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.

Born on this day – Emilio Echevarría:

Emilio Echevarría

Actor

July 3, 1944 – January 4, 2025

Credits:

4 November 1990 (2012); A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015); Ámbar (1994); Loves Dogs (2000); Babel (2006); Bad Habits (2007); Bathroom Intimacy (1991); Colosio (2012); Corto Mx (2012); Cronos (1992); De Mesmer, con amor or Té para dos (2002); Desde el cristal con que se mire (1984); Die Another Day (2002); The charm of the Águila (2011); The Dead Sea (2010); In Self-Defense (2015); Philosophy Natural of Love (2014); Cries of Death and Freedom (2010); Intimacy (1989); Jacarandas (2017); Knock Out (2025); The singer who wanted to be like Janis Joplin (1987); The nao of China (2004); The Last Moon (1990); Life Kills (2002); Ana's footsteps (1991); Los perros from 'Amores perros' (2000); Those who make our cinema (1993); The Simulators (2009); Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2011); Dying in the gulf (1990); Mozart in the Jungle (2015–2016); Novia que te vea (1994); Prelude (1999); Quatremares (2025); Sex and Other Secrets (2007); Sin memoria (2010); Events distant (1996); T.A.P. Professional Actors Workshop (2013); The Alamo (2004); The Chosen (2016); The double and only woman (2018); The Dream of Lu (2011); The Night Buffalo (2007); Three Rabbits (2015); A crucial day for Ausencio Paredes (1987); An Ice Lava Volcano (1994); Words with Gods (2014); And Your Mom Too (2001).

On this day in movie history - The Mask of Dimitrios (1944 movie & novel):

The Mask of Dimitrios

directed by Jean Negulesco,

written by Frank Gruber,

based on the novel A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler,

was released in the United States on July 1, 1944.

Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Steven Geray, Florence Bates, Eduardo Ciannelli, Kurt Katch, Marjorie Hoshelle, Georges Metaxa, John Abbott, Monte Blue, David Hoffman.

Recommended reading:

A Coffin for Dimitrios

By Eric Ambler.

Filmed as The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), directed by Jean Negulesco.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Published 1939.

ISBN-10: 0375726713

ISBN-13: 9780375726712

Description:

"Our greatest thriller writer." – Graham Greene.

"Anyone who hasn't read Ambler is in for a real treat." – The Washington Post Book World.

A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, will inspire a plot for his next novel, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery.

Born on this day – Paul Koslo:

Paul Koslo

Actor

June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019

Born on this day – Julian Holloway:

Julian Holloway

Actor

June 24, 1944 – February 18, 2025

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Hard Day's Night (1964); A Horseman Riding By (1978); A Lustful Lady (1977); A Perfect Carry On (1998); A Season of Giants (1990); Angels (1978); Baby Talk (1992); BBC Play of the Month (1974–1983); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bedtime Stories (1974); Before the Fringe (1967); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Black and Blue (1973); Bowler (1973); Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974); Captain Zed and the Zee Zone (1991–1992); Carry on at Your Convenience (1971); Carry on Camping (1969); Carry on Christmas (1973); Carry on Doctor (1967); Carry on England (1976); Carry on Follow That Camel (1967); Carry on Forever (2015); Carry on Henry VIII (1971); Carry on Laughing (1981); Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (1983); Carry on Loving (1970); Carry on Up the Khyber (1968); Casualty (1993); Catflap (2007); Centre Play (1975); City '68 (1968); Comedy Playhouse (1967–1974); Conjugal Rights (1973); Crown Court (1978); Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (2002); Dead of Night (1972); Dentist on the Job (1961); Doctor Who (1989); Dragon Age: Origins (2009); Elizabeth R (1971); Ellis Island (1984); Fair Exchange (1962); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); First Night (1964); Five to One (1963); Gideon C.I.D. (1964); Give us a Break (1983); Grass Roots (1992); Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (2006); Hallelujah! (1983); Harriet's Back in Town (1973); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Helen: A Woman of Today (1973); Hostile Witness (1969); How Am I Doing? (1977); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); It'll Be OK on the Day (1975); ITV Play of the Week (1967); James Bond Jr. (1991); Jubilee (1977); Keep It in the Family (1980); King of the River (1966); Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012); Loophole (1981); Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders (1988); Marked Personal (1973); Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005); Meetings Bloody Meetings (1993); Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976); Menace (1970); Minder (1982); Misfits (1981); My Uncle Silas (2001–2003); Nancy Astor (1982); Naughty Girls (1975); NBC Experiment in Television (1970); North West Confidential (1970); Nothing But the Best (1964); On Location (2000); Onimusha Blade Warriors (2004); Ooh La La! (1973); Our Man at St. Mark's (1963); Our Man Higgins (1962–1963); Pardon the Expression (1966); Parkin's Patch (1970); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007); Play for Today (1970–1976); Plays for Pleasure (1981); Porridge (1979); Public Eye (1975); Rebecca (1979); Regular Show (2011–2017); Remember WENN (1996–1997); Ricky and Ravi (Are in Between Jobs) (2011); Rough Cut (1980); Rumpole of the Bailey (1991); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978); Scream and Scream Again (1970); Secrets & Scandals of Carry On (2023); Seven Faces of Woman (1977); Sprout (1974); Star Games (1978–1979); Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2010–2020); Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011); Summer of Rockets (2019); Take Three Girls (1971); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Telford's Change (1979); Ten from the Twenties (1975); That's Carry On! (1977); That's Show Business (1967); The Avengers (1961); The Bill (1987); The Brute (1977); The Chairman's Wife (1971); The Chief (1990); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1963); The Edwardians (1973); The Endless Game (1989); The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980); The Hostages (1975); The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night (1972); The Informer (1967); The Jokers (1967); The Knack... and How to Get It (1965); The Last Shot You Hear (1969); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1992); The Liver Birds (1969); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Man from Haven (1972); The New Avengers (1976); The Pleasure Girls (1965); The Professionals (1978); The Punch Review (1975–1977); The Rum Diary (2011); The Saint (1964); The Scarlet and the Black (1983); The Sea Can Kill (1978); The Shadow of the Tower (1972); The Spy's Wife (1972); The Stud (1974); The Sweeney (1975); The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002); The Valiant Varneys (1964); The Vet (1995); The World of Wooster (1967); This Is Your Life (1970); Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006); Torch Song (1993); TV/Film Podcast UK (2021); Ukridge (1968); Uncle Creepy Returns (2009); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Warship (1974); What a Carry On (1984–1986); Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–1974); What's a Carry On? (1998); Where's Waldo? (1991); Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003); Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1975); Young Winston (1972); Z Cars (1975).

Born on this day – Tony Scott:

Tony Scott

Director

Producer

Actor

Writer

June 21, 1944 – August 19, 2012

Born on this day – Cheryl Holdridge:

Cheryl Holdridge

Actress

June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Summer Place (1959); Annette (1958); Archie (1964); Bachelor Father (1959–1961); Bewitched (1964); Biography (2006); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Carousel (1956); Dennis the Menace (1962); Dr. Kildare (1964); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Insight (1964); King of Diamonds (1962); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1963); Life with Archie (1962); Mr. Novak (1964); My Three Sons (1960–1964); Ripcord (1963); Take Me to Your Leader (1964); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1961–1962); The Bob Hope Show (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1962); The Eleventh Hour (1963–1964); The Eve Arden Show (1958); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The Magical World of Disney (1957–1980); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956–1958); The New Leave It to Beaver (1985–1987); The Rifleman (1962); Wagon Train (1964); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Working with Walt (2006).

Born on this day – Brigid Bazlen:

Brigid Bazlen

Actress

June 9, 1944 – May 25, 1989

Credits:

Days of Our Lives (1972); Bright Promise (1969); How the West Was Won (1962); King of Kings (1961); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); The Blue Fairy (1958); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1951–1955).

Remembering D-Day - June 6, 1944:

In honor of all who served.

We will never forget.

#DDay #DDay1944 #DDayJune61944 #June61944 #RememberTheFallen #Honor #Military #Bravery #Courage #Heroes #Valor #Remembrance #Tribute #Respect #Heroes #FreedomIsNotFree #InMemory #ToAllWhoServe

Born on this day – Meredith MacRae:

Meredith MacRae

Actress

Singer

Talk show host

May 30, 1944 – July 14, 2000

Born on this day – Sondra Locke:

Sondra Locke

Actress

Director

Writer

May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018

Credits:

Book:

The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey (1997).

Music:

I Seek The Night / Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More (1978); Too Loose (1980).

Movies and television:

A Reflection of Fear (1972); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Amazing Stories (1985); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Barnaby Jones (1975); Biography (2003); Bronco Billy (1980); Cannon (1973–1975); CBS This Morning (1990); Clapper Board (1980); Clean and Narrow (2000); Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022); Clint Eastwood: Director (1982); Cover Me Babe (1970); Death Game (1977); Death in Small Doses (1995); Dinah! (1978); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); Gondola (1974); Good Morning America (1980); Hollywood Couples (2000); Impulse (1990); Joe Forrester (1976); Knock Knock (2015); Kung Fu (1974); Les grands reportages (2013); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Night Gallery / A Feast of Blood (1972); Planet of the Apes (1974); Ratboy (1986); Ray Meets Helen (2017); Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982); Sudden Impact (1983); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Tattletales (1975); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Bob Braun Show (1968); The F.B.I. (1972); The Gauntlet (1977); The Gauntlet: Behind the Scenes (1977); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Joan Rivers Show (1990); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Prophet's Game (2000); The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); Tom Jones Now! (1984); Trading Favors (1997); Willard (1971).

Born on this day – Jim Abrahams:

Jim Abrahams

Writer

Producer

Director

May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet (1994); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Big Business (1988); Big John, Little John (1976); Biography (2001–2004); Cancer/evolution (2023); CBS Saturday Morning (2023); Chiseled (2008); Cocaine Blues (1983); Coming to America (1988); Cry-Baby (1990); Fat: A Documentary (2019); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Hearts of Hot Shots Part Deux: A Filmmaker's Apology (1993); Hot Shots! (1991); Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993); Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie (1991); Katie Holmes in Miss Meadows (2014); Late Night Berlin (2019); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Laugh Out Loud: The Funniest Films Ever (2015); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2021); Life and Times (2000); Mafia! (1998); Minty Comedic Arts (2020); Movie Magic (1994); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Oscar (1991); Our Planet Tonight (1987); Police Squad! (1982); Ruthless People (1986); Scary Movie 4 (2006); The Directors (1997–2008); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Midnight Special (1974); The Naked Gun (2025); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); Top Secret! (1984); Valkokangas (1984); Voice of the Epilepsies (2018); Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers (2004).

Born on this day – Roger Rees:

Roger Rees

Actor

Director

May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015

Credits:

22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 3 A.M. (2001); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Life in Suitcases (2005); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); Affluenza (2014); Almost Perfect (2011); American Experience (2015); Anatomía Unplugged (2007); Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally (2011); BBC Play of the Month (1979); BlackMale (2000); Boston Common (1997); Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976); Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992); Cheers (1989–1993); CNN Showbiz Today (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (2004); Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America (1997); Double Platinum (1999); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Elementary (2012–2014); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Falling for Grace (2006); Footsteps (1987); Forever (2015); Frida (2002); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Game 6 (2005); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Gargoyles (1995); God's Outlaw (1986); Going Under (2004); Grey's Anatomy (2007); Happy Tears (2009); If Looks Could Kill (1991); Imaginary Friends (1982); It Could Be Worse (2013–2014); Law & Order (2003); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low-Budget Movie (2001); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Macbeth (1979); Mighty Max (1994); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Mountains of the Moon (1990); My So-Called Life (1994); Next (1990); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990); Oz (2001 / 2002); P.J. Sparkles (1992); Phantom 2040 (1995); Playing Shakespeare (1982); Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011); Related (2005–2006); Return to Never Land (2002); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014); SAG Foundation Conversations (2012); Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983); Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999); Singles (1988–1989); Sly (2023); Star 80 (1983); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); Submissions Only (2012); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Survivor (2015); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (1982); The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The Crossing (2000); The Ebony Tower (1984); The Education of Max Bickford (2002); The Emperor's Club (2002); The English Programme (1980); The Finding (1987); The Good Wife (2010); The Invasion (2007); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1993); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982); The Middle (2013); The Narrows (2008); The New World (2005); The Pilgrims (2015); The Pink Panther (2006); The Place of Peace (1975); The Possession of Michael D. (1995); The Prestige (2006); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Scorpion King (2002); The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (1984); The Substance of Fire (1996); The Theatre Quiz (1981); The Three Sisters (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990–1991); The Tower (1993); The Treatment (2006); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004); The West Wing (2000–2005); The Young Riders (1990); Theater Talk (2012–2015); Three Sisters (2001); Titanic (1996); Trouble on the Corner (1997); Under Western Eyes (1975); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Veritas: The Quest (2003); Warehouse 13 (2009–2013); Wogan (1988); Working in the Theatre (1995–1998); World of Robin Hood (2006).