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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Born on this day – Peter Bogdanovich:


Peter Bogdanovich


Director

Writer

Actor

Producer

Critic

Film historian

July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022


Credits:

Books:

A Moment with Miss Gish; A Year and a Day Engagement Calendar 1992: A Desk Diary Adapted From the Works of Robert Graves; All I Wanna Do is Direct: My First Picture Shows 1965–1971; Fritz Lang in America; John Ford; Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week; Pieces of Time: Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies; The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock; The Cinema of Howard Hawks; The Cinema of Orson Welles; The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960–1980; This is Orson Welles; Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors; Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors.

Movies and television:

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story (2011); 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders (2006); 20/20 (2019); 3D: A Brief History (2004); 54 (1998); 78/52 (2017); 8 Simple Rules (2004); A Constant Forge (2000); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovitch on Red River (2014); A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018); Abandoned (2010); Above Suspicion (2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1975); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster (2008); All About 'the Birds' (2000); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010); America This Morning (1988); American Experience (1996–2013); American Masters (1990–2011); Anatomy of a Scene (2001–2004); Apropos Film (1973); Are You Here (2013); Arena (1982); Argentina, 1985 (2022); Asking for the Moon (2003); Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm (2006); At Long Last Love (1975); Backstory (2000–2001); Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996); Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2023); Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Bella Mafia (1997); Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996); Between Us (2016); Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000); Biography (1987–2005); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017); Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021); Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2016); Broken English (2007); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005); By Bogdanovich (2011); Camera Three (1971–1976); Carl Laemmle (2019); Casting By (2012); CBS Mornings (1988); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Rose (1997–2006); Cinema (1975); Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992); CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (2012); Claire Makes It Big (1998); Cold Turkey (2013); Coming Soon (1999); Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Culture Shock (2000); Cybill (1995); Daisy Miller (1974); Daisy Miller: An Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich (2003); Dedication (2007); Dinah! (1975); Dinner for Five (2003); Directed by John Ford (1971); Dirty Sexy Money (2007); Documentary Now! (2016); Dogtown (1997); Don't Let Me Go (2013); Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985); Dreaming the Quiet Man (2010); Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali (2008); Durant's Never Closes (2016); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999–2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2000–2006); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Edge of Outside (2006); F for Fake (1973); Fade (2011); Fallen Angels (1995); Festival in Cannes (2001); Film '72 (1972); Film Genre (2002); Five Easy Pieces: BBStory (2010); Fragments of Paradise (2022); Get Shorty (2017–2019); Getting the Moon (2003); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016); Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009); Godard Made in USA (2010); Great Performances (1987–1988); Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing Spellbound (2008); Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'the Wrong Man' (2004); HARDtalk Extra (2005); HDVD Extra (2004); Highball (1997); Hitchcock and Dial M (2004); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015); Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999); Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at 'I Confess' (2004); Hollywood Beat (1997); Hollywood Gangster (2008); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Legenden (2004); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Scandals (2011); Hollywood's Master Storytellers: Paper Moon (2016); How Far Would You Go for Love? (2010); How I Met Your Mother (2010); Howard Hawks on the Front Page and His Girl Friday (2017); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); Humboldt County (2008); Hustle (2004); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); I Love New York (2002); Il était une fois... (2009); Il falso bugiardo (2008); Illegally Yours (1988); Independent Lens (2009); Infamous (2006); Insights (2021); Intimate Portrait (1999–2000); It Chapter Two (2019); It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); Jackie Brown (1997); Jamais sur vos écrans (2016); Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993); Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993); Jenseits von Hollywood - Das Kino des Otto Preminger (2006); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); John Cassavetes: A Discussion (2000); John Ford Goes to War (2002); John Wayne Standing Tall (1989); Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast (1977); Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich (1994); Karloff and Me (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); King of Cool (2021); Kraft Theatre (1958); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005–2007); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Lick the Star (1998); Liebe in Hollywood (1995); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Los Angeles Overnight (2018); Love Hollywood Style (2004); Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2016); Magacine (1999); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marilyn Monroe - Ich möchte geliebt werden (2010); Mask (1985); 'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich (2004); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moonlighting (1987); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); Mr. Jealousy (1997); My First Time (2006); My Left Hand Man (2011); Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998); Never Say Goodbye AIDS Benefit by Yoko Ono (1995); New York at the Movies (2002); Nickelodeon (1976); Nightwalkers (2021); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Noises Off... (1992); Northern Exposure (1993); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); One Lucky Moon (2024); Opening Night (1977); Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote (2000); Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992); Our Friend River (2006); Out of Order (2003); Out of the Blue and into the Black (1987); Palmer (2021); Paper Moon (1973); Passion and Romance: The Wings of the Dove (1999); Pearly Gates (2015); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Peter Bogdanovich in conversation with Jesse Hawthorne Ficks (2017); Phantom Halo (2014); Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991); Picture Windows (1994); Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies (1987); Pollywood (2020); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2014); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Produced and Directed by Otto Preminger: An Appreciation by Peter Bogdanovich (2018); Prowler (1995); Pure Cinema: Birth of the Hitchcock Style (2007); Queen of the Lot (2010); Rated X (2000); 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001); Reborn (2018); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Reputations (1999); Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997); Revisiting Mr. Jealousy (2021); Rizzoli & Isles (2011); Roger Corman, le pape du pop cinéma (2021); Saint Jack (1979); Saturday Night at the Movies (1974–2013); Scene Stealers (2004); Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001); Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? (1972); Searching for Orson (2006); Secret Identity (2011); She's Funny That Way (2014); Shootout (2005–2006); Sightings (1995); Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (2005); Siskel & Ebert (2000); Six LA Love Stories (2016); Skeeter Hammond: Handles, Hops and the Fourth Dimension (2003); Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020); Smiling Through the Apocalypse (2013); Srbi u Holivudu (2012); Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption (2006); Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten (2013); Starlight (2014); Still Cher (2002); Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004); Sunday AM (2007); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2019); Talking Pictures (1979 / 1988); Talking Sopranos (2021); Tangiers by Friday (2024); Targets (1968); 'Targets': An Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich (2003); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); TCM Remembers Peter Bogdanovich (2022); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); Tesla Nation (2018); Texas Monthly Talks (2004); Texasville (1990); That Was Orson Welles (2016); The 11th IFP/West Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1996); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The 51st State (1972); The Carson Podcast (2017); The Cat's Meow (2001); The Century / Segment: Picture This (1999); The City Girl (1984); The Clive James Interview (1991); The Cole Porter Project (2024); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The Creatress (2019); The David Frost Show (1972); The Definition of Insanity (2004); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doorman (2007); The Dukes (2007); The Essentials (2001); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Fifth Patient (2007); The Good Wife (2014); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (1967); The Independent (2000); The Informer: Out of the Fog (2006); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1975); The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich (2000); The Last of the Old Masters: Peter Bogdanovich on Allan Dwan (2009); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Picture Show Re-Release Promo (1971); The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999); The Look of Frances Ha (2013); The Look of the Film (2006); The Lost Print (2022); The Making of Highball (date?); The Making of 'Rebecca' (2008); The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1973); The Moviemakers (1984); The Movies (2019); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Next Picture Show (2003); The Old Man: Peter Bogdanovich Remembers John Ford (2016); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2004); The Oscars (2022); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Price of Heaven (1997); The Prime Gig (2000); The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2004); The Rabbit Will Die (2024); The Racket (1928); The Roy Leonard Show (1972); The Seventh Art (2012); The Shoe Store (1999); The Simpsons (2007); The Sopranos (2000–2007); The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger' (2008); The Squid and the Whale (2005); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001); The Tell-Tale Heart (2016); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Thing Called Love: A Look Back (2006); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1975); The Trip (1967); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014); The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious' (2008); The Watch (2011); The Wild Angels (1966); The Wild One (2022); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); The Working Man (2011); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Orson Welles (2015); This Morning (2004); Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (2020); 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2006); To Sir, with Love II (1996); Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today (2010); Twelve (2008); U.S.A. Today: The Television Series (1988); Un jour, une histoire (2011); Unexplained Mysteries / Segment: The Curse of a Hollywood Icon (2003); Vittorio D. (2009); Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968); Wanderlust (2006); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); We Blew It (2017); What Is Cinema? (2013); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); What's Up, Doc? (1972); While We're Young (2014); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Willie and Me (2023); With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990); Working with Orson Welles (1993); WTF with Marc Maron (2015); y usted... de qué se ríe? / and you... what are you laughing at? (2000).

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Monday, July 28, 2025

Born on this day – Charles Cyphers:


Charles Cyphers


Actor

July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Force of One (1979); Aaron's Way (1988); Airwolf (1984); Alice (1978); Any Day Now (1999); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1977); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Borderline (1980); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); California Dreams (1994); Cannon (1972–1973); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Charlie's Angels (1977); China Beach (1988); Coming Home (1978); Cool Breeze (1972); Cousin Skeeter (2001); Critical Mass (2001); Dallas (1987); Dead Calling (2006); Deadly Games (1995); Death Wish II (1982); Deatherman (2012); Dog and Cat (1977); Dragnet (1989); Elvis (1979); ER (1995); Escape from New York (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1993); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Friendly Fire (1979); Gibbsville (1976); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gray Lady Down (1978); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween Kills (2021); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003); Halloween: The Inside Story (2010); Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006); Hardball (1994); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1985–1987); Honkytonk Man (1982); Hunter's Blood (1986); Hyperion Bay (1998); JAG (1995); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lou Grant (1979); MacArthur (1977); Mach 2 (2000); Major League (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Matlock (1986); Memorial Day (1983); Methodic (2007); Murder in the First (1995); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996–1998); Night Court (1988); Our House (1987); Our Town (1977); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Phyllis (1976); Renegade (1993); Rituals (1984–1995); Roc (1991–1992); Roots (1977); Santa Barbara (1987); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seinfeld (1995); Simon & Simon (1987); Sliders (1995); Someone's Watching Me! (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1979); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); The F.B.I. (1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fog (1980); The George Carlin Show (1994); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Manhunter (1974); The Missiles of October (1974); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Onion Field (1979); The Outsiders (1990); The Quest (1982); The Secrets of Isis (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Slams (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Truck Turner (1974); Vigilante Force (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Monday, July 14, 2025

Born on this day – Peter Duryea:


Peter Duryea


Actor

July 14, 1939 – March 24, 2013

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); Adam-12 (1969); Bewitched (1965); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965–1966); Catalina Caper (1967); Combat! (1965–1967); Daniel Boone (1965); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1971); For the Love of Spock (2016); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1968); I Spy (1968); Insight (1972–1976); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); Profiles in Courage (1964); Reflections on Spock (2004); Spacelift: Transporting Trek Into the 21st Century (2011); Star Trek (1966); Taggart (1964); Tempo (1970); The Bounty Killer (1965); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Defenders (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1963); The Fugitive (1964); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outer Limits (1964); The Virginian (1966).

Saturday, July 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939):


News Is Made at Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker,
written by John Francis Larkin,
was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Behind the scenes photograph:


Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Born on this day – Karen Black:


Karen Black

Actress

Singer

Writer

July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013

Recommended reading - A Coffin for Dimitrios, by Eric Ambler (1939):


A Coffin for Dimitrios

By Eric Ambler.

Filmed as The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), directed by Jean Negulesco.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Published 1939.
ISBN-10: 0375726713
ISBN-13: 9780375726712

Description:

"Our greatest thriller writer." – Graham Greene.

"Anyone who hasn't read Ambler is in for a real treat." – The Washington Post Book World.

A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, will inspire a plot for his next novel, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Born on this day – Dalene Young:


Dalene Young


Writer

Producer

Actress

June 29, 1939 – May 9, 2025

Credits:

A Message from Holly (1992); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); All About Manos (2017); Baby Luv (2000); Cab to Canada (1998); Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (1979); Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977); Cross Creek (1983); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Deadman's Curve (1978); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Evidence of Blood (1998); Going Home (2000); Grimm (2012); HeartBeat (1985); I Love You Perfect (1989); Is There Life Out There? (1994); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992); Journey of the Heart (1997); Juke Box Racket (1960); Little Darlings (1980 / 1982); Living a Lie (1991); Locked in Silence (1999); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Miss Lettie and Me (2002); Pale Horse Pale Rider (1980); Panic in Echo Park (1977); Pig (2021); Silk Hope (1999); Sonny Boy (1989); Teen Lust (1978); The Baby-Sitters Club (1995); The Cat Killers (2000); The Last Dance (2000); The People Across the Lake (1988); The Plutonium Incident (1980); The Yarn Princess (1994); Why Me? (1984); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983).

Recommended reading - Wind, Sand And Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939):


Wind, Sand And Stars

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939).

ISBN-10: 0156027496
ISBN-13: 978-0156027496

Description:

“There are certain rare individuals … who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewal and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.” The New York Times Book Review.

Translated by Lewis Galantière.

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académe Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars is unsurpassed in capturing the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure – through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy ramparts of the Andes – combined with the lyrical prose and soaring spirit of a philosopher, make this book one of the most popular works ever written about flying.

While flying for his air squadron, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) disappeared over the Mediterranean a year after writing his most famous book, The Little Prince. He was also the author of Night Flight and Wartime Writings.

Monday, June 2, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939):


The Gracie Allen Murder Case

directed by Alfred E. Green,
written by Nat Perrin,
based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,
was released in the United States on June 2, 1939.
Music by Gerard Carbonara and Leo Shuken.

Cast:

Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan, H. B. Warner, William Demarest, Sam Lee, Al Shaw, Richard Denning, Irving Bacon, Lillian Yarbo.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Born on this day – Gretchen Dow Simpson:


Gretchen Dow Simpson


Painter

May 17, 1939 – April 11, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Paintings (1988); Gretchen's ABC (1991); Saltbound: A Block Island winter (1980).

Documentary:

Pawtucket Rising (2008).

Friday, May 9, 2025

Born on this day – Constance Demby:


Constance Demby


Musician

Composer

Painter

Sculptor

Multimedia producer

May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021

Credits:

Music:

Æterna (1995); Ambrosial Waves – Healing Waters (2011); Ambrosial Waves – Tidal Pools (2013); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Beloved (1998); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Heart Meditation (1998); Attunement: Live in Concert (2000); Breeze at Dawn (1989); Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984); Constance Demby at Alaron – Live Concert Recording (1984); Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Journey Home; Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Master Healing Ray; Faces of the Christ (2000); Light of This World (1987); Live in Tokyo (2003); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate – 30th Anniversary Edition (2017); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986); Polar Shift (1991); Sacred Space Music (1982); Sanctum Sanctuorum (2001); Set Free (1989); Skies Above Skies (1978); Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement (2004); Spirit Trance (2004); Sunborne (1980); Troubadour (1976); Various Artists – Illumination.

Monday, May 5, 2025

On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939):


Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,
written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,
based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,
was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Born on this day – Paul Gleason:


Paul Gleason


Actor

May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006

Credits:

2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005); 21 Jump Street (1989); A Time to Revenge (1997); A*Teens: Dancing Queen (1999); Abominable (2006); Adam-12 (1971–1974); All My Children (1978); Another Life (1981–1984); Anything for Love (1985); Arthur (1981); B.L. Stryker (1990); Banacek (1972); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Creepy Comics (1999); Boiling Point (1993); Boy Meets World (1997); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Playhouse (1969); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1999); C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967); Cold Case (2005); Columbo (1975); Dallas (1985); Dark Skies (1996); Dawson's Creek (2003); Day at the Beach (1997); Dead Last (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Die Hard (1988); Digital Man (1995); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Doubletake (1985); Dragnet (2003); Drake & Josh (2004); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); False Arrest (1991); Fastlane (2002); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Forever, Lulu (1986); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Fourth Story (1991); Friends (2000); George Lopez (2005); Ghost Chase (1987); Gimme a Break! (1986); Grace Under Fire (1997); Hardball (1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); He Knows You're Alone (1980); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hit Man (1972); I Love Trouble (1994); Ike: The War Years (1979); In the Living Years (1994); It's About Time (1967); Johnny Be Good (1988); Kate & Allie (1986); L.A. Law (1991); Life Goes On (1989); Lifted (1988); Little Laura and Big John (1973); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Looking for Richard (1996); Lost on Earth (1997); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Majority Rule (1992); Malcolm in the Middle (2004); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Married People (1990); McCloud (1974); Melrose Place (1998); Miami Blues (1990); Miami Vice (1986); Mission: Impossible (1972); Money Talks (1997); Monty Nash (1971); Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1992); MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder (1983); MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982); Nash Bridges (1998); National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002); NewsRadio (1997); Night Game (1989); No Code of Conduct (1998); Not Another Teen Movie (2001); Nothing to Lose (1994); One West Waikiki (1994–1996); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); Petticoat Junction (1966); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Red Letters (2000); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Rich Girl (1991); Riptide (1984); Running Cool (1993); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Seinfeld (1994); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); She's Having a Baby (1988); Sidekicks (1987); Ski Party (1965); Social Misfits (2001); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spooner (1989); Starting Now (1989); Sun Gods (2002); Supercarrier (1988); Superior Court (1986–1990); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tender Mercies (1983); Texas (1982); The A-Team (1984–1986); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Book of Caleb (2008); The Breakfast Club (1985); The District (2001); The Drew Carey Show (1999); The Equalizer (1986); The F.B.I. (1968); The Giving Tree (2000); The Great Santini (1979); The Green Hornet (1967); The Guardian (2002); The Invaders (1967); The Making of Bret Michaels (2002); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Myersons (2001); The Organization (2001); The Passing (2011); The Pink Garter Gang (1971); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Waiter (1993); The Weber Show (2001); The Wonder Years (1992); Then Came Bronson (1969); There Goes My Baby (1994); Toma (1973); Trading Places (1983); Veronica's Closet (1999–2000); Vigilante Force (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Where Does It Hurt? (1972); Wild Cactus (1993); Winter A-Go-Go (1965); Wishman (1992); Women at West Point (1979).

Recommended reading - Gas Light, a play by Patrick Hamilton (1939):


Gas Light

a play by Patrick Hamilton.

Filmed as:
Gaslight (1940), directed by Thorold Dickinson.
Gaslight (1944), directed by George Cukor.

Published by Constable and Company Ltd.
First published 1939.
ASIN: B0DSZRVND4
Paperback.

Description:

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Born on this day – Judy Carne:


Judy Carne


Actress

April 27, 1939 – September 3, 2015

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Pair of Briefs (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All the Right Noises (1970); Beyond Vaudeville (1990); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Blankety Blank (1980); Bloopermania (1987); Bonanza (1963); Cade's County (1972); Danger Man (1961); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Dr. Kildare (1964); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2018); Everybody's Talking (1967); Fair Exchange (1962–1963); Funny Farm (1974); Funny You Should Ask (1968); Get Christie Love! (1975); Gidget (1965); Give Us a Clue (1979); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1966); Hollywood's Talking (1973); Hour Magazine (1983); I Dream of Jeannie (1966–1969); Ironside (1974); Jack Hylton's Monday Show (1958); Juke Box Jury (1959–1960); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Last Joke; Love and the Advice Column; Love and the Single Sister (1969–1973); Match Game (1973); NBC Children's Theatre (1971); On Stage – London (1957); On the Brighter Side (1961); On the Line (1982); Only with Married Men (1974); Out of Order (1981); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Pebble Mill at One (1978); Police Woman (1976); QB VII (1974); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967–1971); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In: A Valentine's Day Special (1994); Run for Your Life (1968); Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall (1969–1970); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Storybook Squares (1969); Stu's Show (2023); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1970–1971); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Basil Brush Show (1980); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (2022); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Cheaters (1962); The Cross-Wits (1976–1977); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969–1971); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1971); The Howard Stern Show (1990); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The John Gary Show (1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Match Game (1968); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1970); The Patty Duke Show (1966); The Rag Trade (1961); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1972); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1970); Thriller (1973); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); U.S. Open Sores (1989); What About Me (1993); Who's Moody? (1960); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); You Don't Say (1968); Zero One (1962).