Born on this day – Neil Simon:

Neil Simon

Writer

July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018

Born on this day – Gina Lollobrigida:

 

Gina Lollobrigida

Actress

Photographer

Artist

July 4, 1927 – January 16, 2023

Born on this day – Bruce French:

Bruce French

Actor

July 4, 1945 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Case for Murder (1993); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983); ABC Weekend Specials (1988); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); All-American Girl (1994); Ally McBeal (2001); Ants! (1977); Baby Talk (1992); Barbarians at the Gate (1993); Beautiful Boy (2010); Beginners (2010); Benson (1983); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997); Biography (1987); Black Eagle (1988); Bloodbrothers (1978); Bones (2006); Boston Legal (2008); Boston Public (2003); Caroline in the City (1999); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cheers (1989); Christine (1983); City of Angels (2000); Coach (1996); Coming Home (1978); Crash (2009); Criminal Minds (2008); Crossing Jordan (2003); Curse of the Black Widow (1977); Dallas (1981–1982); Dark and Stormy Night (2009); Deadly Intentions (1985); Designing Women (1989); Dharma & Greg (1999); Dirty Sexy Money (2008); Eli Stone (2008); Enough (2002); Falcon Crest (1986–1988); Fame (1983); Family Ties (1982); First Family (1980); Fletch (1985); Gilmore Girls (2003); Grey's Anatomy (2009); Grounded for Life (2001); GUNS (1976); Hardball (1989); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1985); Hawthorne (2009); Head Cases (2005); Helter Skelter (1976); Herman's Head (1993); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1984); House (2006); Hudson Street (1996); In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990); It's a Horrible Life (2010); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); JAG (2002); Jagged Edge (1985); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jurassic Park III (2001); Justify the Means (2009); Kaz (1979); Knots Landing (1984); L.A. Law (1986); Leave 'em Laughing (1981); Leaving L.A. (1997); Legal Eagles (1986); Lottery! (1983); Love, Sidney (1982); Mad Men (2007); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Man on a Swing (1974); Martians Go Home (1989); Matlock (1987); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Moonlighting (1988); Mr. Deeds (2002); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Smith (1983); Murder Ordained (1987); Murphy's Romance (1985); Mysterious Two (1982); NCIS (2006); Newhart (1986); Night Court (1989); Pacific Palisades (1997); Party of Five (1996); Passions (1999–2008); Picket Fences (1994); Pipe Dreams (1976); Providence (2000); Raising the Bar (2008); Rendezvous Hotel (1979); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Rollercoaster (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Sexual Life (2004); Silver Spoons (1985); Simon & Simon (1988); Snoops (1989); Soap (1979); Sorority Boys (2002); Special Bulletin (1983); Special Thanks to Roy London (2005); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Star Trek: Voyager (1995); Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (1981); Strong Medicine (2000); Surrender (1987); Sweetwater (1983); Team Knight Rider (1997); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); Thank You for Smoking (2005); The A-Team (1984); The Boys Are Back (1995); The Bronx Zoo (1988); The Chisholms (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Guardian (2004); The Lyon's Den (2003–2004); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1993); The Outer Limits (1995); The Pentagon Wars (1998); The Popcorn Kid (1987); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Practice (1997–2003); The Riches (2007–2008); The Savage Bees (1976); The Visitor (1997); The Waltons (1978); The Wayans Bros. (1997); The West Wing (2002); The Wishing Well (2009); Thieves (2001); Up All Night (2012); Valerie (1990); Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993); Waiting for Godot (1977); Walkout (2006); War and Remembrance (1989); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990); Who Is Julia? (1986); Who's the Boss? (1991–1992); Wildcats (1986).

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Somebody Up There Likes Me

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.

Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.

On this day in music history - American V: A Hundred Highways, by Johnny Cash (2006)

American V: A Hundred Highways

by Johnny Cash

was released on this day in 2006

Track list:

Help Me; God’s Gonna Cut You Down; Like The 309 (the last song Johnny Cash wrote and recorded); If You Could Read My Mind; Further On Up the Road; The Evening Train; I Came To Believe; Love’s Been Good To Me; A Legend In My Time; Rose Of My Heart; Four Strong Winds; I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now.

On this day in movie history - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

directed by James Cameron,

written by James Cameron and William Wisher,

was released in the United States on July 3, 1991.

Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley, Leslie Hamilton Gearren, Ken Gibbel, Robert Winley, Peter Schrum, Shane Wilder, Michael Edwards, Jared Lounsbery, Casey Chavez, Ennalls Berl, Don Lake, Richard Vidan, Tom McDonald, Jim Palmer, Guss Williams, Gwenda Deacon, Don Stanton, Dan Stanton, Colin Patrick Lynch, Noel Evangelisti, Nikki Cox, Lisa Brinegar, DeVaughn Nixon, Tony Simotes, Diane Rodriguez, Dalton Abbott, Ron Young, Charles Robert Brown, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Mike Muscat, Dean Norris, Charles A. Tamburro, Rob Jordan, Terrence Evans, Denney Pierce, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Pat Kouri, Van Ling, Michael Albanese, Ed Arneson, Bret A. Arnold, Dean Blanke, Debra Casey, Jim Dahl, Martin Deluca, Jennifer Jacono, Gavin Kelly, Takao Komine, Joel Kramer, Anne Merrem, Mic Rodgers, Richard Ruskin, Scott Shaw, Steven Stear, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Randy Walker, William Wisher.

Shannon Hale, on words:

 

Words can fall hard like a boulder loosed from a cliff.
Words can drift unnoticed like a weed seed on a breeze.
Words can sing.
- Shannon Hale.