20 January 2022

Rolfe Sedan

 Rolfe Sedan was born on January 29th, 1896 in New York City. 

Rolfe Sedan (1896-1982)

Over his years as a character actor he played hundreds upon hundreds of roles, often times uncredited as an extra. 

Laurel and Hardy’s Double Whoopee (1929)

Sneak Easily (1932)

As the ballon ascensionist in
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Addams Family (1964-1966)

Young Frankenstein (1974) with
Gene WilderMarty FeldmanPeter Boyle
and 
Madeline Kahn



19 January 2022

Streets

On January 19th, 1990, Streets was released in US theaters. 

Streets (1990)

Directed and written by Katt Shea (co-written with Andy Ruben) and produced by Roger Corman. 

Streets (1990)

Starring Christina Applegate as an underaged, illiterate, drug addicted prostitute with a psycho cop problem living on the streets of Venice, California. 

Christina Applegate as Dawn

Also starring David Mendenhall and Eb Lottimer. The theme song (Dawn’s Theme) is Performed by Elizabeth Daily. Katt Shea went on to direct Poison Ivy (1992) and The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) starring Emily Bergl. 

 

18 January 2022

John Boorman

 John Boorman was born on January 18th, 1933 in Middlesex, England. 

John Boorman

Deliverance (1972)

Zardoz (1974)


The Exorcist II The Heretic

Excalibur (1981)

16 January 2022

John Carpenter

 John Carpenter was born on January 16th, 1948 in Carthage, New York. 

John Carpenter 

The filmmaker / artist / producer is responsible for a long list of successful horror, action and science fiction movies. 

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis
in Halloween (1978)

The Fog (1980)
with 
Jamie Lee Curtis 
and Tom Atkins

Escape From New York (1981)
with Tom Atkins 
and 
Ernest Borgnine

The Thing (1982)
with Keith David

Christine (1983)

Prince of Darkness (1987)
with 
Donald Pleasence

They Live (1988) 
with Keith David


With collaborator Debra Hill

With Hill and special effects artist Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog

the Coupe de Villes
John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace

The John Carpenter Band



15 January 2022

Ernest Thesiger

 Ernest Thesiger was born on January 15th, 1879 in London. 

Ernest Thesiger (1879-1961)

His career in film and stage spanned 45 years but is best known for his role as Dr. Pretorius in James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein with Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester

The Old Dark House (1932)

The Ghoul (1933) 
with Boris Karloff and Cedric Hardwicke

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
with
Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff

Scrooge (1951)




14 January 2022

13 January 2022

Angel

 On January 13th, 1984, Angel was released in US theaters. 

Angel (1984)

Starring Donna Wilkes, Rory Calhoun, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, John Diehl as the killer and Steven M. Porter as YoYo Charlie. 

Donna Wilkes as Molly Stewart

Donna Wilkes as Angel

Dick Shawn, Donna Wilkes and Cliff Gorman
Dick Shawn, Donna Wilkes and Rory Calhoun

Susan Tyrrell

Due to the success of Angel a sequel was cranked out and released in less than a year with much of the fictionally surviving cast returning with the main exception of Angel being played by Betsy Russell. It was said that Donna Wilkes didn’t accept the role due to salary restraints. 

Avenging Angel (1985)