28 February 2022

Bernadette Peters

 Bernadette Peters was born on February 28th, 1948 in New York City. 

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters 

The Jerk (1979) with Steve Martin

Heartbeeps (1981) with Andy Kaufman

1980 album cover painted by Vargas


27 February 2022

The Xavier Cugat Show

On February 27th, 1957, The Xavier Cugat Show premiered on NBC. 

The Xavier Cugat Show

The only prime-time network show to begin with an “X” until…

The X-Files

Xavier Cugat



26 February 2022

The Crazies (2010)

 On February 26th, 2010, the remake of George Romero’s 1973 The Crazies was released. 

The Crazies (2010)

Cult horror actress Lynn Lowry was the only returning cast member from the original with a small cameo role. 

Lynn Lowry


25 February 2022

Christopher George

 Christopher George was born on February 25th, 1931 in Royal Oak, Michigan. 

Christopher George (1931-1983)

Married to Lynda Day George 
from 1970 to his death in 1983

Day of the Animals (1977)
with Ruth Roman and Lynda
Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead
Lynda and Christopher in his
final film role Mortuary in 1983


24 February 2022

Evelyn Guerrero

 Evelyn Guerrero was born on February 24th, 1949 in San Diego, California. 

Evelyn Guerrero 

The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie (1980)

 
With Paul Reubens as the Hamburger man
in Nice Dreams (1981)

Things Are Tough Every Over (1982)

In the original pilot for
Star Trek: The Next Generation
 (1987)

The first Latina to pose nude in Playboy
September 1980

Married to Pat Morita from 1994
to his death in 2005


23 February 2022

Majel Barrett

 Majel Barrett, the “First Lady of Star Trek” was born on February 23rd, 1932 in  level and, Ohio. 

Majel Barrett (1932-2008)

She has appeared in almost every series or film in either voice or character, including videos games, series, films. 

Even in the latest reboot posthumously. 


Majel and Gene Roddenberry
married from 1969 until his death in 1991.
They have a son. 

Number 1 in The Star Trek Pilot: The Cage (1966)

Star Trek (1966-1969)
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and Majel Barrett 

Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett

Marina Sirtis and Majel Barrett
in Star Trek: The Next Generation


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22 February 2022

Dwight Frye

 Dwight Frye was born on February 22nd, 1899 in Salina, Kansas. 

Dwight Frye (1899-1943)

As R.M. Renfield in Dracula (1931) with
Bela Lugosi
David Manner , 
Edward Van Sloan and Helen Chandler



With Boris Karloff
in Frankenstein (1931)

The Vampire Bat (1933)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)



21 February 2022

The Hitcher (1986)

 The Hitcher was released nationwide on February 21st, 1986. 

The Hitcher (1986)

Written by Eric Red who also wrote Near Dark (1987) with Kathryn Bigelow. Directed by Robert Harmon. 

Rutger Hauer

Starring C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rutger Hauer

Eric Red’s original script was 190 pages long and reportedly packed full of murder, gore and sex. Like eyeballs in burgers type stuff. Let’s all takes a moment to consider what that might have been like on the screen.

It spawned a direct to DVD sequel, The Hitcher II, I’ve Been Waiting in 2003 (with C. Thomas Howell returning) and a remake in 2007. 

The Hitcher II,
I’ve Been Waiting (2003
)

The Hitcher (2007)

20 February 2022

Bramwell Fletcher

 Bramwell Fletcher was born on February 20th, 1904 in West Yorkshire, England. 

Bramwell Fletcher (1904-1988)

Svengali (1931)
with Marian Marsh and John Barrymore

The Mummy (1932) with Boris Karloff 

The Monkey’s Paw (1933)

Helen Chandler (married 1935 to 1940)

Diana Barrymore (married 1942 to 1946)


19 February 2022

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke was born on February 19th, 1893 in Worcestershire, England. 


Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964)

The Ghoul (1933)
with Boris Karloff
and Ernest Thesiger

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) with Charles Laughton

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
with Bela Lugosi