Born on this day – Jocelyn Brando:

Jocelyn Brando

Actress

Writer

November 18, 1919 – November 27, 2005

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Question of Love (1978); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Buckskin (1959); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); Checkmate (1961); China Venture (1953); Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945); Coronado 9 (1960); Dallas (1979); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Darkroom (1981); Dr. Kildare (1963); Frontier Circus (1961); General Electric Theater (1956–1960); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); Here's Hollywood (1962); Ironside (1969); Kojak (1977); Kraft Theatre (1951); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1956); Laramie (1960–1961); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Love of Life (1951–1980); Lux Playhouse (1959); M Squad (1959); Markham (1960); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On (2006); Movie Movie / Segments: Dynamite Hands / Baxter's Beauties of 1933 (1978); My Three Sons (1964); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Nightfall (1956); Official Detective (1957); Omnibus / Segment: The Gold Dress (1953); One Step Beyond (1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Riverboat (1960); Shotgun Slade (1961); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); State Trooper (1959); Step Down to Terror (1958); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Big Heat (1953); The Chase (1966); The Explosive Generation (1961); The Major and the Minor (1958); The Millionaire (1958); The Rebels: Marlon Brando (1981); The Tall Man (1961); The Ugly American (1963); The Virginian (1963–1969); The World of Mr. Sweeney (1955); Thriller (1960–1962); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Why Would I Lie? (1980).

Born on this day – Georgia Carroll:

Georgia Carroll

Singer

Model

Actress

November 18, 1919 – January 14, 2011

Credits:

Around the World (1943); Carolina Blues (1944); College of Musical Knowledge (1950); Cover Girl (1944); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); G.I. Journal (1944); Girl Crazy (1943); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); eet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); Navy Blues (1941); Play Girl (1941); Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday (1950); Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947); The Falcon's Brother (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); The Playgirls (1942); Thousands Cheer (1943); Unusual Occupations (1947); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – H. Bruce Humberstone:

H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

November 18, 1901 – October 11, 1984

Born on this day – Irvin Willat:

Irvin Willat

Director

November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976

Credit:

A Daughter of the Wolf (1919); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923); Always in the Way (1915); America (1914); Back to God's Country (1927); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Civilization (1915); Damaged Love (1931); Down Home (1920); Fifty Candles (1921); Fog Bound (1923); In Slumberland (1917); Luck of Roaring Camp (1937); North of 36 (1924); Old Louisiana (1937); On the High Seas (1922); One of Millions (1914); Paradise (1926); Partners of the Tide (1921); Pawned (1922); Rugged Water (1925); Rustling a Bride (1919); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19 (1921); Submarine (1928); The Air Mail (1925); The Ancient Highway (1925); The Cavalier (1928); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Enchanted Hill (1926); The Face of the World (1921); The False Faces (1919); The Grim Game (1919); The Guilty Man (1918); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); The Law of the North (1918); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Siren Call (1922); The Story Without a Name (1924); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Zeppelin's Last Raid (1917); Three Miles Out (1924); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914); Under Strange Flags (1937); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924); Yellow Men and Gold (1922).

Born on this day – Frances Marion:

Frances Marion

Writer

Director

November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973

Credits:

Dinner at Eight (1989); The Champ (1979); The Clown (1953); The Pirate (1948); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Molly and Me (1945); Without Love (1945); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Tish (1942); Northwest Passage (1940); Green Hell (1940); Rosalie (1937); Knight Without Armor (1937); Maytime (1937); A Night of Terror (1937); The Good Earth (1937); Camille (1936); Poor Little Rich Girl (1936); Riffraff (1935); Going Hollywood (1933); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The White Sister (1933); Secrets (1933); Cynara (1932); Smilin' Through (1932); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Emma (1932); Menschen hinter Gittern (1931); Big House (1931); Daybreak (1931); The Secret 6 (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Forever Yours (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Min and Bill (1930); El presidio (1930); Wu Li Chang (1930); Good News (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); The Big House (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); Anna Christie (1930); The Rogue Song (1930); Their Own Desire (1929); The Pagan (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Awakening (1928); The Wind (1928); Excess Baggage (1928); The Mysterious Lady (1928); Kit Carson (1928); The Cossacks (1928); The Sunset Legion (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); Pioneer Scout (1928); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Jesse James (1927); Madame Pompadour (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); Silver Comes Through (1927); Mr. Wu (1927); The Red Mill (1927); Don Mike (1927); The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926); Lone Hand Saunders (1926); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Son of the Sheik (1926); The Two-Gun Man (1926); Hands Across the Border (1926); Paris at Midnight (1926); Partners Again (1926); The Tough Guy (1926); The First Year (1926); Stella Dallas (1925); Simon the Jester (1925); Lazybones (1925); Thank You (1925); Ridin' the Wind (1925); The Dark Angel (1925); Graustark (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Zander the Great (1925); His Supreme Moment (1925); The Lady (1925); A Thief in Paradise (1925); Sundown (1924); Thundering Hoofs (1924); In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924); Tarnish (1924); Cytherea (1924); Secrets (1924); Galloping Gallagher (1924); The Mask of Lopez (1924); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); Through the Dark (1924); The Song of Love (1923); Potash and Perlmutter (1923); The French Doll (1923); Dulcy (1923); The Love Piker (1923); The Eagle's Talons (1923); Within the Law (1923); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); Minnie (1922); The Toll of the Sea (1922); East Is West (1922); The Eternal Flame (1922); Sonny (1922); The Primitive Lover (1922); Back Pay (1922); Just Around the Corner (1921); Straight Is the Way (1921); The Love Light (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); The World and His Wife (1920); Go and Get It (1920); Humoresque (1920); The Flapper (1920); Pollyanna (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); Anne of Green Gables (1919); A Regular Girl (1919); The Dark Star (1919); The Misleading Widow (1919); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); The Temple of Dusk (1918); Johanna Enlists (1918); The Goat (1918); He Comes Up Smiling (1918); The City of Dim Faces (1918); How Could You, Jean? (1918); M'Liss (1918); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); Stella Maris (1918); A Little Princess (1917); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); The Amazons (1917); Beloved Adventuress (1917); The Divorce Game (1917); The Stolen Paradise (1917); The Crimson Dove (1917); Forget-Me-Not (1917); As Man Made Her (1917); The Social Leper (1917); The Web of Desire (1917); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); A Girl's Folly (1917); A Square Deal (1917); A Hungry Heart (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); On Dangerous Ground (1917); A Woman Alone (1917); The Rise of Susan (1916); All Man (1916); Bought and Paid For (1916); The Heart of a Hero (1916); The Hidden Scar (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); The Revolt (1916); Friday the 13th (1916); The Summer Girl (1916); A Woman's Way (1916); The Crucial Test (1916); La vie de Bohème (1916); Tangled Fates (1916); The Battle of Hearts (story: Woman Against the Sea (1916); The Feast of Life (1916); The Social Highwayman (1916); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); The Yellow Passport (1916); A Circus Romance (1916); The Foundling (1916); Camille (1915); A Daughter of the Sea (1915); Esmeralda (1915); The Foundling (1915); Rags (1915); A Sister's Burden (1915); Fanchon, the Cricket (1915); The Wild Girl from the Hills (1915); The Jest of Jealousy (1915); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); The New York Hat (1912).

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On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001):

Frailty

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released in the United States on November 17, 2001.
Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:

Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Vincent Chase, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney, Blake King, Brad Berryhill, Greg Serano, Edgar L. Davis, Jim Flowers, Lance E. Nichols, John Paxton, Richard A. Bell, Chelsea Butler, Jennifer Drake, Betty Gurule, Ona Harris, Greg Bronson, Dave Power.