Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Born on this day – Arthur Ibbetson:


Arthur Ibbetson


Cinematographer

September 8, 1922 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Babes in Toyland (1986); Santa Claus: The Movie (1985); The Bounty (1984); Master of the Game (1984); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Hopscotch (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); The Prisoner of Zenda (1979); The Medusa Touch (1978); A Little Night Music (1977); Spectre (1977); The Sell-Out (1976); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); Out of Season (1975); Brief Encounter (1974); 11 Harrowhouse (1974); Mistress Pamela (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); A Doll's House (1973); All Coppers Are... (1972); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); The Railway Children (1970); The Walking Stick (1970); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Inspector Clouseau (1968); A Matter of Innocence (1967); A Countess from Hong Kong (1967); The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); The Wild Affair (1965); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); Espionage (1963); Murder at the Gallop (1963); I Could Go on Singing (1963); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); Lisa (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Canadians (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Angry Silence (1960); The Bridal Path (1959); The Horse's Mouth (1958); Melba (1953).

Born on this day – Laura Alves:


Laura Alves


Actress

September 8, 1921 – May 6, 1986

Credits:

A Menina Feia (1965); A Rainha do Ferro Velho (1969); Artistas (1982); Cena Aberta (1964); Cinema 66 (1966); Daqui Fala o Morto (1981); Frente a Frente (1967); Heranças D'Ouro (2008); Ligeiríssimo (1977); Notícia do Espectáculo (1969); O Amansar da Fera (1964); O Baile (1963); O Costa d'África (1954); O Ladrão de Quem se Fala (1969); O Leão da Estrela (1947); O Parque das Ilusões (1963); Perdeu-se um Marido (1957); Sonhar é Fácil (1951); The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942); The Tyrant Father (1941); TV Palco (1973–1975); Um Fantasma Chamado Isabel (1958); Um Marido Solteiro (1952).

Born on this day – Lana Marconi:


Lana Marconi


Actress

September 8, 1917 – December 8, 1990

Credits:

Aux deux colombes (1949); Compression (2018); Deburau (1951); I Was It Three Times (1952); Le trésor de Cantenac (1950); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017); Napoleon (1955); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); The Lame Devil (1948); The Private Life of an Actor (1948); The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953); Toâ (1949); Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950).

Born on this day – Hillary Brooke:


Hillary Brooke


Actress

September 8, 1914 – May 25, 1999

Credits:

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994); Africa Screams (1949); Alimony (1949); And the Angels Sing (1944); Beauty on Parade (1950); Bengazi (1955); Big Town (1946–1954); Big Town After Dark (1947); Big Town Scandal (1948); Bodyhold (1949); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Cavalcade of America (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953–1958); Confidence Girl (1952); Counter-Espionage (1942); Country Fair (1941); Crossroads (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); December Bride (1957); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); Dragon's Gold (1954); Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Eternally Yours (1939); Father Knows Best (1959); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Florian (1940); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1953); General Electric Theater (1959); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Heat Wave (1954); Hey, Abbott! (1978); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); House Party (1952); I Cover Big Town (1947); I Love Lucy (1956); Insurance Investigator (1951); Invaders from Mars (1953); Jane Eyre (1943); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lawman (1959); Let's Live Again (1948); Lost Continent (1951); Lucky Losers (1950); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Married Bachelor (1941); Mexican Manhunt (1953); Michael Shayne (1960); Ministry of Fear (1944); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); My Little Margie (1952–1955); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); New Faces of 1937 (1937); New Moon (1940); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1957); Practically Yours (1944); Private Secretary (1957); Public Defender (1955); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959–1960); Road to Utopia (1945); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 25, No. 3: Fashions and Rodeo (1945); Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942); Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943); Ship Ahoy (1942); Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951); Sleepytime Gal (1942); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Standing Room Only (1944); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Strange Impersonation (1946); Strange Journey (1946); Studio 57 (1956); Stump the Stars (1949–1953); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1953); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1954–1958); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Christophers (1954); The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945); The Crystal Ball (1943); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Great Detectives (1999); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941); The Lone Rider Rides On (1941); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Maze (1953); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955); The Millionaire (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Ray Milland Show (1954); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Strange Woman (1946); The Whistler (1955); The Woman in Green (1945); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); Unmasked (1950); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); West Point (1956); Willie and the Mouse (1941); Yancy Derringer (1959); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – May McAvoy:


May McAvoy


Actress

September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984

Credits:

1-2-3-Go! (1941); A Date with Judy (1948); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Perfect Lady (1918); A Private Scandal (1921); A Reno Divorce (1927); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Air Raid Wardens (1943); Almonds and Raisins (1984); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Ben-Hur (1959); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Born to Sing (1942); Caught in the Fog (1928); Clarence (1922); Classified X (2007); Compression (2023); Designing Woman (1957); Dulcy (1940); Everything for Sale (1921); Executive Suite (1954); Gareth Hughes (2000); Grumpy (1923); Gun Glory (1957); Hate (1917); Her Reputation (1923); Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); If I Were Single (1927); I'll Say So (1918); Irish Hearts (1927); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Kick In (1922); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Love Crazy (1941); Love Wins (1919); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Main Street on the March! (1941); Man and His Woman (1920); Married Flirts (1924); Matinee Ladies (1927); Morals (1921); Movie Pests (1944); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919); My Husband's Other Wife (1920); My Old Dutch (1926); My Tomato (1943); Mystery Street (1950); No Defense (1929); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Only 38 (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom Raiders (1940); Ransom! (1956); Ringside Maisie (1941); Rio Rita (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 24 (1923); Sentimental Tommy (1921); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Slightly Used (1927); Stolen Kisses (1929); Sucker List (1941); Sunny California (1928); Tarnish (1924); Tessie (1925); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Bedroom Window (1924); The City of Stars (1924); The Devil's Garden (1920); The Enchanted Cottage (1924); The Fire Brigade (1926); The Forbidden Valley (1920); The Getaway (1941); The Glass Slipper (1955); The House of the Tolling Bell (1920); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jazz Singer (1927); The Lion and the Mouse (1928); The Little Snob (1928); The Mad Whirl (1925); The New Pupil (1940); The Passionate Quest (1926); The Road to Glory (1926); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Savage (1926); The Sporting Duchess (1920); The Tender Trap (1955); The Terror (1928); The Top of New York (1922); The Truth About Husbands (1920); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way of a Woman (1919); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Woman Under Oath (1919); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Three Women (1924); Through a Glass Window (1922); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Watch the Birdie (1950); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); West of the Water Tower (1923); Whispers (1941).

Born on this day – Sada Cowan:


Sada Cowan


Writer

September 8, 1882 – July 31, 1943

Writing partners: Sada Cowan (left) and Howard Higgin (right).


Credits:

Stop, Look and Love (1939); Forbidden Heaven (1935); Woman in the Dark (1934); Stand and Deliver (1928); Mismates (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); The New Commandment (1925); In the Name of Love (1925); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Charmer (1925); Smouldering Fires (1925); East of Suez (1925); Broken Barriers (1924); Changing Husbands (1924); Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Fashion Row (1923); Thundering Dawn (1923); The Silent Partner (1923); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); Brass (1923); Peter the Great (1922); The Worldly Madonna (1922); Fool's Paradise (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); Charge It (1921); Straight from Paris (1921); Courage (1921); Hush (1921); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920).

Every book opens to a new adventure:


Every book opens to a new adventure.