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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:


Janet MacLachlan


Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).

Monday, August 25, 2025

Born on this day – Roberto De Simone:


Roberto De Simone


Composer

Director

Writer

Actor

August 25, 1933 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Night Full of Rain (1978); After the Fox (1966); All Is Fake (2002); Così fan tutte (1996); De Pretore Vincenzo (1976); Des morceaux de ma femme (2000); Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995); Don Giovanni (1999); È una domenica sera di novembre (1981); Eleonora (1999); Fontamara (1980); Gli esami non finiscono mai (1976); Great Performances (1996); I ladri (1959); I ragazzi di padre Tobia (1968–1970); Il Maestro di Cappella (1995); Il segreto di Luca (1969); (In)visibility (2009); La fucilazione di Pulcinella (1973); La ragazzola (1965); L'arte della commedia (1976); Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Nabucco (1987); Omnibus (1977); Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975); Respiro (2002); Sempre più difficile (1981); Siamo fatti di memoria (2009); Sicily (1967); Signora Ava (1975); Tammurriata (1994); The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968); The Devil in Love (1966); The Dolls / Segment: La minestra (1965); The Gold of Naples / Segment: Pizze a credito (1954); The Skin (1981); Una questione d'onore (1966); Unici (2015); Uomo e galantuomo (1975); Viaggio nei luoghi del sacro (1999); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Friday, August 15, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Lilley:


Jack Lilley


Actor

Stunts

August 15, 1933 – March 19, 2025

Credits:

40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996); A Walk in the Clouds (1995); After the Fall (2010); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); An Occurrence at Black Canyon (2004); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Army of Darkness (1992); Avenging Angel (2007); Bad Girls (1994); Bat Masterson (1959); Beau Geste (1966); Big Money Rustlas (2010); Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018); Black Spurs (1965); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bonanza (1961–1972); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Branded (1965); Bronco (1960–1961); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Case Closed (1988); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron City (1959); Cimarron Strip (1967); City Slickers (1991); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Comanche (2000); Cotter (1973); Dallas (1979); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Death Valley Days (1960); Desolation Canyon (2006); Don Quixote (2015); Drango (1957); Durango Kids (1999); Everything That Rises (1998); Expecting Amish (2014); Family Affair (1967–1968); Fantasy Island (1981); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Frontier Circus (1961); Fury at Showdown (1957); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); Gun for a Coward (1956); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Gunsmoke (1961–1974); Hard Promises (1991); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1960); Highway to Heaven (1984); Holes (2003); Horse Sense (1999); Hostile Guns (1967); Houdini (1998); Johnny Reno (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Just Visiting (2001); Killing Stone (1978); Kung Fu (1972); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Lawman (1959); Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love Begins (2010); Love Finds a Home (2009); Love Takes Wing (2009); Love's Abiding Joy (2006); Love's Everlasting Courage (2011); Love's Long Journey (2005); Love's Unending Legacy (2007); Lucky Stiff (1988); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man's Best Friend (1993); Maverick (1959–1962); Meteor (1979); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007); Nevada Smith (1966); No Name and Dynamite Davenport (2022); Omar Khayyam (1957); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); One-Eyed Jacks (1961); Overland Trail (1960); Pink Cadillac (1989); Planet of the Apes (2001); Posse from Hell (1961); Rawhide (1959–1964); Red Steagall Is Somewhere West of Wall Street (2020); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); Riverboat (1960); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rough Riders (1997); Sacrifices of the Heart (2007); Scandalous John (1971); Shiloh Falls (2007); Stoney Burke (1962); Sudden Impact (1983); Sugarfoot (1960); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Texas Rangers (2001); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Big Bus (1976); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Valley (1965–1967); The Deputy (1959); The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1992); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Governor's Wife (2008); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Hard Man (1957); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud (2001); The Last Cowboy (2003); The Last Outlaw (1993); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1998); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Master of My Life (2002); The Mountain Men (1980); The Oklahoman (1957); The Ransom of Red Chief (1998); The Rare Breed (1966); The Rebel (1959); The Rounders (1965); The Stunts of 'the Legend of Zorro' (2006); The Tall Man (1960); The Virginian (1962–1966); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); The Wretched Prologue (2013); Three Amigos! (1986); Used Cars (1980); W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989); Wagon Train (1957); Wall of Noise (1963); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Washington Square (1997); Waterhole #3 (1967); What I Did for Love (2006); Wild America (1997); Young Guns (1988); Young Guns II (1990); Zorro (1957–1961).

Born on this day – Lori Nelson:


Lori Nelson

Actress

August 15, 1933 – August 23, 2020

Monday, August 4, 2025

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933):


Before Dawn

directed by Irving Pichel,
written by Garrett Fort,
was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.
Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,
originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).
Music by Max Steiner.


Cast:

Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O'Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

On this day in movie history - Midnight Club (1933):


Midnight Club

directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes,
written by Leslie Charteris and Seton I. Miller,
based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory by E. Phillips Oppenheim,
was released in the United States on July 29, 1933.
Music by W. Franke Harling and Howard Jackson.


Cast:

Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing, Alan Mowbray, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Forrester Harvey, Ethel Griffies, Teru Shimada, Charles Coleman, Billy Bevan, Jean De Briac, Leo White, Rita Carlyle, Dennis O'Keefe.

Monday, July 21, 2025

Born on this day – John Gardner:


John Gardner


Writer

July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Come on Back (1981); Dragon, Dragon (1975); Dragon, Dragon and Other Tales (1975); Freddy's Book (1980); Grendel (1971); Gudgekin the Thistle Girl (1976); Gudgekin the Thistle Girl and Other Tales (1976); He Clinc'd the Colossal Door (1971); In the Suicide Mountains (1977); Jason and Medeia (1973); John Napper Sailing Through the Universe (1974); Julius Caesar and the Werewolf (1984); King Gregor and the Fool (1974); Mickelsson's Ghosts (1982); Muriel (1974); Nimram (1981); Pastoral Care (1974); Queen Louisa (1972); Redemption (1981); So they announced (1972); So We Decided (1972); Stillness (1981); The Art of Living (1981); The Art of Living and Other Stories (1981); The Gnome and the Dragons (1977); The Griffin and the Wise Old Philosopher (1976); The Joy of the Just (1981); The King of the Hummingbirds (1977); The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales (1977); The King's Indian (1974); The King's Indian: A Tale (1974); The Last Piece of Light (1975); The Library Horror (1981); The Miller's Mule (1975); The Music Lover (1981); The Pear Tree (1977); The Ravages of Spring (1973); The Sea Gulls (1976); The Shape-Shifters of Shorm (1976); The Tailor and the Giant (1975); The Temptation of St. Ivo (1974); The Warden (1974); The Witch's Wish (1977); Trumpeter (1981); Vlemk the Box-Painter (1979); Vlemk the Box-Painter (1981).

Movies and television:

Biography (2006); The Liquidator (1965); The Stone Killer (1973); Wogan (1988).

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Born on this day – Cormac McCarthy:


Cormac McCarthy


Writer

July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

All the Pretty Horses (1992); Blood Meridian (1985); Child of God (1973); Cities of the Plain (1998); No Country for Old Men (2005); Outer Dark (1968); Stella Maris (2022); Suttree (1979); The Counselor (2013); The Crossing (1994); The Gardener's Son (1996); The Orchard Keeper (1965); The Passenger (2022); The Road (2006); The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2024); The Stonemason (1994); The Sunset Limited (2006); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

All the Pretty Horses (2000); Child of God (2013); Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2022); Hollywood Insider (2021); Looking for Cormac (1995); Los 10 magníficos (2008); No Country for Old Men (2007); Outer Dark (2009); Red West (2023); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2023); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Counselor (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007); The Road (2009); The Sunset Limited (2011); The Tommy Tiernan Show (2023); The Unbelievers (2013); Truth of the Situation: Making 'the Counselor' (2014); Visions (1977).

Friday, July 18, 2025

Born on this day – Syd Mead:


Syd Mead


Artist

Animator

Special effects

July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019

Credits:

14th Annual VES Awards (2016); 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2019: A Future Imagined (2008); 47th Annie Awards (2020); Aliens (1986); Beyond the Marquee (2014); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); BMW: Activate the Future (2011); Closer Than We Think (2017); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Designed for Dreaming (2010); Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049 (2018); Elysium (2013); Elysium: Engineering Utopia - Creating a Society in the Sky (2013); Film Genre (2002); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993); L'antre du Mea (2015); Maelstrom (1992); Mission to Mars (2000); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Nonfiction W (2012); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 11 (1987); Prop Culture (2020); Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior (2004); Short Circuit (1986); Software (2000); Solar Crisis (1990); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Strange Days (1995); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); The Art of Illusion (1990); The Fire Next Time (1993); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Timekeeper (1992); The Tron Phenomenon (2011); Timecop (1994); Tomorrowland (2015); Tron (1982); Turn A Gundam (1999–2000); UFO Cover-Up?: Live! (1988); Visions from the Edge: The Art of Science Fiction (2005); Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); Yamato 2520 (1994–1996).

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Born on this day – Mimi Hines:


Mimi Hines


Actress

Singer

Comedian

July 17, 1933 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Mimi Hines Sings (1966); Mimi Hines is a Happening (1966).

Movies and television:

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Canada After Dark (1978); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Des O'Connor Tonight (1980); Fake-Out (1982); Frasier (1999); He Said, She Said (1970); It's Your Bet (1971–1972); I've Got a Secret (1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Wig (1971); On Parade (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Password (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Personality (1969); Play Your Hunch (1960); Saturday Night in Apple Valley (1965); Snap Judgment (1967); Summer Playhouse (1964); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1982); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Carson Podcast (2019); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959–1966); The Game Game (1970); The Garry Moore Show (1963); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1965); The Joe Franklin Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1972); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2002); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1963); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Ugily Family (1980); The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' (1968); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1963); Vaudeville (1976); You Don't Say (1963–1969).

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Born on this day – Theresa Amayo:


Theresa Amayo


Actress

July 13, 1933 – January 24, 2022

Credits:

A Dona da Banca (2024); A Grande Mentira (1969); A Rainha Louca (1967); A Última Valsa (1969); A Viagem de Volta (1990); Capital Sin (1975–1976); Carmem (1987–1988); Doidas e Santas (2016); E Nós Aonde Vamos? (1970); Eu Sou o Tal (1959); Fuzileiro do Amor (1956); Gina (1978); Her Own Destiny (2004); Memorial de Maria Moura (1994); Meu Dia Chegará (1951); Na Corda Bamba (1958); O Barbeiro Que Se Vira (1958); O Camelô da Rua Larga (1958); O Diamante (1956); O Espantalho (1977); O Portador (1991); O Rei dos Ciganos (1966–1967); Os Homens São de Marte... E é pra Lá que Eu Vou (2017); Passo dos Ventos (1968); Paulo Coelho's Best Story (2014); Pé na Cova (2013); Perdidos de Amor (1953); Romeu e Julieta (1980); S.O.S.: Women to the Sea (2014); Sai de Baixo: O Filme (2019); Sangue e Areia (1967–1968); Santa de Um Louco (1953); Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado (2014); The Brazilians: The Women (2012); The Cariocas (2010); Trágica Mentira (1959); Tudo ou Nada (1986); Você Decide (1992–2000).

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Born on this day – Donald E. Westlake:


Donald E. Westlake


Writer

July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Phil Crawford novel series: Backstage Love (1959); What Girls Will Do (1962). The Parker novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Hunter (aka Point Blank / Payback) (1962); The Steel Hit (aka The Man With The Getaway Face) (1963); The Outfit (1963); The Mourner (1963); The Score (aka Killtown) (1963); The Jugger (1965); The Seventh (aka The Split) (1966); The Handle (aka Run Lethal) (1966); The Rare Coin Score (1967); The Green Eagle Score (1967); The Black Ice Score (1968); The Sour Lemon Score (1969); Slayground (1971); Deadly Edge (1971); Plunder Squad (1972); Butcher's Moon (1974); Comeback (1997); Backflash (1998); Flashfire (aka Parker) (2000); Firebreak (2001); Breakout (2002); Nobody Runs Forever (2004); Ask The Parrot (2006); Dirty Money (2008). The Mitch Tobin novel series: Kinds Of Love, Kinds Of Death (1966); Murder Among Children (1967); Wax Apple (1970); A Jade In Aries (1970); Don't Lie To Me (1972). The Alan Grofield novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Damsel (1967); The Dame (1969); The Blackbird (1969); Lemons Never Lie (1971). The Dortmunder novel series: The Hot Rock (1970); Bank Shot (1972); Jimmy The Kid (1974); Nobody's Perfect (1977); Why Me? (1983); Good Behavior (1985); Drowned Hopes (1990); Don't Ask (1993); What's The Worst That Could Happen? (1996); Bad News (2001); The Road To Ruin (2004); Watch Your Back! (2005); What's So Funny? (2007); Get Real (2009). The Sam Holt novel series: One Of Us Is Wrong (1986); I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That (1986); What I Tell You Three Times Is False (1987); The Fourth Dimension Is Death (1989). The Sara & Jack novel series: Trust Me On This (1988); Baby, Would I Lie? (1994). Stand alone Novels: Sally (1959); Man Hungry (1959); All My Lovers (1959); SO WILLING (1960); All about Annette (1960); Virgin's Summer (1960); The Wife Next Door (1960); The Mercenaries (aka The Cutie) (1960); Passion's Playthings (1961); Call Me Sinner (1961); Campus Doll (1961); Brother and Sister (1961); Killing Time (1961); Young and Innocent (1961); 361 (1962); Strange affair (1962); Killy (1963); Campus Lovers (1963); Pity Him Afterwards (1964); The Fugitive Pigeon (1965); The Busy Body (1966); Spy in the Ointment (1966); God Save the Mark (1967); Anarchaos (1967); Philip (1967); Who stole Sassi Manoon? (1968); Up Your Banners (1969); Somebody Owes Me Money (1969); Adios Scheherazade (1970); Comfort Station (1970); Ex Officio (1970); I Gave at the Office (1971); Cops and Robbers (1972); Gangway! (collaborated with Brian Garfield) (1973); Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner (1974); Brothers Keepers (1975); Two Much (1975); Dancing Aztecs (1976); Castle in the Air (1980); Kahawa (1981); A Likely Story (1984); High Adventure (1985); Humans (1992); Smoke (1995); The Ax (1997); The Hook (2000); The Scared Stiff (2001); Put a Lid on It (2002); Money for Nothing (2003); Memory (2010); The Comedy is Finished (2012); Forever and a Death (2017); Call Me a Cab (2022); Too Many Crooks (1989); Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (1968); Enough (1977); Transylvania Station (collaborated with Abby Westlake and Gahan Wilson) (1987); Tomorrow's Crimes (1989); A Good Story and Other Stories (1999); Meteor Strike (2012); Double Feature (2020); The Getaway Car (2014); Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (1979); Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils (1983); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (2005); Price of Desire (2005).

Movies and television:

24th Street (2009); 87th Precinct (1962); A Slight Case of Murder (1999); Baby, I Got Your Money (2012); Come ti rapisco il pupo (1977); Cops and Robbers (1973); Fallen Angels (1995); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987 / 1991); Hot Stuff (1979); Jimmy the Kid (1982 / 1998); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Le cercle du cinéma (1998); Le commissaire mène l'enquête (1963); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Made in U.S.A (1966); Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998); Mise à sac (1967); Mordslust (1995); Muy personal (1988); Myster Mocky présente (2007); Nulle part ailleurs (1999); Numéros de Série (1995); Ordo (2004); Parker (2013); Payback (1999); Payback: Straight Up (2006); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007); Play Dirty (2024); Point Blank (1967); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Slayground (1983); Stepfather 3 (1992); Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989); Supertrain (1979); The Ax (2005); The Bank Shot (1974); The Busy Body (1967); The Getaway Face (1963); The Gods Must Be Daring (1997); The Grifters (1990); The Hook (2004); The Hot Rock (1972); The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake (2007); The Media Show (1990); The Outfit (1973); The Split (1968); The Stepfather (1987 / 2009); The Twin (1984); Two Much (1995); What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001); Why Me? (1990).

Sunday, July 6, 2025

On this day in movie history - Private Detective 62 (1933):


Private Detective 62

directed by Michael Curtiz,
written by Rian James,
based on a story by Raoul Whitfield,
was released in the United States on July 6, 1933.
Music by Bernhard Kaun.


Cast:

William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Hohl, Natalie Moorhead, James Bell, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Joan Barclay, Arthur Byron, Heinie Conklin, Eddie Dunn, Bill Elliott, Theresa Harris, Ann Hovey, Charles Lane, Eddie Phillips, Georges Renavent, Rolfe Sedan, Harry Seymour, Joan Standing, Sheila Terry, Ellinor Vanderveer, Renee Whitney, Charles C. Wilson, Pat Wing, Toby Wing.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Born on this day – Lea Massari:


Lea Massari


Actress

Singer

June 30, 1933 – June 23, 2025

Credits:

A Difficult Life (1961); A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977); Allonsanfan (1974); ...And Hope to Die (1972); Anna Karenina (1974); Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977); Auferstehung (1958); Bloody Murder (1974); Capitan Fracassa (1958); Céleste (1970); Chi dice donna dice donna (1976); Chico: Artista Brasileiro (2015); Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979); Claude Sautet, le calme et la dissonance (2021); Compression (2023); Conquered City (1962); Devil's Ransom (1971); Escape to Nowhere (1973); Faces of Love (1977); Forbidden (1955); From a Roman Balcony (1960); Grand Amphi (1971); Holiday (Incantesimo) (1967); I fratelli Karamazov (1969); I promessi sposi (1967); I sogni muoiono all'alba (1961); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); I Want Him Dead (1968); Il giardino delle delizie (1967); Il gioco dei 9 (1988); Indian Summer (1972); La 7ème cible (1984); La coda del diavolo (1964); La femme en bleu (1973); La flambeuse (1981); La linea del fiume (1976); La vie de château (1985); La vigna di uve nere (1984); L'Avventura (1960); Le dernier des cinq (1973); Le divorcement (1979); Le Serpent de Gibraltar (1963); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977–1978); L'insoumis (1964); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Made in Italy (1965); Maurizio Costanzo Show (1994); Meetings with Anna (1978); Midi Trente (1972–1974); Midi-Première (1975); Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017); Morte di un bandito (1961); Murmur of the Heart (1971); Neverlake (2013); Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti (2022); Paolo e Francesca (1971); Paris Pick-Up (1962); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Quaderno proibito (1980); Qualcuno bussa alla porta (1971); Quelli che... il calcio (1994); Rafael Alberti en Roma... y en España (1977); Return to Lisca Bianca Island (1983); Sale rêveur (1978); Sarah (1983); Segreti segreti (1985); Story of a Love Story (1973); The Camp Followers (1965); The Colossus of Rhodes (1961); The Four Days of Naples (1962); The Night Caller (1975); The Probability Factor (1976); The Son (1973); The Things of Life (1970); Una donna a Venezia (1986); Una donna spezzata (1988); Viaggio d'amore (1990); Violette & François (1977); Volver a vivir (1968); Zur Nacht (1971).

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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