On this day in movie history - Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple,

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1985.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams.

Born on this day – Raymond Briggs:

Raymond Briggs

Writer

Illustrator

January 18, 1934 – August 9, 2022

Credits:

Books:

A Bit More Bert (2002); Big Billy's Scrapbook (1999); Building the Snowman (1985); Christmas Little Library (2010); Dressing Up (1985); Ethel and Ernest (1998); Father Christmas (1973); Father Christmas Goes on Holiday (1975); Father Christmas Having a Wonderful Time (1993); Fee Fi Fo Fum (1964); First Up Everest (1969); Fungus the Bogeyman (1979); Fungus's Big Green Bogey Book (2003); Gentleman Jim (1980); Ivor (2001); Jim and the Beanstalk (1970); Midnight Adventure (1961); Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (2011); Raymond Briggs' the Snowman: Walking in the Air (1985); Ring a Ring O' Roses (1962); Shackleton's Epic Voyage (1969); Sledges to the rescue (1963); Snowman and the Snowdog Finger Puppet Book (2014); The Adventures of Bert (2001); The Bear (1994); The Complete Father Christmas (1978); The Elephant and the Bad Baby (1969); The Fairy Tale Treasury (1980); The Man (1992); The Mother Goose Treasury (1966); The Party (1985); The Puddleman (2004); The Puffin Mother Goose Bedtime Rhymes (2012); The Snowman (1978); The Snowman and The Snowdog (2012); The Snowman and The Snowdog Activity Book (2014); The Snowman Book and Snowglobe (2015); The Snowman Pull-Out Pop-Up Book (2014); The Snowman Storybook and Magical Pop-up Snowglobe (2009); The Snowman: A Puppet Play Book (2013); The Strange House (1961); The Tin Pot Foreign General (1984); The White Land (1963); Time For Lights Out (2019); Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (1984); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age (2002); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers (2001); Unlucky Wally (1987); Unlucky Wally Twenty Years on (1989); When the Wind Blows (1982); Notes From the Sofa (2014).

Movies, television and video:

Ethel & Ernest (2016); Fungus the Bogeyman (2015); The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012); The Snowman: The Live Stage Show (2010); Fungus the Bogeyman (2004); Ivor the Invisible (2001); The Bear (1998); Jackanory (1993–1994); Father Christmas (1991); When the Wind Blows (1986); The Snowman (1982); Wir warten auf's Christkind (1981).

Born on this day – Sol Yurick:

Sol Yurick

Writer

January 18, 1925 – January 5, 2013

Credits:

Books:

An Island Death (1975); Behold Metatron, the Recording Angel (1985); Fertig (1966); Green Snow (1984); Richard A (1982); Someone Just Like You (1973); The Bag (1968); The Warriors (1965); Voices of Brooklyn (1973).

Movies & video:

The Dreamers (2016); The Warriors (2005); The Confession (1999); The Warriors (1979).

Born on this day – Cary Grant:

Cary Grant

Actor

January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986

Credits:

Walk Don't Run (1966); Father Goose (1964); Charade (1963); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Grass Is Greener (1960); Operation Petticoat (1959); North by Northwest (1959); Houseboat (1958); Indiscreet (1958); Kiss Them for Me (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Pride and the Passion (1957); To Catch a Thief (1955); Dream Wife (1953); Monkey Business (1952); Room for One More (1952); People Will Talk (1951); Crisis (1950); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Every Girl Should Be Married (1948); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); Notorious (1946); Night and Day (1946); Without Reservations (1946); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Road to Victory (1944); Once Upon a Time (1944); The Shining Future (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); The Talk of the Town (1942); Suspicion (1941); Penny Serenade (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Howards of Virginia (1940); My Favorite Wife (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); In Name Only (1939); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Gunga Din (1939); Holiday (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); The Awful Truth (1937); The Toast of New York (1937); Topper (1937); When You're in Love (1937); Wedding Present (1936); The Amazing Adventure (1936); Suzy (1936); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Sylvia Scarlett (1935); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); The Last Outpost (1935); Wings in the Dark (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Ladies Should Listen (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Born to Be Bad (1934); Alice in Wonderland (1933); I'm No Angel (1933); Gambling Ship (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Woman Accused (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Madame Butterfly (1932); Hot Saturday (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); Devil and the Deep (1932); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Singapore Sue (1932); Sinners in the Sun (1932); This Is the Night (1932).

Born on this day – Margaret Irving:

Margaret Irving

Actress

January 18, 1898 – March 5, 1988

Credits:

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); M Squad (1958); The People's Choice (1955–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Highway Patrol (1956); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); My Little Margie (1955); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); In Society (1944); Kentucky (1938); Sweethearts (1938); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Sh! The Octopus (1937); Under Suspicion (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); Four Days Wonder (1936); Follow Your Heart (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); San Francisco (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); Captain Calamity (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Exclusive Story (1936); Thanks a Million (1935); The Lady in Black (1935); A Peach of a Pair (1934); Sheer Luck (1931); Animal Crackers (1930); The Broadway Boob (1926); Radio-Mania (1923).

Michelangelo, on learning:

I am still learning.

- Michelangelo

(at age 87).

On this day in movie history - In Bruges (2008):

In Bruges

directed and written by Martin McDonagh,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 17, 2008.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Elizabeth Berrington, Rudy Blomme, Olivier Bonjour, Mark Donovan, Ann Elsley, Jean-Marc FavorinEric Godon, Zeljko Ivanek, Sachi Kimura, Anna Madeley, Louis Nummy, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Renier, Theo Stevenson, Inez Stinton, Emily Thorling, Angel Witney, Bonnie Witney, Ran Yaniv, Stephanie Carey, Jamie Edgell, Susan Ateh, Sommer Garcia, Ciarán Hinds, Liz Imperio, Arnold Montey, Carmen Osbahr, Robert Roldan, Bomber Hurley Smith.