Born on this day – Burny Mattinson:

Burny Mattinson

Animator

Director

Producer

May 13, 1935 – February 27, 2023

Credits:

A Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp (2006); Aladdin (1992); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Big Hero 6 (2014); Casey Bats Again (1954); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); House of Mouse (2001); How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Lady's Pedigree: The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp' (2006); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); Lilo & Stitch (2002); Mary Poppins (1964); Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022); Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983); Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse / Mickey's Christmas Carol (2001); Mulan (1998); Oliver & Company (1988); Once Upon a Studio (2023); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty (2008); Pocahontas (1995); Pretty as a Picture Art and Design (2006); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Robin Hood (1973); Ruff Animation (2006); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Strange World (2022); Tarzan (1999); The Aristocats (1970); The Art of Disney Animation (1988); The Ballad of Nessie (2011); The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book' (2007); The Black Cauldron (1985); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Great Mouse Detective (1986); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Jungle Book (1967); The Lion King (1994); The Magical World of Disney / Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1982); The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol (1984); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (1996); The Oscars (2023); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Rescuers (1977); The Small One (1978); The Sword in the Stone (1963); Timeless Tales / The Prince and The Pauper (2005); Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection / The Ballad of Nessie & How to Hook up Your Home Theater (2015); Winnie the Pooh (2011); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Wish (2023).

Born on this day – Leighton Gage:

 

Leighton Gage

Writer

May 13, 1942 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Vine in the Blood (2011); Blood of the Wicked (2007); Buried Strangers (2009); Dying Gasp (2010); Every Bitter Thing (2010); Perfect Hatred (2013); The Ways of Evil Men (2014).

On this day in movie history - Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

Underworld U.S.A.

a.k.a. Underworld USA,

directed and written by Samuel Fuller,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1961.

Based on articles written by Joseph F. Dinneen, published in The Saturday Evening Post (1956).

Music by Harry Sukman.

Cast:

Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Paul Dubov, Robert Emhardt, Larry Gates, Richard Rust, Gerald Milton, Allan Gruener, David Kent, Tina Pine, Sally Mills, Robert P. Lieb, Neyle Morrow, Henry Norell, Alan Aaronson, James Bacon, Peter Brocco, Donald Douglas, David Fresco, Donald Gamble, Bernie Hamilton, Bob Hopkins, Tom London, Jerry Mann, William Meader, Joni Beth Morris, Cosmo Sardo, Rickie Sorensen, Charles Sterrett, Audrey Swanson.

On this day in movie history - Blue Thunder (1983)

Blue Thunder

directed by John Badham,

written by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.

Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Jack Murdock, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton, Anna Forrest, Paul Lambert, Phil Feldman, John Garber, Ricky Slyter, Reid Cruickshanks, Billy Ray Sharkey, Fred Slyter, John Gladstein, Ross Reynolds, Karl A. Wickman, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, James Read, Mickey Gilbert, William T. Lane, Lolly Boroff, Patti Clifton, Ernest Harada, Frances E. Nealy, Jose Pepe R. Gonzales, Jerry Ziesmer, Tom Lawrence, John Ashby, Tony Brubaker, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Bill M. Ryusaki, Gary Davis, Thomas Rosales Jr., Larry Randles, Peter Miller, Mike H. McGaughy, Lucinda Crosby, John Badham, Bob Bowen, Calvin Bronx, Shaaron Claridge, Eurlyne Epper, Fritz Ford, Dorothy Hack, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, Clay Hodges, Ted King, Terry Leonard, Frank Morriss, Ve Neill, Danny Nero, Bernadette Pelletier, Hank Robinson, Walter Smith, Steve Wagner.

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1983)

Breathless

directed by Jim McBride,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Jim McBride,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.

A remake of Breathless, French title: À bout de souffle (1960), written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, Robert Dunn, Garry Goodrow, Lisa Jane Persky, James Hong, Waldemar Kalinowski, Jack Leustig, Eugène Lourié, Georg Olden, Miguel Pinero, Henry G. Sanders, Bruce Vilanch, Robert Mark Quesada, Nora Gaye, Andres Aybar, Isabel Cooley, L. Jerry Greenberg, Javier Grajeda, Robert Snively, John Wyler, Jeni Vici, Carl Munoz, Christopher White, Brien Varady, Keith Addis, Martin Erlichman, Peggy Ann Stevens, Raymond Bear, David Carson, Tracy McBride, Jesse McBride, Helen Kelly, Jennifer Leigh Rice, Bruce Scivally.

On this day in movie history - The Crow (1994)

The Crow

directed by Alex Proyas,

written by David J. Schow and John Shirley,

based on the comic book series by James O’Barr,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1994.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, Anna Thomson, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee, Tony Todd, Jon Polito, Bill Raymond, Marco Rodríguez, Kim Sykes, Rock Taulbee, Norman Max Maxwell, Jeff Cadiente, Henry Kingi Jr., Erik Stabenau, Cassandra Lawton, Lou Criscuolo, Todd Brenner, Joe West, Thomas Rosales Jr., Jeff Imada, Tierre Turner, Tim Parati, Matt Adler, Charles Bazaldua, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Theodore Borders, Joseph Chapman, Holly Dorff, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Spencer Garrett, Barbara Harris, Kathleen Kane, Carlyle King, Phillip Lucier, Peter Lurie, Juan Pope, David Randolph, Vernon Scott, Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, James Putnam, Eddie Ruscha, Elizabeth Thompson, Marston Daley, Laura Gomel, Rachel Hollingsworth, Charles Levi, Mark McCabe, Frank Nardiello, Brianne Brozey, Phoebe Dollar, Dale Frye, Aaron Jefford, James O’Barr, Hamilton Perkins, Kai Portman, David J. Schow, Michael Sinterniklaas, Tom Wayland.