#BOTD 1908 – 1997 Stanley Cortez, 89, US cinematographer and photographer.
He filmed over 70 movies #OrsonWelles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Charles Laughton's Night of Hunter (1955) The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964)
#BOTD 1908 – 1997 Stanley Cortez, US cinematographer.
#OrsonWelles adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel. "A spoiled heir to the Amberson fortune, comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved."
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
#BOTD 1908 – 1997 Stanley Cortez, US cinematographer.
Black Cat (1941) * Magnificent Ambersons * Since You Went Away * Smash-Up, Story of a Woman * Secret Beyond Door * Underworld Story * Night of Hunter * Three Faces of Eve * Shock Corridor * Naked Kiss * Young Dillinger (1965)
"Preserved in US National Film Registry 1992. Film magazine Cahiers du cinéma selected it in 2008 as second-best film of all time, after Citizen Kane."
#BOTD 1908 – 1997 Stanley Cortez, US cinematographer.
"Eve White, diagnosed with multiple personality disorder."
In 1988 she found her legal rights had been bought by 20th Century Fox. She contested it, and accepted an out-of-court settlement, so no further films were made about her. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cos…
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#BOTD 1913 – 1967 Vivien Leigh, (b. Hartley), 53, (TB), English actress
Fire Over England * Dark Journey * Storm in a Teacup * Three Weeks Together * The First and Last (all 1937) * A Yank at Oxford * Sidewalks of London (both 1938) * Gone with the Wind (1939 Oscar Best Actress)
Charlie a London street performer, protects the beautiful Liberty, 'Libby', a runaway and pickpocket, and takes her into his troupe. When Libby is 'discovered' and leaves Charlie to becomes a big star, he is heartbroken.
Best known as Detective Arbogast in #Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) Oscar as Best Supporting Actor - A Thousand Clowns (1966) Tony as Best Actor in a Play - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968)
Film debut: On the Waterfront (1954 uncredited) * 12 Angry Men (1957) * Marjorie Morningstar * Psycho * Breakfast at Tiffany's * Cape Fear * Seven Days in May * The Carpetbaggers * The Bedford Incident * A Thousand Clowns (Oscar)
Hombre * Catch-22 * Tora! Tora! Tora! * Anderson Tapes * Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 * Murder On Orient Express (1974) * All President's Men * Raid on Entebbe * St Elmo's Fire * Hotel * Cape Fear * Silence of Hams (1994 as Detective)
#OTD 1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, (Heart), US playwright, screenwriter (b. 1896)
Waterloo Bridge * Idiot's Delight (Pulitzer Prize) * Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Pulitzer Prize) * Rebecca * There Shall Be No Night (Pulitzer Prize) * Best Years of Our Lives (Oscar Best Screenplay)
#OTD 1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, US playwright, screenwriter (b. 1896)
He fought with the Royal Highlanders of #Canada in Europe during #WW1 even though he was US born. 'Waterloo Bridge', his play, premiered on Broadway 1930, based on his experiences.
#OTD 1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, US playwright, screenwriter (b. 1896)
He fought with Royal Highlanders of #Canada in #WW1 even though he was US born.
"A WW1 soldier on leave in London falls for a young woman not realising she has been driven by poverty into prostitution."
#BOTD 1933 – 2011 John Barry, English-US composer.
(1962-87) Dr No * From Russia with Love * Goldfinger * Thunderball * You Only Live Twice * On Her Majesty's Secret Service * Diamonds Are Forever * Man with Golden Gun * Moonraker * Octopussy * View to a Kill * Living Daylights
Oscars Born Free (+ lyrics Don Black) * Lion in Winter * Out of Africa * Dances with Wolves
OscarNom Mary Queen of Scots * Chaplin
Other greats: Zulu * Whisperers * Ipcress File * Quiller Memorandum * Midnight Cowboy * The Deep
#BOTD 1933 – 2011 John Barry, English-US composer.
"Con man Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo and Texan hustler, Joe Buck, form a rough alliance in order to survive the mean streets of New York. As they kick-start Joe’s hustling career, Ratso’s health gets worse."
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, (b. Buchinsky), 81, US actor.
At the height of his fame, early 1970s, he was world #1 box office, at $1m per film. When he worked as a coal miner he earned $1 a ton of coal. In WW2 with #USArmy he served in Pacific and received a Purple Heart.
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, (b. Buchinsky), 81, US actor.
After WW2, with the help of GI Bill, he joined a theatre group in Philadelphia. Later moving to NYC, then Hollywood. He made his film debut, uncredited, in The Mob (1951), and The People Against O'Hara (both 1951)
Bloodhounds of Broadway * Battle Zone * Pat and Mike * Marrying Kind * Miss Sadie Thompson * House of Wax * Crime Wave * Vera Cruz * Big House, USA * Jubal * Run of the Arrow * Roger Corman's Machine-Gun Kelly (lead role 1958)