Born on this day – Susan Glaspell:

Susan Glaspell

Writer

Actress

July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948

Credits:

Books:

A Jury of Her Peers / short story (1917); Ambrose Holt and Family (1931); Brook Evans (1928); Fidelity (1915); Fugitive's Return (1929); Her America: A Jury of Her Peers and Other Stories (2010); Judd Rankin's Daughter (1945); Lifted Masks / short story (1912); Norma Ashe (1942); The Glory of the Conquered (1909); The Morning Is Near Us (1939); The Rules of the Institution and Other Stories (2018); The Visioning (1911).

Plays:

Alison's House (1930); Bernice (1919); Chains of Dew (1922); Close the Book (1917); Free Laughter (1919); Inheritors (1921); Springs Eternal (1943); Suppressed Desires (1914); The Comic Artist (1927); The Outside (1917); The People (1917); The Verge (1921); Tickless Time (1918); Trifles (1916); Woman's Honor (1918).

Movies and television:

A Jury of Her Peers (1980); Actor's Studio (1950); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Fireside Theatre (1951); Jury of Her Peers (2025); Kraft Theatre (1948); Matinee Theatre (1956); Motivet (1955); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Omnibus / Segment: A Jury of Her Peers (1953); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951–1952); Star Tonight (1955); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Right to Love (1930); Three Dramas (2020); Trifles (1930 / 2009).

Born on this day – James M. Cain:

 

James M. Cain

Writer

July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977

Credits:

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934); Double Indemnity (1936); Serenade (1937); The Embezzler (1940); Mildred Pierce (1941); Love's Lovely Counterfeit (1942); Career in C Major: And Other Fiction (1943); Past All Dishonor (1946); The Butterfly (1947); Sinful Woman (1947); The Moth (1948); Everybody Does It (1949); Jealous Woman (1950); The Root of His Evil (1951); Galatea (1953); Mignon (1962); The Magician's Wife (1965); Rainbow's End (1975); The Institute (1976); Cloud Nine (1984); The Enchanted Isle (1985); Sixty Years of Journalism (1985); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); Writing Los Angeles (2002); Murder On The Railways (2003); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); The Cocktail Waitress (2012); Books to Die For (2012); A Bad Woman (2015); The Movie Book (2016).

Movies and television:

Algiers (1938); Blockade (1938); Buai laju-laju (2004); Butterfly (1981); Cineficción Radio (2021); Double Indemnity (1944 / 1973); Everybody Does It (1949); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Interlude (1957 / 1968); ITV Play of the Week (1960); Konto ausgeglichen (1959); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Mildred Pierce (1945 / 2011); Money and the Woman (1940); Obsession (1943); Out of the Past (1947); Passion (1998); Puissance de la parole (1988); Serenade (1956); She Made Her Bed (1934); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Stand Up and Fight (1939); Teledrama (1957); The Last Turning (1939); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 / 1981); The Postman Always Rings Twice: The Radio Play (1947); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Today (1969); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Yu hai qing mo (1967).

Born on this day – Charles Laughton:

 

Charles Laughton

Actor

July 1, 1899 – December 15, 1962

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994); Advise & Consent (1962); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); American Horror Story (2012); American Masters (1995); Angels of Mercy (1940); Arch of Triumph (1948); Because of Him (1946); Biography (2001–2005); Blue Bottles (1928); Callow's Laughton (1987); Captain Kidd (1945); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Charles Laughton (1952); Charles Laughton Directs 'the Night of the Hunter' (2002); Checkmate (1961); Chelsea at Nine (1957); Christmas Eve with Charles Laughton (1955); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cineficción Radio (2019); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2014); Comets (1930); Compression (2015–2025); Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017); Day-Dreams (1928); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Devil and the Deep (1932); Down River (1931); Entertainment Tonight (1987); Festival / The Respectful Prostitute (1964); Film Night (1971); Film Review (1968); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Forever and a Day (1943); Galileo (1961 / 1975); General Electric Theater (1957–1959); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1998); History Brought to Life (1950); Hobson's Choice (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); I, Claudius (1937); If I Had a Million (1932); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); Island of Lost Souls (1932); It Started with Eve (1941); Jamaica Inn (1939); Josef von Sternberg Interview (1968); Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich (1994); Leben des Galilei (1947); Les Misérables (1935); MGM Parade (1955); Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); Moving Pictures (1995); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); News of the Day (1952); Night Gallery (1971); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On Our Merry Way (1948); One in a Million (1936); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Payment Deferred (1932); Piccadilly (1929); Picture People No. 6 (1941); Playhouse 90 (1960); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rembrandt (1936); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Salome (1953); Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 11 (1935); Screen Snapshots, Series 20, No. 9 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 1 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 26, No. 10: So This Is 'ollywood (1947); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 10: Fabulous Hollywood (1956); Sidewalks of London (1938); Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma (2020); Some of the Best (1944); Spartacus (1960); Sprockets (1995); Stand by for Action (1942); Startime (1960); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Studio 57 (1958); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Television (1985); That's Action (1977); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 6th Annual Academy Awards (1934); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Art Director (1949); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934); The Beachcomber (1938); The Bear (2024); The Best of Gleason 3 (1989); The Best of Hollywood (2018); The Big Clock (1948); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bribe (1949); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Clock (2010); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949–1963); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eddie Fisher Show (1957–1958); The English Programme (1994); The Epic That Never Was (1965); The Generation Game (1974); The George Gobel Show (1957–1958); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Horror Show (1979); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lux Show (1957); The Man from Down Under (1943); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); The Naked Archaeologist (2008); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Old Dark House (1932); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); The Our Gang Story (1994); he Paradine Case (1947); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Radio Broadcast Vault (2019); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958–1960); The Strange Door (1951); The Suspect (1944); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Tonic (1928); The Tonight Show (1956–1957); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); They Knew What They Wanted (1940); This Is Charles Laughton (1953); This Is Your Life (1961); This Land Is Mine (1943); Time to Remember (2010); Twenty Years of Academy Awards (1948); ...und sie bewegt sich doch (1978); Under Ten Flags (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Washington Square (1956); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1956–1960); White Woman (1933); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Wolves (1930); Young Bess (1953).

Born on this day – William Wyler:

William Wyler

Director

Producer

July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981

Born on this day – Virginia Vance:

 

Virginia Vance

Actress

July 1, 1902 - October 13, 1942

Born on this day – Madge Evans:

 

Madge Evans

Actress

July 1, 1909 – April 26, 1981

Credits:

Adventures of Carol (1917); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915); Are You Listening? (1932); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Army Girl (1938); Beauty for Sale (1933); Beloved Adventuress (1917); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Calm Yourself (1935); Cameo Theatre (1951); Classmates (1924); David Copperfield (1935); Day of Reckoning (1933); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dinner at Eight (1933); Envy (1930); Espionage (1937); Exclusive Story (1936); Fast Life (1932); From the Valley of the Missing (1915); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Good Times (1931); Grand Canary (1934); Guilty Hands (1931); Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933); Heartbreak (1931); Heidi (1920); Hell Below (1933); Helldorado (1934); Heredity (1918); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Home Wanted (1919); Huddle (1932); Husband and Wife (1916); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1950); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Made on Broadway (1933); Many Happy Returns (1930); Masquerade Party (1952); Maternity (1917); Matinee Theatre (1955); Medallion Theatre (1953); Men Without Names (1935); Moonlight Murder (1936); Mrs. Thanksgiving (1952); Neighbor Nelly (1921); Neighbors (1918); On the Banks of the Wabash (1923); Paris Interlude (1934); Pennies from Heaven (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Seventeen (1916); Shore Acres (1914); Sinners in Paradise (1938); Son of India (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stolen Orders (1918); Studio One (1954); Sudden Riches (1916); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Bard of Broadway (1930); The Burglar (1917); The Corner Grocer (1917); The Devil's Toy (1916); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Gates of Gladness (1918); The Gob (1930); The Golden Wall (1918); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hidden Scar (1916); The Investigator (1958); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Little Church Around the Corner (1915); The Little Duchess (1917); The Little Match Girl (1921); The Little Patriot (1917); The Love Defender (1919); The Love Net (1918); The Man Who Found Himself (1915); The Master Hand (1915); The Mayor of Hell (1933); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); The New South (1916); The Nuisance (1933); The Power and the Glory (1918); The Revolt (1916); The Seven Sisters (1915); The Show-Off (1934); The Sign of the Cross (1914); The Thirteenth Chair (1937); The Volunteer (1917); The Web of Desire (1917); Three Green Eyes (1919); Transatlantic Tunnel (1935); True Blue (1918); Vengeance (1918); Wanted: A Mother (1918); We, the People (1949); West of Broadway (1931); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Woman and Wife (1918); Your Show of Shows (1951); Zaza (1915).

Born on this day – Jean Stafford:

 

Jean Stafford

Writer

July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Stories; A Mother in History; Bad Characters; Boston Adventure; Children Are Bored on Sunday; Collected Stories; Elephi: The Cat with the High I.Q.; The Catherine Wheel; The Lion and the Carpenter and Other Tales from the Arabian Tales Retold; The Mountain Lion.

Movies and television:

Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Pardon Me for Living (1982).