On this day in movie history - Number One with a Bullet (1987):

Number One with a Bullet

directed by Jack Smight,

written by Gail Morgan Hickman, Andrew Kurtzman, Rob Riley and James Belushi,

based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman,

was released in the United States on February 27, 1987.

Music by Alf Clausen.

Cast:

Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Bobby Di Cicco, Ray Girardin, Barry Sattels, Mykelti Williamson, Jon Gries, Richard Minchenberg, Michael Goodwin, LaGena Hart, Alex Rebar, Artie Ripp, Daniel Demorest, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Valerie McIntosh, Eddie Frescas, John Durbin, Tony Pierce, Joyce Cunning, Larry Poindexter, Chris DeRose, Ken Gibbel, Jerome Chambers, Venice Kong, Stacey Binn, David Sargent, Gene LeBell, Nick Cinardo, Angela Elayne Gibbs, Bill Gazzarri, Manuel Márquez, José González, Jeff Jensen, David Efron, Spice Williams-Crosby, Jean Malahni, Casey Griffin, Timothy Noyes, Patricia L. Desmond, Ancel Cook, Shari Shattuck, John Hazelwood, Chris Brown, Willie H. Reaves, Yvette Cruise, Jason Scura, Daniel D. Halleck, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carl Ciarfalio, Manny Perry, Dyee Dysart, Virgil Wilson, Herb Tanney, Kim Marriner, Prince Hughes, Jim Wilkey, Bob Aprea, Michael Yama, Faith Minton, James M. Halty, Lorrie Marlow, Natalie Alexander, George Vasilios Choulos, Gerald Walsh, Ted Mehous, Claude A. Wyle, Kevin Seymour, Hope Kelley, Helen Kelly, Shawn McBurney.

On this day in movie history - Road Games (1981):

Road Games

aka Roadgames,

directed by Richard Franklin,

written by Everett De Roche,

based on a story by Everett De Roche and Richard Franklin,

was released in the United States on February 27, 1981.
Music by Brian May.

Cast:

Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Steve Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, John Murphy, Bill Stacey, Robert Thompson, Ed Turley, Angelica La Bozzetta, Colin Vancao, Paul Harris, Rochelle Harris, Tony Bishop, Abbe Holmes, Carole-Ann Aylett, Killer (the dog), Les James, Tom Ryan.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: The Take Over.
Released February 27, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by B.X. Sanborn and Jack Laird.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan O’Brien, Murvyn Vye, Sylvia Stone, Kem Dibbs, John Sebastian, Tony Rock, Paul Baxley.

Born on this day – Roger Pratt:

Roger Pratt

Cinematographer

February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2024

Credits:

102 Dalmatians (2000); 12 Monkeys (1995); 4 Play (1989); Batman (1989); Bernard and the Genie (1991); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Beyond Batman: Visualizing Gotham - The Production Design of Batman (2005); Black Angel (1980); Bleak Moments (1971); Brazil (1985); Build a Scene (2003); Chocolat (2000); Closing the Ring (2007); Concert for George (2003); Consuming Passions (1988); Dorian Gray (2009); Dutch Girls (1985); Frankenstein (1994); French Exchange (2017); Grey Owl (1999); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); High Hopes (1988); In Love and War (1996); In Too Deep: The Second Task (2006); Inkheart (2008); Iris (2001); Jabberwocky (1977); Jadoo (2013); Joséphine, ange gardien (2006); Keeping Rosy (2014); Meantime (1983); Mona Lisa (1986); Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979); Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life (1983); Mr. Bean (1991–1992); My Childhood (1972); Not I (2000); Paris by Night (1988); Performance (1998); Scoop (1987); Shadowlands (1993); Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (2005); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Swan National Office (1985); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Avengers (1998); The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983); The D.A. (1971); The Dollar Bottom (1981); The End of the Affair (1999); The Fisher King (1991); The Karate Kid (2010); The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993); The Planets (1985); The Sender (1982); The Short & Curlies (1987); The Spirit of Cheshire (1980); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tractor Factor (1982); Troy (2004); V. (1987); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Mary Frann:

Mary Frann

Actress

February 27, 1943 – September 23, 1998

Credits:

American Horror Story (2011); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Apple's Way (1974); Battle of the Network Stars XVIII (1985); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Curse of Hampton Manor (1999); Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter (2024); Breakaway (1984); Burke's Law (1994); Cannon (1973); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1985); CBS Comedy Bloopers (1990); CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (1985); Crook & Chase (1996); Dance 'Til Dawn (1988); Darkroom (1981); Days of Our Lives (1974–1979); Diagnosis Murder (1998); Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2024); Fantasy Island (1978); Fatal Charm (1990); Firehouse (1974); Get Smart (1968); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hawaii Five-O (1972); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hotel (1984–1985); Hour Magazine (1984–1988); I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990); Into the Night (1991); King's Crossing (1982); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lancer (1969); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Lucky Chances (1990); Meet Marlon Brando (1966); Miss Universe Pageant (1986); Miss USA Pageant (1987); My Friend Tony (1969); Nashville Rebel (1966); Nero Wolfe (1981); Newhart (1982–1990); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); Portrait of an Escort (1980); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Return to Peyton Place (1972-1974); Search (1972); Single Women Married Men (1989); Star Search (1985); Stone (1980); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985); That Girl (1968); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The F.B.I. (1974); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Hitchhiker (1991); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Infinite Power Workout (1998); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Prom: It's a Pleasure! (1961); The Rockford Files (1975–1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The TVTV Show (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); The Wild Wild West (1968–1969); This Is Your Life (1993); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Vicki! (1993); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); Woman in the Rain (1976).

Born on this day – Bill Hunter:

Bill Hunter

Actor

February 27, 1940 – May 21, 2011

Born on this day – P.H. Moriarty:

P.H. Moriarty

Actor

February 27, 1939 – February 2, 2025

Derek Thompson (left/back), Bob Hoskins (center), P.H. Moriarty (right), in The Long Good Friday (1980)

Credits:

A Sense of Freedom (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Bird of Prey (1982); Bloody Kids (1980); Chaplin (1992); Children of Dune (2003); Dear Sarah (1989); Doctors (2004); Dune - The Filmmakers' Vision (2014); Dune - The Production Story (2014); Dune (2000); Evil Never Dies (2014); For the Greater Good (1991); Fox (1980); Frank Herbert's Dune: The Lure of Spice (2002); GB3-Being Young (2005); I Love the 1990s (2001); Jaws 3-D (1983); Judge John Deed (2005); Law & Order (1978); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); Making Dune's Children: VFX Revealed (2003); Number One (1984); Outland (1981); Palmer (1991); Patriot Games (1992); Persian Eyes (2015); Play for Today (1979); Quadrophenia (1979); Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021); Screen One (1989); Scum (1979); Slayground (1983); Southwark: The Movie - Hard Day at Office Love? (2003); Strangers (1982); Submerged (2005); Sunday Premiere (1986); The Battersea Ripper (2006); The Bill (1989–2000); The Chelsea Cowboy (2025); The Chinese Detective (1981); The Gentle Touch (1982); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die (1983); The Nation's Health (1983); The Paradise Club (1990); The Professionals (1982); The Riddle (2007); Thief Takers (1997).

Born on this day – N. Scott Momaday:

N. Scott Momaday

Writer

February 27, 1934 – January 24, 2024

Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush in 2007.

Credits:

A First American Views His Land (1976); Again the Far Morning (2011); Ancestral Voice (1989); Ancient Child (1989); Angle of Geese and Other Poems (1974); Bringing on the Indians (1971); Circle of Wonder (1993); Colorado (1978); Conversations with N. Scott Momaday (1997); Discovering the Land of Light (1985); Dream Drawings (2022); Earth Keeper (2020); Four Arrows & Magpie (2006); House Made of Dawn (1968); In the Bear's House (1999); In the Presence of the Sun (1992); Meditations (2016); On Bavarian Byways (1986); Sacred Legacy (2000); Storyteller (1992); The American Indian in an Unhappy Hunting Ground (1969); The Best of the West (1991); The Colors of Night (1976); The Death of Sitting Bear (poems);  (2020); The Gourd Dancer (1976); The Journey of Tai-Me (1967); The Man Made of Words (1997); The Names (1976); The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000); Three Plays (2019).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Taylor:

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress

Producer

February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 20 to 1 (2007–2008); 20/20 (1997–2002); 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2005); 50 años de (2009); 50 y más (2005); 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (1985); 60 Minutes (1970–2003); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women (1999); A Closer Look (1991); A Date with Judy (1948); A Death in Canaan (1978); À la folie, pas du tout (1988); A Letter to True (2004); A Little Night Music (1977); A Place in the Sun (1951); A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (1957); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Statue for 'the Sandpiper' (1965); A Year in Music (2020); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1974); Access Hollywood (1999 / 2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); AIDS: The Global Explosion (1988); All About Yves Montand (2021); All My Children (1983); All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point (1981); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); Amanda Lear: 'Appelez-moi mademoiselle' (2023); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2004–2006); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Book of Secrets (2012); AMFar: Elizabeth Taylor (1986); An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); And the Band Played On (1993); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anne Boleyn's England (1969); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Arena (2012–2023); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Ash Wednesday (1973); Aspel & Company (1988); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2018); Bambi 1968 (1968); Barbara Walters: Her Story (2014); Beau Brummell (1954); Becket (1964); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Before Breakfast (2010); Behind the Music (1998); Being Mavis Nicholson: TV's Greatest Interviewer (2016); Best of British (1999); Between Friends (1983); Biography (1987–2003); Bitte umblättern (1972); Blood, Sweat and Tears (1971); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Dylan: Emotionally Yours (1985); Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers (1997); Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps (1985); Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday (1986); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Boom! (1968); Breakfast (2011); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Burton and Taylor in Oxford (1967); BUtterfield 8 (1960); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Canaan Land (2020); Canada A.M. (2007); Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001); Can't Hurry Love (1996); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1992); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); CBS: The Stars' Address (1963); Celebrity Page (2018); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Chavela (2017); Children of Giant (2015); Chop Suey (2001); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinéma cinémas (1985); Cleopatra (1963); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Colpo di scena (2014); Come Fly with Me: The Story of Pan Am (2011); Commitment to Life (2023); Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989); Conspirator (1949); Corazón de... (2005); Courage of Lassie (1946); Cynthia (1947); Días de cine (2011); Die großen Seebäder (2012); Dinah! (1977); Discovering Bedrock (1999); Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973); Doctor Faustus (1967); Dolly Parton: Eagle When She Flies (1991); Donahue (1988); Duelle (2008); E! Goes to Cannes! (2002); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2003); Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives (2016); Edward R. Murrow: The Best of 'Person to Person' (1993); Elephant Walk (1954); Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975); Elizabeth Taylor (1996); Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (2001); Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton attend Royal Command Premiere of the 'Taming of the Shrew' (1967); Elizabeth Taylor Black Pearls (1996); Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963); Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (1998); Elizabeth Taylor: A Life, a Legacy (2011); Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000); Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute (2011); Elizabeth Taylor: American Diamond (2012); Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Lifetime (2012); Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (2024); Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024); Elizabeth Taylor's Passion (1987); Elton John: Original Sin (2002); Entertainment Tonight (1983––2022); Evocator (2009); Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (1995); Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993); Famous Families (1998); Fashion Police (2002); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Film '75 (1975); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Food: Fact or Fiction? (2016); Foreigner: I Don't Want to Live Without You (1988); Forever Elizabeth (2003); Freddie Mercury - The Final Act (2021); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Gala de l'Unicef (1967); Game Changers (2018); Garth Brooks: We Shall Be Free (1993); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); General Hospital (1981); Genocide (1982); George Stevens and His Place in the Sun (2001); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Get Bruce (1999); Get Up, Stand Up (2003); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Good (2008); Good Morning America (1977–2000); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2001); Great Performances (1988); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997); Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1997); Hammersmith Is Out (1972); Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (2002); Heart of the Festival (2002); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Here's Lucy (1970); High Society (1996); History (2007–2012); Holiday in Spain (1960); Hollywood Aids (1998); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Hookers (1979); Hollywood Icons (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple (2001); Hollywood maudit (2021); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hollywood's Greatest Weddings (2002); Hollywood's Wedding of the Year (1950); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1987); How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007); I Love 1970's (2000); In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992); Infrarouge (2006); Inside Edition Weekend (2022); Intimate Portrait (2002); ITV Lunchtime News (2007); Ivanhoe (1952); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Jane Eyre (1943); Jet 7 (1997); Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Julian Clary's Showbiz Hissy Fits (2005); Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979); Kulturzeit (2012); La imagen de tu vida (2006); La otra sala: Clásicos (2016); Larry King Live (1993–2006); Lassie Come Home (1943); Late Show with David Letterman (1996); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015); Legenden (2000); Legends of Entertainment Video (1995); Les Chroniques du Mea (2015); Les couples mythiques du cinema (2015); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Leute heute (2002 / 2011); Liberty Weekend (1986); Life with Father (1947); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Little Women (1949); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Luke and Laura Vol. 2: Greatest Love of All (1995); Lykke og krone (1962); Making Montgomery Clift (2018); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Matlock (1991); Memories of 1970-1991 (1991); Memories of 'Giant' (1998); Men, Women, Sex & AIDS (1987); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Montgomery Clift (1983); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); Monty and the Movies (2025); Moonage Daydream (2022); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); MsMojo (2023); Murphy Brown (1996); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); Nancherrow (1999); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); National Velvet (1944); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1981); NBC White Paper (1981); New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night Watch (1973); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Omnibus (2000); On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968); On the Trail of the Iguana (1964); One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993); One Voice (1986); Operation Raintree (1957); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Outrage (2009); Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream (1967); Paris aktuell (1968); Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2007); Paul Newman on Elizabeth Taylor (2007); People (1978); Person to Person (1957); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Piers Morgan Live (2011); Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic (2015); Playhouse 90 (1957); Poker Alice (1987); Primetime (1995); Private Screenings (2006); Probe and Night Beat (1958); Quo Vadis (1951); Qwerty (2008); Raintree County (1957); ReelzChannel Specials (2011); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Reputations (2001); Restless: Being Paul Newman (2023); Return Engagement (1978); Return to 'Giant' (1996); Rhapsody (1954); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Secret Ceremony (1968); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shakespeare Uncovered (2015); Sharon Stone: Survival Instinct (2024); Signé croisette (1993); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Smash His Camera (2010); South Park MOCKS Snow White Rachel Zegler & Disney! ROASTS Hollywood! Fans Win! (2023); Stand Up and Cheer for the National Football League's Sixtieth Year (1981); Stars and Bras (2000); Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season, G-Rated, with Glamour, Glitter and Gags (1982); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Sunday Showcase (1959); Super 8½ (1994); Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts (1986); Superstar (2023); Superstar: Elizabeth Taylor (2023); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Tage und Nächte in Paris (2004); TCM Remembers (2011); Television (1988); That's Entertainment! / Just One More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 1st Annual Commitment to Life Awards (1985); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 20th Annual American Music Awards (1993); The 21th Annual Friends of Tel Hashomer Gala (1992); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 51st British Academy Film Awards (1999); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special (1993); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Arsenio Hall Show (1992); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1977–1999); The Battle of Amfar (2013); The Big Hangover (1950); The Big Sur (1965); The Blue Bird (1976); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Driver's Seat (1974); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954 / 1956); The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Fifties (1997); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Flintstones (1994); The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992); The Girl Who Had Everything (1953); The Guest (1963); The Happy Ending (1969); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Johnny Carson Collection, His Favorite Moments from 'the Tonight Show': 1962-1992 (1994); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2002); The Last Movie Painter (2020); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq. (1967); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Making of Milkwood (1972); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mirror Crack'd (1980); The Movies (2019); The Nanny (1996); The National Tribute to Hubert H. Humphrey (1977); The Neglected Pandemic: 40 Years of HIV and AIDS (2021); The Nightclub Years (2001); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Opening (2009); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988–1992); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Queen Phenomenon: In the Lap of the Gods (1995); The Reagans (2020); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1985–1987); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2001); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Sandpiper (1965); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Simpsons (1992–1993); The Simpsons (2002 / 2011); The South Bank Show (1981); The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Story of... (2022); The Taming of The Shrew (1967); The Tonight Show (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2006); The V.I.P.s (1963); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992); The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2020); There Must Be a Pony (1986); There's One Born Every Minute (1942); These Hammers Don't Hurt Us (2010); These Old Broads (2001); TNT Extra: A Very Special Conversation with Elizabeth Taylor (1993); Today (1980–1988); Tough Baby: Torch Song (2008); Town Meeting with Diane Sawyer: Celebrities vs. the Press (1997); Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Twenty Years After (1944); Uncle Bob (2010); Under Milk Wood (1971); Under the Bridge (2011); Unsolved Mysteries (1995); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); VH1 News Presents (2008); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Waiting for Hockney (2008); Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955); Weddings of a Lifetime (1995); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2015); WhatCulture Originals (2023); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Winter Kills (1979); Winter Kills: Star Stories with William Richert (2003); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); X, Y & Zee (1972); Young Toscanini (1988).

Born on this day – Irwin Shaw:

Irwin Shaw

Writer

February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984

Credits:

50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); Acceptable Losses (1982); Act of Faith and Other Stories (1946); Arena: Sports Science Fiction (1976); Beggarman, Thief (1977); Bread Upon the Waters (1981); Brooklyn Noir 2 (2005); Bury the Dead (1935); Evening In Byzantium (1973); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); God Was Here But He Left Early (1973); Great World War II Stories (1989); In the Company of Dolphins (1964); Love on a Dark Street (1965); Lucy Crown (1956); Mixed Company (1950); Nightwork (1975); Paris! Paris! (1977); Points of View (1956); Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! (1987); Retreat (1988); Rich Man, Poor Man (1969); Sailor Off the Bremen and Other Stories (1939); Selected Short Stories of Irwin Shaw (1961); Short Stories (1978); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); The Top of the Hill (1979); The Troubled Air (1951); The Young Lions (1948); This Was Your War (1960); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Two Weeks In Another Town (1960); Voices of a Summer Day (1951); Welcome to the city and other stories (2002); Whispers In Bedlam (1972); Wonderful Town (2000); Writing New York (1998).

Born on this day – Joan Bennett:

Joan Bennett

Actress

February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990

Born on this day – John Steinbeck:

John Steinbeck

Writer

February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968

Credits:

Books:

Burning Bright (1950); Cannery Row (1945); Cup of Gold (1929); East of Eden (1952); Five Best Sellers (1989); In Dubious Battle (1936); Nothing So Monstrous (1936); Of Mice and Men (1937); Of Mice and Men and Short Stories (1937); Steinbeck Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (1978); Sweet Thursday (1954); The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976); The Forgotten Village (1941); The Gift (1992); The Grapes of Wrath (1939); The Long Valley (1938); The Moon Is Down (1942); The Moon Is Down and Short Stories (1942); The Pastures of Heaven (1932); The Pearl (1948); The Red Pony (1933); The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (1953); The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957); The Vigilante (2018); The Wayward Bus (1947); The Winter of Our Discontent (1961); To A God Unknown (1933); Tortilla Flat (1935); Viva Zapata (1975); Zapata (1993).

Movies and television:

A Medal for Benny (1945); A Pérola (1967); A Scene from 'Of Mice and Men' (2020); ABC News Close-Up (1961); Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War (2005); American Playhouse (1991); Anthropoi kai pontikia (1977); Back in Time (2014); Biography (1999); Breakfast (2021); Cannery Row (1982); Chubby (1972); Curtain Call (1952); Der Rattenkönig (2002); Des souris et des hommes (1971 / 1976); East of Eden (1955 / 1981 / 2026); East of Eden: Art in Search of Life (2005); Fareler ve Insanlar (1975); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Grande Teatro Tupi (1957); Grapes (2017); Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019); Helmi (1962); Hiiriä ja ihmisiä (1977); I riassuntini (2018); Ikimize bir dünya (1962); Immortals (2017); In Dubious Battle (2016); Invitation au voyage (2021); Laser Grapes of Space Wrath (2008); Lement a Hold (1992); Lifeboat (1944); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Livsflammen (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Mahalle arkadaslari (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mooso-the Mouse (2019); Möss och människor (1977); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Mice and Men (1939 / 1968 / 1981 / 1992 / 2010 / 2014); Omnibus (1954); Ondu Muthina Kathe (1987); Play of the Week (1959); Producers' Showcase (1955); Skids (2016); Studio One (1956); Teatr Polskiego Radia (2015); Television Theater (1957); The English Programme (1988); The Forgotten Village (1941); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Grapes of Wrath: We Shall Overcome (2015); The Harness (1971); The Innocents (2022); The Log from the Sea of Cortez (2025); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Pearl (1947 / 1948 / 2004); The Red Pony (1949 / 1973); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); To theatro tis Defteras (1977); Tortilla Flat (1942); Travels with Charley (1968); TV de Vanguarda (1953–1963); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995); Viva Zapata! (1952); Von Mäusen und Menschen (1968); World in Action (1968).

Born on this day – Marian Anderson:

Marian Anderson

Opera singer

February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993

Credits:

Albums:

A White Christmas Dream (2013); Ave Maria (1965); Bach - Brahms - Schubert (Marian Anderson) (1989); Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2021); Brahms: Alto Rhapsody & Spirituals (2007); Brahms: Works (1997); Christmas Carols (1962); Great Combinations (1953) (2000); Happy Christmas Candy (2013); He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Mono Version) (1962); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands: Spirituals (195); Joyful Christmas With Marian Anderson (2013); Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marian Anderson (2006); Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marian Anderson (Vol.2) (2006); Les grandes contraltos de la musique classique : Marian Anderson, Vol. 1 (Spirituals) (2017); Let Freedom Ring! (2016); Lonesome Christmas (2012); Marian Anderson - Christmas Carols (2021 Remastered Version) (1962); Marian Anderson - The Lady from Philadelphia (From the TV Series "See it Now") (2021 Remastered Version) (1957); Marian Anderson "The first African-American Woman internationally acclaimed as an opera singer" Classical Recital (15 Extracts) (2023); Marian Anderson (1923-1951) (2011); Marian Anderson at Constitution Hall: Farewell Recital (Live and Unedited) (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson in Oratorio and Spiritual Vol. 1 (1996); Marian Anderson Negro Spirituals 1924-1949 (2000); Marian Anderson Performing "Jus' Keep on Singin'" & 11 More Spirituals (2021 Remastered Version) (1965); Marian Anderson Performing Songs and Mélodies (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Performing Songs by Brahms & Mahler & Strauss (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Performing Songs by Schubert & Schumann & Brahms & Strauss & Haydn (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Bach Arias and Great Songs of Faith (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Christmas Carols (2006); Marian Anderson Sings Christmas Carols (2021 Remastered Version) (1952); Marian Anderson Sings Schubert & Schumann Songs (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Spirituals (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marion Anderson Sings Spirituals (2018); My Wonderful Christmas Time (2013); Negro Spirituals (Mono Version) [feat. Franz Rupp] (1953); Schubert - Schumann Lieder (2000); Schubert: Chansons pour une voix avec piano (Mono Version) (1953); Season's Greetings (Christmas Recordings Remastered) (2014); Silver Shining Christmas Time (2013); Snoopycat: The Adventures of Marian Anderson's Cat Snoopy (1963); Softly Awakes My Heart (2000); Spirituals (1998); Star Bright (Christmas Recordings - Remastered) (2014); The Early Years (2021); The Joy of Christmas (A Timeless Christmas Recordings) (2014); The Lady From Philadelphia (1995); The Silent Christmas Night (2013); Verdi: A Masked Ball (Highlights) (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Vocal Recital: Anderson, Marian - Brahms, J. / Mahler, G. / Schubert, F. (1951) (2000).

Movies and television:

A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (1963); America Pauses for the Merry Month of May (1959); American Experience (2021); American Masters (2022); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1994); Entertainment Tonight (1981); Evening at Pops (1974); FDR: A Presidency Revealed (2005); First Ladies (2020); Great Performances (2000); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Jo taukos leikki alla joulupuun... (1961); Lincoln's Living Legacy (1994); Lost Forever (2011); Lovecraft Country (2020); March on Washington: Commemoration of Martin Luther King's '63 March (1983); Marian Anderson (1991); Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mystères d'archives (2017); Mysteries at the Monument (2013); Nuit de chien (2008); Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony) (2017); Person to Person (1954); Producers' Showcase (1954–1956); Rhapsody in Black (2002); See It Now (1957); Stars for Israel (1967); Startime (1959–1960); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Christmas Party (1996); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953); The Great Debaters (2007); The Great Depression (1993); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The March (1964 / 2013); The March in Washington (1963); The Negro Soldier (1944); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Upbeat in Music (1943); What's My Line? (1965).

Born on this day – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Writer

February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882

Credits:

Aftermath (1873); Ballads and Other Poems (1841); Christus: A Mystery (1872); Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique (1833); Dante's Divine Comedy (1867); Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847); Flower-de-Luce (1867); Household Poems (1865); Hyperion (1839); ; In the Harbor (1882); Kavanagh (1849); Kéramos and Other Poems (1878); Michel Angelo: A Fragment; Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea (1835); Poems of Places (1874); Poems on Slavery (1842); Poets and Poetry of Europe (1844); Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863); The Arrow and the Song; The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845); The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (1858); The Divine Tragedy (1871); The Golden Legend (1851); The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi (1863); The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems (1875); The New England Tragedies (1868); The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1852); The Seaside and the Fireside (1850); The Song of Hiawatha (1855); The Spanish Student (1843); The Waif (1845); Three Books of Song (1872); Ultima Thule (1880); Voices of the Night (1839).

Recommended reading - In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (2001):

In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

By Walter Murch.

Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola.

Published by Silman-James Press.

2nd edition.

Published 2001.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1879505622

ISBN-13: 978-1879505629

Description:

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's pages) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.