Archive for the ‘Old Movies’ Category

On this day in 1952, The African Queen opened.

On this day in 1971, the Osmonds began a five-week stay at number one with “One Bad Apple”. Talking about bad apples. These guys all looked like they needed acne creams but they were stoked and filled with energy, which was the highlight of watching their performances. See, I told you the 1970’s were not nice to us. Things could have been worse though. Imagine Tiny Tim recording a Bee Gee’s cover. Yeah, I know.

On this day in 1953, Walt Disney’s version of Peter Pan opened in New York City. We have a copy of Peter Pan in our movie closet, along with over 300 other kids movies. If I had a barcode scanner I could scan them all into some sort of database so I could keep track of them all.

The sequels to Peter Pan are not nearly as good as the original.

I’m sure everyone was smoking cigars after this deal.

In 1955, RCA purchased the recording contract of Elvis Presley from Sun Records for the then astronomical sum of $35,000. Elvis would become RCA’s biggest selling recording artist. His first gold record was Heartbreak Hotel, recorded in January 1956.

When I get the chance, I shop for cigars online, because you can never have too many good cigars waiting for those perfect deals.

I was sitting here tonight trying to decide if I wanted to write a colon cleanse review or watch a movie. The movie won.

So what should I watch? I think I’ll watch “The Old Man And The Sea” which was released on this day in 1958.

An old Cuban fisherman goes out to get fish, something he has not done well at for the last three months. He catches a huge one which is devoured by sharks before he can land it.

On this day in 1923, Shirley Temple was born.

On this day in 1889, Charlie Chaplin was born.

On this day in 1973, “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” hit number one. It was the only hit song from an awesome performer, Vicki Lawrence.

On this day in 1887, Anne Sullivan made a breakthrough with Helen Keller at the water pump.

On this day in 1922, Doris Day was born.

One of America’s most prolific actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her parents divorced while she was still a child and she lived with her mother. Like most little girls, Doris liked to dance. She aspired to become a professional ballerina, but an automobile accident that crushed a leg ended whatever hopes she had of dancing on stage. It was a terrible setback, but after taking singing lessons she found a new vocation, and began singing with local bands.