On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946):

The Inner Circle

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.
Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

Caroline Cellier

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

At madness, not at all (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973) At the theatre tonight (1966–1967); Beyond the Screen (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Some short stories (1980); It's even better in the afternoon (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Goofy (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop au vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Desproges is alive (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Ghosts in Legacy (1990); Farinelli (1994); Nobody's Women (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Men, Women, a User's Guide (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Happy Birthday Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); The Question Box (2010); La contre-allée (1991); The derelitta / Cinema 16 (1980); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1967); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place / Take Me to the Theatre (1984); The moral of the story (1966); The Death of a Champion (1972); The Night of the 7 d'Or (1987); The night of the Césars (1977–1985); The Client's Head (1965); La vie de château (1984); The landing (1981); The Fainting Horse (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); The great journal of Canal+ (2004); The Great Restaurant (2011); The 8 p.m. news (1992); The Flight of Icarus (1980); The Zebra (1992); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); The files of Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); The Enfoirés (1997); Blue ferns (1977); The Big Children (1998); The Heroics (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); The Saturday Story (1997); Life Love Death (1969) The Sunday Guest (1969); The Eye Behind the Scenes (1988); Manon: The Three-Sided Mirror (1966); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Marriage (1974); Marie Curie - A Certain Young Girl (1965); Michel Sardou: Hello! (1997); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, a Free Spirit (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, the bellboy Hôtel du Palais (2006); Light and Shadow (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Film Encounters (2010); Romulus the Great (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Courteline Evening / Segment: The Fear of Blows (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969) Transit (2004); A Dangerous Game (2005); A Cell for Two (2006); One woman, one day... (1977); A Girl in the Mountain (1964); Panic (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Born on this day – Betsy Byars:

Betsy Byars

Writer

August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020

Credits:

Books:

A Blossom Promise (1987); After the Goat Man (1980); Ant (2001); Ant Plays Bear (1997); Beans On the Roof (1988); Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (1989); Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (1991); Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance (1969); Boo's Dinosaur (2006); Boo's Surprise (2009); Cat Diaries (2010); Coast to Coast (1992); Cracker Jackson (1985); Dead Letter (1996); Death's Door (1997); Disappearing Acts (1998); Dog Diaries (2007); Go and Hush the Baby (1982); Good-bye, Chicken Little (1979); Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (1990); Keeper of the Doves (2002); King of Murder (2006); Little Horse (2002); Little Horse On His Own (2004); McMummy (1993); Me Tarzan (2000); Midnight Fox (1970); My Brother Ant (1996); My Dog, My Hero (2000); Perfect, the Pig (1970); Rama the Gypsy (1966); Rama the Gypsy Cat (1976); Tarot Says Beware (1995); The 18th Emergency (1975); The Animal, the Vegetable, And John D Jones (1982); The Black Tower (2006); The Blossoms and the Green Phantom (1987); The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady (1986); The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown (1988); The Cartoonist (1984); The Computer Nut (1984); The Cybil War (1981); The Dancing Camel (1965); The Dark Stairs (1994); The Glory Girl (1983); The Golly Sisters Go West (1985); The Golly Sisters Ride Again (1994); The House of Wings (1972); The Joy Boys (1996); The Lace Snail (1975); The Moon and I (1991); The Night Swimmers (1980); The Not-Just-Anybody Family (1986); The Pinballs (1977); The Seven Treasure Hunts (1991); The SOS File (2004); The Summer of the Swans (1972); The T.V. Kid (1974); The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (1973); TheTwo-Thousand-Pound Gold Fish (1982); Tornado (1996); Trouble River (1969); Wanted. . . Mud Blossom (1991).

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Jackanory (1975–1984); Middle English (1983).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Kay Williams:

Kay Williams

Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – June Travis:

June Travis

Actress

August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008

Credits:

Bengal Tiger (1936); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ceiling Zero (1936); Circus Girl (1937); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Exiled to Shanghai (1937); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Jailbreak (1936); Join the Marines (1937); Little Orphan Annie (1938); Love Is on the Air (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Monster a Go-Go (1965); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Over the Wall (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937); Shipmates Forever (1935); Stranded (1935); The Big Game (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Gladiator (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Night Hawk (1938); The Star (1952); Times Square Playboy (1936).