Mary Higgins Clark, on writing:

 

A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?"
The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything.
It was decided for us.
I firmly believe that mythical godmothers make appearances at our cradles, and bestow their gifts.
The godmother who might have blessed me with a singing voice did not show up;
the goddess of dance was nowhere in sight;
the chef-to-the-angels was otherwise engaged.
Only one made the journey to my cradle, and she whispered, "You will be a storyteller."
- Mary Higgins Clark.

Recommended reading - Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009)

Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography

by Ken Wlaschin. 

Published 2009.

ISBN-10: 0786443502

ISBN-13: 978-0786443505

Description:

The silent film era was known in part for its cliffhanger serials and air of suspense that kept audiences returning to theaters week after week. Icons such as Douglas Fairbanks, Laurel and Hardy, Lon Chaney and Harry Houdini were among those who graced the dark and shadowy screen. This reference guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists more than 1,500 titles in one of entertainment’s most popular and enduring genres. While most of the films examined are from North America, mystery films from around the world are included.

The late Ken Wlaschin was former director of creative affairs at the American Film Institute, headed the Institute’s National Film Theater and founded its Los Angeles film festival. He previously directed the British Film Institute’s National Film Theater and London film festival for 14 years. Wlaschin, the author of three other McFarland books, lived in Palm Springs, California. 

Born on this day – Katherine Warren:

 

Katherine Warren

Actress

July 12, 1905 – July 17, 1965

Credits:

87th Precinct (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1957); All the King's Men (1949); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Bad for Each Other (1953); Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952); Blind Alley (1941); Bonanza (1961); Cavalcade of America (1952–1953); Checkmate (1960–1961); Climax! (1955–1957); Coronado 9 (1960); Crossroads (1956); Dear Brat (1951); Death Valley Days (1960); Dr. Christian (1957); Drango (1957); Father Knows Best (1956); Flat Top (1952); Footlights Theater (1953); Force of Arms (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1955); Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956); General Electric Theater (1953–1956); Harriet Craig (1950); I'll Give My Life (1960); Inside Detroit (1956); It's a Great Life (1956); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1960–1963); Leave It to Beaver (1957–1961); Lorna Doone (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1956); M Squad (1959); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Matinee Theatre (1955–1957); Mike Hammer (1958); Mystery Submarine (1950); Night Into Morning (1951); Outlaws (1961); Panic! (1957); Paula (1952); Playhouse 90 (1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Scandal Sheet (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1957); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Son of Ali Baba (1952); State Trooper (1957); Talk About a Stranger (1952); Telephone Time (1956–1957); Tell It to the Judge (1949); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1956); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); The Bamboo Prison (1954); The Beachcomber (1962); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Caine Mutiny (1954); The Country Girl (1954); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1956); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Lady Pays Off (1951); The Lineup (1959); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1959); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Prowler (1951); The Star (1952); The Steel Trap (1952); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Tall Man (1962); The Tall Target (1951); The Thin Man (1958); The Violent Men (1955); This Is the Life (1956); This Woman Is Dangerous (1952); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Three Secrets (1950); Topper (1954); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Washington Story (1952); Whirlybirds (1957); You Are There (1957); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – James E. Gunn:

James E. Gunn

Writer

Editor

Scholar

Anthologist

July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020

Credits:

Books:

100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984); 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978); 100 Great Science Fiction Stories (1978); Afterlives (1986); All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger (1998); Alternate Worlds (1975); Arena (1976); Best SF: 1972 (1973); Best Tales of Terror (1962); Bio-Futures (1976); Breaking Point (1972); Comets (1986); Creations (1983); Crisis! (1986); Destination: Future (2010); Extraterrestrials (1988); Future Imperfect (1964); Gateways (2010); Gift from the Stars (2005); Golden Age SF (2006); Human Voices (1999); Inside Science Fiction (1992); Into the Unknown (1973); Isaac Asimov (1968); Kampus (1977); Little Green Men - Attack! (2017); Microcosmic Tales (1980); Mission: Tomorrow (2015); Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis (2018); Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975); Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968); Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008); Nova 2 (1972); One and Wonder (2013); One Hundred Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Paratexts (2013); Pilgrims to Transcendence (2020); Reading Science Fiction (2018); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Today And Tomorrow (1974); Sentinels (2010); Some Dreams Are Nightmares (1974); Space Opera (1974); Space Pioneers (2018); Star-Begotten (2017); Station in Space (1958); Synergy: New Science Fiction, Volume 4 (1989); Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2012); Talks with the Masters (2018); The 1978 Annual World's Best SF (1978); The Best of Astounding (1992); The Burning (1972); The Dreamers / aka The Mind Master (1980); The End of Summer (1979); The End of the Dreams (1975); The Gravity Business (1956); The Great SF Stories 17 (1988); The Great SF Stories 20 (1990); The Immortals (1962); The Joy Machine (1996); The Joy Makers (1961); The Last Dangerous Visions (2024); The Listeners (1972); The Magicians (1976); The Millennium Blues (2000); The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988); The Road to Science Fiction 1 (1977); The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Road to Science Fiction 6 (1998); The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1988); The Stars Around Us (1970); The Stilled Patter (1956); The Unpublished Gunn (2020); The Witching Hour (1970); This Fortress World (1955); Tiger! Tiger! (1984); Time Travelers (1997); Transcendental (2013); Transformation (2017); Transgalactic (2016); Triax (1977); TV: 2000 (1982); Visions of the Future (2015); Where Do We Go from Here? (1971); Young Extraterrestrials (1984).

Born on this day – Monte Hellman:

Monte Hellman

Director

Producer

Writer

Editor

July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021

Credits:

A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Fistful of Dollars (1964); A Fuller Life / Segment: Vision of the Impossible (2013); A Time for Killing (1967); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Avalanche Express (1979); Back Door to Hell (1964); Baretta (1975); Beach Ball (1965); Beast from Haunted Cave (1959); Buffalo '66 (1998); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); Chambre 666 (1982); China 9, Liberty 37 (1978); Close-Up (1995–1996); Cockfighter (1974); Cordillera (1964); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961); Danger God (2018); Dementia 13 (1963); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Fade to Black (1980); Family of Four (2009); Fighting Mad (1976); Film Genre (2002); Flight to Fury (1964); Footprints (2009); Godard Made in USA (2010); Grey Knight (1993); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Head (1968); Headless (2014); Heisse Ware aus Hongkong (1974); Hellman Rider (1989); I dysi (2010); Iguana (1988); Incident at Barstow (2011); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Janela Indiscreta (2012–2013); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); L.A. Without a Map (1998); Love, Cheat & Steal (1993); Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (2007); Marin Blue (2009); Monte Hellman: American Auteur (1997); Next (2015); Omnibus (1994); On the Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited (2007); Out of the Blue and into the Black (1987); Plunging on Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day (1986); Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Ride in the Whirlwind (1966); Road to Nowhere (2010); RoboCop (1987); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Schwarze Erdbeeren (2005); Shatter (1974); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Ski Troop Attack (1960); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Someone to Love (1987); Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (2007); Stanley's Girlfriend (2006); Strutter (2012); Sudden Death (1977); Target: Harry (1969); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Awakening (1980); The Big Red One (1980); The Christian Licorice Store (1971); The Greatest (1977); The Hired Hand: How Monte Hellman Almost Directed 'The Mechanic' (2017); The Killer Elite (1975); The Mechanic (1972); The Prospector (2009); The Shooting (1966); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Terror (1963); The Westing Game (1997); The Wild Angels (1966); The Wild Ride (1960); There Is No Direction (2005); To Have & to Hold (1996); Trapped Ashes (2006); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Última mirada al edén (2022); Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013); Viernes 13: La Muerte del Verano (2022); Wanderlust (2006); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).

Born on this day – Donald E. Westlake:

 

Donald E. Westlake

Writer

July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Phil Crawford novel series: Backstage Love (1959); What Girls Will Do (1962). The Parker novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Hunter (aka Point Blank / Payback) (1962); The Steel Hit (aka The Man With The Getaway Face) (1963); The Outfit (1963); The Mourner (1963); The Score (aka Killtown) (1963); The Jugger (1965); The Seventh (aka The Split) (1966); The Handle (aka Run Lethal) (1966); The Rare Coin Score (1967); The Green Eagle Score (1967); The Black Ice Score (1968); The Sour Lemon Score (1969); Slayground (1971); Deadly Edge (1971); Plunder Squad (1972); Butcher's Moon (1974); Comeback (1997); Backflash (1998); Flashfire (aka Parker) (2000); Firebreak (2001); Breakout (2002); Nobody Runs Forever (2004); Ask The Parrot (2006); Dirty Money (2008). The Mitch Tobin novel series: Kinds Of Love, Kinds Of Death (1966); Murder Among Children (1967); Wax Apple (1970); A Jade In Aries (1970); Don't Lie To Me (1972). The Alan Grofield novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Damsel (1967); The Dame (1969); The Blackbird (1969); Lemons Never Lie (1971). The Dortmunder novel series: The Hot Rock (1970); Bank Shot (1972); Jimmy The Kid (1974); Nobody's Perfect (1977); Why Me? (1983); Good Behavior (1985); Drowned Hopes (1990); Don't Ask (1993); What's The Worst That Could Happen? (1996); Bad News (2001); The Road To Ruin (2004); Watch Your Back! (2005); What's So Funny? (2007); Get Real (2009). The Sam Holt novel series: One Of Us Is Wrong (1986); I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That (1986); What I Tell You Three Times Is False (1987); The Fourth Dimension Is Death (1989). The Sara & Jack novel series: Trust Me On This (1988); Baby, Would I Lie? (1994). Stand alone Novels: Sally (1959); Man Hungry (1959); All My Lovers (1959); SO WILLING (1960); All about Annette (1960); Virgin's Summer (1960); The Wife Next Door (1960); The Mercenaries (aka The Cutie) (1960); Passion's Playthings (1961); Call Me Sinner (1961); Campus Doll (1961); Brother and Sister (1961); Killing Time (1961); Young and Innocent (1961); 361 (1962); Strange affair (1962); Killy (1963); Campus Lovers (1963); Pity Him Afterwards (1964); The Fugitive Pigeon (1965); The Busy Body (1966); Spy in the Ointment (1966); God Save the Mark (1967); Anarchaos (1967); Philip (1967); Who stole Sassi Manoon? (1968); Up Your Banners (1969); Somebody Owes Me Money (1969); Adios Scheherazade (1970); Comfort Station (1970); Ex Officio (1970); I Gave at the Office (1971); Cops and Robbers (1972); Gangway! (collaborated with Brian Garfield) (1973); Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner (1974); Brothers Keepers (1975); Two Much (1975); Dancing Aztecs (1976); Castle in the Air (1980); Kahawa (1981); A Likely Story (1984); High Adventure (1985); Humans (1992); Smoke (1995); The Ax (1997); The Hook (2000); The Scared Stiff (2001); Put a Lid on It (2002); Money for Nothing (2003); Memory (2010); The Comedy is Finished (2012); Forever and a Death (2017); Call Me a Cab (2022); Too Many Crooks (1989); Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (1968); Enough (1977); Transylvania Station (collaborated with Abby Westlake and Gahan Wilson) (1987); Tomorrow's Crimes (1989); A Good Story and Other Stories (1999); Meteor Strike (2012); Double Feature (2020); The Getaway Car (2014); Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (1979); Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils (1983); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (2005); Price of Desire (2005).

Movies and television:

24th Street (2009); 87th Precinct (1962); A Slight Case of Murder (1999); Baby, I Got Your Money (2012); Come ti rapisco il pupo (1977); Cops and Robbers (1973); Fallen Angels (1995); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987 / 1991); Hot Stuff (1979); Jimmy the Kid (1982 / 1998); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Le cercle du cinéma (1998); Le commissaire mène l'enquête (1963); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Made in U.S.A (1966); Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998); Mise à sac (1967); Mordslust (1995); Muy personal (1988); Myster Mocky présente (2007); Nulle part ailleurs (1999); Numéros de Série (1995); Ordo (2004); Parker (2013); Payback (1999); Payback: Straight Up (2006); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007); Play Dirty (2024); Point Blank (1967); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Slayground (1983); Stepfather 3 (1992); Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989); Supertrain (1979); The Ax (2005); The Bank Shot (1974); The Busy Body (1967); The Getaway Face (1963); The Gods Must Be Daring (1997); The Grifters (1990); The Hook (2004); The Hot Rock (1972); The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake (2007); The Media Show (1990); The Outfit (1973); The Split (1968); The Stepfather (1987 / 2009); The Twin (1984); Two Much (1995); What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001); Why Me? (1990).

Born on this day – Ken Wlaschin:

 

Ken Wlaschin

Actor

Writer

July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009

Credits:

Books:

Encyclopedia of American Opera (2006); Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More Than 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs (2004); Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video (1999); Opera on Screen: A Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos (1997); Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009); The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema / aka Bluff Your Way in the Cinema (1971); The Faber Book of Movie Verse / with Philip French (1993); The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Great Movie Stars (1979); The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars (2008).

Movies and television:

Five More (1966); Jean Renoir: An Auteur to Remember (2007); Muffled Darkness (1987); Storyboard (1961); The History and Allure of Time Travel (2004); The Tramplers (1965); Valkokangas (1982).

Born on this day – Christine McVie:

 

Christine McVie

Singer

Musician

Writer

July 12, 1943 — November 30, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Albatross (1977); Bare Trees (1972); Behind the Mask (1990); Christine McVie (1984); Christine Perfect (1970); Fleetwood Mac (1975); Future Games (1971); Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974); In the Meantime (2004); Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017); Live (1980); Mirage (1982); Mystery to Me (1973); Penguin (1973); Rumours (1977); Songbird (2022); Tango in the Night (1987); The Dance (1997); Time (1995); Tusk (1979).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year: Fleetwood Mac (2018); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2021); A Dog's Way Home (2019); A Family of Killers (2018); A Fine Mess (1986); A Year in Music (2019); Accepted (2006); Alias (2002); Aloha (2015); American Bandstand (1984); America's Got Talent (2019); Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2016); Atop the Fourth Wall (2011); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1997); Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups (2015); Black Mass (2015); Black Monday (2021); Bob Welch and Friends: Live from the Roxy (1981); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2016); Chevy - EV (2022); Christine McVie: Got A Hold on Me (1984); Christine McVie: Love Will Show Us How (1984); Christine McVie: The Video Album (1984); City on a Hill (2019); Classic Albums (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coronation Street (2014); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2011); Dare to Be Different (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Desert Island Discs (2017); Doctors (2012); EastEnders (2006–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Final Score (2016); Fleetwood Mac in Concert: Mirage Tour '82 (1983); Fleetwood Mac: As Long As You Follow (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (2009); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Family Man (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Gold Dust Woman (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Hold Me (1981); Fleetwood Mac: In the Back of My Mind (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Isn't It Midnight (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Little Lies (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Love Shines (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World (1969); Fleetwood Mac: Not That Funny (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Oh Diane (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Paper Doll (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon (1976); Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Sara (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Save Me (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Seven Wonders (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Silver Springs, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Skies the Limit (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Temporary One (Live) (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Chain, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Their Own Way (2018); Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979); Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie (2019); FM (1978); Formula 1: 2013 (2013); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2009–2015); Galactica 1980 (1980); Glastonbury 2010 (2010); Glee (2011); Good Morning Britain (2019); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Heart of Stone (2023); Heroes (2009); Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató (2009); Hilary Duff: Little Lies (2016); Hollywood Game Night (2017); Hollywood Stargirl (2022); Homecoming (2020); I, Tonya (2017); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idols (2007 / 2008); Idool 2004 (2004); Irresistible (2006); iZombie (2017); Jesus Revolution (2023); Joe Somebody (2001); Judas (2019); Knight Rider (1982–1983); Leipzig Homicide (2024); Les invincibles (2007); Let It Be Me (1995); Lost in the Woods (2021); Love Actually (2003); Love and Lemons (2013); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green (2021); Mom's Day Away (2014); Morning Joe (2021); Mr. Music (1998); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2013); NOS Uit het Leven (2022); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Our Flag Means Death (2022); Parenthood (2013); Personal Best (1982); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Roadies (2016); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (2009); Rock Family Trees (1995); Rock Legends (2014); RTL DIREKT (2022); Rude Tube (2011); Sex Education (2020); Skins (2009); Slap Shot (1977); Solid Gold (1984); Sound City (2013); Sounds of Birmingham at the BBC (2022); SPF-18 (2017); Stevie Nicks: Sometimes It's A Bitch (1991); Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart (2020); Supergirl (2017); Superstore (2015); TFI Friday (1996); The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala (1993); The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023); The '70s (2000); The Act (2019); The Americans (2015); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Boy Castaways (2013); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Bukharan (2021); The Cockfields (2019); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Drew Carey Show (1998); The End of the F***ing World (2017); The End of the Tour (2015); The Five (2022); The Fleetwood Mac Channel (2020); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021); The Jump (2016); The Kitchen (2019); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum (2000); The Midnight Gang (2018); The Midnight Special (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976); The One Show (2017); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (1997–1999); The Story of Fleetwood Mac (2013); The Talk (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Voice (2012–2020); The War Room (1993); The X Factor UK (2008); The Year: 2022 (2022); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Top Ten New York (1977); Triple Frontier (2019); UK Championship Snooker (2014); Under the Volcano (2021); Vanity Fair (2018); Victoria & Steve (2022); Wednesday (2022); Wimbledon (2017); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Women in Rock (1986); Women Who Rock (2022); Younger (2016).

Born on this day – Jay Thomas:

Jay Thomas

Actor

Writer

Producer

July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017

Credits:

101 Craziest TV Moments (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); A Kiss for Jed (2011); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in the Life (1987); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Almost Grown (1989); American Dad! (2007–2010); American Graduate Day (2013); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Bless This House (1995); Bobby's World (1992–1993); Bones (2015); Boston Legal (2008); C.H.U.D. (1984); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009); Cheers (1987–1990); Circus of the Stars #16 (1991); Circus of the Stars Gives Kids the World (1993); Cold Case (2010); Copshop (2004); Cybill (1995); Dead Man's Gun (1999); Dennis Miller (2005); Desert's Edge (1997); Dirty Laundry (1996); Dragonfly (2002); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Day at Walt Disney World (1995); Ed (2002); Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s (2009); Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics (1999); Encino Woman (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2017); Explosion! (1997); Extremely Weird (1995); Family Ties (1987); Fantasy Island (1999); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Get Real (1999); Ghost Stories (2009–2010); Ghosts and the Afterlife (2022); Gilbert Gottfried in Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Goof Troop (1992); Hannity (2011); Hercules (1998–1999); Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999); Hollywood Squares (2002–2004); Horrorween (2011); Howard Stern on Demand (2007 / 2008); Hung (2011); Ink (1996–1997); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); Jacksonville WHO? (2018); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Jocking Around (2007); Joe Piscopo Live! (1987); Katie Joplin (1999); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); King Cake: The New Orleans Mardi Gras Story (2024); Labor Pains (2009); Last Chance (1999); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1996); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Legal Eagles (1986); Life Tracker (2013); Little Vegas (1990); Love & War (1992–1995); Married People (1990–1991); Master of the Game (1984); Maury (1993); Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me (1989); Miracle Landing (1990); Monday Night Mayhem (2002); Monkey Business (1998); Mork & Mindy (1979–1981); Mork & Mindy (1980); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Murphy Brown (1989–1998); My Date with the President's Daughter (1998); My Sports Story (2017); Mysteries at the Museum (2010–2011); NCIS: New Orleans (2015); Newsreaders (2014); Open House (1990); Politically Incorrect (1999); PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (2015); Pyramid (2003); Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (2006); Ray Donovan (2013–2017); Retired at 35 (2011); Rock Jocks: The FM Revolution (2002); Run of the House (2003); Sex Tax: Based on a True Story (2010); Shake It Up (2012); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Snatched (2011); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Straight Talk (1992); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1991); Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father (2001); Talker (2011); Teacher's Pet (2004); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Adventures of Ragtime (1998); The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990); The Bachelor's Baby (1996); The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2006); The Big Tease (1999); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); The Fame of Our Fathers (2008); The Gig (1985); The Golden Girls (1989); The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee (2004); The Love Boat (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Park Is Mine (1985); The Pool Boys (2009); The Road to Independence (2007); The Road to Independence: The Movie (2011); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Santa Clause 2 (2002); The Santa Clause 2: Gag Reel (2003); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Simple Life (1998); The Spirit of '76 (2009); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1996); The Trials of Cate McCall (2013); The View (2005–2014); The Wild Thornberrys (1999); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Media (2000); Two Heterosexual Men Get Ready to Go Out (2000); Ultimate Jordan (2001); Underdogs (2013); Vicki! (1992–1993); Whatever Happened To? (2008); Wheel of Fortune (1995); ...Where's Rodney? (1990); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002); Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000); Why I Hate Parties (But Pretend to Love Them) (2003); Working (1997).

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939)

News Is Made at Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by John Francis Larkin,

was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Behind the scenes photograph:

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

On this day in movie history - Reign of Fire (2002)

Reign of Fire

directed by Rob Bowman,

written by Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg,

based on a story by Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Edward Shearmur, Brad Wagner, Grant Claytor and Mad at Gravity.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard, Doug Cockle, Randall Carlton, Chris Kelly, Ben Thornton, Alice Krige, Malcolm Douglas, Dessie Gallagher, Martin Linnane, Denis Conway, Duncan Keegan, Laura Pyper, Berts Folan, Brian McGuinness, Barry Barnes, David Herlihy, Gerry O’Brien, Patrick Foy, Anne Maria McAuley, Maree Duffy, Alex Meacock, David Garrick, Andy Godbold, Conor Dean Smith, Ross Donnelly, Jack Gleeson, Sebastian Siegel.

On this day in movie history - Road to Perdition (2002)

Road to Perdition

directed by Sam Mendes,

written by David Self,

based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Liam Aiken, Dylan Baker, Ciarán Hinds, David Darlow, Kerry Rossall, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Chamberlin, Harry Groener, JoBe Cerny.