On this day in movie history - Kubrick by Kubrick (2020):

Kubrick by Kubrick,

a documentary directed and written by Gregory Monro,

was released at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States on October 20, 2020.
Music by Vincent Théard.

Cast:
Stanley Kubrick, Michel Ciment, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Arthur C. Clarke, Marisa Berenson, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Sellers, Garrett Brown, Ken Adam, Leonard Rosenman, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Christiane Kubrick, Roger Ebert, Dann Gire, Maurice Beaupère, J.-H. Bigay, Kirk Douglas, Pierre Fruchon, Sue Lyon, James Mason, Agop Terzan.

On this day in music history - Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, by Meat Loaf (2006):

The album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose,

by Meat Loaf,

was released on October 20, 2006.

On this day in music history - Live in Italy, by Cecilia Bartoli (1998):

The album Live in Italy,

by Cecilia Bartoli,

was released on October 20, 1998.

On this day in music history - Blues on the Bayou, by B.B. King (1998):

The album Blues on the Bayou,

by B.B. King,

was released on October 20, 1998.

Born on this day – Tom Petty:

Tom Petty

Musician

Singer

Songwriter

October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017

Credits:

Albums:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976); You're Gonna Get It! (1978); Damn the Torpedoes (1979); Hard Promises (1981); Long After Dark (1982); Southern Accents (1985); Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987); Into the Great Wide Open (1991); Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996); Echo (1999); The Last DJ (2002); Mojo (2010); Hypnotic Eye (2014); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988); Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990); Full Moon Fever (1989); Wildflowers (1994); Highway Companion (2006); Mudcrutch (2008); 2 (2016); American Treasure (2018); The Best of Everything (2019); Wildflowers & All the Rest (2020); Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions (2021); Angel Dream (Original motion picture soundtrack to the movie: She's the One) (2021).

Born on this day – Robert Swan:

Robert Swan

Actor

October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023

Born on this day – Noreen Corcoran:

Noreen Corcoran

Actress

October 20, 1943 – January 15, 2016

Born on this day – Jerry Orbach:

Jerry Orbach

Actor

Singer

October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004

Born on this day – William Christopher:

William Christopher

Actor

Comedian

October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016

Born on this day – John Anderson:

John Anderson

Actor

October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992

Born on this day – Jean-Pierre Melville:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Writer

Actor

October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973

Born on this day – Carla Laemmle:

Carla Laemmle

Actress

Dancer

October 20, 1909 – June 12, 2014

Born on this day – Anna Neagle:

Anna Neagle

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 20, 1904 – June 3, 1986

Born on this day – Evelyn Brent:

Evelyn Brent

Actress

October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975

Born on this day – Olive Thomas:

Olive Thomas

Actress

Model

October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920

Born on this day – Bela Lugosi:

Bela Lugosi

Actor

October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956

Born on this day – Margaret Dumont:

Margaret Dumont

Actress

October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965

Born on this day – Edgar Selwyn:

Edgar Selwyn

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944

Credits:

Pierre of the Plains (1942); Washington Melodrama (1941); Dulcy (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Bridal Suite (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Baby Face Harrington (1935); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Chained (1934); Men Must Fight (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); Possessed (1931); War Nurse (1930); The Girl in the Show (1929); Dancing Mothers (1926); Night Life of New York (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); The Mirage (1924); The Arab (1924); The Primitive Lover (1922); Lonely Heart (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Dodging a Million (1918); Nearly Married (1917); Rolling Stones (1916); The Arab (1915); The Country Boy (1915); Pierre of the Plains (1914).

Carol Higgins Clark, on writers and writing:

A writer is always observant, of course ...

You can take the kernel of something - part of it - and use it in a book.

- Carol Higgins Clark.