Sunday, February 1, 2026

Born on this day – Andrea King:


Andrea King


Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Helen Chandler:


Helen Chandler


Actress

February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965

Credits:

Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938); It's a Bet (1935); Radio Parade of 1935 (1934); Unfinished Symphony (1934); Midnight Alibi (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Alimony Madness (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Behind Jury Doors (1932); Vanity Street (1932); A House Divided (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); The Last Flight (1931); Salvation Nell (1931); Daybreak (1931); Dracula (1931); Mother's Cry (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Rough Romance (1930); The Sky Hawk (1929); Salute (1929); Mother's Boy (1929); The Joy Girl (1927); The Music Master (1927).

Born on this day – Clark Gable:


Clark Gable

Actor

February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960

Born on this day – John Ford:


John Ford


Director

Producer

Actor

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976); 7 Women (1965); Young Cassidy (1965); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Korea (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Last Hurrah (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mogambo (1953); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); What Price Glory (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); This Is Korea! (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Pinky (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Fireside Theatre (1949); 3 Godfathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); It's Your America (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Undercover (1944); German Industrial Manpower (1943); We Sail at Midnight (1943); December 7th (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); Torpedo Squadron (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Sex Hygiene (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Submarine Patrol (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); The Hurricane (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); The Informer (1935); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); Judge Priest (1934); The World Moves On (1934); The Lost Patrol (1934); Doctor Bull (1933); Pilgrimage (1933); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Brat (1931); The Seas Beneath (1931); Up the River (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); Salute (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Strong Boy (1929); Riley the Cop (1928); Napoleon's Barber (1928); Hangman's House (1928); Four Sons (1928); Mother Machree (1927); Upstream (1927); The Blue Eagle (1926); 3 Bad Men (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Fighting Heart (1925); Thank You (1925); Kentucky Pride (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Hearts of Oak (1924); The Iron Horse (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923); Cameo Kirby (1923); Three Jumps Ahead (1923); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); Silver Wings (1922); Little Miss Smiles (1922); Jackie (1921); Sure Fire (1921); Action (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); The Wallop (1921); The Freeze-Out (1921); The Big Punch (1921); Just Pals (1920); Hitchin' Posts (1920); The Girl in Number 29 (1920); The Prince of Avenue A (1920); Marked Men (1919); A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919); Rider of the Law (1919); Ace of the Saddle (1919); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919); The Last Outlaw (1919); Riders of Vengeance (1919); The Gun Packer (1919); Gun Law (1919); Bare Fists (1919); Rustlers (1919); By Indian Post (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); The Fighting Brothers (1919); Roped (1919); Three Mounted Men (1918); The Craving (1918); A Woman's Fool (1918); Hell Bent (1918); The Scarlet Drop (1918); Thieves' Gold (1918); Wild Women (1918); The Phantom Riders (1918); Bucking Broadway (1917); A Marked Man (1917); The Secret Man (1917); Straight Shooting (1917); Cheyenne's Pal (1917); The Soul Herder (1917); The Scrapper (1917); The Trail of Hate (1917); The Tornado (1917).

Victor Hugo, on writers:


A writer is a world trapped in a person.

- Victor Hugo.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):


Justified

Season 3. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Harlan Roulette.
Released January 31, 2012.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jeremy Davies, Jere Burns, Damon Herriman, Eric Ladin, James Le Gros, David Meunier, Peter Murnik, Kevin Rankin, Todd Stashwick, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mike Foy, Demetrius Grosse, Cleavon McClendon, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, Tate Ammons, Noel Arthur, Jonathan Kowalsky, Frederick Lawrence, Jesse Luken, Doug Sinclair, Patrick Robert Smith, Kevin Michael Walsh, Dwight V Coleman.

On this day in movie history - Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001):


Brotherhood of the Wolf

directed by Christophe Gans,
written by Christophe Gans and Stéphane Cabel,
was released in France on January 31, 2001.
Inspired by the true case of The Beast of Gévaudan,
that occurred in the Margeride Mountains of south-central France between 1764 and 1767.
Narrated by Jacques Perrin.
Music by Joseph LoDuca.


Cast:

Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jacques Perrin, Christian Marc, Karin Kriström, Philippe Nahon, Virginie Darmon, Vincent Cespedes, Hans Meyer, Jean-Paul Farré, Pierre Lavit, Eric Prat, Bernard Farcy, Edith Scob, Michel Puterflam, Jean Yanne, Jean-Loup Wolff, Jean-François Stévenin, Nicolas Vaude, Max Delor, Christian Adam, Jean-Pierre Jackson, Nicky Naudé, Daniel Herroin, Gaëlle Cohen, Virginie Arnaud, Charles Maquignon, Frankie Pain, Isabelle Le Nouvel, Albane Fioretti, Clarice Plasteig dit Caffou, Delphine Hivernet, Juliette Lamboley, Gaspard Ulliel, Pierre Castagne, Stéphane Pioffet, Eric Laffitte, Johan Leysen, Eric Delcourt, André Penvern, Bernard Fresson, Christelle Droy, Andres Fuentes, Nadine Marcovici, Jean-Claude Braquet, David Bogino, Emanuel Booz, François Hadji-Lazaro, Pascal Laugier, Olivier Colat-Parros, Guillaume Moure.