Jack Kost

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Big Combo (1955):

The Big Combo

directed by Joseph H. Lewis,

written by Philip Yordan,

was released in the United States on March 25, 1955.

Music by David Raksin.

Cast:

Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker, Jay Adler, John Hoyt, Ted de Corsia, Helene Stanton, Roy Gordon, Whit Bissell, Steve Michaell, Baynes Barron, James McCallion, Tony Michaels, Brian O'Hara, Bruce Sharpe, Michael Mark, Philip Van Zandt, Donna Drew.

On this day in movie history - Seventh Heaven (1937):

Seventh Heaven

directed by Henry King,

written by Melville Baker,

based on the play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong,

was released in the United States on March 25, 1937.

Music by David Buttolph and Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, Gregory Ratoff, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, John Qualen, Victor Kilian, Thomas Beck, Sig Rumann, Mady Christians, Rollo Lloyd, Rafaela Ottiano, Georges Renavent, Edward Keane, John Hamilton, Paul Porcasi, Leonid Snegoff, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Carol Adams, John Bleifer, Eugene Borden, Marcelle Corday, Joe De Stefani, Constant Franke, Alphonse Martell, Gene Massett, John Picorri, Frank Puglia, Evelyn Selbie.

Born on this day – John A. Keel:

John A. Keel

Writer

Ufologist

March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009

Credits:

Written work:

Disneyland of the Gods (1988); Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013); Jadoo (1957); Operation Trojan Horse / aka Why UFOs (1970 / 1978); Our Haunted Planet (1971); Pursuing the Addenda: Supernatural Reports From the Natural World (2016); Searching For the String: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2014); Strange Creatures From Time And Space / aka The Complete Guide To Mysterious Beings (1970 / 1994); The Best of John Keel (2006); The Eighth Tower / aka The Cosmic Question (1975 / 1978); The Fickle Finger of Fate (1966); The Flying Saucer Subculture (1973); The Great Phonograph in the Sky: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015); The Mothman Prophecies (1975); The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013); The Passionate Percipient: Illusions I Have Known And Loved - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015); The Perspicacious Percipient: How to Investigate UFOs and Other Insane Urges - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015).

Movies and television:

Ancient Aliens (2020–2023); City Sluckers (1998); Mack & Myer for Hire (1963); Metropolitan Monologues (2000); Secrets of the Shadow World, Parts 1-3 (1999); Summer Sketch Marks (2001); Tales of the Twilight Typist (1994); The Exiled Files of Eddie Gray (1997); The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017); The Mothman Prophecies (2002); The Mothman's Photographer (2008).