Archive for June 20th, 2024

A FUNDRAISER FOR DORTHY’S RED SHOES

FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. The Minnesota hometown of Judy Garland, the late actress who wore the ruby slippers in “The Wizard of Oz,” will raise funds this weekend to recover the prized footwear after it was stolen from a local museum and then turned over to an auction company. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota hometown of Judy Garland, the actress who wore a pair of ruby slippers in "The
Wizard of Oz
," is raising money to purchase the prized footwear
after it was stolen from a local museum and then later turned
over to an auction company.

Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the late actress was born in
1922, is fundraising at its annual Judy Garland festival, which
kicks off Thursday. The north Minnesota town is soliciting
donations to bring the slippers back after an auction company
takes them on an international tour before offering them up to prospective buyers in December.

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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)


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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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DONALD SUTHERLAND ~ DEAD AT 88

Donald Sutherland Young: See Photos Of The Actor – Hollywood Life

Donald Sutherland Says He Still Loves Acting at Age 82!
Donald McNichol Sutherland  (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024)

Sutherland received numerous accolades, including a Primetime
Emmy Award
, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Critics Choice
Award
. He has been cited as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received
an Academy Honorary Award.              

Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films such as The Dirty
Dozen
(1967), M*A*S*H (1970 below), and Kelly’s Heroes (1970). 
He died after a long illness in
Miami.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Donald Sutherland Movies | UMR

M.A.S.H. - Film (1970) - SensCritique

Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Jersey Retro - nj.com

6 must-see movies for an election year
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

See the source image
2015

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MOVIE ‘’JAWS’’ OPENED ON THIS DAY IN 1975

Jaws | Poster By Neil Davies

On June 20, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that
made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in
theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New
England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the
highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by
1977’s Star Wars.

Jaws was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture
category and took home three Oscars, for Best Film Editing,
Best Original Score and Best Sound. The film, a breakthrough
for director Spielberg, then 27 years old, spawned several
sequels.

42 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Changed Movie History! - Action A Go Go, LLC
Steven Spielberg (77)

Jaws put the now-famed director on
the Hollywood map.

Jaws (1975) Phone Wallpaper | Moviemania | Jaws movie poster, Jaws movie, Movie poster art

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