Thursday, August 22, 2024

On this day in music history - Massenet: Thaïs, by Renée Fleming... (2000):

The album Massenet: Thaïs,
by Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini and Yves Abel,
was released on August 22, 2000.

On this day in music history - Rossini arias, by Cecilia Bartoli (1989):

The album Rossini arias,
by Cecilia Bartoli,
was released on August 22, 1989.

On this day in movie history - Stand by Me (1986):


Stand by Me,
directed by Rob Reiner,
written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon,
based on the novella The Body by Stephen King,
was released in the United States on August 22, 1986.
Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.


Cast:
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver Lipsett, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack, Madeleine Swift, Popeye (the dog, as Chopper), Geanette Bobst, Art Burke, Matt Williams, Andy Lindberg, Dick Durock, O.B. Babbs, Charlie Owens, Kenneth Hodges, John Hodges, Susan Thorpe, Korey Scott Pollard, Rick Elliott, Kent W. Luttrell, Chance Quinn, Jason Naylor, Sky Siewerski.

Born on this day – Cindy Williams:


Cindy Williams

Actress

Producer

August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023

Credits:

10th Annual TV Land Awards (2012); 1998 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1998); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 7th Heaven (2002); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Dream of Christmas (2016); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); America 2-Night (1978); American Graffiti (1973); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Andy's Funhouse (1979); Are We There Yet? (2012); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Beltline to Broadway / Podcast Series (2022); Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick (2015); Beware! The Blob (1972); Big Man on Campus (1989); Bingo (1991); Biography (1999–2005); Bloopers Galore (1989); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Canaan Land (2020); Cannon (1974); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); CHiPs (1979–1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Classic Bloopers (1990); Cos (1976); Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delphine and Carole (2019); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1976); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Drive (2007); Drive, He Said (1971); Earth Angel (1991); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1998–2023); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again (2002); Entertainment Tonight Presents: TV's Greatest Scandals (2000); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); For Goodness Sake (1993); For Your Love (2000–2002); From Dollars to Donuts: An Undressing of the First Nudie Musical (2002); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Getting By (1993–1994); Getting Together (1971); Girlfriends (2004–2005); Girls Across the Lake (1997); Good Morning America (2012 / 2023); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977); Happy Days (1975–1979); Happy Days Reunion Special (1992); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Hawaii Five-O (1974); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Home & Family (2015); Hope & Gloria (1996); Inside Edition (2015); Insight (1975); Intimate Portrait (2001–2003); Joanna (1985); Just Like Family (1989); Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood (1993); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–1982); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lost Heart (2020); Love (2015); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Time Machine; Love and the Face Bow (1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1976); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magico David (1992); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Menu for Murder (1990); More American Graffiti (1979); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); Morning Joe (2023–2024); Mr. Ricco (1975); Music Box (2021); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Night Stand (1995); Normal Life (1990); Omnibus (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Pac Preview Party (1982); Parenting & Beyond (1995); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pet Star (2003); Peter at the End (2012); Petrocelli (1976); Police Story (1975); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Room 222 (1969–1971); Rude Awakening (1989); Ruminations (2018); Sam & Cat (2013); Sami (2023); Saturday Night Live (1977); Save the Dog! (1988); ShirleyMania (2002); Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2007); Show Biz Bloopers (1991); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Son of the Beach (2001); Star Wars Screen Test - Cindy Williams (1977); Stealing Roses (2012); Steel Magnolias (1990); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Summer (2012); Strip Mall (2000–2001); Suddenly, Love (1978); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2019); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 19th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1982); The 24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1982); The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Andy Kaufman Show (1983); The Biggest Fan (2005); The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982); The Brothers Garcia (2001–2002); The Cindy Williams Comedy Special (1994); The Conversation (1974); The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981); The Factor (2008); The First Nudie Musical (1976); The Funny Side (1971); The Happiest Man Alive (2010); The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Killing Kind (1973); The Laverne & Shirley Reunion (1995); The Legend of William Tell (2006); The Magic of ABC (1977); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998); The Matthew Aaron Show Podcast (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Odd Couple (2016); The Pack Podcast (2020); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Rosie Show (2012); The Seventies (2015); The Stepford Husbands (1996); The Talk (2015); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Weekend in Vegas (2016); Then Again with Herbie J Pilato (2019); Today (2004–2023); Touched by an Angel (1996); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Tricks of the Trade (1988); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TVography: Laverne & Shirley (2001); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); UFOria (1984); Unexplained Mysteries / Segment: The Craft of Healing (2004); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Weakest Link (2001); Whatever Happened To? (2008); When Dreams Come True (1985); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2001 / 2018).

Born on this day – Valerie Harper:


Valerie Harper

Actress

August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019

Born on this day – Honor Blackman:


Honor Blackman

Actress

August 22, 1925 – April 5, 2020

Born on this day – Micheline Presle:


Micheline Presle

Actress

August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1998); 20h10 pétantes (2004); À la recherche de Jean Grémillon (1969); A Lady with Camelias (1953); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Mistress for the Summer (1960); A Young Emmanuelle (1976); Acteur studio (1986); Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951); All Roads Lead to Rome (1949); Alouette, je te plumerai (1988); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Angel and Sinner (1945); Anna en Corse (2000); Apostrophes (1975); Après après-demain (1990); Archipel des amours / Remue-ménage (1983); At the Top of the Stairs (1983); Au cinéma ce soir (1969); Avis de recherche (1989); Bankable (2012); Bastard Brood (1996); Biette (2011); Biette Intermezzo (2011); Blue Helmet (1994); Bobosse (1959); Bouillon de culture (1994); C à vous (2011); Cabaret du soir (1958); Café follies: Avec Marcel Amont (1979); Call Me Victor (1993); Candidat libre (2007); Cannes Film Festival (1993); Cannes... les 400 coups (1997); Carte Vermeil (1981); Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2007–2011); Certaines nouvelles (1980); Ces chers disparus (1979); Champs-Elysées (1982); Chance Meeting (1959); Charmant garçon (2001); Chouchou (2003); Christine (1958); Ciné regards (1981); Cinéastes de notre temps (1967); Cinémas (2010); Citron amer (1996); Clochemerle (1972); Combat! (1963); Comme au cinéma (2001); Courtes histoires de train (2002); Dark Purpose (1964); Demoniac (1957); Démons de midi (1979); Der andere Blick (1991); Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama (1974); Devil in the Brain (1972); Devil in the Flesh (1947); Diary of a Seducer (1996); Donkey Skin (1970); Ecco la felicità (1940); École des vedettes (1959); Elles étaient douze femmes (1940); Empreintes (2011); En aparté (2007); Étoiles au soleil (1953); Fallait pas!... (1996); Fanfan (1993); Fathers' Day (1990); Festival de Cannes 1947 (1947); A Chef in Love (1996); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Five Day Lover (1961); Foolish Husbands (1941); Four Flights to Love (1939); France Boutique (2003); Gala de l'union (1959–1969); Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986); Grabuge! (2005); Grand Amphi (1971); (G)rève party (1998); Guy Gilles, cinéaste trop tôt disparu (2002); H (1999); Hail, Mafia (1965); Her Bridal Night (1956); Histoires de fiction (2003); House of Ricordi (1954); Human Cargo (1954); I briganti italiani (1961); I Want to Go Home (1989); I Will Show My Breasts (2013); If a Man Answers (1962); Imperial Venus (1962); In inniger Feindschaft (1990); Inèdits (2021); It Happened in the Park (1953); I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979); Je chante (1938); Je veux être actrice (2016); Jean Moulin, une affaire française (2003); Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2018); Jean Raymond (1958); Jeunes filles en détresse (1939); Just Like Brothers (2012); King of Hearts (1966); La belle aventure (1942); La case de l'oncle Doc (2008); La cliente (2004); La comédie du bonheur (1940); La double vie de Jeanne (2000); La fessée (1937); La grande collection (1991); La gueule de l'emploi (1974); La joie de vivre (1956); La lettre dans un taxi (1962); La loi des hommes (1962); La luxure (1961); La nuit des Césars (2004); La nuit des Molières (1987); La nuit fantastique (1942); La preda (1974); La vie au grand air (2002); La vie de Marianne (1976); L'amour d'une femme (1953); L'aventure du Rond-Point: Audace joyeuse et rire de resistance (2010); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); Le baron de l'écluse (1960); Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline (1975); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le chien (1984); Vive le cinéma! (1972); Vivement dimanche (2007–2013); Vivement dimanche prochain (2007); Voisinages (1996); Vous êtes de la police? (2007); Vous seule que j'aime (1939); We Forget Everything! (1979); Women Are Talkative (1958); Le cinéma du diable (1967); Le clair de terre (1970); Le coeur à l'ouvrage (2000); Le coup de bambou (1963); Le diable dans la boîte (1977); Le jour des rois (1991); Le lever de rideau (1973); Le lien du sang (1999); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); Le revolver sous la pluie (1972); Le rouge et le noir (1961); Le soleil a toujours raison (1943); Le voyage à Paris (1999); Le voyage d'Antoine (1984); Le voyage de Pénélope (1996); Le voyageur sans baggage (2004); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Les amours des années folles (1980); Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film (2004); Les bâtisseurs d'empire (1974); Les cinq dernières minutes (1978); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1995); Les fausses confidences (1984); Les jeux sont faits (1947); Les Misérables (1995); Les pieds nickelés (1964); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); Les saintes chéries (1965–1971); Les trois glorieuses (2010); Les yeux de Cécile (1993); L'histoire d'Irène (2010); L'histoire du samedi (1997); Lily Lamont (1983); L'oiseau rare (1973); Love Vertigo (2001); Lulu (1986); Male Hunt (1964); Mardi cinema (1983–1988); Matin Bonheur (1991–1994); Mauvaises fréquentations (1999); Merci Bernard (1982); Message pour Margaret (1964); Micheline Presle, une exploratrice du cinéma (2010); Midi-Première (1981); Mignon è partita (1988); Mistress of the World (1960); Monsieur Cinéma (1979); Mords pas, on t'aime! (1976); Musée haut, musée bas (2008); Myster Mocky présente (2008–2009); Napoleon (1955); Ne m'oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1981); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–1998); On a tout essayé (2004); Out of Whack (1979); Parade en 7 nuits (1941); Paris dernière (2005); Paris Frills (1945); Petite peste (1939); Plein sud (2009); Point d'orgue (1993); Police Secrets (1994); Pour le cinéma (1973); Pour trois milliards d'hommes (1965); Présence du passé (1966); Qui trop embrasse... (1986); Rapt à crédit (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1957–1960); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Rue Mandar (2012); S.O.S. disparus (1990); Sacrée soirée (1990); Saltimbank (2003); Samedi soir (1974); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Septième art septième case (1967); Sex, Love & Therapy (2014); Sidaction 2009 / Music Video - La chanson d'Hélène (2009); S'il vous plaît... la mer? (1979); Sins of Pompeii (1950); Something Fishy (1994); Soyons amis! (2001); Sport en fête (1973); Stars (1981); Studio Gabriel (1994); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); Témoignages (1973); Teuf-teuf (1963); The Assassin (1961); The Blood of Others (1984); The Count of Monte Cristo (1998); The Devil and the Ten Commandments / Luxurieux point ne seras (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The French Way (1940); The Legend of Frenchie King (1971); The Nun (1966); The Prize (1963); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962); Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010); Thèmes et variations du cinéma (1967); Thieves After Dark (1983); Time Out for Love (1961); Tout dépend des filles... (1980); Transfixed (2001); Treize à table (1955); Trompe l'oeil (1975); Twilight (1944); Un cane sciolto (1990); Under My Skin (1950); V comme vengeance (1990); Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978); Venus and Apollo (2005); Venus Beauty Institute (1999).