🍿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. Enjoy! youtu.be/ogEZr9OeUkc

🍿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.

🍿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.

🍿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

🍿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 is the origin story behind Trigger! Enjoy: youtu.be/jmTQphmzczg

🍿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.

🍿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); Spartacus (1960)], was born in Manhattan, New York.

🍿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

🍿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. Enjoy! youtu.be/pe_z4MbepWk

🍿Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on June 2, 1989, coming-of-age drama film “Dead Poets Society” was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, a division of #Disney. The movie stars Robin Williams and is set in 1959 at Welton Academy, a fictional elite boarding school.

🍿 Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on June 2, 1904, Johnny #Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller) [Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Jungle Jim (1948); Voodoo Tiger (1952)] was born in Szabadfalva, Temes County, Austria-Hungary

🍿Movie Quote of the Day: “I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.” Attributed to #KimNovak, actress ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by Columbia Pictures, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films

🍿Featured Movie of the Day: Today's TV show is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Attack of the Giant Leeches”. This Creature Feature is set in the Everglades, where giant leeches live in a deep swamp. Could this explain all sinkholes in #Florida... or its politics?😁 Enjoy: youtu.be/JxGaO5IEYaM

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on June 1, 1943. Nazi Germany shoots down civilian plane flying from Lisbon to London, killing 17, including actor Leslie Howard [Of Human Bondage (1934), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939)]. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on June 1, 1926. American actress, Marilyn Monroe, birthname Norma Jeane Mortenson, [Monkey Business (1952); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959)] was born in Los Angeles, California.

Movie Quote of the Day: “Good acting should teach people to understand rather than judge.” Attributed to Peter Finch, film actor 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made for “Passage Home”, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #PeterFinch, #cinema

It’s Serial Sunday! Watch the latest chapter in Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of SOS Coast Guard, a 1937 Republic film serial starring Doctor Boroff and clean-cut but hapless American hero, Coast Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent: youtu.be/u2k8Ht4zkH4. Catch up with the entire serial: shorturl.at/43UW0

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 31, 1965. Indian feature film “Charulata”, written and directed by Satyajit Ray and starred Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Shailen Mukherjee, wins the Golden Lotus Award at 12th National Film Awards. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 31, 1908, Dominic "Don" Ameche, American actor [Moon Over Miami (1941), Slightly French (1949), Trading Places (1983), Cocoon (1985)], born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Movie Quote of the Day: “Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single #Oscar. That's showbiz.” Attributed to Maureen O'Hara, film actress and singer 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by RKO, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #MaureenO'Hara, #cinema

Featured Movie of the Day: Today's Featured Movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “Act Your Age”. This unintentionally funny Hygiene Film discusses the risks of vandalizing your school desk while the teacher is watching you. Who knew, right? youtu.be/dCJESXSnou8

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 30, 1987. North American Philips Company (“Philips”) introduces the Video CD format, able to store a then-massive 800 MB of data, enough for a full-length feature movie. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 30, 1908, Mel Blanc, comedian and VO actor (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig), was born in San Francisco, California.

Movie Quote of the Day: “I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.” Attributed to Yul Brynner, film actor 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made for “The Magnificent Seven”, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #YulBrynner, #cinema

Featured Movie of the Day: Today's Featured Movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of British Intelligence, a 1940 Spy Drama. During World War One, master German spy Franz Strendler has greatly damaged the Allies’ cause but how can the British stop him? youtu.be/cR8Wr0J3F10

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 29, 1961. The drama, "A Raisin in the Sun", the film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1958 stage play of the same name, starring the Broadway cast including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, John Fiedler and Ivan Dixon, premieres. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 29, 1903, Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope [Road to Singapore (1940), My Favorite Brunette (1947), Casanova's Big Night (1954) and Eight on the Lam (1967)] was born in London, England.

Movie Quote of the Day: “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.” Attributed to Ethel Barrymore, film and stage actress 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by Bain News Service, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #EthelBarrymore

Featured Movie of the Day: Today's movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of “My Wife’s Relations” starring Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Monte Collins and Wheezer Dell. Did you ever had one of those days where somebody throws a bottle at you, and you end up married as a result? youtu.be/xs8lBkexHC8

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 28, 1976, Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, was released. The psychological drama starred Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 28, 1931, actress and director, Sondra Locke [Willard (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Any Which Way But Loose (1978), Sudden Impact (1983)] was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Movie Quote of the Day: “I'm gonna live till I die.” Attributed to Frank Sinatra, film actor and singer 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by 20th Century Fox for “Tony Rome”, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #FrankSinatra, #cinema

Featured Movie of the Day: Today's TV show is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of Little Lord Fauntleroy, a 1936 Drama starring Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello Barrymore and C. Aubrey Smith. Can a 9-year-old kid become part of the British aristocracy? youtu.be/MpzLswwUmys 🍿

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 27, 1933, Walt Disney animated short, “The Three Little Pigs” is released. Costing approximately $22,000, it later went on to gross an estimated $250,000 at the Box Office and win the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 1934. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 27, 1911, actor Vincent Price [Laura (1944), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) and The Last Man on Earth (1964)] was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Movie Quote of the Day: “I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.” Attributed to Veronica Lake, film actress 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by Paramount Pictures in 1941, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #VeronicaLake, #cinema

Featured Show of the Day: Today's TV show is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of The Jack Benny Program. Tonight’s episode is titled “Hong Kong Suit” and illustrates what can happen when you fly off to foreign lands and purchase your on-stage suits for just $12. Enjoy! youtu.be/5etw2W4SdR0

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 26, 1949, "Tulsa", an American Western action film, directed by Stuart Heisler was released in the US. The movie starred Susan Hayward and Robert Preston and may soon be featured in an upcoming Greasy Popcorn™ presentation. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 26, 1907, John Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison, (Green Berets, The Comancheros, True Grit), was born in Winterset, Iowa. Wayne reportedly appeared in 169 feature films during his acting career of 50 years.

Movie Quote of the Day: “Everybody has to work with their talent.” Attributed to Peter Lorre, film actor 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Publicity photo made by United Artists for “Quicksand” in 1950, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #PeterLorre, #cinema

Featured Movie of the Day: Today's movie is Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of Attack of the Giant Leeches, starring Ken Clark and Yvette Vickers. No, it’s not a political allegory. Here, a group of gigantic, intelligent leeches live secretly in a deep swamp in #Florida.🙂 Enjoy: youtu.be/JxGaO5IEYaM

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 25, 1969, Midnight Cowboy was released. The controversial but widely acclaimed picture starred Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight and was directed by John Schlesinger. It won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd #AcademyAwards. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 25, 1943, Leslie Uggams, American film, theater and TV actress (Poor Pretty Eddie; Deadpool; Roots; and Hallelujah, Baby!) was born in New York City. #Uggams turns 83 years old today.

Movie Quote of the Day: “The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.” Attributed to Natalie Wood, film actress 🍿 ------------------------------- 📸: Publicity photo in El Matador, now in the Public Domain 📝: #movies, #films, #NatalieWood, #cinema

It’s Serial Sunday! Watch the latest chapter in Greasy Popcorn’s presentation of SOS Coast Guard, a 1937 Republic film serial starring Doctor Boroff and Coast Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent, played by Ralph Byrd: youtu.be/9PNN14TJe-A. Catch up with the entire serial (to date): shorturl.at/43UW0

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 24, 1963, the contemporary Western film, “HUD” premiered, starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and Brandon de Wilde, and was directed by Martin Ritt. 🍿

Featured Birthday of the Day: On this day on May 24, 1923, actor and director, Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter and Yumeji) was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.

Movie Quote of the Day: “Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man - and I'm in all of them” Attributed to #JosephCotten. 🍿 ------------------------------------------ 📸: Pub photo, now in the Public Domain

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 Jack's young replacement, a fantasy actress as an early love interest & someone from Jack’s hometown. youtu.be/mArNk45NPvI

Movie Industry Milestone: On this day on May 23, 1922, Walt #Disney incorporated his first animation company, Laugh-O-Gram Films, in Kansas City, Missouri. The company filed for bankruptcy just 14 months later.🍿