Thursday, June 19, 2025

Born on this day – Mildred Natwick:


Mildred Natwick


Actress

June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994

Credits:

3 Godfathers (1948); A Woman's Vengeance (1948); Addie and the King of Hearts (1976); Against All Flags (1952); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1958); Alice (1980); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1954); Arsenic & Old Lace (1962); At Long Last Love (1975); Barefoot in the Park (1967); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Bonanza (1969); Cameo Theatre (1950); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Kangaroo (1978); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Daisy Miller (1974); Danger (1952–1953); Dangerous Liaisons (1988); Deadly Deception (1987); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002); Family (1976); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hawaii Five-O (1978–1979); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Justice (1954); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kraft Theatre (1947–1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950–1952); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); Lights Out (1950); Little Women (1979); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Maid in America (1982); Man Against Crime (1949); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medallion Theatre (1953); Money to Burn (1973); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Naked City (1961); Play of the Week (1959); Playhouse 90 (1956); Ponds Theater (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950–1951); Sorry, Wrong Number (1946); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Star Stage (1955); Star Trek: Enterprise (2004); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1949–1955); Suspense (1949–1954); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); Teenage Rebel (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins (1985); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Bob Newhart Show (1977); The Booth / Segment: The 75th (1985); The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse (1949); The Clock (1950); The Court Jester (1955); The Doctor (1952–1953); The Easter Promise (1975); he Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Evil Touch (1973); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Late George Apley (1947); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Love Boat (1980); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Most Deadly Game (1971); The Quiet Man (1952); The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974); The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973); The Trouble with Harry (1955); The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over (2001); The Web (1953); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Trilogy / Segment: Miriam (1969); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); You Are There (1954); You Can't Take It with You (1979).

Recommended reading - A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953), by Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton (2002):


A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)

By Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton.

Translated from French by Paul Hammond.
Published by City Lights Publishers.
Published 2002.
ISBN-10: 087286412X
ISBN-13: 9780872864122

Description:

"...the book notes the influence of criminal psychology on film noir and how German Expressionism inspired directors..." – San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

When it appeared in France in 1955, A Panorama of American Film Noir was the first book ever on the genre: this clairvoyant study of Hollywood film noir is at last available in English translation.

A Panorama of American Film Noir addresses the essential amorality of its subject from a decidedly Surrealist angle, focusing on noir's dreamlike, unwonted, erotic, ambivalent and cruel atmosphere, and setting it in the social context of mid-century America.

Beginning with the first film noir, The Maltese Falcon, and continuing through the post war "glory days," which included such films as Gilda, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and The Lady from Shanghai, Borde and Chaumeton examine the dark sides of American society, film and literature that made film noir possible, even necessary.

A Panorama of American Film Noir includes a film noir chronology, a voluminous filmography, a comprehensive index and a selection of black-and-white production stills.

"Incredibly, this is the first English translation of the very influential 1955 French book that initially identified, described and assessed the Hollywood movies that we now term film noir . . . a seminal work of cinema description and analysis and therefore an essential purchase for most libraries." – From the Starred Review in Library Journal.

Raymond Borde (1920 - 2004), founder of the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, wrote extensively on film history; among his short films is a study of the artist Pierre Molinier.

Etienne Chaumeton was the film critic of the Toulouse newspaper La Dépêche until his death.

Reading can seriously damage your ignorance:


Reading can seriously damage your ignorance.

- Anonymous.

Juneteenth – June 19:


June 19
Juneteenth
Freedom
Emancipation
Equality
Diversity
Inclusion

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

On this day in movie history - Dobermann (1997):


Dobermann

directed by Jan Kounen,
written by Joël Houssin,
was released in France on June 18, 1997.
Music by Brune, Jean-Jacques Hertz, Philippe Mallier, François Roy and Schyzomaniac.


Cast:

Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Antoine Basler, Dominique Bettenfeld, Pascal Demolon, Marc Duret, Romain Duris, François Levantal, Ivan Merat-Barboff, Stéphane Metzger, Chick Ortega, Patrick Rocca, Florence Thomassin, Roland Amstutz, Jean Lescot, Arnaud Arbessier, José Camacho, Jean-François Catton, Rodolph Freytt, Attica Guedj, Marcel Leguilloux, Laura Mañá, Bruno Richard, Francia Seguy, Virginie Arnaud, Marc Baschet, Affif Ben Badra, Lucie Bizart, Frédéric Camus, Marc Caro, Elle Chocho, Anthéa Cintract, Gilles Conseil, David Defever, Franck Del, Julie Dossavi, Valérie Druguet, Niels Dubost, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Ernest Evrard, Roger Faillu, Annie Girard, Pierre Heitz, Caroline Lallemant, Alexis Luce, Sylvain Maury, Soria Moufakkir, Michel Moyon, Éric Névé, Mostapha Birzine, Roulian, Paul Scortésia, Lucine Thomas, Philippe Guégan, Patrick Lambert, Gaspar Noé, Carmela Valente, Xitron, Jan Kounen.

On this day in music history - Mirage, by Fleetwood Mac (1982):


Mirage

Album by Fleetwood Mac,
released June 18, 1982.

Track list:

Love in Store (2016 Remaster); Can’t Go Back (2016 Remaster); That’s Alright (2016 Remaster); Book of Love (2016 Remaster); Gypsy (2016 Remaster); Only over You (2016 Remaster); Empire State (2016 Remaster); Straight Back (2016 Remaster); Hold Me (2016 Remaster); Oh Diane (2016 Remaster); Eyes of the World (2016 Remaster); Wish You Were Here (2016 Remaster); Love in Store (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Suma’s Walk a.k.a. Can’t Go Back (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; That’s Alright (Alternate Take) [2016 Remaster]; Book of Love (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Gypsy (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Only over You (Alternate Version) [2016 Remaster]; Empire State (Early Version); If You Were My Love (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Hold Me (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Oh Diane (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Smile at You (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Goodbye Angel (Original Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Eyes of the World (Alternate Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Straight Back (2016 Remaster); Wish You Were Here (Alternate Version) [2016 Remaster]; Cool Water (2016 Remaster); Gypsy (2016 Remaster); Put a Candle in the Window (2016 Remaster); Teen Beat (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Blue Monday (Jam) [2016 Remaster].

On this day in movie history - The Wild Bunch (1969):


The Wild Bunch

directed by Sam Peckinpah,
written by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah,
based on a story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner,
was released in the United States on June 18, 1969.
Music by Jerry Fielding.


Cast:

William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sánchez, Ben Johnson, Emilio Fernández, Strother Martin, L. Q. Jones, Albert Dekker, Bo Hopkins, Jorge Russek, Alfonso Arau, Dub Taylor, Chano Urueta, Elsa Cárdenas, Fernando Wagner, Paul Harper, Bill Hart, Rayford Barnes, Stephen Ferry, Sonia Amelio, Aurora Clavel, Elizabeth Dupeyrón.