Sunday, April 14, 2024

Born on this day – Philip Stone:


Philip Stone

Actor

April 14, 1924 – June 15, 2003

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:


Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:


Horace McCoy

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Claire Windsor:


Claire Windsor

Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Mr. Rogers' wisdom:


The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;
they're always "in the wings".
That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep
rather than the flashy and the superficial.

- Fred Rogers.

Henry Miller, on writing:


Writing is its own reward.

- Henry Miller.