Remembering Lance Henriksen
On May 5, 1940, actor Lance Henriksen was born. I loved Lance's performance in the movie Pumpkinhead!
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Oh how I adore Spencer Tracy!
Sorry this is a late post, but I completely forgot to post the fact that April 5th was Spencer Tracy's birthday! Ooops! So anyway, he was born April 5, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I'll show you a few favorite pics that I found on Pinterest. Here goes.... With Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year Playing polo Cuteness!
Luke Halpin
On this day in 1947, child star Luke Hapin (from the film and TV series Flipper was born. Happy birthday to you, Luke!
One of my favorite Spencer Tracy films
A few weeks ago, I watched the movie Boys Town and very much enjoyed it. Spencer Tracy plays the part of a priest named Father Flanagan who creates a home for troubled boys. The more the population of boys grows, the more he realizes that he needs to build a bigger area. So he asks for help from not just the boys, but also from a shop manager named Dave (played by Henry Hull) to help him with the funds. Few have faith that creating the new home could happen and what makes things more difficult is an unruly young man named Whitey brought to the home (played by Mickey Rooney). Despite Whitey's bad behavior, Father Flanagan has faith that he can change. He always thought that "there is no such thing as a bad boy." Eventually the home is complete and Whitey changes his ways. I liked the fact that all the boys in the home had someone to talk to and who would listen to whatever may be bothering them. Kids deserve to be listened to and cared for, just like in this movie
Sidney Potier
Sidney Poitier was born on February 20th, 1927. First black actor to win an Academy Award. It was for the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Two other most memorable performances of Sidney's are In The Heat of the Night and To Sir, With Love.