Born on this day – James Horner:

Composer

August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015

The list of movies scored by James Horner is long, but my favorites are Titanic, Avatar, Aliens, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Southpaw, and my all-time favorite, Field of Dreams.

The son of an Austria-Hungarian immigrant, as was my father, James died far too young.  Our hearts will go on, as his work will forever stand in testament to his talent.

Credits:

*batteries not included (1987); 10 Items or Less (2006); 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s (2007); 1920 (2003); 20 to 1 (2006–2007); 48 Hrs. (1982); 8mm Memories of the Danmark (2018); A Beautiful Mind (2001); A Far Off Place (1993); A Few Days in Weasel Creek (1981); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins (2004); Alaska (1996); Aliens (1986); Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (1995); Aline (2020); All the King's Men (2006); Amazing Stories (1985); American Beauty (1999); American Idol (2003–2004); American Masters (2012); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); An American Tail (1986); An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999); An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998); An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022); Anastasia (1997); Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1989); Angel Dusted (1981); Another 48 Hrs. (1990); AOPA Live This Week (2015); Apocalypto (2006); Apollo 13 (1995); Atop the Fourth Wall (2010–2016); Australian Idol (2003); Australian Story (1999); Avatar (2009); Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010); Avatar: Production Materials (2010); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Backstage at Disney (1983); Bad Boys (2003); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Balto (1995); Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021); Barbarian Queen (1985); BaseBoys (2018); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Behind the Music (2000); Between Friends (1983); Beyond Borders (2003); Beyond Tragedies (2022); Bicentennial Man (1999); Blade Runner (1982); Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004); Bopha! (1993); Brainstorm (1983); Braveheart (1995); Braveheart: Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' (2007); Bring It On (2001); Bringing Down the House (1999); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2018); Brüno (2009); Cabin Pressure: Designing the Aalto E-474 / In-Flight Movie: The Making of 'Flightplan' (2006); Canadian Idol (2004); Capitalism: A Love Story (2009); Captain Fantastic (2016); Capturing Avatar (2010); Casper (1995); Castle Rock (2019); Céline (2008); Céline Dion: My Heart Will Go On (1997); Céline Dion: Then You Look at Me (1999); Child's Play 2 (1990); Christi Luv: #LuvMovieMusicDream! (2014); Cine Chalom (2019); Cinematic Excrement (2012); Class Action (1991); Clatterford (2006); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Come from Away (2021); Commando (1985); Community (2009); Coronation Street (2015); Courage Under Fire (1996); Creating an Emotion (2000); Crew Film: TheVolume (2010); Crew Film: TheVolume (2010); Crossroads (1992–1993); CSI: NY (2006); Dad (1989); Dancing Stars (2012); Dancing with the Stars (2007–2013); Daria (1998); Day of the Falcon (2011); Deadly Blessing (1981); Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988); Deep Impact (1998); Defunctland (2017); Designing Women (1990); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2003); Die Hard (1988); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Duets (2012); Duplex (2003); Dylan the Movie (2014); East Meets West: 'Red Heat' and the Kings of Carolco (2004); Edle dråper (2002); Eglimata (1998); El disc de la Marató per la Covid-19 (2020); Els dies clau (2015); Enemy at the Gates (2001); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2023); Esrim plus (1999); Evita (1996); Extreme Close-Up (1990); Factor X (2018); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); FairyTale: A True Story (1997); Faith Hill: Where Are You Christmas? (2000); Field of Dreams (1989); Field of Dreams: A Diamond in the Husks (2004); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Fievel's Adventures in the West (1992); Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001); First in Flight (2012); Fish Police (1992); Flightplan (2005); For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012); Freedom Song (2000); Fresh Off the Boat (2017–2019); From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2001); Gameballcz (2014–2015); George Marshall & the American Century (1994); Gilmore Girls (2007); Gintberg på kanten (2011–2015); Glory (1989); GoGoManTV (2015); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Goosebumps (1995–1998); Gorky Park (1983); Granada Reports (2018); Great Pretenders (2001); Greatest 90s Movies (2016); Gulliver's Travels (2010); Hacksaw Ridge (2016); Heaven Help Us (1985); Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (2017); Him & Her (2010); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2003); Hocus Pocus (1993); Hocus Pocus 2 (2022); Hollywood in Vienna (2015); Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2013–2015); Homecoming (2018); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); Horner (2021); House (2011); House of Cards (1993); House of Sand and Fog (2003); Hovid Povid (2020); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); Humanoids from the Deep (1980); I Love You to Death (1990); Idol (2003); Ídolos (2003); Idols (2003); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2018); In Country (1989); In Her Own Time (1985); In My Life... Zsa Zsa Live (date?); Iris (2001); Jack the Bear (1993); Jade (1995); James Horner Seminar (1992); James Horner: Composing Genesis (2009); Je t'aime etc. (2019); Journey to Krull (1983); Jumanji (1995); Just Like Heaven (2005); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (2008); Klippans karaokecup (2015); Kovy (2016); Krull (1983); Krull: Marvel Comics Video Adaptation (2000); La Marató 2020 (2020); Las puertitas del señor López (2017); Las tragedias de los famosos (2011); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015); Le nom de la rose (2004); Legends of the Fall (1994); Lego Dimensions (2015); Leona Lewis: I See You (2009); Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (2014); Let's Go (1985); Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram: Somewhere Out There (1986); Linda Ronstadt: Dreams to Dream (1991); Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' (2000); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2018); L'isola dei famosi (2007); Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989); Live from Studio Five (2009–2010); Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen (2001); Living in the Age of Airplanes (2015); Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996); Love Actually (2003); Making History (2017); Mamma Mia! (2008); Mandy (2022); Marcella (2016); Masked Singer Suomi (2020); Masked Singer Sverige (2022); Mayor (2020); MenT (2017–2018); Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits (1999); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Mike & Mike (2017); Milk Money (1994); Miranda (2009); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Música des del cor (2007); My Friend Who Shines in the Night (2020); My heart will go on (2019); My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991); My Spy (2020); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–2022); Never an Absolution (2018); Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009); No me la puc treure del cap (2010–2012); Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2008); Norman and the Killer (1991); Nostalgia Critic (2008–2012); Off Beat (1986); On the Road (2014); Once Around (1991); Once Upon a Forest (1993); One Day in Auschwitz (2015); Operación triunfo (2001–2002); P.K. and the Kid (1987); Parker: A Spider Man Origin Story (2021); Patriot Games (1992); Peninta-peninta (2006); Pravidlo sesti (2016); Primary Colors (1998); Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017); Project X (1987); Pushing Tin (1999); Radio (2003); Ransom (1996); Raptor (2001); Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982); Ray Donovan (2014); Red Heat (1988); Reel Iconic (2015); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Romeo & Juliet (2013); Rude Tube (2013–2014); Rugrats Go Wild (2003); Sarah Brightman: One Night in Eden - Live in Concert (1999); Saturday (2013); Saturday Night Live (1998–2006); Score (2016); Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993); Sei hoi yut gar (1994–1996); Senior Year (2022); Shoestring Space Opera (2011); Showbiz Today (1998); Sneakers (1992); So You Think You Can Dance (2005); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983); Sorceress (1982); South Park (1998); Southpaw (2015); Space Raiders (1983); Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021); Star for a Night (1999–2000); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991); Star Trek Phase II (2004–2012); Star Trek: Enterprise E (2011–2018); Star Trek: Eye of the Tempest (2015); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator (1995); Star Trek: The Infinite Chain (1994); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Stars in Their Eyes (1999–2000); Starship Valiant: Legacy (2014); Steps to the Stars (2001); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Sunburst II (1984); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); Supernatural (2011); Surviving (1985); Swing Kids (1993); Tales from the Crypt (1990); Tales from the Neutral Zone: The Lost Starship - A Star Trek Fan Production (2023); Tatort (2019); Tavis Smiley (2010); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Teen Titans Go! (2013); Testament (1983); Testament at 20 (2003); The 33 (2015); The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (1999); The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998); The 58th Annual Grammy Awards (2016); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Addams Family (2019); The Amazing Spider-Man (2012); The Bachelor (1999); The Best of Roger Rabbit / Segment: Tummy Trouble (1996); The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008); The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010); The Catherine Tate Show (2006); The CBS Evening News (2006–2010); The Chumscrubber (2005); The Clash (2019); The Cleaning Lady (2004); The composer who moved the world (2022); The Crazy Maid (2015); The Devil's Own (1997); The Dresser (1983); The Drought (1975); The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Five - Satan Claus III: The 13th Day of Christmas (1996); The Fabulous Picture Show (2009); The Flynns' Journey to Ireland (2004); The Forgotten (2004); The Four Feathers (2002); The Grinch Musical! (2020); The Hand (1981); The Holiday (2006); The Horsemen Cometh (2010); The IFI (2022); The Iron Giant (1999); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Judge (2014); The Karate Kid (2010); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010); The King and I (1999); The Lady in Red (1979); The Land Before Time (1988); The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994); The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995); The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996); The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002); The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997); The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000); The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001); The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005); The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs (1999); The Land Before Time: Sing Along Songs (1997); The Last Guest (2017); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Life Before Her Eyes (2007); The Lost Berserker (2012); The Magnificent Seven (2016); The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); The Making of Humanoids from the Deep (2010); The Making of 'Sneakers' (2003); The Making of 'the Pagemaster' (1994); The Man Without a Face (1993); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Messiah (2023); The Missing (2003); The Motel (2005); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Music of 'Windtalkers' (2003); The Name of the Rose (1986); The New World (2005); The O.C. (2003); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Orville (2017); The Oscars (2016); The Pagemaster (1994); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Perfect Storm (2000); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Rocketeer (1991); The Secret Life of Bees (2008); The Simpsons (2009); The Social Network (2010); The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008); The Spitfire Grill (1996); The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020); The Stone Boy (1984); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); The Time That Remains (2009); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2018); The Voice (2015–2019); The Voice Kids (2014); The Watcher (1978); The WB's Superstar USA (2004); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The World's Greatest Movie Songs: Top 50 (2014); The X Factor UK (2007–2016); The Snake Charmer (2015); This Means War (2012); Thunderheart (1992); THX Cimmaron (1988); Timewatch (2002); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Titanic (1997); Titanic Explorer (1998); To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996); Top of the Pops (1998); Top Ten (2000); Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (2006); Troy (2004); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013–2015); Tu cara me suena (2013); Tummy Trouble (1989); Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2005–2008); Uncommon Valor (1983); Unlawful Entry (1992); Unmasking Zorro (2001); Up from the Last Run (1979); Vibes (1988); Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2019); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022–2024); Voice in Exile (1984); Volunteers (1985); We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); Where the River Runs Black (1986); Willow (1988); Willow (2022–2023); Willow: Behind the Magic (2023); Windtalkers (2002); Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985); Wolf Totem (2015); Wolfen (1981); Young Guns (1988); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006).

#JamesHorner #Titanic #Avatar #Aliens #ABeautifulMind #Apollo13 #Southpaw #FieldOfDreams #August14

Born on this day – Fran Bennett:

 

Actress

August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021.

Credits:

8MM (1999); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); A Year in the Life (1987); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983–1989); ALF (1989); Alone Together (2018); Amen (1987–1990); Animal Kingdom (2018); Any Day Now (2002); Arli$$ (1996); Becker (2000); Benson (1986); Between Two Women (1986); Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune (1981); Boomtown (2003); Boston Legal (2006); Breaking the Silence (1992); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Capital News (1990); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1964); Checking In (1981); Chicago Hope (1997–2000); City of Angels (2000); Community (2010); Crazy as Hell (2002); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Crisis Center (1997); Crossing Jordan (2006); Dallas (1984); Days of Our Lives (2002); Diff'rent Strokes (1978); Dynasty (1988); Early Edition (1999); ER (1996–2008); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Falcon Crest (1985); Family (1979); Foley Square (1986); Foxfire (1996); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); General Hospital (1983); Gideon's Crossing (2000); Glitter (1984); Grave Misconduct (2008); Growing Up (2016); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hail to the Chief (1985); Here's Boomer (1980); Highway to Heaven (1988); How I Got Into College (1989); In the Heat of the Night (1990–1992); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992); Jessabelle (2014); Knots Landing (1980–1986); L.A. Law (1987–1988); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lou Grant (1981); Majority Rule (1992); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Maple (2001); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matlock (1990); Matt Houston (1983); Melrose Place (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Nasty Boys (1990); NCIS (2017–2018); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); New Nightmare (1994); Nightingales (1988); Numb3rs (2009); Once in a Lifetime (1994); One Day at a Time (1979); Plymouth (1991); Promises in the Dark (1979); Providence (2001); Quantum Leap (1991–1992); Remington Steele (1986); Romantic Comedy (1983); Roots: The Gift (1988); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Scandal (2015); Shadow Chasers (1985); Simon & Simon (1986); Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1996); St. Elsewhere (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Sunset Beach (1997); Team Knight Rider (1998); Tempting Fate (1998); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987); The Book of Daniel (2006); The Dancing Bulrushes (1985); The Doctor (1991); The Fosters (2015); The Jennie Project (2001); The Knife and Gun Club (1990); The Manor (2021); The Morning After (1986); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Righteous Apples (1980); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Twilight Zone / Segment: A Small Talent for War (1986); The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981); This Is the Life (1978); Tour of Duty (1989); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Unbowed (1999); What Do You Have in Common? (1954); What Love Sees (1996); WIOU (1990–1991).

Born on this day – Andrea Leeds:

 

Actress

August 14, 1913 – May 21, 1984

Credits:

Anna Karenina (1935); Asegure a su mujer (1935); Bachelor of Arts (1934); Come and Get It (1936); Dante's Inferno (1935); Earthbound (1940); Elinor Norton (1934); Forgotten Faces (1936); It Could Happen to You (1937); Letter of Introduction (1938); Life Hesitates at 40 (1935); Magnificent Obsession (1935); Meet the Baron (1933); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); My Man Godfrey (1936); Song of the Trail (1936); Stage Door (1937); Sutter's Gold (1936); Swanee River (1939); The Bohemian Girl (1936); The Count Takes the Count (1936); The Goldwyn Follies (1938); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Moon's Our Home (1936); The Real Glory (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938).

Born on this day – Angela Clarke:

 

Actress

August 14, 1909 – December 16, 2010

Credits:

A Double Life (1947); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All in the Family (1979); Arnie (1970); Backlash (1947); Baretta (1977–1978); Ben Casey (1961); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Blindfold (1966); Bonanza (1965–1970); Bracken's World (1970); Brookside (1983); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Combat! (1963); Daniel Boone (1966); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Death Valley Days (1965–1969); Dr. Kildare (1966); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Fantasy Island (1978); Going My Way (1962); Gunsmoke (1962–1964); Harrad Summer (1974); Her Sister's Secret (1946); Houdini (1953); House of Wax (1953); Insight (1974–1980); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Kojak (1974); MacGyver (1985); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mr. Novak (1965); Mr. Soft Touch (1949); Mrs. Mike (1949); My Favorite Spy (1951); Night Song (1947); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Outrage (1950); Petrocelli (1974–1975); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); St. Elsewhere (1984); The Bounty Hunter (1954); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Egyptian (1954); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Great Caruso (1951); The Gunfighter (1950); The Harlem Globetrotters (1951); The High Chaparral (1968); The Interns (1962); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Outer Limits (1964); The Partridge Family (1973); The Savage (1952); The Seven Little Foys (1955); The Snake Pit (1948); The Undercover Man (1949); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1966); The Young Lawyers (1970); Undercover Girl (1950); Visions (1977); Voyagers! (1983); Woman in Hiding (1950).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988)

 

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988).

Edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg.

 
Published by Running Press.
This revised edition published in 2004.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0786713712
ISBN-13: 978-0786713714
 
Description:
 

The very best in hardboiled fiction, from such masters as Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Marcia Muller, Michael Collins, Ed McBain, William Campbell Gault and many more.

With its roots in the American private detective fiction of the 1920s but traceable back as far as Sherlock Holmes, the private eye story remains as popular as ever. 

Here are 24 of the finest short novels and stories from the hardboiled world of the private eye. The characters in this collection range from the tough, cynical, hard-drinking Philip Marlowe type to hard-hitting female private eyes and the one-armed intellectual Dan Fortune – from masters of the genre past and present.

Ray Bradbury, on writing:

 

Find out what your hero or heroine wants,

and when he or she wakes up in the morning,
just follow him or her all day.
- Ray Bradbury.
 

On this day in movie history - Hard Times (1975)

Hard Times

a.k.a. The Streetfighter,

directed by Walter Hill,

written by Walter Hill, Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

based on a story by Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

was released in France on August 13, 1975.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Felice Orlandi, Edward Walsh, Bruce Glover, Robert Tessier, Nick Dimitri, Frank McRae, Maurice Kowalewski, Naomi Stevens, Lyla Hay Owen, John Creamer, Robert Castleberry, Becky Allen, Joan Kleven, Anne Welsch, Fred Lerner, Jimmy Nickerson, Chuck Hicks, Walter Scott, Max Kleven, Valerian Smith, Bob Minor, Larry Martindale, Charles W. Schaefer Jr., Leslie Bonano, Ronnie Philips, Greater Liberty Baptist Church Choir and Congregation, Ron Centanni, M.C. Gainey, Brion James, Laura Misch Owens.