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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 13h

elease on this day in 1955 was the film noir, The Desperate Hours. Directed by William Wyler, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, and Martha Scott. It is the story of three escaped convicts who move in on and terrorize a suburban household. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 14h

Happy 75th birthday to the remarkable film and stage actress Karen Allen who was born on this day in 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois. Karen made her film debut in Animal House (1978) and has been in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), and many more. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 14h

Released on this day in 1959 was the film' Girls Town', starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Ray Anthony, and Paul Anka. This is the story is about a troubled teenage girl who sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 16h

On this day in 1919 was born the amazing Donald Pleasence. Donald was an English actor who began his career on stage in the West End before moving to film and television. He was in classics such as The Great Escape (1963), You Only Live Twice (1967), and Halloween (1978). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 16h

Released on this day in 1966 was 'Seconds'. Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson and Salome Jens, a middle-aged New York banker, disillusioned with his life, contacts an agency known as "The Company" which gives his a new identity and appearance. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Released on this day in 1942 was th omantic mystery film, 'Phantom Killer'. Starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton and Warren Hymer, this is the tale of a series of murders that seems to implicate a deaf-mute philanthropist, except he has ironclad alibis for all of them. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Born on this day in 1890 was the one and only Julius Henry Marx, better known as "Groucho". Starting in vaudeville in 1905, Julius in known for his exaggerated stooped posture, spectacles, cigar, a thick greasepaint mustache, and eyebrows. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Born on this day in 1948 was Indian model and actress, Persis Khambatta. At the age of 16, she was Femina Miss India. Khambatta entered Miss Universe in 1965. Persis is best remembered for iStar Trek: The Motion Picture and for Nastasia in Warrior of the Lost World. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Released on this day in 1976 was the blaxploitation film 'The Human Tornado'. Produced and starring Rudy Ray Moore, this was a sequel to his hit, "Dolemite". Dolemite flees to California, where he helps Queen Bee and her Kung Fu prostitutes battle a local gangster. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Born on this day in 1928 was George McFarland, better known as "Spanky" in the "Our Gang" shorts. McFarland's career started with modeling children's clothing for a Dallas department store. #OnThisDay #bot

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Born on this day in 1927 was actor, Tom Bosley. Tom is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the 1970s ABC sitcom Happy Days, and the title character on the NBC/ABC series Father Dowling Mysteries. He also was featured in a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Released on this day in 1947 was the horror thriller film, 'The Brute Man'. Directed by Jean Yarbrough and staring Rondo Hatton, Jane Adams and Tom Neal, a facially deformed and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those who deformed him with a series of brutal murders. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Released on this day in 1956 was 'The Mole People', an sci-fi adventure film. The film stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick. A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Born on this day in 1938 was actress, Stella Stevens. Stella starred in such films as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as well as appearing on many TV shows. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Released on this day in 1957 was 'The Brain from Planet Arous', an independently made sci-fi film, directed by Nathan H. Juran, that stars John Agar, Joyce Meadows, and Robert Fuller. An evil alien brain from the planet Arous hijacks the body of a scientist in order to control the Earth. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Released on this day in 1950 was the film noir crime drama, ‘The Breaking Point’. Starring John Garfield, Patricia Neal & Phyllis Thaxter, an otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Premiering on this day in 1960 was the animated sitcom 'The Flintstones'. The series follows the activities of the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the Rubbles. As the first prime-time animated series, it was originally broadcast on ABC from 1960 to 1966, #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy 95th birthday to actress, Angie Dickinson. Angie has had more than a 50-year acting career. Best known for Police Woman , she also in such films as Rio Bravo (1951), Ocean's 11 (1960), The Killers (1964), The Art of Love (1965), Point Blank (1967), and Big Bad Mama (1974). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Released on this day in 1953 was the horror film, ‘Donovan's Brain’. The story involves an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac after an otherwise fatal plane crash. Directed by Felix E. Feist, it stars Lew Ayres and Nancy Davis. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Born on this day in 1952, English actor and singer, Jack Wild. Jack was best known for playing the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (1968), at the age of 16. He went on to appear in the television series H.R. Pufnstuf. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Born on this day in 1904 was actress and singer, Greer Garson. Greer was one of America's top-ten box office draws from 1942 to 1946. She is the fourth most nominated woman for the Best Actress Oscar. We won the award for the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Premiering on this day in 1963 was the CBS science-fiction sitcom, My Favorite Martian. Starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby, this is the story of a young newspaper reporter for The Los Angeles Sun who comes across a Human-looking alien. The show would last three seasons for 107 episodes. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy 84th birthday to English actor Ian McShane. Ian is best known for his BBC series Lovejoy and as Al Swearengen in the HBO series Deadwood. He has also been in a few film roles over his long career that began in 1962 in a film called "The Wild and the Willing". #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Born on this day in 1909 was Helen Virginia Briggs, better known as actress and singer Virginia Bruce. Virginia was Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. She was in such films as Kongo (1932), There Goes My Heart (1934), and The Invisible Woman (1940). #Onthisday #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Released on this day in 1963 was 'Dementia 13', the first film by Francis Ford Coppola. Made for his boss, Roger CormanI, In The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, Michael Weldon noted it had "a great trick ending, some truly shocking, gory ax murders, and lots of inventive photography". #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy 75th birthday to Mark Hamill who was born on this day in 1951. Mark is best known for Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series. He is also known for his voice acting, including the Joker Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Released on this day in 1947 was the crime film noir 'Railroaded!' Directed by Anthony Mann and starring John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, and Jane Randolph, a beautician and her boyfriend attempt to rob a bookie operation. When the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man. #onthisday

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Come on, get happy! On this day in 1970, the American musical sitcom The Partridge Family premiered on ABC. Loosely based on the real-life musical family The Cowsills, it starred Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, and Dave Madden. It lasted for 4 seasons! #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Born on this day in 1948 was the incredible, Phil Hartman. Phil was a actor, comedian, screenwriter, graphic and designer. His fame began on Saturday Night Live and continued on the sitcom News Radio and The Simpsons. He left this earth way too early! #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Released on this day in 1969 (in the USA) was 'The Blood of Fu Manchu'. This is the 4th film in which Christopher Lee is the Chinese evil criminal genius and mad scientist. Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison with the plan to kill ten world leaders. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Born on this day in 1936 was Jim Henson. Jim was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, composer, filmmaker, and screenwriter. He achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets. He also directed the films The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Released on this day in 1944 was the black comedy film, “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, and Priscilla Lane! A writer discovers his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. A true classic! #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Born on this day in 1920 was Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr., better known as Mickey Rooney. Mickey was an actor, producer, and vaudevillian who began acting at the age of six. His career lasted almost 90 years! His biggest role, obviously, was his appearance on The Simpsons in 1995. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Born on this day in 1897 was actor, Walter Pidgeon. Walter was in such films as Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Born on this day in 1885 was Erich von Stroheim, the Austrian-American director, actor, and producer. His 1924 film Greed, is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. Erich was also an actor, most famous for playing Max von Mayerling in Sunset Boulevard. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Released on this day in 1958 was the science fiction cult film, 'Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster'. Starring James Karen and Marilyn Hanold, a Martian princess and a doctor want to replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war. At the same time, an android terrorizes all. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Released on this day in 1957 was the American crime film, Undersea Girl. Starring Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, and Dan Seymour, a woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang that scuttled a ship to loot it later. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Released on this day in 1960 was the Bert I. Gordon classic, Tormented! A man is haunted by the ex-girlfriend he let fall to her death. Her disembodied head causes all types of trouble for him and his new fiancée. Starring Richard Carlson, Lugene Sanders, and Bert’s daughter. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Born on this day in 1931 was the actor, director, and producer, Larry Hagman. Larry was the son of Broadway star Mary Martin, He is best known for playing Major Anthony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70) and J. R. Ewing in the primetime television soap opera Dallas (1978-91). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Born on this day in 1935 was American actor, singer, and songwriter, James Bateman, better known as Henry Gibson. Henry is best known for the TV sketch-comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971. He, of course, was also the Head Nazi in the film The Blues Brothers. #OnThisDay. #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Released on this day in 1977 was the American horror film Shock Waves, written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. Starring Peter Cushing and Brooke Adams, the film is about a group of tourists who encounter aquatic Nazi zombies when they become shipwrecked. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Born on this day in 1924 was actress Gail Russell. Gail acted in films and TV between 1943 and 1961. She was in such films as The Uninvited (1944), The Unseen (1945), and The Bachelor's Daughters (1946). Unfortunately, acute and chronic alcoholism, which caused her death at age 36. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy 78th birthday to actress, Judy Geeson. Judy is most famous for the 1967 classic To Sir, With Love. She appeared in several horror films including Fear in the Night (1972), A Candle for the Devil (1973), Dominique (1978), and Inseminoid (1981). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Released on this day n 1927 was the first film adaption of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play The Cat and the Canary. Starring Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, Creighton Hale,and Flora Finch, this silent film is a classic haunted house film. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Actor Jane Greer was born on this day in 1924. Jane is most famous for the femme fatale in the film noir Out of the Past (1947). She was also in the films The Big Steal (1949), You're in the Navy Now (1951), The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)), and Man of a Thousand Faces! (1957). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Born on this day in 1914 was the American Film actress, Hillary Brooke. She is best known for appearing in two Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes movies. She was also in such films as I Cover Big Town, Africa Screams, Lost Continent and The Maze. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy 74th birthday to actress Angela Cartwright. Angela is best known for playing Brigitta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music (1965) and, of course, Penny Robinson in the 1960s television series Lost in Space (1965-1968). She had been a photographer for the last 30 years. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Released on this day in 1985 was the post-apocalyptic action film, “City Limits". Starring John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall, Rae Dawn Chong & James Earl Jones. Two teenage motorcycle gangs maintain an uneasy truce while an evil corporation tries to take over their city. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Released on this day in 1947 was 'The Third Man'. This British film noir was directed by Carol Reed and stars Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to postwar Vienna, to the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Born on this day in 1922 was actress, dancer, and singer Yvonne De Carlo. Yvonne was a big star in the 1940s and 50s, made several recordings, and later acted on television and on stage. She is best known as Lily Munster on the CBS sitcom The Munsters (1964–1966). #OnThisDay #botd

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