Archive for May, 2011

BUDDY HOLLY MOVIE DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1978

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The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock
legend Buddy Holly. It stars Gary Busey, as Buddy,and Maria Richwine as Maria
Elena Holly. It won the  Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and for its Adaptation of Best Adaptation Score, and was nominated for Best Actor in a
Leading Role (Gary Busey) and for Best Sound.

 

 

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FIRST WOMAN BREAKS SOUND BARRIER ON THIS DATE IN 1953

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Jacqueline Cochran stands in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet, in which
she became the first woman to break the sound barrier. Cochran flew over Rogers
Dry Lake, California at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour. Among her
other aviation firsts: She was the first woman to take off from an aircraft carrier, the
first woman to reach Mach 2, the first pilot to make a blind instrument landing and
the first woman inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame.

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MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN (17 MAY 1911 – 23 JUNE 1998)

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Maureen O’Sullivan with co-star Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan the
Ape Man
(1932).


 

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O’Sullivan was considered Irelands first film star.

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DENNIS HOPPER ~ (MAY 17, 1936 – MAY 29, 2010)

 

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Dennis Hopper directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an
award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer. Hopper made his debut
on film in two roles with James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and
Giant
(1956).

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Dennis Hopper in Rebel Without a Cause.

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Hopper as he appeared in Apocalypse Now (1979).

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NEW TO DVD THIS WEEK ~

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The DVD box set contains 5 discs (Season 2 ran from September 1976
to May 1977 with 22 episodes).The Bionic Woman stars Lindsay Wagner
who attended David Douglas high School in Portland and studied at the
University of Oregon. 

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Lindsay Wagner will be 62 on June 22nd.

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