Valerie Bettis
Actress
Dancer
Choreographer
December 20, 1919 – September 26, 1982
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Born on this day – Carl Urbano:
Carl Urbano
Animator
Director
December 20, 1910 – October 16, 2003
Credits:
Mid-Century Modern
Animation: Volume 1 (segment: Destination Earth) (2012); Droopy: Master
Detective (1993–1994); A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994); Captain Planet and
the Planeteers (1993–1994); The Addams Family (1992); Tom & Jerry Kids Show
(1990–1993); Yo Yogi! (1991–1992); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1991); The
Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990–1991); Timeless Tales from
Hallmark (1990–1991); Jetsons: The Movie (1990); Gravedale High (1990); Bill
& Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990); The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No
Special (1988); Fantastic Max (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1987); Scooby-Doo
Meets the Boo Brothers (1987); The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987); Pound Puppies
(1986); Foofur (1986); Wildfire (1986); Paw Paws (1985–1986); The Jetsons (1985);
Pink Panther and Sons (1984–1985); Challenge of the GoBots (1984); Snorks
(1984); Monchhichis (1983); The Biskitts (1983); The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
Show (1983); Shirt Tales (1982–1983); Pac-Man (1982–1983); The Dukes (1983); Super
Friends (1978–1983); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); The
Gary Coleman Show (1982); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Laverne & Shirley with
Special Guest Star the Fonz (1982); The Little Rascals (1982); Laverne &
Shirley in the Army (1981–1982); The Kwicky Koala Show (1981); Trollkins (1981);
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1981); The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1981);
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981); The Smurfs (1981–1988); The All-New
Popeye Hour (1981); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980); The Flintstones'
New Neighbors (1980); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1980); Casper's
First Christmas (1979); Casper and the Angels (1979); The Super Globetrotters
(1979); Godzilla (1978–1979); The New Shmoo (1979); Casper the Friendly Ghost:
He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (1979); Dinky Dog (1978); Jana of the Jungle
(1978); Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978); Yogi's Space Race (1978); Buford and the
Galloping Ghost (1978); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977); Energy: A National
Issue (1977); C B Bears (1977); Freedom 2000 (1974); The Addams Family (1973); The
Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973; The General with the Cockeyed Id (1964); A
Missile Named Mac (1962); The Far Sound (1961); Fill 'Er Up (1959); Rhapsody of
Steel (1959); The Story of Creative Capital (1957); Working Dollars (1956); Destination
Earth (1956); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules (1954); It's
Everybody's Business (1954); Horizons of Hope (1954); The Far Sound (1961); It's
Everybody's Business (1954); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Dear Uncle (1953); A Is
for Atom (1953); The Devil and John Q (1952); What Makes Us Tick (1952); The
Devil and John Q (1952); Fresh Laid Plans (1951); Inside Cackle Corners (1951);
Albert in Blunderland (1950); Easy Does It (1946); Winky the Watchman (1945); The
Stork's Holiday (1943); The Uninvited Pest (1943); The Boy and the Wolf (1943);
Bah Wilderness (1943); Barney Bear's Victory Garden (1942); Wild Honey, or, How
to Get Along Without a Ration Book (1942); Fine Feathered Friend (1942); Chips
Off the Old Block (1942); The Bear and the Beavers (1942); Fraidy Cat (1942); The
Night Before Christmas (1941); The Rookie Bear (1941); The Flying Bear (1941); Officer
Pooch (1941); The Flying Bear (1941); The Midnight Snack (1941); The Alley Cat
(1941); Dance of the Weed (1941); The Goose Goes South (1941); Mrs. Ladybug
(1940); Gallopin' Gals (1940); The Bookworm Turns (1940); The Milky Way (1940);
Swing Social (1940); Home on the Range (1940); Puss Gets the Boot (1940); The
Fishing Bear (1940); Peace on Earth (1939); One Mother's Family (1939); The
Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939); Art Gallery (1939); Jitterbug Follies (1939); Merbabies
(1938); The Little Bantamweight (1938); Pipe Dreams (1938); Little Ol' Bosko in
Bagdad (1938); Little Buck Cheeser (1937); Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals
(1937); The Wayward Pups (1937); The Hound and the Rabbit (1937); Little Ol'
Bosko and the Pirates (1937); Bosko's Easter Eggs (1937); Swing Wedding (1937);
Circus Daze (1937); The Pups' Christmas (1936); Little Cheeser (1936); To
Spring (1936); The Pups' Picnic (1936); The Old House (1936); Two Little Pups
(1936); The Old Mill Pond (1936); The Early Bird and the Worm (1936); Bottles
(1936); Run Sheep, Run! (1935); Alias St. Nick (1935); Honeyland (1935); The
Old Plantation (1935); Barnyard Babies (1935); Poor Little Me (1935); The
Chinese Nightingale (1935); Good Little Monkeys (1935); The Calico Dragon
(1935); The Lost Chick (1935); When the Cat's Away (1935); Hey-Hey Fever (1935);
Toyland Broadcast (1934); The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934).
Born on this day – Irene Dunne:
Irene Dunne
Actress
December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990
Credits:
Saints and
Sinners (1962); General Electric Theater (1962); Insight (1962); Frontier
Circus (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Christophers (1958);
The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Schlitz
Playhouse (1952); It Grows on Trees (1952); The Mudlark (1950); Never a Dull
Moment (1950); I Remember Mama (1948); Life with Father (1947); Anna and the
King of Siam (1946); Over 21 (1945); Together Again (1944); The White Cliffs of
Dover (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); Lady in a Jam (1942); Unfinished Business
(1941); Penny Serenade (1941); My Favorite Wife (1940); When Tomorrow Comes
(1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Love Affair (1939); Joy of Living
(1938); The Awful Truth (1937); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Theodora Goes
Wild (1936); Show Boat (1936); Magnificent Obsession (1935); Roberta (1935); Sweet
Adeline (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Stingaree (1934); This Man Is Mine
(1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); The
Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); No Other Woman (1933); Thirteen Women (1932); Back
Street (1932); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Consolation Marriage (1931); The
Great Lover (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Cimarron
(1931); Leathernecking (1930).
Born on this day – Grace Gordon:
Grace Gordon
Actress
December 20, 1891 – date of death unknown
Credits:
3
Bad Men (1926); A Million Bid (1927); Affinities (1922); Butterflies in the
Rain (1926); Lone Hand Wilson (1920); Mind Over Motor (1923); Mrs. Balfame
(1917); Six Cylinder Love (1923); Spangles (1926); The College Kiddo (1927);
The College Widow (1927); The Godless Girl (1928); The Sea Squawk (1925); The
Two Twins (1923); The Unnamed Woman (1925); Those Who Dare (1924).
Recommended reading - Film Noir Reader (1996):
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Film Noir Reader
Edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini.
Published 1996.
Published by Limelight.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0879101970
ISBN-13: 978-0879101978
Description:
This bountiful anthology combines all the key
early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published
here for the first time. The collection is assembled by the editors of the Third
Edition of Film Noir: An Enclyclopedic Reference to the American Style, now
regarded as the standard work on the subject.
Elbert Hubbard, on being a writer and an introvert:
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
- Elbert Hubbard.
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