Born on this day – Ernest B. Schoedsack:

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979

Credits:

A Dark Room Secret (1917); A Love Case (1917); Beach of Dreams (1921); Blind Adventure (1933); Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (1929); Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927); Charlot, Charlot! (1919); Dr. Cyclops (1940); Eagle Squadron (1942); Gow in Gow (1931); Gow the Head Hunter (1928); Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925); Greed (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Marble Heart (1916); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Torpedoed Love (1917); His Widow's Might (1917); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); King Kong (1933 / 2005); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne / Le documentaire culturel (2024); Long Lost Father (1934); Mighty Joe Young (1949 / 1998); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Outlaws of the Orient (1937); Rango (1931); Son of Kong (1933); The Four Feathers (1929); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Lost Empire (1929); The Monkey's Paw (1933); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); This Is Cinerama (1952); Trouble in Morocco (1937).

Born on this day – Tomaso Albinoni:

Tomaso Albinoni

Composer

June 8, 1671 – January 17, 1751

Credits:

Movie and television soundtrack music scores:

A un (1980); Abel Escoto: Fragmentos de Vida e Obra (2009); Adagio cantabile (1990); Adazhio (2000); After Blue (2021); Alpha House (2014); American Crime Story (2018); American Masters (2009); An Americanmind (1991); Anatomy (2000); Andante ma non trompo (1996); Andrea Celeste (1979); Anger (1963); Arte barroco (1968); Atesli Dilber (1979); Baby Genius (2002); Ballet Adagio (1972); Banda sonora (2008); Berega (2012); Bible! (1974); Bob the Butler (2005); Bons baisers d’Europe (2019); Boys Over Flowers (1996–1997); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Butterflies (1978–1983); Casanova (2005); Celeste (1991); Ceviz (2020); Chloe and Theo (2015); Coda in G Minor (2008); Company Party (1972); Corruption (1983); Cosmos (1980); Defenceless: A Blood Symphony (2004); Des hommes et des montagnes (1953); Días de combate (1982); Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019); Dr. Chopper: Inside the Lair - The Making of Dr. Chopper (2005); EastEnders (2005); Elle (2016); Endeavour (2014); Esperança (2002–2003); Europa (2007); Eurovision Song Contest Rotterdam 2021 (2021); Everyone Is Older Than I Am (2012); Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984); Flashdance (1983); Forgive Me Father (2001); Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006); Gallipoli (1981); Granny’s Funeral (2012); Henrique Espírito Santo - Até Amanhã, Henrique! (2017); Hilda (2008); Interlude (1968); Kathy’s Graduation Present (1975); Kerkyra (1973); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1983); Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1991–1997); Life for Sale (2011); Los simuladores (2002); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Mariages! (2004); Mauvaise foi (2006); Monkey Dust (2005); Murder in Texas (1981); My Boyfriend (2017); My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999); Nautil-Us (2007); Nel nome del male (2009); Night Train to Venice (1993); One Tree Hill (2005); Operación triunfo (2002); Peter Rabbit (2018); Pictures of Finland: Wonderland Suomi (2005); Red Sun (1970); Ring 0: Birthday (2000); Rollerball (1975); Rolling to You (2018); Scenes from a Marriage (1973); Screenwipe (2008); Show Me Love (1998); Six Feet Under (2001–2004); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spalding V. Kincaid (2005); Standby (2008); Star Search (2003); Succession (2018); Sundays and Cybèle (1962); Tal vez mañana... (1979); Telo bez duse (1996); The Doors (1991); The Doors: Dance on Fire (1985); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The First Time, I Ever... (1975); The Inbetweeners 2 (2014); The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 13: The Village of the Eight Tomb (1991); The Old Fox (1996); The Secret (1979); The Secret Life of Plants (1978); The Silence of Others (2018); The Surprise (2015); The Trial (1962); Thoughts and Feelings (2021); Tigres de papel (1977); Tracey (2018); Truman (2015); Uncle Yanco (1967); Velvet (2016); Velvet Buzzsaw (2019); Void (2018); Welcome to Sarajevo (1997); World War One at Home (2014).

Recommended reading - In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016):

In Sunlight or In Shadow:
Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper

Edited by Lawrence Block.

Published 2016.

ISBN: 9781681772455

Description:

A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block – a newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper.

"Edward Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories within."

So says Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: In Sunlight or In Shadow. The results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence to storytelling savvy.

Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kris Nelscott, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper’s biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime.

In a beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it.

Toni Morrison, on writing:

Writing is really a way of thinking – not just feeling but thinking about things

that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

– Toni Morrison.

On this day in music history - Oceans, by Jennifer Thomas (2024):

Oceans

Album by Jennifer Thomas,

released June 7, 2024.

Track list:

Oceans; The Lighthouse; Underwater Carnival Ride; The Siren and the Sailor (Ft. Alexa Ray); Just a Teardrop in the Ocean; Sea of Diamonds; Something Just Like This (Coldplay / The Chainsmokers cover); Mermaids (Ft. Alexa Ray) (from Pirates of the Caribbean, Hans Zimmer); The Metamorphosis Suite: Metamorphosis I:  Transformation; Metamorphosis II:  Flight; Transcendence (Ft. Ryan Stewart, Ardy); You Carried Me Home; Pirates Cove; The Siren and the Sailor (Instrumental Version); You Carried Me Home (A Cappella Version).

On this day in music history - Forever, by Bon Jovi (2024):

Forever

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 7, 2024.

Track list:

Legendary; We Made It Look Easy; Living Proof; Waves; Seeds; Kiss The Bride; The People’s House; Walls of Jericho; I Wrote You A Song; Living In Paradise; My First Guitar; Hollow Man.

On this day in movie history - The Prophecy: Uprising (2005):

The Prophecy: Uprising

directed and written by Joel Soisson,

based on a story by John Sullivan,

was released in the United States on June 7, 2005.
Music by Joseph LoDuca.

Cast:

John Light, Sean Pertwee, Dan Chiriac, Boris Petroff, Alin Cristea, Kari Wuhrer, Florinel Popescu, Dan Astileanu, Doug Bradley, Georgina Rylance, Catalina Alexandru, Jason London, Ichim Luceafarul, Flori Truscan, Claudia Templeton, Alexandru Virgil Platon, Adrian Ciobanu, Adriana Butoi, Mihai Verbintschi, David Aparu, Smaranda Popescu, Stephen Billington, Snowy Highfield, Nick Phillips, Nelu Caragea, Lucian Iordache, Dicu Aurel, Adrian Pavlovschi, Vasilescu Valentin.