Rita Johnson
Actress
August 13, 1913 – October 31, 1965
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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).
Born on this day – Mary Duncan:
Mary Duncan
Actress
August 13, 1894 – May 9, 1993
Credits:
Morning Glory (1933); The
Phantom of Crestwood (1932); Thirteen Women (1932); State's Attorney (1932); The
Age for Love (1931); Five and Ten (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Boudoir
Diplomat (1930); Kismet (1930); City Girl (1930); Romance of the Rio Grande
(1929); Thru Different Eyes (1929); The River (1928); 4 Devils (1928); Soft
Living (1928); Very Confidential (1927).
Born on this day – James Van Trees:
James Van Trees
Cinematographer
August 13, 1890 – April 11, 1973
My Mother the Car (1966);
O.K. Crackerby! (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964); Vacation
Playhouse (1963); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963); The Comedy Spot
(1960); The George Burns Show (1958–1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen
Show (1955–1958); Bold Journey (1957); Cavalcade of America (1957); The
People's Choice (1955–1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show
(1954–1955); I Married Joan (1952–1955); For the Defense (1954); You Bet Your
Life (1951–1953); Red Light (1949); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Fabulous
Dorseys (1947); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Hit
the Hay (1945); The Great John L. (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The All-Star
Bond Rally (1945); The Last Ride (1944); His Texas Playboys (1944); Two-Man
Submarine (1944); Nine Girls (1944); The Racket Man (1944); Gun to Gun (1944); Wintertime
(1943); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Mechanized
Patrolling (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); The Gorilla Man (1943); You Can't
Escape Forever (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Busses Roar (1942); Escape from
Crime (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); International Squadron (1941); The
Nurse's Secret (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Here Comes Happiness (1941); Flight
from Destiny (1941); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Young America Flies (1940); Smashing
the Money Ring (1939); Waterfront (1939); Over the Wall (1938); The Patient in
Room 18 (1938); Expensive Husbands (1937); Love Is on the Air (1937); Wine,
Women and Horses (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Let Them Live (1937); Career
Woman (1936); Flying Hostess (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met
in a Taxi (1936); Palm Springs (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Her Master's
Voice (1936); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); Every Night at Eight (1935); Shanghai
(1935); The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935); A Night at the Ritz (1935); Sweet
Music (1935); West of the Pecos (1934); Gentlemen Are Born (1934); The Age of
Innocence (1934); Murder in the Private Car (1934); Stingaree (1934); Looking
for Trouble (1934); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Blood Money (1933); I Loved a
Woman (1933); Baby Face (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); Lilly
Turner (1933); Parachute Jumper (1933); The King's Vacation (1933); Silver
Dollar (1932); They Call It Sin (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Life Begins
(1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); The Heart of New York (1932); The Man Who
Played God (1932); Taxi (1931); Alexander Hamilton (1931); The Star Witness
(1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Children of Dreams
(1931); The Millionaire (1931); Captain Thunder (1930); Viennese Nights (1930);
Old English (1930); Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930); The Man Hunter (1930); The Man
from Blankley's (1930); What a Life (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); The
Green Goddess (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); So Long Letty (1929); The Argyle
Case (1929); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); The
Whip (1928); Sinner's Parade (1928); The Scarlet Lady (1928); The Heart of a
Follies Girl (1928); The Noose (1928); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927);
The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); Lost at the Front (1927); Twinkletoes (1926);
Midnight Lovers (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); The Prince of Pilsen (1926);
Fifth Avenue (1926); Chickie (1925); I Want My Man (1925); If I Marry Again
(1925); Single Wives (1924); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Woman on the Jury
(1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); The Huntress (1923); The Rustle of Silk
(1923); The White Flower (1923); The Young Rajah (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922);
The Top of New York (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); Morals (1921); Wealth
(1921); Sacred and Profane Love (1921); The Witching Hour (1921); The Furnace
(1920); The Soul of Youth (1920); Jenny Be Good (1920); Nurse Marjorie (1920); Judy
of Rogues' Harbor (1920); The 13th Commandment (1920); More Deadly Than the
Male (1919); His Official Fiancée (1919); Widow by Proxy (1919); Girls (1919); Happiness
a la Mode (1919); The Final Close-Up (1919); The Veiled Adventure (1919); Romance
and Arabella (1919); Who Cares? (1919); A Lady's Name (1918); The Gypsy Trail
(1918); Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918); The Man from Funeral Range (1918); Sauce
for the Goose (1918); A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918); Good Night, Paul (1918);
Viviette (1918); Unclaimed Goods (1918); The Shuttle (1918); A Petticoat Pilot
(1918); The Fair Barbarian (1917); Molly Entangled (1917); The Trouble Buster
(1917); Little Miss Optimist (1917); A Kiss for Susie (1917); Giving Becky a
Chance (1917); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Spirit of Romance (1917); Her
Own People (1917); The Wax Model (1917); The Right Direction (1916); The Road
to Love (1916); The Intrigue (1916); The Stronger Love (1916); An International
Marriage (1916); The American Beauty (1916); The Making of Maddalena (1916); David
Garrick (1916); The Heart of Paula (1916); The Code of Marcia Gray (1916); The
Wild Olive (1915).
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