On this day in movie history - Unforgiven (1992):

Unforgiven

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by David Webb Peoples,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1992.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Tara Dawn Frederick, Beverley Elliott, Liisa Repo-Martell, Josie Smith, Tantoo Cardinal, Shane Meier, Aline Levasseur, Ron White, Jeremy Ratchford, John Pyper-Ferguson, Jefferson Mappin, Mina E. Mina, Henry Kope, Larry Joshua, Ben Cardinal, Frank C. Turner, Lochlyn Munro, Philip Hayes.

On this day in movie history - The Commitments (1991):

The Commitments

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle,

based on the novel by Roddy Doyle,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1991.
Music by Wilson Pickett.

Cast:

Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Ken McCluskey, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Anne Kent, Andrea Corr, Gerard Cassoni, Aoife Lawless, Ruth Fairclough, Lindsay Fairclough, Michael O'Reilly, Liam Carney, Ger Ryan, Mark O'Regan, Phelim Drew, Sean Hughes, Philip Bredin, Lance Daly, Conor Malone, Jezz Bell, Colm MacConiomare, Emily Dawson, Dave Kane, Kristel Harris, Maria Place, Brian MacAodha, Tricia Smith, Canice William, Patrick Foy, Allan Murray, Jody Campbell, Eanna MacLiam, Philomena Kavanagh, Peter Rowen, Eamon O'Connor, Maura O'Malley, Blaise Smith, Derek Herbert, Owen O'Gorman, Pat Leavy, John Cronin, Rynagh O'Grady, Sheila Flitton, Michael Bolger, Mick Nolan, Eileen Reid, Bob Navan, Derek Duggan, Paddy O'Connor, Paul Bushnell, Jim Corr, Larry Hogan, Bernard Keelan, Ronan Hardiman, Mikel Murfi, Josylen Lyons, Winston Dennis, Alan Parker, James Brown, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr, Alan Howley, Mark Leahy, William Morgan, Ralph G. Morse, Sean O'Donovan, Martin O'Malley.

On this day in music history - Blaze of Glory, by Jon Bon Jovi (1990):

Blaze of Glory

Album by Jon Bon Jovi,

released August 7, 1990.

Inspired by the movie Young Guns II (1990).

Track list:

Billy Get Your Guns; Miracle; Blaze of Glory; Blood Money; Santa Fe; Justice in the Barrel; Never Say Die; You Really Got Me Now; Bang a Drum; Dyin’ Ain’t Much of a Livin’; Guano City.

On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946):

The Inner Circle

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.
Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

Caroline Cellier

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

At madness, not at all (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973) At the theatre tonight (1966–1967); Beyond the Screen (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Some short stories (1980); It's even better in the afternoon (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Goofy (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop au vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Desproges is alive (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Ghosts in Legacy (1990); Farinelli (1994); Nobody's Women (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Men, Women, a User's Guide (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Happy Birthday Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); The Question Box (2010); La contre-allée (1991); The derelitta / Cinema 16 (1980); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1967); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place / Take Me to the Theatre (1984); The moral of the story (1966); The Death of a Champion (1972); The Night of the 7 d'Or (1987); The night of the Césars (1977–1985); The Client's Head (1965); La vie de château (1984); The landing (1981); The Fainting Horse (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); The great journal of Canal+ (2004); The Great Restaurant (2011); The 8 p.m. news (1992); The Flight of Icarus (1980); The Zebra (1992); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); The files of Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); The Enfoirés (1997); Blue ferns (1977); The Big Children (1998); The Heroics (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); The Saturday Story (1997); Life Love Death (1969) The Sunday Guest (1969); The Eye Behind the Scenes (1988); Manon: The Three-Sided Mirror (1966); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Marriage (1974); Marie Curie - A Certain Young Girl (1965); Michel Sardou: Hello! (1997); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, a Free Spirit (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, the bellboy Hôtel du Palais (2006); Light and Shadow (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Film Encounters (2010); Romulus the Great (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Courteline Evening / Segment: The Fear of Blows (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969) Transit (2004); A Dangerous Game (2005); A Cell for Two (2006); One woman, one day... (1977); A Girl in the Mountain (1964); Panic (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Born on this day – Betsy Byars:

Betsy Byars

Writer

August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020

Credits:

Books:

A Blossom Promise (1987); After the Goat Man (1980); Ant (2001); Ant Plays Bear (1997); Beans On the Roof (1988); Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (1989); Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (1991); Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance (1969); Boo's Dinosaur (2006); Boo's Surprise (2009); Cat Diaries (2010); Coast to Coast (1992); Cracker Jackson (1985); Dead Letter (1996); Death's Door (1997); Disappearing Acts (1998); Dog Diaries (2007); Go and Hush the Baby (1982); Good-bye, Chicken Little (1979); Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (1990); Keeper of the Doves (2002); King of Murder (2006); Little Horse (2002); Little Horse On His Own (2004); McMummy (1993); Me Tarzan (2000); Midnight Fox (1970); My Brother Ant (1996); My Dog, My Hero (2000); Perfect, the Pig (1970); Rama the Gypsy (1966); Rama the Gypsy Cat (1976); Tarot Says Beware (1995); The 18th Emergency (1975); The Animal, the Vegetable, And John D Jones (1982); The Black Tower (2006); The Blossoms and the Green Phantom (1987); The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady (1986); The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown (1988); The Cartoonist (1984); The Computer Nut (1984); The Cybil War (1981); The Dancing Camel (1965); The Dark Stairs (1994); The Glory Girl (1983); The Golly Sisters Go West (1985); The Golly Sisters Ride Again (1994); The House of Wings (1972); The Joy Boys (1996); The Lace Snail (1975); The Moon and I (1991); The Night Swimmers (1980); The Not-Just-Anybody Family (1986); The Pinballs (1977); The Seven Treasure Hunts (1991); The SOS File (2004); The Summer of the Swans (1972); The T.V. Kid (1974); The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (1973); TheTwo-Thousand-Pound Gold Fish (1982); Tornado (1996); Trouble River (1969); Wanted. . . Mud Blossom (1991).

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Jackanory (1975–1984); Middle English (1983).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Kay Williams:

Kay Williams

Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – June Travis:

June Travis

Actress

August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008

Credits:

Bengal Tiger (1936); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ceiling Zero (1936); Circus Girl (1937); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Exiled to Shanghai (1937); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Jailbreak (1936); Join the Marines (1937); Little Orphan Annie (1938); Love Is on the Air (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Monster a Go-Go (1965); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Over the Wall (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937); Shipmates Forever (1935); Stranded (1935); The Big Game (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Gladiator (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Night Hawk (1938); The Star (1952); Times Square Playboy (1936).

Born on this day – Ann Harding:

Ann Harding

Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

Born on this day – Irene Purcell:

Irene Purcell

Actress

August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972

Credits:

Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Just a Gigolo (1931); Just One Word (1929); Le plombier amoureux (1932); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Man in Possession (1931); The Passionate Plumber (1932); Westward Passage (1932).

Born on this day – Billie Burke:

Billie Burke

Actress

August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970

Credits:

Radio:

Biography in Sound (1955–1956); Doubting Thomas (1935); Duffy's Tavern (1944); Family Theater (1948–1952); Good News of 1939 (1938); Mail Call (1944); Show Stoppers (1946); Stagestruck (1954); The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel (1949); The Billie Burke Show (1943–1946); The Charlie McCarthy Show (1944–1947); The Danny Kaye Show (1946); The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show (1948); The Gulf Screen Guild Theater (1939); The Martin and Lewis Show (1949); The Pepsodent Show (1941); The Rudy Vallee Hour (1939); The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show (1940–1941); The Rudy Vallee Show (1945); The Sealtest Village Store (1944); The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air (1932); This Is Show Business – CBS-TV (1949); Tribute to Ethel Barrymore (1945); WOR 25th Anniversary (1947); Your Movietown Radio Theatre (1948).

Stage:

Annie Dear (1924); A Marriage of Convenience (1918); Caesar's Wife (1919); Family Affairs (1929); Jerry (1914); Love Watches (1908); Mrs. Dot (1910); Mrs. January and Mr. X (1944); My Wife (1907); Rose Briar (1922); Suzanne (1910); The Amazons (1913); The Happy Husband (1928); The Intimate Strangers (1921); The Land of Promise (1913); The Marquise (1927); The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard (1911); The Rescuing Angel (1917); The Runaway (1911); The Truth Game (1930); This Rock (1943); Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 – 1934; Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 – 1936; Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 – 1943.

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); A Feather in Her Hat (1935); ABC News Breakfast (2024); After Office Hours (1935); All Star Revue (1951); And Baby Makes Three (1949); And One Was Beautiful (1940); Arms and the Girl (1917); At Home with Billie Burke (1951–1952); Away Goes Prudence (1920); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Becky Sharp (1935); Billie Gets Her Man (1948); Biograph Beauty Postcard (1905); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Bridal Suite (1939); Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (2014); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); Christopher Strong (1933); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Craig's Wife (1936); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Dinner at Eight (1933); Doc Corkle (1952); Doubting Thomas (1935); Dulcy (1940); Eternally Yours (1939); Everybody Sing (1938); Eve's Daughter (1918); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Finishing School (1934); Footlights Theater (1952); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Forsaking All Others (1934); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943); Girl Trouble (1942); Gloria's Romance (1916); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919); Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (1994); Hi Diddle Diddle (1943); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hullabaloo (1940); In Pursuit of Polly (1918); Inside Edition Weekend (2022); Irene (1940); I've Got a Secret (1954); Let's Get a Divorce (1918); Lights Out (1950); Matinee Theatre (1956); Merrily We Live (1938); My American Wife (1936); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); One Night in Lisbon (1941); Only Yesterday (1933); Our Mutual Girl, No. 4 (1914); Parnell (1937); Peggy (1916); Pepe (1960); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Remember? (1939); Sadie Love (1919); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Sid & Judy (2019); Silly Billy (1948); Small Town Girl (1953); Society Doctor (1935); So's Your Uncle (1943); Splendor (1935); Swing Out, Sister (1945); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Bachelor's Daughters (1946); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Boy from Indiana (1950); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Captain Is a Lady (1940); The Cheaters (1945); The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Education of Elizabeth (1921); The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); The Golden Twenties (1950); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Land of Promise (1917); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Make-Believe Wife (1918); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Misleading Widow (1919); The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917); The Name's the Same (1954); The Project (2024); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The Young in Heart (1938); The Young Philadelphians (1959); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They All Kissed the Bride (1942); This Is Your Life (1952–1957); This Our Life (1942); Three Husbands (1950); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today Tonight (2009); Topper (1937); Topper Returns (1941); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); TV Club (1951); Unit Tapes (2020); Vito (2011); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Wanted: A Husband (1919); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Billie Burke as Glinda, Good Witch of the North (2005); We're Rich Again (1934); What's Cookin' (1942); Where Sinners Meet (1934); You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943); Zenobia (1939); Ziegfeld on Film (2004).

Recommended reading - Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (2012):

Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City

By John Tiech.

Published by The History Press.

Published 2012.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1540207331

ISBN-13: 978-1540207333

Contents: The Genesis of Pittsburgh Film; Pittsburgh Classics; Chilly Billy; Fred Rogers and His Legacy; Night of the Living Legends; The Straggling Seventies; Dawn of the Pittsburgh Film Industry; Diverse Filmmaking; Day of the Dead; Hollywood of the East; Demme God; The Remake; The Pittsburgh Film Office; Five Years of Full Time; The Canadian Effect; Lights! Camera! Life Support!; Perseverance; Pittsburgh Rises.

Description:

Pittsburgh has been part of the film industry since the days of silent film. Yet, it was not until the 1951 classic Angels in the Outfield – set at Forbes Field – that the Steel City had its first major role on the silver screen. Greater Pittsburgh’s film and television industry has since produced everything from the beloved children s program Mister Roger’s Neighborhood to the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. Most recently, Christopher Nolan has chosen to set the conclusion to his Batman trilogy in the city. From the first nickelodeon and “film row” of those early days to the locations and cutting-edge sets of today, local author John Tiech takes a behind-the-scenes tour of Pittsburgh cinema.

Recommended reading - Find a Victim (1954):

Find a Victim

By Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.
Published 1954.

ISBN-10: 0446358924
ISBN-13: 978-0446358927

Description:

The hitchhiker rose to his knees on the side of the dark road. When Archer stopped the car and got to him, he knew he was in for a ride – for this boy was dying of a gunshot wound. In a matter of hours, Archer would be suspected by the law, hired by a target-shooting trucking magnate, and propositioned by an adulterer’s wife. A hijacked load of hootch and a band of sinners are on the loose in the hills and desert around this nice Southern California town. So is this L.A. private eye, who keeps getting blood on his hands…

“[The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brough to its zenith by Macdonald.”

– New York Times Book Review.

A selection of the mysterious book club.

Lisa Scottoline, on books:

Do you know what they call people who hoard books?

Smart.

- Lisa Scottoline.