Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:


Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

Born on this day – Hope Lange:


Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:


Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:


Mario Nascimbene

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002

Born on this day – David Miller:


David Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992


Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).

William E. Gladstone, on books:


Books are delightful society.
If you go into a room and find it full of books - 
even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you,
to bid you welcome.

- William E. Gladstone.

Monday, November 27, 2023

On this day in movie history - Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991):


Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse,
directed by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper and Eleanor Coppola,
written by Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper,
was released in the United States on November 27, 1991.
Music by Todd Boekelheide.
Documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.


Cast:
Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, Orson Welles, John Milius, George Lucas, Tom Sternberg, Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Dean Tavoularis, Fred Roos, Martin Sheen, Vittorio Storaro, Robert Duvall, Rona Barrett, Tom Snyder, Monty Cox, Doug Claybourne, Dennis Hopper, Marlon Brando, Randy Carter, Robert De Niro, J. David Jones.