On this day in music history - Blaze of Glory, by Jon Bon Jovi (1990)

Blaze of Glory,

by Jon Bon Jovi,

was released on August 7, 1990.

Inspired by the movie Young Guns II (1990).

On this day in movie history - The Commitments (1991)

The Commitments

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle,

based on the novel by Roddy Doyle,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1991.

Music by Wilson Pickett.

Cast:

Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Ken McCluskey, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Anne Kent, Andrea Corr, Gerard Cassoni, Aoife Lawless, Ruth Fairclough, Lindsay Fairclough, Michael O'Reilly, Liam Carney, Ger Ryan, Mark O'Regan, Phelim Drew, Sean Hughes, Philip Bredin, Lance Daly, Conor Malone, Jezz Bell, Colm MacConiomare, Emily Dawson, Dave Kane, Kristel Harris, Maria Place, Brian MacAodha, Tricia Smith, Canice William, Patrick Foy, Allan Murray, Jody Campbell, Eanna MacLiam, Philomena Kavanagh, Peter Rowen, Eamon O'Connor, Maura O'Malley, Blaise Smith, Derek Herbert, Owen O'Gorman, Pat Leavy, John Cronin, Rynagh O'Grady, Sheila Flitton, Michael Bolger, Mick Nolan, Eileen Reid, Bob Navan, Derek Duggan, Paddy O'Connor, Paul Bushnell, Jim Corr, Larry Hogan, Bernard Keelan, Ronan Hardiman, Mikel Murfi, Josylen Lyons, Winston Dennis, Alan Parker, James Brown, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr, Alan Howley, Mark Leahy, William Morgan, Ralph G. Morse, Sean O'Donovan, Martin O'Malley.

On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946)

The Inner Circle

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.

Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941)

Highway West

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.

Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

 

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973); Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1967); Au-delà de l'écran (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Certaines nouvelles (1980); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Dingo (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop Au Vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Délit mineur (1994); Desproges est vivant (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Fantômes en héritage (1990); Farinelli (1994); Femmes de personne (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); La boîte à questions (2010); La contre-allée (1991); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1980); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1967); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu / Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1984); La morale de l'histoire (1966); La mort d'un champion (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1987); La nuit des Césars (1977–1985); La tête du client (1965); La vie de château (1984); L'atterrissage (1981); Le cheval évanoui (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004); Le grand restaurant (2011); Le journal de 20 heures (1992); Le vol d'Icare (1980); Le zèbre (1992); Les aveux les plus doux (1971); Les dossiers de Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); Les Enfoirés (1997); Les fougères bleues (1977); Les grands enfants (1998); Les héroïques (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); L'histoire du samedi (1997); Life Love Death (1969); L'invité du dimanche (1969); L'oeil en coulisses (1988); Manon: Le miroir à trois faces (1966); Mardi cinema (1987); Mariage (1974); Marie Curie - Une certaine jeune fille (1965); Michel Sardou: Salut! (1997); Mille milliards de dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, un esprit libre (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, le groom de l'Hôtel du Palais (2006); Ombre et lumière (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Rencontres de cinéma (2010); Romulus le grand (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Soirée Courteline / Segment: La Peur des coups (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969); Transit (2004); Un jeu dangereux (2005); Une cellule pour deux (2006); Une femme, un jour... (1977); Une fille dans la montagne (1964); Vent de panique (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Kay Williams:

 

Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – June Travis:

Actress

August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008

Credits:

Bengal Tiger (1936); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ceiling Zero (1936); Circus Girl (1937); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Exiled to Shanghai (1937); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Jailbreak (1936); Join the Marines (1937); Little Orphan Annie (1938); Love Is on the Air (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Monster a Go-Go (1965); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Over the Wall (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937); Shipmates Forever (1935); Stranded (1935); The Big Game (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Gladiator (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Night Hawk (1938); The Star (1952); Times Square Playboy (1936).

Born on this day – Ann Harding:

 

Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

 

Born on this day – Irene Purcell:

 

Actress

August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972

Credits:

Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Just a Gigolo (1931); Just One Word (1929); Le plombier amoureux (1932); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Man in Possession (1931); The Passionate Plumber (1932); Westward Passage (1932).

Recommended reading - Find a Victim (1954).

 

Find a Victim (1954).

by Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0446358924
ISBN-13: 978-0446358927
 
Description:
 

The hitchhiker rose to his knees on the side of the dark road. When Archer stopped the car and got to him, he knew he was in for a ride – for this boy was dying of a gunshot wound. In a matter of hours, Archer would be suspected by the law, hired by a target-shooting trucking magnate, and propositioned by an adulterer’s wife. A hijacked load of hootch and a band of sinners are on the loose in the hills and desert around this nice Southern California town. So is this L.A. private eye, who keeps getting blood on his hands…

 

“[The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brough to its zenith by Macdonald.” – New York Times Book Review.
 
A selection of the mysterious book club.

Recommended reading - Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (2012).

Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (2012).

by John Tiech.

 

Published by The History Press.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1540207331

ISBN-13: 978-1540207333

 

Contents:

The Genesis of Pittsburgh Film; Pittsburgh Classics; Chilly Billy; Fred Rogers and His Legacy; Night of the Living Legends; The Straggling Seventies; Dawn of the Pittsburgh Film Industry; Diverse Filmmaking; Day of the Dead; Hollywood of the East; Demme God; The Remake; The Pittsburgh Film Office; Five Years of Full Time; The Canadian Effect; Lights! Camera! Life Support!; Perseverance; Pittsburgh Rises.

Description:

Pittsburgh has been part of the film industry since the days of silent film. Yet, it was not until the 1951 classic Angels in the Outfield – set at Forbes Field – that the Steel City had its first major role on the silver screen. Greater Pittsburgh’s film and television industry has since produced everything from the beloved children s program Mister Roger’s Neighborhood to the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. Most recently, Christopher Nolan has chosen to set the conclusion to his Batman trilogy in the city. From the first nickelodeon and “film row” of those early days to the locations and cutting-edge sets of today, local author John Tiech takes a behind-the-scenes tour of Pittsburgh cinema. 

Lisa Scottoline, on books:

 

Do you know what they call people who hoard books?
Smart.
- Lisa Scottoline.