Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist, Director, Producer, and fellow

Pittsburgh native and child of Austria-Hungary Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants

was born on this day in 1928.

August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987

When he was alive, I wasn't the biggest fan...found his art too 'pop-y' for me.

I've come to appreciate his life and legacy through many visits to The Andy Warhol Museum when I'm home in Pittsburgh.

If you have a chance when you're in the 'Burgh - visit!

My favorite parts of the museum are his self-portraits, the Cloud Room, and his Archive boxes.

#AndyWarhol #AndyWarholMuseum #Pittsburgh #AustriaHungary #ByzantineCatholic #Clouds #CarpathoRusyn

On this day in music – Bela Lugosi’s Dead released by Bauhaus (1979)

Bela Lugosi's Dead

by Bauhaus

was released on August 6, 1979.

Bauhaus performed this song in the opening titles scene of The Hunger, a stylish vampire-themed horror movie, directed by Tony Scott and released in 1983.

#Bauhaus #BelaLugosisDead #TheHunger #PeterMurphy

Edmund Wilson, on books and reading:

 

No two persons ever read the same book.
- Edmund Wilson.

Recommended reading – The Cocktail Waitress (2012)

 

The Cocktail Waitress

by James M. Cain.

 
Hard Case Crime.
Published posthumously.
Hardcover.
First edition.
 
ISBN-10: 1781160325
ISBN-13: 978-1781160329
 
Description:
 
Grieving widow … or black widow?

day Joan Medford buried her husband was a fateful one – because before the day was out she’d meet the two men who would change her life forever. Forced to take a job waitressing to support herself and her child, Joan finds herself caught between the handsome young schemer whose touch she comes to crave and the wealthy older man whose touch repels her … but who otherwise would make a tempting husband number two. It’s a classic Cain triangle – brutal sexual and stark – that can only end in death. But for whom, the guilty … or the innocent?

 

The final novel written by James M. Cain and never before published, The Cocktail Waitress is a testament to the enduring power of one of the most acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century. The author of unforgettable noir classics such as Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and The Postman Always Rings Twice, Cain’s work remains as impossible to put down today as when first written, and will leave even jaded modern readers breathless. Featuring an afterword by Edgar and Shamus Award-winning editor Charles Ardai. One of the most celebrated and notorious crime writers of all time, James M. Cain launched his career with the publication of two back-to-back masterpieces – The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity – selling millions of copies worldwide and inspiring classic movies. Cain continued with an unmatched run of noir novels including Mildred Pierce which inspired both the Academy Award-winning film starring Joan Crawford and the Emmy-winning HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet. Cain died in 1977. And that’s where everyone thought the story ended. But James M. Cain had one more story to tell – one last blistering tale of sex and greed, betrayal and deception, written at the end of his life but never published – The Cocktail Waitress. Destined to take its place alongside his other classics, The Cocktail Waitress is Cain at his brutal and seductive best.

 

"Here, long after anyone would have expected it, is the voice of James M. Cain, as fresh and as relevant as ever. The Cocktail Waitress will involve you, and then shock you with an ending you'll never forget. A true rarity: a reader’s novel that’s also a literary event." – Stephen King.

Born on this day – Alfred Tennyson:

 

Alfred Tennyson

Writer

August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892

Credits:

Poems:

A Farewell; Ask Me No More; Break, Break, Break; Charge of the Light Brigade; Circumstance; Cradle Song; Crossing the Bar; Early Spring; England and America in 1782; Far-far-away (For Music); Flower in the Crannied Wall; From The Palace of Art; In Memoriam, VII; Lady Clare; Of Old Sat Freedom; Ring Out, Wild Bells; Strong Son of God, Immortal Love; Sweet and Low; Tears, Idle Tears; The Blackbird; The Brook; The City Child; The Death of the Old Year; The Deserted House; The Dying Swan; The Eagle; The Flower; The Kraken; The Lady of Shalott; The May Queen; The Mermaid; The Oak; The Owl; The Poet's Song; The Sea-Fairies; The Shell; The Splendor Falls; The Tears Of Heaven; The Throstle; Will.

Movies and television:

A Day That Is Dead (1913); A Dream of Fair Women (1920); After Many Years (1908); Balaclava (1928); Becket (1923); Break, Break, Break (1914 / 2019); Catalogue of Ships (2008); De glada åren (1946); Dora (1909 / 1910 / 1912 / 1915); Enoch Arden (1914 / 1915); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Facing the Music (1933); Gunsmoke (1960); Holding Back the Years (2018); Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet (1930); Lady Clare (1912); Lady Godiva (1911 / 1921); Last of the Summer Wine (1988); Lauzon Lauzone (2001); Leolo (1992); Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989); Maud (1911); Montenegrins: The Mighty Race of the Mountaineers, Says Lord Tennyson (2013); My Favorite Wife (1940); Naked Hearts (1916); Project Green Gables (2016); Sweet and Low (1914); The Arthur Haynes Show (1962); The Brook (1917); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1914 / 1936); The Gardener's Daughter (1913 / 1914); The Golden Supper (1910); The Lady Clare (1919); The Lady of Shalott (1912 / 1915); The May Queen (1914); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1972); The Stefan University (2019); The Vanishing Hand (1928); Tolvslaget på Skansen (1977); V. Alexander Stefan in V. Alexander Stefan: My Passion (2018); Vanity Fair (2004); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Lillian Albertson:

Lillian Albertson

Actress

Theatrical producer

August 6, 1881 – August 24, 1962

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Fireside Theatre (1951–1953); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Storm Warning (1950); Summer Theatre (1953); The Blue Veil (1951); The Cisco Kid (1953–1955); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Ten Commandments (1956); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954).

Born on this day – Willie Lee Brown:

 

Willie Lee Brown

Blues singer

Guitarist

August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952

Credits:

Albums:

Tell Me Why Love Don't Last / EP (2015); Two Men on Fire - The Blues Brothers of the Delta (2025); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Cadillac Boogie; Camp Hollers; Cut It Out; Do It Like That; East St. Louis Blues; Fever; Fo' Clock Blues; Four O'clock Flower Blues; Future Blues; Going to Fishing; Gonna Make It On Back; Gonna Make on Back; Government Fleet Blues; Korea Blues; Levee Camp Blues; Love That Stranger; M & O Blues; M and o Blues; Make Me a Pallet on the Floor; Mississippi Blues; Ragged and Dirty; Sleep; So Gorgeous; Take My Love; Talk To Me, Talk To Me; Tell Me Why Love Don't Last Always; Together; Together Intrumental; Walkin' Blues; Walking Blues.

Movie:

Crossroads (1986).

Born on this day – Robert Mitchum:

Robert Mitchum

Actor

August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 28' (2021); 5 Card Stud (1968); A Bigger Splash (2015); A Coffee in Berlin (2012); A Family for Joe (1990); A Killer in the Family (1983); A Movable Feast (1970); A Movable Scene (1970); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Aerial Gunner (1943); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1984); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); African Skies (1992–1994); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America on the Rocks (1973); American Grindhouse (2010); Àngel Casas Show (1988); Angel Face (1952); Anzio (1968); Apropos Film (1985); Asteroid City (2023); Backfire! (1995); Bandido! (1956); Bar 20 (1943); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Berkeley in the Sixties (1990); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Beyond the Last Frontier (1943); Biography (1995–2002); Blood on the Moon (1948); Border Patrol (1943); Bored to Death (2011); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Breakthrough (1979); British Academy Awards (1991); Broken Noses (1987); Brotherhood of the Rose (1989); Callow's Laughton (1987); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Cape Fear (1962 / 1991); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Charles Laughton Directs 'the Night of the Hunter' (2002); Chop Suey (2001); Cinema (1972); Cinema 3 (1988); Cinéma cinémas (1982–1990); Cinema mil (2005); Cinépanorama (1957); Climax! (1956); Colpo di scena (2014); Colt Comrades (1943); Compression (2023); Corvette K-225 (1943); Crossfire (1947); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); De l'autre côté du lit (2008); De película (1988–1989); Dead Man (1995); Dean's Place (1975); Desire Me (1947); Doughboys in Ireland (1943); Dynamite Chicken (1971); El Dorado (1966); Entertainment Tonight (1995); Escarnio (2004); Evocator (2009); False Colors (1943); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2005); Film '87 (1987); Film Fanfare (1956); Film Night (1969–1970); Film Profile (1955); Fire Down Below (1957); Follow the Band (1943); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Gilmore Girls (2004); Girl Rush (1944); Going Home (1971); Good Morning America (1985); Gran premio internazionale della TV (1991); Grass (1999); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); Haunted Hotels of Hollywood (2018); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); His Kind of Woman (1951); Holiday Affair (1949); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Rebellen (2013); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood's Make-Up Magic (1942); Home from the Hill (1960); Hometown Legend (2002); Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943); Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000); Howard Hughes: The Inside Story (1983); Inèdits (2022); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997); James Stewart, Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017); Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu (2006); Jayne Mansfield: La tragédie d'une blonde (2013); Jett (2019); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944); La classe américaine (1993); Late Night with David Letterman (1985); Le journal de 20 heures (1989–1991); Leather Burners (1943); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les sept péchés capitaux (1992); Macao (1952); Man with the Gun (1955); Maria's Lovers (1984); Marilyn (1963); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Matilda (1978); McLean and Company (1970); Midnight Ride (1990); Midway (1976); Minesweeper (1943); Mister Moses (1965); Mitchum in Marlowe Country (1978); Moving Pictures (1995); Mr. North (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); My Forbidden Past (1951); My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2010); Nevada (1944); Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018); Nightkill (1980); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Not as a Stranger (1955); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); One Minute to Zero (1952); One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982); Out of the Past (1947); Pancho Villa: Myth or Man? (1968); Panorama (2020); Parkinson (1972); Pebble Mill at One (1986); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Présumé dangereux (1990); Private Screenings (1996); Promises to Keep (1985); Pulp Cinema (2001); Pursued (1947); Rachel and the Stranger (1948); Rampage (1963); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Rembob'Ina (2024); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Reunion at Fairborough (1985); Richard Petty: The Legend (1992); Riders of the Deadline (1943); Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988); River of No Return (1954); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Night Live (1987); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 8: Hollywood Honors Hersholt (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 3: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Scrooged (1988); Second Chance (1953); Secret Ceremony (1968); Severance (2025); She Couldn't Say No (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Stage Show (1955); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Supernatural (2015); Talking Pictures (2014); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); That Championship Season (1982); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 18th Rudolph Valentino Awards (1990); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 49th Golden Globe Awards (1992); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Agency (1980); The Ambassador (1984); The Amsterdam Kill (1977); The Angry Hills (1959); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Big Picture (1967); The Big Sleep (1978); The Big Steal (1949); The Boys (2022); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Confession (2018); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The Dancing Masters (1943); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Discovery of Marilyn Monroe (1991); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1963); The Enemy Below (1957); The Equalizer (1987); The Eyes of War (1989); The Factor (2012); The First 40 Years (1980); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunters (1958); The Jim Stafford Show (1975); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The King of Queens (2005); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Linkletter Show (1967); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Locket (1946); The Lone Star Trail (1943); The Longest Day (1962); The Lusty Men (1952); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Marshal (1995); The Marty Stuart Show (2013); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1976); The Night Fighters (1960); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Players (2012); The Racket (1951); The Red Pony (1949); The South Bank Show (1988); The Sundowners (1960); The Sunset Boys (1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1988); The Way West (1967); The Wild West (1979); The Winds of War (1983); The Winston Affair (1964); The Wonderful Country (1959); The Wrath of God (1972); The Yakuza (1974); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Is Your Life (1994); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Thunder Road (1958); Till the End of Time (1946); To the People of the United States (1943); Tombstone (1993); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Track of the Cat (1954); Tribute to Trevor Howard (1986); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two for the Seesaw (1962); Undercurrent (1946); Villa Rides (1968); Waiting for the Wind (1991); War and Remembrance (1988–1989); War and Remembrance: A Living History (1988); WatchMojo (2018); West of the Pecos (1945); We've Never Been Licked (1943); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1957–1965); When Strangers Marry (1944); Where Danger Lives (1950); White as Snow (2010); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Woman of Desire (1994); Young Billy Young (1969).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:

Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); L'abito nero da sposa (1945); Le coup de grâce (1965); Le Jour Se Leve (1939); Le vie del peccato (1946); Les deux timides (1943); L'homme qui joue avec le feu (1942); Sarati, le terrible (1937); Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1941); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Ella Raines:

 

Ella Raines

Actress

August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988

Credits:

A Dangerous Profession (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Brute Force (1947); Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Enter Arsene Lupin (1944); Fighting Coast Guard (1951); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Here's Lucy: On Location (2009); Impact (1949); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955); Lights Out (1950); Matt Houston (1984); Phantom Lady (1944); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Ride the Man Down (1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Singing Guns (1950); Stump the Stars (1950); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Christophers (1955); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man in the Road (1956); The Runaround (1946); The Second Face (1950); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Suspect (1944); The Walking Hills (1949); The Web (1947); Time Out of Mind (1947); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:

 

Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

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).

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 – Frank Finlay:

Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

 

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – 19 October 19, 2017

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).

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.

On this day in movie history - Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Alfred Hayes,

based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes, Benjie Bancroft, Paul Brinegar, Minta Durfee, Jean Engstrom, Victor Hugo Greene, Don C. Harvey, Carl Lee, John Maxwell, John Pickard, Dan Riss, Scott Seaton, Allen D. Sewall, Dan Seymour, Olan Soule, Hal Taggart, John Zaremba.

On this day in movie history - The Fugitive (1993)

The Fugitive

directed by Andrew Davis,

written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, and based on a story by David Twohy,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1993.

Also based on the TV series The Fugitive, starring David Janssen and created by Roy Huggins,

that ran for four seasons from 1963 to 1967.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, L. Scott Caldwell, Johnny Lee Davenport, Julianne Moore, Ron Dean, Joseph Kosala, Jane Lynch, Dick Cusack, Andy Romano, Nick Searcy, Eddie Bo Smith, Neil Flynn, Richard Riehle, Kirsten Nelson, David Darlow, Frank Ray Perilli, Lester Holt.

On this day in movie history - Collateral (2004)

Collateral

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Stuart Beattie,

was released in the United States on August 6, 2004.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones, Klea Scott, Bodhi Elfman, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McBride, Ken Waters, Charlie E. Schmidt, Michael Bentt, Ian Hannin, Robert Deamer, David Mersault, Anthony Ochoa, Edgar Sánchez, Cosme Urquiola, Thomas Rosales Jr., Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein, Jessica Ferrarone, Troy Blendell, Inmo Yuon, Howard Bachrach, Chic Daniel, Corinne Chooey, JoNell Kennedy, Steven Kozlowski, Roger Stoneburner, Rodney Sandberg, George Petrina, Donald Dean, Elliott Newman, Trevor Ware, Bobby English, Auggie Cavanagh, Ronald Muldrow, Peter McKernan, Ivor Shier, Daniel Luján, Eddie Diaz, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Josh Cruze, Martin Flores, Rick Garcia, Larry G. Goldman, Maurilio Pineda, Dan Sistos, Jacob Valenzuela, Luis Villegas, Yussi Wenger, Jason Statham, Angelo Tiffe, Ismeal Vidrio, Ron Eckert, Manuel Urrego, Jessie Bernard, Luis Moncada, Dyna Teal, Sandi Schroeder, Michael-John Wolfe, Addie Yungmee, J.D. McElroy, Megan Hiratzka, Kate Gopacco, Christy Yi, Lisa Marie Basada, Wilson Wong, Mark Stainbrook, Brandon Molale, Marianne M. Arreaga, Spike Silver, Ben Mihm, Niles Roth, Linda Asuma, Esther K. Chae, Danny Del Toro, Tara Erickson, Melissa Gomez, Annabella Gutman, Janet Linn, Gino Montesinos, Janessa Mun, Masami Okada, Janice Paik, Neil Patil, Gary Rodriguez, Erina Sako, Emily VanSonnenberg, Emily Ming-An Wang, Michael Waxman, Henry T. Yamada.