Jack Kost

Saturday, August 2, 2025

On this day in movie history - Black Angel (1946):

Black Angel

directed by Roy William Neill,

written by Roy Chanslor,

based on the novel The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on August 2, 1946.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin, Archie Twitchell, Maurice St. Clair, Vilova, Robert Williams.

Born on this day – Max Wright:

Max Wright

Actor

August 2, 1943 – June 26, 2019

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); A Minute with Stan Hooper (2003); A Mother's Gift (1995); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996); AfterMASH (1984); ALF (1986–2004); ALF on ALF (2023); All That Jazz (1979); Back to Norm (2005); Benson (1985); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Buffalo Bill (1983–1984); Cheers (1986); Code Name: Foxfire (1985); Code Red (1982); Comedy Factory (1986); Dangerous Company (1982); Dead by Midnight (1997); Dudley (1993); E/R (1984); Early Edition (1996); Easter (2002); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Fan des années 80 (2010); For Ladies Only (1981); Fraternity Vacation (1985); Friends (1994–1995); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Ghostwriter (1992); Going to the Chapel (1988); Great Performances (1971); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hart to Hart (1982); High Incident (1996); I Gave at the Office (1984); Konrad (1985); Last Embrace (1979); Liberty (1986); Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974); Mad About You (1998); Misfits of Science (1985–1986); Monty (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Murphy Brown (1993); Norm (1999–2001); Open All Night (1982); Playing for Time (1980); Quantum Leap (1992); Red Alert (1977); Reds (1981); Roc (1993); Scandal Sheet (1985); Simon (1980); Snow Falling on Cedars (1999); Soul Man (1986); Tales from the Darkside (1983); Taxi (1982); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Drew Carey Show (1999); The John Larroquette Show (1996); The Powers That Be (1992); The Shadow (1994); The Stand (1994); The Sting II (1983); Touch and Go (1986); Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998); White Mile (1994); Who's the Boss? (1992); WKRP in Cincinnati (1982); You Are the Jury (1987).

Born on this day – Patrick Adiarte:

Patrick Adiarte

Actor

Dancer

August 2, 1943 – April 16, 2025

Credits:

A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen (2006); American Masters (2009); Bonanza (1971); CBS Playhouse (1967); Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song (2006); Flower Drum Song (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1972); High Time (1960); Hullabaloo (1965–1966); Hullabaloo Vol. 8 (1996); Ironside (1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kojak (1974); Look Up and Live (1967); M*A*S*H (1972–1973); Omnibus (1958); Step Out of Your Mind (1966); The Brady Bunch (1972); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); The King and I (1956); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Songs of 'Flower Drum Song' (2006); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997).