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
 

18 February 2022

Angelo Rossitto

 Angelo Rossitto aka Little Angie aka Moe was born on February 18, 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (1908-1991)

The Beloved Rogue (1927)
with John Barrymore

While the City Sleeps (1928) 
With Lon Chaney

Freaks (1932)
Directed by Tod Browning

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
with Boris Karloff
 

The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
with Bela Lugosi

Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971)

Brain of Blood (1971)
with Grant Williams 

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

17 February 2022

Don Coscarelli

Writer, producer and director Don Coscarelli was born on February 17th, 1954 in Tripoli, Libya. 

Don Coscarelli 

Angus Scrimm in Phantasm (1979)

The Beastmaster (1982) starring 
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts,
John Amos and Rip fucking Torn


Phantasm II (1988)

Phantasm III:
Lord of the Dead (1994)

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

Bruce Campbell in
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

John Dies at the End (2012)

Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

Also on this date:

Silent Night, Bloody Night was released in 1972



16 February 2022

Ricou Browning

 Ricou Browning was born on February 16th, 1930 in Fort Pierce, Florida. 

The director, producer and actor is best known for his underwater cinematography and stunt work. 

Particularly in The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).

Ricou Browning
With Ben Chapman

Gill-Man

Ricou Browning and
stuntwoman Ginger Stanley


15 February 2022

John Barrymore

 John Barrymore was born on February 15th, 1882. 

John Barrymore (1882-1942)

He is son of acting family patriarch Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew. Grandfather to Drew Barrymore  

Maurice Barrymore
and Georgiana Drew
With Mother Georgiana Drew 
and siblings Ethel and  Lionel

Martha Mansfield and John Barrymore in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Sherlock Holmes (1922)

The Sea Beast (1926)

The Sea Beast (1926) with future wife
(and Grandmother of Drew Barrymore)
Dolores Costello

The Beloved Rogue (1927)
with Angelo Rossitto 

Svengali (1931
with Marian Marsh and Bramwell Fletcher

14 February 2022

Dracula (1931)

 On February 14th, 1931, Dracula was released nationwide in US theaters. 

Directed by Tod Browning. 

Two direct sequels would be produced:

Dracula’s Daughter (1936) directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Gloria Holden and featuring Edward Van Sloan as the only returning cast member from the original film.

Son of Dracula (1943) directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lon Chaney, Jr.

Dracula (1931)

Helen Chandler as Mena Seward
and Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula

Dwight Frye as Renfield

Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing and Bela Lugosi

David Manners as John Harker




13 February 2022

David Naughton

 David Naughton was born on February 13th, 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut. 

David Naughton 

Mr. Pepper (1977-1981)

Making’ It (1979)

An American Werewolf in London
with Jenny Agutter (1981)

Hot Dog: The Movie (1984)

Ice Cream Man with Clint Howard (1995)