May 11, 1931 – Fritz Lang’s first sound film, M (Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder), starring Peter Lorre, opened in Berlin on this date. Fritz Lang’s cruelty to the actors was legendary. Peter Lorre was thrown down the stairs into the cellar over a dozen times. When Lang wanted to hire Lorre for Human DesireContinue reading “M premiered”
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The last burst of the British Empire
May 11, 1969 –It’s … the day the Monty Python comedy troupe was formed. John Cleese and Graham Chapman were introduced to Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin on the set of their British TV series, Do Not Adjust Your Set.
Fears Not Faced Become Limits
Today is World Lupus Day, created to help us understand that this seemingly random grab bag of symptoms is actually a debilitating, chronic autoimmune disease suffered by approximately 5 million people worldwide, with 1.5 million of them living in the United States alone. Awareness events for World Lupus Day are held in most of theContinue reading “Fears Not Faced Become Limits”
Hope you are all enjoying your special day
In case you didn’t get you mom a great gift, you can remind her that you will probably be helping with her nursing home costs. The United States celebrates Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May. In the United States, Mother’s Day was loosely inspired by the British version of the day and wasContinue reading “Hope you are all enjoying your special day”
Another Kaiju release by Toho Studios
May 10, 1962 – The Toho studios classic monster movie Mothra (the original Japanese title was Mosura) was released on a double bill with The Three Stooges in Orbit in the U.S. on this date. This is the first Japanese monster film in which the monster doesn’t get “killed” at the end.
Twister premiered
May 10, 1996 –The disaster film, Twister, directed by Jan de Bont and starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, and Cary Elwes, debuted on this date. The production bought eight blocks of houses in the old downtown area of the real town of Wakita, Oklahoma, for $7,000 to $10,000 per house. These houses andContinue reading “Twister premiered”
Porky’s Ant premiered
May 10, 1941 –The Looney Tunes short, Porky’s Ant, directed by Chuck Jones, starring Porky Pig, debuted on this date. This short is no longer aired due to ethnic stereotypes This cartoon was colorized twice-once in 1968 in a redrawn version and again in a computer-colorized version in 1990.
Farm Frolics premiered
May 10, 1941 –The Merrie Melodies short, Farm Frolics, directed by Bob Clampett, debuted on this date. This is one of the only two color cartoons that Bob Clampett made with his original unit, the other one being Goofy Groceries (the first color cartoon he ever directed) earlier that year.
Rabbit Transit premiered
May 10, 1947 – The Looney Tunes short, Rabbit Transit, directed by Friz Freleng, starring Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle, debuted on this date. TThis is the second time Cecil is seen without his shell, the first time being in Tortoise Beats Hare”. Unlike that cartoon, where Cecil is seen wearing underwear underneath his shell,Continue reading “Rabbit Transit premiered”
Feather Bluster premiered
May 10, 1958 – The Merrie Melodies short, Feather Bluster, directed by Bob McKimson, Foghorn Leghorn and the barnyard dog, debuted on this date. Although both characters have grandkids, no mention is made of their spouses or their children (who are parents of the grandchildren).
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