsson: Loneliness (1984); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Here's Boomer (1981); Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Horrorween (2011); How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976); I Know That Voice (2013); If Things Were Different (1980); Invasion (1997); Iron Man (1994–1996); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jennifer on My Mind (1971); Kaufmania! (2020); Kibbee and Fitch (1973); King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992); Kirk (1995); Knight Rider (1985); Knots Landing (1989); Kojak (1974); Ladybugs (1992); Land's End (1996); Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lunch Wagon (1981); Mad About You (1998); Mae West (1982); Mathnet (1991); Matt Houston (1983–1985); McCann on McCool (2007); Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); Monster Squad (1976); Night Club (2011); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Air (1992); One Day at a Time (1981–1982); Pac Preview Party (1982); Pac-Man (1982–1983); Pioneers of Television (2011); Plastic Man (1979–1980); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Police Woman (1974–1976); Posse Impossible (1977); Pound Puppies (1986); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2013–2014); Ramblin'Man (1981); Random! Cartoons (2007–2009); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Ring Raiders (1989); Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy (2009); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989); Roma (1972); Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (1996); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safety Shoes (1965); Santa Barbara (1987–1988); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Shades of LA (1990); Shake, Rattle and Roll (1977); Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973–1975); Silent Movie (1976); Sinister Image (1987–1989); Sliders (1995); Snorks (1985); Some Jerk with a Camera / One Little Spark (2012); Space Stars (1981); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Square One Television (1991); St. Elsewhere (1984); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1977); Storyville (1992); Stu's Show (2008–2013); Sunshine Porcupine (1980); Survival (1976); Switch (1977); Tales from the Darkside (1985); TaleSpin (1990–1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animation Podcast (2018); The Aristocrats (2005); The Baxters (1979); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Charlie Weaver Show (1959); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1958); The Comeback Trail (1982); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Facts of Life (1987); The Garfield Show (2008–2013); The Garry Moore Show (1966); The Get Along Gang (1984); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Girls Next Door (2007–2009); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1996); The Janitor (1995); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963); The John Gary Show (1968); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); The Lempke Brothers (2010); The Love Boat (1983); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1989–1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1972); The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1990); The New Shmoo (1979–1980); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (2000); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Plight of Cecil (2014); The Powerpuff Girls (2003); The Powerpuff Girls (2016); The Projectionist (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Smurfs (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tick (1996); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995); The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968); They Call Him Sasquatch (2003); They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978); Those Were the Days (1980); Thrashin' (1986); Thundarr the Barbarian (1981); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Toxic Crusaders (1991); Toxic Crusaders: The Movie (1997); True Blue (1990); True Crime: New York City (2005); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Turn-on (1969); Undercover Elephant (1977); Up Yours (1979); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (1983); What a Cartoon! (1996); Where's Waldo? (1991); Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party (1994); Wonderbug (1976).

On this day in movie history - The Dragon Murder Case (1934):

The Dragon Murder Case,

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by F. Hugh Herbert, Robert N. Lee and Rian James,

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

was released in the United States on August 25, 1934.
Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:
Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Stone, Etienne Girardot, George Meeker, Robert Warwick, William B. Davidson, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson.

Born on this day – Brian May:

Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Don Ellis:

Don Ellis

Musician

Composer

July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978

Born on this day – Louise Fletcher:

Louise Fletcher

Actress

July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022

On this day in movie history - Midnight Alibi (1934):

Midnight Alibi,

directed by Alan Crosland,

written by Warren Duff,

based on the short story The Old Doll’s House by Damon Runyon,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:
Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Helen Chandler, Helen Lowell, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Harry Tyler, Paul Hurst, Arthur Aylesworth.

Born on this day – Ken Wlaschin:

Ken Wlaschin

Actor

Writer

July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009

Credits:

Books:

Encyclopedia of American Opera (2006); Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More Than 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs (2004); Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video (1999); Opera on Screen: A Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos (1997); Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009); The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema / aka Bluff Your Way in the Cinema (1971); The Faber Book of Movie Verse / with Philip French (1993); The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Great Movie Stars (1979); The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars (2008).

Movies and television:

Five More (1966); Jean Renoir: An Auteur to Remember (2007); Muffled Darkness (1987); Storyboard (1961); The History and Allure of Time Travel (2004); The Tramplers (1965); Valkokangas (1982).

Born on this day – Sydney Pollack:

Sydney Pollack

Director

Producer

Actor, July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008

Recommended reading - The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain (1934):

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain.

Description:

“A good, swift, violent story.” – Dashiell Hammett.

An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution — a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve.

First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.

“I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man … has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent.” – James M. Cain.

Born on this day – Gordon M. Williams:

Gordon M. Williams

Writer

June 20, 1934 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Hazell and the Menacing Jester (1976); Hazell and the Three-Card Trick (1975); Hazell Plays Solomon (1974); Micronaut World (aka The Microcolony) (1979); Revolt of the Micronauts (1981); The Bornless Keeper (1974); The Camp (1966); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1967); The Micronauts (1977); The Siege of Trencher's Farm / aka Straw Dogs (1969); The Upper Pleasure Garden (1970); Walk, Don't Walk (1980).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1973–1974); 64 Day Hero (1986); Did You See..? (1981–1982); Hazell (1978–1979); Innocent Victim (1989); Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut (2003); Straw Dogs (1971 / 2011); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Odd Man (1978); The South Bank Show (1979).

Born on this day – William Newman:

William Newman

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).