Born on this day – George Reeves:

George Reeves

Actor

Director

January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959

Credits:

Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. (1989); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures of Superman (1952–1958); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Always a Bride (1940); Arena (1981); Argentine Nights (1940); Arson, Inc. (1949); Bar 20 (1943); Batman and Robin and the Other Super Heroes (1989); Believe It or Not (1950); Biography (2000); Blood and Sand (1941); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Border Patrol (1943); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Buckskin Frontier (1943); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Calling All Husbands (1940); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Champagne for Two (1947); Colt Comrades (1943); Dead Men Tell (1941); Derrick contre Superman (1992); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Espionage Agent (1939); Famous Nathan (2014); Father Is a Prince (1940); Fireside Theatre (1952); Footlights Theater (1953); Forever Female (1953); Four Wives (1939); From Here to Eternity (1953); Funny Boners (1955); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Hands of Mystery (1950); Haunted Homes of Hollywood (2018); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943); I Love Lucy (1957); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); Jungle Goddess (1948); Jungle Jim (1948); Kisses (1976); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Kraft Theatre (1949–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Ladies Must Live (1940); Leather Burners (1943); Lights Out (1950–1951); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lydia (1941); Man at Large (1941); Meet the Fleet (1940); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); MovieReal: Hollywoodland (2006); My Love Came Back (1940); On Dress Parade (1939); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Pony Express Days (1940); Rancho Notorious (1952); Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939); Samson and Delilah (1949); San Francisco Mix (1971); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Sex Hygiene (1942); Sheriff John's Cartoon Time (1953); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Special Agent (1949); Stamp Day for Superman (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Storyland (1955); Studio 10 (2022); Such Good Friends (1971); Super Circus (1955); Superheroes Decoded (2017); Superman (1973); Superman 50th Anniversary (1988); Superman and Scotland Yard (1954); Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954); Superman and the Mole-Men (1951); Superman Flies Again (1954); Superman in Exile (1954); Superman's Peril (1954); Superpowered: The DC Story (2024); Suspense (1949–1951); Tear Gas Squad (1940); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Clock (1949); The Curse of Superman (2006); The Fighting 69th (1940); The Flash (2023); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Lover (1949); The Kansan (1943); The Lady and the Lug (1941); The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943); The Life and Legacy of George Reeves (2006); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Magical World of Disney (1956–1961); The Monroe Doctrine (1939); The Mutineers (1949); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Silver Theatre (1949–1950); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Tony Bennett Show (1956); The Trap (1950); The Web (1950); This Boy's Life (1993); Throwing a Party (1941); Thunder in the Pines (1948); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Time to Kill (1945); Torrid Zone (1940); Unsolved Mysteries (1995); Variety Girl (1947); Virginia City (1940); WatchMojo (2018); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Winged Victory (1944).

On this day in movie and book history - Gone with the Wind (1939)

 

Gone with the Wind

directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood,

written by Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling and John Van Druten,

based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1939.

Music by Max Steiner.

 
Gone with the Wind was the first movie screened on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) when the channel was launched on April 14, 1994.
 
Cast:

Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Ward Bond, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King Conlon, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson, John Albright, Eric Alden, John Arledge, Roscoe Ates, Trevor Bardette, Dorothy Barrett, Janet Barrett, Lennie Bluett, John Breen, Ralph Brooks, Morgan Brown, Daisy Bufford, Ann Bupp, James Bush, Ruth Byers, Gary Carlson, Horace B. Carpenter, Louise Carter, Shirley Chambers, Eddy Chandler, Silver Chief, Wallis Clark, Richard Clucas, Frank Coghlan Jr., Billy Cook, Jim Corey, Gino Corrado, Martina Cortina, Luke Cosgrave, Kernan Cripps, Patrick Curtis, Russell Custer, Yola d'Avril, Ned Davenport, Marvin Davis, Dolores Dean, Dawn Dodd, Lester Dorr, Phyllis Douglas, Joan Drake, F. Driver, Edythe Elliott, Susan Falligant, Richard Farnsworth, Frank Faylen, Geraldine Fissette, Charline Flanders, Bess Flowers, Greg Giese, Kelly Griffin, George Hackathorne, Chuck Hamilton, Evelyn Harding, Lucille Harding, Inez Hatchett, Jean Heker, Ricky Holt, Shep Houghton, George Huggins, Peaches Jackson, Claire James, Jerry James, Si Jenks, Harvey Karels, Tommy Kelly, Emmett King, W. Kirby, Al Kunde, Paula Lane, Carl M. Leviness, Timothy J. Lonergan, John Long, Robert Locke Lorraine, Barbara Lynn, Margaret Mann, Caren Marsh, William McClain, Leona McDowell, Dock McGill, Peggy McIntyre, George Meeker, Charles Middleton, Lola Milliorn, Hans Moebus, Alberto Morin, Adrian Morris, Lee Murray, H. Nellman, David Newell, Jeanette Noeson, Artie Ortego, Dorothy Ann Pailliot, Naomi Pharr, Lee Phelps, Spencer Quinn, Jolane Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Suzanne Ridgway, Louisa Robert, Azarene Rogers, Scott Seaton, Tom Seidel, Terry Shero, William Stack, William Stelling, Harry Strang, Dirk Wayne Summers, Stephanie Toler, Emerson Treacy, Phillip Trent, Julia Ann Tuck, Tom Tyler, Dale Van Sickel, E. Alyn Warren, Blue Washington, Rita Waterhouse, John Joseph Waterman Jr., Dan White, Sarah Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Guy Wilkerson, Zack Williams, Phyllis Woodward, John Wray.

Recommended reading - Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell.
 
First published 1936.
Published by Scribner
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1451635621
ISBN-13: 978-1451635621
 
Description:
 
Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind – winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time – has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.
 
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
 
This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captivated readers for decades.
 
Widely considered an American classic, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
 
“Beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best.” – The New York Times.
 
“The best novel to have ever come out of the South...it is unsurpassed in the whole of American writing.” – The Washington Post.
 
“Fascinating and unforgettable! A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!” – Chicago Tribune.

On this day in movie history - The Blue Gardenia (1953)

The Blue Gardenia

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Charles Hoffman,

based on the novella The Gardenia by Vera Caspary,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1953.

Music by Raoul Kraushaar.

Cast:

Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole, Dolores Fuller.