Saturday, November 25, 2023

Born on this day – Margaret Livingston:


Margaret Livingston

Actress

Businesswoman

November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984

Credits:

Social Register (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Broadminded (1931); Smart Money (1931); God's Gift to Women (1931); Kiki (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Big Money (1930); What a Widow! (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Murder on the Roof (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Acquitted (1929); Tonight at Twelve (1929); The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929); Innocents of Paris (1929); The Charlatan (1929); The Office Scandal (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Canary Murder Case (1929); Dreary House (1928); The Last Warning (1928); The Apache (1928); Beware of Bachelors (1928); Through the Breakers (1928); His Private Life (1928); Say It with Sables (1928); The Way of the Strong (1928); Wheel of Chance (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); Mad Hour (1928); A Woman's Way (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Streets of Shanghai (1927); The American Beauty (1927); Sunrise (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Married Alive (1927); Lightning (1927); The Secret Studio (1927); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Breed of the Sea (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); A Trip to Chinatown (1926); Hell's Four Hundred (1926); The Yankee SeƱor (1926); Wages for Wives (1925); When the Door Opened (1925); The Best People (1925); After Marriage (1925); Havoc (1925); The Wheel (1925); Greater Than a Crown (1925); I'll Show You the Town (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); Capital Punishment (1925); The Chorus Lady (1924); Butterfly (1924); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Wandering Husbands (1924); Love's Whirlpool (1924); Divorce (1923); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922); Eden and Return (1921); Passing Through (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Home Stretch (1921); Lying Lips (1921); The Parish Priest (1920); The Brute Master (1920); Hairpins (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); What's Your Husband Doing? (1920); Haunting Shadows (1919); All Wrong (1919); The Busher (1919); Within the Cup (1918); Alimony (1917); The Chain Invisible (1916).

Margaret Atwood, on writing:


A word after a word is power.

- Margaret Atwood.

Friday, November 24, 2023

On this day in music history - Second Sight, by Jami Sieber (1998):

The album Second Sight,
by Jami Sieber,
was released on November 24, 1998.

On this day in movie history - He Walked by Night (1948):


He Walked by Night,
directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann,
written by John C. Higgins and Crane Wilbur,
based on a story by Crane Wilbur,
was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.
Narrated by Reed Hadley.
Music by Leonid Raab.


Cast:
Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Dorothy Adams, Jane Adams, Jack Bailey, Alma Beltran, Robert Bice, Frank Cady, Dolores Castelli, George Chan, Garrett Craig, John Dehner, Ann Doran, Rex Downing, Michael Dugan, Paul Fierro, Byron Foulger, Kay Garrett, George Goodman, Tim Graham, Kit Guard, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey, Thomas Browne, Peter Hobbes, Virginia Hunter, Felice Ingersoll, Anthony Jochim, Stan Johnson, Louise Kane, Tommy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Charles Lang, Lyle Latell, Rory Mallinson, Doyle Manor, Dick Mason, Billy Mauch, John McGuire, Charles Meredith, Carlotta Monti, Bert Moorhouse, Howard Negley, James Nolan, John Parrish, Steve Pendleton, John Perri, Ruth Robinson, Paul Scardon, Harry Seymour, Earl Spainard, Florence Stephens, Bernie Suss, Kenneth Tobey, Wally Vernon, Harlan Warde, Mary Ware, Robert B. Williams, Harry Wilson, Marty Wynn.

On this day in movie history - Parole, Inc. (1948):


Parole, Inc.,
directed by Alfred Zeisler,
written by Sherman L. Lowe,
based on a story by Royal K. Cole and Sherman L. Lowe,
was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.
Music by Alexander Laszlo.


Cast:
Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Virginia Lee, Charles Bradstreet, Lyle Talbot, Michael Whalen, Charles Williams, James Cardwell, Paul Bryar, Noel Cravat, Charles Jordan.

On this day in movie history - The Flame (1947):


The Flame,
directed by John H. Auer,
written by Lawrence Kimble,
based on a story by Robert T. Shannon,
was released in the United States on November 24, 1947.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.


Cast:
John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Blanche Yurka, Constance Dowling, Victor Sen Yung, Harry Cheshire, John Miljan, Garry Owen, Eddie Dunn, Jeff Corey.

Born on this day – Howard Duff:


Howard Duff

Actor

November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990