Monday, April 8, 2024

Born on this day – María Félix:


Actress

Singer

April 8, 1914 – April 8, 2002



Born on this day – Marion Mack:

 

Actress

Writer

April 8, 1902 – May 1, 1989




Born on this day – Carmen Boni:


Actress

April 8, 1901 – November 19, 1963


Credits:
Man to Men (1948); The Count of Monte Cristo (1943); Cleo, robes et manteaux (1935); Quella vecchia canaglia (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); La riva dei bruti (1931); La vacanza del diavolo (1931); Il richiamo del cuore (1930); Katharina Knie (1929); La grazia (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Der Adjutant des Zaren (1929); The Art of Love (1928); The Jolly Peasant (1928); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); La storia di una piccola Parigina (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); Gehetzte Frauen (1927); Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer (1927); Venus im Frack (1927); Addio giovinezza! (1927); L'ultimo lord (1926); La bocca chiusa (1925); Il focolare spento (1925); La preda (1924); La moglie bella (1924); Il riscatto (1924); La piccola ignota (1923); La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923); Passione di Popolo (1921); Mio zio Barbassous (1921); La preda (1921); Ma non è una cosa seria (1921); La scimitarra di Barbarossa (1921); Monella di strada (1920); Il fiore del Caucaso (1920); Ave Maria (1920); Miss Dorothy (1920); La pecorella (1920); Ave Maria, gratia plena! (1919).


Born on this day – Grace Cunard:

Actress

Writer

Director

April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967



Born on this day – Mary Pickford:

 

Actress

Producer

April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979


Credits:
A Beast at Bay (1912); A Child's Impulse (1910); A Child's Stratagem (1910); A Decree of Destiny (1911); A Dog's Tale (1911); A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912); A Flash of Light (1910); A Gasoline Engagement (1911); A Girl of Yesterday (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Good Little Devil (1914); A Little Princess (1917); A Lodging for the Night (1912); A Lucky Toothache (1910); A Manly Man (1911); A Midnight Adventure (1909); A Plain Song (1910); A Pueblo Legend (1912); A Pueblo Romance (1912); A Rich Revenge (1910); A Romance of the Redwoods (1917); A Romance of the Western Hills (1910); A Siren of Impulse (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Timely Repentance (1912); A Victim of Jealousy (1910); All on Account of the Milk (1910); All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Arcadian Maid (1910); An Indian Summer (1912); Artful Kate (1911); As a Boy Dreams (1911); As It Is in Life (1910); At a Quarter of Two (1911); At the Duke's Command (1911); Back to the Soil (1911); Behind the Scenes (1914); Behind the Stockade (1911); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Broken Hearts (1915); By the House That Jack Built (1911); Canadian Headlines of 1951 (1951); Caprice (1913); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); Cinderella (1914); Concept (1964); Conscience (1911); Coquette (1929); Coquette (1929); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Esmeralda (1915); Examination Day at School (1910); Fanchon, the Cricket (1915); Fate's Interception (1912); For Her Brother's Sake (1911); For the Queen's Honor (1911); Forever Yours (1930); Friends (1912); From Farm to Fame (1922); From the Bottom of the Sea (1911); Garrison's Finish (1923); Getting Even (1909); Grannie (1912); Heart o' the Hills (1919); Hearts Adrift (1914); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); Her Darkest Hour (1911); Her First Biscuits (1909); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Fury (1947); His Dress Shirt (1911); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); His Wife's Visitor (1909); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Home Folks (1912); Honor Thy Father (1912); How Could You, Jean? (1918); How Mary Fixed It (1911); Hulda from Holland (1916); In Old Kentucky (1909); In Old Madrid (1911); In the Bishop's Carriage (1913); In the Season of Buds (1910); In the Sultan's Garden (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909); Iola's Promise (1912); Johanna Enlists (1918); Just Like a Woman (1912); Kiki (1931); Lena and the Geese (1912); Less Than the Dust (1916); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Little Annie Rooney (1925); Little Iodine (1946); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Little Pal (1915); Little Red Riding Hood (1911); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Happy (1949); Love Heeds Not Showers (1911); Love's Reflection (1915); Madame Butterfly (1915); Madame Rex (1911); Maid or Man (1911); May and December (1910); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Mistress Nell (1915); M'Liss (1918); Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909); Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910); Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910); My Baby (1912); My Best Girl (1927); Never Again (1910); Oh, Uncle! (1909); One Hundred Percent American (1918); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (1941); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pollyanna (1920); Poor Little Peppina (1916); Potseluy Meri Pikford (1927); Rags (1915); Ramona (1910); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917); Rosita (1923); Science (1911); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 21 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 22 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 5 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 5 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 14 (1925); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955); Second Sight (1911); Secrets (1933); Serious Sixteen (1910); Simple Charity (1910); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); Sparrows (1926); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Stella Maris (1918); Stork Bites Man (1947); Such a Little Queen (1914); Suds (1920); Sunshine Sue (1910); Susie Steps Out (1946); Sweet and Twenty (1909); Sweet Memories (1911); Tender Hearts (1909); Tess of the Storm Country (1914); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Awakening (1909); The Better Way (1911); The Black Pirate (1926); The Broken Locket (1909); The Caddy's Dream (1911); The Call of the Song (1911); The Call to Arms (1910); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Children's Friend (1909); The Convert (1911); The Country Doctor (1909); The Courting of Mary (1911); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915); The Day After (1909); The Dream (1911); The Eagle's Mate (1914); The Englishman and the Girl (1910); The Eternal Grind (1916); The Face at the Window (1910); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fair Dentist (1911); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Female of the Species (1912); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Foundling (1915); The Foundling (1916); The Gaucho (1927); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hoodlum (1919); The Iconoclast (1910); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Informer (1912); The Inner Circle (1912); The Italian Barber (1911); The Kid (1910); The Light That Came (1909); The Lighthouse Keeper (1911); The Little American (1917); The Little Darling (1909); The Little Teacher (1909); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Love Light (1921); The Masher (1910); The Master and the Man (1911); The Mender of Nets (1912); The Message in the Bottle (1911); The Mexican Sweethearts (1909); The Mirror (1911); The Mountaineer's Honor (1909); The Narrow Road (1912); The Necklace (1909); The New York Hat (1912); The Newlyweds (1910); The Old Actor (1912); The One She Loved (1912); The Outcome (1914); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Portrait (1911); The Pride of the Clan (1917); The Renunciation (1909); The Restoration (1909); The School Teacher and the Waif (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Sentinel Asleep (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Skating Bug (1911); The Slave (1909); The Smoker (1910); The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910); The Son's Return (1909); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Stampede (1911); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Temptress (1911); The Test (1909); The Thread of Destiny (1910); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Trick That Failed (1909); The Twisted Trail (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Unchanging Sea (1910); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The Way of Man (1909); The Woman from Mellon's (1910); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); They Would Elope (1909); Three Sisters (1911); Through the Back Door (1921); Through the Breakers (1909); To Save Her Soul (1909); 'Tween Two Loves (1911); Two Memories (1909); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Waiter No. 5 (1910); Wifey's Fling (1915); Wanted, a Child (1909); What Drink Did (1909); What the Daisy Said (1910); What's Your Hurry? (1909); When a Man Loves (1911); When Fate Decrees (1913); When the Cat's Away (1911); When We Were in Our Teens (1910); White Roses (1910); Wilful Peggy (1910); With the Enemy's Help (1912); Won by a Fish (1912).



Born on this day – Victor Schertzinger:

 

Composer

Director

Producer

Writer

April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941


Credits:
38-24-36 (1963); A Boy of Flanders (1924); A Dangerous Adventure (1937); A Hunting We Will Go (1932); A Nine O'Clock Town (1918); A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (1967); Abel Escoto: Fragmentos de Vida e Obra (2009); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Alice (1990); All in the Family (1976); Am I Having Fun! (1936); And So They Were Married (1936); Arise, My Love (1940); Back to the Woods (1937); Backbeat (1994); Basquiat (1996); Beating the Game (1921); Beauty and the Beach (1941); Beloved (1934); Betrayal (1929); Between Men (1915); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Bimbo's Express (1931); Birds in Love (1936); Birth of the Blues (1941); Blondie (1938); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Bread (1924); By Your Leave (1934); Cabo Blanco (1980); Cadet Rousselle (1972); Catalina Interlude (1948); Caught Plastered (1931); Celebrity (1998); Ces chers disparus (1978); Chastity (1923); Civilization (1915); Coals of Fire (1918); Cocktail Hour (1933); Cousins (1989); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Dad's Army (1970); Dangerous Corner (1934); Dead Again (1991); Devil's Playground (1937); Devil's Squadron (1936); Dollar Devils (1923); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Double Indemnity (1944); Extortion (1938); Extravagance (1919); Fashions in Love (1929); Flaming Love (1925); Follow Your Heart (1936); For the Boys (1991); Forgotten Faces (1928); Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984); Friends and Lovers (1931); Funny About Love (1990); Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006); Gilda (1946); Glamour Boy (1941); Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hard Boiled (1919); Harem Girl (1952); Head Over Heels (1922); Heads Up (1930); Hell's Hinges (1916); His Mother's Boy (1917); His Own Home Town (1918); Hoi Polloi (1935); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Love a Mystery (1945); I Married a Witch (1942); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jinx (1919); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); La joie de vivre (1953–1954); La légende (2005); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lady of Secrets (1936); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Let's Get Lost (1988); Let's Live Tonight (1935); Long Live the King (1923); Love Me Forever (1935); Made in Heaven (1921); Man and Maid (1925); Manhattan Cocktail (1928); Maurice Chevalier - Mistinguett: Un demi-siècle de chansons (2007); Maurice Chevalier, un canotier à Hollywood (2023); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Midsomer Murders (2001); Minding the Baby (1931); Mommie Dearest (1981); More Tales of the City (1998); Mr. Barnes of New York (1922); Musicolor (1970); My Woman (1933); NBC Follies (1973); Nickelodeon (1976); Northern Exposure (1993); Nothing But the Truth (1929); One Night of Love (1934); Other Men's Wives (1919); Outcast (1928); Outlaws of the Desert (1941); Paperback Hero (1999); Paramount on Parade (1930); Paycheck (2003); Peggy (1916); Pinto (1920); Playing the Game (1918); Plaza Suite (1971); Poivre et Sel in Numéro un (1979); Princess of the Dark (1917); Priorities on Parade (1942); Quicksand (1918); Racing with the Moon (1984); Rags to Riches (1941); Redskin (1929); Refuge (1923); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Rentaghost (1976); Rhythm on the River (1940); Road to Singapore (1940); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Robin Hood (1922); RocKwiz (2005); Rolling Caravans (1938); Sabrina (1995); Safety in Numbers (1930); Sahara (1919); Scandal (1989); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Shadow of the Law (1930); She Married an Artist (1937); She Married Her Boss (1935); Short Cuts (1993); Siberia (1926); Soir 3 (1988); Something to Sing About (1937); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Stage Madness (1927); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988–1993); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Startime (1960); Strange Justice (1932); String Beans (1918); Sudden Jim (1917); Summer Rental (1985); Synthetic Sin (1929); Télé dimanche (1968); Termites of 1938 (1938); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Big Bus (1976); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Blooming Angel (1920); The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922); The Claws of the Hun (1918); The Climax (1930); The Clodhopper (1917); The Concert (1921); The Conqueror (1916); The Constant Woman (1933); The Conversation (1974); The Crystal Ball (1943); The Dancing Fool (1932); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Edge of the Abyss (1915); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Family Skeleton (1918); The First Wives Club (1996); The Fleet's In (1942); The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955); The Glass Key (1942); The Golden Strain (1925); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Hired Man (1918); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Homebreaker (1919); The Kingdom Within (1922); The Lady of Red Butte (1919); The Laughing Lady (1929); The Lily (1926); The Lone Wolf Returns (1935); The Lonely Road (1923); The Love Parade (1929); The Love Race (1931); The Majestic (2001); The Major and the Minor (1942); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Man Next Door (1923); The Many Saints of Newark (2021); The Mark of Beauty (2006); The Mikado (1939); The Millionaire Vagrant (1917); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Peace of Roaring River (1919); The Pinch Hitter (1917); The Presidio (1988); The Return of Peter Grimm (1926); The Return of Peter Grimm (1935); The Scarlet Lily (1923); The Secret Studio (1927); The Sheriff's Son (1919); The Showdown (1928); The Silver Streak (1934); The Slim Princess (1920); The Son of His Father (1917); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976); The Sopranos (2002); The Stolen Melody (1934); The Tabasco Kid (1932); The Three Musketeers (1916); The Victors (1963); The Wheel (1925); The Wheel of Life (1929); The Winged Idol (1915); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The Woman Between (1931); The Woman from Tangier (1948); The Year My Voice Broke (1987); This Is Your Music (1955); Thunder Mountain (1925); Top Man (1943); Trapeze (1956); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956); Two and a Half Men (2010); Under one roof (1920); Up Jumped a Swagman (1965); Upstairs (1919); Uptown New York (1932); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Vive la France (1974); We Want Our Mummy (1939); West of the Pecos (1934); What Happened to Rosa (1920); When Doctors Disagree (1919); When G-Men Step In (1938); Where's That Fire? (1939); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); You Came Along (1945); You May Be Next! (1936); Yudum Yudum Sev (1979); Zander the Great (1925).



B.B. King, on learning:

 

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
- B.B. King.