This promo photo of American actress Marki Bey was made for the urban gentrification drama The Landlord, a highbrow film that was her Hollywood debut, and doubtless her hope for launching an acclaimed mainstream film career. No such luck—today she’s remembered for the exceedingly lowbrow blaxploitation horrorfest Sugar Hill. But that particular movie is not the worst way a person can be remembered, because as time goes by its standing in the blaxploitation pantheon only grows. It’s often cited by modern critics as a top twenty example of the genre. We have to agree—it was very entertaining. The above photo dates from 1970.
1960—Woodward Gets First Star on Walk of Fame
Actress Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Los Angeles sidewalk at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street that serves as an outdoor entertainment museum. Woodward was one of 1,558 honorees chosen by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 1958, when the proposal to build the sidewalk was approved. Today the sidewalk contains more than 2,300 stars.