Saturday, June 6, 2026

On this day in movie history - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013)

 

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie


documentary directed and written by April Wright,

was released in the United States on June 6, 2013.

Music by Dave Glover, Kate Houle and Rob Houle. 

Cast:
Charles Bruss, Riley Cooke, Roger Corman, Dennis Cozzalio, Bob Deutsch, Matt Dillon, Barry Floyd, Barb Frankhouser, Bill Frankhouser, Paul Geissinger, Patricia King Hanson, Richard M. Hollingshead III, David Hudzik, Jennifer Sherer Janisch, Sam Kirkland, Jim Kopp, Megan Kopp, Mark Lovato, Robbie Mack, Wes Neal, Teri Oldknow, Karen Sternheimer, Ed Szurek, Tony Troidl, D. Edward Vogel.

On this day in movie history - Earthbound (1940)

 

Earthbound


directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Samuel G. Engel and John Howard Lawson,

based on the story by Basil King,

was released in the United States on June 6, 1940.

Music by Alfred Newman.


 
Cast:
Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari, Charley Grapewin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elizabeth Patterson, Russell Hicks, Christian Rub, Ian Wolfe, Lester Sharpe, Reginald Sheffield, Pedro de Cordoba, Eugene Borden, Marcelle Corday, Jean Del Val, William Edmunds, Diane Fisher, Arno Frey, Jean Houghton, Bobby Larson, Myra Marsh, Eric Mayne, Mira McKinney, Clark Morgan, Alberto Morin, Ruth Robinson, Gloria Roy, Florence Shirley, Pierre Watkin, Lloyd Whitlock.

On this day in movie history - Jaws: The Inside Story (2010)

Jaws: The Inside Story

documentary directed and written by Rob Goldberg,

released in the United States on June 6, 2010.

Music by Richard Fiocca.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg, David Fear, Sid Sheinberg, Alison Bailes, John Milius, Calvin Joe Acord/Cal Acord, James-Michael Roddy, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Richard D. Zanuck, Wendy Benchley, David Brown, Helen Gurley Brown, William S. Gilmore, Joe Alves, Edith Blake, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Lorraine Gary, Susan Backlinie, Roy Arbogast, Kevin Pike, Richard O. Helmer/Richie Helmer, Michael Chapman, Bill Butler, Jonathan Filley, Jeffrey Voorhees, Lee Fierro, Roy Scheider, Harlan Twible, Mike Kuryla, John Williams, Mike New. 

On this day in movie history - Back to the Drive-in (2022)


Back to the Drive-in


documentary directed and written by April Wright

was released in the United States on June 6, 2022.


On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)


M Squad
Season 1. Episode 37.

Episode entitled: The Woman from Paris.

Released June 6, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Oscar Millard.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paula Raymond, Philip Ober, Paul Newlan, Jennifer Lea, Gine De Bard, Russ Bender, Paul Maxwell, Dan West.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2009)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: Water & Power.


Released June 6, 2009.

Directed by Dean White.

Written by Peter Ocko, Lisa Joy, Jim Danger Gray.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Christine Adams, Robert Picardo, Francesca P. Roberts, Gina Torres, Fred Williamson, Matt Winston, David Arquette, Melinda Bennett, Stephen Decordova, Nick Endres, Andy Forrest, Sam Ingraffia, Carol Mansell, Stefan Marks, Byrne Offutt, Yolanda Snowball, Craig Tsuyumine, Steven Wash Jr., Jonathan Grey.

On this day in music history - The album Bad Animals, by Heart (1987)

Bad Animals by Heart (1987)

Group Therapy by Above & Beyond (2011)


Bad Animals

Album by Heart,

released June 6, 1987.

Track list: Who Will You Run To; Alone; There’s The Girl; I Want You So Bad; Wait For An Answer; Bad Animals; You Ain’t So Tough; Strangers Of The Heart; Easy Target; RSVP.

Group Therapy

Album by Above & Beyond,
released June 6, 2011.

Track list: Filmic; Alchemy; Sun & Moon; You Got To Go; Black Room Boy; Giving It Out; On My Way To Heaven; Prelude; Sun In Your Eyes; Love Is Not Enough; Every Little Beat; Sweetest Heart; Thing Called Love; Only A Few Things; Eternal.