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Theodore Roberts, October 8, 1861, San Francisco, CA - December 14, 1928, Los Angeles, CA, stage actor starting in 1880 and made 106 from films 1914 to 1928.

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Rouben Mamoulian, October 8, 1897, Tbilisi, Georgia, Russian Empire - December 4, 1987, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, director of 21 films from 1926 to 1963.

September 22, 1934 at the Ambassador Hotel , Rouben Mamoulian, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, and Josef von Sternberg.

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Jack Mulhall, October 7, 1887, Wappingers Fall, NY -June 1, 1979, Los Angeles, CA, film and TV actor with 448 screen credits between 1910 and 1959 including many short films and features
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dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

Dusty Springfield 1982 "White Heat". The album being unavailable in the UK hurt and it was only in 2002 when it was finally released there.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

Nightclub owner and empresario, Peter Stringfellow coaxed Dusty Springfield to sign with his new label, Hippodrome, in 1985 which was the name of his large London dance club. He selected the Donna Summer song, "Sometimes Like Butterflies" for her first single on his label..

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Jack Mulhall, October 7, 1887, Wappingers Fall, NY -June 1, 1979, Los Angeles, CA, film and TV actor with 448 screen credits between 1910 and 1959.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Z. Leonard, October 7, Chicago, IL - August 27, 1968, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, actor and film director noted for directing 162 films between 1913 and 1956.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

Andy Devine, October 7, 1905, Flagstaff, AZ - February 18, 1977, Orange, CA, actor in 198 films and TV shows from 1926 to 1977. .

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dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

Mitchell Leisen, October 6, 1898, Menominee, MI - October 28, 1972, Los Angeles, CA was a film director whose credits include "The Eagle and the Hawk" 1933, "Bolero" 1934, "Death Takes a Holiday" 1934, "Murder at the Vanities" 1934, "Behold My Wife!" 1934, "Hands Across the Table" 1935,.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 1d

James Austin Johnson, July 19, 1989, Nashville, TN has been with SNL since 2021 and he took over impersonating Donald Trump and is doing a better job of it than Alec Baldwin did . Both the writing and the delivery is excellent.

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Carole Lombard, October 6, 1908, Fort Wayne, IN - January 16, 1942, Potosi Mountain, NV. 78 films from 1921 to 1942 including 26 during the silent era with 17 being in short films, for Mack Sennett Studios. 21 of her films were released during the Pre-Code Era, March 31, 1930-July 1, 1934.

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Janet Gaynor, October 6, 1906, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA - September 14, 1984, Palm Springs, CA, actress in 69 film and television productions from 1924 to 1981. She was the first recipient for the Academy Award in 1929 for her performances in "Sunrise", "7th Heaven" and "Street Angel".

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dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 3d

SNL's Cold Open was fine with Colin Jost doing a fine impersonation of Pete Hegseth. It was all the more funny as Jost had to work hard not to break out smiling. 10-4-2025

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 3d

"The Headline Woman" 1935 directed by William Nigh, written by Jack Natteford and Claire Church. Mascot Pictures. 71 minutes. ** 1/2.

Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Franklin Pangborn, Jack Mulhall, Robert Gleckler, Morgan Wallace, Russell Hopton.

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Virginia Sale, May 20, 1899, Urbana, IL - August 23, 1992, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, character actress in 165 film and television productions from 1927 to 1975. Her brother was Charles 'Chic' Sale.

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Evalyn Knapp and Lilian Bond.

"Fireman, Save My Child" directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Ray Enright. Warner Brothers. 67 m. ***

Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, Frank Shellenback, Virginia Sale, Frederick Burton, George Meeker, Polly Walters, Dickie Moore.

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"Fireman, Save My Child" directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Ray Enright, Robert Lord. Warner Brothers. 67 m ***

Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, George MacFarlane, Frank Shellenback, Virginia Sale, Frederick Burton, George Meeker, Polly Walters, Dickie Moore.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 3d

Roscoe Arbuckle (1887-1933) and Fritz Hubert (1906-1945), together they made six short films for Vitaphone, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers in 1932-1933.
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dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 3d

Louise Dresser, October 5, 1878, Evansville, IN - April 24, 1965, Los Angeles, CA, actress in 50 films from 1922 to 1937.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 4d

Buster Keaton, October 4, 1895, Piqua, KS - February 1, 1966. Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, in 152 short films, features and TV shows from 1917 to 1966.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 4d

Carroll Nye, October 4, 1901, Akron, OH - March 17, 1974, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, actor in 63 films from 1925 through 1944. Several of his silent and early sound films are lost. Many know him as the side burned Frank Kennedy, Scarlett O'Hara's husband in "Gone with the Wind" 1939.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 4d

Scotty Beckett October 4, 1929, Oakland, CA - May 10, 1968, Los Angeles, CA. Beckett was teamed as a friend to Spanky McFarland. He was in 15 of the comedies 1934-1936 in two years' time then went on appearing in many films. IMDB credits him with 109 film and TV appearances from 1933 to 1957.

dennislee11.bsky.social @dennislee11.bsky.social · 4d

Luis Alberni, October 4, 1886, Barcelona, Spain - December 23, 1962, Los Angeles, CA, character actor who appeared in 173 films from 1915 to 1956.

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"Saturday and Sunday Morning" 1960 directed by Karel Reisz, written by Alan Sillitoe. Woodfall Film Productions. 89 minutes. ***

Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hilda Baker, Norman Rossington, Bryan Pringle, Robert Cawdron, Edna Morris, Elsie Wagstaff, Frank Pettitt .