Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Born on this day – Margarita Alexandre:


Margarita Alexandre

Actress

Director

Producer

July 3, 1923 – December 23, 2015

Born on this day – Susan Peters:


Susan Peters

Actress

July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952

Born on this day – Louise Allbritton:


Louise Allbritton

Actress

July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979

Credits:

Radio:

Men in White (1943); Phantom Lady (1944).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); An Innocent Affair (1948); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armchair Theatre (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1952); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Coming Soon (1982); Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954–1955); Crazy House (1943); Danger in the Pacific (1942); Dracula in the Movies (1992); Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Felicia (1964); Fired Wife (1943); Follow the Boys (1944); Good Morning, Judge (1943); Her Primitive Man (1944); It Comes Up Love (1943); ITV Play of the Week (1958); I've Got a Secret (1952); Keeping Fit (1942); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Men in Her Diary (1945); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Naked City (1961); NBC Presents (1949); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Parachute Nurse (1942); Person to Person (1955); Pittsburgh (1942); Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (1987); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); San Diego I Love You (1944); Sitting Pretty (1948); Son of Dracula (1943); Studio One (1950–1952); Tangier (1946); That Night with You (1945); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); The Egg and I (1947); The Invisible Man (1959); The Many Faces of Dracula (2000); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Silver Theatre (1949); The Stage Door (1950); The Way of the World (1955); The Web (1954); Theatre Night (1958); This Is the Life (1944); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); Who Done It? (1942).

Born on this day – Doris Lloyd:


Doris Lloyd

Actress

July 3, 1891 – May 21, 1968

Shannon Hale, on words:


Words can fall hard like a boulder loosed from a cliff.
Words can drift unnoticed like a weed seed on a breeze.
Words can sing.

- Shannon Hale.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

On this day in movie history - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2003):


Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,
directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Motonori Sakakibara,
written by Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar, Jack Fletcher, Bruce B.L. Jurgens and Ramin Mebdy,
based on the Final Fantasy game franchise by Hironobu Sakaguchi,
was released in the United States on July 2, 2003.
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.


Cast:
Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Keith David, Jean Simmons, Matt McKenzie, John DeMita, Matt Adler, Steve Alterman, David Arnott, Cathy Cavadini, Lanei Chapman, Vicki Davis, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Jack Fletcher, Julia Fletcher, Barbara Harris, David McCharen, Tracy Metro, David Michie, Richard Penn, David Randolph, Andrea Baker, Atsushi Goto, Tsutomu Isobe, Jun Karasawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Rikiya Koyama, Keiko Toda, Akio Ôtsuka, Eric Aten, John DiMaggio, Alex Fernandez, David Rasner, Dwight Schultz, Annie Wu.

On this day in movie history - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003):


Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,
directed by Jonathan Mostow,
written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,
based on the story by John Brancato, Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian,
was released in the United States on July 2, 2003.
Music by Marco Beltrami.


Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Sinise, Chopper Bernet, Christopher Lawford, Carolyn Hennesy, Jay Acovone, M.C. Gainey, Susan Merson, Elizabeth Morehead, Jimmy Snyder, Billy D. Lucas, Brian Sites, Alana Curry, Larry McCormick, Robert Alonzo, Michael Papajohn, Timothy Dowling, Jon Foster, Mark Hicks, Kim Robillard, Matt Gerald, William O’Leary, Rick Zieff, Rebecca Tilney, Chris Hardwick, Helen Eigenberg, Kiki Gorton, Walter von Huene, Jerry Katell, George A. Sack Jr., Eric Ritter.