On this day in movie history - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

directed by Alfred E. Green,

written by Nat Perrin, and based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on June 2, 1939.

Music by Gerard Carbonara and Leo Shuken.

Cast:

Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan, H. B. Warner, William Demarest, Sam Lee, Al Shaw, Richard Denning, Irving Bacon, Lillian Yarbo.

On this day in music history - A Kind of Magic, by Queen (1986)

A Kind of Magic

by Queen

was released on June 2, 1986.

Inspired by the movie Highlander (1986), directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Born on this day – Albert Innaurato:

Writer

Director

June 2, 1947 – September 24, 2017

 

Credits:

Gemini (1982); Great Performances (1978); Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); he Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989–1990); Trying Times (1989); Verna: USO Girl (1978).

Born on this day – Sally Kellerman:

Actress

Singer

June 2, 1937 – February 24, 2022

Born on this day – Robert Tessier:

Actor

Stuntman

June 2, 1934 – October 11, 1990

Born on this day – Margot Trooger:

 

Actress

June 2, 1923 – April 24, 1994

Born on this day – Yolande Donlan:

 

Actress

June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014