Born on this day – Emma Lazarus:

Writer

July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887

Credits:

Author of The New Colossus (1883), inscribed on a bronze plaque, installed at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903.
 
The New Colossus (November 2, 1883)
 
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
 
Poems:
 

1492; Assurance; Chopin; City Visions; Critic and Poet: an Epilogue; Destiny; Echoes; From One Augur to Another; In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport; Influence; Life and Art; Long Island Sound; Marriage Bells; St Michael's Chapel; Success; Sympathy; Symphonic Studies (After Schumann); The Cranes of Ibicus; The Crowing of the Red Cock; The New Colossus; The New Ezekiel; The Supreme Sacrifice; The Taming of the FalconTo R.W.E.; Venus of the Louvre.

 

Books:
 
Poems in Prose (1887); Complete Poems with a Memoir (1888).
 

On this day in music history - Moonwheel, by City of Dawn & Sherry Finzer (2022)

Moonwheel

by City of Dawn & Sherry Finzer,

was released on July 22, 2022.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

Star Trek: Beyond

directed by Justin Lin,

written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung,

was released in the United States on July 22, 2016.

Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, Lydia Wilson, Sara Maria Forsberg, Deep Roy, Melissa Roxburgh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Greg Grunberg, Danny Pudi, Kim Kold, Anita Brown, Dan Payne, Shea Whigham, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Jeff Bezos.

On this day in movie history - Sarah’s Key (2011)

Sarah’s Key

directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner,

written by Serge Joncour and Gilles Paquet-Brenner,

based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay,

was released in the United States on July 22, 2011.

Music by Max Richter.

Cast:
Kristin Scott Thomas, Natasha Mashkevich, Arben Bajraktaraj, Mélusine Mayance, Charlotte Poutrel, Niels Arestrup, Dominique Frot, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Gisèle Casadesus, Aidan Quinn, George Birt, Paige Jennifer Barr.

On this day in movie history - The Captains (2011)

The Captains

documentary directed and written by William Shatner,

was released in the United States on July 22, 2011.

Music by Andy Milne.

Cast:

William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Chris Pine, Christopher Plummer, Richard Arnold, Rene Auberjonois, Ira Steven Behr, John de Lancie, Paul Duraso, Jonathan Frakes, Sally Kellerman, Walter Koenig, Chase Masterson, Robert Picardo, Steve Ridolfi, Jeri Ryan, David R. Sparks Jr., Connor Trinneer, Nana Visitor, Grace Lee Whitney.

On this day in movie history - Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard

directed by John McTiernan,

written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza,

based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1988.

Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De’voreaux White, William Atherton, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Gerard Bonn, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Hans Buhringer, Wilhelm von Homburg, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Tracy Reiner, Taylor Fry, Noah Land.

On this day in movie history - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Plan 9 from Outer Space

directed and written by Ed Wood,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1959.

Narrated by Criswell.

Music compiled by Gordon Zahler.

Cast:

Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Joanna Lee, John Breckinridge, Lyle Talbot, David De Mering, Norma McCarty, Bill Ash, Lynn Lemon, Ben Frommer, Gloria Dea, Conrad Brooks, Maila Nurmi / Vampira, Bela Lugosi, Criswell, Donald A. Davis, Johnny Duncan, Karl Johnson, Tom Mason, J. Edward Reynolds, Pauline Reynolds, Clay Stone, Hugh Thomas Jr., Edward D. Wood Jr.

On this day in movie history - I’ll Give a Million (1938)

I’ll Give a Million

directed by Walter Lang,

written by Boris Ingster and Milton Sperling,

based on a story by Giaci Mondaini and Cesare Zavattini,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1938.

Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Lynn Bari, Fritz Feld, Sig Ruman, Christian Rub, Paul Harvey, Charles Halton, Frank Reicher, Frank Dawson, Harry Hayden, Stanley Andrews, Lillian Porter, Luis Alberni, Rafaela Ottiano, Georges Renavent, Rolfe Sedan, Eddie Conrad, Egon Brecher, Frank Puglia, Michael Visaroff, Alex Novinsky, Armand Kaliz, William Arnold, George Bookasta, Eugene Borden, Jack Chefe, André Cheron, Marcelle Corday, Gennaro Curci, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Antonio D'Amore, Albert D'Arno, George Davis, Jean De Briac, Zoia De Groot, Victor De Linsky, Mario Dominici, Tex Driscoll, Constant Franke, Elisabeth Fröhlich, Rosina Galli, Helen Giere, Joseph Kamaryt, Louis LaBey, Jacques Lory, Ludwig Lowry, Fred Malatesta, Alphonse Martell, Alex Melesh, Louis Mercier, Torben Meyer, Adolph Milar, Christina Montt, Alexander Palasthy, Manuel París, Albert Pollet, Paul Porcasi, Jules Raucourt, Joseph Romantini, Harry Semels, Pepi Sinoff, George Sorel, Charles Tannen, Laura Treadwell, Mary Treen, Jacques Vanaire, Frederik Vogeding, Marek Windheim, Wolfgang Zilzer.

Born on this day – Alex Trebek:

Game show host

Television personality

July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020

I must admit that I wasn't a consistent viewer of Jeopardy when Alex was host, but I did have the opportunity to meet him in the 80s after a celebrity hockey game and found him exactly as he appears - affable, respectful, humble and very professional. Great host and an even better man. 

 

Born on this day – Louise Fletcher:

 

Actress

July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022

Born on this day – Bryan Forbes:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

July 22, 1926 – May 8, 2013

Born on this day – Joseph Sargent:

Director

July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014

Born on this day – Paola Barbara:

 

Actress

July 22, 1912 – October 2, 1989

Born on this day – Luana Walters:

Actress

July 22, 1912 – May 19, 1963

Credits:

A Star Is Born (1937); Aces and Eights (1936); Across the Sierras (1941); Algiers (1938); Arizona Bound (1941); Arthur Takes Over (1948); Assassin of Youth (1938); Bad Men of the Hills (1942); Bells of San Angelo (1947); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cafe Society (1939); Captain Midnight (1942); Disbarred (1939); Down Texas Way (1942); Drums of Fu Manchu (1940); End of the Trail (1932); Eternally Yours (1939); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Fighting Texans (1933); Girls in Prison (1956); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Horrible Horror (1986); Hotel Imperial (1939); I'm from Missouri (1939); Inside the Law (1942); King of Chinatown (1939); Law of the Wolf (1939); Lawless Plainsmen (1942); Lovable Trouble (1941); Marie Antoinette (1938); Mexicali Rose (1939); Midshipman Jack (1933); Mighty Joe Young (1949); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Misbehaving Husbands (1940); Miss Pinkerton (1932); Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939); My Bridge Experiences (1933); No Greater Sin (1941); Paris Honeymoon (1939); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936); Road Agent (1941); Say It in French (1938); Secrets of Hollywood (1933); Shadow of Chinatown (1936); Shoot to Kill (1947); Souls at Sea (1937); St. Louis Blues (1939); Superman (1948); Suzy (1936); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); The Durango Kid (1940); The First Chair (1938); The Kid's Last Ride (1941); The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942); The Magnificent Fraud (1939); The Merry Widow (1934); The Range Busters (1940); The Return of Wild Bill (1940); The She-Creature (1956); The Speed Reporter (1936); The Third Sex (1934); The Tulsa Kid (1940); Three Knaves and a Queen (1933); Thundering Hoofs (1942); Two Seconds (1932); Under Strange Flags (1937); Undercover Doctor (1939); Where the West Begins (1938); Youth on Parole (1937).

Born on this day – Edward Hopper:

 

Artist

July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967

Nighthawks (1942)

Credits:

Television:

Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story / documentary (2022).