Marlene Dietrich by John Engstead for Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Remembering Charlie Watts on his birthday 🎂 📷 Deborah Feingold, 1992 "To me, Charlie Watts was the secret essence of the whole thing." - Keith Richards

He knew rock, he knew the blues. He knew jazz, he knew R&B. Charlie Watts, born 2 June 1941.

Milo O'Shea, born 2 June 1926.

#BOTD 1889 Verna Martha Wentworth: American actress. Originally a radio actress, she became a film actress in the 1940s. She went on to do voice work for Walt Disney Studios in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and The Sword in the Stone (1963), her final credited film appearance.

Hedy Lamarr by A.L. “Whitey” Schafer, 1949.

Lydia Lunch - BOTD

Sorry, America. The Shaggs have also decided to withdraw from the Freedom 250 festivities.

“The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.” -Johnny Weissmuller #BOTD

#BOTD 1909 Gina Malo in Cincinnati, Ohio. Actress, known for The Door with Seven Locks (1940), Waltz Time (1933), Jack of All Trades (1936) and Where There's a Will (1936).

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger on the set of "Black Narcissus" (1947).

"Popiół i diament" ("Ashes and Diamonds") by Andrzej Wajda, 1958.

Jennifer Connelly as Emma Murdoch. Dark City (1998) 🎬🖤

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) Written and directed by Lotte Reiniger - BOTD in 1899

I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself. (Sun Ra)

Just found out about this. So sad. I got to meet him in the spring when I interviewed Brigitte for @MOJOmagazine and it was a huge honour. Amongst so many other things his contribution of North African rhythms and drones to 1969's Comme a la Radio was massively important to French music. 1/*

Michael Steele (born Susan Thomas; June 2, 1955), best known as the bassist for the Bangles #BOTD

Yehudi Menuhin, (1916~1999) Violin, Sir Edward Elgar Conductor, The London Symphony Orchestra. Edward Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61. Recorded on July 14-15, 1932 at Abbey Road Studio 1, London. #MusicSky youtu.be/1NaXRBrpjZ0?...

"My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require." 🎶 #EdwardElgar, English composer, was #BOTD 2 June 1857. #ClassicalMusic ▶️ youtu.be/_8NOVGHJmRs

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Earl Young, 86 today.

"Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken." ▶️ youtu.be/QYgJZ79FmBo?si…] 🥁Remembering legendar#RollingStoneses drumme#CharlieWattsts#BOTDTD 2 June 1941.

#MMLifers Born on this day in 1941 and died aged 80 in 2021, Charles Robert Watts.

#BOTD 1941. Remembering drummer Charlie Watts. (d.2021)

#BOTD 1937. Remembering actress Sally Kellerman. (d.2022) #Filmsky

#MMLifers Born on this day in 1944 and died aged 81 on November 29 last year, Antone Lee Tavares, known as Chubby Tavares.

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Lydia Lunch, 67 today.

Happy 85th birthday, actor Stacy Keach. 🎂 #Filmsky

“My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.” (Excellent Women) ✒️ #BarbaraPym, English author, was #BOTD 2 June 1913. #Literature

“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.” Poems: www.hardysociety.org/life/poems/ ✒️ #ThomasHardy, English novelist and poet, was #BOTD 2 June 1840. #Literature #Poetry

Darkness on the Edge of Town, the fourth studio album by Bruce Springsteen was released #OTD 1978 on Columbia Records.

✒️ #ÉmileMunier, French artist, was #BOTD 2 June 1840. #Art #Painting

“Man, money ain't got no owners. Only spenders.” 🚔 #OTD in #TV #History 2 June 2002, brilliant crime drama THE WIRE, created by #DavidSimon and starring #DominicWest, #IdrisElba, and #MichaelKWilliams debuted on #HBO. One of the finest shows ever made.

Thanks @soxonthebrain.bsky.social @sonofkaras.bsky.social and the rest of the #CineMon gang.

This is a good song. #CineMon

My mind-reading powers tell me that he's messed up. #CineMon

He invoked the name of the Antichrist! #CineMon

Hans Richter, Sergei Eisenstein and Man Ray, 1929.

John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle - Released on this day in 1950 - Spanish release poster - It's Marilyn's birthday, too

Desmond Dekker and the Aces on #SkaMonday with Pickney Gal.

"The search for truth is never over and the survival of truth is never assured. We have to choose - do we stand with those who wish to suppress the truth or stand with those who seek it." Morgan Freeman, #BOTD.

Jonathan Pryce in "Brazil" - BOTD

Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert 'La Cérémonie', Claude Chabrol, 1995

Mikhail Glinka - BOTD

Marilyn Monroe on the set of "All About Eve" (with Joseph L. Mankiewicz) - BOTD

not forgetting Happy Frank Morgan's birthday!

Actor and director Clive Brook, born 1 June 1887.

Cover by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye.

Gasoline Alley by Frank King from June 1, 1924.

Happy Birthday to Morgan Freeman, born 1 June 1937.

Happy Birthday to Brian Cox, born 1 June 1946.