Born on this day – Blanche Mehaffey:

Blanche Mehaffey

Actress

Showgirl

July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968

Credits:

Stage:

Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 (1922); Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921).

Movies and television:

A Sailor Papa (1925); A Woman of the World (1925); Alias Mary Smith (1932); April Fool (1924); At First Sight (1924); Border Guns (1934); Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943); Cuckoo Love (1925); Dancing Dynamite (1931); Devil Monster (1946); Dugan of the Badlands (1931); Dynamite Denny (1932); Finnegan's Ball (1927); Friend Husband (1924); Fully Insured (1923); Going to Congress (1924); He Forgot to Remember (1926); Held for Ransom (1938); His People (1925); Hold My Baby (1925); Hypnotized (1932); Is There Justice? (1931); It's a Boy (1923); Just a Minute (1924); Marlie the Killer (1928); Meet the Missus (1924); Mounted Fury (1931); North of Arizona (1935); One of the Family (1924); Passport to Paradise (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Position Wanted (1924); Powder and Smoke (1924); Riders of the North (1931); Sally of the Subway (1932); Smilin' Guns (1929); Soul of the Slums (1931); Take It from Me (1926); Tell It to a Policeman (1925); The Air Mail Pilot (1928); The Battling Orioles (1924); The Big Idea (1924); The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935); The Denver Dude (1927); The Goofy Age (1924); The Haunted Honeymoon (1925); The Mystery Trooper (1931); The Old War-Horse (1926); The Outlaw Tamer (1935); The Princess from Hoboken (1927); The Runaway Express (1926); The Sea Fiend (1935); The Silent Code (1935); The Silent Rider (1927); The Sky Spider (1931); The Sunrise Trail (1931); The Texas Streak (1926); The Tired Business Man (1927); The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930); The Wages of Sin (1938); The Wages of Tin (1925); The White Sheep (1924); White Renegade (1931); Wildcat Saunders (1936).

Born on this day – Duane Thompson:

Duane Thompson

Actress

July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970

Credits:

A Fat Chance (1924); A Fool and His Honey (1927); A Man of Position (1923); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); A Wireless Lizzie (1926); Aggravatin' Papa (1924); April Fool (1926); Beauty and Bullets (1928); Born to the Saddle (1929); Built on a Bluff (1924); Call Again (1928); College Days (1926); Cornfed (1924); Don't Play Hookey (1923); False Morals (1927); Flyin' Buckaroo (1928); Four Faces West (1927); Fresh Faces (1926); Frozen River (1929); Good Spirits (1925); Hats (1924); Her Summer Hero (1928); Hitchin' Up (1926); Hollywood Bound (1923); Hot Doggie (1925); Hot Water (1923); Husband Hunters (1927); I'll Be There (1927); Long Pants (1927); Mama's Baby Boy (1923); Oh, Bridget! (1925); One Hour of Love (1927); Phantom of the Range (1928); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Plumb Crazy (1923); Reno or Bust (1924); Short Change (1924); Slim Fingers (1929); Some Pun'kins (1925); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926); Take Your Choice (1923); Tender Feet (1925); The Big Game (1924); The Desert Pirate (1927); The Fightin' Redhead (1928); The Golden Bed (1925); The Kiss Doctor (1928); The Lodge in the Wilderness (1926); The Lucky Rube (1923); The Mysterious Stranger (1925); The Price of Fear (1928); The Silent Avenger (1927); The Tip Off (1929); The Voice of the City (1929); Tin Can Alley (1924); Too Many Cookies (1928); Up and at 'em (1921); Vacation Waves (1928); Weak, But Willing (1926); West of Singapore (1933); Wizard of the Saddle (1928).

Born on this day – Barbara La Marr:

Barbara La Marr

Actress

Writer

July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926

Credits:

Arabian Love (1922); Cinderella of the Hills (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); Domestic Relations (1922); Flame of Youth (1920); Harriet and the Piper (1920); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); March of the Movies (1933); Mary of the Movies (1923); Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêve (2024); Movie Memories #2 (1934); My Husband's Wives (1924); Personality Parade (1938); Poor Men's Wives (1923); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Rose of Nome (1920); Sandra (1924); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Strangers of the Night (1923); The Brass Bottle (1923); The Eternal City (1923); The Eternal Struggle (1923); The Girl from Montmartre (1926); The Heart of a Siren (1925); The Hero (1923); The Land of Jazz (1920); The Little Grey Mouse (1920); The Mother of His Children (1920); The Nut (1921); The Prisoner of Zenda (1922); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Three Musketeers (1921); The White Monkey (1925); The White Moth (1924); The White Moth (1924); Thy Name Is Woman (1924); Trifling Women (1922).

Born on this day – Beatrix Potter:

Beatrix Potter

Writer

Illustrator

July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943

Credits:

Books:

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917); By a Woman's Hand (2010); Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922); Fairy Tales for Adults (2018); Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (1697); Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales (1993); Round the Christmas Tree (1983); The Christmas Present Hunt (2021); The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906); The Story of Miss Moppet (1906); The Tailor of Gloucester (1903); The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904); The Tale of Ginger & Pickles (1909); The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908); The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918); The Tale of Kitty In Boots (2016); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930); The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906); The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912); The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905); The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901); The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913); The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding (1908); The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903); The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909); The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan (1905); The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911); The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907); The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904).

Movies and television:

Abel Classics (2022); Beatrix Potter Collection (2020); Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge (2016); Blue Peter (1959); Country Boy (1935); Flopsy Turvy (2018); Jackanory (1966–1980); MC Grammar: Reading Is Amazing (2022); My Green Fedora (1935); Mysteries at the Museum (2018); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit / TV series (2012–2015); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Small Time (1962); The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny (1996); The Beatrix Potter Collection (1985); The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1994); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1985 / 1991); The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2022); The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995).

Recommended reading - The Complete Candlemaker: Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations (1999):

The Complete Candlemaker:
Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations

By Norma Coney.

Published 1999.

ISBN-10: 1887374507

ISBN-13: 978-1887374507

Description:

Now you can make 40 kinds of gorgeous candles – from hand-dipped to die-dyed, from molded to marbleized, from carved to appliqué! It’s fun and easy! This book provides everything you need to know to make your own beautiful candles. Guided by clear instructions and how-to-photography, you’ll soon know how to: find and use the necessary equipment; select wicks, waxes, and additives; choose and care for candle molds; perform magic with fragrance and color; practice work safety.

Learn to make a dazzling array of candles, including container, molded, hand-dipped, rolled beeswax, chunk, tie-dyed, hurricane, votive, interior decorated, water, sand, floating, cut-and-curl, overdipped, marbleized, stippled, embossed, carved, and appliquéd. This truly is a complete candlemaking book!

Mary Roberts Rinehart, on writing:

The writing career is not a romantic one.

The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

- Mary Roberts Rinehart.

On this day in music history - Jar of Hearts, by Christina Perri (2010):

The song Jar of Hearts,

by Christina Perri,

was released on July 27, 2010.