The Bat

 The Bat premiered on August 9th, 1959 in US theaters. 

The Bat

 

Vincent Price

Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead 

Elaine Edwards and Darla Hood
in her final film roll

Also on this date in 1958, Amanda Bearse was born. 

Robert Siodmak

 Robert Siodmak was born on August 8th, 1900 in Dresden, Germany.  

He is the older brother of novelist and screenwriter Curt Siodmak.

Robert Siodmak (1900-1973)

Son of Dracula (1943)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Cobra Woman (1944)

The Killers (1946)

The Spiral Staircase (1946)
with Ethel Barrymore

Also on this date in 1922, Rory Calhoun was born. 

The Devil’s Rain

 The Devil’s Rain premiered on August 7th, 1975 in New York City. 

The Devil’s Rain 

Ernest Borgnine 

Anton LaVey and Ernest Borgnine 

Ernest Borgnine and William Shatner 

William Shatner 

John Travolta

Tom Skerritt and Joan Prather

Also on this date in 1992, U2 performed the Zoo TV performance for the first time at a special rehearsal concert in Hershey, PA.

Paul Bartel

 Paul Bartel was born on August 6th, 1938 in New York City. 

Paul Bartel (1938-2000)

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Cannonball (1976)

Rock and Roll High School (1979)
with Rob Bottin 

Eating Raoul (1982)
with Mary Woronov, Edie McClurg,
Roger Beltran and Ed Begley Jr. 

Chopping Mall (1986)
with Mary Woronov and Kelli Maroney 

Also on this Date: 

The Ramones Last Show  8/6/1996

Bob Clark

 Bob Clark was born on August 5th, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

 Benjamin Robert Clark (1939-2007)

She-Man (1967)

Children Shouldn’t Play
With Dead Things (1972) 

Black Christmas (1974) with
Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey 

Doug McGrath with John Saxon

Porky’s (1981)
with Doug McGrath, Eric Christmas
and Nancy Parsons

Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983) 
with Eric Christmas 

Christmas Story (1983)

Also on this date in 1964, Adam “MCA” Yauch was born. 

Tom Hennesy

 Tom Hennesy was born on August 4th, 1923 in Los Angeles, California.  

Tom Hennesy

The creature (on land) in
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
sequel to Creature From
the Black Lagoon (1954)

With John Bromfield

With Lori Nelson

The Alamo (1960) 
with Chill Wills

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 

Also on this date in 1984, Purple Rain topped the charts. 

Martin Sheen

 Martin Sheen was Born on August 3rd, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio. 

Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez

Terrence Malick’s Badlands (1973)
with Sissy Spacek and John Carter 

Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979)

Stephen King’s The Dead Zone (1983)
Directed by David Cronenberg

Stephen King’s Firestarter (1984)
Directed by Mark L. Lester

Wall Street (1987) with Martin Sheen
Directed by Oliver Stone

Hot Shots! Part Duex (1993) with Charlie Sheen
Directed by Jim Abrahams

The Way (2010) 
Written, Directed and Produced by Emilio Estevez

Apollonia

 Apollonia Kotero was born on July 2nd, 1959 in Santa Monica, California. 

Patricia Kotero

Purple Rain (1984) with Prince

Kotero also contributed to the Purple Rain Soundtrack on the track Take Me With U. 

Apollonia 6 with Susan Moonsie and Brenda Bennett

Knight Rider - Mouth of the Snake (1984)

Also born on this date in 1939 was Wes Craven.