Born on this day – Kenneth Washington:

Kenneth Washington

Actor

October 19, 1946 – July 18, 2025

Credits:

A Different World (1989); About Religion (1963); Adam-12 (1968–1969); Changes (1969); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Cry Rape (1973); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Escape from DS-3 (1981); Hec Ramsey (1972); Hogan's Heroes (1970–1971); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1966); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Money on the Side (1982); My Friend Tony (1969); My Three Sons (1968); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Our Family Business (1981); Petticoat Junction (1969); Police Story (1974–1977); Star Trek (1969); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The F.B.I. (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Rockford Files (1975); Westworld (1973).

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:

Suzanne Somers

Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); ; Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

Born on this day – Michael Sloan:

Michael Sloan

Writer

Producer

October 14, 1946 – August 13, 2025

Credits:

A Double Life (1978); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987–1989); Alien Agent (2007); An Amazing Time: Pemini co-founder and writer Michael Sloan (2022); Assassin (1973); B.J. and the Bear (1979–1981); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979); Baywatch (2000); Baywatch Nights (1996); Bionic Ever After? (1994); Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989); Call of the Wild (2000); Columbo (1976); Earthquake in New York (1998); Evening in Byzantium (1978); Feature Fitness (1990); Free Fall (1999); Harry O (1975–1976); Her Sister's Keeper (2006); Hunted (1972); Intimate Portrait (1992); Kung Fu: A Legend Reborn (1992); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1996); La Femme Nikita (1999); Magi-Nation (2007); Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006); McCloud (1976–1977); McCoy (1975); Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979); Moments (1974); Mystery Woman (2003); Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006); Mystery Woman: Game Time (2005); Mystery Woman: In the Shadows (2007); Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005); Mystery Woman: Oh Baby (2006); Mystery Woman: Redemption (2006); Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (2005); Mystery Woman: Snapshot (2005); Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (2005); Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery (2006); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pacific Blue (1997); Police Academy: The Series (1997); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Riviera (1987); Simon & Simon (1982); Spidersweb (2025); Switch (1975); Sword of Justice (1978–1979); The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008); The Caller (1987); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Equalizer (1985–1989 / 2014–2025); The Equalizer 2 (2018); The Equalizer 3 (2023); The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon (1988); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1978); The Master (1984); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Outer Limits (2001 / 2002); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); This Is Your Life (1995); X Bomber (1980–1981).

Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Beineix:

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Director

October 8, 1946 – January 13, 2022

Credits:

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe (2013); Loft Paradoxe (2002); Mortal Transfer (2001); The Works (1997); Assigné à résidence (1997); Otaku (1994); The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993); IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Betty Blue (1986); L'épi d'or (1985); The Moon in the Gutter (1983); Diva (1981); Le chien de Monsieur Michel (1977).

Born on this day – Dan O'Bannon:

Dan O'Bannon

Actor

Writer

Director

September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009

Credits:

A Conversation with Dan O'Bannon: The Final Interview (2011); A Little Bit Zombie (2012); Alien (1979); Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power Since 1979 (2014); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (1994 / 2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Earth (2025); Alien: Enhancement Pods (2010); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Romulus (2024); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013); Area 51: The Alien Interview (1997); ASMR Xenomorph Attack (2019); Bird of Steel! (2024); Bleeders (1997); Blood Bath (1969); Bloodmyth (2006); Blue Thunder (1983 / 1984); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Circus Maximus (2009); Cult Connections / Podcast Series (2021); Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear (2003); Dark Star (1974); Dead & Buried (1981); Delivering Milo (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2020); Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986); Film Genre (2002); Foster's Release (1971); Heavy Metal / Segment: Soft Landing (1981); Het loon van de angst (1983); I'm Gonna Eat Your Brains (2013); Invaders from Mars (1986); Jodorowsky's Dune (2013); Kill Her Goats (2023); L'antre du Mea (2017); Last Breath (2001); Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star (2010); Lifeforce (1985); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007); More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Phobia (1980); Prometheus (2012); Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead (2002); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Screamers (1995); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Alien Legacy (1999); The 'Alien' Saga (2002); The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Resurrected (1991); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); Total Recall (1990 / 2012); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); When Muscles Ruled the World (2002); Zaum - Andare a parare (2011).

Recommended reading - Dark Passage (1946):

Dark Passage

By David Goodis.

First published 1946.

ISBN 13: 9781598534467

ISBN 10: 1598534467

ASIN: B00TNBOFUI

Description:

The story of a man railroaded for his wife’s murder and forced to assume a different identity after escaping from prison becomes in Goodis’s hands a lyrical evocation of urban fear and loneliness. A fugitive from justice, in the depths of despair, he finds refuge with a beautiful woman as he struggles to unravel a nightmarish plot.

First published as a magazine serial, Dark Passage was filmed in 1947 by Delmer Daves. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, it is regarded as a classic of noir filmmaking.

For the first time, the best work of a distinctive master of American noir is available in authoritative e-book editions from The Library of America. David Goodis experienced a brief celebrity when his novel Dark Passage (1946) became the basis for a popular movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Other David Goodis novels available as Library of America E-Book Classics include: Nightfall, The Burglar, The Moon in the Gutter, and Street of No Return.

Born on this day – Nicholas Clay:

Nicholas Clay

Actor

September 18, 1946 – May 25, 2000

On this day in movie history - Decoy (1946):

Decoy

directed by Jack Bernhard,

written by Nedrick Young,

based on a story by Stanley Rubin,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1946.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Edward Norris, Sheldon Leonard, Philip Van Zandt, Marjorie Woodworth, Carole Donne, John Shay, Bert Roach, Rosemary Bertrand.

Born on this day – Alfa Anderson:

Alfa Anderson

Singer

Teacher

September 7, 1946 – December 17, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

C'est Chic (1978); Chic (1977); Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979); Music from My Heart (2017); Tongue in Chic (1982).

Songs:

A Warm Summer Night; At Last I Am Free; Bone; Chic Cheer; Chic Mystique; Chicism; Dance, Dance, Dance; Do That Dance; Do You Wanna Party; Everybody Dance; Good Times; Good Times / Rapper's Delight; Hangin'; Happy Man; I Want Your Love; I’ll Be There; I'm Coming Out; Jusagroove; Le Freak; My Feet Keep Dancing; My Forbidden Lover; Real People; São Paulo; Savoir Faire; Sober; Sometimes You Win; Soup for One; Till The World Falls; We Are Family; What About Me; Will You Cry; Would You Be My Baby.

Movies, television and video:

Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance (1978); Chic: Everybody Dance (1978); Chic: I Want Your Love (1979); Chic: Le Freak (1978); Coronation Street (2015–2016); Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker (2013); Unsung (2014).

On this day in movie history - Crack-Up (1946):

Crack-Up

directed by Irving Reis and James Anderson,

written by John Paxton, Ben Bengal and Ray Spencer,

based on the short story Madman's Holiday by Fredric Brown,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford, Mary Ware.

Born on this day – Freddie Mercury:

Freddie Mercury

Singer

Songwriter

Instrumentalist

September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991

Born on this day – Susan Backlinie:

Susan Backlinie

Actress

Stuntwoman

September 1, 1946 – May 11, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); 20 to 1 (2010); A Stranger in My Forest (1976); A Stranger in My Forest (1976); American Grindhouse (2010); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Day of the Animals (1977); E! True Hollywood Story (2002); Image of the Beast (1981); Inside Edition (2015); Jaws (1975); Jaws: The Inside Story (2010); Jaws: The Restoration (2012); MythBusters (2005); Quark (1978); Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (2015); Something Was Out There (2006); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Fall Guy (1982); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Grizzly & the Treasure (1975); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Making of 'Jaws' (1995); The Quest (1976); The Return of the Incredible Hulk (1977); The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' (2007); The Villain (1979); Two-Minute Warning (1976).

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1946):

The Killers

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston and Richard Brooks,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1946.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad, Ernie Adams, Audley Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Frank Baker, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Edward Biby, Harry Brown, Phil Brown, Jack Cheatham, James Conaty, Jeff Corey, Gino Corrado, Noel Cravat, Oliver Cross, Rex Dale, Neal Dodd, Mike Donovan, Howard Freeman, Dick Gordon, Robert Haines, Michael Hale, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, Mark Hellinger, Al Hill, George Hoagland, Jimmie Horan, Geoffrey Ingham, Kenner G. Kemp, Paul Kruger, Ethan Laidlaw, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Nolan Leary, Vera Lewis, Jack Lomas, Therese Lyon, Frank McLure, Charles Middleton, John Miljan, Howard Negley, Garry Owen, Barbara ‘Red’ Powers, Beatrice Roberts, Wally Rose, William Ruhl, Wallace Scott, John Sheehan, Queenie Smith, Ann Staunton, Jack Tornek, John Trebach, Bill Walker, Milton Wallace, Gabrielle Windsor, Florence Wix.

Born on this day – Mark Snow:

Mark Snow

Composer

Actor

August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2011); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997); 240-Robert (1979–1981); 31 Days of Horror (2019); 43:45 - The Makings of a Struggle (2016); A Good Sport (1984); A Hobo's Christmas (1987); A Loss of Innocence (1996); A Memory in My Heart (1999); A Place for Annie (1994); A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019); A Stranger in Town (1995); A Taste for Killing (1992); A Touch of Hope (1999); A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992); Aaron's Way (1988); Acceptable Risks (1986); Adventures in Appletown (2008); All Together Now (1991); Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988); America's Got Talent (2014); An American Story (1992); Angel City (1980); Another Woman's Husband (2000); Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990); Battling for Baby (1992); Bereft (2004); Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Birds of Prey (2002–2003); Blood & Orchids (1986); Blue Bloods (2010–2024); Bluegrass (1988); Bones (2010); Born to Be Wild (1995); Born Too Soon (1993); Bridges to Cross (1986); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2019); Brothers and Sisters (1979); Bull (2000–2001); Cagney & Lacey (1981–1984); California Girls (1985); Captain Sharif (2017); Caroline at Midnight (1994); Casino (1980); Castle (2010); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1996); Child in the Night (1990); Children of the Dust (1995); Circle of Love (1988); Cloned (1997); Code Name Phoenix (2000); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Conundrum (1996); Cracked Up (1987); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Crazy Like a Fox (1984–1986); Critical Assembly (2002); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007); D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003); Dancing with the Stars (2016); Dans les oreilles d'Alain Resnais (2020); Dark Justice (1991–1993); Dark Realm (2000); Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991); Dead Badge (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Dirty Pictures (2000); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Disturbing Behavior (1998); DJ Dado: X Files (1996); Dolly Dearest (1991); Down, Out & Dangerous (1995); Dying to Dance (2001); Dynasty (1981); End Game: Making 'Millennium' Season Three (2004); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989); Falcon Crest (1986–1988); Family (1978–1980); Family Guy (2000–2020); Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Fiona (2002); Flatbush (1979); Flush (1982); Follow Your Heart (1990); Following Her Heart (1994); For Love of Olivia (2001); Forgotten Sins (1996); Fresh Off the Boat (2018); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Garbage Island (2000); Gemini Man (1976); Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010); Ghosts Can't Do It (1989); Gintberg på kanten (2015); Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988); Harsh Realm (1999–2000); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996); Haunted (2002); Haven (2012); He Said, She Said (1991); Heart of a Child (1994); Helter Skelter (2004); Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992); High Risk (1981); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hometown (1985); I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985); I Married a Centerfold (1984); Icy Bois (2018); I'd Rather Be Calm (1982); I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2019); Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files (2018); In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990); In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993); In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992); In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994); In the Name of the People (2000); Inside 'Harsh Realm' (2004); Inside the X Files (1998); International Airport (1985); Jake Speed (1986); Just Like Her (2011); Kalapuikkokeitto (1998); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (2005); La Femme Nikita (1997–2001); Ladykillers (1988); Level Up Norge (2018); Life of Riley (2014); Living a Lie (1991); Lottery! (1983–1984); Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986); Malibu (1983); Matt Houston (1983); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2014); Millennium (1996–1999); Miracle Landing (1990); Mixed Blessings (1995); Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire (1994); Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy (1994); Monsters of the Week (2015); Mr. Murder (1998); Murder Between Friends (1994); Murder by the Book (1987); Murder Ordained (1987); Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000); News at Eleven (1986); Night Sins (1997); Not My Kid (1985); Nowhere Man (1995–1996); Occupied (2016); Odd Girl Out (2005); Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994); One Police Plaza (1986); One Terrific Guy (1986); One Tree Hill (2003–2005); Opposites Attract (1990); Order in Chaos: Making Millennium - Season One (2004); Over Here, Mr. President (1983); Overboard (1978); Packin' It In (1983); Pals (1987); Paper Dolls (1982); Paradise (2004); Pasadena (2001–2002); Pastor Mike Online (2011–2012); Payback (1997); Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1989–1990); Perversions of Science (1997); Phoenix Forgotten (2017); Phone Calls from the Dead (1996); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Playmaker (1994); Precious Victims (1993); Private Fears in Public Places (2006); Project: ALF (1996); Ringer (2011–2012); Rockhopper (1985); Roman Holiday (1987); Royal Match (1985); Rude Tube (2014); Scandal in a Small Town (1988); Scattered Dreams (1993); Season X (2016); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996); Seduced and Betrayed (1995); Settle the Score (1989); Shadows of Desire (1994); She's Too Young (2004); Show Kafka's Dudes (2019); Skateboard (1978); Smallville (2001–2010); Smallville: 100th Episode -the Making of a Milestone (2006); Smoke Jumpers (1996); Sole Survivor (2000); Solve for X: Constructing Season 11 (2018); Something About Amelia (1984); Something Short of Paradise (1979); Song in the Key of X (2020); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996); Special Unit 2 (2001–2002); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1979); Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987); Strange Calls (2015); Strike Force (1981); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Summer of Fear (1996); Superstar (1999); Sweet Temptation (1996); Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006); Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004); T.J. Hooker (1982–1986); T.V. Kaiser (1996); Tattoo Fixers (2017); Telling Secrets (1993); Texas Justice (1995); The Art Of... When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! (2010); The Big Sick (2017); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); The Cape (1996); The Dancing Cow (2000); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Disappearance of Nora (1993); The Disinvited (2024); The Family Tree (1983); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990); The Guardian (2001–2002); The Hamlet Adventure (2008); The Hunters (2011); The in Crowd (1988); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2016); The Lady from Yesterday (1985); The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1992); The Little Kidnappers (1990); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Lost Capone (1990); The Love Boat (1978–1982); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'the X Files: Fight the Future' (1998); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Marla Hanson Story (1991); The New Mutants (2020); The Next Step Beyond (1978–1979); The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995); The Perfect Mother (1997); The Price of Heaven (1997); The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991); The Return of Ben Casey (1988); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Rookies (1975–1976); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988); The Secret Life of Uri Geller (2013); The Seventh Stream (2001); The Simpsons (1995–1997); The Six of Us (1982); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Twilight Zone (2002–2003); The Unspoken Truth (1995); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); The Worst Movies of All Time (2016–2017); The X Files (1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X Files: The Making of 'The Truth' (2004); The X-Files (1993–2018); The X-Files Game (1998); The X-Files: Re-Opened (2015); The X-Files: Season 11 - Conversation on the Fox Lot (2018); The X-Files: Season 11 - The Scully Effect (2018); Those She Left Behind (1989); Today at Wimbledon (2015); Top of the Pops (1996); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Fire (1995); Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two (2004); Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998); Two Kinds of Love (1983); UFO: The Truth Is Here (2001); Under a Killing Moon (1994); Undercover (2005); Urban Assault (1998); Vega$ (1978–1981); Vietnam War Story (1987–1988); Visions (1976); Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (1997); Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987); What Dreams May Come (1998); When He's Not a Stranger (1989); When the Whistle Blows (1980); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991); White Irish Drinkers (2010); White Like the Moon (2002); Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991); Wild Grass (2009); Witness to the Execution (1994); Wolf Lake (2001); You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012); Zachariah (1971).

On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1946):

The Big Sleep

directed by Howard Hawks,

written by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 23, 1946.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Sonia Darrin, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Peggy Knudsen, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr., Louis Jean Heydt, Trevor Bardette, Tommy Rafferty, Ben Welden, Tom Fadden, Theodore von Eltz.

On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946):

The Inner Circle

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.
Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Black Angel (1946):

Black Angel

directed by Roy William Neill,

written by Roy Chanslor,

based on the novel The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on August 2, 1946.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin, Archie Twitchell, Maurice St. Clair, Vilova, Robert Williams.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder (1946):

Deadline for Murder

directed by James Tinling,

written by Irving Cummings Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1946.
Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Jerome Cowan, Renee Carson, Marion Martin, Joan Blair, Eddie Marr, Matt McHugh, Jody Gilbert, Emory Parnell, John Ardell, Larry J. Blake, Tom Burton, André Charlot, Chick Collins, Lester Dorr, Jimmie Dundee, Frank Eldredge, Herbert Evans, Bruce Fernald, Cay Forester, Stewart Garner, Art Gilmore, Ernest Hilliard, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddie Kane, Mary Moore, Jack Mulhall, William Newell, Spec O’Donnell, Jimmy O’Gatty, Joey Ray, Syd Saylor, Clarence Straight, Phil Tead, Ray Teal, Lillian West, Chalky Williams, Charles Williams, Guy Zanette.

Born on this day – Sue Lyon:

Sue Lyon

Actress

July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 7 Women (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Alligator (1980); Arsenic and Old Lace (1969); But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Rose (1999); Cinéma cinémas (1987); Corazón de... (2006); Crash! (1976); Dennis the Menace (1960); Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1971); End of the World (1977); Evel Knievel (1971); Fantasy Island (1978); Four Rode Out (1969); Game of Murder (1973); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Inside Edition (2015); It's Your Bet (1972); James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); Kubrick Remembered (2014); Lolita (1962); Lolita, méprise sur un fantasme (2021); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Extra Job; Love and the Bed (1969–1974); Mantrap (1971); Men at Law (1970); Murder in a Blue World (1973); Night Gallery / Segment: Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (1971); On the Trail of the Iguana (1964); Police Story (1978); Room 237 (2012); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Showbiz Kids (2020); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The Astral Factor (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Match Game (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1974); The Night of the Iguana (1964); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Virginia Graham Show (1970); The Virginian (1970); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973); Tony Rome (1967); Towing (1978); What's My Line? (1964).