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Holly Woodlawn was born on October 26th, 1946 in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
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| Holly Woodlawn (1946-2015) |
Best known for her work with Andy Warhol, she is also the subject of the first verse of Lou Reed’s 1972 song “Walk on the Wild Side”.
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| Trash (1970) |
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| Women in Revolt (1971) with Candy Darling and Sissy Spacek in her first movie as an extra |
Billy Barty was born on October 25th, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania.
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| William John Bertanzetti (1924-2000) |
In 1957 Billy founded the Little People of America association.
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| Soup to Nuts (1930) with Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Ted Healy |
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| Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger and Dwight Frye |
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| Under the Rainbow (1981) with Carrie Fisher |
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| Jackie Kong’s Night Patrol (1984) with Linda Blair |
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| Legend (1985) |
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| Willow (1988) |
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John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in 1978
Motel Hell was released on October 24th, 1980.
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| Motel Hell |
The Black Comedy/Horror movie was directed by Kevin Connor.
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| Nancy Parsons and Rory Calhoun |
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| Nina Axelrod |
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| Roseanne Katon |
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| John Ratzenberger |
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John Kassir (voice of the Cryptkeeper) was born in1957
Prince of Darkness was released On October 23rd, 1994.
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| Prince of Darkness |
Considered by director John Carpenter to be the 2nd movie of his “apocalypse trilogy” including The Thing (1982) with Keith David and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with Sam Neill
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| Donald Pleasence |
Catherine Deneuve was born on October 22nd, 1943 in Paris, France.
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| Catherine Fabienne Dorléac |
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| Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965) with Yvonne Furneaux |
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| Hustle (1975) with Burt Reynolds and Ernest Borgnine |
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| Tony Scott’s The Hunger (1985) with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon |
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| Lars Von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark (2000) with Björk |
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| 8 Women (2002) |
Also on this date:
Curly Howard was born in 1903
The Dead Zone premiered on October 21st, 1983.
Directed by David Cronenberg.
Based on the novel by Stephen King.
Produced by Debra Hill.
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| The Dead Zone |
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| Christopher Walken |
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| Martin Sheen |
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| Brooke Adams and Christopher Walken |
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| Tom Skerritt |
Also on this date:
Carrie Fisher was born in 1956
Play Misty For Me saw a limited release in 6 cities on October 20th, 1971.
It was the directorial debut of Clint Eastwood.
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| Play Misty For Me |
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| Jessica Walter and Clint Eastwood |
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| Donna Mills and Clint Eastwood |
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Bela Lugosi was born in 1882
John Lithgow was born on October 19th, 1945 in Rochester, New York.
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| John Arthur Lithgow |
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| All That Jazz (1979) with Cliff Gorman |
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| Blow Out (1981) with Nancy Allen |
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| The World According to Garp (1982) |
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| Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
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| Footloose (1984) with Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn |
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| The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) with Vincent Schiavelli |
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| 2010 (1984) with Helen Mirren |
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| Pet Semetary (2019) |
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| Amazing Stories TV series (1986) |
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| Saturday Night Live (3 episodes 1985-1988) |
Also on this date:
David Robert Mitchell as born in 1974
