Showing posts with label 1951. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1951. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2026

On this day in movie history - He Ran All the Way (1951):


He Ran All the Way

directed by John Berry,
written by Hugo Butler and Dalton Trumbo,
based on the novel by Sam Ross,
was released in the United States on July 13, 1951.
Music by Franz Waxman.


Cast:

John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, Gladys George, Norman Lloyd, Robert Hyatt, Clancy Cooper, Vici Raaf, Keith Hetherington, Robert Karnes.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Hoodlum (1951):


The Hoodlum

directed by Max Nosseck,
written by Sam Neuman and Nat Tanchuck,
was released in the United States on July 5, 1951.
Music by Darrell Calker.


Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Edward Tierney, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens, John De Simone, Tom Hubbard, Eddie Foster, O.Z. Whitehead, Richard Barron, Rudy Rama, Raymond Bond, James Conaty, Bill Coontz, Russell Custer, Rudy Germane, William H. O'Brien, Gene Roth.

Friday, April 17, 2026

Born on this day – Olivia Hussey:


Olivia Hussey


Actress

April 17, 1951 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

2008 Camie Awards (2008); Acting in the Sixties (1967); All the Right Noises (1970); An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983); Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit (1995); Batman Beyond (2000); Black Christmas (1974); Black Christmas Legacy (2015); Boy Meets World (1997); Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008); Clarkworld (2009); Cup Fever (1965); Dead Man's Island (1996); Death on the Nile (1978); Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978); Distortions (1988); Drama 61-67 (1964); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); El grito (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Fractured Skulls: The Making of Headspace (2006); Greatest Ever Christmas Movies (2013); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); H-Bomb (1976); Headspace (2005); Hour Magazine (1984); I Married a Princess (2005); Ice Cream Man (1995); Into the Night (1990); Island Prey (2001); It (1990); Ivanhoe (1982); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Lost Horizon (1973); Miss Hollywood 1986 (1986); Mother Teresa (2003); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Now and Then (1967–1968); Our World (1967); Pinky and the Brain (1998); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Quest of the Delta Knights (1993); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Royal Film Performance 1968: "Romeo and Juliet" by Franco Zeffirelli. London (1968); Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe (2025); Save Me (1994); Seven Days of Grace (2006); Shame, Shame, Shame (1999); Social Suicide (2015); Star Wars: Force Commander (2000); Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998); Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011); Superman: The Animated Series (1999); Take a Sapphire (1966); Tax Shelter Terrors (2017); That Was the Week We Watched (2004); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 12 Days of 'Black Christmas' (2006); The 21st Annual Genesis Awards (2007); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Bastard (1978); The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965); The Cat and the Canary (1978); The Corsican Brothers (1985); The Donald O'Connor Show (1968); The Gardener (1998); The Girl on the Balcony: The Life and Work of Actress Olivia Hussey (2025); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Jeweller's Shop (1988); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Lord Protector (1996); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Pirate (1978); The Psycho Legacy (2010); The Summertime Killer (1972); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona (1968); The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1973); Three Priests (2008); Today (1984); Tortilla Heaven (2007); Turkey Shoot (1982); Undeclared War (1990); US Against the World (1977); Virus (1980); Welcome to the Basement (2015–2016); Yesterday and Today (1973).

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Born on this day – Tom Noonan:


Tom Noonan


Actor

Director

Writer

April 12, 1951 – February 14, 2026

Credits:

12 Monkeys (2015–2018); A Buck's Worth (2005); A Constant Forge (2000); An Unpredictable Thing (2001); Animals. (2018); Anomalisa (2015); Bar Karma (2011); Behind the scenes with Last Action Hero (1993); Best Defense (1984); Bone Daddy (1991); Bright Falls (2010); Bullet in the Brain (2001); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Collision Course (1989); Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Damages (2009–2011); Dimension 404 (2017); Early Edition (1996); Easy Money (1983); Eddie Macon's Run (1983); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); F/X (1986); Fan Expo vs. Comicon (2021); Follow the Prophet (2009); Gloria (1980); Hair High (2004); Heat (1995); Heaven's Gate (1980); Hell on Wheels (2011–2014); Horace and Pete (2016); How and Why (2014); Ice Cream Ants (2006); Inside 'Manhunter' (2001); It's an Invasion! The Making of Eight Legged Freaks (2021); Jonny Zero (2005); June Weddings (2007); Kidnapped (2007); Knockaround Guys (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2015); Louie (2010); Madness and Genius (2003); Magritte Moment (2008); Manhunter (1986); Manhunter: Francis Is Gone Forever - An Interview with Tom Noonan (2016); Mercy Seed (2006); Monster Squad Forever! (2007); Monsters (1990 / 1991); Mystery Train / Segment: A Ghost (1989); Night of the Wolf (2014); North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994); Pedalfoot (2005); Phoenix (1998); Quarry (2016); Rage! (1980); Red Wind (1991); Roadside Picnic (2016); RoboCop 2 (1990); RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023); Seraphim Falls (2006); Siskel & Ebert (1995); Skinhead Requiem (2012); Snow Angels (2007); Stoney (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside (1984); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Alphabet Killer (2008); The Astronaut's Wife (1999); The Beat (2000); The Blacklist (2013); The Cape (2011); The Egoists (2003); The Equalizer (1989); The House of the Devil (2009); The Jury (2004); The Leftovers (2014); The Making of 'Heat' (2005); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Monster Squad (1987); The Opportunists (1999); The Pesky Suitor (1995); The Photographer (2000); The Pilgrim & the Private Eye (2012); The Pledge (2001); The Rendezvous (2010); The Roost (2005); The Shape of Something Squashed (2014); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); The Wife (1995); The X-Files (1996); They're Made Out of Meat (2005); Tom Goes to the Bar (1985); Tom Works Nights (2012); Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019); Uncovering Wolfen (2025); Wang Dang (1999); What Happened Was... (1994); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Willie & Phil (1980); Without Your Head (2015); Wolfen (1981); Wonderstruck (2017).

Monday, April 6, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Scarf (1951):


The Scarf

directed and written by Ewald André Dupont,
based on a story by Arthur St. Claire and Lawrence Taylor,
based on a story by Isadore Goldsmith and E.A. Rolfe,
was released in the United States on April 6, 1951.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.


Cast:

John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Emlyn Williams, Lloyd Gough, Basil Ruysdael, David Bauer, Harry Shannon, Celia Lovsky, David McMahon, Chubby Johnson, Frank Jenks, Emmett Lynn, Dick Wessel, Frank Jaquet, Iris Adrian.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Enforcer (1951):


The Enforcer

aka Murder, Inc.,
directed by Bretaigne Windust,
written by Martin Rackin,
based on the Murder, Inc. trials (1929 – 1941),
was released in the United States on February 24, 1951.
Music by David Buttolph.


Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, Michael Tolan, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Adelaide Klein, Don Beddoe, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg, Jack Lambert, Patricia Joiner.

Monday, January 26, 2026

On this day in movie history - Under the Gun (1951):


Under the Gun

directed by Ted Tetzlaff,
written by George Zuckerman,
based on a story by Daniel B. Ullman,
was released in the United States on January 26, 1951.
Music by Milton Rosen.


Cast:

Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, John McIntire, Sam Jaffe, Shepperd Strudwick, Gregg Martell, Phillip Pine, Donald Randolph, Royal Dano, Richard Taber, Dabbs Greer.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Born on this day – Kim Manners:


Kim Manners


Producer

Director

Actor

January 13, 1951 – January 25, 2009

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1987–1990); Alaska (2003); Automan (1983–1984); Baywatch (1989); Booker (1989–1990); Breaking Bad (2009); Broken Badges (1990); Can't Be Stopped (2022); Charlie's Angels (1977–1981); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982); Empire (2005); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Fortune Hunter (1995); Greyhounds (1994); Halls of Anger (1970); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Harsh Realm (2000); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaiian Heat (1984); Headmaster (1970); Hunter (1986–1987); Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files (2018); J.J. Starbuck (1987–1988); K-9000 (1990); Kate McShane (1975); Locusts (1974); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Matt Houston (1982–1985); Mission: Impossible (1988); Over There (2005); Paradise (1988); Riptide (1985–1986); Scared Silly (1982); Sidekicks (1986–1987); Simon & Simon (1984–1986); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); Stingray (1986–1987); Street Hawk (1985); Supernatural (2005–2009); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994); The Cigarette Smoking Man Revealed (1999); The Commish (1991–1994); The Hat Squad (1992–1993); The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976); The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Unseen (2016); The Users (1978); The X-Files (1995–2004); Valdez Is Coming (1971); Wiseguy (1988).

Friday, December 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - On Dangerous Ground (1951 movie & novel):


On Dangerous Ground

directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino,
written by A. I. Bezzerides and Nicholas Ray,
based on the novel Mad with Much Heart by Gerald Butler,
was released in the United States on December 12, 1951.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.


Cast:

Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams, Gus Schilling, Frank Ferguson, Cleo Moore, Olive Carey.


Mad with Much Heart

By Gerald Butler.

First published 1945.
ASIN: B0006AQZEY
Published by: Rinehart & company, inc.
Hardcover.

Description:

Filmed as On Dangerous Ground (1951), directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino.

Monday, November 17, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Vettriano:


Jack Vettriano


Painter

November 17, 1951 – March 1, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Man's World (2009); Fallen Angels (1999); Jack Vettriano: A Life (2004 / 2007); Lovers and Other Strangers (2003); Studio Life (2008); Women in Love (2009).

Movies and television:

Artworks Scotland (2009); Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime (2017); Breakfast (2004–2010); Breakfast with Frost (2004); Nighthawks (2014); Sunday AM (2007); The South Bank Show (2004); This Is Your Life (2001); What Do Artists Do All Day? (2013).