Born on this day – David W. Allen:

David W. Allen

Stop motion animator

October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999

Born on this day – Robert Swan:

Robert Swan

Actor

October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023

Born on this day – Udo Kier:

Udo Kier

Actor

Writer

Producer

October 14, 1944 – November 23, 2025

Credits:

1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde (2008); 3 Wild Angels (2005); 4 Against Z (2005–2007); 10 PM Lincoln Boulevard (2012); 10 Schritte (2003); 13 Graves (2006); 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022); 30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004); 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989); A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022); A Trick of Light (1995); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Alfredissimo! - Kochen mit Bio (2006); All the Queen's Men (2001); Allegro barbaro (1979); Altes Geld (2015); Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück (1986); American Animals (2018); American Exit (2019); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy's Shadow: Paul Morrissey and the Making of 'Flesh for Frankenstein' (2021); Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' (2005); Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988); Armageddon (1998); Arte Journal (2025); Arteholic (2014); Attabambi Scheissmichan (2021); Auf Herz und Nieren (2001); Ausgestorben (1995); Axe Cop (2015); Backstage: The Making Of The Theatre Bizarre (2020); Bacurau (2019); Bacurau no Mapa (2019); Bad Painter (2025); Bagom Riget II og Lars von Trier: Instruktøren holder fridag (1997); Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018); Barb Wire (1996); Beckmann (2004–2005); Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014); Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? (1977); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); Betty - Schön wie der Tod (2003); Betty (1998); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Blackest Heart (1990); Blade (1998); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blood for Udo (2025); BloodRayne (2005); Borgia (2011); Boulevard Bio (1994); Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017); Breaking the Waves (1996); Brisant (2014); Broken Cookies (2002); Brother (2016); Building the World of Frankenstein (2021); By Design (2025); Call of Duty: WWII (2017); Celluloid Horror (2004); Chompy & the Girls (2021); Chuck (2010); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011–2021); Coconut Hero (2015); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000); Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001); Conversations avec... (2019–2022); Courier X (2016); Critical Mass (2001); Crusade in Jeans (2006); Dancer in the Dark (2000); Dark Winds (2026); Das Double (1993); Das fünfte Gebot (1978); Daughter of Mine (2018); Der Fahnder (1986); Der letzte Schrei (1975); Der unbekannte Deserteur (1994); Der Unbesiegbare (1985); Der wunderbare Udo Kier (2024); Deutschland Privat 1 - Eine Anthologie des Volksfilms (1980); Die Diebin (1998); Die Einsteiger (1985); Die Gang (1997); Die Geschwister (1982); Die Gottesanbeterin (2001); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1998–1999); Die Insel der blutigen Plantage (1983); Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (2003); Die Männer vom K3 (1993); Die Schlacht der Idioten (1986); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dimension in Fear with Andrew Braunsberg (2021); Dog Daze (1995); Dogville (2003); Dogville Confessions (2003); Don't Say a Word (2021); Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018); Doomsdayer (2000); Doppelter Einsatz (1994); Double Deception (2001); Downsizing (2017); Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen (1974); Dracula 3000 (2004); Dragged Across Concrete (2018); Duke of Groove (1995); Durch die Nacht mit... (2004); Egomania: Island Without Hope (1986); Egoshooter (2004); End of Days (1999); Epidemic (1987); Erinnerungen an die Leidenschaft (1976); Europa (1991); Eve Feat. Gwen Stefani: Let Me Blow Ya Mind (2001); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993); Evening Urgant (2012); Evil Eyes (2004); Evil Eyes: Behind the Scenes (2004); Fall Down Dead (2007); Far Cry (2008); Fast Forward (2001); Fear and Loathing in Austria (2004); Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of 'Suspiria' (2009); Feardotcom (2002); Feed My Frankenstein (2021); Final Run (1999); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Flesh for Udo (2025); For Love or Money (1993); Four Tales of Two Cities / Segment: Duke of Groove (1996); Fractured Skulls: The Making of Headspace (2006); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Gate to Heaven (2003); Gespenstergeschichten (1985); Gestern gelesen (1975); Get Well Soon: It's Love (2015); Glanz & Gloria (2015); Golan the Insatiable (2015); Goldflocken (1976); Goo Goo Dolls: Naked (1996); Görünmeyen (2011); Gottschalk Late Night (1995); Goy (2018); Graf Karpatovicz und das Blonde Gift (2011); Grindhouse (2007); Halloween (2007); Haymaker (2021); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002); Headspace (2005); Heather's Dream (2013); Heliogabal (1981); Hello, Dr. Jekyll: An Interview with Udo Kier (2015); Herman & Tietjen (2007); Hitler's Hollywood (2017); Holly (2006); Holy Beasts (2019); Hubertusjagd (2014); Hungarian Rhapsody (1979); Hunters (2023); Hur und Heilig (1984); I Knew Andy Warhol (2018); Ice (1998); III nach neun (2008); Immaculate Springs (1998); In the Flesh with Joe Dallesandro (2021); Instant Dreams (2017); Invincible (2001); Iron Sky (2012); Iron Sky making of (2012); Iron Sky: The Coming Race - Der Mondführer (2013); Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jargo (2004); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Johnny Walker (2015); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); Just One Night (2000); Justice League (2002); Kanzler - König der Kannibalen (2000); Katonák (1978); Keyhole (2011); Killer Deal (1999); Kinney: Fashion Is Where You Find It (1993); Kino Kino (2014); Kir Royal (1986); Korn: Deuce (2002); Korn: Make Me Bad (2000); Krétakör (1979); Kulturplatz (2015); La deuxième femme (1978); Last Moment of Clarity (2020); Lea (1996); Leute heute (2007); Life in the Fast Lane (1998); Life Is Too Long (2010); Lili Marleen (1981); Lola (1981); Long Live the People of the Revolution (2010); Love Object (2003); Lulu (1980); Lulu und Jimi (2009); M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Madonna: Deeper and Deeper (1992); Madonna: Erotica (1992); Major Lazer (2015); Manderlay (2005); Mark of the Devil (1970); Mark of the Devil Revisited (2002); Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times (2014); Martha Is Dead (2022); Masters of Horror (2005); Medea (1988); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Melancholia (2011); Memories of a Young Pianist (2009); Metropia (2009); ME-UDO ... Starring Udo Kier (2012); Modern Vampires (1998); Modigliani (2004); Mondo Lux - Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (2011); Montewood Hollyverità (2003); Monty and the Movies (2026); Morgenmagazin (2003–2007); Mother of Tears (2007); Mrs. Meitlemeihr (2002); Mutters Maske (1988); My Neighbor Adolf (2022); My Own Private Idaho (1991); My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009); Narcissus and Psyche (1980); Nash Bridges (1996); NDR Talk Show (2003); Night of the Templar (2012); Nina - Vom Kinderzimmer ins Bordell (1998); Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999); Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013); OD / Video Game (2026); Oi erotomaneis (1971); Olifant (1973); One More Round (2005); One Point O (2004); Over My Dead Body (1995); Pan (1973); Pankow '95 (1983); Paradise Framed (1995); Pariser Platz - Berlin (2011); Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu (2007); Paul Morrissey - Trans-Human Flesh & Blood (2025); Phantomas Phantastico (1979); Pigs Will Fly (2002); Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022); Plötzlich und unerwartet (1993); Police Call 110 (2006); Possessed (1999); Pray for Morning (2006); Prince Valiant (1997); Provocation (1971); Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018); Rauhfaser: Die Schöne und das Biest (1999); Red Letters (2000); Red Shoe Diaries (1994); Return from Tomorrow (2026); Revelation (2001); RMB: Deep Down Below (2001); Road to Saint Tropez (1966); Rosa Roth (1994); Rotwang muß weg! (1994); SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations (2021); Sawtooth (2004); Schamlos (1968); Schindler Space Architect (2024); Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020); Schmetterling im Dunkeln (1995); Schuldig (1998); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013); Seances (2016); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Season of the Senses (1969); Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1985); Sex (1992); Shadow of the Vampire (2000); Shanzo (Teaser) / Short (2015); Simon Says (2000); Skeletons in the Closet (2024); Skin Walker (2019); Sonderdezernat K1 (1973); Soul Kitchen (2009); Speak (1999); Spermula (1976); Sportliche Schatten - Kunst in Krisenzeiten (1982); Spy Games (1999); Square (2012); Staging Death (2022); Supertramp: You Win, I Lose (1997); Surviving Christmas (2004); Suspiria (1977); Suspiria 25th Anniversary (2001); Swan Song (2021); Talk 2000 (1997); Tatort (1996–2009); Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tell (2007); Terranova: Prayer (2012); Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992); Thadeusz (2008); The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin (2015); The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997); The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2013); The 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2015); The 26th Annual Saturn Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2017); The 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2018); The 31sth Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2020); The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2024); The 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2025); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Ark: An Iron Sky Story ( 2026); The Barefoot Emperor (2019); The Batman (2004); The Blazing World (2021); The Debtors (1999); The Ecstasy of Frankenstein with Udo Kier (2021); The Editor (2014); The End of Violence (1997); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Girl behind the White Picket Fence (2013); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Killing Grounds (2007); The Kingdom (1994–2022); The Last Call (1998); The Last Minute (2001); The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984); The Lords of Salem (2012); The Making of 'Europa' (1991); The Making of 'Prinz Eisenherz' (1997); The Material Boy (2015); The Mountain (2018); The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999); The Oscars (2026); The Painted Bird (2019); The Roaring Fifties (1983); The Salzburg Connection (1972); The Secret Agent (2025); The Sentinel (1996–1999); The Sky Has Four Corners (2011); The Slit (1995); The Stationmaster's Wife (1977); The Story of O (1975); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981); The Theatre Bizarre (2011); The Third Generation (1979); The Times in Pictures (2025); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Tod eines Weltstars (1992); Too Young to Die (2014); Tracey Takes On... (1996); Trauma (1976); Triers element (1991); Twenty-Five Palms (2015); Udo Kier - From A to A (1993); UFO in Her Eyes (2011); Unlocking Passages (2012); Unser Reigen (2006); Unter den Palmen (1999); Unter Druck (1995); V.I.P. (1998); Victor (1979); Viper (1998); Von Trier's 100 øjne (2000); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Werewolf Women of the S.S. (2007); When love is wrong, I don't want to be right (1981); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Willemsens Woche (1996); Willkommen Österreich (2015); Wit's End (2005); Wolf, Bär & Co. (2007); Zero (2015); ZIB 13:00 Uhr (2025); Zimmer frei! (2001).

On this day in movie history - Laura (1944):

Laura

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel by Vera Caspary,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1944.
Music by David Raksin.

Cast:

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Ralph Dunn, Clyde Fillmore, William Forrest, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Larry Steers, Cara Williams, Eric Wilton.

On this day in movie history - The Last Ride (1944):

The Last Ride

directed by D. Ross Lederman,

written by Raymond L. Schrock,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1944.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker, Jack La Rue, Cy Kendall, Wade Boteler, Mary Gordon, Harry Lewis, Tod Andrews, Leah Baird, Eddy Chandler, Clancy Cooper, Ross Ford, Eddie Foster, Jack Gardner, Creighton Hale, John Harmon, Howard Hickman, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Hank Mann, John Maxwell, Frank Mayo, Dolores Moran, Jack Mower, Pat O'Malley, Virginia Patton, Harry Strang, Charles Sullivan, Elliott Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, Norman Willis.

Born on this day – Rosanna Norton:

Rosanna Norton

Costume Designer

October 1, 1944 – May 7, 2025

Credits:

A Very Brady Sequel (1996); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Ascension Day (2007); Badlands (1973); Barb Wire (1996); Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (2025); Bone Chillers (1996); Boogievision (1977); Carrie (1976); Casper (1995); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Cisco Pike (1971); Desert Breeze (1996); Detroit Rock City (1999); Don't Go in the Woods: Cast & Crew (2006); Explorers (1985); Fire Down Below (1997); Frankie and Johnny (1991); Get Crazy (1983); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Growing Up Brady (2000); Hard to Hold (1984); Homewrecker (1992); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Innerspace (1987); Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973); Loverboy (1989); Messiah of Evil (1974); Nothing in Common (1986); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Out for a Kill (2003); Outlaw Blues (1977); Perfect Family (1992); Phantom of the Paradise (1974); Phantom of the Paradise: Costume Designer Rosanna Norton (2014); Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982); RoboCop 2 (1990); Ruthless People (1986); South of Sunset (1993); Surviving (1985); The Brady Bunch Movie (1995); The 'Burbs (1989); The Experts (1989); The Explorers (1972–1973); The Flintstones (1994); The Maker (1997); The Patriot (1998); The Pool Boys (2009); The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992); The Stunt Man (1980); Trackdown (1976); Treacherous Crossing (1992); Tron (1982); Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999).

Born on this day – Brian Gibson:

Brian Gibson

Director

September 22, 1944 – January 4, 2004

Recommended reading - A Man Called Spade (1944):

A Man Called Spade

By Dashiell Hammett.

Published by Dell.
First Edition.
Paperback.
First published 1944.
ASIN: B000JWUE5A

Description:

Collection of short stories by this master writer of the Sam Spade detective series. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Dell Mapback #90. Sam Spade is featured in five short stories. The original hard-boiled American detective is featured in this vintage mapback edition.

Recommended reading - The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1944):

The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

By Dashiell Hammett.

Published by Must Have Books.

Published 1944.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1773237772

ISBN-13: 978-1773237770

Description:

Sam Spade is the tall, tough, smart private detective made famous by Dashiell Hammett in his superb detective novel, The Maltese Falcon. His appearance in the three short stories which make up The Adventures of Sam Spade is good news for his admirers and even better news for those who have yet to meet him. As Sam says, “There ought to be a law making criminals give themselves up…” but since there isn’t one is better qualified than he to take the place of that law. He’s not a fictional detective, not given to elaborate analysis of the crime nor to elaborate restaging of it in front of all the suspects in the hope that one will break down; he’s an honest-to-God detective, astute and industrious enough to find out everything possible and then figure the angles from what he knows.

In addition to the three Adventures of Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett has included here four brilliant short stories, each one terse, masculine, and eminently readable, yet one different in theme and handling. The Assistant Murderer tells of a complicated case neatly solved by Alexander Rush, the detective who is so ugly that people just naturally think he is crooked. Night Shade is a vivid sketch with an O. Henry Ending. The Judge Laughed Last is a story so funny that you’ll be laughing even when the judge is through. And His Brother’s Keeper is a fine prize fight tale told by a tough, dumb, honest and likable fighter.

Contents: Too Many Have Lived; They Can Only Hang You Once; A Man Called Spade; The Assistant Murderer; Night Shade; The Judge Laughed Last; His Brother's Keeper.

Born on this day – Beau Starr:

Beau Starr

Actor

September 1, 1944 – April 24, 2026

Credits:

10-8: Officers on Duty (2003); 2000 Malibu Road (1992); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002); Against the Ropes (2004); Angels in the Infield (2000); Are We Alone? (2006); Bad Blood (1994); Bizarre (1979–1986); Black and Blue (1999); Born on the Fourth of July (1989); Brooklyn South (1998); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions (1996); Cinderella Man (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011); City Heat (1984); Civil Wars (1993); Code Name: The Cleaner (2007); Command 5 (1985); Deacons for Defense (2003); Dead Air (1994); Dead Silence (1991); Deep in the City (1999); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Dirty Dancing (1989); Dream On (1991); Due South (1994–1999); Earth: Final Conflict (2002); Empire City (1992); EZ Streets (1996–1997); F/X: The Series (1997); Final Days of Planet Earth (2006); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Fletch (1985); Glory Years (1987); Gone Are the Dayes (1984); GoodFellas (1990); Halloween 4: Back to the Basics: Making of Halloween 4 (2013); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers San Andreas: Part 1 (2013); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); Hanky Panky (1982); Hardball (1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984–1986); Highway to Heaven (1988); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Hoodlum (1997); Hunter (1984–1990); It's Me Gerald (2005); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Joshua Tree (1993); Knight Rider (1983); Leap Years (2001); Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025); Long Time Gone (1986); Love on the Run (1985); MacGyver (1986); Mafia Doctor (2003); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Masters of Horror (2005); Matlock (1988); Matt Houston (1983); Mean Streak (1999); Men (1997); Men with Brooms (2002); Mercy (2000); Moonlighting (1986); Moonshine Highway (1996); Murder Most Likely (1999); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1992); Murderous Vision (1991); My Name Is Tanino (2002); Never Talk to Strangers (1995); Newhart (1984–1987); Night Court (1988); NYPD Blue (1993–1996); Ohara (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991); Pilot: Part 1 (2001); Pretend You Don't See Her (2002); Prince Street (1997); Prisoner of Love (1999); Providence (1999–2002); Psych (2013); Recipe for Murder (2002); Relentless (1989); Relic Hunter (2001); Remington Steele (1985); Ride Forever (2006); Riptide (1984); Rituals (1984); Santa Barbara (1988); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Seeing Things (1981); Shadow Hours (2000); Shocktrauma (1982); Sidekicks (1987); Speed (1994); St. Elsewhere (1984); St. Michael's Crossing (1999); Street Justice (1992); Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2004); Summer School (1987); T.J. Hooker (1982); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (1987); The 4400 (2005); The A-Team (1983–1985); The Cactus Kid (2000); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); The Corruptor (1999); The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001); The Dead Zone (2006); The Fall Guy (1983–1986); The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000); The Great Defender (1995); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Making of 'Halloween 5' (1989); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The November Men (1993); The Outer Limits (1995); The Perfect Weapon (1991); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Rousters (1983); The Specialists (1992); The Thin Blue Lie (2000); The Wharf Rat (1995); Thin Air (2000); Three's Company (1983); Time and Again (2007); Total Recall 2070 (1999); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Trial by Jury (1994); True Blue (1989–1990); TV 101 (1989); V (1985); Where the Truth Lies (2005); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997); Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002); Wings (1993).

Born on this day – Barbara Trentham:

Barbara Trentham

Actress

Director

Model

Painter

August 27, 1944 – August 2, 2013

Credits:

Head for Business (1982); Barnaby Jones (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Deathmoon (1978); Star Maidens (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Rollerball (1975); The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972).

Born on this day – Helena Rojo:

Helena Rojo

Actress

August 18, 1944 – February 3, 2024

Born on this day – Dan Ziskie:

Dan Ziskie

Actor

Photographer

August 13, 1944 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

24 (2006); A Year in the Life (1988); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); Absolute Strangers (1991); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); American Playhouse (1981); As the World Turns (1991–2010); Bad Company (2002); Blindspot (2016); Blue Bloods (2017); Carly's Web (1987); Chappelle's Show (2004); Concussion (2015); Cupid (2009); Dangerous Passion (1990); DEA (1991); Dead Canaries (2003); Dong Jing shen pan (2006); Easy Street (1987); Ed (2002–2003); Eight Below (2006); Elementary (2016); Emunah (2016); ER (1999); Ghostwriter (1992–1993); Gossip Girl (2007–2010); Gotham (2015); Highway to Heaven (1987); Home Free (1988); Hope & Faith (2003); House of Cards (2013–2017); House of Cards: Politics for the Sake of Politics (2014); Hunter (1987); Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Isn't She Great (2000); Key Exchange (1985); Kinsey (2004); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); L.A. Law (1987–1989); Last Holiday (2006); Law & Order (1995–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–2007); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001–2003); Line of Fire (2004); Louie (2010); Madam Secretary (2018); Mercy (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); NCIS (2005); New York, I Love You (2008); Newhart (1987); Nova (2015 / 2017); NYPD Blue (2005); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Paper Dolls (1984); Person of Interest (2012); Prince of Central Park (2000); Prism (2015); Quantum Leap (1990); Queens Supreme (2003); Remington Steele (1986); Satan's Little Helper (2004); Sex and the City (2002); Shades of Blue (2018); Show Me a Hero (2015); Snoops (1989); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Sons and Daughters (1991); St. Elsewhere (1987); Step Up 3D (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Texas (1981); The Bite (2021); The Blacklist (2014); The Edge of Night (1980); The Equalizer (1987); The Firm (1983); The Good Wife (2013); The Jackal (1997); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Necklace (2019); The Practice (1999); The Reawakening (2004); The Rebound (2009); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The West Wing (2003); Third Watch (2001); Thirteen Days (2000); Treme (2011–2013); Trinity (1998); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Twisted (1985); Ugly Betty (2009); Undermind (2003); Vital Signs (1990); War of the Worlds (2005); WIOU (1990); Zebrahead (1992); Zero Hour (2013).

Born on this day – Nicoletta Machiavelli:

Nicoletta Machiavelli

Actress

August 1, 1944 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

A History of Dollars (2008); A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967); A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970); An Indian Named Joe (2009); Anyone Can Play (1967); Bawdy Tales (1973); Beyond Good and Evil (1977); Candy (1968); Carnal Circuit (1969); Dirty Weekend (1973); Especial pop (1969); Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012); Evil Pleasure (1975); Garter Colt (1968); I nostri mariti / Segment: Il Marito di Roberta (1966); It Takes a Thief (1969); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966); La coppia (1973); La fuite en avant (1980); L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore (1971); L'année sainte (1976); L'autunno del generale (1982); L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Matchless (1967); Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973); Navajo Joe (1966); Necropolis (1970); No Room to Die (1969); No Way Out (1973); Odia il prossimo tuo (1968); Policeman (1971); Review (1969); Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Temptation (1969); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Hills Run Red (1966); The Ravine (1969); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Thrilling / Segment: L'autostrada del sole (1965); Tough Cop (1976); Una questione d'onore (1966).

On this day in movie history - Seven Doors to Death (1944):

Seven Doors to Death

aka Vanishing Corpses,

directed and written by Elmer Clifton,

based on a story by Helen Kiely,

was released in the United States on July 27, 1944.
Music by Lee Zahler.

Cast:

Chick Chandler, June Clyde, George Meeker, Michael Raffetto, Gregory Gaye, Edgar Dearing, Rebel Randall, Milton Wallace, Casey MacGregor, Gene Roth.

Born on this day – Quentin Dean:

Quentin Dean

Actress

July 27, 1944 – May 7, 2003

Credits:

Lancer (1969); The High Chaparral (1969); The F.B.I. (1969); Mod Squad (1969); The Virginian (1968); The Young Runaways (1968); Stay Away, Joe (1968); The Big Valley (1967); Will Penny (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967).

Born on this day – Celeste Yarnall:

Celeste Yarnall

Actress

July 26, 1944 – October 7, 2018

Credits:

A New Kind of Love (1963); A Shattered Dream (1990); Ambition (1991); America Loves... Star Trek (2001); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Beast of Blood (1970); Bewitched (1966); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bonanza (1968); Born Yesterday (1993); Brewed in Brooklyn (2013); Burke's Law (1963); Captain Nice (1967); Civil Wars (1993); Daughters of Privilege (1991); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Driving Me Crazy (1991); Elvis Found Alive (2012); Elvis on Tour (1972); Eve (1968); Fatal Beauty (1987); Femme (2013); Find Your Future Reality (2018); Funny About Love (1990); Gidget (1966); Hogan's Heroes (1968); In Name Only (1969); Insight (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Your Bet (1971); Knots Landing (1990); Land of the Giants (1968); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Postal Meeter (1973); Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1972); Melrose Place (1995–1998); Metaltech: Earthsiege (1994); Midnight Kiss (1993); My Three Sons (1962–1963); Ransom for a Dead Man (1971); Scorpio (1973); Shrink Rap (2003); Sisters (1994); Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman (2005); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); That's My Baby (2002); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1962); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Cure (2018); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The F.B.I. (1968); The Green Girl (2014); The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (1967); The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2011); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mechanic (1972); The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song (2013); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Seven Ages of Elvis (2017); The Survivors (1969); The Two Sisters (2007); The Velvet Vampire (1971); The Wild Wild West (1965); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); We the People (2018); William Shatner's Get a Life! (2012).

Born on this day – Peter Jason:

Peter Jason

Actor

Producer

Cinematographer

July 22, 1944 – February 20, 2025

Credits:

4TH NAFCA: African Oscar (2014); 48 Hrs. (1982); 13th Child (2002); 1600 Penn (2013); A Bell for Adano (1967); A Different World (1992); A Reason to Live (1985); A Whole New Ballgame (1995); A Woman in the West (2008); Adaptation. (2002); Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011); Afterburn (1992); Agent Stoker (2021); Agua Dulce (2003); Air America (1998); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Alien Apocalypse (2005); Alien Nation (1988); Almost a Woman (2002); Amazing Stories (1985); American Black Beauty (2005); Angel (1983); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011); Annie McGuire (1988); Another Life (2020); Anywhere, U.S.A. (2017); Arachnophobia (1990); Arli$$ (1999); Arrested Development (2004–2013); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Baskets (2017–2019); Batman Beyond (1999); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Beaverton (2009); Beyond the Universe (1981); Big John (2006); Billionaire Boys Club (1987); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); BoomBastiCAST (2022–2023); Brewster's Millions (1985); Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cahoots (2001); Carnivàle (2003); Castle (2009); Cesar Chavez (2014); Chuck (2010); Cimarron Strip (1968); Claire (2007); Coach (1994); Cody the Robosapien (2013); Cold Case (2010); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol (2022); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol 2023 (2023); Command 5 (1985); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Congo (1995); Conjuring Orson (2014); Convicted (1986); Cover Up (1985); Crash and Burn (2008); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012); Daddy Issues (2018); Daniel Boone (1969); Dante's Peak (1997); Darkwatch: Curse of the West (2005); Dead Talk Live (2022); Deadwood (2004–2006); Deadwood: The Movie (2019); Dear John (1992); Deconstructing Sarah (1994); Deep in the Forest (2021); Desperate Housewives (2006–2007); Detonator (2003); Dirty Sexy Money (2007); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Disney·Pixar Learning: 2nd & 3rd Grade (2002); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994); Dreamscape (1984); Eat or Be Eaten (1985); Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no daimakyô (2014); Employee of the Month (2004); Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980); Escape from L.A. (1996); Falling Up (2009); Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998); Fast Track (1997); Filthy Rich (1982); Finding Kelly (2000); Five Houses (1998); For Love and Honor (1983); Foreign Land (2016); From the Dead of Night (1989); From the Head (2011); Frostbite (2005); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Gears of War 2 (2008); Gears of War 3 (2011); Gemini Division (2008); Get Married or Die (2018); Ghost of New Orleans (2011); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Gigi: Almost American (2014); Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (2007); Gunsmoke (1970–1973); Hail, Caesar! (2016); Hair High (2004); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Hard Cash (2002); Hard Knocks (1987); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heal Thyself (2012); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heavenly Deposit (2019); Here Come the Brides (1969); Herman's Head (1992); High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2017); Hopelessly in June (2011); How to Make Love to a Woman (2010); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impulse (1984); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside the Crazy Ant Farm (2022); Intervention (2008); It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned (2016); Izzy & Moe (1985); Jack in the Box (1989); Jackie Chan Adventures (2003); JAG (1995); Java Heads: The Movie (1997); John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004); John from Cincinnati (2007); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Justified (2010); Kicking & Screaming (2005); Knights of the Kitchen Table (1990); Knots Landing (1990); Kung Fu (1972); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); La ilegal (1979); Laguna Heat (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013); Live from Baghdad (2002); Locked In (2010); Longmire (2016); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Mad Men (2008); Marked for Death (1990); Married... with Children (1993); Measure (2014); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Men in Black: The Series (1999); Mending Fences (2009); Merkin Penal (2013); Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1973); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Milk (2008); Mister Roberts (1984); Mister Sterling (2003); Mixels (2015–2016); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mortal Kombat (1995); Moving McAllister (2007); Murder in the Mirror (2000); Murder One (1997); Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Nash Bridges (1998–1999); NCIS (2009–2018); Nice Dreams (1981); On Air with Ka$h (2022); One Day at a Time (1978); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Out of the Wilderness (1998); Oxford Blues (1984); Party Camp (1987); Passport (2014); Patients (2004); Perfect Strangers (1991); Perversions of Science (1997); Pinky and the Brain (1997); Planet Raptor (2007); Prince of Darkness (1987); Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment (2010); Providence (2001); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2014); Quantum Leap (1991); Queen City (2013); Rage (1995); Raising the Bar (2009); Raptor Island (2004); Red Desert Nights: Making 'Ghosts of Mars' (2001); Red Heat (1988); Remington Steele (1984–1986); Return to Zero (2014); Richard III (2007); Rio Lobo (1970); Riptide (1985); River Guard (2016); Road Back (2017); Roseanne (1993); Saint Judy (2018); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Scoring Ghosts of Mars (2001); Scorpion (2014); Seabiscuit (2003); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1983); Shadow on the Land (1968); Significant Others (2004); Silver Spoons (1982); Sister Cities (2016); Some Kind of Hero (1982); Son of Morning (2011); Splendor in the Grass (1981); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Streets of Fire (1984); Students Like Us (2012); Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live (2018); Sunset (1988); Surviving Christmas (2004); Tale of 2 Fathers (2022); Texas Lightning (1981); The Adventures of Black Feather (1995); The Assent (2019); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Christmas Card (2006); The Condo (2015); The Demolitionist (1995); The Downside of Bliss (2020); The Driver (1978); The Enigma with a Stigma (2006); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fighter & the Kid 3D (2016); The Final Analysis (2015); The Fuzz (2010); The Glimmer Man (1996); The Go to Guy: Peter Jason on John Carpenter (2016); The Golden Girls (1986); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Jackie Thomas Show (1993); The Karate Kid (1984); The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (2017); The Long Riders (1980); The Man Who Came Back (2008); The Naked Truth (1997); The New Batman Adventures (1997–1998); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999–2002); The Nth Ward (2017); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); The Rose Technique (2002); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006); The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017); The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); The Young Lawyers (1970); They Live (1988); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Titus (2000–2001); Trick or Treats (1982); Undisputed (2002); Valley Girls (1996); Valley of the Sun (2011); Village of the Damned (1995); We Are Gathered Here Today (2022); Webster (1984–1988); Welcome to Forever (2015); Wild Bill (1995); Willow Creek (2013); Wind in the Wire (1993); Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); With This Ring (1978); Women: Stories of Passion (1997); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

Born on this day – Lynn Loring:

Lynn Loring

Actress

Producer

July 14, 1944 – December 23, 2023

Credits:

A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); And Baby Makes Three (1966); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1958); Black Noon (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1966); Bus Stop (1961); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Circle of Fear (1972); Daniel Boone (1964); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Fair Exchange (1962–1963); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Frontiers of Faith (1955); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Glitter (1984–1985); Gunsmoke (1963); Hands of Mystery (1951); Hotel (1983); Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969); Kraft Theatre (1958); Lamp Unto My Feet (1952); Lancer (1968–1970); Making of a Male Model (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Me and the Kid (1993); Mod Squad (1970–1972); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); My Three Sons (1968); Omnibus (1955); Perry Mason (1964); Play of the Week (1960); Police Woman (1974); Pressure Point (1962); Proudly I Love (1953); Return to Peyton Place (1973); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Scared Silly (1982); Search for Tomorrow (1951–1961); Sizzle (1981); Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Starlight Theatre (1951); Studio One (1952–1954); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Big Valley (1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Defenders (1961–1964); The Desperate Miles (1975); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); The Immortal (1970); The Invaders (1967); The Jean Carroll Show (1953–1954); The Kansas City Massacre (1975); The Man Behind the Badge (1954); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Stranger (1955); The Web (1951); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Lawyers (1971); Timeshift (2006); Wagon Train (1962).

On this day in movie history - Double Indemnity (1944 movie & books):

Double Indemnity

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler,

based on the novel by James M. Cain,

was released in the United States on July 3, 1944.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber, Raymond Chandler, Bess Flowers, Betty Farrington, Teala Loring, Sam McDaniel, Miriam Nelson, Douglas Spencer.

Recommended reading:

Double Indemnity

By James M. Cain.

Filmed as:

Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder.

Double Indemnity (1973), directed by Jack Smight.

Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.

Published 1943.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9780679723226

ISBN-13: 9780679723226

Description:

“An American masterpiece.” – Ross Macdonald.

“No one has ever stopped reading in the middle of one of Jim Cain’s books.” – Saturday Review of Literature.

Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.

Double Indemnity: The Complete Screenplay

By Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, Jeffrey Meyers.

Published by University of California Press.

Published 2000.

ISBN-10: 0520218485

ISBN-13: 9780520218482

Description:

On every level -- writing, direction, acting -- Double Indemnity (1944) is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in Billy Wilder's career. Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by Fred MacMurray, who is lured into a murder-for-insurance plot by Barbara Stanwyck, in an archetypal femme fatale role. From its grim story to its dark, atmospheric lighting, Double Indemnity is a definitive example of World War II-era film noir. Wilder's approach is everywhere evident: in the brutal cynicism the film displays, the moral complexity, and in the empathy we feel for the killers. The film received almost unanimous critical success, garnering seven Academy Award nominations. More than fifty years later, most critics agree that this classic is one of the best films of all time. The collaboration between Wilder and Raymond Chandler produced a masterful script and some of the most memorable dialogue ever spoken in a movie.

This facsimile edition of Double Indemnity contains Wilder and Chandler's original -- and quite different -- ending, published here for the first time. Jeffrey Meyers's introduction contextualizes the screenplay, providing hilarious anecdotes about the turbulent collaboration, as well as background information about Wilder and the film's casting and production.