Tuesday, July 29, 2025

On this day in movie history - Two Hands (1999):


Two Hands

directed and written by Gregor Jordan,
was released in Australia on July 29, 1999.
Music by Cezary Skubiszewski.


Cast:

Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long, Tony Forrow, Steven Vidler, Dale Kalnins, Kiri Paramore, Bill Drury, David Moeaki, Mathew Wilkinson, Rose Byrne, Mary Acres, Evan Sheaves, Jarrah Darling, Andrew Hunter, Mariel McClorey, Stuart Fenton, Grant Bennett, Jacquy Phillips, Peter Mclean, Poppy Savakkis, Tim Wright, Lynden Jones, Susie Porter, Brian Staunton, Rob Duckworth, Moya O'Sullivan, Salvatore Coco, Jonno Zissler, Jim Webb, Mick Innes, Steve Le Marquand, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Daniel Amodeo, Kevin Smith, Imelda Corcoran, Waddah Sari, Damian Monk, Lisa Natalie, Adam Muncu, Jerome Ehlers, Richard Carter, Jai Kemp, Warwick Young, Avril Wynne, Chris Mitchell, Brett Praed, Stuart Spence, Katya Tarnawski, Damian Bradford, Glenn Suter, Mitchell Butel, Perin Davey, Kristine Stanley.

On this day in movie history - The Amazing Mr. X (1948):


The Amazing Mr. X

aka The Spiritualist,
directed by Bernard Vorhaus,
written by Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter,
was released in the United States on July 29, 1948.
Music by Alexander Laszlo.


Cast:

Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry Mendoza, Norma Varden.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Club (1933):


Midnight Club

directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes,
written by Leslie Charteris and Seton I. Miller,
based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory by E. Phillips Oppenheim,
was released in the United States on July 29, 1933.
Music by W. Franke Harling and Howard Jackson.


Cast:

Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson, Alison Skipworth, Sir Guy Standing, Alan Mowbray, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Forrester Harvey, Ethel Griffies, Teru Shimada, Charles Coleman, Billy Bevan, Jean De Briac, Leo White, Rita Carlyle, Dennis O'Keefe.

Born on this day – Devin Harjes:


Devin Harjes


Actor

July 29, 1983 – May 27, 2025

Credits:

Blue Bloods (2012); Blue-Eyed Mary (2009); Boardwalk Empire (2011); Boyz of Summer (2012); Daredevil (2015); Elementary (2018); FBI (2019); Gotham (2014); Manifest (2020–2021); Orange Is the New Black (2013); Rebel in the Rye (2017); Surprise Surprise, Mr. Conovy (2011); The Big Picture (2010); The Day I Lost My Mind (2009); The Forest Is Red (2012); The Sixth Round (2009); What is Reality? (2017); When the Shadow Falls (2012).

Born on this day – Dulce La Cantante:


Dulce La Cantante


Singer

Actress

July 29, 1955 – December 25, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Aquella edad (1977); Ay, amor… (1990); Castillos de cristal (1988); Cosas prohibidas (1991); Dulce (1979); Heridas (1982); Homenaje a Camilo Sesto (2006); Invitación al amor (1988); La voz con alma (1976); Lobo (1985); Salvaje (1987); Testigo de una noche (1993); Triunfadora de Mallorca (1978); Tu muñeca (1984).

Movies and television:

Cara a cara (1982); Celebremos México: Hecho en México (2005); Con todo (2004); De su misma sangre (1982); Diseñador ambos sexos (2001); Dulce, la cantante (1983); El Minuto Que Cambió Mi Destino (2016); José José... El especial (2006); La camioneta gris (1990); La Más Draga (2019); Las mañanitas a la virgen de Guadalupe (2004); Las vías del amor (2002–2003); Más allá del puente (1993); Mónica y el sexo (2019); Muchachitas como tú (2007); Mujeres engañadas (1999); Mundo de fieras (2006); Muñeca rota (1978); No vale nada la vida (1984); Quién es la máscara (2020); Quiéreme Tonto (2010); Reyes de la canción (2006); Sale el Sol (2018–2019); Segunda oportunidad (2010); Siempre en domingo (1984); Siempre reinas (2024); Soñadoras (1998); Vecinos (2024); Vencer la culpa (2023).

Born on this day – Charles Hallahan:


Charles Hallahan


Actor

July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997

Credits:

58th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1989); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Smile in the Dark (1991); A Winner Never Quits (1986); ABC Afterschool Specials (1990); All in the Family (1978); Allison Sydney Harrison (1983); Almost Perfect (1996); Ambushed (1998); Body of Evidence (1993); Bret Maverick (1981); Capone Behind Bars (1989); Cast a Deadly Spell (1991); Chicago Story (1981); Civil Wars (1992); Coach (1995); Dallas (1978); Dante's Peak (1997); Dave (1993); Executive Decision (1996); Family (1979); Fatal Beauty (1987); Gargoyles (1995–1996); Going in Style (1979); Good Times (1979); Grace Under Fire (1993–1994); Great Performances (1971–1988); Happy Days (1977); Hart to Hart (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hunter (1986–1991); Hunter: Return to Justice (2002); In the Heat of the Night (1993); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994); Jack's Place (1993); JAG (1995); James at 16 (1978); Kidco (1984); Law & Order (1993); Lou Grant (1979–1982); M*A*S*H (1981); Mad About You (1994); Magic Mongo (1977); Margin for Murder (1981); Mind Rage (1996); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Nails (1992); Nightwing (1979); NYPD Blue (1997); P.K. and the Kid (1987); Pale Rider (1985); Picket Fences (1992); Players (1997); Riker (1981); Rolling Thunder (1996); Roswell (1994); Silkwood (1983); Sirens (1993); Sisters (1995–1996); Skag (1980); Soap (1979); Space Jam (1996); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sweet Justice (1995); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); The Equalizer (1985); The Fan (1996); The Fantasticks (2000); The Law and Harry McGraw (1988); The Other Victim (1981); The Paper Chase (1978–1979); The Pest (1997); The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995); The Rich Man's Wife (1996); The Rockford Files (1977); The Star Chamber (1983); The Ted Knight Show (1978); The Thing (1982); The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998); The Visitor (1997); The Waltons (1979); Things That Go Bump (1997); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); True Believer (1989); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Time Out (1983); Two of a Kind (1983); Vision Quest (1985); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993); Wild Palms (1993); Wings (1990).

Born on this day – David Warner:


David Warner

Actor

July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022