Albert Einstein, on imagination:

 

Imagination is everything.

It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein.

Born on this day – Clara Smith:

Clara Smith

Blues singer

March 13, 1894 – February 2, 1935

 
Credits:

Ain't Nothin' Cookin' What You're Smellin' / Separation Blues (1926); All Night Blues / Play It (Do It a Long Time Papa) (1923); Broken Busted Blues / Court House Blues with Louis Armstrong; Cheatin' Daddy / You Don't Know Who's Shakin' Your Tree (1927); Court House Blues / The L & N Blues (1926); Don't Never Tell Nobody / Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail (1923); Ease It / Percolatin' Blues (1927); Far Away Blues / I'm Going Back to My Used to Be (1923); For Sale / You Dirty Dog (1931); Freight Train Blues / Done Sold My Soul to the Devil (And My Heart's Done Turned to Stone) (1924); Frosty Mornin' Blues / Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Gin Mill Blues / Got My Mind on That Thing (1929); Good Looking Papa Blues / Don't Advertise Your Man (1924); He's Mine, All Mine / Steel Drivin' Sam (1925); How'm I Doin' / Whip It to a Jelly (1926); I Got Everything A Woman Needs / Every Woman's Blues (1923); I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain) / Awful Moanin' Blues (1923); I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / You Don't Know My Mind (1924); Irresistible Blues / I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (1923); It's Tight Like That / Daddy Don't Put That Thing on Me Blues (1929); Jelly Look What You Done Done / It's All Coming Home to You (1928); Kansas City Man Blues / Uncle Sam Blues (1924); Kind Lovin' Blues / Down South Blues (1923); Livin' Humble / Get on Board (1927); Mean Papa Turn in Your Key / Back Woods Blues (1924); My Good for Nuthin' Man / When I Steps Out (1925); Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' / If You Only Knowed (1925); Nobody's Blues but Mine / My Man Blues (1925); Oh! Mister Mitchell / Where Is My Man (1930); Ol' Sam Tages / Unemployed Papa-Charity Workin' Mama (1931); Papa I Don't Need You Now / Tired of the Way You Do (1929); San Francisco Blues / Chain Gang Blues (1924); Shipwrecked Blues / My John Blues; Steamboat Man Blues / Sobbin' Sister Blues (1928); That's Why The Undertakers Are Busy Today / Black Woman's Blues (1927); The Basement Blues / Mama's Gone, Good Bye (1924); The Market Street Blues / It Takes the Lawd (To Tell What's on My Mind) (1925); Troublesome Blues / You Can't Get It Now (1927); Wanna Go Home / Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee (1928); West Indies Blues / The Clearing House Blues (1924).

Born on this day – Henry Hathaway:

 

Henry Hathaway

Director

Producer

March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985

 

Credits:

13 Rue Madeleine (1947); 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 5 Card Stud (1968); 75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Airport (1970); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Bachelor Brides (1926); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Brigham Young (1940); Call Northside 777 (1948); China Girl (1942); Circus World (1964); Come On, Marines! (1934); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Empty Hands (1924); Fourteen Hours (1951); From Hell to Texas (1958); Garden of Evil (1954); Go West Young Man (1936); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hangup (1974); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977); Home in Indiana (1944); Honest Hutch (1920); How the West Was Won (1962); Hula (1927); I Loved a Soldier (1936); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); Johnny Apollo (1940); Jubilo (1919); Kiss of Death (1947); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lest We Forget (1937); Lord Jim (1925); Madame X (1920); Man of the Forest (1933); Mantrap (1926); Morocco (1930); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); Nevada Smith (1966); Niagara (1953); Night After Night (1932); Nob Hill (1945); North to Alaska (1960); Now and Forever (1934); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Human Bondage (1964); Open All Night (1924); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Prince Valiant (1954); Raid on Rommel (1971); Rawhide (1951); Redskin (1929); Roads of Destiny (1921); Seven Thieves (1960); Shoot Out (1971); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Sundown (1941); Sunset Pass (1933); Talking Film (1981); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Awakening (1928); The Black Rose (1950); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The House on 92nd Street (1945); The Last Round-Up (1934); The Last Safari (1967); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Love Doctor (1929); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Moviemakers (1985); The Racers (1955); The Real Glory (1939); The Rough Riders (1927); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Slim Princess (1920); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Storm Woman (1917); The Texan (1930); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Virginian (1929); The Way of All Flesh (1927); The Witching Hour (1934); The World and Its Woman (1919); To the Last Man (1933); True Grit (1969); Under the Tonto Rim (1933); Underworld (1927); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wolf Song (1929); Woman Obsessed (1959); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Dan Wallin:

Dan Wallin

Sound engineer

March 13, 1927 – April 10, 2024

Credits:

40 Carats (1973); 48 Hrs. (1982); 50/50 (2011); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Family Upside Down (1978); A Fine Madness (1966); A Memory for Tino (1996); A Name for Evil (1973); A Not So Hollow Halloween! (2021); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); A Star Is Born (1976); A Streetcar Named Desire (1984); A Time to Heal (1994); Absence of Malice (1981); Afterburn (1992); Aftermath (2013); Airplane! (1980); Ali (2001); All the President's Men (1976); Altered States (1980); Ambush Bay (1966); American Tragedy (2000); Amerika (1987); An American Dream (1966); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Anastasia (1997); And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003); Annie (1982); Any Wednesday (1966); Art School Confidential (2006); Assignment to Kill (1968); Avenging Angelo (2002); Baby Boom (1987); Backfire (1987); Bad Boys (1983); Bad Santa (2003); Barquero (1970); Because I Said So (2007); Bed of Roses (1996); Beer (1985); Bella Mafia (1997); Below the Belt (1980); Best Defense (1984); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Big Jake (1971); Big Shots (1987); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Big Trouble (1986); Big Wednesday (1978); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); Black Bart (1975); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blood In, Blood Out (1993); Bloodbrothers (1978); Blue Streak (1999); Blume in Love (1973); Bobby Deerfield (1977); Body Heat (1981); Body Language (1995); Body of Evidence (1992); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Born Again (1978); Boulevard Nights (1979); Bound (1996); Bound for Glory (1976); Boycott (2001); Boys on the Run (2003); Brainstorm (1965); Brannigan (1975); Bringing Out the Dead (1999); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Bullitt (1968); Busting (1974); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); California Suite (1978); Call of Duty (2003); Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004); Camelot (1967); Cancel My Reservation (1972); Carbon Copy (1981); Carly's Web (1987); Carnal Knowledge (1971); Cars 2 (2011); Casey's Shadow (1978); Celebrity (1984); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Charlie's Angels (2000); Children of a Lesser God (1986); China Lake (1983); Chinese Box (1997); Chinese Coffee (2000); Chips, the War Dog (1990); Chisum (1970); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968); Chubasco (1968); Citizen Cohn (1992); Citizens Band (1977); Class of '44 (1973); Cleopatra Jones (1973); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Clue (1985); Cohen and Tate (1988); Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970); Commandments (1997); Commando (1985); Continental Divide (1981); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Countdown (1967); Crosscurrent (1971); Darkman (1990); Date Movie (2006); Deadly Blessing (1981); Deadly Outbreak (1995); Death of a Salesman (1985); Defiance (1980); Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Dirty Harry (1971); Doctor Detroit (1983); Double Agent (2003); Dude, Where's My Car? (2000); Dunston Checks In (1996); Easy Money (1983); Eleanor and Franklin (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Elvis Has Left the Building (2004); Enter the Dragon (1973); Evolver (1995); Excellent Cadavers (1999); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); F Troop (1967); F.I.S.T. (1978); Far from Heaven (2002); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Fire and Ice (1983); Firecreek (1968); First Family (1980); First to Fight (1967); Firstborn (1984); Five Days from Home (1978); Flap (1970); Fled (1996); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Foul Play (1978); Frances (1982); Frankie and Johnny (1991); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Fringe (2008); From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); From Justin to Kelly (2003); Funny Farm (1988); Fuzz (1972); G (2002); Game of Death (1978); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); Getting Up and Going Home (1992); Ghost in the Machine (1993); Ghost World (2001); Gloria (1980); Golden Needles (1974); Goldengirl (1979); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Gorky Park (1983); Gotcha! (1985); Gotti (1996); Grace Quigley (1984); Graffiti Bridge (1990); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Greased Lightning (1977); Grilled (2006); Gunfighter's Moon (1995); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Hammersmith Is Out (1972); Happy Birthday to Me (1981); Happy New Year (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Harper (1966); Harry & Son (1984); Harry and Tonto (1974); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Heartsounds (1984); Heaven Help Us (1985); High Anxiety (1977); High Road to China (1983); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hollywood Wives (1985); Homegrown (1998); Hooper (1978); Hot Potato (1976); Hot Stuff (1979); Hotel (1967); Hounded (2001); How to Deal (2003); Howard the Duck (1986); Hustling (1975); I Kissed a Vampire (2010); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); I, the Jury (1982); Iceman (1984); Impasse (1969); Impulse (1984); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Into the Night (1985); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); Iron Eagle (1986); Iron Will (1994); Jeremiah Johnson (1972); John Carter (2012); Joshua Tree (1993); Journey from Darkness (1975); Judas (2004); Just Like Dad (1995); Kane & Abel (1985); Keeping the Faith (2000); Kill Me If You Can (1977); King Kong (1976); Kiss My Grits (1982); Kissing a Fool (1998); Klute (1971); Kona Coast (1968); Kotch (1971); Ladder 49 (2004); Lady Beware (1987); Land of the Lost (2009); Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001); Lean on Me (1989); Let It Be Me (1995); Life Is Ruff (2005); Little Big League (1994); Little Treasure (1985); Lock Up (1989); Lonesome Dove (1989); Loser (2000); Lost Horizon (1973); Lucky Chances (1990); MacArthur (1977); Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991); Magnum Force (1973); Making Love (1982); Malone (1987); Man & Woman (1994); Man, Woman and Child (1983); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Mass Appeal (1984); Masters of the Universe (1987); Max Keeble's Big Move (2001); McQ (1974); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Medicine Ball Caravan (1971); Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005); Mercy or Murder? (1987); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Micki + Maude (1984); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995); Mike's Murder (1984); Miss Congeniality (2000); Mission to Mars (2000); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Moment by Moment (1978); Monte Carlo (2011); Moonraker (1979); More Dead Than Alive (1969); Motel Hell (1980); Moving Violations (1985); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); My Blood Runs Cold (1965); Nashville (1975); Never Too Late (1965); New Jack City (1991); Night Slaves (1970); Night Train to Venice (1993); Nightwing (1979); Nobody's Baby (2001); None But the Brave (1965); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Number One (1969); Nuts (1987); Of Men and Women (1973); Off Beat (1986); Oh, God! (1977); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Old Boyfriends (1979); On Any Sunday (1971); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One on One (1977); Ordinary People (1980); Out of Africa (1985); Panther (1995); Partners (1982); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Paternity (1981); Phoenix (1998); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972); Plain Clothes (1988); Police Academy (1984); Popeye (1980); Popi (1969); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Power (1986); Pray for the Wildcats (1974); Prep & Landing (2009); Prince Jack (1984); Private Benjamin (1980); Prizzi's Honor (1985); Probe (1972); Protocol (1984); Rabbit, Run (1970); Race the Sun (1996); Radioland Murders (1994); Rage (1972); Rage of Angels (1983); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Raise the Titanic (1980); Ratatouille (2007); Redemption of the Ghost (2002); Relative Strangers (2006); Renaldo and Clara (1978); Rendezvous in Space (1964); Return to Me (2000); Rhoda (1975–1976); Robin and Marian (1976); RoboCop (1987); RoboCop 2 (1990); Rocky Balboa (2006); Rocky II (1979); Rocky III (1982); Rollercoaster (1977); Roots (1977); Sam's Son (1984); Saturday Night Fever (1977); Scarecrow (1973); Scary Movie (2000); Semi-Tough (1977); Semper Fi (2001); Shampoo (1975); She's So Lovely (1997); Short Circuit (1986); Silver Streak (1976); Sin (2003); Siskel & Ebert (1986); Skeezer (1982); Skin Game (1971); Sky High (2005); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Somewhere in Time (1980); Songwriter (1984); Spartacus (1960); Species (1995); Speed Racer (2008); Spies Like Us (1985); Split Image (1982); Spy Hard (1996); Stanley & Iris (1990); Star Kid (1997); Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011); Star Trek (2009); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Stark (1985); Starting Over (1979); Straight Time (1978); Strange Days (1995); Strange Invaders (1983); Street Fighter (1994); Stripes (1981); Stuck in the Suburbs (2004); Suicide Kings (1997); Summer Rental (1985); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Super 8 (2011); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Sweet November (1968); Sybil (1976); Youthquake! (1977); Zandy's Bride (1974); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981); Tank (1984); Tank Girl (1995); Taxi Driver (1976); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Terms of Endearment (1983); That Championship Season (1982); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Accidental Spy (2001); The Accidental Tourist (1988); The Arrangement (1969); The Babe (1992); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Basketball Diaries (1995); The Bear (1984); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Betsy (1978); The Big Bounce (1969); The Big Fix (1978); The Big Red One (1980); The Big Sleep (1978); The Black Hole (1979); The Black Stallion (1979); The Bobo (1967); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Cheap Detective (1978); The China Syndrome (1979); The Chosen (1981); The Cool Ones (1967); The Cowboys (1972); The Craft (1996); The Crow (1994); The Cure (1995); The Darwin Awards (2006); The Day After (1983); The Dead (1987); The Deep (1977); The Deep End of the Ocean (1999); The Delphi Bureau (1972); The Drowning Pool (1975); The Electric Horseman (1979); The End (1978); The Enforcer (1976); The Family Stone (2005); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Formula (1980); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Fugitive (1993); The Gauntlet (1977); The Golden Child (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Good Mother (1988); The Good Son (1993); The Goonies (1985); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); The Great Race (1965); The Greatest (1977); The Green Berets (1968); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Incredibles (2004); The Incredibles: The Video Game (2004); The In-Laws (1979); The Insider (1999); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Judas Project (1990); The Karate Kid (1984); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady in Red (1979); The Last Detail (1973); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Last Word (1995); The Learning Tree (1969); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Man Inside (1990); The Master Gunfighter (1975); The Mountain Men (1980); The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005); The Negotiator (1998); The Omega Man (1971); The Other Side of the Mountain (1975); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Pack (1977); The Package (1989); The Pardon (2013); The Pentagon Wars (1998); The Perfect Game (2009); The Phynx (1970); The Pickle (1993); The Pirate (1978); The President's Mistress (1978); The Private Eyes (1980); The Promise (1979); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Rainmaker (1997); The Reef (2006); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); The Rich Man's Wife (1996); The Right Stuff (1983); The River (1984); The Sea Gypsies (1978); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); The Shell Seekers (1989); The Shootist (1976); The Sports Pages (2001); The Stunt Man (1980); The Substance of Fire (1996); The Swarm (1978); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Third Day (1965); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); The Tic Code (1998); The Train Robbers (1973); The Trial of Billy Jack (1974); The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987); The Way We Were (1973); The White Buffalo (1977); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Winds of War (1983); The Woman in Red (1984); The World According to Garp (1982); The World's Greatest Lover (1977); The Yakuza (1974); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three Amigos! (1986); Three the Hard Way (1974); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); THX 1138 (1971); Tilt (1979); Time After Time (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); To Fly! (1976); Tomcats (2001); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Tortilla Soup (2001); Touched by Love (1980); Tough Guys (1974); Trading Places (1983); Tron (1982); Truck Turner (1974); Truman (1995); Twilight (1998); Twin Dragons (1992); UFOria (1984); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Under Siege (1992); Under the Volcano (1984); Up (2009); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Up: The Video Game (2009); Velvet (1984); Victory (1981); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Viva Knievel! (1977); Volunteers (1985); Wait Until Dark (1967); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985); Wanda Nevada (1979); Welcome to L.A. (1976); What's Up, Doc? (1972); When the Time Comes (1987); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Where It's At (1969); Which Way to the Front? (1970); White Dog (1982); White Line Fever (1975); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wild Wild West (1999); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999); Wolf (1994); Wolfen (1981); Woodstock (1970); Wrongfully Accused (1998); Yellowbeard (1983); Yes, Giorgio (1982); Young Frankenstein (1974).

Born on this day – Toby Robins:

Toby Robins

Actress

March 13, 1931 – March 21, 1986

Credits:

Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964); Armchair Theatre (1965–1966); BBC Play of the Month (1968–1971); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Call My Bluff (1970); CBC Summer Theatre (1955); Champion House (1967); Clapper Board (1981); Department S (1969); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dylan (1978); Encounter (1953–1961); Explorations (1956); Festival / Segment: The Collection (1961–1963); First Performance (1957); First Person (1960); Folio (1955–1958); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Friends (1971); Front Page Challenge (1958–1960); Game for Three Losers (1965); Gems (1985); Goodbye Darling (1981); Harriet's Back in Town (1972–1973); Hazell (1979); Husbands and Lovers (1970); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Jason King (1972); Kraft Theatre (1951); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961–1963); Look Who's Here (1976); Mickey Dunne (1967); Minder (1984); New Scotland Yard (1973); On Camera (1955–1958); Once (1981); Paul and Michelle (1974); Playbill (1953); Playdate (1962–1963); Princess Daisy (1983); R.C.M.P. (1960); Room Service (1979); Scandalous (1984); Scope (1955); Space: 1999 (1977); Spy Story (1976); Startime (1960); Sutherland's Law (1976); The Adventurer (1973); The Big Revue (1952); The Caves of Steel (1964); The Defenders (1963); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1965); The Flip Side (1967); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1971); The Naked Runner (1967); The President's Last Tape (1974); The Protectors (1972); The Saint (1967); The Sun James Bond 'For Your Eyes Only' Television Commercial / Video (1981); The Unforeseen (1959); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre 625 (1965); Undercover Lover (1979); Whodunnit? (1974); Youth 60 (1959).

Born on this day – Terence Brady:

Terence Brady

Writer

Actor

March 13, 1939 – September 29, 2016

Credits:

A Fine Romance (1989); A Man of our Times (1968); According to Dora (1968); All Star Comedy Carnival (1969); Away from It All (1973); Baby Love (1969); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Boy Meets Girl (1969); Broad and Narrow (1965); Call My Bluff (1969–1970); Cribbins (1969); Dig This Rhubarb (1963–1964); Father Matthew's Daughter (1987); Father, Dear Father (1969); For Amusement Only (1968); Foreign Exchange (1970); Forever Green (1989–1992); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Four Tall Tinkles (1967); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Love Story (1968); Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986); Magic Moments (1989); Maid in Britain (2010); Mrs Thursday (1966); Nanny (1981–1983); No, Honestly (1974–1975); Oh Madeline (1983–1984); Pig in the Middle (1980–1983); Play for Today (1973); Riders (1993); Robin's Nest (1978); Sam and Janet (1968); Take Three Girls (1969–1971); Take Three Women (1982); The Avengers (1969); The Great War (1964); The Marriage Lines (1964); The Road to F9: Fast & Furious Fan Fest (2020); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966–1969); Thomas and Sarah (1979); Three Comedies of Marriage (1975); Three Rousing Tinkles (1966); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1972); Yes, Honestly (1976–1977); Z Cars (1970).

Born on this day – Neil Sedaka:

Neil Sedaka

Singer

Composer

Actor

Writer

Pianist

March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026

Credits:

Book:

Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story (1982).

Albums:

A Song (1977); All You Need Is the Music (1978); Brighton Beach Memories (2003); Calendar Girl (2018); Circulate (1961); Circulate (Expanded Edition) (1960); Classically Sedaka (1995); Come See About Me (1984); Emergence (1971); Essential Masters 1956-1961 (2011); Greatest Hits Live in Concert (1996); I Am But A Fool (2023); I Do It For Applause (2016); I'm a Song (2010); In the Pocket (1980); Italiano (2001); Italiano (Expanded Edition) (1964); Laughter in the Rain (1974); Little Devil (2018); Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1974); Manhattan Intermezzo (2016); Neil Sedaka (1959); Neil Sedaka and Songs (1977); Neil Sedaka On Stage (1974); Neil Sedaka Sings The Hits (1999); Neil Sedaka, The Tokens & Coins (2006); Neil Sedaka: Now (1981); New York City (2009); Overnight Success (1975); Rock Masters: Ring A Rockin' (2005); Rock with Sedaka (1959); Rockin' Sides (2012); Rye Beach, Ny, June 12Th 1993 (Live) (2016); Sings His Original Country Songs (2018); Solitaire (1972); Son Plus Gros Succès International (2001); Stairway to Heaven (2012); Steppin' Out (1976); The Diary (2014); The Diary, Vol. 2 (2019); The Good Times (1986); The Hungry Years (1975); The Miracle of Christmas (2008); The Real Neil (2012); The Show Goes On (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London / 2006) (2012); The Tra-La Days Are Over (1973); Tuneweaver (1995); Waking Up Is Hard To Do (2009); Workin' on a Groovy Thing (1969).

Songs:

A Little Lovin’; Alice In Wonderland; Alone at Last; As Long as I Live; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Calendar Girl; I Go Ape; I Must Be Dreaming; I tuoi capricci; Il Re Dei Pagliacci; I'm a Song, Sing Me; King of Clowns; La terza luna; Laughter in the Rain; Let's Go Steady Again; Little Devil; My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day; Next Door to an Angel; O Carol; Oh Carol; Oh! Carol; One Way Ticket; Rosemary Blue; Should’ve Never Let You Go; Solitaire; Star Crossed Lovers; Sweet Little You; The Hungry Years; The Lion Sleeps Tonight; The Miracle Song; The Same Old Fool; You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine.

Movies and television:

207 15th Anniversary (2018); 3-2-1 (1982); 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (1969); A Friend of the Family (2022); A Journey of Faith (2026); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in Music (2022); ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All (2019); ABBA in Australia (1976); ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold (2023); ABBA: Against the Odds (2024); ABBA: The Definitive Collection (2002); ABBA: The Movie (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ALF (1988); American Bandstand (1963–1975); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Housewife (2017); American Idol (2002–2012); American Idol Rewind (2008); An Evening with Glen Campbell (1977); Arrested Development (2003); Bandstand (1960–1969); Banished (2007); Beat Shazam (2017); Better Off Dead (1985); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991–1993); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Love (2007); Big Time Adolescence (2019); Biography (1998–2002); Black Milk (1999); Bob Hope's Christmas Comedy Special (1976); Bob's Burgers (2017); Body Electric (2004); Boomers (2014); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast (2016); Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Buenos días a todos (2011); Bullet in the Face (2012); Calendar Girl (1993); Cannonball (2017); Caught Stealing (2025); Champs-Elysées (1983); Charo (1976); Chatterbox! (1977); Cita con las estrellas (1956–1971); Click (2006); Clown (2014); Comic Relief 2005: Is This the Way to Amarillo (2005); Cover that One Cupid (2023); Cruisin' 57 (1975); Cue the Music (1991–1995); Dancing with the Stars (2014); DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016); Dead Slow Ahead (2015); Deadpool (2016); Des O'Connor Tonight (1990–1992); Designing Women (1989); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dolly (1976); Donkey Konga (2003); Donny and Marie (1977); Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994); EastEnders (2005); Elvis: 50 Years in Show Business (2004); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985–1986); Emu's Wide World (1988); Emu's World (1983); Euphoria (2022); Evil (2003); Family Matters (1991); Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021); Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025); Food Rocks (1994); For Facts Sake (2018); Gangsters (1976); Geraldo Rivera Reports (2014); Get It Together (1977); Get Over It (2001); Getaway (2010); Gila! (2012); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2019); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Live: A Tribute to Gilbert (2022); Gilmore Girls (2001); God Only Knows: Vocal Harmony - The Voice (2003); Good Day New York (2025); Good Morning America (1978); Good Morning Britain (2014); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Greatest Hits of the 70s (2021); Guest Night (1992); Happy Days (1977–1978); Haven (2010–2015); Hermes House Band ft. Tony Christie: (Is This the Way To) Amarillo (2005); Hey Brian! (1973); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hotel de Love (1996); Hour Magazine (1982); House Arrest (1996); How the Brits Rocked America (2012); Huckabee (2012); I Love the '70s (2003); I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007); In Concert (1975); In Melbourne Tonight (1969); Instant Love (1964); It Takes a Thief (1970); It Takes Two (2007); ITV Evening News (2018); I've Got a Secret (1965); iZombie (2016); Jake in Progress (2005); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1984); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Jolene (2008); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Juke Box Jury (1962); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kelly Key: Ao Vivo (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kim Friele - homokampens førstedame (2021); King of Pop 1975 (1975); Legends (2010); Legends in Concert: Neil Sedaka Up Close and Personal (2004); Letters to Cupid (2017); Lewis & Clark & George (1997); Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003); Live from Her Majesty's (1984); Live Wednesday (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2009); Live! On City Line (1987); Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala (2006); Look, Mike Yarwood! (1974); Loose Women (2006–2009); Lorraine (2016); Lost (2009); Lost Love (2003); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Lucas Chronicle (2017); Lulu (1975); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1977); Magnum P.I. (2020); Malcolm in the Middle (2003); Maman est chez le coiffeur (2008); Mandy (2024); Married... with Children (1996); Memòries de la tele (2009); Men Behaving Badly (1998); Michel Legrand in Concert (1978); Miracle (1982); Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019); Moods of Love (1974); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); My Music: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind (2014); My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs (2015); My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries (2012); My Yearbook 1960-1963 (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010); Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need Is the Music (1983); Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out (1976); Neil Sedaka: In Concert (1981); Neil Sedaka: King of Song (2014); Neil Sedaka: New Orleans (1984); Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2008); Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On (2001); New Jersey Turnpikes (1999); New World (1995); Night Fever (1997); Noble (2014); On Stage America (1984); One Hundred and Eighty: The Tour Documentary (2005); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Our Brand Is Crisis (2015); Over Easy (1977); Overspel (2015); Pebble Mill at One (1991–1992); Perfect Strangers (1986); Peter Kay: Live at the Manchester Arena (2004); Phoenix Nights (2002); Picture Perfect (1997); Playgirl Killer (1967); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2024); Primetime (1991); Prince of the City (1981); Pro of Contra (1963); Pyrates (1991); Queen: Rare Live - A Concert Through Time and Space (1989); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Rings Around the World (1966); Rock & Chips (2011); Rock with Laughter (1993); Salute! (1983); Sarah G Live (2012); Saturday Matters (1989); Saturday Night Live (1976–1982); Scopitones (1960–1969); Secrets of New York (2013); Sex and the City (2008); Sextette (1977); Sha-Na-Na in Sha Na Na (1980); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shirley (1979); Smile (1975); Solid Gold (1981); Some Kind of Heaven (2020); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Songwriters Hall of Fame (2004); Sounds Like Us (1969); Space Station 76 (2014); Spede show (1974); Spotlight (1973); Standing Room Only (2004); Star Search (1984); Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2000); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of Death (1966); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stuck on You! (1983); Stumptown (2019); Sunset Strip (2012); Super 88 (1987); Super Bowl (1976); Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Surprise! Surprise! (1995); Sweet Nightmare (1998); Swingtown (2008); Tales of the City (1993); Talk Stoop (2010); Tavis Smiley (2010); That '70s Show (1998–1999); The 22nd International Emmy Awards (1994); The Benny Hill Show (1975); The Big Bang Theory (2017); The Big Breakfast (1993–1995); The Bob Braun Show (1968); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Boss (2016); The Boulevard (2018); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1977); The Castle (1997); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1966); The Connie Francis Scrapbook (1992); The Craft (1996); The Crown (2020); The Dales (2013); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1975); The Dick Clark Show (1958–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963 / 1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fosters (2015); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garden Party (1991); The Gift of Song (1984); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The Graham Kennedy Show (1973–1975); The Great British Sewing Bee (2020); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hotel (2014); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The James Whale Show (1995); The January Man (1989); The Joy of Easy Listening (2011); The Joy of the Single (2012); The King of Queens (2005); The Leftovers (2014–2017); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1964–1966); The Love Boat (1979); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Man in the High Castle (2016); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1975); The Midnight Special (1975–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Monkees (1967); The Monsters (1963); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Muppet Show (1979–1980); The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song (2011); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1974); The One Show (2009–2011); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1995); The Partridge Family (1970–1973); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Rolf Harris Show (1973); The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll (1981); The Simpsons (1998–2005); The Songmakers Collection (2001); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973 / 1976); The Tall Guy (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1982); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Val Doonican Music Show (1977); The View (2007); The Way We Laughed (1998); The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1975); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); They Sold a Million (1973–1974); This Is Pop (2021); This Is Your Life (1991 / 1993); This Morning (2006); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Top of the Pops (1972–1991); Top Ten (2000); Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (2006); Transsiberian (2008); Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves IGN Podcast Beyond (2011); Upbeat (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1962); Veronica Mars (2005–2019); Vinyl (2016); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1984); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Where the Boys Are (1960 / 1984); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); You Are Beautiful (2009); Zeit.geschichte (2019).

Born on this day – Deborah Raffin:

Deborah Raffin

Actress

Model

Audiobook publisher

March 13, 1953 – November 21, 2012

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 7th Heaven (1996–2005); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); Aesop's Fables (1995); An Evening at the Improv (1994); B.L. Stryker (1989); Book of Days (2003); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Circus of the Stars (1977); Claudia (1985); Dinah! (1975); ER (2008); Family Blessings (1998); Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson (1997); Futuresport (1998); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Good Morning America (1978); Hollywood Women (1993); Home Song (1996); Hour Magazine (1980); Intimate Portrait (2002); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006); Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001); Morning Glory (1993); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of the Fox (1990); Noble House (1988); Scanners II: The New Order (1991); Superman (1978); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); Tattletales (1976); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The American Sportsman (1979); The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd (1993); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors (2010); The Sands of Time (1992); The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2010); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988); The Twilight Zone (1989); Today (1979); Unwed Father (1997); Wilde (1997); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Glenne Headly:

Glenne Headly

Actress

March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017

Credits:

2 Days in the Valley (1996); A Girl Thing (2001); AFI Life Achievement Award (2008); And the Band Played On (1993); Around the Bend (2004); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Bartleby (2001); Bastard Out of Carolina (1996); Bowery Dawn (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Comeback Season (2006); Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008); Dial a Prayer (2015); Dick Tracy (1990); Dick Tracy Special (2010); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Featurette (1988); Doctor Detroit (1983); Don Jon (2013); Eleni (1985); Encore! Encore! (1998–1999); ER (1996–1997); Eulogy (2004); Fandango (1985); Four Friends (1981); Frasier (1995); Future Man (2017); Getting Even with Dad (1994); Grand Isle (1991); Grey's Anatomy (2008); Hotel Room (1993); It's a Good Day: The Making of 'Around the Bend' (2005); Just Getting Started (2017); Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Living with Ed (2009); Lloyd in Space (2002); Lonesome Dove (1989); Making Babies (2018); Making Mr. Right (1987); Merry Xmas (2015); Monk (2003–2006); Mortal Thoughts (1991); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); My Own Country (1998); Nadine (1987); On Golden Pond (2001); Ordinary Magic (1993); Paperhouse (1988); Parks and Recreation (2012); Pepper Ann (2000); Pound Puppies (2012); Pronto (1997); Psych (2012); Raising Flagg (2006); Recess (1998); Rugrats (2002); Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987); Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983); Scene Stealers (2002); Seize the Day (1986); Sgt. Bilko (1996); Stars and Bars (1988); Steppenwolf Theatre Company: 25 Years on the Edge (2000); Strange Weather (2016); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Amateurs (2005); The Burbs (2002); The Circle (2017); The Darkest Day (1999); The Fugitive (2001); The Guardian (2004); The Joneses (2009); The League (2013); The Namesake (2006); The Night Of (2016); The Oscars (2018); The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985); The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000); The X Files (1998); Timecode (2000); What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001); Winchell (1998); Women vs. Men (2002); Working in the Theatre (1985).

On this day in music history - Southside, by Texas (1989)

Southside

by Texas

was released on March 13, 1989.

Track list:

I Don't Want a Lover; Tell Me Why; Everyday Now; Southside; Prayer for You; Faith; Thrill Has Gone; Fight the Feeling; Fool for Love; One Choice; Future Is Promises.

On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1978)

The Big Sleep

directed and written by Michael Winner,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1978.

Narrated by Robert Mitchum.

Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox, John Mills, James Stewart, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Richard Todd, Diana Quick, James Donald, John Justin, Simon Fisher Turner, Martin Potter.

On this day in movie history - Heart of Darkness (1994 movie & novel):

 

Heart of Darkness

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Benedict Fitzgerald,

based on the novel by Joseph Conrad,

released in the United States on March 13, 1994.

Music by Stanley

.

Cast: Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé, James Fox, Morten Faldaas, Patrick Ryecart, Michael Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Hutchings, Peter Vaughan, Phoebe Nicholls, Allan Corduner, Jan Tríska, Alan Scarfe, Michael Cronin, Iman, Timothy Bateson, Stephen Oxley, John Savident, Charles Kay, Ian McDiarmid, Bhime Souaré, Candice Daly.

Recommended reading:

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad.

Mass Market Paperback
First published 1899.
Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140431681
ISBN 10: 0140431683
ASIN: B001KTM47C

Author Joseph Conrad based this novella on his own personal experiences, during a voyage up the Congo River in 1890.

This novella was the inspiration for the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Description:

Written in the last year of the nineteenth century, Heart of Darkness can be seen in many ways as the first twentieth-century novel.

Its climate of doubt and vagueness, its loss of moral confidence and its need for belief in the midst of spiritual wilderness, its exploration of the subconscious and its affirmation of individual freedom are all themes that were to have an influence on writers such as Orwell, Godling Céline, Borges and Eliot.

In Heart of Darkness Conrad unfolds the story of Marlow’s search for Mr Kurtz, the company agent whose ‘unlawful soul’ has been ‘beguiled beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations’ in his dealings with the natives of the Belgian Congo. Marlow’s adventure involves him in a crucial reappraisal of his own values. It is Kurtz, however, who attains to a vision of the inexpressible, terrifying reality of the heart in this extraordinary exploration of human savagery and despair.

Book cover image: The Steamer Stanley, by F. Hens.

On this day in movie history - Monsters (2010)

Monsters

directed and written by Gareth Edwards,

was released in the United States on March 13, 2010.

Music by Jon Hopkins.

Cast:

Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall, Ricky Catter, Paul Archer, Kerry Valderrama, Jonathan Winnford, Stan Wong, Anthony Cristo, Mario Richardson, Jorge Quirs, Erick Arce, Emigo Munkel, Esteban Blanco, Victor Vejan, Cristopher Chararria, Roman Bustamante, Solamon Albarran, Alejandro Sotero, Victorino Angulo, David Alba Garcia, Eduardo Guizak, Alfonso Pineda, Jose Garcia Gomez, Erika Morales Yolanda Chacon, Elsa Rascon Gonzalez, Jose Luis Morales Chacon, Tamilez Morales Chacon, Jonathan Cadena Chacon, Cindy Vanessa Cadena Morales, Javier Acosta Rodriguez, Victor Manuel Martinez Tovar, Walter Hernandez Col, Kenedy Gamaliel Jiminez, Hugo Valuerde, Roberto Saluzan, Cesan Solauo, Aris Martinez, Claudia Valdez, Elizabeth Blanco Sanchez, Gloria Soza, Aura Escobar, Max Alfredo Coe Tux, Ivan Sanchez, Wilfredo Hernandez Alvarado, Ramon Otzoy Sucuc, Erma Bradley, Shelmar Bradley, Luis Cails Sosa Carlos, Rene Moreno Lopez, Kenia Guadalupe Dominluez Yamas, Jesus Jose Moreno Quezada, Marta Maria Acatitla Vasquez, Romeo Arista, Maria Luisa Ontanon, Refugio Tapia Rendon, Katerine Zuleika Guizar Tapia, Joagun Salazan, Anthony Jimenez Jara, Luis Robertomonge Brenes, Oscar Mario Badilla Bora, Neston Herrera, Iserias Antouro Morah, Cooper Smith.