Born on this day – Nelly Corradi:

Nelly Corradi

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

December 16, 1914 – April 16, 1968

Credits:

Gli orizzonti del sole (1955); House of Ricordi (1954); Puccini (1953); The Count of Saint Elmo (1951); La forza del destino (1950); Faust and the Devil (1949); The Lost One (1947); Barber of Seville (1947); Elixir of Love (1947); Lucia di Lammermoor (1946); La danza del fuoco (1943); Measure for Measure (1943); Fari nella nebbia (1942); Barbablù (1941); La zia smemorata (1940); Il ladro sono io (1940); Nobody's Land (1939); Il torrente (1938); Dimmed Lights (1936); Le scarpe al sole (1935); Everybody's Woman (1934).

Born on this day – Charles Marquis Warren:

Charles Marquis Warren

Writer

Producer

Director

December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990

Born on this day – Barbara Kent:

Barbara Kent

Actress

December 16, 1907 – October 13, 2011

Credits:

Beauty Parlor (1932); Chinatown After Dark (1931); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Emma (1932); Exposed (1932); Feet First (1930); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Freighters of Destiny (1931); Grief Street (1931); Guard That Girl (1935); Her Forgotten Past (1933); His Destiny (1928); Indiscreet (1931); Lonesome (1928); Marriage on Approval (1933); Modern Mothers (1928); No Living Witness (1932); No Man's Law (1927); Old Man Rhythm (1935); Oliver Twist (1933); Prowlers of the Night (1926); Self Defense (1932); Stop That Man! (1928); Swellhead (1935); That's My Daddy (1927); The Drop Kick (1927); The Lone Eagle (1927); The Night Ride (1930); The Peace Deputy (1927); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Shakedown (1929); The Small Bachelor (1927); Under Age (1941); Vanity Fair (1932); Welcome Danger (1929); What Men Want (1930).

Born on this day – Max Linder:

Max Linder

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

Comedian

December 16, 1883 – November 1, 1925

Credits:

A Bashful Young Man (1908); A Case of Lumbago (1909); A Conquest (1909); A Country Lad (1908); A Cure for Timidity (1910); A Drama in Seville (1907); A Farm House Romance (1912); A Glorious Start (1907); A Hooligan Idea (1907); A Jockey for Love (1913); A Prince of Worth (1910); A Ringer for Max (1915); A Romantic Girl (1910); A Set of Teeth (1909); A Waterplane Elopement (1912); Ah! Quel malheur d'avoir un gendre (1907); All for a Necklace (1907); Amateur Acrobat (1908); Amoureux de la femme à barbe (1909); Amoureux de la teinturière (1912); An Escape of Gas (1912); Artful Husband (1907); At the Music Hall (1907); Attempted Suicide (1906); Be My Wife (1921); Before and After (1909); Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (1908); Busy Fiance (1908); C'est Papa qui a pris la Purge (1907); Chaussure trop étroite (1907); Chevalier Barkas (1925); Contagious Nervous Twitching (1908); Cuisinier par amour (1914); Dick est un chien savant (1914); Doings of a Maniac (1907); En compagnie de Max Linder (1963); Entente cordiale (1912); First Night Out (1905); For the Children (1916); From Jealousy to Madness (1907); Hairdresser of Love (1915); Harlequin's Story (1907); Help! (1924); His First Cigar (1908); How Max Went Around the World (1910); Hunchback Brings Luck (1908); In a Difficult Position (1908); Je voudrais un enfant (1910); Joined Lips (1907); Julot va dans le monde (1906); King of the Circus (1924); La bonne à tout faire (1911); La maîtresse de piano (1910); La malle au marriage (1912); La médaille de sauvetage (1913); La rivalité de Max (1913); La ruse de Max (1913); La vengeance du domestique (1912); Lady Doctor's Husband (1907); Lady-Killer Foiled (1908); L'amour mouillé (1911); L'âne jaloux (1912); Le baromètre de la fidélité (1915); Le Bridge au plafond (1909); Le cauchemar de Max (1910); Le chapeau-claque (1909); Le chasseur de chez Maxim's (1927); Le duel de Max (1913); Le mal de mer (1912); Le pendu (1914); Le rendez-vous (1913); Le roman de Max (1912); Les contrebandiers (1906); Les débuts d'un yachtman (1913); Les effets des pilules de Max (1910); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (1910); Love and Cheese (1910); Love Unconquerable (1912); Lover's Ill Luck (1907); Love's Surprises (1915); Madame a ses vapeurs (1907); Mariage au puzzle (1910); Mariage force (1914); Max a peur de l'eau (1912); Max and His Dog (1912); Max and His Mother-in-Law (1911); Max and the Lady Doctor (1914); Max and the Purse (1917); Max and the Statue (1912); Max as a Chiropodist (1914); Max asthmatique (1914); Max au couvent (1914); Max bandit par amour (1912); Max célibataire (1912); Max cocher de fiacre (1912); Max collectioneur de chaussures (1914); Max Comes Across (1917); Max Comes Home (1910); Max dans les airs (1916); Max devrait porter des bretelles (1917); Max Embarrassed (1910); Max émule de Tartarin (1912); Max est charitable (1913); Max et Clancy tombent d'accord (1910); Max et la belle négresse (1910); Max et la Main-qui-étreint (1916); Max et le bâton de rouge (1914); Max et le commissaire (1914); Max et le mari jaloux (1912); Max et les crêpes (1913); Max et ses trois mariages (1910); Max Fears the Dogs (1912); Max Fights a Duel (1911); Max Foils the Police (1910); Max Gets the Reward (1912); Max Goes Ski-ing (1910); Max Has the Boxing Fever (1910); Max Has to Change (1910); Max Hits the High Spots (1914); Max hypnotisé (1910); Max illusionniste (1914); Max in a Dilemma (1910); Max in a Taxi (1917); Max in a Wardrobe (1912); Max in the Alps (1910); Max Is Absent Minded (1910); Max Is Convalescent (1911); Max Is Forced to Work (1911); Max Is Stood Up (1910); Max Joins the Giants (1912); Max joue le drame (1914); Max Juggles for Love (1912); Max Leads Them a Novel Chase (1909); Max Learns to Skate (1907); Max Linder Does All the Sports (1913); Max maître d'hôtel (1914); Max Makes a Touch (1910); Max Makes Music (1910); Max médécin malgré lui (1917); Max n'aime pas les chats (1913); Max on the Briny (1915); Max Plays Detective (1916); Max Sets the Fashion (1912); Max Sets the Style (1914); Max Soldat de 2Me Classe (1914); Max Speaks English (1914); Max Takes a Bath (1910); Max Takes a Picture (1913); Max Takes Tonics (1911); Max toréador (1913); Max virtuose (1913); Max Wants a Divorce (1917); Max, professeur de tango (1914); Max, the Heartbreaker (1917); Max, the Lady Killer (1913); Max, the Magician (1912); Max's Divorce Case (1911); Max's Feet Are Pinched (1910); Max's First Job (1910); Max's Hat (1913); Max's Tragedy (1911); Max's Vacation (1914); Miss Moneybags Wishes to Wed (1909); Mon chien rapporte (1910); Music Teacher (1908); My Watch Is Slow (1908); N'embrassez pas votre bonne (1914); Noisy Neighbors (1908); Nourrice par nécessité (1907); Oh! Les femmes (1912); On a Racket (1909); One Can't Believe One's Eyes (1910); One Exciting Night (1912); One on Max (1909); Over the 'Phone (1912); Par habitude (1911); Par habitude (1923); Peintre par amour (1912); Perseverance Rewarded (1910); Phial of Poison (1907); Premier rendez-vous (1910); Private Atkins Minds a Baby (1907); Prospective Heirs (1908); Que peut-il avoir? (1912); Retour inattendu (1908); Romeo Turns Bandit (1909); Sam's Artistic Beard (1909); Sandwich Woman (1908); See the Picture! (1909); Seven Years Bad Luck (1921); Sganarelle (1907); Shame on Max (1910); Soldat par amour (1910); Soldier's Antics (1908); Surprise Package (1908); The Cupboard (1907); The Dog and the Pipe (1908); The Fake Doctor (1908); The Hanging Lamp (1908); The Little Cafe (1919); The Little Vixen (1909); The Love Letter (1913); The Paris Students (1906); The Second of August (1914); The Servant Hypnotist (1907); The Servant's Good Joke (1909); The Surprises of a Flirtation (1909); The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922); The Troublesome Flea (1906); Tormented by His Mother-in-Law (1908); Travels of a Flea (1908); Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908); Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912); Two Great Griefs (1908); Un cross-country original (1910); Un idiot qui se croit Max Linder (1914); Un mari peu vienard (1908); Un mariage imprévu (1913); Un pari original (1912); Une bonne pour monsieur, un domestique pour madame (1910); Une campagne électorale (1909); Une mariée qui se fait attendre (1911); Une poursuite mouvementée (1909); Une représentation au cinéma (1910); Une ruse de Mari (1910); Unforeseen Meeting (1905); Unwilling Chiropodist (1908); Voisin... voisine (1911); Voyage de noces en Espagne (1912); Who Killed Max? (1910); Who Will Win My Heart (1909); Willyboy Gets His (1909).

Born on this day – William Duncan:

William Duncan

Actor

Director

December 16, 1879 – February 8, 1961

Credits:

A Canine Matchmaker; or, Leave It to a Dog (1913); A Child of the North (1915); A Citizen in the Making (1912); A Cowboy's Best Girl (1912); A Cowboy's Mother (1912); A Cripple Creek Cinderella (1916); A Fight for Millions (1918); A Friend in Need (1914); A Matrimonial Deluge (1913); A Mix-Up on the Plains (1914); A Modern Ananias (1912); A Motorcycle Adventure (1912); A New York Cowboy (1911); A Romance of the Forest Reserve (1914); A Romance of the Rio Grande (1911); A Rough Ride with Nitroglycerine (1912); A Scandal in Hickville (1915); A Tennessee Love Story (1911); A Wartime Romance (1912); Aladdin from Broadway (1917); An Apache's Gratitude (1913); An Embarrassed Bridegroom (1913); An Equine Hero (1912); An Innocent Delilah (1914); An Unexpected Fortune (1912); Ann, the Blacksmith (1914); Anne of the Mines (1914); Bar 20 Justice (1938); Between Love and the Law (1912); Bill Peter's Kid (1916); Bill's Birthday Present (1913); Billy Smoke (1917); Buck's Romance (1912); Bud's Heiress (1913); Buster's Little Game (1913); By Unseen Hand (1914); Cal Marvin's Wife (1915); Circumstantial Evidence (1912); Cupid in the Cow Camp (1913); Dead Shot Baker (1917); Detective and Matchmaker (1914); Dishwash Dick's Counterfeit (1913); Driftwood (1912); Everything Against Him (1914); Exposed by the Dictograph (1912); Fighting Fate (1921); Forlorn River (1937); God's Country and the Woman (1916); Good Resolutions (1914); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); He's a Bear (1915); His Chance to Make Good (1912); His Father's Deputy (1913); His Golden Grain (1915); Hopalong Rides Again (1937); How Betty Made Good (1913); How It Happened (1913); Howlin' Jones (1913); Hypnotized (1912); In Little Italy (1912); Jim's Vindication (1912); Juggling with Fate (1913); Kidding the Boss (1914); Law of the Pampas (1939); Love and Law (1915); Made a Coward (1913); Man of Might (1919); Mareea, the Foster Mother (1914); Marian, the Holy Terror (1914); Marrying Gretchen (1914); Money Magic (1917); Monte Cristo (1912); Mother Love vs Gold (1913); Nevada (1935); No Defense (1921); No Defense (1921); Physical Culture on the Quarter Circle V Bar (1913); Playing It Wild (1923); Pure Gold (1914); Queen of the Mob (1940); Religion and Gun Practice (1913); Risen from the Ashes (1914); Sallie's Sure Shot (1913); Saved from the Vigilantes (1913); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 6 (1920); Sisters (1914); Smashing Barriers (1919 / 1923); So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law (1912); Steelheart (1921); Taming a Tenderfoot (1913); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); That Mail Order Suit (1913); The Bank's Messenger (1913); The Boob (1912); The Brand Blotter (1912); The Brotherhood of Man (1912); The Bully of Bingo Gulch (1911); The Capture of Bad Brown (1913); The Cattle Rustlers (1912); The Cattle Thief's Escape (1913); The Chalice of Courage (1915); The Child of the Prairies (1913); The Choice (1914); The Cost of High Living (1916); The Cowboy Editor (1913); The Dawn of the New Day (1914); The Decision (1918); The Deputy's Sweetheart (1913); The Double Cross (1912); The Dynamiters (1912); The Ebony Casket (1915); The Escape of Jim Dolan (1913); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Fast Express (1924); The Fighting Guide (1922); The Fighting Instinct (1912); The Fighting Trail (1917); The Frontiersmen (1938); The Galloping Romeo (1913); The Game of Life (1915); The Girl He Left Behind (1912); The Good Indian (1913); The Gray Wolves (1911); The Gunfighter's Son (1913); The Horseshoe (1912); The Jealousy of Miguel and Isabella (1913); The Last Man (1916); The Law and the Outlaw (1913); The Law of the North (1912); The Level (1914); The Life Timer (1913); The Little Sister (1914); The Man from the Desert (1915); The Marshal's Capture (1913); The Mystery of Lake Lethe (1917); The Navajo Ring (1915); The New Editor (1911); The Only Chance (1913); The Opium Smugglers (1912); The Other Woman (1912); The Peculiar Nature of the White Man's Burden (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Quarrel (1915); The Range Law (1913); The Ranger and His Horse (1912); The Red Stephano (1915); The Rejected Lover's Luck (1913); The Renegade's Vengeance (1914); The Repentance of Dr. Blinn (1915); The Rustler's Reformation (1913); The Scapegoat (1912); The Schoolmarm's Shooting Match (1913); The Señorita's Repentance (1913); The Servant Question Out West (1914); The Sheriff and the Rustler (1913); The Sheriff of Yavapai County (1913); The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver (1913); The Silent Avenger (1920); The Silent Vow (1922); The Silver Grindstone (1913); The Steel Trail (1923); The Stolen Moccasins (1913); The Suffragette (1913); The Taming of Texas Pete (1913); The Telltale Knife (1911); The Tenderfoot (1917); The Vagabonds (1912); The Wanderers (1916); The Warrant (1911); The Wayfarer (1912); The Wheels of Justice (1911); The Whiskey Runners (1912); The Widow of Rickie O'Neal (1912); Three on the Trail (1936); Thrills of Yesterday (1931); Through the Wall (1916); Thunder Trail (1937); Told in Colorado (1911); Two Lives (1911); Two Men and a Girl (1912); Two Sacks of Potatoes (1913); Vengeance - and the Woman (1917); Ward's Claim (1914); Western Hearts (1911); When Danger Smiles (1922); When the Gods Forgive (1914); When the Heart Calls (1912); Where Men Are Men (1921); Why Jim Reformed (1912); Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1911); Wolves of the North (1924).

Born on this day – Jane Austen:

Jane Austen

Writer

December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817

Credits:

The Watsons (1804); Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Sanditon (1817); Northanger Abbey (1818); Persuasion (1818); The Beautifull Cassandra (1793); Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel In Letters (1793); Lady Susan (1794); Love and Freindship (2015); The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (2017); A Memoir of Jane Austen (2017); The Letters of Jane Austen (2018); Juvenilia Volume I Annotated (1787); Juvenilia Volume II Annotated (2021); Identity And Self Respect (1952); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); Women Who Wrote (2020); Love, Lust and Passion in Regency Times (2021); The Bridgerthonian Novels (2022); The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023).

Born on this day – Ludwig van Beethoven:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer

Musician

December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827