July 28 1993 –The 20th Century Fox comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, directed by Mel Brooks, and starring Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle (in his film debut), Isaac Hayes, and Tracey Ullman, was released on this date. Cary Elwes based his performance in The Princess Bride on Errol Flynn’sContinue reading “Robin Hood: Men in Tights premiered”
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Kids premiered
July 28 1995 – The independent coming-of-age drama, Kids, directed by Larry Clark, and starring Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, and Rosario Dawson, was released on this date. The film received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA (no one under 18 admitted). Clark appealed the rating, and lost. The MPAA recommend that Clark notContinue reading “Kids premiered”
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival
Today is National Buffalo Soldiers Day. The holiday celebrating the contributions of some of the earliest African-American troops in the United States military. The U.S. Congress recognizes the contributions of the more than 180,000 black Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War, by passing legislation known as the Army Organization Act,Continue reading “Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival”
Night of the Hunter premiered
July 27, 1958 – The gothic thriller, Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, (his only directorial feature,) and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, and Peter Graves, opened on this date. The film opened to negative reviews. It is now considered one of the greatest films ever made.Continue reading “Night of the Hunter premiered”
Mighty Joe Young premiered
July 27, 1949 – The RKO Radio Picture , Mighty Joe Young, made by the same creative team responsible for King Kong, opened in New York City on this date, (in fact, when Joe smashes through the facade during the nightclub riot, the first scream you hear is that of Fay Wray, stock audio fromContinue reading “Mighty Joe Young premiered”
Say, you wouldn’t be that scwewy wabbit, would you?
July 27, 1940 – Bugs Bunny made his debut in a cartoon called A Wild Hare, on this day. Warner Brothers’ writers and animators set out to make a rabbit who would be the epitome of cool. They modeled bugs on Groucho Marx with a carrot instead of a cigar. Mel Blanc gave him aContinue reading “Say, you wouldn’t be that scwewy wabbit, would you?”
There Must Be An Angel topped the charts
July 27, 1985 –The Eurythmics’ song There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) went to No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date, the duo’s only UK No.1 single. The song features Stevie Wonder, who provides the harmonica solo. Wonder worked on this own schedule, so when Annie Lennox and Dave StewartContinue reading “There Must Be An Angel topped the charts”
That’s a big noise
July 26, 2015 –In a field just outside of Cesena, Italy, 1000 musicians and singers play Foo Fighters Learn to Fly simultaneously with the dream of attracting the band to play a show in their city for the first time in nearly 20 years. On November 3, 2015, the Foo Fighters performed a 27-song setContinue reading “That’s a big noise”
No time to say “Hello, Goodbye”
July 26, 1951 – Walt Disney’s 13th animated feature, Alice in Wonderland, premiered in the UK and New York City on this date. Continuing the pattern of film versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland not being commercially successful, this movie was a huge box office failure. However, it did become something of a cult filmContinue reading “No time to say “Hello, Goodbye””
Dog Tales premiered
July 26, 1958 – The Looney Tunes short, Dog Tales, directed by Bob McKimson, was released on this date.< Victor Barky (the Great Dane pianist) is a play on Victor Borge – perhaps as no surprise, one of Borge’s nicknames was ‘The Great Dane‘.
