Born on this day – Florence Rice:

Florence Rice

Actress

February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974

Credits:

The Ghost and the Guest (1943); The Boss of Big Town (1942); Stand by All Networks (1942); Let's Get Tough! (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Borrowed Hero (1941); The Blonde from Singapore (1941); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Father Takes a Wife (1941); Mr. District Attorney (1941); Cherokee Strip (1940); The Secret Seven (1940); Phantom Raiders (1940); Girl in 313 (1940); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Little Accident (1939); At the Circus (1939); Miracles for Sale (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Four Girls in White (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); Sweethearts (1938); Vacation from Love (1938); Fast Company (1938); Paradise for Three (1938); Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); Double Wedding (1937); Riding on Air (1937); Married Before Breakfast (1937); Man of the People (1937); Under Cover of Night (1937); The Longest Night (1936); Sworn Enemy (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); Blackmailer (1936); Panic on the Air (1936); Pride of the Marines (1936); Super-Speed (1935); Escape from Devil's Island (1935); Guard That Girl (1935); The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Carnival (1935); Under Pressure (1935); The Best Man Wins (1935); Fugitive Lady (1934).

Born on this day – Thelma Ritter:

Thelma Ritter

Actress

February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969

Credits:

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); The Incident (1967); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Move Over, Darling (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); For Love or Money (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); Wagon Train (1962); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); The Second Time Around (1961); Frontier Circus (1961); The Misfits (1961); Startime (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); Pillow Talk (1959); A Hole in the Head (1959); Telephone Time (1957); Kraft Theatre (1957); The Proud and Profane (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); Lucy Gallant (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); Pickup on South Street (1953); Titanic (1953); With a Song in My Heart (1952); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); As Young as You Feel (1951); The Mating Season (1951); All About Eve (1950); I'll Get By (1950); Perfect Strangers (1950); Father Was a Fullback (1949); City Across the River (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Call Northside 777 (1948); Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

Doris Betts, on writing:

All one needs to write a story is one feeling and four walls.

- Doris Betts.

On this day in movie history - Highwaymen (2004):

Highwaymen,

directed by Robert Harmon,

written by Craig Mitchell and Hans Bauer,

was released in the United States on February 13, 2004.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:
Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, Colm Feore, Gordon Currie, Andrea Roth, Noam Jenkins, Toby Proctor, James Kee, Guylaine St-Onge, Joe Pingue, Martin Roach, Ron Bell, Paul Rutledge, Kelly Jones, Bryan Renfro, Ralph Chapman, Jason McCormack, Paul Mota, Michael Stevens.

On this day in movie history - Call Northside 777 (1948):

Call Northside 777,

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds,

was released in the United States on February 13, 1948.

Based on the true 1932 Joseph Majczek case,

and articles written by James P. McGuire and Jack McPhaul,

published in the Chicago Daily Times in 1944.

Narrated by Truman Bradley.

Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:
James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, Betty Garde, Kasia Orzazewski, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Robert Adler, Richard Bishop, Larry J. Blake, John Bleifer, Truman Bradley, Dollie Caillet, Michael Chapin, George Cisar, Jane Crowley, Jimmy Dime, Abe Dinovitch, Rex Downing, Eddie Dunn, Lew Eckles, Ben Erway, Joseph Forte, Helen Foster, Stanley Gordon, Walter Greaza, Jonathan Hale, Buck Harrington, Percy Helton, Samuel S. Hinds, Perry Ivins, Robert Karnes, Leonarde Keeler, Cy Kendall, J.M. Kerrigan, Carl Kroenke, Paul Kruger, Henry Kulky, Charles Lane, Philip Lord, Jack Mannick, E.G. Marshall, Norman McKay, George Melford, Charles Miller, Edward Peil Jr., George Pembroke, Wanda Perry, Arthur Peterson, Joe Ploski, William Post Jr., Addison Richards, Thelma Ritter, Richard Rober, Dick Ryan, Peter Seal, Lester Sharpe, George Spaulding, Ray Spiker, Lionel Stander, Ann Staunton, Freddie Steele, George Turner, George Tyne, Bill Vendetta, Otto Waldis, Duke Watson, Robert B. Williams.

On this day in movie history - The Beast of the City (1932):

The Beast of the City,

directed by Charles Brabin,

written by John Lee Mahin and Ben Hecht,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on February 13, 1932.
Music by Johannes Brahms.

Cast:
Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, Tully Marshall, John Miljan, Emmett Corrigan, Warner Richmond, Sandy Roth, J. Carrol Naish, Eddie Baker, Elmer Ballard, Sammy Blum, Edward Brophy, Ed Cassidy, Allan Cavan, Eddy Chandler, George Chandler, Martin Cichy, Edward Coppo, Betty Mae Crane, Beverly Crane, Edgar Dearing, Mike Donlin, Dorothy Granger, Jack Grey, Sherry Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Julie Haydon, Lew Hicks, Frank Holliday, Robert Homans, Arthur Hoyt, Murray Kinnell, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank LaRue, Tom London, George Magrill, Tom Mahoney, Charles McAvoy, Tom McGuire, Edmund Mortimer, Field Norton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Henry Otho, Nat Pendleton, Jack Pennick, Lee Phelps, Constantine Romanoff, Mickey Rooney, Dick Rush, Hector V. Sarno, Harry Semels, Charles Sullivan, Dick Sutherland, Morgan Wallace, Leo White, Clarence Wilson, Harry Wilson, Dorothea Wolbert.

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:

Carol Lynley

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019