Saturday, November 4, 2023

On this day in music history - This House Is Not for Sale, by Bon Jovi (2016):

The album This House Is Not for Sale,
by Bon Jovi,
was released on November 4, 2016.

On this day in movie history - Kubrick Remembered (2014):


Kubrick Remembered,
documentary directed by Gary Khammar,
was released in the United States on November 4, 2014.
Music by Jon LaCroix.

Cast:
Christiane Kubrick, Leon Vitali, Anthony Frewin, Keir Dullea, Vincent D'Onofrio, Steven Spielberg, James B. Harris, Katharina Kubrick, Rick Senat, Jan Harlan, Matthew Modine, Larry Smith, Gay Hamilton, Mike Kaplan, Todd Field, Malcolm McDowell, Ryan O'Neal, Stanley Kubrick, R. Lee Ermey, Leelee Sobieski, Manuel Harlan, Dominic Savage, Thomas Gibson, Milena Canonero, Philip Castle, Richard Daniels, Marisa Berenson, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Edwina Carroll, Christian Clarke, Sky du Mont, Shelley Duvall, Arliss Howard, Adam Lias, Danny Lloyd, Sue Lyon, James Mason, David Morley, Chris Pare, Gavin Parry, Marie Richardson, Dan Rollman, Leonard Rossiter, Peter Sellers, Rade Serbedzija, Marianne Stone, Stewart Thorndike, Kyle Whitcombe, Shelley Winters.

On this day in music history - Sanctuary III: Beyond The Dream, by Sherry Finzer (2014):

The album Sanctuary III: Beyond The Dream,
by Sherry Finzer,
was released on November 4, 2014.

On this day in music history - New Used Car, by Sue Foley (2006):

The album New Used Car,
by Sue Foley,
was released on November 4, 2006.

On this day in movie history - The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003):


The Howlin' Wolf Story,
documentary directed by Don McGlynn,
was released in the United States on November 4, 2003.

Cast:
Howlin' Wolf (aka Chester Burnett), Hubert Sumlin, Barbra Marks, Bettye Kelly, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Gordon, Mark Hoffman, Richard Shurman, Sam Phillips, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Burlison, Marshall Chess, Jody Williams, Evelyn Sumlin Goodwin, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Billy Boy Arnold, Brian Jones, Jack Good, Mick Jagger, James Cotton, John Estes (aka Sleepy John Estes), Clifton James, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mississippi John Hurt, Sunnyland Slim, Charlie Watts, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman.

On this day in music history - Deuces Wild, by B.B. King (1997):

The album Deuces Wild,
by B.B. King,
was released on November 4, 1997.

On this day in music history - Shepherd Moons, by Enya (1991):

The album Shepherd Moons,
by Enya,
was released on November 4, 1991.

On this day in movie history - X Marks the Spot (1942):



X Marks the Spot,
directed by George Sherman,
written by Richard Murphy and Stuart Palmer,
based on a story by Mauri Grashin and Robert T. Shannon,
was released in the United States on November 4, 1942.
Music by Morton Scott.


Cast:
Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Damian O'Flynn, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Harris, Fred Kelsey, Vince Barnett, Jane Allen, Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Chester Conklin, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Richard Landry, Sam Lufkin, Peggy Lynn, Jerry Mandy, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Frank O'Connor.

On this day in movie history - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927):


Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,
aka Sunrise,
directed by F.W. Murnau,
written by Carl Mayer, Hermann Sudermann, Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell,
based on the short story The Excursion to Tilsit by Hermann Sudermann,
was released in the United States on November 4, 1927.
Music by R.H. Bassett, Carli Elinor, Erno Rapee, Hugo Riesenfeld, Willy Schmidt-Gentner.
Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod.
A minor prelude by Frédéric Chopin.


Cast:
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton, Arthur Housman, Eddie Boland, Herman Bing, Sidney Bracey, Gino Corrado, Vondell Darr, Sally Eilers, Gibson Gowland, Fletcher Henderson, Leon Janney, Thomas Jefferson, Bob Kortman, F.W. Murnau, Barry Norton, Robert Parrish, Sally Phipps, Tempe Pigott, Harry Semels, Phillips Smalley, Leo White, Clarence Wilson.

Born on this day – Markie Post:


Markie Post

Actress

November 4, 1950 – August 7, 2021

Born on this day – Linda Haynes:


Linda Haynes

Actress

November 4, 1947 – July 17, 2023


Credits:

Brubaker (1980); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Human Experiments (1979); Rolling Thunder (1977); The Drowning Pool (1975); Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975); Paper Moon (1974); The Nickel Ride (1974); Coffy (1973); My Three Sons (1972); This Is the Life (1971); Counselor at Law (1971); Room 222 (1971); Latitude Zero (1969); In Like Flint (1967).

Born on this day – Linda Gary:


Linda Gary

Actress

November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995

Born on this day – Kate Reid:


Kate Reid

Actress

November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993

Born on this day – Doris Roberts:


Doris Roberts

Actress

November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016

Born on this day – Martin Balsam:


Martin Balsam

Actor

November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996

Born on this day – Virginia Field:


Virginia Field

Actress

November 4, 1917 – January 2, 1992

Born on this day – Stanley Cortez:


Stanley Cortez

Cinematographer

November 4, 1908 – December 23, 1997

Born on this day – Will Rogers:


Will Rogers

Vaudevillian

Actor

November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935

Credits:

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); In Old Kentucky (1935); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Doubting Thomas (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); The County Chairman (1935); Judge Priest (1934); Handy Andy (1934); David Harum (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); State Fair (1933); Too Busy to Work (1932); Down to Earth (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Ambassador Bill (1931); Young as You Feel (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Lightnin' (1930); So This Is London (1930); They Had to See Paris (1929); Happy Days (1929); A Texas Steer (1927); Tiptoes (1927); Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (1927); With Will Rogers in Dublin (1927); Gee Whiz, Genevieve (1924); A Truthful Liar (1924); Our Congressman (1924); Jubilo, Jr. (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Going to Congress (1924); High Brow Stuff (1924); The Cake Eater (1924); The Cowboy Sheik (1924); Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924); Uncensored Movies (1923); Hustlin' Hank (1923); Jus' Passin' Through (1923); Hollywood (1923); Fruits of Faith (1922); The Headless Horseman (1922); The Ropin' Fool (1922); One Glorious Day (1922); A Poor Relation (1921); Doubling for Romeo (1921); An Unwilling Hero (1921); Boys Will Be Boys (1921); Guile of Women (1920); Honest Hutch (1920); Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); The Strange Boarder (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); Jubilo (1919); Almost a Husband (1919); Laughing Bill Hyde (1918); Roaring Camp (1916).

Ernest Hemingway, on writing:


When I am working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible.
There is no one to disturb you, and it is cool or cold, and you come to your work and warm as you write.

– Ernest Hemingway.