Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Born on this day – Elisabeth Sanxay Holding:

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Writer

June 18, 1889 – February 7, 1955

Credits:

Books:

A Dinner Date (1929); A Hesitating Cinderella (1923); A Man Can Take It (1934); All She Could Get (1934); Angelica (1921); Angelica (1921); Another Baby (1941); As Is (1925); As Patrick Henry Said (1925); Bait for a Killer / aka The Blue Envelope (1944 / 1959 / 1960); Be Careful, Mrs. Williams (1947); Benedicta (1923); Blonde on a Boat (1939); Blotted Out (1926); Bonnie Wee Thing (1926); Brides of Crime (1931); Broken Faith (1929 / 1930); By the Light of Day (1927); Can Do! (1936); Carline (1929); Cross Purposes (1936); Dare-Devil (1929); Dark Power (1930); Derelict (1928); Dogs Always Know (1926); Drifting (1937); Echo of a Careless Voice (1938); Farewell to a Corpse (1946); Flow and Ebb (1929); Flowers for Miss Riordan (1925); For Granted (1927); Friday, the Nineteenth (1950); Funny Kind of Love (1945); Game for Four Players (1958); Glitter of Diamonds (1955); Half an Hour Late (1928); Hanging’s Too Good for Him (1922); Hard as Nails (1928); Highfalutin’ (1926); His Own People (1924); His Remarkable Future (1924); Home Fires (1926); Hound’s Bay (1932); Human Nature Unmasked (1926); I Could Brighten Your Life! (1935); If It Hadn’t Been for Laurel (1933); Illusion (1938); Important Things (1928); Inches and Ells (1928); Incompatibility (1927); Invincible Minnie (1920); It Is a Two-Edged Sword (1928); It Seemed Reasonable (1923); It’s All Right for Men (1931); Kill Joy / Murder is a Kill-Joy (1942); Lady Killer (1942); Late Date (1940); Like a Leopard (1922); Little Deeds of Kindness (1929); Lost (1936); Lost Luck (1922); Loved I Not Honor More (1941); Marie’s View of It (1920); Miasma (1929); Miss Cigale (1926); Miss Kelly (1947); Miss What’s-Her-Name (1925); Mollie: The Ideal Nurse (1921); Money Can’t Buy It (1939); Most Audacious Crime (1954); Mr. Martin Swallows the Anchor (1924); Net of Cobwebs (1945); Nickie and Pem (1924); Night Life (1936); Nobody Would Listen (1935); Not Goodbye But Au Revoir (1942); Old Dog Tray (1923); On Yonder Lea (1940); One Misty Night (1928); Open That Door (1939); Out of the Woods (1923); Outside the Door (1928); Patrick on the Mountain (1920); People Do Fall Downstairs (1947 / 1949); Proposal (1940); Rosaleen Among the Artists (1921); Rosalie Gets Out of the Cage (1926); Rose-Leaves (1930); Saving Up (1929); Scandal (1936); Shadow of Wings (1954); So Sort of Proud (1939); Somebody’s Cynthia (1935); Sometimes Things Do Happen (1925); Speak of the Devil (1941); That’s Not Love (1926); The Aforementioned Infant (1923); The Blank Wall (1947); The Blank Wall (1959); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Chain of Death (1930); The Compromising Letter (1926); The Darling Doctor (1957); The Death Wish (1934 / 1953); The Fearful Night / aka The Obstinate Murderer (1941); The Foreign Woman (1922); The Girl He Picked Up at Coney (1923); The Girl in Armor (1931); The Girl Who Had To Die (1940); The Good Little Pal (1925); The Grateful Lunella (1927); The Green Bathtub (1934); The Innocent Mrs. Duff (1946); The Kiskadee Bird (1944); The Last Night (1934); The Long Night (1925); The Marquis of Carabas (1923); The Married Man (1921); The Matador (1923); The Net of Cobwebs (1945); The Nicest Little Lunch (1937); The Obstinate Murderer / aka No Harm Intended (1938); The Old Battle Ax (1943); The Old Battle-Ax (1943 / 1944); The Old Ways (1927); The Postponed Wedding (1923); The Preposterous Mrs. Manders (1932); The Problem that Perplexed Nicholson (1920); The Root of Evil (1935); The Sin of Angels (1929); The Strange Children (1955); The Strange Crime in Bermuda (1937); The Stranger in the Car (1949); The Thing Beyond Reason (1926); The Unbelievable Baroness (1945); The Unfinished Crime (1935); The Unlit Lamp (1922); The Virgin Huntress (1951); The Wonderful Little Woman (1925); The Worst Joke in the World (1925); They Take It So Lightly! (1938); Third Act (1937); This is Life (1923); This Road Is Closed (1928); Tomorrow’s Not Soon Enough (1941); Too French (1925); Too Late (1928); Too Many Bottles (1951); Tropical Secretary (1941); Two Passes for the Show (1938); Unscathed (1936); Vanity (1926); Vera’s Superior Smile (1929); Very, Very Dark Mink (1956 / 1957); Wedding Day (1937); What It Takes (1941); Who Is This Impossible Person? (1924); Who's Afraid? / Trial By Murder (1940); Widow's Mite (1953); With Unbowed Head (1923); Without Benefit of Police (1929); Ye Gods and Little Fishes (1924); You Never Can Tell (1935 / 1936).

Movies and television:

La candide madame Duff (2000); Lights Out (1951); Seeing Nellie Home (1943); The Bride Comes Home (1935); The Deep End (2001); The Price of Pleasure (1925); The Reckless Moment (1949); Vocalizing (1936).

Born on this day – Mae Busch:

Mae Busch

Actress

June 18, 1891 – April 20, 1946

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Divorce Courtship (1933); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Human Hound's Triumph (1915); A Man's Man (1929); A Parisian Scandal (1921); A Rascal's Wolfish Ways (1915); A Woman Who Sinned (1924); Alibi (1929); Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915); Because He Loved Her (1916); Beloved (1934); Better Late Than Never (1916); Bing Bang (1917); Black Butterflies (1928); Blondie Johnson (1933); Bread (1924); Broken Barriers (1924); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925); Cheating Blondes (1933); Chickens Come Home (1931); Come Clean (1931); Compression (2020); Cross My Heart (1946); Dance of the Cookoos (1982); Dance, Girl, Dance (1933); Daughter of Shanghai (1937); Defenders of the Law (1931); Dick und Doof in 1000 Nöten (1958); Doctor X (1932); Ducky Dear (1933); Easy to Take (1936); Extra! Extra! (1932); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fazil (1928); Flaming Love (1925); Fly My Kite (1931); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools of Fashion (1926); For Better - But Worse (1915); French Fried Patootie (1941); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Hello, Annapolis (1942); Her Husband's Friend (1920); Her Own Money (1922); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); Hogan, the Porter (1915); Husband Hunters (1927); I Like It That Way (1934); Ladies' Man (1947); Lilly Turner (1933); Love 'Em and Weep (1927); Love in Armor (1915); Marie Antoinette (1938); Married Flirts (1924); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Merely a Married Man (1915); Name the Man! (1924); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); Oliver the Eighth (1934); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Out All Night (1933); Pardon My Nerve! (1922); Perch of the Devil (1927); Picture Brides (1934); Prison Farm (1938); San Francisco Nights (1928); Scandal Street (1938); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Secrets of Hollywood (1933); Settled at the Seaside (1915); Slow Poison (1931); Something to Shout About (1943); Sons of the Desert (1933); Souls for Sale (1923); Sucker Money (1933); That's That! (1938); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affair of Susan (1935); The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936); The Beauty Shoppers (1927); The Best of Enemies (1915); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Bohemian Girl (1936); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Buccaneer (1938); The Christian (1923); The Devil's Passkey (1920); The Egyptian Mummy (1916); The Fair Barbarian (1917); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Folly of Fanchette (1917); The Grim Game (1919); The Heart Punch (1932); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Live Ghost (1934); The Lone Ranger (1920); The Love Charm (1921); The Mad Monster (1942); The Man Called Back (1932); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Nutcracker (1926); The Purchase Price (1932); The Racing Strain (1932); The Rent Jumpers (1915); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Ruin (1934); The Rounders / Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Stork Club (1945); The Triflers (1924); The Truthful Sex (1926); The Unholy Three (1925); The Worst of Friends (1916); Their First Mistake (1932); Them Thar Hills (1934); Those Bitter Sweets (1915); Time, the Comedian (1925); Tit for Tat (1935); Tongues of Scandal (1927); Toplitsky and Company / A One Night Stand (1915); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wicked (1931); Without Honor (1932); Women Without Names (1940); Women Won't Tell (1932); Ye Olden Grafter (1915); Young Desire (1930); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel (1932).

Born on this day – Blanche Sweet:

Blanche Sweet

Actress

June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986

Credits:

A Chance Deception (1913); A Change of Spirit (1912); A Corner in Wheat (1909); A Country Cupid (1911); A Cure for Suffragettes (1913); A Decree of Destiny (1911); A Flash of Light (1910); A Man with Three Wives (1909); A Pueblo Romance (1912); A Romance of the Western Hills (1910); A Sailor's Heart (1912); A Sister's Love (1912); A String of Pearls (1912); A Temporary Truce (1912); A Woman of Pleasure (1919); A Woman Scorned (1911); All on Account of the Milk (1910); Always Faithful (1929); American Masters (1993); An Outcast Among Outcasts (1912); Anna Christie (1923); Ashes of the Past (1914); Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982); Beyond All Law (1913); Blind Love (1912); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Brave New Cowboy (1979); Broken Ways (1913); Camera Three (1975); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Choosing a Husband (1909); Classmates (1914); D.W. Griffith (1975); Death's Marathon (1913); Diplomacy (1926); Disclosure (2020); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Fashion News (1930); Fighting Blood (1911); Fighting Cressy (1919); Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (1947); Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1945); For Her Father's Sins (1914); For His Son (1912); For Those Unborn (1914); Girl Talk (1966); Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911); Help Wanted - Male (1920); Her Awakening (1914); Her Unwilling Husband (1920); Her Wedding Bell (1913); His Daughter (1911); His Supreme Moment (1925); Hollywood (1980); Home, Sweet Home (1914); How She Triumphed (1911); If We Only Knew (1913); In Little Italy (1909); In the Palace of the King (1923); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913); Love in Quarantine (1910); Love in the Hills (1911); Man's Lust for Gold (1912); March of the Movies (1933); Men and Women (1914); Oil and Water (1913); One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912); Out from the Shadow (1911); Pirate Gold (1913); Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911); Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911); Proposta in quattro parti (1985); Public Opinion (1916); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 6 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 (1922); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Simple Souls (1920); Singed (1927); Souls for Sale (1923); Stolen Goods (1915); Strongheart (1914); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924); That Girl Montana (1921); The Amazing Years of Cinema (1976); The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914); The Battle (1911); The Blacklist (1916); The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911); The Broken Cross (1911); The Captive (1915); The Case of Becky (1915); The Chief's Blanket (1912); The Clue (1915); The Coming of Angelo (1913); The Country Lovers (1911); The Day After (1909); The Deadlier Sex (1920); The Dupe (1916); The Escape (1914); The Eternal Mother (1912); The Evil Eye (1917); The Far Cry (1926); The Five Pennies (1959); The Girl in the Web (1920); The God Within (1912); The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912); The Hero of Little Italy (1913); The House of Discord (1913); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Human Mill (1923); The Hushed Hour (1919); The Indian Brothers (1911); The Kid (1910); The Lady from Hell (1926); The Last Drop of Water (1911); The Lesser Evil (1912); The Lily of the Tenements (1911); The Little Country Mouse (1914); The Lonedale Operator (1911); The Long Road (1911); The Making of a Man (1911); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960); The Massacre (1912); The Meanest Man in the World (1923); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Miser's Heart (1911); The Mistake (1913); The Movie Album #2 (1932); The New Commandment (1925); The New Dress (1911); The Odalisque (1914); The Old Bookkeeper (1912); The Old Maid (1914); The Painted Lady (1912); The Painted Lady (1914); The Primal Call (1911); The Punishment (1912); The Ragamuffin (1916); The Rocky Road (1910); The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914); The Secret Orchard (1915); The Secret Sin (1915); The Sentimental Sister (1914); The Silent Partner (1917); The Silver Horde (1930); The Smile of a Child (1911); The Soul of Honor (1914); The Sowers (1916); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); The Spirit Awakened (1912); The Sporting Venus (1925); The Stolen Bride (1913); The Storm (1916); The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1911); The Tear That Burned (1914); The Thin Man (1958); The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916); The Tides of Barnegat (1917); The Transformation of Mike (1912); The Twentieth Century (1959); The Two Paths (1911); The Unpardonable Sin (1919); The Vengeance of Galora (1913); The Villain Foiled (1911); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); The Voice of the Child (1911); The Warrens of Virginia (1915); The Wedding Gown (1913); The White Rose of the Wilds (1911); The Woman in White (1929); The Woman Racket (1930); This Is Your Life (1963); Those Who Dance (1924); Those Without Sin (1917); Three Friends (1913); Through Darkened Vales (1911); To Save Her Soul (1909); Twenty Years After (1944); Two Men of the Desert (1913); Under Burning Skies (1912); Unprotected (1916); Was He a Coward? (1911); Why Women Love (1925); With the Enemy's Help (1912).