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Born on this day in 1900 was the wonderful actress, Helen Hayes. Helen had a career that spanned 80 years. The “First Lady of American Theatre,” was the first woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. #OnThisDay #botd

Born on this day in 1924 was the filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author, Edward D. Wood Jr. Ed is known for his low-budget sci-fi, crime, & horror films like Glen or Glenda (1953), Bride of the Monster (1955), and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1941 was the comedy film, 'Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.' This classic has W. C. Fields playing himself as he attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it. The film also stars the beautiful Gloria Jean. #OnThisDay

Happy 76th birthday to actress and singer, Jessica Harper. Jessica has been in such films as Phantom of the Paradise (1974), My Favorite Year (1982), Suspiria (1977), Stardust Memories (1980), Pennies from Heaven (1981), and Minority Report (2002). #OnThisDay #botd

Happy 72nd birthday to the wonderful actor, Tony Shalhoub. Tony was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1953. He is best known for the sitcom Wings, the series Monk, and the father of the title character, on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1947 was the film noir, Nightmare Alley. Directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker, this is the tale of the rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1974 was the film 'Shanks'. This William Castle American horror film stars Marcel Marceau as a puppeteer able to manipulate dead bodies like puppets. Marceau both spoke and appeared without makeup for this film.. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1900 was Scottish character actor, Alastair Sim. Alastair didn't start acting professionally until he was 30 years old. He is best known for playing Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 adaption of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol.. #OnThisDay #botd

Happy 76th Birthday to actress Sigourney Weaver who was born on the day in 1949. Sigourney is best known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise and Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters. She is still acting today and has been now for over 50 years. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1961 was the William Castle film Mr. 'Sardonicus'. Starring Oskar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, and Audrey Dalton, it is the story of a man whose face becomes frozen in a horrifying grin while robbing his father's grave to obtain a winning lottery ticket. #OnThisDay

Happy 82nd birthday to Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as the American comedian, writer, and actor, Chevy Chase. Chevy was part of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, one of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, and then films. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1958 was the independently made sci-fi film, 'The Brain Eaters', Directed by Bruno VeSota and starring Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, and Joanna Lee, inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1958 was ‘The Trollenberg Terror’, the independently made British sci-fi drama film. Starring Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, and Janet Munro, this film was released in the U.S. as "The Crawling Eye". #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1917 was Eleanor Geisman, better known as American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer, June Allyson. June was in such films as Two Girls and a Sailor (1944), The Bride Goes Wild (1948), and Words and Music (1948). #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1959 was ‘4D Man’, an independent sci-fi film. Starring Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether & James Congdon, a scientist discovers a formula enabling him to pass through solid surfaces, but he also rapidly age, which forces him to kill humans. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1908 was the wonderful Carole Lombard! This funny, American actress is ranked, according to the American Film Institute, 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Sadly, she left us way too young, at the age of 33. #OnThisDay #botd

Happy 83rd birthday to actress and singer, Britt Ekland who was born on this day in 1942. She was in such films as The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Get Carter (1971), The Wicker Man (1973), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1962 was 'Zotz!' Director by William Castle and starring Tom Poston, Julia Meade, and Jim Backus, a professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers. The film was based on a novel written by Walter Karig. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1971 was the British horror film, 'Twins of Evil'. The classic was directed by John Hough and starring the Collinson sisters, Madeleine and Mary, along with Peter Cushing and Dennis Price. It is the tale twin nieces, one good, one evil. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1938 was the wonderful early rock and roller, Eddie Cochran. Eddie had hits songs such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else". Eddie left this world too early, dying at the of 21 in an automobile crash. #OnThisDay #botd

Jamie Lee Curtis continued her scream queen career with Terror Train on this day in 1980. Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1965 was the British psychological thriller, 'Bunny Lake Is Missing'. Drected and produced by Otto Preminger and starring Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, and Keir Dullea, a woman reports missing her young daughter. But there is no evidence that she ever existed. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1890 was Julius Henry Marx, better known as "Groucho". Starting in vaudeville in 1905, Julius in known for his exaggerated stooped posture, spectacles, cigar, a thick greasepaint mustache, and eyebrows. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1942 was the romantic mystery film, 'Phantom Killer'. Starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton and Warren Hymer, a series of murders seems to implicate a deaf-mute philanthropist, except he has ironclad alibis for all of them. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1948 was Indian model and actress, Persis Khambatta. At the age of 16, she was Femina Miss India. Khambatta entered Miss Universe in 1965. Persis is best remembered for the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Warrior of the Lost World. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1976 was the blaxploitation film 'The Human Tornado'. Produced and starring Rudy Ray Moore, this was a sequel to his hit, "Dolemite". Dolemite flees to California, where he helps Queen Bee and her Kung Fu prostitutes battle a local gangster. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1928 was George McFarland, better known as "Spanky" in the "Our Gang" shorts. McFarland was born in Dallas, Texas. His career started with modeling children's clothing for a Dallas department store. #OnThisDay #botd

Released on this day in 1947 was the horror thriller film, 'The Brute Man'. Directed by Jean Yarbrough and staring Rondo Hatton, Jane Adams and Tom Neal, a facially deformed and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those who deformed him with a series of brutal murders. #OnThisDay

Released on this day in 1956 was 'The Mole People', an sci-fi adventure film. The film stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick. A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier. #OnThisDay

Born on this day in 1938 was actress, Stella Stevens. Stella starred in such popular films as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Silencers (1966), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as well as appearing on TV. #OnThisDay #botd