On this day in movie history - Side Street (1949):

Side Street

directed by Anthony Mann,

written by Sydney Boehm,

was released in the United States on December 14, 1949.
Music by Lennie Hayton.

Cast:

Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Edmon Ryan, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim, Ben Cooper, King Donovan, David Bauer, Anthony Dexter, Herb Vigran.

Born on this day – Jane Birkin:

Jane Birkin

Singer

Actress

December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023

Born on this day – Alessandra Panaro:

Alessandra Panaro

Actress

December 14, 1939 – May 1, 2019

Born on this day – Lee Remick:

Lee Remick

Actress

Singer

December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991

Credits:

Dark Holiday (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Bridge to Silence (1989); Jesse (1988); Screen Two (1985); Emma's War (1987); Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987); American Playhouse (1985–1987); Of Pure Blood (1986); Great Performances (1986); Toughlove (1985); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Rearview Mirror (1984); Mistral's Daughter (1984); A Good Sport (1984); I Do! I Do! (1983); The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983); The Letter (1982); Tribute (1980); The Competition (1980); The Women's Room (1980); Ike: The War Years (1980); Haywire (1980); The Europeans (1979); Ike: The War Years (1979); Torn Between Two Lovers (1979); Wheels (1978); The Medusa Touch (1978); Breaking Up (1978); Telefon (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1977); The Omen (1976); Hennessy (1975); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); Hustling (1975); Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); QB VII (1974); A Delicate Balance (1973); The Blue Knight (1973); Of Men and Women (1973); And No One Could Save Her (1973); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972); Touch Me Not (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); A Severed Head (1971); Loot (1970); Hard Contract (1969); The Detective (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); Damn Yankees! (1967); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Running Man (1963); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Experiment in Terror (1962); Theatre '62 (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1962); Sanctuary (1961); Wild River (1960); The Tempest (1960); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Kraft Theatre (1953–1957); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954–1956); Studio One (1954–1956); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Mama (1949); Ponds Theater (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950).

Born on this day – Barbara Leigh-Hunt:

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Actress

December 14, 1935 – September 16, 2024

Credits:

A Merry War (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); A Perfect Hero (1991); All for Love (1983); An Evening with... (1968); Anna Lee: Headcase (1993); As Time Goes By (1995); BBC Play of the Month (1979); BBC2 Playhouse (1979–1980); Bertie and Elizabeth (2002); Billy Elliot (2000); Bird's-Eye View (1969–1971); Call Oxbridge 2000 (1962); Callan (1969); Charlie Chalk (1988–1989); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Emergency-Ward 10 (1962); Frenzy (1972); Full House (1972); George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); Inheritance (1967); Inspector Morse (1990); ITV Play of the Week (1966); ITV Playhouse (1967–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1971); Justice (1973); Kavanagh QC (1999–2001); Longitude (2000); Love's Labour's Lost (1965); Macbeth (1970); Midsomer Murders (2002); Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within? (1971); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); No Hiding Place (1965); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Paper Mask (1990); Play for Today (1973–1979); Playing Shakespeare (1982); Pride and Prejudice (1995); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Pride and Prejudice: Lasting Impressions (2006); 'Pride and Prejudice': The Making of... (1999); Public Eye (1965); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); Ryan International (1970); Screen Two (1995); Screenplay (1986); Seeing and Believing (1971–1975); Six Days of Justice (1973); Special Branch (1969); Sunburn (1999); Sunday Premiere (1988); Suspicion (1971); The Afternoon Play (1984); The Bestest BBC Children's Video Ever! (1996); The Brontës of Haworth (1973); The Echo (1998); The Inside Man (1969); The Martins (2001); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Old Crowd / One Fine Day (1979); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Recording Angells (1956); The Saturday Play: Separate Tables (2002); The Search for the Nile (1971); The Siegfried Idyll (1969); Theatre 625 (1966); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); Thriller (1974); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Wagner (1983); Who Killed Lamb? (1974); Wives and Daughters (1999).

Born on this day – Agnes Fink:

Agnes Fink

Actress

December 14, 1919 – October 28, 1994

Credits:

24 Hours from the Life of a Woman (1965); All the Power of the Earth (1962); Old fashioned Comedy (1979); Encounter in Singapore (1958); By day and by night or by the Gardener's Dog (1957); At Day and Night (1964); Bernarda Alba's House (1957); Betrayed Love (1986); Letters of Love (1964); The Wrong Weight (1971); That artificial silk girls (1960); The Smile of Gioconda (1966); The girl and the public prosecutor (1962); Der Berg (1990); The Enemy (1961); The glass sky (1987); The Commissioner (1970–1973); The Man from England (1963); The Misanthrope (1959); The Beautiful Indifferent (1956); Derrick (1978–1982); The lady is nicht fürs Feuer (1960); The Woman with the Carbuncle Stones (1985); The big Reise (1961); The Duchess of Langeais (1960); Die Preußen kommen (1970); The Taube im Schaukelstuhl (1957); Don Giovanni (1957); Thirty Silver Discs (1971); A Game of Death and Love (1957); Ein Tag im April (1965); A Winter's Tale (1965); A Stupidity Is Done Even by the Smartest (1963); Once Upon a Time (1963); Graf Öderland (1968); Ich stellen mich (1980–1993); Interview with history (1970); Everyman Remixed (2011); Jons and Erdme (1959); Karpf's career (1971); Katja Rupé narrates, Part 1: From New Theatre to New Heimatfilm (2024); Crawfish (1989); Power of Darkness (1959); Majesty on the Wrong Track (1958); Mary Stuart (1963); Marie Octobre (1964); Marleneken (1990); Mothers (1992); Napoleon and yoghurt (1971); Personally Introduced (1960); Prisoners of Love (1954); Pygmalion (1956); Schinderhannes (1957); Dirty Hands (1956); Sheer Madness (1983); Sisters or The Balance of Happiness (1979); So ist es - Wie es sie sie schein (1988); Spider's Web (1989); Sternsteinhof (1976); Tatort (1978–1980); The Adventures of Dr. Bayer (1990); The Old Fox (1985–1988); Transit (1965); Unexpectedly, different ... (1961); Under the Pear Tree (1964); What am I? (1965); Zwischen den Züge (1961).

Born on this day – Elyse Knox:

Elyse Knox

Actress

December 14, 1917 – February 15, 2012

Credits:

There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949); Forgotten Women (1949); Winner Take All (1948); I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948); Fighting Mad (1948); Linda, Be Good (1947); Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947); Black Gold (1947); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); Joe Palooka, Champ (1946); Army Wives (1944); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Moonlight and Cactus (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); So's Your Uncle (1943); Hit the Ice (1943); Mister Big (1943); Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Arabian Nights (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Top Sergeant (1942); Hay Foot (1942); Miss Polly (1941); All-American Co-Ed (1941); Tanks a Million (1941); Sheriff of Tombstone (1941); Footlight Fever (1941); Youth Will Be Served (1940); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); Girl in 313 (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); Star Dust (1940); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); Wake Up and Live (1937).