The very talented lyricist and librettist Dorothy Fields was born on 15 July 1905.

"I never saw Ernie with a sad face on him. I never heard him say anything bad about anybody―nobody, no matter who they were... He was a wonderful person." Hank Aaron remembering Ernie Banks.

"In what time does man live? The thinkers have always known that he does not live in any time at all. The immortality of thoughts and deeds banishes him to a timeless realm at whose heart an inscrutable death lies in wait..." Philosopher, critic and essayist Walter Benjamin, born 15 July 1892.

Not until film began to become an art was the interest moved from mere subject matter to aspects of form. What had hitherto been merely the urge to record certain actual events, now became the aim to represent objects by special means exclusive to film. Art & film theorist Rudolf Arnheim, #BOTD.

From 1957 by Vivian Maier.

Buena Vista Social Club (1999) A documentary directed by Wim Wenders about the old musicians and the wonderful music they make in Cuba.

"It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn." ~ Anthony Bourdain

Critics say #TheOdyssey is another Christopher Nolan masterpiece and one of the best films of the year.

Laurence Fishburne and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix (1999). The Blue Pill or The Red Pill.

Tremors (1990) Directed by Ron Underwood starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) Director: Billy Wilder

Happy Birthday to the late Jan-Michael Vincent, born 82 years ago today

The Goonies (1985) 🎬💙 Directed by Richard Donner

GoodFellas (1990) Directed by Martin Scorsese

Thelma & Louise (1991) Directed by Ridley Scott

The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Written and directed by Wes Anderson from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola. The ensemble cast includes Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Wright and Scarlett Johansson and more.

Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953)

Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Directed by Don Siegel starring Clint Eastwood Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward and with Danny Glover making his film debut.

Happy Birthday to Millie Jackson.

Kristoff St. John July 15, 1966 – February 3, 2019 .

Happy Birthday to Diane Kruger.

Happy Birthday to Forrest Whittaker.

"I play myself all the time... on camera and off. What else can I do?" Harry Dean Stanton, born 14 July 1926.

John Frederick Lewis, born 14 July 1804.

Writer and historian Owen Wister, born 14 July 1860.

Lino Ventura, born 14 July 1919.

Hitchcockian: Resembling or characteristic of the style of film director Alfred Hitchcock, especially through the use of tension and suspense.

The Last Picture Show (1971) Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman and Cybill Shepherd.

Bette Davis is, The Nanny (1965) Directed by Seth Holt

Agnes Moorehead and Bette Davis in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964).

Pam Grier and Robert Forster in,Jackie Brown (1997).

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Directed by David Frankel stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci

The Mummy (1999) Cinematography by Adrian Biddle.

#Film89PosterOfTheDay No.3168 Dead Calm (1989) Director: Philip Noyce

Defending Your Life (1991) Written, directed and starring Albert Brooks with Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, and Buck Henry. In an afterlife way-station resembling a city, the lives of the recently deceased are examined in a court-like setting.

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Directed by John McTiernan starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson.

Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter (1978).

#ComingUpOnTCM THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (1974) Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Donald O'Connor Dir.: Jack Haley, Jr. 10:15 AM PT An all-star cast introduces clips from MGM musicals. 2h 12m | Documentary | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

#ComingUpOnTCM A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr Dir.: Richard Lester 8:45 AM PT The Beatles prepare for a televised concert. 1h 32m | Musical | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty

Gustav Klimt (July 14th, 1862 - February 6, 1918).

Happy Birthday to Jane Lynch.

Happy Birthday to Rosey Grier.

Book cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman (1911 - 1977).