Born on this day – Michael Apted:

Michael Apted

Director

Producer

February 10, 1941 – January 7, 2021

Born on this day – Ron Thompson:

Ron Thompson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Dancer

January 31, 1941 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

American Me (1992); American Playhouse / This Ain't Bebop (1989); American Pop (1981); Amy Prentiss (1974); An Interview with Joe Black (2017); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baretta (1975–1976); Bottleneck (2006); Bronk (1975); Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968); Cagney & Lacey (1985); [Cargo] (2018); Chicks, Man (2018); Crisis Center (1997); Death Ring (1992); Deep Cover (1992); Ethnically Ambiguous (2020); Fallen Arches (2000); Gena (2018); Happy Winter Solstice (2014); Hate Horses (2017); Ironside (1974); Last Days of Coney Island (2015); Low Town (2017); Mannix (1974); Natasha Hall (2021); Quincy M.E. (1977); Stitches (2017); Suffrage (2023); Tellers (2019); The Actor's Choice (2018–2019); The Dream Makers (1975); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Gun (1974); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2023); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only One in the Room (2020); The Rebels (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Waltons (1980); The White Buffalo (1977); This Ain't Bebop (1989).

Born on this day – Jessica Walter:

Jessica Walter

Actress

January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021

Born on this day – Jeannie Epper:

Jeannie Epper

Stuntwoman

Actress

January 27, 1941 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003); 78/52 (2017); A Dangerous Place (1994); A Very Brady Sequel (1996); After (2012); All's Fair (1989); American Son (2008); Amy & Isabelle (2001); Armageddon (1998); Article 99 (1992); Avalanche Express (1979); Bad Boys II (2003); Behind the Taurus (2008); Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); Black Sunday (1977); Blade (1998); Blade Runner (1982); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blown Away (1994); Bound for Glory (1976); Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Caveman (1981); Cedar Rapids (2011); Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981); Charlie's Angels (1976–1981); Charmed (2002); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Clue (1985); Coffy (1973); Come See the Paradise (1990); Con Air (1997); Criminal (2004); Criminal Minds (2009); Dead Again (1991); Deathtrap (1982); Demolition Man (1993); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Double Dare (2004); Dreamrider (1993); Drum (1976); Dynasty (1983–1986); Dynasty: The Reunion (1991); Earthquake (1974); Eaten Alive (1976); Eleventh Hour (2009); Elizabethtown (2005); Elopement (1951); Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988); Emergency! (1973); Epic Chick Fight (2013); Evilution (2008); Extreme Justice (1993); Extremities (1986); Fire Down Below (1997); Fletch (1985); Flight (2012); Flowers in the Attic (1987); Foxy Brown (1974); Freaky Friday (2003); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Getting Physical (1984); Ghost Warrior (1984); Ground Zero Texas (1994); Ground Zero Texas: Nuclear Edition (2021); Guns & Lipstick (1995); Hairless (2004); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Hello, Dolly! (1969); High School High (1996); Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action (2023); Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992); Hot Pursuit (2015); I Heart Huckabees (2004); Innocent Blood (1992); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); K-9 (1989); Kazaam (1996); Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); L.A. Heat (1997); Laverne & Shirley (1977 / 1979); Legacy (2004); Legal Eagles (1986); Little Big Man (1970); Logan's Run (1976); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Made for Each Other (2015); Mame (1974); Medical Center (1973); Melvin and Howard (1980); Metro (1997); Midnight's Child (1992); Million Dollar Mystery (1987); Minority Report (2002); Mobsters (1991); Money Train (1995); Monk (2005); Mother (1995); Murphy's Law (1986); Mystery Men (1999); National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989); Night of the Running Man (1995); Nothing Special (2010); November (2004); Off the Mark (1987); Orange County (2002); Our Man Flint (1966); Outrageous Fortune (1987); Patty Hearst (1988); Play Misty for Me (1971); Poltergeist (1982); Poseidon (2006); Private Resort (1985); Quarantine (2008); Retribution (1987); Road House (1989); RoboCop (1987); Romancing the Stone (1984); Running Red (1999); Rush Hour 2 (2001); Separate Lives (1995); Set It Off (1996); Sgt. Bilko (1996); Silver Streak (1976); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Soldier (1998); Soylent Green (1973); Spider-Man (2002); Spy Hard (1996); State of Play (2009); Steel (1997); Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (2020); Submerged (2000); Supernatural (2005); Surrender, Dorothy (2005); Switch (1991); Switchblade Sisters (1975); Table for Three (2009); Tales from the Crypt (1989 / 1990); Terms of Endearment (1983); The Amanda Show (2001); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); The Back-up Plan (2010); The Beastmaster (1982); The Big Valley (1965–1969); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Book of Eli (2010); The Boyfriend School (1990); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006); The Final Terror (1983); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Fugitive (1993); The Gladiator (1986); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Happening (2008); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2014); The Italian Job (2003); The Jerk (1979); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); The Man with Two Brains (1983); The Mighty Ducks (1992); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Naked Cage (1986); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Package (1989); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Rookie (1990); The Rookie (2019); The Silent Scream (1979); The Sweetest Thing (2002); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Towering Inferno: Running on Fire (2006); The Truth (2005); The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988); Total Recall (1990); Used Cars (1980); Vamp (1986); Vegas Vacation (1997); Vendetta (1986); Warning Sign (1985); Whatever It Takes (2000); When Shoulderpads Ruled the World (2002); Where Are the Children? (1985); Wild Wild West (1999); Wonder Woman (1978).

On this day in movie history - High Sierra (1941):

High Sierra

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by John Huston and W. R. Burnett,

based on the novel by W. R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1941.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Jerome Cowan, Minna Gombell, Barton MacLane, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Donald MacBride, Paul Harvey, Isabel Jewell, Willie Best, Spencer Charters, George Meeker, Robert Strange, John Eldredge, Sam Hayes, Zero the Dog, Eddie Acuff.

Born on this day – Tony Anholt:

Tony Anholt

Actor

January 19, 1941 – July 26, 2002

Credits:

A Family at War (1970); Angels (1979); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bulman (1985); Citizen Smith (1978); Confession (1970); Coronation Street (1975); Cosmic Princess (1982); Crime Story (1993); Crown Court (1973–1979); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Fear Is the Key (1972); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Howards' Way (1985–1990); In Venice, Like Rome-Milan-Turin, the Spiral of Crime (1974); Jason King (1972); Juliet Bravo (1984); Kate (1971); Kelly Monteith (1979–1984); Lexx (2001–2002); Marked Personal (1974); Minder (1984); Napoleon and Love (1974); Only Fools and Horses (1985); Relic Hunter (2000); Seasons of the Year (1971); Singles (1991); Space: 1899 (2004); Space: 1999 (1976–1977); Telly Addicts (1986); Terry and June (1980); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1971); The New Look Sixties London (2024); The Protectors (1972–1974); The Strauss Family (1972); The Sweeney (1975); The Wednesday Play (1965); This Is Your Life (1997); Thriller (1975); Triangle (1981–1982); Turtle's Progress (1979); Whodunnit? (1977); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wogan (1987).

On this day in movie history - The Case of the Black Parrot (1941):

The Case of the Black Parrot

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Robert E. Kent,

based on the 1923 play In the Next Room by Eleanor Robeson Belmont and Harriet Ford,

and the 1912 novel The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson,

was released in the United States on January 9, 1941.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Eddie Foy Jr., Paul Cavanagh, Luli Deste, Charles Waldron, Joseph Crehan, Emory Parnell, Phyllis Barry, Cyril Thornton, Leyland Hodgson, Ernie Stanton, Cliff Saum, Sidney Bracey, Kenneth Harlan, William Hopper, Jack Mower, Louis Natheaux.

Born on this day – George P. Cosmatos:

George P. Cosmatos

Director

Writer

January 4, 1941 – April 19, 2005

Credits:

Shadow Conspiracy (1997); Tombstone (1993); Leviathan (1989); Cobra (1986); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Of Unknown Origin (1983); Escape to Athena (1979); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); Massacre in Rome (1973); The Beloved (1971).

Born on this day – John McPherson:

John McPherson (center, seated behind camera)

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

December 30, 1941 - December 21, 2007

Born on this day – Barbara O. Jones:

Barbara O. Jones

Actress

December 12, 1941 – April 16, 2024

Credits:

A Powerful Thang (1991); Back Inside Herself (1984); Black Chariot (1971); Bush Mama (1979); Child of Resistance (1973); Daughters of the Dust (1991); Demon Seed (1977); Diary of an African Nun (1977); Enigma (1977); Freedom Road (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1977); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lou Grant (1978); Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Mute Love (1999); The Dream Catcher (1999); The Johnson Girls (1996); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Quest (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Valora Noland:

Valora Noland

Actress

December 8, 1941 – March 27, 2022

Credits:

Beach Party (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963); Laramie (1962); Mannix (1967); Muscle Beach Party (1964); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Star Trek (1968); Summer Children (1965); The Donna Reed Show (1963–1965); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Passionate Strangers (1966); The Rifleman (1961); The Virginian (1967); The War Wagon (1967); Up Your Teddy Bear (1970); Wagon Train (1964).

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - December 7:

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 7

Honoring all who served and died for our freedom.

We will never forget.

Born on this day – Wende Wagner:

Wende Wagner

Actress

December 6, 1941 – February 26, 1997

Born on this day – David Hemmings:

David Hemmings

Actor

Director

Producer

Singer

Songwriter

November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003

On this day in movie history - I Wake Up Screaming (1941):

I Wake Up Screaming

aka Hot Spot,

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Dwight Taylor and Steve Fisher,

based on the novel by Steve Fisher,

was released in Spain on October 31, 1941.

Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook, Jr., Chick Chandler, Cyril Ring, Morris Ankrum, Charles Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye, May Beatty, Stanley Blystone, Heinie Conklin.

Recommended reading - I Wake Up Screaming (1941):

I Wake Up Screaming

By Steve Fisher.

Paperback.

Published by Vintage.

First published 1941.

ISBN 13: 9780679736776

ISBN 10: 0679736778

ASIN: 0679736778

Description:

The classic novel of sexual obsession and murder amid the star-making machinery of Hollywood in the 1950s.

"She was as white as marble, but she looked lovely.  Her hair was splayed out in fine strands of gold, and her lips were bright, rich red, and there was a green eyeshadow on her eyelids.  You could see that because her eyes were closed and she was lying very still.  She was lying still and she wasn't breathing."

With its portraits of washed-up directors, jaded leading men, and a ruthless cop whose one-track mind leads straight to a cyanide pellet, I Wake Up Screaming is a magnificent thriller by a Hollywood insider whose screenplays included Lady in the Lake and I, Mobster.

On this day in movie history - The Maltese Falcon (1941):

The Maltese Falcon

directed and written by John Huston,

based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1941.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton, Walter Huston.