Thursday, July 11, 2024
On this day in movie history - Contact (1997)
Contact
directed by Robert Zemeckis,
written by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg,
based on the novel by Carl Sagan,
was released in the United States on July 11, 1997.
Music by Alan Silvestri.
Cast:
Jodie Foster, Jena Malone, Matthew McConaughey, David Morse, Tom Skerritt, James Woods, John Hurt, William Fichtner, Angela Bassett, Jake Busey, Rob Lowe, Geoffrey Blake, Max Martini, Steven Ford, Jay Leno, Larry King, Ann Druyan.
Born on this day – Pamela Gidley:
Credits:
Aberration (1997); Angel Street (1992 / 1993);
Bad Love (1992); Blue Bayou (1990); Bombshell (1997); Cake Boy (2005);
Celebrity Page (2018); Cherry 2000 (1987); Crime Story (1987); CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation (2000–2002); Disturbed (1990); Dudes (1987); Freefall (1994);
Glory Days (1988); Goodbye, Casanova (2000); Highway to Hell (1991); I Just
Forgot (2004); Kiss & Tell (1997); Landspeed (2002); Liar's Poker (1999);
Liebestraum (1991); Luster (2002); MacGyver (1986); Mafia! (1998); Man Made
(1998); Moving Through Time: Fire Walk with Me Memories (2014); Paper Hearts
(1993); Permanent Record (1988); Puzzled (2001); S.F.W. (1994); Scratch the
Surface (1997); Skin (2003–2005); Strange Luck (1995–1996); The Blue Iguana
(1988); The Closer (2006); The Crew (1994); The Last of the Finest (1990); The
Little Death (1996); The Little Vampire (2000); The Maze (1997); The Pretender
(1997–2000); The Treat (1998); Thrashin' (1986); Tour of Duty (1987–1988); True
Blue (2001); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Twin Peaks: The Missing
Pieces (2014).
Born on this day – Sally Blane:
Actress
July
11, 1910 – August 27, 1997
Credits:
A Bullet for
Joey (1955); A Dangerous Affair (1931); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio
(1927); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Against
the Law (1934); All for a Lady (1930); Angel's Holiday (1937); Annabelle's
Affairs (1931); Arabian Knights (1931); Around the Bases (1927); Biography
(1998); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); Casey at the Bat (1927); Charlie Chan at
Treasure Island (1939); City Limits (1934); City Park (1934); Code 3 (1957);
Crashing Through Danger (1936); Crime on the Hill (1933); Cross Country Run
(1929); Cross-Examination (1932); Crossroads (1955); Dead Man's Curve (1928);
Disorderly Conduct (1932); Escapade (1932); Eyes of the Underworld (1929);
Fashion News (1930); Fighting Mad (1939); Flashing Oars (1927); Fools for Luck
(1928); Forbidden Company (1932); Framed! (1931); Good Sport (1931); Gregory
Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Half a Sinner (1934); Half Marriage (1929);
Hammer and Tongs (1930); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Summer Hero (1928);
Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood
My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Without
Make-Up (1963); Horseman of the Plains (1928); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain
Gang (1932); Kane Meets Abel (1931); Kid Roberts (1930); King Cowboy (1928); La
fuga (1944); Little Accident (1930); Mayfair Girl (1933); Meet the Stars #2:
Baby Stars (1941); Night of Terror (1933); No More Women (1934); Numbered Woman
(1938); Once a Sinner (1931); One Mile from Heaven (1937); Outlawed (1929);
Probation (1932); Rolled Stockings (1927); Running Hollywood (1932); Schlitz
Playhouse (1956); Shanghaied Love (1931); She Had to Choose (1934); Shootin'
Irons (1927); Show of Shows (1929); Sirens of the Sea (1917); Star Stage
(1955); Stolen Sweets (1934); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); Tanned Legs
(1929); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Champion (1931); The Cinder Path (1927);
The Circus Show-Up (1932); The Comeback (1930); The Great Hospital Mystery
(1937); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1955); The Knockout (1930); The Lady
Killer (1931); The Last Lap (1926); The Law of the Sea (1931); The Leather
Pushers (1930); The Local Bad Man (1932); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1960);
The Mardi Gras (1930); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Phantom Express
(1932); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Reckoning (1932); The Relay (1927);
The Secret Hour (1928); The Sheik (1921); The Silver Streak (1934); The Spirit
of Notre Dame (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Story of Alexander Graham
Bell (1939); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Vanishing Pioneer (1928); The Very
Idea (1929); The Voice of Hollywood No. 6 (1930); This Is the Life (1935);
Trick for Trick (1933); Way Down South (1939); Who, Me? (1932); Wife Savers
(1928); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wolves of the City (1929); Women Men Marry
(1931); X Marks the Spot (1931).
Born on this day – Irene Hervey:
Actress
July
11, 1909 – December 20, 1998
Credits:
77 Sunset
Strip (1962); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Thrill for Thelma (1935); Absolute
Quiet (1936); Alibi Racket (1935); Along Came Love (1936); Attention Suckers
(1934); Bombay Clipper (1941); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buried Loot (1935);
Burke's Law (1964); Cactus Flower (1969); Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935);
Charlie's Angels (1978); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Deadline (1949);
Circus Boy (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); Crash Landing (1958); Damon Runyon
Theater (1955); Delta House (1979); Destination Unknown (1942); Destry Rides
Again (1939); Dr. Kildare (1962); East Side of Heaven (1939); Family Affair
(1968–1970); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Follow the Sun (1962); Frisco Lil
(1942); Gang Busters (1942); Going Steady (1958); Goliath Awaits (1981);
Halfway to Shanghai (1942); Hard Rock Harrigan (1935); Hawaiian Eye
(1961–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); He's My Guy (1943); His Night Out (1935);
Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Party (1934); Honey West (1965–1966);
Honeymoon Limited (1935); Ironside (1968); Keeping Fit (1942); Let's Try Again
(1934); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Manhandled
(1949); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Mickey (1948); Missing
Evidence (1939); Mod Squad (1968); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974);
Most Wanted (1976); Motive for Revenge (1935); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Peabody
and the Mermaid (1948); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Night Monster (1942);
O'Conner's Ocean (1960); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Peter Gunn
(1961); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Play Misty for Me (1971);
Playhouse 90 (1959); Public Defender (1955); Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(1959); Roberta (1969); San Francisco Docks (1940); Say It in French (1938);
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5
(1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (1939); Shirley Temple's Storybook
(1961); Sneak Preview (1956); Soaring Stars (1942); Society Smugglers (1939);
Stage 7 (1955); Straightaway (1962); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958);
Surfside 6 (1961); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Target: The Corruptors (1962);
Teenage Rebel (1956); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Baileys of Balboa
(1964); The Boys from Syracuse (1940); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960);
The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Crooked
Road (1940); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Dude Ranger (1934); The DuPont
Show with June Allyson (1961); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eleventh Hour
(1963); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); The Girl Said No
(1937); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The House
of Fear (1939); The Lady Fights Back (1937); The League of Frightened Men
(1937); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Merv Griffin Show
(1972); The Millionaire (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pepsi-Cola
Playhouse (1953–1955); The Smith Family (1972); The Stranger's Return (1933);
The Twilight Zone (1964); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Women in His Life (1933);
The Young Marrieds (1964–1965); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Godfathers
(1936); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Thriller (1960); Turn Back the Clock
(1933); Unseen Enemy (1942); White Lies (1934); Wide Country (1962); Woman in
Distress (1937); Your Play Time (1954).
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