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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 9h

Happy 76th Birthday to actress Sigourney Weaver who was born on the day in 1949. Sigourney is best known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise and Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters. She is still acting today and has been now for over 50 years. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 9h

Released on this day in 1961 was the William Castle film Mr. 'Sardonicus'. Starring Oskar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, and Audrey Dalton, it is the story of a man whose face becomes frozen in a horrifying grin while robbing his father's grave to obtain a winning lottery ticket. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 10h

Happy 82nd birthday to Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as the American comedian, writer, and actor, Chevy Chase. Chevy was part of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, one of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, and then films. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 11h

Released on this day in 1958 was the independently made sci-fi film, 'The Brain Eaters', Directed by Bruno VeSota and starring Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, and Joanna Lee, inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 1d

Released on this day in 1958 was ‘The Trollenberg Terror’, the independently made British sci-fi drama film. Starring Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, and Janet Munro, this film was released in the U.S. as "The Crawling Eye". #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 1d

Born on this day in 1917 was Eleanor Geisman, better known as American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer, June Allyson. June was in such films as Two Girls and a Sailor (1944), The Bride Goes Wild (1948), and Words and Music (1948). #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 1d

Released on this day in 1959 was ‘4D Man’, an independent sci-fi film. Starring Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether & James Congdon, a scientist discovers a formula enabling him to pass through solid surfaces, but he also rapidly age, which forces him to kill humans. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 2d

Born on this day in 1908 was the wonderful Carole Lombard! This funny, American actress is ranked, according to the American Film Institute, 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Sadly, she left us way too young, at the age of 33. #OnThisDay #botd

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 83rd birthday to actress and singer, Britt Ekland who was born on this day in 1942. She was in such films as The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Get Carter (1971), The Wicker Man (1973), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). #OnThisDay #botd

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 5d

Released on this day in 1962 was 'Zotz!' Director by William Castle and starring Tom Poston, Julia Meade, and Jim Backus, a professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers. The film was based on a novel written by Walter Karig. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 5d

Released on this day in 1971 was the British horror film, 'Twins of Evil'. The classic was directed by John Hough and starring the Collinson sisters, Madeleine and Mary, along with Peter Cushing and Dennis Price. It is the tale twin nieces, one good, one evil. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 5d

Born on this day in 1938 was the wonderful early rock and roller, Eddie Cochran. Eddie had hits songs such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else". Eddie left this world too early, dying at the of 21 in an automobile crash. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 5d

Jamie Lee Curtis continued her scream queen career with Terror Train on this day in 1980. Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 5d

Released on this day in 1965 was the British psychological thriller, 'Bunny Lake Is Missing'. Drected and produced by Otto Preminger and starring Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, and Keir Dullea, a woman reports missing her young daughter. But there is no evidence that she ever existed. #OnThisDay

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 6d

Born on this day in 1890 was 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

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 6d

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

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 6d

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 the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Warrior of the Lost World. #OnThisDay #botd

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 6d

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

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 7d

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

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 7d

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

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 7d

Born on this day in 1938 was actress, Stella Stevens. Stella starred in such popular films as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Silencers (1966), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as well as appearing on TV. #OnThisDay #botd

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 7d

Released on this day in 1957 was 'The Brain from Planet Arous', an independently made scifi 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 · 8d

Released in this day in 1940 was 'The Ape', an American horror film starring Boris Karloff. Dr. Bernard Adrian, a kindly mad scientist, seeks to cure a young woman's polio. At the same time, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing towns people. #OnThisDay

Jeff Kelley @jeff-a-kelley.bsky.social · 8d

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 TV series H.R. Pufnstuf. He passed away at the age of 53. #OnThisDay #botd