Stuff I like
Sally Kirkland was born on October 31st, 1941 in New York City.
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| Sally Kirkland |
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| Coming Apart (1969) with Rip Torn |
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| Crazy Mama (1975) |
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| Human Highway (1982) with Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper |
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| Double Exposure (1982) with Cleavon Little |
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| Fatal Games (1984) |
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| Cold Feet (1989) |
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| Revenge (1990) |
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| Double Threat (1992) |
Also on this date:
Punk band Fear gets banned from SNL in 1971
Michael Chrichton’s Looker was released on October 30th, 1981.
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| Looker |
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| Susan Dey and Albert Finley |
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| Leigh Taylor-Young and James Coburn |
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| Terri Welles |
Also on this date:
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast aired live in 1938
Ben Chapman was born on October 29th, 1928 in Oakland, CA.
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| Benjamin F. Chapman, Jr. (1928-2008) |
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| Gill-man in Jack Arnold’s Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) with Ricou Browning covering the underwater stunts  |
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| With Julie Adams |
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The Paul Lynde Halloween Special premiered in 1976
Annie Potts was born October 38th, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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| Anne Hampton Potts |
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| Corvette Summer (1978) with Mark Hamill |
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| Heartaches (1981) with Margot Kidder |
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| Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters (1984) |
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| Pretty in Pink (1986) |
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| Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters II (1989) |
Ivan Reitman was born on October 27th, 1946 in Komárno, Czechoslovakia.
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| Ivan Reitman (1946-2022) |
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| Cannibal Girls (1973) with Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin  |
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Meatballs (1979) |
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| Stripes (1981) with P.J. Soles
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| Ghostbusters (1984) with Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts |
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| A scene from Ghostbusters II (1989) referencing Reitman’s earlier movie on the marquee. |
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| With daughter and actor Catherine Reitman |
Also on this date:
It’s the Great pumpkin, Charlie Brown premiered in 1966
Holly Woodlawn was born on October 26th, 1946 in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
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| Holly Woodlawn (1946-2015) |
Best known for her work with Andy Warhol, she is also the subject of the first verse of Lou Reed’s 1972 song “Walk on the Wild Side”.
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| Trash (1970) |
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| Women in Revolt (1971) with Candy Darling and Sissy Spacek in her first movie as an extra |
Billy Barty was born on October 25th, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania.
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| William John Bertanzetti (1924-2000) |
In 1957 Billy founded the Little People of America association.
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| Soup to Nuts (1930) with Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Ted Healy |
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| Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger and Dwight Frye |
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| Under the Rainbow (1981) with Carrie Fisher |
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| Jackie Kong’s Night Patrol (1984) with Linda Blair |
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| Legend (1985) |
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| Willow (1988) |
Also on this date:
John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in 1978
Motel Hell was released on October 24th, 1980.
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| Motel Hell |
The Black Comedy/Horror movie was directed by Kevin Connor.
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| Nancy Parsons and Rory Calhoun |
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| Nina Axelrod |
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| Roseanne Katon |
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| John Ratzenberger |
Also on this date:
John Kassir (voice of the Cryptkeeper) was born in1957
Prince of Darkness was released On October 23rd, 1994.
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| Prince of Darkness |
Considered by director John Carpenter to be the 2nd movie of his “apocalypse trilogy” including The Thing (1982) with Keith David and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with Sam Neill
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| Donald Pleasence |
