Saturday, January 13, 2024

On this day in music history - Stay, by Shakespears Sister (1992):

The song Stay,
by Shakespears Sister,
was released on January 13, 1992.

On this day in movie history - Incident on a Dark Street (1973):


Incident on a Dark Street,
directed by Buzz Kulik,
written by E. Jack Neuman,
was released in the United States on January 13, 1973.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:
James Olson, David Canary, Robert Pine, Richard S. Castellano, William Shatner, Murray Hamilton, Gilbert Roland, David Doyle, James Davidson, Kathleen Lloyd, John Kerr, Marlene Clark, Jerome Thor, Valentin de Vargas, Susan Stafford, Tony Giorgio, Jay W. MacIntosh, Marian Collier, Jennifer Kulik, Wesley Lau, Roland La Starza, Earl Eby, Nickolas Konakas, Mike Stokey, Michele Nichols, Owen Orr, Jed Allan, Robyn Millan, Don Barry, Gordon Pinsent, Mark Jenkins, Eddie Quillan, James A. Watson Jr.

On this day in movie history - Bad Day at Black Rock (1955):


Bad Day at Black Rock,
directed by John Sturges,
written by Millard Kaufman and Don McGuire,
was released in the United States on January 13, 1955.
Based on the short story Bad Time at Honda by Howard Breslin,
published in The American Magazine (1947).
Music by André Previn.


Cast:
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Walter Beaver, Billy Dix, Mickey Little, K.L. Smith, Robert Griffin, Harry Harvey, Bobby Johnson, Francis McDonald.

Born on this day – Silvana Gallardo:


Silvana Gallardo

Actress

Producer

Director

January 13, 1953 – January 2, 2012

Born on this day – Kim Manners:


Kim Manners

Producer

Director

Actor

January 13, 1951 – January 25, 2009

Born on this day – Richard Moll:


Richard Moll

Actor

January 13, 1943 – October 26, 2023

Born on this day – Leonora Ruffo:


Leonora Ruffo

Actress

January 13, 1935 – May 25, 2007

Born on this day – Frances Sternhagen:


Frances Sternhagen

Actress

January 13, 1930 – November 27, 2023

Credits:

And So It Goes (2014); The Closer (2006–2012); Pearl (2012); Parenthood (2012); Dolphin Tale (2011); Julie & Julia (2009); The Mist (2007); Becker (2004); ER (1997–2003); Sex and the City (2000–2002); The Simpsons (2002); Highway (2002); The Laramie Project (2002); Landfall (2001); The Rising Place (2001); Midnight Gospel (2000); It All Came True (1998); To Live Again (1998); The Con (1998); Law & Order (1991–1997); The Outer Limits (1995); Reunion (1994); The Road Home (1994); Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993); Cheers (1986–1993); Raising Cain (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1992); She Woke Up (1992); Walking the Dog (1991); Golden Years (1991); Doc Hollywood (1991); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1991); Misery (1990); Sibling Rivalry (1990); Follow Your Heart (1990); Communion (1989); See You in the Morning (1989); Bright Lights, Big City (1988); Once Again (1987); At Mother's Request (1987); Resting Place (1986); Spencer (1985); The Dining Room (1984); Prototype (1983); Romantic Comedy (1983); Independence Day (1983); Outland (1981); The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980); Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980); Starting Over (1979); Who'll Save Our Children? (1978); Fedora (1978); The Andros Targets (1977); The American Parade (1975); Great Performances (1972–1974); Two People (1973); The Hospital (1971); NET Playhouse (1964); The Doctors (1963); New York Television Theatre (1965); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Soldier in Love (1967); For the People (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964); Another World (1964); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); Play of the Week (1959–1961); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Studio One (1956–1957); Omnibus (1956); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Secret Storm (1954); Love of Life (1951).

Born on this day – Gregory Walcott:


Gregory Walcott

Actor

January 13, 1928 – March 20, 2015

Born on this day – Gwen Verdon:


Gwen Verdon

Actress

Dancer

January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000

Born on this day – Rosemary Murphy:


Rosemary Murphy

Actress

January 13, 1925 – July 5, 2014

Born on this day – Robert Stack:


Robert Stack

Actor

January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003

Born on this day – Herbert L. Strock:


Herbert L. Strock

Producer

Director

January 13, 1918 – November 30, 2005

Born on this day – Kay Francis:


Kay Francis

Actress

January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968


Credits:

Lux Video Theatre (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); Wife Wanted (1946); Allotment Wives (1945); Divorce (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Between Us Girls (1942); Always in My Heart (1942); The Feminine Touch (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); When the Daltons Rode (1940); It's a Date (1940); In Name Only (1939); Women in the Wind (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Secrets of an Actress (1938); My Bill (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); First Lady (1937); Confession (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); The White Angel (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); The Goose and the Gander (1935); Stranded (1935); Living on Velvet (1935); British Agent (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Mandalay (1934); The House on 56th Street (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); The Keyhole (1933); Cynara (1932); Trouble in Paradise (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Jewel Robbery (1932); Street of Women (1932); Man Wanted (1932); Strangers in Love (1932); The False Madonna (1931); Girls About Town (1931); 24 Hours (1931); Guilty Hands (1931); Transgression (1931); The Vice Squad (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Scandal Sheet (1931); Passion Flower (1930); The Virtuous Sin (1930); Let's Go Native (1930); For the Defense (1930); Raffles (1930); A Notorious Affair (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Illusion (1929); Dangerous Curves (1929); The Cocoanuts (1929); Gentlemen of the Press (1929).

Born on this day – A. B. Guthrie Jr.:


A. B. Guthrie Jr.

Writer

Historian

January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991

Credits:

Wild Pitch (1973); The Genuine Article (1977); No Second Wind (1980); Playing Catch-Up (1985); Murder in the Cotswolds (1989); The Big Sky (1947); The Way West (1949); Fair Land, Fair Land (1982); Murders at Moon Dance (1943); Twenty-Six Years After (1949); Kentucky (1951); These Thousand Hills (1956); The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit (1959); Arfive (1970); Once Upon a Pond (1973); The Last Valley (1975); Four Miles From Ear Mountain (1987); The Big It and Other Stories (1972); The Blue Hen's Chick (1965); Big Sky, Fair Land (1974); Images from the Great West (1990); A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991).

Stephen King, on writing:


Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.
It is this genuine caring,
not your games with language,
which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.

- Stephen King.