“Marge, my love, my angel.”Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)
Aug
20
1959

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.
“Marge, my love, my angel.”Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)
Aug
20
1959

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.
“I, I find all kinds of witchcraft slightly nauseating and this I find absolutely disgusting.”The Plague of the Zombies (John Gilling, 1966)
Aug
20

A rather disgusting looking zombie carrying a young brunette in a flower dress. DP: Arthur Grant.
– Sir James Forbes
“And oh, are the Giants mad!”Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)
Aug
18
1961
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A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.
And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.
– announcer on PA
Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)
Aug
15
Ferragosto

The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone.
Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption
“The city… as if it were unborn. Rising into the sky with fingers of metal, limbs without flesh, girders without stone. Signs hanging without support. Wires dipping and swaying without poles. A city unborn. Flesh dissolved in an acid of light. A city of the dead.”X [The Man with the X-Ray Eyes] (Roger Corman, 1963)
Aug
14

Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) performing his mind-reading trick. DP: Floyd Crosby.
– Dr. James Xavier
…und deine Liebe auch [And Your Love Too] (Frank Vogel, 1962)
Aug
13
1961

Eva (Kati Székely). Someone offscreen lits her cigarette. DP: Günter Ost.
Three people must decide what to do on August 13, 1961, the day the Berlin Wall goes up.
“Life has its tricks. Its oddities.”La baie des anges [Bay of Angels] (Jacques Demy, 1963)
Aug
6
mercredi

The bank where Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) works. A wall calendar, slightly tilted, reads Août 6 Mercredi. DP: Jean Rabier.
– Jackie Demaistre
“Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…”Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)
Aug
4
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A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti.
While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams.
黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)
Aug
4

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.
She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)
Aug
4

Lt. Albert Rose, now Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe), strikes a pose. DP: Gerhard Maser.