usa &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:usa @settima@mograph.social Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:48:43 +0200 6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fbn4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1967/div div class="img" 6-18-67 (1967)/div div class="caption" The opening credits with the date 6-18-67 superimposed over it. DPs: Charles Braverman, George Lucas, David MacDougall & David Wyler./div div class="txt" "We had never been around such opulence, zillions of dollars being spent every five minutes on this huge, unwieldy thing. It was mind-boggling to us because we had been making films for three hundred dollars, and seeing this incredible waste - that was the worst of Hollywood." ### – pre-blockbuster George Lucas /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #GeorgeLucas #JLeeThompson #JosephMacDonald #GregoryPeck #CharlesBraverman #DavidMacDougall #DavidWyler #western #ShortFilm #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967)

Jun

18

1967

6-18-67 (1967)

The opening credits with the date 6-18-67 superimposed over it. DPs: Charles Braverman, George Lucas, David MacDougall & David Wyler.

“We had never been around such opulence, zillions of dollars being spent every five minutes on this huge, unwieldy thing. It was mind-boggling to us because we had been making films for three hundred dollars, and seeing this incredible waste – that was the worst of Hollywood.”

– pre-blockbuster George Lucas

#FilmDuJour #June #GeorgeLucas #JLeeThompson #JosephMacDonald #GregoryPeck #CharlesBraverman #DavidMacDougall #DavidWyler #western #ShortFilm #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fbn4 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kkgp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ace in the Hole (1951)/div div class="caption" A man holds up the first newspaper reporting on Leo Minosa's faith, dated June 17. The headline blares ANCIENT CURSE ENTOMBS MAN. DP: Charles Lang./div div class="txt" "It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it." ### – Charles Tatum /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)

Jun

17

Ace in the Hole (1951)

A man holds up the first newspaper reporting on Leo Minosa's faith, dated June 17. The headline blares ANCIENT CURSE ENTOMBS MAN. DP: Charles Lang.

“It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it.”

– Charles Tatum

#FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kkgp Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-vh8m <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Picture Snatcher (1933)/div div class="caption" Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito./div div class="txt" "That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty." ### – Danny Kean /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LloydBacon #JamesCagney #PatriciaEllis #BillyWest #SolPolito #PreCode #comedy #crime #USA #1930s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)

Jun

16

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito.

“That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty.”

– Danny Kean

#FilmDuJour #June #LloydBacon #JamesCagney #PatriciaEllis #BillyWest #SolPolito #PreCode #comedy #crime #USA #1930s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-vh8m Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k1mm <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Black Friday (1940)/div div class="caption" DP: Elwood Bredell./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #ArthurLubin #BorisKarloff #BelaLugosi #HansJSalter #FrankSkinner #ElwoodBredell #FilmNoir #SciFi #drama #thriller #USA #1940s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Black Friday (Arthur Lubin, 1940)

Jun

13

Black Friday (1940)

DP: Elwood Bredell.

#FilmDuJour #June #ArthurLubin #BorisKarloff #BelaLugosi #HansJSalter #FrankSkinner #ElwoodBredell #FilmNoir #SciFi #drama #thriller #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k1mm Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (Robert Drew, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dq6n <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (Robert Drew, 1963)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 1963/div div class="img" Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)/div div class="caption" An energetic Bobby arrives at the White House in his limousine. DP: Gregory Shuker./div div class="txt" "This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free." ### – JFK /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #RobertDrew #DAPennebaker #JohnFKennedy #RobertFKennedy #JFK #VivianMalone #JamesHood #GeorgeWallace #GregoryShuker #racism #politics #CinémaDirect #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (Robert Drew, 1963)

Jun

10

1963

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

An energetic Bobby arrives at the White House in his limousine. DP: Gregory Shuker.

“This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”

– JFK

#FilmDuJour #June #RobertDrew #DAPennebaker #JohnFKennedy #RobertFKennedy #JFK #VivianMalone #JamesHood #GeorgeWallace #GregoryShuker #racism #politics #CinémaDirect #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dq6n Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dp91 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 0609-Thomas-Crown-Affair1968.png/div div class="caption" A newspaper covered in food scraps. Barely legible a large ad: BE A FINK FOR $25,000! WAS HE IN BOSTON ON JUNE 9TH? DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" "Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love, ### Tommy" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #NormanJewison #SteveMcQueen #FayeDunaway #YaphetKotto #MichelLegrand #HaskellWexler #drama #crime #romance #heist #Boston #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968)

Jun

9

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A newspaper covered in food scraps. Barely legible a large ad: BE A FINK FOR $25,000! WAS HE IN BOSTON ON JUNE 9TH? DP: Haskell Wexler.

“Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love,

Tommy”

#FilmDuJour #June #NormanJewison #SteveMcQueen #FayeDunaway #YaphetKotto #MichelLegrand #HaskellWexler #drama #crime #romance #heist #Boston #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dp91 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Black Widow (1954)/div div class="caption" Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke./div div class="txt" – Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)

Jun

6

Black Widow (1954)

Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke.

– Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good.

#FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t14k <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954)/div div class="month" June/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 1920/div div class="img" Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)/div div class="caption" Inmate James V. Dunn's (Neville Brand) file. He's born on June 5, 1920 and incarcerated in Willows State Prison on August 4, 1950. Somehow he's 32 year's old. DP: Russell Harlan./div div class="txt" And August 4. "You're either in or out. OK?" ### – James V. Dunn /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #August #DonSiegel #NevilleBrand #EmileMeyer #FrankFaylen #LeoGordon #RobertOsterloh #HerschelBurkeGilbert #RussellHarlan #drama #crime #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954)

June

5

1920

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Inmate James V. Dunn's (Neville Brand) file. He's born on June 5, 1920 and incarcerated in Willows State Prison on August 4, 1950. Somehow he's 32 year's old. DP: Russell Harlan.

And August 4.

“You're either in or out. OK?”

– James V. Dunn

#FilmDuJour #June #August #DonSiegel #NevilleBrand #EmileMeyer #FrankFaylen #LeoGordon #RobertOsterloh #HerschelBurkeGilbert #RussellHarlan #drama #crime #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t14k Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Red & Rosy (Frank Grow, 1989) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-99qk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Red & Rosy (Frank Grow, 1989)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Red & Rosy (1989)/div div class="caption" Big Red (Rico Martinez) in his hotrod. DPs: Frank Grow, Ralph Hawkins & Rico Martinez./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #FrankGrow #RicoMartinez #RalphHawkins #drugs #addiction #DragRacing #HotRods #cars #CarCrash #ShortFilm #LowBudget #comedy #horror #puppetry #USA #1980s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Red & Rosy (Frank Grow, 1989)

Jun

3

Red & Rosy (1989)

Big Red (Rico Martinez) in his hotrod. DPs: Frank Grow, Ralph Hawkins & Rico Martinez.

#FilmDuJour #June #FrankGrow #RicoMartinez #RalphHawkins #drugs #addiction #DragRacing #HotRods #cars #CarCrash #ShortFilm #LowBudget #comedy #horror #puppetry #USA #1980s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-99qk Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 1999 A.D. (Lee Madden, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-llbr <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 1999 A.D. (Lee Madden, 1967)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" 1999/div div class="img" 1999 A.D. (1967)/div div class="caption" Mother Karen (Marj Dusay) busy with online meal planning, her husband supervising her from the other screen. While she scheduling for Tuesday, June 2, 1999 in reality fell on a Wednesday. DP: Vilmos Zsigmond./div div class="txt" "What year is it now? I forgot." ### – Jamie /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LeeMadden #MarjDusay #KerryMacLane #WinkMartindale #AlexanderScourby #MichelLegrand #VilmosZsigmond #capitalism #ShortFilm #documentary #SciFi #futurology #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

1999 A.D. (Lee Madden, 1967)

Jun

2

1999

1999 A.D. (1967)

Mother Karen (Marj Dusay) busy with online meal planning, her husband supervising her from the other screen. While she scheduling for Tuesday, June 2, 1999 in reality fell on a Wednesday. DP: Vilmos Zsigmond.

“What year is it now? I forgot.”

– Jamie

#FilmDuJour #June #LeeMadden #MarjDusay #KerryMacLane #WinkMartindale #AlexanderScourby #MichelLegrand #VilmosZsigmond #capitalism #ShortFilm #documentary #SciFi #futurology #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-llbr Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200