Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

On this day in music history - Bela Lugosi's Dead, by Bauhaus (1979):



Bela Lugosi's Dead

Song by Bauhaus,
released August 6, 1979.


Bauhaus performed this song in the opening titles scene of The Hunger,
a stylish vampire-themed horror movie, directed by Tony Scott and released in 1983.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Star Chamber (1983):


The Star Chamber

directed by Peter Hyams,
written by Roderick Taylor and Peter Hyams,
based on a story by Roderick Taylor,
was released in the United States on August 5, 1983.
Music by Michael Small.


Cast:

Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Don Calfa, John DiSanti, Otis Day, Jack Kehoe, Larry Hankin, Dick Anthony Williams, Margie Impert, Dana Gladstone, David Proval, Robin Gammell, Matthew Faison, Fred McCarren, Michael Ensign, Jason Bernard, Jerry Taft, Michael Austin, Sheldon Feldner, James Margolin, Hexin E. McPhee, Diana Douglas, Keith Buckley, Domingo Ambriz, Frances Bergen, Charlie Stavola, Robert Costanzo, Paul Brennan, Kate Zentall, George Cooper, Gary Rebstock, David Faustino, Jason Tomarken, George Dickerson, Eddy C. Dyer, John C. Garrett, Danna Hyams, Alan Oliney, Don Pulford, Ron Cummins, Jack Slate, David Armstrong, Robert Board, Robert Buckingham, Fritzi Burr, Robert Cole, George Lane Cooper, Paul DeCeglie, Ken DuMain, Brent Dunsford, Len Felber, George Golden, Raven Grey Eagle, Charles Hallahan, Bob Harks, Robert Hitchcock, George Holmes, Ethelreda Leopold, Phil Niekro, Betty Oakland, Norman Palmer, Leoda Richards, Arnold Roberts, Hank Robinson, Roberto Rodriguez, Bernard Sell, Robert Strong, Paul Van, Richard Wakasa, Tom Willett.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Born on this day – Devin Harjes:


Devin Harjes


Actor

July 29, 1983 – May 27, 2025

Credits:

Blue Bloods (2012); Blue-Eyed Mary (2009); Boardwalk Empire (2011); Boyz of Summer (2012); Daredevil (2015); Elementary (2018); FBI (2019); Gotham (2014); Manifest (2020–2021); Orange Is the New Black (2013); Rebel in the Rye (2017); Surprise Surprise, Mr. Conovy (2011); The Big Picture (2010); The Day I Lost My Mind (2009); The Forest Is Red (2012); The Sixth Round (2009); What is Reality? (2017); When the Shadow Falls (2012).

Sunday, June 29, 2025

On this day in music history - Harp And Soul, by Georgia Kelly (1983):


Harp And Soul

Album by Georgia Kelly,
released June 29, 1983.

Track list:

Evergreen; The Rose; Three Gymnopedies by Eric Satie; Chiavenna; Duration.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

On this day in music history - The Wild Heart, by Stevie Nicks (1983):


The Wild Heart

Album by Stevie Nicks,
released June 10, 1983.

Track list:

Wild Heart; If Anyone Falls; Gate and Garden; Enchanted; Nightbird; Stand Back; I Will Run to You - By Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty; Nothing Ever Changes; Sable on Blond; Beauty and the Beast.

Sunday, May 18, 2025

On this day in movie history - Travis McGee (1983):


Travis McGee

directed by Andrew V. McLaglen,
written by Stirling Silliphant,
based on the novel The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald,
was released in the United States on May 18, 1983.
Music by Jerrold Immel.


Cast:

Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin, Richard Farnsworth, Geoffrey Lewis, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles, Katharine Ross, Marshall R. Teague, Walter Olkewicz, Jack Murdock, Greta Blackburn, Owen Orr, Pilar Del Rey.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

On this day in music history - Midnight at the Lost and Found, by Meat Loaf (1983):


Midnight at the Lost and Found

Album by Meat Loaf,
released May 17, 1983.

Track list:

Razor’s Edge; Midnight at the Lost and Found; Wolf at Your Door; Keep Driving; The Promised Land; You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl; Priscilla; Don’t You Look at Me Like That; If You Really Want to; Fallen Angel.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1983):


Breathless

directed by Jim McBride,
written by L. M. Kit Carson and Jim McBride,
was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.
A remake of Breathless, French title: À bout de souffle (1960), written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.


Cast:

Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, Robert Dunn, Garry Goodrow, Lisa Jane Persky, James Hong, Waldemar Kalinowski, Jack Leustig, Eugène Lourié, Georg Olden, Miguel Pinero, Henry G. Sanders, Bruce Vilanch, Robert Mark Quesada, Nora Gaye, Andres Aybar, Isabel Cooley, L. Jerry Greenberg, Javier Grajeda, Robert Snively, John Wyler, Jeni Vici, Carl Munoz, Christopher White, Brien Varady, Keith Addis, Martin Erlichman, Peggy Ann Stevens, Raymond Bear, David Carson, Tracy McBride, Jesse McBride, Helen Kelly, Jennifer Leigh Rice, Bruce Scivally.

On this day in movie history - Blue Thunder (1983):


Blue Thunder

directed by John Badham,
written by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby,
was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.


Cast:

Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Jack Murdock, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton, Anna Forrest, Paul Lambert, Phil Feldman, John Garber, Ricky Slyter, Reid Cruickshanks, Billy Ray Sharkey, Fred Slyter, John Gladstein, Ross Reynolds, Karl A. Wickman, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, James Read, Mickey Gilbert, William T. Lane, Lolly Boroff, Patti Clifton, Ernest Harada, Frances E. Nealy, Jose Pepe R. Gonzales, Jerry Ziesmer, Tom Lawrence, John Ashby, Tony Brubaker, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Bill M. Ryusaki, Gary Davis, Thomas Rosales Jr., Larry Randles, Peter Miller, Mike H. McGaughy, Lucinda Crosby, John Badham, Bob Bowen, Calvin Bronx, Shaaron Claridge, Eurlyne Epper, Fritz Ford, Dorothy Hack, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, Clay Hodges, Ted King, Terry Leonard, Frank Morriss, Ve Neill, Danny Nero, Bernadette Pelletier, Hank Robinson, Walter Smith, Steve Wagner.

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Hunger (1983):


The Hunger

directed by Tony Scott,
written by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas,
based on the novel by Whitley Strieber,
was released in the United States on April 29, 1983.
Music by Howard Blake, Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.
Song in opening scene: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.
Additional music includes:
Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert.


Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Rufus Collins, Suzanne Bertish, James Aubrey, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill, Shane Rimmer, Bauhaus, Douglas Lambert, Bessie Love, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, Sophie Ward, Philip Sayer, Lise Hilboldt, Michael Howe, Edward Wiley, Richard Robles, George Camiller, Oke Wambu, Kent Miller, Fred Yockers, Susan Hunter, James Wassenich, Allan Richards, Hilary Six, Carole-Ann Scott, Howard Blake, Jane Leeves, Derek Lyons, Peter Murphy, James Payne.