Showing posts with label July 24. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

International Self-Care Day – July 24:

Self-Care is not Selfish!

 



#InternationalSelfCareDay #SelfCare #Rest #Breathe




On this day in movie history - Saving Private Ryan (1998)


Saving Private Ryan

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Robert Rodat,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1998.

Music by John Williams.


Cast:
Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Harrison Young, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Harve Presnell, Bryan Cranston, David Wohl, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Hurst, Max Martini, Leland Orser, Joerg Stadler, Dylan Bruno, Demetri Goritsas, Rolf Saxon, Corey Johnson, John Sharian, Glenn Wrage, Stéphane Cornicard, Dale Dye, Amanda Boxer, Kathleen Byron, Andrew Scott, Erich Redman.


On this day in movie history - The Grey Fox (1982)


The Grey Fox

directed by Phillip Borsos,

written by John Hunter,

was released at the Taormina Film Festival, in Italy, on July 24, 1982.

Based on the true story of Bill Miner (1847–1913).

Music by Michael Conway Baker.


Cast:
Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Timothy Webber, Gary Reineke, David Petersen, Don MacKay, Samantha Langevin, Tom Heaton, Jim McLarty, George Dawson, Ray Michal, Stephen E. Miller, David L. Crowley, David McCulley, Garry Chalk, Jack Leaf, Isaac Hislop, Sean Sullivan, Bill Murdoch, Jack Ackroyd, Nicholas Rice, Frank C. Turner, Bill Meilen, David Raines, Paul Coeur, Mel Tuck, Peter John, Paul Whitney, David Ackridge, Murray Ord, Tom Glass, Antony Holland, Jon York, John Owen, Lisa Westman, Robert Milicevic.



On this day in movie history - Wolfen (1981)

 

Wolfen

directed by Michael Wadleigh,

written by David M. Eyre, Jr., Michael Wadleigh and Eric Roth,

based on the novel The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1981.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O’Neill, Dehl Berti, Peter Michael Goetz, Sam Gray, Ralph Bell, Max M. Brown, Anne Marie Pohtamo, Sarah Felder, Reginald VelJohnson, James Tolkan, John McCurry, Chris Manor, Donald Symington, Jeffery Ware, E. Brian Dean, Jeffery V. Thompson, Victor Arnold, Frank Adonis, Richard Minchenberg, Raymond Serra, Thomas Ryan, Tony Latham, David Connell, Jery Hewitt, Roy Brocksmith, Michael Wadleigh, Joaquin Rainbow, John Ferraro, Rino Thunder, Glenn Benoit, Eddy Navas, Ricky Hawkeye, Pete Dyer, Paul Skyhorse, Gordon Eagle, Javier First-Day-Of-Light, George Stonefish, Julie Evening, Jane Lind, Annie Gagen, Max Goff, Cullen Johnson, Robert L. King, Robert Moberly, Caitlin O’Heaney, Tony Stratta, William Sheridan, Linda Gary, Charles Howerton, Burr DeBenning, Corey Burton, Patricia Parris, Andre Stojka, Dan Sturkie, Mel Welles, Diane Bivens, Robert Dahdah, Daniel D. Halleck, Angel Ramirez Jr., Tom Waits.


On this day in movie history - Death Wish (1974)


Death Wish

directed by Michael Winner,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Brian Garfield,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1974.

Music by Herbie Hancock.


Cast:
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Chris Gampel, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Fred J. Scollay, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Robert Kya-Hill, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Hank Garrett, Helen Martin, Olympia Dukakis, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Edward Grover, Saul Rubinek, John Herzfeld, Eric Laneuville, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Sonia Manzano, Tom Hayden, Al Lewis, Billy Curtis, Paul Dooley, Robert Miano, William Bogert.

On this day in movie history - Blonde Ice (1948)

Blonde Ice

directed by Jack Bernhard,

written by Kenneth Gamet,

based on the novel Once Too Often by Whitman Chambers,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1948.

Music by Irving Gertz.

Cast:
Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Michael Whalen, James Griffith, James Griffith, Emory Parnell, Walter Sande, John Holland, Mildred Coles, Selmer Jackson, David Leonard.


Born on this day – Alexandra Hay:

 Actress

July 24, 1947 – October 11, 1993


Credits:

Another Time, Another Place (1989); Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied (1978); The One Man Jury (1978); That Girl from Boston (1975); Police Story (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Manhunter (1974); Kojak (1974); How to Seduce a Woman (1974); Thriller (1973); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971); The Love Machine (1971); Dan August (1970); Love, American Style / Love and Mr. Nice Guy (1970); The Joan Rivers Show (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); Mission: Impossible (1969); CBS Playhouse (1969); Model Shop (1969); The Dating Game (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Skidoo (1968); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); The Ambushers (1967); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Monkees (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967).



Born on this day – Peter Yates:

 

Director

Producer

July 24, 1929 – January 9, 2011


Born on this day – John D. MacDonald:


Writer

July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986

Credits:

Books:

A Bullet for Cinderella (1955); A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965); A Flash of Green (1962); A Key to the Suite (1962); A Man of Affairs (1957); A Purple Place for Dying (1964); A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971); Alaska Stories (1995); All These Condemned (1954); April Evil (1956); Area of Suspicion (1954); Ballroom of the Skies (1952); Barrier Island (1986); Border Town Girl / Five Star Fugitive / Linda (1956); Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965); Cancel All Our Vows (1953); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Chicago Stories (1993); Cinnamon Skin (1982); Clemmie (1958); Condominium (1977); Contrary Pleasure (1954); Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955); Dark Crimes 2 (1993); Darker Than Amber (1966); Dead Low Tide (1953); Deadly Welcome (1965); Death Quotient and Other Stories (2010); Death Trap (1957); Dress Her in Indigo (1969); End of the Tiger and Other Stories (1966); Florida Stories (1993); Free Fall in Crimson (1981); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); Hurricane (2014); I Could Go on Singing (1963); In a Small Motel (2017); Judge Me Not (1951); Law and Order (1997); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Masters of Noir (2010); More Good Old Stuff (1984); Murder for the Bride (1951); Murder in the Wind / Hurricane (1956); Murder Most Merry (2002); Murder Run-Around (2015); Neon Jungle (1953); New Orleans Stories (1992); Nightmare in Pink (1964); No Deadly Drug (1968); On the Make (1955); On the Run (1962); One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966); One Monday We Killed Them All (1961); One More Sunday (1984); Other Times, Other Worlds (1978); Pale Gray for Guilt (1968); Planet of the Dreamers (1953); Please Write for Details (1959); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Seven (1971); Slam the Big Door (1960); Soft Touch (1958); Southwest Stories (1993); Space Suits & Gumshoes (1972); Texas Stories (1995); The Beach Girls (1959); The Brass Cupcake (1950); The Crossroads (1959); The Damned (1952); The Deceivers (1958); The Deep Blue Good-By (1964); The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974); The Drowner (1963); The Empty Copper Sea (1978); The Empty Trap (1957); The End of the Night (1960); The Executioners / aka Cape Fear (1958); The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962); The Good Old Stuff (1961); The Green Ripper (1979); The Last One Left (1967); The Late Great Future (1976); The Lonely Silver Rain (1984); The Long Lavender Look (1970); The Only Girl in the Game (1960); The Price of Murder (1972); The Quick Red Fox (1964); The Scarlet Ruse (1972); The Turquoise Lament (1973); Tomorrow 1 Science Fiction by the Masters (1971); Two (1983); Weep For Me (1951); What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble (2019); Where is Janice Gantry? (1961); Wine of the Dreamers (1951); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967); You Live Once / Kill Me (1959).

Movies and television: 

ABC Stage 67 (1967); Cape Fear (1962 / 1991); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1955); Condominium (1980); Darker Than Amber (1970); Flash of Green (1984); Kona Coast (1968); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lights Out (1950); Linda (1973 / 1993); Man-Trap (1961); Out There (1951); Run for Your Life (1967–1968); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Studio 57 (1958); Studio One (1955 / 1957); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980); The Star and the Story (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); Thriller (1960); Travis McGee (1983).


Born on this day – Chief Dan George:

 

Actor

Musician

Writer

July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981


 

Born on this day – Alice Terry:

 
Actress

Director

July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987


Recommended reading - Five Complete Travis McGee Novels (1985)

 
Five Complete Travis McGee Novels (1985).

by John D. MacDonald.


 
Avenel Books.
Published in 1985.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0517476711
ISBN-13: 978-0517476710
 
Omnibus edition, containing the books: A Tan and Sandy Silence; The Dreadful Lemon Sky; The Empty Copper Sea; The Green Ripper; Free Fall in Crimson.
Complete & Unabridged.


Lisa Scottoline, on reading:

 
I read, therefore, I matter.
- Lisa Scottoline.