The classic rags-to-riches story got a macho spin in the Oscar-
winning Rocky, which was written by its star, Sylvester Stallone,
and began filming on January 9, 1976. Stallone had his own rags-
to-riches tale: Born in the gritty Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of
New York City, he was a juvenile delinquent who was kicked out
of a number of schools before he turned 15. After attending high
school in Philadelphia and studying drama at the University of
Miami, Stallone moved back to New York and later to Los Angeles,
with dreams of becoming an actor.

When shooting his famous jog through the streets of Philadelphia, Stallone pulled a tendon in his leg and
was taken to a nearby hospital in a wheelbarrow.

Most of the jogging scenes of Rocky jogging were
shot guerrilla-style, with no permits, no equipment,
and no extras. The entire movie w as shot in 28
days.

David Soul (David Richard Solberg)
(August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024)

Actor David Soul,  the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo
"Starsky and Hutch"who went on to become a successful pop
singer, has died.

Soul was a 3 pack a day smoker for fifty years. Although he
stopped smoking ten years prior, he was seriously affected
by COPD. He had also had a lung removed due to cancer.

Soul died in a London hospital, surrounded by family on
Thursday.   

1975

Martin Milner and George Maharis

On October 7, 1960, the first episode of the one-hour television
drama "Route 66" aired on CBS. The program had a simple
premise: It followed two young men, Buz Murdock (George
Maharis) and Tod Stiles (Martin Milner), as they drove across
the country in an inherited Corvette (Chevrolet was one of the
show’s sponsors), doing odd jobs and looking for adventure 
while on a journey in search of themselves.

The Misfits is a 1961 Contemporary Western film written by
Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark
Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Montgomery Clift (above). The
supporting cast includes Thelma Ritter and Eli Wallach.

  
The Misfits was the last completed film for both Clark Gable
and Marilyn Monroe. For Gable, the film was posthumously
released, while Monroe died in August 1962 after its release.

Screenwriter Arthur Asher Miller
(October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)

Starring Christopher George, Gary Raymond and
Lawrence P. Casey.

The ABC television series aired between 1966 and
1968.

1953