On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):

The Fall of the House of Usher

aka La chute de la maison Usher,

directed by Jean Epstein,

written by Luis Buñuel and Jean Epstein,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in France on October 5, 1928.

Cast:
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance, Halma, Pierre Hot, Pierre Kefer.

Born on this day – George Peppard:

George Peppard

Actor

October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994

Born on this day – Martine Sarcey:

Martine Sarcey

Actress

September 28, 1928 – June 11, 2010

Credits:

À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976); A Strong Commitment (2002); Agence matrimoniale (1952); Alcyon (1990); Alerte au deuxième bureau (1956); Alexander the Great (1956); Anatole (1977); Appointment in Bray (1971); Arcole ou la terre promise (1981); Au milieu de la nuit (2002); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1976); Aujourd'hui la vie (1984–1986); Aujourd'hui Madame (1977); Aussi loin que l'amour (1971); Beaumanoir (1992); Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Ce diable d'homme (1978); Certaines nouvelles (1980); Ciao, les mecs (1979); Cinéma 16 (1988); Circus Angel (1965); Clérambard (1969); Commandant X (1964); Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (2003); Crime and Punishment (1956); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964); Dans la citadelle (1983); Dernier stade (1994); Deux lions au soleil (1980); Docteur Sylvestre (1997); Dolmen (2005); Don Juan revient de guerre (1968); Du soleil plein les yeux (1970); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1984); En liberté sur les routes d'URSS (1957); Erik the Conqueror (1961); États d'âme (1986); Fan des années 70 (2012); Fan des années 80 (2010); Fou comme l'oiseau (1983); Fury of the Barbarians (1960); Goha (1958); Hanussen (1955); Histoires de vies (2010); Home from the Hill (1960); Humeurs et rumeurs (2009); I tartassati (1959); Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957); Il ladro della Gioconda (1966); In a Wild Moment (1977); J'ai pensé à vous tous les jours (2008); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Kapo (1960); La caméra explore le temps (1962); La création du monde (1958); La duchesse de Berry (1971); La fuite (1971); La maison assassinée (1988); La maladie de Sachs (1999); La mémoire des siècles (1981); La mort d'un touriste (1975); La Notte (1961); La nuit des rois (1962); La porteuse de pain (1973); La sourde oreille (1980); La trêve (1973); La Valse du gorille (1959); La vie parisienne (1977); L'ammutinamento (1961); L'apocalypse des animaux (1973); L'art et les hommes (1958); Le Cabinet des estampes (1954); Le caïd de Champignol (1966); Le chant de la baleine (2007); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); Le facteur de Fontcabrette (1979); Le fils du cordonnier (1994); Le grand secret (1989); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); Le Réveillon (1974); Le voyage à l'étranger (1976); L'enfant et le president (1987); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les cinq dernières minutes (1966); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1988); Les folies du samedi soir (1980); Les folies Offenbach (1977); Les Maîtres du mystère (2023); Les maîtres du pain (1993); Les murs ont des oreilles (1974); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les voyageurs de l'histoire (1982); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'exécution (1961); L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972); L'hôtel de la plage (1978); Lies (2010); L'invité du dimanche (1971); Love at the Top (1974); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Maigret (2003); Marie-Francine (2017); Marnie (1964); Mazarin (1978); Médecins de nuit (1980); Méfiez-vous, mesdames! (1963); Michelet (1974); Midi Trente (1973); Millefeuille (2009); Mistress of the World (1960); My Fair Lady (1964); Nez de cuir (1952); Obsession (1966); P.R.O.F.S. (1985); Pardon Mon Affaire (1976); Princesse Alexandra (1992); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Procès au Vatican (1952); Que reste-t-il... (2000); Raintree County (1957); Regards d'enfance (1996); Rocambole (1965–1966); Sa dernière lettre (1995); Salut Berthe! (1968); Separate Tables (1958); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Spiral (2010); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Tender Moment (1968); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Animals (1963); The Black Tulip (1964); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Devil's General (1955); The Great War (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Judge Is a Woman (2009); The Light (2004); The Nun's Story (1959); The Scheming Women (1954); The Thief of Paris (1967); The Wonders of Aladdin (1961); Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978); Un 14 juillet (2004); Un curé de choc (1974); Un fils de notre temps (2003); Un jeu d'enfer (1970); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Un mariage sous Louis XV (1961); Une belle journée (2001); Une femme en blanc (1997); Une femme, une époque (1978); Wait Until Dark (1967); Yvette (1971).

On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):

The Fall of the House of Usher

directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released at the Athens Film Festival in Greece on September 20, 2011.
The movie was originally released in the United States in 1928.
Exact release date is unknown.
Music by Alec Wilder and Léon Barzin.

Cast:

Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House.

On this day in movie history - The Wind (1928):

The Wind

directed by Victor Sjöström,

written by Frances Marion and John Colton,

based on the novel by Dorothy Scarborough,

was released in the United States on September 17, 1928.
Music by William Axt and Carl Davis.

Cast:

Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Leon Janney, Billy Kent Schaefer, Sam Appel, Si Jenks, Cullen Johnson, Seessel Anne Johnson, Gus Leonard, Margaret Mann.

Born on this day – Roddy McDowall:

Roddy McDowall

Actor

September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998

Born on this day – Earl Holliman:

Earl Holliman

Actor

Singer

Animal-rights activist

September 11, 1928 – November 25, 2024

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 50th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1981); A Covenant with Death (1967); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977–1991); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983); Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006); American Harvest (1987); American Masters (1995); Anzio (1968); Armored Command (1961); Bad City Blues (1999); Biography (1996–1999); Bonanza (1965); Broken Lance (1954); Bus Stop (1962); Cannon (1971); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1996); Caroline in the City (1996–1999); Celebrity Bowling (1974); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Charlie Gemora: Uncredited (2016); Checkmate (1962); Chicken Soup for the Soul (2000); Children of Giant (2015); CHiPs (1979–1980); Cineficción Radio (2020); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Country Gold (1982); Cry Panic (1974); Custer (1967); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delta (1992–1993); Destination Gobi (1953); Devil's Canyon (1953); Dinah! (1975–1976); Doberman Patrol (1973); Don't Go Near the Water (1957); Doris Day's Best Friends (1985); Dr. Kildare (1965); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2000); East of Sumatra (1953); Empty Nest (1990); Forbidden Planet (1956); General Electric Theater (1962); Giant (1956); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Gunsmoke (1969–1973); Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hot Spell (1958); Hotel (1986); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); I Love You... Good-bye (1974); In the Heat of the Night (1992); Insight (1968); Intimate Portrait (2001–2003); Ironside (1971); It Takes a Thief (1970); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kraft Theatre (1958); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Liar's Club (1978); Madman Muntz: American Maverick (2005); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Matinee Theatre (1957); Medical Center (1971–1973); Memories of 'Giant' (1998); Montserrat (1971); More TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Murder, She Wrote (1991–1994); NightMan (1997–1999); One on One with John Tesh (1992); P.S.I. Luv U (1991–1992); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Police Story (1974); Police Woman (1974–1978); Pony Soldier (1952); Return to 'Giant' (1996); Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006); Safe House (1989); Scared Stiff (1953); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shattered If Your Kid's on Drugs (1986); Slattery's People (1965); Smoke (1970); Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress (2008); Studio One (1958); Summer and Smoke (1961); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tennessee Champ (1954); The $10,000 Pyramid (1983–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1986–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1983–1991); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 13th Annual Genesis Awards (1999); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 7th Annual Genesis Awards (1993); The 7th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1990); The 9th Annual Genesis Awards (1995); The American Sportsman (1980); The Big Combo (1955); The Biscuit Eater (1972); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Burning Hills (1956); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Desperate Mission (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The F.B.I. (1966–1973); The Fugitive (1965); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Great Adventure (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1977); The John Davidson Show (1976); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Larry Sanders Show (1992); The Larry Solway Show (1975); The Lux Show (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1970–1976); The Magnificent Marble Machine (1975–1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1975); The Movie Game (1971); The Perfect Tenant (2000); The Power (1968); The Rainmaker (1956); The Real Rookies (1980); The Rookies (1972); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Solitary Man (1979); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1979); The Trap (1959); The Tribe (1970); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Virginian (1965); To Say the Least (1977); Trooper Hook (1957); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Voces (2012); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961); Where the Ladies Go (1980); Wide Country (1962–1963); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – James Coburn:

James Coburn

Actor

August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); A Distant Battle: Memories of Operation Market Garden (2004); A Fast Drive in the Country - The Heydays of Le Mans (1976); A High Wind in Jamaica (1965); A Life in Ten Pictures (2021); A Man Called Jones: The Real Virgil Hilts (2002); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972); Acapulco (1961); Action on the Beach (1964); Affliction (1997); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); All-Star Birthday Party at Annapolis (1982); American Cinema (1995); American Gun (2002); American Masters (1989); Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge (1995); Arli$$ (2002); Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999); A Christmas Reunion (1994); Bat Masterson (1959–1960); Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996); Biography (1994); Bite the Bullet (1975); Black Saddle (1959); Blackjack (1997); Blood and Steel: Making 'Enter the Dragon' (2004); Bonanza (1959–1962); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bracken's World (1970); Bronco (1959–1960); Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984); Bruce Lee, the Legend Continues (2001); Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000); Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1999); Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976); Bruce Lee: The Way of the Warrior (2022); Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995); Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); C.E.O. (1995); Cain's Hundred (1962); Call from Space (1989); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Candy (1968); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1992); Charade (1963); Charlie Rose (1999); Checkmate (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinema (1967); Circle of Iron (1978); Clive James' Postcard from... (1989); Combat! (1963); Convoy (1978); Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (1984); Craps (1997); Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992); Cross of Iron (1977); Dale's All Stars (2000); Darkroom (1981–1982); De Caunes/Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle Part Ailleurs 2... suite et fin! (2005); Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966); Deadfall (1993); Death of a Soldier (1986); Death Valley Days (1960); Des O'Connor Tonight (1991); Digital Dreams (1983); Draw! (1984); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Duffy (1968); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023); Eraser (1996); Escape (1980); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Faerie Tale Theatre (1984); Famous Families (1999); Film Genre (2002); Firepower (1979); Football America (1996); Frontier Justice (1961); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); General Electric Theater (1958); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Goldengirl (1979); Good Morning America (1977–1980); Gottschalk Late Night (1994); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2000); Great Performances (2000); Greyhounds (1994); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Gypsy (1968); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hard Contract (1969); Hard Times / aka The Streetfighter (1975); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); HBO First Look (1994); Headshop (1971–1972); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Hey Folks, It's Intermission Time (1993); High Risk (1981); Hollywood Beat (2001); Hollywood Greats (1984–2001); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Profile (2001); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1991); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Horizon (1970); How the West Was Lost (2008); Hudson Hawk (1991); Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992); I Am Bruce Lee (2012); I Am Steve McQueen (2014); I Love Muppets (2002); Il falso bugiardo (2008); In Like Flint (1967); Intimate Portrait (2001); Intrepid (2000); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (1997); Johnny Ringo (1959); Keys to Tulsa (1997); King of Diamonds (1962); Kings of the Sun (1963); Klondike (1960–1961); Laramie (1959–1961); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1999); Late Show with David Letterman (1999); Lawman (1960); Le cercle de minuit (1993); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Looker (1981); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Loving Couples (1980); M Squad (1959); Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986); Magacine (1999); Major Dundee (1965); Malibu (1983); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Martin's Day (1985); Mastergate (1992); Maverick (1994); Men Into Space (1960); Midway (1976); Missing Pieces (2000); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Monsters, Inc. Scream Team (2001); Moving Pictures (1992); Mr. Murder (1998); Mr. Patman (1980); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Murder, She Wrote (1992); My Riviera (1990); Naked City (1962); Noah's Ark (1999); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Okavango: Africa's Savage Oasis (1996); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Our Man Flint (1966); Outlaws (1961); Parkinson (1973); Passion & Poetry - Peckinpah's last western (2024); Passion & Poetry - The Dundee Odyssey (2019); Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (2005); Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes (2017); Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013); Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Payback (1999); Payback: Interview with Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Lucy Liu and James Coburn (1999); Payback: Straight Up (2006); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2023); Perry Mason (1961–1962); Peter Gunn (1960); Philbin's People (1969); Picket Fences (1995); Profiler (1997); Proximity (2001); Rawhide (1962); Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995); Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Ride Lonesome (1959); RIP 2002 (2002); Ripcord (1962); Route 66 (1964); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scene by Scene (2000); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999); Silverfox (1991); Sins of the Father (1985); Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993); Skeletons (1997); Sky Riders (1976); Slots with Video Poker (1997); Snow Dogs (2002); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Speed Fever (1978); Stagecoach West (1961); State Trooper (1959); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Stoney Burke (1963); Stories from My Childhood (1998); Studio One (1957); Sugarfoot (1960); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Superstunt (1977); Superstunt II (1979); Suspicion (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1962); Tate (1960); Texas Rangers (2001); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (1993); The 14th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1999); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Aquanauts (1961); The Avenging Angel (1995); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The BBC and the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Richard Attenborough (1999); The Best of Hollywood (2017–2018); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1959); The Carey Treatment (1972); The Cherokee Kid (1996); The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018); The Curse of the Dragon (1993); The Dain Curse (1978); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1964); The Deputy (1960); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965–1967); The Edge and Beyond (1988–1990); The Eighth Annual Diversity Awards (2000); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fall Guy (1981); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Good Doctor (2000); The Great Escape (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hit List (1993); The Honkers (1972); The Infinite Voyage (1987–1991); The Internecine Project (1974); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Last Hard Men (1976); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Life of Bruce Lee (1994); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Lion's Roar (1985); The Living Edens (1998–1999); The Loved One (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Man from Galveston (1963); The McCartney Years (2007); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The Millionaire (1959); The Mists of Avalon (2001); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppet Show (1980); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Murder Men (1962); The New Bike (2009); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Path of the Dragon (2012); The Player (1992); The President's Analyst (1967); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Rifleman (1958–1961); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2002); The Rough Riders (1959); The Second Civil War (1997); The Set Up (1995); The Tall Man (1961); The Texan (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1980); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Untouchables (1961); The Wild West (1993); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); The Wolf Men (1969); The Yellow Bird (2001); This Is Your Life (1989); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trackdown (1959); Train to Heaven (1989); True Facts (1992); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Wagon Train (1958); Walking After Midnight (1988); Walter and Henry (2001); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959–1960); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition (1990); Waterhole #3 (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What's My Line? (1956); What's the Bet? (1994); Whirlybirds (1959); White Rock (1977); Wichita Town (1959–1960); Wogan (1989); World's Scariest Ghosts: Caught on Tape (2000); Young Guns II (1990); Zane Grey Theatre (1959–1960).

Born on this day – Harvey Hart:

Harvey Hart

Director

Producer

August 30, 1928 – November 21, 1989

Born on this day – Laurette Luez:

Laurette Luez

Actress

August 19, 1928 – September 12, 1999

Credits:

African Treasure (1952); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Ben Casey (1964); Broadway Open House (1950); Cavalcade of America (1955); D.O.A. (1949); Flower Drum Song (1961); Jungle Gents (1954); Killer Shark (1950); Kim (1950); L'Oeil du cyclone (1995); Love That Brute (1950); Man-Trap (1961); Margie (1946); My Hero (1953); Nightmare Alley (1947); Paris Model (1953); Prehistoric Women (1950); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Stories of the Century (1955); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954); The Ballad of a Gunfighter (1964); The Donald O'Connor Show (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954); The Range Rider (1953); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Valley of the Kings (1954); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Nicolas Roeg:

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Cinematographer

August 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018

Born on this day – Martin Greenfield:

Martin Greenfield

Tailor

Writer

Holocaust survivor

August 9, 1928 – March 20, 2024

Credits:

Founder of Martin Greenfield Clothiers.

Book:

Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor (2014).

Television:

Tailor Made (2018); Great Big Show (2017); Lessons from a Tailor (2008).

Born on this day – Betsy Byars:

Betsy Byars

Writer

August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020

Credits:

Books:

A Blossom Promise (1987); After the Goat Man (1980); Ant (2001); Ant Plays Bear (1997); Beans On the Roof (1988); Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (1989); Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (1991); Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance (1969); Boo's Dinosaur (2006); Boo's Surprise (2009); Cat Diaries (2010); Coast to Coast (1992); Cracker Jackson (1985); Dead Letter (1996); Death's Door (1997); Disappearing Acts (1998); Dog Diaries (2007); Go and Hush the Baby (1982); Good-bye, Chicken Little (1979); Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (1990); Keeper of the Doves (2002); King of Murder (2006); Little Horse (2002); Little Horse On His Own (2004); McMummy (1993); Me Tarzan (2000); Midnight Fox (1970); My Brother Ant (1996); My Dog, My Hero (2000); Perfect, the Pig (1970); Rama the Gypsy (1966); Rama the Gypsy Cat (1976); Tarot Says Beware (1995); The 18th Emergency (1975); The Animal, the Vegetable, And John D Jones (1982); The Black Tower (2006); The Blossoms and the Green Phantom (1987); The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady (1986); The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown (1988); The Cartoonist (1984); The Computer Nut (1984); The Cybil War (1981); The Dancing Camel (1965); The Dark Stairs (1994); The Glory Girl (1983); The Golly Sisters Go West (1985); The Golly Sisters Ride Again (1994); The House of Wings (1972); The Joy Boys (1996); The Lace Snail (1975); The Moon and I (1991); The Night Swimmers (1980); The Not-Just-Anybody Family (1986); The Pinballs (1977); The Seven Treasure Hunts (1991); The SOS File (2004); The Summer of the Swans (1972); The T.V. Kid (1974); The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (1973); TheTwo-Thousand-Pound Gold Fish (1982); Tornado (1996); Trouble River (1969); Wanted. . . Mud Blossom (1991).

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Jackanory (1975–1984); Middle English (1983).

Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist

Director

Producer

August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987

Born on this day – Cécile Aubry:

Cécile Aubry

Actress

Writer

Director

August 3, 1928 – July 19, 2010

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

Born on this day – Elliott Erwitt:

Elliott Erwitt

Photographer

Director

Cinematographer

July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023

Credits:

Books:

100+1 Elliott Erwitt (1997); Between the Sexes (1994); Dog Dogs A collection of black and white photographs of dogs Erwitt was intrigued by throughout his world travels (1998); EE 60/60 (2002); Elliot Erwitt's Scotland (2018); Elliott Erwitt Personal Best (2010); Elliott Erwitt XXL – Special and Collectors Edition (2012); Elliott Erwitt, Sequentially Yours (2011); Elliott Erwitt: The Private Experience / Series: Masters of Contemporary Photography (1974); Elliott Erwitt's Handbook (2002); Elliott Erwitt's Kolor Kempen, Germany: teNeues (2013); Elliott Erwitt's New York (2009); Elliott Erwitt's Rome (2009); Found, Not Lost (2021); Museum Watching (1999); Observations on American Architecture (1972); On the Beach (1991); Personal Exposures (1988); Photographs and Anti-Photographs (1972); Pittsburgh 1950 (20117); Recent Developments (1978); Snaps. London & New York: Phaidon (2001); Son of Bitch, photographs of dogs (1974); The Angel Tree (1993); The Art of Andre S. Solidor aka Elliott Erwitt (2010); To The Dogs (1992); Woof (2005).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1974); 3 x Magnum (2006); 4 Little Girls (1997); A Sense of Loss (1972); American Masters (2005–2006); Arte Journal (2023); Arthur Penn: The Director (1970); Articulate with Jim Cotter (2019); At Home with Elliott Erwitt (2013); Beautiful Baby, Beautiful (1980); Beauty Knows No Pain (1972); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Copyright by Inge Morath (1992); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Elliott Erwitt: I Bark at Dogs (2011); Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good (2019); Everybody Street (2013); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (2009); Gimme Shelter (1970); Great Performances (2002); Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003); Incontournables: Les grandes expositions de 2010 (2010); Le cinéma dans l'oeil de Magnum (2017); L'invité (2006); Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016); Paper Lion (1968); The Great Pleasure Hunt: Japan (1986); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Misfits (1961); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013); The Unwed Mother (1964); Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2008); Un jour, un destin (2011); Un voyageur (2013).

Born on this day – Michael Currie:

Michael Currie

Actor

July 24, 1928 – December 22, 2009

Credits:

A Perfect Match (1980); ABC Afterschool Specials (1980); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Aaron's Way (1988); Barney Miller (1980); Bogie (1980); Cheers (1989); Christine Cromwell (1990); Code Red (1981); Dallas (1983); Dark Shadows (1966); Dead & Buried (1981); Deadly Intentions (1985); Devlin (1992); Distant Thunder (1988); Dying Time (1990); Eight Is Enough (1981); Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980); Family (1979); Family Ties (1984); Fantasy (2002); Firefox (1982); G.I. Jane (1997); Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994–1995); Hooperman (1988); I Want to Live (1983); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); Knots Landing (1981); Lou Grant (1979); Loving Couples (1980); M*A*S*H (1980); Mae West (1982); Mark, I Love You (1980); Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980); Mrs. R's Daughter (1979); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Nero Wolfe (1981); Newhart (1984); Once a Hero (1987); Our Family Business (1981); Pray TV (1982); Quarterback Princess (1983); Remington Steele (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); See How She Runs (1978); Snoops (1989); Soap (1981); Spenser: For Hire (1985–1986); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Sudden Impact (1983); The Associates (1979); The Dead Pool (1988); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Man Without a Face (1993); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Other Victim (1981); The Philadelphia Experiment (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1965–1966); The Troublemaker (1964); Too Many Thieves (1966); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Voyagers! (1982); Werewolf (1987); Wizards and Warriors (1983).

On this day in movie history - Lights of New York (1928):

Lights of New York

directed by Bryan Foy,

written by Murray Roth and Hugh Herbert,

based on a story by Charles L. Gaskill,

was released in the United States on July 6, 1928.
Music by Louis Silvers.
Note: this was the first full-length all-talking movie.

Cast:

Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman, Gladys Brockwell, Robert Elliott, Eugene Pallette, Tom Dugan, Tom McGuire, Walter Percival, Guy D'Ennery, Jere Delaney, Harry Downing, Eddie Kane, Bob Perry.