Adulterers (2015) - free will ... and its consequences:

Adulterers

Adulterers is a cautionary tale, a powerful drama inspired by true events, and far more compelling than the contrived Fatal Attraction (1987) and Unfaithful (2002).

How you feel at the end of Adulterers may depend on your personal experience of the subject it deals with.

It’s right there in the title.

If you’ve ever been cheated on by your significant other – then this movie might sting.

If you have cheated on your significant other – then this movie should rightly sting if you have any conscience and sense of guilt about the choice you made.

Consequences for making the wrong choice is the theme unflinchingly examined in this movie, released in the United States on January 5, 2016, written, produced and directed by H.M. Coakley.

Lead actor, Sean Farris threw himself into this role of a betrayed husband.

We see the anguish of his character, his pain, regret, broken heart, broken life, and ultimately broken mind.

Sean Farris is Samuel, a store assistant, working extra hours during a sweltering New Orleans afternoon.

It’s his first wedding anniversary; a special day in any marriage.

Samuel is a proud and happy man, deeply in love with his wife, Ashley (Danielle Savre).

He regrets having to work so many hours and laments at their lack of money, but he plans on making it up to Ashley.

He swings by his home halfway through his day, carrying his wife’s favorite flowers and chocolates.

Besides their money troubles, all seems right with Samuel’s world until he catches Ashley and her lover, Damien (Mehcad Brooks), naked, having sex in the bedroom.

Devastated, Samuel shoots them both.

This is not a spoiler; it happens within the first twelve minutes.

Downstairs, he sits on the couch, and drinks whiskey straight from the bottle.

Suffering a psychological break, he rethinks the situation.

This time, in his imagination, he doesn’t pull the trigger.

What if I’d waited instead of acting on impulse?

What would I say to them?

How far would I go to punish them?

What would they say to justify their sin, or lie their way out of the situation? 

These questions are the basis for the imagined trial and torture he puts his wife and her lover through in that stifling room.

As Samuel struggles with the pain of betrayal and infidelity, the wedding ring, crucifix and Bible often the focus of the camera, he struggles with his faith.

Finally, as Samuel himself points out:

"You ain't sorry. You're just sorry that you got caught. It's time that you dealt with the consequences of your actions."

In forcing them to face the consequences of their actions, Samuel is then left to face the consequences of his own.

There are no winners in this story; everyone is destroyed.

Adultery … it’s all fun and games ... until you get caught!

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967 & 1968)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Galileo Seven.

Released January 5, 1967.

Directed by Robert Gist.

Written by Oliver Crawford, Shimon Wincelberg / S. Bar-David.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Don Marshall, James Doohan, George Takei, John Crawford, Peter Marko, Phyllis Douglas, Rees Vaughn, Grant Woods, Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei, David L. Ross, Majel Barrett, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Gamesters of Triskelion.

Released January 5, 1968.

Directed by Gene Nelson.

Written by Margaret Armen.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Joseph Ruskin, Angelique Pettyjohn, Steve Sandor, Walter Koenig, Jane Ross, Victoria George, Dick Crockett, Mickey Morton, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Roger Holloway, Bob Johnson, Bart La Rue, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Data’s Day.

Released January 5, 1991.

Directed by Robert Wiemer.

Written by Harold Apter, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Sierra Pecheur, Alan Scarfe, Shelly Desai, April Grace, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Eben Ham, Melanie Hathorn, Randy James, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Jane Sibbett, Maureen Tamblyn, Matt Tufo, K. Uchizono.

On this day in movie history – The Purple Gang (1959):

The Purple Gang (1959)

directed by Frank McDonald,

written by Jack DeWitt,

was released in the United States on January 5, 1960.
Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell, Jody Lawrance, Suzanne Ridgway, Joe Turkel, Victor Creatore, Paul Dubov, Ray Boyle, Kathleen Lockhart, Nestor Paiva, Lou Krugman, Robert Anderson, Mauritz Hugo, James Roosevelt.

Born on this day – Diane Keaton:

Diane Keaton

Actress

Director

Producer

January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 2020 Writers Guild West Awards (2020); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 48 Hours (2004); 5 Flights Up (2014); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 71st Golden Globe Awards (2014); A Breath of Fresh Air with Jon and Nkechi (2010); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1974); Access Hollywood (2022–2023); AFI Life Achievement Award (1994–2018); Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000); Allen v. Farrow (2021); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); American Masters (2009 / 2011); And So It Goes (2014); Annie Hall (1977); Arena (1977); Arthur's Whisky (2024); Baby Boom (1987); Because I Said So (2007); Belinda Carlisle: Heaven Is a Place on Earth (1987); Belinda Carlisle: I Get Weak (1988); Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Videos (1990); Biography (2003–2008); Book Club (2018); Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023); Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (1998); CBS Mornings (2005); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2024); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); Celebrity Page (2017 / 2018); Charlie Rose (2003–2011); Chelsea Lately (2013–2014); China Beach (1990); Chris Plante: The Right Squad (2023); Corazón de... (2005 / 2006); Crimes of the Heart (1986); Crossed Over (2002); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000); Darling Companion (2012); De película (1987); De qué te ríes (2006); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Discovering Film (2020); E! True Hollywood Story (2005–2008); El oficio de actor (2005); Elephant (2003); Ellie Parker (2005); Entertainment Tonight (1999–2023); Everything Is Copy (2015); Extra (2014–2018); Facing Ali (2009); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Fight of the Century (1971); Film… (1995–2004); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Finding Dory (2016); For the Love of Spock (2016); Front Row (2017); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); Glenn Beck (2009); Good Morning America (2004–2022); Green Eggs and Ham (2019–2022); Hair, Let the Sun Shine In (2007); Hampstead (2017); Hanging Up (2000); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); HBO First Look (2000); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heaven (1987); Hollywood First Look (2022); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010); I Am Divine (2013); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Inside Edition (2015–2020); Interiors (1978); Intimate Portrait (2001); Janela Indiscreta (2014); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2017–2019); Justin Bieber: Ghost (2021); Kinotipp (2011); Larry King Live (2000–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1985–1987); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Leonardo DiCaprio: In His Own Words (1998); Leute heute (2022); Live with Kelly and Mark (2014); Look Who's Talking Now (1993); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Loose Women (2018); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Love and Death (1975); Love the Coopers (2015); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Pen Pals (1970); Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Mack & Rita (2022); Mad Money (2008); Made in Hollywood (2019); Mama's Boy (2007); Manhattan (1979); Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993); Mannix (1971); Marvin's Room (1996); Maury (1996–1998); Maybe I Do (2023); Maynard Dixon: Art and Spirit (2007); Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1972); Monty and the Movies (2025); Morning Glory (2010); Mrs. Soffel (1984); Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013); Mundo VIP (1997); Music Box (2021); New Mexico Rising! (2023); Night Gallery / Segment: Room with a View (1970); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Northern Lights (1997); Oh What a Time It Was (1999); On Thin Ice (2003); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Pasadena (2001–2002); Plan B (2001); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Poms (2019); Rachael Ray (2008); Radio Days (1987); Reds (1981); RTL Nachtjournal (1995); Running Mates (1992); ScreenSlam (2015); Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980); Shoot the Moon (1982); Siskel & Ebert (1995); Sister Mary Explains It All (2001); Sleeper (1973); Smother (2008); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Stand Up to Cancer (2008); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Summer Camp (2024); Surrender, Dorothy (2005); Terminal Impact (2004); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1994); The 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2013); The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2014); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004); The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Annual AFI Awards (2002); The Annual Hollywood Film Awards (2003); The Annual National Board of Review Awards (2004); The Annual Oceana Partners Awards Gala (2008); The Annual Women in Film Crystal and Lucy Awards (2007); The Big Wedding (2013); The Big Weekend Show (2025); The Daily Show (2011); The Dick Cavett Show (1972–1982); The Dr. Oz Show (2014); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2022); The F.B.I. (1971); The Factor (2008); The Family Stone (2005); The Family Stone: Behind the Scenes (2006); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Diane Keaton (2007); The First Wives Club (1996); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Part III (1990); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977); The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971); The Good Mother (1988); The Graham Norton Show (2017); The History of Comedy (2017); The Insider (2014–2017); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2023); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2006 / 2003); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2018); The Lemon Sisters (1989); The Little Drummer Girl (1984); The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000); The Making of 'Mrs. Soffel' (1984); The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1974–1976); The Movies (2019); The New Pope (2020); The Only Thrill (1997); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2000); The Oscars (2020); The Other Sister (1999); The Reichen Show (2005); The Talk (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1975); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2013); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019–2020); The View (2014–2023); The Wizard of Malta (1981); The Young Pope (2016); Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams (2024); Thrilla in Manila (2008); Tilda (2011); Tinseltown TV (2004); Today (1985–2023); Town & Country (2001); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Twin Peaks (1991); Unforgettable (2010); Unstrung Heroes (1995); Up Close (1978); Wanna Bet? (2014); Weekend Breakfast (2025); What Does Dorrie Want? (1982); Wildflower (1991).

Born on this day – Maurizio Pollini:

Maurizio Pollini

Pianist

Conductor

Actor

January 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos.13, 14 & 15; Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.17 "The Tempest", 21 "Waldstein", 25 & 26 "Les Adieux"; Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale"; Choral Fantasy; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83, IJB 83: I. Allegro non troppo; Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1; Brahms: Piano Quintet Op.34; Chopin: Etudes; Préludes; Polonaises; Chopin: Scherzi; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Edmond Appia, Maurizio Pollini & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN; Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Nuages gris; Unstern! Sinistre; La lugubre gondola; R.W.-Venezia; Manzoni: Masse: Omaggio a Edgard Varèse / Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie op.9; Maurizio Pollini & Frédéric Chopin; Maurizio Pollini & Ludwig van Beethoven; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Giuseppe Sinopoli; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms & Quartetto Italiano; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19; Schoenberg: The Piano Music; Schubert: Piano Sonatas D958 & D959; Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas D 958, 959 & 960; 3 Piano Pieces D 946; Allegretto D 915; Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 / Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Op.42; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Etudes; Schumann: Sonata for Piano Op.11; Fantasia Op.17; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini, Gabriela Lechner, Gretchen Eder, Elisabeth Mach, Jorge Pita, Andreas Esders, Gerhard Eder, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Walter Hagen-Groll.

Movies, television and video:

Che tempo che fa (2009); Freunde fürs Leben (1999); Maurizio Pollini & Christian Thielemann: Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (2013); Maurizio Pollini spielt Beethoven (2020); Maurizio Pollini: De Main De Maître (2014); Music on 2 (1972); Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt (2006); Récital Maurizio Pollini (2012); The Lively Arts (1976).

Born on this day – Jane Wyman:

Jane Wyman

Actress

January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007

Credits:

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993); Falcon Crest (1981); Charlie's Angels (1976); The Love Boat (1977); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); Amanda Fallon (1973); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Failing of Raymond (1971); Insight (1960); My Three Sons (1960); How to Commit Marriage (1969); The Red Skelton Hour (1951); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Wagon Train (1957); Bon Voyage! (1962); The Investigators (1961); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Checkmate (1960); Pollyanna (1960); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Lux Playhouse (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Lucy Gallant (1955); All That Heaven Allows (1955); General Electric Theater (1953); Summer Playhouse (1954); Magnificent Obsession (1954); So Big (1953); Let's Do It Again (1953); Just for You (1952); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); Starlift (1951); The Blue Veil (1951); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); The Glass Menagerie (1950); Stage Fright (1950); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); A Kiss in the Dark (1949); Johnny Belinda (1948); Magic Town (1947); Cheyenne (1947); The Yearling (1946); Night and Day (1946); One More Tomorrow (1946); The Lost Weekend (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Crime by Night (1944); The Doughgirls (1944); Make Your Own Bed (1944); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Footlight Serenade (1942); My Favorite Spy (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); The Body Disappears (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Honeymoon for Three (1941); Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Flight Angels (1940); An Angel from Texas (1940); Alice in Movieland (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Private Detective (1939); Kid Nightingale (1939); Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); Tail Spin (1939); Brother Rat (1938); The Crowd Roars (1938); Wide Open Faces (1938); Fools for Scandal (1938); He Couldn't Say No (1938); The Spy Ring (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); Slim (1937); Public Wedding (1937); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Smart Blonde (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Polo Joe (1936); The Sunday Round-Up (1936); Here Comes Carter (1936); Cain and Mabel (1936); Stage Struck (1936); My Man Godfrey (1936); Bengal Tiger (1936); Anything Goes (1936); King of Burlesque (1936); Freshman Love (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Stolen Harmony (1935); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); All the King's Horses (1935); Rumba (1935); College Rhythm (1934); Harold Teen (1934); Elmer, the Great (1933); The Kid from Spain (1932).

Born on this day – George Reeves:

George Reeves

Actor

Director

January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959

Credits:

Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. (1989); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures of Superman (1952–1958); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Always a Bride (1940); Arena (1981); Argentine Nights (1940); Arson, Inc. (1949); Bar 20 (1943); Batman and Robin and the Other Super Heroes (1989); Believe It or Not (1950); Biography (2000); Blood and Sand (1941); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Border Patrol (1943); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Buckskin Frontier (1943); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Calling All Husbands (1940); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Champagne for Two (1947); Colt Comrades (1943); Dead Men Tell (1941); Derrick contre Superman (1992); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Espionage Agent (1939); Famous Nathan (2014); Father Is a Prince (1940); Fireside Theatre (1952); Footlights Theater (1953); Forever Female (1953); Four Wives (1939); From Here to Eternity (1953); Funny Boners (1955); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Hands of Mystery (1950); Haunted Homes of Hollywood (2018); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943); I Love Lucy (1957); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); Jungle Goddess (1948); Jungle Jim (1948); Kisses (1976); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Kraft Theatre (1949–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Ladies Must Live (1940); Leather Burners (1943); Lights Out (1950–1951); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lydia (1941); Man at Large (1941); Meet the Fleet (1940); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); MovieReal: Hollywoodland (2006); My Love Came Back (1940); On Dress Parade (1939); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Pony Express Days (1940); Rancho Notorious (1952); Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939); Samson and Delilah (1949); San Francisco Mix (1971); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Sex Hygiene (1942); Sheriff John's Cartoon Time (1953); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Special Agent (1949); Stamp Day for Superman (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Storyland (1955); Studio 10 (2022); Such Good Friends (1971); Super Circus (1955); Superheroes Decoded (2017); Superman (1973); Superman 50th Anniversary (1988); Superman and Scotland Yard (1954); Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954); Superman and the Mole-Men (1951); Superman Flies Again (1954); Superman in Exile (1954); Superman's Peril (1954); Superpowered: The DC Story (2024); Suspense (1949–1951); Tear Gas Squad (1940); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Clock (1949); The Curse of Superman (2006); The Fighting 69th (1940); The Flash (2023); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Lover (1949); The Kansan (1943); The Lady and the Lug (1941); The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943); The Life and Legacy of George Reeves (2006); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Magical World of Disney (1956–1961); The Monroe Doctrine (1939); The Mutineers (1949); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Silver Theatre (1949–1950); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Tony Bennett Show (1956); The Trap (1950); The Web (1950); This Boy's Life (1993); Throwing a Party (1941); Thunder in the Pines (1948); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Time to Kill (1945); Torrid Zone (1940); Unsolved Mysteries (1995); Variety Girl (1947); Virginia City (1940); WatchMojo (2018); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Winged Victory (1944).

Born on this day – Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten:

Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten

Folk and Blues singer

Musician

January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987

Credits:

Albums:

Elizabeth Cotten Live! (1983); Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I'm Gone (1979); Euphoria Blues (2023); Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar (1958); Freight Train (2014); Freight Train: Essential Folk Masters (2010); Live! (1983); Shake Sugaree (2004); Vol. 2: Shake Sugaree (1967).

Songs:

Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now; Boatman Dance; Buck Dance; Fare You Well, My Darling; Freight Train; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad; Graduation March; Hallelujah, It Is Done; Here Old Rattler Here / Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow / George Buck; Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name; Honey Babe Your Papa Cares for You; I Don't Love Nobody; I'm Going Away; Little Brown Jug; Look and Live, My Brother; Mama, Nobody's Here but the Baby; Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie; Ontario Blues; Praying Time Will Soon Be Over; Run......Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone; Shake Sugaree; Spanish Flag Dang; Sweet Bye and Bye / What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Take Me Back to Baltimore; 'Til We Meet Again; Vastopol; Vestapol; Washington Blues; When I Get Home; When I'm Gone; When the Train Comes Along; Wilson Rag.

Movies and television:

A Love Song (2022); American Folk (2017); American Masters (2009); Asteroid City (2023); Austin City Limits (1979); Big Little Lies (2019); BioShock Infinite (2013); Bleak Moments (1971); Colossal (2016); Dogfight (1991); En på miljonen (1995); Far from Home (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Four Calories: A "Tic-Tacs" Parody (2013); Nasty Baby (2015); Patriot (2017); Rainbow Quest (1965–1966); Sea Oak (2017); Shindig! (1964–1965); The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022); The Blues (2003); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); Troop Zero (2019); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Yesspeak (2003).

Born on this day – Francesca Bertini:

Francesca Bertini

Actress

January 5, 1892 – October 13, 1985

Credits:

1900 (1976); A girl in Prague (1969); Nothing New in the South (1957); Dora la espía (1950); Odette (1935); The Woman of a Night (1931); La femme d'une nuit (1930); Tu m'appartiens! (1929); La Possession (1929); Mein Leben für das Deine (1928); The end of Monte-Carlo (1927); Fior di levante (1925); Consuelita (1925); The Devil's Youth (1925); Last Dream (1924); Marion (1923); Fatal Beauty (1922); The Naked Woman (1922); Love Always Wins (1921); La fanciulla d'Amalfi (1921); The woman, the devil, Il tempo (1921); Beyond the Law (1921); Marion, café-concert artist (1920); Wild Soul (1920); Woman's Love (1920); Maddalena Ferat (1920); The wound (1920); The Sphinx (1920); The Shadow (1920); Lisa Fleuron (1920); The Princess George (1920); The Serpent (1920); The Conqueror of the World (1919); Beatrice (1919); The Princess (1919); The Countess Sara (1919); Cheerful soul (1919); The Octopus (1919); Lust (1919); Spiritism (1919); Envy (1919); L'accidia (1919); The Seven Deadly Sins (1918); Avarice (1918); Eugenia Grandet (1918); Wrath (1918); The Gorge (1918); Pride (1918); Mariute (1918); Frou-Frou (1918); Tosca (1918); Anima redenta (1917); Malìa (1917); The Process Clémenceau (1917); The Little Source (1917); Andreina (1917); Baby the mad (1916); Victim of the Ideal (1916); The Pact (1916); In the whirlpool of life (1916); Evil Reflection (1916); Fedora (1916); The naughty schoolgirl (1916); Lacrymae Rerum (1916); Destiny (1916); Heroism of Love (1916); The pearl of cinema (1916); The Fault of Others (1916); Odette (1916); Don Pietro Caruso (1915); Diana The Fascinator (1915); Assunta Spina (1915); The Lady of the Camellias (1915); Ivonne, the beautiful dancer (1915); The Habsburg Halter (1915); Nelly la gigolette (1915); Nella furnace (1915); Hypocrites (1915); A Woman (1914); The Song of the Soul (1914); Blue Blood (1914); On Temptation's Trail (1914); Rose and thorns (1914); The Foreign Princess (1914); The Honesty That Kills (1914); Cabiria (1914); The Woman Who Dared (1914); Pierrot the Prodigal (1914); The Forbidden Trail (1913); L'arrivista (1913); The Weapon of Cowards (1913); The soul of the Demi-Monde (1913); The Last Card (1913); The Storm (1913); The eve of Christmas (1913); The mother-in-law (1913); His Symphony (1913); Sunset (1913); The Artist's Model (1913); The schoolteacher (1913); The Last Trumps (1913); Venomous Tongues (1913); The Land of Promise (1913); Ninì Verbena (1913); The Price of Silence (1913); For the coat of arms (1913); The Vulture (1913); For His Joy (1913); The Bondage of Evil (1913); Car breakdowns (1912); Tears and Smiles (1912); Idyll tragic (1912); Tragic Love (1912); Portrait of the Beloved (1912); All on a Summer's Day (1912); Aunt Berta's Parrot (1912); The charm of the violence (1912); Cesare Borgia (1912); Un amore by Pietro de' Medici (1912); Rameses, King of Egypt (1912); Lucretia Borgia (1912); Tragedy at the Court of Milan (1912); I carbonari (1912); Red Falcon (1912); The Wandering Minstrel (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912); Ruy-Blas (1912); Romeo and Juliet (1912); Florentine Drama (1912); Francesca da Rimini (1911); Marco Visconti (1911); The Countess de Challant (1911); Tristan and Isolda (1911); Cola di Rienzo (1911); The Merchant of Venice (1911); King Lear (1910); Civil Death (1910); Pia de' Tolomei (1910); Folchetto of Narbonne (1910); Salomé (1910); Il trovatore (1910); The Goddess of the Sea (1907).

Recommended reading - Into the Dark (2016):

Into the Dark

The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950

By Mark A. Vieira.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Published by Running Press Adult.

Illustrated edition.

Published 2016.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0762455233

ISBN-13: 978-0762455232

Description:

Bursting with glossy stills and archival material, film historian and photographer Mark A. Vieira's Into The Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 offers an unprecedented portal into Hollywood's golden era of cynicism. A systematic study of noir, this gorgeous coffee table tome fills a significant gap in scholarship on the genre.” – MovieMaker.

You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.

Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them, taking readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Sunset Boulevard were sprung on an unsuspecting public. For the first time, we hear the voices of film noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name. Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light.

Into the Dark is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world. You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura, and watch Detour with a Midwest audience. This volume recreates the environment that spawned film noir. It also displays the wit and warmth of the genre's artists. Hedda Hopper reports on Citizen Kane, calling Orson Welles "Little Orson Annie." Lauren Bacall says she enjoys playing a bad girl in To Have and Have Not. Bosley Crowther calls Joan Crawford in Possessed a "ghost wailing for a demon lover beneath a waning moon." An Indiana exhibitor rates the classic Murder, My Sweet a "passable program picture." Illustrated by hundreds of rare still photographs, Into the Dark conveys the mystery, glamour, and irony that make film noir surpassingly popular.

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