Born on this day – William Brinkley:

William Brinkley

Writer

September 10, 1917 - November 22, 1993

When William Brinkley was a reporter for The Washington Post, he wrote the article covering the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy who lived in Mt. Rainier, Washington.

This case later became the inspiration for the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, published in 1971, and the movie of the same title, directed by William Friedkin and released in 1973.

Article in the Post was dated: Friday, August 20, 1949.

Born on this day – Bo Goldman:

Bo Goldman

Writer

September 10, 1932 – July 25, 2023

Born on this day – Spencer Milligan:

Spencer Milligan

Actor

Producer

September 10, 1937 – April 18, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Blob (1958)

 

The Blob

directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and Russell S. Doughten Jr.,

written by Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker,

based on an idea by Irvine H. Millgate,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1958.

Music by Ralph Carmichael.

 

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Stephen Chase, John Benson, George Karas, Lee Payton, Elbert Smith, Hugh Graham, Vincent Barbi, Audrey Metcalf, Jasper Deeter, Tom Ogden, Elinor Hammer, Pamela Curran, Ralph Roseman, Charlie Overdorff, David Metcalf, Josh Randolph, George Gerbereck, Julie Cousins, Keith Almoney, Eugene Sabel, Robert Fields, James Bonnet, Tony Franke, Molly Ann Bourne, Diane Tabben, Russ Conway, Howard Fishlove, Jack H. Harris, Vincent J. Mastrangelo, Theodore Simonson.

On this day in movie history - The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

a.k.a. The St. Louis Bank Robbery

directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix,

written by Richard Heffron,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959.

Music by Bernardo Segáll.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gable, Larry Gerst, Boyd Williams, Frank Novotny, Nell Roberts, Bob Holt, May Kohn, Jay Elliot, Robert Klauss, Barney Barnett, Nancy Lyon.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959 - 1960)

Johnny Staccato

a.k.a Staccato

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959,

and ran for two seasons until March 17, 1960.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Warren Berlinger, Geraldine Brooks, Walter Burke, Elisha Cook, Jr., Lloyd, Corrigan, Frank DeKova, Norman Fell, Marianne Gaba, Ingrid Goude, Harry Guardino, Arline Hunter, Martin Landau, Michael Landon, Cloris Leachman, Ruta Lee, Sylvia Lewis, Charles McGraw, John Marley, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Tyler Moore, Susan Oliver, J. Pat O'Malley, Gena Rowlands, Vito Scotti, Dean Stockwell, Nita Talbot, Jack Weston.

On this day in movie history - Money for Nothing (1993)

Money for Nothing

directed by Ramón Menéndez,

written by Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski,

based on the book Finders Keepers by Mark Bowden,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1993.

Inspired by the true 1981 Joey Coyle case.

Music by Craig Safan.

Cast:

John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Bracco, Ashleigh Dejon, Lenny Venito, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Currie Graham, Frankie Faison, Ed Pansullo, Benji Schulman, Sam Coppola, Jeanne McCarthy, Don Brockett, Nicholas Giordano, Victoria Thomas, Lonzo Green, Bernard Canepari, Iva Jean Saraceni, Betsy Zajko, Hank Stratton, Thomas N. Levine, Scott Klace, Alice Drummond, Della Crews, Don Cannon, Lenora Nemetz, Harish Saluja, Kate Young, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Monty Cox, Joseph W. Bonacci, Robert Bella, Pete Ferry, Marty Kassab-Chaney, Pete Iole, David Norona, Bingo O'Malley, Ana Dela Cruz, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Betsy Molina, Bill Dalzell, Barbara Russell, Tony Amen, Katina Forte, John W. Iwanonkiw, Angella Kaye, Frederick E. Kowalo, Joe Shelby.