Today's Birthdays 7/4 - Happy July 4th!
Today's Birthdays 7/4 - Happy July 4th!
Today's Birthdays 7/4 - Happy July 4th!#0
Posted: 7/4/04 at 11:39pm
Nathaniel Hawthorne 07/04/1804 - 5/19/1864 novelist, short story writer, source material – SCARLET LETTER; 3 WONDER TALES
Stephen Foster 07/04/1826 - 1/13/1864 composer, source material – SUSANNA, DON’T YOU CRY; Swanee River (Al Jolsen); film's Swanee River (Don Ameche)
Louis B. Mayer 07/04/1885 – 10/29/1957 MGM exec.
Irving Caesar 07/04/1895 - Dec 17, 1996 Producer, Writer, Lyricist, Composer – PINS & NEEDLES; NO, NO, NANETTE; YES, YES, YVETTE; var. GEO. WHITE SCANDLES; WHITE HORSE INN (w/Kitty Carlisle)
Gertrude Lawrence 07/04/1898 - 9/6/1952 (1 source listed 6/4 the IBDB says 07/04) performer - PRIVATE LIVES; LADY IN THE DARK; KING & I
George Murphy 7/4/1902 - 5/3/1992 American actor and politician - film's This is the Army, Little Miss Broadway, For Me and My Gal
Meyer Lansky 7/4/1902 - 1/15/1983 American crime syndicate chief; source mat'l
Elliot Sullivan 07/04/1907 - 6/2/1974 performer, blacklisted during McCarthy years – orig. GREEN GROW THE LILACS
Mitch Miller 7/4/1911 record company executive, producer, arranger: Columbia, Mercury; musician & instrumentalist: Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, The Yellow Rose of Texas, March from The River Kwai; Sing Along with Mitch LPs and TV show
Eva Marie Saint 07/04/1924 performer – orig. TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL; & film ON THE WATERFRONT & verrrry sexy scenes w/Cary Grant in NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Eric Fleming 07/04/1925 - Sep 28, 1966 performer – STALAG 17; TV’s RAWHIDE (“Head ‘em up. Move ‘em out”
Neil Simon 07/04/1927 Producer, Lyricist, Writer, Theatre Owner/Operator – BAREFOOT IN THE PARK – SUNSHINE BOYS; ODD COUPLE; PRISONER OF 2D AVE; THE DINNER PARTY (I enjoyed this 1); comedy writer for TV’s Sid Cesar’s YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS
Gina Lollobrigida 7/4/1927 - film's Trapeze, Belles de Nuit, Solomon and Sheba, Strange Bedfellows, Come September
George M. Steinbrenner III 07/04/1930 producer & owner of NY Yankees – yup, that George Steinbrenner; 90 DAY MISTRESS (Dyane Cannon, Tony Lo Bianco, Martin Milner); NOT NOW DARLING; APPLAUSE; ABELARD & HELOISE (Keith Michell, Dianna Rigg. What was that famous quote about Dianna Rigg in the buff?); SEESAW (Ken Howard, Lainie Kazan, Michele Lee, Anita Morris, Amanda McBroom, Tommy Tune, Baayork Lee, Wayne Cilento; Thomas Walsh, WOW 4 choreographers came out of this show! W/so much talent, what the heck happened to this show?); LEGGS DIAMOND (Peter Allen, Julie Wilson). I guess LEGGS was the last straw for Geo. He just couldn’t hit a home run.
Lamont Washington 07/04/1943 performer – GOLDEN BOY, HAIR
Joe Lynn 07/04/1947 performer – origs. TIMBUKTU!, DREAMGIRLS
Mary Ann Lamb 07/04/1959 performer – SONG & DANCE; STARLIGHT EXPRESS; CARRIE; JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY; GOODBYE GIRL; revivals FORUM & CHICAGO; FOSSE; SEUSSICAL
SHOWS WHICH OPENED ON JULY 04:
This Is the Army 07/04/1942 w/Irving Berlin, Burl Ives, Gary Merrill
Charley's Aunt 07/04/1970
ON THIS DAY IN:
1776 The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U.S.!
1826 Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died.
1831 James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, died in New York City.
1832 - It was on this day that America was sung in public for the first time -- at the Park Street Church in Boston, MA. Dr. Samuel Francis Smith wrote the words, borrowing the tune from a German songbook. Ironically, and unknown to Dr. Smith at the time, the melody is the same as the British national anthem.
1943 - The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker (Mildred Bailey’s brother) and Harry Barris, were reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on NBC radio.
1965 The Long Wharf Theatre opens for the first time in New Haven, Connecticut w/a new staging of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
(sources, IBDB, NYT On This Day, playbill.com & 440.com’s Those Were The Days)
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