Wednesday, May 31, 2023

On this day in movie history - Easy Money (2000)

Easy Money

French title: Argent content,

directed by Philippe Dussol,

was released in France on May 31, 2001.

18-minute short movie, filmed in color and black and white.

Written by Philippe Dussol and Mathias Pothier.

Music by Mathias Pothier.

Cast:
Anne Charrier, Fred Dussol, Philippe Dussol.


Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

 

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000



Born on this day – Rainer Werner Fassbinder:

 

Director

Actor

Composer

Writer

May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982


Born on this day – Don Ameche:

Actor

Comedian

Vaudevillian

May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993




Born on this day – Kathlyn Williams:

 

Actress

May 31, 1879 – September 23, 1960


Born on this day – Walt Whitman:

 

Writer

May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892




Tuesday, May 30, 2023

World MS Day – May 30:



 

On this day in movie history - The Terror (1963)


The Terror

directed by Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale,

Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob and Jack Nicholson,

written by Leo Gordon, Jack Hill and Roger Corman,

was released in France on May 30, 1963.

Music by Ronald Stein.


Cast:
Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze

On this day in movie history - While the City Sleeps (1956)

While the City Sleeps

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Casey Robinson,

based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein,

was released in France on May 30, 1956.

Inspired by the true 1946 case of the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.


Cast:
Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, James Craig, Ida Lupino, Robert Warwick, Mae Marsh, Ralph Peters, Sandra White, Larry J. Blake, Celia Lovsky, Ed Hinton, Pitt Herbert, Vladimir Sokoloff, David Andrews, Eddie Baker, Ralph Brooks, Leonard Carey, Russell Custer, John Damler, Sayre Dearing, George DeNormand, Joe Devlin, Sam Finn, Mike Lally, Andrew Lupino, Ralph Manza, Mickey Martin, Joey Ray, Cosmo Sardo, Charles Sherlock, Olan Soule, Bert Stevens, Carleton Young.

Born on this day – Michael J. Pollard:


Actor

May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019




Born on this day – Agnès Varda:

 

Director

Writer

Photographer

Artist

May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019




 

Born on this day – Howard Hawks:


Director

Producer

Writer

May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977






Monday, May 29, 2023

Happy Memorial Day

 Honoring those who served and gave their lives for our freedom.



Born on this day – Kevin Conway:

 

Actor

Director

May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020


Born on this day – Clifton James:

 

Actor

May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017






Born on this day – Janice Logan:


Actress

May 29, 1915 – October 23, 1965





Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

 

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948



Born on this day – Bob Hope:

 

Comedian

Actor

May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003


Born on this day – Beatrice Lillie:

 

Actress

Singer

Comedienne

May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989


Born on this day – Max Brand:


Writer

May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944


Sunday, May 28, 2023

On this day in music history - Gish, by The Smashing Pumpkins (1991)


The album Gish,

by The Smashing Pumpkins,

was released on May 28, 1991.



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On this day in movie history - The Detective (1968)


The Detective

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Abby Mann,

based on the novel by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on May 28, 1968.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:
Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Horace McMahon, Lloyd Bochner, William Windom, Tony Musante, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Duvall, Pat Henry, Patrick McVey, Dixie Marquis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Renée Taylor, Jim Inman, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Bisset, Mikel Angel, Ted Beniades, Mark Dawson, James Dukas, Jan Farrand, Don Fellows, Tom Gorman, Sharon Henesy, Richard Krisher, Lou Krugman, Paul Larson, Alan Manson, Bette Midler, Earl Montgomery, Peg Murray, Lou Nelson, George Plimpton, Frank Raiter, Jilly Rizzo, Jose Rodriguez, Joe Santos, Diane Sayer, Arnold Soboloff, Philip Sterling, Stephen Wright, Peter York.