On this day in music history - Moving Through Worlds, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2020):

The album Moving Through Worlds,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on July 7, 2020.

On this day in music history - The Grand Illusion, by Styx (1977):

The album The Grand Illusion,

by Styx,

was released on July 7, 1977.

On this day in movie history - The Last Run (1971):

The Last Run,

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Alan Sharp,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1971.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:
George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, Colleen Dewhurst, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Tarruella, Robert Coleby, Pat Zurica, Rocky Taylor, Robert Rietty.

On this day in movie history - Mirage (1965):

Mirage,

directed by Edward Dmytryk,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel Fallen Angel by Walter Ericson,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:
Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House B. Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover.

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1964):

The Killers,

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gene L. Coon,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O'Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin.

On this day in movie history - The Second Woman (1950):

The Second Woman,

directed by James V. Kern,

written by Mort Briskin and Robert Smith,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1950.
Music by Joseph Nussbaum.

Cast:
Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Morris Carnovsky, Henry O'Neill, Jean Rogers, Raymond Largay, Shirley Ballard, Vici Raaf, Jason Robards, Sr., Steven Geray, Jimmie Dodd, Smokey Whitfield, Cliff Clark.

On this day in movie history - Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950):

Where the Sidewalk Ends,

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Ben Hecht,

based on a story by Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg and Robert E. Kent,

and the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1950.
Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens, Fred Aldrich, Don Appell, Tony Barr, David Bauer, Eddie Borden, Neville Brand.

Born on this day – Yvonne Mitchell:

Yvonne Mitchell

Actress

Writer

July 7, 1915 – March 24, 1979

Credits:

Books:

But Answer Came There None a Novel (date?); But Wednesday Cried (1974); Cathy Away Mitchell Nw 115 (1967); Colette (1975); Colette a Taste for Life (date?); Fables (date?); Martha on Sunday a Novel (date?).

Movies and television:

1984 - BBC Live TV Productions (1954); 1990 (1978); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Appointment with Drama (1955); Armchair Theatre (1956); Armchair Theatre (1956–1968); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1957); Cheri (1973); Children of Chance (1949); Conspiracy of Hearts (1960); Crucible of Horror (1971); Demons of the Mind (1972); Double Bill: Pariah and the Stronger (1958); Escapade (1955); Genghis Khan (1965); Interpol Calling (1959); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1966); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Johnny Nobody (1961); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Let's Imagine (1963); Love on the Dole (1941); Love Story (1965); Nido de viudas (1977); One Pair of Eyes (1970); Out of the Unknown (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Sapphire (1959); Something to Read (1959); Storm Over Jamaica (1958); Suspicion (1972); The Book Programme (1975); The Divided Heart (1954); The Dybbuk (1952); The Great Waltz (1972); The Incredible Sarah (1976); The Infinite Shoeblack (1952); The Jazz Age (1968); The Legend of Robin Hood (1975); The Main Attraction (1962); The Mask (1952); The Queen of Spades (1949); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); This Is Show Business (1954); Thursday Theatre (1964); Tiger Bay (1959); Turn the Key Softly (1953); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957 (1958); Who Said That? (1958); Whose Baby? (1973); Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957); Words and Music (1959); Yield to the Night (1956).

Born on this day – Ruth Ford:

Ruth Ford

Actress

July 7, 1911 – August 12, 2009

Credits:

7254 (1971); Across the Pacific (1942); Act One (1963); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Air Force (1943); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1953); Cameo Theatre (1950); Camera Three (1977); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Circumstantial Evidence (1945); Divide and Conquer (1942); Dragonwyck (1946); Escape from Crime (1942); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); In This Our Life (1942); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Lady Gangster (1942); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marlon Brando Screentest for Rebel Without a Cause (1947); Men of the Sky (1942); Murder in the Big House (1942); Murder on the Waterfront (1943); Musical Comedy Time (1951); Naked City (1962); Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992); Play It As It Lays (1972); Play of the Week (1960); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Requiem for a Nun (1975); Roaring Frontiers (1941); Sanctuary (1961); Secret Enemies (1942); Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941); Sorry, Wrong Number (1946); Star Stage (1955); Star Tonight (1955); Strange Impersonation (1946); Studio One (1949–1953); Suspense (1950–1951); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1951); The Arthur Murray Party (1959); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1965); The Devil's Trail (1942); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Eyes of the Amaryllis (1982); The Gorilla Man (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Man Who Returned to Life (1942); The Tree (1969); Theatre of Romance (1949); Too Much Johnson (1938); Too Scared to Scream (1984); Truck Busters (1943); What's My Line? (1966); Wilson (1944); Woman Who Came Back (1945).

Born on this day – George Cukor:

George Cukor

Director

Producer

July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983

Credits:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); A Double Life (1947); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Star Is Born (1954); A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010); A Woman of Substance: Katharine Hepburn Remembered (2003); A Woman's Face (1941); Adam's Rib (1949); AFI Life Achievement Award (1981); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); American Masters (2000–2004); Anna Karina, souviens-toi (2017); Arena (2012–2016); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Bhowani Junction (1956); Biography (1996–2003); Born Yesterday (1950); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call Me Kate (2023); Camille (1936); Cinéastes de notre temps (1969); Cinema (1968); Cinéma cinémas (1982); David Copperfield (1935); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Den gudomliga: Greta Garbo 50 år (1955); Desire Me (1947); Dinner at Eight (1933); Edward, My Son (1949); Escape (1940); Étoiles et toiles (1983); Eyewitness to History (1962); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Film '72 (1973–1981); Film Night (1970); Film Time (1955); Garbo (1969 / 2005); Gaslight (1944); George Cukor at the National Film Theatre (1981); Girls About Town (1931); Gone with the Wind (1939); Great Performances (1987); Grumpy (1930); Heller in Pink Tights (1960); Her Cardboard Lover (1942); Holiday (1938); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977–1978); Hollywood maudit (2021); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hot Spell (1958); Hour Magazine (1981); I Met My Love Again (1938); I Think I Do (1997); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); It Should Happen to You (1954); Justine (1969); Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Girls (1957); Let's Make Love (1960); Little Women (1933); Love Among the Ruins (1975); Love, Cecil (2017); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lust for Life (1956); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990); MGM Parade (1956); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); My Fair Lady (1964); NET Festival (1970); No More Ladies (1935); On Location with Rich and Famous (1981); One Hour with You (1932); Our Betters (1933); Pat and Mike (1952); Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003); Resistance and Ohm's Law (1943); Rich and Famous (1981); Rockabye (1932); Romeo and Juliet (1936); Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017); Sid & Judy (2019); Sinners in the Sun (1932); Social Security in Action (1958–1968); Something's Got to Give (1962); Song Without End (1960); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); Susan and God (1940); Sylvia Scarlett (1935); Talking Film (1978); Talking Pictures (2016); Tarnished Lady (1931); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Actress (1953); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Blue Bird (1976); The British Greats (1980); The Chapman Report (1962); The Corn Is Green (1979); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The David Susskind Show (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1972 / 1981); The Fairest Fair Lady (1964); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Men Who Made the Movies: George Cukor (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1976); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021); The River of Romance (1929); The RKO Years (1979); The Royal Family of Broadway (1930); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Virtuous Sin (1930); The Women (1939); This Is Your Life (1962); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Two-Faced Woman (1941); W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Wild Is the Wind (1957); Winged Victory (1944); Zaza (1938).

Recommended reading - Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze (2000):

Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze (2000).
by Thomas Allen Nelson.

New and Expanded Edition.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0253213908
ISBN-13: 978-0253213907

Description:

Stanley Kubrick ranks among the most important American film makers of his generation, but his work is often misunderstood because it is widely diverse in subject matter and seems to lack thematic and tonal consistency. Thomas Nelson's perceptive and comprehensive study of Kubrick rescues him from the hostility of auteurist critics and discovers the roots of a Kubrickian aesthetic, which Nelson defines as the "aesthetics of contingency." After analyzing how this aesthetic develops and manifests itself in the early works, Nelson devotes individual chapters to Lolita, Dr. Stangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining. For this expanded edition, Nelson has added chapters on Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut, and, in the wake of the director's death, reconsidered his body of work as a whole. By placing Kubrick in a historical and theoretical context, this study is a reliable guide into – and out of – Stanley Kubrick's cinematic maze.

Lauren Oliver, on books:

But ... books are so much more.

Some of them are webs; you can feel your way along their threads, but just barely, into strange and dark corners.

Some of them are balloons bobbing up through the sky: totally self-contained, and unreachable, but beautiful to watch.

And some of them – the best ones – are doors.

– Lauren Oliver.