a sinister-looking kid
Happy 105th Birthday, Jimmy Stewart
(May 20, 1908 - July 2, 1997)
“I’ve sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can’t figure things out all the time but keeps at it.”
Happy 116th Birthday, Frank Capra
(May 18, 1897 - September 3, 1991)
“Maybe there really wasn’t an America, maybe it was only Frank Capra.”
- John Cassavetes“When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a unique person; each a king or a queen; each a story that would fill a book; each an island of human dignity.”
“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. “
Happy 106th Birthday, Katharine Hepburn
(May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003)
“Time with her was more than time well spent. A little bit with her was worth days and weeks and months with somebody else.”
- Lauren Bacall“She’s the most completely honest woman I’ve ever met.”
- Cary Grant“She used to say to me, ‘Be fascinating, Christopher,’ and I’d say, ‘Well, that’s easy for you. The rest of us have to work at it.’”
- Christopher Reeve
Happy 114th Birthday, Fred Astaire
(May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987)
“Fred knew the value of a song and his heart was in it before his feet took over.”
- Irving Berlin
“This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever.”
Babe [1995]
