On this day in movie history - Street of Chance (1942 movie & novel):

Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,

written by Garrett Fort,

based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

Recommended reading:

The Black Curtain

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Street of Chance (1942), directed by Jack Hively.

First published 1941.

Published by Centipede Press.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1613471475

ISBN-13: 978-1613471470

Description:

A man is accused of a murder he cannot remember…

In a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn’t recognize his apartment. He had gone to work on a normal day but didn’t return for more than three years. Suffering from amnesia, he has to rediscover who he is, where he has been, and what he has done. A curtain has fallen to cut off all memories of his life.

First among the memories he wants to recover is whether he has committed the murder of which he has been accused. A mysterious stranger with a gun has been following him while he attempts to simultaneously understand what has happened in his past while doing all he can to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation and regain his reputation. He does not yet know that he is in great jeopardy and there is no one he can trust to rescue him from the abyss.

The Black Curtain is the second of Cornell Woolrich’s celebrated “black” books, following The Bride Wore Black, which established his reputation as America’s greatest noir writer. It was adapted into film as the classic Street of Chance, starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor.

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:

Alan Rachins

Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 3 Musketeers (2011); 30 Nights (2018); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Always (1985); American Dad! (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Angels on Tap (2018); Answers to Nothing (2011); Any Day Now (2012); Barnaby Jones (1979); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Brothers (1984); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Close to Home (2006); Commencement (2012); Courthouse (1995); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); D.C. Follies (1988); Dallas (1979); Dharma & Greg (1997–2002); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Donahue (1989); Eli Stone (2008); Enough About Me (2005); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Fear on Trial (1975); Ferris Bueller (1990); General Hospital (2016–2018); Good Luck Charlie (2011); Grey's Anatomy (2018); Happy Endings (2011); Hart to Hart (1982); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Heart Condition (1990); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Squares (2001); Hour Magazine (1987); In-Laws (2002); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Jeopardy! (1992); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Justice League Unlimited (2005); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Lady Boss (1992); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1989); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mistress (1987); Mom (2015); Momentum (2018); Monster Night (2006); NCIS (2023); North (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Paris (1979 / 1980); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Rizzoli & Isles (2011–2013); Rugrats (1996); Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013); She Says She's Innocent (1991); Showgirls (1995); Single Women Married Men (1989); Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Stars in the House (2020); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Surviving Suburbia (2009); Taken (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Terminal Voyage (1995); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Crazy Ones (2013); The Fall Guy (1983); The Golden Girls (1991); The History of Hill Street (2011); The Hospital Window (2012); The LA Law Story (2014); The Lights Above (2023); The Middle (2017); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1988); The Outer Limits (1996); The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Retrievers (2001); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009); The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008); The Stepsister (1997); The Talk (2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The White Shadow (1978); This Is Your Life (1993); Thunder Run (1985); Time Walker (1982); To Tell the Truth (2000–2002); Unwed Father (1997); Vicki! (1993); Wheel of Fortune (1997); Young Sheldon (2021).

Born on this day – Madeline Kahn:

Madeline Kahn

Actress

Comedian

Singer

September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999

Born on this day – Tracy Reed:

Tracy Reed

Actress

September 21, 1942 – May 2, 2012

Credits:

1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971); A Sense of Carol Reed (2006); A Shot in the Dark (1964); Adam's Woman (1970); An Apple a Day (1971); Barlow at Large (1975); Call My Bluff (1969); Carol Reed: The Gentle Eye (2017); Casino Royale (1967); Comedy Playhouse (1963); Detective (1968); Devils of Darkness (1965); Dixon of Dock Green (1960); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1967–1969); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Emergency-Ward 10 (1960); Esther Waters (1964); Hammerhead (1968); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); If the Crown Fits (1961); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); Journey to Midnight (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Love Story (1965); Man of the World (1962–1963); Maroc 7 (1967); Melody (1971); Movies That Shook the World (2005); Our Man in the Caribbean (1962); Out of the Unknown (1969); Paul Temple (1970); Percy (1971); Phantom Halo (2014); Rich Hall's Red Menace (2019); Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike (2021); Suspense (1963); The Avengers (1968); The Bulldog Breed (1960); The Deadly Females (1976); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The Informer (1967); The Main Chance (1964); The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin (1973); The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960); The Way Ahead (1944); The World of Wooster (1965–1966); Transcending Time: Symbols and Strangelove (2016); UFO (1971); Vendetta (1968); You Must Be Joking! (1965).

Born on this day – Carol Wayne:

Carol Wayne

Actress

Comedienne

September 6, 1942 – January 13, 1985

Credits:

American Masters / Archive footage / uncredited (2012); Best Chest in the West (1984); Bewitched (1969); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974–1977); Dinah! (1975); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984); Emergency! (1974); Every Man Needs One (1972); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Gunn (1967); Gypsy Angels (1990); Heartbreakers (1984); Heaven on Earth (1979); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Little Black Book; Love and the Newscasters; Love and the Lady Killers (1970–1972); Mannix (1972); Mantrap (1971); Medical Center (1974); Mindreaders (1979); Monterey Pop (1968); Occasional Wife (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Raising the Dead: Re-Examining Night of the Living Dead (2020); Sarge (1971); Savannah Smiles (1982); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Surf II (1983); The Alan Thicke Show (1980–1981); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The David Steinberg Show (1972); The Fall Guy (1981); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Party (1968); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1984); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974); Two Top Bananas (1982); Whew! (1979); You Are What You Eat (1968).

Born on this day – Suzanne Roquette:

Suzanne Roquette

Actress

August 30, 1942 – May 28, 2020

Credits:

Airline (1982); Alien Attack (1976); An Englishman's Castle (1978); Band of Brothers (2001); Barriers (1981); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bedroom Stewardesses (1978); Call My Bluff (1978); Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken (1965); Das Millionenspiel (1970); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Die Safeknacker-Suite (1963); Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1969); Drüben bei Lehmanns (1971); Females for Hire (1968); Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1997); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten: Magic Moments (1999); Hadleigh (1976); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); International Velvet (1978); ITV Playhouse (1977–1980); Jenseits von Oder und Neiße - Heute (1965); John Klings Abenteuer (1969); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Liebesgeschichten (1967); Lovejoy (1993); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Shining Through (1992); Sorry! (1982); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Spearhead (1979); Special Branch (1974); Sperrbezirk (1966); Tatort (1977); The College Girl Murders (1967); The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967); Und Ihr Steckenpferd? (1963).

Born on this day – Isaac Hayes:

Isaac Hayes

Singer

Actor

Writer

Composer

August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008

Born on this day – Fred Thompson:

Fred Thompson

Actor

Writer

August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015

Born on this day – Sabine Sinjen:

Sabine Sinjen

Actress

August 18, 1942 – May 18, 1995

Born on this day – Laurel Goodwin:

Laurel Goodwin

Actress

August 11, 1942 – February 25, 2022

Credits:

Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Call to Danger (1968); Get Smart (1966); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Law of the Lawless (1964); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Mannix (1969); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Premiere (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Star Trek (1966); Stroker Ace (1983); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Hope Show (1963); The Dain Curse (1978); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hero (1966); The Partners (1971); The Roddenberry Archive: The Cage (2022); The Virginian (1964).

Born on this day – Lanny Flaherty:

Lanny Flaherty

Actor

July 27, 1942 – February 18, 2024

Credits:

Little America (2020); Cold in July (2014); Alpha House (2013); Men in Black 3 (2012); All Good Things (2010); Forged (2010); White Collar (2009); The Exonerated (2005); Signs (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000); Maze (2000); Third Watch (1999–2000); Homicide: The Movie (2000); Double Parked (2000); Home Fries (1998); A Simple Wish (1997); Tom and Huck (1995); New York News (1995); Waterworld (1995); Someone Else's America (1995); Natural Born Killers (1994); Sommersby (1993); Blood In, Blood Out (1993); Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991); Mathnet (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Miller's Crossing (1990); Lonesome Dove (1989); Winter People (1989); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988); Home at Last (1988); The Dirty Dozen (1988); The Equalizer (1985); The Edge of Night (1984).

Born on this day – Barbara Ferris:

Barbara Ferris

Actress

Model

July 27, 1942 – May 23, 2025

Credits:

Stage:

Can-Can (1954); Saved (1965); There's a Girl in My Soup (1966).

Movies and television:

A Chorus of Disapproval (1989); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); A Pair of Briefs (1962); A Place to Go (1963); A Slight Case of... (1965); All in Good Faith (1985–1987); Bitter Harvest (1963); Brothers in Law (1962); Children of the Damned (1964); Conjugal Rights (1973); Contrasts (1968); Coronation Street (1961); Five Guineas a Week (1956); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Interlude (1968); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1960); Juke Box Jury (1965); Mr & Mrs Edgehill / BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Murder at the Wedding (1979); Oranges and Lemons (1973); Play for Today (1973); Rush Hour (1958); Sparrows Can't Sing (1963); Term of Trial (1962); The Cheaters (1962); The Girl-Getters (1964); The Human Jungle (1964); The ITV Play (1980); The Krays (1990); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Strauss Family (1972); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); This Is Your Life (1985); Tom Thumb (1958); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1966 (1967); Zero One (1963).

Born on this day – Hannelore Elsner:

Hannelore Elsner

Actress

July 26, 1942 – April 21, 2019

Born on this day – Richard Roundtree:

Richard Roundtree

Actor

July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 13th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1998); 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008); 1-800-Missing (2003); 1994 MTV Movie Awards (1994); 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (2011); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 2019: A Year in the Life of a Year (2020); 21 Jump Street (1990); 29th NAACP Image Awards (1998); 413 Hope St. (1997–1998); A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021); A Complicated Man: The 'Shaft' Legacy (2019); A Different World (1989); A Family Reunion Christmas (2019); A Time to Die (1991); A.D. (1985); ABC Afterschool Specials (1988); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); AFI Movie Club (2020); Akuji the Heartless (1998); Alias (2003–2004); All the Days Before Tomorrow (2007); Amen (1989); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Amityville: A New Generation (1993); An Eye for an Eye (1981); Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988); Antitrust (2001); Any Place But Home (1997); Ari Global show (2022); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Baadasssss Cinema (2002); Bad Jim (1990); Ballistic (1995); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Being Mary Jane (2013–2019); BET Awards 2013 (2013); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Black Hollywood (1984); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blade: The Series (2006); Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991); Boat Trip (2002); Body of Influence (1993); Bonanza: The Return (1993); Bonanza: Under Attack (1995); Breast Cancer: An African American Perspective (2009); Brick (2005); Buddies (1996); Cadets (1988); Capone's Boys (2002); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Charley-One-Eye (1973); Cherish the Day (2022); Chicago Fire (2015); CHiPs (1981); Christmas in Connecticut (1992); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Heat (1984); Classified X (2007); Close to Home (2006); COC Elite (2009); Collar - Directors Cut (2023); Collar (2015); Cop Files (1995); Corky Romano (2001); Crack House (1989); Day of the Assassin (1979); Deadly Rivals (1993); Desperate Housewives (2004–2005); Diamonds (1975); Diary of a Single Mom (2009–2011); Dinah! (1974–1976); Donahue (1972); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Dream On (1995); Duke (2019); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Earthquake (1974); Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style (2008); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986); Embassy (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); Escape to Athena (1979); Family Reunion (2019–2022); Final Approach (2007); Firehouse (1973); Freedom Is (1976); Game for Vultures (1979); Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event (2020); Generations (1990); George of the Jungle (1997); Getting Even (1989); Go Beyond the Lens (2011); Good Morning America (2023); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gypsy Angels (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1994); Harlem to Hollywood (2018); Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020); Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999); Hawaiian Gardens (2001); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s (2003); Heroes (2006–2007); Hollywood Beat (1985); I Love 1970's (2000); Inchon (1981); Intimate Portrait (1999); It's a Knockout (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973); Jocks (1986); Joe and Max (2002); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994–1995); Just an Overnight Guest (1983); Killpoint (1984); Knight Rider (2009); L.A. Law (1992); Ladies of the House (2008); Lethal Weapon (2018); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Linc's (1999); MacGyver (1990); Made in Hollywood (2019); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Man Friday (1975); Maniac Cop (1988); Masquerade (1983); Maury (1992); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Meet the Browns (2010); Men Cry in the Dark (2003); Miami Cops (1989); Mind Twister (1993); Miss Universe Pageant (1980); Missing Reel (2014); Moscacieca (1993); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving On (2022); Murder, She Wrote (1988); Nationtime (1972); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Negermagasinet (2005); Nero come il cuore (1994); New York, New York (1972); Night Visitor (1989); Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995); One Down, Two to go (1982); Opposing Force (1986); Original Gangstas (1996); Outlaws (1986–1987); Painkiller Jane (2005); Parachute to Paradise (1972); Party Line (1988); Point of Entry (2007); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Private Practice (2012); Profiler (1997); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Renegade (1994); Rescue 77 (1999); Resurrection Blvd. (2001); Retreat! (2016); Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular (2002); Roc (1991–1994); Roots (1977); Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (2002); Sacrifice (2021); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Se7en (1995); Set Apart (2009); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadows of Desire (1994); Shaft (1973–1974); Shaft (1971 / 2019 / 2000); Shaft in Africa (1973); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shoot! (2001); Short Fuse: A Collection of Explosive Shorts (2004); Sins of the Night (1993); Soul Brothers (2013); Soul Brothers 2 (2013); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Food (2000–2001); Soul in Cinema: Filming Shaft on Location (1971); Speed Racer (2008); Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008); Star (2017–2018); Steel (1997); Tavis Smiley (2008); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 12nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1991); The 18th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Preshow (2003); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 47th NAACP Image Awards (2016); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Banker (1989); The Baron and the Kid (1984); The Big Score (1983); The Closer (2005); The Confidant (2010); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Fifth Missile (1986); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996); The Green Fog (2017); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972–1976); The John H. Johnson Story (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mentalist (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Ms. Moviefone Show (2019); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Player (2015); The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002); The Sin Choice (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Trial of Ben Barry (2012); The Turn On (2007); The Wayans Bros. (1995); The Young Riders (1991); Thelma (2024); Theodore Rex (1995); This Bitter Earth (2012); Tilmon Tempo (1972–1976); Today (2019); Touched by an Angel (1996); Ultimate Film Fanatic (2004–2005); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung Hollywood (2015–2016); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Vegas Vampires (2007); Veil (2010); Vicki! (1992–1993); Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010); WGN Morning News (2019); What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? (1970); What Men Want (2019); Whatever She Wants (2014); Wild On... (1997–2009); Wild Seven (2006); Without Walls (1994); Young Warriors (1983).

Born on this day – Charlotte Bingham:

Charlotte Bingham

Writer

June 29, 1942 – November 16, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Dip Before Breakfast (2012); A Summer Collection (2007); At Home (1986); Belgravia (1983); By Invitation (1993); Change of Heart (1994); Coronet Among the Grass (1972); Coronet Among the Weeds (1963); Country Life (1985); Country Wedding (1999); Daughters of Eden (2004); Days of Wine and Roses (2015); Debutantes (1995); Distant Music (2002); Friday's Girl (2004); Goodnight Sweetheart (2007); Grand Affair (1997); In Distant Fields (2006); In Sunshine or in Shadow (1991); Love At Home (2012); Love By Invitation Only (2012); Love in Belgravia (2012); Love in Country Life (2012); Love Song (1998); Lucinda (1966); Meadows Green (2014); MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the Spooks (2018); Mums on the Run (2010); Nanny (1993); No, Honestly (1974); Out of the Blue (2006); Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019); Stardust (1992); Summertime (2001); The Blue Note (1999); The Business (1989); The Business Part One (2012); The Business Part Two (2012); The Chestnut Tree (2002); The Daisy Club (2009); The Enchanted (2008); The House of Flowers (2004); The Kissing Garden (1999); The Land of Summer (2008); The Light on the Swan (2014); The Love Knot (2000); The Magic Hour (2005); The Moon at Midnight (2003); The Nightingale Sings (1996); The Season (2001); The White Marriage (2007); The Wind Off the Sea (2003); To Hear a Nightingale (1988); Upstairs Downstairs: Rose's Story (1972); Victoria (1972); Victoria and Company (1974); Yes, Honestly (1977).

Movies and television:

A Fine Romance (1989); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Boy Meets Girl (1967–1969); Call My Bluff (1966–1969); Dee Time (1968); Did You See..? (1984); Father Matthew's Daughter (1987); Forever Green (1989–1992); Juke Box Jury (1967); Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986); Love's Rivals (1999); Magic Moments (1989); Maid in Britain (2010); Nanny (1981–1983); No, Honestly (1974–1975); Not a Word (1970); Oh Madeline (1983–1984); One Pair of Eyes (1968); Pig in the Middle (1980–1983); Play for Today (1973); Riders (1993); Robin's Nest (1978); Take Three Girls (1969–1971); Take Three Women (1982); The One Show (2018); The Story of Upstairs Downstairs (2005); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); The World's Greatest Spy Movies (2016); Thomas and Sarah (1979); Three Comedies of Marriage (1975); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1972); Yes, Honestly (1976–1977).

Born on this day – Roger Ebert:

Roger Ebert

Film historian

Writer

June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013

Born on this day – Judy Pace:

Judy Pace

Actress

June 15, 1942 – March 11, 2026

Credits:

13 Frightened Girls (1963); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Bewitched (1966); Beyond Westworld (1980); Brian's Song (1971); Caribe (1975); Cool Breeze (1972); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Days of Our Lives (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); ESPN SportsCentury (2000–2004); Frogs (1972); Good Times (1975); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1966); Insight (1969); Ironside (1974); It Takes Two (1969); Kung Fu (1974); Medical Center (1974); Mod Squad (1968); My Friend Tony (1969); Oh, Nurse! (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Profiles in Courage (1965); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanford and Son (1974); Shaft (1973); Soul (1968); Soul Train (1972); Soul! (1969); Sucker Free City (2004); Tarzan (1968); That's My Mama (1974); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980); The Actor's Choice (2016–2021); The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011); The Divorce (2014); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The New Odd Couple (1982); The New People (1969); The Oscar (1966); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Slams (1973); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Young Lawyers (1969–1971); Three in the Attic (1968); Unsung Hollywood (2015); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Up in the Cellar (1970); What's Happening Now! (1985); What's Happening!! (1977–1979).

On this day in movie history - The Big Shot (1942):

The Big Shot

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Bertram Millhauser, Abem Finkel and Daniel Fuchs,

was released in the United States on June 13, 1942.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson, Chick Chandler, Joe Downing, Howard Da Silva, Murray Alper, Roland Drew, John Ridgely, Joe King, John Hamilton, Virginia Brissac, William Edmunds, Virginia Sale, Ken Christy, Wallace Scott, Leah Baird, Morgan Brown, Eddy Chandler, Cliff Clark, Clancy Cooper, Ralph Dunn, Thornton Edwards, Carl Faulkner, James Flavin, Gus Glassmire, Sol Gorss, William Gould, Creighton Hale, Henry Hall, Herbert Heywood, Dorothy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Wilbur Mack, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Wendell Niles, Frank O’Connor, Eleanor Parker, Don Phillips, Lee Prather, Jeffrey Sayre, Charles Sherlock, Walter Soderling, Harry Strang, Brick Sullivan, Ray Teal, Don Turner, Dale Van Sickel, Tom Wilson, Joan Winfield, Bill Wolfe, Victor Zimmerman.

Born on this day – Tom Mankiewicz:

Tom Mankiewicz

Writer

Director

Producer

June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010

Born on this day – Kevin Conway:

Kevin Conway

Actor

Director

May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020