Mary Roberts Rinehart, on writing:

 

The writing career is not a romantic one.

The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

- Mary Roberts Rinehart.

Recommended reading - The Complete Candlemaker: Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations (1999)

The Complete Candlemaker: Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations

by Norma Coney.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1887374507

ISBN-13: 978-1887374507

Description:

Now you can make 40 kinds of gorgeous candles – from hand-dipped to die-dyed, from molded to marbleized, from carved to appliqué! It’s fun and easy! This book provides everything you need to know to make your own beautiful candles. Guided by clear instructions and how-to-photography, you’ll soon know how to: find and use the necessary equipment; select wicks, waxes, and additives; choose and care for candle molds; perform magic with fragrance and color; practice work safety.

Learn to make a dazzling array of candles, including container, molded, hand-dipped, rolled beeswax, chunk, tie-dyed, hurricane, votive, interior decorated, water, sand, floating, cut-and-curl, overdipped, marbleized, stippled, embossed, carved, and appliquéd. This truly is a complete candlemaking book!

Born on this day – Beatrix Potter:

 

Beatrix Potter

Writer

Illustrator

July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943

Credits: 

Books:

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917); By a Woman's Hand (2010); Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922); Fairy Tales for Adults (2018); Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (1697); Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales (1993); Round the Christmas Tree (1983); The Christmas Present Hunt (2021); The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906); The Story of Miss Moppet (1906); The Tailor of Gloucester (1903); The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904); The Tale of Ginger & Pickles (1909); The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908); The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918); The Tale of Kitty In Boots (2016); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930); The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906); The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912); The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905); The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901); The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913); The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding (1908); The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903); The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909); The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan (1905); The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911); The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907); The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904).

Movies and television:

Abel Classics (2022); Beatrix Potter Collection (2020); Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge (2016); Blue Peter (1959); Country Boy (1935); Flopsy Turvy (2018); Jackanory (1966–1980); MC Grammar: Reading Is Amazing (2022); My Green Fedora (1935); Mysteries at the Museum (2018); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit / TV series (2012–2015); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Small Time (1962); The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny (1996); The Beatrix Potter Collection (1985); The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1994); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1985 / 1991); The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2022); The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995).

Born on this day – Barbara La Marr:

 

Barbara La Marr

Actress

Writer

July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926

Credits:

Arabian Love (1922); Cinderella of the Hills (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); Domestic Relations (1922); Flame of Youth (1920); Harriet and the Piper (1920); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); March of the Movies (1933); Mary of the Movies (1923); Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêve (2024); Movie Memories #2 (1934); My Husband's Wives (1924); Personality Parade (1938); Poor Men's Wives (1923); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Rose of Nome (1920); Sandra (1924); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 20 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Strangers of the Night (1923); The Brass Bottle (1923); The Eternal City (1923); The Eternal Struggle (1923); The Girl from Montmartre (1926); The Heart of a Siren (1925); The Hero (1923); The Land of Jazz (1920); The Little Grey Mouse (1920); The Mother of His Children (1920); The Nut (1921); The Prisoner of Zenda (1922); The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924); The Three Musketeers (1921); The White Monkey (1925); The White Moth (1924); The White Moth (1924); Thy Name Is Woman (1924); Trifling Women (1922).

Born on this day – Blanche Mehaffey:

Blanche Mehaffey

Actress

Showgirl

July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968

Credits:

Stage:

Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 (1922); Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921).

Movies and television:

A Sailor Papa (1925); A Woman of the World (1925); Alias Mary Smith (1932); April Fool (1924); At First Sight (1924); Border Guns (1934); Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943); Cuckoo Love (1925); Dancing Dynamite (1931); Devil Monster (1946); Dugan of the Badlands (1931); Dynamite Denny (1932); Finnegan's Ball (1927); Friend Husband (1924); Fully Insured (1923); Going to Congress (1924); He Forgot to Remember (1926); Held for Ransom (1938); His People (1925); Hold My Baby (1925); Hypnotized (1932); Is There Justice? (1931); It's a Boy (1923); Just a Minute (1924); Marlie the Killer (1928); Meet the Missus (1924); Mounted Fury (1931); North of Arizona (1935); One of the Family (1924); Passport to Paradise (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Position Wanted (1924); Powder and Smoke (1924); Riders of the North (1931); Sally of the Subway (1932); Smilin' Guns (1929); Soul of the Slums (1931); Take It from Me (1926); Tell It to a Policeman (1925); The Air Mail Pilot (1928); The Battling Orioles (1924); The Big Idea (1924); The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935); The Denver Dude (1927); The Goofy Age (1924); The Haunted Honeymoon (1925); The Mystery Trooper (1931); The Old War-Horse (1926); The Outlaw Tamer (1935); The Princess from Hoboken (1927); The Runaway Express (1926); The Sea Fiend (1935); The Silent Code (1935); The Silent Rider (1927); The Sky Spider (1931); The Sunrise Trail (1931); The Texas Streak (1926); The Tired Business Man (1927); The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930); The Wages of Sin (1938); The Wages of Tin (1925); The White Sheep (1924); White Renegade (1931); Wildcat Saunders (1936).

Born on this day – Duane Thompson:

 

Duane Thompson

Actress

July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970

Credits:

A Fat Chance (1924); A Fool and His Honey (1927); A Man of Position (1923); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); A Wireless Lizzie (1926); Aggravatin' Papa (1924); April Fool (1926); Beauty and Bullets (1928); Born to the Saddle (1929); Built on a Bluff (1924); Call Again (1928); College Days (1926); Cornfed (1924); Don't Play Hookey (1923); False Morals (1927); Flyin' Buckaroo (1928); Four Faces West (1927); Fresh Faces (1926); Frozen River (1929); Good Spirits (1925); Hats (1924); Her Summer Hero (1928); Hitchin' Up (1926); Hollywood Bound (1923); Hot Doggie (1925); Hot Water (1923); Husband Hunters (1927); I'll Be There (1927); Long Pants (1927); Mama's Baby Boy (1923); Oh, Bridget! (1925); One Hour of Love (1927); Phantom of the Range (1928); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Plumb Crazy (1923); Reno or Bust (1924); Short Change (1924); Slim Fingers (1929); Some Pun'kins (1925); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926); Take Your Choice (1923); Tender Feet (1925); The Big Game (1924); The Desert Pirate (1927); The Fightin' Redhead (1928); The Golden Bed (1925); The Kiss Doctor (1928); The Lodge in the Wilderness (1926); The Lucky Rube (1923); The Mysterious Stranger (1925); The Price of Fear (1928); The Silent Avenger (1927); The Tip Off (1929); The Voice of the City (1929); Tin Can Alley (1924); Too Many Cookies (1928); Up and at 'em (1921); Vacation Waves (1928); Weak, But Willing (1926); West of Singapore (1933); Wizard of the Saddle (1928).

Born on this day – Ann Doran:

 

Ann Doran

Actress

July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000

Born on this day – Carmen Dragon:

 

Carmen Dragon

Conductor

Composer

Arranger

July 28, 1914 – March 28, 1984

Born on this day – Andrew V. McLaglen:

 

Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014

Born on this day – Lea Padovani:

 

Lea Padovani

Actress

July 28, 1920 – June 23, 1991

Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:

Darryl Hickman

Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Brian May:

 

Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Charles Cyphers:

Charles Cyphers

Actor

July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Force of One (1979); Aaron's Way (1988); Airwolf (1984); Alice (1978); Any Day Now (1999); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1977); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Borderline (1980); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); California Dreams (1994); Cannon (1972–1973); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Charlie's Angels (1977); China Beach (1988); Coming Home (1978); Cool Breeze (1972); Cousin Skeeter (2001); Critical Mass (2001); Dallas (1987); Dead Calling (2006); Deadly Games (1995); Death Wish II (1982); Deatherman (2012); Dog and Cat (1977); Dragnet (1989); Elvis (1979); ER (1995); Escape from New York (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1993); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Friendly Fire (1979); Gibbsville (1976); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gray Lady Down (1978); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween Kills (2021); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003); Halloween: The Inside Story (2010); Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006); Hardball (1994); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1985–1987); Honkytonk Man (1982); Hunter's Blood (1986); Hyperion Bay (1998); JAG (1995); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lou Grant (1979); MacArthur (1977); Mach 2 (2000); Major League (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Matlock (1986); Memorial Day (1983); Methodic (2007); Murder in the First (1995); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996–1998); Night Court (1988); Our House (1987); Our Town (1977); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Phyllis (1976); Renegade (1993); Rituals (1984–1995); Roc (1991–1992); Roots (1977); Santa Barbara (1987); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seinfeld (1995); Simon & Simon (1987); Sliders (1995); Someone's Watching Me! (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1979); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); The F.B.I. (1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fog (1980); The George Carlin Show (1994); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Manhunter (1974); The Missiles of October (1974); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Onion Field (1979); The Outsiders (1990); The Quest (1982); The Secrets of Isis (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Slams (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Truck Turner (1974); Vigilante Force (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Mike Bloomfield:

 

Mike Bloomfield

Blues singer

Guitarist

Composer

July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

American Hero (1982); Analine (1977); At The Bottom Line New York, 1975 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Between A Hard Place And The Ground (2011); Between the Hard Place and the Ground (1979); Bloomfield Blues (2009); Bloomfield Harris (1979); Blues at the Fillmore / Electric Blue Live (2011); Blues In B-Flat (2009); Bottom Line New York, 1974 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Chicago Blues Union (2006); Count Talent and the Originals (2006); Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (1980); Don’t Say That I Ain’t Your Man! – Essential Blues (1994); Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68 (2003); Fillmore West 1969 (2023); Great Gifts From Heaven (2010); Greatest Moments - One Night Only (2008); If You Love These Blues, Play ‘Em as You Please (1976); I’m with You Always (2008); Initial Shock (1988); It’s Not Killing Me (1969); Junko Partner (1984); Knockin Myself Out (2006); Late At Night: McCabes, January 1, 1977 (2018); Let It Shine (Record Plant, Sausalito ‘73 KSAN Broadcast Remastered) (2020); Live at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West (1969); Live At Bottom Line Cabaret, 31 March 1974 (2015); Live At McCabe’s Guitar Workshop, January 1, 1977 (2017); Live At The Bottom Line (2022); Live at the Old Waldorf (1998); Live at the Record Plant 1973 (2017); Live from The Palms Cafe - San Francisco 1977 (2023); Live in Italy (1981); Living in the Fast Lane (1980); Michael Bloomfield (1978); Mike Bloomfield & The Electric Flag Getting Down (2021); Red Hot & Blue (1981); San Francisco Nights (2018); Solid Blues (1995); Steelyard Blues (1972); Super Session (1968); The Gospel Truth (2021); The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969); The Record Plant ‘73 (2017); Timeless Blues: Mike Bloomfield (2011); Triumvirate (1973); Try It Before You Buy It (1975).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); And This Is Free (1965); Bad (1977); Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970); Born in Chicago (2020); Easy Rider (1969); Festival (1967); Fillmore (1972); Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story (2017); In Concert (1973); Independent Lens (2014); Medium Cool (1969); Muscle Shoals (2013); Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025); Rocketman (2019); Sneakers (1992); Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (1975); Soundstage (1974); Steelyard Blues (1973); Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield (2013); The Blues (2003); The Intimate Rebels (1974); The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007); The Trip (1967); Turn It Up! (2014).

Born on this day – Carol Higgins Clark:

 

Carol Higgins Clark

Writer

Actress

July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Holiday Collection (2010); A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle (2002); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes by (2016); Burned (2005); Carol Higgins Clark Boxed Set Vol 1 (2011); Cursed (2009); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls / The Christmas Thief (2009); Decked (1991); Fleeced (2001); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); Iced (1994); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Jinxed (2002); Laced (2007); Mobbed (2011); Murder For Love (1996); Popped (2003); Santa Cruise (2006); Snagged (1993); The Christmas Collection (2006); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Plot Thickens (1997); Twanged (1997); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); Wrecked (2010); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Cry in the Night (1992); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Fatal Charm (1990); Home & Family (2013–2014); Imus in the Morning (2014); My Gal Sunday (2014); Night of the Fox (1990); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Secret Service (1993); Stillwatch (1987); The Cradle Will Fall (2004); The Mystery Cruise (2013); The View (2004); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Where Are the Children? (1986); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997).

On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1949)

 

Scene of the Crime

directed by Roy Rowland,

written by Charles Schnee,

based on the article Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders by John Bartlow Martin,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1949.

Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers, Richard Benedict, Anthony Caruso, Robert Gist, Tom Helmore, Caleb Peterson, William Haade.

On this day in movie history - On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront

directed by Elia Kazan,

written by Budd Schulberg,

was released in the United States on July 28,1954.

Inspired by the series of articles entitled Crime on the Waterfront by Malcolm Johnson,

published in the New York Sun from November–December 1948.

Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John F. Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Rudy Bond, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam, Dan Bergin, Zachary Charles, Jere Delaney, Robert Downing, Michael V. Gazzo, Fred Gwynne, Thomas Handley, Anne Hegira, Pat Hingle, Katherine MacGregor, Barry Macollum, Tiger Joe Marsh, Edward McNally, Donnell O'Brien, Mike O'Dowd, Nehemiah Persoff, Johnny Seven.

On this day in movie history - The Gumball Rally (1976)

The Gumball Rally

directed by Charles Bail,

written by Leon Capetanos,

based on a story by Leon Capetanos and Charles Bail,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1976.

Music by Michael Small.

Cast:

Michael Sarrazin, Nicholas Pryor, Tim McIntire, Raúl Juliá, Norman Burton, John Durren, Gary Busey, Joanne Nail, Susan Flannery, J. Pat O’Malley, Vaughn Taylor, Lazaro Perez, Tricia O’Neil, Harvey Jason, Steven Keats, Wally Taylor, Eddy Donno, Dick Karie, Alfred Shelly, Whitey Hughes, Larry Silvestri, Wes Dawn, John Morton, Stephen Blood, Linda Vaughn, Walter R. Smith, John Lawlor.

On this day in movie history - The Driver (1978)

The Driver

directed and written by Walter Hill,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1978.

Music by Dominic Frontiere.

Cast:

Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Matt Clark, Felice Orlandi, Joseph Walsh, Rudy Ramos, Denny Macko, Frank Bruno, Will Walker, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Tara King, Richard Carey, Fidel Corona, Victor Gilmour, Nick Dimitri, Bob Minor, Angelo Lamonea, Patrick Burns, Karen Kleiman, Thomas Myers, Bill McConnell, Peter Jason, William Hasley, Allan Graf, Peter Paul Eastman, Raven Grey Eagle, Bob Harks, Orwin C. Harvey, Steve Moriarty, Nico Stevens, Leland Sun, Anna Young.

On this day in movie history - Hooper (1978)

 

Hooper

directed by Hal Needham,

written by Thomas Rickman and Bill Kerby,

based on a story by Walt Green, Walter S. Herndon and James Best,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1978.

Music by Bill Justis.

 
Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, John Marley, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam West, Alfie Wise, Terry Bradshaw, Norman Grabowski, George Furth, Jim Burk, Don 'Red' Barry, Princess O'Mahoney, Robert Tessier, Richard Tyler, Tara Buckman, Hal Floyd, Ray Bickel, Rex Benson, R.G. Allen, Mark Montgomery, Linda McClure, Kent Lane, Christa Linder, Kris Goddard, Robert Hackman, John Marshall, Laura Lizer Sommers, Peter Craig, Soupy Sales, Roxanne Brewer, Alex Brown, William H. Burton Jr., Tom Cloud, Jadie David, David Ellis, Gary Epper, John Escobar, Len Glasgow, Raven Grey Eagle, Stefan Gudju, Freddie Hice, Buddy Joe Hooker, Hugh Hooker, Louise Johnson, Gary McLarty, Mary Moon, Bennie Moore, Dave Mungenast Sr., Sam Neville, Alan Oliney, Bob Orrison, Regis Parton, John Quijada, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Reid Rondell, Tim Rossovich, Fred Scheiwiller, Ron Stein, Charles A. Tamburro, Greg Topper, Jim Whitecloud, Walter Wyatt.