Born on this day – George Folsey Jr:

George Folsey Jr.

Assistant director

Editor

Producer

Cinematographer

January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Ants! (1977); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Basic (2003); Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective (2003); Basic: A Director's Design (2003); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Black Caesar (1973); Bone (1972); Bucktown (1975); Bulletproof (1996); Cabin Fever (2002); Cellmates (2011); Chain of Command (2015); Character Building: The Many Faces of Rick Baker (2007); Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Clarity (2015); Club Dread (2004); Clue (1985); Coming to America (1988); Dead Within (2014); Death Link (2021); Despair (2010); Dirty Work (1998); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Face of the Enemy (1989); Fargo (2003); Fit for Akeem: The Costumes of 'Coming to America' (2007); Freedom Road (1979); Freeloaders (2012); Glass Houses (1972); Goosed (1999); Greedy (1994); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hammer (1972); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Hole in the Paper Sky (2008); Hostel (2005); Hostel Dissected (2006); Hostel: Part II (2007); Hostel: Part III (2011); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Igor (2008); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); Into the Night (1985); J.D.'s Revenge (1976); Just Swipe (2021); Latchkey's Lament (2007); Let's Go to Church (2004); Love and Mary (2007); My Sister (2014); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Norman... Is That You? (1976); One World (2016); Pledge This! (2006); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (2007); Reboot Camp (2020); Schlock (1973); Sex Drive (2008); Shaft (1973–1974); Son of Man (2011); Sourdough (1981); Spies Like Us (1985); Summer Rain (2024); Super Troopers (2001); Thanksgiving (2007); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Gray Man (2007); The Great Santini (1979); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Killing Floor (2017); The Kings of Brooklyn (2004); The Making of 'Thriller' (1983); The Monkees (1967); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Pink Panther (2006); The Rainbow Tribe (2008); The Right Hook (2000); The Ringer (2005); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Wicked Within (2015); The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (1998); Three Amigos! (1986); Thriller (1983); Tracks (1976); Trader Horn (1973); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011); Wolf Mountain (2022).

Born on this day – Stephen Dwoskin:

Stephen Dwoskin

Director

Cinematographer

Editor

Writer

Producer

January 15, 1939 – June 28, 2012

Born on this day – Susannah York:

Susannah York

Actress

January 9, 1939 – January 15, 2011

Credits:

Doctors (2010); Missing (2009); The Calling (2009); Franklyn (2008); Maude (2007); The Stoning (2006); The Gigolos (2006); Prick (2005); Casualty (2004); Holby City (1999); Visitors (2003); Highway (2002); The Book of Eve (2002); Jean (2000); St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000); Loop (1997); So This Is Romance? (1997); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987); The Higher Mortals (1993); Piccolo grande amore (1993); Trainer (1991); Illusions (1992); Devices and Desires (1991); Fate (1990); Boon (1986); Screen Two (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); En håndfull tid (1989); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); After the War (1989); Melancholia (1989); Timewatch (1982); Diamond's Edge (1988); A Summer Story (1988); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987); Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Tomorrow's a Killer (1987); Macho (1986); Daemon (1985); Star Quality (1985); The Love Boat (1985); A Christmas Carol (1984); Nelly's Version (1983); Yellowbeard (1983); We'll Meet Again (1982); Alicja (1982); Late Flowering Love (1981); Loophole (1981); Second Chance (1981); Superman II (1980); Falling in Love Again (1980); The Awakening (1980); Prince Regent (1979); The Golden Gate Murders (1979); Superman (1978); The Silent Partner (1978); Long Shot (1978); The Shout (1978); A Month in the Country (1977); Eliza Fraser (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); That Lucky Touch (1975); The Maids (1975); Gold (1974); Fallen Angels (1974); Jackanory (1965); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); Armchair Theatre (1956); Images (1972); X, Y and Zee (1972); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Jane Eyre (1970); Brotherly Love (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); The Battle of Britain (1969); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); The Killing of Sister George (1968); Duffy (1968); ITV Playhouse (1967); Sebastian (1968); Theatre 625 (1964); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Kaleidoscope (1966); McGinnis (1966); Mystery and Imagination (1966); Scruggs (1965); Sands of the Kalahari (1965); Thursday Theatre (1965); Scene Nun, Take One (1964); NET Playhouse (1964); The 7th Dawn (1964); Tom Jones (1963); Freud (1962); The Tiger and the Horse (1962); The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day (1962); The First Gentleman (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Loss of Innocence (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1955); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The Richest Man in the World (1960); All Aboard (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950).

On this day in movie history - King of the Underworld (1939):

King of the Underworld

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1939.
A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), directed by William Dieterle.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin, Elliott Sullivan, Alan Davis, John Harmon, John Ridgely, Richard Bond, Pierre Watkin, Charles Trowbridge, Edwin Stanley, Sherwood Bailey, Clem Bevans, Sidney Bracey, Frank Bruno, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, William Gould, John Harron, Lew Harvey, Herbert Heywood, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, Mickey Kuhn, Al Lloyd, Paul M. MacWilliams, Jack Mower, Jimmy O'Gatty, Paul Panzer, Richard Quine, John J. Richardson, Ann Robinson, Cliff Saum, Janet Shaw, Carl Stockdale, Doc Stone, Charles Sullivan, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson.

Born on this day – John Amos:

John Amos

Actor

Writer

Producer, December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024

Credits:

20/20 (2018); 30 Rock (2010); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 704 Hauser (1994); A Woman Like That (1997); Act of Faith (2014); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); All About the Andersons (2003–2004); All Over Again (2001); Althea (2014); American Flyers (1985); American Lowrider (2010); American Masters (2002 / 2015 / 2016); Ascension Day (2007); Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015); Ballers (2019); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Because of Charley (2021); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Block Party (2022); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Booo Chapter One (2025); CBS at 75 (2003); Christmas Belles (2019); Christmas in Miami (2021); Clippers (1991); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Contrast of Evil (2013); Cops and Robin (1978); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Dance of the Dwarfs (1983); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard 2: The Bad Guys - Villains' Profile (1990); Dinah! (1975–1976); Disappearing Acts (2000); Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Extra (2015–2019); For Better or Worse (1995); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Future Cop (1976–1977); Get Gotti (2023); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016–2017); Good Morning America (1977); Good Times (1974–1976); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Hauntsville (2016); Here's Boomer (1981); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. Bud Kieser (2021); Hologram Man (1995); Hunter (1984–1985); I Love the '70s (2003); I Love the '80s Strikes Back (2003); In the House (1995–1997); Indie Cinema Showcase (2021); Information Processing (1971); Inside TV Land (2001); Insight (1982); Janet Russell Presents STAR POWER (2015); Johnny Staccato (1989); Judge Amos (2015); Keeping Up with the Joneses (1972); King of the Hill (1998); Let's Do It Again (1975); Lichnyy nomer (2004); Lie to Me (2010); Life After (2012); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lock Up (1989); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Split-Up; Love and the Hiccups (1971–1972); Mac (1992); Madea's Witness Protection (2012); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Martin (1997); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Maude (1973–1974); Me Time (2022); Men in Trees (2006–2008); Mercy for Angels (2015); Mr. Dugan (1979); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Baby's Daddy (2004); My Name Is Earl (2008); Night Trap (1993); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Nubbin & Friends (2016–2017); NYC 22 (2012); One Life to Live (1968); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2017); Pioneers of Television (2013–2014); Police Story (1976); Prime Nostalgia Podcast (2021); Psych (2007); Remembering 'Roots' (2002); Ricochet (1991); Roots (1977); Royal Pains (2010); Sanford and Son (1973); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Shadow Hills (2011); Sister Circle Live (2018); Something to Sing About (2000); Speechless (2008); Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1998); Stills of the Movement: The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke (2009); Stingray (1987); Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971); Tamales and Gumbo (2015); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1975); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The Arsenio Hall Show (1990); The A-Team (1984); The Beastmaster (1982); The Beastmaster Chronicles (2020); The Bob Show (2012); The Chris Rock Show (1997); The District (2000–2001); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994–1995); The Funny Side (1971); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1974–1978); The Howard Stern Show (1990); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2014); The Last O.G. (2018); The Last Rifleman (2023); The Law (2009); The Leslie Uggams Show (1969); The Love Boat (1983); The Magical World of Disney (1983); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The National Disaster Survival Test (1977); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); The Nicole Barrett Show (2015); The Outer Limits (2000); The Players Club (1998); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Ranch (2016–2017); The Righteous Gemstones (2022); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Seventies (2015); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974); The Truth About Santa Claus (2020); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The Wendy Williams Show (2017); The West Wing (1999–2004); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Today (2016); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Touched by an Angel (1995); Touched by Love (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); TV Land Confidential (2005–2007); TV Land Moguls (2009); Two and a Half Men (2010); Two Evil Eyes (1993); Two Evil Eyes / Segment: The Black Cat (1990); Two's Company (1973); Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey (2022); Uncut Gems (2019); Vanishing Point (1971); Voodoo Moon (2006); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Willa (1979); Without a Pass (1991); You Are the Jury (1987); Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (2019); Zombie Hamlet (2012).

On this day in movie history - Gone with the Wind (1939):

Gone with the Wind

directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood,

written by Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling and John Van Druten,

based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1939.
Music by Max Steiner.

Gone with the Wind was the first movie screened on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

when the channel was launched on April 14, 1994.

Cast:

Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Ward Bond, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King Conlon, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson, John Albright, Eric Alden, John Arledge, Roscoe Ates, Trevor Bardette, Dorothy Barrett, Janet Barrett, Lennie Bluett, John Breen, Ralph Brooks, Morgan Brown, Daisy Bufford, Ann Bupp, James Bush, Ruth Byers, Gary Carlson, Horace B. Carpenter, Louise Carter, Shirley Chambers, Eddy Chandler, Silver Chief, Wallis Clark, Richard Clucas, Frank Coghlan Jr., Billy Cook, Jim Corey, Gino Corrado, Martina Cortina, Luke Cosgrave, Kernan Cripps, Patrick Curtis, Russell Custer, Yola d'Avril, Ned Davenport, Marvin Davis, Dolores Dean, Dawn Dodd, Lester Dorr, Phyllis Douglas, Joan Drake, F. Driver, Edythe Elliott, Susan Falligant, Richard Farnsworth, Frank Faylen, Geraldine Fissette, Charline Flanders, Bess Flowers, Greg Giese, Kelly Griffin, George Hackathorne, Chuck Hamilton, Evelyn Harding, Lucille Harding, Inez Hatchett, Jean Heker, Ricky Holt, Shep Houghton, George Huggins, Peaches Jackson, Claire James, Jerry James, Si Jenks, Harvey Karels, Tommy Kelly, Emmett King, W. Kirby, Al Kunde, Paula Lane, Carl M. Leviness, Timothy J. Lonergan, John Long, Robert Locke Lorraine, Barbara Lynn, Margaret Mann, Caren Marsh, William McClain, Leona McDowell, Dock McGill, Peggy McIntyre, George Meeker, Charles Middleton, Lola Milliorn, Hans Moebus, Alberto Morin, Adrian Morris, Lee Murray, H. Nellman, David Newell, Jeanette Noeson, Artie Ortego, Dorothy Ann Pailliot, Naomi Pharr, Lee Phelps, Spencer Quinn, Jolane Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Suzanne Ridgway, Louisa Robert, Azarene Rogers, Scott Seaton, Tom Seidel, Terry Shero, William Stack, William Stelling, Harry Strang, Dirk Wayne Summers, Stephanie Toler, Emerson Treacy, Phillip Trent, Julia Ann Tuck, Tom Tyler, Dale Van Sickel, E. Alyn Warren, Blue Washington, Rita Waterhouse, John Joseph Waterman Jr., Dan White, Sarah Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Guy Wilkerson, Zack Williams, Phyllis Woodward, John Wray.

Born on this day – Yvonne Monlaur:

Yvonne Monlaur

Actress

December 15, 1939 – April 18, 2017

Born on this day – Alessandra Panaro:

Alessandra Panaro

Actress

December 14, 1939 – May 1, 2019

Recommended reading - Detour: An Extraordinary Tale By Martin M. Goldsmith (1939):

Detour: An Extraordinary Tale

By Martin M. Goldsmith.

Filmed as Detour (1945), directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1939.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1515426785
ISBN-13: 978-1515426783

Description:

Alex Roth is a musician who thumbs it out for L.A. and the woman of his dreams. Things hit a snag when a bookmaking driver Alex flags down suddenly ends up dead. With its tight, crisp writing comparable to James M. Cain and Chandler, the work translated perfectly on screen into the legendary noir "Detour," perhaps the greatest low-budget film ever made.

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED … 1938. Alexander Roth is hitchhiking from New York to Los Angeles, where he hopes to reconnect with his self-absorbed, cutesy-poo girlfriend. A car stops to pick him up and he is soon plunged into a long nightmare from which there may be no escape. This fatalistic novel is a forgotten noir masterpiece that has languished for decades in the swamps of neglected crime fiction. In 1945, film director Edgar G. Ulmer cranked out the movie version in a couple of weeks on a microscopic budget, and it is now widely recognized as one of the greatest gems in film noir history. The novel is its equal in every way. Legendary crime fiction author Lawrence Block provides a foreword unique to this edition.

Born on this day – Mark Margolis:

Mark Margolis

Actor

November 26, 1939 – August 3, 2023

Born on this day – Tina Turner:

Tina Turner

Singer

Actress

Dancer

Writer

November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023

Credits:

Albums:

Tina Turns the Country On! (1974); Acid Queen (1975); Rough (1978); Love Explosion (1979); Private Dancer (1984); Break Every Rule (1986); Foreign Affair (1989); What's Love Got to Do with It (1993); Wildest Dreams (1996); Twenty Four Seven (1999).

Movies, television and music videos:

Kygo & Tina Turner: What's Love Got to Do with It (2020); Tina Turner & Elisa: Teach Me Again (2006); Tina Turner: Whatever You Need (2000); Ally McBeal (2000); Tina Turner: When the Heartache is Over (1999); Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner: Cose della vita (Can't Stop Thinking of You) (1997); Tina Turner & Barry White: In Your Wildest Dreams (Animation Version) (1996); Tina Turner & Barry White: In Your Wildest Dreams (1996); Tina Turner: Something Beautiful Remains (1996); Tina Turner: Missing You (1996); Tina Turner: On Silent Wings (1996); Tina Turner: Whatever You Want (1996); Tina Turner: GoldenEye (1995); Tina Turner: Proud Mary (1993); Tina Turner: Disco Inferno (1993); Tina Turner: Why Must We Wait Until Tonight (1993); Last Action Hero (1993); Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Fight - Studio Version (1993); Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Fight (1993); Jimmy Barnes & Tina Turner: (Simply) The Best (1992); Tina Turner: I Want You Near Me (1992); Tina Turner: Love Thing (1992); Tina Turner: Simply the Best - The Video Collection (1991); Tina Turner: Way of the World (1991); Tina Turner: Way of the World - US Version (1991); Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits (1991); Tina Turner: Foreign Affair (1990); Rod Stewart & Tina Turner: It Takes Two (1990); Tina Turner: Be Tender with Me Baby - Live (1990); Tina Turner: Look Me in the Heart (1990); Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Lose You (1989); Tina Turner: Steamy Windows (1989); Tina Turner: The Best (1989); Tina Turner: A Change Is Gonna Come (1988); Tina Turner: We Don't Need Another Hero - Live Version (1988); Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Success (1988); Tina Turner & David Bowie: Tonight (1988); Tina Turner: Addicted to Love (1988); Tina Turner: Paradise is Here (1987); Tina Turner: Break Every Rule (1987); Tina Turner: What You Get Is What You See (1987); Tina Turner: Overnight Sensation (1986); Tina Turner in Tina Turner: Two People (1986); Tina Turner: Typical Male (1986); Bryan Adams & Tina Turner: It's Only Love (1985); Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in Tina Turner: We Don't Need Another Hero (1985); Tina Turner: One of the Living (1985); Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985); Tina Turner: Private Dancer Live from Private Dancer (1985); Tina Turner: Show Some Respect (1985); Tina Turner: I Can't Stand the Rain (1985); Tina Turner: What's Love Got to Do with It (1984); Tina Turner: Better Be Good to Me (1984); Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1984); Tina Turner: What's Love Got to Do with It (B&W Version) (1984); Tina Turner: Help! (1984); Tina Turner: Let's Stay Together (1983); B.E.F. Feat. Tina Turner: Ball of Confusion (1982); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Tommy (1975).

Born on this day – Rosanna Schiaffino:

Rosanna Schiaffino

Actress

November 25, 1939 – October 17, 2009

Born on this day – Allen Garfield:

Allen Garfield

Actor

November 22, 1939 – April 7, 2020

Born on this day – Yaphet Kotto:

Yaphet Kotto

Actor

November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021

Born on this day – George V. Higgins:

George V. Higgins

Writer

November 13, 1939 – November 6, 1999

Credits:

Kennedy for the Defense (1981); Penance for Jerry Kennedy (1985); Defending Billy Ryan (1992); Sandra Nichols Found Dead (1996); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970); The Digger's Game (1973); Cogan's Trade (1974); A City on a Hill (1976); The Judgment of Deke Hunter (1978); Dreamland (1978); A Year or So with Edgar (1979); The Rat on Fire (1981); The Patriot Game (1982); Choice of Enemies (1983); Impostors (1986); Outlaws (1987); The Sins of the Fathers (1988); Trust (1989); Victories (1990); The Mandeville Talent (1991); Bomber's Law (1993); Swan Boats at Four (1995); A Change of Gravity (1997); The Agent (1999); At End of Day (2000); Old Earl Died Pulling Traps (1984); The Easiest Thing In the World (2004); The Friends of Richard Nixon (1976); Style Versus Substance (1984); Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years (1988); The Progress Of The Seasons (1989); On Writing (1990); Boston Noir 2 (2012).

Movies and television:

Killing Them Softly (2012); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The South Bank Show (1988); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973).

Born on this day – Isela Vega:

Isela Vega

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Director

November 5, 1939 – March 9, 2021

Born on this day – Barbara Bosson:

Barbara Bosson

Actress

November 1, 1939 – February 18, 2023

On this day in movie history - The Roaring Twenties (1939):

The Roaring Twenties

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert Rossen, Earl Baldwin, Frank Donoghue and John Wexley,

based on the short story The World Moves On by Mark Hellinger,

was released in the United States on October 28, 1939.

Narrated by John Deering.

Music by Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, George Meeker, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joseph Sawyer, Abner Biberman, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Eddie Chandler, Vera Lewis, John Deering, Elliott Sullivan, Patrick H. O’Malley Jr., Bert Hanlon, Joseph Crehan, Murray Alper, Dick Wessel, George Humbert, Ben Welden, Clay Clement, Don Thaddeus Kerr, Ray Cook, Norman Willis, Arthur Loft, Al Hill, Raymond Bailey, Lew Harvey, Joe Devlin, Jeffrey Sayre, Paul Phillips, Bert Hanlon, Jack Norton, Alan Bridge, Fred Graham, James Blaine, Henry C. Bradley, Lottie Williams, John Harron, Lee Phelps, Nat Carr, Wade Boteler, Creighton Hale, Ann Codee, Eddie Acuff, Milton Kibbee, John Ridgely, Frank Mayo, Bess Flowers, Frank Wilcox, Oscar O’Shea, Robert Armstrong, James Flavin, Emory Parnell.

Born on this day – Melinda Dillon:

Melinda Dillon

Actress

October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023

Born on this day – James Crumley:

James Crumley

Writer

October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Wrong Case (1975); Dancing Bear (1983); The Final Country (2001); The Last Good Kiss (1978); The Mexican Tree Duck (1993); Bordersnakes (1996); The Right Madness (2005); One to Count Cadence (1969); Whores (1988); Muddy Fork & Other Things (1991); Murder For Love (1996); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); The Putt at the End of the World (2000); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Measures of Poison (2002); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 1 (2012); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies:

The Far Side of Jericho (2006); L'esprit de la route (2002).