On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007 - 2009):

Pushing Daisies

created by Bryan Fuller,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2007,

and ran for two seasons until June 13, 2009.
Narrated by Jim Dale.
Music by Jim Dooley.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Jim Dale, Field Cate, Sy Richardson, Sammi Hanratty, Stephen Root, David Arquette, Nicholas Khayyat, Diana Scarwid, Leyna Nguyen, Christine Adams, Jon Eric Price, George Hamilton, Raúl Esparza, Josh Randall, Paul Reubens, Brad Grunberg, Alex Miller, Marc Raducci, Diana Costa, Lee Arenberg, Barbara Barrie, Richard Benjamin, Shelley Berman, Matt Braunger, Danny Comden, Wilson Cruz, Nora Dunn, Patrick Fabian, Willie Garson, Beth Grant, Rachael Harris, Josh Hopkins, Orlando Jones, David Koechner, Riki Lindhome, Hamish Linklater, Jessica Lundy, Wendie Malick, Jayma Mays, Joel McHale, Ivana Miličević, Debra Mooney, Sam Pancake, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Mary Kay Place, Missi Pyle, George Segal, Molly Shannon, Grant Shaud, Christopher Sieber, Joey Slotnick, French Stewart, Eric Stonestreet, Paul F. Tompkins, Gina Torres, Jenny Wade, Mike White, Fred Willard, Ping Wu, Ron Yuan, Constance Zimmer.

On this day in movie history - Red, White and Blues (2003):

Red, White and Blues

documentary directed by Mike Figgis,

part 6 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ginger Baker, Chris Barber, Jeff Beck, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, Jon Cleary, Elvis Costello, James Cotton, Cream, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Mick Fleetwood, Davy Graham, Peter Green, Bert Jansch, Ian Jennings, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Pete King, Alexis Korner, Leadbelly, Albert Lee, John Lennon, Lulu, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Joe Meek, George Melly, Mark Mondesir, Van Morrison, The Plastic Ono Band, The Rolling Stones, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Christine Tobin, Muddy Waters, Steve Winwood.

On this day in movie history - Out of Time (2003):

Out of Time

directed by Carl Franklin,

written by David Collard,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.
Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, John Billingsley, Robert Baker, Alex Carter, Antoni Corone, Terry Loughlin, Nora Dunn, James Murtaugh, Peggy Sheffield, Evelyn Brooks, Eric Hissom, Tom Hillmann, Parris Buckner, Arian Ash, Mike Pniewski, Veryl Jones, Tim Ware, Jesse Beaton, Ed Amatrudo, Neil Brown Jr., Elena Maria Garcia, David J. Negron, O.L. Duke, Sharlene Garcia, Ron Madoff, Steve Raulerson, Suzanne Grant, Dottie Healy.

On this day in music history - Runaway Horses, by Belinda Carlisle (1989):

The album Runaway Horses,

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on October 3, 1989.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986):

Armed Response

directed by Fred Olen Ray,

written by T.L. Lankford,

based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.

Cast:

David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.

On this day in movie history - Split Image (1982):

Split Image

aka Captured,

directed by Ted Kotcheff,

written by Scott Spencer, Robert Kaufman and Robert Mark Kamen,

based on a story by Scott Spencer,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1982.
Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, Ronnie Scribner, Pamela Ludwig, John Dukakis, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush, Peter Horton, Ken Farmer, Cliff Stephens, Brian Henson, David Wysocki, Kenneth Barry, Robert A. Cowan, Herbert Kirkpatrick, Chris McCarty, Lee Ritchey, Lynette Walden, Robert Hibbard, Scott Campbell, Melanie Strange, Dave Tanner, Tom Rayhall, Jeanne Evans, Irma P. Hall, Bill Engvall, Peter Hans Sprague, John Carroll, Haley McLane, Kelly Wimberly, James Healy Jr., Charles Assiff, Tad Black, Julie Elizabeth Knell, Michael Minton, Tom Romero, David Sawyer, Mark-Brian Sonna, Ben Stephenson.

On this day in movie history - Street of Chance (1942):

Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,

written by Garrett Fort,

based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

Born on this day – Deborah Coleman:

Deborah Coleman

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 3, 1956 – April 12, 2018

Born on this day – Madlyn Rhue:

Madlyn Rhue

Actress

Script and Continuity Department

October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Majority of One (1961); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Mother's Justice (1991); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1972); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridges to Cross (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1974–1976); Captain Nice (1967); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1959); CHiPs (1979–1983); Circle of Fear (1972); Cowboy in Africa (1968); Daniel Boone (1965); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Diff'rent Strokes (1981); Dynasty (1981); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Fame (1982–1985); Fame (1984); Fan Revisionism and the Greatness of The Empire Strikes Back (2023); Fantasies (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); General Electric Theater (1960); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Gunsmoke (1959); Gypsy (1966); Hart to Hart (1979); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970–1973); He Rides Tall (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Connection (1977); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hour Magazine (1987); Houston Knights (1987–1988); I Spy (1965); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1967–1974); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Kenner (1968); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Law (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Laramie (1959); Laredo (1966); Longstreet (1971); M Squad (1959); Mannix (1969–1975); Match Game (1974–1975); Match Game PM (1975–1976); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1959); Mission: Impossible (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1996); Operation Petticoat (1959); Outlaws (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Perry Mason (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Police Story (1975); Pony Express (1960); Poor Devil (1973); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Route 66 (1962); Slattery's People (1965); Special Agent 7 (1959); Stagecoach West (1961); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sugarfoot (1960); Switch (1975–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tempo (1970); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alaskans (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1971); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Kiss (1958); The Ladies Man (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); The Manhunter (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Miracle (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Third Man (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1984); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1963–1971); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Is Your Life (1972); Tightrope (1959); Trial by Jury (1989); Troubleshooters (1960); We've Got Each Other (1977); Whirlybirds (1958).

Born on this day – James Herriot:

James Herriot

Veterinary surgeon

Writer

October 3, 1916 – February 23, 1995

Credits:

If Only They Could Talk (1970); All Creatures Great and Small (1972); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972); Vet in Harness (1974); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976); All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); The Best of James Herriot (1983); Vet in a Spin (1984); Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb (1991); Smudge's Day Out (1991); Horse & Pony Stories (1986); Bonny's Big Day (1972); Moses the Kitten (1984); Only One Woof (1985); The Christmas Day Kitten (1986); Blossom Comes Home (1988); The Market Square Dog (1989); Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990); The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009); Animal Stories, Tame & Wild (1979); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979); All Creatures Great and Small Annual 1982 (1981); James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986); James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986); Greatest Cat Stories (1989); James Herriot Story Book (1992); Every Living Thing (1992); James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992); James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994); Seven Yorkshire tales (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995); James Herriot's Animal Stories (1997); Yorkshire Stories (1998); James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited (1999).

Movies and television:

All Creatures Great and Small (1975 / 2024); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (1978–1990); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (2020–2024); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1993); Pebble Mill at One (1975); Read All About It (1976); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); To Tell the Truth (1973); Young James Herriot (2011).

Born on this day – Thomas Wolfe:

Thomas Wolfe

Writer

October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938

Credits:

Books:

Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); The Web and the Rock (1939); You Can't Go Home Again (1940) The Good Child's River (1991); The Web and the Root (2009); From Death to Morning (1935); The Hills Beyond (1941); A Stone, A Leaf, A Door (poems) (1945); The Story of a Novel (1936); The Face of a Nation (1939); Letters of Thomas Wolfe (1956).

Movies and television:

Camera Three (1976); Charles Laughton (1952); Crusade Report (1951); Days in the Yellow Leaf (1989); Die Herren von der Presse (1965); Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin (1972); Herrenhaus (1966); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Of Time and the River (1953); Of Time and the River (II);  (1953); Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961); Willkommen in Altamont (1965); You Can't Go Home Again (1979).

Born on this day – Josephine Hill:

Josephine Hill

Actress

October 3, 1899 – December 17, 1989

Born on this day – Leo McCarey:

Leo McCarey

Director

Writer

Producer

October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969

Born on this day – Eleonora Duse:

Eleonora Duse

Actress

Writer

October 3, 1858 – April 21, 1924

Credits:

Stage actress who starred in only one movie during her entire career: Cenere (1917).

Recommended reading - The Black Curtain (1941):

The Black Curtain

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Street of Chance (1942), directed by Jack Hively.

First published 1941.

Published by Centipede Press.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1613471475

ISBN-13: 978-1613471470

Description:

A man is accused of a murder he cannot remember…

In a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn’t recognize his apartment. He had gone to work on a normal day but didn’t return for more than three years. Suffering from amnesia, he has to rediscover who he is, where he has been, and what he has done. A curtain has fallen to cut off all memories of his life.

First among the memories he wants to recover is whether he has committed the murder of which he has been accused. A mysterious stranger with a gun has been following him while he attempts to simultaneously understand what has happened in his past while doing all he can to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation and regain his reputation. He does not yet know that he is in great jeopardy and there is no one he can trust to rescue him from the abyss.

The Black Curtain is the second of Cornell Woolrich’s celebrated “black” books, following The Bride Wore Black, which established his reputation as America’s greatest noir writer. It was adapted into film as the classic Street of Chance, starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor.

Katherine Paterson, on reading:

Reading has made such a profound difference to my life.
I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.

- Katherine Paterson.