Friday, July 7, 2023

On this day in music history - Moving Through Worlds, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2020):

The album Moving Through Worlds,
by Fiona Joy Hawkins,
was released on July 7, 2020.

On this day in music history - The Grand Illusion, by Styx (1977):

The album The Grand Illusion,
by Styx,
was released on July 7, 1977.

On this day in movie history - The Last Run (1971):


The Last Run,
directed by Richard Fleischer,
written by Alan Sharp,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1971.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.


Cast:
George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, Colleen Dewhurst, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Tarruella, Robert Coleby, Pat Zurica, Rocky Taylor, Robert Rietty.

On this day in movie history - Mirage (1965):


Mirage,
directed by Edward Dmytryk,
written by Peter Stone,
based on the novel Fallen Angel by Walter Ericson,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.


Cast:
Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House B. Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover.

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1964):


The Killers,
directed by Don Siegel,
written by Gene L. Coon,
based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.
Music by John Williams.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O'Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin.

On this day in movie history - The Second Woman (1950):


The Second Woman,
directed by James V. Kern,
written by Mort Briskin and Robert Smith,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1950.
Music by Joseph Nussbaum.

Cast:
Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Morris Carnovsky, Henry O'Neill, Jean Rogers, Raymond Largay, Shirley Ballard, Vici Raaf, Jason Robards, Sr., Steven Geray, Jimmie Dodd, Smokey Whitfield, Cliff Clark.

On this day in movie history - Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950):


Where the Sidewalk Ends,
directed by Otto Preminger,
written by Ben Hecht,
based on a story by Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg and Robert E. Kent,
and the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart,
was released in the United States on July 7, 1950.
Music by Cyril Mockridge.


Cast:
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens, Fred Aldrich, Don Appell, Tony Barr, David Bauer, Eddie Borden, Neville Brand.

Born on this day – Yvonne Mitchell:


Yvonne Mitchell

Actress

Writer

July 7, 1915 – March 24, 1979

Born on this day – Ruth Ford:


Ruth Ford

Actress

July 7, 1911 – August 12, 2009

Born on this day – George Cukor:


George Cukor

Director

Producer

July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983