Wednesday, October 30, 2024
On this day in radio history - The War of the Worlds (1938)
Caitlin Flanagan, on writing:
Recommended reading - Golden Age Whodunits
Golden Age Whodunits
Edited by Otto Penzler.
Published 2024.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1613165420
ISBN-13: 978-1613165423
Born on this day – Ruth Hussey:
Ruth Hussey
Credits:
AFI Life
Achievement Award (1980); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); All-Star Party for
'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amazing World of Radio (2018); And God Created Woman
(1988); Another Thin Man (1939); Bedside Manner (1945); Big City (1937);
Blackmail (1939); Celanese Theatre (1951); Climax! (1955–1957); Family Theatre
(1951–1952); Fast and Furious (1939); Flight Command (1940); Footlights Theater
(1953); Free and Easy (1941); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); H.M.
Pulham, Esq. (1941); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hold That Kiss (1938); Honolulu
(1939); I, Jane Doe (1948); Insight (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside
Theatre (1955); Joyful Hour (1960); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Louisa
(1950); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1957); Madame X (1937); Maisie (1939);
Man-Proof (1938); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Marie Antoinette (1938); Marine
Raiders (1944); Married Bachelor (1941); MGM Parade (1955); Mr. Music (1950);
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950);
Northwest Passage (1940); Our Wife (1941); Pierre of the Plains (1942);
Playwrights '56 (1956); Producers' Showcase (1955); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
(1950); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); Shower
of Stars (1955); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Soaring Stars (1942); Spring Madness
(1938); Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); Studio 57 (1956 / 1957); Studio One
(1954); Susan and God (1940); Tender Comrade (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942);
That's My Boy (1951); The Christophers (1955–1960); The Easter Seal Teleparade
of Stars (1955); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Facts of
Life (1960); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Great Gatsby (1949); The
Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Miracle of Sound
(1940); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Red
Skelton Hour (1956–1958); The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970); The Revlon
Mirror Theater (1953); The Uninvited (1944); The Women (1939); Time Out for
Murder (1938); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Valentine's Day (1965); Within the
Law (1939); Woman of the North Country (1952); Your Play Time (1954).
Born on this day – Jane Randolph:
Jane Randolph
Credits:
Born on this day – Michael Winner:
Michael Winner
Credits:
Burke and
Hare (2010); Hotel Babylon (2009); Shelf Life (2000); Parting Shots (1998); I,
Camcorder (1995); Calliope (1994); Decadence (1994); Dirty Weekend (1993); For
the Greater Good (1991); Bullseye! (1990); A Chorus of Disapproval (1989);
Appointment with Death (1988); Death Wish 3 (1985); Claudia (1985); Scream for
Help (1984); The Wicked Lady (1983); Death Wish II (1982); Firepower (1979);
The Big Sleep (1978); The Sentinel (1977); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved
Hollywood (1976); Death Wish (1974); The Stone Killer (1973); Scorpio (1973);
The Mechanic (1972); Chato's Land (1972); The Nightcomers (1971); Lawman
(1971); The Games (1970); Hannibal Brooks (1969); A Little of What You Fancy
(1968); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); The Jokers (1967); You Must Be
Joking! (1965); The Girl-Getters (1964); West 11 (1963); The Cool Mikado
(1963); Play It Cool (1962); Behave Yourself (1962); The Cool Mikado (1963);
Haunted England (1961); Old Mac (1961); Some Like It Cool (1961); Murder on the
Campus (1961); Girls Girls Girls! (1961); Climb Up the Wall (1960); Shoot to
Kill (1960); Watch the Birdie (1959); Danger, Women at Work (1959); Floating
Fortress (1959); Man with a Gun (1958); The Square (1957).