Born on this day – Del Lord:

Del Lord

Director

October 7, 1894 – March 23, 1970

Credits:

3 Dumb Clucks (1937); A Blonde's Revenge (1926); A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Gem of a Jam (1943); A Maid Made Mad (1943); A Pinch in Time (1948); A Plumbing We Will Go (1940); A Sea Dog's Tale (1926); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Study in Socks (1942); A Taxi Scandal (1928); All the World's a Stooge (1941); All Work and No Pay (1942); All-American Blondes (1939); An Ache in Every Stake (1941); Ay Tank Ay Go (1936); Barnum Was Right (1929); Black Oxfords (1924); Blazes (1922); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondes and Blunders (1940); Boobs in the Night (1943); Boobs in the Woods (1940); Booby Dupes (1945); Bring 'Em Back a Wife (1933); Bull and Sand (1924); Bury the Hatchet (1937); Busy Buddies (1944); Butter Fingers (1925); Cactus Makes Perfect (1942); Calling All Curtains (1937); Carry Harry (1942); Casey Jones, Jr. (1923); Cash and Carry (1937); Caught in a Taxi (1929); Caught in the Act (1936); Circus Today (1926); Cold Chills (1923); Cold Turkey (1933 / 1940); Community Sing: Series 3, No. 10 (1939); Community Sing: Series 4, No. 5 (1939); Cured in the Excitement (1927); Dance Hall Marge (1931); Dancing Daddies (1932); Dizzy Detectives (1943); Dizzy Doctors (1937); Down to the Sea in Shoes (1923); Dream House (1932); Ducky Dear (1933); Dutiful But Dumb (1941); Even as IOU (1942); False Alarms (1936); Fireman, Save My Choo Choo (1940); Free Rent (1936); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Rags to Britches (1925); Gents of Leisure (1931); Giddap! (1925); Gobs of Trouble (1935); Gold Nuggets (1934); Goofs and Saddles (1937); Gracie at the Bat (1937); Groom and Bored (1942); Gum Shoes (1935); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (1938); Her Blighted Love (1918); Hide and Seek, Detectives (1918); Higher Than a Kite (1943); His Bridal Fright (1940); His Bridal Fright (1940); His Fiery Beat (1921); His Wedding Scare (1943); Hit the Hay (1945); Hoboken to Hollywood (1926); Hoi Polloi (1935); Home on the Rage (1938); Honeymoon Bridge (1935); Host to a Ghost (1941); Hot Spot (1932); House Party (1954); How High Is Up? (1940); Hubby's Quiet Little Game (1926); I Love a Bandleader (1945); Ice Cold Cocos (1926); Idle Roomers (1944); In Fast Company (1946); It Always Happens (1935); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Jimmy's New Yacht (1932); Jump, Chump, Jump (1938); Just Speeding (1936); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Kick Out (1923); Let's Go Steady (1945); Lizzies of the Field (1924); Lost at the Front (1927); Lovable Trouble (1941); Lovable Trouble (1941); Love at First Fright (1941); Love's Last Laugh (1926); Making the Rounds (1934); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Man-Made Island (1939); Many Sappy Returns (1938); Masked Mamas (1926); Matri-Phony (1942); Meet the Champ (1933); Meet the Senator (1932); Midnight Blunders (1936); Monkey Business in Africa (1931); Mopey Dope (1944); Movie Maniacs (1936); Mr. Clyde Goes to Broadway (1940); Nervous Shakedown (1947); News Hounds (1934); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Not Guilty Enough (1938); Now It Can Be Sold (1939); Oh, My Nerves (1935); Oil's Well (1934); Old Sawbones (1935); One Awful Night (1933); One Cylinder Love (1923); One Shivery Night (1950); One Spooky Night (1955); Pals and Petticoats (1920); Paradise for Buster (1952); Pardon My Scotch (1935); Pest from the West (1939); Phony Cronies (1942); Phony Express (1943); Pie a la Maid (1938); Pop Goes the Easel (1935); Quiz Reel: Junior I.Q. Parade (1941); Rattling Romeo (1939); Ready, Willing But Unable (1941); Rough, Tough and Ready (1945); Sailors Beware! (1933); Sappy Birthday (1942); Scarem Much (1924); Share the Wealth (1936); She's a Sweetheart (1944); Shivering Sherlocks (1948); Should Husbands Marry? (1947); Should Sleepwalkers Marry? (1927); Singin' in the Corn (1946); Skinners in Silk (1925); Skinny the Moocher (1939); Sky King (1958); Slide, Speedy, Slide (1931); Sneezing Beezers (1925); So You Won't Squawk? (1941); Some More of Samoa (1941); South of the Boudoir (1940); Speed in the Gay Nineties (1932); Spook Louder (1943); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Strange Innertube (1932); Super Wolf (1949); Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925); Sweet Spirits of Nighter (1941); Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948); Taxi Barons (1933); Taxi Beauties (1928); Taxi Dolls (1929); Taxi for Two (1928); Taxi Spooks (1929); Taxi Troubles (1931); Teacher's Pest (1939); Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924); Termites of 1938 (1938); The 13th Alarm (1931); The Albany Branch (1931); The All-American Kickback (1931); The Awful Goof (1939); The Barnstormers (1922); The Big Squirt (1937); The Blitz Kiss (1941); The Candid Camera (1932); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Cannonball (1931); The Chump Takes a Bump (1939); The Dare-Devil (1923); The Divorce Dodger (1926); The Doctor's Wife (1930); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932); The Grand Hooter (1937); The Great Pie Mystery (1931); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); The Heckler (1940); The Iron Nag (1925); The Janitors (1921); The Kink of the Campus (1941); The Lion's Whiskers (1925); The Loud Mouth (1932); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Dealers (1934); The Old Bugler (1934); The Peppery Salt (1936); The Ring and the Belle (1941); The Road to Hollywood (1947); The Rummy (1933); The Salesman (1930); The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939); The Sitter Downers (1937); The Soul of a Heel (1938); The Spot on the Rug (1932); The Steeplechaser (1922); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Three Stooges Volume 1 (1953); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); The World Flier (1931); They Stooge to Conga (1943); This Is Your Life (1954); Three Little Beers (1935); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three Little Twirps (1943); Three Pests in a Mess (1945); Thundering Taxis (1933); Time Out for Trouble (1938); Too Many Husbands (1931); Topsy and Eva (1927); Trapped by a Blonde (1949); Trapped by Television (1936); Trimmed in Gold (1926); Uncivil Warriors (1935); Unrelated Relations (1936); Up and Down (1934); Wall Street Blues (1924); Wandering Willies (1926); Water Wagons (1925); We Want Our Mummy (1939); Wee Wee Monsieur (1938); What Price Taxi (1932); What Price Vengeance (1937); Whispering Whiskers (1926); Whoops, I'm an Indian! (1936); Wreckety Wrecks (1933); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); You're Next! (1940); Yukon Jake (1924).

Born on this day – Robert Z. Leonard:

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Actor

Producer

Writer

October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968

Credits:

Kelly and Me (1956); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); The King's Thief (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Clown (1953); Everything I Have Is Yours (1952); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); The Bribe (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Cynthia (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Man from Down Under (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Pride and Prejudice (1940); New Moon (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Sweethearts (1938); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Firefly (1937); Maytime (1937); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Escapade (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); After Office Hours (1935); Outcast Lady (1934); Dancing Lady (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); Strange Interlude (1932); Lovers Courageous (1932); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Let Us Be Gay (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); The Divorcee (1930); Marianne (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); Baby Mine (1928); Tea for Three (1927); Adam and Evil (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); A Little Journey (1927); The Waning Sex (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Dance Madness (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Time, the Comedian (1925); Cheaper to Marry (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Circe the Enchantress (1924); Mademoiselle Midnight (1924); Fashion Row (1923); The French Doll (1923); Jazzmania (1923); Broadway Rose (1922); Fascination (1922); Peacock Alley (1922); Heedless Moths (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); Stronger Than Death (1920); The Miracle of Love (1919); The Way of a Woman (1919); Big Little Person (1919); What Am I Bid? (1919); The Delicious Little Devil (1919); The Scarlet Shadow (1919); Danger, Go Slow (1918); Modern Love (1918); Her Body in Bond (1918); The Bride's Awakening (1918); Face Value (1917); Princess Virtue (1917); The Punishment (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); The Forest Nymph (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); Please Be My Wife (1917); Racing Death (1917); The Human Flame (1917); On Record (1917); The Sin Unatoned (1917); Robinson Crusoe (1917); Life's Pendulum (1917); The Diamond Thieves (1917); The Eagle's Wings (1916); The Plow Girl (1916); The Evidence (1916); The Unfinished Case (1916); Little Eve Edgarton (1916); The Love Girl (1916); The Silent Man of Timber Gulch (1916); The Woman Who Followed Me (1916); The Crippled Hand (1916); The Winning of Miss Construe (1916); Yust from Sweden (1916); Secret Love (1916); The Silent Member (1916); The Boob's Victory (1916); Christmas Memories (1915); Idols of Clay (1915); Judge Not; or the Woman of Mona Diggings (1915); Both Sides of Life (1915); The Little Blonde in Black (1915); Heritage (1915); Betty's Dream Hero (1915); A Boob's Romance (1915); The Silent Command (1915); Shattered Memories (1915); Mavis of the Glen (1915); The Master Key (1914); The Boob's Legacy (1914); The Mistress of Deadwood Basin (1914); The Boob's Nemesis (1914); For the Secret Service (1914); The Bowl of Roses (1914); When Fate Disposes (1914); The House Discordant (1914); The Sherlock Boob (1914); A Law Unto Himself (1914); Swede Larson (1914); Shadowed Lives (1914); A Boob There Was (1914); A Man, a Girl and Another Man (1914); Mountain Law (1914); A Boob Incognito (1914); The Ruby Circle (1914); In the Eye of the Law (1914); The Senator's Bill (1914); For the Family Honor (1914); The Boob's Honeymoon (1914); A Race with Death (1914); The Fourth Proposal (1914); From Father to Son (1914); The Mud Bath Elopement (1914); Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn (1914); The Diamond Makers (1913); Sally Scraggs: Housemaid (1913); When the Prince Arrived (1913); A Woman's Folly (1913).

Born on this day – Richard T. Heffron:

Richard T. Heffron

Director

October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007

Born on this day – Mitchell Leisen:

Mitchell Leisen

Director

Art director

Costume designer

October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972

Credits:

Spree (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961–1962); Follow the Sun (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Open Windows (1960); General Electric Theater (1955–1960); Thriller (1960); Markham (1960); The Twilight Zone (1959–1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); The Girl Most Likely (1957); Bedevilled (1955); Tonight We Sing (1953); Young Man with Ideas (1952); Darling, How Could You! (1951); The Mating Season (1951); No Man of Her Own (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); Bride of Vengeance (1949); Dream Girl (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); To Each His Own (1946); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Kitty (1945); Practically Yours (1944); Frenchman's Creek (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); No Time for Love (1943); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Remember the Night (1939); Midnight (1939); Artist and Models (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); Easy Living (1937); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); 13 Hours by Air (1936); Hands Across the Table (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Bolero (1934); Cradle Song (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933).

Born on this day – Benjamin Stoloff:

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Producer

Production Manager

October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960

Credits:

Home Run Derby (1960); Footlight Varieties (1951); It's a Joke, Son! (1947); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Take It or Leave It (1944); Bermuda Mystery (1944); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Marines Fly High (1940); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Radio City Revels (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); Swellhead (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Palooka (1934); Night of Terror (1933); Obey the Law (1933); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); By Whose Hand? (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Just Pals (1932); Perfect Control (1932); Slide, Babe, Slide (1932); Goldie (1931); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Soup to Nuts (1930); Rough Romance (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); Happy Days (1929); Protection (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Mind Your Business (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Plastered in Paris (1928); Horseman of the Plains (1928); Silver Valley (1927); The Gay Retreat (1927); The Circus Ace (1927); The Canyon of Light (1926); It's a Pipe (1926); A1 Society (1926); Matrimony Blues (1926); The Mad Racer (1926); Pawnshop Politics (1926); The Fighting Tailor (1926); East Side, West Side (1925); The Heart Breaker (1925); Love and Lions (1925); Sweet Marie (1925); On the Go (1925); A High Jinx (1925); Papa's Darling (1925); Say It with Flour (1925); Help Yourself! (1925); The House of Flickers (1925); Lion Love (1925); Grief in Bagdad (1925); Roaring Lions at Home (1924); Stolen Sweeties (1924); In-Bad the Sailor (1924); Stretching the Truth (1924); When Wise Ducks Meet (1924); On the Job (1924); Be Yourself (1924); Highly Recommended (1924); Slow and Sure (1923); Full Speed Ahead (1923); Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920).

Born on this day – John Alton:

John Alton

Cinematographer

Director

October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996

Credits:

12 to the Moon (1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); Affairs of Geraldine (1946); Amalia (1936); An American in Paris (1951); Apache War Smoke (1952); Atlantic City (1944); Battle Circus (1953); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Border Incident (1949); Bury Me Dead (1947); Cadets of St. Martin (1937); Caminito de gloria (1939); Canon City (1948); Captain China (1950); Cattle Queen of Montana (1954); Closed Door (1939); Compañeros (1936); Count the Hours! (1953); Crazy Dandy (1936); Crimen a las tres (1935); Dark and Deadly: 50 Years of Film Noir (1995); Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931); Designing Woman (1957); Devil's Doorway (1950); Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940); Driftwood (1947); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); El hijo de papa (1934); Elmer Gantry (1960); Enemy of Women (1944); Escala en la ciudad (1935); Escape to Burma (1955); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Femme Fatales (2011); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Forced Landing (1941); Girls of the Big House (1945); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Goal (1936); Grounds for Marriage (1951); He Walked by Night (1948); Hit Parade of 1947 (1947); Hollow Triumph (1948); Honeysuckle (1938); I Was a Criminal (1945); I, the Jury (1953); Ice Capades Revue (1942); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Johnny Doughboy (1942); La vida bohemia (1938); Lake Placid Serenade (1944); Lonelyhearts (1958); Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945); Meet Dr. Christian (1939); Melody for Three (1941); Mexicana (1945); Mission: Impossible (1966); Moonlight Masquerade (1942); Moving Pictures (1994); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); Mystery Street (1950); Mystery Street: Murder at Harvard (2007); No Greater Power (1942); One Exciting Week (1946); Pardon My Stripes (1942); Passion (1954); Pearl of the South Pacific (1955); Poor Perez (1937); Power Dive (1941); Raw Deal (1948); Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949); Reign of Terror (1949); Remedy for Riches (1940); Silver Lode (1954); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Song of Mexico (1945); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Take the High Ground! (1953); Talk About a Stranger (1952); Tararira (1936); Tea and Sympathy (1956); Tennessee's Partner (1955); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Big Combo (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Catered Affair (1956); The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940); The Crooked Way (1949); The Devil Pays Off (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Lady and the Monster (1944); The Last Meeting (1938); The Madonna's Secret (1946); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Outlaw (1939); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Pretender (1947); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Steel Cage (1954); The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927); The Sultan's Daughter (1943); The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956); The Three Amateurs (1933); The Trespasser (1947); Three Faces West (1940); T-Men (1947); Twelve Women (1939); Washington Story (1952); Winter Wonderland (1946); Witness to Murder (1954); Wyoming (1947).

Born on this day – George Irving:

George Irving

Actor

Director

October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961

Credits:

3 Bad Men (1926); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); 42nd Street (1933); 70,000 Witnesses (1932); A Child Is Born (1939); A Free Soul (1931); A Message to Garcia (1936); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Notorious Gentleman (1935); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Air Mail (1932); An American Tragedy (1931); An Angel from Texas (1940); Annapolis Salute (1937); As a Man Thinks (1919); Back to the Woods (1918); Bad Little Angel (1939); Behind Office Doors (1931); Blind Alibi (1938); Blond Cheat (1938); Bluebeard (1944); Body and Soul (1915); Body and Soul (1915); Border Cafe (1937); Born to Be Bad (1934); Breakfast for Two (1937); Bright Eyes (1934); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Broken Lullaby (1932); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Buried Loot (1935); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Captain January (1936); Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936); Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935); Children of Destiny (1920); China Passage (1937); Christmas Holiday (1944); Christopher Bean (1933); Condemned Women (1938); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Conspiracy (1930); Coquette (1929); Craig's Wife (1928); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Crime Ring (1938); Damaged Lives (1933); Dan (1914); Dance Hall (1929); Dangerous (1935); Dante's Inferno (1935); Daughter of Destiny (1917); David Harum (1934); Death Flies East (1935); Desert Gold (1926); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Dishonored (1931); Does the Jazz Lead to Destruction? (1919); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Down to Earth (1932); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Drums of the Desert (1927); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ernest le rebelle (1938); Espionage Agent (1939); Expensive Women (1931); Fangs of Justice (1926); Feel My Pulse (1928); Five and Ten (1931); Flight (1929); Floodgates (1924); Florian (1940); For Sale (1924); Free Love (1930); Fugitives for a Night (1938); George White's Scandals (1934); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); Give Me Liberty (1936); Go Chase Yourself (1938); God's Man (1917); Golden Hoofs (1941); Graft (1931); Great God Gold (1935); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Hats Off (1936); Hearts Divided (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Hell's Kitchen (1939); Her Boy (1918); Her Majesty (1922); Her Market Value (1925); Here Comes the Navy (1934); Heroes for Sale (1933); Hidden Fires (1918); High Flyers (1937); His Jazz Bride (1926); Home Struck (1927); Honor Bound (1928); Hotel for Women (1939); Humanity (1933); Hush Money (1931); I Am a Thief (1934); I'll Tell the World (1945); Inspiration (1931); Island of Lost Souls (1932); It Had to Happen (1936); Jaffery (1916); John Glayde's Honor (1915); Johnny Apollo (1940); Just Imagine (1930); Just Out of College (1915); Just Outside the Door (1921); King of the Mounties (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Laddie (1940); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Lady in the Death House (1944); Lady with a Past (1932); Land of Liberty (1939); Little Men (1940); Look Up and Live (1959); Looking for Trouble (1934); Lost in a Big City (1923); Love Crazy (1941); Madonna of the Streets (1924); Magic Town (1947); Maid's Night Out (1938); Man Power (1927); Manhattan Love Song (1934); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); May I Come In (1930); Maybe It's Love (1930); Meet the Missus (1937); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Mickey (1948); Modern Mothers (1928); Morning, Judge (1937); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Mr. Skitch (1933); Navy Born (1936); Navy Wife (1935); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1951); New Moon (1940); Night Flight (1933); Nobody's Fool (1936); North of 36 (1924); Not So Dumb (1930); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); Omnibus / Segments: The Mighty Casey; Sleeping Beauty in the Woods; The Fox; Chicken Little (1953–1955); On Their Own (1940); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); One Increasing Purpose (1927); One Year Later (1933); Only Saps Work (1930); Only Yesterday (1933); Paid in Full (1914); Paris Bound (1929); Partners in Crime (1928); Princess O'Hara (1935); Private Number (1936); Pursued (1934); Puttin' on the Ritz (1930); Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Resurrection (1931); Risky Business (1926); Rule 'Em and Weep (1932); Runaway Girls (1928); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Sergeant Madden (1939); Sergeant York (1941); Shadow of the Law (1930); Shanghai Bound (1927); She Couldn't Say No (1940); She's Got Everything (1937); Shipmates (1931); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Society Fever (1935); Son of a Sailor (1933); Son of Dracula (1943); Son of the Gods (1930); Spy Ship (1942); Stars Over Broadway (1935); Strange Confession (1944); Streets of New York (1939); Sutter's Gold (1936); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Air Mail (1925); The All-American (1932); The Ballet Girl (1916); The Big Shot (1937); The Blue Pearl (1920); The Broncho Twister (1927); The Builder of Bridges (1915); The Capitol (1919); The Cisco Kid (1931); The City (1926); The Common Law (1931); The Conquest of Canaan (1916); The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936); The Dance of Life (1929); The Divorcee (1930); The Docks of New York (1928); The Eagle of the Sea (1926); The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914); The Fairy and the Waif (1915); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Flame Within (1935); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Glorious Lady (1919); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golden Princess (1925); The Goose Hangs High (1925); The Great Man's Lady (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hot Heiress (1931); The Ice Flood (1926); The Jungle (1914); The King of the Turf (1926); The Lady of Victories (1928); The Landloper (1918); The Last Flight (1931); The Last Performance (1929); The Law West of Tombstone (1938); The Life of the Party (1937); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); The Mandarin Mystery (1936); The Midnight Kiss (1926); The Misleading Lady (1920); The Naughty Flirt (1930); The Oil Raider (1934); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); The Perfect Tribute (1935); The Photografter (1938); The Poor Millionaire (1930); The Port of Missing Girls (1928); The Primrose Path (1925); The Runaround (1931); The Saint in New York (1938); The Sea Spoilers (1936); The Silver King (1919); The Spoilers (1930); The Star Witness (1931); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Toast of New York (1937); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); The Volcano (1919); The Wakefield Case (1921); The Washington Masquerade (1932); The Wet Parade (1932); The Witching Hour (1916); The Woman in 47 (1916); The Women in His Life (1933); The World Moves On (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); The Wright Idea (1928); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); There Goes the Groom (1937); This Marriage Business (1938); Thrill of Youth (1932); Thunderbolt (1929); Times Square Lady (1935); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Too Many Wives (1937); Touchdown! (1931); Two Flaming Youths (1927); Under the Pampas Moon (1935); Viva Villa! (1934); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924); What Happened at 22 (1916); What Price Jazz (1934); What-No Beer? (1933); While Paris Sleeps (1932); Wicked (1931); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Wild Horse Mesa (1925); Wings (1927); Wise Girl (1937); Wonder Bar (1934); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); Young Desire (1930); Young Eagles (1930); You're Telling Me! (1934).

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:

Louis Lumière

Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:

The Prince of Wales (1902); The Cycle Chalet (1900); The Eiffel Tower (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Dances Spanish (1900); Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: II. The Balloon and its Engine (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); The Street of Nations, II (1900); View taken from a mobile platform I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899) Parade of baby cars at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); Troyes: the town hall (1899); La Mi-Carême, Float and Confetti Battles (1899); Departure in a gondola of LL. MM. (1898); Bluebeard (1898); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); The horse parade of stonemason Vautier (1898); The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898); A Heavy Load (1898); Painting Upside Down (1898); Lourdes (1898); The Merry Skeleton (1898); Belfast fire alarm alert: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, taken from a boat (1897); Cuirassiers swimming across the Saône (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Ballet dancer (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama of the casino taken from a boat (1897); Washers on the river (1897); Place du Pont (1897); The regrinder and L'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897) Tourists returning from an excursion (1897); Children's Scenes (1897); Children's round (1897); Family Meals (1897); Little brother and little sister (1897); Carpenters (1897); Market (1897); Bicycle Lesson (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Child and Dog (1897); Embarkation for the Promenade (1897); Place of the Opera (1897); Serpentine Dance (1897); Shower after the bath (1897); Battle de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Baths on the Rhone (1896); Schaffouse, Rhine Falls seen from afar (1896); Aquarium (1896); Fishermen mending nets (1896); Tsar Nicholas II in Paris (1896); Carmaux, coke loading (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); The Fish Market (1896); Quay of the Archbishopric (1896); Panorama of the arrival at Perrache station taken by train (1896); Geneva (Exhibition 1896): return to the stable (1896); Ball fight of snow (1900); Sacks race (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama of the banks of the Seine in Paris, III (1896); Franco-Russian festivals: Cherbourg, Entrance of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the hall (1896); Boules competition (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Washers (1896); Family Meals (1896); Raft with bathers (1896); Baby's First Steps (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, alert of firemen: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); Arrival by car (1896); Return of a sea trip (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Disembarkation (1896); Barque en mer (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Recreation at La Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (cars) (1896); Battle of women (1896); Departure by car (1896); Concert (1896); Launching a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train to Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Workshops of La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition of an mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Westminster Bridge (1896); Plates (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Ball juggler (1896); Sardine fishing (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Weeds (1896); Firefighters: Fire attack (1895); Photographer (1895); Tric-trac game (1895); The farrier (1895); Lyon, Place Bellecour (1895); The Cat's Luncheon (1895); Discussion of Monsieur Janssen and Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Goldfish Bowl (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895); Parade of cars from babies at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); The Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Children Playing Marbles (1896); Family Meals (1896); Pelicans (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Launch of a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train at Perrache (1896); Demolition of a Wall, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).

Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:

Stan Dragoti

Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018

Credits:

Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).

Born on this day – George Sidney:

George Sidney

Director

Producer

October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002

Credits:

A Door Will Open (1940); A Ticklish Affair (1963); Alfalfa's Aunt (1939); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Bathing Beauty (1944); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cass Timberlane (1947); Clown Princes (1939); Cousin Wilbur (1939); Dog Daze (1939); Duel Personalities (1939); Football Romeo (1938); Free and Easy (1941); Half a Sixpence (1967); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jupiter's Darling (1955); Key to the City (1950); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Loews Christmas Greeting (the Hardy Family) (1939); Love on Tap (1939); Men in Fright (1938); Murder in 3-D (1941); Of Pups and Puzzles (1941); Pacific Paradise (1937); Pacific Rendezvous (1942); Pal Joey (1957); Party Fever (1938); Pepe (1960); Pilot #5 (1943); Polo (1936); Practical Jokers (1938); Quicker'n a Wink (1940); Scaramouche (1952); Show Boat (1951); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); The Cliff Edwards Show (1949); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Red Danube (1949); The Swinger (1966); The Three Musketeers (1948); Thousands Cheer (1943); Tiny Troubles (1939); Viva Las Vegas (1964); 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two (1940); What's Your IQ? (1940); Who Has Seen the Wind? (1965); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Willie and the Mouse (1941); Young Bess (1953); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:

Buster Keaton

Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 30 Years of Fun (1963); 4 Clowns (1970); A Country Hero (1917); A Desert Hero (1919); A Forbidden Orange (2021); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Reckless Romeo (1917); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Tribute to Lucy (1989); Alberto Mazarro: Desvesiculado (2025); All Star Summer Revue (1952); Allez Oop! (1934); America After Dark (1957); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (2021); American Masters (1989–2000); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Astronogeek (2025); At the Circus (1939); Back Stage (1919); Bathing Beauty (1944); Battling Butler (1926); Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); Beer Commercials of the 50s & 60s (2015); Best of Buster Keaton (2024); Big Band Treasures (2008); Biography (1987–2004); Blue Blazes (1936); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (2004); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bollywood Hero (2009); Breath Death (1964); Broken Horses (2015); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); Burke's Law (1964); Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle (2002); Buster Keaton in Wildwest (1962); Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965); Buster Keaton, the Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016); Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987); Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006); Buster Keaton: Head Over Heels in Hollywood (2008); Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1968); Buster se marie (1931); Buster's Bedroom (1991); Ça c'est du cinéma (1951); Calendar (1962); Camera Three (1970); Candid Camera (1962–1967); Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles (2005); Candid Camera's 50th Anniversary (1996); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Catalogue of Ships (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celebrity Time (1950–1952); Century of Cinema (1995); Character Studies (1927); Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Clapper Board (1976); College (1927); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Compression (2023); Coney Island (1917); Convict 13 (1920); Cops (1922); Court-circuit (2010); Crazy Days (1962); Cynthia (1947); Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022); Day Dreams (1922); De frente, marchen (1930); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Ditto (1937); Doughboys (1930); Duels (2016); Easy Go (2010); Easy to Wed (1946); Edge of Outside (2006); Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015); El moderno Barba Azul (1946); E-penser (2022–2025); Es darf gelacht werden (1962); Estrellados (1930); Excuse My Dust (1951); Fast Company (1938); Film (1965); Film Breaks (1999); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1944); Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By (2021); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Revue (1950–1952); Fractured Flickers (1963); Free and Easy (1930); Funny Business (1992); Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012); General Nuisance (1941); George Jessel Show (1958); Go West (1925 / 1940); God's Country (1946); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Good Night, Nurse! (1918); Grand Slam Opera (1936); Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Hard Luck (1921); Harold Lloyd: Hollywood's Timeless Comedy Genius (2017); Hayseed Romance (1935); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999); His Ex Marks the Spot (1940); His Wedding Night (1917); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood in Spanien (1966); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Television (1949–1953); Hollywood Rivals (2001); Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton (2006); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004); Hypertelia (2015); I Dood It (1943); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Showtime (1976); I've Got a Secret (1952–1957); Jail Bait (1937); Jeopardy! (2004); June Night (2020); Kaleidoscope (2015); Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1982); La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935); La profondeur de champs (2017); Landesschau (1962); L'Art de Buster Keaton (2001); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2017); Le plombier amoureux (1932); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Legends (2008); Legends of Comedy (1993); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Douze Glorieuses de Buster Keaton (2017); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life Begins at Eighty (1954); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938); Life with Buster Keaton (1951); Lifetime of Comedy (1960); Li'l Abner (1940); Limelight (1952); L'incantevole nemica (1953); Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2022); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Nest on Wheels (1937); Lucy and Desi (2022); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Magic with the Stars (1982); Make 'Em Laugh (1982); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Make the Connection (1955); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Matinee in New York (1952); Medicine Man (1962); Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026); Mixed Magic (1936); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mooching Through Georgia (1939); Moonage Daydream (2022); Moonshine (1918); Morir de humor (2008); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning (2004); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1963); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); My Wife's Relations (1922); Neighbors (1920); New Moon (1940); Nickelodeon Days (1962); Nordschau-Magazin (1962); Nothing But Pleasure (1940); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh Buster, Where Art Thou? (2022); Oh Doctor! (1917); One Run Elmer (1935); One Week (1920); Our Hospitality (1923); Our Turn (2020); Out West (1918); Pajama Party (1964); Palooka from Paducah (1935); Paradise for Buster (1952); Pardon My Berth Marks (1940); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Pest from the West (1939); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pritzker Military Library Presents (2009); Producers' Showcase (1956); Quick Millions (1939); Return of the General (1962); Révolutions surréalistes (2024); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Route 66 (1962); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); San Diego I Love You (1944); Savoring the Scarecrow: Or Buster & the Sybil Trilogy (2011); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 1 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 9 (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 9: Hollywood Pie Throwers (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Seeing Stars (1922); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); Serling (2026); Seven Chances (1925); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); She Went to the Races (1945); Sherlock Jr. (1924); She's Oil Mine (1941); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Sidewalks of New York (1931); Silent Clowns (2006); Silver Rainbow (2009); Slaphappy (2001–2003); Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John (1998); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Snarbuckled (2010); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); So You Won't Squawk? (1941); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Speak Easily (1932); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spite Marriage (1929); Sprockets (1991); Stan Laurel Funeral (1965); Star of the Family (1950); Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Streamlined Swing (1938); Stu's Show (2023); Sunday Showcase (1960); Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tars and Stripes (1935); Telescope (1964); Televisión registrada (2012); Ten Girls Ago (1962); That Night with You (1945); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's the Spirit (1945); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958); The All New Truth or Consequences (1963–1965); The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002); The Art of Buster Keaton (1995); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1952); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Balloonatic (1923); The Bell Boy (1918); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Betty White Show (1958); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blacksmith (1922); The Boat (1921); The Buster Keaton Collector's Classic (1984); The Buster Keaton Show (1949–1951); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Butcher Boy (1917); The Cameraman (1928); The Chemist (1936); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Comic Kino-Eye (2013); The Cook (1918); The Dead Sullivan Show (2017); The Devil to Pay (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1965); The Double-Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 (1973); The Dreamers (2003); The Dunninger Show (1955); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1963); The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The E-Flat Man (1935); The Electric House (1922); The Fall Guy (1965); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Footage Detectives (2023); The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005); The Frank Sinatra Show (1952); The Frozen North (1922); The Garage (1919); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The General (1926); The Giant Mechanical Man (2012); The Goat (1921); The Gold Ghost (1934); The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Chase (1962); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Haunted House (1921); The Hayseed (1919); The 'High Sign' (1921); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Home Owner (1961); The Image Book (2018); The Invader (1936); The Iron Mule (1925); The James Melton Show (1952); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jonathan Winters Specials (1965); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The Lovable Cheat (1949); The Love Nest (1923); The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965); The March of Time (1930); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Martha Raye Show (1956); The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950); The Navigator (1924); The New Bike (2009); The New Flesh (2024); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The One Show (2011); The Paleface (1922); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Play House (1921); The Railrodder (1965); The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021); The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1952); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Rough House (1917); The Round-up (1920); The Saphead (1920); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1951); The Scarecrow (1920); The Scribe (1966); The Secret Genius of Modern Life (2023); The Smelly Janitor (2008); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Spook Speaks (1940); The Steve Allen Show (1956); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Taming of the Snood (1940); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Timid Young Man (1935); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Voice of Hollywood (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988); This Is Show Business (1951); This Is Your Life (1957); Three Ages (1923); Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations (2010); Three on a Limb (1936); Tide of Empire (1929); Timeshift (2005); Today (1963); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Un duel à mort (1947); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); War Italian Style (1965); Welcome to the Basement (2016); What-No Beer? (1933); What's My Line? (1951–1957); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When Comedy Was King (1960); White Rabbit (2011); Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931); Wonderful Times (1950); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Asked for It (1958); You Must Remember This (2015); You're My Everything (1949); Zaz: Prends garde à ta langue (2018).

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:

Alan Rachins

Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

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

Born on this day – Leo McCarey:

Leo McCarey

Director

Writer

Producer

October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969

Credits:

A Ten-Minute Egg (1924); Accidental Accidents (1924); All Wet (1924); An Affair to Remember (1957); Bad Boy (1925); Be Your Age (1926); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Big Business (1929); Big Red Riding Hood (1925); Blow by Blow (1928); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Bungalow Boobs (1924); Came the Dawn (1928); Charley My Boy! (1926); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928); Dog Shy (1926); Don't Tell Everything (1927); Duck Soup (1933); Eve's Love Letters (1927); Fighting Fathers (1927); Fighting Fluid (1925); Flaming Fathers (1927); Freed 'em and Weep (1929); From Soup to Nuts (1928); Going My Way (1944); Good Sam (1948); Habeas Corpus (1928); Hard Boiled (1925); Hello Baby! (1925); His Wooden Wedding (1925); Hold Everything (1925); Imagine My Embarrassment (1928); Indiscreet (1931); Innocent Husbands (1925); Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); Jeffries Jr. (1924); Jewish Prudence (1927); Leave 'em Laughing (1928); Let's Go Native (1930); Liberty (1929); Long Fliv the King (1926); Looking for Sally (1925); Love Affair (1939); Make Way for Tomorrow (1937); Mama Behave (1926); May I Come In (1930); Mighty Like a Moose (1926); Mum's the Word (1926); My Son John (1952); No Father to Guide Him (1925); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); Outdoor Pajamas (1924); Plain and Fancy Girls (1925); Publicity Pays (1924); Red Hot Rhythm (1929); 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Satan Never Sleeps (1962); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Seeing Nellie Home (1924); Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925); Should Married Men Go Home? (1928); Should Men Walk Home? (1927); Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927); Should Women Drive? (1928); Sittin' Pretty (1924); Six of a Kind (1934); Society Secrets (1921); Stolen Goods (1924); Sugar Daddies (1927); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tell 'Em Nothing (1926); Tell It to the Judge (1928); That Night (1928); The Awful Truth (1937); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Boy Friend (1928); The Caretaker's Daughter (1925); The Family Entrance (1925); The Family Group (1928); The Fight Pest (1928); The Finishing Touch (1928); The Kid from Spain (1932); The Milky Way (1936); The Poor Fish (1924); The Rat's Knuckles (1925); The Royal Razz (1924); The Sophomore (1929); The Uneasy Three (1925); The Unkissed Man (1929); Too Many Mammas (1924); We Faw Down (1928); What Every Iceman Knows (1927); What Price Goofy? (1925); When Money Comes (1929); Why Girls Say No (1927); Why Husbands Go Mad (1924); Why Is a Plumber? (1929); Why Men Work (1924); Wild Company (1930); Wrong Again (1929); You Can Change the World (1950); Young Oldfield (1924).

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Robin Hardy:

Robin Hardy

Director

Writer

Actor

October 2, 1929 – July 1, 2016

Born on this day – Shirley Clarke:

Shirley Clarke

Director

Producer

Editor

October 2, 1919 – September 23, 1997

Credits:

24 Frames Per Second (1977); A Moment in Love (1956); A Visual Diary (1980); Alive from Off Center (1985); Bill's Hat (1967); Birth of a Nation (1983); Bridges-Go-Round (1958); Brussels Loops (1957); Bullfight (1955); Butterfly (1967); Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea (1968); Christopher and Me (1960); Chronicles: Family Diaries I (1970); Cinéastes de notre temps (1970); Dance in the Sun (1953); Dance Tests (1953); Decroux (1955); Diaries Notes and Sketches (1968); Exprmntl 1967 (1968); Fear Flight (1953); For Life, Against the War (1967); Galaxie (1966); Gestures (1957); Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy 1943 (1943); Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera (1950); Home Movies #18 Florida (1943); In Paris Parks (1954); Initiation (1978); Jelly Roll Morton (1952); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Love Nest (1951); Mysterium (1978); NET Festival (1969); New York Framed (1986); One-2-3 (1978); Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game (1984); Ornette: Made in America (1985); Performance (1982); Portrait of Jason (1967); Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963); Savage / Love (1981); Scary Time (1960); Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young) (1927); Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens (2016); Skyscraper (1959); The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980); The Box (1983); The Connection (1961); The Cool World (1963); The March on Paris 1914 (1977); The Rose and the Players (1956); The Source (1999); Tongues (1982); Trans (1978); Underground New York (1968); Up Your Legs Forever (1971); World Kitchen (1957).

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).