Movie History

#OnThisDay in 2001 Cult horror ‘From Hell’ was released. Starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham & Ian Holm @alltherightmovies.com @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @usatoday.com @letterboxd.social @pophorrordotcom.bsky.social @filmaffinity.com @time.com @rottentomatoes.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social

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#OnThisDay in 1962 Vas Blackwood born in London. Starred as Rory Breaker in ‘Lock Stock…..’ and Lennox in ‘Only Fools and Horses’ @alltherightmovies.com @indiewire.com @filmaffinity.com @letterboxd.social
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#OnThisDay in 2007 Cult thriller ‘Gone Baby Gone’ was released. Directed by Ben Affleck & starring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman & Ed Harris @alltherightmovies.com @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @bsky.social @filmaffinity.com @time.com @rottentomatoes.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1978 Actor Gig Young committed murder suicide when he killed his wife, of three-weeks, and turned the gun on himself. He co-starred in ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’ @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @filmupdate.bsky.social @letterboxd.social

#OnThisDay in 1945, John Lithgow born in Rochester. Best known for his role in ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’ @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @mojomagazine.bsky.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 2007 “American Gangster” premiered in New York. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe @alltherightmovies.com @TalkingPics @TVmojo @datesinmovies.bsky.social @filmupdate.bsky.social @screenrant.bsky.social @filmaffinity.com @letterboxd.social

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#OnThisDay in 1940, Michael Gambon born in Dublin. Starred in ‘Gosford Park’, ‘The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover’ & ‘The Singing Detective’ @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @usatoday.com
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#OnThisDay in 1987 Kathryn Bigelow’s cult horror western ‘Near Dark’ was released. Starring Adrian Pasdar & Jenny Wright @alltherightmovies.com @letterboxd.social @pophorrordotcom.bsky.social @filmaffinity.com @time.com @rottentomatoes.com @metacritic.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1951 Gordon Sumner, better known as Police front man ‘Sting’, was born in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. Starred in ‘Quadrophenia’ & ‘Lock Stock….’ @rollingstone.com @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @usatoday.com

#OnThisDay in 1971 Peter Bogdanovic’s Oscar-winning ‘The Last Picture Show’ premiered in New York City. Starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges & Cybill Shepherd @letterboxd.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @bafta.org @classicmoviehub.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1954 Lorraine Bracco born in New York City. Best known for her role as Karen in ‘Goodfellas’ @themoviedb.bsky.social @thr.com @letterboxd.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @variety.com @empiremagazine.bsky.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @channel4.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay in 1957 David Lean’s “The Bridge on the River Kwai” released in the UK. Starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins & William Holden @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @bafta.org

The Hollywood Star Who Confronted the AIDS 'Silent Epidemic' Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985

#OnThisDay in 1985 Screen idol Rock Hudson died. He starred in ‘Giant’ & ‘Pillow Talk’. The first celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness @alltherightmovies.com @thefilmstage.com @filmupdate.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social
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Mean Streets (1973) A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

#OnThisDay in 1973 Scorsese’s ‘Mean Streets’ premiered in New York. Starring Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel & Amy Robinson @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @channel4.bsky.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay in 1977 Fred Zinnemann’s ‘Julia’ was premiered in New York. Starring Vanessa Redgrave & Jane Fonda @filmaffinity.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @usatoday.com

#OnThisDay in 1992 The final carry on film was released. ‘Carry on Columbus’ starred Jim Dale & Bernard Cribbins @carryonblogging.bsky.social @whatsontvmag.bsky.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @tcmtv.bsky.social @britcomgoes.bsky.social @britcom.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1992 Stephen Frear’s ‘Accidental Hero’ released. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis & Andy Garcia @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @usatoday.com @filmupdate.bsky.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1974 ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’ premiered in New York City. Starring Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam & Robert Shaw @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @indiewire.com @letterboxd.social @movieweb.bsky.social @themoviedb.bsky.social @thr.com @channel4.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1980 ‘Xanadu’ premiered in London. Starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck & Gene Kellly @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @ClassicMovieHub.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1987 ‘The Untouchables’ released in the UK. Starring Kevin Costner & Sean Connery. “He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way” @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social

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#OnThisDay in 1940, Frankie Avalon was born in Philadelphia. Best known for his portrayal of Teen Angel in ‘Grease’ @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @ParamountMovies @letterboxd.social @ClassicMovieHub.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay in 1967 Tara Fitzgerald born in Sussex. Best known for her roles in ‘Waking the Dead’ & ‘The A.B.C. Murders’ @letterboxd.social @THR @thefilmstage.com
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1905 Greta Gustafsson born in Stockholm #OnThisDay better known as screen star Greta Garbo. Star of “Anna Christie” & “Grand Hotel” @alltherightmovies.com @letterboxd.social @ClassicMovieHub.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1951 “A Streetcar named Desire” released starring Vivien Leigh “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @ClassicMovieHub.bsky.social

2004 Russ Meyer died in LA. Director of “Up!” & “Supervixens” #OnThisDay @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1957 Academy award winner ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ premiered in Augusta. Starring Joanne Woodward & Lee J. Cobb @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @movieweb @variety.com

#OnThisDay in 2025 Robert Redford died in Provo, Utah aged 89 @alltherightmovies.com @datesinmovies.bsky.social @filmupdate.bsky.social @letterboxd.social @movieweb.bsky.social @classicmoviehub.bsky.social @sundance.org

#OnThisDay in 2017 Gastone Moschin died, aged 88. Most well known for his role as Don Fanucci in ‘The Godfather: Part 2’ @alltherightmovies.com @letterboxd.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @thefilmstage.com @classicmoviehub.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 1969 Noah Taylor was born in London. He co-starred in the adaption of Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There were None’ @thr.com @letterboxd.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @bafta.org @indiewire.com @empiremagazine.bsky.social @primevideouk.bsky.social @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social

#OnThisDay 90 years ago in 1933 Richard S. Castellano born in the Bronx, New York City. Famous for his portrayal of ‘Peter Clemenza’ in ‘The Godfather’. “leave the gun, take the cannoli” @filmupdate.bsky.social @datesinmovies.bsky.social @letterboxd.social