Thursday, June 6, 2024

On this day in movie history - Back to the Drive-in (2022):


Back to the Drive-in,
documentary directed and written by April Wright,
was released in the United States on June 6, 2022.

On this day in movie history - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013):


Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie,
documentary directed and written by April Wright,
was released in the United States on June 6, 2013.
Music by Dave Glover, Kate Houle and Rob Houle.

Cast:
Charles Bruss, Riley Cooke, Roger Corman, Dennis Cozzalio, Bob Deutsch, Matt Dillon, Barry Floyd, Barb Frankhouser, Bill Frankhouser, Paul Geissinger, Patricia King Hanson, Richard M. Hollingshead III, David Hudzik, Jennifer Sherer Janisch, Sam Kirkland, Jim Kopp, Megan Kopp, Mark Lovato, Robbie Mack, Wes Neal, Teri Oldknow, Karen Sternheimer, Ed Szurek, Tony Troidl, D. Edward Vogel.

On this day in music history - Bad Animals, by Heart (1987):

The album Bad Animals,
by Heart,
was released on June 6, 1987.

Born on this day – Gary Graham:


Gary Graham

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024


Credits:

A Captain's Log (2021); Alien Nation (1989–1990); Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995); Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994); Alien Nation: Millennium (1996); Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996); Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997); All the Right Moves (1983); Ally McBeal (1999); Alongside Night (2014); Amish Grace (2010); Angel Flight Down (1996); Aspiring Hollywood (2011); Cardio World (2012); Champion (2017); CHiPs (1981); Crash and Burn (2023); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2005); Crusade (1999); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Dead End City (2008); Demon Protocol (2018); Diagnosis Murder (1998); Dillinger in Paradise (1999); Divas of Novella (2008); Dragnet (2003); Dreams Awake (2011); Dust of War (2013); Eight Is Enough (1977); EverCracked! The Phenomenon of EverQuest (2009); Fire on the Mountain (1981); From the Mouths of Babes (2014–2016); Grace Under Fire (1993); Hardcore (1979); Hollywood Beat (1985); Hunter (1985); In the Best Interest of the Children (1992); InAlienable (2007); Interfleet Broadcasting (2020); Interviews (2008); JAG (1997–2002); Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022); Knots Landing (1981); Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story (1995); Life Happens (2010); Lolipop Gang (2024); Lost on Paradise Island (1975); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Man Trouble (1992); Manhattan, AZ (2000); Mistaken Identity (2008); Money on the Side (1982); Moonlighting (1985); Nash Bridges (2001); Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993); Nip / Tuck (2009); No Place to Hide (1981); Pacific Blue (1996); Paper People (2013); Planted (2023); Plugged (2007); Police Woman (1977); Prelude to Axanar (2014); Promised Land (1998); Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010); Remington Steele (1984); Renegade (1995); Renegades (2017); Robot Jox (1989); Running Woman (1998); Scruples (1980); Seven Days (2000); Sheena (2002); Shooting Gallery (2012); Shuttlepod Show (2022); Siren (2006); Sisters and Other Strangers (1997); Slavery and the Making of America (2005); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Star Trek: Renegades (2015–2017); Star Trek: Voyager (1995); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Steel (1997); T.J. Hooker (1982); The Agency (2002); The Arrogant (1988); The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands (2023); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Commish (1993); The Crusader (2009); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982); The Extendables (2014); The Flag: Documentary (2015); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); The Jace Hall Show (2008–2012); The Last Warrior (1989); The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979); The Presence (1992); The Quest (1976); The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996); The Spy Within (1995); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982); To Die Quietly (1997); Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993); Unbelievable!!!!! (2016); Under Surveillance (2015); Universal Dead (2010); Vegas Cinefest (2011); Walker, Texas Ranger (2000); Wisdom from the Apocalypse (2023); Work Related (2015).

Born on this day – Erica Hagen:


Erica Hagen

Actress

June 6, 1946 – September 15, 2018

Credits:

The Rockford Files (1979); CHiPs (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); Operation Petticoat (1978); Kojak (1977); Wonder Woman (1976); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Silent Movie (1976); Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976); Baretta (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Switch (1976); Petrocelli (1974–1975); Let's Do It Again (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); Mannix (1975); Adam-12 (1975); McCloud (1975); Land of the Lost (1974); Police Woman (1974); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); Trapped (1973); Love, American Style (1972–1973); Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973); The Last American Hero (1973); Soylent Green (1973); The F.B.I. (1973); Barnaby Jones (1973); Banacek (1972); Together (1971).

Born on this day – Billie Whitelaw:


Billie Whitelaw

Actress

June 6, 1932 – December 21, 2014

Credits:

A Dinner of Herbs (2000); A Matter of Conscience (1962); A Murder of Quality (1991); A Tale of Two Cities (1980); An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (1994); An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983); An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982); Anna Christie (1963); Arena (1976 / 1995); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960); Armchair Theatre (1956–1971); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Big City (1956); Bobbikins (1959); Born to Run (1997); Breakout (1959); ...but the clouds... (1977); Call My Bluff (1967–1969); Camille (1984); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Companions in Crime (1954); Confidential Report (1955); Deadly Advice (1994); Dixon of Dock Green (1955); Don't Say a Word (1963); Dope Sheet (1998); Duel of Hearts (1991); Eagle in a Cage (1972); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959); Espionage (1963); Eustace and Hilda (1977); Film '81 (1981); Firm Friends (1992–1994); First Night (1963); Flight of the Dove (1957); Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992); Frenzy (1972); Ghost Trio (1977); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); Golden Gala (1978); Gumshoe (1971); Hell Is a City (1960); Hell's Kitchen (2004); Hindle Wakes (1957); Hot Fuzz (2007); Huckleberry Finn (1952); I Like Money (1961); I Promised to Pay (1961); Imaginary Friends (1987); In Search of Maitland (1953); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1959–1961); Jackanory (1969); Jamaica Inn (1983); Jane Eyre (1996); Joyriders (1988); Judge John Deed (2002); Knock on Any Door (1966); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Late Show London (1966); Leo the Last (1970); Leopard in the Snow (1978); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Little Red Monkey (1953); Lorna Doone (1990); Love Story (1966); Make Mine Mink (1960); Masterchef (1997); Maurice (1987); Merlin (1998); Miracle in Soho (1957); Morrissey: Everyday Is Like Sunday (1988); Murder Elite (1985); My Pal Bob (1957); Napoleon and Love (1974); Night of One Hundred Stars (1980); Night Watch (1973); No Love for Johnnie (1961); Not a Word (1970); Not I (1973); NOTFILM (2015); Oresteia (1979); Othello (1955); Patrol Car (1955); Performance (1993); Poet Game (1971); Private Schulz (1981); Quills (2000); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Rockaby (1982); Room in the House (1955); Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence (1984); Screen Two (1989–1994); Shadey (1985); Shooting the Past (1999); Simply Red: Never Never Love (1996); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967); Slayground (1983); Small Hotel (1957); Space: 1999 (1976); Special Collector's Edition (2015); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Stryker of the Yard (1961); Sunday Story (1964–1965); Supernatural (1977); Tales from Soho (1956); Tangiers (1982); Television (1985); Television Playwright (1958); Television Scrabble (1984); Ten from the Twenties (1975); Terminus (1955); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The Adding Machine (1969); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957); The Ball Is Round (1994); The British Academy Award (1973); The British Academy Awards (1979); The Canterbury Tales (1998–2000); The Chain (1984); The Cloning of Joanna May (1992); The Comedy Man (1964); The Crimean War (1997); The Curse of 'The Omen' (2005); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Devil's Agent (1962); The Dressmaker (1988); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Fake (1953); The Fifteen Streets (1989); The Flesh and the Fiends (1960); The Krays (1990); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lively Arts (1977 / 1978); The Lost Son (1999); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Omen (1976); The Pattern of Marriage (1953); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Secret Garden (1952 / 1987); The Sextet (1972); The Slackering Field (1955); The Sleeping Tiger (1954); The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968); The Water Babies (1978); The World Our Stage (1957); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); This Is Your Life (1999); Three Plays by Samuel Beckett: Rockaby, Footfalls and Eh Joe. (1988); Time Out for Peggy (1958–1959); Twisted Nerve (1968); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1959); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1960 (1961); Wessex Tales (1973); Whodunnit? (1974); Wicked Women (1970); Without Love (1956); Without the Prince (1952); Wogan (1985–1989); You're a Long Time Dead (1958).

Born on this day – Doris Merrick:


Doris Merrick

Actress

June 6, 1919 – November 30, 2019

Credits:

Interrupted Melody (1955); The Neanderthal Man (1953); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); Death Valley Days (1952); Big Town (1952); Untamed Women (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951–1952); Boston Blackie (1951); The Fighting Stallion (1950); The Counterfeiters (1948); The Pilgrim Lady (1946); Child of Divorce (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); This Love of Ours (1945); Sensation Hunters (1945); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); The Big Noise (1944); Ladies of Washington (1944); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Time to Kill (1942); That Other Woman (1942); Girl Trouble (1942); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).