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This Day in Film History:
June 1


1890:

Frank Morgan is born in New York City. The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, Frank is the brother of SAG's first president, Ralph Morgan.

1926:

Norma Jean Mortensen, better known to the world as Marilyn Monroe, is born in Los Angeles.

1937:

Morgan Freeman, star of such films as Driving Miss Daisy and Glory, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1957:

William Hinds, AKA Will Hammer, founder of the horror film studio Hammer Film Productions, dies in England.





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