Thursday, July 11, 2024

Born on this day – Irene Hervey:

 

Actress

July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998


Credits:
77 Sunset Strip (1962); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Thrill for Thelma (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Alibi Racket (1935); Along Came Love (1936); Attention Suckers (1934); Bombay Clipper (1941); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buried Loot (1935); Burke's Law (1964); Cactus Flower (1969); Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Deadline (1949); Circus Boy (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); Crash Landing (1958); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Delta House (1979); Destination Unknown (1942); Destry Rides Again (1939); Dr. Kildare (1962); East Side of Heaven (1939); Family Affair (1968–1970); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Follow the Sun (1962); Frisco Lil (1942); Gang Busters (1942); Going Steady (1958); Goliath Awaits (1981); Halfway to Shanghai (1942); Hard Rock Harrigan (1935); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); He's My Guy (1943); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Party (1934); Honey West (1965–1966); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Ironside (1968); Keeping Fit (1942); Let's Try Again (1934); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Manhandled (1949); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Mickey (1948); Missing Evidence (1939); Mod Squad (1968); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Most Wanted (1976); Motive for Revenge (1935); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Night Monster (1942); O'Conner's Ocean (1960); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Peter Gunn (1961); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Play Misty for Me (1971); Playhouse 90 (1959); Public Defender (1955); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Roberta (1969); San Francisco Docks (1940); Say It in French (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (1939); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Sneak Preview (1956); Soaring Stars (1942); Society Smugglers (1939); Stage 7 (1955); Straightaway (1962); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958); Surfside 6 (1961); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Teenage Rebel (1956); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Baileys of Balboa (1964); The Boys from Syracuse (1940); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Crooked Road (1940); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Dude Ranger (1934); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); The Girl Said No (1937); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The House of Fear (1939); The Lady Fights Back (1937); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Millionaire (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Smith Family (1972); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Women in His Life (1933); The Young Marrieds (1964–1965); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Godfathers (1936); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Thriller (1960); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Unseen Enemy (1942); White Lies (1934); Wide Country (1962); Woman in Distress (1937); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Evi Maltagliati:

 

Actress

July 11, 1908 – April 27, 1986


Born on this day – E. B. White:

 

Writer

July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

Credits:

Stuart Little (1945); Charlotte's Web (1952); The Points of My Compass (1962); The Trumpet of the Swan (1970); The Fox of Peapack (poems) (1928); The Lady Is Cold (1928); The Second Tree from the Corner (1954); E. B. White Reader (1966); Poems and Sketches of E. B. White (poems) (1981); The Subtreasury of American Humor (1941); Wilbur's Adventure (2007); Ho-hum (1931); Another Ho-hum (1932); Every Day Is Saturday (1934); Quo Vadimus (1939); One Man's Meat (1942); The Wild Flag (1946); The Elements of Style (1959); Is Sex Necessary? (1960); Letters of E. B. White (1976); Essays of E. B. White (1977); Writings from the New Yorker, 1925-76 (1990); On Democracy (2019); Reading I've Liked (1946); Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952); Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956); A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1959); American Gothic Tales (1996); The Supremacy of Uraguay (1933); The Door (1939); The Morning of the Day They Did It (1950); The Hour of Letdown (1952).

Movies, television and video:

Alien Tales (1995); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Charlotte's Web (1973 / 2003 / 2006); Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2002); Here Is New York (2000); Jackanory (1966–1990); NBC Children's Theatre (1966); Omnibus / Segment: A Maine Lobsterman (1954); Stuart Little (1999 / 2003); Stuart Little 2 (2002); Stuart Little 2 (PlayStation Commerical) (2002); Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005); The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973); The French Dispatch (2021); The Trumpet of the Swan (2001); Wilbur und Charlotte (2007).


Born on this day – Amleto Palermi:

 

Director

Writer

July 11, 1889 – April 20, 1941



Born on this day – Alfred E. Green:

 

Director

July 11, 1889 – September 4, 1960


Born on this day – Howard Estabrook:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978


Credits:
A Bill of Divorcement (1932); Are These Our Children (1931); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Cattle Queen of Montana (1954); Chasing Choo Choos (1927); Cimarron (1931); Dakota (1945); David Copperfield (1935); Double Cross Roads (1930); Dressed to Kill (1928); El hombre malo (1930); Forgotten Faces (1928); Four Feathers (1915); Giving Becky a Chance (1917); Heavenly Days (1944); Hell's Angels (1930); International Lady (1941); Kismet (1930); Lone Star (1952); Lopez, le bandit (1930); Maid of Salem (1937); Maquillage (1932); M'Liss (1915); New Wine (1941); North Star (1925); Officer 666 (1914); Orchids to You (1935); Passion (1954); Play Safe (1927); Roar of the Dragon (1932); She Goes to War (1929); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Sweepings (1933); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Adventurous Sex (1925); The Bad Man (1930); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Bowery (1933); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944); The Butterfly (1915); The Closing Net (1915); The Conquerors (1932); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Devil's in Love (1933); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Four Feathers (1929); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Human Comedy (1943); The Masquerader (1933); The Master Smiles (1916); The Millionaire (1957–1958); The Mysteries of Myra (1916); The Port of Missing Girls (1928); The Price of a Party (1924); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Virginian (1929 / 1946); The Wild Girl (1917); The Woman Between (1931); Varsity (1928); Way Down East (1935); Wells Fargo (1937); Woman Hungry (1931).

Margaret Atwood, on reading:

 

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.
– Margaret Atwood.