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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Born on this day – Felice Farina:


Felice Farina


Director

Writer

August 14, 1954 – September 18, 2023

Credits:

Suffering specials (1989); Behind the Mountains (2023); Bidoni (1995); Castro (2016); Who c'è c'è (1987); Condominium (1991); Atomic Conversations (2018); What about me SAI (2009); Do You See Me? (2014); Felipe Has Blue Eyes 2 (1993); The Bozano case (1996); Liczba doskonala (2022); Monicelli: Mario's version (2012); Fog in the Po Valley (2000); Nostos: The Return (1989); Oscar for two (1998); Patria (2014); He seems dead... but he only fainted (1986); Without brakes (2003); Marry (1988); Petrol station (1989); Strade d'acqua (2009); The Evening Tree (2024); The Physics of Water (2009); Timekeeper (2022); Last Breath (1992); See Naples and then die (2007).

Born on this day – Letitia Elizabeth Landon:


Letitia Elizabeth Landon


Writer

August 14, 1802 – October 15, 1838

Credits:

Books:

Calendar of the London Seasons (1834); Castruccio Castrucani (date?); Duty and Inclination (1838); Ethel Churchill (1837); Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books (1832–1839); Flowers of Loveliness (1838); Fragments in Rhyme (1822); Francesca Carrara (1834); Lady Anne Granard (1842); Medallion Wafers (1823); Metrical versions of the Odes tr. in Corinne, or Italy by Madame de Staël (1833); Pictorial Album (1837); Poetic Sketches (1822); Poetical Catalogue of Pictures (1823); Romance and Reality (1831); Schloss's (English) Bijou Almanacks (1836–1839); Subjects for Pictures (1836);  The Book of Beauty (1833); The Easter Gift (1832); The Enchantress and Other Tales / The Novelists Magazine 1 (1833); The Fate of Adelaide (1821); The Female Picture Gallery (1838);  The Golden Violet with its tales of Romance and Chivalry, and other poems (1827); The Improvisatrice and other poems (1824); The Love Letter (1816); The Marriage Vow (date?); The Troubadour (1825); The Venetian Bracelet, The Lost Pleiad, A History of the Lyre and other poems (1829); The Vow of the Peacock and other poems (1835); The Zenana, and minor poems of L.E.L. London (1839); Traits and Trials of Early Life (1836); Versions from the German (1835).

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Born on this day – Charles Williams:


Charles Williams


Writer

August 13, 1909 – April 5, 1975

Credits:

Books:

A Touch of Death / aka Mix Yourself a Redhead; based on 1953 novella And Share Alike (1954); Aground (1960); All the Way / aka The Concrete Flamingo (1958); And The Deep Blue Sea (1971); Big City Girl (1951); Dead Calm; based on the novella Pacific Honeymoon (1963); Girl Out Back / aka Operator; based on 1957 novella entitled either Operator or Operation (1958); Go Home, Stranger (1954); Hell Hath No Fury / aka The Hot Spot (1953); Hill Girl (1951); Man on a Leash (1973); Man on the Run / aka Man in Motion (1958); Nothing in Her Way (1953); River Girl / aka The Catfish Tangle (1951); Scorpion Reef / aka Gulf Coast Girl; based on novella Flight to Nowhere (1955); Talk of the Town / aka Stain of Suspicion (1958); The Big Bite (1956); The Diamond Bikini (1956); The Long Saturday Night / aka Confidentially Yours; Finally, Sunday! (1962); The Sailcloth Shroud (1960); The Wrong Venus / aka Don't Just Stand There (1966); Uncle Sagamore and His Girls (1959).

Movies and television:

Banana Peel (1963); Confidentially Yours (1983); Dead Calm (1989); Diamond Bikini (1971); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Folio (1955); Joy House (1964); La fille des collines (1990); Le gros coup (1964); Mieux vaut courir (1989); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Deep (1970); The Dictator's Guns (1965); The Hot Spot (1990); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); The Pink Jungle (1968).

Born on this day – Sam Taylor:



Sam Taylor


Director

Writer

Producer

August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958

Credits:

A Lunch Room Legacy (1916); A Pair of Sexes (1921); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); Ambassador Bill (1931); Among Those Present (1921); Coquette (1929); Counting Out the Count (1916); Devil's Lottery (1932); Dr. Jack (1922); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Exit Smiling (1926); For Heaven's Sake (1926); Funny Side of Life (1963); Girl Shy (1924); Grandma's Boy (1922); Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Mini Biographies (2005); Her Great Invention (1916); Hot Water (1924); Human Collateral (1920); I Do (1921); In Honor's Web (1919); Juggling Justice (1916); Kiki (1931); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Married Bachelor (1941); My Best Girl (1927); Never Weaken (1921); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Now or Never (1921); Out All Night (1933); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Princess Jones (1921); Safety Last! (1923); Setting the Fashion (1916); Skyline (1931); Tempest (1928); The Artful Dodger (1916); The Cat's-Paw (1934); The Freshman (1925); The Gamblers (1919); The Gray Towers Mystery (1919); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Mohican's Daughter (1922); The Quack Quakers (1916); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Wrecked Station (1917); Vagabond Lady (1935); Why Worry? (1923).

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Born on this day – William Goldman:


William Goldman


Writer

August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

Credits:

Books:

Absolute Power (1997); Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983); Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole (1962); Boys and Girls Together (1969); Brothers (1986); Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969); Control (1982); Father's Day (1971); Five Screenplays with Essays (1984); Four Screenplays with Essays (1994); Heat / aka Edged Weapons (1985); Hype and Glory (1990); Magic (1976); Marathon Man (1974); No Way to Treat A Lady (1964); Soldier in the Rain (1963); The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980); The Big Picture (2000); The Color of Light (1984); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Princess Bride (1973); The Season (1969); The Silent Gondoliers (1983); The Temple of Gold (1957); The Thing of It Is... (1967); Tinsel (1979); Wait Till Next Year (1988); Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000); Wigger (1974); Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958).

Movies and television:

5 Minutes (2018); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Cinematic Life: The Art & Influence of Conrad Hall (2010); A Few Good Men (1992); Absolute Power (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (1993); All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006); All the President's Men (1976); Amateur (2005); American Experience (2002); American Masters (2000); Animaniacs (2020–2023); Arena (2000); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2014); Biography (1995–2000); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Chaplin (1992); Charlie Rose (1997); Checkpoint Echo (2006); Da Vinci (1996); Dateline NBC (2006); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Dreamcatcher (2003); Fierce Creatures (1997); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Fry's Planet Word (2011); Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001); Good Will Hunting (1997); Harper (1966); HBO First Look (2003); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Heat (1986); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Last Action Hero (1993); Magic (1978); Malice (1993); Marathon Man (1976); Masquerade (1965); Maverick (1994); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Horn (1979); NBA 100 Greatest Plays (1999); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); On Location with 'Gunga Din' (2004); Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006); Papillon (1973); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1988); Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014); Screenwriters: Word Into Image (1982); Screenwriting for Dummies (2006); ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Tales from the Script (2009); Talking Pictures (1988); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (2006); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Chamber (1996); The Garden's Defining Moments (2015); The General's Daughter (1999); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Gospel According to Bill (2010); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Hot Rock (1972); The Human Face (2001); The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970); The Oscars (2019); The Princess Bride (1987 / 1999 / 2012); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The South Bank Show (1990–2009); The Stepford Wives (1975); The War of the Roses (1989); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Twins (1988); Under Suspicion (2000); Wild Card (2015); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Ralph Nelson:


Ralph Nelson

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987

Born on this day – Samuel Fuller:


Samuel Fuller

Director

Writer

Actor

World War II veteran

August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997

Born on this day – Mary Roberts Rinehart:


Mary Roberts Rinehart


Writer

August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958


Credits:

Books:

A Poor Wise Man (1920); Affinities (1920); Alibi for Isabel (1944); American Christmas Stories (2021); Black Cat Weekly #64 (2022); Dangerous Days (1919); Episode of the Wandering Knife (1950); Golden Age Detective Stories (2021); Haunted Lady (1942); K (1915); Kill or Cure / Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine (1989); Love Stories (1919); Married People (1937); Mary Roberts Rinehart's Crime Book (1933); Mind Over Motor (1912); Miss Pinkerton / aka The Double Alibi (1932); More Tish (1921); My Story (1931); Nomad's Land (1926); Salvage (1919); Sight Unseen (1946); Sight Unseen / The Confession (1921); Temperamental People (1924); The After House (1914); The Album (1933); The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry (1911); The Amazing Interlude (1918); The Bat (1920); The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Book of Tish (1926); The Breaking Point (1922); The Broken Quarantine (1906); The Case of Jennie Brice (1913); The Cave on Thundercloud (1912); The Circular Staircase (1908); The Collected Mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart (2010); The Confession (1946); The Confession / Sight Unseen (1959); The Doctor (1936); The Door (1930); The Frightened Wife (1953); The Great Mistake (1940); The Man in Lower Ten (1906); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Red Lamp / aka The Mystery Lamp (1925); The Romantics (1929); The State Vs Elinor Norton (1933); The Street of Seven Stars (1966); The Swimming Pool (1952); The Truce of God (1920); The Wall (1938); The Wandering Knife (1952); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Window at the White Cat (1910); The Yellow Room (1945); This Strange Adventure (1929); Three of Diamonds / Big Water / Frightened Wife (1953); Tish (1916); Tish Marches On (1937); Tish Plays the Game (1926); Toward the Golden Age / The Stories That Turned Crime to Gold (2016); Two Flights Up (1928); When a Man Marries (1910); Where There's a Will (1912).

Movies and television:

23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919 / 1937); Acquitted (1916); Affinities (1915 / 1922); Aflame in the Sky (1927); At the Foot of the Hill (1914); Bab's Burglar (1917); Bab's Diary (1917); Bab's Matinee Idol (1917); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); City of Shadows (1927); Climax! (1954–1956); Dangerous Days (1920); Der Spinnenmörder (1978); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Elinor Norton (1934); Finders Keepers (1928); Her Country First (1918); Her Love Story (1924); I Take This Woman (1931); It's a Great Life (1920); Jane (1914); K: The Unknown (1924); Long Live the King (1923); Mind Over Motor (1915 / 1923); Miss Pinkerton (1932); Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Person to Person (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Se ki, se be (1919); Seven Days (1925); Star Stage (1956); The Bat (1926 / 1959); The Bat Whispers (1930); The Breaking Point (1924); The Cave on Thunder Cloud (1915); The Circular Staircase (1915); The Doctor and the Woman (1918); The Dog in the Orchard (1941); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); The Glorious Fool (1922); The Nurse's Secret (1941); The Papered Door (1915); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Street of Seven Stars (1918); The Unknown (1927); Tish (1942); Tish's Spy (1915); What Happened to Father (1915 / 1927); Your Favorite Story (1953).

Monday, August 11, 2025

Born on this day – Stuart Gordon:


Stuart Gordon

Director

Writer

August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020

Born on this day – Andre Dubus:


Andre Dubus


Writer

August 11, 1936 – February 24, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Adultery and Other Choices (1980); Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar (2011); Boston Noir 2 / Akashic Noir (2012); Broken Vessels (1991); Dancing After Hours (1996); Finding a Girl in America (1980); In the Bedroom (2002); Land Where My Fathers Died (1984); Louisiana Stories (1990); Meditations from a Movable Chair (1998); New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1987 (1987); Selected Stories (1988); Separate Flights (1982); Stories of the Modern South (1995)The Best American Short Stories 1970 (1970); The Best American Short Stories 1975 (1975); The Best American Short Stories 1981 (1981); The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984); The Colonel's Wife (2015); The Cross Country Runner (2018); The Last Worthless Evening (1986); The Lieutenant (1986); The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Times Are Never So Bad (1983); The Winter Father (2018); Voices from the Moon (1984); We Don't Live Here Anymore (1984); Why I Like This Story (2019).

Movies and television:

A Year in the Life (1987); Delivering (1993); His Lover (2017); In the Bedroom (2001); Literary Visions (1992); We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004).

Born on this day – Carl Möhner:


Carl Möhner

Actor

Director

Writer

Painter

August 11, 1921 – January 14, 2005

Born on this day – Enid Blyton:


Enid Blyton


Writer

August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968

Credits:

Books:

A Very Special Birthday (2010); Adventure of the Wishing Chair (1937); Adventure Stories (1960); Amelia Jane Again (1946); At Appletree Farm (1944); Before I Go to Sleep (1947); Benjy and the Others (1955); Bible Stories from the New Testament (1955); Bible Stories from the Old Testament (1955); Brer Bear's Red Carrots (1987); Brer Rabbit Again (1963); Brer Rabbit and His Friends (1948); Brer Rabbit Book (1948); Brer Rabbit's a Rascal (1965); Child Whispers (poems) (1922); Chimney Corner Stories (1963); Christmas Treats (2017); Circus Days Again (1942); Claudine At St. Clare's (1947); Come Along Twins (1952); Come to the Circus (1948); Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Dog stories (1960); Don't Be Silly, Mr. Twiddle! (1973); Down At the Farm (1952); Eight O'Clock Tales (2017); Enid Blyton's Adventure Treasury (1999); Enid Blyton's Christmas Story (1953); Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales (2016); Enid Blyton's Eighth Bedside Book (1956); Enid Blyton's Happy Hours Story Book (1964); Enid Blyton's More Chimney Corner Stories (1955); Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons (1929); Enid Blyton's Omnibus! (1952); Enid Blyton's Santa's Workshop (1991); Enid Blyton's Treasury (1947); Fifth Formers at St Clare's (1945); First Term at Malory Towers (1946); Five Are Together Again (1963); Five Fall Into Adventure (1950); Five Get Into a Fix (1958); Five Get Into Trouble / aka Five Caught in a Treacherous Plot (1949); Five Go Adventuring Again (1942); Five Go Down to the Sea (1953); Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946); Five Go Off to Camp / aka Five on the Track of a Spook Train (1948); Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957); Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961); Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954); Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962); Five Have a Puzzling Time (1995); Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952); Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955); Five O'Clock Tales (2017); Five On a Hike Together (1951); Five On a Secret Trail (1956); Five On a Treasure Island (1942); Five On Finniston Farm (1960); Five On Kirrin Island Again (1947); Five Run Away Together / aka Five Run Away to Danger (1944); Five-Minute Summer Stories (2024); Four in a Family (1956); Fun for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Old Horse (1963); Giantland (2009); Go Ahead Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven Get Their Man (1953); Gobbo (2008); Good Old Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Old Fort Adventure (1960); Good Old Timmy and Other Stories (2017); Good Work Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Stolen Car (1954); Hallo, Little Mary Mouse (1945); Hedgerow Tales (1986); Hello Mr. Twiddle (1968); Hello Twins (1951); Here Come the Twins (1953); Here Comes Mary Mouse Again (1947); Heyo, Brer Rabbit! (1938); Hide and Seek Fun (2009); Holiday House (1955); Hollow Tree House (1945); Hurrah for the Circus! (1939); I'll Tell You Another Story (1943); In the Fifth at Malory Towers (1950); Last Term at Malory Towers (1951); Let's Garden (1948); Let's Go to the Circus (1951); Look Out Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Missing Medals (1962); Martha Monkey (2008); Mary Mouse and Her Family (1946); Mischief Again! (1955); More About Amelia Jane! (1974); More Adventures of Mary Mouse (1943); More Adventures on Willow Farm (1942); Mr Plod (2008); Mr. Galliano's Circus (1938); Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party (1971); My Third Enid Blyton Book (1955); Mystery Stories (1960); Naughty Amelia Jane (1946); Noddy and His Car (1951); Noddy and His Friends (1993); Noddy and the Bunkey (1959); Noddy and the Pirates (2009); Noddy and the Tootles (1962); Noddy at the Seaside (2010); Noddy Goes to School (1990); Noddy Goes to Toyland (2010); Noddy Goes Vroom! (2009); Noddy Has an Adventure (1958); Noddy in the Land of Spells and Top Speed the Golly (1970); Noddy Meets Father Christmas (2009); Peter and the Magic Shadow (2004); Puzzle for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Music Lover (1958); Rubbalong Tales (1949); Secret Seven Adventure / aka The Secret Seven and the Circus Adventure (1950); Secret Seven Fireworks / aka The Secret Seven and the Bonfire Adventure (1959); Secret Seven Mystery / aka The Secret Seven and the Missing Girl Mystery (1957); Secret Seven On the Trail / aka The Secret Seven and the Railroad Mystery (1952); Secret Seven Win Through / aka The Secret Seven and the Hidden Cave Adventure (1955); Seven O'Clock Tales (2017); Shadow and Johnny (1987); Shadow in Trouble (1987); Shadow Learns a Lesson (1987); Shadow the Sheep Dog (1942); Shadow to the Rescue (1987); Shock for the Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Case of the Dog Lover (1961); Six Cousins Again (1950); Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (1948); Six O'Clock Tales (2017); Smuggler Ben (1943); Snowball the Pony (1953); Spellworld (2009); Springtime Stories (2018); Stories of Magic and Mischief (2018); Stories of Wizards and Witches (2017); Stories of Wonders and Wishes (2022); Story Book of Jesus (1956); Summer Holiday Stories (2017); Summer Term at St Clare's (1943); Summertime Stories (2018); Sunny Stories (2018); Tales of Betsy-May (1940); Tales of Brer Rabbit: Retold (1928); Tales of Green Hedges (1946); Tales of the Twins (1948); Tales of Toyland (2013); The Adventure of the Secret Necklace (1954); The Adventure of the Strange Ruby (1960); The Adventures of Scamp (1943); The Adventurous Four (1941); The Adventurous Four Again (1947); The Bonfire Folk (1984); The Boy Next Door (1944); The Boy Who Came Back (1965); The Boy Who Wanted a Dog (1963); The Boy With the Loaves and the Fishes (1948); The Brown Family (1945); The Buttercup Farm Family (1951); The Caravan Family (1945); The Castle of Adventure (1946); The Children at Green Meadows (1954); The Children at Happy House (1946); The Children of Cherry Tree Farm (1940); The Children of Kidillin (1940); The Children of Willow Farm (1942); The Children's Life of Christ (1943); The Circus of Adventure (1952); The Dog with the Long Tail (1975); The Enchanted Wood (1939); The Enid Blyton Bedtime Story Book (1980); The Family at Red Roofs (1945); The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946); The Four Cousins (1961); The Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit (1942); The Goblin Aeroplane and Other Stories (1986); The Golliwog Grumbled (1954); The Happy House Children (1966); The Happy House Children Again (1947); The Hidey Hole (1932); The House at the Corner (1947); The Island of Adventure (1944); The Island of Surprises (2009); The Land of Blue Mountains (1993); The Land of Fairytales (2009); The Land of Far-Beyond (1942); The Land of Mythical Creatures (2009); The Little Girl at Capernaum (1948); The Little White Duck (1946); The Magic Brush (1942); The Magic Faraway Tree (1943); The Magic Watering Can (2010); The Man Who Stopped to Help (1965); The Mountain of Adventure (1949); The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953); The Mystery of the Banshee Towers (1961); The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943); The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944); The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948); The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (1950); The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956); The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (1947); The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949); The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945); The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946); The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952); The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957); The Mystery of the Tally-Ho Cottage (1954); The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951); The Mystery That Never Was (1961); The Naughtiest Girl Again (1942); The Naughtiest Girl in the School (1940); The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor (1945); The Night The Toys Had A Party (1991); The O'clock Tales (2010); The O'Sullivan Twins (1942); The Pole Star Family (1950); The Put-Em-Rights (1946); The Queen Elizabeth Family (1951); The Queer Adventure (1952); The Ragamuffin Mystery (1959); The Rat-A-Tat Mystery (1956); The Rilloby Fair Mystery (1950); The Ring O'Bells Mystery (1951); The River of Adventure (1955); The Rockingdown Mystery (1949); The Rubadub Mystery (1952); The Saucy Jane Family (1947); The Sea of Adventure (1948); The Seaside Family (1950); The Second Form at Malory Towers (1947); The Second form at St Clare's (1944); The Second Holiday Book (1947); The Secret Island (1938); The Secret Mountain (1941); The Secret of Cliff Castle (1947); The Secret of Killimooin (1943); The Secret of Moon Castle (1953); The Secret of Spiggy holes (1940); The Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Mystery of the Empty House (1948); The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (1997); The Ship of Adventure (1950); The Six Bad Boys (1951); The Sixth holiday Book (1951); The Smith Family (1947); The Sneezing Dog and Other Stories (1993); The Story of My Life (1952); The Tenth Holiday Book (1955); The Three Golliwogs (1946); The Treasure Hunters (1940); The Troublesome Three (1955); The Twins at St Clare's (1941); The Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949); The Valley of Adventure (1947); The Very Big Secret (1952); The Wishing Chair Again (1950); The Wishing Chair Collections (2002); They Ran Away Together (1948); Third Year at Malory Towers (1948); Those Dreadful Children (1949); Three Boys and a Circus (1940); Three Cheers Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Grim Secret (1956); Trouble for the Twins (1964); Up the Faraway Tree (1951); Visitors in the Night (1953); Welcome Mary Mouse (1950); Well Done Secret Seven / aka The Secret Seven and the Tree House Adventure (1951); Well, Really, Mr. Twiddle! (1968); What an Adventure (1950); Winter Stories (2018); Winter Wonderland (2009); World Book Day 2017.

Movies and television:

À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968); Adventures of Noddy (1955); Circus of Adventure (1995); De 5 i fedtefadet (1970); De 5 og spionerne (1969); Famous Five (2012); Famous Five 2 (2013); Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964); Five on a Treasure Island (1957); Fünf Freunde 3 (2014); Hanni & Nanni (2010); Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013); Hanni & Nanni: Mehr als beste Freunde (2017); Hanni and Nanni 2 (2012); Jackanory (1974–1986); Lilalu im Schepperland (2000–2001); Make Way for Noddy (2001–2003); Malory Towers (2020–2024); Noddy (1975); Noddy (1998–2000); Noddy Goes to Toyland (1963); Noddy in Toyland (1957); Noddy Saves Christmas (2004); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); Noddy's Playtime (1992); Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1993); Personality Meet: Enid Blyton (1946); Readers and Writers (1951); Secret Lives (1996); Success Story (1974); The Castle of Adventure (1990); The Comic Strip Presents (1982); The Enid Blyton Adventure Series (1996); The Enid Blyton Secret Series (1997–1998); The Famous Five (1978–1997); The Famous Five (2023); The Famous Five Adventure Game (2018); The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018); The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island (1991); The Island of Adventure (1981); The Magic Faraway Tree (2024); The Project (2010); The Twins at St. Clare's (1991).

Born on this day – Hobart Bosworth:


Hobart Bosworth


Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943

Credits:

A Child of the Wilderness (1912); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (1912); A Crucial Test (1912); A Cup of Cold Water (1911); A Frontier Girl's Courage (1911); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); A Man of Peace (1928); A Messenger to Kearney (1912); A Modern Rip (1911); A Mormon Maid (1917); A Night Out (1912); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); A Reconstructed Rebel (1912); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); A Tale of the Sea (1910); A Thousand to One (1920); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Wise Old Elephant (1913); A Woman of Affairs (1928); Abraham Lincoln (1930); Across the Plains (1910); After the Storm (1928); Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913); Altar of the Aztecs (1913); An Englishman's Honor (1911); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Odyssey of the North (1914); Annapolis (1928); Annie Laurie (1927); Arthur Preston Hankins (1912); As a Father Spareth His Son (1913); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); Atala (1912); Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (2012); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Betrayed (1917); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Blackbeard (1911); Blind Hearts (1921); Boots and Saddles (1909); Bread (1924); Briton and Boer (1909); Buck Richards' Bride (1913); Buckshot John (1915); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Bunkie (1912); Burning Daylight (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Civilization (1914); Business Is Business (1915); Captain January (1924); Carnival Boat (1932); Chickie (1925); Coals of Fire (1911); Colorado (1915); Damon and Pythias (1908); Darkfeather's Strategy (1912); Davy Crockett (1910); Dirigible (1931); Disillusioned (1912); Doctor Neighbor (1916); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Escape from Crime (1942); Eternal Love (1929); Evangeline (1911); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); Fatherhood (1915); Fighting Bob (1909); Freckles (1917 / 1928); General Crack (1929); General Spanky (1936); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Getting Atmosphere (1912); Greater Wealth (1913); Hangman's House (1928); Harbor Island (1912); He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916); Hearts of Oak (1924); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Help Wanted (1915); Her Guardian (1913); His Own Law (1920); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hurricane (1929); I Was Framed (1942); If I Marry Again (1925); In God We Trust (1913); In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911); In the Badlands (1909); In the Days of Gold (1911); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); In the Frozen North (1910); In the Great Northwest (1910); In the Midst of the Jungle (1913); In the Palace of the King (1923); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); In the Sultan's Power (1909); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); It Happened in the West (1911); Joan the Woman (1916); John Barleycorn (1914); John Colter's Escape (1912); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Just Imagine (1930); Justinian and Theodora (1910); King of the Mountain (1929); King of the Sierras (1938); Lady for a Day (1933); Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (1912); Law of the Tropics (1941); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Little Injin (1911); Little Sunset (1915); Lost and Won (1911); Mammy (1930); Man Alone (1923); Martin Eden (1914); McKee Rankin's '49' (1911); Merely a Millionaire (1912); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Miss Aubry's Love Affair (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); Music in the Air (1934); My Best Girl (1927); My Son (1925); Name the Man! (1924); Nan of the Woods (1913); Nearly a Lady (1915); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); No Greater Love (1932); Oliver Twist (1916); On Thanksgiving Day (1908); On the Border (1909); On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Peck's Bad Boy / Together We Live (1935); Personality Parade (1938); Pierre of the North (1913); Pine Ridge Feud (1909); Portia on Trial (1937); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Range Pals (1911); Rip Van Winkle (1908); Rivals (1912); Rollin' Plains (1938); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Saved from the Snow (1911); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Seeds of Silver (1913); Shipmates (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Sin Town (1942); Sit Tight (1931); Songs of Truce (1913); Souls for Sale (1923); Spangles (1926); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Steel Preferred (1925); Sundown (1924); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Tainted Money (1915); Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (1912); The Artist and the Brute (1913); The Awakening (1912); The Barge Man of Old Holland (1910); The Beachcomber (1915); The Beaded Buckskin Bag (1913); The Big Parade (1925); The Blood Ship (1927); The Bootlegger (1911); The Border Legion (1918); The Brute Master (1920); The Buccaneers (1911); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Christian Martyrs (1909); The Code of Honor (1911); The Common Enemy (1910); The Common Law (1923); The Convert of San Clemente (1911); The Count of Monte Cristo (1908); The Country Mouse (1914); The County Fair (1932); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910); The Crusades (1935); The Cup of Life (1921); The Danites (1912); The Dark Hour (1936); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Devil-Stone (1917); The End of the Romance (1912); The Eternal Three (1923); The Eye of Conscience (1911); The Far Cry (1926); The Fisherboy's Faith (1912); The Foolish Matrons (1921); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Girl and the Judge (1913); The Girl of the Lighthouse (1912); The Girl of the Mountains (1912); The Golden Strain (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Hand of Fate (1912); The Haven of Refuge (1911); The Hobo (1912); The Inner Shrine (1917); The Iron Hand (1916); The Junior Officer (1912); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Knight Errant (1911); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912); The Leopard Queen (1909); The Little American (1917); The Little Circus Rider (1911); The Long Trail (1910); The Love of an Island Maid (1912); The Love of Penelope (1913); The Maid at the Helm (1911); The Man Higher Up (1929); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912); The Miracle Man (1932); The Nervous Wreck (1926); The New Faith (1911); The Novice (1911); The Office Wife (1930); The Other Fellow (1912); The Padre (1911); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pirate's Daughter (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Price He Paid (1912); The Professor's Wooing (1912); The Profligate (1911); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Rancher's Failing (1913); The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (1911); The Roman (1910); The Sanitarium (1910); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Scarlet Sin (1915); The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (1910); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret of Treasure Island (1938); The Sergeant (1910); The Sheriff (1910); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Shrinking Rawhide (1912); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Smart Set (1928); The Spirit of '76 (1908); The Spy (1911); The Stampede (1909); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Substitute Model (1912); The Target (1916); The Tenderfoot (1909); The Test (1912); The Third Alarm (1930); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trade Gun Bullet (1912); The Traitor (1914); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Vintage of Fate (1912); The Vision Beautiful (1912); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of the World (1916); The White Medicine Man (1911); The White Scar (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Woman on the Jury (1924); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Yaqui (1916); The Young Mrs. Eames (1913); Thelma (1911); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); This Modern Age (1931); Three Hours (1927); Through the Dark (1924); 'Twas Ever Thus (1915); Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916); Unconquered (1917); Unto Us a Child Is Born (1911); Up San Juan Hill (1909); Vanity Fair (1923); What Money Can't Buy (1917); When Edith Played Judge and Jury (1912); White Hands (1922); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Willie (1910); Winds of Chance (1925); Wolves of the Sea (1936); Yankee Doodle Dixie (1913); Zander the Great (1925).

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Born on this day – Kate O'Mara:


Kate O'Mara

Actress

Writer

August 10, 1939 – March 30, 2014

Born on this day – Joseph Cates:


Joseph Cates

Director

Producer

Writer

August 10, 1924 – October 10, 1998

Born on this day – Dorothy B. Hughes:


Dorothy B. Hughes


Writer

August 10, 1904 – May 6, 1993

Credits:

Books:

Dark Certainty (1931); Dread Journey (1945); Erle Stanley Gardner (1978); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); In a Lonely Place (1947); Johnnie (1944); Mr. President, Private Eye (2004); Ride the Pink Horse (1946); The Bamboo Blonde (1941); The Blackbirder (1943); The Candy Kid (1950); The Cross Eyed Bear Murders (1940); The Davidian Report (1952); The Delicate Ape (1944); The Expendable Man (1963); The Fallen Sparrow (1942); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999); The Scarlet Imperial (1946); The So Blue Marble (1940).

Movies and television:

The Hanged Man (1964); Destry (1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Climax! (1958); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1952); In a Lonely Place (1950); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); Follow the Boys (1944); The Fallen Sparrow (1943).

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Born on this day – Michèle Girardon:


Michèle Girardon

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975

Born on this day – Martin Greenfield:


Martin Greenfield


Tailor

Writer

Holocaust survivor

August 9, 1928 – March 20, 2024

Credits:

Founder of Martin Greenfield Clothiers.

Book:

Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor (2014).

Television:

Tailor Made (2018); Great Big Show (2017); Lessons from a Tailor (2008).

Born on this day – Robert Shaw:


Robert Shaw

Actor

Writer

August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978

Born on this day – Robert Aldrich:


Robert Aldrich

Director

Producer

Writer

August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983