Happy 4th of July:

On this day in music history - American V: A Hundred Highways, by Johnny Cash (2006)

American V: A Hundred Highways

by Johnny Cash,

was released on this day in 2006

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Somebody Up There Likes Me

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.

Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.

Born on this day – Gina Lollobrigida:

 

Actress

Photographer

Artist

July 4, 1927 – January 16, 2023

Born on this day – Mary Stuart:

 

Actress

Guitarist

Singer

Songwriter

July 4, 1926 – February 28, 2002

Born on this day – Viviane Romance:

 

Actress

July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991

Born on this day – Gloria Stuart:

 

Actress

Artist

July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010

Born on this day – Gertrude Lawrence:

 

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 4, 1898 – September 6, 1952

Born on this day – Nathaniel Hawthorne:

 

Writer

July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864