On this Day in history as it relates to the movies...
Monday, May 30, 2016 at 9:44AM 
Happy Memorial Day my peoples. Let's have another history lesson via showbiz
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1431 Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. If you've never seen The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), one of the best movies of all time containing hugely powerful actressing by Falconetti you must repent. Save your soul and watch it.
1536 King Henry VIII, whose wives all tended to die prematurely (funny how that happens) marries Jane Seymour (not to be confused with the Dr Quinn Medicine Woman & Somewhere in Time actress). 477 years later Oscar Isaac sings about Queen Jane's tragic life in Inside Llewyn Davis's very best scene.
1896 Howard Hawks is born. Makes so many great films but my favorites are: Bringing Up Baby (1938), Red River (1948) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): The Death Of Queen Jane (The Movie Title Song) from dky6dcnQbL dky6dcnQbL on Vimeo.
1899 Movie titan Irving Thalberg is born. The craziest actressexuals (*raises hand*) know him as Mr. Norma Shearer but mostly people think of him as "another name for an Honorary Oscar" though the prize is actually a bust of the man himself. 39 people have won this at the Oscars for bodies of work that "reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production". All 39 of them have been men.
1920 Franklin J Schaffner is born in Tokyo to American missionary parents. He'll eventually direct motion pictures like The Stripper, Boys from Brazil, and Planet of the Apes and win the Oscar for Patton (1970).
1928 International treasure Agnès Varda is born in Belgium. Anne Marie wrote about her work last year so check that out.
1941 Blood and Sand, Tyrone Power's matador pic, is released. Wins Best Cinematography at the Oscars. Happy 75th Anniversary!
1971 "Adele Dazeem" is born, shatters the ear drum of the doctor who spanks her newborn tush.
2003 Finding Nemo opens in movie theaters. Begins its gargantuan box office swim through movie theaters
2014 Maleficent opens in theaters, desecreating the beautiful wickedness of one of the all time great screen villains by making her a misunderstood victim.
Will you be making history today? What's your plan?
Reader Comments (8)
I love Howard Hawks. Almost half of his movies after the mid 30's are great, even the hidden ones. Like, for example, Only Angels Have Wings, with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and a very young Rita Hayworth. Am I the only one who thinks this movie is an absolute masterpiece? Perfection.
What a varied career Hawks had. He seemed most comfortable with comedy but his dramas and westerns were excellent as well. Even most of his misses like Land of the Pharaohs have interesting parts to them, except Today We Live. God what a terrible, dull slog that is!!
My top five favorites:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Bringing Up Baby
Monkey Business
El Dorado
His Girl Friday
"Will you be making history today?"
History Is Made at Night (1937).
Movie titan Irving Thalberg is born. The craziest actressexuals (*raises hand*) know him as Mr. Norma Shearer but mostly people think of him as "another name for an Honorary Oscar" though the prize is actually a bust of the man himself. 39 people have won this at the Oscars for bodies of work that "reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production". All 39 of them have been men.
Outside of Kathleen Kennedy is there another woman who qualifies?
"Adele Dazeem"
That's truely one for the ages.
Travolta's biggest hit ever.
Paul - i love you.
I agree @ Sonja
LOL big laugh here.
"Adele Dazeem"
The sheer impact and reverberation from that moment and those two words will forever impact our culture. John and Idina will be synonymous for all time. HUGE.
Watching Oscar Isaac sing a little ditty has genuinely improved my day. I love that movie SO SO much.