Born on this day – Terry Jones:

Terry Jones

Comedian

Director

Historian

Actor

Writer

Member of Monty Python

February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020

Born on this day – Adam Beckett:

 

Adam Beckett

Director

Producer

Animator

Special effects artist

Teacher

February 1, 1950 – March 1979

Credits:

The Cell (2000); Piranha (1978); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Kitsch in Synch (1975); Sausage City (1974); Flesh Flows (1974); Evolution of the Red Star (1973); Heavy-Light (1973); Dear Janice (1972).

Born on this day – Mark Dodson:

Mark Dodson

Actor

February 1, 1960 – March 3, 2024

Credits:

Anomaly 2 (2013); Arachnicide (2014); Awesomenauts (2011); Bendy and the Dark Revival (2022); Bill Diamond on the Road (2024); Bonkers (1993); Bow Madness (2009–2014); Danse Macabre: Curse of the Banshee Collector's Edition (2017); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Dead (1985); Deadwood Park (2007); Detectives Don't Sleep (2023); Dragon Front (2016); Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler (2016); Eddie Salter Turkey Man (2013); Enderal: The Shards of Order (2016); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Fitness and Me: Why Exercise? (1984); From the Mouths of Babes (2018–2019); Galacticare (2024); Ghostrunner (2020); Ghostrunner II (2023); Ghostrunner Project_Hel DLC (2022); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Grim Dawn (2016); Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth (2017); Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016); Headcheese: The Movie (2020); Heroes of Newerth (2010); Hidden Expedition: The Curse of Mithridates Collector's Edition (2017); Kaptara (2013); Killing Floor 2 (2015); Legend of the Superstition Mountains (2015); Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022); Lucius (2012); Lucius II (2015); Lucius III (2018); Machtails from the Cantina (2020); Magic Legends (2020); Mister... Salacious Crumb? (2014); Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011); Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012); Natural Born Killers (009–2012); Neon Chrome (2016); Neverwinter (2013); Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (2012); Phantasmat: Insidious Dreams (2017); Phantom Doctrine (2018); Rebel Galaxy (2015); Rive (2016); Showdown Bandit (2019); Small Town Z: The Next Chapter (2017); Song of the Common Loon (date?); Star Trek Online (2010); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Still Toking with (2021); The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1983); The Misadventures of Tobi & Duke (A New Town) (2024); This Halloween Night (2016); Toking with the Dead I2 (Misfortune) (2022); Toking with the Dead I3 Smoked out (2022); Toking with the Dead Reanimated E1 (2022); Wandering with the Dead (2020 / 2021); Wishman (1983).

Born on this day – Brandon Lee:

Brandon Lee

Actor

Martial artist

February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993

February in movie history - The Houston Story (1956)

The Houston Story

directed by William Castle,

written by James B. Gordon,

based on a story by James B. Gordon,

was released in the United States in February 1956.

Exact release date unknown.

Cast:

Gene Barry, Barbara Hale, Edward Arnold, Paul Richards, Jeanne Cooper, Frank Jenks, John Zaremba, Chris Alcaide, Jack Littlefield, Paul Levitt, Fred Krone, Pete Kellett.

On this day in movie and book history - Pocket Money (1972) and Jim Kane (1972)

Pocket Money

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Terrence Malick,

based on the novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown,

was released in the United States on February 1, 1972.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Bruce Davis Bayne, Poupée Bocar, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Freehill, Terrence Malick.

Recommended reading:

Jim Kane

by J.P.S. Brown
 
Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1970.
Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291
ISBN 10: 0803742290
ASIN: 0803742290
 
Description:
 

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

February in movie history - Simon - February (1980)

Simon

directed and written by Marshall Brickman,

based on a story by Marshall Brickman and Thomas Baum,

was released in the United States in February1980.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Stanley Silverman.

Cast:

Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart, William Finley, Wallace Shawn, Jayant, Max Wright, Fred Gwynne, Adolph Green, Keith Szarabajka, Ann Risley, Pierre Epstein, Roy Cooper, Rex Robbins, David Warrilow, Hetty Galen, Louise Lasser, Dick Cavett.