Thursday, March 13, 2025

Born on this day – Henry Hathaway:


Henry Hathaway


Director

Producer

March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985

Credits:

13 Rue Madeleine (1947); 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 5 Card Stud (1968); 75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Airport (1970); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Bachelor Brides (1926); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Brigham Young (1940); Call Northside 777 (1948); China Girl (1942); Circus World (1964); Come On, Marines! (1934); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Empty Hands (1924); Fourteen Hours (1951); From Hell to Texas (1958); Garden of Evil (1954); Go West Young Man (1936); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hangup (1974); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977); Home in Indiana (1944); Honest Hutch (1920); How the West Was Won (1962); Hula (1927); I Loved a Soldier (1936); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); Johnny Apollo (1940); Jubilo (1919); Kiss of Death (1947); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lest We Forget (1937); Lord Jim (1925); Madame X (1920); Man of the Forest (1933); Mantrap (1926); Morocco (1930); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); Nevada Smith (1966); Niagara (1953); Night After Night (1932); Nob Hill (1945); North to Alaska (1960); Now and Forever (1934); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Human Bondage (1964); Open All Night (1924); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Prince Valiant (1954); Raid on Rommel (1971); Rawhide (1951); Redskin (1929); Roads of Destiny (1921); Seven Thieves (1960); Shoot Out (1971); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Sundown (1941); Sunset Pass (1933); Talking Film (1981); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Awakening (1928); The Black Rose (1950); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The House on 92nd Street (1945); The Last Round-Up (1934); The Last Safari (1967); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Love Doctor (1929); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Moviemakers (1985); The Racers (1955); The Real Glory (1939); The Rough Riders (1927); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Slim Princess (1920); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Storm Woman (1917); The Texan (1930); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Virginian (1929); The Way of All Flesh (1927); The Witching Hour (1934); The World and Its Woman (1919); To the Last Man (1933); True Grit (1969); Under the Tonto Rim (1933); Underworld (1927); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wolf Song (1929); Woman Obsessed (1959); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Clara Smith:


Clara Smith


Blues singer

March 13, 1894 – February 2, 1935

Credits:

Ain't Nothin' Cookin' What You're Smellin' / Separation Blues (1926); All Night Blues / Play It (Do It a Long Time Papa) (1923); Broken Busted Blues / Court House Blues with Louis Armstrong; Cheatin' Daddy / You Don't Know Who's Shakin' Your Tree (1927); Court House Blues / The L & N Blues (1926); Don't Never Tell Nobody / Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail (1923); Ease It / Percolatin' Blues (1927); Far Away Blues / I'm Going Back to My Used to Be (1923); For Sale / You Dirty Dog (1931); Freight Train Blues / Done Sold My Soul to the Devil (And My Heart's Done Turned to Stone) (1924); Frosty Mornin' Blues / Easy Come Easy Go Blues; Gin Mill Blues / Got My Mind on That Thing (1929); Good Looking Papa Blues / Don't Advertise Your Man (1924); He's Mine, All Mine / Steel Drivin' Sam (1925); How'm I Doin' / Whip It to a Jelly (1926); I Got Everything A Woman Needs / Every Woman's Blues (1923); I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain) / Awful Moanin' Blues (1923); I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / You Don't Know My Mind (1924); Irresistible Blues / I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (1923); It's Tight Like That / Daddy Don't Put That Thing on Me Blues (1929); Jelly Look What You Done Done / It's All Coming Home to You (1928); Kansas City Man Blues / Uncle Sam Blues (1924); Kind Lovin' Blues / Down South Blues (1923); Livin' Humble / Get on Board (1927); Mean Papa Turn in Your Key / Back Woods Blues (1924); My Good for Nuthin' Man / When I Steps Out (1925); Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' / If You Only Knowed (1925); Nobody's Blues but Mine / My Man Blues (1925); Oh! Mister Mitchell / Where Is My Man (1930); Ol' Sam Tages / Unemployed Papa-Charity Workin' Mama (1931); Papa I Don't Need You Now / Tired of the Way You Do (1929); San Francisco Blues / Chain Gang Blues (1924); Shipwrecked Blues / My John Blues; Steamboat Man Blues / Sobbin' Sister Blues (1928); That's Why The Undertakers Are Busy Today / Black Woman's Blues (1927); The Basement Blues / Mama's Gone, Good Bye (1924); The Market Street Blues / It Takes the Lawd (To Tell What's on My Mind) (1925); Troublesome Blues / You Can't Get It Now (1927); Wanna Go Home / Ain't Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee (1928); West Indies Blues / The Clearing House Blues (1924).

Recommended reading - Star Trek: Lost Scenes, by David Tilotta and Curt McAloney (2018):


Star Trek: Lost Scenes

By David Tilotta and Curt McAloney.

Published by Titan Books.
Published 2018.
Illustrated edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1785653776
ISBN-13: 978-1785653773

Description:

Fascinating compilation of previously unseen and fully restored stills from The Original Series, showing William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and other cast crew filming the iconic show.

Think you know everything about the Original Series? Think again. Star Trek: The Lost Scenes is packed with hundreds of never-before-seen color photos of the world's ultimate sci-fi series. Professionally restored images are used to chronicle the making of the series, reassemble deleted scenes, and showcase bloopers from the first pilot through the last episode. Whether you're a new Star Trek fan or a seasoned veteran, this book is a must-have.

Albert Einstein, on imagination:


Imagination is everything.
It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

- Albert Einstein.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):


Justified

Season 4. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Get Drew.
Released March 12, 2013.
Directed by Billy Gierhart.
Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Daniel Buran, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Mike O’Malley, Jesse Luken, Mykelti Williamson, Cathy Baron, Don Creech, Jonathan Kowalsky, William Gregory Lee, Cleavon R. McClendon III, Louis Fasanaro.

On this day in movie history - Fire in the Sky (1993):


Fire in the Sky

directed by Robert Lieberman,
written by Tracy Tormé,
based on the book The Walton Experience by Travis Walton,
was released in the United States on March 12, 1993.
Music by Mark Isham.


Cast:

D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, Henry Thomas, Bradley Gregg, Noble Willingham, Kathleen Wilhoite, James Garner, Georgia Emelin, Scott MacDonald, Wayne Grace, Kenneth White, Robert Covarrubias, Bruce Wright, Robert Biheller, Tom McGranahan Sr., Julie Ariola, Peter Vasquez, Gordon Scott, Mical Shannon Lewis, Courtney Esler, Holly Hoffman, Marcia MacLaine, Glen Lee, Vernon Barkhurst, Jerry Basham, Teresa Fox, Travis Walton, Susan Castillo, Jane Ferguson, Nancy Neifert, Charley Lang, Lynn Marie Sager, Mari Padron, John Breedlove, Frank Chavez, Louis A. Lotorto, Ronald Lee Marriott, Shinichi Mine, Scott M. Seekins, Eric Wilsey, Dana Walton, Natasha Henry.

On this day in movie history - The Andromeda Strain (1971):


The Andromeda Strain

directed by Robert Wise,
written by Nelson Gidding and Robert Wise,
based on the novel by Michael Crichton,
was released in the United States on March 12, 1971.
Music by Gil Mellé.


Cast:

Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Mark Jenkins, Peter Helm, Joe Di Reda, Ramon Bieri, Carl Reindel, Frances Reid, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Ken Swofford, John Carter, Richard Bull, James W. Gavin, Garry Walberg, Emory Parnell, Georgia Schmidt, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Don Messick, Michael Crichton.