The actor Al Pacino stars as a Cuban refugee who becomes a
Miami crime boss in Scarface, which opened in theaters on
December 9, 1983.
’’SAY HELLOW TO MY LITTLE FRIEND”
Alfredo James Pacino turned 83 April 25th.
Ryan O’Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023)
O’Neal was a native of Los Angeles, he trained as an amateur
boxer before beginning a career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he
landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime
soap opera Peyton Place.
In April 2012, O’Neal stated he had been diagnosed with stage
4 prostate cancer. He later stated it was stage 2.
On December 3, 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of “STELLA!”
first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience
at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance
of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire.
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most critically acclaimed
plays of the twentieth century and Williams’s most popular work.
The 23-year-old Brando played the rough, working-class Polish-
American Stanley Kowalski, and his violent clash with Blanche
DuBois (played on Broadway by Jessica Tandy),
Jessica Tandy with Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named
Desire.
Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Marlon Brando.
From Act Three, Scene Five.
Casablanca is a romantic drama film directed by Michael
Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman,
and Paul Henreid.
On November 21, 1980, 350 million people around the world
tuned in to television’s popular primetime drama “Dallas” to
find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate.
J.R. had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous
March 21, which now stands as one of television’s most famous cliffhangers.
The plot twist inspired widespread media coverage and left
America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight
months.
The November 21 episode solved the mystery, identifying Kristin Shepard, J.R.’s wife’s sister-in-law and his former mistress, as
the culprit.
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012)
