Born on this day – Lulu Roman:

Lulu Roman

Comedian

Singer

Writer

May 6, 1946 – April 23, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Kitchen Komforts: Fabulous Comfort Food Recipes and Inspiring Short Stories to Nourish the Body and Soul (2023); LuLu (1978); This Is My Story; This Is My Song (2019).

Albums:

At Last (2012); Hymns That Light My Way (1986); Hymns, Promises, and Praises (1997); Lulu: Inspired (2001); Orphan Girl (2005); Seven Times (2009); Take Me There (1985); There's A New Kid In Town (2009); You Were Loving Me (1984).

Songs:

Amazing Grace; At Last; Best Friend; Buildin' up the Wall; Daystar; Do You Know How To Fly; Failure Isn't Final; Fever; Giver of the Light; He Looked Beyond My Fault; He Was There All the Time; How Great Thou Art; In My Life; In the Presence of Jehovah; Intimate Expression; King of Who I Am; Leavin' on Your Mind; Mizpah; On The Battlefield; One Day At a Time; Orphan Girl; Precious Lord, Take My Hand; Seven Times; Summertime; Surely the Presence of the Lord; That's The Man I'm Looking For; The King Of Who I Am; The Old Church House; There's A New Kid In Town; Train Bound For Glory; Victory In Jesus; You Needed Me.

Movies and television:

14th Annual Music City News Awards (1980); City Confidential (1998); Cookin' It Up with Lulu (2013); Corky (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2007); Gaither's Pond (1999); Hee Haw (1969–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978-1979); Kings Gold (1993); Rare Southern Gospel Singing Celebration (2010); Rivers of Joy (1998); The Anita Bryant Spectacular (1980); The Award Goes to: A Look Back at the Legends (2010); The Jim Bakker Show (2006); The Love Boat (1983); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1976); Touched by an Angel (2001); Vicki! (1994); Whipoorwhill Nest (2014).

Born on this day – Edward M. Abroms:

Edward M. Abroms

Director

Editor

May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018

Credits:

A Look Back at 'Cohen & Tate' (2013); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend' (2004); Apple's Way (1975); Archer (1975); Berlin Affair (1970); Blue Thunder (1983); Cannon (1975); Cherry 2000 (1987); CHiPs (1977); Cohen and Tate (1988); Columbo (1971–1990); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978–1979); Dial Hot Line (1970); Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979); Doc Elliot (1974); Doctors' Hospital (1975–1976); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Ellery Queen (1975 / 1976); Florida Straits (1986); Get Christie Love! (1974); Glory Days (1988); Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992); Griff (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Kojak (1976–1978); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Man from Atlantis (1977); McMillan & Wife (1973); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Sweet Charlie (1970); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Gallery (1969 / 1973); Nightlife (1989); One Special Victory (1991); Payoff (1991); Plain Clothes (1988); Police Story (1973–1975); Ransom for a Dead Man (1971); Salvage 1 (1979); Savage (1973); Street Fighter (1994); Switch (1976); T.N.T. (1997); Taking the Heat (1993); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); That Certain Summer (1972); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The Chisholms (1980); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Executioner's Song (1982); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972); The Guardian (1984); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Impatient Heart (1971); The Impostor (1975); The Jewel of the Nile (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Virginian (1970); Untamed Frontier (1967); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Lianella Carell:

Lianella Carell

Actress

Writer

May 6, 1927 – December 22, 2000

Credits:

At Free Woman (1954); It Happened at the Penitentiary (1955); Always Victorious (1958); Love and trouble (1958); Bandits in Rome (1968); Welcome Reverend! (1950); Bicycle Thieves (1948); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); Carnal Circuit (1969); Things to do Pazzi (1954); Desiderio 'e sole (1954); Sunday in (1986); Genoese Dragnet (1952); Gli zitelloni (1958); Hola Raffaella (1993); The Little Glassmaker (1955); Neapolitan Letter (1954); Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966); Raffaella Carrá Show (1988); Ragazze da marito (1952); Groundhog Day (1990–1991); Scandal in the Family (1975); SuperTotò (1980); The Counterfeiters (1951); The Forbidden Christ (1951); The Gold of Naples / Il guappo (1954); A Woman Killed (1952); Long live cinema! (1952); Long live the magazine! (1953).

Born on this day – Adriana Caselotti:

Adriana Caselotti

Actress

Singer

Voice-over artist

May 6, 1916 – January 18, 1997

Credits:

A Gift of Music (1981); Animation Lookback (2009); Animation/Film/TV Show Lookback (2009); Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969); Business as Usual (1978); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Disney Princess Sing-Along Songs: Volume 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005); Disney Sing-Along Songs: 101 Notes of Fun (1989); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1997); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho (1987); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy (1996); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986); Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001); Documentary Now! (2016); Donald's Off Day (1944); Donald's Ostrich (1937); Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Modern Inventions (1937); Moviewatch (1994); Naughty Marietta (1935); Pretty Little Liars (2016); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snow White SCANDAL! Rachel Zegler PAST EXPOSED! Disney Out?! (2023); The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (1993); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Disney Family Album (1985); The Fairest of Them All (1983); The Julie Andrews Hour (1972); The Magical World of Disney (1977 / 1981); The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); We Were Dancing (1942).

Born on this day – Orson Welles:

Orson Welles

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985

Credits:

12 + 1 (1969); A Estrela Sobe (1974); A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018); A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970); A Huey P. Newton Story (2001); A King's Story (1965); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Safe Place (1971); A Step Away (1980); A Vermelha Luz do Bandido (2009); A Woman Called Moses (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1975); Above San Francisco (1973); According to Occam's Razor (1999); Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1983); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); Alan Yentob Remembers... Orson Welles (2024); Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014); lien Autopsy: The Search for Answers (2021); Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024); Almonds and Raisins (1984); Amazon (1985); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (1996–2013); American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); An Arabian Night (1960); An Evening with Orson Welles: Chesterton Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Clarence Darrow Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Socrates Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Wodehouse Speeches (1972); Ancient Aliens (2010–2018); Angels of Mercy (1940); Apple Jack (2003); Arena (1982–1983); Arena (1995–2016); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Around the World with Orson Welles (1955); Arsenal (1986); As Long as He Lives (1998); Aux arts et cætera (2022); Barbed Water (1969); Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982); Battle for Survival (1946); Beer and Board Games (2011 / 2018); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Billie (2019); Biography (1963 / 1995); Black Magic (1949); Bloopers from 'Star Trek' and 'Laugh-In' (1983); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2015); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Brasil (1981); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Brunnen (2005); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Butterfly (1981); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983); Carrefour (1955); Casino Royale (1967); Catch-22 (1970); Cerné par le diable (2019); Chillerama / Zom-B-Movie (2011); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Cinéma cinémas / Welles déjeune avec la critique (1982); Cinema Komunisto (2010); Cinépanorama (1959); Cinq colonnes à la une (1960); Citizen Kane (1941); Citizen Kane Trailer (1940); Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000); Citizen Vader (2014); Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022); Colgate Theatre (1958); Compression (2023–2024); Compulsion (1959); Confidential Report (1955); Continental (1989); Crack in the Mirror (1960); Crónicas fantásticas (1974); Dahmer vs. Gacy (2010); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012); David and Goliath (1960); De 7 Dødssyndene (2007); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Garagiola (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Der große Atlantik (1963); Désordre (1950); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Dinah! (1976–1978); Directed by John Ford (1971); Disorder Is 20 Years Old (1967); Dissent (2011); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983–1985); Don Quixote (1992); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Druga strana Wellesa (2005); Duel in the Sun (1946); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Edge of Outside (2006); Eisenbahn-Romantik (2017); Embers & Dust (2016); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Enquête sur les OVNIs (2004); E-penser (2015); Ésotérisme expérimental (1976); España, plató de cine (2009); F for Fake (1973); F for favor (2008); Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (1968); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); FilmComicsExplained (2022); Filmfestspiele Cannes 1959 (1959); Filming 'Othello' (1978); Filming 'the Trial' (1981); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Follow the Boys (1944); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (1973); Freedom River (1971); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Future Shock (1972); Geheimnisvolle Stadt (2015); Genocide (1982); Get Shorty (1995); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997); Halston in Halston (2019); Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014); Heart of the Festival (2002); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); Hi-Fi (1999); High Journey (1959); History of the World: Part I (1981); History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016); Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hopper/Welles (2020); Horror Business (2007); Hot Money (1986); Hot Tomorrows (1977); House of Cards (1968); I Love Lucy (1956); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); In Our Hands (1983); Incident at Barstow (2011); Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970); Is It Real? (2007); Is Paris Burning? (1966); It Happened One Christmas (1977); It's All True (1943 / 1983); It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993); It's pretty, but Is It Art? (2023); I've Got a Secret (1956); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Jane Eyre (1943); Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur (2008); Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018); Jeopardy! (2006); Journey Into Fear (1943); Jucy (2010); Just Henry (2011); Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969); Kelly Country (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); King of Kings (1961); King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983); La classe américaine (1993); La isla del tesoro (1965); La nuit des Césars (1982); La otra sala: Clásicos (2016); La ricotta (1963); Lafayette (1962); L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2000); L'antre du Mea (2013); L'antre du Mea (2017); Late Show London (1966); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015–2024); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2021); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Les Nuits de France Culture (2013); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (2007); Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lost in La Mancha (2002); Lost in the Thinking (2005); Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022); Lucifer et moi (2008); L'uomo la bestia e la virtù (1953); Macbeth - Power and Corruption (Polanski's the Tragedy of Macbeth) (1973); Macbeth (1948); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Magnum, P.I. (1981–1984); Man in the Shadow (1957); Marco the Magnificent (1965); Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981); Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998); Masters of the Congo Jungle (1958); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Mob on the Run (1987); Moby Dick - Rehearsed (1965); Moby Dick (1956); Moby Dick (2000); Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955); Modern Marvels (1999); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Monitor (1960–1963); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Moonlighting (1985); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021–2022); Mystères d'archives (2011); Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978); Napoleon (1955); NASA's Unexplained Files (2019); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); National Geographic Specials (1965–1966); NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (1977); NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look, Part Two (1978); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Necromancy (1972); Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964); Night Gallery / Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Ninja the Mission Force (2012); No Exit (1962); Northern Exposure (1990); Not Fade Away (2012); Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981); O.W. Kenosha (2009); Oedipus the King (1968); Omnibus (1953 / 1972); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); One Man Band (1999); Orson Welles - das vermarktete Genie (1975); Orson Welles (1975); Orson Welles and People (1956); Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000); Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina (1958); Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote (2000); Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer (1976); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974); Orson Welles in Orson Welles à la cinémathèque (1983); Orson Welles in Spain (1966); Orson Welles in The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1975); Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985); Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995); Orson Welles: The Paris Interview (1960); Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992); Othello (1951); Out of Darkness (1956); Panorama (2020); Paradise Garden (1974); Pariser Journal (1962); Parkinson (1971–1973); Parkinson at 50 (2021); Parkinson: The Interviews (1995); Passage to Mars (2016); Paul Masson: Orson Welles, No Wine Before It's Time (1980); Person to Person (1955); Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022); Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (1998); Plunder (1965 / 1991); Portrait of a Killer (1949); Portrait: Orson Welles (1968); Pour le plaisir (1965); Press Conference (1955); Prime Times (1983); Prince of Foxes (1949); Prodigal Sons (2008); Pulp Cinema (2001); Real Heroes (1981); Reflets de Cannes (1958–1966); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Return to Glennascaul (1952); Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975); Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977); Rita (2003); Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990); Ro.Go.Pa.G. / La ricotta (1963); Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts (1967); Rosabella: la storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993); Rotten (2019); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Scene of the Crime (1984–1985); Schwierigkeiten beim Zeigen der Wahrheit? (1966); Search for the Titanic (1981); Searching for Orson (2006); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Sentinels of Silence (1971); Shadowing the Third Man (2004); Shakespeare Uncovered (2012–2015); Shindig! (1965); Shogun (1980); Show-Business at War (1943); Shut Up Little Man (2011); Shylock (2001); Sight & Sound & Time (2023); Sightings (1995); Silent Times (2018); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (1970); Someone to Love (1987); South Seas Adventure (1958); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Stan Lee in Stan Lee (2023); Stars and Stripes (1990); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Survival (1975); Swiss Family Robinson (1940); Tales from the Territories (2022); Tales of the Klondike (1981); Talking Pictures (2013); Tanks (1942); Tempo (1961–1965); Ten Days That Shook the World (1967); Ten Days Wonder (1971); Ten Little Indians (1974); Tepepa (1969); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1982); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Battle of Neretva (1969); The Battle of Sutjeska (1973); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998); The Bible in the Beginning... (1966); The Big Brass Ring (1997); The Biggest Battle (1978); The Black Rose (1950); The Brother Side of the Wake (2022); The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles (1973); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The David Frost Show (1970); The Day That Panicked America (2005); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1984); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Show (1967–1971); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Deep (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1973); The Double McGuffin (1979); The Dreamers (1982); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Eleven Powers: The Festival of Eka Dasa Rudra (1979); The Enchanted Journey (1981); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The Finest Hours (1964); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The First 40 Years (1980); The Force Beyond (1977); The Grand Illusion / Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Depression (1998); The Greatest Adventure--the Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (1983); The Greatest Film on Earth: Volume 2 - Planet Mars (1988); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Green Goddess (1939); The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles (1980); The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) (2022); The Hearts of Age (1934 / 1997); The Herb Shriner Show (1956); The Heroine (1967); The Hitch Hiker (2004); The Hitchhiker (2007); The Immortal Story (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kremlin Letter (1970); The Lady from Shanghai (1947); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Last of the Wild Mustangs (1972); The Last Roman (1968); The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984); The Late Great Planet Earth (1978); The Legend of Doom House (1971); The Levin Interview (1967); The Lions of Capitalism (1977); The Little World of Don Camillo (1952); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Magic History of Cinema (2017); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (2002); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972); The Man Who Pursued Rosebud: William Alland on His Career in Theatre and Film (2012); The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971–1972); The Merchant of Venice (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1985); The Miracle of St. Anne (1950); The Moviemakers (1984); The Movies (2019); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Deal for Artists (1976); The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979); The Originals (2005); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2002); The Perfect Moment (1978); The Psychic Connection (1983); The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982); The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021); The Road to Bresson (1984); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967); The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980); The Silent Years (1971); The Sixties (2014); The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005); The South Bank Show (1988–2004); The Southern Star (1969); The Spanish Earth (1937); The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); The Story of Samba (1943); The Stranger (1946); The Tartars (1961); The Third Man (1949); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1976–1992); The Touristic Revolution (2014); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Trial (1962); The UFO Conspiracy (2004); The Ultimate Film (2004); The Universal Story (1996); The Universe (2007); The V.I.P.s (1963); The Vikings (1958); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981); The Way to Santiago (1998); The Welles Raft (2019); The World About Us (1968); Thèmes et variations du cinéma (1969); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Francis X. Bushman (2021); This Is Orson Welles (2015); This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (1981); Three Cases of Murder / Lord Mountdrago (1954); Tim May Presents Reptile (2014); Timeshift (2015); To Build a Fire (1969); To Try Again... and Succeed (1979); Today (1980–1985); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975 / 1979); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Too Much Johnson (1938); Touch of Evil (1958); Travel with Jack and Kitty: The Podcast (2023); Treasure Island (1965); Treasure Island (1972); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Trent's Last Case (1952); Trick or Treats (1982); Trouble in the Glen (1954); Tudo É Brasil (1997); Tut: The Boy King (1978); Twelfth Night (1933); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two Wise Old Men: Socrates and Noah (1972); UFO Files (2005); UFO: Down to Earth (1997); UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997); Underwelles (1975); Une légende, une vie (1974); Unexplained Mysteries / The Curse of a Hollywood Icon (2003); Upon This Rock (1970); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972 / 1974); Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Variations on a High School Romance (2010); Vienna (1968); Vive le cinéma! (1972); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Wagner e Venezia (1982); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Washes Whiter (1990); Waterloo (1970); Waxwork (1988); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2015); Welles and Hearst (1996); Welles Angels (2007); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); What's My Line? (1958); Where Are All the UFO's? (1996); Where Is Parsifal? (1984); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Who's Out There? (1975); Wide World of Entertainment (1963); With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990); Wolfgang (2021); Working with Orson Welles (1993); World of Magic (1982); Your Name Here (2015); Zero Listillos: Leonardo Raya (2013); Zweig: A Morte em Cena (1995).

Born on this day – Lucien Ballard:

Lucien Ballard

Cinematographer

May 6, 1908 – October 1, 1988

Credits:

A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Nag in the Bag (1938); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Time for Dying (1969); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Al Capone (1959); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Anna Lucasta (1958); Arruza (1972); Back to the Woods (1937); Band of Angels (1957); Beloved Bachelor (1931); Berlin Express (1948); Big Executive (1933); Black Saddle (1960); Blind Alley (1939); Blonde Venus (1932); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Bomber's Moon (1943); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Cash and Carry (1937); City of Fear (1959); Coast Guard (1939); Cold Turkey (1940); Craig's Wife (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Curves (1929); Dear Brigitte (1965); Desire in the Dust (1960); Devil's Playground (1937); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Drum (1976); Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law (1963); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Flat Foot Stooges (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Noon Till Three (1976); Girls Can Play (1937); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Highway Patrol (1938); Holy Matrimony (1943); Home on the Rage (1938); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I Married a Woman (1958); I Promise to Pay (1937); I Take This Woman (1931); Inferno (1953); Junior Bonner (1972); L'académie des 9 (1982); Lady Ice (1973); Laura (1944); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Life Begins with Love (1937); Love Me Tonight (1932); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Monte Carlo (1930); Moontide (1942); Morocco (1930); Murder by Contract (1958); My Kingdom for... (1995); Nevada Smith (1966); New Faces (1954); Night Song (1947); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Census, No Feeling (1940); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour with You (1932); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outside These Walls (1939); Pay or Die! (1960); Penitentiary (1938); Prince Valiant (1954); Rabbit Test (1978); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Return of the Texan (1952); Ride the High Country (1962); Rio Grande (1938); Roustabout (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962); Seven Cities of Gold (1955); South of the Boudoir (1940); Squadron of Honor (1938); St. Ives (1976); Susan Slade (1961); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Temptation (1946); Texas Stampede (1939); The 33rd (1959); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Final Hour (1936); The Getaway (1972); The Glory Brigade (1953); The Hawaiians (1970); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killing (1956); The King and Four Queens (1956); The King Steps Out (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938); The Love Parade (1929); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1961); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Interns (1964); The Nightshirt Bandit (1938); The Outlaw (1943); The Parent Trap (1961); The Party (1968); The Proud Ones (1956); The Raid (1954); The Rifleman (1963); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Shadow (1937); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Thundering West (1939); The Undying Monster (1942); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Bunch (1969); This Is the Night (1932); This Love of Ours (1945); Thomasine & Bushrod (1974); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three the Hard Way (1974); Tonight We Raid Calais (1943); True Grit (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938); Wall of Noise (1963); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Whispering Ghosts (1942); White Feather (1955); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Will Penny (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); Zorro (1960).

John Steinbeck, on inspiration and writing:

Ideas are like rabbits.

You get a couple and learn how to handle them,

and pretty soon you have a dozen.

- John Steinbeck.