Showing posts with label January 26. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 26. Show all posts

Friday, January 26, 2024

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: The Scandal Rags (2011):


James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons
Documentary.
Season 1.
Episode 2.
Episode entitled: The Scandal Rags.
Released: January 26, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:
James Ellroy, Jennifer Baute, Samuel Garza Bernstein, Cheryl Crane, Jarred Kjack, Phil LaMarr, Jerry Penacoli, Henry Scott, Lana Turner, Mike Walker.

On this day in movie history - Sliding Doors (1998):



Sliding Doors,
directed and written by Peter Howitt,
was released in the United States on January 26, 1998.
Music by David Hirschfelder.


Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran, Paul Brightwell, Nina Young, Virginia McKenna, Kevin McNally, Terry English, Paul Stacey, Peter Howitt, Joanna Roth, Neil Stuke, Theresa Kartell, Evelyn Duah, Linda Broughton, Charlotte Fryer, Pip Miller, Christopher Villiers, Merryn Jones, Ella Jones, Julie McDowell, David Burrows-Sutcliffe, Carlton Jarvis, Jeremy Caleb Johnson, Barry Lee-Thomas, Tim Packham, Alexander Reid, Vivienne Soan.

On this day in movie history - Cecilia Bartoli: A Portrait (1992):


Cecilia Bartoli: A Portrait
,
a documentary directed by David Thomas and Les Young,
was released on January 26, 1992.

On this day in music history - Kids in America, by Kim Wilde (1981):

The song Kids in America,
by Kim Wilde,
was released on January 26, 1981.

On this day in movie history - The Hot Rock (1972):


The Hot Rock,
directed by Peter Yates,
written by William Goldman,
based on the novel by Donald E. Westlake,
was released in the United States on January 26, 1972.
Music by Quincy Jones.


Cast:
Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel, William Redfield, Topo Swope, Christopher Guest, Graham Jarvis, Lynne Gordon, Charlotte Rae, Harry Bellaver.

On this day in music history - Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon & Garfunkel (1970):

The album Bridge Over Troubled Water,
by Simon & Garfunkel,
was released on January 26, 1970.

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.

Born on this day – Eddie Van Halen:


Eddie Van Halen

Musician

Songwriter

January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020

Born on this day – Brian Garfield:


Brian Garfield

Writer

Historian

January 26, 1939 – December 29, 2018

Credits:

A Badge for a Badman (1967); Apache Canyon (1963); Arizona (1968); Arizona Rider (1962); Big Country, Big Men (1969); Brand of the Gun (1968); Bugle and the Spur (1966); Call Me Hazard (1966); Checkpoint Charlie (1981); Complete Guide to Western Films (1980); Danger Money / Romanov Succession / Horn of Roland (1974); Death Sentence (1975); Death Wish (1972); Deep Cover (1972); Devil's Butte / Badge for a Badman (1967); Dragoon Pass (1963); Etruscan Smile / Slippery Step / Recoil (1976); Fear in a Handful of Dust (aka Fear) (1978); Gangway (1973); Gundown (1969); High Storm (1963); Hopscotch (1975); Hopscotch: Screenplay (1979); Justice at Spanish Flat (aka Range Justice) (1960); Kolchak's Gold (1973); Line Of Succession (1972); Lynch Law Canyon (1965); Manifest Destiny (1989); Massacre Basin (1961); Mr. Sixgun (1964); Necessity (1984); Rails West (1964); Recoil (1977); Relentless (1972); Rio Chama (1967); Rio Concho (1964); Savage Guns (1968); Seven Brave Men (1962); Shotgun Settlement (1969); Sliphammer (1970); Suspended Sentences (2012); Sweeny's Honor (1971); Target Manhattan (1975); The Arizonans (1961); The Big Snow (1962); The Bravos (1966); The Crime of My Life (1984); The Hit (1970); The Hit and The Marksman (2003); The Last Bridge (1966); The Last Hard Men (aka Gun Down) (1971); The Last Outlaw (1964); The Lawbringers (1962); The Lusty Breed (1966); The Marchand Woman (1979); The Meinertzhagen Mystery (2007); The Night It Rained Bullets (1965); The Paladin (1980); The Proud Riders (1967); The Rimfire Murders (1962); The Romanov Succession (1974); The Thousand Mile War (1969); The Threepersons Hunt (1974); The Vanquished (1964); The Villiers Touch (1970); The Wolf Pack (1966); Trail Drive (1962); Tripwire (1973); Valley of the Shadow (1970); Vultures in the Sun (1963); Western Films (1988); What of Terry Conniston? (1971); Wild Times (1978).

Born on this day – Roger Vadim:


Roger Vadim

Writer

Director

Producer

Artist

Actor

January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000

Born on this day – William Redfield:


William Redfield

Actor

Writer

January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976

Credits:

Mr. Billion (1977); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Medical Center (1976); The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1976); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Maude (1972–1975); Fear on Trial (1975); Death Wish (1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); The Odd Couple (1974); The Hot Rock (1972); Such Good Friends (1971); A New Leaf (1971); Dragon Country (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); Companions in Nightmare (1968); Androcles and the Lion (1967); All Woman (1967); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Duel at Diablo (1966); Bewitched (1965); Morituri (1965); Instant Love (1964); The Defenders (1963–1964); Mr. Broadway (1964); Hamlet (1964); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Naked City (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); The Connection (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Encounter (1960); The Comedy Spot (1960); Wrangler (1960); Deadline (1960); General Electric Theater (1959); Startime (1959); Kitty Foyle (1958); Colgate Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); I Married a Woman (1958); True Story (1957); Modern Romances (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1954–1957); Studio One (1956–1957); The Big Story (1951–1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); Omnibus (1957); The Proud and Profane (1956); As the World Turns (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1955); Mr. Citizen (1955); Conquest of Space (1955); Justice (1954–1955); The Elgin Hour (1954–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Marriage (1954); Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953); Family Affair (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Lights Out (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Suspense (1950–1952); Mr. District Attorney (1952); The Web (1951–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Hands of Mystery (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); Kraft Theatre (1949); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Back Door to Heaven (1939).

Born on this day – Paul Newman:


Paul Newman

Actor

Director

January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008


Credits:

The Meerkats (2008); Mater and the Ghostlight (2006); Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2006); Cars (2006); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Empire Falls (2005); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Our Town (2003); Road to Perdition (2002); The Simpsons (1989); Where the Money Is (2000); Message in a Bottle (1999); Twilight (1998); Nobody's Fool (1994); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Blaze (1989); Fat Man and Little Boy (aka Shadow Makers) (1989); The Color of Money (1986); Harry & Son (1984); The Verdict (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Absence of Malice (1981); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Quintet (1979); Slap Shot (1977); Two by Dove (1976); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Silent Movie (1976); The Drowning Pool (1975); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Sting (1973); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); WUSA (1970); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Winning (1969); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Hombre (1967); Torn Curtain (1966); Harper (aka The Moving Target) (1966); Lady L (1965); The Outrage (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Prize (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Hud (1963); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962); The Hustler (1961); Paris Blues (1961); Exodus (1960); From the Terrace (1960); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90 (1958); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); The Rack (1956); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); Appointment with Adventure (1955); The Silver Chalice (1954); Danger (1954); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); The Mask (1954); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); The Web (1950); You Are There (1953); Suspense (1949); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Aldrich Family (1952-1953).