Jack Kost: 08/05/24

Monday, August 5, 2024

On this day in music history - Rain, by Madonna (1993):

The song Rain,

by Madonna,

was released on August 5, 1993.

On this day in movie history - The Blob (1988):

The Blob,

directed by Chuck Russell,

written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont,

story by Irvine H. Millgate,

based on the original 1958 screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker,

was released in the United States on August 5, 1988.
Music by Michael Hoenig.

Cast:
Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch Jr., Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca, Del Close, Paul McCrane, Sharon Spelman, Beau Billingslea, Art LaFleur, Ricky Paull Goldin, Robert Axelrod, Bill Moseley, Frank Collison, Michael Kenworthy, Jack Rader, Billy Beck, Wade Mayer, Douglas Emerson, Jack Nance, Charlene Fox, Erika Eleniak, Margaret Smith, Teddy Vincent, Don Brunner II, Clayton Landey, Jacquelyn Masche, Julie McCullough, Daryl Sandy Marsh, Jamison Newlander, Judith Flanagan, Richard Anthony Crenna, Pons Maar, M. James Arnett, Peter Crombie, Rick Avery, David Weininger, Moss Porter, Noble Craig, Opelene Bartley, Portia Griffin, Jennifer Lincoln, Charlie Spradling, Kristen Aldrich, Lilli Fields, Robert Hammond, Michael Lindström, Ann Mills, Lloyd Bryan Molander, Verna Lynn Richland, Chuck Russell.

On this day in movie history - The Star Chamber (1983):

The Star Chamber,

directed by Peter Hyams,

written by Roderick Taylor and Peter Hyams,

based on a story by Roderick Taylor,

was released in the United States on August 5, 1983.
Music by Michael Small.

Cast:
Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, John DiSanti, Otis Day, Jack Kehoe, Larry Hankin, Dick Anthony Williams, Margie Impert, Dana Gladstone, David Proval, Robin Gammell, Matthew Faison, Fred McCarren, Michael Ensign, Jason Bernard, Jerry Taft, Michael Austin, Sheldon Feldner, James Margolin, Hexin E. McPhee, Diana Douglas, Keith Buckley, Domingo Ambriz, Frances Bergen, Charlie Stavola, Robert Costanzo, Paul Brennan, Kate Zentall, George Cooper, Gary Rebstock, David Faustino, Jason Tomarken, George Dickerson, Eddy C. Dyer, John C. Garrett, Danna Hyams, Alan Oliney, Don Pulford, Ron Cummins, Jack Slate, David Armstrong, Robert Board, Robert Buckingham, Fritzi Burr, Robert Cole, George Lane Cooper, Paul DeCeglie, Ken DuMain, Brent Dunsford, Len Felber, George Golden, Raven Grey Eagle, Charles Hallahan, Bob Harks, Robert Hitchcock, George Holmes, Ethelreda Leopold, Phil Niekro, Betty Oakland, Norman Palmer, Leoda Richards, Arnold Roberts, Hank Robinson, Roberto Rodriguez, Bernard Sell, Robert Strong, Paul Van, Richard Wakasa, Tom Willett.

On this day in movie history - Band of Outsiders (1964):

Band of Outsiders,

French title: Bande à part,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

based on the novel Fools' Gold by Dolores Hitchens,

was released in France on August 5, 1964.

Music by Michel Legrand.

Cast:

Anna Karina, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Georges Staquet, Ernest Menzer, Jean-Claude Rémoleux, Michel Delahaye, Louis Jojot, Claude Makovski, Michèle Seghers, Jean-Luc Godard.

Born on this day – Natalie Trundy:

Natalie Trundy

Actress

August 5, 1940 – December 5, 2019

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1964); A Great American Tragedy (1972); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Bonanza (1960); Climax! (1957); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Espionage Target: You (1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Huckleberry Finn (1974); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Lincoln's Little Correspondent (1953); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); New York Confidential (1959); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Pony Express (1960); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Shannon (1962); Studio One (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1955); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Blue Angels (1961); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Careless Years (1957); The Dakotas (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Felony Squad (1967); The Montecarlo Story (1956); The New Breed (1962); The Silent Force (1970); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Way of the World (1955); This Is the Life (1961); Thriller (1960); Wagon Train (1963); Walk Like a Dragon (1960).

Born on this day – Bob Clark:

Bob Clark

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007

Born on this day – John Saxon:

John Saxon

Actor

August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020

Born on this day – Ja'net DuBois:

Ja'net DuBois

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020

Credits:
1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); A Different World (1991); A Journal for Jordan (2021); A Man Called Adam (1966); A Piece of the Action (1977); All Star Secrets (1979); As Told by Ginger (2000–2004); Basic Instinct (1992); Best Friends for Life (1998); BET Comedy Awards (2004); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Boomtown (2003); Caribe (1975); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chappelle's Show (2004); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Chelsea Lately (2012); Clueless (1999); Cold Case (2007); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2006); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1990); Don't Look Back (1996); Dream On (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (1995); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Everybody Loves Raymond (2000); Extra (2015); Five on the Black Hand Side (1973); G.I. Joe: Renegades (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Times (1974–1979); Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hanging Up (2000); Hard Time (1998); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Heart Condition (1990); Hellinger's Law (1981); Home Improvement (1991–1995); Houston Knights (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); J.T. (1969); Janet Jackson: Control / Music Video (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (1974); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Laugh!s (1990); Little Man (2006); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lottery Ticket (2010); Love of Life (1970-1972); Lovecraft Country (2020); Magic Island (1995); Married... with Children (1993); Martin (1995); Melody Trice Special Events (2019); Moesha (1997); Morning Joe (2023); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994 / 2017); Random! Cartoons (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1972); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scrubs (2002); Senseless (1998); Shaft (1973); Shark Tale (2004); She's Got a Plan (2016); Sister, Sister (1994); Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996); Spencer (1984); Steve Harvey (2016); Stranded (1986); Nearly Departed (1989); New Attitude (1990); Next Friday (2000); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); One on One (2003); Other Women's Children (1993); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 2001 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2001); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); Who's the Man? (1993).The Big Easy (1982); The Blue Knight (1973); The Cookout (2004); The Facts of Life (1981); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The King of Queens (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Wayans Bros. (1996–1997); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Touched by an Angel (1997); Tropic Thunder (2008); True Colors (1991); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004); Waterproof (2000).

Born on this day – Joan Weldon:

Joan Weldon

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021

Born on this day – Damita Jo DeBlanc:

Damita Jo DeBlanc

Actress

Comedian

Singer

August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998

Credits:

Albums:

Damita Jo at the Diplomat (1962); Damita Jo Sings (1965); Go Go with Damita Jo (1965); If You Go Away (1967); I'll Save the Last Dance for You (1961); Midnight Session (1966); Miss Damita Jo (1968); Sing a Country Song (1962); The Big Fifteen (1961); This Is Damita Jo (1965); This One's for Me (1963).

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Bandstand (1963); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Damita Jo - The Lady is a Tramp / DVD (2009); Dom kallar oss raggare (2021); Fanfare (1965); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Lively Ones (1962); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Scoey Mitchlll Show (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); You Asked for It (1951).

Born on this day – Dina Sassoli:

Dina Sassoli

Actress

August 5, 1920 – March 24, 2008

Credits:

A brilliant farce will follow... (1973); Alessandro, you are great! (1940); An enemy of the people (1973); Ash Wednesday (1973); Canto, ma sottovoce... / I Sing, But Softly… (1946); Capitan Tempesta (1942); Closed Circuit (1978); Colpi di timone (1942); Condannata senza colpa / Condemned without guilt (1953); Due lettere anonime (1945); Follie del secolo / Follies of the century (1939); Fratello ladro / Brother Thief (1972); Hedda Gabler (1980); History (1986); I figli non si vendono / Children are not sold (1952); I vecchi e i giovani / The old and the young (1978–1979); Il commissario De Vincenzi / Commissioner De Vincenzi (1974); Il leone di Damasco (1942); Kean (1940); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); La famiglia Benvenuti / The Benvenuti family (1970); La mascotte dei diavoli blu / The Blue Devils Mascot (1947); La morte civile (1942); La prigioniera di Amalfi / The prisoner of Amalfi (1954); L'Agnese va a morire / Agnes goes to die (1976); Le père Lebonnard (1939); L'envers du paradis (1953); Les Misérables (1964); Life of Donizetti (1947); Lost Happiness (1946); Loves of Don Juan (1942); L'ultima sentenza / The latest sentence (1951); Melissa / Lemon balm (1966); Misery and Nobility / Poverty and nobility (1940); Nessuno torna indietro (1945); Nucleo centrale investigativo / Central Investigative Unit (1974); Oggetti smarriti / Lost and found (1980); Perdizione (1942); Pian delle stelle (1946); Position Wanted (1951); Rosina Fumo viene in città... per farsi il corredo / Rosina Fumo comes to town... to make the trousseau (1972); Scaramouche (1965); Signorinella / Young lady (1949); Sorelle Materassi (1972); Swallows in Flight (1949); The enchanted rock (1949); The Mill on the Po (1949); The Murri case (1982); The Rat (1968); The Spirit and the Flesh (1941); Tormento di anime / Torment of souls (1953); Umanità (1946); Un giorno nella vita (1946); Valentine (1983); Voltati Eugenio (1980).

Born on this day – John Huston:

John Huston

Actor

Director

Writer

Artist

August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987

Born on this day – Valentine Tessier:

Valentine Tessier

Actress

August 5, 1892 – August 11, 1981

Born on this day – Conrad Aiken:

Conrad Aiken

Writer

August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Books:

A Heart for the Gods of Mexico (1939); A Reviewer's ABC (1958); American Fantastic Tales (2009); Among the Lost People (1934); Black Water 2 (1990); Blue Voyage (1927); Bring! Bring! (1935); Cats and Bats and Things with Wings / poems (1965); Charnel Rose, Senlin / poems (1982); Collected Criticism (1968); Collected Poems / poems (1953); Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1982); Costumes by Eros (1928); Earth Triumphant / poems (1914); Gehenna (1930); Great Circle (1933); Jig of Forslin (1916); John Deth, A Metaphysical Legend / poems (1930); King Coffin (1935); Mind at Bay (1969); Morning Song of Lord Zero / poems (1963); Perchance to Dream (1973); Preludes (1966); Reading I've Liked (1946); Scepticisms (1919); Selected Poems / poems (1930); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934); Skylight One / poems (1949); Spectral Realms No. 15 (2021); The Clerk's Journal / poems (1971); The Collected Novels of Conrad Aiken (1964); The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); The Conversation (1940); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken (1978); The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); Thee (1967); Tom, Sue and the Clock (1966); Ushant (1952); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991); Who's Zoo (1977).

Movies and television:

Great Ghost Tales (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Night Gallery / Segment: Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1964); Startime (1960); Studio One (1953–1956).

Born on this day – Ellinor Vanderveer:

Ellinor Vanderveer

Actress

August 5, 1887 – May 27, 1976

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Damsel in Distress (1937); A Family Affair (1937); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Notorious Affair (1930); A Pair of Tights (1929); A Song for Miss Julie (1945); A Song to Remember (1945); A Successful Calamity (1932); All the King's Men (1949); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Aloha (1931); An Innocent Affair (1948); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Apples to You! (1934); Arsène Lupin (1932); Artist's Muddles (1933); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Baggage Buster (1941); Balalaika (1939); Bare Knees (1928); Behold My Wife! (1934); Belle Le Grand (1951); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Bolero (1934); Born to Be Bad (1950); Broadminded (1931); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Call Her Savage (1932); Caravan (1934); Casablanca (1942); Christmas Holiday (1944); Confession (1937); Crossroads (1942); Dad's Choice (1928); Deception (1946); Devil's Lottery (1932); Diplomacy (1926); Don Q Son of Zorro (1925); Down Argentine Way (1940); Downstairs (1932); Employees' Entrance (1933); Escape (1940); Escape Me Never (1947); Expensive Kisses (1930); Extravagance (1930); Fast Life (1932); Find the King (1927); Finishing School (1934); First Love (1939); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Flying with Music (1942); Four Star Playhouse (1952); Frankenstein (1931); From Soup to Nuts (1928); Gallant Journey (1946); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Girl Shock (1930); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Going Wild (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); Hellzapoppin' (1941); Her Sister from Paris (1925); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); High Pressure (1932); His Silent Racket (1933); Holiday (1930); Hotel Continental (1932); Huye, faldas (1930); I Was an Adventuress (1940); I'll Take Vanilla (1934); Into Her Kingdom (1926); Is Everybody Happy? (1928); Jazz Heaven (1929); Journal of a Crime (1934); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Kiki (1926); Kiss Me Again (1931); Lady of the Night (1925); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Larceny, Inc (1942); Let 'em Have It (1935); Lili (1953); Loco Boy Makes Good (1942); Looking for Sally (1925); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love Comes Along (1930); Love Me Tonight (1932); Luncheon at Twelve (1933); Madame Bovary (1949); Madame Q (1929); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Man of Iron (1935); Manhattan Monkey Business (1935); Married Flirts (1924); Maude Muller (1928); Men of Chance (1931); Mister Cinderella (1936); Mixed Nuts (1934); Monte Cristo / Bardelys the Magnificent (1926); Moonlight Murder (1936); Movie Crazy (1932); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Lucky (1943); My Love Came Back (1940); Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931); Ninotchka (1939); No Census, No Feeling (1940); No Publicity (1927); No Time for Comedy (1940); Now We'll Tell One (1932); Okay Toots! (1935); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932); Party Girl (1930); Passion Flower (1930); Paths to Paradise (1925); Pest Control (1950); Platinum Blonde (1931); Pleasure (1931); Politiquerías (1931); Pop Goes the Easel (1935); Private Detective 62 (1933); Raffles (1939); Rascal Dazzle (1981); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Remarks on Marx (2004); Remote Control (1930); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Rope of Sand (1949); Rumba (1935); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Sally of the Subway (1932); Scarface (1932); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Search for Beauty (1934); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Seeing the World / The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Seven Sinners (1940); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Shoot the Works (1934); Sinners in the Sun (1932); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Skip the Maloo! (1931); Skylark (1941); Slightly Static (1935); So You Want to Throw a Party (1950); Son of India (1931); Soup and Fish (1934); South Sea Sinner (1950); Spring Fever (1927); Stella Dallas (1925); Stepping Sisters (1932); Street Girl (1929); Street of Women (1932); Sunny (1930); Svengali (1931); Synthetic Sin (1929); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Taxi Barons (1933); The Band Wagon (1953); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Caddy (1953); The Common Law (1931); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Devil with Hitler (1942); The Dolly Sisters (1945); The Duchess of Buffalo (1926); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Exile (1947); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Girl Downstairs (1938); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Girl Said No (1930); The Golden Blade (1953); The Great Garrick (1937); The Great Waltz (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hoose-Gow (1929); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Irish in Us (1935); The Iron Mask (1929); The Jolson Story (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The King's Vacation (1933); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Rascals (1955); The Lost Moment (1947); The Love Charm (1928); The Man on the Rock (1938); The Merry Widow (1925); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Mystery Train (1931); The Office Wife (1930); The Old Maid (1939); The Other Woman's Story (1925); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rage of Paris (1938); The Red Kimono (1926); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Robe (1953); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Sky Hawk (1929); The Smart Set (1928); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Strange Door (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Unholy Night (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); The Woman Between (1931); Three Little Pigskins / Slippery Silks (1936); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Times Square Lady (1935); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Two Against the World (1932); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Vagabond Lady (1935); Washee Ironee (1934); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Way Out West (1930); What a Bozo! (1931); When Comedy Was King (1960); When G-Men Step In (1938); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); You Never Know Women (1926); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Ann Patchett, on writing:

I craft everything in the beginning.

I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

- Ann Patchett.