Thursday, November 21, 2024

Born on this day – Dorothy Arnold:


Dorothy Arnold

Actress

November 21, 1917 – November 13, 1984

Born on this day – Eleanor Powell:


Eleanor Powell

Dancer

Actress

November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982

Born on this day – Dorothy Granger:


Dorothy Granger

Actress

November 21, 1911 – January 4, 1995

Born on this day – Dria Paola:


Dria Paola


Actress

November 21, 1909 – November 12, 1993


Credits:

Adam's Tree (1938); Battles in the Shadow (1938); Black Crossing (1939); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Does the gentleman wish? (1934); Fanny (1933); Hearts in the Storm (1940); La canzone dell'amore (1930); La notte delle beffe / The night of mockery (1939); Lowered Sails (1931); Movie Star (1931); Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme (1930); Pergolesi (1932); Song to the Wind (1939); Sun! (1929); The Black Panther (1942); The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934); The Conquest of the Air (1939); The Doctor by Strength (1931); The girl from the other world (1934); The Great Light - Montevergine (1939); The Hotel of the Absent (1939); The Knight of St. Mark (1939); The Last Days of Pompeii (1926); The Last Street Urchin (1938); The Man with the Claw (1931); Think It Over Jack (1936); Yard (1931).

Born on this day – Mary Ellen Bute:

Ted Nemeth (left) and Mary Ellen Bute (right), photographed in their New York studio (circa 1936).

Mary Ellen Bute


Animator

Producer

Director

November 21, 1906 – October 17, 1983


Credits:

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966); RCA: New Sensations in Sound (1959); Imaginations (1958); Mood Contrasts (1953); Abstronic (1952); Pastoral (1950); Color Rhapsodie (1948); Polka Graph (1947); Tarantella (1940); Spook Sport (1940); ParĂ¡bola (1937); Escape (1937); Dada (1936); Synchromy No. 2 (1936); Rhythm in Light (1935); Synchromy No. 1 (1934).

Born on this day – Jobyna Ralston:


Jobyna Ralston


Actress

November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967


Credits:

Sheer Luck (1931); Rough Waters (1930); The College Coquette (1929); Some Mother's Boy (1929); The Power of the Press (1928); The Toilers (1928); Black Butterflies (1928); The Big Hop (1928); The Count of Ten (1928); The Night Flyer (1928); Little Mickey Grogan (1927); Pretty Clothes (1927); A Racing Romeo (1927); Lightning (1927); Wings (1927); Special Delivery (1927); The Kid Brother (1927); Gigolo (1926); Sweet Daddies (1926); For Heaven's Sake (1926); Soft Pedal (1926); Don't Butt In (1926); Between Meals (1926); Whispering Lions (1925); Are Parents Pickles? (1925); The Freshman (1925); Hot Water (1924); Girl Shy (1924); Winner Take All (1923); Why Worry? (1923); For Guests Only (1923); For Art's Sake (1923); Speed the Swede (1923); Bowled Over (1923); For Safe Keeping (1923); Shoot Straight (1923); Do Your Stuff (1923); Tight Shoes (1923); A Loose Tightwad (1923); Jailed and Bailed (1923); Once Over (1923); Don't Say Die (1923); Mr. Hyppo (1923); Paste and Paper (1923); Watch Your Wife (1923); Fire the Fireman (1922); The White Blacksmith (1922); Fair Week (1922); I’ll Take Vanilla (1922); Blaze Away (1922); The Flivver (1922); Harvest Hands (1922); Washed Ashore (1922); Shine 'em Up! (1922); The Golf Bug (1922); Shiver and Shake (1922); Out on Bail (1922); The Uppercut (1922); Face the Camera (1922); Soak the Sheik (1922); Bone Dry (1922); The Landlubber (1922); Wet Weather (1922); Rough on Romeo (1922); The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922); The Truth Juggler (1922); Touch All the Bases (1922); Take Next Car (1922); The Bride-to-Be (1922); Friday, the Thirteenth (1922); The Call of Home (1922); The Brown Derby (1921); Don't Marry (1921); An Eastern Breeze (1921); Humor Risk (1921); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); Bride and Broom (1921); Ball Bearing, But Hard Running (1920); The Sultan of Djazz (1919); The Shimmy Gym (1919); Starting Out in Life (1919).

Born on this day – Corinne Griffith:


Corinne Griffith


Actress

Producer

Writer

Businesswoman

November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979

Known as: The Orchid Lady of the Screen.


Credits:

Paradise Alley (1962); Lily Christine (1932); Back Pay (1930); Lilies of the Field (1929); Prisoners (1929); Saturday's Children (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Outcast (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); Three Hours (1927); The Lady in Ermine (1927); Syncopating Sue (1926); Into Her Kingdom (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Marriage Whirl (1925); Déclassé (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Single Wives (1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); Black Oxen (1923); Six Days (1923); The Common Law (1923); Divorce Coupons (1922); A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922); Island Wives (1922); Received Payment (1922); The Single Track (1921); Moral Fibre (1921); What's Your Reputation Worth? (1921); It Isn't Being Done This Season (1921); The Broadway Bubble (1920); The Whisper Market (1920); Babs (1920); The Garter Girl (1920); Deadline at Eleven (1920); Human Collateral (1920); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Climbers (1919); The Bramble Bush (1919); A Girl at Bay (1919); Thin Ice (1919); The Unknown Quantity (1919); The Girl Problem (1919); The Adventure Shop (1919); Miss Ambition (1918); A Wise Purchase (1918); The Girl of Today (1918); The Clutch of Circumstance (1918); Love Watches (1918); The Menace (1918); Who Goes There? (1917); I Will Repay (1917); The Love Doctor (1917); Transgression (1917); The Stolen Treaty (1917); The Mystery of Lake Lethe (1917); His Wife's Allowance (1916); The Last Man (1916); Through the Wall (1916); A Fool and His Friend (1916); The Yellow Girl (1916); The Waters of Lethe (1916); Ashes (1916); The Rich Idler (1916); The Cost of High Living (1916); Miss Adventure (1916); Sin's Penalty (1916); When Hubby Forgot (1916); Bitter Sweet (1916); La paloma (1916).