Born on this day – Ricardo Montalbán:

Ricardo Montalbán

Actor

Director

November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009

Born on this day – Norman Tokar:

Norman Tokar

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

November 25, 1919 – April 6, 1979

Born on this day – Mona Goya:

Mona Goya

Actress

November 25, 1909 – October 8, 1961

Born on this day – W. R. Burnett:

W. R. Burnett

Writer

November 25, 1899 – April 25, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Little Caesar (1929); The Silver Eagle (1931); Dark Hazard (1933); The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (1934); High Sierra (1940); Nobody Lives Forever (1943); The Quick Brown Fox (1943); Tomorrow's Another Day (1945); Romelle (1946); The Asphalt Jungle (1949); Little Men, Big World (1951); Vanity Row (1952); Underdog (1957); Conant (1961); Round the Clock At Volari's (1961); The Widow Barony (1962); The Abilene Samson (1963); The Cool Man (1968); Good-bye, Chicago (1981); Four novel omnibus: Little Caesar / The Asphalt Jungle / High Sierra / Vanity Row (1984).

Movies and television:

4 for Texas (1963); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Accused of Murder (1956); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Arrowhead (1953); Background to Danger (1943); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bonanza (1968); Cairo (1963); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Colorado Territory (1949); Cool Breeze (1972); Crash Dive (1943); Dance Hall (1941); Danger (1950); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dark Command (1940); Dark Hazard (1934); Dr. Socrates (1935); High Sierra (1940); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Illegal (1955); Iron Man (1951); King of the Underworld (1939); Kraft Theatre (1949); Law and Order (1932/ 1940 / 1953); Little Caesar (1931); Naked City (1960); Night People (1954); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Off to See the Wizard (1967); San Antonio (1945); Scarface (1932); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); September Storm (1960); Sergeants 3 (1962); Short Cut to Hell (1957); Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937); Stiletto (1969); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1952); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Badlanders (1958); The Beast of the City (1932); The Finger Points (1931); The Getaway (1941); The Great Escape (1963); The Hangman (1959); The Iron Man (1931); The Jackals (1967); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Man I Love (1946); The Racket (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1967); The Westerner (1940); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Gun for Hire (1942); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); Wild West Days (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); Yellow Sky (1948).

Born on this day – Jessie Royce Landis:

Jessie Royce Landis

Actress

November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972

Credits:

A Night with the Stars (1950); A Private's Affair (1959); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1955); Art Carney Special (1960); At Your Service (1930); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bon Voyage! (1962); Boys' Night Out (1962); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1971); Critic's Choice (1963); Derelict (1930); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Goodbye Again (1961); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Ironside (1969–1971); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Larger Than Life (1952); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Man Godfrey (1957); NET Playhouse (1970); North by Northwest (1959); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Swan (1956); The Web (1953); Thriller (1960); To Catch a Thief (1955); Tonight at 8:30 / Segment: Ways and Means (1952); Valentine's Day (1965).

Born on this day – Margaret Livingston:

Margaret Livingston

Actress

Businesswoman

November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984

Credits:

Social Register (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Broadminded (1931); Smart Money (1931); God's Gift to Women (1931); Kiki (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Big Money (1930); What a Widow! (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Murder on the Roof (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Acquitted (1929); Tonight at Twelve (1929); The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929); Innocents of Paris (1929); The Charlatan (1929); The Office Scandal (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Canary Murder Case (1929); Dreary House (1928); The Last Warning (1928); The Apache (1928); Beware of Bachelors (1928); Through the Breakers (1928); His Private Life (1928); Say It with Sables (1928); The Way of the Strong (1928); Wheel of Chance (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); Mad Hour (1928); A Woman's Way (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Streets of Shanghai (1927); The American Beauty (1927); Sunrise (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Married Alive (1927); Lightning (1927); The Secret Studio (1927); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Breed of the Sea (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); A Trip to Chinatown (1926); Hell's Four Hundred (1926); The Yankee Señor (1926); Wages for Wives (1925); When the Door Opened (1925); The Best People (1925); After Marriage (1925); Havoc (1925); The Wheel (1925); Greater Than a Crown (1925); I'll Show You the Town (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); Capital Punishment (1925); The Chorus Lady (1924); Butterfly (1924); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Wandering Husbands (1924); Love's Whirlpool (1924); Divorce (1923); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922); Eden and Return (1921); Passing Through (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Home Stretch (1921); Lying Lips (1921); The Parish Priest (1920); The Brute Master (1920); Hairpins (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); What's Your Husband Doing? (1920); Haunting Shadows (1919); All Wrong (1919); The Busher (1919); Within the Cup (1918); Alimony (1917); The Chain Invisible (1916).

Recommended reading - Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir (2008):

Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir

By Paul Meehan.

First published 2008.
Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1476672350
ISBN-13: 978-1476672359

Description:

This critical study traces the common origins of film noir and science fiction films, identifying the many instances in which the two have merged to form a distinctive subgenre known as Tech-Noir. From the German Expressionist cinema of the late 1920s to the present-day cyberpunk movement, the book examines more than 100 films in which the common noir elements of crime, mystery, surrealism, and human perversity intersect with the high technology of science fiction. The author also details the hybrid subgenre's considerable influences on contemporary music, fashion, and culture.