Sunday, June 14, 2026

Born on this day – Gene Barry:

 

Gene Barry


Actor

Singer

June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009

Born on this day – Odile Versois:


Odile Versois


Actress

June 14, 1930 – June 23, 1980

Born on this day – Taylor Wily:


Taylor Wily


Actor

Sumo wrestler

Mixed martial artist

June 14, 1968 – June 20, 2024

Credits:
Magnum P.I. (2018–2020); Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020); Be Water (2020); UFC 1: Origins (2020); 30 for 30 (2019); Radical (2017); MacGyver (2017); Where I Come From (2014); The Amazing Race (2012); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); North Shore (2004); One West Waikiki (1996); Marker (1995); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Gut Instinct (date?); UFC 1: The Beginning (1993).

On this day in movie history - The Tell-Tale Heart a.k.a. Bucket of Blood (1934 movie & book):

The Tell-Tale Heart
a.k.a. Bucket of Blood

directed by Brian Desmond Hurst,

written by David Plunket Greene,

based on the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in the United States on June 14, 1934.

Music by John Reynders, Harry Sheridan.


Cast: Norman Dryden, John Kelt, Yolande Terrell, Thomas Shenton, James Fleck, Colonel Cameron, Tom Shenton, H. Vasher.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.

This edition published 1966.

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.

ISBN 13: 9780385074070

ISBN 10: 0385074077

ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history. 

On this day in movie history - That Touch of Mink (1962)


That Touch of Mink


directed by Delbert Mann,

written by Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster,

was released in the United States on June 14, 1962.

Music by George Duning.

Cast:
Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin, Alan Hewitt, Dick Sargent, Joey Faye, Laurie Mitchell, John Fiedler, Willard Sage, Jack Livesey, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Dorothy Abbott, Richard Deacon, William Lanteau, Ralph Manza.

On this day in movie history - The Last of Sheila (1973)


The Last of Sheila


directed by Herbert Ross,

written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim,

was released in the United States on June 14, 1973.

Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast:
Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch, Yvonne Romain.

On this day in movie history - Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

Prizzi’s Honor

directed by John Huston,

written by Richard Condon and Janet Roach,

based on the novel by Richard Condon,

was released in the United States on June 14, 1985.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, C. C. H. Pounder, George Santopietro, Ann Selepegno, Lawrence Tierney, Vic Polizos, Dick O’Neil, Sully Boyar, Raymond Heller, Joseph Ruskin, Seth Allen, Dominic Barto, Stanley Tucci.