On this day in movie history - The Commitments (1991):

The Commitments

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle,

based on the novel by Roddy Doyle,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1991.
Music by Wilson Pickett.

Cast:

Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Ken McCluskey, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Anne Kent, Andrea Corr, Gerard Cassoni, Aoife Lawless, Ruth Fairclough, Lindsay Fairclough, Michael O'Reilly, Liam Carney, Ger Ryan, Mark O'Regan, Phelim Drew, Sean Hughes, Philip Bredin, Lance Daly, Conor Malone, Jezz Bell, Colm MacConiomare, Emily Dawson, Dave Kane, Kristel Harris, Maria Place, Brian MacAodha, Tricia Smith, Canice William, Patrick Foy, Allan Murray, Jody Campbell, Eanna MacLiam, Philomena Kavanagh, Peter Rowen, Eamon O'Connor, Maura O'Malley, Blaise Smith, Derek Herbert, Owen O'Gorman, Pat Leavy, John Cronin, Rynagh O'Grady, Sheila Flitton, Michael Bolger, Mick Nolan, Eileen Reid, Bob Navan, Derek Duggan, Paddy O'Connor, Paul Bushnell, Jim Corr, Larry Hogan, Bernard Keelan, Ronan Hardiman, Mikel Murfi, Josylen Lyons, Winston Dennis, Alan Parker, James Brown, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr, Alan Howley, Mark Leahy, William Morgan, Ralph G. Morse, Sean O'Donovan, Martin O'Malley.

On this day in music history - Blaze of Glory, by Jon Bon Jovi (1990):

Blaze of Glory

Album by Jon Bon Jovi,

released August 7, 1990.

Inspired by the movie Young Guns II (1990).

Track list:

Billy Get Your Guns; Miracle; Blaze of Glory; Blood Money; Santa Fe; Justice in the Barrel; Never Say Die; You Really Got Me Now; Bang a Drum; Dyin’ Ain’t Much of a Livin’; Guano City.

On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946):

The Inner Circle

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.
Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

Caroline Cellier

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

At madness, not at all (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973) At the theatre tonight (1966–1967); Beyond the Screen (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Some short stories (1980); It's even better in the afternoon (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Goofy (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop au vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Desproges is alive (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Ghosts in Legacy (1990); Farinelli (1994); Nobody's Women (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Men, Women, a User's Guide (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Happy Birthday Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); The Question Box (2010); La contre-allée (1991); The derelitta / Cinema 16 (1980); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1967); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place / Take Me to the Theatre (1984); The moral of the story (1966); The Death of a Champion (1972); The Night of the 7 d'Or (1987); The night of the Césars (1977–1985); The Client's Head (1965); La vie de château (1984); The landing (1981); The Fainting Horse (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); The great journal of Canal+ (2004); The Great Restaurant (2011); The 8 p.m. news (1992); The Flight of Icarus (1980); The Zebra (1992); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); The files of Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); The Enfoirés (1997); Blue ferns (1977); The Big Children (1998); The Heroics (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); The Saturday Story (1997); Life Love Death (1969) The Sunday Guest (1969); The Eye Behind the Scenes (1988); Manon: The Three-Sided Mirror (1966); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Marriage (1974); Marie Curie - A Certain Young Girl (1965); Michel Sardou: Hello! (1997); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, a Free Spirit (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, the bellboy Hôtel du Palais (2006); Light and Shadow (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Film Encounters (2010); Romulus the Great (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Courteline Evening / Segment: The Fear of Blows (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969) Transit (2004); A Dangerous Game (2005); A Cell for Two (2006); One woman, one day... (1977); A Girl in the Mountain (1964); Panic (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Born on this day – Betsy Byars:

Betsy Byars

Writer

August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020

Credits:

Books:

A Blossom Promise (1987); After the Goat Man (1980); Ant (2001); Ant Plays Bear (1997); Beans On the Roof (1988); Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (1989); Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (1991); Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance (1969); Boo's Dinosaur (2006); Boo's Surprise (2009); Cat Diaries (2010); Coast to Coast (1992); Cracker Jackson (1985); Dead Letter (1996); Death's Door (1997); Disappearing Acts (1998); Dog Diaries (2007); Go and Hush the Baby (1982); Good-bye, Chicken Little (1979); Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (1990); Keeper of the Doves (2002); King of Murder (2006); Little Horse (2002); Little Horse On His Own (2004); McMummy (1993); Me Tarzan (2000); Midnight Fox (1970); My Brother Ant (1996); My Dog, My Hero (2000); Perfect, the Pig (1970); Rama the Gypsy (1966); Rama the Gypsy Cat (1976); Tarot Says Beware (1995); The 18th Emergency (1975); The Animal, the Vegetable, And John D Jones (1982); The Black Tower (2006); The Blossoms and the Green Phantom (1987); The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady (1986); The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown (1988); The Cartoonist (1984); The Computer Nut (1984); The Cybil War (1981); The Dancing Camel (1965); The Dark Stairs (1994); The Glory Girl (1983); The Golly Sisters Go West (1985); The Golly Sisters Ride Again (1994); The House of Wings (1972); The Joy Boys (1996); The Lace Snail (1975); The Moon and I (1991); The Night Swimmers (1980); The Not-Just-Anybody Family (1986); The Pinballs (1977); The Seven Treasure Hunts (1991); The SOS File (2004); The Summer of the Swans (1972); The T.V. Kid (1974); The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (1973); TheTwo-Thousand-Pound Gold Fish (1982); Tornado (1996); Trouble River (1969); Wanted. . . Mud Blossom (1991).

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Jackanory (1975–1984); Middle English (1983).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).