Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch premiered 57 years ago, on June 18, 1969 at the Pix Theatre in Los Angeles.
This great western stars William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, Edmond O’Brien and Robert Ryan.
Remembering actor James Shigeta who was born on June 17, 1929 in Honolulu. Here he is with Victoria Shaw in a scene from The Crimson Kimono (Samuel Fuller, 1959). That was his first film role and he won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer-Male.
Highly recommended if you haven't seen it!
Wishing a very happy 84th birthday to Sir Paul McCartney, who was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England! Here he is during the filming of Help! (Richard Lester, 1965), a musical in which he plays a fictional version of himself, along with the rest of The Beatles.
#paulmccartney
Fred Zinnemann’s The Nun’s Story premiered 67 years ago, on June 18, 1959, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards.
Here are Audrey Hepburn and Peter Finch on the set of the film, with Mr. Famous! 🐶
Wishing a very happy 74th birthday to the Bergman-Rossellini twins, who were born on June 18, 1952 in Rome!
Isabella Rossellini became a model and talented actress like her mother, and Isotta Ingrid Rossellini is now a respected writer and academic.
Remembering actor Ralph Bellamy who was born on June 17, 1904 in Chicago. Here he is with Carole Lombard in a scene from Hands Across the Table (Mitchell Leisen, 1935). That might be my favourite performance of his!
My review: thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/h...
Trini Lopez , John Cassavetes and Jim Brown on the set of Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen, which premiered 59 years ago, on June 15, 1967 at the Capitol Theatre in New York City. The film was huge box office success, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1967.
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture PSYCHO premiered 66 years ago, on June 16, 1960 in New York City! 🚿🦅
And the rest is history!
The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon is back!
Since 2015, I've been celebrating this legendary Swedish actress via this blogging event!
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Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon on the set of Billy Wilder’s THE APARTMENT which premiered 66 years ago, on June 15, 1960 in New York City. This classic won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
