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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Born on this day – Sidney Lumet:


Sidney Lumet


Director

Producer

Writer

June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011

Credits:

12 Angry Men (1957); 50 Years of Action! (1986); 100 Centre Street (2001–2002); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Stranger Among Us (1992); A View from the Bridge (1962); AFI Life Achievement Award (2007); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); All the King's Men (1958); American Experience (2006); American Masters (2003–2017); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (1977); Based on a True Story (2004); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Beyond the Time Barrier (1960); Biography (1999–2003); Blue Code of Silence (2020); By Sidney Lumet (2015); Bye Bye Braverman (1968); Camera Three (1962); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Charlie Rose (1995–2007); Child's Play (1972); Cinema (1967); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinema mil (2005); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Critical Care (1997); Cronkite Remembers (1997); Danger (1951–1953); Daniel (1983); De película (1987); Deathtrap (1982); Días de cine (2011); Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (2006); 'Dog Day Afternoon': Casting the Controversy (2006); 'Dog Day Afternoon': Recreating the Facts (2006); Equus (1977); Fail Safe (1964); Family Business (1989); Film '72 (1973–1987); Find Me Guilty (2006); Finding Eleazar (2004); FOLCS Conversations (2006); Fonda on Fonda (1992); Frontier (1955); Funny (1988); Garbo Talks (1984); Gloria (1999); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1956); Guilty as Sin (1993); Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); In Her Skin (2009); Inside 'Serpico' (2002); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); John Brown's Raid (1960); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Journey to Jerusalem (1941); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1959); Le 100 Centre Street De Sidney Lumet (2002); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962); Lovin' Molly (1974); Lumet on Lumet (2011); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); Making 'Murder on the Orient Express' (2004); Mama (1954); Messengers (2004); Milestones in Cinema History: The Verdict (2007); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Broadway (1957); Mr. Broadway (1957); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Network (1976); 'Network': Mad as Hell - The Creation of a Movie Moment (2006); 'Network': The Cast, the Characters (2006); 'Network': The Experience (2006); 'Network': The Style (2006); 'Network': The World and Words of Paddy Chayefsky (2006); New York at the Movies (2002); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1954–1957); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Papirossen (1936); Party Girl (1995); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Power (1986); Prince of the City (1981); Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007); Private Screenings (2005); Private Screenings (2014); Producers' Showcase (1957); Q&A (1990); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel, quand du seigneur (2004); Release (1968); Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000); Running on Empty (1988); Sean Connery Close Up (1997); Sean Connery: A BAFTA Tribute (1990); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Serpico (1973); 'Serpico': Favorite Moments (2002); 'Serpico': From Real to Reel (2002); Sidney Lumet: I Love New York (1987); Spécial cinéma (1983); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003); Stage Struck (1958); Star Stage (1955); Strip Search (2004); Studio One (1957); Sunday Showcase (1960); TCM Remembers (2011); That Kind of Woman (1959); The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007); The 400 Million (1939); The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Anderson Tapes (1971); The Annual ACLU Tribute: A Salute to Sidney Lumet (1985); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Appointment (1969); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The British Greats (1980); The Challenge (1955); The Deadly Affair (1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1995); The Directors (1999); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1958); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fugitive Kind (1960); The Group (1966); The Hill (1965); The Iceman Cometh (1960); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1997); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970); The Making of 'the Verdict' (1982); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Manchurian Candidate: Political Pundits (2004); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Morning After (1986); The Offence (1973); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Pawnbroker (1964); The Sea Gull (1968); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Station Agent (2003); The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965); The Tramp and the Dictator (2002); The Verdict (1982); The Verdict: Paul Newman - The Craft of Acting (2007); The Verdict: Sidney Lumet - The Craft of Directing (2007); The Wiz (1978); This Is Your Life (1990); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); What Is Cinema? (2013); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Wiz on Down the Road (1978); You Are There (1953–1955).

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Born on this day – Adrienne Shelly:


Adrienne Shelly


Actress

Director

Writer

June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006

Credits:

Adrienne (2021); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Dead Dog (2001); Disc-Functional (2011); Downtown Film Fest (2006); Early Edition (1997); Factotum (2005); Four Tales of Two Cities / Urban Legend (1996); Grind (1997); Hexed (1993); Hexed: Featurette (1993); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); Kalamazoo (1994); Law & Order (2000); Like Plastic (2013); Lois Lives a Little (1997); Lonely in America (1990); Opera No. 1 (1994); Oz (1998); Pretty (2011); Revolution #9 (2001); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Serious Moonlight (2009); Sleep with Me (1994); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spin (2011); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001); The Regulars (1997); The Road Killers (1994); The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000); The Unbelievable Truth (1989); The Vibrator (2007); Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004); Trust (1990); Urban Legend (1994); Waitress (2007); Waitress: The Musical (2023); Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008); Why Am I in a Box? (2010); Wrestling with Alligators (1998).

Born on this day – Claude Chabrol:


Claude Chabrol

Director

June 24, 1930 – September 12, 2010

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Born on this day – Tony Scott:


Tony Scott

Director

Producer

Actor

Writer

June 21, 1944 – August 19, 2012

Born on this day – Ron Ely:


Ron Ely


Actor

Writer

Director

June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Night Shadows (1994); East Beach (1995).


Night Shadows

By Ron Ely.

Published by Simon & Schuster.
First published 1994.
ISBN-10: 1451613687
ISBN-13: 9781451613681

Description:

Retreating to Santa Barbara to recover from his tragic past, Jake Sands walks away from the murdered body he accidentally finds, until he meets the victim's beautiful widow.


East Beach

By Ron Ely.

Published by Simon & Schuster.
First published 1995.
ISBN-10: 1451613679
ISBN-13: 9781451613674

Description:

In the sequel to Night Shadows, Jake Sands, the fortysomething retiree from the high-action life, reluctantly takes on the ruthless king of the beach after his favorite waitress is found murdered.

Movies and television:

60th Annual Miss America Pageant (1980); Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God (1972); Biography (1996); Blacke's Magic (1986); Celebrity Tennis (1974); Cry of the Black Wolves (1972); Die Rudi Carrell Show (1971); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Expecting Amish (2014); Face the Music (1980–1981); Fantasy Island (1979–1984); Father Knows Best (1959); Hawkeye (1994); Hotel (1983); How to Marry a Millionaire (1959); In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross (1998); Ironside (1971); John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (1997); L.A. Law (1993); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Marker (1995); Matt Houston (1983); Maury (1993); MitGift (1976); Once Before I Die (1966); Playhouse 90 (1959); Renegade (1993–1996); Sea Hunt (1987–1988); Sheena (2001); Slavers (1977); South Pacific (1958); Stars in der Manege (1972); Steve Canyon (1959); Superboy (1991); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tarzán (1992); Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army (1968); Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971); Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (1996); Tarzan, aux sources du mythe (2017); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967); The Aquanauts (1961); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Hat Squad (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1975); The Millionaire (1959); The Night of the Grizzly (1966); The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959); The Seal (1981); The Steve Allen Show (1968); Thriller (1962); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Vicki! (1992); Whatever Happened To? (2010); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – Françoise Sagan:


Françoise Sagan


Writer

Actress

Director

June 21, 1935 – September 24, 2004

Credits:

Books:

A Certain Smile (1956); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); A Fleeting Sorrow (1995); A Reluctant Hero (1987); Aimez-vous Brahms (1957); Bonjour Tristesse (1954); Bonjour Tristesse / Certain Smile (1958); Chateau en Suede (1963); Chien Couchant (1986); Dear Sarah Bernhardt (1988); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Evasion (1993); Heart-keeper (1968); Incidental Music (1983); La Chamade (1966); Le Chien Couchant (1985); Lost Profile (1974); Night Bird (1980); Painting in Blood (1988); Reponses (1974); Salad Days (1984); Scars on the Soul (1974); Silken Eyes (1977); Still Storm (1984); Sunlight on Cold Water (1971); The Eiffel Tower (1989); The Gigolo (2018); The Leash (1991); The Painted Lady (1983); The Unmade Bed (1978); The Wonderful Clouds (1960); Those Without Shadows (1957); With Fondest Regards (1985).

Movies and television:

30 millions d'amis (1979–1987); A Certain Smile (1958); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Night at the Opera (2020); À vos amours (1992); Apostrophes (1976–1987); Aux arts et cætera (2023); Bains de minuit (1988); Bluebeard (1963); Boîte aux lettres (1984–1987); Bonheur, impair et passe (1977); Bonjour Sagan (2022); Bonjour Tristesse (1958 / 2024); Bonjour tristesse (1965 / 1995); Bouillon de culture (1993–1998); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2002); Castle in Sweden (2008); C'est à lire (1987); Chassé-croisé (1982); Château en Suède (1964); Cherchez l'idole (1964); Chroniques de France / Segment: Françoise Sagan (1969); Ciné regards (1981); Cinéma (1968); Cinq colonnes à la une (1959–1960); Clive James' Postcard from... (1989); Das ohnmächtige Pferd (1975); De soleil et d'azur (1966); Desproges est vivant (1998); Dim Dam Dom (1965–1969); Effraction (1986); Ein Schloß in Schweden (1967); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Encore un hiver (1979); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Ex Libris (1989–1996); Fan des années 70 (2011); Goodbye Again (1961); Grand Amphi (1971); Grande Teatro Tupi (1958–1960); Heartbeat (1968); Het gekroonde paard (1976); In einem Monat, in einem Jahr (1969); Jaaroverzicht (1962); Jetset in den Sixties - Das süße Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Johnny Hallyday: Quelques cris (Live) (2000); Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise (2012); La femme fardée (1990); La nuit des Molières (1987); La robe mauve de Valentine (1969); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le cheval évanoui (1976); Le coup du sort (1997); Le deuxième couteau (1985); Le Musée imaginaire (1972); Le petit rapporteur (1975); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1977); Lectures pour tous (1959–1968); Les Absents ont toujours tort (1991); Les Borgia ou le sang doré (1977); Les Chutes de Saint-Marcellin (Carnet Filmé: 31 juillet 2004 - 25 août 2005) (2005); Les faux-fuyants (2000); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les fougères bleues (1977); Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019); Les Nuits de France Culture (2016–2020); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); L'excès contraire (1988); L'homme en question (1976); L'invité du dimanche (1970); L'invité du jeudi (1978); Love Play (1961); Machinations (1995); Musicolor (1969); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2010); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–1996); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (1998); Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Ouvrez les guillemets (1974); Permission de minuit (1987); Portrait souvenir (1960–1964); Pour le plaisir (1967); Qu'avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1990); Rembob'Ina (2019–2023); Renaud: Les mots (2016); Teledrama (1956); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Top à... (1972); Trente-Six Chandelles (1958); Un jour, un destin (2013); Un orage immobile (1995); Un siècle d'écrivains (1996); Vadim Mister Cool (2016); Vivement dimanche (2007).

Friday, June 19, 2026

Born on this day – Marc Rocco:


Marc Rocco


Director

June 19, 1962 - May 1, 2009

Credits:

Take (2007); The Jacket (2005); Murder in the First (1995); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); Where the Day Takes You (1992); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Scenes from the Goldmine (1987); Water (1997); Wild Riders (1971).

Born on this day – Barry Caldwell:


Barry Caldwell


Artist

Animator

Director

June 19, 1957 – March 28, 2026

Credits:

3-2-1 Penguins! (2007–2008); A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002); A Chipmunk Reunion (1985); A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983–1990); Animaniacs (1993–1998); Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (1999); Baby Looney Tunes (2005); Blackstar (1981); Blondie & Dagwood (1987); Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998); Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989); Class of 3000 (2007); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2002–2003); Curious George (2006); Disney Jr.'s Ariel (2024); Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007); DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014); Duck Dodgers (2005); Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1980); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983); Hero 108 (2012); Histeria! (1998); Hop (2011); I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special (1984); Kim Possible (2003–2004); Make Way for Noddy (2002–2003); Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015); Mulan II (2004); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); Osmosis Jones (2001); Ozzy & Drix (2002–2003); Pandamonium (1982); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998); Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988); Punky Brewster (1985–1986); Quack Pack (1996); Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2022); Rose Petal Place (1984); Rose Petal Place: Real Friends (1985); Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–1984); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Completely Bananas: The Magilla Gorilla Story (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Monster Rock: The Adventures of Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Good, the Bad & The El Kabong (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Herculoids: First Family of Planet Quasar (2009); Saturday Supercade (1983); Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001); Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999); Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012); Sherm! (2006); Special Agent Oso (2009); Static Shock (2003); The 7D (2014–2016); The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006); The Charmkins (1983); The Gary Coleman Show (1982); The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009); The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–1982); The Lionhearts (1998); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The New Adventures of Zorro (1981); The Night B4 Christmas (2003); The Pink Panther (1993); The Simpsons (1990); The Smurfs (1988); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Tigger Movie (2000); The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982); Tiana: Following Each Frog! (2009); Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009); Tiny Toon Adventures (1989–1992); Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992); Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994); Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011); Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Yo Yogi! (1991–1992).

Born on this day – Martin Gabel:


Martin Gabel


Actor

Director

Producer

June 19, 1911 – May 22, 1986

Credits:

5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Cain's Hundred (1961); Chronicle (1963); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); Divorce American Style (1967); Fourteen Hours (1951); General Electric Theater (1962); Get the Message (1964); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Harvey (1972); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); He Said, She Said (1970); Hollywood Screen Test (1952); Jungle Terror (1949); Lady in Cement (1968); Lights Out (1951); Lord Love a Duck (1966); M (1951); Marnie (1964); Naked City (1962); Omnibus / Segments: Mr. Lincoln / Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge (1952–1955); Password (1962); Pictura (1951); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959); Profiles in Courage (1965); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974); Startime (1960); Tarzan (1967); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The American Dreadnought (1968); The Americans (1961); The Comeback Story (1954); The Crimebusters (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Front Page (1974); The Game Show Show (2023); The James Dean Story (1957); The Lost Moment (1947); The Making of a President: 1964 (1966); The Making of the President 1960 (1963); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Power and the Glory (1961); The Right Man (1960); The Thief (1952); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); To Tell the Truth (1957–1963); Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait (1961); What's My Line? (1956–1967).

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Born on this day – Kelly Curtis:


Kelly Curtis


Actress

Director

June 17, 1956 – May 30, 2026

Credits:

Biography (2001–2003); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Checkpoint (1987); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Curling in Stanley (2019); Ex-Cop (1993); False Arrest (1991); Freaky Friday (2003); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Hollywood Greats (2002); Hunter (1991); Judging Amy (1999); June (1998); Kojak: Ariana (1989); LateLine (1999); Magic Sticks (1987); Marby Jets Are Go (2018); Mixed Blessings (1998); Search and Rescue (1994); Silk Stalkings (1992); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Thanksgiving Day (1990); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 24th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1999); The Equalizer (1986–1988); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Renegades (1983); The Sect (1991); The Sentinel (1996); The Vikings (1958); Trading Places (1983); You Again (2010).

Born on this day – Keith Larsen:


Keith Larsen


Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

June 17, 1924 – December 13, 2006

Credits:

Apache Warrior (1957); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Aru heishi no kake (1970); Badlands of Montana (1957); Brave Eagle (1955–1956); Caxambu! (1971); Chief Crazy Horse (1955); Desert Sands (1955); Dial Red O (1955); Flat Top (1952); Flying Leathernecks (1951); Fort Vengeance (1953); Frontier Rangers (1959); Fury River (1961); General Electric Theater (1957); Hiawatha (1952); I'll Bet (1965); Last of the Badmen (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956–1957); Men Into Space (1959); Mission Batangas (1968); Mission of Danger (1960); Night Freight (1955); Night of the Witches (1970); Northwest Passage (1958–1959); Operation Pacific (1951); Paula (1952); Playhouse 90 (1957); Portrait by Whistler (1954); Security Risk (1954); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Space Patrol (1952); The Aquanauts (1960–1961); The Hunter (1952–1955); The Linkletter Show (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1957); The Omegans (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Web (1957); Tombstone Territory (1960); Torpedo Alley (1952); Trap on Cougar Mountain (1972); War Paint (1953); Whitewater Sam (1982); Wichita (1955); Wichita Town (1960); Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966); Young and Free (1979); Your Play Time (1954).

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Born on this day – Verónica Echegui:


Verónica Echegui


Actress

Director

Writer

June 16, 1983 – August 24, 2025

Credits:

&Me (2013); 23 premios Goya (2009); 26 Premios Forqué (2021); 3 Caminos (2021); 36 premios Goya (2022); 50 años de (2009); 51 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (2007); 6 Points About Emma (2011); 8 citas (2008); Actrices (2011); Alguna pregunta més? (2012–2021); Apaches (2017); Àrtic (2016); Atención obras (2016–2024); Bigas x Bigas (2016); Book of Love (2022); Buenafuente (2008); Bunny and the Bull (2009); Cartelera (2008); Casting: El camino del éxito (2007); Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008); Cerrojos (2004); Cine de barrio (2023); Cinema 3 (2008–2016); Cites (2024); Ciudad de sombras (2025); Continuarà... (2006–2012); Corazón, corazón (2007); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2014); De par en par (2008); Días de cine (2009–2024); Divendres (2012–2016); El álbum blanco (2005); El club (2006–2007); El hormiguero (2013–2021); El intermedio (2006); El menor de los males (2007); El patio de mi cárcel (2008); Els matins a TV3 (2012); Estepas (2022); Èxit (2008); Family United (2013); Fortitude (2015–2017); Gente (2012); Gente hablando (2018); Half of Oscar (2010); Intimacy (2022); IV Premis Gaudí de l'Acadèmia del Cinema Català (2012); Jo què sé! (2011); Justicia artificial (2024); Kamikaze (2014); Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011); Kiki, Love to Love (2016); La casa de mi padre (2008); La gran familia española: Los procesos (2014); La mandrágora (2005); La mandrágora (2007); La reunión (2017); La tarda (2008); La via làctia (2008); La visita (2017); Le Prochain (2018); Let Yourself Go (2017); Línea 57 (2006); Loops! (2008); Los Felices veinte (2022); Los Goya 26 edición (2012); Los Goya 28 edición (2014); Los pacientes del doctor García (2023); Lost & Found (2022); Love You to Death (2025); Mi vida (2019); Miradas 2 (2005–2012); Mist & the Maiden (2017); More the Merrier (2021); My Heart Goes Boom! (2020); No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016); No disparen al pianista (2008); Noche Hache (2006–2007); Paco y Veva (2004); Paquita Salas (2018 / 2019); Pasapalabra (2013–2021); Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2007); Premios Feroz (2021); Premios Goya 30 edición (2016); Premios Goya 35 edición (2021); Requirements to Be a Normal Person (2015); Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008); Sala 33 (2012); Sexo en el plató (2007); Silenci? (2007); Sobradamente directores (2012); Stories Not to Be Told / Segment: París (2022); Tell in Eve's Comet (2020); Tetequiquiero (2010); The Cold Light of Day (2012); The Hunter's Prayer (2017); The Offering (2020); Three Days of Christmas (2019); Tocar el cielo (2007); Tócate (2018); Tótem Loba (2020); Trust (2018); Un difunto, seis mujeres y un taller (2007); Una nueva vida (2003); Unici (2015); Unknown Origins (2020); V premis Barcelona de cinema (2006); Verbo (2011); Versión española (2014–2020); Vert (date?); What Is Love (2019); XIII Premis Gaudí (2021); XVIII Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué (2013); XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia (2007); Yo no soy esa (2024); Yo soy la Juani (2006); You're Killing Me Susana (2016).

Born on this day – Sidney Salkow:


Sidney Salkow


Director

Writer

June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); Ang Vengador (1948); Behind the Mike (1937); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bronco (1962); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cafe Hostess (1940); Casey Jones (1957); Cavalcade of America (1953–1954); Chicago Confidential (1957); City Without Men (1943); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Crusader (1956); Death Valley Days (1962–1964); Durango (1957); Ernestine (1962); Exclusive (1937); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939); Flight at Midnight (1939); Flight Lieutenant (1942); Flirtation (1934); Four Days Wonder (1936); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Fury (1956–1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl from God's Country (1940); Girl Overboard (1937); Gun Brothers (1956); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Karen (1964); La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951); La strada buia (1950); Lady Be Careful (1936); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lassie (1954–1955); Maverick (1962); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1959); Millie's Daughter (1947); Murder with Pictures (1936); Overland Trail (1960); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Nurse (1938); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Robbers' Roost (1955); Scarlet Angel (1952); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); She Married a Cop (1939); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960); Sitting Bull (1954); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1956); State Trooper (1957–1959); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Street of Missing Men (1939); Supernatural (1933); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Sword of the Avenger (1948); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); That's My Story! (1937); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Big Night (1960); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960–1961); The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); The Murder Game (1965); The Night Hawk (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Quick Gun (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Zero Hour (1939); This Is Alice (1958); Tillie the Toiler (1941); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Woman Doctor (1939); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – William K. Howard:


William K. Howard


Director

Writer

Producer

June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954

Credits:

A Guy Could Change (1946); A Ship Comes In (1928); Bachelor Brides (1926); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Captain Fly-by-Night (1922); Christina (1929); Code of the West (1925); Danger Ahead (1923); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Dillinger (1945); Don't Bet on Women (1931); East of Broadway (1924); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Extra! Extra! (1922); Fire Over England (1937); Get Your Man (1921); Gigolo (1926); Good Intentions (1930); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Klondike Fury (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Let's Go (1923); Love, Live and Laugh (1929); Lucky Dan (1922); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Money and the Woman (1940); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Over the Moon (1939); Play Square (1921); Red Dice (1926); Rendezvous (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Scotland Yard (1930); Sherlock Holmes (1932); Sin Town (1929); Surrender (1931); The Adorable Savage (1920); The Border Legion (1924); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Crusader (1922); The First Year (1932); The Fourth Musketeer (1923); The Green Cockatoo (1937); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Main Event (1927); The One-Man Trail (1921); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The River Pirate (1928); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Valiant (1929); This Side of Heaven (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Top Gun Academy: The Real Story (1997); Transatlantic (1931); Trooper O'Neill (1922); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Volcano (1926); What Love Will Do (1921); When the Lights Go on Again (1944); White Gold (1927).

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Born on this day – Tay Garnett:


Tay Garnett


Director

Writer

June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Beauty Parlor (1926); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); A Mandarin Mixup (1924); Alcoa Theatre (1957); All Wool (1925); Bad Company (1931); Bataan (1943); Bonanza (1963–1965); Broken Chains (1922); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cattle King (1963); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity (1928); Challenge to Be Free (1975); Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941); China Seas (1935); Death Valley Days (1961–1966); Destination Unknown (1933); Detained (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925); Eternally Yours (1939); Fast Black (1924); Femme Fatales (2012); Fiddlesticks (1927); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956); Frontier Circus (1962); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Goodyear Theatre (1957–1958); Gunsmoke (1961–1966); Half a Man (1925); Her Man (1930); Hold Tight (1925); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Joy of Living (1938); Laramie (1961); Long Pants (1927); Love Is News (1937); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Favorite Spy (1942); Naked City (1960–1961); Navy Blue Days (1925); No Control (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Officer O'Brien (1930); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Okay America! (1932); On the Links (1925); One Minute to Zero (1952); One Way Passage (1932); Overland Trail (1960); Panama Flo (1932); Pie-Eyed (1925); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Power (1928); Prestige (1931); Professional Soldier (1935); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Rawhide (1962); Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925); Riverboat (1960); Rubber Tires (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Salute (1925); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Seven Sinners (1940); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Since You Went Away (1944); Skyscraper (1928); Slave Ship (1937); Slightly Honorable (1939); Smith's Visitor (1926); Soldiers Three (1951); Somewhere in Wrong (1925); Stand-In (1937); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Baby (1926); The 15th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1963); The Beachcomber (1962); The Black Knight (1954); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Cop (1928); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926); The Delta Factor (1970); The Deputy (1960–1961); The Fireball (1950); The Flying Fool (1929); The Funnymooners (1926); The Hottentot (1922); The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966); The Loner (1965); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The New Loretta Young Show (1962–1963); The Night Fighters (1960); The Plumber (1925); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); The Quack Doctor (1920); The Racket (1951); The Reckless Mollycoddle (1927); The Sleuth (1925); The Snow Hawk (1925); The Spieler (1928); The Strong Man (1926); The Tall Man (1961–1962); The Timber Tramps (1973); The Uncovered Wagon (1923); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Wise Wife (1927); There You Are! (1926); Three Wise Goofs (1925); Trade Winds (1938); Turkish Delight (1927); Twins (1925); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Wagon Train (1959–1960); Weekend for Three (1941); West of Hot Dog (1924); Whispering Smith (1961); White Gold (1927); Who's Your Friend (1925); Wild Harvest (1947).