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Thursday, June 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - Moon (2009)

Moon


directed by Duncan Jones,

written by Nathan Parker,

based on a story by Duncan Jones,

was released in the United States on June 12, 2009.

Music by Clint Mansell.

Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart, Robin Chalk, Gavin Rothery, Gary Shaw, Mick Ward.

Ursula K. Le Guin, on books:

 
By and large books are mankind's best invention.
– Ursula K. Le Guin.


Recommended reading: The Diary, by Anne Frank (1948)

The Diary

by Anne Frank.

Published by Turtleback Books.

First published 1948.

ISBN-10: 1417643099

ISBN-13: 9781417643097

Description:

Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit. Now, in a new edition enriched by many passages originally withheld by her father, we meet an Anne more real, more human, and more vital than ever. Here she is first and foremost a teenage girl – stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable, in love with life. She imparts her deeply secret world of soul-searching and hungering for affection, rebellious clashes with her mother, romance and newly discovered sexuality, and wry, candid observations of her companions. Facing hunger, fear of discovery and death, and the petty frustrations of such confined quarters, Anne writes with adult wisdom and views beyond her years. Her story is that of every teenager, lived out in conditions few teenagers have ever known.

Born on this day – James Oliver Curwood:

 

James Oliver Curwood


Writer

Conservationist

June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927

Credits:

Books:

A Gentleman of Courage (1924); Back to God's Country (1920); Baree, Son of Kazan (1917); Commerce on the Great Lakes (1907); Falkner of the Inland Seas (1931); Flower of the North (1912); Glory of Living (1928); God's Country (1921); God's County and the Woman (1915); Great Wilderness Stories (1997); Green Timber (1930); Isobel (1913); Kazan (1914); My Stories That I Like Best (1925); Nomads of the North (1919); Peter God (2005); Son Of A Hero (2004); Son of the Forests (1930); Steele of the Royal Mounted (1911); Swift Lightning (1926); The Alaskan (1922); The Ancient Highway (1925); The Black Hunter (1926); The Country Beyond (1922); The Courage of Captain Plum (1908); The Courage of Marge O'Doone (1918); The Crippled Lady of Peribonka (1929); The Danger Trail (1910); The Fiddling Man (1917); The Flaming Forest (1921); The Gold Hunters (1909); The Golden Snare (1921); The Great Lakes (1909); The Grizzly (1916); The Grizzly King / aka The Bear (1918); The Honor of Her People (1920); The Honor of the Big Snows (1911); The Hunted Woman (1916); The Match (1920); The Mouse (2005); The Plains of Abraham (1928); The River's End (1919); The Strength of Men (1920); The Valley of Silent Men (1920); The Wolf Hunters (1908); The Yellow Back (1920).

Movies and television:

A Captain's Courage (1926); A Fighting Chance (1913); A Flirt's Repentance (1914); A Man, a Girl, and a Lion (1917); A Pound for a Pound (1915); A Study in Tramps (1915); Back to God's Country (1919 / 1927 / 1953); Baree, Son of Kazan (1918 / 1925); Beautiful Belinda (1915); Beauty-Proof (1919); Betty in the Lions' Den (1913); Billy Smoke (1917); Call of the Klondike (1950); Call of the Yukon (1938); Caryl of the Mountains (1914 / 1936); Cats (1915); Clover's Rebellion (1917); Code of the Mounted (1935); Cupid Makes a Bull's Eye (1913); Danger Trail (1917); Dawn on the Great Divide (1942); Diamond Cut Diamond (1913); Duty and the Man (1913); Fangs of the Arctic (1953); Fathers of Men (1916); Fortune's Turn (1913); Four Minutes Late (1914); Galloping Dynamite (1937); Getting a Start in Life (1915); God's Country (1946); God's Country and the Law (1921); God's Country and the Woman (1916 / 1937); Gold Madness (1923); Hearts of Men (1914 / 1928); Her Fighting Chance (1917); His Dominant Passion (1914); His Fight (1914); His Fighting Blood (1915 / 1935); His Lordship Billy Smoke (1913); Husks (1916); I Am the Law (1922); In Defiance of the Law (1914); In the Days of Famine (1915); Isobel or the Trail's End (1920); Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923); Jan of the Big Snows (1922); Kazan (1921 / 1949); Law of the Timber (1941); Looking Forward (1910); Love's Western Flight (1914); Man's Law (1915); Memories That Haunt (1914); My Neighbor's Wife (1925); 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946); Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961); Nomads of the North (1920); North of the Border (1946); Northern Frontier (1935); Northern Patrol (1953); Northwest Territory (1951); Northwest Trail (1945); Paid in Advance (1919); Phantom Patrol (1936); Playing with Fire (1914); Polishing Up (1914); Prejudice of Pierre Marie (1911); Prisoners of the Storm (1926); Rags and the Girl (1915); Retribution (1915); River's End (1930 / 1940); Roaring Six Guns (1937); Rough Riding Rhythm (1937); Saturday Roundup (1951); Second Childhood (1914); Skull and Crown (1935); Snow Dog (1950); Soldiers of Chance (1917); Some Liar (1919); Song of the Trail (1936); Steele of the Royal Mounted (1925); Such a Little Pirate (1918); Tales of the Wild (1994–1995); Tangled Lives (1918); Tentacles of the North (1926); The Alaskan (1924); The Ancient Highway (1925); The Awakening (1915); The Battle of Frenchman's Run (1915); The Bear (1988); The Beauty Hunters (1916); The Broken Silence (1922); The Country Beyond (1926 / 1936); The Courage of Marge O'Doone (1920); The Coyote (1915); The Destroyers (1916); The Dream Girl (1914); The Eugenic Girl (1914); The Fatal Note (1914); The Feudists (1913); The Fifth Man (1914); The Fighting Texan (1937); The Fighting Trooper (1934); The Flaming Forest (1926); The Flashlight (1915); The Flower of the North (1921); The Girl from Porcupine (1921); The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918); The Gods Redeem (1915); The Gold Ship (1916); The Golden Snare (1921); The Great Experiment (1915); The Hawk (1935); The Hunted Woman (1916 / 1925); The Jungle Lovers (1915); The Lady Killer (1915); The Last Man (1916); The Lone Trail (1932); The Lost Millionaire (1913); The Magical World of Disney (1964); The Man from Hell's River (1922); The Man Hater (1914 / 1917); The Midnight Call (1914); The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle (1915); The Mystery of the Seven Chests (1914); The Mystery of the Silver Skull (1913); The Northern Trail (1921); The Old Code (1915 / 1928); The Ordeal (1914); The Pirates (1913); The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan (1915); The Queen of Jungle Land (1915); The Red Blood of Courage (1915 / 1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1915); The River's End (1920); The Silver Trail (1937); The Skull and the Crown (1914); The Slaver (1927); The Sole Survivor (1917); The Soul Master (1917); The Speck on the Wall (1914); The Spirit of the Violin (1915); The Story of the Blood Red Rose (1914); The Strange Case of Princess Khan (1915); The Strange Case of Talmai Lind (1915); The Strength of Men (1913); The Test (1914 / 1935); The Tragedy That Lived (1914); The Trail Beyond (1934); The Treasure of Desert Isle (1913); The Valley of Silent Men (1922); The Vengeance of Rannah (1915); The Wandering Horde (1916); The Warmakers (1913); The Wheels of Fate (1913); The White Mouse (1914 / 1921); The Wilderness Mail (1914); The Wolf Hunters (1926 / 1949); The Yellow-Back (1929); The Young Man Who 'Figgered' (1915); Their Wives' Indiscretion (1913); Thor, Lord of the Jungles (1913); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916); Till Death Us Do Part (1914); Timber Fury (1950); Timber War (1935); Toll of Sin (1917); Trail of the Yukon (1949); Trails End (1935); Trails of the Wild (1935); Two Women (1914 / 1919); Untamed Justice (1929); Unto Those Who Sin (1916); V debryakh, gde reki begut... (1988); Valley of Terror (1937); Vengeance of Rannah (1936); Venus and Adonis (1914); When the Door Opened (1925); When Women Go on the Warpath; or, Why Jonesville Went Dry (1913); Where the North Begins (1947); Whistling Bullets (1937); Why I Am Here (1913); Wild Horse Round-Up (1936); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Wilderness Mail (1935); Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914); Yukon Gold (1952); Yukon Manhunt (1951); Yukon Vengeance (1954).

Born on this day – Hedwiga Reicher:

 

Hedwiga Reicher


Actress

June 12, 1884 – September 2, 1971

Credits:

Stage:

Caliban of the Yellow Sands (1916); Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (1911); June Madness (1912); On the Eve (1909); The Next of Kin (1909); The Stronger (1913); The Thunderbolt (1911); When the Young Vine Blooms (1915).

Movies and Television:

A Lover's Oath (1925); Beyond Victory (1931); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Dracula's Daughter (1936); Ex-Lady (1933); Flesh (1932); I Married a Doctor (1936); It Could Happen to You (1937); Lucky Star (1929); Mordprozeß Mary Dugan (1931); New Moon (1930); Rendezvous (1935); Sporting Chance (1931); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Godless Girl (1928); The House of a Thousand Candles (1936); The King of Kings (1927); The Leopard Lady (1928); True Heaven (1929).


Born on this day – Nina Mae McKinney:


Nina Mae McKinney


Actress

June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967

Credits:
American Masters (1997); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Biography (1995); Blood Money (1933); Classified X (2007); Copper Canyon (1950); Danger Street (1947); Dark Waters (1944); Gang Smashers (1938); Hallelujah (1929); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Kentucky Minstrels (1934); Manhattan Serenade (1929); Mantan Messes Up (1946); Night Train to Memphis (1946); On Velvet (1938); Passing the Buck (1932); Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932); Pinky (1949); Reckless (1935); Safe in Hell (1931); Sanders of the River (1935); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Straight to Heaven (1939); Swanee Showboat (1940); That's Black Entertainment (1990); The Birth of Television (1976); The Black Network (1936); The Devil's Daughter (1939); The Lonely Trail (1936); The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance (1992); The Power of the Whistler (1945); They Learned About Women (1930); Together Again (1944); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); What Price Jazz (1934).

Born on this day – William Lundigan:

 

William Lundigan


Actor

June 12, 1914 – December 20, 1975


Born on this day – Priscilla Lane:

 

Priscilla Lane


Actress

June 12, 1915 – April 4, 1995

Credits:

3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); Blues in the Night (1941); Bodyguard (1948); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938); Daughters Courageous (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); La case du siècle (2022); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Million Dollar Baby (1941); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Play Your Part (1941); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Saboteur (1942); Silver Queen (1942); Stars on Horseback (1943); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); The John Garfield Story (2003); The Meanest Man in the World (1943); The Roaring Twenties (1939); Varsity Show (1937); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939).

Born on this day – Richard M. Sherman:


Richard M. Sherman


Songwriter

June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024


Born on this day – Anne Frank:


Anne Frank


Writer

Author of The Diary of Anne Frank

June 12, 1929 – March 12,1945

Credits:

Books:

The Diary, aka Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, and The Diary of Anne Frank (1948).

Movies and television:

1945: 12 Städte, 12 Schicksale (2015); 1945: Amsterdam - Der Völkermord (2015); 60 Minutes (2022); A Tale of Two Sisters (2015); Acting for a Cause (2021); Anne Frank House VR (2018); Anne Frank Parallel Stories (2019); Anne Frank Remembered (1995); Anne Frank Video Diary (2020); Anne Frank: 70 Years Later (2015); Anne Frank's Diary (1999); Anne Frank's Holocaust (2015); Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari (1979); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2000); Classmates of Anne Frank (2008); De Erfenis van Anne Frank (2015); El diari d'Anna Frank (1996); Fantastic (2012); Format 60 (1970); Front Row (2012); Gedenkfeier in Bergen-Belsen (2015); Hanneli and Anne (2017); History (2015); History Daily (2022); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Kaaskoppen & waterlanders (2008); La casa del darrere (2009); Love All You Have Left (2017); My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021); No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story (2015); Otto Frank, Father of Anne (2010); Silence is Violence (2021); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); The Brief Life of Anne Frank (2001); The CJN Daily (2022); he Decibel (2022); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 / 1962 / 1967 / 1980 / 1985 / 1987 / 1995 / 2009 / 2016); The History Chicks (2018); The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (1988); The Twentieth Century (1964); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The World at War (1974); Timmen (1968); Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries (2019); Where Is Anne Frank (2021); Who Betrayed Anne Frank (2001); Witness History: Archive 2012 (2012).

Born on this day – Eva Pflug:


Eva Pflug


Actress

Voice actress

June 12, 1929 – August 5, 2008


Born on this day – Otto Schenk:


Otto Schenk


Actor

Director

June 12, 1930 – January 9, 2025


Born on this day – Sian Barbara Allen:

 

Sian Barbara Allen


Actress

Writer

July 12, 1946 – March 31, 2025

Credits:
Adam-12 (1975); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Baretta (1978); Billy Two Hats (1974); Bonanza (1972); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Captains and the Kings (1976); Columbo (1973); Darkroom (1981); Eric (1975); Falcon Crest (1984); Gunsmoke (1971); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Ironside (1972–1974); Kate McShane (1975); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Kojak (1974); L.A. Law (1990); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Happy Family (1973); Lucas Tanner (1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1974); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Police Story (1976); Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Sword of Justice (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); The Family Rico (1972); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Rockford Files (1974); The Scarecrow (1972); The Waltons (1973); W.E.B. (1978); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Nicole Berger:

 

Nicole Berger


Actress

June 12, 1934 – April 13, 1967


Born on this day – Barry Michael Cooper:

 

Barry Michael Cooper


Producer

Writer

Director

June 12, 1958 – January 21, 2025

Credits:
Above the Rim (1994); American Gangster (2006–2008); Blood on the Wall$ (2005); Bloomberg Game Changers (2010); Classic Albums (2007); Grand Daddy I.U.: Something New (1990); Guilt... (2019); Inside the Label (2016); It's Good to Be... (2003); NBA 2K16 (2015); New Jack City (1991); Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011); Private Times (1991); She's Gotta Have It (2017–2019); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Sugar Hill (1993); Tevin Campbell: For Your Love (1999).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 37.

Episode entitled: Decoy in White.

Released June 12, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Robert Tallman.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mike Road, Mike Mazurki, James Flavin, Judy Bamber, Maggie McCarter, Dorothea Lord.

On this day in movie history - Somewhere in the Night (1946)


Somewhere in the Night


directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,

written by Howard Dimsdale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lee Strasberg,

based on a story by Marvin Borowsky,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1946.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Nova.