Monday, April 14, 2025

Born on this day – Philip Stone:


Philip Stone

Actor

April 14, 1924 – June 15, 2003

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:


Valerie Hobson


Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:


Horace McCoy


Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Claire Windsor:


Claire Windsor


Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Mr. Rogers' wisdom:


The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;
they're always "in the wings".
That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep
rather than the flashy and the superficial.

- Fred Rogers.

Sunday, April 13, 2025

On this day in music history - Ember, by Breaking Benjamin (2018):


Ember

Album by Breaking Benjamin,
released April 13, 2018.

Track list:

Lyra; Feed the Wolf; Red Cold River; Tourniquet; Psycho; The Dark of You; Down; Torn in Two; Blood; Save Yourself; Close Your Eyes; Vega.

On this day in television history – Justified (2010 & 2011):


Justified

Season 1. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: The Lord of War and Thunder.
Released April 13, 2010.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost, Gary Lennon and Wendy Calhoun.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Linda Gehringer, Rick Gomez, Eddie Jemison, Brent Sexton, Karina Logue, David Meunier, Raymond J. Barry, Frank Pacheco, Daniel Betances, Jonathan Fraser, Steffany Huckaby, Byrne Offutt, Don Kurt.


Justified
Season 2. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Debts and Accounts.
Released April 13, 2011.
Directed by John David Coles.
Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano and Benjamin Cavell.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Mark Colson, Jeremy Davies, Kaitlyn Dever, Linda Gehringer, David Meunier, William Ragsdale, Kevin Rankin, Richard Speight Jr., Joseph Lyle Taylor, Brian Atkinson, James Logan, Mandy McMillian, Rebecca Metz, Matt Riedy, Sean Smith.