On this day in movie history - The Garden Murder Case (1936 movie & novel):

The Garden Murder Case

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Bertram Millhauser,

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

was released in the United States on February 21, 1936.
Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, Nat Pendleton, Gene Lockhart, H. B. Warner, Kent Smith, Grant Mitchell, Frieda Inescort, Henry B. Walthall, Jessie Ralph, Charles Trowbridge, Etienne Girardot, William Austin, Olaf Hytten.

Recommended reading:

The Garden Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

# 9 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1935.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1631942050

ISBN-13: 9781631942051

Description:

In the ninth novels in the series, "The Garden Murder Case," Philo Vance investigates a murder and other suspicious events connected with the rooftop garden of the Garden’s New York penthouse, where a group friends gather to listen to the result of horse races.

According to one review, Garden runs on “passion, avarice, ambition and horse-racing.” It also runs on pure 1930s octane, because this is a classic house-party murder mystery, that staple of the Golden Age. As befitting a Philo yarn, of course, it’s a very Manhattan house-party, with an actress and a socialite on hand, and a bookie on the telephone. There’s also a losing bet on the ponies, and an ensuing suicide…but Philo, natch, is not sure just who pulled the trigger. A joy, as always, for readers who delight in Philo’s spectacular brand of awfulness – is there anyone snootier’ Snobbier’ More taken with himself’ – but also for fans of the Impossible Crime.

Born on this day – Marj Dusay:

Marj Dusay

Actress

February 20, 1936 – January 28, 2020

Credits:

12 Bucks (1998); 18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (2003); 1999 A.D. (1967); A Chronicle of Corpses (2000); A Fire in the Sky (1978); A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All My Children (1998–2002); At Ease (1983); Barnaby Jones (1973–1978); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Biography (2003); Blondie (1968); Bobby Parker and Company (1974); Bonanza (1968–1969); Booker (1990); Breezy (1973); Bret Maverick (1981–1982); Cannon (1972–1973); Capitol (1983–1987); Chase (1973); Cimarron Strip (1967); Clambake (1967); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Crossing Over with John Edward (2003); Dallas (1985); Daniel Boone (1969); Daughters of Privilege (1991); Days of Our Lives (1992–1993); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon (1969); Detective School (1979); Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide (1986); E/R (1984); Family Affair (1970); Friday the 13th: The Series (1990); Galactica 1980 (1980); Get Smart (1967); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Guiding Light (1993–2009); Hart to Hart (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1969); Hogan's Heroes (1968–1970); How William Shatner Changed the World (2005); In the Heat of the Night (1991); Inside Star Trek: The Real Story (1998); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Love Matters (1993); Love Walked In (1997); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Penal Code (1971); MacArthur (1977); Made in Heaven (1987); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Mannix (1971–1974); McCloud (1970); McMillan & Wife (1972); Medical Center (1970); Mod Squad (1969–1970); Most Wanted (1976); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1992); Occasional Wife (1967); Pendulum (1969); Perfect Strangers (1991); Petrocelli (1975); Phyllis (1976); Pride & Loyalty (2002); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Santa Barbara (1987–1991); Siao Yu (1995); SoapTalk (2004–2005); Sons and Daughters (1991); Sorority '62 (1978); Square Pegs (1982); Stalking Laura (1993); Star Trek (1968); Star Trek: A Captain's Log (1994); Stop Susan Williams (1979); Strange Companions (1983); Sweet November (1968); Tattletales (1984); The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1995); The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1995); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2002); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Child Stealer (1979); The Devlin Connection (1982); The F.B.I. (1970–1973); The Facts of Life (1981–1987); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Felony Squad (1969); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1992); The Girl Who Saved the World (1979); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Immortal (1971); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Manhunter (1974); The Merv Griffin Show (1984–1986); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1993); The Odd Couple (1971); The Paradise Connection (1979); The Queen and I (1969); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Star Trek Encyclopedia (1999); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Wild Wild West (1967–1968); Thirty Dangerous Seconds (1973); Tucker's Witch (1982); Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999); Wheels (1978); William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995).

Born on this day – Ed Wheeler:

Ed Wheeler

Actor

Producer

February 18, 1936 - August 21, 2024

Credits:

3-2-1 Contact (1980); ABC Afterschool Specials (1987); Bleach (1998); Blue Bloods (2010); Broadcast News (1987); Cupid (2009); Daylight (1996); Double Parked (2000); Drop Squad (1994); Ed (2000–2002); From Other Worlds (2004); Godzilla (1998); Head of State (2003); Heaven Is a Playground (1991); Hope & Faith (2004); Keane (2004); Keepers of the Flame (2024); Law & Order (1992–2004); Little Bill (2003); Love Songs (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Monsters (1988); New York Undercover (1994); Noël (1992); One Life to Live (2010); Presumed Innocent (1990); Soul Food (2000); The Core of the Apple (1986); The Cry (2007); The Day the Women Got Even (1980); The Good Guy (2009); The Good Heart (2009); The Kill Reflex (1989); Thinner (1996); Third Watch (2000); Uncertainty (2008); Watch Your Mouth (1978); Whoopi (2004).

Born on this day – Joan O'Brien:

Joan O'Brien

Actress

Singer

February 14, 1936 – May 5, 2025

Credits:

About Faces (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Bachelor Father (1960–1961); Bat Masterson (1959–1960); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Bronco (1960); Bus Stop (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Follow the Sun (1962); General Electric Theater (1961); Get Yourself a College Girl (1964); Handle with Care (1958); Hometown Jamboree (1949–1960); It Happened at the World's Fair (1963); It's Only Money (1962); Lock Up (1960); M Squad (1958); Man Without a Gun (1959); Markham (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); Outlaws (1962); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Rawhide (1962); Riverboat (1959); Samar (1962); Shower of Stars (1957); Six Black Horses (1962); Spirit of the Alamo (1960); Surfside 6 (1961); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The Alamo (1960); The Alaskans (1960); The Bob Crosby Show (1953); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Comancheros (1961); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Deputy (1960); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963); The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars (1955); The Islanders (1960); The Liberace Show (1954–1959); The Lieutenant (1964); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Tall Man (1962); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Virginian (1964); The Westerner (1960); Valentine's Day (1965); Wagon Train (1960); We Joined the Navy (1962); Whispering Smith (1961).

Born on this day – Joe Don Baker:

Joe Don Baker

Actor

February 12, 1936 – May 7, 2025

Credits:

Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bonanza (1968); Bracken's World (1970); Cape Fear (1991); Charley Varrick (1973); Checkered Flag or Crash (1977); Citizen Cohn (1992); Complex of Fear (1993); Congo (1995); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Countdown to Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Cowboys from Hell (2025); Criminal Law (1988); Doc Elliot (1973); Edge of Darkness (1985); Eischied (1979–1980); Felony (1995); Final Justice (1985); Fletch (1985); Framed (1975); George Wallace (1997); Getting Even (1986); Golden Needles (1974); GoldenEye (1995); GoldenEye: Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Director Martin Campbell (2006); Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969); Gunsmoke (1966–1969); Honey West (1965); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the Heat of the Night (1989); Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1972); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Joe Dirt (2001); Joysticks (1983); Judd for the Defense (1967); Junior Bonner (1972); Lancer (1968–1970); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mitchell (1975); Mod Squad (1969); Mongo's Back in Town (1971); Mud (2012); Panther (1995); Poodle Springs (1998); Power (1980); Reality Bites (1994); Ring of Steel (1994); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Screen Two (1989); Speedtrap (1977); Strange Wilderness (2008); That Certain Summer (1972); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987); The Big Valley (1969); The Children (1990); The Cleaner (2009); The Commission (2003); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The F.B.I. (1970); The Felony Squad (1967); The Grass Harp (1995); The High Chaparral (1971); The Killing Time (1987); The Living Daylights (1987); The Making of 'GoldenEye 007' (2021); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Natural (1984); The Outfit (1973); The Outsider (1968); The Pack (1977); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Underneath (1995); The Valachi Papers (1972); The Wild West (1993); Timeshift (2015); To Dance with Olivia (1997); To Kill a Cop (1978); Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Tomorrow Never Dies: Storyboard Presentations (2002); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Traps (1994); Vegas, City of Dreams (2001); Wacko (1982); Walking Tall (1973); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Rovers (1971).

Born on this day – Paul Shenar:

Paul Shenar

Actor

Director

February 12, 1936 − October 11, 1989

Credits:

The Very Best of the Football Follies (1988); The Big Blue (1988); Best Seller (1987); Man on Fire (1987); Time Out for Dad (1987); The Bedroom Window (1987); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Dark Mansions (1986); Raw Deal (1986); Dream Lover (1986); Streets of Justice (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Dynasty (1983–1985); Brass (1985); Paper Dolls (1984); Scarface (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983); Deadly Force (1983); The Secret of NIMH (1982); Richard II (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1982); The End of August (1981); Beulah Land (1980); Hart to Hart (1980); Family (1979); Suddenly, Love (1978); Lulu (1978); The Courage and the Passion (1978); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978); The Mask of Alexander Cross (1977); Logan's Run (1977); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); The Hostage Heart (1977); Hawaii Five-O (1976–1977); Roots (1977); Camera Three (1976); Wonder Woman (1976); The Bionic Woman (1976); Gemini Man (1976); The Keegans (1976); The Night That Panicked America (1975); Ellery Queen (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Petrocelli (1975); Kojak (1975); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); Great Performances (1974); Mannix (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Columbo (1974); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973).

Born on this day – Burt Reynolds:

Burt Reynolds

Actor

February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018

Born on this day – Diana Hyland:

Diana Hyland

Actress

January 25, 1936 – March 27, 1977

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1976); Ben Casey (1963); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Burke's Law (1965); Cannon (1975); Convoy (1965); Dan August (1971); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Eight Is Enough (1977); Fan des années 70 (2011); Frontiers of Faith (1960); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Guiding Light (1952); Gunsmoke (1973); Happy Days (1977–1978); Harry O (1975); Hawkins (1974); Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965); I Spy (1966); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1971); Jigsaw (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kojak (1976); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Mannix (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1975); Medical Center (1971–1974); Naked City (1963); One Man's Way (1964); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Ritual of Evil (1970); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Run for Your Life (1965–1966); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sam Benedict (1962); Scalplock (1966); Search (1973); Smoky (1966); Star Tonight (1956); Stoney Burke (1963); Tarzan (1967); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1964); The Big Story (1956–1957); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); The Brighter Day (1955); The Chase (1966); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1967–1972); The Felony Squad (1966); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Green Hornet (1966); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Name of the Game (1969); The Rogues (1965); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); Wagon Train (1963); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Arlene Golonka:

Arlene Golonka

Actress

January 23, 1936 – May 31, 2021

Credits:

1st & Ten (1989–1990); A Family Affair (2001); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Accidental Family (1968); Airport '77 (1977); Alice (1977); All in the Family (1973); Amore! (1993); An All-Consuming Passion (1984); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Benson (1983); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Call Holme (1972); Cannon (1973); Capitol Critters (1992); Car 54, Where Are You? (1963); Carter Country (1977); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1982); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Chase (1974); Cops n Roberts (1995); Detective School Dropouts (1986); Diary of a Bachelor (1964); Dr. Alien (1989); Dragnet (1990); Drexell's Class (1991); Fantasy Island (1979–1982); Faraday and Company (1973); Final Warning (1977); Foxtrap (1986); Fudge (1995); Get Smart (1968); Gimme a Break! (1982–1983); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Growing Pains (1988–1990); Hang 'Em High (1968); Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965); Have a Periwinkle Day (1998); Honeymoon Suite (1973); I Spy (1968); In the Heat of the Night (1992); Insight (1968–1981); It Takes Two (1969); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Joe & Valerie (1979); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Leather Jacket Love Story (1997); Longshot (1981); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, American Style (1971–1974); M*A*S*H (1972); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Matlock (1991–1993); Maude (1974–1975); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971); Most Wanted (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1990); My Tutor (1983); Naked City (1961–1963); New Love, American Style (1986); Nightmare (1974); No Margin for Error (1978); One Day at a Time (1978); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Penelope (1966); Police Story (1978); Police Woman (1974); Sarge (1971); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977); Second Final Warning (1978); Secrets of Midland Heights (1980–1981); Separate Ways (1981); Simon & Simon (1983); Sing America Beautiful (1971); Skeletons (1997); Speed Buggy (1973); Super Friends (1985); Survival Game (1987); Sweepstakes (1979); Taxi (1978); That Girl (1967–1968); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Bait (1973); The Best of Times (1983); The Best of Times (1983); The Big Valley (1967); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Boys Are Back (1995); The Bronx Zoo (1987); The Busy Body (1967); The Cop and the Kid (1976); The Defenders (1963); The Delphi Bureau (1972); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Elevator (1974); The End of Innocence (1990); The F.B.I. (1972); The Family Holvak (1975); The Flying Nun (1967); The Further Adventures of Wally Brown (1980); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Gumshoe Kid (1990); The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The In-Laws (1979); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The King of Queens (2005); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Manhunter (1974); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971–1974); The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973); The New Yogi Bear Show (1988); The Rockford Files (1978); The Rookies (1972); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Scooby-Doo Show (1978); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1976); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); Tony Orlando and Dawn Show (1976); Trained to Kill (1989); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Valerie (1987); We Got It Made (1988); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Young Marrieds at Play (1971).

Born on this day – Ron Harper:

Ron Harper

Actor

January 12, 1936 – March 21, 2024

Credits:

Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story (2015); Drink (2014); Whoa! (2013); Recorded Live (2011); American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010); Uncorked (2009); Cold Case (2008); The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007); James Glickenhaus: Memories of the Soldier (2005); Touched (2005); Glass Trap (2005); Venomous (2001); Pearl Harbor (2001); The West Wing (2001); Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (2001); Malibu, CA (1999); Walker, Texas Ranger (1998); The Odd Couple II (1998); Freedom Strike (1998); Boy Meets World (1998); Night Stand (1995–1997); NightMan (1997); Below Utopia (1997); Melrose Place (1995); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); FBI: The Untold Stories (1992); Generations (1990–1991); Dragnet (1990); Capitol (1985–1987); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Loving (1983–1995); The Soldier (1982); Another World (1980); Love of Life (1980); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Land of the Lost (1976); The Blue Knight (1975); Planet of the Apes (1974); Where the Heart Is (1971–1973); Love, American Style / Love and the Ski Lodge / Love and the Proposal (1970–1972); Cannon (1971); The Wild Season (1971); The Big Valley (1969); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); Wendy and Me (1964–1965); Laramie (1960–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); The Tall Man (1961); The Deputy (1961); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Thriller (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Kraft Theatre (1955).

Born on this day – Linda Lawson:

Linda Lawson

Actress

Singer

January 11, 1936 – May 18, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); Adventures in Paradise (1959–1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Another Woman's Husband (2000); Apache Rifles (1964); Arli$$ (1999); Ben Casey (1965); Bonanza (1960–1965); Border Patrol (1959); Colt .45 (1960); Don't Call Me Charlie (1962–1963); Dr. Vegas (2005); ER (2005); Five Fingers (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1960); House of Harrington (2008); It Takes a Thief (1968); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Let's Kill Uncle (1966); Lock Up (1959); M Squad (1960); Magical Mystery Tour (1967); Man with a Camera (1958); Maverick (1959); Mike Hammer (1959); Mr. Lucky (1960); Mrs. Stone's Thing (1970); Night Tide (1961); One Step Beyond (1960); Overland Trail (1960); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958); Please, Hold the Spaghetti!: Apache Rifles and the End of the Conventional Western (2010); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Stagecoach West (1961); Stu's Show (2023); Sunset Strip (2000); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); That's Life (2000–2001); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Aquanauts (1961); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Millionaire (1959); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rifleman (1961); The Tall Man (1960); The Tenants (2005); The Threat (1960); The Virginian (1966); Tombstone Territory (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Without a Trace (2002).

On this day in movie history - Two in the Dark (1936 movie & novel):

Two in the Dark

directed by Benjamin Stoloff,

written by Gelett Burgess, Willis Goldbeck and Seton I. Miller,

based on the novel Two O'clock Courage by Gelett Burgess,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1936.
Music by Alberto Colombo.

Cast:

Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, Alan Hale, Leslie Fenton, Eric Blore, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Erik Rhodes, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Randall, Ernie Alexander, Ward Bond, Harry Bowen, Nora Cecil, James Conaty, Fern Emmett, Gaston Glass, Russell Hicks, Richard Howard, Arthur Hoyt, Frank Mayo, Tom McGuire, Hector V. Sarno, C. Montague Shaw, Pierre Watkin, Thelma White.

Recommended reading:

Two O’clock Courage

By Gelett Burgess.

Filmed as Two in the Dark (1936), directed by Benjamin Stoloff.

ASIN: B005D2SGQU

Published by Surinam Turtle Press.

Published 1934.

Hardcover.

Description:

This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him. The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.

Born on this day – Mary Tyler Moore:

Mary Tyler Moore

Actress

Producer

December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017

Born on this day – Frederic Forrest:

Frederic Forrest

Actor

December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1987); A Piece of Eden (2000); Against the Wall (1994); All the King's Men (2006); Alone (1997); American Playhouse (1986); Andersonville (1996); Apocalypse Now (1979); Apocalypse Pooh (1987); Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988); Best Kept Secrets (1984); Black Thunder (1998); Boogie Boy (1998); Brando (2007); Calamity Jane (1984); Cat Chaser (1989); Chasers (1994); Ciao! John Crowther (2023); Citizen Cohn (1992); Crash Dive (1996); Dark Shadows (1967); Die Kinder (1990); Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Double Jeopardy (1996); Double Obsession (1992); Falling Down (1993); Futz (1969); Gotham (1988); Hammett (1982); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Hidden Fears (1993); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); Implicated (1998); It Lives Again (1978); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry (1974); Lassie (1994); Little Girl Lost (1988); Lonesome Dove (1989); Militia (2000); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murphy Brown (1998); Music Box (1989); N.Y.P.D. (1968–1969); One from the Heart (1981); One Night Stand (1995); One of Our Own (1997); Path to War (2002); Point Blank (1998); Precious Victims (1993); Promise Him Anything (1975); Quo Vadis? (1985); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Return (1985); Right to Kill? (1985); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983); Shadow Hours (2000); Shadow Lake (1999); Stacking (1987); Star Wars Screen Test - Frederic Forrest (1977); Survival of Dana (1979); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweetwater (1999); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Brave (1997); The Cast of One from the Heart (2024); The Conversation (1974); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); The Dion Brothers (1974); The Directors (1997); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Dream Studio (2004); The End of Violence (1997); The Executioner (1975); The Filthy Five (1968); The First 9 1/2 Weeks (1998); The Habitation of Dragons (1992); The House Next Door (2002); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Parade (1984); The Quality of Light (2003); The Rose (1979); The Spreading Ground (2000); The Stone Boy (1984); The Two Jakes (1990); The Young Riders (1992); Trauma (1993); Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); Twin Sisters (1992); Valentino Returns (1989); Valley Girl (1983); Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003); Viet Rock (1966); Whatever (1998); When the Legends Die (1972); Where Are the Children? (1985); Who Will Love My Children? (1983).

Born on this day – Gail Sheehy:

Gail Sheehy

Writer

November 27, 1936 – August 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Character: America's Search for Leadership (1991); Daring: My Passages: A Memoir (2014); Hillary's Choice (1999); Hustling: Prostitution in Our Wide Open Society (1973); Lovesounds (1970); Middletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope (2003); New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time (1995); Panthermania: The Clash of Black Against Black in One American City (1971); Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence (2010); Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (1976); Pathfinders: Overcoming the Crises of Adult Life (1983); Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life (2007); Speed is of the Essence (1971); Spirit of Survival (1987); The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev (1991); The Silent Passage: Menopause (1993); Understanding Men's Passages: Discovering the New Map of Men's Lives (1998).

Movies and television:

Delorean: Back from the Future (2021); First Ladies (2020); Frontline (2016); Good Morning America (1976–2016); Hustling (1975); IFC News: 2008 Uncut (2008); Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean (2021); New Passages (1996); Radical Wolfe (2023); Slow Burn (2018); Tavis Smiley (2014); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Factor (2007); The Last Editor (2002); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); Traveling Hopefully (1982).

Born on this day – Robert Barnard:

Robert Barnard

Writer

November 23, 1936 – September 19, 2013

Born on this day – Carey Bell:

Carey Bell

Blues musician

November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007

Credits:

Music:

"Unk" in Funk with Muddy Waters (1974); 2 Bugs and a Roach with Earl Hooker (1969); Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell (1973); Blues After Sunrise, with Heinz Sauer and Bob Degen (1980); Blues Blues Blues, with the Jimmy Rogers All Stars (1998); Boy from Black Bayou (1983); Breakdown Blues Live!, with "The Cat" (1992); Brothers in Blues (1993); Brought Up the Hard Way (1999); Carey Bell & Spike Ravenswood (1995); Carey Bell's Blues Harp (1969); Deep Down (1995); Delta Bluesman, with Honeyboy Edwards (1991); Dynasty! (1990); Family Album, with Wentus Blues Band (2004); Gettin' Up: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's and Lurrie's Home, with Lurrie Bell (2007); Goin' on Main Street (1982); Good Candy, with Lovie Lee (1994); Good Luck Man (1997); Harp Attack!, with James Cotton, Junior Wells and Billy Branch (1990); Harpmaster (1994); Harpslinger (1988); Heartaches and Pain (1977 / 1994); I Feel Good! with John Lee Hooker (1970); I Wanna Dance All Night with John Lee Hooker (1970); Just Off Halsted, with Bob Riedy Blues Band (1974); Lake Michigan Ain't No River, with Bob Riedy Blues Band (1972–1973); Last Night (1973); Live at 55 (1994); Mellow Down Easy (1991); My Life (1984); Reality Blues (1980); Second Nature (2004); Son of a Gun (1984); Straight Shoot (1986); Superharps II, with Lazy Lester, Raful Neal and Snooky Pryor (2001); The Blues Masters Bad Case of the Blues (2004); You Can't Take My Blues, with Doug MacLeod (1996).

Movies and television:

Blacktop (2000); Gettin' Up: Carey & Lurrie Bell Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's, and Lurrie's Home (2007); Supernatural (2007); The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009); Trouble with the Curve (2012).

Born on this day – Virna Lisi:

Virna Lisi

Actress

November 8, 1936 – December 18, 2014

Born on this day – Jack Starrett:

Jack Starrett

Actor

Director

November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989

Born on this day – Joe Spinell:

Joe Spinell

Actor

Writer

October 28, 1936 – January 13, 1989