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Today is National Black Cow Day – Everybody grab a root beer float today and run around to celebrate. Especially if you add bourbon to the drink. According to several websites, the Black Cow was made by Frank J. Wisner, of Cripple Creek, Colo., in 1893. He was already making sodas for the people ofContinue reading “Down to Greene Street”

June 10, 1939 – MGM released the first cartoon in the Barney Bear series, The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep, on this date. Barney Bear was a character patterned after actor Wallace Beery, a character actor known for playing gruff but lovable characters, as well as the occasional villain.

June 10, 1933 –The charming Merrie Melodies short, I Like Mountain Music, directed by Rudolf Ising, was released on this date. The cartoon contains caricatures of popular personalities of the period include Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers, Ed Wynn, Edward G. Robinson, George Arliss, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and King Kong.

June 10, 1975 – The comedy, Love and Death, directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen, and Diane Keaton, opened on this date. The movie is considered a spoof of the Russian novel, particularly the works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky, particularly The Idiot, The Gambler, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Crime andContinue reading “Love and Death premiered”

June 10, 1968 – The classic romantic drama, Petulia, directed by Richard Lester and starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Joseph Cotten, and Richard Chamberlain, opened on this date. The radical editing techniques employed by the film were the subject of many angry exchanges between director Richard Lester and Rudi Fehr,Continue reading “Petulia premiered”

Today is International Archives Day. Don’t worry about how to celebrate the holiday correctly, the various Congressional, Senate and Independent committees already has all the information you might need. So you can just go about your business; They’re already on the case. Take it from your doctor and check out Archives.gov (or Archive.org); just aboutContinue reading “Inspiring but overwhelming”

June 9, 1962 –The thriller, Experiment in Terror, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin, opened on this date. Blake Edwards was a fan of Alfred Hitchcock as evidenced by his homage to his filmmaking such as in the telephonic terror of Dial M for Murder, theContinue reading “Experiment in Terror premiered”

June 9, 1947 –Another of Orson Welles‘ (The patron saint of Independent film makers) mangled studio films The Lady from Shanghai was released on this date. Orson Welles’ original rough cut of this picture ran 155 minutes (the released version ran 92 minutes). Numerous cuts made by Columbia Pictures executives included a shortening of theContinue reading “But, you know, I’m pretty tired of both of us.”

June 9, 1945 – The last appearance of a ‘nude‘ Tweety and before his famous pairing with Sylvester, A Gruesome Twosome, was released in the US on this date. Tweety rides on the back of a classic Vaudeville style horse in a salute to the popular radio drama The Lone Ranger.

June 9, 1934 –92 years ago today, an American legend made his first appearance on the silver screen. The Silly Symphony short The Wise Little Hen premiered; it star, resplendent in his trademark sailor jacket and cap. Since then, he has appeared in over 450 films in more than 200 languages, held lead roles inContinue reading “The first time we met Donald”