Born on this day – Mae Busch:

Mae Busch

Actress

June 18, 1891 – April 20, 1946

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Divorce Courtship (1933); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Human Hound's Triumph (1915); A Man's Man (1929); A Parisian Scandal (1921); A Rascal's Wolfish Ways (1915); A Woman Who Sinned (1924); Alibi (1929); Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915); Because He Loved Her (1916); Beloved (1934); Better Late Than Never (1916); Bing Bang (1917); Black Butterflies (1928); Blondie Johnson (1933); Bread (1924); Broken Barriers (1924); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925); Cheating Blondes (1933); Chickens Come Home (1931); Come Clean (1931); Compression (2020); Cross My Heart (1946); Dance of the Cookoos (1982); Dance, Girl, Dance (1933); Daughter of Shanghai (1937); Defenders of the Law (1931); Dick und Doof in 1000 Nöten (1958); Doctor X (1932); Ducky Dear (1933); Easy to Take (1936); Extra! Extra! (1932); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fazil (1928); Flaming Love (1925); Fly My Kite (1931); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools of Fashion (1926); For Better - But Worse (1915); French Fried Patootie (1941); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Hello, Annapolis (1942); Her Husband's Friend (1920); Her Own Money (1922); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); Hogan, the Porter (1915); Husband Hunters (1927); I Like It That Way (1934); Ladies' Man (1947); Lilly Turner (1933); Love 'Em and Weep (1927); Love in Armor (1915); Marie Antoinette (1938); Married Flirts (1924); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Merely a Married Man (1915); Name the Man! (1924); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); Oliver the Eighth (1934); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Out All Night (1933); Pardon My Nerve! (1922); Perch of the Devil (1927); Picture Brides (1934); Prison Farm (1938); San Francisco Nights (1928); Scandal Street (1938); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Secrets of Hollywood (1933); Settled at the Seaside (1915); Slow Poison (1931); Something to Shout About (1943); Sons of the Desert (1933); Souls for Sale (1923); Sucker Money (1933); That's That! (1938); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affair of Susan (1935); The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936); The Beauty Shoppers (1927); The Best of Enemies (1915); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Bohemian Girl (1936); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Buccaneer (1938); The Christian (1923); The Devil's Passkey (1920); The Egyptian Mummy (1916); The Fair Barbarian (1917); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Folly of Fanchette (1917); The Grim Game (1919); The Heart Punch (1932); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Live Ghost (1934); The Lone Ranger (1920); The Love Charm (1921); The Mad Monster (1942); The Man Called Back (1932); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Nutcracker (1926); The Purchase Price (1932); The Racing Strain (1932); The Rent Jumpers (1915); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Ruin (1934); The Rounders / Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Stork Club (1945); The Triflers (1924); The Truthful Sex (1926); The Unholy Three (1925); The Worst of Friends (1916); Their First Mistake (1932); Them Thar Hills (1934); Those Bitter Sweets (1915); Time, the Comedian (1925); Tit for Tat (1935); Tongues of Scandal (1927); Toplitsky and Company / A One Night Stand (1915); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wicked (1931); Without Honor (1932); Women Without Names (1940); Women Won't Tell (1932); Ye Olden Grafter (1915); Young Desire (1930); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel (1932).

Born on this day – Elisabeth Sanxay Holding:

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Writer

June 18, 1889 – February 7, 1955

Credits:

Books:

A Dinner Date (1929); A Hesitating Cinderella (1923); A Man Can Take It (1934); All She Could Get (1934); Angelica (1921); Angelica (1921); Another Baby (1941); As Is (1925); As Patrick Henry Said (1925); Bait for a Killer / aka The Blue Envelope (1944 / 1959 / 1960); Be Careful, Mrs. Williams (1947); Benedicta (1923); Blonde on a Boat (1939); Blotted Out (1926); Bonnie Wee Thing (1926); Brides of Crime (1931); Broken Faith (1929 / 1930); By the Light of Day (1927); Can Do! (1936); Carline (1929); Cross Purposes (1936); Dare-Devil (1929); Dark Power (1930); Derelict (1928); Dogs Always Know (1926); Drifting (1937); Echo of a Careless Voice (1938); Farewell to a Corpse (1946); Flow and Ebb (1929); Flowers for Miss Riordan (1925); For Granted (1927); Friday, the Nineteenth (1950); Funny Kind of Love (1945); Game for Four Players (1958); Glitter of Diamonds (1955); Half an Hour Late (1928); Hanging’s Too Good for Him (1922); Hard as Nails (1928); Highfalutin’ (1926); His Own People (1924); His Remarkable Future (1924); Home Fires (1926); Hound’s Bay (1932); Human Nature Unmasked (1926); I Could Brighten Your Life! (1935); If It Hadn’t Been for Laurel (1933); Illusion (1938); Important Things (1928); Inches and Ells (1928); Incompatibility (1927); Invincible Minnie (1920); It Is a Two-Edged Sword (1928); It Seemed Reasonable (1923); It’s All Right for Men (1931); Kill Joy / Murder is a Kill-Joy (1942); Lady Killer (1942); Late Date (1940); Like a Leopard (1922); Little Deeds of Kindness (1929); Lost (1936); Lost Luck (1922); Loved I Not Honor More (1941); Marie’s View of It (1920); Miasma (1929); Miss Cigale (1926); Miss Kelly (1947); Miss What’s-Her-Name (1925); Mollie: The Ideal Nurse (1921); Money Can’t Buy It (1939); Most Audacious Crime (1954); Mr. Martin Swallows the Anchor (1924); Net of Cobwebs (1945); Nickie and Pem (1924); Night Life (1936); Nobody Would Listen (1935); Not Goodbye But Au Revoir (1942); Old Dog Tray (1923); On Yonder Lea (1940); One Misty Night (1928); Open That Door (1939); Out of the Woods (1923); Outside the Door (1928); Patrick on the Mountain (1920); People Do Fall Downstairs (1947 / 1949); Proposal (1940); Rosaleen Among the Artists (1921); Rosalie Gets Out of the Cage (1926); Rose-Leaves (1930); Saving Up (1929); Scandal (1936); Shadow of Wings (1954); So Sort of Proud (1939); Somebody’s Cynthia (1935); Sometimes Things Do Happen (1925); Speak of the Devil (1941); That’s Not Love (1926); The Aforementioned Infant (1923); The Blank Wall (1947); The Blank Wall (1959); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Chain of Death (1930); The Compromising Letter (1926); The Darling Doctor (1957); The Death Wish (1934 / 1953); The Fearful Night / aka The Obstinate Murderer (1941); The Foreign Woman (1922); The Girl He Picked Up at Coney (1923); The Girl in Armor (1931); The Girl Who Had To Die (1940); The Good Little Pal (1925); The Grateful Lunella (1927); The Green Bathtub (1934); The Innocent Mrs. Duff (1946); The Kiskadee Bird (1944); The Last Night (1934); The Long Night (1925); The Marquis of Carabas (1923); The Married Man (1921); The Matador (1923); The Net of Cobwebs (1945); The Nicest Little Lunch (1937); The Obstinate Murderer / aka No Harm Intended (1938); The Old Battle Ax (1943); The Old Battle-Ax (1943 / 1944); The Old Ways (1927); The Postponed Wedding (1923); The Preposterous Mrs. Manders (1932); The Problem that Perplexed Nicholson (1920); The Root of Evil (1935); The Sin of Angels (1929); The Strange Children (1955); The Strange Crime in Bermuda (1937); The Stranger in the Car (1949); The Thing Beyond Reason (1926); The Unbelievable Baroness (1945); The Unfinished Crime (1935); The Unlit Lamp (1922); The Virgin Huntress (1951); The Wonderful Little Woman (1925); The Worst Joke in the World (1925); They Take It So Lightly! (1938); Third Act (1937); This is Life (1923); This Road Is Closed (1928); Tomorrow’s Not Soon Enough (1941); Too French (1925); Too Late (1928); Too Many Bottles (1951); Tropical Secretary (1941); Two Passes for the Show (1938); Unscathed (1936); Vanity (1926); Vera’s Superior Smile (1929); Very, Very Dark Mink (1956 / 1957); Wedding Day (1937); What It Takes (1941); Who Is This Impossible Person? (1924); Who's Afraid? / Trial By Murder (1940); Widow's Mite (1953); With Unbowed Head (1923); Without Benefit of Police (1929); Ye Gods and Little Fishes (1924); You Never Can Tell (1935 / 1936).

Movies and television:

La candide madame Duff (2000); Lights Out (1951); Seeing Nellie Home (1943); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Deep End (2001); The Price of Pleasure (1925); The Reckless Moment (1949); Vocalizing (1936).

Madeleine L'Engle, on writing:

A book comes and says, 'Write me.’

- Madeleine L'Engle.

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On this day in music history - In The Midst of Stars, by Majestica (2016):

The album In The Midst of Stars,

by Majestica,

aka Sherry Finzer & Cass Anawaty,

was released on June 17, 2016.

On this day in movie history - The Diamond Fleece (1992):

The Diamond Fleece,

directed by Al Waxman,

written by Michael Norell,

was released in the United States on June 17, 1992.

Music by James McVay.

Cast:
Ben Cross, Kate Nelligan, Brian Dennehy, Tony Rosato, Janet-Laine Green, Ron Lea, David Huband, Jonathan Welsh, Kurt Reis, John Swindells, Tom Butler, Jack Newman, Gene Mack, Ronnie Pulval, Conrad Bergschneider, Chris Benson, Janet Bailey, Lindsay Leese, Paul Brown.

On this day in movie history - Full Metal Jacket (1987):

Full Metal Jacket,

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford,

based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford,

was released in the United States on June 17, 1987.
Music by Vivian Kubrick, as Abigail Mead.

Cast:
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Arliss Howard, Ed O’Ross, John Terry, Kieron Jecchinis, Kirk Taylor, Tim Colceri, Jon Stafford, Bruce Boa, Ian Tyler, Sal Lopez, Gary Landon Mills, Papillon Soo, Peter Edmund, Ngoc Le, Leanne Hong, Tan Hung Francione, Marcus D’Amico, Costas Dino Chimona, Gil Kopel, Keith Hodiak, Peter Merrill, Herbert Norville, Nguyen Hue Phong, Duc Hu Ta, Martin Adams, Kevin Albridge, Del Anderson, Philip Bailey, Louis Barlotti, John Beddows, Patrick Benn, Steve Boucher, Adrian Bush, Tony Carey, Gary Cheeseman, Wayne Clark, Chris Cornibert, Danny Cornibert, John Curtis, John Davis, Harry Davies, Kevin Day, Gordon Duncan, Phil Elmer, Colin Elvis, Hadrian Follett, Sean Frank, David George, Laurie Gomes, Brian Goodwin, Nigel Goulding, Tony Hague, Steve Hands, Chris Harris, Robert E. Hartenberger, Derek Hart, Barry Hayes, Tony Hayes, Robin Hedgeland, Duncan Henry, Kenneth Head, Liam Hogan, Trevor Hogan, Luke Hogdal, Steve Hudson, Tony Howard, Sean Lamming, Dan Landin, Tony Leete, Nigel Lough, Terry Lowe, Frank McCardle, Gary Meyer, Brett Middleton, David Milner, Sean Minmagh, Tony Minmagh, John Morrison, Russell Mott, John Ness, Robert Booth Nichols, David Parry, Peter Rommely, Pat Sands, Jim Sarup, Chris Maybach, Al Simpson, Russell Slater, Gary Smith, Roger Smith, Tony Smith, Anthony Styliano, Bill Thompson, Mike Turjansky, Dan Weldon, Dennis Wells, Michael Anthony Williams, John Wilson, John Wonderling, Robin Blair-Crawford, Stanley Kubrick, Vivian Kubrick, David Palffy, Ken Shane, John Ward, Mark White.