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June 19, 1963 – Columbia Pictures’ classic Ray Harryhausen fantasy film Jason and the Argonauts, directed by Don Chaffey and starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, and Laurence Naismith, was released in the U.S. on this date. While filming footage of the Argo off the coast of Italy, a replica of the Golden HindContinue reading “Jason and the Argonauts premiered”

June 19, 1957 –The classic 50s teenage-horror film, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, starring Michael Landon, premiered on this date. American International Pictures released this on a double bill with Invasion of the Saucer Men with the tag line “We DARE You To See The Most Amazing Pictures of Our Time!“

If you find yourself lost, begin to make a martini. Soon, someone will arrive to show you how to make it differently – the British Army Officers Survival Manual It may not make life’s problems disappear, but it’ll certainly reduce their size. – Frank Sinatra (or Dean Martin) The three-martini lunch is the epitome ofContinue reading “Can you hear those glasses chilling?”

June 18, 1948 –Goodbye to our old 78’s A CBS employee named Edward Wallerstein walked into a room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York with Goddard Lieberson, the president of Columbia Records and publicly unveiled its new long-playing phonograph record, the 33 1/3, on this date. Unlike the standard 10-inch 78 rpm record, whichContinue reading “Vinyl is the real deal”

June 18, 1959 –Fred Zinnemann’s quiet religious drama The Nun’s Story, starring Audrey Hepburn, Colleen Dewhurst, Dean Jagger, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Finch, and Edith Evans, premiered in NYC on this date. The role of Sister Luke was suggested for Ingrid Bergman but Bergman herself said she was too old for the role and instead proposedContinue reading “The Nun’s Story premiered”

June 18, 1947 –The romantic supernatural story, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring, Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, and George Saunders, was released on this date. Gene Tierney’s first approach to the character of Lucy Muir was playful, almost screwball. After a conference between Twentieth Century Fox studio head DarrylContinue reading “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir premiered”

June 07, 1941 – The Looney Tunes short, Suppressed Duck, directed by Bob McKimson and starring Daffy Duck, was released on this date. The short is notable as the final Looney Tunes cartoon where Daffy Duck has a completely solo role..

June 18, 1977 –Fleetwood Mac’s third single from their album Rumours, Dreams, hit the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Dreams sold more than one million copies and was the band’s only No. 1 hit. During the sessions for Rumours, everyone in the band was going through a breakup (Stevie Nicks and LindseyContinue reading “Now here you go again”