Born on this day – Michael Lerner:

Michael Lerner

Actor

June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023

Born on this day – Joe Flaherty:

Joe Flaherty

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Dairy Tale (2004); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); A Pig's Tale (1994); American Dad! (2009); An Afternoon with SCTV; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004); Back to the Beanstalk (1990); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Baloney (1988–1989); Belushi (2020); Biography (1995); Blue Monkey (1987); By Design (1981); Call Me Fitz (2012); Canada After Dark (1979); Cartoon Planet (1997); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2008–2010); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2008); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Chilly Beach (2005); Clone High (2002–2003); Club Paradise (1986); Contempt of Court (1998); Count Floyd (1982); Crazy for Christmas (2005); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); Detroit Rock City (1999); Dinosaurs (1993–1994); Distinguished Artists (2005); Double Negative (1980); Dream On (1996); Ellen (1996); eTalk Daily (2007); Even Stevens (2001); Family Guy (2008–2011); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Follow That Bird (1985); Frasier (2002); Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Friends of Gilda (1993); From Cleveland (1980); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Go Fish (2001); Going Berserk (1983); Gold Turkey (1975); Happy Gilmore (1996); Hardball (1994); Heavy Metal (1981); Home on the Range (2004); I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989); I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012); Imagining Heavy Metal (1999); Innerspace (1987); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kid Safe: The Video (1988); King of Kensington (1978); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1991); Little Dracula (1991); Looking for Miracles (1989); Making Real Funny Home Videos (1990); Maniac Mansion (1990–1993); Married... with Children (1989); Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985); Maybe It's Me (2002); Mentors (2000); Monsters (1990); Monstervision (1999); Morton & Hayes (1991); My Talk Show (1990); National Security (2003); Nightlife (2014); Nothing Personal (1980); Nurses (1994); One Crazy Summer (1986); Partners in Life (1990); Phenom (1994); Phil the Alien (2004); Playboy After Dark (1969); Police Academy: The Series (1997–1998); Primetime Glick (2001); Puppets Who Kill (2004); Really Weird Tales / All's Well that Ends Strange / Cursed with Charisma / I'll Die Loving (1986); Rebel Highway (1994); Rio Loco (2004); Royal Canadian Air Farce (2002); Rush: Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984 (1985); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2012); SCTV (1976–1981); SCTV Channel (1983–1984); SCTV Network (1981–1983); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Second City's Next Comedy Legend (2007); Slackers (2002); Snowboard Academy (1997); Speed Zone (1989); Stripes (1981); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Summerhood (2008); Teamo Supremo (2002); That '70s Show (2001); The Best of SCTV (1988); The Business (2007); The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988); The Daily Blade (2000); The David Steinberg Show (1976–1977); The Dead Beat (2008); The Don's Analyst (1997); The Fringe: Acting Up (2006); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Industry (2001); The King of Queens (2001–2003); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003); The Life & Times of Tim (2011–2012); The Louie Show (1996); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Santa Claus Brothers (2001); The Second City 25th Anniversary Special (1985); The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary (1988); The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (1995); The Smoke Detectives (1990); The Sunshine Hour (1976); The Super Popular Show (2004); The True Meaning of Christmas Specials (2002); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); The Wrong Guy (1997); This Is My Friend (2007); Tilt (2005); Too Young to Die (2012); Traders (1999); Tunnel Vision (1976); Uncle Joe's Cartoon Playhouse (2006); Used Cars (1980); Wedding Band (1989); Whatever Happened To? (2007); Who Is the Real Martin Short? (2017); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).

Born on this day – Marlene Warfield:

Marlene Warfield

Actress

June 19, 1941 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Century of Black Cinema (2003); Across 110th Street (1972); Aurora Borealis (2011); Beacon Hill (1975); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Child's Cry (1986); Cold Case (2003); Cutter (1972); Dead Last (2001); Equal Justice (1990); ER (1997); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971); Hill Street Blues (1983); How I Got Into College (1989); In the House (1996); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Joe (1970); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Lou Grant (1978); Madigan (1972); Maude (1977–1978); Network (1976); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989); Pomroy's People (1973); So Weird (2000); The Andros Targets (1977); The Great White Hope (1970); The Jeffersons (1979); The Name of the Game (1970); The Shield (2002); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The West Wing (1999).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Franz:

Elizabeth Franz

Actress

June 18, 1941 – November 4, 2025

Credits:

A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Girl Thing (2001); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989–1995); Alone (2009); American Playhouse (1980–1989); An Unexpected Love (2003); Another World (1982–1983); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Cold Case (2003); Dear John (1989); Death of a Salesman (2000); Face of a Stranger (1991); Gilmore Girls (2001); Grey's Anatomy (2012); Homeland (2011); In Memoriam (2009); It's Nothing Personal (1993); Jacknife (1989); Judging Amy (2000–2001); Law & Order (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Loopy (2004); Monsters (1989); Roseanne (1990); Sabrina (1995); School Ties (1992); Shameful Secrets (1993); Sisters (1994–1995); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Story of a Bad Boy (1999); Take Me to the River (2015); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002); The Equalizer (1987); The House of Mirth (1981); The Pallbearer (1996); The Reader (2005); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Substance of Fire (1996); Thinner (1996); Twisted (1996); Walking to the Waterline (1998); Working in the Theatre (1999–2008).

On this day in movie history - The Get-Away (1941):

The Get-Away

directed by Edward Buzzell and Richard Rosson,

written by Wells Root and W.R. Burnett,

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

was released in the United States on June 13, 1941.

Music by Daniele Amfitheatrof, Earl K. Brent, Joseph Nussbaum, Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed, Henry O'Neill, Dan Dailey Jr., Don Douglas, Ernest Whitman, Grant Withers, Chester Gan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Kingsford, Matty Fain, Fred Aldrich, Barbara Bedford, Clara Blandick, Veda Ann Borg, Wade Boteler, Ed Brady, George M. Carleton, Eddy Chandler, Naomi Childers, Dean Collins, Sayre Dearing, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Dink Freeman, John George, Jack Gordon, Roy Gordon, George Guhl, Frank Hagney, Harry Hayden, Edward Hearn, George Hoagland, Robert Homans, Jack King, Richard Kipling, William Lally, George J. Lewis, Jack Luden, Pierce Lyden, George Magrill, Mickey Martin, Jim Mason, May McAvoy, Mathew McCue, Jewel McGowan, Pat McKee, Art Miles, Philip Morris, Frank O'Connor, Patrick O'Moore, Anne O'Neal, Bob Perry, Lee Phelps, James Pierce, Edwin Rochelle, Dick Rush, Robert Ryan, Charles Sherlock, Ray Spiker, Henry Sylvester, William Tannen, John Wald, Joe Yule.

Born on this day – John Lawlor:

John Lawlor

Actor

Assistant director

June 5, 1941 – February 13, 2025

Credits:

3 Minute Gaps (2011); A Matter of Life and Death (1981); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); After the Shock (1990); Alice (1977); Angel (1982); Banshee Chapter (2013); Barney Miller (1978); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Breaking Bad (2011); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cold Case (2004); Condo (1983); Driftwood (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ellery Queen (1975); Excalibur (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1992); Godless (2017); Gold (2016); Graves (2016); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1999); Here's Boomer (1981); Highlander (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985–1987); In Plain Sight (2009); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); Jackson County Jail (1976); Joe Forrester (1976); Killer Women (2014); Knots Landing (1992–1993); L.A. Law (1993); Longmire (2014); McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Fixit (1988); Naked Run (2011); Newhart (1984); Northern Lights (2000); Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014); Outside Chance (1978); Phyllis (1976–1977); Relentless (1977); S.O.B. (1981); Scoundrels (2010); She's the Sheriff (1987); Simon & Simon (1984); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Best Times (1985); The Bold and the Beautiful (1988–1989); The Bureau (1976); The Country Girls (1983); The Facts of Life (1979–1984); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The New Lassie (1991); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Reunion (2011); The Roaring Twenties (2008); The Rockford Files (1975); The Trumpeter (2004); Today (2010); United States (1980); Why Us? (1981); Wyatt Earp (1994).

Born on this day – Robert Weatherwax:

Robert Weatherwax

Director

Writer

Dog Trainer

June 4, 1941 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

Back to the Future (1985); Big Jake (1971); CBS Mornings (1994); Dennis the Menace (1987 / 1993); Hollywood's Top Dogs (2006); Lassie (1956–1967); Lassie (1994); Lassie (1997–1999); Moment by Moment (1978); Nickelodeon (1976); 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002); Paws, Claws & Videotape (2010); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Second Thoughts (1983); Skeezer (1982); Stone Fox (1987); Taking Hollywood by Storm (2019); The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The New Lassie (1989 / 1991 / 1992); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Thing (1982); The Weatherwax Legacy (2011); Top Dog (1995); Watchers (1988).

Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

Nicole Van Goethem

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000

Credits:

Drawing the Film

By Nicole Van Goethem.

Published 1988.

ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524

The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).

A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

IMDB synopsis:

Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.

Awards:

Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, for her movie: A Greek Tragedy (1985).

Book:

Drawing the Film (1988).

Movies and television:

A Greek Tragedy (1985); B.C. Rock (1980); Human Rights Article 13 (1988); John the Fearless (1984); Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975); Trouble in Paradise (1989); Verloren maandag (1974); Vol van gratie (1987).

Born on this day – Robert Logan:

Robert Logan

Actor

Writer

May 29, 1941 – May 6, 2024

Credits:

1st & Ten (1984); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Night in Heaven (1983); Across the Great Divide (1976); Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979); Beach Ball (1965); Born to Race (1988); Catlow (1971); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Daniel Boone (1965–1966); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Kelly (1981); Man Outside (1987); Maverick (1961); Mr. Novak (1964); Patriots (1996); Redboy 13 (1997); Riptide (1984); Scorpion (1986); Snowbeast (1977); Surfside 6 (1961); The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Sea Gypsies (1978).

Born on this day – Nora Ephron:

Nora Ephron

Writer

Director

May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012

Credits:

60 Minutes / Randy Newman / Rob Reiner (1994–1997); Acting for the Camera (2009); Adam's Rib (1973); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); American Masters (2012); Bewitched (2005); Bewitched: Star Shots (2005); Biography (1999–2006); Cake (2005); Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005); CBS This Morning (1993); Charles Portis: The Greatest Writer You've Never Heard Of... (2011); Charlie Rose (1998–2010); Cookie (1989); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dateline NBC (2006); Delivering 'You've Got Mail' (2008); Dreams on Spec (2007); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2001); Film Genre (2002); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (2007); Hanging Up (2000); HBO First Look (1998–2000); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hopeless Pictures (2005); Husbands and Wives (1992); Intimate Portrait (1995–2003); Julie & Julia (2009); L'amour, la mort, les fringues (2011); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1992); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Leaves of Grass (2009); Lucky Numbers (2000); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015); Michael (1996); Mixed Nuts (1994); My Blue Heaven (1990); New York 360º Presents: The 2007 Matrix Awards (2007); New York at the Movies (2002); On Story (2019); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Primetime (1989); Real Time with Bill Maher (2010); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1998); Silkwood (1983); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Smiling Through the Apocalypse (2013); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Steve Martin: Seriously Funny (1999); Strike! (1998); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Colbert Report (2006); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Directors (1999); The Five Stages of Grief (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Home Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Post (2017); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The South Bank Show (1995); The View (2007); This Is My Life (1992); This Week (2006); Through The Grape Vine (2011); Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006); We All Dream of Oz (2000); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where's Elvis This Week? (1996); Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005); You've Got Mail (1998).

Born on this day – Diane McBain:

Diane McBain

Actress

May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); A Distant Trumpet (1964); Airwolf (1984); Arrest and Trial (1964); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966–1967); Besotted (2001); Black Gold (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cab to Canada (1998); Charlie's Angels (1979–1981); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Dallas (1978); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Eight Is Enough (1981); Five the Hard Way (1969); General Hospital (1988); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Huyendo del halcón (1973); I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969); Ice Palace (1960); Invisible Mom II (1999); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Knight Rider (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1970); Lawman (1960); Legend of the Wild (1981); Love, American Style / Love and the Roommate (1969); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Mary, Mary (1963); Maryjane (1968); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1959); Mod Squad (1971); Once Upon a Starry Night (1978); Parrish (1961); Police Story (1974); Puppet Master 5 (1994); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1978–2014); Spinout (1966); Strong Medicine (2001); Stu's Show (2014); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Alaskans (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1965); The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Caretakers (1963); The Christmas Path (1998); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Deathhead Virgin (1974); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Delta Factor (1970); The Karate Killers (1967); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968); The Red Fury (1984); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Season (1971); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); The Young and the Restless (1999); Thunder Alley (1967); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valentine's Day (1964); Wendy and Me (1964); Wicked, Wicked (1973); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – James Mitchum:

James Mitchum

Actor

May 8, 1941 – September 20, 2025

Credits:

Ambush Bay (1966); Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood (1990); Blackout (1978); Code Name Zebra (1987); Colli di cuoio (1989); Colorado Territory (1949); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Enemy (1990); Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1992); Girls Town (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hollywood Cop (1987); Im Dschungel ist der Teufel los (1982); In Harm's Way (1965); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Marked for Murder (1990); Massacre at Grand Canyon (1964); Mercenary Fighters (1988); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Monstroid (1980); Moonrunners (1975); Raiders of the Magic Ivory (1988); Ride the Wild Surf (1964); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Stickfighter (1994); The 18th Rudolph Valentino Awards (1990); The Beat Generation (1959); The High Chaparral (1969); The Invincible Six (1970); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Money Trap (1965); The Ransom (1977); The Tramplers (1965); The Victors (1963); Thunder Road (1958); Trackdown (1976); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Young Guns of Texas (1962).

On this day in movie history - Citizen Kane (1941 movie & book):

Citizen Kane

directed by Orson Welles,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles,

John Houseman, Roger Q. Denny and Mollie Kent,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1941.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan, Don Ackerman, Loretta Agar, John Alban, Demetrius Alexis, Peter Allen, William Alston, Baudelio Alva, T. Lockwood Arbright, Sam Ash, Michael Audley, Walter Bacon, Harry A. Bailey, Richard Barr, Alva Baudena, Brandon Beach, Charles Bennett, Joan Blair, William A. Boardway, Danny Borzage, Robert Brent, James Brought, Morgan Brown, Harry Burkhardt, William Calkins, Porter Chase, Gene Chervow, J.J. Clark, Dorothy Cleveland, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Coke, Nat 'King' Cole, Tom Coleman, Gene Coogan, Sally Corner, Gino Corrado, Herbert Corthell, Maurice Costello, Irene Crosby, Charles Cross, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Jack Curtis, Ed Dahlen, Ernie Daniels, Coy Danz, Margaret Davis, Tim Davis, Dona Dax, Marie Day, Petra R. de Silva, Gayle DeCamp, Frances Deets, Carl Deloro, George DeNormand, Eddie Dew, John Dilson, Robert Dudley, Lou Duello, Suzanne Dulier, Art Dupuis, Pauline Easterday, Al Eben, Johnny Eckert, Jack Egan, Carl Ekberg, Richard Elmore, Edith Evanson, Carl Faulkner, Juanita Fields, Bess Flowers, Jack Floyd, Ray Flynn, Monty Ford, Jean Forward, Olin Francis, Louise Franklin, Al Frazier, Guy Gada, Gloria Gale, Captain Garcia, Jack Gargan, Bud Geary, Rudy Germane, Bob Gladman, Renee Godfrey, Jerry Gordon, Peter Gowland, Jimmy Grant, Jesse Graves, Ernest Grooney, Jack Gwynne, Robert Haines, Frank Haney, Harry Harris, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Henry Hebert, Edward L. Hemmer, Cliff Herd, Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, Harlan Hoagland, John Huettner, Mitchell Ingraham, Jack Itay, Jack Jahries, Walter James, George W. Jimenez, CeePee Johnson, Clayton Jones, Edna Mae Jones, Harry Jones, Alexander Julian, William Kane, Arthur Kay, Ivy Keene, Kenneth Kendall, E. Kerry, Milton Kibbee, Laura Knight, Alan Ladd, Mike Lally, Carmen Laroux, Perc Launders, Walter Lawrence, Robert Lawson, Bert LeBaron, David Ledner, Adam Linke, J.D. Lockhart, Mary Lorraine, Ellen Lowe, Ludwig Lowry, Buck Mack, James T. Mack, Evelyn Mackert, Teddy Mangean, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Manolas, Joe Manz, Loretta Marsh, Mickey Martin, Clyde McAtee, Major McBride, Lee McCluskey, John McCormack, Frank McLure, Charles Meakin, Hercules Mendez, Jim Merritt, Buddy Messinger, E.G. Miller, Irving Mitchell, Bert Moorhouse, Philip Morris, Jack Morton, Louis Natheaux, Frances E. Neal, Lillian Nicholson, Leda Nicova, George Noisom, Joseph North, John Northpole, Field Norton, William H. O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Frank O'Connor, Paddy O'Flynn, Lillian O'Malley, Edward Peil Jr., Gerald Pierce, Thomas Pogue, Russ Powell, J.R. Ralston, Terrance Ray, Jack Raymond, Alton Redd, William Reed, Guy Repp, Jolane Reynolds, Sam Rice, Verne Richards, Suzanne Ridgway, Cyril Ring, Myrtle Rishell, Jack Robbins, Don Roberts, George Rogers, Victor Romito, Benny Rubin, Shimen Ruskin, Edward Ryan, Jack Ryan, Robert Samven, Walter Sande, Jack Santoro, Francis Sayles, Dick Scott, Ruth Seeley, George Sherwood, Brent Shugar, Bruce Sidney, Guy Smith, Roy Smith, Vince Speaker, George Sperry, Sam Steele, Tom Steele, Ralph Stein, Bert Stevens, Landers Stevens, Dimas Sutteno, Jack Taylor, Norman Taylor, Bob Terry, Karl Thomas, Robert B. Tobin, Gregg Toland, Kathryn Trosper, Fred Trowbridge, Glen Turnbull, Gohr Van Vleck, Harry J. Vejar, Tim Wallace, Ken Weaver, Charles West, Larry Wheat, Patrick Whitney, Jan Wiley, Bill Wilkens, Larry Williams, Tudor Williams, Richard Wilson, Vivian Wilson, Roland Winters, Vera Winters, Arthur Yeoman, Louis Young.

Recommended reading:

Citizen Kane

By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Published by Methuen Drama.

Published 2002.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413771873

ISBN-13: 978-0413771872

Description:

"A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" – Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming.

"Citizen Kane revolutionised film-making, and the question of its authorship is as important to the cinema as that of Hamlet to the theatre ... Pauline Kael explains how the picture came to be made and concludes that the man most responsible for its creation was not Welles but Herman J. Mankiewicz" – Kenneth Tynan, Observer.

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films.

This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock" (Kenneth Tynan) - one of the best-loved and best-known movies in the history of Hollywood and still the most staggering film debut ever. Not only was this Orson Welles's first film as actor and director but most of the cast were also new to the cinema. Yet so controversial was the subject matter that an $842,000 bribe and the concentrated wrath of the Hearst newspaper empire combined in an attempt to strangle its distribution. And the authorship of the film is still a subject of conflict.

Pauline Kael's long essay, "Raising Kane", dissects a maze of Hollywood lore to re-evaluate these and many other fascinating stories about the making of this remarkable film. Her account is followed by the original screenplay, illustrated with stills and frame enlargements.

Born on this day – Claudine Auger:

Claudine Auger

Actress

April 26, 1941 – December 18, 2019

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968); Alerte à Orly (1964); Anyone Can Play (1967); Asalto al casino (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971); Bloody Sun (1974); Borsalino and Co. (1974); Christine (1958); Cinéma (1966); Cinémas (2010); Climb It, Tarzan! (2011); Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969); Compression (2023); Credo (1983); Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976); Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon (1966); Desire (1992); Die goldenen Schuhe (1983–1984); Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977); Equinozio (1971); Escalation (1968); Fantastica (1980); Flic Story (1975); Fregoli (1981); Games of Desire (1964); Gli ordini sono ordini (1972); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances / The Man Who Married a French Wife (1981); Gypsy (1966); I bastardi (1968); Il colpaccio (1976); Il gioco dei 9 (1991); Il mistero del tempio indiano (1963); Il padre di famiglia (1967); Il pentito (1985); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the French Style (1963); Italiques (1971); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond in the Bahamas (2008); James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (2015); Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (1963); Komm, süßer Tod (1969); Kvitt eller dobbelt (1994); La bocca (1991); La caméra explore le temps (1964); La nasse (1978); La nuit des 7 d'or (1985); La nuit des Césars (1979–1991); La piovra (1990); L'associé (1979); Le masque de fer (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961); Les moutons de Panurge (1961); Les oiseaux de Meiji Jingu (1974); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); L'homme de Marrakech (1966); L'intrépide (1975); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); Lobster for Breakfast (1979); L'ombra della sera (1994); Lovers and Liars (1979); Mardi cinema (1987); Medical Center (1972); Men Always Lie (1995); Oggi ho vinto anch'io (1989); Pane, burro e marmellata (1977); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pour cent millions (1990); Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006); Prestami tua moglie (1980); Que c'est triste Paris (1976); Qui c'est ce garçon? (1987); Reflets de Cannes (1965); Secret Places (1984); Signé croisette (1993); Spia - Il caso Philby (1977); Sport en fête (1973); Summertime Killer (1972); Take Thirty (1965); Terrain vague (1960); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Bermuda Triangle (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil's Lieutenant (1984); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Exotic Locations of 'Thunderball' (2006); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Killing Game (1967); The Man who Married a French Wife (1984); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); The Red and the Black (1997); The Seven Deadly Sins / L’Envie (1962); The South Bank Show (2008); The Sparrow's Fluttering (1988); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966); Thunderball (1965); Thunderball: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Thunderball: Production Footage (1964); Thunderball: The London Pavillion Premiere (1965); Triple Cross (1966); Un amore di donna (1988); Un orage immobile (1995); Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978); Una bella grinta (1965); Una grande storia d'amore (1988); What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986); Yoyo (1965).

Born on this day – Ryan O’Neal:

Ryan O’Neal

Actor

Producer

April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023

Credits:

Bones (2006–2017); Knight of Cups (2015); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); 90210 (2010); Waste Land (2007); Desperate Housewives (2005); Miss Match (2003); Malibu's Most Wanted (2003); People I Know (2002); Epoch (2001); Bull (2000–2001); The List (2000); Gentleman B. (2000); Coming Soon (1999); Zero Effect (1998); An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997); Hacks (1997); Faithful (1996); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); Man of the House (1995); The Man Upstairs (1992); 1775 (1992); Good Sports (1991); Small Sacrifices (1989); Chances Are (1989); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987); Fever Pitch (1985); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Partners (1982); So Fine (1981); Green Ice (1981); Obsession (1981); The Main Event (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); The Driver (1978); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Nickelodeon (1976); Barry Lyndon (1975); Paper Moon (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wild Rovers (1971); Love Hate Love (1971); Love Story (1970); The Games (1970); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1969); The Big Bounce (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1969); European Eye (1968); Wagon Train (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Virginian (1963); Empire (1962–1963); My Three Sons (1962); Leave It to Beaver (1961); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Two Faces West (1961); Laramie (1961); Bachelor Father (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); The Untouchables (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960).

Born on this day – David Leland:

David Leland

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

April 20, 1941 – December 24, 2023

Credits:

The Borgias (2012); Virgin Territory (2007); Concert for George (2003); Band of Brothers (2001); The McCartney Years (1999); The White River Kid (1999); The Land Girls (1998); When Saturday Comes (1996); Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback (1995); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); Traveling Wilburys: Inside Out (1990); Traveling Wilburys: She's My Baby (1990); Crossing the Line (1990); Tom Petty: I Won't Back Down (1989); Traveling Wilburys: Handle with Care (1988); Checking Out (1988); Personal Services (1987); Wish You Were Here (1987); Mona Lisa (1986); Arena (1985); The Jewel in the Crown (1984); R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983); Flying Into the Wind (1983); Birth of a Nation (1983); Made in Britain (1982); The Missionary (1982); Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981); Time Bandits (1981); The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981); Play for Today (1981); Bull Week (1980); Ripping Yarns (1979); Target (1978); The Devil's Crown (1978); Warrior Queen (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1973); Gawain and the Green Knight (1973); Barlow at Large (1973); Van der Valk (1972); The Pied Piper (1972); The Last of the Mohicans (1971); One Brief Summer (1971); Scars of Dracula (1970); Underground (1970); Julius Caesar (1970); 1917 (1970); Parkin's Patch (1969); Spindoe (1969); Callan (1969); The Sign of Four (1968); The Queen Street Gang (1968); Sat'day While Sunday (1967); Four People (1966).

Born on this day – Alf Clausen:

Alf Clausen

Composer

March 28, 1941 – May 29, 2025

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Love Letter to Jack Benny (1981); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); ALF (1986–2004); Bette (2000–2001); Career Opportunities (1991); Channel 99 (1988); Charmed (2003); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989–1990); Christine Cromwell (1989–1990); Dads (1986–1987); Diminishing Returns (2018–2019); Donny and Marie (1977); Dragnet (1987); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Face the Music (1980–1981); Fame (1984); Fast-Walking (1982); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Forced Vengeance (1982); Half Baked (1998); Harry (1987); Hey Arnold! (1996–2004); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Hey Arnold!: 24 Hours to Live (1994); Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (2017); Homer's Sugar Mound (2011); Into the Night (1985); Level Seven (2025); Lime Street (1985–1986); Los Cuentos de Cri Cri (1984); Lots of Luck (1985); Maude (1975); May the 12th Be with You (2024); Memories of Moonlighting (2006); Micki + Maude (1984); Mirrors (1985); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Moonlighting (1985–1989); Morning Joe (2021); Morning Joe Weekend (2025); Mr. Mom (1983); Murder in Three Acts (1986); Mutts (1988); My First Love (1988); My Life and Times (1991); My Science Project (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2009); Now and Again (1999); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Omnibus (1980); Partners in Crime (1984); Police Story: The Watch Commander (1988); Rogue Not Quite One (2023); Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (2010); She Knows Too Much (1989); Spacecats (1991); SparkShorts (2019); Splash (1984); Stranded (1986); The Beastmaster (1982); The Critic (1994–2001); The Eiger Sanction (1975); The Force Awakens from Its Nap (2021); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2015); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Simpsons (1990–2025); The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (2010); The Simpsons Have Landed (1996); The Simpsons Take the Bowl (2014); The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010); 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (2000); The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (1996); The Simpsons: Wrestling (2001); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Undefeated (1969); The Wickedest Witch (1989); This Is Kate Bennett... (1982); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Time Walkers (2025); Too Young to Die (2015); Up the Creek (1984); WatchMojo (2017); Weird Science (1985); Wise Guys (1986); Wizards and Warriors (1983).

Born on this day – Bruno Ganz:

Bruno Ganz

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019

Credits:

4Pop (2004); 5% de risque (1980); Bread and Tulips (2000); Brot (2011); Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (2017); Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2006); Charlie Rose (2005); Chikita (1961); Children of Nature (1991); Circle of Deceit (1981); Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören (2003); Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015); Closed Circuit (1983); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Colors in the Dark (2010); Continuarà... (2009); Copacabana (2007); Das Ende ist mein Anfang (2010); Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); Der Bernd (2012); Der Erfinder (1980); Der grosse Kater (2010); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (1972); Der Park (1985); Der Pendler (1986); Der sanfte Lauf (1967); Der Spaßvogel (1964); Deutscher Filmpreis 2014 (2014); Deutscher Filmpreis 2017 (2017); Diario senza date (1995); Días de cine (2017); Die Bakchen (1974); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Die Mutter (1971); Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968); Die Unberatenen (1966); Die Ursache bin ich selbst (1986); Die Vitusmacher (2006); Die Wette (1990); Downfall (2004); Ein starker Abgang (2008); Eine große Familie (1970); El río de oro (1986); El trabajo de un actor (1985); Epoca: The Making of History (2002); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer (2002); Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf (2006); Erfolg (1991); Es Dach überem Chopf (1962); Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991); Eternity and a Day (1998); Etwas wird sichtbar (1981); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Fermata Etna (1981); Fortuna (2018); Frühlings Erwachen (1966); Gala from Berlin (1991); Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982); Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998); Geschichte einer Liebe (1978); Geysir und Goliath (2010); Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (2015); Hands Up! (1981); Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005); Heidi (2015); Heller Tag (1994); A Hidden Life (2019); Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013); Alias Kurban Saïd (2004); Amnesia (2015); Anwalt Abel (1996); Asmara (1993); Återkomster (1994); Bankomatt (1989); Baruto no gakuen (2006); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (2002); Boulevard Bio (2002); Brandnacht (1992); Il grande Fausto (1995); Im Dickicht der Städte (1968); In Order of Disappearance (2014); In the White City (1983); In Times of Fading Light (2017); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001); Julia's Disappearance (2009); Karussell (1981); Killer aus Forida (1983); Knife in the Head (1978); Krieg und Frieden (1982); Kulturplatz (2005); La forza del passato (2002); La provinciale (1980); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le quatuor des possibles (1993); L'Ellipse (1998); Logik des Gefühls (1982); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2010 (2010); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2011 (2011); Lumiere (1976); Lumière and Company / Wim Wenders (1995); Luther (2003); Maß für Maß (1968); Menschen bei Maischberger (2004); Naquele Dia em Lisboa (2023); NeXt (2000); Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (2005); Night Train to Lisbon (2013); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Of Women and Horses (2011); Oggetti smarriti (1980); Peer Gynt (1971); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Polenta (1980); Prague (1992); Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973); Private Resistance (1985); Remember (2015); Retour à la bien-aimée (1979); Saint-Ex (1996); Schrödingers kat (1990); Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978); Signé croisette (1998); Sommergäste (1976); Sounds and Silence (2009); Spiel für Dein Land (2015); Stairway to Nowhere (2008); Strapless (1989); Sul nome Bach (2011); Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991); Tatort (1996); Taxiphone: El Mektoub (2010); The 2010 European Film Awards (2010); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The Absence (1992); The American Friend (1977); The Architecture of Doom (1989); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); The Big Ben Cinematic Universe (2018); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Counselor (2013); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Featurette (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Interview Excerpts (1992); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Little Prince (2011); The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Marquise of O (1976); The Naked King (2019); The Party (2017); The Reader (2008); The Tobacconist (2018); The Vatican (2013); The Wild Duck (1976); The Witness (2018); Tödliches Schweigen (1996); Torquato Tasso (1969); Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008); Un amore di donna (1988); Universum (1997); Unknown (2011); Unknown: The Story (2011); Unknown: What Is Known? (2011); Unsere Besten (2003); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vitus (2006); Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre (2007); Von Zeit zu Zeit (1989); WerAngstWolf (2000); Who the F... Is Roger Rossmeisl (2020); Wings of Desire (1987); Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003); Winter Journey (2019); You Can't Go Home Again (1999); Youth Without Youth (2007); Zur Person (2001).

Born on this day – Florence Delay:

Florence Delay

Writer

Actress

March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025

Credits:

Novels, essays, plays:

Act of the Passion (1983); Beauténébreux (1999); Catalina, Inquest (1994); Dit Nerval (1999); Etxemendi (1990); Graal théâtre (1977–1981); It seems to me (1987); La sortie au jour (1987); Le divin Narcissus 1987); Les Moitiés (1991); L'Hexaméron (1990); Love Race During Mourning (1986); Marco Polo (1985); Michée, Aggée, Zechariah, Malachie, (2001); Midnight on the Games (1973); My Spain (2008); Red Carnation on the Sand (1994); Red score (1988); Rich and Light (1983); Six Galician Poems (1998); Small Prose Forms after Edison (1987); Suzanne's Weeks (1991); The Brief Seduction (1997); The Celestine (1989); The Decadence of Illiteracy (1988); The Eclypse of the Ball (1987); The End of Ordinary Times (1996); The Failure of the Party (1980); The Foghorn Ouch (1975); The Great Theatre of the World followed by Trial in the Separation of the Soul and the Body (2004); The Man from Luxembourg (1998); The Sound Solitude of the Bullfighter (1989).

Movies & television:

Apostrophes (1978–1989); Collections privées / Segment: Kusa-Meikyu (1979); Deep Water (1981); Droit d'auteurs (1997–2001); Georges Bernanos, Histoire d'un homme libre (2019); La memoria fértil (1986); L'ambassade (1973); L'amitié (2022); Le bateau livre (2008); Le cercle de minuit (1997); Le jouet criminel (1969); Les ailes de la colombe (1981); Les deux mémoires (1974); Les visages de Jeanne (2004); L'homme en question (1978); Los años Arruza (1996); Mort de Raymond Roussel (1975); Ouvrez les guillemets (1973); Portraits d'écrivains (1986); Réception de Simone Veil à l'Académie Française (2010); Sans Soleil (1983); See Here My Love (1978); The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962); Un siècle d'écrivains (2000); Vol de nuit (2004).

On this day in movie history - Sleeper’s West (1941):

Sleeper’s West

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Brett Halliday, Lou Breslow and Stanley Rauh,

based on the novel Sleeper's East by Frederick Nebel,

was released in the United States on March 14, 1941.
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello, Ben Carter, Donald Douglas, Oscar O'Shea, Harry Hayden, Hamilton MacFadden, Ferike Boros, George Chandler, James Conaty, Oliver Cross, Ralph Dunn, Harold Goodwin, Jesse Graves, Sherry Hall, Paul Kruger, Sam McDaniel, Charles Meakin, Charles R. Moore, Mantan Moreland, George O'Hanlon, Dick Rush, Syd Saylor, Allen D. Sewall, Harry Strang, Charles Tannen, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones.