John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ( 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973)

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 75 today

Anthony Hopkins as the legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock

 
Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy

Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran in Coming Home (1978). He
gained popularity in 1969 with his performance as a would-be-gigolo in the
movie Midnight Cowboy. Voight was also in Deliverance (1972). He is the
biological father of film actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.

Jon Voight with daughter Angelina Jolie

James Arness as The Thing

The Thing from Another World is a 1951 sci-fi classic based on the 1938
novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell.

No actors are named during the film’s dramatic opening credits; the cast
credits appear at the end of the film. The movie was partly filmed in Glacier
National Park and interior sets built at a Los Angeles ice storage plant.

In 2001, the movie was deemed to be a "culturally, historically or aesthetically"
significant motion picture by the United States Library of Congress and was
selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

James Arness In his first movie role, played The Thing, but he is hard to
recognize in costume and makeup, because of both the lighting and the
other effects used to obscure his features.

 
  
       Marlene Dietrich ( 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992)

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth-
greatest female star of all time. Before fame, she dreamed of
becoming a concert violinist. 

Famous scene from “Shanghai Express”, 1932