Thursday, August 8, 2024

Born on this day – Richard Anderson:


Richard Anderson

Actor

August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); ABC Funshine Saturday Sneak Peek (1974); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Actors in War (2005); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Along Came a Spider (1970); Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006); Anatomy of a Film (2014); Automan (1984); Backstory (2001); Barnaby Jones (1973); Betrayed (1954); Beyond the Marquee (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bionic Beginnings (2010); Bionic Blast (2011); Bionic Ever After? (1994); Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989); Black Eye (1974); Bonanza (1967); Bracken's World (1969); Breakout (1998); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cannon (1971–1973); Captain Midnight (1954); Catch Hollywood in the Act (1977); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Charlie's Angels (1981); Checkmate (1960); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Cimarron Strip (1967); Classic Hollywood Cinemas (2016); Columbo (1971); Combat! (1964); Compulsion (1959); Condominium (1980); Cover Up (1984–1985); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Danger Bay (1988); Daniel Boone (1969); Darkroom (1981); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Death Valley Days (1965); Dinah! (1976); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dream Wife (1953); Dynasty (1986–1987); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Fantasy Island (1981–1984); Fearless Fagan (1952); Forbidden Planet (1956); Frontier Justice (1959); Gettysburg (1993); Ghostbreakers (1967); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Go for Broke! (1951); Great Lady Has an Interview: Lana Turner (1954); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Gunsmoke (1964–1974); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003); Hit the Deck (1955); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hong Kong (1961); Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987); I Love Melvin (1953); I Spy (1966); In the Lake of the Woods (1996); Intimate Portrait (1999); Ironside (1967–1975); It's a Dog's Life (1955); Jarrett (1973); Jigsaw (1973); Johnny Cool (1963); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Just This Once (1952); Kane & Abel (1985); Karen (1964); Kitten with a Whip (1964); Knight Rider (1982); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1997); Land of the Giants (1969); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Longstreet (1972); Lucky Chances (1990); Macho Callahan (1970); Mama Rosa (1950); Mannix (1968); Matinee Theatre (1958); Matt Houston (1983–1985); Menace on the Mountain (1970); Merry Andrew (1958); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mod Squad (1969); Monte Carlo (1961); Mr. Garlund (1960); Murder by Natural Causes (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Friend Tony (1969); Nero Wolfe (1981); No Questions Asked (1951); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Partners in Crime (1973); Paths of Glory (1957); Payment on Demand (1951); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Perry Mason Returns (1985); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playhouse 90 (1958); Redigo (1963); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Run for Your Life (1967); Scaramouche (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Sciography (2000); Seconds (1966); Secret of Bigfoot (1979); Seven Days in May (1964); Simon & Simon (1983–1987); Slattery's People (1965); Steve Canyon (1958); Storm Warning (1950); Stranger on My Land (1988); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Talent Watch (2013); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); The 20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1978); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Astronaut (1972); The A-Team (1985); The Big Valley (1966–1969); The Bionic Woman (1976–1978); The Blood Trail (2015); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres (1953); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1973); The Fall Guy (1983); The Felony Squad (1966–1969); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Glass Shield (1994); The Green Hornet (1967); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honkers (1972); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Longest Night (1972); The Love Boat (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); The Pearl (1947); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Player (1992); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Rifleman (1959–1963); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Stepford Children (1987); The Story of Three Loves / Segment: Equilibrium (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Student Prince (1954); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1998); The Unknown Man (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Vanishing Duck (1958); The Vanishing Westerner (1950); The Virginian (1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is the Life (1974); Three Brave Men (1956); Thriller (1960); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); TVography: Lee Majors - Hollywood's Bionic Hero (2002); Wagon Train (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960–1961); Western Union (1955); When the World Breaks (2010); Whiz Kids (1983); Yasei no shômei (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1958); Zorro (1958–1959).

Born on this day – Eve Miller:


Eve Miller

Actress

August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Annie Oakley (1955–1956); April in Paris (1952); Arctic Fury (1951); Artists and Models (1955); Beyond the Forest (1949); Broadway Jungle (1955); Buckaroo from Powder River (1947); City Detective (1955); Code 3 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1955–1957); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Doctor (1959); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Inner Sanctum (1948); Kansas Pacific (1953); Lassie (1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Navy Log (1957); Never Fear (1950); Perry Mason (1958); Pier 23 (1951); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Telephone Time (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); The Big Trees (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Desperate Women (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Range Rider (1951); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Vicious Years (1950); The Whistler (1955); The Winning Team (1952); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This My Son (1954); Trackdown (1957); Wire Service (1956); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Sylvia Sidney:


Sylvia Sidney

Actress

August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999

Credits:

A Small Killing (1981); A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013); Accent on Youth (1935); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1989–2001); American Playhouse (1982–1990); An American Tragedy (1931); An Early Frost (1985); Beetlejuice (1988); Behind the High Wall (1956); Behold My Wife! (1934); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2002); Blood on the Sun (1945); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Broadway Nights (1927); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); California Fever (1979); Cameo Theatre (1952); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956); City Streets (1931); Climax! (1955–1957); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dead End (1937); Dear John (1988); Death at Love House (1976); Diagnosis Murder (1993); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Domestic Life (1984); Eight Is Enough (1977); Equal Justice (1990); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fantasy Island (1998–1999); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); Five Minutes from the Station (1930); Fury (1936); General Electric Theater (1960); Girl Talk (1965–1967); God Told Me To (1976); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Good Dame (1934); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hammett (1982); Having It All (1982); Here's Hollywood (1960); Home (1956); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Joseph Schildkraut Presents (1953); Kaz (1978); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Les Miserables (1952); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Madame Butterfly (1932); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Make Me a Star (1932); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1957); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Ace (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1969); Naked City (1961); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Order of Death (1983); Pals (1987); Pick-up (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Playwrights '56 (1955); Ponds Theater (1953–1955); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Route 66 (1961–1964); Ryan's Four (1983); Ryan's Hope (1975–1976); Sabotage (1936); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949); Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party (1946); Siege (1978); Snowbeast (1977); Star Stage (1955); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Street Scene (1931); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Supertrain (1979); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Talking Pictures (1988); That's Life (1979); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Brass Ring (1983); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Equalizer (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Family (1991); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1970); The Miracle Man (1932); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Searching Wind (1946); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Shadow Box (1980); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Thirtysomething (1989); Thru Different Eyes (1929); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Used People (1992); Violent Saturday (1955); Westside Medical (1977); Whiz Kids (1984); Winner Take All (1975); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

Recommended reading - Mildred Pierce (1941):


Mildred Pierce (1941).
By James M. Cain.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679723218
ISBN-13: 978-0679723219

Description:

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for men and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements James M. Cain created a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and suffering are never less than recognizable.

Haruki Murakami, on writing:


You have to dream intentionally.
Most people dream a dream when they are asleep.
But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

- Haruki Murakami.

International Cat Day – August 8:


International Cat Day

August 8

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

On this day in movie history - Unforgiven (1992):


Unforgiven,
directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by David Webb Peoples,
was released in the United States on August 7, 1992.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.


Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Tara Dawn Frederick, Beverley Elliott, Liisa Repo-Martell, Josie Smith, Tantoo Cardinal, Shane Meier, Aline Levasseur, Ron White, Jeremy Ratchford, John Pyper-Ferguson, Jefferson Mappin, Mina E. Mina, Henry Kope, Larry Joshua, Ben Cardinal, Frank C. Turner, Lochlyn Munro, Philip Hayes.