Saturday, February 10, 2024

Born on this day – Lon Chaney Jr.:


Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor

February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973

Credits:

House of the Black Death (1971); Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971); The Female Bunch (1971); A Stranger in Town (1970); Fireball Jungle (1968); Buckskin (1968); Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); The Monkees (1966); Johnny Reno (1966); Apache Uprising (1965); Town Tamer (1965); Black Spurs (1965); Young Fury (1964); Thunder Rock (1964); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Witchcraft (1964); Law of the Lawless (1964); Route 66 (1961–1963); The Haunted Palace (1963); Empire (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1963); Rawhide (1959–1963); The Devil's Messenger (1962); Lawman (1962); The Rifleman (1962); The Phantom (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Deputy (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Klondike (1961); Stagecoach West (1961); Rebellion in Cuba (1961); Bat Masterson (1960); Lock Up (1960); La casa del terror (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); 13 Demon Street (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Border Patrol (1959); The Alligator People (1959); The Texan (1959); General Electric Theater (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Target (1958); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Tombstone Territory (1958); The Defiant Ones (1958); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Climax! (1954–1957); The Cyclops (1957); Studio 57 (1956); Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956); Pardners (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Telephone Time (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); Manfish (1956); The Indian Fighter (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Cavalcade of America (1954–1955); The Silver Star (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); The Black Pirates (1954); The Whistler (1954); Passion (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); Jivaro (1954); A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Bandit Island (1953); Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952); The Black Castle (1952); Springfield Rifle (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); High Noon (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Bride of the Gorilla (1951); Behave Yourself! (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); Inside Straight (1951); Once a Thief (1950); Captain China (1950); There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); The Life of Riley (1948); 16 Fathoms Deep (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Counterfeiters (1948); Albuquerque (1948); My Favorite Brunette (1947); Pillow of Death (1945); House of Dracula (1945); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Strange Confession (1945); The Frozen Ghost (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); The Mummy's Curse (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); Dead Man's Eyes (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Ghost Catchers (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); Weird Woman (1944); Calling Dr. Death (1943); Son of Dracula (1943); Crazy House (1943); Frontier Badmen (1943); What We Are Fighting For (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Keeping Fit (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Overland Mail (1942); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); North to the Klondike (1942); The Wolf Man (1941); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Riders of Death Valley (1941); San Antonio Rose (1941); Billy the Kid (1941); Too Many Blondes (1941); Man Made Monster (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); One Million B.C. (1940); Of Mice and Men (1939); City in Darkness (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Jesse James (1939); Road Demon (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Straight Place and Show (1938); Passport Husband (1938); Speed to Burn (1938); Josette (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Happy Landing (1938); City Girl (1938); Love and Hisses (1937); Checkers (1937); Second Honeymoon (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); Thin Ice (1937); One Mile from Heaven (1937); The Lady Escapes (1937); Wild and Woolly (1937); Born Reckless (1937); Slave Ship (1937); Angel's Holiday (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); That I May Live (1937); Secret Agent X-9 (1937); Midnight Taxi (1937); Love Is News (1937); Cheyenne Rides Again (1937); The Old Corral (1936); Rose Bowl (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Ace Drummond (1936); Undersea Kingdom (1936); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935); A Scream in the Night (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Captain Hurricane (1935); The Marriage Bargain (1935); Girl O' My Dreams (1934); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934); Son of the Border (1933); The Three Musketeers (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); The Last Frontier (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Galloping Ghost (1931); The Trap (1922).

Isabel Allende, on writing:


Writing is a calling, not a choice.

- Isabel Allende.

Friday, February 9, 2024

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: Dames and Delinquents (2011):


James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons
Documentary.
Season 1.
Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Dames and Delinquents.
Released: February 9, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:
James Ellroy, Anna Bazarkina, Deanna Morris.

On this day in movie history - The Warriors (1979):


The Warriors,
directed by Walter Hill,
written by David Shaber and Walter Hill,
based on the novel by Sol Yurick,
was released in the United States on February 9, 1979.
Music by Barry De Vorzon.


Cast:
Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, Terry Michos, David Patrick Kelly, Roger Hill, Edward Sewer, Lynne Thigpen, Thomas G. Waites, Paul Greco, Jery Hewitt, Kate Klugman, Konrad Sheehan, Craig R. Baxley, A.J. Bakunas, Steve James, Bill Anagnos, Dennis Gregory, Mercedes Ruehl, Irwin Keyes, Sonny Landham, Ginny Ortiz, John Snyder.

On this day in movie history - Wizards (1977):


Wizards,
directed and written by Ralph Bakshi,
was released in the United States on February 9, 1977.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell.
Music by Andrew Belling.

Cast:
Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, James Connell, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Angelo Grisanti.

Born on this day – Zoë Lund:


Zoë Lund

Composer

Musician

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999

Credits:

Dreamland (1997); Hand Gun (1994); Hot Ticket (1993); Bad Lieutenant (1992); The Houseguest (1989); Exquisite Corpses (1989); Hothouse (1988); Miami Vice (1985); Special Effects (1984); Ms .45 (1981); Times Square (1980).

Born on this day – Kathryn Grayson:


Kathryn Grayson

Actress

Singer

February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010

Credits:

Murder, She Wrote (1987–1989); Baretta (1978); Lux Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); The Vagabond King (1956); Kiss Me Kate (1953); So This Is Love (1953); The Desert Song (1953); Lovely to Look At (1952); Show Boat (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); That Midnight Kiss (1949); The Kissing Bandit (1948); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Thousands Cheer (1943); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Rio Rita (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941).