Thursday, December 25, 2025

On this day in movie history - T-Men (1947):


T-Men

directed by Anthony Mann,
written by John C. Higgins,
based on a story by Virginia Kellogg,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell.


Cast:

Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Anton Kosta, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman, John Wengraf, Jim Bannon, William Malten.

Born on this day, John Capodice:


John Capodice


Actor

Producer

December 25, 1941 – December 30, 2024

Credits:

10th & Wolf (2006); A Family X-mas (2003); A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994); A Month of Sundays (2001); A Wake in Providence (1999); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1995); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Angel (1999); Another World (1987); As the World Turns (1989); At Face Value (1999); Blasphemy the Movie (2001); Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993); Blossom (1991); Blue Steel (1990); Boy Meets World (1994); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Capital News (1990); Carolina (2003); Cattle Call (2006); Chain of Command (2000); Chicago Sons (1997); Civil Wars (1991–1992); Conversation with Mobster (2024); Cooperstown (1993); Cousin Skeeter (1999); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007–2008); Damon (1998); Dark Room Theater (2009); Dead Last (2001); Desert Rose (2002); Detention (2010); Diagnosis Murder (1996–1999); Dilemma (1997); Double Bang (2001); Dragnet (2003); Dream On (1994); El Coyote (2019); Ellen (1997); Enemy of the State (1998); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Executive Power (1997); Eye Wide Open (2010); Family Business (1989); Family Prayers (1993); Fever (1991); Follow Your Heart (1999); Frank and Ava (2020); General Hospital (1994–1995); George & Leo (1998); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); Hoods (1998); Hunter (1990); I Think I Want Out (2011); Independence Day (1996); Internal Affairs (1988); Internal Affairs (1990); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Jesus, Mary and Joey (2005); Johnny Garage (1983); Kate & Allie (1988); Kiss of a Stranger (1998); Knit Wits (2004); Knots Landing (1990); L.A. Law (1992); Last Call (2012); Law & Order (1990); LAX (2005); Leave My Flowers Alone (2012); Leaving L.A. (1997); Living Single (1994); Lookwell (1991); Lost Angelas (2019); Mad About You (1995); Mafia II (2010); Malcolm & Eddie (1998); Melrose Place (1992); Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994); Miami or Bust: A Hoboken Bet (2012); Michael Hayes (1998); Monk (2008); Monty (2013); Moonlighting (1989); Murder One (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Nick & Hillary (1988); Not For Nothin' (2018); Nothin' Goes Right (1988); NYPD Blue (1993); Office Politics (2010); Out of the Black (2001); Percy & Thunder (1993); Pizza with Bullets (2010); Point of No Return (1993); Price of Glory (2000); Private Sessions (1985); Providence (1999); Q&A (1990); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Ringmaster (1998); Rockabye (1986); Route 66 (1993); Rude Awakening (2001); Rush It (1978); Ryan's Hope (1978); See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989); Seinfeld (1991); Shaky Ground (1992); Sharkskin (2015); Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004); Simon Says (2000); Sinatra! Eternity (2025); Sirens (1993); Sisters (1995); Six Feet Under (2001); Speed (1994); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Spike of Bensonhurst (1988); Starting from Scratch (1988); Stone (2025); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023); That's Life (2002); The Amati Girls (2000); The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997); The Children of Times Square (1986); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987); The Defectors (2001); The Doors (1991); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986); The Equalizer (1985); The Evil Inside Me (1993); The Hard Way (1991); The Heart of Justice (1992); The Man in the Family (1991); The Misery Brothers (1995); The Phantom (1996); The Practice (1999); The Scout (1994); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Specialists (1992); The Streetsweeper (2002); The Water Engine (1992); The Wayans Bros. (1995); The West Wing (2001); The White Gorilla (1997); Three (1998); To Love, Honor and Deceive (1996); Total Security (1997); Trial by Jury (1994); True Blood (1989); True Friends (1998); Wall Street (1987); Wedding Bell Blues (1996); Will & Grace (1999); With Friends Like These (1998); Without a Trace (2009); Wizards of Waverly Place (2008).

Born on this day – Dick Miller:


Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019

Born on this day – Irish McCalla:


Irish McCalla


Actress

Artist

December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hands of a Stranger (1962); Five Bold Women (1960); Five Gates to Hell (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); She Demons (1958); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956).

Born on this day – Maritta M. Wolff:


Maritta M. Wolff


Writer

December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002

Credits:

Books:

Whistle Stop (1941); Night shift (1942); About Lyddy Thomas (1947); Back of Town (1953); Buttonwood (1962); The Big Nickelodeon (1963); Sudden Rain (2005).

Movies and television:

The Man I Love (1946); Whistle Stop (1946).

Born on this day – Helen Twelvetrees:


Helen Twelvetrees


Actress

December 25, 1908 – February 13, 1958

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Woman of Experience (1931); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Bad Company (1931); Blue Skies (1929); Boo! (1932); Century of Cinema (1996); Complicated Women (2003); Disgraced (1933); Don't Call Me Girlie (1985); Frisco Waterfront (1935); Her Man (1930); Hollywood Round-Up (1937); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Is My Face Red? (1932); King for a Night (1933); Millie (1931); My Woman (1933); Now I'll Tell (1934); One Hour Late (1934); Panama Flo (1932); Persons in Hiding (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); She Gets Her Man (1935); She Was a Lady (1934); State's Attorney (1932); Swing High (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Ghost Talks (1929); The Grand Parade (1930); The Painted Desert (1931); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935); Thoroughbred (1936); Times Square Lady (1935); Unashamed (1932); Unmarried (1939); Words and Music (1929); Young Bride (1932).

Born on this day – Lewis Allen:


Lewis Allen

Director

December 25, 1905 – May 3, 2000