Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

 

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

On this day in movie history - Meet the Girls (1938)

Meet the Girls

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1938.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart, Wally Vernon, Erik Rhodes, Constantine Romanoff, Jack Norton, Emmett Vogan, Paul McVey, Harlan Briggs, Carol Adams, Billy Bevan, Ralph Brooks, James B. Carson, Alan Davis, Larry Dods, Lester Dorr, Dick Elliott, Allen Fox, Jack Gargan, Creighton Hale, Harry Hayden, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Fred Kohler Jr., Stanley Mack, David Newell, William Newell, Tom O'Grady, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, William Wagner, Bruce Warren, June Wilkins.

On this day in movie history - Private Detective 62 (1933)

Private Detective 62

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Rian James,

based on a story by Raoul Whitfield,

was released in the United States on July 6, 1933.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Hohl, Natalie Moorhead, James Bell, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Joan Barclay, Arthur Byron, Heinie Conklin, Eddie Dunn, Bill Elliott, Theresa Harris, Ann Hovey, Charles Lane, Eddie Phillips, Georges Renavent, Rolfe Sedan, Harry Seymour, Joan Standing, Sheila Terry, Ellinor Vanderveer, Renee Whitney, Charles C. Wilson, Pat Wing, Toby Wing.