Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:

 

Mitzi Gaynor

Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

Born on this day – L.J. Smith:

L.J. Smith

Writer

September 4, 1958 – March 8, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Black Dawn (1997); Bloodlust (2011); Dark Angel (1996); Dark Reunion (1992); Daughters of Darkness (1996); Destiny Rising / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 10 (2012); Heart of Valor (1990); Huntress (1997); Midnight (2011); Moonsong / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 9 (2012); Night World 1 (2008); Night World 2 (2008); Night World 3 (2009); Nightfall (2009); Origins (2010); Phantom / aka The Vampire Diaries: Volume 8 (2011); Secret Vampire / aka Night World (1996); Shadow Souls (2010); Soulmate (1997); Spellbinder (1996); Strange Fate (2010); The Asylum (2012); The Awakening (1991); The Captive (1992); The Chase (1994); The Chosen (1997); The Compelled (2012); The Craving (2011); The Divide (2012); The Fury (1991); The Hunt (2012); The Hunter (1994); The Initiation (1992); The Kill (1994); The Night of the Solstice (1987); The Night World Collection (2017); The Night World Series Books 1 -6 Collection Box Set (2023); The Passion (1995); The Possessed (1995); The Power (1992); The Ripper (2011); The Strange Power (1994); The Struggle (1991); The Temptation (2013); The Ultimate Fan Guide (2009); The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection (2014); Unmasked (2012); Unseen (2013); Unspoken (2013); Witchlight (1998); Your Very Own Vampire Diary 2011 (2010).

 

Movies and television:

Legacies (2018–2022); The Originals (2013–2018); The Secret Circle (2011–2012); The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017); The Vampire Diaries / Video Game (1996).

Born on this day – Michael Schlesinger:

 

Michael Schlesinger

Director

Producer

Writer

September 4, 1950 – January 9, 2025

Credits:

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O (2001); A Stanley Kramer Production (2016); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002); Beast Wishes (2012); Bride of Finklestein (2015); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005); Complicated Women (2003); Damn Dirty Geeks (2017); Dark and Stormy Night (2009); Film It Again, Sam: The Katzman Chronicles (2015); Footprints (2009); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Godzilla 2000 (1999); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); Imagining 'Heavy Metal' (1999); Imitation of Wife (2015); In the Picture (2012); It's a Frame-Up! (2013); It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993); Monstrkyd Manor (2016); Obey the Lost Skeleton! (2004); Out of Print (2014); Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal' (2002); Rita (2003); Rock and Doris (try to) Write a Movie (2024); Schmo Boat (2015); Screen Test / Contestant (1981) (1979–1984); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Stu's Show (2013–2018); Taking the Punishment Poll (2002); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2008); They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023); Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007); Trailers from Hell (2016–2025); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); Yesterday Was a Lie (2009).

On this day in movie history - Bodyguard (1948)

Bodyguard

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Harry Essex,

based on a story by George W. George and Robert Altman,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1948.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth, Elisabeth Risdon, Steve Brodie, Frank Fenton, Charles Cane, Erville Alderson, Bobby Barber, Charles Bedell, Claire Carleton, Jack Carr, Russ Clark, Marcelle Corday, David Cota, Joe Devlin, Ray Dolciame, Jack Ellis, Dan Foster, Ben Frommer, Jack Gargan, Michael Harvey, Jimmy Hawkins, Pepe Hern, John Indrisano, William J. O'Brien, Lucien Prival, Dewey Robinson, Michael St. Angel, Brick Sullivan, David Thursby, Charles Wagenheim.

On this day in movie history - Hotel Monterey (1975)

 

Hotel Monterey

silent documentary directed and written by Chantal Akerman,

released at the Venice Biennale in Italy on September 4, 1975.

Filmed in 1972.

On this day in movie history - Phoenix (1998)

Phoenix

directed by Danny Cannon,

written by Eddie Richey,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1998.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Tamara Clatterbuck, Vanessa Munday, Al Sapienza, Yvette Cruise, John Henry Whitaker, Glenn Morshower, Brittany Murphy, George Murdock, Kathryn Joosten, Giancarlo Esposito, Ernest M. Garcia, David Dunard, Earl Carroll, Anjelica Huston, Sandra Taylor, George Aguilar, Frank Clem, Tom Noonan, Kari Wuhrer, Maria Stanton, Murphy Dunne, Sibel Ergener, Giovanni Ribisi, Dig Wayne, Simi Mehta, Annie Fitzgerald, Peter Spellos, Gordon Jennison Noice, Carmen Filpi, Margaret Chavez, L. Christian Mixon.

On this day in movie history - Last Night in Soho (2021)

Last Night in Soho

directed by Edgar Wright,

written by Eddie Richey,

based on a story by Edgar Wright,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 4, 2021.

Music by Steven Price.

Cast:

Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Aimee Cassettari, Rita Tushingham, Colin Mace, Michael Ajao, Synnove Karlsen, Jessie Mei Li, Kassius Nelson, Rebecca Harrod, Alan Mahon, Connor Calland, Pauline McLynn, Josh Zaré, Jacqui-Lee Pryce, Elizabeth Berrington, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Beth Singh, Paul Brightwell, Will Rogers, Terence Frisch, Celeste Dring, Jeanie Wishes, Andrew Bicknell, Adam Sopp, Richard Corgan, Michael Mears, Tom Hartwell, Paul Hamilton, Wayne Cater, Sam Claflin, Sam Parks, Alan Ruscoe, Margaret Nolan, Christopher Carrico, Kent Goldfinch, Ian Harrod, Ian Hartley, Luke Hope, Daniel Maggott, Richard O’Sullivan, Michael Jibson, Lisa McGrillis, Al Roberts, Derek Lea, Melissa Fox, Jodie Hassell, Stephanie Lamey, Amy Andrea, Alison Parsons, Ashley Shaw.