The Bride of Frankenstein

 The Bride of Frankenstein premiered on April 19th, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. 

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Directed by James Whale. 

Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff
and Ernest Thesiger 

Dwight Frye

Billy Barty in a jar 

Season of the Witch (1973)

 Season of the Witch was released nationwide on April 8th, 1973. 

Season of the Witch (1973)

Filmed in Pittsburgh, PA and directed by George Romero.  

aka Hungry Wives

Olivia Hussey

 Olivia Hussey was born on April 17th, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Olivia Hussey

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)
with Margot Kidder and Doug McGrath

Turkey Shoot aka Escape 2000 (1982)
with Steve Railsback

Christine McIntyre

 Christine McIntyre was born on April 16th, 1911 in Nogales, Arizona. 

Christine McIntyre (1911-1984)

With Larry Fine, Curly Howard
and Moe Howard as The Three Stooges

With Joe Besser

With Joe DeRita

Relative:

Ted Healy

Elizabeth Montgomery

 Elizabeth Montgomery was born on April 15th, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA. 

Elizabeth Montgomery 
(1933-1995)

Johnny Cool (1963) 
with Henry Silva 

With Dick York and Agnes Moorehead
in Bewitched (1964-1972)

The Kinetoscope

 On April 14th, 1894, the first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City. 

The Kinetoscope

This was the first commercial motion picture house in history. 

There were 10 machines and for 50 cents you could view them all. 

A Kinetoscope Parlor

Doug McGrath

 Doug McGrath was born on April 13th, 1935 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. 

Doug McGrath

Goin’ Down the Road (1970) with Paul Bradley

Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)
with John Saxon, Margot Kidder 
and Olivia Hussey

Bob Clark’s Porky’s (1981) with Nancy Parsons
and Eric Christmas

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Walt Gorney

 Walt Gorney was born on April 12th, 1912 in Vienna, Austria. 

Walter Gorney (1912-2004)

Forever known as Crazy Ralph in Friday the 13th with Betsy Palmer and the first sequel with Amy Steel and Tom McBride.

Crazy Ralph

Also appeared in King Kong (1976), Day of the Animals (1977), Trading Places (1983) and Sieze the Day (1986). 

He was also the narrator in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. 

Tour of the Original Friday the 13th Filming Location