On this day in music history - The album Hummingbird, by 2002 (2021)

Hummingbird

by 2002

was released on June 11, 2021.

 

On this day in music history - The album Where the Action Is..., by Sue Foley (2002)

Where the Action Is...

by Sue Foley

was released on June 11, 2002.

On this day in movie history - Bronco Billy (1980)

Bronco Billy

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Dennis Hackin,

was released in the United States on June 11, 1980.

Music by Snuff Garrett.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms, Dan Vadis, Sierra Pecheur, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey, Beverlee McKinsey, Doug McGrath, Hank Worden, William Prince, Pam Abbas, Eyde Byrde, Douglas Copsey, John Wesley Elliott Jr., Chuck Hicks, Bob Hoy, Jefferson Jewell, Dawneen Lee, Don Mummert, Lloyd Nelson, George Orrison, Michael Reinbold, Tessa Richarde, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Valerie Shanks, Sharon Sherlock, James Simmerman, Roger Dale Simmons, Jenny Sternling, Chuck Waters, Jerry Wills, Diablo Dean, Scott Atkins, Alison Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Scott Glatt III, Merle Haggard, Danny Jensen, R.C. Keene, Juliette Lewis, David Reed, Thomas Iloe Rose, Arlis Tranmer, George Wendt, Gayla Wilson-Corbin.

On this day in movie history - Night Moves (1975)

Night Moves

directed by Arthur Penn,

written by Alan Sharp,

was released in the United States on June 11, 1975.

Music by Michael Small.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Mars, Janet Ward, James Woods, Anthony Costello, John Crawford, Melanie Griffith, Ben Archibek.

On this day in movie history - True Grit (1969)

True Grit

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

based on the novel by Charles Portis,

was released in the United States on June 11, 1969.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Alfred Ryder, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey, Ron Soble, John Fiedler, James Westerfield, John Doucette, Donald Woods, Edith Atwater, Carlos Rivas, Isabel Boniface, H.W. Gim, John Pickard, Elizabeth Harrower, Ken Renard, Jay Ripley, Kenneth Becker, Leon Alton, Wilford Brimley, Forest Burns, Albert Cavens, Gene Coogan, Myron Healey, James McEachin, Dennis McMullen, Boyd ‘Red’ Morgan, Robin Morse, Edna O’Dell, John Pedrini, General Sterling Price (Ginger Cat), Stuart Randall, Clark Ross, Connie Sawyer, Jeffrey Sayre, Jay Silverheels, Dean Smith, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Marie Gruber:

 

Actress

June 11, 1955 – February 8, 2018

Born on this day – Annabella Incontrera:

 

Actress

June 11, 1943 – September 19, 2004

Born on this day – Gene Wilder:

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Director

June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016

Born on this day – Ellen Schwiers:

 

Actress

June 11, 1930 – April 26, 2019

Born on this day – Arlette Poirier:

 

Actress

June 11, 1926 – May 30, 2012

Born on this day – Robert Hutton:

 

Actor

June 11, 1920 – August 7, 1994

Born on this day – Jane Bryan:

 

Actress

Philanthropist

Arts patron

June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

 

Born on this day – Jules Sylvain:

 

Composer

Screenwriter

Musician

June 11, 1900 – October 29, 1968

Born on this day – Virginia Brissac:

 

Actress

June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979

Credits:

The Disaster Artist (2017); These Amazing Shadows (2011); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Studio 57 (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1953–1954); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Executive Suite (1954); Dragnet (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); All I Desire (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Woman of the North Country (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Two of a Kind (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Harriet Craig (1950); Edge of Doom (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); No Man of Her Own (1950); Tension (1949); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); The Last Bandit (1949); An Act of Murder (1948); The Snake Pit (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); Old Los Angeles (1948); The Mating of Millie (1948); Summer Holiday (1948); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Secret Beyond the Door... (1947); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Pursued (1947); Sister Kenny (1946); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Mysterious Mr. M (1946); Hot Cargo (1946); Renegades (1946); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); The Dolly Sisters (1945); That Night with You (1945); State Fair (1945); Bewitched (1945); Captain Eddie (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Three's a Crowd (1945); The Scarlet Clue (1945); G.I. Honeymoon (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Night Club Girl (1945); Together Again (1944); Faces in the Fog (1944); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944); Song of the Open Road (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Someone to Remember (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Mug Town (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Lucky Jordan (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); The Big Shot (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); Remember the Day (1941); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Appointment for Love (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); The Little Foxes (1941); Dressed to Kill (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); The Great Lie (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Always a Bride (1940); Strike Up the Band (1940); Hired Wife (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940); The Ghost Breakers (1940); Alias the Deacon (1940); If I Had My Way (1940); It's a Date (1940); Little Orvie (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); Black Friday (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Remember the Night (1939); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); Destry Rides Again (1939); First Love (1939); Parents on Trial (1939); Think First (1939); Stop, Look and Love (1939); I Stole a Million (1939); The Forgotten Woman (1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Dark Victory (1939); Woman Doctor (1939); Wings of the Navy (1939); Jesse James (1939); Up the River (1938); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Gateway (1938); The Magician's Daughter (1938); Delinquent Parents (1938); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Man in the Barn (1937); The Adventurous Blonde (1937); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Give Till It Hurts (1937); Artist and Models (1937); White Bondage (1937); Mountain Justice (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Love Letters of a Star (1936); Down the Stretch (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); The Song of a Nation (1936); The Big Noise (1936); We Went to College (1936); Counterfeit (1936); Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Two Against the World (1936); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Hawaiian Love (1913); The Shark God (1913).

Born on this day – Richard Strauss:

 

Composer

June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949

Roald Dahl, on books:

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,

go throw your TV set away,
and in its place you can install,
a lovely bookcase on the wall.
– Roald Dahl.