Wednesday, July 26, 2023

On this day in movie history - Fat City (1972):


Fat City,
directed by John Huston,
written by Leonard Gardner,
based on the novel by Leonard Gardner,
was released in the United States on July 26, 1972.
Music by Kenneth Hall.


Cast:
Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Art Aragon, Curtis Cokes, Sixto Rodriguez, Billy Walker, Wayne Mahan, Ruben Navarro, Álvaro López, Carl D. Parker, Bill Riddle, Al Silvani.

On this day in movie history - The Underworld Story (1950):


The Underworld Story,
directed by Cy Endfield,
written by Henry Blankfort and Cy Endfield,
based on a story by Craig Rice,
was released in the United States on July 26, 1950.
Music by David Rose.


Cast:
Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva, Michael O’Shea, Mary Anderson, Gar Moore, Melville Cooper, Frieda Inescort, Art Baker, Harry Shannon, Alan Hale Jr., Stephen Dunne, Roland Winters, Sue England, Lewis L. Russell, Frances Chaney, Stanley Blystone, Jack Mower, Edward Van Sloan.

On this day in movie history - They Drive by Night (1940):


They Drive by Night,
directed by Raoul Walsh,
written by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay,
based on the novel Long Haul by A. I. Bezzerides,
was released in the United States on July 26, 1940.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.


Cast:
George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, George Tobias, Henry O'Neill, Charles Halton, Paul Hurst, John Ridgely, George Lloyd, Joyce Compton, Charles Wilson, Pedro Regas, Norman Willis, Joe Devlin, William Haade, Vera Lewis, John Hamilton, Eddie Acuff, Howard Hickman, Lillian Yarbo.

Born on this day – Leon Vitali:


Leon Vitali

Actor

Casting director

July 26, 1948 – August 19, 2022

A timeline and pictorial tribute to the work of Stanley Kubrick:


A timeline and pictorial tribute to the work of Stanley Kubrick.

In celebration of his movies:

Day of the Fight (1951)


Flying Padre (1951)


The Seafarers (1953)


Fear and Desire (1953)


Killer's Kiss (1955)


The Killing (1956)


Paths of Glory (1957)


Spartacus (1960)


Lolita (1962)


Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)


A Clockwork Orange (1971)


Barry Lyndon (1975)


The Shining (1980)


Full Metal Jacket (1987)


Eyes Wide Shut (1999)


Video created by Jack Kost.
2022.

Music credit:
Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod.


If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.

– Stanley Kubrick.


In memory of Stanley Kubrick

Director

Producer

Writer

Photographer

July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999