Showing posts with label 1902. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Born on this day – Ray Nazarro:


Ray Nazarro

Director

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986

Ray Nazarro photographed with Adele Roberts during the filming of The Desert Horseman (1946)

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Born on this day – Barbecue Bob:


Barbecue Bob


Blues singer

Guitarist

September 11, 1902 – October 21, 1931

Credits:

Songs:

Bad Times Blues; Barbecue Blues; Black Skunk Blues; Blind Pig Blues; California Blues; Cloudy Sky Blues; Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name; 'Fo Day Creep; Freeze to Me Mama; Going up the Country; Good Time Rounder; Honey Your Going Too Fast; I'm on My Way Down Home; It Just Won't Hay; It's Just Too Bad; Jacksonville Blues; Me and My Whiskey; Mississippi Heavy Water Blues; Motherless Chile Blues; My Mistake Blues; New Mojo Blues; Poor Boy a Long Ways From Home / Poor Boy Long Way From Home; She Moves It Just Right; She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day; Spider and the Fly; Tellin' It to You; Thinkin' Funny Blues; Twistin’ Your Stuff; We Sure Got Hard Times; When the Saints Go Marching In; Yo Yo Blues.

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 2 (2010); Atlanta Blues (2021); Atlanta Moan (2019); Barbecue Blues (2007); Barbecue Bob Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928) (2005); Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 - 1929) (2005); Barbecue Bob Vol. 3 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Blues (2024); Blues Essentials (2011); Chef's Blues (2015); Chocolate To The Bone (1992); New Standards (1992); Presenting Barbecue Bob (1927); Rough Guide To Barbecue Bob (2015); Textures in Hi-Fi with Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra (1999); Winter Awhile (2022); Winter Awhile / 2023 Remaster (2023).

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Born on this day – Norm Ferguson:


Norm Ferguson


Animator

September 2, 1902 – November 4, 1957

Credits:

A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (1937); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alpine Climbers (1936); Aquarela do Brasil (1942); Arctic Antics (1930); Babes in the Woods (1932); Bambi (1942); Beach Picnic (1939); Birds in the Spring (1933); Birds of a Feather (1931); Blue Rhythm (1931); Bone Trouble (1940); Bugs in Love (1932); Cannibal Capers (1930); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Cinderella (1950); Clown of the Jungle (1947); Cold Turkey (1951); Donald and Pluto (1936); Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959); Don's Fountain of Youth (1953); DTV Valentine (1986); DTV: Golden Oldies (1984); DTV: Pop & Rock (1984); DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (1984); Dumbo (1941); El Gaucho Goofy (1943); Fantasia (1940); Fantasia / Segment: Dance of the Hours (1940); Father Noah's Ark (1933); Fishin' Around (1931); Flowers and Trees (1932); Frolicking Fish (1930); Gulliver Mickey (1934); Horses, Horses, Horses (1927); How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made (1939); Just Dogs (1932); Kill or Cure (1928); King Neptune (1932); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Mickey Cuts Up (1931); Mickey Mouse Disco (1980); Mickey's Elephant (1936); Mickey's Good Deed (1932); Mickey's Grand Opera (1936); Mickey's Nightmare (1932); Mickey's Orphans (1931); Mickey's Pal Pluto (1933); Mickey's Polo Team (1936); Mickey's Steam Roller (1934); Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930); Monkey Melodies (1930); Moose Hunters (1937); Mother Goose Melodies (1931); Mother Pluto (1936); Night (1930); Officer Duck (1939); Old King Cole (1933); On Ice (1935); Orphan's Benefit (1934); Pedro (1943); Peter Pan (1953); Pinocchio (1940 / 2022); Playful Pan (1930); Playful Pluto (1934); Pluto and the Armadillo (1943); Pluto at the Zoo (1942); Plutopia (1951); Pluto's Judgement Day (1935); Pluto's Party (1952); Pluto's Playmate (1941); Pluto's Quin-puplets (1937); Popeye's Premiere (1949); Puppy Love (1933); Puppy Love / Moving Day (1936); Puppy Love / The Worm Turns (1937); R'coon Dawg (1951); Saludos Amigos / South of the Border with Disney (1942); Santa's Workshop (1932); School Days (1926); Shanghaied (1934); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Social Lion (1954); Society Dog Show (1939); Summer (1930); T-Bone for Two (1942); The Army Mascot (1942); The Barnyard Broadcast (1931); The Big Bad Wolf (1934); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Chain Gang (1930); The Fire Fighter (1926); The Fire Fighters (1930); The Fox Hunt (1938); The Golden Touch (1935); The Gorilla Mystery (1931); The Karnival Kid / Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929); The Klondike Kid (1932); The Mad Dog (1932); The Magical World of Disney (1956); The Moose Hunt (1931); The Pet Store (1933); The Pointer (1939); The Practical Pig (1939); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Simple Things (1953); The Sleep Walker (1942); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Thrifty Pig (1941); The Whoopee Party (1932); Three Little Pigs (1933); Three Little Wolves (1936); To Itch His Own (1958); Trader Mickey (1932); Traffic Troubles (1931); Walt & El Grupo (2008); White Elephant (1929); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935); Winter (1930); Ye Olden Days (1933).

Monday, September 1, 2025

On this day in movie history - A Trip to the Moon (1902):


A Trip to the Moon

French title: Le Voyage dans la Lune,
directed and written by Georges Méliès,
was released in France on September 1, 1902.
13-minute silent movie.
Inspired by the novels: From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne,
and The First Men in the Moon, by H. G. Wells.


Cast:

Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement, Henri Delannoy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Victor André, Delpierre, Farjaux, Kelm, Brunnet, Ballet of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Acrobats of the Folies Bergère.

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Born on this day – Lewis Sargent:


Lewis Sargent


Director

August 19, 1902 – April 14, 1990

Credits:

A Dog Gone Day (1922); A Fool for Luck (1923); A Million for Love (1928); A Model Messenger (1922); A Polo Bear (1927); A Rip-Snoring Night (1922); Ace High (1918); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917); Aladdin Jr. (1922); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918); All Set (1928); As You Mike It (1929); Ask Dad (1927); Benjamin Franklin (1924); Blue Black (1926); Campus Knights (1929); Cash and Marry (1930); Crashin' Broadway (1933); Doubling in the Quickies (1932); Even Up (1927); Eventually, But Not Now (1930); Fan Fan (1918); Flip Flops (1923); Fortune's Wheel (1923); His First Job (1922); Hollywood Trouble (1935); Hot Tires (1927); Huckleberry Finn (1920); Jessie's James (1928); Just Around the Corner (1921); Land of the Sky Blue Daughters (1930); Look Out Below (1926); Lost and Foundered (1930); Lost in a Pullman (1927); Love's Labor Found (1929); Maid to Order (1923); Marie Galante (1934); Meet the Quince (1929); Miss Adventure (1919); Miss Mink of 1949 (1949); Models and Wives (1931); Navy Beans (1928); No More Children (1929); Old Vamps for New (1930); Oliver Twist (1922); Once to Every Boy (1922); One Splendid Hour (1929); Peanuts (1923); Punches and Perfume (1926); Ridin' the Wind (1925); Running Ragged (1928); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); South of Panama (1928); Spuds (1923); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1937); The Best Man (1923); The Call of the Wilderness (1926); The Cannonball (1931); The Captain of His Roll (1929); The Clean-Up (1929); The Coming of the Law (1919); The Dear Slayer (1930); The Fighting Fool (1926); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great Pearl Hunt (1923); The Heart of Youth (1919); The Last Gentleman (1934); The Man from New Mexico (1932); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Phantom Fortune (1923); The Setting Son (1930); The Shadow (1940); The Sleeping Cutie (1930); The Soul of Youth (1920); The Speed Boy (1922); The Speed Hound (1927); The Wild Party (1923); They Shall Not Pass Out (1929); Too Many Cooks (1931); Treasure Island (1917); Try and Do It (1927); Vamping Babies (1926); Weak Knees (1927); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Whiskers (1923).

Born on this day – Georges Lacombe:


Georges Lacombe

Director

August 19, 1902 – April 14, 1990

Born on this day – Ogden Nash:


Ogden Nash


Writer

August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971

Credits:

Poems:

A caution to everybody; A Drink With Something In It; A Tale Of The Thirteenth Floor; A Word to Husbands; Adventures of Isabel; Always marry an April girl; Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer; Biological Reflection; Celery; Children's Party; Common cold; Crossing the border; Family Court; Good-by Now Or Pardon My Gauntlet; Hard lines; I Didn't Go To Church Today; I'm a Stranger Here Myself; Lather As You Go; Ogden Nash's Zoo; Reflection On Babies; The Baby; The Octopus; The People Upstairs; The Tale of Custard the Dragon.

Books:

Bed Riddance (1969); Candy Is Dandy (1994); Carnival of animals (1950); Collected Verse from 1929 (1972); Custard and Company (1980); Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight (1999); Everyone but Thee and Me (1962); Good Intentions (1942); Hard Lines. Simon and Schuster (1931); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938 / 1994); Many Long Years Ago (1945); Marriage Lines. Boston (1964); Ogden Nash's Zoo (1986); Pocket Book of Ogden Nash (1990); Private Dining Room (1952); Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash (1995); The Face Is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash (1941); The Moon Is Shining Bright As Day (1953); The Old Dog Barks Backwards (1972); The Tale of Custard the Dragon (1998); There's Always Another Windmill (1968); Versus (1949); You Can't Get There from Here (1957).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (1958); Baby Einstein: Baby Shakespeare World of Poetry (1999); Body Electric (2002); Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976); Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976); But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972); Carnival of the Animals (1984); Columbo (1975); Fellow Travelers (2023); Foodie Love (2019); General Electric Guest House (1951); Hold That Kiss (1938); Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 (1972); Man of the Year (1953); Masquerade Party (1953–1956); Omnibus / Segment: The Twelve Days of Christmas (1956); One Touch of Venus (1948 / 1955); Phoenix (2014); Pisem, pisem stihove... (1974); Poezija Ogdena Nesa (1970); PogieJoe (2013); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Firefly (1937); The Shining Hour (1938); The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom (1982); The Tale of Custard the Dragon (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Today (1964); Who Said That? (1949).

Friday, August 15, 2025

Born on this day – Katharine Brush:


Katharine Brush


Writer

August 15, 1902 – June 10, 1952

Credits:

Written work:

Don't Ever Leave Me (1935); Free Woman (1936); Glitter (1926); Little Sins (1927); Mannequin / aka Marry For Money (1937); Night Club (1929); Other Women (1933); Out of My Mind (1943); Red-Headed Woman (1931); The Boy from Maine (1942); This Is on Me (1940); This Man and This Woman (1944); When She Was Bad (1948); You Go Your Way (1941); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Movies and television:

Actor's Studio (1948); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); General Electric Theater (1959); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Lady of Secrets (1936); Listen, Darling (1938); Mannequin (1937); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Starlight Theatre (1950); The Drop Kick (1927); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Born on this day – Ann Harding:


Ann Harding


Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Born on this day – Robert Leslie Bellem:


Robert Leslie Bellem


Writer

July 19, 1902 – April 1, 1968

Credits:

Written work:

30 Seconds (1937); Back Home to Hell (1940); Beyond the Veil (1936); Bitter Reckoning (1937); Blood for the Vampire Dead (1940); Castle Sinister (1935); Cats of Cassandra (1935); Cavern of the Faceless (1936); Command to Kill (1935); Corpse Without a Face (1935); Curse of the Lovely Torso (1940); Dark Eyes of Hell (1938); Dark Splendor (1936); Dead Legs Walk (1935); Dealer in Death (1938); Death Orchids (1935); Death's Bright Halo (1935); Death's Chrysalis (1936); Death's Detour (1937); Death's Detour: The Surgeon of Souls Collection, Volume 1 (2002); Death's Nocturne (1936); Death's Passport (1940); Doom of the Half-Dead (1936); Fangs of the Bat (1935); Fate of the Faulains (1936); Fiend's Feast (1938); Flowers of Desire (1936); Forever Vengeance (1942); From the Sea (1936); Gallows Heritage (1937); Gallows Heritage: The Surgeon of Souls Collection, Volume 2 (2003); Ghost Cavalcade (1938); Ghoul's Trap (1937); Girl of Flame (1940); Graveyard Honeymoon (1936); Hell's Dark Fragrance (1936); Heritage of Madness (1937); Homicide Hunch (1943); I Am a Monster (1937); I Must Have Five Corpses (1936); Introducing the Author - Robert Leslie Bellem (1941); Kill That Headline (1939); Labyrinth of Monsters (1936); Letter / Amazing Stories, June 1934 (1934); Lorelei of Lynnwold Light (1935); Low Bridge (1941); Master of Death (1935); Mesa of Madness (1941); Message from the Grave (1942); Mirror Magic (1938); Mistress of Serpents (1935); Murder from Nowhere (1935); Murder Mine (1947); Murder's Migrants (1943); Pancho Diego, Villain (1936); Pearl of Hell (1941); Portals of Peril (1939); Portrait of Terror (1936); Princess of Dreams (1938); Program for Plunder (1939); Red Thirst (1939); Reunion Beyond (1936); Robots Can't Lie (1941); Room of Dreams (1938); Shadow from Eleusis (1938); Shadows Pass (1936); She Who Was Dead (1936); Six Lives for One (1940); Sonance Sinister (1940); Strange Journey (1938); Surgeon of Souls (1936); Taupoo Dance (1936); Televised Frame / comic strip (1949); The Belled Rat (1935); The Blood Drinkers (1935); The Corpse Screams Twice (1937); The Crimson Crone (1935); The Dark Tower (1937); The Executioner (1935); The Green Death Walks (1936); The Man Who Was Not (1935); The Moon-God Takes (1936); The Short-Wave Superman (1941); The Soul Eater (1938); The Surgeon of Souls and Other Tales of Terror (2009); The Thing in the Shaft (1939); Through Fire (1940); Tryst with Death (1936); Vampire's Castle (1938); Variant: "I Must Have 5 Corpses" (2015); Variant: Blood for Sale (1942); Variant: Cats of Cassandra (1935); Variant: Death Orchids (1935); Variant: Dog of Death (1942); Variant: Eyes of the Cat (1942); Variant: Fork the in Road (1942); Variant: I Must Have Five Corpses (1936); Variant: Miracle Man (1942); Variant: Murder Moon (1942); Variant: Nameless Dread of the Savage Sirens (1949); Variant: Payment in Blood (1942); Variant: The Blood Drinkers (1935); Variant: Will O' the Wisp (1942); Welcome to Hell (1941); When the Dead Awaken (1937); Wooed by a Werewolf (1939); You Are a Murderer (1940).

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1963–1964); Adventures of Superman (1956–1958); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1953); Assignment: Underwater (1961); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Blackmail (1947); Boston Blackie / Front Page Detective (1951 / 1953); Broken Arrow (1957–1958); Captain Midnight (1955–1956); Chevron Theatre (1953); Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1990); Death Valley Days (1965); Dick Tracy (1950–1952); Eye Witness (1953); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); Iron Horse (1967); Johnny Midnight (1960); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959); Man Without a Gun (1957–1959); Perry Mason (1961–1964); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956); Superman (1973); Temple Houston (1963); The Californians (1959); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The Forsaken Westerns (2017); The Lone Ranger (1956–1957); The Millionaire (1957–1959); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Restless Gun (1958); The Texan (1960); The Third Man (1963); The Web (1957); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959).

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Born on this day – Richard "Hacksaw" Harney:


Richard "Hacksaw" Harney

Blues guitarist

Pianist

July 16, 1902 – December 25, 1973

Born on this day – Mary Philbin:


Mary Philbin


Actress

July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993

Credits:

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Model Messenger (1922); After the Fog (1930); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Danger Ahead! (1921); Drums of Love (1928); False Kisses (1921); Fashion News (1930); Fifth Avenue Models (1925); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools Highway (1924); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); His First Job (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Horrors (2018); Hollywood Story (1951); Human Hearts (1922); Life in Hollywood No. 3 / 4 (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); Merry-Go-Round (1923); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); No Clothes to Guide Him (1921); Once to Every Boy (1922); Penrod and Sam (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006); Port of Dreams (1928); Red Courage (1921); Stella Maris (1925); Sure Fire (1921); Surrender (1927); The Age of Desire (1923); The Blazing Trail (1921); The City of Stars (1924); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Performance (1929); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Rose of Paris (1924); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trouper (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); Twelve Hours to Live (1921); Where Is This West? (1923).

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Monday, June 9, 2025

Born on this day – Skip James:


Skip James


Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:

Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:

Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).