Sunday, September 1, 2024

Born on this day – Roderick Thorp:


Roderick Thorp

Writer

September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Devlin (1992); Dionysus (1969); Hot Pursuit (2014); Into The Forest (1961); Jenny and Barnum (1981); Nothing Lasts Forever / aka Die Hard (1979); Orbit 6 (1970); Rainbow Drive (1986); River (1995); Slaves (1977); The Circle of Love (1974); The Detective (1966); The Music of Their Laughter (1970); Westfield (1977); Wives (1971).

Movies, television and video games:

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Deep Down (1994); Devlin (1992); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard / Video Game (1990); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Easter (2023–2025); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Rainbow Drive (1990); The Detective (1968); The Movies That Made Us (2019); Unsolved Mysteries (1996).

Born on this day – Yvonne De Carlo:


Yvonne De Carlo

Actress

Dancer

Singer

September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007

Born on this day – Richard Farnsworth:


Richard Farnsworth

Actor

Stuntman

September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000

Born on this day – Arleen Whelan:


Arleen Whelan

Actress

September 1, 1916 – April 7, 1993

Credits:

Bill Slater Show (1950); Boy Friend (1939); Casablanca (1955); Castle in the Desert (1942); Charley's Aunt (1941); Charter Pilot (1940); Compression (2019); Dear Wife (1949); Flaming Feather (1952); Gateway (1938); General Electric Theater (1962); Kidnapped (1938); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1955); Matinee Theatre (1958); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); On Again-Off Again (1937); Passage West (1951); Playwrights '56 (1955); Raiders of Old California (1957); Ramrod (1947); Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939); Sabotage (1939); San Antone (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Sundown Jim (1942); Thanks for Everything (1938); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956); Variety Girl (1947); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Young People (1940); Your Show of Shows (1953).

Born on this day – Miriam Seegar:


Miriam Seegar

Actress

September 1, 1907 – January 2, 2011

Credits:

Big Money (1930); Clancy in Wall Street (1930); False Faces (1932); Fashion News (1930); Fashions in Love (1929); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); Out of Singapore (1932); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Strangers of the Evening (1932); Such Is the Law (1930); TCM Remembers (2011); The Dawn Trail (1930); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Lion and the Lamb (1931); The Love Doctor (1929); The Price of Divorce (1928); The Valley of Ghosts (1930); The Woman Between (1931); What a Man (1930); When Knights Were Bold (1929).

Born on this day – Eleanor Alice Hibbert:


Eleanor Alice Hibbert

Writer

September 1, 1906 – January 18, 1993

Credits:

Books:

A Favorite of the Queen (1955); A Gothic Treasure Trove (1987); A Health Unto His Majesty (1956); A Time for Silence (1991); Alexa (1948); Begin to Live (1956); Believe the Heart (1950); Beyond the Blue Mountains (1947); Blaze of Noon (1958); Bride of Pendorric (1963); Bright Tomorrow (1952); Call of the Blood (1956); Caroline, the Queen (1968); Castile for Isabella (1960); Castles in Spain (1954); Charles II: Trilogy (1972); Courting Her Highness (1966); Danse Macabre (1952); Daughter of Anna (1941); Daughter of Deceit (1991); Daughter of Satan (1952); Daughters of England (1995); Daughters of Spain (1961); Dear Chance (1947); Dear Delusion (1952); Defenders of the Faith (1956); Epitaph for Three Women (1981); Evergreen Gallant (1965); Evil in the House / aka Such Bitter Business (1953); Flaunting, Extravagant Queen (1957); For a Queen's Love (1954); Goddess of the Green Room (1971); Hammer of the Scots aka Edward Longshanks (1979); Heart's Afire (1954); Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord (1957); In the Shadow of the Crown (1988); Indiscretions of the Queen (1970); It Began in Vauxhall Gardens / aka Melisande (1955); Katharine, the Virgin Widow (1961); Kirkland Revels (1962); Lament for a Lost Lover (1977); Last of the Stuarts (1977); Leave Me My Love (1953); Light on Lucrezia (1958); Lilith (1954); Lord of the Far Island (1975); Louis the Well Beloved (1959); Loyal in Love (1983); Lucrezia Borgia: Madonna of the Seven Hills and Light on Lucrezia (1976); Madame du Barry (1959); Madame Serpent (1951); Madonna of the Seven Hills (1958); Married in Haste (1956); Mary, Queen of France (1964); Mary, Queen of Scots (1975); Meg Roper (1961); Menfreya in the Morning / aka Menfreya (1966); Midsummer's Eve (1986); Milady Charlotte (1959); Miracle At St. Brunos (1972); Mistress of Mellyn (1960); Murder Most Royal / aka King's Pleasure (1949); My Enemy, the Queen (1978); Night of Stars (1960); Not in Our Stars (1945); Now That April's Gone (1961); On the Night of the Seventh Moon (1972); Passage to Pontefract (1981); Passionate Witness (1941); Perdita's Prince (1969); Poison in Pimlico (1950); Pride of the Morning (1958); Queen in Waiting (1967); Queen Jezebel (1953); Queen of This Realm (1985); Red Rose of Anjou (1982); Red Sky At Night (1959); Rochester (1957); Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's (1952); Royal Sisters (1966); Saint Or Sinner? (1951); Saraband for Two Sisters (1976); Secret for a Nightingale (1986); Selected Works (1979); Seven for a Secret (1992); Snare of Serpents (1990); So the Dreams Depart (1944); Spain for the Sovereigns (1960); Story of Elizabeth I (1984); Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill (1970); The Adulteress (1982); The Bastard King (1974); The Battle of the Queens (1978); The Bed Disturbed (1952); The Black Opal (1993); The Black Swan (1990); The Brides of Lanlory (1960); The Captive (1988); The Captive of Kensington Palace (1972); The Captive Queen of Scots (1963); The Changeling (1989); The Complete Tudors (2010); The Courts of Love (1987); The Curse of the Kings (1973); The Dawn Chorus (1959); The Demon Lover (1982); The Devil on Horseback (1977); The Drop of the Dice / aka Will You Love Me in September? (1981); The End of the Spanish Inquisition (1961); The Flesh and the Devil (1950); The Follies of the King (1980); The Goldsmith's Wife / aka The King's Mistress (1950); The Gossamer Cord (1992); The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition (1960); The Heart of the Lion (1977); The House At Cupid's Cross (1949); The House of a Thousand Lanterns (1974); The India Fan (1988); The Italian Woman / aka The Unholy Woman (1952); The Judas Kiss (1981); The King of the Castle (1967); The King's Confidante (1954); The King's Secret Matter (1962); The Lady in the Tower (1986); The Landower Legacy (1984); The Legend of the Seventh Virgin (1964); The Lion of Justice (1975); The Lion Triumphant (1973); The Love Child (1978); The Married Lover (1942); The Mask of the Enchantress (1980); The Merry Monarch's Wife / aka The Pleasures of Love (1991); The Murder in the Tower (1964); The Passionate Enemies (1976); The Plantagenet Prelude (1976); The Pool of Saint Branok (1987); The Pride of the Peacock (1976); The Prince and the Quakeress (1968); The Prince of Darkness (1978); The Princess of Celle (1967); The Queen and Lord M (1973); The Queen from Provence (1979); The Queen of Diamonds (1958); The Queen's Confession (1968); The Queen's Devotion / aka William's Wife (1992); The Queen's Husband (1973); The Queen's Secret (1989); The Regent's Daughter (1971); The Reluctant Queen (1990); The Return of the Gypsy (1985); The Revolt of the Eaglets (1977); The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition (1959); The Road to Compiegne (1959); The Road to Paradise Island (1985); The Rose Without a Thorn (1992); The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / aka Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year (1955); The Scarlet Cloak (1957); The Secret Woman (1970); The Shadow of the Lynx (1971); The Shadow of the Pomegranate (1962); The Shivering Sands (1969); The Silk Vendetta (1987); The Sixth Wife (1953); The Song of the Siren (1980); The Spanish Inquisition (1978); The Spring of the Tiger (1979); The Star of Lancaster (1981); The Sun in Splendour (1982); The Third George (1969); The Thistle and the Rose (1963); The Three Crowns (1965); The Time of the Hunter's Moon (1983); The Vow on the Heron (1980); The Wandering Prince (1956); The Widow of Windsor (1974); The Witch from the Sea (1975); The World's a Stage (1960); The Young Elizabeth (1961); The Young Mary Queen of Scots (1962); This Was a Man / aka The King's Adventurer: Captain John Smith And Pocahontas (1961); Three Great Romantic Stories (1972); To Hold the Crown (1982); To Meet a Stranger (1957); Together They Ride (1945); Triptych of Poisoners (1970); Two Loves in Her Life (1955); Victoria in the Wings (1972); Victoria Victorious (1985); Voices in a Haunted Room (1984); We'll Meet Again (1993); When Other Hearts (1955); When the Entire World Is Young (1943); When We Are Married (1953); Who's Calling? (1962); Zipporah's Daughter / aka The Knave of Hearts (1983).

Born on this day – Edgar Rice Burroughs:


Edgar Rice Burroughs

Writer

September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950

Credits:

Books:

6 Of The Best Ever Classic Sci Fi Stories (2012); A Fighting Man of Mars (1930); A Princess of Mars / aka Under The Moons Of Mars (1917); Apache Devil (1933); At the Earth's Core (1922); Back to the Stone Age (1937); Beyond the Farthest Star (1941); Black Cat Weekly #62 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #76 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #86 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #88 (2023); Brother Men (2005); Captive of the Centaurianess / A Princess of Mars (2012); Carson of Venus (1937); Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County (1940); Dreams and Wonders (2010); Escape on Venus (1946); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! (1968); I Am A Barbarian (1967); Jane: The Women Who Loved Tarzan / Tarzan of the Apes (2016); John Carter of Mars (1941); Journeys Through Time & Space (2017); Jungle Tales Of Tarzan / aka Tarzan's Jungle Tales (1917); Land of Terror (1944); Llana of Gathol (1948); Lost on Venus (1933); Marcia of the Doorstep (1924); Mars, We Love You (1973); Mother Was a Lovely Beast (1974); Out of Time's Abyss (1918); Pellucidar (1923); Pirate Blood (1970); Pirates of Venus (1934); Savage Pellucidar (1941); Science Fiction Classics (2001); Sense of Wonder (2023); Swords of Mars (1934); Synthetic Men of Mars (1938); Tales Of Three Planets (1964); Tanar of Pellucidar (1929); Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924); Tarzan and the Castaways (1965); Tarzan and the City of Gold (1933); Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938); Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916); Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1935); Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933); Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1929); Tarzan and the Madman (1964); Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion (1936); Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1930); Tarzan of the Apes (1912); Tarzan of the Apes / Prisoner of Zenda (2006); Tarzan the Invincible (1931); Tarzan the Magnificent (1939); Tarzan the Terrible (1921); Tarzan the Untamed (1920); Tarzan Triumphant (1932); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1928); Tarzan's Quest (1935); The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1926); The Beasts of Tarzan (1914); The Big Book of Adventure Stories (2011); The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019); The Cave Girl (1925); The Chessmen of Mars (1922); The Edgar Rice Burroughs Western MEGAPACK (2015); The Efficiency Expert (1921); The Eternal Savage / aka The Eternal Lover (1925); The Girl From Farris's (1916); The Girl from Hollywood (1922); The Gods of Mars (1918); The Lad and the Lion (1938); The Land of Hidden Men / aka Jungle Girl (1932); The Land That Time Forgot (1924); The Lost Adventure (1995); The Lost Continent / aka Beyond Thirty (1915); The Mad King (1926); The Man Eater (1955); The Master Mind of Mars (1927); The Monster Men (1929); The Moon Maid (1923); The Moon Men (1925); The Mucker (1921); The Oakdale Affair (1917); The Outlaw of Torn (1927); The People That Time Forgot (1918); The Red Hawk (1925); The Return of Tarzan (1913); The Return of the Mucker / aka The Man without a Soul (1921); The Rider (1937); The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979); The Son of Tarzan (1915); The Tarzan Twins (1926); The War Chief (1927); The Warlord of Mars (1919); The Wizard of Venus (1970); Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920); Under the Moons of Mars (1970); You Lucky Girl (1999).

Movies and television:

Adventures of Tarzan (1921); At the Earth's Core (1976); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); John Carter (2012); John Carter: 100 Years in the Making (2012); Jungle Girl (1941); Kaj og Andrea (2000); Per una manciata d'oro (1965); Princess of Mars (2009); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Tarzan & Jane (2002); Tarzan (1967 / 1984 / 1999 / 2003 / 2013); Tarzán / TV series (1991–1995); Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005); Tarzan Activity Center (1999); Tarzan and His Mate (1934); Tarzan and Jane (2017); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927); Tarzan and the Great River (1967); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Tarzan and the Lost City (1998); Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Tarzan and the Trappers (1960); Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966); Tarzan Escapes (1936); Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939); Tarzan Goes to India (1962); Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Tarzan of the Apes (1918 / 1998); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 / 1981); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); Tarzan the Mighty (1928); Tarzan the Tiger (1929); Tarzan Triumphs (1943); Tarzan van George (2023); Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–1978); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); Tarzan: Terk's Tree Surfing Challenge (2005); Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–2000); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943); Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958); Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959); Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955); Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tarzan's Peril (1951); Tarzan's Revenge (1938); Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963); The Lad and the Lion (1917); The Land That Time Forgot (1974 / 2009); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2002 / 2016); The Lion Man (1936); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Oakdale Affair (1919); The People That Time Forgot (1977); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Romance of Tarzan (1918); The Son of Tarzan (1920); The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1980–1982); The Underground World (1943); Wish (2023).