Born on this day – Winston Graham:

Winston Graham

Writer

June 30, 1908 – July 10, 2003

Born on this day – Anthony Mann:

Anthony Mann

Director

Actor

June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967

Born on this day – Glenda Farrell:

Glenda Farrell

Actress

June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971

Born on this day – Gertrude McCoy:

Gertrude McCoy

Actress

June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967

Credits:

A Fresh Air Romance (1912); A Gentleman's Gentleman (1913); A Good Sport (1913); A Letter to Uncle Sam (1913); A Lonely Road (1914); A Moment of Madness (1914); A Personal Affair (1912); A Real Helpmate (1914); A Royal Divorce (1923); A Baby's Shoe (1912); A Cowboy's Stratagem (1912); A Dangerous Lesson (1912); A Serenade by Proxy (1913); A Soldier's Duty (1912); A Tragedy of the Rails (1915); A Winter Visit to Central Park, New York City (1912); All for His Sake (1914); All on Account of a Portrait (1913); Always Tell Your Wife (1914 / 1923); An Almond-Eyed Maid (1913); An American King (1914); An Unwilling Separation (1913); Andy Plays Cupid (1914); Angel Esquire (1919); Animated Weekly, No. 78 (1917); Annie Crawls Upstairs (1912); Apple Pies (1912); Aunt Elsa's Visit (1913); Aunty and the Girls (1913); Burnt In (1920); Caste (1913); Castle of Dreams (1919); Chappy: That's All (1924); Children of the Night No. 1 (1925); Christie Johnstone (1921); Circumstances Make Heroes (1913); Curing the Office Boy (1912); Cynthia's Agreement (1912); Dick Potter's Wife (1914); Every Rose Has Its Stem (1912); Father's Bluff (1912); Friend Wilson's Daughter (1915); Gates of Divorce (1916); Greater Than Art (1915); Hard Cash (1913); Heartstrings (1923); Her Face (1912); Her Husband's Son (1915); Her Secretaries (1913); Heroes Three (1911); His Daughter (1912); His Daughter Pays (1918); His Enemy (1913); His Greatest Victory (1913); His Mother's Hope (1912); Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story (1912); How Did It Finish? (1913); How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (1911); How They Outwitted Father (1913); In Spite of All (1915); In the Garden (1913); In the Shadow of the Mountains (1913); Jack, the Giant Killer (1912); June Friday (1915); Kathleen Mavourneen (1913); Kitty at Boarding School (1912); Kitty's Holdup (1912); Lost: Three Hours (1912); Madame Sherry (1917); Men (1918); Mercy Merrick (1913); Mike's Hero (1911); Miriam Rozella (1924); Mutual Weekly, No. 131 (1917); Nelson (1926); Nets of Destiny (1924); Nora's Boarders (1913); On the Stroke of Twelve (1915); Peg o' the Movies (1913); Reginald's Courtship (1913); Revenge Is Sweet (1912); Sam's Kid (1922); Sheep's Clothing (1914); Tell Your Children (1922); That Winsome Winnie Smile (1911); The Artist's Joke (1912); The Auction Mart (1920); The Best Man (1914); The Birth of Our Saviour (1914); The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914); The Blue Bird (1918); The Brass Bowl (1914); The Cabaret Singer (1913); The Danger Mark (1918); The Diamond Man (1924); The Dream Fairy (1913); The Duke's Dilemma (1913); The Fairies' Banquet (1911); The Girl at the Key (1912 / 1915); The Girl Who Kept Books (1915); The Golden Dawn (1921); The Greed of Osman Bey (1913); The Hand of Iron (1914); The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek (1914); The House of the Lost Court (1915); The Impersonator (1914); The Isle of Love (1916); The Jam Closet (1912); The Kid from the Klondike (1911); The Lady in Furs (1925); The Lash of Destiny (1916); The Last of the Hargroves (1914); The Little Girl Next Door (1912); The Long and Short of It (1913); The Magistrate's Story (1915); The Man in the Street (1914); The Manicure Girl (1913); The Mountaineers (1913); The Mystery of the Glass Tubes (1914); The Mystery of the Ladder of Light (1914); The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (1914); The Mystery of the Sealed Art Gallery (1914); The Mystery of the Silver Snare (1914); The Mystery of West Sedgwick (1913); The New Partner (1914); The Non-Commissioned Officer (1912); The Office Boy's Birthday (1913); The One Hundred Dollar Elopement (1913); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Phantom Thief (1915); The Ploughshare (1915); The President's Special (1914); The Shadow on the Blind (1912); The Shattered Tree (1914); The Silent Witness (1917); The Sketch with the Thumb Print (1912); The Star Spangled Banner (1911); The Stenographer (1914); The Stolen Models (1913); The Stranger and the Taxicab (1912); The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1914); The Summer Girl (1911); The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923); The Title Cure (1913); The Translation of a Savage (1913); The Twin Brothers (1913); The Uncanny Mr. Gumble (1914); The Usurer's Grip (1912); The Usurper (1919); The Vanishing Cracksman (1913); The Wife Whom God Forgot (1920); The Witness to the Will (1914); The Workman's Lesson (1912); Through Turbulent Waters (1915); To Him That Hath (1918); Under False Colors (1912); United in Danger (1914); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Very Much Engaged (1912); Was She Guilty? (1922); What Could She Do (1914); When the Cartridges Failed (1914); Winnie's Dance (1912); Winsome Winnie's Way (1913).

Born on this day – Rose Tapley:

Rose Tapley

Actress

June 30, 1881 – February 23, 1956

Credits:

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912); A Game of Cards (1913); A Gentleman of Fashion (1913); A Heart of the Forest (1913); A Home Melody (1910); A Juvenile Love Affair (1912); A Marriage of Convenience (1912); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); A Modern Psyche (1913); A Regiment of Two (1913); A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (1911); A Story of the Circus (1912); An Easter Lily (1914); An Infernal Tangle (1913); As You Like It (1912); Better Days (1913); Breaking In (1915); Britton of the Seventh (1916); Buddy's Downfall (1914); Buddy's First Call (1914); Bunny for the Cause (1913); Clara Bow in It (1927) (1927); Conscience (1912); Coronets and Hearts (1912); Cupid Versus Money (1914); Dick, the Dead Shot (1913); Every Inch a Man (1912); Eve's Daughter (1914); Fate's Awful Jest (1912); Father and Son: or, the Curse of the Golden Land (1913); Fires of Driftwood (1911); Fogg's Millions (1914); Foraging (1911); Fortunes of a Composer (1912); Fortune's Turn (1913); God's Great Wilderness (1927); Happy-Go-Lucky (1914); He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law (1913); He Never Knew (1914); Hearts Ablaze (1915); Hearts and the Highway (1915); Her Choice (1912); Her Majesty (1922); Heredity (1915); Heroes of the Mutiny (1911); Hesper of the Mountains (1916); His Father's Son (1912); His First Command (1929); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); His Sister's Children (1911); His Tired Uncle (1913); His Wife's Secret (1911); Husks (1916); Ida's Christmas (1912); In the Garden Fair (1912); In the Land of Arcadia (1914); In the Philippines; or, by the Campfire's Flicker (1911); Java Head (1923); Jimmie's Job (1911); Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915); Love at Gloucester Port (1911); Marrying Sue (1914); Memories That Haunt (1914); Miser Murray's Wedding Present (1914); Mixed Identities (1913); Morganson's Finish (1926); Mr. Bingle's Melodrama (1914); Mr. Horatio Sparkins (1913); Mr. Jack Goes Into Business (1916); Mr. Jack Hires a Stenographer (1916); Mr. Jack, Doctor by Proxy (1916); Mr. Jack's Artistic Sense (1916); Mr. Jack's Hat and the Cat (1916); Mr. Jarr and Circumstantial Evidence (1915); Mr. Jarr and Gertrude's Beaux (1915); Mr. Jarr and Love's Young Dream (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Captive Maiden (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Dachshund (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Ladies' Cup (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Visiting Firemen (1915); Mr. Jarr Brings Home a Turkey (1915); Mr. Jarr Takes a Night Off (1915); Mr. Jarr Visits His Home Town (1915); Mr. Jarr's Big Vacation (1915); Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Beauty Treatment (1915); Mrs. Jarr and the Society Circus (1915); Mrs. Jarr's Auction Bridge (1915); My Official Wife (1914); Nemesis! (1912); Nocturne in E-Flat (1914); On Her Wedding Day (1912); On the Pupil of His Eye (1912); One Can't Always Tell (1913); One Flag at Last (1911); Out of the Past (1927); Paris Bound (1929); Philanthropic Tommy (1915); Resurrection (1931); Rip Van Winkle (1912); Rose of the South (1916); Sam's Sweetheart (1915); Seeing Double (1913); Sex Madness (1934); Shadows of the Past (1914); Shadows of the Past (1919); Song Bird of the North (1913); Song of the Shell (1912); Sonny Jim in Search of a Mother (1914); Sunshine and Shadows (1914); Susie to Susanne (1912); Susie, the Sleuth (1916); The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912); The Adventure of the Thumb Print (1912); The Awakening of Jones (1912); The Barrel Organ (1914); The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918); The Black Sheep (1912); The Black Wall (1912); The Blind Miner (1912); The Butterfly (1914); The Cave Man (1912); The Charlatan (1929); The Chattel (1916); The Christian (1914); The Conquest of Constantia (1915); The Counts (1912); The Dawning (1912); The Delayed Letter (1913); The Diver (1913); The Flower of the Hills (1915); The French Spy (1912); The Freshet (1911); The Gossip (1911); The Heart of Esmeralda (1912); The Heart of the King's Jester (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); The Hobo's Redemption (1912); The House on the Hill (1914); The Idler (1914); The Illumination (1912); The Jarr Family Discovers Harlem (1915); The Jarrs Visit Arcadia (1915); The Knight Before Christmas (1914); The Lady and the Glove (1913); The Lady of the Lighthouse (1915); The Light That Failed (1912); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Man Who Knew (1914); The Men Haters' Club (1910); The Midget's Romance (1913); The Money Kings (1912); The Moulding (1913); The Next Generation (1913); The Old Doll (1911); The Old Silver Watch (1912); The Pony Express (1925); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); The Red Ink Tragedy (1912); The Redeeming Sin (1925); The Reward of Thrift (1914); The Scarlet Honeymoon (1925); The Secret Seven (1916); The Serpents (1912); The Silver Cigarette Case (1913); The Spirit of Christmas (1913); The Still Voice (1913); The Stronger Sex (1913); The Tables Turned (1913); The Telephone (1910); The Unforgiven (1915); The Unusual Honeymoon (1912); The Victoria Cross (1912); The Way of the Cross (1909); The Wonderful Statue (1913); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1912); Three Black Bags (1913); Tommy's Sister (1912); Under the Make-Up (1913); Underneath the Paint (1914); Vanity Fair (1911); War (1911); When Bobby Forgot (1913); Where the Money Went (1912); Who Killed Joe Merrion? (1915); Wild Pat (1912).

Mary Higgins Clark, on writing:

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite.

My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

- Mary Higgins Clark.

On this day in movie history - War of the Worlds (2005 movie & novel):

War of the Worlds

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp,

based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells,

was released in the United States on June 29, 2005.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, Roz Abrams, Michael Brownlee, Camillia Monet, Marlon Young, John Eddins, Peter Gerety, David Harbour, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, January LaVoy, Stephen Gevedon, Julie White, Marianne Ebert, Rafael Sardina, Amy Ryan, Erika LaVonn, Christopher Evan Welch, John Michael Bolger, Zoe Quist, Ana Maria Quintana, Lorelei Llee, Mark Manley, John Scurti, Becky Ann Baker, Mariann Mayberry, Jerry Walsh, Tommy Guiffre, Daniel Franzese, Ed Schiff, Ellen Barry, Amy Hohn, Dan Ziskie, David Conley, Daniel Eric Gold, Booker T. Washington, Eric Zuckerman, Daniel A. Jacobs, Asha R. Nanavati, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Dendrie Taylor, James DuMont, Ben Ciaramello, Ricky Luna, Columbus Short, Kent Faulcon, Kevin Collins, Terry Thomas, Clay Bringhurst, Jorge-Luis Pallo, Suanne Spoke, Kirsten Nelson, Melody Garrett, Lauri Johnson, Takayo Fischer, Shanna Collins, Elizabeth Jayne Hong, Art Chudabala, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Dempsey Pappion, Chris Todd, Johnny Kastl, Juan Carlos Hernández, Bruce W. Derdoski Jr., John N. Morales.

Recommended reading:

The War of the Worlds

By H.G. Wells

First published 1898.

ISBN 10: 0451522761
ISBN 13: 9780451522764

Description:

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own....

So begins The War of the Worlds, the science fiction classic that first proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and has enthralled readers for generations. This compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of earth. When huge, tireless creatures land in England, complete chaos erupts. Using their fiery heat rays and crushing strength, the aliens just may succeed in silencing all opposition. Is life on earth doomed? Will mankind survive? A timeless view of a universe turned upside down, The War of the Worlds is an ingenious and imaginative look into the possibilities of the future and the secrets yet to be revealed.