Jack Kost: July 2023

Monday, July 31, 2023

On this day in music history - Soul Espanol, by Sherry Finzer & Chris B. Jàcome (2020):

The album Soul Espanol,

by Sherry Finzer & Chris B. Jàcome,

was released on July 31, 2020.

On this day in music history - Winter & Christmas, by Amy Lauren (2008):

The album Winter & Christmas,

by Amy Lauren,

was released on July 31, 2008.

Born on this day – Geoffrey Lewis:

Geoffrey Lewis

Actor

July 31, 1935 – April 7, 2015

Born on this day – Yvonne Howell:

Yvonne Howell

Actress

July 31, 1905 – May 27, 2010

Sunday, July 30, 2023

On this day in movie history - Get Low (2010):

Get Low,

directed by Aaron Schneider,

written by Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell and Scott Seeke,

was released in the United States on July 30, 2010.
Music by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek.
Inspired by the true story of Felix Bushaloo Breazeale.

Cast:
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs, Scott Cooper, Lori Beth Sikes, Linds Edwards, Andrea Powell, Chandler Riggs, Danny Vinson, Blerim Destani, Tomasz Karolak, Andy Stahl, Marc Gowan, Arin Logan.

On this day in movie history - Roadblock (1951):

Roadblock,

directed by Harold Daniels,

written by George Bricker and Steve Fisher,

based on a story by Richard H. Landau and Daniel Mainwaring,

was released in the United States on July 30, 1951.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:
Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt, Milburn Stone.

Born on this day – Emily Brontë:

Emily Brontë

Writer

July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848

Saturday, July 29, 2023

On this day in movie history - Two Hands (1999):

Two Hands,

directed and written by Gregor Jordan,

was released in Australia on July 29, 1999.
Music by Cezary Skubiszewski.

Cast:
Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long, Tony Forrow, Steven Vidler, Dale Kalnins, Kiri Paramore, Bill Drury, David Moeaki, Mathew Wilkinson, Rose Byrne, Mary Acres, Evan Sheaves, Jarrah Darling, Andrew Hunter, Mariel McClorey, Stuart Fenton, Grant Bennett, Jacquy Phillips, Peter Mclean, Poppy Savakkis, Tim Wright, Lynden Jones, Susie Porter, Brian Staunton, Rob Duckworth, Moya O'Sullivan, Salvatore Coco, Jonno Zissler, Jim Webb, Mick Innes, Steve Le Marquand, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Daniel Amodeo, Kevin Smith, Imelda Corcoran, Waddah Sari, Damian Monk, Lisa Natalie, Adam Muncu, Jerome Ehlers, Richard Carter, Jai Kemp, Warwick Young, Avril Wynne, Chris Mitchell, Brett Praed, Stuart Spence, Katya Tarnawski, Damian Bradford, Glenn Suter, Mitchell Butel, Perin Davey, Kristine Stanley.

On this day in movie history - The Amazing Mr. X (1948):

The Amazing Mr. X,

aka The Spiritualist,

directed by Bernard Vorhaus,

written by Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter,

was released in the United States on July 29, 1948.
Music by Alexander Laszlo.

Cast:
Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry Mendoza, Norma Varden.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Club (1933):

Midnight Club,

directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes,

written by Leslie Charteris and Seton I. Miller,

based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory by E. Phillips Oppenheim,

was released in the United States on July 29, 1933.
Music by W. Franke Harling and Howard Jackson.

Cast:
Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing, Alan Mowbray, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Forrester Harvey, Ethel Griffies, Teru Shimada, Charles Coleman, Billy Bevan, Jean De Briac, Leo White, Rita Carlyle, Dennis O'Keefe.