Born on this day – Frank Borzage:

 

Frank Borzage

Actor

Director

April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962

Credits:

7th Heaven (1927); A Child of the Surf (1915); A Cracksman Santa Claus (1913); A Crook's Sweetheart (1914); A Dixie Mother (1913); A Farewell to Arms (1932); A Flash in the Dark (1914); A Flickering Light (1916); A Foreign Spy (1913); A Friend in Need (1915); A Hopi Legend (1913); A Mormon Maid (1917); A New England Idyl (1914); A Relic of Old Japan (1914); A Romance of Old Holland (1914); A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (1914); A Romance of the Sea (1914); A School for Husbands (1917); A Tragedy of the Orient (1914); A Woman's Stratagem (1913); After Tomorrow (1932); Alias James, Chauffeur (1915); Almost a Widow (1915); Aloha Oe (1915); An Honest Man (1918); Anita's Butterfly (1915); Back Pay (1922); Bad Girl (1931); Big City (1937); Billy Jim (1922); Billy the Kid (1941); Blood Will Tell (1912); Children of Dust (1923); China Doll (1958); Claim Number Three (1914); Cupid Beats Father (1915); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925); Days of '49 (1913); Dead Man's Shoes (1913); Desert Gold (1914); Desire (1936); Disputed Passage (1939); Doctors' Wives (1931); Dollars of Dross (1916); Early to Wed (1926); Enchantment (1916); Fear Not (1917); Flight Command (1940); Flirtation Walk (1934); Flying Colors (1917); Frank Borzage, Director (2009); Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921); Granddad (1913); Green Light (1937); Hearts Divided (1936); Her Adopted Father (1915); Her Alibi (1915); His Butler's Sister (1943); His Mother's Portrait (1915); History Is Made at Night (1937); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Humoresque (1920); I Take This Woman (1940); Immediate Lee (1916); In the Land of the Otter (1915); In the Sage Brush Country (1914); In the Switch Tower (1915); In the Toils (1913); Innocent's Progress (1918); Intolerance (1916); I've Always Loved You (1946); Jack (1916); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Journey Beneath the Desert (1961); Knight of the Trail (1915); Land o' Lizards (1916); Lazybones (1925); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Life's Harmony (1916); Liliom (1930); Little Man, What Now? (1934); Living on Velvet (1935); Loaded Dice (1913); Love's Western Flight (1914); Lucky Star (1929); Magnificent Doll (1946); Making Over Father (1915); Mammy's Rose (1916); Mannequin (1937); Man's Castle (1933); Marriage License? (1926); Matchin' Jim (1916); Mixed Males (1915); Molly of the Mountains (1915); Moonrise (1948); Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008); Nell Dale's Men Folks (1916); Nipped (1914); No Greater Glory (1934); Nobody's Home (1915); Nugget Jim's Pardner (1916); On Secret Service (1912); One to the Minute (1915); Parson Larkin's Wife (1914); Pride of Lonesome (1913); Prudence on Broadway (1919); Realization (1916); Retribution (1913); Samson (1914); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 15 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 23 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 6: Frank Borzage Golf Tournament (1949); Secrets (1924-1933); Settled Out of Court (1916); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Shipmates Forever (1935); Silent Heroes (1913); Smilin' Through (1941); Society for Sale (1918); Song o' My Heart (1930); Stacked Cards (1914); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Stranded (1935); Strange Cargo (1940); Street Angel (1928); That Gal of Burke's (1916); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Man (1947); The 1st Annual Academy Awards (1929); The 5th Annual Academy Awards (1932); The Age of Desire (1923); The Ambassador's Envoy (1914); The Atom (1918); The Awakening (1916); The Battle of Gettysburg (1913); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Cactus Blossom (1915); The Circle (1925); The Clean-Up (1915); The Code of Honor (1916); The Courtin' of Calliope Clew (1916); The Crimson Stain (1913); The Cup of Life (1915); The Curse of Iku (1918); The Demon of Fear (1916); The Desperado (1914); The Disillusionment of Jane (1915); The Dixie Merchant (1926); The Drummer of the 8th (1913); The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921); The Fakir (1915); The First Year (1926); The Forgotten Prayer (1916); The Geisha (1914); The Ghost Flower (1918); The Girl Who Might Have Been (1915); The Good Provider (1922); The Gratitude of Wanda (1913); The Gun Woman (1918); The Hammer (1915) (1915); The Lady (1925); The Mill by the Zuyder Zee (1915); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (1913); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Panther (1914); The Pilgrim (1916); The Pitch o' Chance (1915); The Pride and the Man (1916); The Pride of Palomar (1922); The Pride of the South (1913); The Quicksands of Deceit (1916); The Right to Die (1914); The River (1928); The Scales of Justice (1915); The Secret of Lost River (1915); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shoes That Danced (1918); The Silent Messenger (1914); The Silken Spider (1916); The Spanish Main (1945); The Spark from the Embers (1915); The Tavern Keeper's Son (1915); The Typhoon (1914); The Valley of Silent Men (1922); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); The War Correspondent (1913); The Wheel of Life (1914); The Wrath of the Gods (1914); They Had to See Paris (1929); This Is Your Life (1954); Three Comrades (1938); Till We Meet Again (1944); Tools of Providence (1915); Toton (1919); Touring with Tillie (1915); Two Bits (1916); Two Hearts and a Thief (1915); Unlucky Luke (1916); Until They Get Me (1917); Wages for Wives (1925); Wee Lady Betty (1917); When Lee Surrenders (1912); When the Prince Arrived (1913); Who Is to Blame? (1918); Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919); Young America (1932); Young as You Feel (1931).

Born on this day – Ngaio Marsh:

 

Ngaio Marsh

Writer

Theatre director

April 23, 1895 – February 18, 1982

Credits:

Written work:
 

A Fool about Money (1973); A Knotty Problem / Bodies from the Library: Volume 3 (2020); A Man Lay Dead (1934); A National Theatre (1949); A Play Toward (1946); An Author's Defence of the Hackneyed Classics (1949); Artists in Crime (1938); Black As He's Painted (1974); Black Beech and Honeydew (19651981); Chapter and Verse: The Little Copplestone Mystery (1974); Clutch of Constables (1968); Colour Scheme (1943); Columbine and Pantaloon (1919); Dead Water (1963); Death and the Dancing Footman (1941); Death at the Bar (1940); Death at the Dolphin (1966); Death in a White Tie (1938); Death in Ecstasy (1936); Death on the Air (1937); Died in the Wool (1945); Enter a Murderer (1935); Evil Liver (1975); Exit Sir Derek by Henry Jellett (1935); False Scent (1959); Final Curtain (1947); Grave Mistake (1978); Hand in Glove (1962); I Can Find My Way Out (1946); Last Ditch (1977); Light Thickens (1982); Little House Bound (1924); Marie Tempest by Hector Bolitho (1937); Money in the Morgue (2018); Moonshine / aka Yours and Mine: Stories by Young New Zealanders (1936); Morepork (1979); Mrs 'obson (1914); My Poor Boy (1959); New Zealand (1942); New Zealand: Welfare Paradise (1960); Noel (1912); Off With His Head (1956); Opening Night (1951); Overture to Death (1939); Photo Finish (1980); Scales of Justice (1955); Singing in the Shrouds (1958); Singing Land (1974); Slipknot (1967); So Much for Nothing (1921); Speech of New Zealanders (1939); Spinsters in Jeopardy (1953); Stratford-upon-Avon (1967); Surfeit of Lampreys (1941); Swing Brother Swing (1949); The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh / aka Death on the Air and Other Stories (1995); The Cupid Mirror (1972); The Development of the Arts in New Zealand / Journal of the Royal Society of the Arts (1951); The Figure Quoted (1927); The Gift (1920); The Hand in the Sand (1953); The Hawthorn Gate (1920); The Moon Princess (1913); The Night Train from Grey (1919); The Novelist's Problem (1934); The Nursing Home Murder (1935); The Quick Forge (1964); The Wyvern and the Unicorn (1962); Theatre in a Young Country (1951); Theatre: A Note on the Status Quo (1947); Tied Up in Tinsel (1972); Vintage Murder / aka The Case of the Greenstone Tiki (1937); When in Rome (1970).

 

Movies and television:
 

Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994); Colour Scheme (1977); Crown Court (1975); Detective (1964–1968); Died in the Wool (1978); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Opening Night (1977); Poslední opona (1965); Smrt s fotografiou (1988); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); Vintage Murder (1977).

Born on this day – Lee Miller:

 

Lee Miller

Photographer

April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977

Credits:

Books:

Lee Miller; Lee Miller: An Exhibition of Photographs 1929 – 1964; Lee Miller's War 1944-1945; Lee Miller's War: Beyond D-Day; Lee Miller's War: Photographer and Correspondent with the Allies in Europe, 1944-45; Love Letters: Bound in Gold Handcuffs; Picasso; Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony; Roland Penrose, Lee Miller: The Surrealist and the Photographer; The Boy who Bit Picasso; Wherever I Am: Yael Bartana, Emily Jacir, Lee Miller.

Movies and television:

Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023); Autoportrait ou Ce qui manque à nous tous (1930); Capturing Lee Miller (2020); Compression (2019); Drei Frauen und der Krieg (2022); Gelebte Träume - Künstlerinnen des Surrealismus (2020); Lee Miller: Through the Mirror (1995); Lost Women Art (2021); Love+War (2025); Passage des arts (2020); The Blood of a Poet (1932); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); War Paint: Women at War (2025).

Born on this day – Sandra Dee:

Sandra Dee

Actress

April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

Born on this day – Jean-François Stévenin:

Jean-François Stévenin

Actor

Writer

Director

April 23, 1944 – July 27, 2021

Jean-François Stévenin, with Francois Truffaut and Nathalie Baye, directing Day For Night (1973).

Credits:
Between Us (2023); L'île aux 30 cercueils (2022); La part du lion (2022); Cop Goes Missing (2022); The Line (2022); Adieu Paris (2021); Lost Illusions (2021); Tendre et saignant (2021); Enfance Volée (2021); Chronicles of the Sun (2020); Les enfers (2020); Meurtres à Mulhouse (2018); In Safe Hands (2018); Silent Streams (2018); Magellan (2017); Vénéneuses (2017); The Young One (2016); Seances (2016); Ainsi soient-ils (2015); Mad Love (2015); Falco (2014–2015); Mirage of Love (2015); The Forbidden Room (2015); Ceux qui dansent sur la tête (2014); The Last Diamond (2014); Blood of the Vine (2014); Le premier été (2014); Grand tour (2013); Bright Days Ahead (2013); Incident urbain (2013); Le renard jaune (2013); Tied (2013); Amitiés sincères (2012); Little Lion (2012); Of Snails and Men (2012); Divorce and Engagement (2012); The Desert of Love (2012); Sister (2012); Portrait d'un amoureux (2011); Un déjeuner du dimanche (2011); De force (2011); Le premier homme (2011); Valparaiso (2011); Let My People Go! (2011); Une folle envie (2011); The Silence of Joan (2011); Tata Bakhta (2011); Itinéraire bis (2011); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2010); Four Lovers (2010); My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010); Le chasseur (2010); Adieu Molitor (2010); Black Out (2009); A Saint's War (2009); The Limits of Control (2009); Mafiosa (2008); Like a Star Shining in the Night (2008); Nuit de chien (2008); Dirty Money - Undercover (2008); Un monde à nous (2008); Les tremblements lointains (2008); Home (2008); D'amour et de révoltes (2008); Complot d'amateurs (2008); El camino (2008); Nuisibles (2008); Room of Death (2007); Captain Ahab (2007); L'affaire Ben Barka (2007); Les yeux bandés (2007); Time Out (2007); Le deal (2007); Chute libre (2007); Il a suffi que maman s'en aille... (2006); Un jour d'été (2006); Le Camarguais (2002–2005); Commissaire Moulin (2005); Ladies of the Law (2005); Camping à la ferme (2005); Volpone (2003); Des épaules solides (2003); Pas si grave (2003); The Beast of Gévaudan (2003); Man on the Train (2002); Deux (2002); La repentie (2002); Mischka (2002); Méditerranée (2001); Fils de zup (2001); La baie de l'archange (2001); De l'amour (2001); Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001); Entre l'arbre et l'écorce (2000); Total Western (2000); Les frères Soeur (2000); Love me (2000); Fait d'hiver (1999); La petite graine (1998); Un père en plus (1998); For Sale (1998); Marseille (1998); White Lies (1998); On Guard (1997); Les parents modèles (1997); K (1997); Père et fils (1997); J'ai deux amours (1996); Docteur Sylvestre (1996); Deux justiciers dans la ville (1993–1996); Les aveux de l'innocent (1996); Les Bidochon (1996); Les frères Gravet (1996); Ricky (1996); L'éducatrice (1996); Noir comme le souvenir (1995); Fast (1995); Dis-moi oui... (1995); Parano (1994); The Patriots (1994); Due volte vent'anni (1994); L'amour est un jeu d'enfant (1994); 23h58 (1993); À cause d'elle (1993); Le grand pardon II (1992); Momo (1992); Police Secrets (1991); Olivier, Olivier (1992); De force avec d'autres (1992); La gamine (1992); Un paraguas para tres (1992); Poulets à l'amende (1992); La philosophie dans le boudoir (1991); Tromper n'est pas jouer (1991); A Matter of Convenience (1987–1991); Sushi Sushi (1991); Lune froide (1991); Napoléon et l'Europe (1991); Le voisin de Paul (1989); Mona et moi (1989); Thick Skinned (1989); The French Revolution (1989); La Soule (1989); Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989); Lune froide (1988); Quand je serai jeune (1988); Game, Set, and Match (1988); 36 fillette (1988); Ya bon les blancs (1988); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1984–1987); Vent de panique (1987); Sale destin (1987); La rebelión de los colgados (1986); Wasp (1986); Treasure Island (1986); Double messieurs (1986); I Hate Actors (1986); Salomé (1986); Ménage (1986); Grosse (1985); Parole de flic (1985); Mistral's Daughter (1984); Côté coeur, côté jardin (1984); Télévision de chambre (1983–1984); Our History (1984); Flight to Berlin (1984); Péchés originaux (1983); Dust of Empire (1983); Pablo est mort (1983); A Room in Town (1982); All for Love (1982); Passion (1982); Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle? (1982); Le Pont du Nord (1981); Victory (aka Escape to Victory) (1981); Neige (1981); The Boy Soldier (1981); Psy (1981); Mémoires d'un chien obscure (1980); The Dogs of War (1980); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980); Deux lions au soleil (1980); Médecins de nuit (1980); Merry-Go-Round (1980); La guerre des polices (1979); Roberte (1979); Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979); Adieu voyages lents (1978); Passe montagne (1978); See Here My Love (1978); Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978); Midi midi 14 (1977); Entrevu par l'indiscrétion d'un Judas (1977); La machine (1977); Le vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort (1977); La derelitta (1976); Barocco (1976); Small Change (1976); Zig-Zag (1975); Si j'te cherche... j'me trouve (1974); Day for Night (1973); Out 1: Spectre (1972); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); Out 1 (1971); The Wild Child (1970); Heartbeat (1968).

Born on this day – Michael Sporn:

Michael Sporn

Animator

April 23, 1946 – January 19, 2014

On this day in movie and book history - The Public Enemy (1931)

The Public Enemy

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Harvey F. Thew,

based on the novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1931.

Music by David Mendoza.

Cast:

James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Mae Clarke, Frank Coghlan Jr., Frankie Darro, Robert Homans, Sam McDaniel, William H. Strauss, Mia Marvin, Lev Abramov, Clark Burroughs, George Daly, Snitz Edwards, Rita Flynn, Dorothy Gee, Douglas Gerrard, Dorothy Gray, Ben Hendricks Jr., Eddie Kane, Arnold Lucy, Harold Minjir, Helen Parrish, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Purnell Pratt, Nanci Price, Joe Sawyer, Landers Stevens, Charles Sullivan, Lucille Ward, Adele Watson.

Recommended reading:

 

The Public Enemy
a.k.a. Beer and Blood.

by Kubec Glasmon & John Bright.

Filmed as The Public Enemy (1931), directed by William A. Wellman.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

ASIN: B0006ALC06
 
Description:

Photoplay novelization of the famed 1931 James Cagney classic gangster film. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (voted by the American Film Institute as the 8th greatest crime film in American film history) was a 1931 American Pre-Code crime film starring James Cagney and directed by William A. Wellman. based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs: "Beer and Blood" by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon (who had witnessed some of Al Capone’s murderous gang rivalries in Chicago!) A remarkable book in itself, one of those rare Grosset & Dunlap publications (like King Kong).