#BOTD 1912 – 1991 Don Siegel, 78, US filmmaker

Montages: Across the Pacific * Casablanca * Hard Way Director: Verdict (1946) Big Steal * Duel at Silver Creek * Riot in Cell Block 11 * Private Hell 36 * Invasion of Body Snatchers * Baby Face Nelson * The Lineup * Edge of Eternity ImageImageImage
#BOTD 1912 – 1991 Don Siegel, 78, US filmmaker

"Two policemen try their best to track down a gangster who uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers as 'mules', to hide, traffic and retrieve drugs."

The Lineup (1958)
#BOTD 1912 – 1991 Don Siegel, 78, US filmmaker.

#ElvisPresley Flaming Star (1960) Hell Is for Heroes * Killers * Coogan's Bluff * Madigan * Two Mules for Sister Sara * Beguiled * Dirty Harry * Charley Varrick * Black Windmill * Shootist * Escape from Alcatraz * Jinxed! (1982) ImageImage
#BOTD 1912 – 1991 Don Siegel, 78, US filmmaker.

Adaptation of 1963 book by J. Campbell Bruce it dramatises the real life 1962 prisoner escape of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

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#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, 86, US actress.

After seeing Helen Hayes on stage in 1936, she began acting in school plays. She later understudied Dorothy McGuire and Martha Scott in Wilder's Our Town. She was OscarNom in her film debut The Little Foxes, 1941 with #BetteDavis ImageImageImage
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#BOTD 1910 – 1963 Jack Carson, 52, (Cancer), Canadian-US actor and singer.

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#BOTD 1910 – 1963 Jack Carson, 52, (Cancer) Canadian-US actor, singer

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#OTD 1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee began its investigation into 'Communist' infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a 'blacklist', that killed some (#JohnGarfield), and prevented many socialists from working in the industry for years.

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#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, Aged 86, English novelist, playwright.

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The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) A Sort of Life (1971) Honorary Consul (1973) Human Factor (1978) Ways of Escape (1980) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) Tenth Man (1985)
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#OTD 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, 81, English actress (b. 1906) #Hitchcock's original cool Blonde

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Film debut Guns of Loos (1928) * Escape (1930) School for Scandal * Madame Guillotine * #Hitchcock The 39 Steps (1935) + Secret Agent (1936) * The General Died at Dawn
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#BOTD 1935 – Julie Andrews, (b. Wells), 86, English actress, singer.

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Mary Poppins (1964) * Americanization of Emily * Sound of Music * #Hitchcock's Torn Curtain * Hawaii * Thoroughly Modern Millie * Star! * Darling Lili * Tamarind Seed * 10 * Little Miss Marker * S.O.B. * Victor/Victoria
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