Born on this day – David Breashears:

David Breashears

Cinematographer

Writer

Producer

Mountaineer

December 20, 1955 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Every Man For Himself? (an article published in American Alpine Journal) (1988); Last Climb (1999); High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999); Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (1997).

Movies and television:

20/20 Wednesday (1997); ABC News Saturday Night (1998); Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (1995); Ancient Graves: Voices of the Dead (1998); Ascent of Mount Everest (1983); CBS This Morning (2012); Charlie Rose (1997); Chasing Ice (2012); Cliffhanger (1993); Dangerous Earth (2016); Everest (1998); Everest (2015); Everest: The Death Zone (1998); Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine (1992); Expedition Earth (1990); Frontline (1983–2008); Frontline/World (2008); Galahad of Everest (1991); Great Wonders of the World (1993); Ice Climb (1993); Metanoia (2014); Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Mount Everest, the East Face (1981); Mummies Revealed (2001); Nova (1997–2016); Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy (2007); Seven Years in Tibet (1997); The Making of Everest: On Location in the Death Zone (1997).

On this day in movie history - I Died a Thousand Times (1955):

I Died a Thousand Times

directed by Stuart Heisler,

written by W. R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on November 9, 1955.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Howard St. John, Nick Adams, Dennis Hopper, Ralph Moody, Olive Carey, Dub Taylor, Paul Brinegar, James Millican.

On this day in movie history - Rebel Without a Cause (1955):

Rebel Without a Cause

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Stewart Stern and Irving Shulman,

based on a story by Nicholas Ray,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1955.
Music by Leonard Rosenman.

Cast:

James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Marietta Canty, Virginia Brissac, Beverly Long, Ian Wolfe, Frank Mazzola, Robert Foulk, Jack Simmons, Tom Bernard, Nick Adams, Jack Grinnage, Clifford Morris, Dorothy Abbott, David Alpert, Jimmy Baird, Paul Birch, Harold Bostwick, Paul Bryar, John Close, Chuck Hamilton, Chuck Hicks, Skipper Huerta, Louise Lane, Nelson Leigh, David McMahon, Edward McNally, Peter Miller, Ralph Moratz, Bruce Noonan, House Peters Jr., Stephanie Pond-Smith, Charles Postal, Nicholas Ray, Gus Schilling, Almira Sessions, Joel Smith, Bert Stevens, Dick Wessel, Robert B. Williams.

Born on this day – Sam Bottoms:

Sam Bottoms

Actor

Producer

October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008

Born on this day – Arleen Sorkin:

Arleen Sorkin

Actress

Writer

Comedian

Television presenter

October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023

On this day in movie history - Killer’s Kiss (1955):

Killer’s Kiss

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Howard Sackler,

based on a story by Stanley Kubrick,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1955.
Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Frank Silvera, Jerry Jarrett, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Skippy Adelman, David Vaughan, Alec Rubin, Ralph Roberts, Phil Stevenson, Ruth Sobotka.

Recommended reading - The Bearded Lady (1955):

The Bearded Lady (1955).

By Ross MacDonald.

ASIN: B097265SP9

Description:

In this short story from Ross Macdonald’s The Archer Files, detective Lew Archer stops in town to look in on an old army buddy, an artist, only to find that he has mysteriously disappeared. Seemingly the only clue is a disturbing charcoal sketch of a woman with a thick beard sitting in his studio. As Archer finds himself drawn into the investigation, it soon becomes clear that things are not what they seem. And that no one is above suspicion.

A Vintage Short.

On this day in movie history - The Night Holds Terror (1955):

The Night Holds Terror,

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1955.
Based on the true 1953 Courtier case.
Music by Lucien Cailliet.

Cast:
Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Eddie Marr, Jack Kruschen, Joyce McCluskey, Jonathan Hale, Barney Phillips, Roy Neal, Joel Marston, Guy Kingsford, Stanley Andrews, Charles Herbert, Barbara Woodell, William Woodson.

Born on this day – Lisa Banes:

Lisa Banes

Actress

July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021

Credits:

A Cure for Wellness (2016); A Family Torn Apart (1993); A Good Day for Ted Schmetterling (2005); A Killer Among Us (1990); American Dreamer (1990); Battle in the Erogenous Zone (1992); Borderline Talent (2018); Boston Legal (2005); Brothel (2008); China Beach (1989); Close Encounters (1990); Cocktail (1988); Combustion (2004); Cries from the Heart (1994); Desperate Housewives (2006); Dragonfly (2002); Frasier (1996); Freedom Writers (2007); Girls Club (2002); Gloria Vane (1993); Gone Girl (2014); Hemingway (1988); High Society (1995); How to Be a Gentleman (2011); Howard Stern (2000); In Justice (2006); It's All Relative (2004); Jake in Progress (2005); Kane & Abel (1985); Killzone: Shadow Fall (2013); L.A. Law (1993); Last Exit to Earth (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011); Leg Work (1987); Legacy (1999); Legally Blondes (2009); Lieberman in Love (1995); Life Goes On (1989); Lifestories (1990); Look Back in Anger (1985); Madam Secretary (2016); Marie (1985); Masters of Sex (2016); Miami Rhapsody (1995); Michael Hayes (1998); Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (1996); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1995); My Son Is Innocent (1996); Nashville (2018); NCIS (2015); NYPD Blue (2004); Once Upon a Time (2016); One Life to Live (2004); One Police Plaza (1986); Out of Practice (2005); Perception (2012); Philly (2002); Psych (2007); Pumpkin (2002); Revenge on the Highway (1992); Roseanne (1994); Rosewood (2016); Royal Pains (2010–2016); Saved (2006); Sisters (1993); Six Feet Under (2005); Six Women (2017); Son of the Beach (2000–2001); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994); The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022); The Avenging Angel (1995); The Equalizer (1986); The Good Wife (2010); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Jackal (1997); The King of Queens (2004); The Orville (2022); The Practice (2002); The Presence (1992); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Strongest Man (2015); The Test (2001); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–1992); The Unit (2006); Them (2021); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Without Limits (1998); Young Guns (1988).

Born on this day – Amy Wallace:

Amy Wallace

Writer

July 3, 1955 – August 10, 2013

Credits:

Books:

Desire (1990); Significa (1983); Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda (2003); The Book of Lists #2 (1980); The Book of Lists #3 (1983); The Book of Lists (1977); The Book of Lists: Horror (2008); The Book of Lists: The '90s Edition (1993); The Book of Predictions (1980); The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (1981); The New Book of Lists (2005); The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists (2007); The Prodigy: A Biography of William James Sidis, America's Greatest Child Prodigy (1986); The Psychic Healing Book (1978); The Two: The Story of the Original Siamese Twins (1978).

Movies and television:

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992); Late Night with David Letterman (1983); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1986); True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (2011).

July in movie history - Chicago Syndicate (1955):

Chicago Syndicate

directed by Fred F. Sears,

written by Joseph Hoffman,

based on a story by William Sackheim,

was released in the United States in July 1955.

Exact release date unknown.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart, Xavier Cugat, Allison Hayes, Richard H. Cutting, Chris Alcaide, William Challee, John Zaremba, George Brand, Hugh Sanders, Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra, Nina Borget, John Breen, Al Cantor.