Thursday, June 13, 2024

Born on this day – Kristine Miller:


Actress

June 13, 1925 – 2015 Exact date of death unknown

Credits:

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Big Town (1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952–1953); Cavalcade of America (1956); China Smith (1953); Club Havana (1945); Crossroads (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Desert Fury (1947); Domino Kid (1957); Father Knows Best (1959); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Flight Nurse (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); From Here to Eternity (1953); Geraldine (1953); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Hell's Outpost (1954); High Lonesome (1950); I Walk Alone (1947); Jungle Patrol (1948); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1953); M Squad (1958); My Little Margie (1953); Paid in Full (1950); Ramar of the Jungle (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957); Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Stories of the Century (1954–1955); Suspense (1946); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1961); The Heart Is a Rebel (1958); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Millionaire (1957); The Persuader (1957); The Restless Gun (1958); The Star and the Story (1955); The Steel Fist (1952); The Texan (1959–1960); The Trouble with Women (1947); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Too Late for Tears (1949); Tropical Heat Wave (1952); Variety (1951); Wagon Train (1958); Young Daniel Boone (1950); Your Show Time (1949).



Born on this day – Ben Johnson:

 

Actor

Stuntman

Rodeo cowboy

June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996




Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:


Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985


Credits:
Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).


Born on this day – Tay Garnett:

 

Director

Writer

June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977




Born on this day – Irene Franklin:

 

Actress

Vaudeville comedian

Singer

June 13, 1885 - June 16, 1941


Born on this day – Lois Weber:


Director

Writer

Actress

June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939


Credits:
White Heat (1934); The Angel of Broadway (1927); Topsy and Eva (1927); Sensation Seekers (1927); The Marriage Clause (1926); A Chapter in Her Life (1923); What Do Men Want? (1921); The Blot (1921); Too Wise Wives (1921); What's Worth While? (1921); Mum's the Word (1920); Life's Mirror (1920); To Please One Woman (1920); Forbidden (1919); Home (1919); Mary Regan (1919); A Midnight Romance (1919); When a Girl Loves (1919); Borrowed Clothes (1918); For Husbands Only (1918); The Doctor and the Woman (1918); The Price of a Good Time (1917); The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917); Even As You and I (1917); The Boyhood He Forgot (1917); The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite (1917); Alone in the World (1917); The Gilded Life (1916); The Rock of Riches (1916); The People vs. John Doe (1916); The Celebrated Stielow Case (1916); Wanted: A Home (1916); Idle Wives (1916); Under the Spell (1916); Saving the Family Name (1916); Shoes (1916); The Eye of God (1916); Where Are My Children? (1916); John Needham's Double (1916); The Dance of Love (1916); There Is No Place Like Home (1916); The Flirt (1916); Hop - The Devil's Brew (1916); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); Discontent (1916); The Children Shall Pay (1916); Idle Wives (1916); Jewel (1915); A Cigarette - That's All (1915); Scandal (1915); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Captain Courtesy (1915); Sunshine Molly (1915); Hypocrites (1915); It's No Laughing Matter (1915); Helping Mother (1914); The Traitor (1914); Daisies (1914); Behind the Veil (1914); Plain Mary (1914); Lost by a Hair (1914); The Pursuit of Hate (1914); Closed Gates (1914); The Stone in the Road (1914); Avenged (1914); The Triumph of Mind (1914); The Career of Waterloo Peterson (1914); An Episode (1914); On Suspicion (1914); The Man Who Slept (1914); The Baby's Doll (1914); In the Days of His Youth (1914); The Spider and Her Web (1914); A Modern Fairy Tale (1914); The Weaker Sister (1914); The Merchant of Venice (1914); Woman's Burden (1914); An Old Locket (1914); The Coward Hater (1914); The Leper's Coat (1914); A Fool and His Money (1914); False Colors (1914); The Female of the Species (1914); The Wife's Deceit (1913); The Jew's Christmas (1913); The Mask (1913); James Lee's Wife (1913); The Blood Brotherhood (1913); The Haunted Bride (1913); Two Thieves and a Cross (1913); The Clue (1913); The Thumb Print (1913); Memories (1913); Shadows of Life (1913); His Brand (1913); Never Again (1913); The Light Woman (1913); Just in Time (1913); Civilized and Savage (1913); The Fallen Angel (1913); How Men Propose (1913); Through Strife (1913); Suspense (1913); The Pretender (1913); The King Can Do No Wrong (1913); The Trifler (1913); The Cap of Destiny (1913); The Poverty of Riches (1913); The Rosary (1913); The Dragon's Breath (1913); A Book of Verses (1913); Until Death (1913); Bobby's Baby (1913); The Peacemaker (1913); An Empty Box (1913); Troubled Waters (1913); In the Blood (1913); Two Thieves (1913); His Sister (1913); Leaves in the Storm (1912); Faraway Fields (1912); A Japanese Idyll (1912); An Old Fashioned Girl (1912); The Greater Christian (1912); The Troubadour's Triumph (1912); The Lash of Fate (1912); The Greater Love (1912); The Power of Thought (1912); The Price of Peace (1912); Eyes That See Not (1912); The Final Pardon (1912); The Bargain (1912); Fine Feathers (1912); Angels Unaware (1912); The Martyr (1911); The Price (1911); A Breach of Faith (1911); Fate (1911); On the Brink (1911); The Twins (1911); From Death to Life (1911); The Realization (1911); The Heiress (1911); A Heroine of '76 (1911).


Stephen King, on writing:


Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art.
The water is free.
So drink.
Drink and be filled up.
- Stephen King.