Where the Streets Have No Name

 On March 27th, 1987 the band U2 closed down a section of downtown Los Angeles and performed a short concert on the rooftop of the Republic liquor store on 7th st. And S. Main st. 

Bono doing Bono stuff

The event was planned to shoot a video for the song Where the Streets Have No Name and was a reference to the Beatles last live performance which was also set on a rooftop in Central London. 

The Beatles (1969)

Republic liquor store

Now a Mexican restaurant 

As with the Beatles event, too many people showed up and was shut down by the man (as hoped).

Goal achieved

Related:

U2 ZOO tv outdoor rehearsal Hershey PA 8/7/92

Leonard Nimoy

 Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26th, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts.  

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

Majel Barrett, William Shatner,
Nichelle Nichols and Leonard Nimoy
In Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek

Leonard and Bill

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

In Search Of… (1977-1982)

World Without End (1956)

 World Without End premiered on March 25th, 1956. 

World Without End

The Sci-Fi Romance was directed by Edward Bernds and starred Hugh Marlowe and Nancy Gates. 

It was run as a double bill with Lon Chaney, Jr.’s Indestructible Man. 

Eating Raoul

 Eating Raoul was initially released on March 24th, 1982. The black comedy was written and directed by Paul Bartel. 

Eating Raoul

He also stars in it with Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran. 

Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel

Robert Beltran

Edie McClurg

Ed Begley Jr. 

Mary and Robert would work together again in Night of the Comet (1984) with Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart.  

Mary and Paul reprised their roles from Eating Raoul for a brief cameo in Chopping Mall (1986).

Chopping Mall (1986)

Revenge of the Creature

 Revenge of the Creature premiered on March 23, 1955 in Denver, Colorado. 

Revenge of the Creature

It is a sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) and preceded The Creature Walks Among Us (1956). It was the only 3D movie released that year and the only sequel of a 3D movie to be released in the same format.  

Tom Hennesy as the Creature on land

Directed again by Jack Arnold and filmed at Marineland of Florida, with nearby St. John’s River standing in as the Amazon. 

John Agar, Lori Nelson and John Bromfield

Ricou Browning and Ginger Stanley
return for underwater scenes

Clint Eastwood in his uncredited screen debut

William Shatner

William Shatner was born on March 22nd, 1931 in Quebec, Canada. 

William Shatner 

The Twilight Zone:
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (S5E3 1963)

Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (1966-1969) 

with Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett 
and Nichelle Nichols

With Frank Gorshin
and Sally Kellerman

Go Ask Alice (1973)
with Julie Adams

The Devil’s Rain (1975) with Ernest Borgnine

Big Bad Mama (1975)

Gary Oldman

 Gary Oldman was born on March 21st, 1958 In London, England. 

Gary Oldman

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

True Romance (1993)

He turned down the role of Edward Scissorhands. Let’s all take a moment to consider that alternate reality. 

Edward Scissorhands 

Tom Towles

 Tom Towles was born on March 20th, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. 

Tom Towles (1950-2015)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
with Michael Rooker

Tom Savini’s Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Fortress (1992)

Mad Dog and Glory (1993)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
and Rob Zombies The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
with Sid Haig, Matthew McGory, E.G. Daly,
 Leslie Easterbrook and P.J. Soles