Thursday, December 18, 2025

Born on this day – Betty Grable:


Betty Grable

Actress

Model

Dancer

Singer

December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973

Born on this day – Julius Dassin:


Julius Dassin

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008

Born on this day – John Reese:


John Reese


Writer

December 18, 1910 – August 15, 1981

Credits:

Signal Guns at Sunup (1950); The High Passes (1954); Rich Man's Range (1966.); Sunblind Range (1968); Sure Shot Shapiro (1968); Singalee (1969); Horses, Honor, and Women (1970); Sierra Showdown (1971); Jesus on Horseback: The Mooney County Saga (1971), originally published as a trilogy: Angel Range, The Blowholers (aka Lonesome Cowboy), The Land Baron, from (1973–1975); Big Hitch (1972); Springfield .45-70, (1972); The Wild One (1972); Blacksnake Man (1976); A Sheriff for All the People (1976); Omar, Fats, and Trixie (1976); Halter-Broke (1977); Rich Man's Range (1978); Legacy of a Land Hog (1979); Maximum Range (1981); Sheehan's Mill (1943); Rainmaker (1949); Big Mutt (1952); The Shouting Duke (1952); Three Wild Ones (1963); Dinky (1964); The Looters (1968); Pity Us All (1969).

Born on this day – George Stevens:


George Stevens


Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975


Credits:

The Spirit of Liberation (2017); D-Day: The Color Footage (1999); George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994); D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special (1985); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Giant (1956); Shane (1953); Something to Live For (1952); A Place in the Sun (1951); I Remember Mama (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); George Stevens' World War II Footage (1946); The Nazi Plan (1945); Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945); That Justice Be Done (1945); The More the Merrier (1943); The Talk of the Town (1942); Woman of the Year (1942); Penny Serenade (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); Gunga Din (1939); Vivacious Lady (1938); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Quality Street (1937); Swing Time (1936); Annie Oakley (1935); Alice Adams (1935); The Nitwits (1935); Laddie (1935); Kentucky Kernels (1934); Ocean Swells (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Cracked Shots (1934); Rough Necking (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Undie-World (1934); Bridal Bail (1934); A Divorce Courtship (1933); Grin and Bear It (1933); Walking Back Home (1933); What Fur (1933); Flirting in the Park (1933); Quiet Please! (1933); Room Mates (1933); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); Should Crooners Marry (1933); Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (1933); Family Troubles (1933); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); The Finishing Touch (1932); The All-American (1932); Who, Me? (1932); The Kick-Off! (1931); Mama Loves Papa (1931); Call a Cop! (1931); Air-Tight (1931); High Gear (1931); Blood and Thunder (1931); The Panic Is On (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); Spuk um Mitternacht (1931); Glückliche Kindheit (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Bigger and Better (1930); Noche de duendes (1930); The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930); Radiomanía (1930); Tiembla y Titubea (1930); Below Zero (1930); La vida nocturna (1930); The Big Kick (1930); Brats (1930); Blotto (1930); The Fighting Parson (1930); The Real McCoy (1930); The Head Guy (1930); Ladrones (1930); Night Owls (1930); Angora Love (1929); Skirt Shy (1929); The Hoose-Gow (1929); Bacon Grabbers (1929); Shy Boy (1929); They Go Boom! (1929); Crazy Feet (1929); Snappy Sneezer (1929); Dad's Day (1929); Men O'War (1929); Leaping Love (1929); Madame Q (1929); Double Whoopee (1929); Hurdy Gurdy (1929); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); Big Business (1929); That's My Wife (1929); Wrong Again (1929); Liberty (1929); We Faw Down (1928); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Two Tars (1928); All Parts (1928); Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928); Early to Bed (1928); Should Married Men Go Home? (1928); Should Women Drive? (1928); Their Purple Moment (1928); Tell It to the Judge (1928); Blow by Blow (1928); Came the Dawn (1928); The Finishing Touch (1928); Dumb Daddies (1928); Leave 'em Laughing (1928); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Pass the Gravy (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); Putting Pants on Philip (1927); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Hats Off (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Sugar Daddies (1927); Lightning (1927); No Man's Law (1927); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); Slipping Wives (1927); The Valley of Hell (1927); The Desert's Toll (1926); The Devil Horse (1926); No Man's Law (1925); Black Cyclone (1925); Looking for Sally (1925); The White Sheep (1924); The Battling Orioles (1924); Roughest Africa (1923); Ladies Last (1930).

Born on this day – Mary Nolan:


Mary Nolan


Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948

Credits:

A Man's Man (1929); Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926); Beautiful and Dumb (1932); Broadway Gossip No. 3 (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington (1925); Das süße Mädel (1926); Desert Nights (1929); Die Feuertänzerin (1925); Die Königin des Weltbades (1926); Die Mädchen von Paris (1927); Die unberührte Frau (1925); Die Welt will belogen sein (1926); Docks of San Francisco (1932); Eleven Who Were Loyal (1926); Enemies of the Law (1931); Erinnerungen einer Nonne (1927); File 113 (1932); Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstraße (1926); Good Morning, Judge (1928); Halloh - Caesar! (1927); Outside the Law (1930); Shanghai Lady (1929); Silks and Saddles (1929); Sorrell and Son (1927); The Armored Vault (1926); The Big Shot (1931); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Midnight Patrol (1932); Topsy and Eva (1927); Undertow (1930); Unser täglich Brot (1926); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Wenn die Liebe nicht wär'! (1925); West of Zanzibar (1928); Wien, wie es weint und lacht (1926); X Marks the Spot (1931); Young Desire (1930).

Born on this day – Gladys Cooper:


Gladys Cooper


Actress

Producer

Theatrical manager

December 18, 1888 – November 17, 1971

Credits:

The Persuaders! (1971); The Doctors (1971); The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); Callan (1967); Adam Adamant Lives! (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Emergency-Ward 10 (1965); Ben Casey (1965); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1964); My Fair Lady (1964); The Twilight Zone (1962–1964); The Outer Limits (1963); Burke's Law (1963); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); Going My Way (1963); Pygmalion (1963); Fair Exchange (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Playdate (1962); Naked City (1962); If the Crown Fits (1961); Rendezvous (1960); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1960); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Separate Tables (1958); The Ann Sothern Show (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Suspicion (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955); At Sword's Point (1952); Thunder on the Hill (1951); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); The Secret Garden (1949); The Pirate (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); Green Dolphin Street (1947); The Cockeyed Miracle (1946); Beware of Pity (1946); The Green Years (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Valley of Decision (1945); Mrs. Parkington (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Now, Voyager (1942); Eagle Squadron (1942); This Above All (1942); The Gay Falcon (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); The Black Cat (1941); That Hamilton Woman (1941); Kitty Foyle (1940); Rebecca (1940); The Iron Duke (1934); Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923); The Bohemian Girl (1922); Headin' North (1921); Unmarried (1920); My Lady's Dress (1917); Masks and Faces (1917); The Sorrows of Satan (1917); The Real Thing at Last (1916); Danny Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman (1914); The Eleventh Commandment (1913).

Richard Francis Burton, on books:


Home is where the books are.

- Richard Francis Burton.