Born on this day – Marjorie Reynolds:

 

Marjorie Reynolds

Actress

August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997

Born on this day – Olympe Bradna:

Olympe Bradna

Actress

Dancer

August 12, 1920 – November 5, 2012

Born on this day – William Goldman:

William Goldman

Writer

Author and/or screenwriter of Marathon Man,

Princess Bride (book and screenplay), Heat

August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

Credits:

Books:

Absolute Power (1997); Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983); Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole (1962); Boys and Girls Together (1969); Brothers (1986); Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969); Control (1982); Father's Day (1971); Five Screenplays with Essays (1984); Four Screenplays with Essays (1994); Heat / aka Edged Weapons (1985); Hype and Glory (1990); Magic (1976); Marathon Man (1974); No Way to Treat A Lady (1964); Soldier in the Rain (1963); The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980); The Big Picture (2000); The Color of Light (1984); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Princess Bride (1973); The Season (1969); The Silent Gondoliers (1983); The Temple of Gold (1957); The Thing of It Is... (1967); Tinsel (1979); Wait Till Next Year (1988); Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000); Wigger (1974); Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958).

Movies and television:

5 Minutes (2018); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Cinematic Life: The Art & Influence of Conrad Hall (2010); A Few Good Men (1992); Absolute Power (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (1993); All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006); All the President's Men (1976); Amateur (2005); American Experience (2002); American Masters (2000); Animaniacs (2020–2023); Arena (2000); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2014); Biography (1995–2000); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Chaplin (1992); Charlie Rose (1997); Checkpoint Echo (2006); Da Vinci (1996); Dateline NBC (2006); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Dreamcatcher (2003); Fierce Creatures (1997); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Fry's Planet Word (2011); Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001); Good Will Hunting (1997); Harper (1966); HBO First Look (2003); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Heat (1986); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Last Action Hero (1993); Magic (1978); Malice (1993); Marathon Man (1976); Masquerade (1965); Maverick (1994); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Horn (1979); NBA 100 Greatest Plays (1999); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); On Location with 'Gunga Din' (2004); Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006); Papillon (1973); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1988); Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014); Screenwriters: Word Into Image (1982); Screenwriting for Dummies (2006); ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Tales from the Script (2009); Talking Pictures (1988); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (2006); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Chamber (1996); The Garden's Defining Moments (2015); The General's Daughter (1999); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Gospel According to Bill (2010); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Hot Rock (1972); The Human Face (2001); The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970); The Oscars (2019); The Princess Bride (1987 / 1999 / 2012); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The South Bank Show (1990–2009); The Stepford Wives (1975); The War of the Roses (1989); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Twins (1988); Under Suspicion (2000); Wild Card (2015); Year of the Comet (1992).

#WilliamGoldman #MarathonMan #PrincessBride #Heat

Born on this day – John Cazale:

John Cazale

Actor

August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978

Credits:

Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); Based on a True Story (2004); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); The American Way (1962); The Box (1969); The Conversation (1974); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Freshman (1990); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Part III (1990); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008).

#TheGodfather #TheConversation #DogDayAfternoon #TheDeerHunter

On this day in movie history - Darker Than Amber (1970)

Darker Than Amber

directed by Robert Clouse,

written by Ed Waters,

based on the novel by John D. MacDonald,

was released in the United States on August 12, 1970.

Music by John Carl Parker.

Cast:

Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri, William Smith, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Phillips, Jane Russell, James Booth, Oswaldo Calvo, Sherry Faber, Marcia Knight, James H. Frysinger, Harry A. Wood, Jack Nagle, Judy Wallace, Michael DeBeausset, Jeff Gillen, Chris Robinson, Warren Bauer, Wayne Bauer, Don Schoff, Ted Swanson.

On this day in movie history - Young Guns (1988)

Young Guns

directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco,

was released in the United States on August 12, 1988.

Music by Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks.

Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas Cain, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Brian Keith, Thomas Callaway, Patrick Wayne, Lisa Banes, Sam Gauny, Cody Palance, Gadeek, Victor Izay, Allen Keller, Craig Erickson, Jeremy Lepard, Danny Kamin, Richela Renkun, Pat Finn-Lee, Gary Kanin, Forrest Broadley, Alan Tobin, Joey Hamlin, Loyd Lee Brown, Elena Parres, Tom Cruise, Tomas Moore, John Pattison, W. Thomas Snyder, Lee Sollenberger, Randy Travis.

#YoungGuns #EmilioEstevez #KieferSutherland #LouDiamondPhilips #CharlieSheen #DermotMulroney #TerenceStamp #JackPalance #TomCruise #August12

On this day in movie history - Hell or High Water (2016)

Hell or High Water

directed by David Mackenzie,

written by Taylor Sheridan,

was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

I'm not typically a fan of this genre, but I have fond memories of the movie after my hubby and I had an empty theater to ourselves on my birthday a few years back to enjoy watching Hell or High Water.

Cast:

Ben Foster, Chris Pine, William Sterchi, Buck Taylor, Kristin K. Berg, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham, Keith Meriweather, Jackamoe Buzzell, Katy Mixon, Amber Midthunder, Joe Berryman, Taylor Sheridan, Howard Ferguson Jr., Debrianna Mansini, Paul Howard Smith, Nathaniel Augustson, Ariel Holmes, Marie A.K. McMaster, Jim Burleson, Gregory Cruz, Melanie Papalia, Kim Gleason, Alma Sisneros, Kevin Rankin, Margaret Bowman, Ivan Brutsche, Marin Ireland, John-Paul Howard, Kevin Wiggins, Dylan Kenin, Nicole Brady, Richard Christie, Heidi Sulzman, Christopher W. Garcia, Rick Anglada, Brian Barela, Richard Beal, Brian Bolman, Mary Bowman, Marika Day, Lyle DeRose, Melissa-Lou Ellis, Michael Fletcher, Crystal Gonzales, Karen M. Hudson, Darlene Kellum, James E. Lane, Ricky Lee, Jameson Macmillan, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Gustavo Montes, Martin Palmer, Terry Dale Parks, Francisco Peramos, Daniel Pimentel, Jack T. Silliman, J. Nathan Simmons, Michael E. Stogner, Aaron Templeton, Art Westgate, Kathie Westgate, Danny Winn, Julian Wondolowski.

#BenFoster #ChrisPine #JeffBridges #August12