Thursday, May 23, 2024
On this day in movie history - Loan Shark (1952)
Born on this day – Scatman Crothers:
Credits:
Albums:
Rock 'N Roll With "Scat Man" (1956); 4 A.M. (1960); Comedy Sweepstakes (1961); Big Ben Sings (1973).
Movies and television:
ABC Nutrition Spots (1974); ABC Weekend Specials (1979); Ad Lib (1981); Adam-12 (1972); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Alias Jesse James (1959); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); Alvarez Kelly (1966); American Playhouse (1982); American Playhouse (1982); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Andy Williams Presents (1974); Arena (1980); Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979); Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Benson (1982); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); Beulah (1952); Bewitched (1971); Big Town (1953); Biography (1996–2003); Black Belt Jones (1974); Black Cop (2017); Bloody Mama (1970); Bonanza (1961); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Break the Bank (1977); Bronco Billy (1980); C B Bears (1977); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980); Casablanca (1983); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chandler (1971); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976); Chico and the Man (1974–1978); Cineficción Radio (2019); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012); City at Night (1949); Climax! (1955); Coonskin / aka Street Fight (1974); Deadly Eyes (1982); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Detroit 9000 (1973); Dinah! (1975–1977); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Circle of Life (1994); Disney Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities (1987); Dragnet 1967 (1967); East of Sumatra (1953); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1983); Fallout (2024); Fantasy Film Festival (1980); Filmworker (2017); Flying High (1978); Friday Foster (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Good Morning America (1980); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Griff (1973); Harlem Globe Trotters (1970–1971); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hong Kong Phooey (1974); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019); Hotel (1983); Imagine That (1983); Ironside (1973); It Takes Two (1982); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Johnny Dark (1954); Johnny Midnight (1960); Jokebook (1982); Joys! (1976); Kids Are People, Too (1981); King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra (1950); Kojak (1973); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television (1987); Lady in a Cage (1964); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Laverne & Shirley (1980); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Love, American Style / Love and the Perfect Wedding / Love and the Dummies (1969–1972); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Circus (1970); Madame's Place (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Man on the Outside (1974); Mannix (1974); Matt Houston (1985); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962); McMillan & Wife (1974); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978); NBC Special Treat (1980); Nichols (1972); No Small Parts (2014); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); One of the Boys (1982); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980); Paw Paws (1985–1986); Petrocelli (1976); Porgy and Bess (1959); Pryor's Place (1984); Renée (2011); Resident Alien (2024); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Rock Odyssey (1987); Room 237 (2012); Roots (1977); Salute! (1983); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1975); Sanford and Son (1975); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1981); Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games (2012); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977); Sha Na Na (1980); Silver Streak (1976); Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Stay Hungry (1976); Surprising Suzie (1953); Surprising Suzie (1953); Tarzan and the Trappers (1960); Taxi (1978); The 1980 Sci-Fi Awards (1980); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Aristocats (1970); The Cheap Detective (1978); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The David Steinberg Show (1976); The Family Jewels (1965); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965); The Fortune (1975); The Gift of Love (1958); The Good Life (1971); The Governor & J.J. (1970); The Great White Hope (1970); The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (1980); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Kill Room (2023); The King of Marvin Gardens (1972); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1966); The Lorax (1972); The Love Boat (1978–1984); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1976); The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992); The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Odd Couple (1974); The Paper Chase (1985); The Patsy (1964); The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan (1952); The Rich Little Show (1976); The Shining (1980); The Shootist (1976); The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Skatebirds (1977–1978); The Spade Cooley Show (1957); The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974); The Super Globetrotters (1979); The Teller and the Tale (1985); The Third Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1982); The Transformers (1984–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986); This Is Your Life (1984); Three on a Couch (1966); Toma (1974); Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime (1987); Trollkins (1981); Truck Turner (1974); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Kick the Can (1983); Two of a Kind (1983); Vega$ (1978–1979); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Walking My Baby Back Home (1953); We Got It Made (1984); Win, Place or Steal (1974); Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951); Zapped! (1982).
Born on this day – Laura Devon:
Credits:
A Covenant
with Death (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Chamber of
Horrors (1966); Coronet Blue (1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Goodbye Charlie
(1964); Gunn (1967); I Spy (1965); Insight (1960); Mr. Sycamore (1975); Rawhide
(1964); Red Line 7000 (1965); Route 66 (1962–1963); Stoney Burke (1963); T.H.E.
Cat (1966); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Big Valley (1966); The
Fugitive (1966); The Gallant Men (1963); The Invaders (1967); The Lieutenant
(1963); The New Breed (1962); The Richard Boone Show (1963–1964); The Rogues
(1965); The Twilight Zone (1963); Wide Country (1962).
Born on this day – James Blish:
Credits:
Written work:
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction (1954); A Case of Conscience (1958); A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories (1996); A Life for the Stars (1962); A Torrent of Faces (1967); A Work of Art and Other Stories (1993); And All the Stars a Stage (1971); Antigrav (1975); Anywhen (1970); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish (1965); Beyond Tomorrow (1976); Black Easter (1968); Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System (2020); Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974); Death's Angel (1981); Devil World (1979); Doctor Mirabilis (1964); Earthman, Come Home (1956); Flights of Eagles (2009); Galactic Cluster (1959); Get Out of My Sky (1980); Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness (1980); Giants in the Earth (1968); Human Machines: An Anthology of Stories about Cyborgs (1975); In This World, or Another (2003); Jack of Eagles (1952); Midsummer Century (1972); Mission to the Heart Stars (1965); More Issues At Hand (1970); Mudd's Angels (1978); Novelets of Science Fiction (1963); One-Shot (1955); Perry's Planet (1980); Planet of Judgment (1977); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011); So Close to Home (1961); Spock Must Die! (1970); Spock, Messiah! (1976); Star Trek 1 (1967); Star Trek 10 (1974); Star Trek 11 (1975); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 2 (1968); Star Trek 3 (1969); Star Trek 4 (1971); Star Trek 5 (1972); Star Trek 6 (1972); Star Trek 7 (1972); Star Trek 8 (1972); Star Trek 9 (1973); Star Trek: The New Voyages (1976); Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (1977); Supermen (2002); Ten Tomorrows (1973); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Best of James Blish (1979); The Day After Judgment (1971); The duplicated man (1959); The Fate of the Phoenix (1979); The Frozen Year / Fallen Star (1957); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (2016); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Issue at Hand (1964); The Late Great Future (1976); The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009); The Night Shapes (1962); The Price of the Phoenix (1977); The Quincunx of Time (1973); The Seedling Stars (1956); The Star Dwellers (1961); The Starless World (1978); The Tale That Wags the God (1987); The Testament of Andros (1965); The Thing in the Attic (1954); The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals (1958); The Vanished Jet (1968); The Warriors of Day (1953); They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! (1956); Titan's Daughter (1961); Trek to Madworld (1979); Vor (1958); Vulcan! (1978); Welcome to Mars (1967); With All of Love (1995); Works of Art (1993); World Without End (1979); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967).
Movie and television:
The Beast
Must Die (1974); The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953); Captain Video and
His Video Rangers (1949–1955).