Showing posts with label June 28. Show all posts
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Friday, June 28, 2024

On this day in movie history - Heaven Can Wait (1978)


Heaven Can Wait

directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry,

based on the play by Harry Segall,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1978.

Music by Dave Grusin.


Cast:
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, Harry D.K. Wong, George J. Manos, Larry Block, Frank Campanella, Bill Sorrells, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Peck, John Randolph, Richard O’Brien, Joseph F. Makel, Will Hare, Lee Weaver, Roger Bowen, Keene Curtis, William Larsen, Morgan Farley, William Bogert, Robert E. Leonard, Joel Marston, Earl Montgomery, Robert C. Stevens, Bernie Massa, Peter Tomarken, William Sylvester, Lisa Blake Richards, Charlie Charles, Nick Outin, Jerry Scanlan, Jim Boeke, Marvin Fleming, Deacon Jones, Les Josephson, Jack Snow, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Benjie Bancroft, Arline Bletcher, Joe Corolla, Charlie Cowan, Garrett Craig, Paul D’Amato, Robert Fortier, Allan Graf, Bryant Gumbel, Jim Healy, Chick Hearn, Ray Pourchot, Nick Raymond, Elliott Reid, Roberto Rodriguez, Byron Webster.


On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972)


Prime Cut

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.

On this day in movie history - Gunn (1967)


Gunn

directed by Blake Edwards,

written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards,

based on a story by Blake Edwards,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1967.

Music by Henry Mancini.


Cast:
Craig Stevens, Laura Devon, Edward Asner, Albert Paulsen, Sherry Jackson, Helen Traubel, Jerry Douglas, J. Pat O’Malley, Regis Toomey, George Murdock, Frank Kreig, Lincoln Demyan, Chanin Hale, Charles Dierkop, Mikel Angel, Jim Halbroeder, Alan Oppenheimer, Wayne Heffley, Tom Palmer, Carol Wayne, Dick Crockett, Gary Lasdun, Ken Wales, Mark Von Mills, Marion Marshall, Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece, Bill Bennett, Jack Bernardi, Jean Carson, Fleurette Carter, John Daheim, Jack Fife, Helen Funai, Bobby Gilbert, Ann Hughes, Kay Hughes, Robert Isenberg, Bruce Jacobs, Anita Loo, Henry Mancini, Jerry Martin, Walter Maslow, Midori, George Paul, Jimmy Payne, Ed Peck, Tony Regan, Clark Ross, Arthur Tovey, Candy Ward.


Born on this day – Gilda Radner:

 

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Singer

June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989


Credits:
101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Company of Players (2008); An SNL Valentine (2015); Animalympics (1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Belushi (2020); Best of Schiller's Reel (1994); Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (1979); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Dark Side of Comedy (2023); Dinah! (1975); Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins (1974); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2016); First Family (1980); Free to Be... a Family (1988); Friends of Gilda (1993); Funny Women of Television (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Gilda Live (1980); Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Hanky Panky (1982); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Hour Magazine (1983); I Am Chris Farley (2015); It Came from Hollywood (1982); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1988); Jack: A Flash Fantasy (1974); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1986); Life with Jeannie (2013); Live from New York! (2015); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love, Gilda (2018); Making Trouble (2007); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Reading Rainbow (1985); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (1979); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Saturday Night Live (1975–2014); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011); Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999–2019); Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial (1991); Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989); Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015); Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (2000); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash (1992); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2014); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2006); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Since '45 (1979); SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009); SNL Remembers John Belushi (2002); SNL: 25 Years of Music (1999); Stealing Time (2009); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Tenth Annual Entertainer of the Year Awards (1980); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of Gilda Radner (1989); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of Saturday Night Live: Candice Bergen (1993); The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018); The Collaborators (1974); The Eighties (2016); The Gift of Winter (1974); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Insider (2015); The Last Detail (1973); The Making of 'the Woman in Red' (1984); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1978); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The New Show (1984); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Seventies (2015); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019–2020); The Winds of Whoopie (1983); The Woman in Red (1984); The Women of SNL (2010); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Today (1980); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Willie Nelson & Family (2023); Witch's Night Out (1978).


Born on this day – Lois Wilson:


Actress

June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988


Credits:
A Bird in the Hand (1929); A Burglar for a Night (1918); A Full House (1920); A Man's Fight (1919); A Man's Man (1917); A Son of the Immortals (1916); A Soul at Stake (1916); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Alias the Lone Wolf (1927); Alimony (1917); Alone in the World (1917); Another Scandal (1924); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916); Bad Little Angel (1939); Bella Donna (1923); Black Evidence (1917); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Born to Gamble (1935); Bright Eyes (1934); Broad Daylight (1922); Broadway Nights (1927); Burglar Proof (1920); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Come Again Smith (1919); Coney Island (1928); Conquest (1928); Contraband (1925); Deluge (1933); Divorce in the Family (1932); Drifting Souls (1932); Fascinating Youth (1926); Fashion News (1930); Female (1933); Flames of Treachery (1917); For Beauty's Sake (1941); For Love or Money (1930); French Dressing (1927); Gates of Brass (1919); Green Eyes (1916); Guiding Light (1955); He Wrote a Book (1916); Her Chance (1916); Her Husband's Women (1929); His Robe of Honor (1918); Hollywood (1923 / 1980); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hulda the Silent (1916); Icebound (1924); In the Money (1933); Irish Luck (1925); Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922); It Pays to Advertise (1919); Kid Gloves (1929); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Langdon's Legacy (1916); Laughing at Life (1933); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Let's Get Married (1926); Life Returns (1934); Love Insurance (1919); Lovin' the Ladies (1930); Maid o' the Storm (1918); Manslaughter (1922); Married on the Wing (1916); Marry Me (1925); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midsummer Madness (1920); Miss Information (1928); Miss Lulu Bett (1921); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); New York (1927); No Greater Glory (1934); Nobody's Children (1940); North of 36 (1924); Obey the Law (1933); Object: Alimony (1928); On Trial (1928); Once a Gentleman (1930); One Dollar Bid (1918); Only 38 (1923); Our Five Daughters (1962); Our Leading Citizen (1922); Parentage (1917); Picture This (2022); Pied Piper Malone (1924); Prisoners of the Pines (1918); Public Opinion (1935); Ransom (1928); Rugged Water (1925); Ruggles of Red Gap (1923); Sally's Shoulders (1928); School for Girls (1934); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Seed (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Society Fever (1935); Temptation (1930); The Age for Love (1931); The Aldrich Family (1950); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Bells (1918); The Best Man (1919); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The City of Masks (1920); The City of Silent Men (1921); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Crash (1932); The Decoy (1916); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Drifters (1919); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The End of the Game (1919); The Expert (1932); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Gay Lord Waring (1916); The Gingham Girl (1927); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hell Diggers (1921); The Hypocrite (1915); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The King on Main Street (1925); The Lost Romance (1921); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Morals of Hilda (1916); The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915); The Palace of Dust (1915); The Pool of Flame (1916); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Paradise (1915); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932); The Show-Off (1926 / 1934); The Silent Battle (1916); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Turn of a Card (1918); The Vanishing American (1925); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Whispered Name (1917); The White Man's Law (1916); The World's Champion (1922); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); This Is Your Life (1957); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three X Gordon (1918); Ticket to a Crime (1934); To the Last Man (1923); Too Much Johnson (1919); Treason (1917); Wedding Present (1936); Wedding Rings (1929); Welcome Home (1925); What Every Woman Knows (1921); What's Your Hurry? (1920); When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915); Who's Your Servant? (1920); Why Smith Left Home (1919); Without Compromise (1922); Won by Grit (1917); Your Uncle Dudley (1935).



Born on this day – Polly Moran:


Actress

June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952


Credits:
A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Close Shave (1920); A Doggone Mix-Up (1921); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Scrambled Romance (1920); Adam's Rib (1949); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915); Ambush (1939); An Oily Scoundrel (1916); Are Brunettes Safe? (1927); Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1916); Beyond the Sierras (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); Buttons (1927); By Stork Delivery (1916); Cactus Nell (1917); Came the Dawn (1928); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught Short (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); China Bound (1929); Classic Comedy Teams / Segment: Our Gang (1986); Crazy House (1930); Dangerous Females (1929); Defend Yourself (1925); Detectives (1928); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Grauman Special (1918); Guilty Hands (1931); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Painted Hero (1915); High & Dry (1921); Hired and Fired (1920); His Father's Footsteps (1915); His Naughty Thought (1917); His Uncle Dudley (1917); His Wild Oats (1916); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Honeymoon (1928); Hot for Paris (1929); In Again, Out Again (1921); It's a Wise Child (1931); Ladies First (1918); Ladies in Distress (1938); Le plombier amoureux (1932); London After Midnight (1927); London After Midnight (2002); Look Before You Sleep (1922); Love Will Conquer (1916); Luck (1923); Madcap Ambrose (1916); Meet the Missus (1940); Nell's Busted Romance (1922); Oh, Duchess! (1936); Oh, You, Sheriff Nell (1922); Paid (1930); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pills of Peril (1916); Politics (1931); Prize Maid (1949); Prosperity (1932); Red River Range (1938); Reducing (1931); Remote Control (1930); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rose-Marie (1928); Sailor Maid (1937); Saucy Madeline (1918); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Shadows of the Night (1928); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1920); She Needed a Doctor (1917); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918); Show People (1928); Skirts (1921); Smith's Cook (1927); So This Is College (1929); Speedway (1929); Taming Target Center (1917); Telling the World (1928); That Night (1928); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Battle Royal (1918); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blackbird (1926); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Divine Woman (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Garage (1920); The Girl Said No (1930); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Hunt (1915); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The March of Time (1930); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Pullman Bride (1917); The Ragged Road to Romance (1920); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rounder (1930); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Show (1927); The Slicker (1921); The Society Bug (1920); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Thirteenth Hour (1927); The Trail of '98 (1928); The Unholy Night (1929); The Unknown (1927); The Village Blacksmith (1916); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); Their Social Splash (1915); This Is the Life (1920); Those College Girls (1915); Those Three French Girls (1930); Tide of Empire (1929); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); Training for Husbands (1920); Twinkletoes (1926); Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Two Wise Maids (1937); Vampire Ambrose (1916); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); When Joe Went West (1913); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wild Waves and Women (1919).


Madeleine L'Engle, on writing:

 
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
- Madeleine L'Engle.