The Beatles Last Stand

 On January 30th, 1969, The Beatles performed live on the rooftop of the Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Seville Row in Central London. 

Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and
George Harrison perform as Yoko Ono watches

Billy Preston joined them on electric piano. 

Billy Preston trying to stay warm in the corner

For some reason people complained and the police shut them down after 42 minutes. 

The Beatles Last Live Performance

Although Abbey Road had yet to be released this would be the last live performance of The Beatles. 

In 1987, U2 performed a similar stunt in Los Angeles to film a video for the song Where the Streets Have No Name. 

U2 rooftop concert

Sex Pistols Last Stand

Ramones Last Stand

Heather Graham

 Heather Graham was born on January 29th, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Heather Graham

Licensed To Drive (1987)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

Swingers (1996)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Scream 2 “Stab Sequence” (1997)

From Hell (2001)

Horns (2013)

Jack Hill

 Jack Hill was born on January 28th, 1933 in Los Angeles, California. 

Jack Hill

The exploitation film writer and director introduced such actors as Pam Grier, Sid Haig and Ellen Burstyn. Many of his later films are considered feminist works. 

Beverly Washburn, Sid Haig, Jill Banner, 
Carol Ohmart and Lon Chaney, Jr in 1967’s
Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told

Ellen Burstyn in Pit Stop (1969)
with Beverly Washburn and Sid Haig

The Big Bird Cage (1972)

Pam Grier in Coffy (1973)

1974

Switchblade Sisters (1975)

Before Sunrise

 On January 27th, 1995, Before Sunrise was released in US theaters. It had premiered a week previous at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 

Before Sunrise (1995)

Starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke and written and directed by Richard Linklater. Also co-written by Kim Krizan, who had previously appeared in Linklater’s Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993). Once Delpy and Hawke were cast they added additional, uncredited rewrites. 

Richard Linklater

Kim Krazan

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke

The story was inspired by a meeting that Linklater had with a women in Philadelphia in 1988. It was a chance meeting that led to an evening of strolling around the city conversing about different topics. Unbeknownst to Linklater until 2010 the women died shortly after this meeting in a motorcycle accident. 

Kathryn Leigh Scott

 Kathryn Leigh Scott was born on January 26th, 1943 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. 

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Best known for her roles in the American gothic TV and movie series, Dark Shadows. Over the 6 seasons of the series she played 4 different characters. 

She also had a brief cameo in Tim Burton’s 2012 movie remake. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Blair Witch Project

 On January 25th, 1999 The Blair Witch Project premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Ernest Borgnine

 Ernest Borgnine was born on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. 

Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)

From Here To Eternity (1953)

Marty (1955 Academy Award Best Actor)

McHale’s Navy (1964)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Willard (1971) with Bruce Davison,
Elsa Lanchester and Sondra Locke

Hustle (1975) 
with Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve 

The Devil’s Rain (1975) with William Shatner

With Yvette Mimeaux in The Black Hole (1979)

Super Fuzz (1980)

Escape From New York (1981)

Rutger Hauer

 Rutger Hauer was born on January 23rd, 1944 in Breukelen, Netherlands. 

Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

Paul Verhoeven’s Flesh + Blood (1985)
with Jennifer Jason Leigh 
and Susan Tyrrell

Nighthawks (1981)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Hitcher (1986)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Sin City (2005)

Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)