On this day in movie history - The Public Enemy (1931):

The Public Enemy

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Harvey F. Thew,

based on the novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1931.

Music by David Mendoza.

Cast:

James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Mae Clarke, Frank Coghlan Jr., Frankie Darro, Robert Homans, Sam McDaniel, William H. Strauss, Mia Marvin, Lev Abramov, Clark Burroughs, George Daly, Snitz Edwards, Rita Flynn, Dorothy Gee, Douglas Gerrard, Dorothy Gray, Ben Hendricks Jr., Eddie Kane, Arnold Lucy, Harold Minjir, Helen Parrish, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Purnell Pratt, Nanci Price, Joe Sawyer, Landers Stevens, Charles Sullivan, Lucille Ward, Adele Watson.

Born on this day – Michael Sporn:

Michael Sporn

Animator

April 23, 1946 – January 19, 2014

Born on this day – Jean-François Stévenin:

Jean-François Stévenin

Actor

Writer

Director

April 23, 1944 – July 27, 2021

Jean-François Stévenin, with François Truffaut and Nathalie Baye, directing Day For Night (1973).

Credits:

Between Us (2023); The island to the 30 coffins (2022); The Lion's Share (2022); Cop Goes Missing (2022); The Line (2022); Goodbye Paris (2021); Lost Illusions (2021); Tender and rare (2021); Stolen Childhood (2021); Chronicles of the Sun (2020); The Underworld (2020); Murders in Mulhouse (2018); In Safe Hands (2018); Silent Streams (2018); Magellan (2017); Poisonous (2017); The Young One (2016); Sessions (2016); Ainsi soient-ils (2015); Mad Love (2015); Falco (2014–2015); Mirage of Love (2015); The Forbidden Room (2015); Those Who Dance on Their Heads (2014); The Last Diamond (2014); Blood of the Vine (2014); The first summer (2014); Grand Tour (2013); Bright Days Ahead (2013); Urban Incident (2013); The Yellow Fox (2013); Tied (2013); Friendships sincere (2012); Little Lion (2012); Of Snails and Men (2012); Divorce and Engagement (2012); The Desert of Love (2012); Sister (2012); Portrait of a in love (2011); A Sunday Breakfast (2011); De force (2011); The first Male (2011); Valparaiso (2011); Let My People Go! (2011); A crazy desire (2011); The Silence of Joan (2011); Tata Bakhta (2011); Itinéraire bis (2011); At Maupassant's Century: Tales and Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century (2010); Four Lovers (2010); My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010); The Hunter (2010); Farewell Molitor (2010); Black Out (2009); A Saint's War (2009); The Limits of Control (2009); Mafiosa (2008); Like a Star Shining in the Night (2008); Dog Night (2008); Dirty Money - Undercover (2008); A World of Our Own (2008); The distant tremors (2008); Home (2008); D'amour et de révoltes (2008); Plot of amateurs (2008); El camino (2008); Pests (2008); Room of Death (2007); Captain Ahab (2007); The Ben Barka case (2007); Blindfolded (2007); Time Out (2007); The Deal (2007); Free Fall (2007); All it took was for mom to leave... (2006); One Summer Day (2006); The Camargue (2002–2005); Commissioner Moulin (2005); Ladies of the Law (2005); Camping on the farm (2005); Volpone (2003); Shoulders Solids (2003); Not So Serious (2003); The Beast of Gévaudan (2003); Man on the Train (2002); Two (2002); La repentie (2002); Mischka (2002); Mediterranean (2001); Fils de zup (2001); The Archangel's Bay (2001); De l'amour (2001); Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001); Between the Tree and the Bark (2000); Total Western (2000); The Sister Brothers (2000); Love Me (2000); Winter Fact (1999); The Little Seed (1998); A Father More (1998); For Sale (1998); Marseille (1998); White Lies (1998); One Guard (1997); Model Parents (1997); K (1997); Father and Son (1997); I have Two Loves (1996); Docteur Sylvestre (1996); Two Vigilantes in the City (1993–1996); The Innocent's Confessions (1996); Les Bidochon (1996); The Gravet Brothers (1996); Ricky (1996); The Educator (1996); Black as Memory (1995); Fast (1995); Tell me Yes... (1995); Parano (1994); The Patriots (1994); Due volte vent'anni (1994) Love is child's play (1994); 11:58 p.m. (1993); Because of Her (1993); The great pardon II (1992); Momo (1992); Police Secrets (1991); Olivier, Olivier (1992); From Force with Others (1992); The Kid (1992); Un paraguas para tres (1992); Chickens the fine (1992); Philosophy in the Boudoir (1991); Deceiving is not play (1991); A Matter of Convenience (1987–1991); Sushi Sushi (1991); Moon cold (1991); Napoleon and Europe (1991); Paul's Neighbor (1989); Mona and me (1989); Thick Skinned (1989); The French Revolution (1989); La Soule (1989); Husbands, Wives, Lovers (1989); Cold Moon (1988); When I am young (1988); Game, Set, and Match (1988); 36 girl (1988); Ya good the whites (1988); The Rise and Fall of a Small Movie Business (1984–1987); Wind of Panic (1987); Dirty Destiny (1987); La rebelión de los colgados (1986) Wasp (1986); Treasure Island (1986); Men's doubles (1986); I Hate Actors (1986); Salome (1986); Ménage (1986); Grosse (1985); Parole de flic (1985); Mistral's Daughter (1984); Côté coeur, côté jardin (1984); Chamber television (1983–1984); Our History (1984); Flight to Berlin (1984); Original Sins (1983); Dust of Empire (1983); Pablo Is Dead (1983); A Room in Town (1982); All for Love (1982); Passion (1982); Is there a Frenchman in the room? (1982); The North Bridge (1981); Victory (aka Escape to Victory) (1981) Snow (1981); The Boy Soldier (1981); Psy (1981); Memoirs of an Obscure Dog (1980); The Dogs of War (1980); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980); Two Lions in the Sun (1980); Doctors of night (1980); Merry-Go-Round (1980); The War of the Police (1979); Roberte (1979); But where and so Ornicar (1979); Goodbye Slow Journeys (1978); Pass mountain (1978); See Here My Love (1978); Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978); Midday 14 noon (1977); Glimpsed by the Indiscretion of a Judas (1977); The Machine (1977); The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977); La derelitta (1976); Barocco (1976); Small Change (1976); Zig-Zag (1975); If I'm looking for you... I Find Myself (1974); Day for Night (1973); Out 1: Spectre (1972); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); Out 1 (1971); The Wild Child (1970); Heartbeat (1968).

Born on this day – Sandra Dee:

Sandra Dee

Actress

April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

Born on this day – Janet Blair:

Janet Blair

Actress

Singer

April 23, 1921 – February 19, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); A Connecticut Yankee (1955); A String of Beads (1961); Alcoa Theatre (1958); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Around the World with Nellie Bly (1960); Ben Casey (1966); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Boys' Night Out (1962); Broadway (1942); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1950); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1955); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destry (1964); Fantasy Island (1980); Front Row Center (1955); Gallant Journey (1946); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1941); Here's Hollywood (1960); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); I Love Trouble (1948); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); I'll Bet (1965); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); Leave It to the Girls (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1973); Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (1955); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Murder, She Wrote (1991); My Sister Eileen (1942); Night of the Eagle (1962); Once Upon a Time (1944); One Touch of Venus (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1961); Person to Person (1954); Producers' Showcase (1955); Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (1942); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Laugh Parade (1953); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Something to Shout About (1943); Stump the Stars (1962); Switch (1977); Tars and Spars (1946); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1966); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Black Arrow (1948); The Bob Braun Show (1976–1977); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Chevy Show (1960–1961); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Dinah Shore Show (1956); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Lady and the Stock Exchange (1962); The Larry Storch Show (1953); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Milton Berle Show (1948–1954); The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968); The Outer Limits (1963); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959–1960); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1963–1964); The Smith Family (1971–1972); The Stork Club (1953); The Strawberry Blonde (1959); The Tonight Show (1956); The Vic Damone Show (1956); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967); This Is Your Life (1959); Three Girls About Town (1941); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957–1961); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957 (1958); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1957); What's This Song? (1964); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); You Don't Say (1964); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1956–1957).

Born on this day – Lee Miller:

Lee Miller

Photographer

April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977

Born on this day – Ngaio Marsh:

Ngaio Marsh

Writer

Theatre director

April 23, 1895 – February 18, 1982

Written work:

A Fool about Money (1973); A Knotty Problem / Bodies from the Library: Volume 3 (2020); A Man Lay Dead (1934); A National Theatre (1949); A Play Toward (1946); An Author's Defence of the Hackneyed Classics (1949); Artists in Crime (1938); Black As He's Painted (1974); Black Beech and Honeydew (19651981); Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery (1974); Clutch of Constables (1968); Colour Scheme (1943); Columbine and Pantaloon (1919); Dead Water (1963); Death and the Dancing Footman (1941); Death at the Bar (1940); Death at the Dolphin (1966); Death in a White Tie (1938); Death in Ecstasy (1936); Death on the Air (1937); Died in the Wool (1945); Enter a Murderer (1935); Evil Liver (1975); Exit Sir Derek by Henry Jellett (1935); False Scent (1959); Final Curtain (1947); Grave Mistake (1978); Hand in Glove (1962); I Can Find My Way Out (1946); Last Ditch (1977); Light Thickens (1982); Little House Bound (1924); Marie Tempest by Hector Bolitho (1937); Money in the Morgue (2018); Moonshine / aka Yours and Mine: Stories by Young New Zealanders (1936); Morepork (1979); Mrs 'obson (1914); My Poor Boy (1959); New Zealand (1942); New Zealand: Welfare Paradise (1960); Noel (1912); Off With His Head (1956); Opening Night (1951); Overture to Death (1939); Photo Finish (1980); Scales of Justice (1955); Singing in the Shrouds (1958); Singing Land (1974); Slipknot (1967); So Much for Nothing (1921); Speech of New Zealanders (1939); Spinsters in Jeopardy (1953); Stratford-upon-Avon (1967); Surfeit of Lampreys (1941); Swing Brother Swing (1949); The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh / aka Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995); The Cupid Mirror (1972); The Development of the Arts in New Zealand / Journal of the Royal Society of the Arts (1951); The Figure Quoted (1927); The Gift (1920); The Hand in the Sand (1953); The Hawthorn Gate (1920); The Moon Princess (1913); The Night Train from Grey (1919); The Novelist's Problem (1934); The Nursing Home Murder (1935); The Quick Forge (1964); The Wyvern and the Unicorn (1962); Theatre in a Young Country (1951); Theatre: A Note on the Status Quo (1947); Tied Up in Tinsel (1972); Vintage Murder / aka The Case of the Greenstone Tiki (1937); When in Rome (1970).

Movies and television:

Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994); Colour Scheme (1977); Crown Court (1975); Detective (1964–1968); Died in the Wool (1978); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Opening Night (1977); Poslední opona (1965); Smrt s fotografiou (1988); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); Vintage Murder (1977).