On this day in movie history - Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on May 6, 1994.

Music by Fred Myrow and Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Gloria Lynne Henry, Kevin Connors, Cindy Ambuehl, John Davis Chandler, Brooks Gardner, Angus Scrimm, Irene Roseen, Sarah Scott Davis, Duane Tucker, Claire Benedek, Wendy Way, Robert Beecher, Chuck Butto, Beau Lotterman, Paula Irvine, Jennifer Bross, Samantha Phillips, Kathy Lester.

John Steinbeck, on inspiration and writing:

 

Ideas are like rabbits.

You get a couple and learn how to handle them,
and pretty soon you have a dozen.
- John Steinbeck.

Born on this day – Lucien Ballard:

Lucien Ballard

Cinematographer

May 6, 1908 – October 1, 1988

Credits:

A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Nag in the Bag (1938); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Time for Dying (1969); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Al Capone (1959); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Anna Lucasta (1958); Arruza (1972); Back to the Woods (1937); Band of Angels (1957); Beloved Bachelor (1931); Berlin Express (1948); Big Executive (1933); Black Saddle (1960); Blind Alley (1939); Blonde Venus (1932); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Bomber's Moon (1943); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Cash and Carry (1937); City of Fear (1959); Coast Guard (1939); Cold Turkey (1940); Craig's Wife (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Curves (1929); Dear Brigitte (1965); Desire in the Dust (1960); Devil's Playground (1937); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Drum (1976); Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law (1963); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Flat Foot Stooges (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Noon Till Three (1976); Girls Can Play (1937); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Highway Patrol (1938); Holy Matrimony (1943); Home on the Rage (1938); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I Married a Woman (1958); I Promise to Pay (1937); I Take This Woman (1931); Inferno (1953); Junior Bonner (1972); L'académie des 9 (1982); Lady Ice (1973); Laura (1944); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Life Begins with Love (1937); Love Me Tonight (1932); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Monte Carlo (1930); Moontide (1942); Morocco (1930); Murder by Contract (1958); My Kingdom for... (1995); Nevada Smith (1966); New Faces (1954); Night Song (1947); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Census, No Feeling (1940); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour with You (1932); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outside These Walls (1939); Pay or Die! (1960); Penitentiary (1938); Prince Valiant (1954); Rabbit Test (1978); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Return of the Texan (1952); Ride the High Country (1962); Rio Grande (1938); Roustabout (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962); Seven Cities of Gold (1955); South of the Boudoir (1940); Squadron of Honor (1938); St. Ives (1976); Susan Slade (1961); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Temptation (1946); Texas Stampede (1939); The 33rd (1959); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Final Hour (1936); The Getaway (1972); The Glory Brigade (1953); The Hawaiians (1970); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killing (1956); The King and Four Queens (1956); The King Steps Out (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938); The Love Parade (1929); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1961); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Interns (1964); The Nightshirt Bandit (1938); The Outlaw (1943); The Parent Trap (1961); The Party (1968); The Proud Ones (1956); The Raid (1954); The Rifleman (1963); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Shadow (1937); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Thundering West (1939); The Undying Monster (1942); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Bunch (1969); This Is the Night (1932); This Love of Ours (1945); Thomasine & Bushrod (1974); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three the Hard Way (1974); Tonight We Raid Calais (1943); True Grit (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938); Wall of Noise (1963); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Whispering Ghosts (1942); White Feather (1955); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Will Penny (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); Zorro (1960).

Born on this day – Orson Welles:

Orson Welles

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985

Credits:

12 + 1 (1969); A Estrela Sobe (1974); A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018); A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970); A Huey P. Newton Story (2001); A King's Story (1965); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Safe Place (1971); A Step Away (1980); A Vermelha Luz do Bandido (2009); A Woman Called Moses (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1975); Above San Francisco (1973); According to Occam's Razor (1999); Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1983); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); Alan Yentob Remembers... Orson Welles (2024); Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014); lien Autopsy: The Search for Answers (2021); Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024); Almonds and Raisins (1984); Amazon (1985); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (1996–2013); American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); An Arabian Night (1960); An Evening with Orson Welles: Chesterton Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Clarence Darrow Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Socrates Speeches (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1972); An Evening with Orson Welles: Wodehouse Speeches (1972); Ancient Aliens (2010–2018); Angels of Mercy (1940); Apple Jack (2003); Arena (1982–1983); Arena (1995–2016); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Around the World with Orson Welles (1955); Arsenal (1986); As Long as He Lives (1998); Aux arts et cætera (2022); Barbed Water (1969); Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982); Battle for Survival (1946); Beer and Board Games (2011 / 2018); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Billie (2019); Biography (1963 / 1995); Black Magic (1949); Bloopers from 'Star Trek' and 'Laugh-In' (1983); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2015); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Brasil (1981); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Brunnen (2005); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Butterfly (1981); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983); Carrefour (1955); Casino Royale (1967); Catch-22 (1970); Cerné par le diable (2019); Chillerama / Zom-B-Movie (2011); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Cinéma cinémas / Welles déjeune avec la critique (1982); Cinema Komunisto (2010); Cinépanorama (1959); Cinq colonnes à la une (1960); Citizen Kane (1941); Citizen Kane Trailer (1940); Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000); Citizen Vader (2014); Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022); Colgate Theatre (1958); Compression (2023–2024); Compulsion (1959); Confidential Report (1955); Continental (1989); Crack in the Mirror (1960); Crónicas fantásticas (1974); Dahmer vs. Gacy (2010); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012); David and Goliath (1960); De 7 Dødssyndene (2007); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Garagiola (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Der große Atlantik (1963); Désordre (1950); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Dinah! (1976–1978); Directed by John Ford (1971); Disorder Is 20 Years Old (1967); Dissent (2011); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983–1985); Don Quixote (1992); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Druga strana Wellesa (2005); Duel in the Sun (1946); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Edge of Outside (2006); Eisenbahn-Romantik (2017); Embers & Dust (2016); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Enquête sur les OVNIs (2004); E-penser (2015); Ésotérisme expérimental (1976); España, plató de cine (2009); F for Fake (1973); F for favor (2008); Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (1968); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); FilmComicsExplained (2022); Filmfestspiele Cannes 1959 (1959); Filming 'Othello' (1978); Filming 'the Trial' (1981); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Follow the Boys (1944); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (1973); Freedom River (1971); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Future Shock (1972); Geheimnisvolle Stadt (2015); Genocide (1982); Get Shorty (1995); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997); Halston in Halston (2019); Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014); Heart of the Festival (2002); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); Hi-Fi (1999); High Journey (1959); History of the World: Part I (1981); History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016); Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hopper/Welles (2020); Horror Business (2007); Hot Money (1986); Hot Tomorrows (1977); House of Cards (1968); I Love Lucy (1956); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); In Our Hands (1983); Incident at Barstow (2011); Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970); Is It Real? (2007); Is Paris Burning? (1966); It Happened One Christmas (1977); It's All True (1943 / 1983); It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993); It's pretty, but Is It Art? (2023); I've Got a Secret (1956); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Jane Eyre (1943); Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur (2008); Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018); Jeopardy! (2006); Journey Into Fear (1943); Jucy (2010); Just Henry (2011); Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969); Kelly Country (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); King of Kings (1961); King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983); La classe américaine (1993); La isla del tesoro (1965); La nuit des Césars (1982); La otra sala: Clásicos (2016); La ricotta (1963); Lafayette (1962); L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2000); L'antre du Mea (2013); L'antre du Mea (2017); Late Show London (1966); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015–2024); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2021); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Les Nuits de France Culture (2013); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (2007); Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lost in La Mancha (2002); Lost in the Thinking (2005); Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022); Lucifer et moi (2008); L'uomo la bestia e la virtù (1953); Macbeth - Power and Corruption (Polanski's the Tragedy of Macbeth) (1973); Macbeth (1948); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Magnum, P.I. (1981–1984); Man in the Shadow (1957); Marco the Magnificent (1965); Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981); Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998); Masters of the Congo Jungle (1958); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Mob on the Run (1987); Moby Dick - Rehearsed (1965); Moby Dick (1956); Moby Dick (2000); Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955); Modern Marvels (1999); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Monitor (1960–1963); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Moonlighting (1985); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021–2022); Mystères d'archives (2011); Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978); Napoleon (1955); NASA's Unexplained Files (2019); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); National Geographic Specials (1965–1966); NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (1977); NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look, Part Two (1978); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Necromancy (1972); Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964); Night Gallery / Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Ninja the Mission Force (2012); No Exit (1962); Northern Exposure (1990); Not Fade Away (2012); Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981); O.W. Kenosha (2009); Oedipus the King (1968); Omnibus (1953 / 1972); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); One Man Band (1999); Orson Welles - das vermarktete Genie (1975); Orson Welles (1975); Orson Welles and People (1956); Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000); Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina (1958); Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote (2000); Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer (1976); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974); Orson Welles in Orson Welles à la cinémathèque (1983); Orson Welles in Spain (1966); Orson Welles in The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1975); Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985); Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995); Orson Welles: The Paris Interview (1960); Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992); Othello (1951); Out of Darkness (1956); Panorama (2020); Paradise Garden (1974); Pariser Journal (1962); Parkinson (1971–1973); Parkinson at 50 (2021); Parkinson: The Interviews (1995); Passage to Mars (2016); Paul Masson: Orson Welles, No Wine Before It's Time (1980); Person to Person (1955); Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022); Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (1998); Plunder (1965 / 1991); Portrait of a Killer (1949); Portrait: Orson Welles (1968); Pour le plaisir (1965); Press Conference (1955); Prime Times (1983); Prince of Foxes (1949); Prodigal Sons (2008); Pulp Cinema (2001); Real Heroes (1981); Reflets de Cannes (1958–1966); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Return to Glennascaul (1952); Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975); Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977); Rita (2003); Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990); Ro.Go.Pa.G. / La ricotta (1963); Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts (1967); Rosabella: la storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993); Rotten (2019); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Scene of the Crime (1984–1985); Schwierigkeiten beim Zeigen der Wahrheit? (1966); Search for the Titanic (1981); Searching for Orson (2006); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Sentinels of Silence (1971); Shadowing the Third Man (2004); Shakespeare Uncovered (2012–2015); Shindig! (1965); Shogun (1980); Show-Business at War (1943); Shut Up Little Man (2011); Shylock (2001); Sight & Sound & Time (2023); Sightings (1995); Silent Times (2018); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (1970); Someone to Love (1987); South Seas Adventure (1958); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Stan Lee in Stan Lee (2023); Stars and Stripes (1990); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Survival (1975); Swiss Family Robinson (1940); Tales from the Territories (2022); Tales of the Klondike (1981); Talking Pictures (2013); Tanks (1942); Tempo (1961–1965); Ten Days That Shook the World (1967); Ten Days Wonder (1971); Ten Little Indians (1974); Tepepa (1969); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1982); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Battle of Neretva (1969); The Battle of Sutjeska (1973); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998); The Bible in the Beginning... (1966); The Big Brass Ring (1997); The Biggest Battle (1978); The Black Rose (1950); The Brother Side of the Wake (2022); The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles (1973); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The David Frost Show (1970); The Day That Panicked America (2005); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1984); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Show (1967–1971); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Deep (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1973); The Double McGuffin (1979); The Dreamers (1982); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Eleven Powers: The Festival of Eka Dasa Rudra (1979); The Enchanted Journey (1981); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The Finest Hours (1964); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The First 40 Years (1980); The Force Beyond (1977); The Grand Illusion / Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Depression (1998); The Greatest Adventure--the Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (1983); The Greatest Film on Earth: Volume 2 - Planet Mars (1988); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Green Goddess (1939); The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles (1980); The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!) (2022); The Hearts of Age (1934 / 1997); The Herb Shriner Show (1956); The Heroine (1967); The Hitch Hiker (2004); The Hitchhiker (2007); The Immortal Story (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kremlin Letter (1970); The Lady from Shanghai (1947); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Last of the Wild Mustangs (1972); The Last Roman (1968); The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984); The Late Great Planet Earth (1978); The Legend of Doom House (1971); The Levin Interview (1967); The Lions of Capitalism (1977); The Little World of Don Camillo (1952); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Magic History of Cinema (2017); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (2002); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972); The Man Who Pursued Rosebud: William Alland on His Career in Theatre and Film (2012); The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971–1972); The Merchant of Venice (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1985); The Miracle of St. Anne (1950); The Moviemakers (1984); The Movies (2019); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Deal for Artists (1976); The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979); The Originals (2005); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2002); The Perfect Moment (1978); The Psychic Connection (1983); The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982); The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021); The Road to Bresson (1984); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967); The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980); The Silent Years (1971); The Sixties (2014); The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005); The South Bank Show (1988–2004); The Southern Star (1969); The Spanish Earth (1937); The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); The Story of Samba (1943); The Stranger (1946); The Tartars (1961); The Third Man (1949); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1976–1992); The Touristic Revolution (2014); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Trial (1962); The UFO Conspiracy (2004); The Ultimate Film (2004); The Universal Story (1996); The Universe (2007); The V.I.P.s (1963); The Vikings (1958); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981); The Way to Santiago (1998); The Welles Raft (2019); The World About Us (1968); Thèmes et variations du cinéma (1969); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Francis X. Bushman (2021); This Is Orson Welles (2015); This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (1981); Three Cases of Murder / Lord Mountdrago (1954); Tim May Presents Reptile (2014); Timeshift (2015); To Build a Fire (1969); To Try Again... and Succeed (1979); Today (1980–1985); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975 / 1979); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Too Much Johnson (1938); Touch of Evil (1958); Travel with Jack and Kitty: The Podcast (2023); Treasure Island (1965); Treasure Island (1972); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Trent's Last Case (1952); Trick or Treats (1982); Trouble in the Glen (1954); Tudo É Brasil (1997); Tut: The Boy King (1978); Twelfth Night (1933); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two Wise Old Men: Socrates and Noah (1972); UFO Files (2005); UFO: Down to Earth (1997); UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997); Underwelles (1975); Une légende, une vie (1974); Unexplained Mysteries / The Curse of a Hollywood Icon (2003); Upon This Rock (1970); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972 / 1974); Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Variations on a High School Romance (2010); Vienna (1968); Vive le cinéma! (1972); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Wagner e Venezia (1982); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Washes Whiter (1990); Waterloo (1970); Waxwork (1988); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2015); Welles and Hearst (1996); Welles Angels (2007); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); What's My Line? (1958); Where Are All the UFO's? (1996); Where Is Parsifal? (1984); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Who's Out There? (1975); Wide World of Entertainment (1963); With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990); Wolfgang (2021); Working with Orson Welles (1993); World of Magic (1982); Your Name Here (2015); Zero Listillos: Leonardo Raya (2013); Zweig: A Morte em Cena (1995).

Born on this day – Adriana Caselotti:

Adriana Caselotti

Actress

Singer

Voice-over artist

May 6, 1916 – January 18, 1997

Credits:

A Gift of Music (1981); Animation Lookback (2009); Animation/Film/TV Show Lookback (2009); Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969); Business as Usual (1978); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Disney Princess Sing-Along Songs: Volume 2 - Enchanted Tea Party (2005); Disney Sing-Along Songs: 101 Notes of Fun (1989); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1997); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho (1987); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Topsy Turvy (1996); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986); Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001); Documentary Now! (2016); Donald's Off Day (1944); Donald's Ostrich (1937); Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Modern Inventions (1937); Moviewatch (1994); Naughty Marietta (1935); Pretty Little Liars (2016); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snow White SCANDAL! Rachel Zegler PAST EXPOSED! Disney Out?! (2023); The Best of Disney Music: A Legacy in Song - Part I (1993); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Disney Family Album (1985); The Fairest of Them All (1983); The Julie Andrews Hour (1972); The Magical World of Disney (1977 / 1981); The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); We Were Dancing (1942).

Born on this day – Lianella Carell:

 

Lianella Carell

Actress

Writer

May 6, 1927 – December 22, 2000

Credits:

A Free Woman (1954); Accadde al penitenziario (1955); Always Victorious (1958); Amore e guai (1958); Bandits in Rome (1968); Benvenuto reverendo! (1950); Bicycle Thieves (1948); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); Carnal Circuit (1969); Cose da pazzi (1954); Desiderio 'e sole (1954); Domenica in (1986); Genoese Dragnet (1952); Gli zitelloni (1958); Hola Raffaella (1993); Il piccolo vetraio (1955); Lettera napoletana (1954); Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966); Raffaella Carrá Show (1988); Ragazze da marito (1952); Ricomincio da Due (1990–1991); Scandal in the Family (1975); SuperTotò (1980); The Counterfeiters (1951); The Forbidden Christ (1951); The Gold of Naples / Il guappo (1954); Una donna ha ucciso (1952); Viva il cinema! (1952); Viva la rivista! (1953).

Born on this day – Edward M. Abroms:

Edward M. Abroms

 

Director

Editor

May 6, 1935 – February 13, 2018

Credits:

A Look Back at 'Cohen & Tate' (2013); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend' (2004); Apple's Way (1975); Archer (1975); Berlin Affair (1970); Blue Thunder (1983); Cannon (1975); Cherry 2000 (1987); CHiPs (1977); Cohen and Tate (1988); Columbo (1971–1990); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978–1979); Dial Hot Line (1970); Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979); Doc Elliot (1974); Doctors' Hospital (1975–1976); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Ellery Queen (1975 / 1976); Florida Straits (1986); Get Christie Love! (1974); Glory Days (1988); Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992); Griff (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Kojak (1976–1978); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Man from Atlantis (1977); McMillan & Wife (1973); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Sweet Charlie (1970); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Gallery (1969 / 1973); Nightlife (1989); One Special Victory (1991); Payoff (1991); Plain Clothes (1988); Police Story (1973–1975); Ransom for a Dead Man (1971); Salvage 1 (1979); Savage (1973); Street Fighter (1994); Switch (1976); T.N.T. (1997); Taking the Heat (1993); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); That Certain Summer (1972); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The Chisholms (1980); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Executioner's Song (1982); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972); The Guardian (1984); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Impatient Heart (1971); The Impostor (1975); The Jewel of the Nile (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Virginian (1970); Untamed Frontier (1967); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Lulu Roman:

 

Lulu Roman

Comedian

Singer

Writer

May 6, 1946 – April 23, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Kitchen Komforts: Fabulous Comfort Food Recipes and Inspiring Short Stories to Nourish the Body and Soul (2023); LuLu (1978); This Is My Story; This Is My Song (2019).

 

Albums:

At Last (2012); Hymns That Light My Way (1986); Hymns, Promises, and Praises (1997); Lulu: Inspired (2001); Orphan Girl (2005); Seven Times (2009); Take Me There (1985); There's A New Kid In Town (2009); You Were Loving Me (1984).

Songs:

Amazing Grace; At Last; Best Friend; Buildin' up the Wall; Daystar; Do You Know How To Fly; Failure Isn't Final; Fever; Giver of the Light; He Looked Beyond My Fault; He Was There All the Time; How Great Thou Art; In My Life; In the Presence of Jehovah; Intimate Expression; King of Who I Am; Leavin' on Your Mind; Mizpah; On The Battlefield; One Day At a Time; Orphan Girl; Precious Lord, Take My Hand; Seven Times; Summertime; Surely the Presence of the Lord; That's The Man I'm Looking For; The King Of Who I Am; The Old Church House; There's A New Kid In Town; Train Bound For Glory; Victory In Jesus; You Needed Me.

Movies and television:

14th Annual Music City News Awards (1980); City Confidential (1998); Cookin' It Up with Lulu (2013); Corky (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2007); Gaither's Pond (1999); Hee Haw (1969–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978-1979); Kings Gold (1993); Rare Southern Gospel Singing Celebration (2010); Rivers of Joy (1998); The Anita Bryant Spectacular (1980); The Award Goes to: A Look Back at the Legends (2010); The Jim Bakker Show (2006); The Love Boat (1983); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1976); Touched by an Angel (2001); Vicki! (1994); Whipoorwhill Nest (2014).

On this day in movie and book history - 7th Heaven (1927 and 1922)

7th Heaven

a.k.a. Seventh Heaven,

directed by Frank Borzage,

written by Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell and Bernard Vorhaus,

based on the play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong,

was released in the United States on May 6, 1927.

Music by R.H. Bassett, Erno Rapee, William P. Perry.

Cast:

Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell, Emile Chautard, Ben Bard, George E. Stone, Henry Armetta, Lewis Borzage Sr., Dolly Borzage, Mary Borzage, Sue Borzage, Italia Frandi, Venezia Frandi, Frankie Genardi, Lois Hardwick, Jessie Haslett, Brandon Hurst, Lily Tietelbaum, Lillian West.

Recommended reading:

Seventh Heaven
A Play in Three Acts

by Austin Strong.

Filmed as 7th Heaven a.k.a. Seventh Heaven (1927), directed by Frank Borzage.

Published by Samuel French.
First published 1922.
ASIN: B000EEXEJQPaperback.

Description:

Seventh Heaven was written by Austin Strong and produced by John Golden. It ran at the Booth Theatre from October 30, 1922, to July 1924 for a total of 704 performances.

Chico works in the sewers of Paris. He dreams of becoming a street sweeper and therefore lights candles in the church.

One day Chico saves the young prostitute Diane, who is suffering from her unscrupulous sister Nana. The police want to arrest the prostitute, who is innocent in spite of her job, but Chico saves her by pretending to be her husband. Now the two have to maintain the facade and act as spouses. So Chico allows Diane to move into his attic with him. In fact, the two find each other. But when the war breaks out, Chico is called up. Diane works in an ammunition factory. Complications arise before the play comes to its dramatic conclusion.

Two films have been made based on the original Broadway play. A 1927 silent film of the same title was written by Benjamin Glazer and directed by Frank Borzage. A 1937 remake was produced as a sound film starring Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, and Gregory Ratoff, with Henry King directing.

On this day in movie history - James Ellroy's Feast of Death (2001)

 

James Ellroy's Feast of Death

documentary directed by Vikram Jayanti,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2001.

Music by Rob Lane.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Rick Jackson, Brian M. Carr, Mike Berchem, Eric J. Mosher, Tim Marcia, David Lambkin, Paul W. Coulter, William Stoner, Ray Peavy, Frank Merriman, Rey Verdugo, Louis D. Danoff, Nick Nolte, Helen Knode, Larry Harnisch, Karen Hilliker, Janet T. Klock, M. Brian Klock, Mindy Klock, Elizabeth Short, Ron Riekki.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Q Who.

Released May 6, 1989.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Maurice Hurley, Melinda M. Snodgrass.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, John de Lancie, Lycia Naff, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, Rob Bowman, Michael Braveheart, Jeffrey Deacon, Maurice Hurley, Tim Trella.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Tuvix.

Released May 6, 1996.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Andrew Shepard Price, Mark Gaberman, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Tom Wright, Simon Billig, Bahni Turpin, John Copage, Tarik Ergin, Holiday Freeman, Kerry Hoyt, Bob Mascagno, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Demon.

Released May 6, 1998.

Directed by Anson Williams.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, André Bormanis, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Alexander Enberg, Susan Lewis, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Demons.

Released May 6, 2005.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Harry Groener, Eric Pierpoint, Peter Mensah, Patrick Fischler, Adam Clark, Steve Rankin, Johanna Watts, Tom Bergeron, Peter Weller, Christine Romeo, Alexandrea Ortiz, David Keith Anderson, Ron Balicki, Bill Blair, Scott Booker, Daphney Damaraux, Amy Earhart, Evan English, Tarik Ergin, Nikki Flux, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Dieter Horneman, Chase Hoyt, Michael Ivins, Janis Jones, Rafeedah Keys, Andrew Macbeth, Mark Major, Tom Miller, Melissa O'Keeffe, Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano, Linwood Porter, Jay D. Schwartz, Pablo Soriano, Trey Stokes, Ator Tamras, Henry T. Yamada.

On this day in music history:

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash (1968)

Alcohol & Salvation by Carolyn Wonderland (2003)

Natalie Merchant by Natalie Merchant (2014)

Within Temptation: The Invisible Force (2025)

 

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Album by Johnny Cash,

released May 6, 1968.

Track list: Folsom Prison Blues; Busted; Dark as the Dungeon; I Still Miss Someone; Cocaine Blues; 25 Minutes to Go; Orange Blossom Special; The Long Black Veil; Send a Picture of Mother; The Wall; Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog; Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart; Joe Bean; Jackson; Give My Love to Rose; I Got Stripes; The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer; Green, Green Grass of Home; Greystone Chapel (Reprise).

 

Alcohol & Salvation

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,

released May 6, 2003.

Track list: I’m Innocent; I’m Out Sick; How Many Crowes; Brick Wall; The Only Girl You Knew; Worst Day of My Life; Bad Girl; Beer; Pieces of a Postcard; Feed Me to the Lions; Sober; I’m the Man; Gospel Song; I Don’t Wanna Fall for You.

 

Natalie Merchant

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released May 6, 2014.

Track list: Ladybird; Maggie Said; Texas; Go Down Moses; Seven Deadly Sins; Giving up Everything; Black Sheep; It's A-Coming; Lulu (Introduction); Lulu; The End.

 

Within Temptation: The Invisible Force

Documentary directed by Arjen Sinninghe Damsté.

Released May 6, 2025.

Cast: Sharon den Adel, Robert Westerholt, Within Temptation.