Friday, November 29, 2024

On this day in movie history - Woman On the Run (1950):


Woman On the Run

directed by Norman Foster,
written by Alan Campbell, Norman Foster and Ross Hunter,
based on the short story Man on the Run by Sylvia Tate,
was released in the United States on November 29, 1950.
Music by Arthur Lange and Emil Newman.


Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, Jane Liddell, Joan Shawlee, J. Farrell MacDonald, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Reiko Sato, Syd Saylor, Milton Kibbee, Tom Dillon.

On this day in movie history - The Lost Weekend (1945):


The Lost Weekend

directed by Billy Wilder,
written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder,
based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson,
was released in the United States on November 29, 1945.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.


Cast:

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis Russell, Harry Tenbrook, Gene Ashley, Walter Baldwin, Harry Barris, Ian Begg, Eddie Borden, Jess Lee Brooks, Jack Rube Clifford, David Clyde, James Conaty, Willa Pearl Curtis, John Deauville, Helen Dickson, Clark Eggleston, Franklyn Farnum, John Garris, Dick Gordon, Jayne Hazard, Ted Hecht, Ernest Hilliard, Earle Hyman, Jerry James, Stan Johnson, Jack W. Johnston, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, Eddie Laughton, Perc Launders, Theodora Lynch, Bertram Marburgh, William Meader, James Millican, Frank Mills, Pat Moriarity, William Newell, William O'Leary, Peter Potter, Mark Power, Stanley Price, Craig Reynolds, The San Francisco Opera Company, Lester Sharpe, Lee Shumway, Sophie (the dog), Douglas Spencer, Al Stewart, Bunny Sunshine, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Emmett Vogan, Max Wagner, Milton Wallace, Gisela Werbisek, Crane Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Isabel Withers, Audrey Young.

Born on this day – Tom Sizemore:


Tom Sizemore

Actor

November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023

Born on this day – Madeleine L'Engle:


Madeleine L'Engle


Writer

November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

Credits:

Books:

101st Miracle: Early Short Stories (1999); A Circle of Quiet (1971); A Cry Like a Bell (1987); A Full House (2000); A House Like a Lotus (1984); A Live Coal in the Sea (1962); A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer (1999); A Ring of Endless Light (1980); A Severed Wasp (1982); A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob (1986); A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978); A Wind in the Door (1973); A Winter's Love (1957); A Wrinkle in Time (1962 / 2012); An Acceptable Time (1989); And Both Were Young (1949); And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (1983); Anytime Prayers (1994); Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (1997); Camilla Dickinson / Camilla (1951); Certain Women (1992); Dance in the Desert (1969); Dragons in the Waters (1976); Everyday Prayers (1974); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Friends for the Journey (1997); From This Day Forward (1989); Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections (1996); Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002); Ilsa (1946); Intergalactic P.S. 3 (2018); Ladder of Angels (1979); Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems (1969); Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life (2001); Many Waters (1986); Meet the Austins (1960); Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings (1998); Moses, Prince of Egypt (1999); Mothers & Daughters (1997); Mothers and Sons (2000); My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life (1999); Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places (1996); Prayers for Sunday (1974); Prelude (1968); Second Sight (1999); Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being (1989); The Anti-Muffins (1981); The Arm of the Starfish (1965); The Fact of the Matter (2020); The Glorious Impossible (1990); The Irrational Season (1976); The Journey with Jonah (1967); The Joys of Love (2008); The Love Letters (1966); The Moment of Tenderness (2020); The Moon by Night (1963); The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle (2005); The Other Dog (2001); The Other Side of the Sun (1971); The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993); The Small Rain (1945); The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories (1989); The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974); The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (1964); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); The Wand in the Word (2006); The Weather of the Heart (1978); The Young Unicorns (1968); Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature (1985); Troubling a Star (1994); Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988); Walking on Water: Personal Reflections (1980); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Way More than Luck (2015); WinterSong (1996); Writing Women's Lives (1994).

Movies and television:

A Ring of Endless Light (2002); A Wrinkle in Time (2003 / 2018); Camilla Dickinson (2012); Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer (1990).

Born on this day – Fran Ryan:


Fran Ryan

Actress

November 29, 1916 – January 15, 2000

Born on this day – Mildred Harris:


Mildred Harris

Actress

November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944

Born on this day – Genevieve Tobin:


Genevieve Tobin


Actress

November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995

Credits:

A Lady Surrenders (1930); Breakdowns of 1936 (1936); Broadway Hostess (1935); By Your Leave (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Dramatic School (1938); Easy to Love (1934); Free Love (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Here's to Romance (1935); Hollywood Speaks (1932); I Loved a Woman (1933); Infernal Machine (1933); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); No Mother to Guide Her (1923); No Time for Comedy (1940); One Hour with You (1932); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Perfect Understanding (1933); Pleasure Cruise (1933); Queen of Crime (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Seed (1931); Snowed Under (1936); Success at Any Price (1934); The 9th Guest (1934); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Country Cousin (1919); The Duke Comes Back (1937); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Great Gambini (1937); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Woman in Red (1935); The Wrecker (1933); Uncertain Lady (1934); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910); Up for Murder (1931); Victory Plays (1932); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); Zaza (1938).