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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Born on this day – Leonard Rossiter:


Leonard Rossiter


Actor

Writer

October 21, 1926 – October 5, 1984

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); A Kind of Loving (1962); After Loch Lomond (1973); Alice in Wonderland (1985); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Billy Liar (1963); Britannia Hospital (1982); Cinzano Bianco 'Shaken not Stirred' James Bond Parody Television Commercial (1978); Cluff (1965); Comedy Playhouse (1974); Deadfall (1968); Deadlier Than the Male (1967); Death Is a Good Living (1966); Diamonds for Breakfast (1968); Escape to the West (1982); Festival (1964); First Night (1963); Half Hour Story (1968); Hotel Paradiso (1966); House of Glass (1964); If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974); Into the Net (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1963); ITV Playhouse (1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); ITV Television Playhouse (1962); Jezebel ex UK (1963); King Rat (1965); Le Petomane (1979); Love Story (1964); Luther (1974); Machinegunner (1976); Masquerade (1974); Maupassant (1963); Oliver! (1968); On Stage – London (1957); Otley (1969); Out of Town Theatre (1967); Play for Today (1975); Redcap (1964); Rising Damp (1974); Rising Damp (1980); Steptoe and Son (1964); Story Conference (1956); Studio 4 (1962); Suspense (1963); The Avengers (1963); The Carnforth Practice (1974); The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976); The Funny Side of Christmas (1982); The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977); The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog (1983); The Life and Death of King John (1984); The Long Ships (1964); The Losers (1978); The Moon Over Soho (1985); The Nightwatchman's Stories (1959); The Perishers (1979); The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976); The Revenue Men (1967); The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978); The Wednesday Play (1967); The Whisperers (1967); The Witches (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Theatre 625 (1966); They All Died Laughing (1964); Thick as Thieves (1971); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); This Sporting Life (1963); Thursday Theatre (1965); Tripper's Day (1984); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Water (1985); You Can't Win (1961); Z Cars (1963).

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Born on this day – Julie Adams:


Julie Adams


Actress

October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Arrest and Trial (1963); Away All Boats (1956); Bend of the River (1952); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Black Roses (1988); Bonanza (1961); Bright Victory (1951); Burke's Law (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cannon (1972); Capitol (1984); Caribe (1975); Carnage (2011); Catchfire (1990); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1960); Climax! (1957); Close to Home (2005); Code Red (1981); Cold Case (2006); Colorado Ranger (1950); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Crooked River (1950); CSI: NY (2007); Dan August (1970); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellery Queen (1975); Family Law (2000); Fast on the Draw (1950); Finders Keepers (1951); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Four Girls in Town (1957); Francis Joins the WACS (1954); General Hospital (1968); Go Ask Alice (1973); Goodbye, Franklin High (1978); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hollywood Story (1951); Horizons West (1952); Hostile Country (1950); Hot Pursuit (1985); Insight (1967); Ironside (1968); King of Diamonds (1962); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lost (2005); Lost: Missing Pieces (2008); Lucas Tanner (1974); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Mannix (1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Markham (1960); Marshal of Heldorado (1950); Matinee Theatre (1958); Maverick (1959); McMillan & Wife (1977); McQ (1974); Medical Center (1976); Melrose Place (1999); Michael Shayne (1960); Mobile One (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Friend Tony (1969); Night Gallery (1972); One Desire (1955); One Step Beyond (1959); Outlaws (1961); Owl Movies (1955); Perry Mason (1963); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Woman (1978); Psychic Killer (1975); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Raymie (1960); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Search (1973); Six Bridges to Cross (1955); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957); Sliders (1998); Slim Carter (1957); Steve Canyon (1959); Studio One (1956); Surfside 6 (1961); Tarawa Beachhead (1958); Tate (1960); The Alaskans (1959); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); The Big Valley (1966); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993); The Dalton Gang (1949); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doris Day Show (1969); The F.B.I. (1969); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Gallant Men (1963); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); The Killer Inside Me (1976); The Last Movie (1971); The Lawless Breed (1952); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Looters (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1958); The Lucky Southern Star (2018); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Mod Squad (1968); The Outsider (1968); The Private War of Major Benson (1955); The Rifleman (1960); The Runaways (1978); The Stand at Apache River (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Trackers (1971); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1966); The Wild McCullochs (1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); This Is the Life (1968); Tickle Me (1965); Too Close for Comfort (1981); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); Valley of Mystery (1967); Vega$ (1981); West of the Brazos (1950); Wings of the Hawk (1953); World Trade Center (2006); Wrangler (1960); Yancy Derringer (1958); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Beverly Garland:


Beverly Garland


Actress

October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996); 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 7th Heaven (1997–2004); 87th Precinct (1961); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons (1977); Airport 1975 (1974); All Star Blitz (1985); And Then They Forgot God (1971); Badlands of Montana (1957); Baffle (1973); Beanpole (1990); Betty White's Pet Set - Behind the Scenes (2021); Big Town (1954); Biography (1995 / 1997); Bitter Creek (1954); Bus Stop (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Calhoun: County Agent (1964); Camp Wilder (1992); Cane Fire (2020); Cannon (1973); Chain Letter (1966); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Confidential (1957); Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003); City Detective (1955); Climax! (1956–1957); Coronado 9 (1960); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Crusader (1956); Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956); Cutter's Trail (1970); D.O.A. (1949); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Man (1960); Death Falls (1991); Decoy (1957–1958); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Doc Elliot (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1962); Dreams + Memories: Where the Red Fern Grows (2018); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Ellen (1995); Enos (1980); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Family Feud (1984); Fearless Fagan (1952); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Finding the Way Home (1991); Flamingo Road (1982); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1956); Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996); Friends (1995); Front Row Center (1956); Frontier (1955); Going My Way (1962); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Gundown at Sandoval (1961); Gunslinger (1956); Gunsmoke (1963–1970); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Heartbeat (1989); Hellfire (1995); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Lucy (1969); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1965); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hong Kong (1960); Horrible Horror (1986); Hotel (1985); How the West Was Won (1979); I Married Joan (1954); If (2003); I'll Bet (1965); Insight (1965–1983); Ironside (1974); It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001); It Conquered the World (1956); It Takes Two (1969); It's My Turn (1980); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Judd for the Defense (1967); Judgment Day (1981); Killer Leopard (1954); King B: A Life in the Movies (1993); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kung Fu (1975); Lancer (1969); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Laramie (1960); Laredo (1965); Liar's Club (1969); Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995–1997); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Big Top (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1957); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Mama Rosa (1950); Mannix (1968–1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Masters of Fantasy (1997); Match Game (1973 / 1990); Matt Houston (1982); Medic (1954); Medical Center (1974–1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Moviewatch (1994); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Naked Paradise (1957); Navy Log (1955); New Orleans Uncensored (1955); New York Confidential (1955); Night Gallery / Segment: Logoda's Heads (1971); Not of This Earth (1957); Oh My Word (1966); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pantomime Quiz (1962–1964); Perry Mason (1960); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1957); Port Charles (2000–2001); Pretty Poison (1968); Problem Girls (1953); Rawhide (1959–1963); Remington Steele (1982–1983); Riverboat (1960); Roller Boogie (1979); Romance Theatre (1982); Russell (1961); Salome '73 (1965); Sam Benedict (1963); Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); Showoffs (1975); Sixth and Main (1977); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Sons and Daughters (1991); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Stage (1956); Stark Fear (1962); State Trooper (1956); Strange Stories (1956); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Strike It Rich (1954); Studio 57 (1955); Sudden Danger (1955); Swamp Women (1956); Switch (1976); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Teen Angel (1998); Telephone Time (1957); Temperatures Rising (1972); The 54th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1985); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Alligator People (1959); The Angry Beavers (1998–1999); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Bing Crosby Show (1964–1965); The Dakotas (1963); The Day the Earth Moved (1974); The Desperado (1954); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fabulous Oliver Chantry (1953); The Farmer's Daughter (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Fugitive (1963); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Glass Web (1953); The Go-Getter (1956); The Guardian (2001); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Healers (1974); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Jack Barry Show (1962–1965); The Jane Wallace Show (1990); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Lone Ranger (1950); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Loner (1966); The Mad Room (1969); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1967); The Man from Blackhawk (1959); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Miami Story (1954); The Millionaire (1955–1959); The Mod Squad (1972); The Mothers-In-Law (1968); The Neanderthal Man (1953); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Nurses (1962); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Pet Set (1971); The Rocket Man (1954); The Rookies (1973); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Simple Life (1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Steel Jungle (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2003); The Web (1954); The Weekend Nun (1972); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1967–1969); The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991); The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990); Then Came Bronson (1970); This Girl for Hire (1983); Thriller (1960); To the Moon, Alice (1990); Trackdown (1959); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); TV Land Confidential (2005); Twice-Told Tales / Segment: The House of the Seven Gables (1963); Two Guns and a Badge (1954); Unwed Father (1974); Voyage of the Yes (1973); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Weakest Link (2002); What's This Song? (1964–1965); Where the Red Fern Grows (1974); Wire Service (1956–1957); Yancy Derringer (1959); You Don't Say (1963–1968); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961).

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Born on this day – Ed McBain:


Ed McBain


Writer

October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005


The Gutter and the Grave

By Ed McBain.

Published by Hard Case Crime.
First published 1958.
Complete and Unabridged.
ISBN-10: 0857683675
ISBN-13: 978-0857683670

Description:

Detective Matt Cordell was happily married once, and gainfully employed, and sober. But that was before he caught his wife cheating on him with one of his operatives and took it out on the man with the butt end of a .45.

Now Matt makes his home on the streets of New York and his only companions are the city’s bartenders. But trouble still knows how to find him, and when Johnny Bridges shows up from the old neighborhood, begging for Matt’s help, Cordell finds himself drawn into a case full of beautiful women and bloody murder. It’s just like the old days – only this time, when the beatings come, he may wind up on the receiving end...

Credits:

The 87th Precinct novel series: Cop Hater (1956); The Mugger (1956); The Pusher (1956); The Con Man (1957); Killer's Choice (1957); Lady Killer (1958); Killer's Wedge (1958); Killer's Payoff (1958); King's Ransom (1959); 'Til Death (1959); Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960); The Heckler (1960); See Them Die (1960); Lady, Lady, I Did It! (1961); The Empty Hours (1962); Like Love (1962); Ten Plus One (1963); Ax (1963); He Who Hesitates (1965); Doll (1965); Eighty Million Eyes (1966); Fuzz (1968); Shotgun (1968); Jigsaw (1970); Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971); Sadie When She Died (1972); Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1973); Hail to the Chief (1973); Bread (1974); Blood Relatives (1975); So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976); Long Time No See (1977); Calypso (1979); Ghosts (1980); Heat (1981); McBain Brief (1982); Ice (1983); Lightning (1984); And All Through The House (1984); Eight Black Horses (1985); Poison (1987); Lullaby (1989); Vespers (1989); Tricks (1989); Widows (1991); Kiss (1992); Mischief (1993); Romance (1995); Nocturne (1997); The Big Bad City (1998); The Last Dance (1999); Money, Money, Money (2001); Fat Ollie's Book (2002); The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003); Hark! (2004); Fiddlers (2005). The Matthew Hope novel series: Goldilocks (1976); Rumpelstiltskin (1981); Beauty And The Beast (1982); Jack and the Beanstalk (1984); Snow White and Rose Red (1985); Cinderella (1986); Puss in Boots (1987); The House That Jack Built (1988); Three Blind Mice (1990); Mary, Mary (1991); There Was A Little Girl (1994); Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996); The Last Best Hope (1998). Transgressions Books: Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006). Stand alone novels: Rocket To Luna (1953); Don't Crowd Me (1953); Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953); Cut Me In (1954); Runaway Black (1954); The Blackboard Jungle (1954); Death of a Nurse (1955); Murder in the Navy (1955); Tomorrow's World (1956); Second Ending (1956); Vanishing Ladies (1957); The Spiked Heel (1957); I'm Cannon--For Hire (1958); Strangers When We Met (1958); Even the Wicked (1958); The Gutter and the Grave (1958); Big Man (1959); A Matter of Conviction (1959); Buddwing (1964); The Sentries (1965); The Paper Dragon (1967); A Horse's Head (1967); Last Summer (1968); Sons (1969); Nobody Knew They Were There (1971); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Seven (1972); Come Winter (1973); Streets of Gold (1974); Doors (1975); Where There's Smoke (1975); Guns (1976); The Chisholms (1976); Love Dad (1981); Far from the Sea (1982); Lizzie (1984); Another Part of the City (1986); Downtown (1989); Gangs! (1989); Scimitar (1992); Criminal Conversation (1994); Privileged Conversation (1995); Driving Lessons (1998); Candyland (2000); The Moment She Was Gone (2002); Alice In Jeopardy (2004); So Nude, So Dead     (2015); Runaway (2016); Find the Feathered Serpent (1952); The Remarkable Harry (1961); The Wonderful Button (1961); Me and Mr. Stenner (1976); Let's Talk (2005); The McBain Brief (1982); Barking at Butterflies (2000); Running from Legs and Other Stories (2002); Learning to Kill (2006); Transgressions (2006); Keller's Adjustment; Forever (2006); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Jungle Kids (2016); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Sunday Pigeon Murders (1942); The Thursday Turkey Murders (1943); The April Robin Murders (1958); Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1988); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Crimes of Passion (1993); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); Crime After Crime (1999); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 (2000); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); Dangerous Women (2005); Transgressions (2005); Price of Desire (2005); Transgressions vol. 4 (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Masters of Noir, Volume Three (2010); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies and television:

87. revír (1970); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1959); All About 'the Birds' (2000); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blood Relatives (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Brokovnice (1992); Case Reopened (1999); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Climax! (1958); Columbo (1992–1994); Cop Hater (1958); Dream West (1986); Dzungle pred tabulí (1980); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ed McBain möter Ulf Örnkloo (1988); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Fallen Angels (1995); Fuzz (1972); General Electric Theater (1958); High and Low (1963); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); Ironside (1968); Kao no nai onna: Kurushima keiji no hôkokusho yori (2007); Koho si vybral vrah (1974); Kraft Theatre (1958); La soupe aux poulets (1963); Last Summer (1969); Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971); Le Dernier Tour (2002); Living Famously (2003); Lonely Heart (1981); Midnight Journal (1990); Mike Hammer (1958); Mister Buddwing (1966); Of Men and Women (1973); Panenka (1980); Plus rien à perdre (1968); Read All About It (1979); Reputations (1999); Skládacka (1991); Spin (2012); Sposob ubiystva (1993); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Tanin no kankei (1989); Tengoku to jigoku (2007); The Birds (1963); The Bob Braun Show (1981); The Chisholms (1979–1980); The Culture Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980); The Mugger (1958); The Pusher (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Write Stuff (1989); The Young Savages (1961); Three Blind Mice (2001); Walk Proud (1979); Without Apparent Motive (1971); Wogan (1986); Zabiják (1972).

Born on this day – Jean Peters:


Jean Peters


Actress

October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000

Credits:

20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); A Blueprint for Murder (1953); A Man Called Peter (1955); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); AMC Salutes the States (1989); American Cinema (1995); Anne of the Indies (1951); Apache (1954); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); As Young as You Feel (1951); Broken Lance (1954); Captain from Castile (1947); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2016); Deep Waters (1948); Dinah! (1979); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Love That Brute (1950); Lure of the Wilderness (1952); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1988); Niagara (1953); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Peter and Paul (1981); Pickup on South Street (1953); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); TCM Remembers 2000 (2000); The 35th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards (1983); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); Vicki (1953); Viva Zapata! (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Winesburg, Ohio (1973).

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

Born on this day – Danièle Delorme:


Danièle Delorme


Actress

Producer

October 9, 1926 – October 17, 2015

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); À corps perdu (1970); À l'abri des regards indiscrets (2002); Absences répétées (1972); Adieux de Tabarin (1966); Agnès de rien (1950); Aller et retour (1948); Allons au cinéma (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1980); Au-delà de l'écran (1964); Aujourd'hui magazine (1977); Avant-premières (2011); Bal perdu (1990); Bébert et l'omnibus (1963); Bed for Two (1950); Belle (1973); Camarades (1970); Cannes Film Festival (1988); Chaque jour a son secret (1958); Cinépanorama (1964); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948); Deadlier Than the Male (1956); Des Christs par milliers (1969); Et ça vous fait rire? (2024); Femmes de Paris (1953); Fill 'er Up with Super (1976); Fréquence meurtre (1988); Gala de l'union (1959); Gigi (1949); Henry Moore (1983); Himalaya (1999); Hoa Binh (1970); House of Ricordi (1954); Impasse des deux anges (1948); Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (1982); Joris Ivens (1983); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Joyeux Noel (2005); Just Like Brothers (2012); La barricade du Point du Jour (1978); La belle aventure (1942); La cage aux filles (1949); La communale (1965); La côte d'amour (1982); La grande dune (1990); La joie de vivre (1953); La marche du siècle (1988); La naissance du Grand Blond (2005); La nuit des César (1976); La vie sans secret de Walter Nions (2001); L'affaire Saint-Romans (1988); L'ami Giono (1990); L'amour, Madame (1952); Le capitan (1946); Le cauchemar de l'aube (1973); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le dernier des cinq (1973); Le dossier noir (1955); Le Grand Amour (1969); Le grand échiquier (1980); Le guérisseur (1953); Le pèlerinage (1964); Le plus ancien visage (1966); Le roi du Luxembourg (1967); Le roman du samedi (1980); Le temps du rossignol (1971); Le voyage en Brésil (1950); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les amants (1963); Les Copains (1965); Les dents longues (1953); Les eaux dormantes (1992); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les J3 (1945); Les jeux sont faits (1947); Les joies de la vie (1958); Les Misérables (1958); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017); Les petites du quai aux fleurs (1944); L'été 36 (1986); Lost Souvenirs (1950); Lunegarde (1946); Madame le proviseur (1994); Maison de poupée (1954); Mara (1953); Marcel Aymé, l'art de la litote (2011); Mardi cinéma (1982); Marie Soleil (1964); Martin et Léa (1979); Midi Trente (1973); Mikis Theodorakis (1982); Minne (1950); Miquette (1950); Mitsou (1956); Mon Faust (1970); Monsieur Cinéma (1968); Nathalie Sarraute, écrivain des mouvements intérieurs (1984); Ni vu, ni connu (1958); No Exit (1954); November Moon (1985); Ô saisons ô chateaux (1958); Olivia (1951); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); Oscar Niemeyer (1982); Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire (1946); Pardon Mon Affaire (1976); Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977); Philippe Soupault (1982); Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme, tome 2 (1982); Philippe Soupault et le surréalisme, tome 3 (1982); Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre (2005); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Pour le cinéma (1969); Prisons de femmes (1958); Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982); Revenge at Daybreak (1952); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sale rêveur (1978); Soleil éteint (1958); Sortez des rangs (1996); Souvenirs des collines (2007); Spécial cinéma (1982); Studio Gabriel (1994); The Anatomy of Love (1954); The Crook (1970); The Crying Woman (1979); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gilded Cage (2013); The Hunted (1972); The Hussy (1979); The Prodigal Daughter (1981); The Seventh Juror (1962); Tu ne m'échapperas jamais (1955); Twilight (1944); Un étrange voyage (1981); Un gosse de la butte (1964); Un jour, un destin (2011); Une approche d'Alain Resnais, révolutionnaire discret (1980); Une femme dans la ville (1979); UV (2007); Vacances au purgatoire (1992); Vedettes en liberté (1949); Vedettes sans maquillage (1951); Venom and Eternity (1951); Very Happy Alexander (1968); Vivement dimanche (1999); War of the Buttons (1962); Winged Migration (2001); Without Leaving an Address (1951); Yves Robert: le cinéma entre copains (2020).

Saturday, October 3, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Temptress (1922 movie & novel):


The Temptress

directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller,
written by Dorothy Farnum, Marian Ainslee,
based on the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,
released in the United States on October 3, 1926.
Music by Michael Picton, Ernst Luz.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Anderson, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire, Sam Appel, Helen Brent, Steve Clemente, Roy Coulson, Louise Emmons, Inez Gomez, Gale Gordon, Bob Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Annabelle Magnus, Chris-Pin Martin, Louis Mercier, Alys Murrell, Constantine Romanoff, Charles Stevens, Mauritz Stiller.

Recommended reading:


The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.
First published 1922.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 9362346877
ISBN-13: 978-9362346872

Description:

"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.

Friday, October 2, 2026

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:


Ramona Fradon


Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Born on this day – Julie London:


Julie London


Actress

Singer

September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

A Question of Infidelity (1958); Adam-12 (1972); Adventures in Paradise (1959); An Evening with... (1965); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Blood Orange (2016); Blue Moon (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957); Boy on a Dolphin (1957); Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Broken Noses (1987); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Checkmate (1961); Cinema Verite (2011); Compression (2024); Crazy Love (2007); Crime Against Joe (1956); Crimes of the Heart (2003); Dan Raven (1960); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Dark Harbor (1998); Der Duft von Las Vegas (1965); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Dinah! (1975); Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999); Drango (1957); Emergency! (1972–1978); Emergency! 50! The Show That Saved Your Life (2022); Endeavour (2016); Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Follow the Sun (1961); Frances Langford Presents (1959); Frontier Justice (1959); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011); Girl Picture (2022); Greta (2018); Gypsy (1966–1968); He Said, She Said (1970); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hollywood Preview (1956); Hong Kong (1961); I Spy (1965); I'll Bet (1965); Imaginary Crimes (1994); Immortal (2004); Independent Lens (2005); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Janie (1944); Laramie (1960); Legends (2009); Love Letters in the Sands of Time (2010); Mad Men (2007); Magic City (2013); Man of the West (1958); Masquerade Party (1974); Match Game (1975); Match Game PM (1976); Michael Shayne (1960); Moka (2016); Mulatschag (2012); My Dinner with Hervé (2018); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2022); Nabonga (1944); Night in Paradise (1946); Night of the Quarter Moon (1959); On Stage Everybody (1945); Operation: Entertainment (1968); P2 (2007); Palm Royale (2024); Pan Am (2011); Panic (2000); Paris Follies (2014); Passion of Mind (2000); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1959); Person to Person (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Poms (2019); Proven Innocent (2019); Rawhide (1960); Return of the Frontiersman (1950); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Saddle the Wind (1958); Sanctuary (1961); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shower of Stars (1957); Showtime (1968); Sibyl (2019); Singapore Sling (1990); Six Feet Under (2001); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Something Special (1967); Stars of Jazz (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tap Roots (1948); Task Force (1949); Tattletales (1974–1975); Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Bad Guys (2022); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Record (1957); The Big Tease (1999); The Big Valley (1968); The Bob Crosby Show (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1956–1964); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The David Frost Show (1969); The David Niven Show (1959); The Dean Martin Show (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019); The Fat Man (1951); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Garry Moore Show (1959–1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Great Man (1956); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1972); The Jack Benny Program (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Julie London Special (1968); The Lively Ones (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The National Sports Awards (1961); The Notorious Bettie Page (2005); The Red House (1947); The Red Skelton Hour (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Sopranos (2006); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1960); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Wonderful Country (1959); Under the Mistletoe (2012); V for Vendetta (2005); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Wedding Day Winners (2018); Welcome to Marwen (2018); What's My Line? (1957–1961); Your First Impression (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Born on this day – Angus Scrimm:


Angus Scrimm


Actor

Comedian

Writer

August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016

Credits:

Dances with Werewolves (2017); Dear Angus (Tribute to the Tall Man) (2017); Phantasm Extinction (2017); Tall Tales (2017); The Bucket (2017); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016); No Sleep TV3 (2016); Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen (2015); Disciples (2014); The Trick Is the Treat (2013); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); House of Good and Evil (2013); John Dies at the End (2012); The Innkeepers (2011); Femme Fatales (2011); Tales from Beyond the Pale (2010); Satan Hates You (2010); Spaceman on Earth (2009); I Sell the Dead (2008); Red 71 (2008); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Automatons (2006); Robert and Theresa (2006); Satanic (2006); Phandom (2005); Phantasmagoria (2005); Hollywood Horror (2005); Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2005); Masters of Horror (2005); Alias (2001–2005); The Off Season (2004); Monsters Gone Wild! (2004); Coupling (2003); The Jersey (2003); Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002); The Nightmare Room (2001); Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001); FreakyLinks (2001); Bel Air (2000); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Gravedigger's Nemesis (1999); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997); Wishmaster (1997); Vampirella (1996); Bone Chillers (1996); Fatal Frames (1996); Munchie Strikes Back (1994); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Deadfall (1993); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); Munchie (1992); Mindwarp (1991); Subspecies (1991); VideoZone (1991); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Nutt House (1989); Transylvania Twist (1989); Phantasm II (1988); Chopping Mall (1986); First Strike (1984); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); The Lost Empire (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1981); Witches' Brew (1980); Salvage 1 (1979); Phantasm (1979); Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); A Piece of the Action (1977); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Life or Death - EMT First Responders (1973); Scream Bloody Murder (1973); Sweet Kill (1972); Abraham Lincoln (1951).

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Born on this day – Tania Weber:


Tania Weber


Actress

August 18, 1926 – November 20, 2009

Credits:

A Day in Court (1954); Carica eroica (1952); Funniest Show on Earth (1953); Roman Holiday (1953); Siamo tutti inquilini (1953); The Ship of Damned Women (1953); The Unfaithfuls (1953); Ulysses (1954).