Born on this day – Lois Wilson:

Lois Wilson

Actress

June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988

Credits:

A Bird in the Hand (1929); A Burglar for a Night (1918); A Full House (1920); A Man's Fight (1919); A Man's Man (1917); A Son of the Immortals (1916); A Soul at Stake (1916); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Alias the Lone Wolf (1927); Alimony (1917); Alone in the World (1917); Another Scandal (1924); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916); Bad Little Angel (1939); Bella Donna (1923); Black Evidence (1917); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Born to Gamble (1935); Bright Eyes (1934); Broad Daylight (1922); Broadway Nights (1927); Burglar Proof (1920); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Come Again Smith (1919); Coney Island (1928); Conquest (1928); Contraband (1925); Deluge (1933); Divorce in the Family (1932); Drifting Souls (1932); Fascinating Youth (1926); Fashion News (1930); Female (1933); Flames of Treachery (1917); For Beauty's Sake (1941); For Love or Money (1930); French Dressing (1927); Gates of Brass (1919); Green Eyes (1916); Guiding Light (1955); He Wrote a Book (1916); Her Chance (1916); Her Husband's Women (1929); His Robe of Honor (1918); Hollywood (1923 / 1980); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hulda the Silent (1916); Icebound (1924); In the Money (1933); Irish Luck (1925); Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922); It Pays to Advertise (1919); Kid Gloves (1929); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Langdon's Legacy (1916); Laughing at Life (1933); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Let's Get Married (1926); Life Returns (1934); Love Insurance (1919); Lovin' the Ladies (1930); Maid o' the Storm (1918); Manslaughter (1922); Married on the Wing (1916); Marry Me (1925); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midsummer Madness (1920); Miss Information (1928); Miss Lulu Bett (1921); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); New York (1927); No Greater Glory (1934); Nobody's Children (1940); North of 36 (1924); Obey the Law (1933); Object: Alimony (1928); On Trial (1928); Once a Gentleman (1930); One Dollar Bid (1918); Only 38 (1923); Our Five Daughters (1962); Our Leading Citizen (1922); Parentage (1917); Picture This (2022); Pied Piper Malone (1924); Prisoners of the Pines (1918); Public Opinion (1935); Ransom (1928); Rugged Water (1925); Ruggles of Red Gap (1923); Sally's Shoulders (1928); School for Girls (1934); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Seed (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Society Fever (1935); Temptation (1930); The Age for Love (1931); The Aldrich Family (1950); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Bells (1918); The Best Man (1919); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The City of Masks (1920); The City of Silent Men (1921); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Crash (1932); The Decoy (1916); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Drifters (1919); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The End of the Game (1919); The Expert (1932); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Gay Lord Waring (1916); The Gingham Girl (1927); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hell Diggers (1921); The Hypocrite (1915); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The King on Main Street (1925); The Lost Romance (1921); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Morals of Hilda (1916); The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915); The Palace of Dust (1915); The Pool of Flame (1916); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Paradise (1915); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932); The Show-Off (1926 / 1934); The Silent Battle (1916); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Turn of a Card (1918); The Vanishing American (1925); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Whispered Name (1917); The White Man's Law (1916); The World's Champion (1922); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); This Is Your Life (1957); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three X Gordon (1918); Ticket to a Crime (1934); To the Last Man (1923); Too Much Johnson (1919); Treason (1917); Wedding Present (1936); Wedding Rings (1929); Welcome Home (1925); What Every Woman Knows (1921); What's Your Hurry? (1920); When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915); Who's Your Servant? (1920); Why Smith Left Home (1919); Without Compromise (1922); Won by Grit (1917); Your Uncle Dudley (1935).

Born on this day – Polly Moran:

Polly Moran

Actress

June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952

Credits:

A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Close Shave (1920); A Doggone Mix-Up (1921); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Scrambled Romance (1920); Adam's Rib (1949); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915); Ambush (1939); An Oily Scoundrel (1916); Are Brunettes Safe? (1927); Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1916); Beyond the Sierras (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); Buttons (1927); By Stork Delivery (1916); Cactus Nell (1917); Came the Dawn (1928); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught Short (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); China Bound (1929); Classic Comedy Teams / Segment: Our Gang (1986); Crazy House (1930); Dangerous Females (1929); Defend Yourself (1925); Detectives (1928); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Grauman Special (1918); Guilty Hands (1931); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Painted Hero (1915); High & Dry (1921); Hired and Fired (1920); His Father's Footsteps (1915); His Naughty Thought (1917); His Uncle Dudley (1917); His Wild Oats (1916); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Honeymoon (1928); Hot for Paris (1929); In Again, Out Again (1921); It's a Wise Child (1931); Ladies First (1918); Ladies in Distress (1938); Le plombier amoureux (1932); London After Midnight (1927); London After Midnight (2002); Look Before You Sleep (1922); Love Will Conquer (1916); Luck (1923); Madcap Ambrose (1916); Meet the Missus (1940); Nell's Busted Romance (1922); Oh, Duchess! (1936); Oh, You, Sheriff Nell (1922); Paid (1930); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pills of Peril (1916); Politics (1931); Prize Maid (1949); Prosperity (1932); Red River Range (1938); Reducing (1931); Remote Control (1930); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rose-Marie (1928); Sailor Maid (1937); Saucy Madeline (1918); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Shadows of the Night (1928); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1920); She Needed a Doctor (1917); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918); Show People (1928); Skirts (1921); Smith's Cook (1927); So This Is College (1929); Speedway (1929); Taming Target Center (1917); Telling the World (1928); That Night (1928); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Battle Royal (1918); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blackbird (1926); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Divine Woman (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Garage (1920); The Girl Said No (1930); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Hunt (1915); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The March of Time (1930); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Pullman Bride (1917); The Ragged Road to Romance (1920); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rounder (1930); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Show (1927); The Slicker (1921); The Society Bug (1920); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Thirteenth Hour (1927); The Trail of '98 (1928); The Unholy Night (1929); The Unknown (1927); The Village Blacksmith (1916); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); Their Social Splash (1915); This Is the Life (1920); Those College Girls (1915); Those Three French Girls (1930); Tide of Empire (1929); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); Training for Husbands (1920); Twinkletoes (1926); Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Two Wise Maids (1937); Vampire Ambrose (1916); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); When Joe Went West (1913); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wild Waves and Women (1919).

Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Writer

Composer

June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778

Credits:

Music:

Avril – aire a poesía de Rémy Belleau; Chansons de Bataille (1753); Daphnis et Chloé; Le Devin du village (1752); Le Printemps de Vivaldi (1775); Les Consolations des Misères de Ma Vie (1781); Les Fetes de Remire (1745); Les Muses galantes (1743); Pygmalion (1762/1770); Que le jour me dure!; Salve Regina (1752); Symphonie à Cors de Chasse (1751).

Writing:

Dissertation sur la musique moderne (1743); Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (Discours sur les sciences et les arts) (1750); Narcissus, or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy (1752); Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes) (1754); Letter on French Music (1753); Letter to M. D’Alembert on Spectacles (1758); Julie; or, The New Heloise (Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse) (1761); Emile or On Education (Émile ou de l’éducation) (1762); Four Letters to M. de Malesherbes (1762); Letters Written from the Mountain (1764); Dictionary of Music (1767); Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1770); Letters on the Elements of Botany; Essay on the Origin of Languages (1781); Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques (1782); Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1782).

Movies and television:

4 Days in France (2016); Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (1999); Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière (2009); Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976); Kuolema savolaiseen tapaan (1983); La faute à Rousseau (2012); Le devin du village (1962); Le gai savoir (1969); Portrait souvenir (1962); Sweet Brother (2025); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).

Madeleine L'Engle, on writing:

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

- Madeleine L'Engle.

On this day in movie history - The Room (2003):

The Room

directed and written by Tommy Wiseau,

was released in the United States on June 27, 2003.
Music by Mladen Milicevic.

Cast:

Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott, Robyn Paris, Mike Holmes, Dan Janjigian, Kyle Vogt, Greg Ellery, Piper Gore, Kari McDermott, Jennifer Vanderbliek, Bennett Dunn, Padma Moyer, Daron Jennings, Thomas E. Webster, Nora DeMarcky, Arelle Mitkowski, Frank Willey, Amy Von Brock.

On this day in music history:

Call of the Wild by Lee Aaron (1985)

These Days by Bon Jovi (1995)

Love Sublime by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau (2006)

Islands: Essential Einaudi by Ludovico Einaudi (2011)

Call of the Wild

Album by Lee Aaron,

released June 27, 1985.

Credits: Rock Me All Over; Runnin’ from the Fire; Champion; Barely Holdin’ on; Burnin’ Love; Line of Fire; Beat ‘Em Up; Paradise; Evil Game; Danger Zone; Hot to Be Rocked.

These Days

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 27, 1995.

Credits: Hey God; Something for the Pain; This Ain’t a Love Song; These Days; Lie to Me; Damned; My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms; (It’s Hard) Letting You Go; Hearts Breaking Even; Something to Believe in; If That’s What It Takes; Diamond Ring.

Love Sublime

Album by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau,

Released June 27, 2006.

Credits: Your First Word Was Light; The Hour Is Striking so Close Above Me; I Love the Dark Hours of My Being; I Love You, Gentlest of Ways; No One Lives His Life; His Caring Is a Nightmare to Us; Extinguish My Eyes, I’ll Go on Seeing You; Tears in Sleep; Memory; A Tale; Love Sublime.

Islands: Essential Einaudi

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released June 27, 2011.

Credits: I Giorni; The Earth Prelude; Le Onde (The Waves); Nightbook; Divenire; Dietro Casa (Nearby Home); Fairytale; Nuvole Bianche (White Clouds); Passagio (Passage); Primavera (Spring); Nefeli; Questa Notte (Tonight); Berlin Song; Melodia Africana 3; High Heels; White Night; L’ Origine Nascosta (The Hidden Source); Love Is a Mystery; Monday; Lady Labyrinth; Solo; Ancora (Again); Andare (To Go); Eros; Indaco (Indigo); Fly; Oltremare (Ultramarine).

On this day in movie history - Pale Rider (1985):

Pale Rider

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1985.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Fran Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Hamilton, Graham Paul, Chuck Lafont, Jeffrey Weissman, Allen Keller, Randy Oglesby, Herman Poppe, Kathleen Wygle, Terrence Evans, Jim Hitson, Loren Adkins, Thomas H. Friedkin, S.A. Griffin, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Jeffrey Josephson, John Dennis Johnston, Michael Adams, Clay M. Lilley, Gene Hartline, R.L. Tolbert, Clifford Happy, Ross Loney, Larry Randles, Mike H. McGaughy, Jerry Gatlin, Lloyd Nelson, Jay K. Fishburn, George Orrison, Milton Murrill, Mike Munsey, Keith Dillin, Buddy Van Horn, Fritz Manes, Glenn Wright, Kate Britton.