Born on this day – Ian Holm:

Ian Holm

Actor

September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020

Credits:

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 48th Annie Awards (2021); A Life Less Ordinary (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 / 1969); A Season of Giants (1990); A Severed Head (1971); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998); Alien (1979); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Romulus (2024); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Animal Farm (1999); Another Woman (1988); Armchair Theatre (1963–1970); Artists and Models (1986); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1983); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Beautiful Joe (2000); Big Night (1996); Bless the Child (2000); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chillers (1990); Chromophobia (2005); Conjugal Rights (1973); Dance with a Stranger (1985); D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004); Do You Remember? (1978); Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004); Dreamchild (1985); Esther Kahn (2000); eXistenZ (1999); Festival: The Misanthrope (1980); Field of Fish (2000); Frog (1998); From Hell (2001); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Garden State (2004); Girls at Sea (1958); Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Hamlet (1990); Henry V (1989); Holocaust (1978); Incognito (1997); Inside the Third Reich (1982); ITV Play of the Week (1957); ITV Playhouse (1969–1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Jubilee (1977); Juggernaut (1974); Kafka (1991); Laughterhouse / aka Singleton's Pluck (1984); Les Miserables (1978); Little Red Riding Hood (1995); Loch Ness (1996); Lord of War (2005); March or Die (1977); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Masquerade (1974); Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985); Murder by the Book (1986); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Naked Lunch (1991); Napoleon and Love (1974); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); O Jerusalem (2006); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus (1981); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Performance (1991–1998); Play for Today (1982); Private Affairs (1975); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Renaissance (2006); Review (1971); Robert's Wife (1957); Robin and Marian (1976); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Screen Two (1992); Secret Agent (2000); Shergar (1999); Shout at the Devil (1976); Simon Magus (1999); Spinning Wheels (2002); Strangers with Candy (2005); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Advocate (1993); The Aviator (2004); The Bell (1982); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Borrowers (1992); The Browning Version (1985); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Day After Tomorrow (2004); The Emperor's New Clothes (2001); The Fifth Element (1997); The Fixer (1968); The Frighteners (1972); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012); The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014); The Holocaust on Trial (2000); The Homecoming (1973); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); The Lost Boys (1978); The Madness of King George (1994); The Man from Haven (1972); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Match (1999); The Miracle Maker (1999); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (2002); The Oscars (2021); The Power Game (1966); The Return of the Borrowers (1993); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Sweet Hereafter (1997); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Thief of Baghdad (1978); The Treatment (2006); The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966); The Wednesday Play (1970); The World About Us (1983); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1993); Theatre Night (1961); Time Bandits (1981); Timewatch (1993); Treasures in Trust (1995); Waterbaby (2002); We, the Accused (1980); Wetherby (1985); Wisconsin Death Trip (1999); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Daniela Rocca:

Daniela Rocca

Actress

Writer

September 12, 1937 – May 28, 1995

Born on this day – Silvia Pinal:

Silvia Pinal

Actress

Producer

September 12, 1931 – November 28, 2024

Credits:

70 años las estrellas, brillando juntos (2021); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); Addicto de Salsa (2009); Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961); Adriana del Río, actriz (1979); Adventures in Time (2001); Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred (2009); Alejandra Guzmán: La trayectoria (2006); Amor en cuatro tiempos (1955); Azahares para tu boda (1950); Bamba (1949); Bang bang al hoyo (1971); Buenas noches, año nuevo (1964); Cabo de Hornos (1956); Cachún cachún ra ra (1981); Caín, Abel y el otro (1971); Carita de ángel (2000–2001); Carlota: Amor es... veneno (1981); Carrusel musical Mexicano (1964); Celebremos México: Hecho en México (2005); Charlestón (1959); Cinema 3 (2000); Cinema mil (2005); Cómo hay gente sinvergüenza (1972); Cuando los hijos pecan (1952); Cuando los hijos se van (1983); Cuidado!... Mujeres trabajando (2000); De película (1988); Derbez en cuando (1999); Derecho de admission (2006); Desnúdate, Lucrecia (1958); Dios no lo quiera (1957); Divinas palabras (1978); Don Francisco presenta (2005); Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1953); Dos y dos, cinco (1981); Eclipse (1984); El amor de María Isabel (1970); El amor no es ciego (1950); El canto de la cigarra (1980); El casto Susano (1954); El cuerpazo del delito / Segment: La insaciable (1970); El despertar del lobo (1970); El escandaloso encanto de los egos rotos (2024); El hombre que me gusta (1958); El inocente (1956); El Minuto Que Cambió Mi Destino (2016); El niño de su mamá (1980); El pecado de Laura (1949); El portero (1950); El privilegio de amar (1999); El puño del amo (1958); El vendedor de muñecas (1955); Escuela para casadas (1949); Estrategia matrimonio (1966); Fuego en la sangre (2008); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Hijas casaderas (1954); Historia de un abrigo de mink (1955); Historia Viva (2019); Historias engarzadas (2004–2006); Juego peligroso / Segment: Divertimento (1967); La adúltera (1956); La dulce enemiga (1957); La estatua de carne (1951); La gran ilusión (2000); La guera Xóchitl (1971); La hermana Trinquete (1970); La hora pico (2002); La marca del zorrillo (1950); La memoria fértil (1986); La mujer de oro (1970); La mujer que yo perdí (1949); La revista increible de Silvia Pinal (1979); La soldadera (1966); La sospechosa (1955); La vida tiene tres días (1955); Larga vida a la comedia (2005); Las locuras de Bárbara (1959); Lazos de amor (1995); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Locura pasional (1956); Los 5 magníficos (2007); Los cacos (1972); Los caudillos (1968); Los cuervos están de luto (1965); Los novios (1971); Los que hicieron nuestro cine (1983–1985); Luis Buñuel en los 60 (1984); Mañana es primavera (1982); Maria Isabel (1968); Maribel y la extraña familia (1960); Me traes de un ala (1953); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); México de mis amores (1979); Mi desconocida esposa (1958); Mi marido tiene familia (2017–2019); Mi propósito eres tú (2018); Mis tres viudas alegres (1953); Mujer de medianoche (1952); Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007); Mujeres asesinas (2009); +Noche (2020); Ni muy, muy... ni tan, tan... simplemente Tin Tan (2005); Ofelia Guilmáin... La gran trágica (2005); Pa'lante con Cristina (2004); Pecado mortal (1955); Pedro Infante vive (2007); Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (2008); Por ellas aunque mal paguen (1952); Premios TV y novelas 2004 (2004); Premios TV y novelas 2007 (2007); Préstame tu cuerpo (1958); Pubis Angelical (1982); Puppy-Go-Round (1996); Qué nos pasa (1985); Quien (1973); Recién casados... no molestar (1951); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Reventa de esclavas (1954); Revista de cine (1977); Secreto de confesión (1971); Shark (1969); Si volvieras a mi (1954); Sí, mi vida (1953); Silvia Pinal tras bambalinas (2019); Silvia Pinal... frente a tí (2019); Silvia y Enrique (1973); Simon of the Desert (1965); Soy tu dueña (2010); Stuffed Butterflies (1978); T.A.P. Taller de Actores Profesionales (2013); Teatro del crimen (1957); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Heart Is Never Wrong (2019); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Last Call (2013); The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008); The Loving Women (1953); Tiempo de amar (1987); Tin Tan (2010); Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015); Twenty-Four Hours of Pleasure (1969); Un Buñuel mexican (1997); Un extraño en la escalera (1955); Un Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria (2020); Un rincón cerca del cielo (1952); Una familia con suerte (2011); Una familia de diez (2007–2021); Una gallega baila mambo (1951); Una golfa (1958); Una mujer sin sombra (2013); Uomini e nobiluomini (1959); Videoteatros: Véngan corriendo que les tengo un Muerto (1993); Vintage Model (1992); Viridiana (1961); Viva el amor (1958); XHDRbZ (2002); Y ahora qué? (1980); Ya no los hacen como antes (2003); Yo soy muy macho (1953).

On this day in movie history - A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

A Fistful of Dollars

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tessari, and Tonino Valerii,

based on a story by Sergio Leone, Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena and Mark Lowell,

was released in Italy on September 12, 1964.

Based on the movie Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Music by Ennio Morricone (as Dan Savio).

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, W. Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joe Edger, Antonio Prieto, Pepe Calvo, Margherita Lozano, Daniel Martín, Benny Reeves, Richard Stuyvesant, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambreli, Antonio Moreno, Nino del Arco, Enrique Santiago, Umberto Spadaro, Fernando Sánchez Polack, José Riesgo, Luis Barboo, Frank Braña, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, William R. Thompkins, José Canalejas, Álvaro de Luna, Nazzareno Natale, Antonio Pica.

On this day in movie history – Army of Shadows (1969 movie & novel):

Army of Shadows

a.k.a. L'armée des ombres,

directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville,

based on the novel by Joseph Kessel,

released in France on September 12, 1969.

Music by Éric Demarsan.

Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier, Serge Reggiani, André Dewavrin, Alain Dekok, Alain Mottet, Alain Libolt, Jean-Marie Robain, Albert Michel, Denis Sadier, Georges Sellier, Marco Perrin, Hubert de Lapparent, Colin Mann, Anthony Stuart, Michel Fretault, Gérard-Antoine Huart, Percival Russel, Michel Dacquin, Jeanne Pérez, Pierre Vaudier, Jacques Marbeuf, Franz Sauer, Marcel Bernier, Gaston Meunier, Françoise Bonnot, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Nathalie Delon, Jacques Léonard.

Recommended reading:

Army of Shadows

by Joseph Kessel.

Translated by Haakon Chevalier.
Published by Contra Mundum Press.
First published 1943.
ISBN-10: 194062522X
ISBN-13: 9781940625225

Description:

THIS IS THE TRUTH, THOUGH THE FORM IS FICTION…

The terrible and inspiring truth about the French underground, the way it's men and women operate, fight, die, a story full of nobility, heroism, and brutal violence. First published in its English translation in 1944, this is the fictionalized account of French writer Joseph Kessel's own experiences as a member of the French Resistance in World War II.

On this day in movie history - Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Five Easy Pieces

directed by Bob Rafelson, and written by Adrien Joyce,

based on a story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce,

was released in the United States on September 12, 1970.

Music credits:

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin.
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, by Frédéric Chopin.
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Four songs by Tammy Wynette:

Stand by Your Man.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Don't Touch Me.
When There's a Fire in Your Heart.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Garrett Cassell, Clay Greenbush, Bob Rafelson.

On this day in movie history - Until the End of the World (1991)

 

Until the End of the World

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders,

based on a story by Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin and Michael Almereyda,

was released in Germany on September 12, 1991.

Music by Graeme Revell.

 
Songs included on the movie soundtrack:

Opening Title, by Graeme Revell; Sax and Violins, by Talking Heads; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, by Julee Cruise; Move with Me (Dub), by Neneh Cherry; The Adversary, by Crime & the City Solution; What's Good, by Lou Reed; Last Night Sleep, by Can; Fretless, by R.E.M.; Days, by Elvis Costello; Claire's Theme, by Graeme Revell; (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World, by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; It Takes Time, by Patti Smith (with Fred Smith); Death's Door, by Depeche Mode; Love Theme, by Graeme Revell; Calling All Angels (Remix Version), by Jane Siberry with k.d. lang; Humans from Earth, by T Bone Burnett; Sleeping in the Devil's Bed, by Daniel Lanois; Until the End of the World, by U2; Finale, by Graeme Revell; Trois Jeux d'enfants: Nze-nze-nze, performed by Aka Pygmies; Blood of Eden, written and performed by Peter Gabriel; Breakin' the Rules, written and performed by Robbie Robertson; Lagoons, performed by Gondwanaland; Travelin' Light, performed by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra; The Twist, performed by Chubby Checker; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, performed by Elvis Presley; La Vieil Homme De La Mer, performed by Laurent Petitgand.

 
Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Jean-Charles Dumay, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Oesterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Diogo Dória, Amália Rodrigues, Elena Prudnikova, Jinzhan Zhang, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Kanbe, Yugi Ogata, Miwako Fujitani, Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Allen Garfield, Alec Jason, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, David Gulpilil, Fred Welsh, Charlie McMahon, Alfred Lynch, Jeanne Moreau, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Max von Sydow, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston, Susan Leith, Detlef Winterberg, Jean-Marie Rase, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Sylvette Dommartin, Peter Przygodda, Barbara Wenders, Hella Wenders, Michael Wenders, Erika Rabau, Lothar Wildhirth, Kazuhiko Uemura, Eric Beaver, Jerry Barrish, Michelle Cook, Bob Stewart, David Byrne, Tom Farrell, Tom Waits.