Friday, August 4, 2023

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933)


Before Dawn

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Garrett Fort,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.

Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,

originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O’Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Louis Armstrong:


Musician

Singer

August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971



Wednesday, July 26, 2023

A timeline and pictorial tribute to the work of Stanley Kubrick:


A timeline and pictorial tribute to the work of Stanley Kubrick.

In celebration of his movies:

Day of the Fight (1951)


Flying Padre (1951)


The Seafarers (1953)


Fear and Desire (1953)


Killer's Kiss (1955)


The Killing (1956)


Paths of Glory (1957)


Spartacus (1960)


Lolita (1962)


Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)


A Clockwork Orange (1971)


Barry Lyndon (1975)



The Shining
(1980)


Full Metal Jacket (1987)


Eyes Wide Shut (1999)


Video created by Jack Kost.
2022.

Music credit:
Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod.


If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.

– Stanley Kubrick.


In memory of Stanley Kubrick

Director

Producer

Writer

Photographer

July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999