Ronald Neame: “I was brought up in a school that said, ‘There is no camera'”

Suppose you’re only as good as your last film, and especially as good as your last film’s receipts at the box office. In that case, film director Ronald Neame must have been at his peak when “The P…

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Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead in their home

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A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
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June 22

This day in history:

  • 1922 – British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.
  • 1984 – Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
  • 813 – Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.
  • 1966 – Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.

Births:

  • 1919 – Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
  • 1974 – Jo Cox, British politician (d. 2016)
  • 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

Deaths:

  • 1965 – David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
  • 2003 – Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian war novelist (b. 1924)
  • 431 – Paulinus of Nola, Christian bishop and poet (b. 354)

Holidays:

  • Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
  • Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
  • Teachers' Day (El Salvador)

Random Article of the day:

The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)

The Poseidon Adventure is a 2005 American made-for-television disaster film based on Paul Gallico's 1969 novel of the same name. It is a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name and its 1979 sequel.

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