Born on this day – Cleavon Little:

 

Cleavon Little

Actor

June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992

Credits:

227 (1989); 5 Up, 2 Down (1991); A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); ALF (1987); All in the Family (1971); American Playhouse (1990); Another World (1982); Audioslave (2003); Audioslave: Show Me How to Live (2003); Bagdad Cafe (1990–1991); Biography (1996); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blazing Saddles: Back in the Saddle (2001); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Dear John (1989); Dinah! (1975); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981); Double Exposure (1982); E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Fantasy Island (1981); Fletch Lives (1989); FM (1978); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Goin' to Chicago (1990); Greased Lightning (1977); High Risk (1981); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); How the West Was Lost (2008); Hunt for the Stars (2024); In the Nick of Time (1991); Jimmy the Kid (1982); John and Mary (1969); Jouer sa vie (1982); Lincoln (1988); MacGyver (1989–1991); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1972); Money to Burn (1973); Mr. Dugan (1979); Murder by Numbers (1989); Nightlife (1986); Now We're Cookin' (1983); Once Bitten (1985); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: Little Red Riding Hood (1977); One of the Boys (1982); Ossie and Ruby! (1981); Perfect Harmony (1991); Police Story (1975); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Separate But Equal (1991); Simon & Simon (1983); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Supertrain (1979); Surf II (1983); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Tanner '88 (1988); The $10,000 Pyramid (1975); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Day the Earth Moved (1974); The Fall Guy (1983); The Felony Squad (1968); The Gig (1985); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2020); The Love Boat (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972–1974); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1975); The Salamander (1981); The Sky Is Gray (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970–1975); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Waltons (1975); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Toy Soldiers (1984); True Colors (1991–1992); Uptown Saturday Night (1979); Vanishing Point (1971); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Working in the Theatre (1985).

Born on this day – Tom Mankiewicz:

Tom Mankiewicz

Writer

Director

Producer

June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010

Born on this day – Chris Moore:

 

Chris Moore

Illustrator

June 1, 1947 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Dream Makers (1988); Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore (2000); Parallel Lines (1980).

Born on this day – Powers Boothe:

Powers Boothe

Actor

June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017

On this day in movie and book history - The Shout (1978 and 1979)

The Shout

directed by Jerzy Skolimowski,

written by Michael Austin and Jerzy Skolimowski,

based on the short story by Robert Graves,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 1978.

Music by Tony Banks.

Cast:

Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry, Julian Hough, Carol Drinkwater, John Rees, Jim Broadbent, Susan Wooldridge, Nick Stringer, Colin Higgins, Peter Benson, Joanna Szczerbic, Graham Kingsley Brown.

Recommended reading:

The Shout and Other Stories

by Robert Graves.

Short story anthology.
Paperback.
Published 1979.
Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140048322
ISBN 10: 0140048324
ASIN: 0140048324
 
Description:

The shout can wound. The shout can kill. The shout can drive you mad. Unless the man who says he learned the magic shout eighteen years ago is only a lunatic. But is he? … ‘The Shout’ is the first of thirty intriguing stories collected here. They range from a tenement in ancient Rome to the trenches of World War I. Robert Graves assures us that most of them – even the most improbable ones – are true.

“Graves’s stories strike one … as the playfulness of an extremely lively, observant, and humorous spirit. … All of these tales must be read to be appreciated, let alone believed.” – Newsweek.

Originally published in hardcover under the title Collected Short Stories.

The film The Shout is distributed by Films incorporated and stars Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, with Robert Stephens and Tim Curry; produced by Jeremy Thomas; directed by Jerzy Skolimowski; screenplay by Michael Austin from the story by Robert Graves.

On this day in movie history - Total Recall (1990)

Total Recall

directed by Paul Verhoeven,

written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Goldman and Jon Povill,

based on the novella We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick,

was released in the United States on June 1, 1990.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, Mel Johnson Jr., Michael Champion, Roy Brocksmith, Ray Baker, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell, Alexia Robinson, Dean Norris, Mark Carlton, Debbie Lee Carrington, Lycia Naff, Robert Costanzo, Michael LaGuardia, Priscilla Allen, Ken Strausbaugh, Marc Alaimo, Michael Gregory, Ken Gildin, Mickey Jones, Parker Whitman, Ellen Gollas, Gloria Dorson, Erika Carlsson, Benny Corral, Bob Tzudiker, Erik Cord, Frank Kopyc, Chuck Sloan, Dave Nicolson, Paula McClure, Rebecca Ruth, Milt Tarver, Roger Cudney, Monica Steuer, Sasha Rionda, Linda Howell, Robert Picardo, Kamala Lopez, Morgan Lofting, Patti Attar, Bob Bergen, Joe Unger, Karlyn Michelson, Andy Armstrong, Elizabeth Dennehy, Thomas Ebert, Frank Allen Forbes, Allan Graf, Peter Kent, Joel Kramer, Steven Lambert, Bennie Moore, Terry Richards.

On this day in movie history - Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006)

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

directed and written by Richard Alwyn,

released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2006.

Cast: Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Ashforde, Julie Covington, Emma Dewhurst, Ian Falconer, David Mallinson, James Cameron Stewart, Brian Timoney, Sue Wallace, Mitchell Zhangazha.