Morgan Freeman actor, film director and narrator, has received Academy
Award nominations for his performance in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss
Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Clint Eastwood’s Million
Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman has appeared in many other hit films, including
Unforgiven (1992), Seven (1995), Deep Impact (1998) and the Batman film
The Dark Knight (2008). Morgan Freeman has been the announcer for the
CBS Evening News since 2010.
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MORGAN FREEMAN IS 74 TODAY
VINCENT PRICE (MAY 27, 1911-OCT. 25, 1993)
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was a actor, well known for his roles in horror
films. His first venture into the genre was in the 1939 Boris Karloff film
Tower of London.
The longest-running and best known radio incarnation of Simon Templar
as The Saint was Vincent Price, who played the character in a long-running
series that was broadcast between 1947 and 1951 on no fewer than three
networks: CBS, Mutual and NBC. After Price left the series in May 1951, he
was replaced by Tom Conway.
JAMES ARNESS IS 88 TODAY
Army Private James Arness (1943)
Ken Curtis (left) as Festus Hagen and James Arness as Marshal Dillon in Gunsmoke.Â
Actor James King Arness is best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on
Gunsmoke (CBS-TV, 1955-1975). His brother was actor Peter Graves. Prior
to Gunsmoke, Arness appeared in two Science fiction films, The Thing from
Another World (1951), in which he portrayed the title character, and Them
(1954). Arness was a close friend of John Wayne and co-starred with him
in Big Jim McLain (1952), Hondo (1953), Island in the Sky (1953), and
The Sea Chase (1955).
James Arness as FBI agent Robert Graham in Them
FIRST STAR WARS RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1977
An original 1977 release poster
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, written
and directed by George Lucas was the first of six films released in the Star
Wars sage. It earned $460 million in the United States and $337 million
overseas, surpassing Jaws (1975) as the highest-grossing film of all time
at that time. The film gained ten Academy Award nominations, winning six;
the nominations included Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness and
Best Picture.
MOVIE RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1980
Following a difficult production, when The Empire Strikes Back was released,
it initially received mixed reviews from critics, but has since become one of the
most popular chapters in the Star Wars saga and one of the most highly-rated
films in history. It earned more than $538 million worldwide over the original run
and several re-releases, making it the highest grossing film of 1980. When
adjusted for inflation, it is the 12th highest grossing domestic film in history
as of 2010.
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