Showing posts with label July 28. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 28. Show all posts

Friday, July 28, 2023

On this day in music history - Aeterna, by Constance Demby (1995)


The album Aeterna,

by Constance Demby,

was released on July 28, 1995.




On this day in movie history: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)


Sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, the most important documentary on Climate Change

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, a documentary directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk

written and presented by Al Gore

was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.

Music by Jeff Beal.


#AnInconvenientSequelTruthToPower #Documentary #AlGore #BeInconvenient #ClimateChange #Environment #GreenEarth #Conservation #AnInconvenientTruth

On this day in movie history: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

 One of my favorite 'go to' movies...

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Written by Douglas Day Stewart

Was released in the United States on July 28, 1982

Music by Jack Nitzsche

Song Up Where We Belong performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Cast:
Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher, Louis Gossett Jr., Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, David Caruso, Victor French, Grace Zabriskie, Tommy Petersen, Mara Scott-Wood, David Greenfield, Dennis Rucker, Jane Wilbur, Buck Welcher, Vern Taylor, Elizabeth Rogers, David R. Marshall, Gary C. Stillwell, Tee Dennard, Norbert M. Murray, Daniel Tyler, William S. Graves, Brian D. Ford, Michael C. Pavey, Keith J. Haar, Pia Boyer, Danna Kiesel, Marvin Goatcher, John Laughlin, Jeffrey P. Rondeau, Michael Lee Bolger, Mark L. Graves, Meleesa Wyatt, Jo Anna Keane, Ed Begley Jr., Bradley James Bernard, Shannon Grimes, Raymond Kohn, Marc Kramer, Bernard Madrid, Tom Ricciardelli, Randy Tat.

#AnOfficerAndAGentleman #UpWhereWeBelong #RichardGere #DebraWinger

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 - 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 - 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.

Born on this day – Carol Higgins Clark:

 

Writer

Actress

July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023


Born on this day – Mike Bloomfield:

 

Blues singer

Guitarist

Composer

July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981


Born on this day – Brian May:

 
Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997




Born on this day – Lea Padovani:

 

Actress

July 28, 1920 – June 23, 1991




Born on this day – Andrew V. McLaglen:

 
Director

July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014


Born on this day – Carmen Dragon:

 

Conductor

Composer

Arranger

July 28, 1914 – March 28, 1984




Born on this day – Ann Doran:

 
Actress

July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000



Born on this day – Blanche Mehaffey:


Actress

Showgirl

July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968



Born on this day – Duane Thompson:

 

Actress

July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970




Born on this day – Barbara La Marr:

 

Actress

Writer

July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926




Born on this day – Beatrix Potter:

 

Writer

Illustrator

July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943