Dan Ayckroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers (1980)
British postcard by Box Office, no. BO 1115. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980). Caption: It's alright - We are on a mission from God.
Dan Aykroyd (1952) is a Canadian film actor and comedian who co-wrote Saturday Night Live, for which he won an Emmy Award. A true lover of the blues, he was a host of the radio show 'House of Blues' under the alias Elwood Blues. He would later use this name in the film The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980), in which he starred alongside John Belushi. He also starred in such comedies as Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) opposite Eddy Murphy, Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) with Bill Murray, and My Stepmother Is an Alien (Richard Benjamin, 1988) with Kim Basinger. In 1989, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the drama Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989).
John Belushi (1949) was hired in 1973 as a writer for the National Lampoon's Radio Hour which became the National Lampoon Show in 1975. John's big break came that same year when he joined the ground-breaking TV variety series Saturday Night Live (1975) which made him a star. His unpredictable, aggressively physical style of humour flowered on SNL. Director John Landis cast him in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as the notorious, beer-swilling "Bluto" and he stole the movie. John and Dan Aykroyd appeared in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and in John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980). John's love for blues and soul music inspired the "Blues Brothers". He and Aykroyd first appeared as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, a pair of white soul men dressed in black suits, skinny ties, fedora hats and Rayban sunglasses, as a warm-up act before the telecasts of Saturday Night Live (1975). Building on the success of their acts and the release of their album "A Briefcase Full of Blues", John and Dan Aykroyd starred in the movie, which gave John a chance to act with his favourite musical heroes including Ray Charles, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. In 1982, Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in his hotel room at the age of 33.
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Dan Ayckroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers (1980)
British postcard by Box Office, no. BO 1115. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980). Caption: It's alright - We are on a mission from God.
Dan Aykroyd (1952) is a Canadian film actor and comedian who co-wrote Saturday Night Live, for which he won an Emmy Award. A true lover of the blues, he was a host of the radio show 'House of Blues' under the alias Elwood Blues. He would later use this name in the film The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980), in which he starred alongside John Belushi. He also starred in such comedies as Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) opposite Eddy Murphy, Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) with Bill Murray, and My Stepmother Is an Alien (Richard Benjamin, 1988) with Kim Basinger. In 1989, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the drama Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989).
John Belushi (1949) was hired in 1973 as a writer for the National Lampoon's Radio Hour which became the National Lampoon Show in 1975. John's big break came that same year when he joined the ground-breaking TV variety series Saturday Night Live (1975) which made him a star. His unpredictable, aggressively physical style of humour flowered on SNL. Director John Landis cast him in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) as the notorious, beer-swilling "Bluto" and he stole the movie. John and Dan Aykroyd appeared in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and in John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980). John's love for blues and soul music inspired the "Blues Brothers". He and Aykroyd first appeared as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, a pair of white soul men dressed in black suits, skinny ties, fedora hats and Rayban sunglasses, as a warm-up act before the telecasts of Saturday Night Live (1975). Building on the success of their acts and the release of their album "A Briefcase Full of Blues", John and Dan Aykroyd starred in the movie, which gave John a chance to act with his favourite musical heroes including Ray Charles, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. In 1982, Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in his hotel room at the age of 33.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.