3 December - English Films History

December 3, 1922 the first successful Technicolor motion picture, “The Toll of the Sea”, was shown at the Rialto Theatre, 1481 Broadway, NW corner of 42nd Street, New York, N.Y.

Birthdays

1922 – Sven Nykvist (cinematographer: Something to Talk About, Sleepless in Seattle, Chaplin, New York Stories, Agnes of God, The Postman Always Rings Twice; died Sep 20, 2006)

1930 – Jean-Luc Godard (producer, writer, director: Breathless, Weekend, Hail Mary, King Lear, A Married Woman)

1960 – Daryl Hannah (actress: The Fury, Splash, Steel Magnolias, Blade Runner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Roxanne, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Grumpier Old Men, Diplomatic Siege, Dancing at the Blue Iguana)

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1960 – Julianne Moore (actress: The Fugitive, Short Cuts, Nine Months, Lost World: Jurassic Park, Boogie Nights, Cookie’s Fortune, The Ladies Man, Hannibal)
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1968 – Brendan Fraser (actor: The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, George of the Jungle, Encino Man, The Quiet American)
1973 – Holly Marie Combs (actress: Picket Fences, Chain of Desire, A Reason to Believe, Daughters, Ocean’s Eleven)
1980 – Anna Chlumsky (actress: My Girl, My Girl 2, A Child’s Wish, Miracle in the Woods)
1981 – Brian Bonsall (actor: Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Father and Scout, Lily in Winter, Father Hood, Desperate Motives)

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18 December - English Films History

Birthdays

1946 Steven Spielberg
1963 Brad Pitt
1978 Katie Holmes
1989 Ashley Benson

1 December - English Films History

1988 Zoe Kravitz



Birthdays
1897 – Cyril Ritchard (Tony Award-winning actor: Peter Pan [1955]; films: Hans Brinker, Half a Sixpence, Peter Pan, Blackmail; Kraft Television Theatre, Goodyear TV Playhouse; died Dec 18, 1977)

1913 – Mary Martin (Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer: Peter Pan [1955]; South Pacific, I Do! I Do!, Sound of Music, Night and Day, Star Spangled Rhythm, Birth of the Blues, Rhythm on the River; singer: My Heart Belongs to Daddy, I’ll Walk Alone, Almost Like Being in Love; mother of actor Larry Hagman; died Nov 3, 1990)

1923 – Dick Shawn (Richard Schulefand) (comedian, actor: Bewitched, Rented Lips, Maid to Order, Check is in the Mail, The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud, Love at First Bite, The Producers, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; died Apr 17, 1987)

1929 – David Doyle (actor: Charlie’s Angels, Ghost Writer, Love or Money?, The Comeback, Paper Lion, Sweet Surrender, Rugrats, Bridget Loves Bernie; died Feb 26, 1997)

1935 – Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg) (Academy Award-winning writer and director: Annie Hall [1977]; Radio Days, Alice; Academy Award-winning writer: Hannah and Her Sisters [1986]; actor, writer, director: Sleeper, Husbands and Wives, Annie Hall, Mighty Aphrodite, Manhattan Murder Mystery, New York Stories, Hannah and Her Sisters, Manhattan, Bananas; actor, writer: Play It Again, Sam, What’s New Pussycat?; actor: Scenes from a Mall, Casino Royale; comedy writer; Your Show of Shows, The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom)

1945 – Bette Midler (Grammy Award-winning singer: LP: The Divine Miss M [1972], You are the Wind Beneath My Wings [1989]; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Rose; Emmy Award-winning entertainer: Bette Midler-Old Red Hair is Back [1977-1978], The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [5/21/1992]; actress: From a Distance, Beaches, For the Boys, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Hocus Pocus, Gypsy, Scenes from a Mall, Stella, Big Business, Ruthless People, Hawaii, Fiddler on the Roof, Tommy, The Edge of Night)

1951 – Treat Williams (actor: The Phantom, The Late Shift, Mulholland Falls, Final Verdict, J. Edgar Hoover, The Men’s Club, The Little Mermaid, Flashpoint, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Prince of the City, Hair, The Eagle Has Landed, Eddie Dodd, Good Advice)

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28 December - English Films History

1981 Sienna Miller

4 December - English Films History

1964 Marisa Tomei

12 December - English Films History

1970 Jennifer Connelly

31 December - English Films History

Birthdays

Ben Kingsley
Anthony Hopkins
Val Kilmer

15 December English Films History

Movie Releases

1939 Release of highly successful Gone with the Wind
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1939/0GWTW.php

21 December English Films History

Movie Releases

1937  Release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney - First huge success film.
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1937/0SWSD.php

30 December - English Film History

Birthdays

1959 - Tracey Ullman
1980 - Eliza Dushku



Movie Releases


2009
The White Ribbon

2011
Angels Crest - A Separation - The Iron Lady






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