On this day in movie history - Poltergeist (1982 movie & novel):

Poltergeist

directed by Tobe Hooper,

written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor,

based on a story by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on June 4, 1982.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight, Richard Lawson, Martin Casella, James Karen, Michael McManus, Virginia Kiser, Lou Perryman, Clair E. Leucart, Dirk Blocker, Allan Graf, Joseph Walsh, Helen Baron, Noel Conlon, Robert Broyles, Sonny Landham, Jeffrey Bannister, William Vail, Craig Simmons, Phil Stone, Dana Gendian, Jaimi Gendian, Danny Nero, Paula Paulson.

Recommended reading:

Poltergeist

By James Kahn.

Filmed as Poltergeist (1982), directed by Tobe Hooper.

Mass Market Paperback.

Published by Granada Publishing Ltd.

Published 1982.

ISBN-10: 0583136419

ISBN-13: 978-0583136419

Description:

Based on a Story by Steven Spielberg with a Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor. From the imageless eye of the tv set, from the flickering snowy light, it calls to Carol Anne, six years old and innocent. From beyond the world of the living, it reaches out in unholy anger, ripping her from the arms of her family into the thrall of the Poltergeist.

Born on this day – Zelda Rubinstein:

Zelda Rubinstein

Actress

Human rights activist

May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010