Stuff I like
The Life of Emile Zola premiered in New York City on August 11th, 1937.
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| The Life of Emile Zola |
The biographical feature is directed by William Dieterle and stars Paul Muni and Gloria Holden.
It won Best Picture of 1938.
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| William Dieterle (1893-1972) |
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| Paul Muni and Gloria Holden |
Relevant:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1936)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Also on this date in 1980, Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead was released
Curt Siodmak was born on August 10th, 1902 in Dresden, Germany.
Kurt Siodmak (1902-2000)
The screenwriter and novelist was the younger brother of director Robert Siodmak.
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| The Invisible Man Returns (1940) with Vincent Price and Sir Cedric Hardwicke |
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| The Invisible Woman (1940) |
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| The Wolf Man (1941) with Lon Chaney, jr. and Bela Lugosi |
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| I Walked with a Zombie (1943) |
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| Son of Dracula (1943) |
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| The Brain (1962) based on the Novel Donovan’s Brain (1942)  |
The Bat premiered on August 9th, 1959 in US theaters.
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| The Bat |
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| Vincent Price |
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| Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead |
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| Elaine Edwards and Darla Hood in her final film roll |
He is the older brother of novelist and screenwriter Curt Siodmak.
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| Robert Siodmak (1900-1973) |
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| Son of Dracula (1943) |
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| Phantom Lady (1944) |
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| Cobra Woman (1944) |
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| The Killers (1946) |
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| The Spiral Staircase (1946) with Ethel Barrymore |
The Devil’s Rain premiered on August 7th, 1975 in New York City.
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| The Devil’s Rain |
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| Ernest Borgnine |
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| Anton LaVey and Ernest Borgnine |
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| Ernest Borgnine and William Shatner |
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| William Shatner |
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| John Travolta |
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| Tom Skerritt and Joan Prather |
Paul Bartel was born on August 6th, 1938 in New York City.
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| Paul Bartel (1938-2000) |
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| Death Race 2000 (1975) |
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| Cannonball (1976) |
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| Rock and Roll High School (1979) with Rob Bottin |
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| Eating Raoul (1982) with Mary Woronov, Edie McClurg, Roger Beltran and Ed Begley Jr. |
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| Chopping Mall (1986) with Mary Woronov and Kelli Maroney |
Also on this Date:
The Ramones Last Show 8/6/1996
Bob Clark was born on August 5th, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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| Benjamin Robert Clark (1939-2007) |
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| She-Man (1967) |
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| Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972) |
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| Black Christmas (1974) with Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey
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| Porky’s (1981) with Doug McGrath, Eric Christmas and Nancy Parsons  |
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| Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983) with Eric Christmas |
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| Christmas Story (1983) |
Tom Hennesy was born on August 4th, 1923 in Los Angeles, California.
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| Tom Hennesy |
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| The creature (on land) in Revenge of the Creature (1955) sequel to Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) |
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| With John Bromfield |
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| With Lori Nelson |
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| The Alamo (1960) with Chill Wills |
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| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) |
