On this day in movie history - Nightfall (1956):

Nightfall

directed by Jacques Tourneur,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1957.
Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond, Arline Anderson, Monty Ash, María Belmar, Orlando Beltran, Art Bucaro, Robert Cherry, George Cisar, Lillian Culver, Bess Flowers, Joan Fotre, Pat Jones, Lillian Kassan, Betty Koch, Jane Lynn, Eddie McLean, Gene Roth, Walter Smith, Annabelle Thiele, Maya Van Horn, Winifred Waring.

On this day in movie history - Lady in the Lake (1947):

Lady in the Lake

directed by Robert Montgomery,

written by Steve Fisher,

based on the novel The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1947.
Music by David Snell.

Cast:

Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows, Richard Simmons, Morris Ankrum, Lila Leeds, Robert Williams, Kathleen Lockhart.

On this day in movie history - High Sierra (1941):

High Sierra

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by John Huston and W. R. Burnett,

based on the novel by W. R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1941.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Jerome Cowan, Minna Gombell, Barton MacLane, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Donald MacBride, Paul Harvey, Isabel Jewell, Willie Best, Spencer Charters, George Meeker, Robert Strange, John Eldredge, Sam Hayes, Zero the Dog, Eddie Acuff.

Born on this day – Rutger Hauer:

Rutger Hauer

Actor

January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019

Credits:

Break (2020); Ecstasy (2019); Iron Mask (2019); Porters (2017–2019); Kingdom Hearts III (2019); Alien: Out of the Shadows (2018); The Sonata (2018); The Sisters Brothers (2018); Corbin Nash (2018); Channel Zero (2018); Samson (2018); The Broken Key (2017); 24 Hours to Live (2017); Observer (2017); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017); Gangsterdam (2017); Mata Hari (2016); Drawing Home (2016); Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016); Cuba libre (2016); Genderness (2016); The Last Kingdom (2015); Clones (2015); WAX: We Are the X (2015); The Admiral (2015); Galavant (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Francesco (2014); True Blood (2013–2014); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); Wilfred (2014); The Letters (2014); Isip the Warrior (2013); I Turned Her to the Left (2013); Real Playing Game (2013); Flight of the Storks (2013); Il Futuro (2013); Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012); Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012); Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (2012); Bachelor Trip (2012); Dracula 3D (2012); Requiem 2019 (2011); The Heineken Kidnapping (2011); The Reverend (2011); Portable Life (2011); The Cardboard Village (2011); Klyuch salamandry (2011); All for One (2011); Black Butterflies (2011); The Rite (2011); The Mill and the Cross (2011); Hobo with a Shotgun (2011); Spoon (2010); Happiness Runs (2010); Sword of War (2009); 3 (2009); Dazzle (2009); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Rhapsody (2008); Bride Flight (2008); Magic Flute Diaries (2008); Starting Over (2007); Sweet Betty (2007); Moving McAllister (2007); Dead Tone (2007); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Starfish Tango (2006); Mentor (2006); Minotaur (2006); The Hunt for Eagle One (2006); The Poseidon Adventure (2005); Dracula III: Legacy (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Sin City (2005); In the Shadow of the Cobra (2004); Camera ascunsa (2004); Salem's Lot (2004); Tempesta (2004); Smallville (2003); Dracula II: Ascension (2003); Alias (2003); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Warrior Angels (2002); Scorcher (2002); I banchieri di Dio (2002); The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001); The Room (2001); Flying Virus (2001); Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001); Lying in Wait (2001); Slow Burn (2000); Kylie Minogue: On a Night Like This (2000); The 10th Kingdom (2000); Partners in Crime (2000); New World Disorder (1999); Simon Magus (1999); Bone Daddy (1998); Merlin (1998); Tactical Assault (1998); The Ruby Ring (1997); Redline (1997); Bleeders (1997); Screen One (1997); Lexx (1997); Blast (1997); Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997); The Call of the Wild (1997); Omega Doom (1996); Crossworlds (1996); Precious Find (1996); Mr. Stitch (1995); Blood of the Innocent (1994); Fatherland (1994); The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994); Nostradamus (1994); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Surviving the Game (1994); Arctic Blue (1993); Voyage (1993); Blind Side (1993); T.V. (1992); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Split Second (1992); Guinness: Art (1991); Beyond Justice (1991); Past Midnight (1991); Wedlock (1991); The Law of the Desert (1991); Submitting (1989); Guinness: Just a Nightmare (1989); Guinness: Sauna (1989); The Blood of Heroes (1989); Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love (1989); The Edge (1989); Blind Fury (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986); The Hitcher (1986); Flesh+Blood (1985); Ladyhawke (1985); A Breed Apart (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Eureka (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Nighthawks (1981); Spetters (1980); Duel in de diepte (1979); Grijpstra & De Gier (1979); Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Voor koningin en vaderland (1979); Mysteries (1978); Pastorale 1943 (1978); Heilige Jeanne (1978); Soldier of Orange (1977); Max Havelaar (1976); La donneuse (1976); Floris von Rosemund (1975); Cyrano de Bergerac (1975); Het jaar van de kreeft (1975); Cold Blood (1975); Katie Tippel (1975); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Hard to Remember (1974); Repelsteeltje (1973); Waaldrecht (1973); Turkish Delight (1973); Pathfinders (1972); Floris (1969); Monsieur Hawarden (1968).

Born on this day – Greg Hildebrandt:

Greg Hildebrandt

Artist

Animator

January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024

Credits:

Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art (2024); Animal Crackers (2017); Art of the Fantastic: A Journey Into Creation (2020); Clash of the Titans (1981); Cleavage (2002); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings (2004); Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas (1995); Motion Portrait Film (2006); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'the Hobbit' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Return of the King' (2003); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); The Old Farts Of (2016); Ultima Online (1997).