Opened in movie theaters 50 years ago today:
THE THRILL OF IT ALL (Doris Day, James Garner; directed by Norman Jewison)
Review: “Enjoyable spoof of TV and commercials by Carl Reiner; good vehicle for Day as housewife-turned-TV-spokeswoman and Garner as her neglected husband.” —Leonard Maltin
Trivia: Carl Reiner had intended the role of Beverly Boyer for Judy Holliday, whose ill health prevented her from making the film. —imdb.com
James Cagney
Born: July 17, 1899, Manhattan
His father: was a bartender, boxer and telegraphist
The second of: seven children
Childhood nickname: “Cellar-Door Cagney”, due to his dancing on slanted cellar doors
Childhood ambition: Major League baseball player
First movie role: in SINNER’S HOLIDAY (1930)
Recommended films: FOOTLIGHT PARADE, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, ONE TWO THREE, MISTER ROBERTS, THE PUBLIC ENEMY, WHITE HEAT…
ON THIS DAY in 1938, aviator Douglas Corrigan took off on a flight from Brooklyn to Long Beach, Calif., but instead inadvertently flew to Ireland, thus becoming known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan. This incident was dramatized for the 1939 film, THE FLYING IRISHMAN, starring Corrigan and directed by Leigh Jason.
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