On this day in movie history - Private Hell 36 (1953):

Private Hell 36

aka Baby Face Killers,

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Collier Young and Ida Lupino,

was released in the United States on September 3, 1953.
Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger, Dorothy Malone, James Anderson, William Boyett, Chester Conklin, Richard Deacon, George Dockstader, King Donovan, Bridget Duff, Dabbs Greer, Jerry Hausner, Jimmy Hawkins, Tom Monroe, Chris O'Brien, Kenneth Patterson, Sammy Shack.

On this day in movie history - White Heat (1949):

White Heat

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts,

based on a story by Virginia Kellogg,

was released in the United States on September 3, 1949.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, G. Pat Collins, Paul Guilfoyle, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh, Ford Rainey, Aline Towne, Jim Thorpe.

Born on this day – Merritt R. Butrick:

Merritt R. Butrick

Actor

September 3, 1959 – March 17, 1989

Credits:

Beauty and the Beast (1987); Blood & Orchids (1986); Chain Letter (1989); CHiPs (1981); Death Spa (1988); Fame (1984); Fright Night Part 2 (1988); From the Dead of Night (1989); Head Office (1985); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hooperman (1988); Jake and the Fatman (1988); Ohara (1987); Promises to Keep (1985); Shy People (1987); Splendor in the Grass (1981); Square Pegs (1982–1983); Stagecoach (1986); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 / 1989); Sweet Revenge (1984); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Paper Chase (1985); Vietnam War Story (1987); When the Bough Breaks (1986); When Your Lover Leaves (1983); Why on Earth? (1988); Wired to Kill (1986); You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016); Zapped! (1982).

Born on this day – Valerie Perrine:

Valerie Perrine

Actress

September 3, 1943 – March 23, 2026

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 54 (1998); A Place Called Truth (1998); An Accidental Studio (2019); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Apocrifi sul caso Crowley (1994); Apropos Film (1975); As the World Turns (1998–1999); Behind the Scenes with 'the Amateurs' (2008); Bob Fosse: It's Showtime! (2019); Boiling Point (1993); Bravo Profiles (2002); Bright Angel (1990); Brown's Requiem (1998); Burke's Law (1994); Can't Stop the Music (1980); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); Circus of the Stars #5 (1980); Circus of the Stars (1977); Dinah! (1975–1977); Directing Eddie (2001); ER (1995); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Family Law (2001); Film '84 (1984); Filmkrönikan (1973); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Ghostwriter (1993); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Grounded for Life (2002); Homicide: Life on the Street (1995); Hour Magazine (1981); It All Came True (1998); Just Shoot Me! (2001); La montagna dei diamanti (1991); Lady Luck (1973); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1987); Lenny (1974); Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (1986); Lights Out (2011); Love Story (1973); Magic Night (1980); Maid to Order (1987); Malibu (1983); Marian Rose White (1982); Mask of Murder (1988); Mr. Billion (1977); Mr. Saturday Night (2021); My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999); Nash Bridges (1996); Northern Exposure (1992); Omnibus (1980); Picture This (1999); Pour le cinéma (1975); Quattro storie di donne (1989); Redirecting Eddie (2008); Riflessi in un cielo scuro (1991); Sammy and Company (1975); Shame, Shame, Shame (1999); Silver Skies (2016); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Steambath (1973); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); The 11th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival (2015); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 58th Annual Photoplay Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The Agency (1980); The Amateurs (2005); The Beast (2001); The Border (1982); The Break (1995); The Californians (2005); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Couple Takes a Wife (1972); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The End of the Bar (2002); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The First Annual Rock Music Awards (1975); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Last American Hero (1973); The Magician of Lublin (1979); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1980); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Practice (1997); The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982); The Secrets of Lake Success (1993); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1976); Third Watch (2005); Today (1978); Una casa a Roma (1989); Valerie (2019); Vicki! (1993); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1998); War of the Stars (1987–1988); Water (1985); What Women Want (2000); When Your Lover Leaves (1983); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1977); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978).

Born on this day – Eileen Brennan:

Eileen Brennan

Actress

September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013

Born on this day – Irene Papas:

Irene Papas

Actress

Singer

September 3, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Anne Jackson:

Anne Jackson

Actress

September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016

Credits:

13 Stars for Channel 13 (1969); 20 Shades of Pink (1976); 90 Minutes Live (1976–1978); A Private Battle (1980); A Woman Called Golda (1982); ABC’s Nightlife (1965); Academy Theatre (1949); Actor’s Choice (1970); Actor’s Studio (1949); American Masters (1989–1991); Are We Winning Mommy? America & the Cold War (1986); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1952); Baby M (1988); Biography (1998); Blinded by the Light (1980); Broadway Legends (2002); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); CBS Playhouse (1967); Celebrity Chefs (1984–1990); Danger (1951); Dear Papa (1986); Dee Time (1969); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); ER (2003); Everything’s Relative (1987); Folks! (1992); Funny (1988); Funny About Love (1990); General Electric Theater (1956–1962); Girl Talk (1963–1967); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Gunsmoke (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hollywood Greats (2006); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); Imagine (2004); Independence (1976); Inside the Actors Studio (1998); Kraft Theatre (1949–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1954); Law & Order (1997); Leave ‘em Laughing (1981); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Lucky Days (2008); Lullaby (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Man of the Century (1999); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Nasty Habits (1977); Omnibus / Segment: Amicable Parting (1956); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Out on a Limb (1987); Password (1963–1965); Personality (1968); Play for Today (1977); Play of the Week (1960); Reading Rainbow (1994); Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997); Rhoda (1977); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1953); Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1969); Sam’s Son (1984); So Young, So Bad (1950); Something Sweet (2000); Sticks and Bones (1973); Studio One (1957); Suspense (1952); Tall Story (1960); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Tempo (1964); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Angel Levine (1970); The Bell Jar (1979); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Defenders (1964); The Doctor (1952–1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Education of Max Bickford (2002); The Equalizer (1985); The Facts of Life (1985); The Family Man (1979); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The Joan Rivers Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Journey (1959); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Lynne Gordon Show (1977–1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1979); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Shining (1980); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997); The Typists (1971); The Untouchables (1962); The Web (1952); The Young Set (1965); To Tell the Truth (1965); Today (1984); Vote and Die: Liszt for President (2008); What’s My Line? (1965); Working in the Theatre (1983–1988); Worlds Beyond (1987); You’re Putting Me On (1969); Zig Zag (1970).