Born on this day – Diane Gaidry:

Diane Gaidry

Actress

Producer

October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019

Credits:

The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018); Concerned Lady for America (2006); Loving Annabelle (2006); Transaction (2005); Need (2005); Medium (2005); Bittersweet (2004); The Act (2004); Birth of Industry (2004); Alone (2003); The Dogwalker (2002); America So Beautiful (2001); Egg (2001); The Shy and the Naked (1998); After Lunch (1998); Love Without Socks (1998); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Frankenstein: The College Years (1991); Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990).

Born on this day – Charles Richard Shyer:

Charles Richard Shyer

Director

Writer

Producer

October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

Alfie (2004); Baby Boom (1987–1989); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023); Biography (1999); Cops (1973);  E! True Hollywood Story (2005Entertainment Tonight (2022); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Film '04 (2004); Getting Together (1971–1972);  Goin' South (1978); Happy Days (1976); HBO First Look (2001); Hey, Landlord (1967); Him and Us (2006); Home Again (2017); House Calls (1978); How Divine! (2014); I Love Trouble (1994); Ieri oggi domani (2011); In Creative Company (2022); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Lady Luck (1973); Let's Switch! (1975); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Private Benjamin (1980); Private Benjamin / TV Series (1981); Protocol (1984); Search It Up with Sienna (2024); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); The Affair of the Necklace (2001); The Affair of the Necklace: Designing Affair (2002); The Bellinis (date?); The Media Show (1988); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Multi-Hyphenate (2009); The Noel Diary (2022); The Noel Diary (2022); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Parent Trap (1998); The Parent Trap Reunion! (2020); The Partridge Family (1971); Woven (2016).

Born on this day – Danièle Delorme:

Danièle Delorme

Actress

Producer

October 9, 1926 – October 17, 2015

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); À corps perdu (1970); À l'abri des regards indiscrets (2002); Absences répétées (1972); Adieux de Tabarin (1966); Agnès de rien (1950); Aller et retour (1948); Allons au cinéma (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1980); Au-delà de l'écran (1964); Aujourd'hui magazine (1977); Avant-premières (2011); Bal perdu (1990); Bébert et l'omnibus (1963); Bed for Two (1950); Belle (1973); Camarades (1970); Cannes Film Festival (1988); Chaque jour a son secret (1958); Cinépanorama (1964); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948); Deadlier Than the Male (1956); Des Christs par milliers (1969); Et ça vous fait rire? (2024); Femmes de Paris (1953); Fill 'er Up with Super (1976); Fréquence meurtre (1988); Gala de l'union (1959); Gigi (1949); Henry Moore (1983); Himalaya (1999); Hoa Binh (1970); House of Ricordi (1954); Impasse des deux anges (1948); Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (1982); Joris Ivens (1983); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Joyeux Noel (2005); Just Like Brothers (2012); La barricade du Point du Jour (1978); La belle aventure (1942); La cage aux filles (1949); La communale (1965); La côte d'amour (1982); La grande dune (1990); La joie de vivre (1953); La marche du siècle (1988); La naissance du Grand Blond (2005); La nuit des César (1976); La vie sans secret de Walter Nions (2001); L'affaire Saint-Romans (1988); L'ami Giono (1990); L'amour, Madame (1952); Le capitan (1946); Le cauchemar de l'aube (1973); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le dernier des cinq (1973); Le dossier noir (1955); Le Grand Amour (1969); Le grand échiquier (1980); Le guérisseur (1953); Le pèlerinage (1964); Le plus ancien visage (1966); Le roi du Luxembourg (1967); Le roman du samedi (1980); Le temps du rossignol (1971); Le voyage en Brésil (1950); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les amants (1963); Les Copains (1965); Les dents longues (1953); Les eaux dormantes (1992); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les J3 (1945); Les jeux sont faits (1947); Les joies de la vie (1958); Les Misérables (1958); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017); Les petites du quai aux fleurs (1944); L'été 36 (1986); Lost Souvenirs (1950); Lunegarde (1946); Madame le proviseur (1994); Maison de poupée (1954); Mara (1953); Marcel Aymé, l'art de la litote (2011); Mardi cinéma (1982); Marie Soleil (1964); Martin et Léa (1979); Midi Trente (1973); Mikis Theodorakis (1982); Minne (1950); Miquette (1950); Mitsou (1956); Mon Faust (1970); Monsieur Cinéma (1968); Nathalie Sarraute, écrivain des mouvements intérieurs (1984); Ni vu, ni connu (1958); No Exit (1954); November Moon (1985); Ô saisons ô chateaux (1958); Olivia (1951); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); Oscar Niemeyer (1982); Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire (1946); Pardon Mon Affaire (1976); Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977); Philippe Soupault (1982); Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme, tome 2 (1982); Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme, tome 3 (1982); Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre (2005); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Pour le cinéma (1969); Prisons de femmes (1958); Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982); Revenge at Daybreak (1952); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sale rêveur (1978); Soleil éteint (1958); Sortez des rangs (1996); Souvenirs des collines (2007); Spécial cinéma (1982); Studio Gabriel (1994); The Anatomy of Love (1954); The Crook (1970); The Crying Woman (1979); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gilded Cage (2013); The Hunted (1972); The Hussy (1979); The Prodigal Daughter (1981); The Seventh Juror (1962); Tu ne m'échapperas jamais (1955); Twilight (1944); Un étrange voyage (1981); Un gosse de la butte (1964); Un jour, un destin (2011); Une approche d'Alain Resnais, révolutionnaire discret (1980); Une femme dans la ville (1979); UV (2007); Vacances au purgatoire (1992); Vedettes en liberté (1949); Vedettes sans maquillage (1951); Venom and Eternity (1951); Very Happy Alexander (1968); Vivement dimanche (1999); War of the Buttons (1962); Winged Migration (2001); Without Leaving an Address (1951); Yves Robert: le cinéma entre copains (2020).

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 – 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 – Barbara Kelly:

Barbara Kelly

Actress

Writer

Producer

October 5, 1924 – January 15, 2007

Credits:

A Tale of Five Women (1951); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1959); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); Alien Attack (1976); An Evening at Home with Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly (1951); Armchair Theatre (1957); B and B (1968); Barbara with Braden (1953); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Blankety Blank (1979–1980); Call My Bluff (1969–1970); Carissima (1950); Castle in the Air (1952); Celebrity Squares (1976); Comedy Playhouse (1968); Criss Cross Quiz (1957–1967); Cynthia Payne's House of Cyn (1995); Dateline Britain (1959); Dee Time (1969); Give Us a Clue (1980); Glad Tidings! (1953); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Hawaii Five-O (1978–1980); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1956); Jet Storm (1959); Jubilee Dinner of the Concert Artistes' Association (1957); Kaleidoscope (1950); Kelly's Eye (1957); Let Him Have It (1991); Love in Pawn (1953); Lust of a Eunuch (1977); Magnum, P.I. (1981); New Faces (1974); Night of One Hundred Stars (1980); No Hiding Place (1962); Not a Word (1970); Parkinson (1975 / 1978); Password (1973–1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pearl (1978); Punchlines (1983); Read All About It (1977); Russell Harty Plus (1972); Shadow of the Tree (1951); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Sunday Story (1961–1967); Television: The Magic Rectangle - An Anatomy of the TV Personality (1986); The Biz Quiz (1966); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965–1967); The Flying Fontaines (1959); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Long Christmas Dinner (1949); The Male Animal (1956); The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1982); The Pyramid Game (1982); The Rolling Stones (1960); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Texan (1960); This Is Your Life (1973–1991); Those Wonderful TV Times (1977); Treasure on Pelican (1951); Tribute to Trevor Howard (1986); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); We Beg to Differ (1951); What's My Line? (1951–1984); Where in the World? (1973); Wogan (1986–1987).

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 – 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 – 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 – Persis Khambatta:

Persis Khambatta

Actress

Model

Producer

October 2, 1948 – August 18, 1998

Credits:

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1968); Bheegi Raat (1965); Casablanca (1983); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); Deadly Intent (1988); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1984); First Strike (1984); Get High on Yourself (1981); Good Morning America (1980); Hunter (1986); Jazira (1987); Kama Sutra (1969); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); MacGyver (1986); Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012); Megaforce (1982); Men Who Rate a 10 (1980); Miss Universe Pageant (1965); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1979); My Beautiful Laundrette (1985); Nighthawks (1981); Not a Nice Man to Know (1998); Phoenix the Warrior (1988); Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966); Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe (2025); Shingora (1986); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Teaser (1979); Terror in the Aisles (1984); That's Action (1990); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021); The Lost Enterprise: Star Trek - Phase II (2001); The Man with the Power (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miss Teen USA Pageant (1983); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Warrior of the Lost World (1983).

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 – 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 – Bud Abbott:

Bud Abbott

Actor

Comedian

Producer

October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974

Credits:

Abbott & Costello (1967); General Electric Theater (1961); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); The Andrews Sisters in Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940).

Born on this day – Robert Benton:

Robert Benton

Writer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025

Credits:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); A Texas Romance, 1909 (1964); Alex of Venice (2014); Bad Company (1972); Billy Bathgate (1991); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Bravo Profiles (2000); Cinema 3 (1987); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992); Congo the Movie: Descent Into Zinj (1995); Cracking the Story: Beneath 'The Ice Harvest' (2006); Cries of the Heart (2025); De película (1985–1987); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Faye (2024); Feast of Love (2007); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Godard Made in USA (2010); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2010); Homeward Bound (1994); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Le grand échiquier (1983); Magic Time for Piotr (1998); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Nadine (1987); Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003); Nobody's Fool (1994); North of Cheyenne (2025); Oh! Calcutta! (1972); On location with There Was a Crooked Man. (1970); Places in the Heart (1984); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Still of the Night (1982); Superman (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman (1966); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Human Stain (2003); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Late Show (1977); The Windmill Movie (2008); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Twilight (1998); Valkokangas (1985); Wanderlust (2006); What's Up, Doc? (1972); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006).

Born on this day – William A. Fraker:

William A. Fraker

Cinematographer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1923 – May 31, 2010

Born on this day – Don Castle:

Don Castle

Producer

Actor

Writer

September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966

Born on this day – Stanley Kramer:

Stanley Kramer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001

Credits:

Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967 / 1975); Inherit the Wind (1960); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975); Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya - General Yamashita (1974); Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1974); Not as a Stranger (1955); Oklahoma Crude (1973); On the Beach (1959); R.P.M. (1970); Ship of Fools (1965); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The Pride and the Passion (1957); The Runner Stumbles (1979); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969).

Born on this day – Ben E. King:

Ben E. King

Singer

Producer

September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015

Albums:

Anthology (1993); Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (1962); Ben E. King's Greatest Hits (1964); Benny And Us (1977); Eleven Best (2001); Heart & Soul (2010); I Had a Love (1976); I Have Songs In My Pocket (1998); I've Been Around (2006); Let Me Live in Your Life (1978); Love Is Gonna Get You (2007); Music Trance (1980); Rough Edges (1970); Save the Last Dance for Me (1987); Seven Letters (1965); Shades of Blue (1993); Soul Masters (2005); Spanish Harlem (1961); Stand by Me: The Ultimate Collection (1987); Street Tough (1981); Supernatural (1975); The Beginning of It All (1972); The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998); The Very Best of Ben E. King and the Drifters (1990); What Is Soul (1967); What's Important to Me (1991); White Christmas (2008); Young Boy Blues (1964).

Born on this day – Claude Jarman Jr.:

Claude Jarman Jr.

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1934 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

Bigger Than Life with Claude Jarman Jr. (2020); Centennial (1979); Classified X (2007); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Fillmore (1972); Hangman's Knot (1952); High Barbaree (1947); Inside Straight (1951); Intruder in the Dust (1949); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); MGM Parade (1956); Rio Grande (1950); Roughshod (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Best of the Post (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Outriders (1950); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Yearling (1946); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Arthur Penn:

Arthur Penn

Director

Producer

September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010

Credits:

100 Centre Street (2001); Alice's Restaurant (1969); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Dead of Winter (1987); Flesh and Blood (1968); Four Friends (1981); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1953); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside (1996); Justice (1954); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1955); Little Big Man (1970); Lumière and Company (1995); Mickey One (1965); Night Moves (1975); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Playhouse 90 (1957); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1954); Studio One (1956); Target (1985); The Chase (1966); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Miracle Worker (1962); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Portrait (1993); Visions of Eight (1973).