Happy Birthday: Jean Arthur (1900–1991)

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Jean Arthur (1900–1991)

Born: October 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Died: June 19, 1991 (age 90) in Carmel, California, USA

I bumped into every kind of disappointment, and was frustrated at every turn. Roles promised me were given to other players, pictures that offered me a chance were shelved, no one was particularly interested in me, and I had not developed a strength of personality to make anyone believe I had special talents. I wanted so desperately to succeed that I drove myself relentlessly, taking no time off for pleasures, or for friendships – yet aiming at the stars, I was still floundering.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
dir. Frank Capra
starring
Gary Cooper
Arthur

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
dir. Frank Capra
starring
James Stewart
Arthur

The Talk of the Town
1942
dir. George Stevens
starring
Cary Grant
rthur

Shane, dir. George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Jack Palance

Shane
1953
dir. George Stevens
starring
Alan Ladd
Arthur
Jack Palance

You Can’t Take it With You
1938
dir. Frank Capra
starring
Arthur
James Stewart

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Happy Birthday: Rob Marshall

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Rob Marshall

Born: October 17, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Maybe it took a little time, or we’re a little late, but finally we’re recognizing that international stars are fantastic. They’re the greatest actors in the world, and few people know that.

As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you’re going to be doing it for two years.

Nine
2009
dir. Marshall
Stars:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Marion Cotillard
Penélope Cruz

CHICAGO
2002
dir. Rob Marshall
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
dir. Rob Marshall
Stars:
Johnny Depp
Penélope Cruz

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Happy Birthday: Montgomery Clift (1920–1966)

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Montgomery Clift (1920–1966)

Born: October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died: July 23, 1966 (age 45) in New York City, New York, USA

I Confess
1953
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Cliff
Karl Malden

From Here to Eternity
1953
dir. Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Montgomery Clift

Suddenly Last Summer
1959
dir. Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor
Katherine Hepburn

The Misfits
1961
dir. John Huston
Starring
Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe

A PLACE IN THE SUN
1951
dir. George Stevens
Stars:Elizabeth Taylor

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Happy Birthday: Michael McKean

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Michael McKean

Born: October 17, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Annette O’Toole (20 March 1999 – present)

[describing how he and wife Annette O’Toole go about writing a song’s music and lyrics] When we’ve done it – and this sounds like I’m talking about sex, doesn’t it? – we’ve done it every way you can.

This is Spinal Tap
1984
dir. Rob Reiner
Starring
Michael McKean
Christopher Guest

Whatever Works
2009
dir. Allen
Starring
David
Evan Rachel Wood

PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
1987
dir. John Hughes
Stars:
Steve Martin
John Candy

Mask
1985
dir. by Peter Bogdanovich
starring
Eric Stoltz
Cher

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Happy Birthday: Rita Hayworth (1918–1987)

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Rita Hayworth (1918–1987)

Born: October 17, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 14, 1987 (age 68) in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: James Hill (2 February 1958 – 7 September 1961) (divorced)
Dick Haymes (24 September 1953 – 12 December 1955) (divorced)
Prince Aly Khan (27 May 1949 – 26 January 1953) (divorced) (1 child)
Orson Welles (7 September 1943 – 1 December 1948) (divorced) (1 child)
Edward Charles Holmgren Judson (29 May 1937 – 22 May 1942) (divorced)

Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today’s starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.

GIRLS CAN PLAY
1937
dir. Lambert Hillyer
Stars:
Julie Bishop
Charles Quigley

Gilda
1946
dir. by Charles Vidor
starring
Hayworth
Glenn Ford

Pal Joey
1957
dir. George Sidney
Starring
Frank Sinatra
Hayworth
Kim Novak

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Happy Birthday: Margot Kidder

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Margot Kidder

Born: October 17, 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

I guess I came to terms with my demons. Or else I’d be in big trouble, wouldn’t I? Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that’s human nature. I’ll tell you, being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst. But you take the cards you’re dealt, and I got better. I’m now ferociously healthy in body and mind. You couldn’t pay me to go near a psychiatrist again. Stopping seeing them was my first step to getting well.

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Happy Birthday: Max Irons

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Max Irons

Born: October 17, 1985 in Camden, London, England, UK

I suppose I was about 15 when I started getting roles, and we have this thing at my school that’s a festival, and I did a play and I just thought, This is as much fun as you can legally have. And then I applied to drama school, which is quite a competitive business in England, and I managed to get it, and it boosted my confidence a little bit. It was a gradual thing, there was no epiphany moment.

THE HOST
2013
dir. Andrew Niccol
Stars:
Saoirse Ronan
Diane Kruger

Dorian Gray
dir. Oliver Parker
Starring
Colin Firth
Ben Barnes

RED RIDING HOOD
dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Stars:
Amanda Seyfried
Lukas Haas

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Happy Birthday: Flea

October 16, 2016 festreviews Happy Birthday, Uncategorized actors, Flea, Happy Birthday

Flea

Born: October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Married to: Frankie Rayder (2005 – present) (1 child)

[on his acting role in Back to the Future Part II (1989)] It was okay. I mean, I didn’t really like the film very much. I wasn’t happy with my performance in it either, but, you know, it’s basically a multi-million dollar piece of trash.

[on Weird ‘Al’ Yankovic’s “Bedrock Anthem”, a parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” and “Give It Away Now”] I didn’t think it was very good. I mean “Yabba, dabba do”? I don’t know. What did you think?… I mean I like “Weird” Al, but everyone has swung and missed. Except for me of course.

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Happy Birthday: Suzanne Somers

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Suzanne Somers

Born: October 16, 1946 in San Bruno, California, USA

Married to: Alan Hamel (11 November 1977 – present)
Bruce Somers (14 April 1965 – 1968) (divorced) (1 child)

In 1970, she auditioned for Playboy’s Playmate of the Month and got as far as a test series of photos taken in the Mexican jungle. She was fully nude except for a gold chain around her waist. Playboy decided not to use her at the time, but paid her $3,000 for the test. After she became a star on Three’s Company (1976), Playboy published the entire series of photos and the handwritten Data Sheet that each potential Playmate fills out (in which she gives the year of her birth as 1947). At the time of its publication, she was a popular (and for her, lucrative) spokeswoman in a series of TV commercials for Ace Hardware. Following the publication of the pictures, Ace abruptly fired her, citing the contract’s morals clause.

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Happy Birthday: Paul Sparks

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Paul Sparks

Born: October 16, 1971 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

He is an actor, known for Mud (2012), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Synecdoche, New York (2008). He is married to Annie Parisse. They have two children.

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