On this day in movie history - Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)

 

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

documentary directed by Laurent Bouzereau,

based on the novel by Peter Benchley,

released in the United States on July 10, 2025.

Music by Blake Neely.

 
Cast:

Emily Blunt, Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Cameron Crowe, John Williams, Lorraine Gary, Greg Nicotero, Jeffrey Voorhees, Jeffrey Kramer, Ian Shaw, Carl Gottlieb, Jonathan Filley, Joe Alves, Wendy Benchley, Tracy Benchley Turner.

Ann Patchett, on writing:

 

I made a startling discovery.
Time spent writing = output of work.
Amazing.
- Ann Patchett.

Born on this day – Marcel Proust:

Marcel Proust

Writer

July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922

Credits:

Books: 

Against Sainte-Beuve and Other Essays (1994); Correspondance, 1914-1922 (1976); In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower / aka Within a Budding Grove (1919); Jean Santeuil (1954); Letters (1948); Letters to a friend (1949); Letters to His Mother (1973); Letters to the Lady Upstairs / aka Letters to His Neighbor (2017); Love Duet And Other Curious Stories About Music (2013); On Art and Literature: 1896-1919 (1996); On Life, Love and Letters (1989); On Reading (1971); On Reading Ruskin (1987); Pleasures and Days / aka Pleasures and Regrets (1896); Selected Letters: 1880-1903 (1983); Selected Letters: 1918-1921 (2000); Sodom and Gomorrah / aka Cities of the Plain (1921); Swann in Love (1913); Swann's Way / aka The Way by Swann's (1913); The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust (2001); The Fugitive / aka Albertine Gone / The Sweet Cheat Gone (1925); The Guermantes Way (1920); The Mysterious Correspondent (2021); The Penguin Book of French Short Stories 1 (2022); The Prisoner / aka The Captive (1923); Time Regained / aka The Past Recaptured / Finding Time Again (1927).

Movies and television:

À la recherche du temps perdu (2011); Choses vues (1971); Chroniques de France (1969–1972); Correspondances (1953); Dans le temps (2016); Du côté de chez Proust (2010); Guermantes (2021); Ici et là (2005); Le monde de Marcel Proust (2021); Le temps de l'amour (2009); Les cent livres des hommes (1971); Les intermittences du Coeur (1981); Les Nuits de France Culture (2020); Madame Aurélie (1955); Marcel Proust at Elaine Greffulhe's Wedding (1904); Marcel Proust: A Writer's Life (1993); Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999); Omnibus (1971); Preámbulo a un silencio (1986); Swann in Love (1984); The Capote Tapes (2019); The Captive (2000 / 2014); The Five Senses (1999); U cioci Leonii (2018); W strone (2014); Without Walls (1995).

Born on this day – Slim Summerville:

 

Slim Summerville

Actor

Director

July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946

Credits:

A Bedroom Blunder (1917); A Bedtime Story (1926); A Bird's a Bird (1915); A Dog Catcher's Love (1917); A Dumb Friend (1926); A Free Ride (1925); A Game Old Knight (1915); A New York Girl (1914); A Peaceful Riot (1925); A Rowboat Romance (1914); A Run for His Money (1927); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Swell Affair (1926); Absent-Minded (1925); Air Mail (1932); All Out (1925); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); All Tied Up (1925); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Among the Mourners (1914); An Incompetent Hero (1914); Andy Takes a Flier (1925); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Arabian Knights (1931); Are Waitresses Safe? (1917); Bachelor Daze (1944); Back to Nature (1925); Bad Sister (1931); Badly Broke (1926); Bless the Ladies (1931); Bride by Mistake (1944); Business Worries (1926); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Captain January (1936); Case Dismissed (1924); Caught in a Park (1915); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught in the Rain (1914); Charlie Chan in Reno (1939); Cinders of Love (1916); Cursed by His Beauty (1914); Don't Be a Dummy (1926); Dough and Dynamite (1914); Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915); Easy Money (1924); Easy Work (1924); El Tenorio del harem (1931); Estamos en París (1931); Faint Heart (1925); Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); Fatty's New Role (1915); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); First to Fight (1931); Five of a Kind (1938); Footballs and Frauds (1919); Free Love (1930); Garden of Eatin' (1943); Gentlemen of Nerve (1914); Gold Rush Maisie (1940); Green Grocers (1924); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Gypsy Joe (1916); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); He Loved the Ladies (1914); Hearts and Sparks (1916); Hearts for Rent (1926); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Her Ball and Chain (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her First Kiss (1919); Her First Mate (1933); Her Man (1930); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Winning Punch (1915); Here's Luck (1931); Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927); High and Dry (1922); Highway West (1941); His Bread and Butter (1916); His Busted Trust (1916); His Hidden Purpose (1918); His Naughty Wife (1919); His Precious Life (1917); His Smothered Love (1918); His Talented Wife (1914); Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hold the Line (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hop Along (1927); Horse Play (1933); Hotter Than Haiti (1931); Idle Workers (1921); I'm from Arkansas (1944); In Again, Out Again (1927); In the Air (1926); In the Bag (1932); It Pays to Exercise (1918); Jailhouse Blues (1927); Jesse James (1939); Keep Healthy (1924); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Kid Glove Kisses (1932); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Rodeo (1928); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughing Gas (1914); Leading Lizzie Astray (1914); Let's Play (1931); Life Begins at 40 (1935); Little Accident (1930); Love and Bullets (1914); Love Birds (1934); Love Is News (1937); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Lover's Luck (1914); Mabel's Busy Day (1914); Mabel's Latest Prank (1914); Many a Slip (1931); Mary's Little Lobster (1920); Meet the Husband (1927); Meet the Princess (1932); Miners Over 21 (1924); Miss Polly (1941); My Little Brother (1924); Niagara Falls (1941); No One to Guide Him (1915); Off to the Races (1937); Officer, Save My Child (1932); Oh, What a Kick! (1927); One Hysterical Night (1929); One Moment, Please (1921); Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915); Ooh La-La (1930); Opry House Tonight (1926); Out All Night (1933); Painted Ponies (1927); Papa's Mama (1926); Pardon Me (1921); Parisian Gaities (1931); Parlez Vous (1930); Peeking in Peking (1931); Pepper (1936); Politics (1924); Pretty Lady (1920); Puddin' Head (1941); Qué tiempos aquéllos (1951); Racing Youth (1932); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Reckless Living (1931); Red Suspenders (1927); Reunion (1936); Riding for Fame (1928); Roaring Lions on the Midnight Express (1918); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rough Sailing (1923); Rum and Wall Paper (1915); Sad But True (1924); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Saved by Wireless (1915); Sea Soldier's Sweeties (1932); See America Thirst (1930); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Ship Ahoy! (1924); Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945); Skirts (1921); Soldiers of Misfortune (1914); Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914); Strong Boy (1929); Submarine Patrol (1938); Sunshine's Dark Moment (1929); Swing in the Saddle (1944); Switching Sleepers (1926); Taking the Heir (1926); Ten Nights Without a Barroom (1920); That Little Band of Gold (1915); The Anglers (1914); The Artist (1923); The Barnstormers (1922); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Country Doctor (1936); The Cry Baby (1924); The Cyclist (1923); The Denver Dude (1927); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Diver's Last Kiss (1918); The Eskimo (1922); The Eyes Have It (1932); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Five Fifteen (1923); The Front Page (1931); The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915); The High Spots on Broadway (1914); The Home Breakers (1915); The Honeymoon Quickstep (1927); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Kitchen Lady (1918); The Knockout (1914); The Last Warning (1928); The Midnight Bum (1927); The Pace That Thrills (1929); The Perfect Lie (1926); The Pinhead (1924); The Plumber (1914); The Property Man (1914); The Ranch Romeo (1922); The Riding Master (1923); The Rivals (1923); The Road Back (1937); The Royal Bluff (1931); The Sargie's Playmate (1931); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Singer Midget's Scandal (1921); The Snow Cure (1916); The Spoilers (1930); The Texas Streak (1926); The Three Slims (1916); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942); The Very Bad Man (1924); The Village Cut-Up (1926); The Winning Punch (1916); The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927); Their Big Moment (1934); Their Fatal Bumping (1914); Their Social Splash (1915); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Those College Girls (1915); Those Country Kids (1914); Those Happy Days (1914); Those Love Pangs (1914); Tiddly-Winks (1926); Tiger Rose (1929); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); Tobacco Road (1941); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Too Much Sleep (1926); Training for Husbands (1920); Troopers Three (1930); Tune Up! (1926); Uncle Joe (1941); Under Montana Skies (1930); Unreal News Reel (1923); Unreal News Reel No. 2 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 3 (1924); Unreal News Reel No. 4 (1924); Up the River (1938); Villa of the Movies (1917); Virtuous Husbands (1919); Wanted a Bride (1926); Way Down East (1935); We! We! Marie! (1930); Western Union (1941); Wet and Weary (1923 / 1924); When Dumbells Ring (1925); White Fang (1936); Who's the Boss (1930); Why Mules Leave Home (1927); Why Wait? (1924); Wild Waves and Women (1919); Wild West Love (1914); William Tell (1924); Winner Take All (1939); Zip, the Dodger (1914).

Born on this day – John Gilbert:

 

John Gilbert

Actor

Writer

Director

July 10, 1897 – January 9, 1936

Born on this day – John Wyndham:

John Wyndham

Writer

July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969

Credits:

Books:

13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); A Chamber of Horrors (1965); A Sense of Wonder (1969); A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (2020); Alien Worlds (1964); An ABC of Science Fiction (1971); Chocky (1968); Consider Her Ways (1961); Dragons (1997); Exiles on Asperus (1979); Foul Play Suspected (1935); From Other Worlds (1964); Jizzle (1954); Meteor (1991); No Place Like Earth - a Science Fiction Anthology (2020); No Place Like Earth (2003); Out of This World (1973); Plan for Chaos (2009); Sleepers Of Mars (1973); Spectrum IV (1965); Stowaway To Mars / Planet Plane (1935); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956); The Best of British SF 1 (1977); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Best of John Wyndham 1932-1949 (1973); The Best of John Wyndham 1951-1960 (1973); The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977); The Chrysalids /Re-Birth (1955); The Curse of the Burdens (2022); The Day of the Triffids / Revolt of the Triffids (1951); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Infinite Moment (1961); The Kraken Wakes / Out of the Deeps (1953); The Man From Beyond, And Other Stories (1975); The Microcosmic God (1965); The Midwich Cuckoos (1957); The Moon Era (1967); The Night of the Triffids (2001); The Outward Urge (1961); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Science Fiction Century, Volume 1 (1997); The Secret People (1935); The Seeds of Time (1956); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); Time Untamed (1967); Trouble with Lichen (1960); Vintage Science Fiction (1999); Wanderers of Time (1973); Web (1979).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armchair Theatre (1962); Children of the Damned (1964); Chocky (1984); Chocky's Challenge (1986); Chocky's Children (1985); Cineficción Radio (2021); John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005); Ördögi szerencse (1978); Out of the Unknown (1965–1969); Out of This World (1962); Quest for Love (1971); Random Quest (2006); Spine Chillers (1980); Storyboard (1961); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Day of the Triffids (1963 / 1981 / 2009); The Midwich Cuckoos (2021 / 2022); Time Stops Today (2013); Tonight (1960); Village of the Damned (1960 / 1995); Ways with Words (1965).

Born on this day – Lili Damita:

Lili Damita

Actress

Singer

July 10, 1904 – March 21, 1994

Credits:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Breakdowns of 1942 (1942); Brewster's Millions (1935); Cab No. 13 (1926); Corsica (1923); Das Spielzeug von Paris (1925); Die berühmte Frau (1927); Die große Abenteuerin (1928); Fighting Caravans (1931); For Auld Lang Syne (1938); Forbidden Love (1927); Friends and Lovers (1931); Frisco Kid (1935); Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000); Goldie Gets Along (1933); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Guests at San Simeon (Hearst Castle) (1931); I 10 del Texas (1961); Jungle Drums (1929); La belle au bois dormant (1922); La Fille sauvage (1922); La voyante (1924); Le père célibataire (1931); Le prince charmant (1925); L'empereur des pauvres (1922); L'escadrille de la chance (1938); Maman Pierre (1922); Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1926); On a volé un homme (1934); One Hour with You (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Quand on est belle (1932); Scandal in Paris (1928); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936); Secrets of a Soul (1926); Soyons gais (1930); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Golden Butterfly (1926); The Match King (1932); The Rescue (1929); The Woman Between (1931); This Is the Night (1932); Une femme dans la nuit (1924).

Born on this day – Joan Marsh:

 

Joan Marsh

Actress

July 10, 1914 – August 10, 2000

Credits:

A Little Princess (1917); A Tailor Made Man (1931); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Anna Karenina (1935); Are You Listening? (1932); Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Blame It on Love (1940); Brilliant Marriage (1936); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); Champagne for Breakfast (1935); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Dance, Fools, Dance (1931); Dancing Feet (1936); Daring Daughters (1933); Fast and Loose (1939); Follow the Leader (1944); Framed! (1931); Hammer and Tongs (1930); Hearts Aflame (1915); High Gear (1933); Hot Water (1937); How Could You, Jean? (1918); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); Idiot's Delight (1939); Inspiration (1931); It's Great to Be Alive (1933); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Kid Roberts (1930); King of Jazz (1930); Life Begins in College (1937); Little Accident (1930); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Maker of Men (1931); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Wife (1931); Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943); One Hundred Percent American (1918); Police Bullets (1942); Politics (1931); Pollyanna (1920); Rainbow Over Broadway (1933); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943); Shipmates (1931); Speed Demon (1932); Suds (1920); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's My Boy (1932); The Baron's African War (1966); The Bond (1918); The Knockout (1930); The Lady Killer (1931); The Lady Objects (1938); The Mad Maid of the Forest (1915); The Man in the Trunk (1942); The Man Who Dared (1933); The Mardi Gras (1930); The Wet Parade (1932); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Three Girls Lost (1931); Uncle Jake (1933); We're Rich Again (1934); What Becomes of the Children? (1936); Women's Weapons (1918); Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920); You're Telling Me! (1934).

Born on this day – Jeff Donnell:

 

Jeff Donnell

Actress

July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988

Born on this day – Enzo Barboni:

Enzo Barboni

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

July 10, 1922 – March 23, 2002

Born on this day – Julie Payne:

 

Julie Payne

Actress

July 10, 1940 – June 7, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Don't Make Waves (1967); Girl Happy (1965); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964); One Step Beyond (1959); The Big Valley (1965); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Restless Gun (1959); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Wild Wild West (1965).

Born on this day – Ron Glass:

 

Ron Glass

Actor

July 10, 1945 – November 25, 2016

Credits:

227 (1987); A Filmmaker's Journey (2006); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2014); Aladdin (1994); All Grown Up! (2003–2008); All in the Family (1973); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); Amen (1989–1991); Ancient Space (2014); Back in Business (1997); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (1973); Change at 125th Street (1974); Crash (1978); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014); CSI: NY (2011); Deal of a Lifetime (1999); Death at a Funeral (2010); Deep Space (1988); Designing Women (1993); Dirty Sexy Money (2008); Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' (2006); Entertainment Tonight (1996–2005); Fable II (2008); Family Matters (1989); Firefly (2002–2003); Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite (2012); Foster & Laurie (1975); Friends (1999); Good Times (1974); Griff (1973); Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (1985); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' (2003); History of the Sitcom (2021); Houseguest (1995); Incognito (1999); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); It's My Party (1996); Jack & Jill (2000); Jasmine's Wish (1999); Just Another Man's Story (2013); Lakeview Terrace (2008); Let's Switch! (1975); Major Crimes (2013); Maude (1973); Mr. Rhodes (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Recess: School's Out (2001); Re-Lighting the Firefly (2005); Rhythm & Blues (1992–1993); Rude Awakening (2001); Rugrats (1993–2001); Sanford and Son (1972–1974); Sci Fi Inside: 'Serenity' (2005); Science of the Bible (2006); Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation (2006); Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar (2006); Serenity (2005); Shades of LA (1990); Shark (2006–2007); Shirts/Skins (1973); Showoffs (1975); Snoops (1989); Sonny Spoon (1988); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Star Trek: Voyager (2000); Stat (1991); Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2012); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Teen Angel (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Butler (2013); The Calamities of Jane (2016); The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974); The Division (2004); The Education of Max Bickford (2001); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1979); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Odd Couple (1982–1983); The New Perry Mason (1974); The Practice (1997); The Proud Family (2001–2003); The Royal Family (1992); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Twilight Zone / Segment: I of Newton (1985); TV Land Confidential (2005–2007); Twice in a Lifetime (1999); Unbowed (1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Yes, Dear (2001); You Don't Say (1975); Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (2000).

Born on this day – Sue Lyon:

 

Sue Lyon

Actress

July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 7 Women (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Alligator (1980); Arsenic and Old Lace (1969); But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Rose (1999); Cinéma cinémas (1987); Corazón de... (2006); Crash! (1976); Dennis the Menace (1960); Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1971); End of the World (1977); Evel Knievel (1971); Fantasy Island (1978); Four Rode Out (1969); Game of Murder (1973); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Inside Edition (2015); It's Your Bet (1972); James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); Kubrick Remembered (2014); Lolita (1962); Lolita, méprise sur un fantasme (2021); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Extra Job; Love and the Bed (1969–1974); Mantrap (1971); Men at Law (1970); Murder in a Blue World (1973); Night Gallery / Segment: Miss Lovecraft Sent Me (1971); On the Trail of the Iguana (1964); Police Story (1978); Room 237 (2012); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Showbiz Kids (2020); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The Astral Factor (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Match Game (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1974); The Night of the Iguana (1964); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Virginia Graham Show (1970); The Virginian (1970); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973); Tony Rome (1967); Towing (1978); What's My Line? (1964).

Born on this day – Rebekah Del Rio:

Rebekah Del Rio

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

Actress

July 10, 1967 – June 23, 2025

Credits:
 
Songs:

11:11 One One One One; A Long Goodbye; Adios; All My Life; Before We Say Goodbye; Betty Blue; Crying; Damned; Delicious Mistake; Dindi; El Amor; En mi Cielo; Fragilidad; Hallelujah; I Just Want You to Be Loved; Lean On; Llorando; Los bilbilicos; Love Hurts, Love Heals; No Stars; Siempre y por siempre; Superstar; Temporary; The Star Spangled Banner; Tus ojos tristes.

 

Movies and television:
 

2307: Winter's Dream (2016); Before We Say Goodbye (2010); Black Tie Nights (2004); David Lynch's Festival of Disruption (2018); Death Wish: The Face of Death (1994); Mia Sarah (2006); Mulholland Drive (2001); On Any Saturday (2006); Prison Break (2008); Quattro Noza (2003); Rabbits (2002); Sin City (2005); Southland Tales (2006); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); This Teacher (2018); Twin Peaks (2017).

On this day in movie history - The Drowning Pool (1975)

The Drowning Pool

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Walter Hill,

based on the novel by Ross Macdonald,

was released in the United States on July 10, 1975.

Music by Michael Small.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Derr, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Linda Haynes, Andre Trottier, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo, Joe Canutt, Andrew Robinson, Coral Browne, Helena Kallianiotes.

Recommended reading:

The Drowning Pool (1950)

by Ross Macdonald.

Crime fiction.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768068

ISBN-13: 978-0679768067

Description:

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred – and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

Born on this day – Alice Munro:

 

Alice Munro

Writer

July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

Credits:
 
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
 
Books:
 

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); A Wilderness Station (2015); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Away from Her (2007); Carried Away (2006); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Dance of the Happy Shades (1968); Dear Life (2012); Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016); Every Father's Daughter (2015); Family Furnishings (2014); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Finding the Words (2011); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Friend of My Youth (1990); From Ink Lake (1990); Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls and Women (1971); Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014); My Best Stories (2009); New Selected Stories (2011); No Love Lost (2003); Open Secrets (1994); PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002); Points of View (1956); Queenie (1999); Runaway (2004); Selected Shorts (1993); Selected Stories (1996); Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974); Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); The Beggar Maid (1977); The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004); The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Love of a Good Woman (1998); The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991); The Moons of Jupiter (1983); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013); The Office (2015); The Progress of Love (1985); The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction (2008); The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999); Too Much Happiness (2009); View From Castle Rock (2006); Vintage Munro (2004); Who Do You Think You Are? (1977); Woman: An Anthology (2014); Women and Fiction (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

 

Movies and television:
 

Away from Her (2006); Baptizing (1975); Boys and Girls (1983); Canaan (2008); Connection (1986); Cover to Cover (1987); Edge of Madness (2002); Hateship Loveship (2013); Juliet (2019); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls & Women (1996); Nobelstudion (2013); The Newcomers (1977); The Ottawa Valley (1974); The Play's the Thing (1974); To See Ourselves (1971–1973); Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood (2007).