May 30th, 1963 –A classic drive-in movie from Roger Corman, The Terror, starring Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, and Sandra Knight, opened on this date. Roger Corman shot the bulk of the film in four days, but the second-unit work was filmed over a nine month period by five directors, Francis Ford Coppola, Dennis Jakob, MonteContinue reading “The Terror premiered”
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral premiered
May 30, 1957 –Another earlier version of Brokeback Mountain, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by John Sturges and starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, opened on this date Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster had worked together in I Walk Alone, and often saw each other at various Hollywood functions. But, as Douglas recounted inContinue reading “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral premiered”
Naughty but Mice premiered
May 30, 1939 – The Merrie Melodies short, Naughty but Mice, directed by Chuck Jones, starring Sniffles, debuted on this date. The short was the first appearance of Sniffles. <br /
Bingo Crosbyana premiered
May 30, 1936 – The Merrie Melodies short, Bingo Crosbyana, directed by Friz Freleng, debuted on this date. The short prompted a lawsuit from Bing Crosby against Warner Bros. for having a cowardly character in the cartoon based on his voice and image.
Searching for the right support
On May 30, 1889, the world’s first bra was (allegedly) invented. Breasts are an essential feature among mammals, allowing mothers to nurture their young during protracted infancies. No infancy is longer than that of the human species – particularly that of the American male, which often lasts until death. Breasts, of course, are not justContinue reading “Searching for the right support”
Remember when you were young?
May 29, 1995 –Pink Floyd released their third live album, a 2-CD album, Pulse, in the U.K., on this date Pink Floyd toured in support of their recent album, The Division Bell, for eight months between March and October 1994. The album was the live, double CD document of that tour.
It was some night out
May 29, 1913 —Imagine, if you will, that you live in Paris and that, after a hard day of not working and drinking heavily (it’s what most of the idle rich did in Paris at the time, in between bouts of sodomy, while they waited around for Marcel Proust to finish writing that damn bookContinue reading “It was some night out”
Another from Hitchcock during his prime
May 29, 1954 – During the first 3-D craze of the 50s, Alfred Hitchcock releases his masterpiece, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, on this date. Warner Bros. insisted on shooting the movie in 3-D, although the craze was fading and Alfred Hitchcock was sure the movie would be released flat. Hitchcock wanted the first shot toContinue reading “Another from Hitchcock during his prime”
All this and Raymond Burr, too
May 29, 1957 – Try to follow along – On November 3, 1954, Japan released Gojira (Godzilla), the greatest fever dream and anti nuclear proliferation film ever made. On April 26, 1956, an American version of the film, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, was released. It had 40 minutes of the original excised (mostly theContinue reading “All this and Raymond Burr, too”
Hope you got to see it last night
If you didn’t get a chance to catch the sunset last night, don’t worry – Manhattanhenge happens again tonight at 8:13 pm EDT, (It might be cloudy though,) and then again on July 11 and 12.
