On this day in movie history - The Banana Splits Movie (2019):

The Banana Splits Movie,

directed by Danishka Esterhazy,

written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas,

based on The Banana Splits by Hanna-Barbera Productions,

was released at the San Diego Comic-Con International in the United States on July 18, 2019.
Music by Patrick Stump.

Cast:
Dani Kind, Steve Lund, Celina Martin, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Sara Canning, Romeo Carere, Maria Nash, Naledi Majola, Richard White, Kiroshan Naidoo, Keeno Lee Hector, Lia Sachs, Lionel Newton, Daniel Fox, Vash Singh, Nicky Rebelo, Liza Scholtz, Jenna Saras, Eric Bauza, Terry Sauls, Brandon Vraagom, Kori Clarke, Buntu Plam, Matthew Jander, Liam Williams, Bethany Jander, Grace Li, Marlene Trimborn-De Kock, Joshua Kalambay, Temoso Mogotsi, Lily Spangenberg.

On this day in movie history - Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006):

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light,

documentary directed by Gary Leva,

was released in the United States on July 18, 2006.

Cast:

John Alton, Drew Casper, Roger Deakins, John Debney, Edward Dmytryk, James Ellroy, Glenn Erickson, William Goldman, Jane Greer, Haden Guest, Patricia King Hanson, Brian Helgeland, Peter Honess, Rick Jewell, Janusz Kaminski, Eric Lax, Carol Littleton, Michael Madsen, Christopher McQuarrie, Frank Miller, Eddie Muller, Kim Newman, Christopher Nolan, John Ottman, Nicholas Pileggi, Sydney Pollack, André Previn, Graeme Revell, Henry Rollins, Theresa Russell, Paul Schrader, Talia Shire, Newton Thomas Sigel, Alain Silver, Audrey Totter, James Ursini, Gordon Willis, Lili Fini Zanuck.

On this day in movie history - Aliens (1986):

Aliens,

directed and written by James Cameron,

based on a story by James Cameron, David Giler and Walter Hill,

was released in the United States on July 18, 1986.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Dale Scott, Tip Tipping, Trevor Steedman, Paul Maxwell, Valerie Colgan, Alan Polonsky, Alibe Parsons, Blain Fairman, Barbara Coles, Carl Toop, John Lees, William Armstrong, Jay Benedict, Holly De Jong, Jill Goldston, Christopher Henn, Elizabeth Inglis, Mac McDonald, Stuart Milligan, Eddie Powell, Bob Sherman, Chris Webb, Tom Woodruff Jr.

Born on this day – Brigitte Skay:

Brigitte Skay

Actress

July 18, 1940 – November 19, 2012

Born on this day – Hunter S. Thompson:

Hunter S. Thompson

Writer

July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005

Credits:

Books:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971); Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973); Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone (2009); The Proud Highway (1997); Fear and Loathing in America (2000); The Mutineer (2012); The Great Shark Hunt (1979); Generation of Swine (1988); Songs of the Doomed (1990); Better Than Sex (1994); The Gonzo Papers Anthology (2007); Gonzo: An Oral History (2007); Ancient Gonzo Wisdom (with Anita Thompson) (2009); The Rum Diary (1998); Screwjack (2000); Hell's Angels (1966); The Curse of Lono (1983); Kingdom of Fear (2003); Hey Rube (2004); Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson (2005); Exquisite Corpse Annual, No. 2, 2010 (2010).

Movies and television:

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021); 90 Minutes Live (1977); Adrenochrome (2017); American Masters (2006); Anderson Cooper 360° (2015); Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2 (2010); Anthem (1997); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006); Charlie Rose (1997–2003); Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream (2005); Culture Prophet – Hustler (2009); Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022); Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2023); ESPN 25: Who's #1? (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2003); Fear & Loathing Through the Camera Lens (2012); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Final 24 (2006); For No Good Reason (2012); Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb (2020); Free Lisl! (2007); Fuck (2005); Gonzo (2008); High There (2014); History's Mysteries (1998); Hunter Goes to Hollywood (2003); Hunter S. Thompson talks about Hells Angels (1967); In Search of History (1999); In the Blink of an Eye (2005); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997–2009); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988); Late Show with David Letterman (1998); Muhammad Ali (2021); Nash Bridges (1996–2001); Nexus Vegas (2013); Omnibus (1978); Origins of High Times Magazine (2024); Outlaw Poet: The Legend of Ron Whitehead (2020); Outside Providence (1999); Road to Hunter (2006); Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021); Some Jerk with a Camera (2011); Stuntmen (2009); The Beat with Ari Melber (2022); The Crazy Never Die (1988); The Curse of Blanchard Hill (2006); The Libertine (2004); The Rum Diary (2011); The South Bank Show (1994); The Theta Girl (2017); The War Room (1993); The Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (1999); This Week (1970); To Tell the Truth (1967); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973); Tripping (1999); TVTV Meets Rolling Stone (1973); TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018); Vanity Fair Confidential (2015); enus Blue (1998); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980); Woman Found Dead in Elevator (2000).

Born on this day – Robert Ellis Miller:

Robert Ellis Miller

Director

July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017

Born on this day – Margaret Laurence:

Margaret Laurence

Writer

July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987

Credits:

A Bird in the House (1974); A Jest of God (1966); A Tree for Poverty (1954); A Very Large Soul (1995); An International Christmas: Seasonal Stories and Poems from Canada and Around the World (2004); Christmas Birthday Story (1980); Dance on the Earth (1989); Embryo Words (1997); Happy Families (1958); Heart of a Stranger (1976); Intimate Strangers: The Letters of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy (2004); Jason's Quest (1970); Long Drums and Cannons (1968); New Wind in a Dry Land (1963); Now I Lay Me Down (1968); Recognition and Revelation (2020); Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman (1997); The Diviners (1974); The Fire-Dwellers (1969); The Olden Days Coat (1979); The Prophet's Camel Bell (1963); The Stone Angel (1964); The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963); This Side Jordan (1960); Winter's Tales 15 (1969).

Movies and television:

A Bird in the House (1973); A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence (1985); Canada Vignettes: The Novelist (1978); Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka (1978); Mask of the Bear (1988); Our Kinda Talk: An Introduction to Margaret Laurence (1978); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Speaking Our Peace (1985); Stacey (1978); Telescope (1966); The Diviners (1993); The Olden Days Coat (1981); The Stone Angel (2007); To See Ourselves (1972); To Set Our House in Order (1985); View from the Typewriter (1993).

Born on this day – Irene Winston:

Irene Winston

Actress

July 18, 1916 – September 1, 1964

Credits:

Bury Me Dead (1947); Carrie (1952); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cheyenne (1961); Dear Brat (1951); Dr. Kildare (1963–1964); Gang Busters (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Maverick (1961–1962); My Son John (1952); Passport to Danger (1956); Rear Window (1954); Rheingold Theatre (1956); The Bigelow Theatre (1950); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Silver Theatre (1950); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Valentine's Day (1964).

Born on this day – Phyllis Brooks:

Phyllis Brooks

Actress

July 18, 1915 – August 1, 1995

Credits:

Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Another Face (1935); Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); City Girl (1938); Dangerous Passage (1944); Dangerously Yours (1937); Follow the Fleet (1936); Foolish Hearts (1935); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); High Powered (1945); In Old Chicago (1938); I've Been Around (1935); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lady Tubbs (1935); Little Miss Broadway (1938); Lucky to Me (1939); McFadden's Flats (1935); No Place for a Lady (1943); One Exciting Adventure (1934); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (1938); Silver Spurs (1943); Slightly Honorable (1939); Straight Place and Show (1938); Strange Wives (1934); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); Suspense (1952); The Flying Squad (1940); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); The Unseen (1945); To Beat the Band (1935); Up the River (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Wilson (1944); You Can't Have Everything (1937).

Born on this day – Harriet Nelson:

Harriet Nelson

Actress

July 18, 1909 – October 2, 1994

Credits:

A Christmas for Boomer (1979); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Aloha Paradise (1981); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (1998); Bridget Loves Bernie (1973); Canal Zone (1942); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Dinah! (1976–1977); Disneyland '59 (1959); Fantasy Island (1978); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987); Follow the Fleet (1936); Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet (2005); Gals, Incorporated (1943); Glitter (1985); Happy Days (1982); Harem Scarem (1932); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Hi, Buddy (1943); Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944); High School U.S.A. (1984); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Honeymoon Lodge (1943); It's Your Bet (1970); Juke Box Jenny (1942); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Unmarriage; Love and the Only Child; Love and Take Me Along (1969–1973); Musical Justice (1931); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); NBC Special Treat (1977); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night Gallery / Segment: You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan (1972); Once an Eagle (1976); Our World (1987); Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra (1943); Ozzie's Girls (1973); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Pioneers of Television (2014); Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers (1987); Ricky Nelson & Fats Domino: Live at the Universal Amphitheatre (1985); Ricky Nelson Sings (2005); Rockin' Ricky (2023); Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on a Sunday Afternoon (1952); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Stu's Show (2021); Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts (1986); Sweetheart of the Campus (1941); Swingtime Johnny (1943); Take It Big (1944); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953–1962); The Andy Williams Show (1971); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Campus Mystery (1932); The David Frost Show (1969); The Falcon Strikes Back (1943); The First Time (1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983); The Life of the Party (1937); The Love Boat (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1973); The Red Skelton Hour (1967 / 1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1973); This Is Your Life (1953); Time Out for Dad (1987); Uncle Tom (2020); What's My Line? (1956 / 1973).

Born on this day – Lupe Vélez:

Lupe Vélez

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944

Credits:

Arena (1991); Death Scenes (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); East Is West (1930); Ernesto Alonso: Estrella de estrellas (2007); Fashion News (1930); Gypsy Melody (1936); He Loved an Actress (1938); Hell Harbor (1930); High Flyers (1937); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood Party (1934); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hombres de mi vida (1932); Honolulu Lu (1941); Hot Pepper (1933); Kongo (1932); La zandunga (1938); Ladies' Day (1943); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Laughing Boy (1934); Los que hicieron nuestro cine (1983–1985); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942); Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943); Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942); Mr. Broadway (1933); Naná (1944); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Palooka (1934); Perdida (2009); Playmates (1941); Recordar es vivir (1941); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Resurrección / Resurrection (1931); Sailors, Beware! (1927); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Stand and Deliver (1928); Strictly Dynamite (1934); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Broken Wing (1932); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Casting Couch (1995); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Gaucho (1927); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Morals of Marcus (1935); The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004); The Squaw Man (1931); The Storm (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 / Second Series (1932); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); What Women Did for Me (1927); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Where East Is East (1929); Wolf Song (1929).

Born on this day – William Makepeace Thackeray:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Writer

Illustrator

July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863

Credits:

Books:

A Cairo Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Travel Writing (2013); A Little Dinner at Timmin's (2001); A Shabby Genteel Story (1985); Ballads (1855); Burlesques (1856); Catherine (1840); Christmas Books (1868); Contributions to the Morning Chronicle (1955); Cox's Diary (2004); Denis Duval (1864); Doctor Birch and His Young Friends (2004); Early and Late Papers (2019); Eastern Sketches (1846); Echoes Of Terror (1980); Essays on Goldsmith by Scott, Macaulay, and Thackeray, and Selections From his Writings (2016); George Cruikshank (1840); Jeames's Diary (2016); Legend of the Rhine (1845); Letters to an American Family (2003); Little Travels and Roadside Sketches (1879); London Stories (2013); Loose Sketches (2007); Lovel the Widower (2018); Men's Wives (1852); Miscellanies (2015); Mr. Brown's Letters to a Young Man about Town (2002); Mrs. Perkins's Ball (2004); Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo (1846); Novels By Eminent Hands (2004); Our Street (1848); Reading a Poem (2015); Rebecca and Rowena (1850); Roundabout Papers (1863); Selected Letters Of William Makepeace Thackeray (1996); Sketches and Travels in London (2018); Some Roundabout Papers (1863); Stories of Comedy (2017); Sulton Stork (1887); Thackerayana (1970); The Adventures of Philip (1862); The Awful History of Bluebeard (2019); The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (1856); The Book of Snobs (1848); The Bridgerthonian Novels (2022); The English Humorists Of The Eighteenth Century (2019); The English Humourists (1861); The Fatal Boots (2001); The Fitz-Boodle Papers (1842); The Four Georges (2019); The Great Hoggarty Diamond (1848); The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance (2023); The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin (1984); The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852); The History of Pendennis (1848); The History of Samuel Titmarsh (2017); The Hitherto Unpublished Contributions of W.M. Thackeray to Punch (1971); The Irish Sketch-Book (1843); The Letters And Private Papers Of William Makepeace Thackeray (1980); The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories (1909); The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844); The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush (1837); The Newcomes (1855); The Notch On The Ax (2004); The Paris Sketch Book (1840); The Rose and the Ring (1855); The Second Funeral of Napoleon (1841); The Story of Mary Ancel (1840); The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan (1855); The Virginians (1859); Vanity Fair (1847).

Movies and television:

Aus dem Bücherschrank geholt (1962); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950); Becky Sharp (1935); CBS Television Workshop (1952); De broodwinning van Frederic Altamont (1962); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Hora once (1971); Jackanory (1975); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); La feria de las vanidades (1975); La fiera della vanità (1967); Novela (1963); One Woman's Story (1953); Pendennis (1916); Pierscien i róza (1987); Poetry fugacious (2019); Ruze a prsten (1971); Secrets from the Asylum (2014); Television Theater (1956); Tense Moments with Great Authors / Segment: Vanity Fair (1922); The Rose and the Ring (1953 / 1979); Vanity Fair (1911 / 1915 / 1922 / 1923 / 1932 / 1961 / 1967 / 1976 / 1987 / 1998 / 2004 / 2018); Vanity Fair / TV Series (1956–1957); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Lucy Maud Montgomery, on writing:

You have the itch for writing born in you.

It's quite incurable.

What are you going to do with it?

- Lucy Maud Montgomery.