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🍿 Featured Show of the Day:

Today's TV show is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of The Jack Benny Program. Tonight’s episode is titled “Jack Casting for Television Special” starring young replacements for Jack, a fantasy actress to play an early love interest and a crazed fan from Jack’s hometown. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/mArNk45NPvI ----------------------------- Tags: #TVshows, #EarlyTelevision, #JackBenny, #comedy,

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🍿Movie Industry Milestone:

On this day on June 6, 1951. just six years after World War Two ended, the first #Berlin International Film Festival opens and runs until June 17.

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Tags: #IndustyMilestones, #OldMovies, #BerlinInternationalFilmFestival

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🍿Featured Birthday of the Day:

On this day on June 6, 1932, Billie Whitelaw, British actress [(No Love for Johnnie (1961); The Adding Machine (1969) The Omen (1977)], was born in Coventry, Warwickshire.

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🍿Movie Quote of the Day:

“Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.”

Attributed to Gloria Swanson, film actress and producer ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by Karl Struss, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #GloriaSwanson, #cinema

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🍿Featured Movie of the Day:

Today's movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of Century 21 Calling starring two perky twenty-somethings who get unusually excited about just about everything at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. The train! Glass windows! Ferris wheels! Cotton candy! Waving to people they don’t know! Sunlight! It’s all so exciting! https://youtu.be/fs7cUVssTds

Tags: #movies, #films, #teenagers, #WorldsFair, #Seattle

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🍿 Movie Industry Milestone:

On this day on June 5, 1926, "Battleship Potemkin" was released. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein and starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy and Grigoriy Aleksandrov, the Drama depicts the brutal conditions that led up to the mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin.

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🍿 Featured Birthday of the Day:

On this day on June 5, 1895, William Boyd, American film actor [Saturday Night (1922); Changing Husbands (1924); Hop–Along Cassidy (1935)], was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio.

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🍿 Movie Quote of the Day

“My success has been as full of luck as a crapshooter's dream”

Attributed to Adolphe Menjou, film actor ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by CBS Radio, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #AdolpheMenjou, #cinema

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🍿Featured Movie of the Day:

Today's movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of Are You Ready for Marriage, starring two freshly scrubbed yet hapless teenagers named Larry and Sue headed to the wedding altar.

Larry, as it happens, is 19, and a would-be engineer. Sue, 18, and well… we never find out if SHE has any career goals… but we DO learn later on that she hates engineering. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/ogEZr9OeUkc

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🍿Movie Industry Milestone:

On this day on June 4, 1942, "Mrs. Miniver" based on the novel by Jan Struther, was released in the United States.

Directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, the drama went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943.

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🍿Featured Birthday of the Day:

On this day on June 4, 1907, Rosalind Russell, American film and stage actress, [His Girl Friday (1940); Sister Kenny (1947); Auntie Mame (1962); Gypsy (1962)] was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.

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🍿Movie Quote of the Day

“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.”

Attributed to Helen Hayes, film actress ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by the Toronto Star, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #HelenHayes, #cinema

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🍿Featured Movie of the Day:

Today's Featured Movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of Roy Rogers "My Pal Trigger", a 1946 American musical Western film starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, George “Gabby” Hayes and Dale Evans.

This feature is what Roy’s fans were waiting for: the origin story behind Trigger and how he and Roy became such good pals. Enjoy: https://youtu.be/jmTQphmzczg

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🍿Movie Industry Milestone:

On this day on June 3, 1988, the feature comedy, “Big” starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins, and directed by Penny Marshal, premiers in the United States.

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🍿Featured Birthday of the Day:

On this day on June 1, 1925, Tony Curtis, born Bernard Schwartz, [The Defiant Ones (1958); Some Like It Hot (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); and Spartacus (1960)], was born in Manhattan, New York.

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🍿Movie Quote of the Day

“Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.”

Attributed to Peter Sellers, film actor and director ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made for “After the Fox”, now in the Public Domain

📝: #movies, #films, #PeterSellers, #cinema

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🍿Featured Show of the Day:

Today's TV show is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of The Jack Benny Program. Tonight’s episode is titled, “Ghost Town Western” and illustrates what can happen when you take a shortcut while driving from Phoenix to Los Angeles and arrive at a deserted cafe late at night. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/pe_z4MbepWk