Mr. BIG
Bert Ira Gordon, also known as “Mr. B.I.G.”, was an American film director, producer, writer, and special effects artist. He was born on September 24, 1922, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and began making home movies in 16mm after his aunt gave him a camera for his 13th birthday. He dropped out of college to join the Army Air Forces in World War II. After the war, he married and he and his wife began making television commercials.
September the 12th is National Video Games Day!
Despite launching almost four decades ago, Space Invaders remains one of the most recognizable shooter arcade games. It even kicked off what is now called the Golden Age of Arcades, a period of history spanning the late 70s to mid-80s.
I watched the 1933 Universal Pictures film The Invisible Man on Svengoolie. The movie is based on the H.G. Wells (The Island of Doctor Moreau, The War of the Worlds) book by the same name and stars Claude Raines (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wolf Man, Casablanca, Phantom of the Opera, Battle of the Worlds, Lawrence of Arabia, The Greatest Story Ever Told) as Dr. Jack Griffin who has found the secret of invisibility and given it to himself.
