Born on this day – Hal Ashby:

Hal Ashby

Director

Editor

September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988

Credits:

8 Million Ways to Die (1986); Albert Whitlock: A Master of Illusion (1981); Allons au cinéma (1977); Being There (1979); Beverly Hills Buntz (1987); Bound for Glory (1976); Captain Sindbad (1963); Coming Home (1978); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate (2004); Friendly Persuasion (1956); Gaily, Gaily (1969); Hal (2018); Hal Ashby ~ Encore (2019); Harold and Maude (1971); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Jake’s Journey (1988); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Let’s Spend the Night Together (1982); Lookin’ to Get Out (1982); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); People Are Funny (1960); Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews (2007); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); Shampoo (1975); Solo Trans (1984); Stop Making Sense (1984); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Best Man (1964); The Big Country (1958); The Children’s Hour (1961); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Escape Artist (1982); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Indian Runner (1991); The Landlord (1970); The Last Detail (1973); The Loved One (1965); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Movies (2019); The Rolling Stones: From The Vault - Hampton Coliseum: Live In 1981 (2014); The Rolling Stones: Going to a Go-Go - Live Version (1982); The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966); The Slugger’s Wife (1985); The Stronger (1976); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Young Doctors (1961); Tokyo After Dark (1959); Too Much Sun (1990).

Of the many films by Hal Ashby, my favorite is Harold and Maude.

My type of dark comedy, with surprisingly heartfelt emotion with and for the main characters.  

One of my 'go to' favorite movies!  

Thank you, Mr. Ashby!

Born on this day – Ruth Gordon:

Ruth Gordon

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Double Life (1947); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Adam's Rib (1949 / 1973); American Masters (1987 / 2011); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Blithe Spirit (1966); Boardwalk (1979); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Camille (1915); Cineficción Radio (2020); Columbo (1977); Delta Pi (1984); Donahue (1975); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Edge of Darkness (1943); Emergency! (1976); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Film '80 (1980); Flip (1971); Good Morning America (1976–1979); Hal (2018); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Harold and Maude (1971); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Information Please: Series 1, No. 8 (1940); Information Please: Series 2, No. 2 (1940); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Isn't It Shocking? (1973); Jimmy the Kid (1982); Kojak (1975); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Looks Familiar (1980); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Madame Butterfly (1915); Maxie (1985); Medical Story (1975); Mia and Roman (1968); My Bodyguard (1980); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Newhart (1983–1984); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Over 21 (1945); Pat and Mike (1952); Patti Smith, la poésie du punk (2022); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Person to Person (1959); RHEMA: Combine Man (1984); Rhoda (1975); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective (2000); Rosie! (1967); Saturday Night Live (1977); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Subaru BRAT Superbowl TV Comemrcial with Ruth Gordon (1982); Taxi (1979); That Was the Year That Was – 1976 (1976); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's Life (1979); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Actress (1953); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Big Bus (1976); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Great Houdini (1976); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Love Boat (1977); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Matchmaker (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1977); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Whirl of Life (1915); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970).