George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999)

Scott was a stage and film actor, director and producer. He is best remembered
for his stage work, as well his roles of General George S. Patton in the 1970 film 
Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick’s black comedy Dr. 
Strangelove (1964).

Scott in Dr. Stangelove

George C. Scott as Patton

1984

Erin Marie Moran is best known for the role of Joanie Cunningham on
ABC’s Happy Days (1974-1984) and the spinoff Joanie Loves Chachie
also on ABC (1982-1983). Moran appeared in the CBS television series
Daktari (1966-1969). She made her feature-film debut in How Sweet It Is!
with James Garner and Debbie Reynolds in 1968.

Rita Hayworth  (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987)

Born as Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn, New York, Rita Hayworth was a  
film actress and dancer who was one of the top stars of the 1040s. She was in  
61 films over a period of  37 years. The American Film Institute has Rita Hayworth 
listed as “One of the Greatest Stars of All Time”. 

Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947)

Rita Hayworth in her later years

James Stewart

 Mr. Smith goes to Washington premiered in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on October 17, 1939. The event was sponsored by the National Press Club  with 4,000 invited guests, including 45 senators. The Frank Capra film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story.

Filming a scene with James Stewart

Frank Capra

 

The Disney brothers from left: Roy and Walt 

After Walt Disney produced his short film "Alice’s Wonderland" in Kansas City, he 
entered into an agreement with New York Distributor, M.J. Winkler to release a 
series of "Alice Comedies" based on the films title character. That agreement on 
October 16, 1923 became the official founding date of the Walt Disney Company, 
known then as the “Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio”, with brothers Walt and Roy  
Disney, as equal partners. Today, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group is one of 
the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. 

The original Walt Disney Studio was located in the rear of
a small office occupied by a reality company in Los Angeles