Born on this day – Slim Summerville:

Slim Summerville

Actor

Director

Writer

July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946

Credits:

A Bedroom Blunder (1917); A Bedtime Story (1926); A Bird's a Bird (1915); A Dog Catcher's Love (1917); A Dumb Friend (1926); A Free Ride (1925); A Game Old Knight (1915); A New York Girl (1914); A Peaceful Riot (1925); A Rowboat Romance (1914); A Run for His Money (1927); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Swell Affair (1926); Absent-Minded (1925); Air Mail (1932); All Out (1925); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); All Tied Up (1925); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Among the Mourners (1914); An Incompetent Hero (1914); Andy Takes a Flier (1925); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Arabian Knights (1931); Are Waitresses Safe? (1917); Bachelor Daze (1944); Back to Nature (1925); Bad Sister (1931); Badly Broke (1926); Bless the Ladies (1931); Bride by Mistake (1944); Business Worries (1926); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Captain January (1936); Case Dismissed (1924); Caught in a Park (1915); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught in the Rain (1914); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); Cinders of Love (1916); Cursed by His Beauty (1914); Don't Be a Dummy (1926); Dough and Dynamite (1914); Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915); Easy Money (1924); Easy Work (1924); El Tenorio del harem (1931); Estamos en París (1931); Faint Heart (1925); Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); Fatty's New Role (1915); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); First to Fight (1931); Five of a Kind (1938); Footballs and Frauds (1919); Free Love (1930); Garden of Eatin' (1943); Gentlemen of Nerve (1914); Gold Rush Maisie (1940); Green Grocers (1924); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Gypsy Joe (1916); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); He Loved the Ladies (1914); Hearts and Sparks (1916); Hearts for Rent (1926); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Her Ball and Chain (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her First Kiss (1919); Her First Mate (1933); Her Man (1930); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Winning Punch (1915); Here's Luck (1931); Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927); High and Dry (1922); Highway West (1941); His Bread and Butter (1916); His Busted Trust (1916); His Hidden Purpose (1918); His Naughty Wife (1919); His Precious Life (1917); His Smothered Love (1918); His Talented Wife (1914); Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hold the Line (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hop Along (1927); Horse Play (1933); Hotter Than Haiti (1931); Idle Workers (1921); I'm from Arkansas (1944); In Again, Out Again (1927); In the Air (1926); In the Bag (1932); It Pays to Exercise (1918); Jailhouse Blues (1927); Jesse James (1939); Keep Healthy (1924); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Kid Glove Kisses (1932); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Rodeo (1928); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughing Gas (1914); Leading Lizzie Astray (1914); Let's Play (1931); Life Begins at 40 (1935); Little Accident (1930); Love and Bullets (1914); Love Birds (1934); Love Is News (1937); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Lover's Luck (1914); Mabel's Busy Day (1914); Mabel's Latest Prank (1914); Many a Slip (1931); Mary's Little Lobster (1920); Meet the Husband (1927); Meet the Princess (1932); Miners Over 21 (1924); Miss Polly (1941); My Little Brother (1924); Niagara Falls (1941); No One to Guide Him (1915); Off to the Races (1937); Officer, Save My Child (1932); Oh, What a Kick! (1927); One Hysterical Night (1929); One Moment, Please (1921); Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915); Ooh La-La (1930); Opry House Tonight (1926); Out All Night (1933); Painted Ponies (1927); Papa's Mama (1926); Pardon Me (1921); Parisian Gaities (1931); Parlez Vous (1930); Peeking in Peking (1931); Pepper (1936); Politics (1924); Pretty Lady (1920); Puddin' Head (1941); Qué tiempos aquéllos (1951); Racing Youth (1932); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Reckless Living (1931); Red Suspenders (1927); Reunion (1936); Riding for Fame (1928); Roaring Lions on the Midnight Express (1918); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rough Sailing (1923); Rum and Wall Paper (1915); Sad But True (1924); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Saved by Wireless (1915); Sea Soldier's Sweeties (1932); See America Thirst (1930); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Ship Ahoy! (1924); Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945); Skirts (1921); Soldiers of Misfortune (1914); Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914); Strong Boy (1929); Submarine Patrol (1938); Sunshine's Dark Moment (1929); Swing in the Saddle (1944); Switching Sleepers (1926); Taking the Heir (1926); Ten Nights Without a Barroom (1920); That Little Band of Gold (1915); The Anglers (1914); The Artist (1923); The Barnstormers (1922); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Country Doctor (1936); The Cry Baby (1924); The Cyclist (1923); The Denver Dude (1927); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Diver's Last Kiss (1918); The Eskimo (1922); The Eyes Have It (1932); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Five Fifteen (1923); The Front Page (1931); The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915); The High Spots on Broadway (1914); The Home Breakers (1915); The Honeymoon Quickstep (1927); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Kitchen Lady (1918); The Knockout (1914); The Last Warning (1928); The Midnight Bum (1927); The Pace That Thrills (1929); The Perfect Lie (1926); The Pinhead (1924); The Plumber (1914); The Property Man (1914); The Ranch Romeo (1922); The Riding Master (1923); The Rivals (1923); The Road Back (1937); The Royal Bluff (1931); The Sargie's Playmate (1931); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Singer Midget's Scandal (1921); The Snow Cure (1916); The Spoilers (1930); The Texas Streak (1926); The Three Slims (1916); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942); The Very Bad Man (1924); The Village Cut-Up (1926); The Winning Punch (1916); The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927); Their Big Moment (1934); Their Fatal Bumping (1914); Their Social Splash (1915); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Those College Girls (1915); Those Country Kids (1914); Those Happy Days (1914); Those Love Pangs (1914); Tiddly-Winks (1926); Tiger Rose (1929); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); Tobacco Road (1941); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Too Much Sleep (1926); Training for Husbands (1920); Troopers Three (1930); Tune Up! (1926); Uncle Joe (1941); Under Montana Skies (1930); Unreal News Reel (1923); Unreal News Reel No. 2 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 3 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 4 (1924); Up the River (1938); Villa of the Movies (1917); Virtuous Husbands (1919); Wanted a Bride (1926); Way Down East (1935); We! We! Marie! (1930); Western Union (1941); Wet and Weary (1923 / 1924); When Dumbells Ring (1925); White Fang (1936); Who's the Boss (1930); Why Mules Leave Home (1927); Why Wait? (1924); Wild Waves and Women (1919); Wild West Love (1914); William Tell (1924); Winner Take All (1939); Zip, the Dodger (1914).

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West,

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:
Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.