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Friday, February 13, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Beast of the City (1932):


The Beast of the City

directed by Charles Brabin,
written by John Lee Mahin and Ben Hecht,
based on a story by W.R. Burnett,
was released in the United States on February 13, 1932.
Music by Johannes Brahms.


Cast:

Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, Tully Marshall, John Miljan, Emmett Corrigan, Warner Richmond, Sandy Roth, J. Carrol Naish, Eddie Baker, Elmer Ballard, Sammy Blum, Edward Brophy, Ed Cassidy, Allan Cavan, Eddy Chandler, George Chandler, Martin Cichy, Edward Coppo, Betty Mae Crane, Beverly Crane, Edgar Dearing, Mike Donlin, Dorothy Granger, Jack Grey, Sherry Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Julie Haydon, Lew Hicks, Frank Holliday, Robert Homans, Arthur Hoyt, Murray Kinnell, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank LaRue, Tom London, George Magrill, Tom Mahoney, Charles McAvoy, Tom McGuire, Edmund Mortimer, Field Norton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Henry Otho, Nat Pendleton, Jack Pennick, Lee Phelps, Constantine Romanoff, Mickey Rooney, Dick Rush, Hector V. Sarno, Harry Semels, Charles Sullivan, Dick Sutherland, Morgan Wallace, Leo White, Clarence Wilson, Harry Wilson, Dorothea Wolbert.

Born on this day – Susan Oliver:


Susan Oliver

Actress

Director

Aviator

February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990

Born on this day – Barbara Shelley:


Barbara Shelley


Actress

February 13, 1932 – January 3, 2021

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Bachelor Father (1971); Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012); Ballata tragica (1955); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958–1959); Bergerac (1983); Blake's 7 (1981); Blankety Blank (1989); Blood of the Vampire (1958); Bobbikins (1959); British Film Forever (2007); By the Sword Divided (1983); Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1957); Cat Girl (1957); Champion House (1967); Charlesworth (1959); Counterstrike (1969); Crown Court (1972–1981); Danger Man (1960); Deadly Record (1959); Death Trap (1962); Destinazione Piovarolo (1955); Detective (1964); Dixon of Dock Green (1974); Doctor Who (1984); Dracula: Prince of Darkness - Behind the Scenes Footage (1997); Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); EastEnders (1988); Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008); Festival (1967); Ghost Squad (1962); Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story (2009); Ghost Story (1974); Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004); Hadleigh (1973); Hazel (1963–1965); I quattro del getto tonante (1955); In the Shadow of Shelley (2020); Interpol Calling (1960); Intrigue (1966); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1958–1959); Jackanory Playhouse (1983); John Halifax, Gentleman (1974); Juke Box Jury (1960–1965); Justice (1974); Lacrime di sposa (1955); Luna nova (1955); Maigret (1988); Man in a Suitcase (1967); Man in Hiding (1953); Man in the Dark (1964); Mogul (1968–1971); More Than a Messiah (1992); Motivo in maschera (1955); Mr. Rose (1968); Murder at Site 3 (1959); Nero's Mistress (1956); No Hiding Place (1960–1964); Oil Strike North (1975); Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966); Paul Temple (1969); People Like Us (1978); Postman's Knock (1962); Preview Tonight (1966); Pride and Prejudice (1980); Prince Regent (1979); Quatermass and the Pit (1967); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rendezvous (1960); Route 66 (1963); Rupert of Hentzau (1964); Solo for Canary (1958); Stranglehold (1963); Suprema confessione (1956); Suspense (1962); Tall Stories: The Making of Rasputin the Mad Monk (2012); The Avengers (1961–1967); The Borgias (1981); The Camp on Blood Island (1958); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The District Nurse (1984); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1962); The End of the Line (1957); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Gorgon (1964); The Hanged Man (1975); The Human Jungle (1964); The Invisible Man (1959); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960–1962); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963); The Revenue Men (1967); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Blood Island (1965); The Shadow of the Cat (1961); The Solitary Child (1958); The Spy Killer (1969); The Third Man (1962–1963); The Three Musketeers (1956); The Two Ronnies (1980); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–1966); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956); Tycoon (1978); Uncle Silas (1989); Vendetta (1967); Village of the Damned (1960); White Hunter (1957–1959); Z Cars (1973); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020).

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Born on this day – Bob Yerkes:


Bob Yerkes


Stunt man

Actor

Producer

February 11, 1932 – October 2, 2024

Credits:

1000 Ways to Die (2010); 1941 (1979); A Case for Murder (1993); A Light in the Darkness: The Hollywood Cross Turns 100 (2024); Adaptation (2002); Airport (1970); Airport 1975 (1974); Along Came Polly (2004); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009); Angels & Demons (2009); Assassin (1986); At Home with the Webbers (1993); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batman & Robin (1997); Batman Forever (1995); Bearers of the Promise (2012); Bedazzled (2000); Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (2002); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Breakout (1975); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); California's Gold (1999); Cheating Death (2005); Circus (1988); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Class Act (1992); Color of Night (1994); Commando (1985); Crazy as Hell (2002); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Drum (1976); Earthquake (1974); Evilution (2008); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Forced Vengeance (1982); Ghostbusters (1984); Going Ape! (1981); Gotcha! (1985); H.O.T.S. (1979); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Her Alibi (1989); High School High (1996); Hollywood on Fire (2009); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); Hook (1991); Hop (2011); House Party 2 (1991); I Believe (2006); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Killing Hasselhoff (2017); Larger Than Life (1996); Letter to My Killer (1995); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Liv (2009); Mad Mission (1982); Magnolia (1999); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Mirage (2007); Mitchell (1975); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Favorite Martian (1999); Nightflyers (1987); No Brakes (2013); On Screen (2005); One from the Heart (1981); Out on a Limb (1992); P.U.N.K.S. (1998); Plimpton! The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1971); Poltergeist (1982); Poseidon (2006); Problem Child (1990); Psycho II (1983); Psycho III (1986); Pump Up the Volume (1990); Purple People Eater (1988); Rainy Day Friends (1985); Ratboy (1986); Red Carpet Report (2011); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Retribution (1987); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Side Show (1981); Sonic Boom (1975); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); State of Play (2009); Strong Medicine (2006); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); The Amazing Dobermans (1976); The Back-up Plan (2010); The Big Circus (1959); The Butterfly Circus (2009); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The Guyver (1991); The Hunted (2015); The Key (2010); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Monster Squad (1987); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Omega Code (1999); The Sandlot (1993); The Sandra West Diaries (2017); The Silence of the Hams (1994); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Stand (1994); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Towering Inferno (1974); They Call Me Superseven (2016); Throw Me Away (2009); Trapeze (1956); Tuff Turf (1985); Twin Peaks (1990); Ultra Flesh (1980); Unbound (2008); Underground Aces (1981); Up in the Air (2009); Virtual Combat (1995); Water for Elephants (2011); What Dreams May Come (1998); When the Circus Came to Town (1981); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Zoom (2006).

Friday, February 6, 2026

Born on this day – François Truffaut:


François Truffaut


Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984

Credits:

A Story of Water (1961); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Fat Head (1962); Anna la bonne (1958); Antoine and Colette (1962); Bed & Board (1970); Belle Époque (1995); Breathless (1960); Breathless (1983); Ce gamin, là (1976); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Confidentially Yours (1983); Day for Night (1973); Fahrenheit 451 (1966); Fool's Mate (1956); Jules and Jim (1962); Le scarabée d'or (1961); Les surmenés (1958); Lire (2019–2022); Los 4 Golpes (1962); Love at Twenty (1962); Love on the Run (1979); A Visit (1955); Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Naked Childhood (1968); Over There, 1914-18 (1963); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Small Change (1976); Stolen Kisses (1968); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 400 Blows (1959); The Army Game (1960); The Bride Wore Black (1968); The Green Room (1978); The Kreutzer Sonata (1956); The Last Metro (1980); The Little Thief (1988); The Magic Skin (2011); The Man Who Loved Women (1977); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Mischief Makers (1957); The Soft Skin (1964); The Story of Adele H (1975); The Wild Child (1970); The Woman Next Door (1981); Two English Girls (1971); Willie & Phil (1980).

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Born on this day – Piper Laurie:


Piper Laurie


Actress

January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023


Credits:

Around the Sun (2022–2023); Carcerem (2020); White Boy Rick (2018); MacGyver (2018); Snapshots (2018); Bad Blood (2012); Another Harvest Moon (2010); Hesher (2010); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Hounddog (2007); Property (2006); The Dead Girl (2006); Cold Case (2005); Dead Like Me (2004); Eulogy (2004); State of Grace (2002); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001); The Last Brickmaker in America (2001); Midwives (2001); Possessed (2000); Will & Grace (2000); Partners (1999); The Mao Game (1999); Inherit the Wind (1999); Frasier (1994–1999); Brother's Keeper (1999); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); The Faculty (1998); St. Patrick's Day (1997); A Christmas Memory (1997); Touched by an Angel (1997); Intensity (1997); Alone (1997); Wolf Pack (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); ER (1995–1996); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); The Road to Galveston (1996); The Grass Harp (1995); The Crossing Guard (1995); Fighting for My Daughter (1995); Shadows of Desire (1994); Traps (1994); Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993); Love, Lies & Lullabies (1993); Trauma (1993); Rich in Love (1992); Storyville (1992); Other People's Money (1991); Twin Peaks (1989–1991); Rising Son (1990); Twin Peaks (1989); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Mother, Mother (1989); Go Toward the Light (1988); Tiger Warsaw (1988); Distortions (1988); Appointment with Death (1988); Promise (1986); Matlock (1986); Children of a Lesser God (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985–1986); Toughlove (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Tender Is the Night (1985); Return to Oz (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Hotel (1985); St. Elsewhere (1983); The Thorn Birds (1983); Mae West (1982); Macbeth (1981); The Bunker (1981); Skag (1980); Tim (1979); Rainbow (1978); The Boss' Son (1978); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Ruby (1977); The Woman Rebel (1976); ; Carrie (1976); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); Breaking Point (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Ben Casey (1963); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre (1960–1963); Naked City (1963); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); General Electric Theater (1956–1961); The Hustler (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Winterset (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Studio One (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Ninth Day (1956); Kelly and Me (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); Smoke Signal (1955); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Johnny Dark (1954); Dangerous Mission (1954); The Golden Blade (1953); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); Francis Goes to the Races (1951); The Milkman (1950); Louisa (1950).

Friday, January 16, 2026

Born on this day – Dian Fossey:


Dian Fossey


Primatologist

Conservationist

Writer

Director

January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985

Credits:

Written work:

A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey (2018); An amiable giant: Fuertes's gorilla (1982); Gorillas in the Mist (1983); Living with Mountain Gorillas (1972); Mountain gorilla research, 1969–1970 (1978); Mountain gorilla research, 1971–1972 (1980); Mountain gorilla research, 1974 (1982); Observations on the home range of one group of mountain gorillas (1974); The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla (1976); Vocalizations of the mountain Gorilla (1972).

Movies and television:

30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995); A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda (2010); All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011); Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017); Einstein (2020); Final Days of an Icon (2006); Fouloscopie (2019); Gorillas in the Mist (1988); Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1978–2007); National Geographic Specials (1971–2003); Nature (1986); Quest's World of Wonder (2021); Six femmes sur la planète des grands singes (2020); The American Sportsman (1980); The Emotional World of Farm Animals (2004); The Nature of Things (2019); The Real... (1998); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985); The World About Us (1976 / 1981); Universum (2004).

Friday, January 9, 2026

Born on this day – Jane Ross:


Jane Ross


Actress

January 9, 1932 – June 27, 1985

In Star Trek (1968).

Credits:

Camera Three (1959); Country Music Holiday (1958); Fitzwilly (1967); Light Fantastic (1964); Planet of the Apes (1968); Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960); Star Trek (1968); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Glory Stompers (1967); Wild Is My Love (1963).

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Born on this day – Dabney Coleman:


Dabney Coleman


Actor

January 3, 1932 – May 17, 2024

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 60 Minutes (1986); 9 to 5 (1980); A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008); A Current Affair (2011); A Witch's Way of Love (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Aly & AJ: Star Maps (2019); American Masters (2016); Amos & Andrew (1993); Apple Pie (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Arrest and Trial (1963); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); Baby M (1988); Bad Ronald (1974); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1979); Ben Casey (1963); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Biography (2001 / 2006); Bite the Bullet (1975); Black Fist (1975); Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Bonanza (1968–1969); Bravo Profiles (1999); Breaking Point (1963); Bright Promise (1969–1972); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Buffalo Bill (1983–1984); Callie & Son (1981); Cannon (1973–1976); Caribe (1975); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2022); Char·ac·ter (2009); Cinderella Liberty (1973); Clifford (1994); Cloak & Dagger (1984); CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton (2006); CMT Insider (2008); Columbo (1973–1991); Courting Alex (2006); Dan August (1970); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dateline NBC (1994); Death Valley Days (1968); Devil's Food (1996); Diff'rent Strokes (1979); Directed by (1994); Dolly (1988); Dolly Parton Tour TV (2011); Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019); Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde (2003); Domino (2005); Downhill Racer (1969); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dragnet (1987); Drexell's Class (1991–1992); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Dying Room Only (1973); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Egan (1973); Exiled (1998); Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018); Fernwood Tonight (1977); For The People (2019); Forever Fernwood (1977–1978); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Fresno (1986); Getting There Is the Hard Part (2010); Giving It Up (1999); Go Tell the Spartans (1978); Good Morning America (2010); Gotham (1988); Griff (1973); Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hard Four (2007); Hazel (1965); Heartland (2007); Home & Family (2016); Hot to Trot (1988); House of Evil (1974); How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980); How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (2000); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1967); I Love My Wife (1970); Idols of the Game (1995); Inspector Gadget (1999); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1973); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1989–1990); Judd for the Defense (1968); Judicial Consent (1995); Jumanji (1997); Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty (1995); Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976); Kiss My Act (2001); Kojak (1974); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1991); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); Lincoln (1992); Love Is Not Forever (1974); Madman of the People (1994–1995); Maneaters Are Loose! (1978); Mannix (1972–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Maybe Baby (1988); McMillan & Wife (1974–1975); Medical Center (1975); Medical Story (1976); Meet the Applegates (1990); Melvin and Howard (1980); Midway (1976); Mod Squad (1968); Modern Problems (1981); Moonlight Mile (2002); More Than Friends (1978); Murrow (1986); Must Be Santa (1999); Naked City (1961); Nanny and the Professor (1970); NCIS (2019); Never Forget (1991); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); North Dallas Forty (1979); Not Such a Bad Guy: Conversations with Dabney Coleman (2017); Nothing Personal (1980); On Golden Pond (1981); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Petrocelli (1976); Plaza Suite (1987); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Police Story (1976); Pound Puppies (2010–2011); Pray TV (1980); Quincy Coleman: It's All in the Song (2008); Quincy M.E. (1977); Ray Donovan (2016); Recess (1997–1999); Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001); Recess: All Growed Down (2003); Recess: School's Out (2001); Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003); Returning Home (1975); Rolling Thunder (1977); Room 222 (1970–1973); Rules Don't Apply (2016); Run for Your Life (1967); Saturday Night Live (1987); Savage (1973); Search (1973); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Short Time (1990); Sidekicks (1966); Sons and Daughters (1974); Still Working 9 to 5 (2022); Stuart Little (1999); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Switch (1976); Sworn to Silence (1987); Taken (1999); Target Earth (1998); Tattletales (1977); That Girl (1966–1967); The 18th Annual Satellite Awards (2014); The 22nd Annual Satellite Awards (2018); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The 4th Annual Family Television Awards (2002); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1964); The Art of Noise: Dragnet (1987); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2014); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The Climb (2002); The Donna Reed Show (1965); The Dove (1974); The Early Show (2006); The F.B.I. (1965–1974); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Guardian (2001–2004); The Invaders (1967); The Love Boat (1978); The Magic School Bus (1997); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Manhunter (1974); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976); The Movie Maker (1964); The Movies (2019); The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The Other Side of the Mountain (1975); The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978); The Outer Limits (1964); The Perfect Pitch (2002); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Scalphunters (1968); The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988); The Slender Thread (1965); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984–1991); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Trouble with Girls (1969); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); The Wonderful World of Disney (1998); The Zeta Project (2002); Then Came Bronson (1969); There Goes the Neighborhood (1992); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Tootsie (1982); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Viva Knievel! (1977); WarGames (1983); When She Was Bad... (1979); Where the Heart Is (1990); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003); Yellowstone (2019); Young Doctors in Love (1982); You've Got Mail (1998).

Born on this day – Yolanda Montes:


Yolanda Mountes


a.k.a. Tongolele

Actress

Dancer

Vedette

January 3, 1932 – February 16, 2025

Credits:

70 Anniversary of Dominican Television (2022); There come the freeloaders (1953); Love to the rhythm of go go (1966); Amor de locura (1953); Chucho el remendado (1952); Con todo (2004); Conversando con Cristina Pacheco (1997); De fin de siglo (1998); Detective (1954); Love Is Not Blind (1950); The Twilight of a God (1969); The fantastic world of Juan Orol (2012); The Message of Death (1953); The Mystery of the Express Car (1953); Once upon a time there was a husband (1953); They have killed Tongolele (1948); Isle of the Snake People (1971); Death is punctual (1967); The Other's Wife (1948); The Passion of Isabela (1984); The fabulous ones of the Reventón (1982); Las fabulosas del Reventón 2 (1983); The nights of the Blanquita (1981); Those Who Made Our Cinema (1983–1985); Kill me because I'm dying (1951); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); Música de siempre (1958); Not very, very... not so, so... simply Tin Tan (2005); Nocturno de amor (1948); Pension of artists (1956); Salomé (2001–2002); Sí, mi vida (1953); Follies Theatre (1983); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Panther Women (1967); Tin Tan (2010); Universo proibito (1965).

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Born on this day – Lewis John Carlino:


Lewis John Carlino


Director

Writer

January 1, 1932 – June 17, 2020

Credits:

Mechanic: Resurrection (2016); Snowangel (2013); The Mechanic (2011); Resurrection (1999); Haunted Summer (1988); Class (1983); Resurrection (1980); The Great Santini (1979); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Doc Elliot (1973); Crazy Joe (1974); Honor Thy Father (1973); The Mechanic (1972); A Reflection of Fear (1972); In Search of America (1971); The Brick and the Rose (1970); The Brotherhood (1968); The Fox (1967); Seconds (1966); Route 66 (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960).

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Born on this day – Nichelle Nichols:


Nichelle Nichols


Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022

Credits:

Books:

Beyond Uhura (1994); Saturn's Child (1995); Saturna's Quest (2002).


Beyond Uhura
Star Trek and Other Memories
By Nichelle Nichols.
Hardcover.
Published 1994.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
ISBN 13: 9780399139932
ISBN 10: 0399139931
ASIN: 0399139931
Description: The first African-American woman to have a major, continuing television role tells the inside story of "Star Trek" and its creator – her one-time lover and life-long friend – and her struggle to overcome racism and bias against women.

Albums:

Down to Earth (1967); Uhura Sings (1986); Out of this World (1991).

Movies and television:

12 to Midnight (2021); Renegades: Ominara (2021); Space Command (2020); Surge of Power: Doctor Who Tribute (2020); Star Trek First Frontier (2020); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Surge of Dawn (2019); American Nightmares (2018); White Orchid (2018); Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017); Renegades (2017); Downward Dog (2017); Star Trek: Renegades (2015); The Young and the Restless (2016); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Starship Excelsior (2016); The Order (2016); Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (2014); This Bitter Earth (2012); Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories (2011); Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010); The Cabonauts (2009); The Torturer (2008); Tru Loved (2008); Lady Magdalene's (2008); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Heroes (2007); Are We There Yet? (2005); Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes (2004); The Simpsons (2004); Roddenberry on Patrol (2003); Futurama (2000–2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000); Good vs Evil (2000); A Stitch in Time (1999); Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1997); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Gargoyles (1994–1996); The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995); Batman: The Animated Series (1994); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); Star Trek Adventure (1991); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Head of the Class (1988); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); The Supernaturals (1986); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Woman in the Rain (1976); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974); Truck Turner (1974); The D.A. (1971); Insight (1960); Star Trek (1966–1969); Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967); Tarzan (1966); Mister Buddwing (1966); Peyton Place (1966); Made in Paris (1966); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1964); The Lieutenant (1964); Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (1964); Porgy and Bess (1959).

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Born on this day – Tatsuya Nakadai:


Tatsuya Nakadai


Actor

December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025

Credits:

500,000 (1963); A Boy and Three Mothers (1958); A Dangerous Hero (1957); A Sinner's Lie (2014); A Town and a Tall Chimney (2019); A Woman's Life (1963); A.K. (1985); Admiral Yamamoto (1968); After the Rain (1999); Aki no ryojô sasupensu 3: Shokutaku keiji Koyamada Shô'hei tabiji no hate (2001); All About Marriage (1958); Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988); Anyakôro (1959); Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai (1980); Ashura no gotoku (2003); Atami satsujin jiken (1986); Bakumatsu (1970); Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978); Banka (1976); Battle Anthem (1983); Battle of Okinawa (1971); Battle of the Japan Sea (1969); Belladonna of Sadness (1973); Black River (1957); Blue Christmas (1978); Bokura no jidai (2010); Bujinesuman no chichi yori musuko e no 30-tsuu no tegami (1990); Burst (2015); Buttsuke homban (1958); Cash Calls Hell (1966); Challenge at Dawn (1971); Chûbô desuyo! (2010); Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016); Conflagration (1958); Crying out Love, in the Center of the World (2004); Daichi no Ko (1995); Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960); Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002); East Meets West (1995); Ezo yakata no ketto (1970); Family Without a Dinner Table (1985); Final Yamato (1983); Fort Graveyard (1965); Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989); Fumô chitai (1976); Fûryû onsen nikki (1958); Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu (2015); Gaku (2012); Gekko no natsu (1993); Get 'em All (1960); Giovanni's Island (2014); Go Tsubu no Shinju (1993); Gô-hime (1992); Gomez no na wa Gomez – Ryûsa (1967); Great Performances (2000); Gun Woman (2014); Hachi-ko (1987); Hadairo no tsuki (1957); Hadaka no taiyô (1958); Hadashi no seishun (1956); Hara / Baba (2013); Harakiri (1962); Haru tono tabi (2010); Hatashiai (2015); Heat Wave (1991); Henkan Koshonin Itsuka, Okinawa o Torimodosu (2017 / 2018); Hi no tori (1956 / 1978); Hideyoshi (1996); High and Low (1963); Hikage no musume (1957); Hikidashi no naka no rabu retâ (2009); Hitokiri (1969); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hoshi ni negaio: 7jô ma de umareta 410man no hoshi (2005); Hunter in the Dark (1979); I Am a Cat (1975); Illusion of Blood (1965); Immortal Love (1961); Imouto no Jikan (2025); Inn of Evil (1971); Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013); Japan's Longest Day (1967); Japan's Tragedy (2012); Jigoku no Okite (1982); Jigoku sakusen (1964); Jigokuhen (1969); Jubaku: Spellbound (1999); Jûsannin no shikaku (1990); Kage gari (1983); Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980); Kakukoto no omosa: Sakka Satou Yasushi (2013); Kampai! Miai kekkon (1958); Kikyo (2019); Kill! (1968); Kinagashi bugyo (1981); Kinkanshoku (1975); Kita no hotaru (1984); Kumo ga chigireru toki (1961); Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002); Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999); Kwaidan / Segment: Yuki-Onna (1964); Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû (2016); Lear on the Shore (2017); Life Work of Akira Kurosawa (2023); Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (1993); Love Under the Crucifix (1962); Michi (1986); Michinaru hanran (1983); Miren (1963); Miyazawa Kenji sono ai (1996); Momi no ki wa nokotta: Ranshin (1983); Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006); Nakadai Tatsuya no Nihon eiga isan (2010–2011); Nôrin Ten: A Gonjirô Inazuka Story (2015); Ôban (1957); Oban kanketsu hen (1958); Odd Obsession (1959); Onimasa (1982); Oracion (1988); Oshidori no mon (1956); Ôshô (1973); Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1992); Poignant Story (1961); Queen Bee (1978); Ran (1985); Reflets de Cannes (1963); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Rise, Fair Sun (1973); Safari 5000 (1969); Saigô no shinpan (1965); Samurai Rebellion (1967); Sanjuro (1962); Sasaki Kojiro (1967); Sazae-san (1956); Sazae-san no seishun (1957); Seizaemon Zanjitsuroku (1993); Seizaemon's Last Days Revenge the Duel at Harimaya (1995); Seven Samurai (1954); Shin heike monogatari (1972); Shin ningen kousaten (2006); Shiro to kuro (1963); Shurushuru (1966); Sleeping Village (2019); Sugata Sanshirô (1977); Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku (2001); Sutajio pâku kara konnichiwa (2013); Tabiji (1967); Taika no Kaishin (2005); Taikoki (1987); Tange Sazen Kenfû! Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1982); Tengu-tô (1969); Tetsuko no heya (2011–2018); The 39th Annual Japan Academy Awards (2016); The Age of Assassins (1967); The Battle of Port Arthur (1980); The Blue Beast (1960); The Daphne (1966); The Face of Another (1966); The Family (1974); The Gate of Youth (1975); The Human Bullet (1968); The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959); The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959); The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961); The Human Revolution (1973); The Human Trust (2013); The Inheritance (1962); The Making of 'Haru to no tabi' (2011); The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2020); The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970); The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969); The Sword of Doom (1966); The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013); The Thick-Walled Room (1956); The Trusted Confidant (2007); The Wicked City (1992); The Wolves (1971); Three Dolls in Ginza (1959); Three Yakuza (1965); To Dance with the White Dog (2002); Toda-ke no kyodai (1965); Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968); Today's Close Up (2015); Toki rakujitsu (1992); Tokkan (1975); Trinacria: Porsche 959 (1987); Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii! Kurosawa Akira: Korega Kuroswa sasupensu da (2003); Untamed Woman (1957); Until the Break of Dawn (2012); VeggieTales FitnessHof (2008); When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960); Will to Conquer (1970); Willful Murder (1981); Yajû shisubeshi (1959); Yajû shisubeshi: fukushû no mekanikku (1974); Yakusoku: Nabari dokubudôshu jiken shikeishû no shôgai (2013); Yamato (2005); Yojimbo (1961); Yoru no hamon (1958); Yûshû heiya (1963); Yuzuriha no koro (2015); Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970); Zatoichi: The Last (2010); Zoku ningen kakumei (1976); Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957); Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957).

Friday, December 5, 2025