Born on this day – Joan Blondell:

Joan Blondell

Actress

August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979

Credits:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); About Faces (1960); Ace of the Mounties (1966); Advance to the Rear (1964); Adventure (1945); Adventures in Paradise (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1975); All Star Revue (1951–1953); An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); And Baby Makes Three (1966); And She Learned About Dames (1934); Angel Baby (1961); Back in Circulation (1937); Banyon (1972); Battered (1978); Big Breakdowns: Hollywood Bloopers of the 1930s (1991); Big Business Girl (1931); Big City Blues (1932); Big Daddy (1969); Blonde Crazy (1931); Blondie Johnson (1933); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bobby Parker and Company (1974); Bogart (1967); Bonanza (1964); Breakdowns of 1939 (1940); Broadway Bad (1933); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway's Like That (1930); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Bullets or Ballots (1936); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Busby Berkeley and the Gold Diggers (1969); Carroll O'Connor Special (1973); Central Park (1932); Century of Cinema (1995); Christmas Eve (1947); Classic Movie Bloopers (1990); Colleen (1936); College of Musical Knowledge (1950); Complicated Women (2003); Convention City (1933); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Dames (1934); Death at Love House (1976); Death Valley Days (1963); Desk Set (1957); Don Juan Quilligan (1945); Donahue (1972); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Side of Heaven (1939); Family Affair (1967); Fantasy Island (1979); Feud (2017); Fireside Theatre (1955); Footlight Parade (1933); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); General Electric Theater (1955); God's Gift to Women (1931); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Gold Diggers: FDR's New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006); Good Girls Go to Paris (1939); Goodbye Again (1933); Grease (1978); Havana Widows (1933); He Was Her Man (1934); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Newsreel (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); I Want a Divorce (1940); Illicit (1931); Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (1950); It's Your Bet (1973); I've Got Your Number (1934); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Just Around the Corner (1933); Kansas City Princess (1934); Kona Coast (1968); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Ladies Before Gentlemen (1951); Lady for a Night (1942); Lawyer Man (1932); Lizzie (1957); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Swinging Surgeon / Love and the Lovesick Sailor (1971–1973); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Make Me a Star (1932); McCloud (1971); Medical Center (1973); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Millie (1931); Miss Pacific Fleet (1935); Miss Pinkerton (1932); Model Wife (1941); Movie Bloopers (1988); Mrs. Thursday (1967); My Past (1931); My Three Sons (1965); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Night Nurse (1931); Nightmare Alley (1947); Off the Record (1939); Opening Night (1977); Other Men's Women (1930); Penthouse Party (1950); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950); Person to Person (1959); Petticoat Junction (1968); Playhouse 90 (1957–1959); Playwrights '56 (1955); Police Story (1975); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935); Shower of Stars (1955); Sinners' Holiday (1930); Slattery's People (1965); Smarty (1934); Sons o' Guns (1936); Stage Struck (1936); Stand-In (1937); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stay Away, Joe (1968); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Studio One (1958); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Suspense (1953); Sweepstakes (1979); Switch (1976); Talent Scout (1937); That Girl (1968); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Arthur Murray Party (1950); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Baron (1977); The Blue Veil (1951); The Champ (1979); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950 / 1954); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); The Crowd Roars (1932); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dead Don't Die (1975); The Devil's Parade (1930); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Glove (1979); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967); The Heart Breaker (1930); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); The Love Boat (1978); The Lucy Show (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1955); The Movie Crazy Years (1971); The Movies (2019); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The Office Wife (1930); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Outsider (1968); The Perfect Specimen (1937); The Phynx (1970); The Public Enemy (1931); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rebels (1979); The Reckless Hour (1931); The Rookies (1973); The Snoop Sisters (1974); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Untouchables (1961); The Virginian (1963); 20 Questions (1950); The Witness (1961); The Woman Inside (1981); There's Always a Woman (1938); Things You Never See on the Screen (1935); This Could Be the Night (1957); Three Girls About Town (1941); Three Men on a Horse (1936); Three on a Match (1932); Topper Returns (1941); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Tribute to Bogart (1972); TV Club (1951); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Union Depot (1932); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Wagon Train (1963); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Waterhole #3 (1967); We're in the Money (1935); What's My Line? (1950); When the Talkies Were Young (1955); Who Said That? (1949); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Winchester '73 (1967); Winner Take All (1975); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976).

Born on this day – Julie Bishop:

 

Julie Bishop

Actress

August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001

Credits:

Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Any Old Port! (1932); Back in the Saddle (1941); Behind Prison Gates (1939); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); Busses Roar (1942); Captain Blood (1924); Challenge the Wilderness (1951); Children of Jazz (1923); Cinderella Jones (1946); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Clancy of the Mounted (1933); Classified (1925); Coronado (1935); Counsel for Crime (1937); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Deputy Marshal (1949); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Escape from Crime (1942); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Fireside Theatre (1954); Flight Into Nowhere (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); Girl in 313 (1940); Girls Can Play (1937); Happy Landing (1934); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); Headline Hunters (1955); Her First Romance (1940); Heroes of the West (1932); High Tide (1947); Highway Patrol (1938); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (1934); I Was Framed (1942); Idea Girl (1946); In Walked Charley (1932); International Squadron (1941); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Lady Gangster (1942); Last of the Redmen (1947); Lights Out (1932); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Maytime (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); My Hero (1952–1953); My Son Is a Criminal (1939); My Son Is Guilty (1939); Night Cargo (1936); None But the Brave (1928); Northern Pursuit (1943); Paid to Dance (1937); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Sabre Jet (1953); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Scareheads (1931); Secrets of Beauty (1951); She Married an Artist (1937); Skip the Maloo! (1931); Spring Madness (1938); Square Shooter (1935); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Strange Conquest (1946); Tarzan the Fearless (1933 / 1964); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bar-C Mystery (1926); The Big Land (1957); The Black Cat (1934); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Bohemian Girl (1936); The Family Upstairs (1926); The Frame-Up (1937); The Golden Bed (1925); The Good Bad Boy (1924); The Hard Way (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Home Maker (1925); The Kansas Terrors (1939); The Knockout (1932); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Adventuress (1938); The Loudspeaker (1934); The Magical World of Disney (1955); The Main Event (1938); The Nurse's Secret (1941); The Ranger and the Lady (1940); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Threat (1949); Tillie and Gus (1933); Torture Ship (1939); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Westward the Women (1951); When G-Men Step In (1938); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); You Came Along (1945); Young Bill Hickok (1940); You're Telling Me (1932); Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel (1932).

Born on this day – William Duell:

William Duell

Actor

Singer

August 30, 1923 – December 22, 2011

Credits:

1776 (1972); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 3-2-1 Contact (1980); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); Airplane! (1980); All My Children (1983); Another World (1995); Camera Three (1956); Casey Stengel (1981); Channel 99 (1988); Cradle Will Rock (1999); Deadhead Miles (1972); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2001–2002); Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988); Funny Farm (1988); Grace Quigley (1984); Great Performances (1989); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hawk (1966); Home Fires Burning (1989); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); In & Out (1997); Ironweed (1987); King of the Gypsies (1978); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Law & Order (1999); Law and Disorder (1974); Look Up and Live (1961); Me and Veronica (1992); Mrs. Soffel (1984); My Old Man (1979); N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969); Naked City (1961); NBC Special Treat (1976); On Our Own (1978); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Out of the Rain (1991); Palookaville (1995); Police Squad! (1982); Reckless (1995); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Seize the Day (1986); Shining Time Station (1989); Standing Room Only (1981); Texas (1982); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The American Parade (1975); The Beniker Gang (1984); The Defenders (1961–1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Happy Hooker (1975); The Hustler (1961); The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000); The Out-of-Towners (1999); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); Trial by Jury (1994); Without a Trace (1983); Woman Found Dead in Elevator (2000).

Born on this day – Harvey Hart:

Harvey Hart

Director

Producer

August 30, 1928 – November 21, 1989

Born on this day – Suzanne Roquette:

 

Suzanne Roquette

Actress

August 30, 1942 – May 28, 2020

Credits:

Airline (1982); Alien Attack (1976); An Englishman's Castle (1978); Band of Brothers (2001); Barriers (1981); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bedroom Stewardesses (1978); Call My Bluff (1978); Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken (1965); Das Millionenspiel (1970); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Die Safeknacker-Suite (1963); Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1969); Drüben bei Lehmanns (1971); Females for Hire (1968); Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1997); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten: Magic Moments (1999); Hadleigh (1976); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); International Velvet (1978); ITV Playhouse (1977–1980); Jenseits von Oder und Neiße - Heute (1965); John Klings Abenteuer (1969); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Liebesgeschichten (1967); Lovejoy (1993); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Shining Through (1992); Sorry! (1982); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Spearhead (1979); Special Branch (1974); Sperrbezirk (1966); Tatort (1977); The College Girl Murders (1967); The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967); Und Ihr Steckenpferd? (1963).

On this day in movie and book history - The Killers (1946)

The Killers

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston and Richard Brooks,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1946.

Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad, Ernie Adams, Audley Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Frank Baker, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Edward Biby, Harry Brown, Phil Brown, Jack Cheatham, James Conaty, Jeff Corey, Gino Corrado, Noel Cravat, Oliver Cross, Rex Dale, Neal Dodd, Mike Donovan, Howard Freeman, Dick Gordon, Robert Haines, Michael Hale, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, Mark Hellinger, Al Hill, George Hoagland, Jimmie Horan, Geoffrey Ingham, Kenner G. Kemp, Paul Kruger, Ethan Laidlaw, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Nolan Leary, Vera Lewis, Jack Lomas, Therese Lyon, Frank McLure, Charles Middleton, John Miljan, Howard Negley, Garry Owen, Barbara ‘Red’ Powers, Beatrice Roberts, Wally Rose, William Ruhl, Wallace Scott, John Sheehan, Queenie Smith, Ann Staunton, Jack Tornek, John Trebach, Bill Walker, Milton Wallace, Gabrielle Windsor, Florence Wix.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Scribner.

Published 1998.

ASIN: 0684843323

ISBN-10: 9780684843322

ISBN-13: 978-0684843322

Description:

In this definitive collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s short stories, readers will delight in Hemingway’s most beloved classics such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection, totaling in sixty stories. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, with plots that range from experiences of World War II to beautifully touching moments between a father and son. For Hemingway fans, The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

On this day in movie history - Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

directed by Reginald Le Borg,

written by Lawrence Taylor,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1947.

Music by Emil Cadkin, Ernest Gold and Karl Hajos.

Cast:

Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, William Newell, Tom Quinn, Harry Strang, Frank Wilcox.