Monday, December 25, 2023
Born on this day – Gladys Swarthout:
Opera singer
Mezzo-soprano
Actress
December 25, 1900
– July 8, 1969
Credits:
Opera Television Theatre (1950); Ambush (1939); Romance in the Dark (1938); Champagne
Waltz (1937); Give Us This Night (1936); Rose of the Rancho (1936).
Born on this day – Humphrey Bogart:
Credits:
The Harder
They Fall (1956); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Left Hand of God (1955);
We're No Angels (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Barefoot Contessa
(1954); Sabrina (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Beat the Devil (1953); The
Jack Benny Program (1953); Battle Circus (1953); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); The
African Queen (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); In a Lonely Place
(1950); Chain Lightning (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); Tokyo Joe (1949);
Knock on Any Door (1949); Key Largo (1948); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948); Always Together (1947); Dark Passage (1947); The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(1947); Dead Reckoning (1946); Never Say Goodbye (1946); The Big Sleep (1946);
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Conflict
(1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Passage to Marseille (1944); Thank Your
Lucky Stars (1943); Sahara (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943);
Casablanca (1942); Across the Pacific (1942); The Big Shot (1942); All Through
the Night (1942); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941);
High Sierra (1940); They Drive by Night (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); It All
Came True (1940); Virginia City (1940); Invisible Stripes (1939); The Return of
Doctor X (1939); The Roaring Twenties (1939); Dark Victory (1939); You Can't
Get Away with Murder (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); King of the Underworld
(1939); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); The
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Racket Busters (1938); Men Are Such Fools
(1938); Crime School (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Stand-In (1937); Dead End
(1937); Kid Galahad (1937); San Quentin (1937); Marked Woman (1937); The Great
O'Malley (1937); Black Legion (1937); Isle of Fury (1936); China Clipper
(1936); Bullets or Ballots (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Two Against the
World (1936); Midnight (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Big City Blues (1932);
Love Affair (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Women of All Nations (1931); Bad
Sister (1931); Body and Soul (1931); A Devil with Women (1930); Up the River
(1930); Broadway's Like That (1930); The Dancing Town (1928).
Born on this day – Eugenie Besserer:
Actress
December 25, 1868 – May 28,1934
Credits:
To the Last Man (1933); 6 Hours to Live
(1932); Scarface (1932); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); In Gay Madrid
(1930); A Royal Romance (1930); Seven Faces (1929); Mister Antonio (1929);
Illusion (1929); Fast Company (1929); Speedway (1929); Whispering Winds (1929);
Madame X (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); A Lady
of Chance (1928); Lilac Time (1928); Yellow Lily (1928); Two Lovers (1928);
Drums of Love (1928); The Jazz Singer (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Captain
Salvation (1927); When a Man Loves (1927); The Night of Love (1927); Wandering
Girls (1927); Flesh and the Devil (1926); The Fire Brigade (1926); The
Millionaire Policeman (1926); Winning the Futurity (1926); Kiki (1926); The
Skyrocket (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); The Circle
(1925); The Coast of Folly (1925); Confessions of a Queen (1925); Friendly
Enemies (1925); A Fool and His Money (1925); The Price She Paid (1924); Bread
(1924); Enemies of Children (1923); Anna Christie (1923); The Rendezvous
(1923); Her Reputation (1923); The Lonely Road (1923); The Strangers' Banquet
(1922); June Madness (1922); The Hands of Nara (1922); Kindred of the Dust
(1922); Penrod (1922); The Rosary (1922); Molly O' (1921); The Light in the
Clearing (1921); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); Good Women (1921); The
Breaking Point (1921); What Happened to Rosa (1920); The Scoffer (1920); 45
Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Fickle Women (1920);
The Brand of Lopez (1920); For the Soul of Rafael (1920); The Gift Supreme
(1920); The Fighting Shepherdess (1920); The Greatest Question (1919); Scarlet
Days (1919); Turning the Tables (1919); Auction of Souls (1919); Little Orphant
Annie (1918); The Sea Flower (1918); The Road Through the Dark (1918); The Eyes
of Julia Deep (1918); A Hoosier Romance (1918); The Still Alarm (1918); The
City of Purple Dreams (1918); In After Years (1917); Who Shall Take My Life?
(1917); The Curse of Eve (1917); The Witness for the State (1917); Her
Salvation (1917); Through the Eyes of the World (1917); The Friendship of
Beaupere (1917); Little Lost Sister (1917); Beware of Strangers (1917); Twisted
Trails (1916); The Crisis (1916); In the House of the Chief (1916); His
Brother's Keeper (1916); The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (1916); The
Sacrifice (1916); The Temptation of Adam (1916); The Woman Who Did Not Care
(1916); A Social Deception (1916); The Grinning Skull (1916); Thou Shalt Not
Covet (1916); The Devil-in-Chief (1916); I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a
Soldier (1915); Just as I Am (1915); The Bridge of Time (1915); The Circular
Staircase (1915); The Way of a Woman's Heart (1915); The Melody of Doom (1915);
The Smouldering (1915); The Rosary (1915); The Fortunes of Mariana (1915);
Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (1915); The Black Diamond (1915); The Passer-by
(1915); The Vision of the Shepherd (1915); The Story of the Blood Red Rose
(1914); The Tragedy That Lived (1914); Her Victory Eternal (1914); Hearts and
Masks (1914); A Just Punishment (1914); Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914); The Man
in Black (1914); What Became of Jane? (1914); When a Woman's 40 (1914); The
Reporter on the Case (1914); His Fight (1914); Me an' Bill (1914); When the
Night Call Came (1914); Judge Dunn's Decision (1914); The Schooling of Mary Ann
(1914); The Game of Life (1914); The Fire Jugglers (1914); The Salvation of
Nance O'Shaughnessy (1914); Elizabeth's Prayer (1914); Memories (1914); A
Splendid Sacrifice (1914); The Mysterious Way (1913); The Master of the Garden
(1913); A Cure for Carelessness (1913); Phantoms (1913); The Probationer
(1913); Destiny of the Sea (1913); Only Five Years Old (1913); Sissybelle
(1913); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); The Acid Test (1913); The Unseen Defense
(1913); The Ne'er to Return Road (1913); In God We Trust (1913); The Fighting
Lieutenant (1913); Woman: Past and Present (1913); A Flag of Two Wars (1913);
The Girl and the Judge (1913); Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (1913); Indian
Summer (1913); The Tattle Battle (1913); Lieutenant Jones (1913); In the Days
of Witchcraft (1913); Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (1913); Love Before Ten
(1913); Diverging Paths (1913); The Spanish Parrot Girl (1913); The Governor's
Daughter (1913); The Miner's Justice (1913); A Plain Girl's Love (1913);
Greater Wealth (1913); The Last of Her Tribe (1912); Sammy Orpheus; or, the
Pied Piper of the Jungle (1912); The Millionaire Vagabonds (1912); Opitsah:
Apache for Sweetheart (1912); The Vintage of Fate (1912); Old Songs and
Memories (1912); His Wedding Eve (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); The Pity of It
(1912); Partners (1912); The Substitute Model (1912); The Indelible Stain
(1912); Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (1912); The Little
Indian Martyr (1912); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); His Masterpiece (1912);
The Lake of Dreams (1912); In Exile (1912); The Captain of the 'Nancy Lee'
(1912); A Child of the Wilderness (1912); The Hand of Fate (1912); The End of
the Romance (1912); Me an' Bill (1912); The Junior Officer (1912); As Told by
Princess Bess (1912); The Danites (1912); Disillusioned (1912); Bunkie (1912);
The Peacemaker (1912); The Other Fellow (1912); The Cowboy's Adopted Child
(1912); George Warrington's Escape (1911); An Evil Power (1911); The Bootlegger
(1911); Old Billy (1911); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); The Blacksmith's
Love (1911); The Regeneration of Apache Kid (1911); Their Only Son (1911);
Slick's Romance (1911); The Profligate (1911); It Happened in the West (1911);
The Craven Heart (1911); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); One of Nature's
Noblemen (1911); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); The Still Alarm (1911); The
Mother (1911); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910).
Anna Quindlen, on reading:
We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming,
our own consciousness in someone else's mind.
- Anna Quindlen.
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