Wednesday, June 11, 2025
On this day in movie history - Bronco Billy (1980):
Bronco Billy
directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Dennis Hackin,
was
released in the United States on June 11, 1980.
Music by Snuff Garrett.
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman
Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms, Dan Vadis, Sierra Pecheur, Walter Barnes,
Woodrow Parfrey, Beverlee McKinsey, Doug McGrath, Hank Worden, William Prince, Pam
Abbas, Eyde Byrde, Douglas Copsey, John Wesley Elliott Jr., Chuck Hicks, Bob
Hoy, Jefferson Jewell, Dawneen Lee, Don Mummert, Lloyd Nelson, George Orrison, Michael
Reinbold, Tessa Richarde, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Valerie Shanks, Sharon
Sherlock, James Simmerman, Roger Dale Simmons, Jenny Sternling, Chuck Waters, Jerry
Wills, Diablo Dean, Scott Atkins, Alison Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Scott Glatt
III, Merle Haggard, Danny Jensen, R.C. Keene, Juliette Lewis, David Reed, Thomas
Iloe Rose, Arlis Tranmer, George Wendt, Gayla Wilson-Corbin.
On this day in movie history - Night Moves (1975):
Night Moves
directed by Arthur Penn,
written by Alan Sharp,
was
released in the United States on June 11, 1975.
Music by Michael Small.
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Susan
Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Mars, Janet Ward, James
Woods, Anthony Costello, John Crawford, Melanie Griffith, Ben Archibek.
On this day in movie history - True Grit (1969):
True Grit
directed by Henry Hathaway,
written by Marguerite Roberts,
based on the novel by Charles Portis,
was released in the United States on June
11, 1969.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.
Cast:
John Wayne, Glen
Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Alfred Ryder, Strother
Martin, Jeff Corey, Ron Soble, John Fiedler, James Westerfield, John Doucette, Donald
Woods, Edith Atwater, Carlos Rivas, Isabel Boniface, H.W. Gim, John Pickard, Elizabeth
Harrower, Ken Renard, Jay Ripley, Kenneth Becker, Leon Alton, Wilford Brimley, Forest
Burns, Albert Cavens, Gene Coogan, Myron Healey, James McEachin, Dennis
McMullen, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Robin Morse, Edna O'Dell, John Pedrini, General
Sterling Price (Ginger Cat), Stuart Randall, Clark Ross, Connie Sawyer, Jeffrey
Sayre, Jay Silverheels, Dean Smith, Max Wagner.
Born on this day – Jane Bryan:
Jane Bryan
Actress
Philanthropist
Arts patron
June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009
Credits:
A
Slight Case of Murder (1938); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Breakdowns of
1937 (1937); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Confession
(1937); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Girls on Probation (1938); Invisible Stripes
(1939); Kid Galahad (1937); Marked Woman (1937); Murderers, Mobsters &
Madmen: Fatal Females (1992); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); The Captain's Kid
(1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Cherokee Strip (1937); The Man
Who Dared (1939); The Old Maid (1939); The Sisters (1938); These Glamour Girls
(1939); Under Southern Stars (1937); We Are Not Alone (1939).
Born on this day – Virginia Brissac:
Actress
June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979
Credits:
The
Disaster Artist (2017); These Amazing Shadows (2011); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955);
Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Studio 57 (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Crown
Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1953–1954); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); I Love Lucy
(1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Phantom
of the Rue Morgue (1954); Executive Suite (1954); Dragnet (1953); Chevron
Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); All I Desire (1953); Bandits of
Corsica (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Woman of
the North Country (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Flame
of Araby (1951); Two of a Kind (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Three Guys
Named Mike (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Harriet Craig (1950); Edge of Doom
(1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); No Man of Her Own (1950); Tension (1949); The
Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); The Last Bandit (1949);
An Act of Murder (1948); The Snake Pit (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); Old
Los Angeles (1948); The Mating of Millie (1948); Summer Holiday (1948); Three
Daring Daughters (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Secret Beyond the Door...
(1947); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Pursued (1947); Sister Kenny (1946); The
Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Mysterious Mr. M (1946); Hot Cargo (1946);
Renegades (1946); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); The
Dolly Sisters (1945); That Night with You (1945); State Fair (1945); Bewitched
(1945); Captain Eddie (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); Thrill of a Romance
(1945); Three's a Crowd (1945); The Scarlet Clue (1945); G.I. Honeymoon (1945);
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Night Club Girl (1945); Together Again (1944);
Faces in the Fog (1944); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Marriage Is a Private
Affair (1944); Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944); Song of the Open Road (1944); This
Is the Life (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); The Crime
Doctor's Strangest Case (1943); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); The Iron Major
(1943); Someone to Remember (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Shadow of a Doubt
(1943); Mug Town (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Lucky Jordan (1942); The
Mummy's Tomb (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); The Big Shot (1942); Tough As They
Come (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); Remember the
Day (1941); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Appointment for Love (1941); One
Foot in Heaven (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); The Little Foxes (1941); Dressed
to Kill (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); Washington
Melodrama (1941); The Great Lie (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Lady with Red Hair
(1940); Always a Bride (1940); Strike Up the Band (1940); Hired Wife (1940); All
This, and Heaven Too (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940);
The Ghost Breakers (1940); Alias the Deacon (1940); If I Had My Way (1940); It's
a Date (1940); Little Orvie (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); Black
Friday (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Remember the Night (1939); The Cisco
Kid and the Lady (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); Destry Rides Again (1939); First
Love (1939); Parents on Trial (1939); Think First (1939); Stop, Look and Love
(1939); I Stole a Million (1939); The Forgotten Woman (1939); Invitation to
Happiness (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Dark
Victory (1939); Woman Doctor (1939); Wings of the Navy (1939); Jesse James
(1939); Up the River (1938); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938);
Gateway (1938); The Magician's Daughter (1938); Delinquent Parents (1938); The
Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Man in the Barn (1937); The Adventurous Blonde
(1937); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Give Till It Hurts (1937); Artist and Models
(1937); White Bondage (1937); Mountain Justice (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Love
Letters of a Star (1936); Down the Stretch (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); The
Song of a Nation (1936); The Big Noise (1936); We Went to College (1936); Counterfeit
(1936); Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Two Against
the World (1936); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Hawaiian Love (1913); The Shark God
(1913).
Recommended reading - True Grit, by Charles Portis (1968):
True Grit
By Charles Portis.
Filmed as True Grit
(1969), directed by Henry Hathaway.
Published by The Overlook Press.
First published 1968.
ISBN-10: 159020459X
ISBN-13: 9781590204597
Description:
“Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” – Boston Globe.
“Charles Portis had a wonderful talent—original, quirky,
exciting.” – Larry McMurtry.
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s
most enduring and incomparable literary voices, and his novels have left an
indelible mark on the American canon. True Grit, his most famous novel,
was first published in 1968, and has garnered critical acclaim as well as
enthusiastic praise from countless passionate fans for more than 50 years.
True Grit tells the story of
Mattie Ross, who is just 14 when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father in
Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash.
Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father’s blood, Mattie finds and,
after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest
available US Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off into Indian
Territory after the killer.
True Grit is essential reading.
Not just a classic Western, but an undeniable classic of American literature as
eccentric, cool, funny, and unflinching as Mattie Ross herself. For fans of
either the John Wayne classic or the Coen brothers’ movie, it’s a chance to
relive the story of Mattie and Rooster and experience their story as it was
originally told. For fans of taut, funny storytelling, it will be a joy to
experience in its original form.
This edition includes an afterword by
bestselling author Donna Tartt (The Secret History and The Goldfinch)
and a reading group guide.
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