Saturday, November 25, 2023

On this day in music history - Elevate, by Lee Aaron (2022):

The album Elevate,
by Lee Aaron,
was released on November 25, 2022.

On this day in music history - Luminous, by Michele McLaughlin (2020):

The album Luminous,
by Michele McLaughlin,
was released on November 25, 2020.

On this day in music history - Love’s River, by Laura Sullivan (2012):

The album Love’s River,
by Laura Sullivan,
was released on November 25, 2012.

On this day in movie history - Very Bad Things (1998):


Very Bad Things,
directed and written by Peter Berg,
was released in the United States on November 25, 1998.
Music by Stewart Copeland.


Cast:
Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Rob Brownstein, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Joey Zimmerman, Tyler Cole Malinger, Kobe Tai, Carla Scott, Russell B. McKenzie, Pancho Demmings, Blake Gibbons, Angelo Di Mascio Jr., Lawrence Pressman, Steve Fitchpatrick, Brian Grandison, John Cappon, Linda Klein, Byrne Piven, Bob Bancroft, Trey Davis, Marilyn McIntyre, Wrangler (the dog), Trooper (the dog), Peter Berg, Brian Sampson.

On this day in movie history - Tension (1949):


Tension,
directed by John Berry,
written by Allen Rivkin,
based on a story by John D. Klorer,
was released in the United States on November 25, 1949.
Music by André Previn.


Cast:
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Gough, Tom D'Andrea, William Conrad, Tito Renaldo, Ray Bennett, Virginia Brissac, Peter Brocco, Bert Davidson, John Gallaudet, Theresa Harris, John Indrisano, George Magrill, Kitty McHugh, Mike Morelli, Stephen Roberts, Carl Sklover, Hayward Soo Hoo, Arthur Tovey, Philip Van Zandt.

Born on this day – Darlanne Fluegel:


Darlanne Fluegel

Actress

Producer

Professor

November 25, 1953 – December 15, 2017

Born on this day – Rosanna Schiaffino:


Rosanna Schiaffino

Actress

November 25, 1939 – October 17, 2009

Born on this day – Jeffrey Hunter:


Jeffrey Hunter

Actor

Producer

November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969

Born on this day – Ricardo MontalbĂ¡n:


Ricardo MontalbĂ¡n

Actor

Director

November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009

Born on this day – Norman Tokar:


Norman Tokar

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

November 25, 1919 – April 6, 1979

Born on this day – Mona Goya:


Mona Goya

Actress

November 25, 1909 – October 8, 1961

Born on this day – W. R. Burnett:


W. R. Burnett

Writer

November 25, 1899 – April 25, 1982

Credits:

Little Caesar (1929); The Silver Eagle (1931); Dark Hazard (1933); The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (1934); High Sierra (1940); Nobody Lives Forever (1943); The Quick Brown Fox (1943); Tomorrow's Another Day (1945); Romelle (1946); The Asphalt Jungle (1949); Little Men, Big World (1951); Vanity Row (1952); Underdog (1957); Conant (1961); Round the Clock At Volari's (1961); The Widow Barony (1962); The Abilene Samson (1963); The Cool Man (1968); Good-bye, Chicago (1981); Four novel omnibus: Little Caesar / The Asphalt Jungle / High Sierra / Vanity Row (1984).

Movies and television:

4 for Texas (1963); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Accused of Murder (1956); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Arrowhead (1953); Background to Danger (1943); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bonanza (1968); Cairo (1963); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Colorado Territory (1949); Cool Breeze (1972); Crash Dive (1943); Dance Hall (1941); Danger (1950); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dark Command (1940); Dark Hazard (1934); Dr. Socrates (1935); High Sierra (1940); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Illegal (1955); Iron Man (1951); King of the Underworld (1939); Kraft Theatre (1949); Law and Order (1932/ 1940 / 1953); Little Caesar (1931); Naked City (1960); Night People (1954); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Off to See the Wizard (1967); San Antonio (1945); Scarface (1932); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); September Storm (1960); Sergeants 3 (1962); Short Cut to Hell (1957); Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937); Stiletto (1969); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1952); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Badlanders (1958); The Beast of the City (1932); The Finger Points (1931); The Getaway (1941); The Great Escape (1963); The Hangman (1959); The Iron Man (1931); The Jackals (1967); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Man I Love (1946); The Racket (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1967); The Westerner (1940); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Gun for Hire (1942); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); Wild West Days (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); Yellow Sky (1948).

Born on this day – Jessie Royce Landis:


Jessie Royce Landis

Actress

November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972

Born on this day – Margaret Livingston:


Margaret Livingston

Actress

Businesswoman

November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984

Credits:

Social Register (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Broadminded (1931); Smart Money (1931); God's Gift to Women (1931); Kiki (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Big Money (1930); What a Widow! (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Murder on the Roof (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Acquitted (1929); Tonight at Twelve (1929); The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929); Innocents of Paris (1929); The Charlatan (1929); The Office Scandal (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Canary Murder Case (1929); Dreary House (1928); The Last Warning (1928); The Apache (1928); Beware of Bachelors (1928); Through the Breakers (1928); His Private Life (1928); Say It with Sables (1928); The Way of the Strong (1928); Wheel of Chance (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); Mad Hour (1928); A Woman's Way (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Streets of Shanghai (1927); The American Beauty (1927); Sunrise (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Married Alive (1927); Lightning (1927); The Secret Studio (1927); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Breed of the Sea (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); A Trip to Chinatown (1926); Hell's Four Hundred (1926); The Yankee Señor (1926); Wages for Wives (1925); When the Door Opened (1925); The Best People (1925); After Marriage (1925); Havoc (1925); The Wheel (1925); Greater Than a Crown (1925); I'll Show You the Town (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); Capital Punishment (1925); The Chorus Lady (1924); Butterfly (1924); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Wandering Husbands (1924); Love's Whirlpool (1924); Divorce (1923); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922); Eden and Return (1921); Passing Through (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Home Stretch (1921); Lying Lips (1921); The Parish Priest (1920); The Brute Master (1920); Hairpins (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); What's Your Husband Doing? (1920); Haunting Shadows (1919); All Wrong (1919); The Busher (1919); Within the Cup (1918); Alimony (1917); The Chain Invisible (1916).

Margaret Atwood, on writing:


A word after a word is power.

- Margaret Atwood.