Friday, January 10, 2025

Born on this day – Elaine Devry:


Elaine Devry


Actress

January 10, 1930 – September 20, 2023

Credits:

Heart to Heart.com (1999); Beverly Hills Bordello (1996); Project U.F.O. (1978); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1975); Herbie Rides Again (1974); The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973); Cannon (1972); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); To Rome with Love (1970); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); My Three Sons (1966–1969); Family Affair (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); This Is the Life (1968); With Six You Get Eggroll (1968); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Lassie (1967); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Bonanza (1965); Perry Mason (1962–1964); Three Wise Boys (1963); Burke's Law (1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Diary of a Madman (1963); Ripcord (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1962); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Man-Trap (1961); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); Dante (1961); Lock Up (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Laramie (1960); Death Valley Days (1960); Bachelor Father (1959–1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); China Doll (1958); The Great Gildersleeve (1955); The People's Choice (1955); The Atomic Kid (1954); General Electric Theater (1953); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953).

Born on this day – Lee Philips:


Lee Philips


Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

January 10, 1927 – March 3, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1961); Anna and the King (1972); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Barnum (1986); Blind Vengeance (1990); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972); Cade's County (1972); Checkmate (1962); Combat! (1965); Crazy Times (1981); Daddy-O (1961); Dan August (1970); Danger (1955); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1960); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dynasty (1976); East Side/West Side (1964); Follow the Sun (1961); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gidget (1966); Going Places (1973); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Happy (1983); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Headmaster (1970); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1966); Inspector Perez (1983); Justice (1955); King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (1988); Kraft Theatre (1953–1960); Kung Fu (1974); Longstreet (1971); Lottery! (1983); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Love, American Style (1973); M*A*S*H (1972–1975); Mae West (1982); Medical Center (1973–1975); Middle of the Night (1959); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Naked City (1959); Of Men and Women (1973); On the Right Track (1981); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1965); Peyton Place (1957–1969); Playhouse 90 (1958); Riding High (1977); Ripcord (1962); Room 222 (1969–1971); Route 66 (1963–1964); Salvage 1 (1979); Samson and Delilah (1984); Shaft (1974); Silent Motive (1991); Space (1985); Special Olympics (1978); Studio One (1952–1955); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); Tess of the Storm Country (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Girls (1978–1979); The Andy Griffith Show (1965–1971); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Comedy Company (1978); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Doris Day Show (1971–1973); The Fugitive (1963); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hunters (1958); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Loner (1965); The Man and the City (1971); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Notebook (1985); The Outer Limits (1963); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Practice (1976); The Red Badge of Courage (1974); The Reporter (1964); The Rookies (1974); The Spell (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Survivors (1969); The Twilight Zone (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1961); The Waltons (1972–1975); The War Between the Tates (1977); Valentine (1979); Violent Midnight (1963); Wagon Train (1965); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Claudia Dell:


Claudia Dell


Actress

January 10, 1910 – September 5, 1977

Credits:

Fireside Theatre (1949); Black Magic (1944); Call of the Jungle (1944); Spotlight Scandals (1943); Sauce for the Gander (1940); The Mad Empress (1939); Juarez (1939); Algiers (1938); A Bride for Henry (1937); Boots of Destiny (1937); We're in the Legion Now (1936); Yellow Cargo (1936); What Becomes of the Children? (1936); Ghost Patrol (1936); Speed Limited (1935); Midnight Phantom (1935); The Lady in Scarlet (1935); Trails End (1935); Anniversary Trouble (1935); The Lost City (1935); Mama's Little Pirate (1934); Cleopatra (1934); Mrs. Barnacle Bill (1934); The Woman Condemned (1934); The Caretaker's Daughter (1934); The Big Bluff (1933); The Woman Who Dared (1933); The Midnight Warning (1932); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); Hearts of Humanity (1932); The Midnight Lady (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Scandal for Sale (1932); Sporting Chance (1931); Left Over Ladies (1931); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Sit Tight (1931); Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930); Big Boy (1930); Montana Moon (1930); Viennese Melody (1929).

Born on this day – Virginia Valli:


Virginia Valli


Actress

January 10, 1896 – September 24, 1968

Credits:

Night Life in Reno (1931); Guilty? (1930); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); Mister Antonio (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Behind Closed Doors (1929); The Street of Illusion (1928); The Escape (1928); Ladies Must Dress (1927); East Side, West Side (1927); Judgment of the Hills (1927); Paid to Love (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Marriage (1927); Stage Madness (1927); Flames (1926); The Family Upstairs (1926); Watch Your Wife (1926); The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Man Who Found Himself (1925); The Lady Who Lied (1925); Siege (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); The Price of Pleasure (1925); K: The Unknown (1924); In Every Woman's Life (1924); The Signal Tower (1924); The Confidence Man (1924); Wild Oranges (1924); A Lady of Quality (1924); The Shock (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Storm (1922); The Black Bag (1922); His Back Against the Wall (1922); Tracked to Earth (1922); The Right That Failed (1922); The Idle Rich (1921); The Devil Within (1921); A Trip to Paradise (1921); The Man Who (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); Sentimental Tommy (1921); The Silver Lining (1921); The Plunger (1920); The Common Sin (1920); The Dead Line (1920); The Very Idea (1920); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Black Circle (1919); His Father's Wife (1919); The Lie That Failed (1918); Ruggles of Red Gap (1918); Uneasy Money (1918); The Fibbers (1917); The Fable of the Speedy Sprite (1917); Efficiency Edgar's Courtship (1917); The Long Green Trail (1917); The Golden Idiot (1917); Much Obliged (1917); Vernon, the Bountiful (1917); Filling His Own Shoes (1917); The Quarantined Bridegroom (1917); Satan's Private Door (1917); Skinner's Dress Suit (1917); The Strange Case of Mary Page (1916).

Recommended reading – Two O’clock Courage (1934):


Two O’clock Courage

By Gelett Burgess.

Filmed as Two in the Dark (1936), directed by Benjamin Stoloff.

ASIN: B005D2SGQU
Published by Surinam Turtle Press.
Published 1934.
Hardcover.

Description:

This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him. The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.

Liv Ullman, on books:


Books have always been living things to me.
Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little.
When I have been perplexed,
looking for something I could not define to myself,
a certain book has turned up,
approached me as a friend would.
And between its cover carried the questions and the answers I was looking for.

- Liv Ullmann.