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Remembering Barbara Loden, who was born in Asheville, North Carolina on today's date in 1932. I know her best as Warren Beatty's sister in Splendor in the Grass, and for Wanda, the acclaimed 1970 independent film she wrote, directed, and starred in. She died in 1980 at age 48.

Remembering Faye Emerson, born on today's date in 1917. She was in several noirs (The Mask of Dimitrios, Danger Signal, Nobody Lives Forever) and the popular host of her own TV show. She was also married to FDR's son, and later to bandleader Skitch Henderson.

Buster Keaton for #CowAppreciationDay.

Remembering Glenn Langan and Craig Stevens, #botd in 1917 and 1918, respectively. Langan was known for starring in The Amazing Colossal Man, and Stevens played the title role in TV's Peter Gunn. Langan was married to actress Adele Jergens and Stevens was married to Alexis Smith.

Great stuff on @TCM Tuesday -- the lineup includes The White Cliffs of Dover, Intruder in the Dust, Anna Karenina, and Nine to Five. Tune in.

Fun!! Here’re mine:. Men in White (1934).Other Men’s Women (1931).Night Nurse (1931).Doorway to Hell (1930).Act of Violence (1948).Yellow Sky (1948). What are yours?.

Remembering Shelley Duvall, who would have turned 76 today.

Remembering Patricia Hitchcock, born in England on today's date in 1928, the only child of director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma. I know her best from Psycho, Strangers on a Train, and several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She died in 2021 at the age of 93.

Celebrating Carl "Doc" Severinsen, who turns 98 today! A jazz trumpeter, Severinsen was the leader of the house band for Johnny Carson's Tonight Show for 30 years, from 1962 until Carson retired in 1992.

Remembering Frank Capra, born in Italy on today's date in 1897. He directed so many first-rate movies -- some of my favorites are Power of the Press (1928), Platinum Blonde (1931), Forbidden (1932), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Capra died in 1991 at the age of 94.

RT @LaurasMiscMovie: Gail Patrick died on July 6, 1980. One of my favorite photos of her is this mid-'30s publicity photo with William Hopp….

RT @LaurasMiscMovie: Around the Blogosphere This Week Sharing news & links by & about @criterionchannl @RealBearMan….

"I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am.". Remembering Janet Leigh, born Jeanette Helen Morrison on today's date in 1927.

Remembering Cathy O'Donnell, born Ann Steely on today's date in 1923. She was married for 22 years to producer Robert Wyler, brother of William Wyler, who directed her in The Best Years of Our Lives and Detective Story. She died in 1970 at age 46; Wyler died nine months later.

"L'amour, l'amour . toujours l'amour!". Tune into @TCM Sunday for my all-time favorite movie, The Women (1939). I can never see it enough.

I was today years old when I realized that the actor who played Rob‘s father on The Dick Van Dyke Show and the actor who played Oscar Hubbard in The Little Foxes (1941) were one and the same: Carl Benton Reid.

Honey is tired of waiting. #Caturday.

Remembering Katy Jurado, who died on today's date in 2002 at the age of 78. She was the first Latinx person to win a Golden Globe; she received the award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in High Noon (1952). She was also married for four years to Ernest Borgnine.

Remembering Yvonne Furneaux, who died a year ago today at the age of 98. She can be seen in films like Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Roman Pulanski's Repulsion (1965).

RT @CitizenScreen: SPAM, the canned processed meat product, was introduced by Hormel Foods on July 5, 1937. Among fans of the cult food fav….