Month: July 2016

Died Today (July 5th): Actor Carole Landis (1919–1948)

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carolelandis.jpgHappy Birthday actor Carole Landis (1919–1948)

Born: January 1, 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, USA

Died: July 5, 1948 (age 29) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Her final two films, Brass Monkey (1948) and Noose (1948) were released in 1948. On July 5, 1948, Carole committed suicide by taking an overdose of Seconal in her Brentwood Heights, California, home. She was only 29 and had made 49 pictures, most of which were, unfortunately, forgettable. If Hollywood moguls had given Carole a chance, she could have been one of the brightest stars in its history.

IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH
1942
dir. Ray McCarey
Stars:
Lloyd Nolan
Carole Landis

 

Died Today (July 5th): Director Leo McCarey

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leomccareyBorn: October 3, 1896 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: July 5, 1969 (age 72) in Santa Monica, California, USA

Leo McCarey: Born in Los Angeles in 1896, McCarey began his career as an assistant director and helming shorts. At this time, he was responsible for the first on-screen pairing of Laurel and Hardy.

Excelling in the comedy genre, he worked with stars from the Marx Brothers to W.C. Fields; Leo later focused on more socially-conscious material.

Nominated for eight Oscars, he won three – two for 1945’s Going My Way (Directing and Writing), and Best Director for 1938’s The Awful Truth. Leo McCarey died in 1969.

An Affair to Remember
1957
dir. McCarey
starring
Grant
Deborah Kerr		 Duck SoupDuck Soup
1933
dir. McCarey
starring
The Marx Bros
The Awful TruthThe Awful Truth
1937
dir. McCarey
starring
Irene Dunne
Grant

 

Happy Birthday: Huey Lewis

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hueylewis.jpgHappy Birthday musician Huey Lewis

Born: July 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Sidney Conroy (1983 – present) (2 children)

“The Power of Love” from Back to the Future (1985) earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.

On Elvis: A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis’ keep getting better and better.

Happy Birthday: Mike Cahill

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mikecahillHappy Birthday director Mike Cahill

Born: July 5, 1979 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

[on the concept of Another Earth (2011)] I think we were wrestling with the idea of the loneliness of life. You may have great close friends, a great lover or a great family, but there are certain things that you have got to deal with yourself. There’s this inner monologue inside your head.. What if it were externalized?

 

 

PERSECUTED
2014
dir. MIKE CAHILL
Stars:
James Remar
Dean Stockwell

movie posterANOTHER EARTH
2011
dir. Mike Cahill
Stars
Brit Marling
William Mapother

 

Happy Birthday: Shirley Knight

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shirleyknight.jpgHappy Birthday actor Shirley Knight

Born: July 5, 1936 in Goessel, Kansas, USA

Married to: John Hopkins (1969 – 23 July 1998) (his death) (1 child)
Eugene Persson (14 March 1959 – 1969) (divorced) (1 child)

[on David Janssen, with whom she worked on 3 episodes of The Fugitive (1963)]: I loved him. He was so sweet. I felt sorry for him toward the end. Now they have several people as leads in a show, they have these huge casts, but David was that show. He had those long, long, long hours, and a role where he was always doing physical things.

OUR IDIOT BROTHER
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Paul Rudd
Elizabeth Banks
ANGEL EYESAngel Eyes
2001
dir. Luis Manoki
Starring
Lopez
Jeremy Sisto
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
dir. Steve Carr
Starring
Kevin James
Jayma Mays
AS GOOD AS IT GETSAs Good as it Gets
1997
dir. James L Brooks
starring
Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Greg Kinnear

 

Happy Birthday: Warren Oates (1928–1982)

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warrenoatesHappy Birthday actor Warren Oates (1928–1982)

Born: July 5, 1928 in Depoy, Kentucky, USA

Died: April 3, 1982 (age 53) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Judy A. Jones (24 August 1977 – 3 April 1982) (his death)
Vickery Turner (21 June 1969 – 16 November 1974) (divorced)
Teddy Louise Farmer (22 August 1959 – 7 November 1966) (divorced) (3 children)
Roberta (Bobbie) Ellis (27 July 1957 – 24 July 1959) (divorced)

 

THE WILD BUNCH
1969
dir. Sam Peckinpah
Starring:
William Holden
Ernest Borgnine
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIABring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
dir. by Sam Peckinpah
starring
Warren Oates
COCKFIGHTER
1974
dir. Monte Hellman
Starring
Warren Oates
Richard B. Shull
MOVIE POSTER1941
1979
dir. Steven Spielberg
Stars:
James Belushi
Dan Aykroyd		 CaddyshackStripes
1981
dir. Ivan Reitman
starring
Bill Murray
Harold Ramis

 

Happy Birthday: RZA

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rzaHappy Birthday actor RZA

Born: July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Talani Rabb (29 August 2009 – present)

Put two Wu-Tang reunion albums up for development, though to be distributed differently: one to be commercially offered, and one to be auctioned off as a single piece to the highest bidder.

Has had numerous record labels of his own including WuMusic Group, Soul Temple records, Razor Sharp, and Wutang Productions.

THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS
2012
dir. RZA
Stars:
Russell Crowe
Cung Le		 COFFEE AND CIGARETTESCoffee and Cigarettes
2003
dir. Jarmusch
Starring
Roberto Benigni
Cate Blanchett

THE NEXT THREE DAYSTHE NEXT THREE DAYS
dir. Paul Haggis
Stars:
Russell Crowe
Elizabeth Banks		 DUE DATEDUE DATE
dir. Todd Phillips
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.
Zach Galifianakis
American Gangster
2007
dir. Scott
Starring
Crowe
Denzel Washington		 MOVIE POSTERCALIFORNICATION
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FUNNY PEOPLEFUNNY PEOPLE
2009
dir. Apatow
Starring
Adam Sandler
Seth Rogan
Leslie Mann		 MOVIE POSTERBRICK MANSIONS
2014
dir. Camille Delamarre
Stars:
Paul Walker
David Belle

 

Happy Birthday: Katherine Helmond

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katherinehelmond.jpgHappy Birthday actor Katherine Helmond

Born: July 5, 1929 in Galveston, Texas, USA

Married to:
David Christian (1962 – present)

In 1983 she studied at the Directing Workshop of the American Film Institute and then directed four episodes of the series Benson (1979) as well as episodes of Who’s the Boss? (1984). She also picked up Emmy nominations for her role as Mona Robinson, a liberated grandmother in “Who’s the Boss?”, and as Lois in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). Although Helmond has been a bona-fide TV star since her “Soap” days, she continued working on stage in the 2000s and was acclaimed for her performances in “The Vagina Monologues”.

Happy Birthday: Pruitt Taylor Vince

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pruitttaylorvince.jpgHappy Birthday actor Pruitt Taylor Vince

Born: July 5, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Married to:
Julianne Mattelig (24 May 2003 – present)

When Pruitt Taylor Vince won the 1997 Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Murder One (1995), he beat Ewan McGregor and such top-drawer thespians as Oscar-winners Alan Arkin and Louis Gossett Jr. and Oscar nominee William H. Macy for the award.

DRIVE ANGRY 3D
dir. Patrick Lussier
Stars:
Nicolas Cage
Amber Heard
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
1996
dir. Ted Demme
Stars:
Timothy Hutton
Matt Dillon		 ConstantineConstantine
2005
dir. by Francis Lawrence
starring
Reeves
Rachel Weisz
BUTTER
dir. Jim Field Smith
Stars:
Jennifer Garner
Yara Shahidi

 

Happy Birthday: Ryan Hansen

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ryanhansen.jpgHappy Birthday actor Ryan Hansen

Born: July 5, 1981 in San Diego, California, USA

Married to: Amy Hansen (? – ?) (2 children)

In 2014, he appeared in two television shows with titles beginning with the word “Bad,” which also had female title characters and were canceled after 13 episodes. He was a regular cast member on Bad Teacher (2014), which premiered in early 2014, with Ari Graynor portraying the title character and on Bad Judge (2014), which premiered in late 2014, with Kate Walsh portraying the title character.