Sunday, November 24, 2024

Born on this day – Harry Kemelman:


Harry Kemelman


Writer

November 24, 1908 – December 15, 1996



Born on this day – Geraldine Fitzgerald:


Geraldine Fitzgerald


Actress

November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005

Credits:

12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); A Child Is Born (1939); A Year in the Life (1988); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1983); Arena (1983); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); Arthur (1981); Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988); Biography (1995); Blind Justice (1934); Blood Link (1982); Bump in the Night (1991); Bye Bye Monkey (1978); Cafe Mascot (1936); Cagney & Lacey (1985); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986); Climax! (1955); Dark Victory (1939); Debt of Honour (1936); Department Store (1935); Diary of the Dead (1976); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Do You Remember Love (1985); Easy Money (1983); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Étoiles et toiles (1984); Fireside Theatre / Segment: The Stronger (1949–1950); Flight from Destiny (1941); Front Row Center (1955); Geraldine Fitzgerald at Reno Sweeney (1978); Good Morning America (1977); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Great Performances (1974–1976); Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (1977); Harry and Tonto (1974); Justice (1954); Kennedy (1983); Ladies Courageous (1944); Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935); Lou Grant (1978); Lovespell (1981); Me (1973); Naked City (1961–1962); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night of Courage (1987); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Nurse (1982); O.S.S. (1946); Obsessed (1951); Oh Madeline (1984); Omnibus / Segment: The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio (1954); Open All Night (1934); Our Private World (1965); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shining Victory (1941); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); So Evil My Love (1948); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); St. Elsewhere (1984–1987); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Studio One (1952–1956); Studio One Anthology (2016); Studio One Forever (2023); Suspense (1952–1953); Tartuffe (1978); Ten North Frederick (1958); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The Ace of Spades (1935); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The American Parade (1974); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Best of Everything (1970); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Fiercest Heart (1961); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Bette Davis (1989); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Golden Girls (1988–1989); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Lad (1935); The Last American Hero (1973); The Making of 'Easy Money' (1983); The Mango Tree (1977); The Mango Tree: Interview with Christopher Pate (2009); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Mill on the Floss (1936); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Pawnbroker (1964); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Quinns (1977); The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); Three Strangers (1946); Three Witnesses (1935); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963–1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Turn of the Tide (1935); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Wilson (1944); Working in the Theatre (1984–1993); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yesterday's Child (1977).



Born on this day – Howard Duff:


Howard Duff


Actor

November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990


On this day in movie history - The Flame (1947)


The Flame


directed by John H. Auer,

written by Lawrence Kimble,

based on a story by Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1947.

Music by Heinz Roemheld.


Cast:
John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Blanche Yurka, Constance Dowling, Victor Sen Yung, Harry Cheshire, John Miljan, Garry Owen, Eddie Dunn, Jeff Corey.



On this day in movie history - Parole, Inc. (1948)


   Parole, Inc.


directed by Alfred Zeisler,

written by Sherman L. Lowe,

based on a story by Royal K. Cole and Sherman L. Lowe,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.
                            
Music by Alexander Laszlo.
                                                                                                        

Cast:
Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Virginia Lee, Charles Bradstreet, Lyle Talbot, Michael Whalen, Charles Williams, James Cardwell, Paul Bryar, Noel Cravat, Charles Jordan.

On this day in movie history - He Walked by Night (1948)


He Walked by Night


directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann,

written by John C. Higgins and Crane Wilbur, and 
based on a story by Crane Wilbur,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.

Narrated by Reed Hadley.

Music by Leonid Raab.


Cast:
Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Dorothy Adams, Jane Adams, Jack Bailey, Alma Beltran, Robert Bice, Frank Cady, Dolores Castelli, George Chan, Garrett Craig, John Dehner, Ann Doran, Rex Downing, Michael Dugan, Paul Fierro, Byron Foulger, Kay Garrett, George Goodman, Tim Graham, Kit Guard, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey, Thomas Browne, Peter Hobbes, Virginia Hunter, Felice Ingersoll, Anthony Jochim, Stan Johnson, Louise Kane, Tommy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Charles Lang, Lyle Latell, Rory Mallinson, Doyle Manor, Dick Mason, Billy Mauch, John McGuire, Charles Meredith, Carlotta Monti, Bert Moorhouse, Howard Negley, James Nolan, John Parrish, Steve Pendleton, John Perri, Ruth Robinson, Paul Scardon, Harry Seymour, Earl Spainard, Florence Stephens, Bernie Suss, Kenneth Tobey, Wally Vernon, Harlan Warde, Mary Ware, Robert B. Williams, Harry Wilson, Marty Wynn.

On this day in music history - The album Second Sight, by Jami Sieber (1998)


Second Sight


by Jami Sieber,

was released on November 24, 1998.