13 July 2022

The Best of Times

 The Best of Times aired on July 13th, 1981 on ABC. 

The Best of Times

The failed pilot was directed by Don Mischer and stars both Crispin Glover and Nicolas Cage in their acting debuts. 

Crispin Glover

Nicolas Cage 

Jill Schoelen

Julie Piekarski

Kevin Cortes, Lisa Hope Ross,
David Rambo and Janet Robin

Jackie Mason


12 July 2022

Joe DeRita

 Joe DeRita was born on July 12th, 1909 in Philadelphia, PA.  

Joseph Wardell (1909-1993)

Performed with The Three Stooges from 1959 to 1970 as Curly Joe DeRita. 

With Moe Howard and Larry Fine

With Christine McIntyre


Relative:

Ted Healy

Curly Howard 

Joe Besser

11 July 2022

Georgiana Drew Barrymore

 Georgiana Drew was born on July 11th, 1856 in Philadelphia, PA. 

Great Grandmother of Drew Barrymore.

Georgiana Emma Drew (1856-1893)

Husband Maurice Barrymore 

With children Ethel, Lionel
and John Barrymore



10 July 2022

Blood Diner

 Blood Diner was released in US theaters on July 10th, 1987. 

Directed and produced by Jackie Kong and written by  Michael Sonye. 

Starring Rick Burks and Carl Crew. 

Blood Diner (1987)


09 July 2022

Courtney Love

 Courtney Love was born on July 9th, 1964 in San Francisco, CA. 

Courtney Michelle Love

With Frances Bean and Kurt Cobain

Hole

Sid and Nancy (1986)
with Gary Oldman and Chloe Web

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
with Woody Harrelson

Man on the Moon (1999)
with Jim Carrey 


08 July 2022

Marty Feldman

 Marty Feldman was born on July 8th, 1934 in London, England. 

Martin Allan Feldman (1934-1982)

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971-72)

Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1974)
with Gene Wilder
Madeline KahnPeter Boyle
and 
Rolfe Sedan

The Muppet Show (1981)
with Cookie Monster from Sesame Street


07 July 2022

Blow Out

 Brian De Palma’s Blow Out premiered on July 7th, 1981 in New York City.

Brian De Palma’s Blow Out


John Travolta and Nancy Allen had previously
worked together in De Palma’s Carrie (1976)

John Lithgow

Dennis Franz


06 July 2022

Janet Leigh

 Janet Leigh was born on July 6th, 1927 in Merced, CA. 

Jeanette Helen Morrison (1927-2004)

Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil (1958)
with Charlton Heston

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)
with Anthony Perkins

John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980) with
Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, Hal Holbrook
and Tom Atkins

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
with Jamie Lee Curtis