08 January 2022

Yvette Mimeaux

 Yvette Mimeaux was born in Los Angeles County, California on January 8th, 1942.

Yvette Mimeaux

The Time Machine (1960)


Toys in the Attic (1963)

Snowbeast (1977)

With Ernest Borgnine in The Black Hole (1979)


07 January 2022

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Phantom of the Opera saw an initial premiere on January 7th, 1925 in Los Angeles, California. The audience didn’t react well. A rewrite and reshoot with a different director was received even less favorably the following April. A third and final version was released the following November. 

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

The Rocky production was originally directed by Rupert Julian and stars Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. Adapted from the Gaston Leroux 1910 novel.

Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin

Lon Chaney’s make-up work


05 January 2022

The 1978 Sex Pistols US Tour Begins

On January 5th, 1978 the Sex Pistols kicked off the first US tour in Atlanta, Georgia at the Great South East Music Hall. A previous show had been cancelled in Pittsburgh due to visa issues. 

Steve Jones, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook
and Sid Vicious 1978 visa photos

The band would then make their way through the southernmost points of the US over the next week. 

Malcolm McLaren had intentionally booked the most redneck venues available to promote as much chaos as possible. 

The Sex Pistols 1978

The band and the tour would implode just over a week later in San Francisco, California. 


Sex Pistols Timeline:

8/27/1956 - Glen Matlock Born

5/9/1957 - Sid Vicious Born

10/8/1976 - Sex Pistols Sign with EMI

12/1/1976 - Sex Pistols and the Filth and the Fury

1/6/1977 - Sex Pistols Dropped by EMI 

3/10/1977 - Sex Pistols Sign to A&M

3/16/1977 - Sex Pistols Dropped by A&M

4/3/1977 - Sid Vicious First Gig

5/27/1977 - Sex Pistols Release God Save the Queen

6/7/1977 - Sex Pistols Boat Party

1/5/1978 - Sex Pistols 1978 Tour Begins

1/14/1978 - Sex Pistols Last Stand

1/17/1978 - Sex Pistols Call It Quits

10/12/1978 - Sid Vicious Arrested for Murder

10/23/1978 - Sid Vicious Suicide Attempt

12/9/1978 - Sid Vicious Arrested for Assault

1/2/1979 -  Sid Vicious Murder Trial Begins

2/2/1979 - Sid Vicious Dies

11/7/1986 - Sid and Nancy

04 January 2022

Vanity

 Denise Katrina Matthews aka Vanity was born on January 4th, 1959. 

Denise Katrina Matthews (1959- 2016)

Vanity 6

Terror Train (1980)
with Joy Boushel and Jamie Lee Curtis 

The Last Dragon (1985)


03 January 2022

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

 On January 3rd, 1931, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) was released nationwide in the US. 

Released 11 years after a silent film version starring John Barrymore and 10 years before a 1941 remake starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. 

This Reuben Mamoulian directed version is the most critically and commercially successful adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.


Starring Frederic March, Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart.

Frederic March

Frederic March won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

Rose Hobart and Frederic March

Mariam Hopkins and Frederic March



01 January 2022

Andy Gill

Andy Gill was born on January 1st, 1956. 

Andy Gill (1956-2020)

Gang of Four

In addition to being the guitarist and founding member for Gang of Four he produced many bands including the Red Hot Chili Peppers first album The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984). 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)