Monday, April 1, 2024
On this day in movie history - Sin City (2005)
On this day in movie history - Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads (1992)
documentary directed by Robert Mugge
written by Robert Palmer,
was released in the United States on April 1,
1992.
On this day in movie history - Machine Gun McCain:
On this day in movie history - Impact (1949)
Born on this day – Debbie Reynolds:
Credits:
...and Debbie
Makes Six (1968); 24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); 54th Golden Globe Awards
(1997); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Date with
Debbie (1960); A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (1957); A Star Is Born
World Premiere (1954); A Tribute to the Jukebox Award Winners (1980); A Visit
with Debbie Reynolds (1959); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award
(1981–1985); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007);
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004);
Alice (1982); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1981); All-Star Salute to
Mother's Day (1981); Aloha Paradise (1981); American Bandstand (1957); American
Masters (2002); Athena (1954); Atlantic City Holiday (1956); Barbara Mandrell
and the Mandrell Sisters (1981); Battling for Baby (1992); Behind the
Candelabra (2013); Behind the Microphone: Kiki's Delivery Service (2003);
Bert's Family Feud (2006); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Bing!... A 50th
Anniversary Gala (1977); Biography (1995–2000); Bob Hope & Friends: Making
New Memories (1991); Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular (1976);
Bob Hope's Cavalcade of Comedy (1979); Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming
(1985); Bracken's World (1969); Bravo Profiles (2003); Breakaway (1984);
Breakfast (2011); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
(2016); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Bundle of
Joy (1956); Busby Berkeley (1974); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); Carrie
Fisher: The Hollywood Family (1995); Carrie on Hollywood (1995); Challenge the
Wilderness (1951); Charlotte's Web (1973); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Circus of
the Stars #7 (1982); Committed (2012); Connie and Carla (2004); Conversations
from the Edge with Carrie Fisher (2003); Couples Do It Debbie's Way (1988);
Dateline: Disneyland (1955); De película (1987); Dean Martin Presents: The
Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
(1969); Debbie Reynolds: 'Connie and Carla' (2004); Dinah! (1975–1979); Divorce
American Style (1967); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Do It Debbie's Way (1983);
Donahue (1977); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Entertainment Tonight
(2007–2014); Family Guy (2008); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); First
Monday (2002); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Frank in the Fifties (2008);
Generation Gap (2002); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1969); Gift of
Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Go!!!
(1967); Good Day New York (2002); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Great Performances
(1985); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021);
Halloweentown (1998); Halloweentown High (2004); Halloweentown II: Kalabar's
Revenge (2001); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Heaven & Earth
(1993); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960); Here's Hollywood (1960–1962); Hit the
Deck (1955); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the
Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History -
The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and
Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of
the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Squares (1998–2001);
Hollywood Treasure (2011); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1981–1987); How Sweet
It Is! (1968); How the West Was Won (1962); I Love Melvin (1953); In & Out
(1997); In the Cutz (2006); In the Picture (2012); Inside the Movie Kingdom –
1964 (1964); Intimate Portrait (1998); Intimate Portrait: Debbie Reynolds and
Carrie Fisher (2011); It Started with a Kiss (1959); I've Got a Secret (1955);
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993); Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (2023);
Jack Paar Is Alive and Well (1987); Jennifer Slept Here (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA
Labor Day Telethon (1983–2004); June Bride (1948); Keepers of the Frame (1999);
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (2011); Kiki's Delivery Service (1989);
Kiki's Delivery Service: Creating 'Kiki's Delivery Service' (2010); Kiki's
Delivery Service: Flying with Kiki & Beyond (2010); Kiki's Delivery
Service: The Producer's Perspective: Collaborating with Miyazaki (2010); Kim
Possible (2003–2007); Larry King Live (2000–2005); Larry King TNT Extra 2
(1991); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with David Letterman
(1987); Late Show with David Letterman (1997); Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
(1978); Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993); Life with
Linkletter (1970); Lifestyle Magazine (2011); Light of Olympia (2008); Light's
Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema
(1996); Live with Kelly and Mark (1988–1989); Lolo's Cafe (2006); Loose Women
(2010); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Madame's Place (1982); Magic
Moments: The Best of 50's Pop (2004); Making Behind the Candelabra Show (2013);
Mary, Mary (1963); Maury (1992–1996); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); MGM Parade
(1955); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Modern Marvels (1994); Mother (1996);
Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Mr. Imperium (1951); Mr. Warmth:
The Don Rickles Project (2007); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); My Six Loves
(1963); One for the Money (2012); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Pat
Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Pepe (1960); Perry Mason: The Case of the
Musical Murder (1989); Person to Person (1956); Private Screenings (2002);
Pryor Offenses (2004); Red Carpet Report (2016); Return to Halloweentown
(2006); Rip Rip Hooray! (2016); Roseanne (1997); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(1969–1972); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Rugrats
(2000–2003); Rugrats in Paris (2000); Rugrats: Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts
(2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sadie and Son (1987); Sally Jessy Raphael
(1994); Say One for Me (1959); Secret Talents of the Stars (2008); Showbiz
Today (1997); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Stadium of Fire:
25th Anniversary (2005); Stage for a Nation - A Tribute to the National Theater
in Washington D.C. (1987); Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
(1991); Susan Slept Here (1954); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Take Thirty
(1984); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); That's Entertainment III: Behind the
Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! / Just One
More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 11th Annual American
Comedy Awards (1997); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 21st Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The 28th
Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 32th
Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The
33th Annual Thalians Ball (1988); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The
35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The
37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980);
The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966);
The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The
50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The
5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 69th Annual Academy Awards
(1997); The 7D (2015); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
(1953); The Andy Williams Show (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1969); The
Barbara McNair Show (1971); The Berlin Blaze (1954); The Bob Hope Show
(1967–1974); The Bodyguard (1992); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2009); The Boys
(2009); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Carol Burnett Show (1970); The Catered
Affair (1956); The Christmas Wish (1998); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954–1955);
The Daily Show (1996–1997); The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950); The David
Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1971); The Debbie Reynolds Show
(1969–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1995); The
Don Lane Show (1979–1982); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan
Show (1953–1966); The Eddie Fisher Show (1957–1958); The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(2004); The Gazebo (1959); The George Gobel Show (1954); The Glen Campbell
Goodtime Hour (1970–1971); The Golden Girls (1991); The Hollywood Deb Stars of
1965 (1965); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1965); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
(1970–1980); The Jill & Tony Curtis Story (2008); The Jim Nabors Hour
(1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Last
Days of Cinerama (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2013);
The Linkletter Show (1970); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Making of 'Rugrats
in Paris' (2000); The Mating Game (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974);
The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1976); The Movie Game (1970); The New Battlestars
(1982–1983); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The Nudity Thing (1970);
The One Show (2010); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Osmond Family Show
(1979); The Pearl Bailey Show (1971); The Penguins of Madagascar (2010); The
Perry Como Sunshine Show (1974); The Pleasure of His Company (1961); The Rat
Race (1960); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Reichen Show (2006); The Roseanne
Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002); The Second Time Around
(1961); The Singing Nun (1966); The Slippers (2016); The Sonny and Cher Comedy
Hour (1976–1977); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1959); The Story of a Dress
(1964); The Talk (2010); The Tender Trap (1955); The Tonight Show (1955); The
Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1963–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1997); The Unsinkable Molly
Brown (1964); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–1973); These Amazing
Shadows (2011); These Old Broads (2001); This Happy Feeling (1958); This Is Tom
Jones (1970); This Is Your Life (1960–1961); This Is Your Life (1993–1995);
Three Little Words (1950); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Tomorrow Coast to Coast
(1981); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Touched by an Angel (2001);
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50
Years (1997); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Vicki Lawrence in Vicki! (1993);
Virtual Mom (2000); Wedding Bell Blues (1996); What a Glorious Feeling: The
Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); What About Linda? (1961); What's My
Line? (1954–1964); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); What's Up Orange
County (2011–2018); Will & Grace (1999–2006); Win, Lose or Draw (1987);
Wings (1994); Wogan (1989); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Your
Choice for the Film Awards (1982); Zack and Reba (1998).
Born on this day – Grace Lee Whitney:
Born on this day – Edgar Wallace:
Francine Prose, on writing and reading:
I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.
– Francine Prose.