Wednesday, December 25, 2024

On this day in movie history - Move Over, Darling (1963):


Move Over, Darling

directed by Michael Gordon,
written by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey, Hal Kanter and Jack Sher,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1963.
Music by Lionel Newman.


Cast:

Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors, Edgar Buchanan, John Astin, Elliott Reid, Pat Harrington Jr., Alan Sues, Max Showalter, Eddie Quillan, Jack Orrison, Pami Lee, Leslie Farrell.

On this day in movie history - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962):


To Kill a Mockingbird

directed by Robert Mulligan,
written by Horton Foote,
based on the novel by Harper Lee,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1962.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:

Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox Paxton, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, William Windom, Crahan Denton, Richard Hale, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, R.L. Armstrong, Walter Bacon, Eddie Baker, Bobby Barber, John Barton, Audrey Betz, Danny Borzage, John Breen, Jess Cavin, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jack Clinton, Steve Condit, May Couch, David Crawford, Frank Ellis, Jamie Forster, Charles Fredericks, Raoul Freeman, Herman Hack, Jester Hairston, Chuck Hamilton, Kim Hamilton, Kim Hector, Michael Jeffers, Dick Johnstone, Chester Jones, Colin Kenny, Ethan Laidlaw, Nancy Marshall, Clyde McLeod, Charles McQuary, Charles Morton, Paulene Myers, William H. O'Brien, Charles Perry, Joe Ploski, Hugh Sanders, Barry Seltzer, Edward C. Short, Mabel Smaney, Eddie Smith, Walter Smith, Cap Somers, George Sowards, Ray Spiker, Kim Stanley, Jay Sullivan, Kelly Thordsen, Arthur Tovey, George Tracy, Sailor Vincent, Max Wagner, Bill Walker, Joe Walls, Dan White, Guy Wilkerson, Chalky Williams.

On this day in movie history - Paths of Glory (1957):


Paths of Glory

directed by Stanley Kubrick,
written by Stanley Kubrick,
Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson,
based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1957.
Music by Gerald Fried.


Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell, Emile Meyer, Bert Freed, Kem Dibbs, Timothy Carey, Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict, Leon Briggs, Paul Bös, Herbert Ellis, Wally Friedrichs, Halder Hanson, James B. Harris, Rolf Kralovitz, Ira Moore, Marshall Rainer, Roger Vagnoid.

On this day in movie history - Force of Evil (1948):


Force of Evil

directed by Abraham Polonsky,
written by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert,
based on the novel Tucker's People by Ira Wolfert,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1948.
Music by David Raksin.


Cast:

John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts, Paul Fix, Stanley Prager, Barry Kelley, Beau Bridges, Paul McVey.

On this day in movie history - T-Men (1947):


T-Men

directed by Anthony Mann,
written by John C. Higgins,
based on a story by Virginia Kellogg,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell.


Cast:

Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Anton Kosta, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman, John Wengraf, Jim Bannon, William Malten.

Born on this day – Irish McCalla:


Irish McCalla


Actress

Artist

December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hands of a Stranger (1962); Five Bold Women (1960); Five Gates to Hell (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); She Demons (1958); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956).

Born on this day – Dick Miller:


Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019