On this day in movie history - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

This Is Spinal Tap

a.k.a. This Is Spinal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi,

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner,

was released in the United States on March 2, 1984.

Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner.

Cast:

Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, David Kaff, Tony Hendra, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar, Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Memo Vera, Julie Payne, Dana Carvey, Sandy Helberg, Robin Menken, Zane Buzby, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Child, J.J. Barry, George McDaniel, Paul Benedict, Anne Churchill, Howard Hesseman, Paul Shortino, Cherie Darr, Lara Cody, Andrew J. Lederer, Russ Kunkel, Diana Duncan, Gina Marie Pitrello, June Chadwick, Victory Tischler-Blue, Joyce Hyser, Gloria Gifford, Paul Shaffer, Archie Hahn, Charles Levin, Wonderful Smith, Anjelica Huston, Chris Romano, Daniel Rodgers, Fred Willard, Fred Asparagus, Rodney Kemerer, Robert Bauer, Raechel Donahue, Lindsay Doran, Sean Frye, Helen Kelly, Paul Korda, Blackie Lawless, Artie Ripp, Claudia Sloan, Spinal Tap, Brinke Stevens, Sam Whipple.

On this day in music history - Jennifer Rush (1984)

 

Jennifer Rush

by Jennifer Rush

was released on March 2, 1984.

Born on this day – Richard Compton:

Writer

Director

Producer

March 2, 1938 – August 11, 2007

Credits:

Angels Die Hard (1970); Assault in Paradise (1977); Babylon 5 (1993–1994); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Bury Me an Angel (1971); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Charmed (1998–1999); Deadman's Curve (1978); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Diamond Stud (1970); Dr. Sex (1964); Get Christie Love! (1974); Get Real (1999–2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawkeye (1994); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home for the Holidays (2005); Home Improvement (1996); Hotel (1985); House of Zodiac (1969); Houston Knights (1987); JAG (2002–2005); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); L.A. Law (1990–1992); Like Mother Like Daughter (1969); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Macon County Line (1974); Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000); Miami Vice (1987–1989); Otherworld (1985); Over My Dead Body (1990); Peacemakers (2003); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997); Players (1998); Pointman (1995); Profiler (1999–2000); Ravagers (1979); Return to Macon County (1975); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Sliders (1996–1999); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Street Hawk (1985); Super Force (1990–1991); T.J. Hooker (1985); The Burning Zone (1996–1997); The California Kid (1974); The Commish (1995); The District (2000); The Division (2001); The Equalizer (1985–1988); The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (2000); The Gun Runner (1969); The Keys (1992); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Sentinel (1998); The X-Files (2000–2001); The Young Riders (1991); Under Cover (1991); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Times (1980).

Born on this day – Katharine Whitehorn:

 

Writer

Radio presenter

March 2, 1928 – January 8, 2021

Credits:

Cooking in a Bedsitter (aka Kitchen in the Corner: A Complete Guide to Bedsitter Cookery) (1961); Observations (1970); Only on Sundays (1966); Roundabout (1962); Selective Memory by Katharine Whitehorn (2007); Sunday Best (1976); View from a Column (1981).

Born on this day – Jennifer Jones:

Actress

March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009

Credits:

The Towering Inferno (1974); Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969); The Idol (1966); Tender Is the Night (1962); A Farewell to Arms (1957); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Beat the Devil (1953); Terminal Station (1953); Ruby Gentry (1952); Carrie (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); We Were Strangers (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Duel in the Sun (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Fighting Generation (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939); The Streets of New York (1939); New Frontier (1939).

Born on this day – David Goodis:

Writer

March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967

Credits:

Retreat from Oblivion (1939); Dark Passage (1946); Behold This Woman (1947); Nightfall / Missing Believed Murdered / The Dark Chase / Convicted (1947); Of Missing Persons (1950); Cassidy's Girl (1951); Of Tender Sin (1952); Street of the Lost (1952); The Burglar (1953); The Moon in the Gutter (1953); Black Friday (1954); The Blonde on the Street Corner (1954); Street of No Return (1954); The Wounded and the Slain (1955); Down There / Shoot the Piano Player (1956); Fire in the Flesh (1957); Night Squad (1961); Somebody's Done For (1967); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996).

Born on this day – Marjorie Weaver:

Actress

March 2, 1913 – October 1, 1994

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Boston Blackie (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Big Town (1952); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Fashion Model (1945); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Shadow of Suspicion (1944); Pardon My Rhythm (1944); The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Let's Face It (1943); Just Off Broadway (1942); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); Man at Large (1941); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Murder Among Friends (1941); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Murder Over New York (1940); Maryland (1940); Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940); Shooting High (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Hold That Co-ed (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Second Honeymoon (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Hot Water (1937); The Californian (1937); Big Business (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Melody for Two (1937); On the Avenue (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Polo Joe (1936); Here Comes Carter (1936); China Clipper (1936).

Born on this day – Dr. Seuss:

Writer

Illustrator

Animator

Director

March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991

Credits:

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940); Horton Hears a Who! (1954); The Cat in the Hat (1957); The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958); The Cat in the Hat Songbook (1967); The Cat's Quizzer (1976); I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978); And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937); The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938); The Seven Lady Godivas (1939); The King's Stilts (1939); McElligot's Pool (1947); Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948); Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949); If I Ran the Zoo (1950); Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953); On Beyond Zebra! (1955); If I Ran the Circus (1956); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957); Happy Birthday to You! (1959); Green Eggs and Ham (1960); One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960); Ten Apples Up on Top! (1961); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962); Hop on Pop (1963); Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963); Fox in Socks (1965); I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965); Come over to My House (1966); The Foot Book (1968); The Eye Book (1968); My Book about Me (1969); Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970); The Lorax (1971); I Can Write! (1971); In a People House (1972); Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972); The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973); Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973); There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974); Great Day for Up (1974); The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (1974); Wacky Wednesday (1974); Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975); Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! (1975); Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975); Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (1976); Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977); Oh Say Can You Say? (1979); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! (1980); Hunches in Bunches (1982); The Butter Battle Book (1984); The Tooth Book (1984); You're Only Old Once! (1986); I Am Not Going to Get up Today! (1987); Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990); Daisy-Head Mayzie (1994); My Many Colored Days (1996); Seuss-isms (1997); Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998); Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures (2008); What Was I Scared Of? (2009); Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks (2011); Sneetches on Beaches (2012); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book (2012); My, Oh My--A Butterfly! (2014); The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book (2014); What Pet Should I Get? (2015); Oh, the Places I'll Go! (2016); My Book About Christmas (2016); Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself (2017); Gerald McBoing Boing (2017); Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 (2019); Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! (2019); Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things (2019); Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! (2022); I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself (1970); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958); The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961); A Hatful of Seuss (1967); I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969); The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough (1987); The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (2011); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (2011); A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew (2013); Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories (2014).

Catherine Drinker Bowen, on writing:

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

- Catherine Drinker Bowen.