On this day in movie history - The Tell-Tale Heart (1941 movie & book):

The Tell-Tale Heart

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Doane R. Hoag,

based on the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in the United States on October 25, 1941.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Roman Bohnen, Oscar O'Shea, Will Wright.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

By Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.

This edition published 1966.

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.

ISBN 13: 9780385074070

ISBN 10: 0385074077

ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

Born on this day – Steve Cropper:

Steve Cropper

Guitarist

Songwriter

Record producer

October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025

Albums:

Dedicated (2011); Fire It Up (2021); Friendlytown (2024); Jammed Together (1969); Midnight Flyer (2010); Night After Night (1982); Nudge It Up A Notch (2008); Playin' My Thang (1981); Steve Cropper, Lou Marini and the Original Blues Brothers Band (2017); The Interview – Play It, Steve! (1998); This Is ... Steve Cropper & His Friends (1971); With a Little Help from My Friends (1969).

Movies and television:

28 Days (2000); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 40 Hits of 1985 at the BBC (2025); 54 (1998); 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2020); A Bronx Tale (1993); A Celebration of Blues & Soul: The 1989 Inaugural Concert (2014); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story (2007); A Heartbeat Away (2011); A League of Their Own (2022); A Many Splintered Thing (2000); A Night at the Adonis (1978); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); A Single Man (2009); A Very English Scandal (2018); Addicted to Love (1997); Alien Nation (1988); AM HQ Weekend (2025); Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Boyfriends (1989); American Crime Story (2016); American Dad! (2009); American Graffiti (1973); American Horror Story (2019); American Idol (2003–2012); America's Morning Headquarters (2025); Amii Stewart: Knock on Wood (1979); An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000); Andre (1994); Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); Apollo 11 (1996); Aquarius (2015); Argo (2012); Ask Körfezi (1979); Ask the Family (1978); B.B. King: In the Midnight Hour (1985); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Ballers (2018); Banda sonora (2008); Bandstand (1965); Barfly (1987); Baseball (1994); BBC TV Cricket (1963); Be Kind Rewind (2008); Beat Shazam (2018); Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024); Bedazzled (2000); Belushi (2020); Best (2000); Big Wednesday (1978); Blow (2001); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison: My Back Pages (Live) (1993); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011); Bodkin (2024); Boomers (2014–2016); Boy Swallows Universe (2024); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2012); Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (2010); Calendar Girl (1993); Canadian Idol (2003); Candy Cane Lane (2023); Carnage Park (2016); Casino (1995); Cass (2008); Casual (2016); Caught (2018); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); CBS Saturday Morning (2017); Chicago Hope (1995); Classic One Day Finishes (1992); Cold Case (2009); Conan (2018); Cricket: Today at the Test (2020); Crime Spree (2003); Crip Camp (2020); Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008); Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023); David Holzman's Diary (1967); De Mike Burstyn show (1981); De provincie (1991); Der Mann auf der Brücke (2009); Detroit (2017); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Die große Chance (2013); Digging to China (1997); Discomania (2004); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); Dolly (1976); Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Due Date (2010); Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo (2021); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); EastEnders (2013); Easy A (2010); Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987); Electric Dreams (2009); Empire Falls (2005); Empire of Ash III (1989); Enie backt (2012); Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013); Extreme Justice (1986); Falcon Crest (1988); Fame (1985); Family Guy (2017); Far Cry New Dawn (2019); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Femme Fatales (2011); Festival de Viña del Mar (2007); Flash of Genius (2008); Footloose (2011); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Frasier (1995); Freeform (1970); Frequency (2000); Fright Night Part 2 (1988); Fringe (2012); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Funkytown (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium (1988); Genesis: The Mama Tour (1984); Genius (2021); Georgia (1995); Get Shorty (1995); Getting Wasted (1980); Glory Road (2006); Godfather of Harlem (2021); Good Morning Britain (2019); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Graines de star (1996); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978); Great Performances (2004–2007); Guitar (1991); Hamburger Hill (1987); Happy Ending (2018); Happy Gilmore (1996); Heartbeat (1992); High School (1968); Hollow Reed (1996); Hollywood a Go Go (1965–1966); Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (2005); Homicide: Life on the Street (1999); Honest (2000); Houseguest (1995); I Don't Know How She Does It (2011); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Ídolos (2003); Idols (2002–2011); Idool 2003 (2003); Idool 2004 (2004); If Beale Street Could Talk (2018); If Not Us, Who? (2011); In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul (2013); Indecent Proposal (1993); Intimate (2025); Intimate Strangers (2004); Into the Night (1985); It Takes Two (2008); Jackass (2001); James Burton & Friends: the Rock & Roll Supershow (2024); Jesus' Son (1999); Jimmy Barnes Feat. Steve Cropper: I Worship the Ground You Walk On (2016); Jools's Hootenanny (2009); Julia (2008); K-9: P.I. (2002); Kalp Kalbe Karsidir... (1978); Kara Simsek (1985); Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (2004); Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kizi da Anasi Gibi (1980); Klassfesten (2002); Knuckles (2024); La rentadora (2007); Late Night with David Letterman (1991); Legend (2015); Legends & Lyrics Reboot: 8-Part All-Star Concert (2023); Les 50 ans du Disco - les stars chantent pour le Sidaction (2023); Les femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... (2002); Leyendas de la guitarra (1991); Lilyhammer (2012); Little Big League (1994); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love Child (2014); Love Ranch (2010); Mad Love (1969); Mafia III (2016); Marriages (1998); Mavis! (2015); Maximum Bob (1998); Meet the Raisins! (1988); Memoirs of a Madam (1972); Memphis Music Hall of Fame 10th Anniversary (2022); Miami Vice (1985); Michael Bolton: The Dock of the Bay (1988); Midsomer Murders (2007–2009); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monterey Pop (1968); Morfi, todos a la mesa (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); My Family (2000); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Own Private Oshawa (2002); Mystery Date (1991); New Zealand Idol (2004); Night and Day (2016); Night School (2018); No me la puc treure del cap (2012); Nothing to Lose (1997); Nunca es tarde (2016); Obscurity (2014); Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002); One Hit Wonderland (2012); One Last Thing... (2005); Only the Strong Survive (2002); Operación triunfo (2003); Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador (2013); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow (2007); Perfect Days (2023); Pistol (2022); Plump Fiction (1997); Pop Idol (2003); Premier Festival International de Pop Music (1969); Private Life (2018); Quadrophenia (1979); Quantum Leap (1990–1993); Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990); Rampe & Naukkis - Kaikkien aikojen superpari (1990); Reborn in the USA (2003); Resident Alien (2021); Ride (1998); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Road House (1989); Roadie (1980); Robot Dreams (2023); Rock & Roll (1995); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There (2009); Rock Around the Dock (1986); Rock Influence (1984); Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen (2017); Room for Rent (1971); Rough Trades (1977); Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled (2014); Rugby League's Legendary Watersplash Final (2018); RuPaul's Drag Race (2011); Rush Hour (1998); Safe Men (1998); Satisfaction (1988); Saturday Night Live (1978–1993); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Scandal (2012–2014); Scarecrow (1973); Scary Movie 2 (2001); Scratch (2001); Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987); Shindig! (1965); Show Business Is My Life, But I Can't Prove It (2022); Sjans (1992); Skate. (2007); Sling Blade (1996); So You Think You Can Dance (2005–2007); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something in the Air (2012); Sons of Anarchy (2013); Soul America (2020); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Soul Men (2008); Soul to Soul (1971); Soulsville (2003); Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016); Sounds of Memphis (2002); Star 80 (1983); Stars in Their Eyes (1997); State of Mind (2007); Stax, le label soul légendaire (2018); STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (2024); Stepmom (1998); Stranded in Canton (2005); Striptease (1996); Sugar Hill (1994); Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021); Supernatural (2007); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Take Me to the River (2014); Tales of the City (1993); Talk to Me (2007); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023); TFI Friday (1996); The 27-Hour Day (2021); The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994); The Addams Family (2019); The Bank Job (2008); The Beanie Bubble (2023); The Bear (2024); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993); The Big Chill (1983); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Blues Brothers: Soul Biscuit (1978); The Commitments (1991); The Compleat Al (1985); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Deuce (2017); The Devil's Own (1997); The Ed Sullivan Show (1968); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Experts (1989); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Fear (El Miedo);  (2006); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Go!! Show (1966); The Great Outdoors (1988); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1995); The Kenny Everett Video Show (1979); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Lawrence Welk Show (1969); The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); The Loving Story (2011); The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998); The Marty Stuart Show (2010–2014); The Meat Rack (1979); The Midnight Hour (1985); The Missing Picture (2013); The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009); The Project (2024); The Red King (2024); The Ronnie Wood Show (2012); The Sandlot (1993); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Shrink Next Door (2021); The Simpsons (2019); The Sopranos (1999–2002); The South Bank Show (2004); The State (1995); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Story of the Songs (2020); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Twilight Zone (2019); The Vietnam War (2017); The Voice UK (2012); The Voices (2014); The Warriors (2005); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Witches (2020); The Young Ones (1983); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Third Watch (2000); This Is Tom Jones (1969); Three Giant Men (1973); Tigerland (2000); Tiswas (1979–1980); Tom Jones: Live in Australia (1966); Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022); Tony! Toni! Toné!: If I Had No Loot (1993); Top 2000 a gogo (2008); Top Gun (1986); Top of the Pops (1979–1985); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tornavida (1979); Trial and Error (1997); Trust (2018); Tu cara me suena (2014); Tuff Turf (1985); Twin Peaks (2017); Twins (1988); Unsung (2015); Uptight (1968); Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991); Vampires (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Vinyl (2016); War Dogs (2016); We zijn weer thuis (1991); What's Behind the Groupies? (1975); When Pigs Fly (1993); When We Were Boys (2013); White Boy Rick (2018); White of the Eye (1987); Wild West (2002); Wimbledon (2017); Wired (1989); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); X-Men: First Class (2011); XXX's & OOO's (1994); Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (2024); Young Sheldon (2021).

On this day in movie history - The Maltese Falcon (1941 movie & novel):

The Maltese Falcon

directed and written by John Huston,

based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1941.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton, Walter Huston.

Recommended reading:

The Maltese Falcon

By Dashiell Hammett.

Introduction by Richard Russo.

First published 1930.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679722645

ISBN-13: 978-0679722649

Description:

“Hammett … wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.” – Raymond Chandler.

Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance – a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.

“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Charles Richard Shyer:

Charles Richard Shyer

Director

Writer

Producer

October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

Alfie (2004); Baby Boom (1987–1989); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023); Biography (1999); Cops (1973);  E! True Hollywood Story (2005Entertainment Tonight (2022); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Film '04 (2004); Getting Together (1971–1972);  Goin' South (1978); Happy Days (1976); HBO First Look (2001); Hey, Landlord (1967); Him and Us (2006); Home Again (2017); House Calls (1978); How Divine! (2014); I Love Trouble (1994); Ieri oggi domani (2011); In Creative Company (2022); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Lady Luck (1973); Let's Switch! (1975); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Private Benjamin (1980); Private Benjamin / TV Series (1981); Protocol (1984); Search It Up with Sienna (2024); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); The Affair of the Necklace (2001); The Affair of the Necklace: Designing Affair (2002); The Bellinis (date?); The Media Show (1988); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Multi-Hyphenate (2009); The Noel Diary (2022); The Noel Diary (2022); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Parent Trap (1998); The Parent Trap Reunion! (2020); The Partridge Family (1971); Woven (2016).

Born on this day – Anne Rice:

Anne Rice

Writer

October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021

Credits:

Interview with the Vampire (1976); The Vampire Lestat (1985); The Queen of the Damned (1988); The Tale of the Body Thief (1992); Memnoch the Devil (1995); The Vampire Armand (1998); Merrick (2000); Blood and Gold (2001); Blackwood Farm (2002); Blood Canticle (2003); Prince Lestat (2014); Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016); Blood Communion (2018); The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983); Beauty's Punishment (1984); Beauty's Release (1985); Beauty's Kingdom (2015); The Complete Vampire Chronicles (1989); The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1992); The Vampire Chronicles: Books 1-3 (2003); The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle (2013); The Mummy (1989); The Passion of Cleopatra (2017); The Reign of Osiris (2022); The Witching Hour (1990); Lasher (1993); Taltos (1994); Pandora (1998); Vittorio the Vampire (1999); Out of Egypt aka The Young Messiah (2005); The Road to Cana (2008); Angel Time (2009); Of Love and Evil (2010); The Wolf Gift (2012); The Wolves of Midwinter (2013); The Feast of All Saints (1979); Cry to Heaven (1982); Exit to Eden (1985); Belinda (1986); Servant of the Bones (1996); Violin (1997); The Anne Rice Reader (1997); The Master of Rampling Gate (1991); Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story (2012); The Wolf Gift: The Graphic Novel (2014); Called Out of Darkness (2008); Anne Rice-Boxed Set (1993); Belinda / Exit to Eden (2010); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); The New Gothic (1991); The Ultimate Zombie (1993); The Vampire Omnibus (1995); The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996); American Gothic Tales (1996); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Blood Thirst (1997); Freniere (1976); Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) (1976); The Master of Rampling Gate (1984); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 1) (1985); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 2) (1985); Doctor (1990); Ballad of the Sad Rat (1995).

Movies and television:

20/20 / Segment: Vampire Empire (2003); A Place Among the Dead (2020); Ancient Mysteries (1994); Anne Rice's the Talamasca (2025); Biography (2000); Bookmark (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2006); Charlie Rose (1994–2005); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Earth Angels (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018); Ellen (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Great Books (1993–1999); Interview with the Vampire (1994 / 2011); Interview with the Vampire / TV Series (2022–2024); Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2001); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards (2014); La galerie France 5 (2018); Larry King Live (2003); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Lestat (2006); Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire Phenomenon (2014); Mayfair Witches (2023 / 2025); MsMojo (2023); Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (2003); Prisoners of Gravity (1993–1994); Queen of the Damned (2002); Rag and Bone (1998); Scarborough Country (2005); SexTV (2001–2002); Talk Stoop (2016); The 700 Club (2010); The Book Show (2011); The Colbert Report (2012); The Factor (2005); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Future of Fear (2011); The Hour (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2012–2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991); The Queen of the Damned (2011); The Real Vampire Files (2010); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Undead Series (2016); The Vampire Lestat (2011); The Young Messiah (2016); Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020); Without Walls (1993).

Born on this day – Mariangela Melato:

Mariangela Melato

Actress

September 19, 1941 – January 11, 2013

Born on this day – Jeanne Valérie:

Jeanne Valérie

Actress

August 19, 1941 – September 25, 2020

Born on this day – Earl Boen:

Earl Boen

Actor

August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023

Credits:

18 Again! (1988); 1st & Ten (1984–1985); 227 (1990); 3x3 Eyes (1991–1992); 9 to 5 (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); ABC Weekend Specials (1986–1994); Adams House (1982); Adventures in Odyssey (2001); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); ALF (1987); Ali: An American Hero (2000); Alien Nation (1988); Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983); Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins (1999); Amanda's (1983); Amen (1988–1991); Angie (1980); Animaniacs (1995); Annihilator (1986); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Search for the Journal (2001); Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire (2001); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Baldur's Gate (1998); Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001); Barnaby Jones (1979); Barney Miller (1982); Batman: The Animated Series (1993–1995); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Baywatch (1989); Benson (1981–1983); Black & White (2001); Blood Omen 2 (2002); Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (2002); Blue Skies (1994); Bonkers (1993–1994); Boy Meets World (1999); Boys Will Be Boys (1988); Bruno the Kid (1996–1997); Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie (1996); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000); California Dreams (1994–1996); Call of Duty (2003); Capitol Critters (1992); Captain Sturdy: Back in Action (2001); Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989); Citizen Tony (2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures (2000); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Code Red (1981); Cow and Chicken (1999); Crime Story (1987); Dallas (1988); Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (2004); Darkness Before Dawn (1993); Deadly Games (1995); Dexter's Laboratory (1997–2001); Dot & Spot's Magical Christmas Adventure (2005); Double Your Pleasure (1989); Dynasty (1986); Eight Is Enough (1978); Ellen (1996); Empty Nest (1990–1994); Escape from Monkey Island (2000); Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002); EverQuest II (2004); Evil Con Carne (2003); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Extreme Skate Adventure (2003); Fallout Tactics (2001); Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004); Family Law (2001–2002); Family Matters (1991); Family Ties (1983–1987); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1983); For Members Only (1983); G.I. Joe (1985–1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Gavilan (1982); Get a Life (1990–1991); Getting Physical (1984); Girls Mode 4: Star Stylist (2017); Going to the Chapel (1988); Gordy (1994); Great Performances (1971); Grim & Evil (2001); Growing Pains (1985); Guilty as Charged (1991); Gung Ho (1987); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014); Herman's Head (1991); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hotel (1988); I Am Weasel (1998); I Take These Men (1983); Icewind Dale II (2002); I'm a Big Girl Now (1981); Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus (2000); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); It Takes Two (1983); It's a Living (1981–1982); Johnny Bravo (2001); Just Our Luck (1983); Justice League (2002); Kim Possible (2002–2004); Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist (2002); Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (2001); King's Crossing (1982); Knots Landing (1986); Kojak (1977); L.A. Law (1988–1993); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Life Goes On (1989); Lionheart (2003); Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader (2003); Little Shepherd (2002); Living in Peril (1997); Living Single (1995); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lou Grant (1978); M*A*S*H (1982); Madame's Place (1982); Mama's Family (1983–1987); Marked for Death (1990); Masters of Fantasy (1997); Matlock (1989–1990); Me and Mom (1985); Megas XLR (2004); Menu for Murder (1990); Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel (2008); Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001); Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002); Miracle Mile (1988); Modern Marvels (1995–1998); Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010); Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Billion (1977); Mr. President (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); New Legends (2002); Newhart (1982–1985); Night Court (1984); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Nostalgia Critic (2021); Now You Know (2002); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); Oh Yeah! Cartoons / Segment: Tutu the Superina (1998); On Our Own (1994); Opposites Attract (1990); Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (2000); Otherworld (1985); Paddington Bear (1989–1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1997); Police Woman (1978); Porco Rosso (1992); Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City (1999); Problem Child (1994); Pryde of the X-Men (1989); Psychonauts (2005); Punky Brewster (1984–1986); Rafferty (1977); Remington Steele (1983–1985); Return to Krondor (1998); Revenant (1999); Rhythm & Blues (1992); Ribbits!: The Hero of Hoppers Landing (2002); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Royal Match (1985); RTX Red Rock (2003); Samantha (1991); Santa Barbara (1989–1991); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987); Seinfeld (1991); She's with Me (1986); Shipshape (1978); Silk Stalkings (1996); Silver Spoons (1984–1985); Sioux City (1994); Skeleton Warriors (1994); Soap (1981); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Soldier of Fortune (2000); Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002); Sparks (1998); Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1999); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997–1998); St. Elsewhere (1984); Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000); Star Trek: Armada II (2001); Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); State of Grace (2002); Stewardess School (1986); Street Hawk (1985); Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993); Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (1999); Sydney (1990); T2 3-D: Battle Across Time - Cyberdyne Queue Video (1995); T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996); Tales from the Crypt (1990); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (1987); Tales of Monkey Island (2010); Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood (2009); Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God (2009); Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (2000); Tenchu: Return from Darkness (2004); Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (2003); Terminator 2: Alternate Cut (2010); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003); Tfor2: the Terminator 2 Show (2020–2021); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994); The Addams Family (1993); The Adventures of Jesus and His Brothers (2000); The Bold and the Beautiful (1988); The Children Nobody Wanted (1981); The Companion (1994); The Curse of Monkey Island (1997); The Dentist (1996); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Essential Goof (2002); The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996–1998); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989); The Golden Girls (1990–1992); The Golden Palace (1993); The Good News (1998); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2004); The Jeffersons (1979); The Jennie Project (2001); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987–1988); The Magical World of Disney (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Majestic (2001); The Making of 'Terminator' (1984); The Man with Two Brains (1983); The Mask (1996); The New Batman Adventures (1997); The New Gidget (1987); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Oldest Rookie (1987); The Paper Chase (1978); The Paul Williams Show (1979); The Pirates of Dark Water (1991); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Practice (2003); The Prince (1996); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997); The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002); The Secret of Monkey Island (1990); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1998); The Taming of the Shrew (1976); The Terminator (1984); The West Wing (2001); The Wild Thornberrys (2002); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); The Wonder Years (1991); The Zeta Project (2001); Thirtysomething (1987); Three's Company (1982); Time Squad (2002); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Too Close for Comfort (1982); Touch and Go (1986); Toy Story 2 (1999); Toy Story Racer (2001); Voyagers! (1982); Walk Like a Man (1987); Webster (1986–1988); What-a-Mess (1995); What's Happening Now! (1986); What's Happening!! (1977); Who's the Boss? (1984–1986); Wing Commander Academy (1996); WIOU (1990); Within the Rock (1996); Wonder Woman (1977); Working (1998); World of Warcraft (2005); World of Warcraft: Legion (2016); X-Men Legends (2004); Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997); Zorro (1997–1998); Zorro: The First Encounter (1998).

Recommended reading - Mildred Pierce (1941):

Mildred Pierce

By James M. Cain.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Published 1941.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679723218

ISBN-13: 978-0679723219

Description:

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for men and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements James M. Cain created a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and suffering are never less than recognizable.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.

Born on this day – Betty A. Bridges:

Betty A. Bridges

Actress

Director

August 1, 1941 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

2 Broke Girls (2011); 240-Robert (1979); 7th Heaven (2001); A Day in the Life of Mia (1997); A Devil Disguised (1997); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Ally McBeal (1997–2001); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996); Big Ball'n (2007); Black Ball (2003); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Building Bridges (2000); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1980); Cold Case (2003); Condominium (1980); Crisis Counselor (1982); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986); Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1982); Dogcatchers (2013); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Foster Babies (2007); Frankie D (2007); Good Times (1975); Hill Street Blues (1984); Jack & Jill (1999); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1982); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Moonlight (2007); NYPD Blue (1998–2004); Our House (1986); Out All Night (1993); Paper Dolls (1984); Payne (1999); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Police Woman (1974); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rooster (1982); Sanford (1981); Scrubs (2010); Secret Witness (1988); Sister, Sister (1996); Snoops (1999); Take Two (1987); The Bad News Bears (1980); The Colony (1995); The Concrete Jungle (1982); The District (2001); The Hustle (2008); The Judge (1987); The Nine (2007); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The Paper Chase (1983); The Practice (2001); The Young Landlords (1983); Totally Tracked Down (2010); True.Health: Body, Mind, Spirit (2015); TV 101 (1988–1989); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); What's Happening!! (1977–1979); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – David Warner:

David Warner

Actor

July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022

Born on this day – Brenton Wood:

Brenton Wood

R&B singer

Songwriter

July 26, 1941 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

18 More of the Best, Vol. 2 (1999); Baby You Got It (1967); Better Believe It (2000); Brenton Wood's 18 Best (1991); Classic By Design (2000); Come Softly (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Lord Hear My Prayer (2009); Oogum Boogum (1967); Out of the Woodwork (1986); Sweet Old School (1995); This Love Is for Real (2001).

Songs:

A Change Is Gonna Come (1969); All That Jazz (1975); Another Saturday Night (1973); Baby You Got It (1967); Bless Your Little Heart (1976); Boogaloosa Louisian' (1970); Come Softly To Me (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Great Big Bundle of Love (1970); Hide-a-Way (1963); I Want Love (1966); It Only Make Me Want It More (1975); It's Just a Game, Love (1968); Let's Get Crazy Together (1978); Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' (1968); Number One (1977); Rainin' Love (You Gotta Feel It) (1975); Sad Little Song (1971); Some Got It, Some Don't (1968); Sticky Boom Boom (Too Cold) (1972); Sweet Molly Malone (1966); The Oogum Boogum Song (1967); Whoop It On Me (1969); You're Beautiful People (1973).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2008); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1968); Almost Famous (2000); American Bandstand (1967–1977); Aquarius (2015); Big Little Lies (2019); Colors (1988); Criminal Minds (2015); CrissCross (1992); Devil's Due (2014); Dogfight (1991); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Eastbound & Down (2010); England's World Cup Lionesses (2019); Festival di Sanremo (1969); Funny Woman (2022); GLOW (2018); Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991); Hard Eight (1996); Home Again (2017); Infinitely Polar Bear (2014); It's Happening (1968); Joy (2024); Life of Crime (2013); Little Fish (2020); Lorraine (2016); Love, Simon (2018); Lovelace (2013); Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln (2024); Lymelife (2008); Mortal Sins (1989); Mother and Child (2009); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. America (2020); Murphy Brown (1990); My Crazy Life (1993); On My Block (2019); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016); Pie in the Sky (1995); Playboy After Dark (1969); Poms (2019); Popdown (1969); Reptile (2023); Reversal of Fortune (1990); Scorpion (2016); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Sex Education (2021); Shopgirl (2005); Slayground (1983); Small Time (2014); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2017); The Gray Man (2022); The Groovy Show (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Playroom (2012); The Shack (2017); The Stand (2021); The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); This Fool (2022); Tohuwabohu (1998); Top of the Pops (1968); Vibrato (1968); Will & Harper (2024); Your Mother Should Know (2018).

Born on this day – Paula Shaw:

Paula Shaw

Actress

July 17, 1941 – September 10, 2025

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988–1989); A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021); A Stranger in the Mirror (1993); All That Glitters (1977); ...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); Android Employed (2018); Archie Bunker's Place (1983); B.J. and the Bear (1981); Barney Miller (1976–1977); Beggars and Choosers (1999); Beverly Hills Buntz (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Cedar Cove (2013); Chatterbox! (1977); Chupacabra Terror (2005); Cold Squad (1998); Coming Home for Christmas (2017); Communion (1989); Da Vinci's Inquest (1999); Day of the Dead (2021); Deadlocked (2000); Destination Wedding (2017); Elsewhere (2019); Fall Back Down (2019); Far Cry 5 (2018); Fatal Memories (1992); Five Star Christmas (2020); Freddy vs. Jason (2003); Freedom to Love (1969); General Hospital (1981–1982); Hanukkah on Rye (2022); Herowork (1977); Hitched for the Holidays (2012); Home for the Holidays (2005); Ignition (2001); In the Glitter Palace (1977); Insomnia (2002); Ironside (1972); It Was Always You (2021); iZombie (2015); Just Cause (2002); Killer Bash (2005); Little House on the Prairie (1977); Lost Rites (2011); Lottery! (1984); Lou Grant (1982); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); Mary Higgins Clark's: We'll Meet Again (2002); Masquerade (1984); Merchants of Venus (1998); Mr. Young (2011–2013); Mysterious Ways (2000); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Night Creep (2003); Off Season (2001); Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019); R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2012); Reindeer Games (2000); Round and Round (2023); Santa Barbara (1984); Savage Streets (1984); Say Yes (1986); Shaft (1973); Shame (1992); So Weird (2000); Some Assembly Required (2016); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Supernatural (2013); Terminal City (2005); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The First Story (1974); The Commish (1994); The Guava Juice Show (2022); The New Addams Family (1999); The Outer Limits (1995–1998); The Ranch (2004); The Roommates (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Twilight Zone (2002); The Wedding Veil Legacy (2022); The X-Files (1995); The Young and the Restless (1989–1994); Three's Company (1981); Ties That Bind (2006); To Hex with Sex (1969); Twist of Fate (2013); Van Helsing (2017); Wedding of a Lifetime (2022); When the Bough Breaks (1986); When We Rise (2017); Wiseguy (1988); Witchfire (1985).

Born on this day – Robert Forster:

Robert Forster

Actor

July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019

Credits:

4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998); 10 Cent Pistol (2014); 13 Graves (2006); 29th Street (1991); A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017); A Word on Westerns (2016); Acts of Vengeance (2017); Alcatraz (2012); All the Rage (1999); Alligator (1980); Alligator Author (2007); Amazing Stories (2020); American Grindhouse (2010); American Perfekt (1997); American Yakuza (1993); Army Wives (2007); Art of the Prank (2015); Automata (2014); Avalanche (1978); Backstrom (2015); Banyon (1971–1973); Better Call Saul (2020); Bigger (2018); Blockbuster Entertainment (2001); Bounty Hunters (2005); Breaking Bad (2013); Bus Driver (2016); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Checkered Flag (1990); Childrens Hospital (2015); Cleaner (2007); Clubhouse (2004); Coffee, Kill Boss (2013); Committed (1991); Confidence (2003); Countdown to Esmeralda Bay (1990); Counterforce (1988); Cover Me Babe (1970); Cover Story (1993); Cowboys and Angels (2000); Crossbow (1987–1988); Crossbow: The Movie (1989); CSI: NY (2011); Damsel (2018); Demolition University (1997); Dennis Miller Live (1998); Desperate Housewives (2007); Diamond Men (2000); Diplomatic Immunity (1991); Divorce (2016); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Due East (2002); El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Expecting Love (2009); Eye on Entertainment (2017); Family Tree (1999); Fastlane (2002–2003); Finder's Fee (2001); Firewall (2006); Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009); Gibbsville (1976); Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Goliath Awaits (1981); Grampa's Cabin (2007); Grand Theft Parsons (2003); Grave Intentions / Segment: The Bridge Partner (2021); Guns & Lipstick (1995); Heartbreak High (1981); Heroes (2007–2008); Heroes Unmasked (2008); Hindsight (1996); Hollywood Harry (1985); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Home & Family (2017); Home (2015); Hotel (1987); Hotel Noir (2012); Huff (2004–2005); Human Nature (2001); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In Between (1991); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Intruders (2014); Ironside (2013); It's a Shame About Ray (2000); Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Journey Through Rosebud (1972); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Justine (1969); Kalamity (2010); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killer on the Loose (2011); King Cohen (2017); Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999); Knight Rider (1985); Lakeboat (2000); Last Man Standing (2012–2018); Le dernier film de Jess Franco (2013); Like Mike (2002); Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001); London Has Fallen (2016); Lone Hero (2002); Long Way Back (1990); Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool' (2001); Lucky Number Slevin (2006); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Me, Myself & Irene (2000); Medical Story (1975); Medium Cool (1969); Mick and Frankie (1989); Middle Men (2009); Mulholland Drive (2001); Mundo VIP (1998); Murder in Greenwich (2002); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1995); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Nakia (1974); Nasty (2018); Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience (2013); Night Vision (1997); No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013); NTSF:SD:SUV (2013); Numb3rs (2006); Olympus Has Fallen (2013); Once a Hero (1987); One West Waikiki (1995); Original Gangstas (1996); Outside Ozona (1998); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Peacemaker (1990); Phil (2019); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994); Police Story (1975–1977); Premiere (1968); Psycho (1998); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012); Rachael Ray (2018); Rear Window (1998); Red Carpet Report (2013–2019); Red Princess Blues (2010); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Rise: Blood Hunter (2007); Roads to Riches (2002); Royce (1976); Run Fast (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2007); Satan's Princess (1989); Scanner Cop II (1995); Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993); Silk Stalkings (1993); Small Crimes (2017); Small Town Crime (2017); Small Town Crime: Crime and Character (2018); Small Town Crime: Devising a Small Town Crime (2018); Somewhere Slow (2013); South Beach (1993); Spawn (1999); Standing Tall (1978); Street Time (2003); Stunts (1977); Supernova (2000); Survivor (2015); Tales from the Darkside (1987); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2016); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014–2015); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The A-List (2001); The American Side (2016); The Banker (1989); The Bannen Way (2010); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Big Take (2018); The Black Hole (1979); The Bridge Partner (2015); The Case for Christ (2017); The City (1977); The Code (2009); The Code: Cast Interviews (2009); The Confirmation (2016); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Death Squad (1974); The Delta Force (1986); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Descendants (2011); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Eric Andre Show (2012); The Grid (2004); The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005); The Joe Spinell Story (2001); The John Kerwin Show (2016); The Lady in Red (1979); The Magic of Marciano (2000); The Making of 'London Has Fallen' (2016); The Making of 'Survivor' (2015); The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017); The Method (1996); The Movies That Made Me (2018); The Program (2015); The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); The Simpsons (2008); The Soul Man (2012); The Spaghetti West (2005); The Stalking Moon (1968); The Trial (2010); The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020); Tilt (2005); Too Late (2015); Touching Home (2008); Transformers Prime (2012); Twin Peaks (2017); Uncle Sam (1996); Undefeated (2003); Unsung Hollywood (2014); Vigilante (1982); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995–1997); Walking the Edge (1985); What They Had (2018); Where's Angelo? (2003); Wild Seven (2006); Would Be Kings (2008); You'll Be Fine (2014).