Born on this day – Barbara Stanwyck:

Barbara Stanwyck

Actress

Dancer

July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990

Born on this day – Richard "Hacksaw" Harney:

Richard “Hacksaw” Harney

Blues guitarist

Pianist

July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973

Credits:

Songs:

12 Pound Rag #2; Adelphi Ramble; Butcher Shop Blues; Can Can; Doggone My Good Luck Soul; Five Foot Two; Hacksaw’s Down South Blues; He's Coming Soon; Home Skeen Ball; Laughing Pallet; Little Rock Blues; Little Rock Blues II; Oh Red; Ragtime Blues; Sunnyland Train Blues; Sweet Man; The Delta Eagle; Twelve Pound Daddy.

Albums:

Hacksaw's Down South Blues (1971); Sunnyland Train Blues (1971); Sweet Man (1972); The Crowing Rooster (2001).

Born on this day – Mary Philbin:

Mary Philbin

Actress

July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993

Credits:

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Model Messenger (1922); After the Fog (1930); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Danger Ahead! (1921); Drums of Love (1928); False Kisses (1921); Fashion News (1930); Fifth Avenue Models (1925); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools Highway (1924); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); His First Job (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Horrors (2018); Hollywood Story (1951); Human Hearts (1922); Life in Hollywood No. 3 / 4 (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); Merry-Go-Round (1923); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); No Clothes to Guide Him (1921); Once to Every Boy (1922); Penrod and Sam (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006); Port of Dreams (1928); Red Courage (1921); Stella Maris (1925); Sure Fire (1921); Surrender (1927); The Age of Desire (1923); The Blazing Trail (1921); The City of Stars (1924); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Performance (1929); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Rose of Paris (1924); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trouper (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); Twelve Hours to Live (1921); Where Is This West? (1923).

Born on this day – Leon Shamroy (1974):

Leon Shamroy

Cinematographer

Director

July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974

Credits:

Arnie (1970); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Justine (1969); Skidoo (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Caprice (1967); One Chance (1966); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Cardinal (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); North to Alaska (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); The Blue Angel (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Porgy and Bess (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Bravados (1958); South Pacific (1958); Desk Set (1957); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The King and I (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); The Egyptian (1954); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); The Robe (1953); White Witch Doctor (1953); The Girl Next Door (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); Tonight We Sing (1953); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); With a Song in My Heart (1952); David and Bathsheba (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Two Flags West (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); That Lady in Ermine (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Forever Amber (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); State Fair (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Greenwich Village (1944); Wilson (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); Claudia (1943); Stormy Weather (1943); Crash Dive (1943); The Black Swan (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Down Argentine Way (1940); Four Sons (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); I Was an Adventuress (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); Second Fiddle (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Man's Paradise (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); Broadway (1937); She Asked for It (1937); The Great Gambini (1937); Her Husband Lies (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Wedding Present (1936); Spendthrift (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); She Couldn't Take It (1935); She Married Her Boss (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Private Worlds (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Good Dame (1934); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); The Mystic Hour (1933); A Strange Adventure (1932); Stowaway (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Alma de Gaucho (1930); The Telltale Heart (1928); Bitter Sweets (1928); Out with the Tide (1928); The Last Moment (1928); Land of the Lawless (1927); Hidden Aces (1927); Tongues of Scandal (1927); The Trunk Mystery (1926); Lightning Hutch (1926); Pirates of the Sky (1926).

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

The urge to convert experience into a group of words

that are in a grammatical relation to one another

is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in music history:

Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été by Susan Graham & John Nelson (1997)

A Lighter Shade of Blue by Christina Perri (2022)

Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été

Album by Susan Graham and John Nelson,

released July 15, 1997.

Track list: No. 1, Villanelle; No. 2, Le spectre de la rose; No. 3, Sur les lagunes; No. 4, Absence; No. 5, Au cimitière; No. 6, L’île inconnue; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: D’amour l’ardente flamme; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, H 76: Mais, qu’ai-je donc?; Les troyens, H 133: Je vais mourir; Les troyens, H 133: Adieu, fière cite; Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138: Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?

A Lighter Shade of Blue

Album by Christina Perri,

was released on July 15, 2022.

Track list: surrender; hurt; evergone; back in time (feat. ben rector); home; people like you; fever; blue; i do it for you; mothers; fighter; tiny victories (album); time of our lives; roses in the rain.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Shades of Gray.

Released July 15, 1989.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Maurice Hurley, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Melinda M. Snodgrass.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Colm Meaney, Vaughn Armstrong, Brenda Bakke, Robert Bauer, James G. Becker, Katy Boyer, Merritt Butrick, Christopher Collins, Ward Costello, Denise Crosby, Jeffrey Deacon, Jake Dengel, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Ron Gans, John Robert Garrett, Whoopi Goldberg, Chip Heller, Charles Hyman, Randy James, Alexandra Johnson, Rosalyn Landor, Richard Lineback, Jay Louden, Mart McChesney, Tim McCormack, Carolyn McCormick, Gates McFadden, Karen Montgomery, Ray Reinhardt, Robert Schenkkan, Jack Sheldon, Tricia Sheldon, Armin Shimerman, Brian Thompson, Tracey Walter, R.J. Williams.