Rebecca Stead, on writing:

The writing process is not just putting down one page after another –
it's a lot of writing and then rewriting,
restructuring the story,
changing the way things come together.
- Rebecca Stead.
 

Born on this day – Martha Sleeper:

 

Martha Sleeper

Actress

June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983

Credits:

A Punch in the Nose (1926); A Tailor Made Man (1931); A Ten-Minute Egg (1924); All Wet (1924); Along Came Auntie (1926); Are Husbands Human? (1925); Are Husbands Necessary? (1925); Baby Clothes (1926); Bad Boy (1925); Better Movies (1925); Big Red Riding Hood (1925); Bombshell (1933); Broken Dreams (1933); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Budding Youth (1924); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Danger Street (1928); Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Every Man for Himself (1924); Fighting Fathers (1927); Flaming Fathers (1927); Fluttering Hearts (1927); Four Days Wonder (1936); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); Great God Gold (1935); Happy Days (1924); Hold Everything (1925); Hollywood Party (1934); Huddle (1932); Innocent Husbands (1925); Jewish Prudence (1927); Laughing Ladies (1925); Long Fliv the King (1926); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Low Bridge (1924); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Mystery (1926); Merry Widower (1926); Midnight Mary (1933); Mum's the Word (1926); Never Too Old (1926); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Outdoor Pajamas (1924); Pass the Gravy (1928); Penthouse (1933); Plain and Fancy Girls (1925); Please, Teacher! (1924); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Sailing Along (1925); Say It with Babies (1926); Seeing Nellie Home (1924); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Sherlock Sleuth (1925); Should Husbands Pay? (1926); Should Landlords Live? (1924); Should Sailors Marry? (1925); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Skinner's Big Idea (1928); Spitfire (1934); Sure-Mike! (1925); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tame Men and Wild Women (1925); Taxi 13 (1928); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Air Legion (1929); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); The Little Yellow House (1928); The Mailman (1923); The Racing Kid (1924); The Rat's Knuckles (1925); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Royal Razz (1924); The Scoundrel (1935); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Voice of the Storm (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); There Goes the Bride (1925); Thundering Fleas (1926); Tomorrow's Youth (1934); Too Many Mammas (1924); Trailing Trouble (1924); Two Sinners (1935); Ukulele Sheiks (1926); War Nurse (1930); West of the Pecos (1934); What's the World Coming To (1926); Wild Papa (1925); Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926); Yale vs. Harvard (1927).

Born on this day – Yves Jean Bonnefoy:

Yves Jean Bonnefoy

Writer

Poet

Art historian

June 24, 1923 – July 1, 2016

Credits:

Books:

Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work (1993); Beginning and End of the Snow (2012); In the Shadow's Light (1991); Mythologies (1991); On the Motion and Immobility of Douve (1968); Poems: 1959-1975 (1985); Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (2011); Shakespeare and the French Poet (2004); The Anchor's Long Chain (2015); The Curved Planks (2007); The Digamma (2014); The Lure and the Truth of Painting: Selected Essays on Art (1995); The Present Hour (2013); Together Still (2017).

Movies and television:

Feu! Chatterton - Avant qu'il n'y ait le monde (Live acoustique) (2021); Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960); Le Louvre imaginaire (1993); Le roi Lear (1965); Les Nuits de France Culture (1994); Qu'est-ce que la poésie? (2018); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995).

Born on this day – Claude Chabrol:

Claude Chabrol

Director

June 24, 1930 – September 12, 2010

Born on this day – Paul L. Smith:

Paul L. Smith

Actor

June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012

Credits:

Alcohol: The Choice (1974); Alle hatten sich abgewandt (1970); All-Star Family Feud Special (1982); Barney Miller (1979); Caged Fury (1990); Carambola (1974); Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975); CHiPs (1978); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Convoy Buddies (1975); Crazy Camera (1989); Crimewave (1985); Crossing the Line (1990); D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999); Death Chase (1988); Deleted 'Dune' (2006); Desert Kickboxer (1992); Diamond Pedlars (1976); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Dune (1984); Emergency! (1974); Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo Auf Ibiza (2014); Exodus (1960); Eye of the Widow (1991); Fishke Goes to War (1971); Going in Style (1979); Gor (1987); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Homicide (1965); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Jungle Warriors (1984); Madron (1970); Masada (1981); Maverick (1994); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Midnight Express: The Production (2008); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Nahtche and the General (1972); Operation Shtreimel (1984); Outlaw Force (1987); Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008); Pieces (1982); Popeye (1980); Red Sonja (1985); Red Sonja Vs. Kalidor: The Making of a Misunderstanding (2010); Return of the Tiger (1977); Sadat (1983); Sonny Boy (1989); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Tel Aviv Call Girls (1972); Ten Little Indians (1989); Terminal Entry (1987); Texas Godfather (1985); The Bull Buster (1973); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Hired Gun (1989); The In-Laws (1979); The Protector (1985); The Salamander (1981); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); War of 20 Years (1970); We Are No Angels (1975); When I Am King (1982); Wonder Woman (1979); You're Famous (1989).

Born on this day – Julian Holloway:

 

Julian Holloway

Actor

June 24, 1944 – February 18, 2025

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Hard Day's Night (1964); A Horseman Riding By (1978); A Lustful Lady (1977); A Perfect Carry On (1998); A Season of Giants (1990); Angels (1978); Baby Talk (1992); BBC Play of the Month (1974–1983); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bedtime Stories (1974); Before the Fringe (1967); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Black and Blue (1973); Bowler (1973); Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974); Captain Zed and the Zee Zone (1991–1992); Carry on at Your Convenience (1971); Carry on Camping (1969); Carry on Christmas (1973); Carry on Doctor (1967); Carry on England (1976); Carry on Follow That Camel (1967); Carry on Forever (2015); Carry on Henry VIII (1971); Carry on Laughing (1981); Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (1983); Carry on Loving (1970); Carry on Up the Khyber (1968); Casualty (1993); Catflap (2007); Centre Play (1975); City '68 (1968); Comedy Playhouse (1967–1974); Conjugal Rights (1973); Crown Court (1978); Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (2002); Dead of Night (1972); Dentist on the Job (1961); Doctor Who (1989); Dragon Age: Origins (2009); Elizabeth R (1971); Ellis Island (1984); Fair Exchange (1962); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); First Night (1964); Five to One (1963); Gideon C.I.D. (1964); Give us a Break (1983); Grass Roots (1992); Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (2006); Hallelujah! (1983); Harriet's Back in Town (1973); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Helen: A Woman of Today (1973); Hostile Witness (1969); How Am I Doing? (1977); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); It'll Be OK on the Day (1975); ITV Play of the Week (1967); James Bond Jr. (1991); Jubilee (1977); Keep It in the Family (1980); King of the River (1966); Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012); Loophole (1981); Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders (1988); Marked Personal (1973); Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005); Meetings Bloody Meetings (1993); Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976); Menace (1970); Minder (1982); Misfits (1981); My Uncle Silas (2001–2003); Nancy Astor (1982); Naughty Girls (1975); NBC Experiment in Television (1970); North West Confidential (1970); Nothing But the Best (1964); On Location (2000); Onimusha Blade Warriors (2004); Ooh La La! (1973); Our Man at St. Mark's (1963); Our Man Higgins (1962–1963); Pardon the Expression (1966); Parkin's Patch (1970); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007); Play for Today (1970–1976); Plays for Pleasure (1981); Porridge (1979); Public Eye (1975); Rebecca (1979); Regular Show (2011–2017); Remember WENN (1996–1997); Ricky and Ravi (Are in Between Jobs) (2011); Rough Cut (1980); Rumpole of the Bailey (1991); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978); Scream and Scream Again (1970); Secrets & Scandals of Carry On (2023); Seven Faces of Woman (1977); Sprout (1974); Star Games (1978–1979); Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2010–2020); Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011); Summer of Rockets (2019); Take Three Girls (1971); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Telford's Change (1979); Ten from the Twenties (1975); That's Carry On! (1977); That's Show Business (1967); The Avengers (1961); The Bill (1987); The Brute (1977); The Chairman's Wife (1971); The Chief (1990); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1963); The Edwardians (1973); The Endless Game (1989); The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980); The Hostages (1975); The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night (1972); The Informer (1967); The Jokers (1967); The Knack... and How to Get It (1965); The Last Shot You Hear (1969); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1992); The Liver Birds (1969); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Man from Haven (1972); The New Avengers (1976); The Pleasure Girls (1965); The Professionals (1978); The Punch Review (1975–1977); The Rum Diary (2011); The Saint (1964); The Scarlet and the Black (1983); The Sea Can Kill (1978); The Shadow of the Tower (1972); The Spy's Wife (1972); The Stud (1974); The Sweeney (1975); The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002); The Valiant Varneys (1964); The Vet (1995); The World of Wooster (1967); This Is Your Life (1970); Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006); Torch Song (1993); TV/Film Podcast UK (2021); Ukridge (1968); Uncle Creepy Returns (2009); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Warship (1974); What a Carry On (1984–1986); Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–1974); What's a Carry On? (1998); Where's Waldo? (1991); Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003); Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1975); Young Winston (1972); Z Cars (1975).

Born on this day – Adrienne Shelly:

 

Adrienne Shelly

Actress

Director

Writer

June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006

Credits:

Adrienne (2021); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Dead Dog (2001); Disc-Functional (2011); Downtown Film Fest (2006); Early Edition (1997); Factotum (2005); Four Tales of Two Cities / Urban Legend (1996); Grind (1997); Hexed (1993); Hexed: Featurette (1993); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); Kalamazoo (1994); Law & Order (2000); Like Plastic (2013); Lois Lives a Little (1997); Lonely in America (1990); Opera No. 1 (1994); Oz (1998); Pretty (2011); Revolution #9 (2001); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Serious Moonlight (2009); Sleep with Me (1994); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spin (2011); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001); The Regulars (1997); The Road Killers (1994); The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000); The Unbelievable Truth (1989); The Vibrator (2007); Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004); Trust (1990); Urban Legend (1994); Waitress (2007); Waitress: The Musical (2023); Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008); Why Am I in a Box? (2010); Wrestling with Alligators (1998).

On this day in movie history - The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Masque of the Red Death

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1964.

Based on The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,

and Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.

Music by David Lee.

Cast:

Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.

On this day in movie history - The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The Sons of Katie Elder

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Talbot Jennings,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1965.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper, Sheldon Allman, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams, John Qualen, Rodolfo Acosta, Strother Martin, Percy Helton, Karl Swenson.

On this day in movie history - Catch-22 (1970)

Catch-22

directed by Mike Nichols,

written by Buck Henry,

based on the novel by Joseph Heller,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1970.

Music by Richard Strauss.

Cast:

Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Norman Fell, Charles Grodin, Austin Pendleton, Peter Bonerz, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Philip Roth, Bruce Kirby, Jack Riley, Felice Orlandi, Marcel Dalio, Evi Maltagliati, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Libertini, Liam Dunn, Olimpia Carlisi, Wendy D’Olive, Gina Rovere, Fernanda Vitobello, Seth Allen, Steve ‘Bunker’ de France.

On this day in movie history - Sorcerer (1977)

Sorcerer

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Walon Green,

based on the novel Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear) by Georges Arnaud,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1977.

Music by Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Chico Martínez, Joe Spinell, Rosario Almontes, Richard Holley, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques François, André Falcon, Gerard Murphy, Desmond Crofton, Henry Diamond, Ray Dittrich, Frank Gio, Randy Jurgensen, Cosmo Allegretti, Nick Discenza, Frank Pesce, Tom Signorelli.