Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Born on this day – Betty Amann:


Betty Amann


Actress

March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1990

Credits:
A Simple Sap (1928); Asphalt (1929); Das Lied der Nationen (1931); Daughters of Today (1933); Der Sträfling aus Stambul (1929); Der weiße Teufel (1930); Die große Sehnsucht (1930); Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933); East of Shanghai (1931); Hans in allen Gassen (1930); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); In Old Mexico (1938); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Motorboat Mamas (1928); Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Niebezpieczny romans (1930); Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930); Pyjamas Preferred (1932); Smith's Holiday (1928); Strictly Business (1931); Strictly in Confidence (1933); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Big Bluff (1933); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Campus Vamp (1928); The Kick-Off (1926); The Perfect Lady (1931); The Rodeo (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Tugboat M 17 (1933).

Born on this day – Alice Hirson:

 

Alice Hirson


Actress

March 10, 1929 – February 14, 2025

Credits:
7th Heaven (1996–2006); A Woman Called Moses (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Another World (1970); Baby Blues (2000–2002); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1981); Bathtub Picnic (2010); Being There (1979); Blind Date (1987); Cold Case (2008); Crossings (1986); Dallas (1982–1988); Dear John (1991); Determination of Death (2001); Ellen (1994–1998); Equal Justice (1990); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981); Foley Square (1986); Full House (1987); General Hospital (1982); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Having Babies (1979); Having Babies II (1977); Home Fires (1992); Hotel (1985); Houston Knights (1987–1988); If Things Were Different (1980); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Judging Amy (2001); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Law & Order (1993); Loose Change (1978); Loving (1993); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Mass Appeal (1984); Matlock (1986); Maude (1977); Men of a Certain Age (2011); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014); Murphy Brown (1990–1996); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Night Vet (2014); Nightwing (1979); NYPD Blue (2001); One Life to Live (1971–1976); Paris (1979); Particular Men (1972); Private Benjamin (1980); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Psyko Ferret (2000); Quincy, M.E. (1977–1983); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978); Sitcom (1983); Slice of Water (2009); Slickers (1985); Somerset (1970–1976); St. Elsewhere (1983); Starlight Theatre (1951); Starman (1987); StarStruck (2010); Stepmonster (1993); Taxi (1981); The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985); The Big Picture (1989); The Death of Richie (1977); The Don of the Flies (2011); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Glass House (2001); The Lost (2006); The Magical World of Disney (1986–1987); The Ropers (1979); The Rules of Marriage (1982); The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012); The Waltons (1977); Trash Truck (2021); Trauma Center (1983); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Will & Grace (2019).

Born on this day – Venetia Stevenson:


Venetia Stevenson

Actress

March 10, 1938 – September 26, 2022

Credits:
Servants of Twilight (1991); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Born American (1986); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Southern Comfort (1981); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); Studs Lonigan (1960); Seven Ways from Sundown (1960); The City of the Dead (1960); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Big Night (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Third Man (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Island of Lost Women (1959); Lawman (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Sugarfoot (1957–1958); Violent Road (1958); Colt .45 (1958); Darby's Rangers (1958); Cheyenne (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957); Cavalcade of America (1954).

On this day in movie history - Journal of a Crime (1934)

Journal of a Crime

directed by William Keighley,

written by F. Hugh Herbert and Charles Kenyon,

based on the play by Jacques Deval,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1934.

A remake of Une vie perdue (1933), directed by Raymond Rouleau.

Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:
Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbier, Douglas Dumbrille, Noel Madison, Henry O'Neill, Phillip Reed, Henry Kolker, Walter Pidgeon, Clay Clement.

On this day in movie history - Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Drive a Crooked Road

directed by William Keighley,

written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine,

based on a story by James Benson Nablo,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1954.

Cast:
Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Harry Landers, Jerry Paris, Paul Picerni, Dick Crockett, Irene Bolton, John Close, Richard H. Cutting, John Damler, Linda Danson, Diana Dawson, Jean Engstrom, Mike Mahoney, Peggy Maley, Patrick Miller, Mort Mills, George Paul, Jeffrey Stone, Amzie Strickland, Howard Wright.

On this day in movie history - Silent Running (1972)


Silent Running


directed by Douglas Trumbull,

written by Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1972.

Music by Peter Schickele.

Songs: Silent Running and Rejoice in the Sun performed by Joan Baez.



Cast:
Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Steven Brown, Cheryl Sparks, Larry Whisenhunt, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel.

On this day in movie history - Hellinger’s Law (1981)


Hellinger’s Law

directed by Leo Penn,

written by Lawrence Vail and Jack Laird,

based on a story by Lawrence Vail and Ted Leighton,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1981.

Music by John Cacavas.


Cast:
Telly Savalas, Morgan Stevens, Ja'net DuBois, Roy Poole, Rod Taylor, Melinda Dillon, James Sutorius, Tom McFadden, Lisa Blake Richards, Kyle Richards, Arlen Dean Snyder, Thom Christopher, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Phalen, Jack Ramage, Patsy Rahn, Don Hanmer, Francis X. McCarthy, Cindy Fisher, Bill Cross, Randy Holland, Sean Penn.