Showing posts with label September 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September 6. Show all posts
Friday, September 6, 2024
Just one more chapter ...
I'm not addicted to reading.
I can quit as soon as I finish one more chapter.
I can quit as soon as I finish one more chapter.
Zelda Popkin, on writing:
Inspiration is just one requirement for being
a writer.
Another is keeping regular working hours.
- Zelda Popkin.
- Zelda Popkin.
Recommended reading - Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 (2010).
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Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
by Michael F. Keaney.
Paperback.
Published in 2010.
ISBN-10: 078646366X
ISBN-13: 978-0786463664
Description:
ISBN-13: 978-0786463664
More than 700 films from the classic period of
film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book – such
films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson,
Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas
Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For
each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main
performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a
rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal
the ending.
Born on this day – Max Schreck:
Max Schreck
September 6, 1879 – February 20, 1936
Born on this day – Rowland V. Lee:
Rowland V. Lee
Director
Actor
Writer
Producer
September 6, 1891 – December 21, 1975
Born on this day – Dorothy Gulliver:
Dorothy Gulliver
Actress
September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997
Silent to sound.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dorothy Gulliver grew up a fan of movies.
She got her big break in 1924 after winning the title of Miss Salt Lake City.
The beauty contest was sponsored by Universal Pictures Studios.
The rest is movie history.
She made her mark in silent movies, beginning with serials, and made the transition into “talkies”.
Sadly, some of her early work is hard to find.
Even in small, sometimes uncredited roles, her performance was memorable.
Watch carefully for her all-too-brief role in the original King Kong (1933).
Over her career, her roles became fewer and smaller, until she finally retired from acting.
Dorothy Gulliver is one of the many unsung greats who were part of an important period of cinema history.
A period when the era of the silent film evolved into sound.
Gone were the screen title cards, delivering dialogue and narrative to the audience.
Gone were the in-theater orchestras, providing a musical accompaniment to the on-screen action.
The age of the audio soundtrack had arrived.
I love watching old movies, the original classics in particular, and I enjoy revisiting them when they are screened on TCM.
It’s a moot point that so many of them have not stood the test of time.
However, those who made and acted in the silents, were the pioneers of film.
Since their time, directors, actors, and creatives who followed would look back to their work for inspiration.
It’s fascinating to observe how far movies and the movie-making process has come since those early silents.
A quote from
Isaac Newton resonates:
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”.
Credits:
A Dog of the
Regiment (1927); A Fighting Finish (1927); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); And
George Did! (1926); Appointment for Love (1941); Around the Bases (1927);
Backward George (1927); Benson at Calford (1926); Big Hearted (1930); Borrowed
Hero (1941); Breaking Records (1927); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on
Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Cheating Blondes (1933);
Clearing the Trail (1928); College Love (1929); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross
Country Run (1929); Custer's Last Stand (1936); Dear Old Calford (1928); Early
Arizona (1938); Faces (1968); Farewell (1929); Fashion News (1930); Fighting
Caballero (1935); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting
to Win (1926); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Good Morning, Judge
(1928); Graduation Daze (1929); Honeymoon Flats (1928); Hook or Crook (1926);
In Old Cheyenne (1931); Junior Luck (1929); Kicking Through (1928); King Kong
(1933); King of the Campus (1929); Lone Star Pioneers (1939); Making Good
(1926); Mexicali Rose (1929); Mind Your Business (1930); Mr. & Mrs. North
(1952); Night Parade (1929); North of Shanghai (1939); Official Detective
(1957); On Guard (1929); On the Sidelines (1929); One Glorious Scrap (1927);
One Wild Time (1926); Outlaw Justice (1932); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Painted
Faces (1929); Revenge at Monte Carlo (1933); Running Wild (1927); Samson at
Calford (1927); Sliding Home (1928); Speeding Youth (1929); Splash Mates
(1929); Splashing Through (1927); Sporting Courage (1929); Stand Up and Cheer!
(1934); Strings of Steel (1926); Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944); The Black
Ghost (1932); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Cinder Path (1927); The Collegians
(1926); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fighting
Marshal (1931); The Galloping Ghost (1931); The Honor of the Press (1932); The
Junior Year (1928); The Lariat Kid (1929); The Last Frontier (1932); The Last
Lap (1926); The Pecos Dandy (1934); The Phantom of the West (1930); The
Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rivals (1929); The Shadow of the
Eagle (1932); The Shield of Honor (1927); The Shoot 'Em Up Kid (1926); The
Traitor Within (1942); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7
(1930); The Wild West Show (1928); The Winking Idol (1926); The Winning Five
(1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch
(1927); Troopers Three (1930); Under Montana Skies (1930); Use Your Feet
(1929); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976).
Born on this day – Gita Hall:
Gita Hall
Actress
Model
September 6, 1933 – August 13, 2016
Credits:
Getting On
(2013); Good Morning America (2013); Old Skool with Terry and Gita (2008); The
Gun Runners (1958); The Still Life (2006); Wolf Larsen (1958).
Born on this day – Patti Yasutake:
Patti Yasutake
Actress
September 6, 1953 – August 5, 2024
Credits:
A Face to Kill for (1999);
Abandoned and Deceived (1995); Beef (2023); BioShock Infinite (2013); Blind
Spot (1993); Bones (2005); Boston Legal (2006); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988);
Clockwatchers (1997); Cold Case (2007); Crisis Center (1997); Crossing Jordan
(2004); Dad's Home (2010); Dangerous Intentions (1995); Dangerous Minds (1996);
Donato and Daughter (1993); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); Duet (1988); ER (2003);
Fatal Friendship (1991); Flashforward (2009); Grey's Anatomy (2005); Gung Ho
(1986–1987); Hail to the Chief (1985); Hallmark: Enterprise-D (1993); HBO First
Look (2000); Incognito (1999); Judging Amy (2000); Just Legal (2005–2006);
Knots Landing (1985); Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024); Living Single
(1996); Lush Life (1993); Mr. Belvedere (1987–1989); Murder One (1995); Murphy
Brown (1991); NCIS: Los Angeles (2013); Notorious (2016); Picket Fences (1992);
Pretty Little Liars (2016); Rhythm & Blues (1992); Scarecrow and Mrs. King
(1985–1986); She Spies (2004); Sons and Daughters (1991); Star Trek: Armada II
(2001); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star
Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1994); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); T.J.
Hooker (1985); Take Five (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Tales of Meeting
and Parting (1985); The Closer (2008–2011); The Coverup (2008); The L.A. Riot
Spectacular (2005); The Road to Galveston (1996); The Unit (2006); The Wash
(1988); The Young and the Restless (2011); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Untitled
Hallmark Star Trek Advertisement / TV Special (1993); Without Warning: The
James Brady Story (1991).
Born on this day – Dolores O'Riordan:
Dolores O'Riordan
Singer
Musician
Songwriter
September 6, 1971 – January 15, 2018
#DoloresORiordan #TheCranberries #Zombie
On this day in movie history - Crack-Up (1946)
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Crack-Up
directed by Irving Reis and James Anderson,
written by John Paxton, Ben Bengal and Ray Spencer,
based on the short story Madman's Holiday by Fredric Brown,
was released in the United States on September 6, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.
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Cast:
Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford, Mary Ware.
On this day in movie history - Phase IV (1974)
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Phase IV
directed by Saul Bass,
written by Mayo Simon,
inspired by the short story Empire of the Ants by H.G. Wells,
was released in the United States on September 6, 1974.
Music by Brian Gascoigne.
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Cast:
Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton, David Healy.
On this day in movie history - The Hidden II (1993)
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The Hidden II
a.k.a. The Hidden 2
directed by Seth Pinsker,
written by Jim Kouf and Seth Pinsker,
was released in the United States on September 6, 1993.
Music by David McHugh.
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Cast:
Raphael Sbarge, Kate Hodge, Jovin Montanaro, Christopher Murphy, Michael Welden, Michael A. Nickles, Tony DiBenedetto, Tom Tayback, Dennis Bertsch, Cate Caplin, Edith Varon, Peter Gregory, Bobby J. Foxworth, Honey Lauren, Garvin Funches, Danny McBride, Michael Nouri, Ed O'Ross, Lin Shaye, Steve Eastin, Clu Gulager, Buckley Norris, Katherine Cannon, John McCann, Doug Collins, Marc Siegler, Ted White, Kristen Clayton, Mary Petrie, Steve Vandeman, Bob K. Cummings, Charlie Skeen, Alan Marcus, Rachel Todd, Kyle MacLachlan, Neil Summers.
On this day in movie history - Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
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Killer: A Journal of Murder
directed and written by Tim Metcalfe,
based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long,
was released in the United States on September 6, 1996.
Music by Graeme Revell.
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Cast:
James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle, Harold Gould, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Conrad McLaren, Steve Forrest, Richard Council, Christopher Petrosino, Michael Jeffrey Woods, Rob Locke Jones, Raynor Scheine, Eddie Cairis, Seth Romatelli, John MacKay, James Murtaugh, Richard Spore, Christopher Wynkoop, Stephen Mendillo, Richard Gentner, Martha A. Woods, Bridget Hoffman, Ed Berke, Alex Daniels, Nicholas Guest, Paul Pape, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Vesco, Burton Sharp, Reathel Bean, Travis Fitzgerald, Christopher Flockton, Joe Monaco, Jerry Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sarah Woods.
On this day in movie history - Pollock (2000)
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Pollock
directed by Ed Harris,
written by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller,
based on the biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith,
was released in the United States on September 6, 2000.
Music by Jeff Beal.
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Cast:
Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Bud Cort, Amy Madigan, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, John Heard, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Katherine Wallach, Cassandra Clewicki, Tom Bower, Sloane Shelton, Jake, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Robert O'Neill, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Linda Emond, Tony Palazzolo, Barbara Garrick, David Cale, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, David Leary, Donna Mitchell, Sondra Jablonski, Frank Wood, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Norbert Weisser, Stephanie Seymour, Trecker, Jennifer Connelly, Sally Murphy, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci.
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