Photographer Norman Parkinson, born 21 April 1913.

Anthony Quinn, born 21 April 1915.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

The Man from Hong Kong (1975)

The Chain Reaction (1981)

Starstruck (1982)

Images from films shot by cinematographer Russell Boyd - BOTD in 1944

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
The Chain Reaction (1981)
Starstruck (1982)

Elaine May and Jack Lemmon in a publicity still for LUV (1966)

May was BOTD in 1932

Black Orpheus
dir. Marcel Camus #botd

"From the moment of its first appearance, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959—where it won the Palme d’Or—it was clear that Black Orpheus was a very special film..." — David Ehrenstein

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1959

Photographer Eve Arnold, born 21 April 1912.

Silvana Mangano, born 21 April 1930.

Silvana Mangano at the Museum of Modern Art, 1956. She and photographer Eve Arnold were #BOTD.

From 1953, Ava Gardner photographed by Norman Parkinson, #BOTD.

From: Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958), dir. Taiji Yabushita, Toei Doga

The film that first inspired Hayao Miyazaki to join the animation world.

iggy & the stooges - Shake Appeal - Raw Power YouTube video by StaniL0v3r

Miracle of something or other: happy 79th birthday to Iggy Pop!
youtu.be/pY8vK8Unzaw?...

Three Girl Rhumba (2006 Remastered Version) YouTube video by Wire - Topic

Happy 75th birthday to Robert Grey!
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James Brown - "Cold Sweat" (part 1 & 2) YouTube video by MrArsg13

James Brown - "Cold Sweat" www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzt... Pee Wee Ellis #BOTD

#BOTD 1941. Remembering saxophonist, composer, and arranger Pee Wee Ellis. (d.2021)

The Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You (1969) YouTube video by Beat-Club

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Alan Warner, 79 today.

Wire: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Robert Grey, 75 today.

The Stooges - No Fun YouTube video by Robert Caruso (Official)

1969 From The Stooges first album.. Produced by John Cale. (Happy Birthday, Iggy Pop !)
#MusicSky
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Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" | Live at Sydney Opera House YouTube video by Sydney Opera House

Iggy Pop - youtu.be/0ZjV5L00tvA?...

Happy 79th birthday, singer, songwriter, musician, and actor Iggy Pop. 🎂

Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video) YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.

#MMLifers Happy birthday to John Maher, 66 today.

Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, the - Television, The Drug Of The Nation [full official video] YouTube video by Sonny Beech

#MMLifers Happy birthday to Michael Franti, 59 today.

"The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film."

🎥 #ClaireDenis, French film director, celebrates her birthday today. #Film #Filmmaking

#BOTD 1915. Remembering actor, painter, author, and civil rights activist Anthony Quinn. (d.2001) #Filmsky

🎨 #JulesMarieCanneel, Flemish painter and caricaturist, was #BOTD 21 April 1881. #Art #Painting

🎨 #AlbertWeisgerber, German painter and graphic artist, was #BOTD 21 April 1878. #Art #Painting

Happy 68th birthday, actress Andie MacDowell. 🎂 #Filmsky

“Perhaps this old stock with its limited range of tones really helped the Birth of a Nation #photography —it sort of dated the period not only in the battle scenes but in the historical events like Lee’s surrender.”

🎥 #BillyBitzer, #cinematography pioneer, #BOTD 21 April 1872

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” (Jane Eyre)

Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charlo...

✒️ #CharlotteBrontë, English novelist and poet, was #BOTD 21 April 1816. #Poetry #Literature

All Quiet on the Western Front was previewed in Los Angeles #OTD 1930. Director: Lewis Milestone. #Filmsky

🎨 #LudovicoCarracci, Italian painter, was #BOTD 21 April 1555. #Art #Painting