On this day in television history - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (1994)

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

founded by Ted Turner,

debuted in the United States on April 14, 1994.

The first movie screened on TCM was Gone with the Wind (1939).

Mr. Rogers' wisdom:

 

The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;
they're always "in the wings".
That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep
rather than the flashy and the superficial.
 
- Fred Rogers.

Born on this day – Claire Windsor:

Claire Windsor

Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:

 

Horace McCoy

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:

 

Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Dolores Muñoz Ledo:

Dolores Muñoz Ledo

Voice actress

April 14, 1918 – February 13, 2026

Credits:

Anita Louise in Marie Antoinette (1938); Bea Arthur in The Golden Girls (1989–1992); Chip in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers; Donna Reed in They Were Expendable (1945); Sorceress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Born on this day – Philip Stone:

Philip Stone

Actor

April 14, 1924 – June 15, 2003

Credits:

50/50 (critique) (2020); A Certain Justice (1998); A Chance of Thunder (1961); A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Touch of Frost (1997); An Age of Kings (1960); Ann Veronica (1964); Armchair Theatre (1961–1963); Badger's Bend (1963); Barlow at Large (1975); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Play of the Month (1965–1978); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Bergerac (1983); Black and Blue (1973); Blackmail (1965); Brat Farrar (1986); Budgie (1972); Carry on Loving (1970); Centre Play (1975); Champion House (1967); Chancer (1991); Charters & Caldicott (1985); Churchill's People (1975); City '68 (1968); Compact (1962); Coronation Street (1961–1965); Court of Mystery (1961); Crane (1965); Crown Court (1984); Dalziel and Pascoe (1997); Dead Entry (1987); Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Emergency-Ward 10 (1962); Father Brown (1974); Fiddlers Three (1991); Flash Gordon (1980); Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); Fragment of Fear (1970); Fraud Squad (1969); Great Performances (1987); Green Ice (1981); Harem (1986); Heartbeat (1994); Here I Stand... (1977); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Home to Roost (1987); In Sickness and in Health (1990); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); ITV Playhouse (1977); ITV Television Playhouse (1961); Jacks and Knaves (1961); Jason King (1971); Jenny's War (1985); John Browne's Body (1969); Justice (1971–1973); Lace (1984); Lace II (1985); Life at the Top (1965); Love Story (1963–1972); Madness (1991); Maigret (1962); Man at the Top (1972); Martin Luther, Heretic (1983); Maupassant (1963); Moses (1995–1996); Mr Don & Mr George (1993); Nearest and Dearest (1972); Never Mention Murder (1965); No Hiding Place (1964); O Lucky Man! (1973); Our Geoff (1987); Parkin's Patch (1970); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977); Pope John Paul II (1984); Quest for Love (1971); Room 237 (2012); Room at the Bottom (1988); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1994); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Shadowlands (1985); Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024); Softly Softly (1969); Spearhead (1981); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Star Maidens (1976); Story Parade (1965); Suspense (1963); Target (1977); The Avengers (1961); The Baby of Mâcon (1993); The Big Pull (1962); The Brief (1984); The Cost of Loving (1977); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Last of the Baskets (1971); The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Medusa Touch (1978); The Misfit (1970); The Old Crowd (1979); The Old Pull 'n Push (1960); The Organization (1972); The Phantom of the Opera (1983); The Pump (1980); The Rat Catchers (1966–1967); The Saint (1963); The Shining (1980); The Villains (1964); The Worker (1970); Theatre 625 (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); Thriller (1975); Thunderball (1965); Thursday Play Date (1979); To Encourage the Others (1972); Top Secret (1962); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); Unearthly Stranger (1963); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Voyage of the Damned (1976); WatchMojo (2019–2025); We, the Accused (1980); What a Carry On (1984); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Who-Dun-It (1969); Wilde Alliance (1978); Yes Minister (1984); Your World (1962); Z Cars (1962–1963).