On this day in movie history - The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

The Glass Bottom Boat

directed by Frank Tashlin,

written by Everett Freeman,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1966.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews, Eric Fleming, Dom DeLuise, Elisabeth Fraser, Dick Martin, George Tobias, Alice Pearce, Ellen Corby, Dee J. Thompson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Alden, Don Anderson, Tom Anfinsen, Shirley Anthony, Ellen Atterbury, Bella Bruck, William Burnside, Boyd Cabeen, George Carlin, Regina Carrol, Pat Casella, Jerry Catron, Spencer Chan, George Cisar, Robert Cole, Bill Cord, John Dennis, Dick Dial, Dan Dowling, Ken DuMain, Roy Eason, Joe Evans, George Ford, James Gonzalez, M. Hakim, Florence Halop, Joe Haworth, Kathryn Janssen, Maurice Kelly, Richard Kindelon, Paul King, Jeff Lawrence, James Macklin, Mike Mahoney, Theodore Marcuse, Gregg Martell, Hans Moebus, Frank Parker, Joe Ploski, Murray Pollack, Christopher Riordan, Michael Romanoff, Rachel Romen, Jeffrey Sayre, Bernard Sell, George Simmons, Norman Stevans, Charles Stewart, Larry Strong, Blaine Turner, Leslie Vallen, Charles Victor, Carolyn Williamson.

On this day in movie history - Night and the City (1950)

Night and the City

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Austin Dempster, William E. Watts and Jo Eisinger,

based on the novel by Gerald Kersh,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.

Music by Benjamin Frankel and Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Aubrey Dexter, Maureen Delany, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Mike Mazurki, Ada Reeve, Charles Farrell, Ken Richmond, Edward Chapman, James Hayter, Gibb McLaughlin, Dirk Bogarde.

On this day in movie history - Destination Murder (1950)

Destination Murder

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Don Martin,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.

Music by Irving Gertz.

Cast:

Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell,
James Flavin, John Dehner, Richard Emory, Norma Vance, Suzette Harbin, Buddy Swan, Bert Wenland, Franklyn Farnum, Steve Gibson’s Redcaps, Leon Alton, Kenneth Gibson, Steve Gibson, James Gonzalez, Robert Locke Lorraine, Harold Miller, Suzanne Ridgway, Steven Ritch, John Roche, Jeffrey Sayre.

Born on this day – Brigid Bazlen:

Actress

June 9, 1944 – May 25, 1989

Credits:

Days of Our Lives (1972); Bright Promise (1969); How the West Was Won (1962); King of Kings (1961); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); The Blue Fairy (1958); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1951–1955).

Born on this day – Michel Lang:

Director

Writer

June 9, 1939 – April 24, 2014

Born on this day – Skip James:

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:
22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:
Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:
Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).
 

Born on this day – Marion Leonard:

Actress

June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956

Credits:

A Brass Button (1911); A Burglar's Mistake (1909); A Country Girl (1911); A Dispensation (1910); A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A Leaf in the Storm (1913); A Left Hook (1911); A New Trick (1909); A Rude Hostess (1909); A Rural Elopement (1909); A Sacrifice, and Then (1910); A Salutary Lesson (1910); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Tale of Ebon Tints (1911); A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913); A Thorn in Vengeance (1912); A Trap for Santa Claus (1909); A Wreath in Time (1909); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Awful Moment (1908); And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909); As in a Looking Glass (1913); As It Is in Life (1910); As the Master Orders (1911); Ashes of Hope (1912); At Sword's Points (1911); At the Altar (1909); At the Crossroads of Life / The Politician's Love Story (1909); Carmen (1913); Comata, the Sioux (1909); Ever the Accuser (1911); Father Gets in the Game (1908); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5 (1948); Fools of Fate (1909); For His Sake (1911); For Remembrance (1911); From the Valley of Shadows (1911); Gold Is Not All (1910); Her First Biscuits (1909); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); In Flowers Paled (1911); In Honor Bound (1912); In Little Italy (1909); In Old California (1910); In Payment Full (1912); In the Tepee's Light (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909 / 1913); In the Window Recess (1909); Leather Stocking (1909); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Long Time No See (1954); Looking Backward (1912); Lost a Husband (1912); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Finds a Way (1909); Lucky Jim (1909); Mother Love (1914); Moulders of Souls (1910); None Can Do More (1912); Nursing a Viper (1909); O'er Grim Fields Scarred (1911); On Kentucky Soil (1911); On the Reef (1910); One Touch of Nature (1909); Over Silent Paths (1910); Over the Shading Edge (1911); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pranks (1909); Resurrection (1909); Rose o' Salem Town (1910); So Runs the Way (1910); So Speaks the Heart (1912); Songs of Childhood Days (1912); Souls Courageous (1911); Stars: Their Courses Change (1912); Such Is the Kingdom (1911); Tangled Lines (1911); Tears o' Peggy (1912); The Armorer's Daughter (1910); The Awakening of Donna Isolla (1914); The Bandit's Waterloo (1908); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Broken Locket (1909); The Call (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); The Children's Friend (1909); The Christmas Burglars (1908); The Cloister's Touch (1910); The Command from Galilee (1911); The Conflict (1911); The Conflict's End (1912); The Converts (1910); The Cord of Life (1909); The Criminal Hypnotist (1909); The Day After (1909); The Dead Secret (1913); The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909); The Defender of the Name (1912); The Diamond Path (1912); The Dragon's Claw (1915); The Drift (1914); The Drive for a Life (1909); The Duke's Plan (1910); The Eavesdropper (1909); The End of the Circle (1912); The Eternal Conflict (1912); The Expiation (1909); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Fatal Hour (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); The Ghost of a Bargain (1912); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Girls and Daddy (1909); The Gold Seekers (1910); The Golden Louis (1909); The Gray of the Dawn (1910); The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908); The Harvest (1911); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Helping Hand (1908); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hidden Bonds (1912); The Hindoo Dagger (1909); The Hour of Fate (1911); The Hour of Peril (1912); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Jilt (1909); The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909); The Journey's Ending (1913); The Last Laugh (1911); The Leader of the Band (1912); The Light on the Way (1912); The Light That Came (1909); The Light Unseen (1914); The Little Avenger (1911); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Lure of the Gown (1909); The Maniac Cook (1909); The Medicine Bottle (1909); The Mills of the Gods (1909); The Minute and the Maid (1911); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Mother Heart (1912); The Note in the Shoe (1909); The Oath and the Man (1910); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Price of Vanity (1911); The Refuge (1910); The Restoration (1909); The Rocky Road (1910); The Romany Rye (1914); The Rose of Yesteryear (1914); The Roue's Heart (1909); The Sacrifice (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The School Ma'am's Courage (1911); The Seal of Time (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Seed of the Fathers (1913); The Serpent's Eyes (1912); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Strength of the Weak (1912); The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908); The Test (1909); The Test of Friendship (1908); The Thin Dark Line (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Unending Love (1912); The Unknown Bride (1912); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of the Millions (1912); The Voice of the Violin (1909); The Vow (1915); The Vows (1911); The Way of Man (1909); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Winning Coat (1909); Those Little Flowers (1913); Those Who Live in Glass Houses (1913); Thou Shalt Not (1910); Through a Higher Power (1912); Through Flaming Gates (1912); Through Memory Blank (1912); Through the Breakers (1909); Through Twisting Lanes (1912); Thus Many Souls (1912); Till Death Do Us Part (1911); Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909); Tragic Love (1909); Trying to Get Arrested (1909); Two Memories (1909); Under a Changing Sky (1910); Under Her Wing (1912); What Avails the Crown (1912); When Love Rules (1912); When Woman Wills (1910); Where Sea and Shore Doth Meet (1910); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); While Wedding Bells Ring Out (1912); With Her Card (1909).