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Monday, October 19, 2026

On this day in movie history - Dr. Socrates (1935):


Dr. Socrates

directed by William Dieterle,
written by Robert Lord and Mary C. McCall Jr.,
based on a story by W.R. Burnett,
was released in the United States on October 19, 1935.
Music by Bernhard Kaun and Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, John Eldredge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Helen Lowell, Mayo Methot, Henry O'Neill, Grace Stafford, Samuel S. Hinds, June Travis, Raymond Brown, Olin Howland, Joe Downing, Marie Astaire, Vangie Beilby, William Burress, Glen Cavender, Lucille Collins, Frank Darien, Hal K. Dawson, James Donlan, Jimmie Dundee, Bill Elliott, Dick Elliott, Jack Gardner, Al K. Hall, Otis Harlan, Harry Harvey, Ben Hendricks Jr., Al Hill, Alf James, John Kelly, Milton Kibbee, Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Jerry Madden, June Martel, Frank McGlynn Jr., Larry McGrath, Ivan Miller, Gene Morgan, Adrian Morris, Jack Norton, Henry Otho, Paul Panzer, Bob Perry, Ralph Remley, Kathryn Sheldon, Carl Stockdale, Charles Sullivan, Grady Sutton, Emerson Treacy, Maidel Turner, Max Wagner, Lucille Ward, Billy Wayne, Huey White, Leo White, Tom Wilson, Sam Wren.

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Born on this day – Peter Boyle:




Credits:

A Deadly Vision (1997); All Roads Lead Home (2008); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (1990); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Born to Be Wild (1995); Bulletproof Heart (1994); Buster Poindexter: Hit the Road, Jack (1989); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Challenger (1990); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cosby (1997); Crazy Joe (1974); Cuentos de Borges (1992); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Doctor Dolittle (1998); Echoes in the Darkness (1987); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996); F.I.S.T. (1978); Flying Blind (1992); From Here to Eternity (1979); Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Hammett (1982); Hardcore (1979); Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); In the Lake of the Woods (1996); In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992); Joe (1970); Joe Bash (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991); Kid Blue (1973); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lunch Break (2001); Malcolm X (1992); Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002); Medium Cool (1969); Men of Respect (1990); Midnight Caller (1989); Milk & Money (1996); Monster's Ball (2001); Nervous Ticks (1992); NYPD Blue (1994); Outland (1981); Philly Heat (1994); Poochinski (1990); Red Heat (1988); Roger Waters: Three Wishes (1993); Royce (1994); Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004); Slither (1973); Solar Crisis (1990); Species II (1998); Speed Zone (1989); Steelyard Blues (1973); Superman 50th Anniversary (1988); Surrender (1987); Swashbuckler (1976); Sweet Evil (1996); T.R. Baskin (1971); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); Taking the Heat (1993); Taxi Driver (1976); That Darn Cat (1997); The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002); The Brink's Job (1978); The Candidate (1972); The Dream Team (1989); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Group (1966); The in Crowd (1988); The King of Queens (1998); The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973); The Monitors (1969); The Santa Clause (1994); The Santa Clause 2 (2002); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Shadow (1994); The Shallow End of the Ocean (2007); The Single Guy (1996); The Surgeon (1995); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Virgin President (1968); The X-Files (1995); Tribeca (1993); Tripping the Rift (2005); Turk 182 (1985); Walker (1987); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Yellowbeard (1983); Young Frankenstein (1974).

Friday, October 16, 2026

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935):


Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,
written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,
based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,
was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.
Music by Abe Meyer.


Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

Monday, October 12, 2026

Born on this day – Luciano Pavarotti:


Luciano Pavarotti

Opera singer (tenor)

October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007

Born on this day – Pascale Audret:


Pascale Audret


Actress

October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2000

Credits:

A Touch of Treason (1962); An Eye for an Eye (1957); Attention chien méchant (1977); Bal de nuit (1959); Changements de décors (1980); Chi lavora è perduto (In capo al mondo) (1963); Cinéma 16 (1977); Cinépanorama (1957); Cinq colonnes à la une (1959); Cinq-Mars (1981); Compression (2024); Contes modernes (1982); Countdown to Doomsday (1966); Dangerous Games (1958); Défense de jouer (1971); Dernier appel (1977); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Dieu, que les femmes sont amoureuses... (1994); Discorama (1959); Donnez-moi dix hommes désespérés (1962); Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982); Entre toutes les femmes (1974); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Gala de l'union (1959); Girl and the River (1958); Hélas, Alice est lasse (1984); Il faut marier Julie (1983); La caméra explore le temps (1962); La dame fantôme (1968); La guerre des chaussettes (1981); La maison de Jeanne (1988); La nuit se lève (1970); La pente douce (1972); La polka des menottes (1957); La sentinelle endormie (1966); La tendresse (1982); Lafayette (1962); L'ami de la famille (1957); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); Le ressac (1973); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1967); Le théâtre de la jeunesse: Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz (1967); Les amours des années folles (1981); Les choutes (1967); Les cinq dernières minutes (1972); Les deux font la paire (1954); Les dossiers de l'agence O (1968); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1978); Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre (1974); Les grands enfants (1967); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); L'impossible Monsieur Papa (1995); Mannequins de Paris (1956); Monsieur Cinéma (1972); Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964); Musicolor (1969); Pascale Audret & Hugues Aufray: Lisandre (Ça fait peur aux oiseaux) (1967); Pascale Audret & Hugues Aufray: Que feras-tu quand tu seras mort (1968); Pascale Audret: Je m'aime (1969); Plainte contre inconnu (1961); Rally (1989); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Rendez-vous en noir (1977); School for Love (1955); Simone (1985); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975); Spotlight on a Murderer (1961); Street of the Crane's Foot (1979); The Carabineers (1963); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Pleasure Pit (1969); The Pocket Lover (1978); Trente-six chandelles (1957); Two Are Guilty (1962).

Friday, October 9, 2026

Born on this day – Johnnie Bassett:


Johnnie Bassett


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

October 9, 1935 – August 4, 2012

Credits:

Albums:

Bassett Hound (1997); Cadillac Blues (1998); I Can Make That Happen (2012); I Gave My Life to the Blues (1997); Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival (1994); Party My Blues Away (1999); The Gentleman Is Back (2009).

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Born on this day – Sue Randall:


Sue Randall


Actress

October 8, 1935 – October 26, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Wonderful Life (1950); Arrest and Trial (1964); Bat Masterson (1950); Bonanza (1961–1965); Bronco (1958); Death Valley Days (1959–1966); Desk Set (1957); Dr. Kildare (1963); General Electric Theater (1959); Grand Jury (1959); Gunsmoke (1960–1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); Hennesey (1959–1961); I Spy (1965); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Leave It to Beaver (1958–1963); Lock Up (1961); M Squad (1959); Margie (1962); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Michael Shayne (1960–1961); My Favorite Martian (1965); New Comedy Showcase (1960); O.K. Crackerby! (1965); Perry Mason (1960–1964); Pete and Gladys (1962); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Profiles in Courage (1965); Ripcord (1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1961); Star Tonight (1955); Steve Canyon (1958); Sugarfoot (1959); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Bill Dana Show (1963); The Dakotas (1963); The Detectives (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The F.B.I. (1965); The Fugitive (1963–1965); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1958); The Real McCoys (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Rifleman (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Virginian (1965); Thriller (1960); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Valiant Lady (1955–1956); Wagon Train (1959); Wendy and Me (1964).

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Born on this day – Madlyn Rhue:


Madlyn Rhue


Actress

Script and Continuity Department

October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003

Credits:

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

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Born on this day – Maria Fiore:


Maria Fiore


Actress

October 1, 1935 – October 28, 2004

Credits:

Accadde a Lisbona (1974); Ai poeti non si spara (1965); Arriva la banda (1959); Bella non piangere (1955); Bellezze in moto-scooter (1952); Caccia ai corvi (1962); Canzone d'amore (1954); Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952); Carosello di canzoni (1958); Cento serenate (1954); Compression (2025); Confession secrète (1995); Dedicato a un medico (1974); Don Giacinto a forza (1966); È arrivata la parigina (1958); E insieme vivremo tutte le stagioni (1999); Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista (1975); Gran varietà (1954); Graziella (1955); Hercules the Invincible (1964); I briganti (1983); I pappagalli (1955); Il gaucho (1964); Il gioco della verità (1974); Il malato immaginario (1963); Il maresciallo Rocca (1996); Il principe dalla maschera rossa (1955); Il romanzo di un giovane povero (1958); Il volo di Teo (1990); Joe Petrosino (1972); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La domenica della buona gente (1953); La Garçonniere (1960); La Roma di Moravia (1967); La tua vita per mio figlio (1980); L'alfiere (1956); Le terre del sacramento (1970); Let's Talk About Women (1964); L'impareggiabile Arturo (1961); Little Roma (1987); Lo studente (1983); Love Angels (1974); L'ultimo aereo per Venezia (1977); Malafemmena (1957); Mamma Ebe (1985); Melody of Love (1952); Modì (1989); Napoli storia d'amore e di vendetta (1980); Napoli terra d'amore (1954); Neapolitan Carousel (1954); Nostra madre (1983); Pronto soccorso (1990); Quando tramonta il sole (1956); Quanto sei bella Roma (1959); Quei trentasei gradini (1984); Ragazzo cercasi (1974); Scampolo 53 (1953); Senza scampo (1990); Serenata a Maria (1957); Sorrisi e canzoni (1958); Stesso sangue (1988); Syndicate Sadists (1975); Terrore sulla città (1957); The Anatomy of Love (1954); The Big Family (1973); Thor and the Amazon Women (1963); Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952); Un albergo tra i monti (1965); Un bambino in fuga (1990); Uomo contro uomo (1987).

Friday, September 25, 2026

Born on this day – Irène Tunc:


Irène Tunc


Actress

Model

September 25, 1935 – January 16, 1972

Credits:

À armes égales (1970); Adorable Sinner (1959); Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958); Bravissimo (1955); Camilla (1954); Cavalcata selvaggia (1960); Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959); Cinéma (1967); Compression (2025); Diamond Machine (1955); Dim Dam Dom (1967–1970); Frédéric le gardian (1965); Frou-Frou (1955); Genitori in blue-jeans (1960); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Graffiti 60 (2004); Heartbeat (1968); I Love You, I Love You (1968); Irène (2009); La contessa azzurra (1960); La sposa (1958); L'abandon (1967); Lazzarella (1957); Le colonel est de la revue (1957); Le signore (1960); Léon Morin, Priest (1961); Live for Life (1967); Maid in Paris (1956); Mise à sac (1967); Mon royaume pour un lapin (1965); Noi siamo due evasi (1959); Operazione notte (1957); Paris Holiday (1958); Provinces (1968); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Rembob'Ina (2023); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); Sweet and Sour (1963); The Conqueror of the Orient (1960); The Gangsters (1957); The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966); The Last Adventure (1967); The Parisian (1957); Two English Girls (1971); Vacances explosives! (1957); Vive la vie (1968).

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Born on this day – Jerry Leggio:


Jerry Leggio


Actor

September 23, 1935 – October 1, 2025

Credits:

A Perfect Day (2006); A Woman Called Moses (1978); Alvarez Kelly (1966); American Horror Story (2014); American Violet (2008); Barefoot (2014); Beulah Land (1980); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Blaze (1989); Dangerous Curves (1992); Days of Daisy (2022); Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Doublecrossed (1991); Faith of My Fathers (2005); False Witness (1989); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); Hide (2011); Hot Pursuit (1984); House of Secrets (1993); Hurry Sundown (1967); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); In the Heat of the Night (1988); Infidelity (2004); Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou (1995); Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995); LA-308 Assassin Redemption (2009); Louisiane (1984); Malpractice (2001); Memorial Drive (2016); Memphis Beat (2010); Middle of Nowhere (2008); Mothman (2010); Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978); Old Man (1997); Orleans (1997); Quantum Apocalypse (2010); Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982); Ruffian (2007); Scream Queens (2015); Sister, Sister (1987); Sounder (1972); Speech & Debate (2017); Superdome (1978); Sweet Justice (1994–1995); The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974); The Badge (2002); The Deadly Tower (1975); The Ernest Green Story (1993); The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (1977); The Mississippi (1983); The Night Rider (1979); The Terror Experiment (2010); Torn Apart (2004); Tribute (2009).

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Born on this day – Mary Oliver:


Mary Oliver


Writer

September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019



Devotions

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Published by Penguin Books.
Published 2020.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0399563261
ISBN-13: 9780399563263

Description:

Now a Read With Jenna Book Club Pick.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.

“I love [Mary’s] work. It’s about nature and love and what it means to be human. . . . I find her poetry to be so cathartic and beautiful.” – Jenna Bush Hager.

“No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love.” – The Washington Post.

Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country’s best-selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years.

Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver’s work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.

Credits:

Poems:

At Black River; August; Banyan; Beside the Waterfall; Breakage; Death at a Great Distance; Death at Wind River; Every Morning; Fall; Forty Years; The Hermit Crab; Hummingbirds; In Malaysia; The Kingfisher; The Mango; Morning Glories; The Moths; The Owl; Pilot Snake; Rain; The Real Prayers Are Not the Words, But the Attention that Comes First; The Shark; Singapore; The Son; Song for Autumn; Spring; THE STORM; This Morning Again It Was in the Dusty Pines; The Waterfall; What Is It?; White-Eyes.

Books:

A Poetry Handbook; A Thousand Mornings; American Primitive; At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver (audio cd); Blue Horses; Blue Iris: Poems and Essays; Blue Pastures; Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver; Dog Songs; Dream Work; Evidence; Felicity; House of Light; Long Life: Essays and Other Writings; New and Selected Poems [volume one]; New and Selected Poems, volume two; No Voyage, and Other Poems; Our World with photographs by Molly Malone Cook; Owls and Other Fantasies: poems and essays; Provincetown; Red Bird; Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse; Sleeping in the Forest; Swan: Poems and Prose Poems; The Leaf and the Cloud; The Night Traveler; The River Styx, Ohio, and Other Poems; The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays; Thirst: Poems; Twelve Moons; Upstream: Selected Essays; West Wind: Poems and Prose Poems; What Do We Know; White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems; Why I Wake Early: New Poems; Wild geese: selected poems; Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems.

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Born on this day – William Friedkin:


William Friedkin


Director

Producer

Writer

August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023


Credits:

Book:

The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2014).

Movies and television:

12 Angry Men (1997); 40 x 15 (2008); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Fuller Life / Segment: My Ballsy Yarns (2013); A Little Solitaire (2004); A Missed Connection (2018); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Aida (2015); Algren (2014); Algren (revised) (2021); American Federale (2013); American Masters (1998); Anatomy of a Chase (2009); Arbitrage (2012); Barbra Streisand: Somewhere (1985); Behind the Rules of Engagement (2000); Blue Chips (1994); Bravo Profiles (2000); Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2022); Bug (2006); C.A.T. Squad (1986); C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988); Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012); Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017); Comme au cinéma (2000); Counterfeit World: Making 'to Live and Die in L.A.' (2003); Cruising (1980); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007–2009); Deal of the Century (1983); Ditched (2021); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Durch die Nacht mit... (2010); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Face Time (2002–2003); Fantasy Film Festival (2014); Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Fear and Love: The Story of the Exorcist (2024); Fear in the Dark (1991); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Filming 'the Hunted' (2003); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Frankenheimer in Focus (2009); Friedkin and Grosso Remember: The French Connection (2009); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Godard Made in USA (2010); Godfather World (2008); Good Day L.A. (2013); Good Morning America (2023); Good Times (1967); Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007); Greatest Ever Scary Movies (2006–2007); Hardcore Nitzsche: Jack Nitzsche on Film (2017); Henri Langlois vu par... (2014); Histoires de cinéma (2010); Hollywood Halloween (1997); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); In the Grip of Evil (1997); In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008); Intimate Portrait (2001); Jade (1995); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); JoBlo Horror Originals (2020); Johnny Hallyday: Ce que je sais (1998); Just the Facts (2004); Killer Joe (2011); Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984); Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist (2019); M (1931) / Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin (1975); M3/H301 (2020); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Making the Boys (2011); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012); Miller's Tale (2011); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Na plovárne (2014); Narc: Shooting Up (2003); Narc: The Friedkin Connection (2003); North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs (2009); On Tour (2010); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Paper Moon (1973); Pinter's Party as Told by William Friedkin (2017); Post Mortem with Mick Garris (2011); Precinct Hollywood (2005); Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon (1965); Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (2008); Pursuing 'the Hunted' (2003); Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1986); Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist (2010); Rampage (1987); Rebel Highway (1994); Reputations (1999); Richard Fleischer, Storyteller: William Friedkin on 'Violent Saturday' (2013); Rules of Engagement (2000); Scene of the Crime (2009); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Shadows of Suspense (2006); Shock Docs (2020); Sonny and Cher Make a Movie (2018); Sorcerer (1977); Split Screen Personality: William Friedkin on Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' (2013); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen (2007); Tavis Smiley (2013); TCM Guest Programmer (2014); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 202 Xtra (2019); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Angry Video Game Nerd (2023); The Big Picture (2018); The Birthday Party (1968); The Bold Men (1965); The Boys in the Band (1970); The Brink's Job (1978); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023); The Chili Con Carne Club (1993); The Cleansing Hour (2016); The Culture Show (2012); The Cutting Edge (2003); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of the Living Dead (2014); The Devil and Father Amorth (2017); The Directors (1997–2008); The Essentials (2017); The Exorcist (1973); The Exorcist Confidential (2020); The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now (2010); The Exorcist: Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (1998); The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen - Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (2000); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The French Connection (1971); The Guardian (1990); The History of Cruising (2007); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Hour (2011); The Hunted (2003); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1980); The Lost Print (2022); The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013); The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Movies That Made Me (2019–2023); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Painter's Voice (2007); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962); The Pickle Brothers (1967); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Revenant Kinder Surprise / Egg Cetera (2015); The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991); The Shining (1980) / The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007); The Simpsons (2017); The Sound of Hitchcock (2008); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thin Blue Line (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Nightcrawlers, written by Philip DeGuere, based on the short story by Robert R. McCammon. Season 1. Episode 4. Episode originally aired: October 18, 1985; The Uttmost (1998); The World Over Live (2015); This Is Your Life (2002); To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Wang Chung: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Without Limits (1998); WTF with Marc Maron (2016).

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Born on this day – Gail Fisher:


Gail Fisher


Actress

August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000

Credits:

Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Break the Bank (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1976); Celebrity Bowling Classic (1969); Dinah! (1975); Donor (1990); Every Man Needs One (1972); Fantasy Island (1979); General Hospital (1982–1984); He & She (1967); He's the Mayor (1986); Hotel (1985); Insight (1970); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Jeopardy! (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Knight Rider (1983); Life with Linkletter (1970); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Baby; Love and the Hustler (1969–1971); Mankillers (1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Match Game (1973–1974); Medical Center (1975); My Three Sons (1968); Pioneers of Television (2014); Play of the Week (1959–1960); Room 222 (1971); Soul Train (1972); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 22nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Art Linkletter Show (1970); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1975); The New Girl (1960); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); You Don't Say (1969).

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Born on this day – John Cazale:


John Cazale


Actor

August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978

Credits:

Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); Based on a True Story (2004); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); The American Way (1962); The Box (1969); The Conversation (1974); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Freshman (1990); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Part III (1990); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008).

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Born on this day – Kazuko Yoshiyuki:


Kazuko Yoshiyuki


Actress

Writer

August 9, 1935 – September 2, 2025

Credits:

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008); 29 sai no kurisumasu (1994); A Killer Without a Grave (1961); A Sparkle of Life (2013); Aguri (1997); Aitsu to watashi (1961); Akechi tantei jimusho: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (1972); Amagi Pass (1983); Another Face (2012); Another Face: Keiji Sômuka Ohtomo Tetsu 2 (2013); Aoi hitomi no seiraifu (1984–1985); Arashi o tsukkiru jetto-ki (1961); Asuka e, soshite mada minu ko e (1982); Ato 3-Kai, Kimi Ni Aeru (2020); Aya ni itoshiki (1956); Baby, Baby, Baby! (2009); Betwitched in Tokyo (2004); Bewitched in Tokyo SP (2004); Bokura no jidai (2007–2011); Boryokudan sai buso (1971); Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning (2019); Buttsuke homban (1958); Chase That Man (1972); Chimata no hanashi (2016); Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991); Christmas Eve (1990); Crossroads (2011); Cyborg She (2008); Dai Nippon suri shûdan (1969); Dai-nana kankai hoko: Osaki Midori o sagashite (1998); Dareka no hana (2021); Departures (2008); Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017); Diamonds in the Sand (2024); Dollhouse (2004); Dôsôkai (1993); Double Bed (1983); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1987); Eien no 1/2 (1987); Eigo ni yowai otoko: Higashi wa higashi, nishi wa nishi (1962); Empire of Passion (1978); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Et Alors (2003); Fukigen na kajitsu (1997); Futabasô no Yûjin (2016); Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997); Gendai ninkyô kyôdai-bun (1970); Gochisôsan (2013–2014); Going Home (2004); Going My Home (2012); Gold Woman (2016); Golden Partners (1979); Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009); Gun Demon Without Form (1964); Hama no asahi no usotsukidomo to (2021); Harunareya (2017); Himeyuri no Tô (1995); Hold Me and Kiss Me (1992); Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko (1962); House of Sleeping Beauties (1995); Inujini sesi mono (1986); Isho: Shiroi shôjo (1975); It's a Beautiful Life: Irodori (2012); Judai no okami (1960); Jû-kai no mosukîto (1983); Juvenile Wife (1980); Kamataki (2005); Kamisamaga kureta akanbô (1979); Kantoku · Banzai! (2007); Kaseifu wa mita! 13 (1994); Kataoka Tsurutarô no Kindaichi Kôsuke shirîzu: Honjin satsujin-jiken (1992); Kaze to kumo to niji to (1976); Kiddonappu burûsu (1982); Kidô sôsahan (1961); Kids (1985); Kikujiro (1999); Kikujirô to saki (2007); Kinkyû supesharu: Seikimatsu! Chôjô genshô o mita!! (1991); Kiri ni kieta hito (1963); Kitsui yatsura (1989); Kôhîya no hitobito (2014); Kohorogi-jô (2007); Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966); Kono mune ippai no ai wo (2005); Kono wakasa aru kagiri (1961); Korekara; Umibe no tabibitotachi (1993); Kunitori monogatari (1973); Kura no naka (1981); Kuroi kaikyô (1964); Kyôshû (1988); Kyôto gensô: Bibarudi 'Shiki' (1985); Kyûpora no aru machi (1962); Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974); Leave It to the Nurses (2002); Leonie (2010); Lily Festival (2001); Looking for Anne (2009); Machi ni kikyû ga agaru toki (1961); Maiko haaaan!!! (2007); Maiko no jôkyô (1961); Makeup (1987); Making of 'Himawari to koinu no nanokakan' (2013); Mandaraya no Ryôta (1986); Matenrô no otoko (1960); Matsumoto Seichô no Aoi byôten (1983); Matsumoto Seichô no Atsui kûki - Kaseifu wa mita! Fûfu no himitsu 'Kogeta' (1983); Matsumoto Seichô no Ekiro (1982); Meitantei Hokenshitsu no Obasan (1997); Metro ni notte (2006); Mitsuyaku: Gaimushô kimitsu rôei jiken (1978); Momi no ki wa nokotta (1970); Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (1980–2002); My Second Brother (1959); Nagareita shichinin (1997); Nani mo kamo kurutte ya garu (1962); Natsumi's Firefly (2016); Nemure Mitsu (1976); Nijiko no bouken (1980–1981); Nippon yôkaiden – Satori (1973); Nurse in Black (2015); Nurse no oshigoto (2014); O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama (1996); Omoide shashin (2021); Oracion (1988); Oriume (2002); Oyaji ga kureta himitsu - shimoarai 5 kyôdai no kikyô (2012); Paji (2013); Ponyo (2008); Premonition (2004); Pretend Authority (1966); Red Soul (1980); Saga no gabai-baachan (2006); Saigo no jigazô (1977); Sawako no asa (2014); Season of Affairs (1959); Seigi no mikata (2008); Sennenbi (2004); Seven Days of Himawari and Her Puppies (2012); Seven Duels (2007); Shea hausu (2011); Shichinin no chôsensha (1961); Shichinin no Keiji (1963–1978); Shijuukunichi no reshipi (2011); Shin yukiguni (2001); Shinigami kun (2014); Shinju yoi goshin (1984); Shônin no isu (1965); Shutsugeki (1964); Sniffer the Investigation Officer (2016–2018); Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992); Star Man: kono hoshi no koi (2013); Stewardess monogatari (1983); Sui chû hana (1979); Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji (1996); Sushiya no Ken chan (1971); Tabiji (1967); Taboo (1999); Taian ni butsumetsu (1998); Talented Woman (1959); Tantei Kamizu Kyôsuke no satsujin suiri 3: Mateki ni mi se rare ta onna (1985); Tetsuko no heya (2013–2019); The 37th Annual Japan Academy Awards (2014); The Days of No Return (1978); The End of the World (1994); The Ending Planner (2012); The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018); The Ice Wall (2006); The Jungle Block (1960); The Landlady (2019); The Little House (2014); The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai (2014); The Sleeping Beast Within (1960); The Song of Love (1965); The Street of Desire (1984); The Voice of Hope (2009); The Woman of S.R.I. (2017); The Young Rebels (1980); This Is the Truth (1959–1961); Time Never Stops (2014); Tô-chan no pô ga kikoeru (1971); Tokai yûkyôden (1964); Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go (2007); Tokyo Family (2013); Tomoko: Mottomo kiken'na on'na (2000); Tooi sekkin (1975); Toripuru sôsasen (1973); Translucent Tree (2004); Tsumaranai Jutakuchi no Subete no ie (2022); Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai!? (2004); Twenty-Four Eyes (2013); Umi suzume (2016); Unified Shadows II (1975); Valley of Dreams (2011); VS Arashi (2013); Wakai senpû (1962); Warera no jidai (1959); Wasted Land (2009); We Are Youth (1974); What a Wonderful Family (2017); What a Wonderful Family! (2016); What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018); When Marnie Was There (2014); Wool 100% (2006); Yanusu no kagami (1985–1986); Yorû gaku zuretâ (1978); Yubi (1982); Yûkan kurabu (2007); Yukiko (1955); Yukinojô henge (1970); Yuriko, Dasvidaniya (2011); Zassô no yô na inochi (1960); Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970).