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Saturday, August 1, 2026

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.

Friday, July 31, 2026

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).

Thursday, July 30, 2026

On this day in book history:


July 30, 1935.

Penguin Books published their first series of paperback books with the following 10 titles:

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

Ariel by André Maurois.

Carnival by Compton Mackenzie.

Gone to Earth by Mary Webb.

Madame Claire by Susan Ertz.

Poet's Pub by Eric Linklater.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Twenty-Five by Beverley Nichols.

William by E.H. Young.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

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).

Friday, July 17, 2026

Born on this day – Donald Sutherland:


Donald Sutherland


Actor

Writer

Producer

July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024


Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 1900 (1976); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 2014 MTV Movie Awards (2014); 2016 Canadian Screen Awards (2016); 2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (2017); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Dry White Season (1989); A Farewell to Arms (1966); A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Time to Kill (1996); A War Story (1981); Abicinema (1975); Act of the Heart (1970); Ad Astra (2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (1981–1996); AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Stars: America’s Greatest Screen Legends (1999); AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America’s Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Alex in Wonderland (1970); Alien Thunder (1974); Alone (2020); Altman (2014); American Gun (2005); American Hangman (2019); American Masters (2000); America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2007); An American Haunting (2005); Apprentice to Murder (1988); Apropos Film (1975); Arena (2015); Armed and Deadly: The Making of ‘The Dirty Dozen’ (2006); Ask the Dust (2006); Assassin’s Bullet (2012); Astro Boy (2009); Aurora Borealis (2005); Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (2020); Backdraft (1991); Backdraft 2 (2019); Backstory (2000); Baltic Storm (2003); Basmati Blues (2017); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Bear Island (1979); Beerfest (2006); Behind the Mask (1999); Bella Thorne at an event for Teen Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Bertolucci Shoots ‘1900’ (1976); Bethune (1977); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2 (1985); Big Shot’s Funeral (2001); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Biography (1995–2003); Blood Relatives (1978); Breakfast (2011); Breaking Down the Walls: The Road to Recreating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (2002); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Buster’s Bedroom (1991); Casanova (1976); Celebrity Page (2018); CinĂ© regards (1981); Cinema (1973); CinĂ©ma cinĂ©mas (1989); Cinema mil (2005); Citizen Jane, l’AmĂ©rique selon Fonda (2020); Citizen X (1995); Cold Mountain (2003); Commander in Chief (2005–2006); CorazĂ³n de... (2006); Court Martial (1966); Crackers (1984); Crossing Lines (2013–2015); Dawn Rider (2012); Days of Darkness (2007); DĂ­as de cine (2018); Die Romy (1990); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Disclosure (1994); Don’t Look Now (1973); Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965); E! Live from the Red Carpet (2018); Eminent Domain (1990); End of the Game (1975); Enlisted: The Story of ‘M*A*S*H’ (2000); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2023); EXTRAS-The Hunger Games (2016–2020); Eye of the Needle (1981); Fallen (1998); Fellini - Wizards, Clowns and Honest Liars (1977); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002); Fierce People (2005); Film ‘72 (1974–2015); Film Ă–nĂ¼ / Arkasi (2019); Filmkrönikan (1977); Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001); Five Moons Plaza (2003); Fool’s Gold (2008); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (2010); For the Love of Spock (2016); Forsaken (2015); Frankenstein (2004); Free Money (1998); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2008); Friday People (1985); FTA (1972); Gas (1981); Gideon C.I.D. (1966); Give Me Your Answer True (1987); GMTV (2005); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Morning America (1978–2015); Great Books - Le Morte D’Arthur: Legend of the King (1993); Great Books (1993–2000); Hal (2018); Hamlet at Elsinore (1964); HARDtalk Extra (2005); HBO First Look (2005); Heart of Gold (1982); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heaven Help Us (1985); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); High Octane: Stunts from ‘the Italian Job’ (2003); History of Swear Words (2021); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollow Point (1996); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Horrible Bosses (2011); Human Trafficking (2005); Hunger Games: Cast Interviews (2012); Ice (2016–2017); IMDb: What to Watch (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (1998); Instinct (1999); Interlude (1968); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); ITV Play of the Week (1963–1965); Jäger des Augenblicks - Ein Abenteuer am Mount Roraima (2013); Jappeloup (2013); JFK (1991); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2018); Joanna (1968); Jock the Hero Dog (2011); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Kate Bush: Cloudbusting (1985); Kate Bush: The Hair of the Hound (1986); Kate Bush: The Whole Story (1986); Kelly’s Heroes (1970); Klute (1971); Klute in New York: A Background for Suspense (1971); Kurier Romy 2011 (2011); La edad de oro (1984); La noche de los Oscar (2018); La spirale (1976); Lady Ice (1973); Land of the Blind (2006); Late Night with Conan O’Brien (2000); Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023); Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Inside the Series (2023); Le Poing J (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); Life and Times (2001); Little Murders (1971); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005–2018); Living Loaded (2012); Lock Up (1989); Long Road Home (1991); Lord of War (2005); Lost Angels (1989); M*A*S*H (1970); Mad TV (2006); Made in Hollywood (2012–2018); Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968); Man of the World (1962); Man on the Train (2011); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Measure of a Man (2018); Milton’s Secret (2016); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Minyan (2020); Miranda’s Victim (2023); Moby Dick (2011); Moonfall (2022); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021); Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022); Mr. Skin’s Favorite Horror Movie Nude Scenes (2016); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005); Murder by Decree (1979); My Life As an Experiment (2011); My Name Is Lopez (2021); National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978); Natural Enemy (1996); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Corwin Presents (1971); Nothing Personal (1980); Nulle part ailleurs: midi (2000); ‘NYPD Blue’: A Final Tribute (2005); Oedipus the King (1968); Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994); Operation Dirty Dozen (1967); Ordeal by Innocence (1984); Ordinary People (1980); Out of the Shadows (2012); Outbreak (1995); Oviri (1986); Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2023); Panic (2000); Parkinson (1973); Path to War (2002); Pawns No More: Making the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2016); Pedal to the Metal: The Making of ‘The Italian Job’ (2003); People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (2016); Pirate’s Passage (2015); Point and shoot (2016); Poor Boy’s Game (2007); Premio Donostia a Donald Sutherland (2019); President Hollywood (2008); Pride & Prejudice (2005); Pride & Prejudice: On Set Diaries (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Bennets (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Life and Times of Jane Austen (2006); Pride & Prejudice: The Politics of 18th Century Dating (2006); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Private Screenings (2001); Promise Her Anything (1966); Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball (2007); Punch (1993); Queen Victoria’s Empire (2001); Quicksand: No Escape (1992); Red Hot (1993); Reign Over Me (2007); Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod (2016); Revolution (1985); Revolution: Revisiting Revolution - A Conversation with Al Pacino and Hugh Hudson (2009); Right Said Fred: Fred Schepisi Film Director (1993); Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); S*P*Y*S (1974); Salem’s Lot (2004); Scene by Scene (2001); Scream of Stone (1991); Sebastian (1968); Seeing Death Valley (2011); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); Shadow of the Wolf (1992); Showbiz Today (1997); Sir! No Sir! (2005); Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Sleepwalkers (2007); Songs of the American Civil War (1965); Space Cowboys (2000); SpĂ©cial cinĂ©ma (1976); Special Collector’s Edition / Segment: That’s Armageddon (2011); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Steelyard Blues (1973); Stonehenge: Decoded (2008); Studio 4 (1962); Sunday Pants (2005); Sur les traces de Fellini (2013); Surviving the Game - Making the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); Suspense (1963); Swimming with Sharks (2022); Telescope (1970); Terror in the Aisles (1984); Terry-Thomas says How do you do? (1963); The 26th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards (2021); The 32nd Annual People’s Choice Awards (2006); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The American Civil War (1965); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Art of War (2000); The Assignment (1997); The Avengers (1967); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Best Offer (2013); The Big Heist (2001); The British Academy Awards (1976); The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019); The Calling (2014); The Castle of the Living Dead (1964); The Champions (1969); The Con Artist (2010); The David Frost Show (1971); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Diahann Carroll Special (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1972); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Disappearance (1977); The Eagle (2011); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Eastmans (2009); The Factor (2008); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Federico Fellini (1985); The Frame (2013); The Graham Norton Show (2011); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Greatest Canadian (2004); The Green Fog (2017); The Grey Fox (1982) Filmmaker Phillip Borsos / Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); The Hunger Games (2012); The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013); The Hunger Games: Going Rogue (the Cast);  (2016); The Hunger Games: Letters from the Rose Garden (2012); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Official Teaser - Together As One (2014); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015); The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon (2015); The Hunley (1999); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Italian Job (2003); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1981); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Last Continent (2007); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2013); The Leisure Seeker (2017); The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson (2004); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Living Edens (1998); The Magic of Fellini (2002); The Making of ‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ (2001); The Making of ‘Space Cowboys’ (2000); The Mechanic (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Mighty River (1993); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015); The Movies (2019); The Name of the Game (1968); The Odd Man (1963); The Oscars (2018); The Physics of Sorrow (2019); The Pillars of the Earth (2010); The Poky Little Puppy’s First Christmas (1992); The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992–1993); The Puppet Masters (1994); The Railway Station Man (1992); The Rosary Murders (1987); The Rosie O’Donnell Show (2001); The Saint (1965–1966); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Setting Sun (1992); The Shadow Catcher (1974); The Shuttered Room (1967); The Simpsons (1989); The Split (1968); The Stately Homes of Pride & Prejudice: Basildon Park (2006); The Sullavan Brothers (1965); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Undoing (2020); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The View (2018); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012); The World Ten Times Over (1963); Theatre 625 (1966); Threads of Hope (1992); Threshold (1981); Today (2016–2018); Toute une vie dans un Dimanche (1982); Treasure Island (2012); Trumbo (2007); Trust (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Undersea Treasures: Napoleon’s Lost Fleet (1999); Untitled ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Featurette (1992); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008–2012); Uprising (2001); Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Ceremonies, Behind the Scenes (2010); Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Virus (1999); Virus: Ghost in the Machine (2000); Wayne and Shuster in London (1962); Welcome to the 76th Hunger Games: On Location in Atlanta, Paris & Berlin (2016); Without Limits (1998); Wogan (1990); Wuxing People’s Commune (1981); Younger and Younger (1993); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Born on this day – Diahann Carroll:


Diahann Carroll

Actress

Singer

Philanthropist

July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019

Thursday, July 16, 2026

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).

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Born on this day – Françoise Sagan:


Françoise Sagan


Writer

Actress

Director

June 21, 1935 – September 24, 2004

Credits:

Books:

A Certain Smile (1956); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); A Fleeting Sorrow (1995); A Reluctant Hero (1987); Aimez-vous Brahms (1957); Bonjour Tristesse (1954); Bonjour Tristesse / Certain Smile (1958); Chateau en Suede (1963); Chien Couchant (1986); Dear Sarah Bernhardt (1988); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Evasion (1993); Heart-keeper (1968); Incidental Music (1983); La Chamade (1966); Le Chien Couchant (1985); Lost Profile (1974); Night Bird (1980); Painting in Blood (1988); Reponses (1974); Salad Days (1984); Scars on the Soul (1974); Silken Eyes (1977); Still Storm (1984); Sunlight on Cold Water (1971); The Eiffel Tower (1989); The Gigolo (2018); The Leash (1991); The Painted Lady (1983); The Unmade Bed (1978); The Wonderful Clouds (1960); Those Without Shadows (1957); With Fondest Regards (1985).

Movies and television:

30 millions d'amis (1979–1987); A Certain Smile (1958); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); Ă€ la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Night at the Opera (2020); Ă€ vos amours (1992); Apostrophes (1976–1987); Aux arts et cætera (2023); Bains de minuit (1988); Bluebeard (1963); BoĂ®te aux lettres (1984–1987); Bonheur, impair et passe (1977); Bonjour Sagan (2022); Bonjour Tristesse (1958 / 2024); Bonjour tristesse (1965 / 1995); Bouillon de culture (1993–1998); Campus, le magazine de l'Ă©crit (2002); Castle in Sweden (2008); C'est Ă  lire (1987); ChassĂ©-croisĂ© (1982); ChĂ¢teau en Suède (1964); Cherchez l'idole (1964); Chroniques de France / Segment: Françoise Sagan (1969); CinĂ© regards (1981); CinĂ©ma (1968); Cinq colonnes Ă  la une (1959–1960); Clive James' Postcard from... (1989); Das ohnmächtige Pferd (1975); De soleil et d'azur (1966); Desproges est vivant (1998); Dim Dam Dom (1965–1969); Effraction (1986); Ein SchloĂŸ in Schweden (1967); Emmenez-moi au thĂ©Ă¢tre (1985); Encore un hiver (1979); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Ex Libris (1989–1996); Fan des annĂ©es 70 (2011); Goodbye Again (1961); Grand Amphi (1971); Grande Teatro Tupi (1958–1960); Heartbeat (1968); Het gekroonde paard (1976); In einem Monat, in einem Jahr (1969); Jaaroverzicht (1962); Jetset in den Sixties - Das sĂ¼ĂŸe Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Johnny Hallyday: Quelques cris (Live) (2000); Juliette GrĂ©co, l'insoumise (2012); La femme fardĂ©e (1990); La nuit des Molières (1987); La robe mauve de Valentine (1969); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le cheval Ă©vanoui (1976); Le coup du sort (1997); Le deuxième couteau (1985); Le MusĂ©e imaginaire (1972); Le petit rapporteur (1975); Le petit thĂ©Ă¢tre d'Antenne 2 (1977); Lectures pour tous (1959–1968); Les Absents ont toujours tort (1991); Les Borgia ou le sang dorĂ© (1977); Les Chutes de Saint-Marcellin (Carnet FilmĂ©: 31 juillet 2004 - 25 aoĂ»t 2005) (2005); Les faux-fuyants (2000); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les fougères bleues (1977); Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019); Les Nuits de France Culture (2016–2020); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); L'excès contraire (1988); L'homme en question (1976); L'invitĂ© du dimanche (1970); L'invitĂ© du jeudi (1978); Love Play (1961); Machinations (1995); Musicolor (1969); Nous nous sommes tant aimĂ©s (2010); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–1996); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (1998); Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963); ORTF, ils ont inventĂ© la tĂ©lĂ©vision (2020); Ouvrez les guillemets (1974); Permission de minuit (1987); Portrait souvenir (1960–1964); Pour le plaisir (1967); Qu'avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1990); Rembob'Ina (2019–2023); Renaud: Les mots (2016); Teledrama (1956); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Top Ă ... (1972); Trente-Six Chandelles (1958); Un jour, un destin (2013); Un orage immobile (1995); Un siècle d'Ă©crivains (1996); Vadim Mister Cool (2016); Vivement dimanche (2007).

Monday, June 15, 2026

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).

Sunday, May 24, 2026

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).

Saturday, May 16, 2026

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.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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).

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Born on this day – Roger Hargreaves:


Roger Hargreaves


Writer

Illustrator

May 9, 1935 – September 11, 1988

Credits:

Books:

12 Days of Christmas (2009); A Christmas Carol (2010); A Christmas Pantomime (2010); A Jolly Christmas Party (2009); A White Christmas (2011); Albert the Alphabetical Elephant (1977); Alphabet Fun (1982); Apple for Oink (1981); Baa (1979); Bill Buzz (1989); Buzz (1978); Charlie Oink (1989); Chatter (1978); Chirp (1979); Cluck (1979); Count Worm (1976); Croak (1979); Gary Grizzle (1989); Grandfather Clock (1978); Grandma Baa (1989); Grizzle (1979); Growl (1979); Harry Hoof (1989); Hippo Leaves Home (1977); Hippo, Potto and Mouse (1977); Hiss (1978); Honk (1979); Horace Honk (1989); How to Draw Mr Men (2010); I Am a Book (1985); I Learn My ABC's (1984); If You aren't a Roundy, You're a Squary (1975); John Mouse and the Apple Adventure (1973); John Mouse Goes to Work (1973); John Mouse Goes to Wormland (1973); John Mouse in the News (1973); John Mouse Raises the Alarm (1973); Little Miss Bad (2003); Little Miss Birthday (2006); Little Miss Bossy (1981); Little Miss Bossy and the Magic Word (1998); Little Miss Bossy's Big Board (2002); Little Miss Bossy's Zoo Animals (1982); Little Miss Brainy (1995); Little Miss Busy (1995); Little Miss Chatterbox (1984); Little Miss Christmas (2005); Little Miss Christmas Sticker Activity Book (2010); Little Miss Contrary (1984); Little Miss Contrary All in a Muddle (2006); Little Miss Curious (1990); Little Miss Ditzy (2001); Little Miss Dotty (1985); Little Miss Dotty Has a Dotty Day Out (1998); Little Miss Fickle (1984); Little Miss Fun (1995); Little Miss Giggles (1984); Little Miss Giggles' Giggly Day (2000); Little Miss Giggles Has a Giggle (1999); Little Miss Giggles Photograph Album (1997); Little Miss Greedy (1995); Little Miss Helpful (1981); Little Miss Helpful and the Green House (1998); Little Miss Helpful Plans a Party (1983); Little Miss Helpful's Visit to the Doctor (1982); Little Miss Late (1981); Little Miss Lucky (1984); Little Miss Lucky and the Naughty Pixies (2007); Little Miss Magic (1982); Little Miss Naughty (1981); Little Miss Naughty and the Good Fairy (2003); Little Miss Naughty Worries Mr. Worry (1998); Little Miss Naughty's Annual 2011 (2010); Little Miss Naughty's Guide to Love (2001); Little Miss Naughty's Naughty Day (1999); Little Miss Naughty's Naughty Tricks (2000); Little Miss Naughty's Nursery Rhymes (1982); Little Miss Neat (1981); Little Miss Neat and the Last Leaf (1998); Little Miss Neat's Opposites (1982); Little Miss Plump (1981); Little Miss Princess & the Very Special Party (2012); Little Miss Princess (2011); Little Miss Princess and the Very Special Wedding (2011); Little Miss Quick (1994); Little Miss Quick in a Hurry (2000); Little Miss Scary (2003); Little Miss Scatterbrain (1981); Little Miss Scatterbrain Sets Off for the Sun (1998); Little Miss Shy (1981); Little Miss Somersault (1995); Little Miss Splendid (1981); Little Miss Splendid and the House with a View (1998); Little Miss Splendid and the Princess (2006); Little Miss Star (1984); Little Miss Stubborn (1995); Little Miss Stubborn: The Wrong Advice (1998); Little Miss Sunshine (1981); Little Miss Sunshine and the Splendid Hair Day (2002); Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch (2005); Little Miss Sunshine Keeps Her Smile (1998); Little Miss Sunshine's Sail Along Day (2001); Little Miss Sunshine's Shapes (1982); Little Miss Tidy (1994); Little Miss Tiny (1981); Little Miss Tiny Just the Right Size (1998); Little Miss Tiny's Tea Party (2000); Little Miss Trouble (1981); Little Miss Trouble and the Mermaid (2005); Little Miss Trouble Causing Trouble (2000); Little Miss Twins (1984); Little Miss Whoops (2003); Little Miss Wise (1995); Me and My Tummy (1992); Meow (1978); Molly Moo (1989); Moo (1979); Moo's Fancy Hats (1981); Mouse Gets Caught (1977); Mr Adventure (2016); Mr Men and Little Miss Bumper Activity Book (2010); Mr Men and Little Miss Treasury (2010); Mr Men Meet Father Christmas (2012); Mr Men Mr Complete Collection (2010); Mr Men Show (2010); Mr Tickle Colouring Book (2011); Mr. Birthday (2006); Mr. Bounce (1976); Mr. Bounce's Bouncy Day (2000); Mr. Bounce's Dot-To-Dot (1982); Mr. Bounce's Numbers (1981); Mr. Brave (1995); Mr. Bump (1971); Mr. Bump and His Bumpy Day (1996); Mr. Bump and the Knight (2007); Mr. Bump Loses His Memory (1998); Mr. Bump's Bumper Day (1998); Mr. Busy (1978); Mr. Chatterbox (1976); Mr. Chatterbox's Words (1981); Mr. Cheerful (1998); Mr. Christmas (1984); Mr. Christmas and Friends (2003); Mr. Christmas Sticker Activity Book (2010); Mr. Clever (1978); Mr. Clever's Clever Word (1999); Mr. Clumsy (1978); Mr. Clumsy's Guide to DIY (2000); Mr. Cool (2003); Mr. Daydream (1972); Mr. Dizzy (1976); Mr. Forgetful (1976); Mr. Funny (1976); Mr. Funny and the Pop-Up TV Show (1987); Mr. Funny at the Circus (1980); Mr. Funny Upsets Mr. Fussy (1998); Mr. Funny's Drive-along Day (2001); Mr. Funny's Funny Car (1999); Mr. Fussy (1976); Mr. Good (2003); Mr. Greedy (1971); Mr. Greedy and His Tummy (1995); Mr. Greedy and the Gingerbread Man (2013); Mr. Greedy Goes Shopping (1979); Mr. Greedy Is Heavily Helpful (1998); Mr. Greedy Is Helpfully Heavy (2006); Mr. Greedy Mr Man Book (1971); Mr. Greedy's Big Book (2002); Mr. Greedy's Guide to Food (2000); Mr. Grumble (1995); Mr. Grumpy (1978); Mr. Happy (1971); Mr. Happy and His Best Smile Ever (1999); Mr. Happy and the Wizard (2004); Mr. Happy at the Seaside (1979); Mr. Happy Finds a Hobby (1998); Mr. Happy Goes to the Beach (1983); Mr. Happy's ABCs (1981); Mr. Happy's Dot-To-Dot (1982); Mr. Happy's Happy Day (1999); Mr. Happy's Smiley Day (2000); Mr. Impossible (1976); Mr. Impossible's Maze Book (1982); Mr. Jelly (1976); Mr. Jelly and the Pirates (2006); Mr. Lazy (1976); Mr. Mean (1976); Mr. Mean's Guide to Management (2000); Mr. Men (1978); Mr. Men ABC (1978); Mr. Men Big Book (1978); Mr. Men Christmas (1976); Mr. Men Learning: Start to Add Up (2000); Mr. Men Learning: Start to Read (2000); Mr. Men on Holiday (1976); Mr. Men Picture Dictionary (1981); Mr. Men Sports Day (1977); Mr. Men Times Table (1982); Mr. Messy (1972); Mr. Mischief (1978); Mr. Mischief in a Spot of Trouble (1998); Mr. Muddle (1976); Mr. Muddle Goes to School (1980); Mr. Muddle in a Muddle (1999); Mr. Nervous (1982); Mr. Nobody (1985); Mr. Noisy (1976); Mr. Noisy and the Giant (2005); Mr. Noisy's Noisy Day (1999); Mr. Nonsense (1978); Mr. Nonsense's Silly Day (2000); Mr. Nosey (1971); Mr. Nosey and the Beanstalk (2012); Mr. Nosey and the Big Surprise (1998); Mr. Nosey and the Lost Balloon (1997); Mr. Nosey Follows His Nose (1980); Mr. Perfect (1995); Mr. Quiet (1978); Mr. Rude (2003); Mr. Rush (1978); Mr. Silly (1972); Mr. Silly at the Farm (1979); Mr. Silly Gets the Giggles (1998); Mr. Silly Joins the Circus (1982); Mr. Silly's Do's & Don't's (1981); Mr. Skinny (1978); Mr. Slow (1978); Mr. Small (1972); Mr. Small: A Big Day Out (1998); Mr. Small's Holiday (2000); Mr. Sneeze (1971); Mr. Snow (1971); Mr. Stingy (1982); Mr. Strong (1976); Mr. Strong and the Flood (1998); Mr. Strong to the Rescue (1980); Mr. Tall (1978); Mr. Tickle (1971); Mr. Tickle and His Tickling Record (1995); Mr. Tickle and the Dragon (2005); Mr. Tickle in a Tangel (1998); Mr. Tickle in the Park (1979); Mr. Tickle's Tickle Time (2000); Mr. Tickles Tickly Day (1999); Mr. Tickle's Toys (1981); Mr. Topsy-Turvy (1972); Mr. Topsy-turvy Round Way Wrong (1998); Mr. Uppity (1972); Mr. Worry (1978); Mr. Wrong (1978); My Daddy (2017); My Mr. Tickle Colouring Book (2011); Neigh (1978); New Pet (2017); Nursery Rhymes (poems) (1984); Oink (1979); Once Upon a Worm (1982); Parent's Guide to the Mr. Books (1981); Percy Purr (1989); Potto Finds a Job (1977); Puff (1979); Puzzle Pastimes (1984); Quack (1979); Richard Wriggle (1989); Roar (1978); Roar's Day of Mistakes (1981); Roger Roar (1989); Sam Squeak (1989); Shapes and Sizes (1982); Shirley Chirp (1989); Show and Tell (1982); Snap (1978); Snap's Big Surprise (1979); Sniff (1979); Squawk (1979); Squeak (1978); Start to Count (2006); Start to Read (2006); Susie Squawk (1989); Teacher's Guide to the Mr. Men Books (1981); The Night Before Christmas (2008); Things (1981); Three Little Misses and the Big Bad Wolf (2013); Trevor Trunk (1989); Trumpet (1978); Trumpet's Trunk (1979); Uncle Hoot (1990); Willie Woof (1989); Woof (1978); Words and Numbers (1984).

Television:

Little Miss (1983); Mr Men, Little Misses (1991); Mr. Good (2021); Mr. Men - The Great Alphabet Hunt (1992); Mr. Men (1974–1976); Mr. Men and Little Miss (1995–1998); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1977); The Mr. Men Show (2008); Timbuctoo (1998–1999).

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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).

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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 felicitĂ  / 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); TotĂ², Peppino e i fuorilegge / TotĂ², Peppino and the outlaws (1956); Umberto D. (1952); Vittorio D. (2009); We'll Call Him Andrea (1972).

Sunday, April 19, 2026

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


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.

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.