1949: Columbia Pictures releases the 15-chapter serial Batman and Robin starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan and directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
1949: Pam Grier is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Making a name for herself by appearing a number of blaxploitation films in the early 1970s, she portrayed as the title character in Friday Foster, based on the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Lawrence, and later guest starred as Agent Amanda Waller in three episodes of the television series Smallville.
1960: Doug Hutchison was born in Dover, Delaware. He played James Russoti/Looney Bin Jim in Punisher: War Zone.
1995: Amblin Entertainment releases Casper, based on the eponymous cartoon ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The cast includes Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Ben Stein with Malachi Pearson providing the voice of Casper.
2006: X-Men: The Last Stand is released by 20th Century Fox. Based on the Marvel Comics mutant superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the film features Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Hallie Berry as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier, Anna Paquin as Marie/Rogue, Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, James Marsden as Scott Summer/Cyclops, Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake/Iceman, Ian McKellan as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey/Phoenix, and Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkholme/Mystique. Directed by Brett Ratner, the movie also includes cameos by Lee and Uncanny X-Men scribe Chris Claremont.
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