Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday: George C. Scott (1927–1999)

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georgecscottGeorge C. Scott (1927–1999)

Born: October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, USA
Died: September 22, 1999 (age 71) in Westlake Village, California, USA

Married to: Trish Van Devere (14 September 1972 – 22 September 1999) (his death)
Colleen Dewhurst (4 July 1967 – 2 February 1972) (divorced)
Colleen Dewhurst (1960 – 1965) (divorced) (2 children)
Patricia Reed (1 March 1955 – 5 June 1960) (divorced) (2 children)
Carolyn Hughes (30 August 1951 – 1 January 1955) (divorced) (1 child)

[when asked for suggestions on how to judge acting] I have three tests. First, which dominates, the character or the actor? With very few exceptions it should be the character. Second, on film – as opposed to stage – we’re pretty much playing basic emotions: love, anger, fear, pity. So the trick is whether you can come up with any fresh choices to present these common emotions. Third – and this is the quality that separates the great ones from the good ones – I look for a “joy of performing” quality. Who had that quality? As much as anyone, Jimmy Cagney [James Cagney].

Anatomy of a Murder
1959
dir. Otto Preminger
Starring
James Stewart
Ben Gazzara		 HustlerThe Hustler
1961
dir. by Robert Rossen
starring
Paul Newman
Jackie Gleason
DR STRANGELOVEDr. Strangelove
1964
dir. Stanley Kubrick
starring
Peter Sellers
Scott		 MOVIE POSTERTAPS
1981
dir. Harold Becker
Starring:
George C. Scott
Timothy Hutton

 

PATTONPatton
1970
dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast
George C Scott
Karl Madden		 The ChangelingThe Changeling
1980
dir. by Peter Medak
starring
Melvin Douglas
FIRESTARTERFirestarter
1984
dir. Mark L Lester
Starring
David Keith
Drew Barrymore		 MOVIETHE HINDENBURG
1975
dir. Robert Wise
Starring:
George C. Scott
Anne Bancroft
MOVIE POSTERTHE EXORCIST III
1990
dir. by William Peter Blatty
Stars:
George C. Scott
Ed Flanders >
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Happy Birthday: Arthur Miller (1915–2005)

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arthurmiller.jpgArthur Miller (1915–2005)

Born: October 17, 1915 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 10, 2005 (age 89) in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA

Married to: Inge Morath (17 February 1962 – 30 January 2002) (her death) (2 children)
Marilyn Monroe (29 June 1956 – 20 January 1961) (divorced)
Mary Grace Slattery (5 August 1940 – 11 June 1956) (divorced) (2 children)

[on Marilyn Monroe] If she was simple, it would have been easy to help her. She could have made it with a little luck.

[on approaches to acting] ‘The Method’ is in the air. The actor is defending himself from the Philistine, vulgar public. I had a girl in ‘After the Fall’ I couldn’t hear. I kept on saying, ‘I can’t hear you’. She finally got furious and said to me, in effect, that she was acting the truth, and that she was not going to prostitute herself to the audience. That was the living end.
[on working in radio with Orson Welles]: I was amazed at Welles’s genius with the microphone; he seemed to climb into it, his word-carving voice winding into one’s brain. No actor had such intimacy and sheer presence in a loudspeaker.
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Happy Birthday: Jean Arthur (1900–1991)

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jeanarthur.jpgJean 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 WASHINGTONMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
dir. Frank Capra
starring
James Stewart
Arthur
THE TALK OF THE TOWNThe Talk of the Town
1942
dir. George Stevens
starring
Cary Grant
rthur		 Shane, dir. George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Jack PalanceShane
1953
dir. George Stevens
starring
Alan Ladd
Arthur
Jack Palance
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOUYou 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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robmarshallRob 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 TidesPirates 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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montgomeryclift.jpgMontgomery 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 ETERNITYFrom 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 MISFITSThe Misfits
1961
dir. John Huston
Starring
Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe		 MOVIE POSTERA PLACE IN THE SUN
1951
dir. George Stevens
Stars:Elizabeth Taylor

 

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Happy Birthday: Mike Judge

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mikejudge.jpgMike Judge

Born: October 17, 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador

[on the characters in ‘Silicon Valley’] These type of people, had they been born 200 years ago, would not be the wealthiest people in the world. You look at whoever the richest person in television is today, and they probably spent 20 or 30 years just working their asses off, staying up until three in the morning, writing episodes. And then you look at the Tumblr guy who’s a billionaire. There are these guys in college who were smart but introverted people who suddenly have a billion dollars, and they’re still socially awkward. That’s just great for comedy.

Office Space
1999
dir. Judge
Starring
Ron Livingston
Jennifer Aniston
EXTRACT Movie PosterExtract
2009
dir. Judge
Starring
Jason Bateman
Krista Wiig
Ben Affleck		 MOVIE POSTERIDIOCRACY
2006
dir. Mike Judge
Stars:
Luke Wilson
Maya Rudolph
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Happy Birthday: Michael McKean

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michaelmckean.jpgMichael 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 TAPThis is Spinal Tap
1984
dir. Rob Reiner
Starring
Michael McKean
Christopher Guest		 WHATEVER WORKS Movie PosterWhatever Works
2009
dir. Allen
Starring
David
Evan Rachel Wood

MOVIE POSTERPLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
1987
dir. John Hughes
Stars:
Steve Martin
John Candy		 MaskMask
1985
dir. by Peter Bogdanovich
starring
Eric Stoltz
Cher
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Happy Birthday: Rita Hayworth (1918–1987)

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ritahayworth.jpgRita 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		 GILDAGilda
1946
dir. by Charles Vidor
starring
Hayworth
Glenn Ford
PAL JOEYPal Joey
1957
dir. George Sidney
Starring
Frank Sinatra
Hayworth
Kim Novak
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Happy Birthday: Eminem

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eminemEminem

Born: October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Birth Name Marshall Bruce Mathers III

You can’t control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it’s the music I love and it’s the music I respect. I respect the culture…that’s me

“It doesn’t exactly feel like a shock, but it’s all new to me, and I’m taking it in as it comes.” –On his rise to stardom.

 

 

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Happy Birthday: Margot Kidder

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margotkidder.jpgMargot 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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