April 29, 2026Director William Wellman and James Cagney on the set of Public Enemy, 1931. On the scaffold preparing to empty his Thompson submachine gun with live ammo on Cagney is the film’s Technical Advisor (uncredited), Los Angeles County Sheriff and WWI marksman Clem Peoples.
April 28, 2026Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, and director Robert Aldrich on the set of The Dirty Dozen, 1967
April 28, 2026Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver filming “Ghostbusters II” (1989)
April 28, 2026During Noah’s Ark (1928), director Michael Curtiz used nearly 600,000 gallons of water and hundreds of extras for a real flood sequence. At least three people died, one extra lost a leg, and lead actress Dolores Costello later said he wanted “realism.”
April 28, 2026Make-up artist Bud Westmore holding the head of one of his creations, a Metaluna Mutant from “This Island Earth” (1955)
