Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Born on this day – Joseph J. Dowling:

Actor

September 4, 1850 – July 8, 1928


Credits:
A Certain Rich Man (1921); A Confidence Game (1915); A Law Unto Herself (1918); A Little Sister of Everybody (1918); A Man in the Open (1919); A Man's Country (1919); A Man's Man (1917); A Piece of Amber (1915); A Romance of Old Holland (1914); A Splendid Hazard (1920); A Trick of Fate (1919); A White Man's Chance (1919); Adele (1919); Alimony (1917); All of a Sudden Norma (1919); An Alien Enemy (1918); And a Still Small Voice (1918); Bawbs O' Blue Ridge (1916); Beckoning Roads (1919); Big Happiness (1920); Blindfolded (1918); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); Carmen of the Klondike (1918); College Days (1915); Confessions of a Queen (1925); Dollar Devils (1923); Enemies of Children (1923); Eric the Red's Wooing (1914); Everybody's Sweetheart (1920); Fightin' Mad (1921); Flower of Night (1925); Free and Equal (1918); Ghost of the Rancho (1918); Her Night of Romance (1924); Her Purchase Price (1919); His Brother's Keeper (1915); His Nibs (1921); His Robe of Honor (1918); Home (1916); Honor's Cross (1918); Humdrum Brown (1918); If You Believe It, It's So (1922); Josselyn's Wife (1919); Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Live Sparks (1920); Lord Jim (1925); Lorraine of the Lions (1925); Madam Who? (1918); Maid o' the Storm (1918); Master of His Home (1917); More Trouble (1918); New Lives for Old (1925); One Clear Call (1922); One Dollar Bid (1918); One Night in Rome (1924); Paddy O'Hara (1917); Patriotism (1918); Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922); Riders of the Dawn (1920); Sink or Swim (1920); Sleuthing (1913); Social Ambition (1918); Somewhere in France (1916); Sudden Jim (1917); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924); The Apostle of Vengeance (1916); The Bargain (1914); The Beautiful Liar (1921); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Bells (1918); The Breaking Point (1921); The Brink (1915); The Christian (1923); The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923); The Criminal (1916); The Danger Point (1922); The Deserter (1916); The Devil to Pay (1920); The Dream Cheater (1920); The False Code (1919); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Girl Who Came Back (1923); The Girl Who Ran Wild (1922); The Goddess of Lost Lake (1918); The Golden Princess (1925); The Grim Comedian (1921); The Gun Fighter (1917); The Half Breed (1922); The Hammer (1915); The House of Whispers (1920); The Iced Bullet (1917); The Iron Strain (1915); The Joyous Liar (1919); The Kentucky Colonel (1920); The Kite (1915); The Law Forbids (1924); The Lighthouse Keeper's Son (1915); The Little Irish Girl (1926); The Long Lane's Turning (1919); The Lord Loves the Irish (1919); The Lure of Egypt (1921); The Man from Oregon (1915); The Master Man (1919); The Midnight Stage (1919); The Miracle Man (1919); The Other Woman (1921); The Pinch Hitter (1917); The Pride of Palomar (1922); The Rainmaker (1926); The Reward (1915); The Scourge of the Desert (1915); The Scrub (1915); The Sea Ghost (1915); The Shoal Light (1915); The Silver Bell (1914); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); The Smart Aleck (1920); The Spenders (1921); The Spider and the Rose (1923); The Square Deal Man (1917); The Stepping Stone (1916); The Thoroughbred (1916); $30,000 (1920); The U.P. Trail (1920); The Yankee Way (1917); Those Who Dare (1924); Tiger Rose (1923); Todd of the Times (1919); Trail of the Axe (1922); Unseen Hands (1924); Untamed Youth (1924); Wedlock (1918); What Love Will Do (1923); Why Girls Go Back Home (1926); With Hoops of Steel (1918); Women Who Give (1924); Wooden Shoes (1917).


Born on this day – Meade Lux Lewis:

Blues musician

Pianist

Composer

September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); All That Jazz, Vol. 138: Jabouti! (2021); Barrel House Blues (2020); Barrel House Piano (1957); Bear Cat Crawl (2015); Blues De Lux' (2015); Boogie on Down (2015); Boogie Woogie (1941); Boogie Woogie Boys 1938-1944 (2014); Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments (1955); Boogie Woogie Kings (2009); Boogie Woogie Piano and Drums (1955); Boogie Woogie Stomp (1998); Boogie Woogie Trio (2011); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1 (2017); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 2 (1997); Cat House Piano (1955); Chicago Flyer (2016); Chicago Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1936–1951 Vol. 3, Oldie Blues OL 2827 (1984);Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Jazz Series 1939 – 1941 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1941 – 1944 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1954 (2009); Far Ago Blues (2015); Frompy Stomp (2021); Giant of Blues and Boogie Woogie 1905–1964, Oldie Blues OL 2810 (1982); Gliding from Glendale to Chicago (2005); Honky Tonk Train Blues (2009); Jazz Piano Masters - Meade Lux Lewis (2011); Lux's Boogie (2012); Masters of Boogie Piano: Five Classic Albums Plus (2013); Meade "Lux" Lewis (1939 to late 1940s) (2005); Meade Lux Lewis Selected Favorites Volume 1 (2006); Melancholy (2016); Original Jazz Sound: Cat House Piano 1955 (2012); Shooboody (2023); Spirit of Boogie Woogie (2015); Tell Your Story, Oldie Blues OL 2805 (1975); The Best Boogie Woogie Piano (2013); The Blues Piano Artistry Of Meade Lux Lewis (1990); The Boogie Woogie Trio vol. 1 (1995); The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis (1983); The First Day (1992); The Original Boogie Woogie Piano Giants (2023); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 17 - Boogie Woogie (2 Of 4) (2007); Tidal Boogie (1996); Yancey's Last Ride (1957).

Movies and television:

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (1999); Ain't Misbehavin' (1974); Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018); Cabin in the Sky (1943); Cow-Cow Boogie (1943); Emily's First 100 Days of School (2006); Fuzzy Wuzzy (1946); I'll Be There (2003); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Low Down Dog (1944); Mississippi Masala (1991); New Orleans (1947); Nightmare (1956); Swingtime Jamboree (1946); The Blues (2003); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Roaring 20's (1961).


Born on this day – Remo Giazotto:


Composer,

Musicologist,

Writer

September 4, 1910 – August 26, 1998


Noted for his biography and catalogue of the works of Tomaso Albinoni.

Remo Giazotto composed Adagio in G minor, transcribed from a fragment of a sonata manuscript by Tomaso Albinoni.

Credits:

Written work:

Annali Mozartiani (1956); Busoni: la vita nell opera (1947); Giovan Battista Viotti (1956); Harmonici concenti in aere veneto (1955); Il melodramma a Genova nei secoli XVII e XVIII (1941); Il Patricio di Hercole Bottrigari dimostrato praticamente da un anonimo cinquecentesco, CHM, i (1953); La guerra dei palchi, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, i (1967), 245–86, 465–508; iii (1969), 906–33; v (1971), 1304–52; La musica a Genova nella vita pubblica e privata dal XIII al XVIII secolo (1951); La musica italiana a Londra negli anni di Purcell (1955); Musurgia nova (1959); Nel CCC anno della morte di Antonio Cesti: ventidue lettere ritrovate nell' Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, iii (1969), 496–512; Poesia melodrammatica e pensiero critico nel Settecento (1952); Tomaso Albinoni, 'musico violino dilettante veneto' (1671–1750) (1945); Vita di Alessandro Stradella (1962); Vivaldi (1965).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2009); Anatomy (2000); Ballet Adagio (1972); Bob's Burgers (2014); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Chloe and Theo (2015); Company Party (1972); Des hommes et des montagnes (1953); Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019); EastEnders (2005); Endeavour (2014); Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984); Interlude (1968); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1983); Lara Fabian: Adagio (1999); Love Song for Tough Guys (2021); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Murder in Texas (1981); POOP (2014); Red Sun (1970); Ring 0: Birthday (2000); Rollerball (1975); Rolling to You (2018); Show Me Love (1998); Space: 1999 (1975); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The Inbetweeners 2 (2014); The Silence of Others (2018); Velvet Buzzsaw (2019); Void (2018).


Born on this day – John Cephas:


Blues guitarist

September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009

Credits:
 
Albums:
 
Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).


On this day in movie history - Bodyguard (1948)

Bodyguard

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Harry Essex,

based on a story by George W. George and Robert Altman,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1948.

Music by Paul Sawtell.


Cast:
Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth, Elisabeth Risdon, Steve Brodie, Frank Fenton, Charles Cane, Erville Alderson, Bobby Barber, Charles Bedell, Claire Carleton, Jack Carr, Russ Clark, Marcelle Corday, David Cota, Joe Devlin, Ray Dolciame, Jack Ellis, Dan Foster, Ben Frommer, Jack Gargan, Michael Harvey, Jimmy Hawkins, Pepe Hern, John Indrisano, William J. O'Brien, Lucien Prival, Dewey Robinson, Michael St. Angel, Brick Sullivan, David Thursby, Charles Wagenheim.


On this day in movie history - Phoenix (1998)

Phoenix

directed by Danny Cannon,

written by Eddie Richey,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1998.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:
Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Tamara Clatterbuck, Vanessa Munday, Al Sapienza, Yvette Cruise, John Henry Whitaker, Glenn Morshower, Brittany Murphy, George Murdock, Kathryn Joosten, Giancarlo Esposito, Ernest M. Garcia, David Dunard, Earl Carroll, Anjelica Huston, Sandra Taylor, George Aguilar, Frank Clem, Tom Noonan, Kari Wuhrer, Maria Stanton, Murphy Dunne, Sibel Ergener, Giovanni Ribisi, Dig Wayne, Simi Mehta, Annie Fitzgerald, Peter Spellos, Gordon Jennison Noice, Carmen Filpi, Margaret Chavez, L. Christian Mixon.




On this day in movie history - Last Night in Soho (2021)


Last Night in Soho

directed by Edgar Wright,

written by Eddie Richey,

based on a story by Edgar Wright,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 4, 2021.

Music by Steven Price.


Cast:
Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Aimee Cassettari, Rita Tushingham, Colin Mace, Michael Ajao, Synnove Karlsen, Jessie Mei Li, Kassius Nelson, Rebecca Harrod, Alan Mahon, Connor Calland, Pauline McLynn, Josh Zaré, Jacqui-Lee Pryce, Elizabeth Berrington, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Beth Singh, Paul Brightwell, Will Rogers, Terence Frisch, Celeste Dring, Jeanie Wishes, Andrew Bicknell, Adam Sopp, Richard Corgan, Michael Mears, Tom Hartwell, Paul Hamilton, Wayne Cater, Sam Claflin, Sam Parks, Alan Ruscoe, Margaret Nolan, Christopher Carrico, Kent Goldfinch, Ian Harrod, Ian Hartley, Luke Hope, Daniel Maggott, Richard O’Sullivan, Michael Jibson, Lisa McGrillis, Al Roberts, Derek Lea, Melissa Fox, Jodie Hassell, Stephanie Lamey, Amy Andrea, Alison Parsons, Ashley Shaw.