On this day in movie history - The Masque of the Red Death (1964):

The Masque of the Red Death,

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1964.

Based on The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,

and Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.
Music by David Lee.

Cast:
Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.

Born on this day – Adrienne Shelly:

Adrienne Shelly

Actress

Director

Writer

June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006

Credits:

Adrienne (2021); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Dead Dog (2001); Disc-Functional (2011); Downtown Film Fest (2006); Early Edition (1997); Factotum (2005); Four Tales of Two Cities / Urban Legend (1996); Grind (1997); Hexed (1993); Hexed: Featurette (1993); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); Kalamazoo (1994); Law & Order (2000); Like Plastic (2013); Lois Lives a Little (1997); Lonely in America (1990); Opera No. 1 (1994); Oz (1998); Pretty (2011); Revolution #9 (2001); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Serious Moonlight (2009); Sleep with Me (1994); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spin (2011); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001); The Regulars (1997); The Road Killers (1994); The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000); The Unbelievable Truth (1989); The Vibrator (2007); Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004); Trust (1990); Urban Legend (1994); Waitress (2007); Waitress: The Musical (2023); Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008); Why Am I in a Box? (2010); Wrestling with Alligators (1998).

Born on this day – Tim McGovern:

Tim McGovern

Visual Effects

June 24, 1955 – March 30, 2024

Credits:

A Sound of Thunder (2005); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); As Good as It Gets (1997); CFIC: Brilliance (1985); Dunkirk (2017); Equilibrium (2002); Feardotcom (2002); First Man (2018); Hideaway (1995); Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001); Jungle Cruise (2021); Last Action Hero (1993); Lift (2024); Look Who's Talking Now (1993); Men in Black: International (2019); Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); Models & Skeletons: The Special Effects of Total Recall (2010); Money Train (1995); Movie Magic (1995–1996); Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014); So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); Stigmata (1999); Supernova (2000); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016); The Making of Brilliance (1985); The Shaft (2001); The Story of Computer Graphics (1999); TIM MCGOVERN (Oscar Winner, VFX specialist) IFFI 49 (2019); Total Recall (1990); Trapped (2002); Triple Frontier (2019); Tron (1982); Virtuosity (1995).

Born on this day – Paul L. Smith:

Paul L. Smith

Actor

June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012

Credits:

Alcohol: The Choice (1974); Alle hatten sich abgewandt (1970); All-Star Family Feud Special (1982); Barney Miller (1979); Caged Fury (1990); Carambola (1974); Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975); CHiPs (1978); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Convoy Buddies (1975); Crazy Camera (1989); Crimewave (1985); Crossing the Line (1990); D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999); Death Chase (1988); Deleted 'Dune' (2006); Desert Kickboxer (1992); Diamond Pedlars (1976); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Dune (1984); Emergency! (1974); Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo Auf Ibiza (2014); Exodus (1960); Eye of the Widow (1991); Fishke Goes to War (1971); Going in Style (1979); Gor (1987); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Homicide (1965); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Jungle Warriors (1984); Madron (1970); Masada (1981); Maverick (1994); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Midnight Express: The Production (2008); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Nahtche and the General (1972); Operation Shtreimel (1984); Outlaw Force (1987); Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008); Pieces (1982); Popeye (1980); Red Sonja (1985); Red Sonja Vs. Kalidor: The Making of a Misunderstanding (2010); Return of the Tiger (1977); Sadat (1983); Sonny Boy (1989); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Tel Aviv Call Girls (1972); Ten Little Indians (1989); Terminal Entry (1987); Texas Godfather (1985); The Bull Buster (1973); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Hired Gun (1989); The In-Laws (1979); The Protector (1985); The Salamander (1981); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); War of 20 Years (1970); We Are No Angels (1975); When I Am King (1982); Wonder Woman (1979); You're Famous (1989).

Born on this day – Claude Chabrol:

Claude Chabrol

Director

June 24, 1930 – September 12, 2010

Born on this day – Yves Jean Bonnefoy:

Yves Jean Bonnefoy

Writer

Poet

Art historian

June 24, 1923 – July 1, 2016

Credits:

Books:

Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work (1993); Beginning and End of the Snow (2012); In the Shadow's Light (1991); Mythologies (1991); On the Motion and Immobility of Douve (1968); Poems: 1959-1975 (1985); Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (2011); Shakespeare and the French Poet (2004); The Anchor's Long Chain (2015); The Curved Planks (2007); The Digamma (2014); The Lure and the Truth of Painting: Selected Essays on Art (1995); The Present Hour (2013); Together Still (2017).

Movies and television:

Feu! Chatterton - Avant qu'il n'y ait le monde (Live acoustique) (2021); Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960); Le Louvre imaginaire (1993); Le roi Lear (1965); Les Nuits de France Culture (1994); Qu'est-ce que la poésie? (2018); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995).

Born on this day – Martha Sleeper:

Martha Sleeper

Actress

June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983

Credits:

A Punch in the Nose (1926); A Tailor Made Man (1931); A Ten-Minute Egg (1924); All Wet (1924); Along Came Auntie (1926); Are Husbands Human? (1925); Are Husbands Necessary? (1925); Baby Clothes (1926); Bad Boy (1925); Better Movies (1925); Big Red Riding Hood (1925); Bombshell (1933); Broken Dreams (1933); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Budding Youth (1924); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Danger Street (1928); Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Every Man for Himself (1924); Fighting Fathers (1927); Flaming Fathers (1927); Fluttering Hearts (1927); Four Days Wonder (1936); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); Great God Gold (1935); Happy Days (1924); Hold Everything (1925); Hollywood Party (1934); Huddle (1932); Innocent Husbands (1925); Jewish Prudence (1927); Laughing Ladies (1925); Long Fliv the King (1926); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Low Bridge (1924); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Mystery (1926); Merry Widower (1926); Midnight Mary (1933); Mum's the Word (1926); Never Too Old (1926); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Outdoor Pajamas (1924); Pass the Gravy (1928); Penthouse (1933); Plain and Fancy Girls (1925); Please, Teacher! (1924); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Sailing Along (1925); Say It with Babies (1926); Seeing Nellie Home (1924); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Sherlock Sleuth (1925); Should Husbands Pay? (1926); Should Landlords Live? (1924); Should Sailors Marry? (1925); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Skinner's Big Idea (1928); Spitfire (1934); Sure-Mike! (1925); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tame Men and Wild Women (1925); Taxi 13 (1928); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Air Legion (1929); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); The Little Yellow House (1928); The Mailman (1923); The Racing Kid (1924); The Rat's Knuckles (1925); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Royal Razz (1924); The Scoundrel (1935); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Voice of the Storm (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); There Goes the Bride (1925); Thundering Fleas (1926); Tomorrow's Youth (1934); Too Many Mammas (1924); Trailing Trouble (1924); Two Sinners (1935); Ukulele Sheiks (1926); War Nurse (1930); West of the Pecos (1934); What's the World Coming To (1926); Wild Papa (1925); Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926); Yale vs. Harvard (1927).