Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS

Monday, July 27, 2026

On this day in movie history - Seven Doors to Death (1944)

Seven Doors to Death

a.k.a. Vanishing Corpses

directed and written by Elmer Clifton,

based on a story by Helen Kiely,

was released in the United States on July 27, 1944.

Music by Lee Zahler.

Cast:

Chick Chandler, June Clyde, George Meeker, Michael Raffetto, Gregory Gaye, Edgar Dearing, Rebel Randall, Milton Wallace, Casey MacGregor, Gene Roth.

On this day in movie history - More American Graffiti (1979)

More American Graffiti

directed and written by B.W.L. Norton,

was released in the United States on July 27, 1979.

Music by Gene Finley and George Lucas.

Cast:

Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Anna Bjorn, Richard Bradford, John Brent, Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Robert Hogins, Robert Flurie, Peter Albin, Harold Aceves, Scott Glenn, James Houghton, John Lansing, Manuel Padilla Jr., Ken Place, Mary Kay Place, Tom Ruben, Doug Sahm, Will Seltzer, Monica Tenner, Ralph Wilcox, Carol Ann Williams, Wolfman Jack, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Baker, Eric Barnes, Becky Bedoy, Buzz Borelli, Ben Bottoms, Patrick Burns, Tim Burrus, George Cantero, Chet Carter, Dion M. Chesse, Gil Christner, Don Coughlin, Mark Courtney, Michael Courtney, Denny Delk, Frankie Di, Steve Evans, Nancy Fish, Rocky Flintermann, Michael Frost, Jon Gries, Paul G. Hensler, Julie Anna Hicks, Robert Hirschfeld, Erik Holland, Jay Jacobus, Naomi Judd, Leslie Gay Leace, Delroy Lindo, Dwight Reber, Sandra Rider, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Morgan Upton, John Vella, Dan Woodworth, Clay Wright, Wayne Coy, Harrison Ford, Darrell Mapson.

On this day in movie history - The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

The Thomas Crown Affair

directed by John McTiernan,

written by Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer,

based on the original story by Alan R. Trustman,

was released in the United States on July 27, 1999.

Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara, Frankie Faison, Fritz Weaver, Charles Keating, Mark Margolis, Faye Dunaway, Michael Lombard, Bill Ambrozy, Michael S. Bahr, Robert Novak, Joe Lamb, James Saito, Esther Cañadas, Mischa Hausserman, Daniel Oreskes, Dominic Chianese Jr., Ritchie Coster, Gregg Bello, John P. McCann, Gino Lucci, George Christy, Mike Danner, James J. Archer, John Elsen, Robert Spillane, Daniel Jamal Gibson, Cynthia Darlow, Sherry Koftan, Jane DeNoble, Gene Bozzi, Ryan Hecht, Paul Simon, Tom Tammi, Mark Zeisler, Mark Zimmerman, Daniel Southern, James Yaegashi, Ira Wheeler, David Adkins, John A. McKay, Melissa Maxwell, Colleen Hamm, Timothy Wheeler, John Thrall Bush, Dominic Marcus, Robert Lewis Stephenson, David Toney, Phillip Douglas, Jeffrey Dreisbach, R.J. Remo, Caleb Archer, Dennis Creaghan, Randy Phillips, Gloria Barnes, Mimi Weddell, Pat Friedlander, Gary L. Catus, Jeremy Nagel, John C. Havens, Annie Rose Murray, Bill Tatum, Teddy Coluca, Michael Charles, Orlando Carafa, Ben Epps, Kim D. Cannon, Douglas Kahelemauna Nam, Richard Russell Ramos, John Seidman, Robert Ian Mackenzie, Yusef Bulos, Ray Virta, Thomas Michael Sullivan, J. Paul Boehmer, Tony Cucci, Paul Geoffrey, R.E. Rodgers, Thomas Richard Bloom, Kim Craven, Marion McCorry, Sean Haberle, Mikel Sarah Lambert, Angelo Fraboni, Melanie LaPatin, Jodi Ellen Melnick, Tony Meredith, Michael Terrace, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Orchestra, Courtney Bennett, Diana Berry, Steve Bilich, Kimberly Evan, Charles Gemmill, Simon Jones, Vivian Kalinov, Rich Keen, Timothy Klein, Stan Klimecko, Mark Langston, Steven E. Lawler, Dan Maysen, Josh Mowery, Andy Redmond, Victoria Rong, Eliot Sash, Norman Steiner, Alberto Suarez, Jodi White.

On this day in movie history - La voz humana a.k.a. The Human Voice (2021 movie & play):

La voz humana

a.k.a. The Human Voice,

directed by Luis Fernandez,

based on the play The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau,

released in the United States on July 27, 2021.

Cast: Carlota Sosa.

Recommended reading:

The Human Voice

Play by Jean Cocteau.
Translated by Daniel Raggett.

Published by Oberon Books.
Oberon Modern Plays.
First published 1929.

ISBN-10: 1786826542
ISBN-13: 978-1786826541

Description:

'I'm whispering into your ear – and we couldn't be further apart.'

A woman, a phone call, a final conversation. In this extraordinary and prophetic monologue, a woman fights for the person she loves. Jean Cocteau's iconic play explores our desperate need for human relationships – and the machine that has changed them forever.

On this day in music history - Stevie Nicks and Christina Perri:

Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks (1981)
Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri (2010)

Bella Donna

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released July 27, 1981.

Track list:
Bella Donna; Kind of Woman; Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (With Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers); Think About It; After the Glitter Fades; Edge of Seventeen; How Still My Love; Leather and Lace (With Don Henley); Outside the Rain; The Highwayman.