On this day in movie history - Pushover (1954):

Pushover

directed by Richard Quine,

written by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.
Based on the novels The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh

and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.
Music by Arthur Morton.

Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse, James Anderson, Joe Bailey, Tony Barrett, Walter Beaver, Richard Bryan, Robert Carson, Phil Chambers, Dick Crockett, John De Simone, Alan Dexter, Don C. Harvey, Anne Loos, Mort Mills, Ann Morriss, Paul Picerni, Murray Pollack, Paul Richards, Marion Ross, K.L. Smith, Robert Stevenson, Hal Taggart, John Tarangelo, Mel Welles, Jack Wilson.

Born on this day – Dion Anderson:

Dion Anderson

Actor

August 6, 1938 – April 26, 2026

Credits:

Afterburn (1992); Any Day Now (1998–2002); Blue Sky (1994); Chicago Hope (1996); Civil Wars (1991–1992); Cold Case (2004); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Cop Rock (1990); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2001); Cross Fire (1989); Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991); Days of Our Lives (2000–2003); Delta (1992); Diagnosis Murder (1996–2001); Doctor Doctor (1989); Dream On (1993–1994); Dying Young (1991); Encore! Encore! (1999); Everything's Relative (1987); Family Law (2001–2002); First Monday (2002); Gilmore Girls (2002–2005); Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990); Havana (1990); Home Improvement (1992); Honor Thy Mother (1992); Incident at Dark River (1989); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Kate & Allie (1986); L.A. Doctors (1998); L.A. Law (1989–1994); Last Flight Out (1990); Line of Fire (2004); Live Shot (1995); Married... with Children (1995); Matlock (1991); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Mr. Deeds (2002); Murder One (1995); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Murphy Brown (1990); NBC Special Treat (1985); One Woman or Two (1985); Powerhouse (1982); Providence (2000); Reba (2002); Robin's Hoods (1994); Roe vs. Wade (1989); Rude Awakening (1989); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2001); Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993); The Commish (1992); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Famous Teddy Z (1989); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Golden Girls (1990); The Guardian (2003); The Practice (1999); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Single Guy (1997); The X-Files (1996); Thunder Alley (1995); Townies (1996); Union Square (1997); Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993); While Justice Sleeps (1994); Will & Grace (2001); Wiseguy (1989).

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – October 19, 2017

Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist

Director

Producer

August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987

Born on this day – Frank Finlay:

Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Barbara Bates:

Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Ella Jenkins:

Ella Jenkins

Singer

Writer

Composer

August 6, 1924 – November 9, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

A Life of Song (2011); A Long Time (1970 / 1992 / 2024); Adventures in Rhythm (1959 / 1989 / 1992); African-American Folk Rhythms (1960 / 1998); And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children (1971 / 1990); Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing (1957 / 1990); Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends (2017); cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2004); Come Dance by the Ocean (1991); Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones (1969 / 1990); Early Early Childhood Songs (1982 / 1996); Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends Pulling Together (1999); For the Family (1991); Get Moving with Ella Jenkins (2012); Growing Up With Ella Jenkins (1976 / 1990); Holiday Times (1996); Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 1 (1983 / 1999 / 2015); Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 2 (1983 / 2000 / 2015); I Know the Colors of the Rainbow (1981); Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants (1974 / 1996); Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" (Chicago) (1972 / 1990); Live at the Smithsonian (1991); Looking Back and Looking Forward (1981); More Multicultural Children's Songs (2014); Multicultural Children's Songs (1995); My Street Begins at My House (1971 / 1989); Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs (1974 / 1990); 123s and ABCs (2014); Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound (1968 / 1994); Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones (1964 / 1991); Rhythms of Childhood (1970 / 1989); Seasons for Singing (1970 / 1990); Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins (2003); Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far (1964 / 1997); Songs Children Love To Sing (1996); Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance (1977 / 1982 / 2000); This is Rhythm (1961 / 1994); This-A-Way That-A-Way (1973 / 1989 / 1992); This-a-Way-That-a-Way (1961 / 1989); Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: – A Bilingual Journey (1979 / 1989); We Are America's Children (1976); You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song (1966 / 1989).

Movies and television:

Barney & Friends (1993); Cellabration Live! a Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2007); Fargo (2020); Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom (2022); Kidding (2018); Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1974–1992); Roadtrip Nation (2012); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2024).