Born on this day – Gail Fisher:

Gail Fisher

Actress

August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000

Credits:

Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Break the Bank (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1976); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Dinah! (1975); Donor (1990); Every Man Needs One (1972); Fantasy Island (1979); General Hospital (1982–1984); He & She (1967); He's the Mayor (1986); Hotel (1985); Insight (1970); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Jeopardy! (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Knight Rider (1983); Life with Linkletter (1970); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Baby; Love and the Hustler (1969–1971); Mankillers (1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Match Game (1973–1974); Medical Center (1975); My Three Sons (1968); Pioneers of Television (2014); Play of the Week (1959–1960); Room 222 (1971); Soul Train (1972); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Art Linkletter Show (1970); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1975); The New Girl (1960); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); You Don't Say (1969).

Born on this day – John Cazale:

John Cazale

Actor

August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978

Credits:

Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); Based on a True Story (2004); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); The American Way (1962); The Box (1969); The Conversation (1974); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Freshman (1990); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Part III (1990); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008).

On this day in movie history - Crime Unlimited (1935):

Crime Unlimited

directed by Ralph Ince,

written by Brock Williams and Ralph Smart,

based on the novel by David Hume,

was released in the United Kingdom on August 1, 1935.

Cast:

Esmond Knight, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker, George Merritt, Richard Grey, Raymond Lovell, Graham Soutten, Peter Gawthorne, Wyndham Goldie, Jane Millican, Stella Arbenina, Bellenden Clarke, Sara Allgood, Cathleen Cavanagh, Wally Patch.

Born on this day – Geoffrey Lewis:

Geoffrey Lewis

Actor

July 31, 1935 – April 7, 2015

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' (2005); A Light in the Darkness (2002); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Painted House (2003); A Woman's Guide to Firearms (1987); AfterMASH (1983); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); Alice (1976); Amazing Stories (1986); American Masters (2000); American Perfekt (1997); An Occasional Hell (1996); Annihilator (1986); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Arena (2000); Ark II (1976); At My Place (1990); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Bad Company (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1980); Belle Starr (1980); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Better Angels (2011); Biography (2003); Blue Thunder (1984); Bonanza (1970); Brazilian Brawl (2003); Bret Maverick (1982); Bronco Billy (1980); Brothers Broken: The Story That Stopped the Music (2023); Cade's County (1971); Cannon (1972); Catch Me If You Can (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Centennial (1979); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2019); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2004); Cold Ones (2007); Criminal Minds (2006); Dallas: The Early Years (1986); Dan August (1970); Dawson's Creek (2003); Day of Reckoning (1994); Desert Rats (1988); Designing Women (1987); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Dillinger (1973); Disturbed (1990); Double Impact (1991); Down in the Valley (2005); Easy Street (1987); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Falcon Crest (1984); Fat Actress (2005); Fingerprints (2006); Fingerprints: Scariest Moments Interviews (2008); Five Aces (1999); Fletch Lives (1989); Flo (1980–1981); Freedom (1970); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); Greatest Hits on Ice (1994); Gun Shy (1983); Gunsmoke (1972); Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990); Harry O (1975); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Heaven's Gate (1980); High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2017); High Plains Drifter (1973); Highway 395 (2000); Highway to Heaven (1984); Hizzonner (1979); Honky Tonk (1974); Hot Pursuit (1984); House (2007); Human Experiments (1979); Hunter (1977); I, the Jury (1982); In the Heat of the Night (1990); J.J. Starbuck (1987); Joshua Tree (1993); Kansas (1995); Kung Fu (1973); Land's End (1995–1996); Las Vegas (2004); Last Resort (1994); Laverne & Shirley (1977); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004); Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982); Little House on the Prairie (1976–1983); Longstreet (1971); Lou Grant (1977–1980); Lucky Lady (1975); Lust in the Dust (1984); MacGyver (1986); Macon County Line (1974); Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000); Magnum, P.I. (1984–1986); Mama's Family (1983); Mannix (1971–1972); Mathnet (1988); Matlock (1988); Matters of the Heart (1990); Maverick (1994); Maximum Security (1984–1985); May Day (2003); McCloud (1976); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Mind Games (2003); Miss Nobody (2010); Mission: Impossible (1972); Mod Squad (1973); Mommy's Little Monster (2012); Monster Squad (1976); Moon of the Wolf (1972); Mork & Mindy (1978); Moving McAllister (2007); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1996); My Life with Men (2003); My Name Is Earl (2006); My Name Is Nobody (1973); NFL Films Presents / American Film Institute Comedy Special / Segment: Blue Suits (1987); Night of the Comet (1984); Nip/Tuck (2003); Odyssey 5 (2002–2003); Old Man Music (2005); Only the Strong (1993); Out of the Dark (1988); Pancho Barnes (1988); Paradise (1989); Patients (2004); Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (2000); Pickin' & Grinnin' (2010); Pink Cadillac (1989); Plainsong (2004); Point of No Return (1993); Police Woman (1975–1976); Quark (1978); Renegade (2004); Retreat! (2016); Rough Riders (1997); S.W.A.T. (1975); Salem's Lot (1979); Samurai (1979); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); September Gun (1983); Seven Stories (2003); Shades of LA (1991); Shadow Chasers (1985); Shoot the Sun Down (1978); Sidekicks (1986); Silver Saddle (1978); Skyward Christmas (1981); Smile (1975); Social Guidance (2005); Song of the Vampire (2003); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Spot Marks the X (1986); Square One Television (1988); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Stitches (1985); Stormin' Home (1985); Sunstorm (2001); Tango & Cash (1989); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); The Amazing Spider-Man (1979); The A-Team (1984–1985); The Baggs (1973); The Butcher (2009); The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972); The Deadly Triangle (1977); The Defenders (1963); The Devil's Rejects (2005); The Directors (1997–2008); The Dragon Gate (1994); The Fall Guy (1985); The Fat Black Pussycat (1963); The Golden Girls (1987); The Great Houdini (1976); The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Guardian (2003); The Gun and the Pulpit (1974); The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009); The High Chaparral (1970); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Huntress (2001); The Janitor (1995); The Jericho Mile (1979); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2009); The Lawnmower Man (1992); The Man Without a Face (1993); The Mountain (2004); The Name of the Game (1971); The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976); The New Guy (2002); The Oldest Rookie (1987); The Prophet's Game (2000); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The Rookies (1976); The Shadow Riders (1982); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988–1989); The Story of Book One (1987); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Terror Has Awakened. (2005); The Todd Killings (1971); The Underworld (1997); The Waltons (1974); The Way of the Gun (2000); The Wind and the Lion (1975); The X-Files (1999); The Yellow Rose (1984); The Young Lawyers (1970); Then Came Bronson (1970); Thieves (2001); Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); Tilt (1979); Time Out (1988); Titus (2001); Tom Horn (1980); Travis McGee (1983); Trilogy of Terror II (1996); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Voodoo Moon (2006); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Webster (1988); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); When the Dark Man Calls (1995); White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994); Wicked Little Things (2006); Wild Hearts (2006); Wildside (1985); Wishman (1992).

Born on this day – Barbara Harris:

Barbara Harris

Actress

July 25, 1935 – August 21, 2018

Credits:

A Doonesbury Special (1977); A Thousand Clowns (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Anne Manx on Amazonia (2005); As Caesar Sees It (1962); Camera Three (1961); Channing (1963); Chronicle (1963); Days of Our Lives (1989); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988); Family Plot (1976); Freaky Friday (1976); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Life Itself (2014); Middle Ages (1992); Mixed Company (1974); Movie Movie / Segment: Baxter's Beauties of 1933 (1978); Naked City (1962); Nashville (1975); Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987); Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); Plaza Suite (1971); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Garry Moore Show (1964); The Magical World of Disney (1982); The Making of 'Nashville' (2013); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Oscars (2019); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The War Between Men and Women (1972); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2013); What's Going on Here? (1963); Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971); You Will Be with Us in Paradise (2019).

Born on this day – Donald Sutherland:

Donald Sutherland

Actor

Writer

Producer

July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024

Born on this day – Diahann Carroll:

Diahann Carroll

Actress

Singer

Philanthropist

July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019

Born on this day – Arnold Adoff:

Arnold Adoff

Writer

July 16, 1935 – May 7, 2021

I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words.

I will always try to shape words into my singing poems.

– Arnold Adoff.

Credits:

Received the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in 1988.

Books:

Black is Brown Is Tan - pictures by Emily Arnold McCully (1973 / 2002); Black on Black; Commentaries by Negro Americans (1968); Brothers and Sisters; Modern Stories by Black Americans (1970); Daring Dog and Captain Cat - illustrated by Joe Cepeda (2001); Hard to be Six - illustrated by Cheryl Hanna (1991); In for Winter, Out for Spring - illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (1991); Malcolm X. - illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez / Winner of ALA Notable Children’s Book and Library of Congress Children’s Books (2000); Mandala - Pictures by Emily McCully (1971); Roots and Blues: A Celebration - illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (2011) / Winner of The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry (2012); The Return of Rex and Ethel - illustrated by Catherine Deeter (2000).

Born on this day – David Prowse:

David Prowse

Actor

Bodybuilder

July 1, 1935 – November 28, 2020

Born on this day – Belinda Lee:

Belinda Lee

Actress

June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961

Credits:

Blackout (1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961); Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958); Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love (1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).

Born on this day – Joan Micklin Silver:

Joan Micklin Silver

Director

May 24, 1935 – December 31, 2020

Credits:

50 Years of Action! (1986); A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Private Matter (1992); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Between the Lines (1977); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Calling the Shots (1988); Charms for the Easy Life (2002); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossing Delancey (1988); Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); Hester Street (1975); How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984); Hunger Point (2003); In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997); Invisible Child (1999); Joan Micklin Silver - Begegnung mit der New Yorker Filmregisseurin (1983); Limbo (1972); Loverboy (1989); On the Yard (1978); Prison Stories: Women on the Inside / Parole Board (1991); Sisters (1995); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Case of the Elevator Duck (1974); The Frontier Experience (1975); The Fur Coat Club (1973); The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972); The Oscars (2021); Working in the Theatre (1984).

On this day in movie history - Public Hero Number 1 (1935):

Public Hero Number 1

directed by J. Walter Ruben,

written by Wells Root,

based on a story by J. Walter Ruben and Wells Root,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1935.

Music by Edward Ward.

Cast:

Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone, Paul Hurst, George E. Stone, Sam Baker, William Bailey, Brooks Benedict, Ed Brady, Frank Bruno, Lane Chandler, Cora Sue Collins, Helene Costello, Nell Craig, Frank Darien, James Flavin, Harry Geise, John George, Jonathan Hale, Henry Hall, Lillian Harmer, Eddie Hart, Edward Hearn, Al Hill, Arthur Housman, William Irving, Selmer Jackson, Gladden James, John Kelly, Anderson Lawler, Frank McGlynn Jr., Larry McGrath, Greta Meyer, Bob Montgomery, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Moran, Philip Morris, James C. Morton, Pat O'Malley, Jack Pennick, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Stanley Price, Frank Rice, Bert Roach, Teru Shimada, Landers Stevens, Carl Stockdale, Billy Sullivan, Zeffie Tilbury, Dorothy Vernon, Larry Wheat, Bill Wolfe, William Worthington, Tammany Young.

Born on this day – Burny Mattinson:

Burny Mattinson

Animator

Director

Producer

May 13, 1935 – February 27, 2023

Credits:

A Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp (2006); Aladdin (1992); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Big Hero 6 (2014); Casey Bats Again (1954); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); House of Mouse (2001); How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Lady's Pedigree: The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp' (2006); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); Lilo & Stitch (2002); Mary Poppins (1964); Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022); Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983); Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse / Mickey's Christmas Carol (2001); Mulan (1998); Oliver & Company (1988); Once Upon a Studio (2023); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty (2008); Pocahontas (1995); Pretty as a Picture Art and Design (2006); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Robin Hood (1973); Ruff Animation (2006); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Strange World (2022); Tarzan (1999); The Aristocats (1970); The Art of Disney Animation (1988); The Ballad of Nessie (2011); The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book' (2007); The Black Cauldron (1985); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Great Mouse Detective (1986); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Jungle Book (1967); The Lion King (1994); The Magical World of Disney / Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1982); The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol (1984); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (1996); The Oscars (2023); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Rescuers (1977); The Small One (1978); The Sword in the Stone (1963); Timeless Tales / The Prince and The Pauper (2005); Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection / The Ballad of Nessie & How to Hook up Your Home Theater (2015); Winnie the Pooh (2011); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Wish (2023).

Born on this day – Doug McClure:

Doug McClure

Actor

May 11, 1935 – February 5, 1995

Born on this day – Edward M. Abroms:

Edward M. Abroms

Director

Editor

May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018

Credits:

A Look Back at 'Cohen & Tate' (2013); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend' (2004); Apple's Way (1975); Archer (1975); Berlin Affair (1970); Blue Thunder (1983); Cannon (1975); Cherry 2000 (1987); CHiPs (1977); Cohen and Tate (1988); Columbo (1971–1990); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978–1979); Dial Hot Line (1970); Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979); Doc Elliot (1974); Doctors' Hospital (1975–1976); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Ellery Queen (1975 / 1976); Florida Straits (1986); Get Christie Love! (1974); Glory Days (1988); Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992); Griff (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Kojak (1976–1978); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Man from Atlantis (1977); McMillan & Wife (1973); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Sweet Charlie (1970); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Gallery (1969 / 1973); Nightlife (1989); One Special Victory (1991); Payoff (1991); Plain Clothes (1988); Police Story (1973–1975); Ransom for a Dead Man (1971); Salvage 1 (1979); Savage (1973); Street Fighter (1994); Switch (1976); T.N.T. (1997); Taking the Heat (1993); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); That Certain Summer (1972); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The Chisholms (1980); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Executioner's Song (1982); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972); The Guardian (1984); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Impatient Heart (1971); The Impostor (1975); The Jewel of the Nile (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Virginian (1970); Untamed Frontier (1967); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Maria-Pia Casilio:

Maria-Pia Casilio

Actress

May 5, 1935 – April 10, 2012

Credits:

Air of Paris (1954); Always Victorious (1958); Amori di mezzo secolo / Loves of half a century: War 1915-18 (1954); An American in Rome (1954); Angels of Darkness (1954); Appassionatamente / Passionately (1954); Arrivederci Firenze / Goodbye Florence (1958); Bread, Love and Dreams (1953); Canzoni di mezzo secolo / Songs of half a century (1952); Cuore matto... matto da legare / Crazy heart... Nutty to tie (1967); Donatella (1956); Due soldi di felicità / A Penny of Happiness (1954); Frisky (1954); Gagliardi e pupe / Pennants and pupae (1958); Giorni d'amore / Days of love (1954); I pappagalli / Parrots (1955); Il canto dell'emigrante / The Song of the Emigrant (1956); Il medico dei pazzi / The Madman's Doctor (1954); Il viale della speranza / The Avenue of Hope (1953); La banda del buco / The Hole Band (1960); La donna di ghiaccio / The Ice Woman (1960); La valigia dei sogni / The suitcase of dreams (1953); Le tournant dangereux (1954); L'ispettore Giusti (1999); Loving you is my destiny (1957); Maria Pia Casilio: Umberto D. (2011); Mogli pericolose / Dangerous Wives (1958); Neapolitan Carousel (1954); Noi uomini duri / We Hard Men (1987); Racconti romani / Roman Tales (1955); Siamo tutti inquilini / We are all tenants (1953); Terminal Station (1953); The Adultress (1953); The Fascist (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Mistress of Moonbeam (1961); Three Men and a Leg (1997); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge / Totò, Peppino and the outlaws (1956); Umberto D. (1952); Vittorio D. (2009); We'll Call Him Andrea (1972).

Born on this day – Charles Grodin:

Charles Grodin

Actor

Comedian

Writer

April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021

On this day in movie history - Star of Midnight (1935):

Star of Midnight

directed by Stephen Roberts,

written by Howard J. Green, Anthony Veiller and Edward Kaufman,

based on the novel by Arthur Somers Roche,

was released in the United States on April 19, 1935.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Morgan, Leslie Fenton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Hopton, Vivien Oakland, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Bess Flowers, George Chandler.

Recommended reading - The Star of Midnight, by Arthur Somers Roche (1935):

The Star of Midnight

By Arthur Somers Roche.

Filmed as Star of Midnight (1935), directed by Stephen Roberts.

Hardcover.

Published by Dodd, Mead and Company.

Published 1935.

ASIN: B0DM1RR9L9

Description:

After his girlfriend, Alice, goes missing, young Tim Winthrop consults with his friend, criminal lawyer Clay Dalzell. Clay, joined by his fiancée, Donna Mantin, agrees to help -- only to get involved with the simultaneous disappearance of stage actress Mary Smith, and the shocking murder of a gossip columnist poised to provide vital information about Mary. An unsolved gangster murder and the reappearance of an old flame lead Clay further into the puzzling maze.

Born on this day – Sharon Acker:

Sharon Acker

Actress

April 2, 1935 – March 16, 2023

Credits:

The Young and the Restless (1992); Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988–1989); Street Legal (1989); Days of Our Lives (1987–1988); Adderly (1987); You Again? (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Knight Rider (1985); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Simon & Simon (1981–1985); Whiz Kids (1984); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Matt Houston (1983); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); Texas (1982); Off Your Rocker (1982); Shannon (1981); Flamingo Road (1981); Quincy M.E. (1978–1981); Threshold (1981); Happy Birthday to Me (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1980); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); Matt and Jenny (1979–1980); The Great Detective (1980); Galactica 1980 (1980); Stone (1980); Police Story (1979); The Rockford Files (1978–1979); The Love Boat (1978); The Hostage Heart (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Cannon (1971–1975); Harry O (1974); The Hanged Man (1974); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Stranger (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1973); Hec Ramsey (1972–1973); McMillan & Wife (1972); Mod Squad (1972); Mission: Impossible (1970–1972); Love, American Style (1971); The F.B.I. (1971); Cade's County (1971); Gunsmoke (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970–1971); Act of the Heart (1970); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Power Trip (1969); Lancer (1969); Waiting for Caroline (1969); The First Time (1969); Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969); It Takes a Thief (1968–1969); Get Smart (1969); Star Trek (1969); Festival (1961–1968); The Wild Wild West (1968); Point Blank (1967); Wojeck (1966); CBC Show of the Week (1965); Time of Your Life (1964); The Serial (1964); Quest (1962–1963); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Playdate (1961–1962); One Plus One / Homecoming (1961); Heritage (1961); Encounter (1955–1961); Macbeth (1961); The Unforeseen (1959); Anne of Green Gables (1958); Lucky Jim (1957); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Anne of Green Gables (1956); Folio (1955); Ruth (1955); On Camera (1955).