On this day in movie history - Time to Kill (1942):

Time to Kill

directed by Herbert I. Leeds,

written by Brett Halliday,

based on the novel by The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on January 22, 1943.
Music by Emil Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge and David Raksin.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Ted Hecht, William Pawley, Syd Saylor, Lester Sharpe, Charles Williams, LeRoy Mason, George Melford.

Born on this day – Randy Boone:

Randy Boone

Actor

Singer

January 17, 1942 – August 28, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Heart, Let's Go Out Tonight; It's So Hard To Tell Mama Goodbye; Just Waitin'; Lover Let Go; Ramblin' Rose; Tennessee Stud; The Five-Fifteen.

Movies and television:

Backtrack! (1969); Bonanza (1966); Cimarron Strip (1967–1968); Combat! (1966); Country Boy (1966); Dr. Minx (1975); Emergency! (1973); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Hee Haw (1980); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kung Fu (1975); Lassie (1973); Savages (1974); Terminal Island (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Audition (2021); The Fugitive (1964); The Hanged Man (1964); The Nashville Sound (1972); The Quest (1976); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Virginian (1964–1966); The Wild Pair (1987); Wagon Train (1963); What's This Song? (1965); Where the Action Is (1966).

On this day in movie history - All Through the Night (1942):

All Through the Night

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by Leonard Spigelgass and Edwin Gilbert,

based on a story by Leo Rosten and Leonard Spigelgass,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1942.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.
Song: All Through the Night by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson, William Demarest, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Wallace Ford, Barton MacLane, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Jean Ames, Ludwig Stössel, Irene Seidner, James Burke, Ben Welden, Hans Schumm, Charles Cane, Frank Sully, Sam McDaniel, Eddy Chandler, Louis V. Arco, Emory Parnell, Henry Victor.

Born on this day – Maurizio Pollini:

Maurizio Pollini

Pianist

Conductor

Actor

January 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

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

Movies, television and video:

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

Born on this day – Fred Ward:

Fred Ward

Actor

Producer

December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022

Credits:

A Night with Alexandra Powers - We Are in No Hurry ... (2020); Abandon (2002); Altman on His Own Terms (2000); American Playhouse (1985–1991); Armored (2009); Belle Starr (1980); Best Men (1997); Big Business (1988); Biography (1999); Birdseye (2002); Bob Roberts (1992); Bogart (1990); Cardiac Arrest (1979); Carny (1980); Cartesius (1974); Cast a Deadly Spell (1991); Catchfire (1990); Chain Reaction (1996); Circus (2000); Coast to Coast (2003); Corky Romano (2001); Dangerous Beauty (1998); De película (1986); Dice (2001); Enough (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Equinox (1992); ER (2006–2007); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Exit Speed (2008); Farewell (2009); Feast of Love (2007); Filter: The Best Things (2000); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Florida Straits (1986); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Full Disclosure (2001); Funky Monkey (2004); Georgetown (2002); Ginger in the Morning (1974); Great Books: The Right Stuff (2000); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gun (1997); Hearts of the West (1975); Henry & June (1990); In Plain Sight (2010); Invasion Earth (1998); Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000); Joe Dirt (2001); Leverage (2012); Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993); Management (2008); 'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Miami Blues (1990); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Off Limits (1988); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Realizing 'the Right Stuff' (2003); Red Team (1999); Reflections on Short Cuts (2004); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Road Trip (2000); Ropewalk (2000); Secret Admirer (1985); Short Cuts (1993); Silkwood (1983); Southern Comfort (1981); Summer Catch (2001); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Swing Shift (1984); T-20 Years and Counting (2003); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The Age of the Medici (1973); The Chaos Factor (2000); The Crow: Salvation (2000); The Dark Wind (1991); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Last Ride (2004); The Making of 'Tremors' (1990); The Player (1992); The Price of Life (1987); The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988); The Right Stuff (1983); The Vivero Letter (1999); The West (1996); The Wild Stallion (2009); 10.5 (2004); 2 Guns (2013); 30 Minutes or Less (2011); Thunderheart (1992); Tilt (1979); Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982); Tremors (1990 / 2018); Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996); True Detective (2015); Two Small Bodies (1993); Two Small Bodies (1993); UFOria (1984); Un bruit qui rend fou (1995); Uncommon Valor (1983); United States of Tara (2009–2010); Wild Iris (2001).

Born on this day – Cassandra Harris:

Cassandra Harris

Actress

December 15, 1942 – December 28, 1991

Credits:

Celebrity Page (2018); Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979); Enemy at the Door (1980); Five Days (1986); For Your Eyes Only (1981); For Your Eyes Only: Bond in Greece (2006); For Your Eyes Only: The Royal Premiere (1981); Inside 'for Your Eyes Only' (2000); Late Night with David Letterman (1984); Remington Steele (1982–1985); Rough Cut (1980); Saturday Night at the Mill (1981); Shadows (1978); Space: 1999 (1977); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Exotic Locations of 'For Your Eyes Only' (2006); The Greek Tycoon (1978); The Sun James Bond 'For Your Eyes Only' Television Commercial / Video (1981).

On this day in movie history - Pittsburgh (1942):

Pittsburgh

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed, John Twist, Robert Fellows and Winston Miller,

based on a story by George Owen and Tom Reed,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1942.
Music by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stössel, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Charles Coleman, Nestor Paiva, John Alban, Charles Arnt, Lois Austin, Don Barclay, Robert Barron, Brandon Beach, Brooks Benedict, Edward Biby, Ted Billings, Wade Boteler, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, James Carlisle, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Harry Cording, Victor Cox, Hal Craig, Oliver Cross, Grace Cunard, Sayre Dearing, Jack Deery, William Desmond, Helen Dickson, John Dilson, Jimmy Dime, Ed Emerson, Bess Flowers, Douglas Fowley, Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Jack Gargan, Kenneth Gibson, Gus Glassmire, George Golden, Dick Gordon, William Gould, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Sam Harris, Winifred Harris, Carol Henry, Edward Keane, Joe Kirk, Ethan Laidlaw, Nolan Leary, Kay Linaker, Frank Marlowe, Alphonse Martell, Johnny Marvin, Larry McGrath, Mira McKinney, Paul McVey, Robert Milasch, Irving Mitchell, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Charles Morton, Broderick O'Farrell, Monty O'Grady, Bob Perry, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Cyril Ring, Robert Robinson, William Ruhl, Virginia Sale, Paul Scott, Harry Seymour, John Sheehan, Charles Sherlock, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Sammy Stein, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Dale Van Sickel, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Glen Walters, Anthony Warde, Phil Warren.

On this day in movie history – Casablanca (movie & books):

Casablanca

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch,

based on the play Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison,

was released in the United States on November 26, 1942.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, S.Z. Sakall, Madeleine Lebeau, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, Curt Bois.

Recommended reading:

Casablanca: As Time Goes by:

50th Anniversary Commemorative

By Frank Miller.

Published by‎ Andrews McMeel Pub.
Published 1992.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1878685147
ISBN-13: 978-1878685148

Description:

The leading lady was the producer's second choice. The leading man avoided his co-star between love scenes for fear of his wife's jealousy. Two of the stars didn't want to be in the movie in the first place. And nobody knew how the picture would end until the day they shot the final scene. Yet, out of this chaos came one of the enduring film favorites of all time – Casablanca.

For the First time, here is the whole story of Warner Bros. Production No. 410, from the original play that laid its foundation, through casting, writing, shooting, and post-production, to the series of lucky breaks that created one of the most everlastingly popular films of the last fifty years.

At every step along the road to Casablanca, the picture's creators had to make choices that later meant the difference between triumph and flop. Ronald Regan was initially announced to play one of the male leads. Producer Hal Wallis considered casting Ella Fitzgerald as Sam the piano player. Composer Max Steiner tried to cut "As Time Goes By." And sometimes the participants managed to make the right choices in spite of themselves.

Lavishly illustrated with a collection of photos, memos, blueprints and posters never before assembled in one book 'Casablanca: As Time Goes By...' paints the most complete picture ever of a movie that has mesmerized film-lovers and romantics for half a century.

The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook:

A Detailed Look at the Hollywood Film Classic

By Michael Willian.

Published by Kerpluggo Books.

Published 2020.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0976242915

ISBN-13: 978-0976242918

Description:

It’s the ideal way to enjoy this American film classic – a comprehensive guidebook that walks you through Casablanca scene by scene. Breathing new life into the film, the guidebook is packed with intriguing insights, cool cast and film anecdotes, and countless closer looks at scene details, curiosities, historical tie-ins, gaffes and more. And it’s all presented in a smart, page turning format. Casablanca fans will be thrilled to have this humorous and insightful companion guiding them through this cinematic gem with fresh eyes.

Inside the guidebook you'll find: first-of-their kind illustrations showing the layouts of Rick's Cafe, the Casablanca Airport and the Paris street and bistro Rick and Ilsa visit, and where your favorite scenes take place in relation to one another; a complete chronology of key film scenes; a handy summary of World War II events leading up to the film's setting; the stories behind the countless World War II-era references that have lost their context over time; translations for the film's foreign language references, and the fascinating insights they unlock; a breakdown of songs in the film; film bookmarks for easy access to key details; And here is just a sampling of the things you'll discover: what popular chess strategy Rick invokes while playing both sides of the table, and the host of curiosities and gaffes involving the match; where Ilsa gets the gun she pulls on Rick; the incredible real-life story of how two Casablanca actors, then married, made their own World War II escape from France to America; Carl's profession before he waited tables at Rick's; the good luck symbol Ferrari displays outside the Blue Parrot; how to recreate Rick and Ilsa's Paris boat ride scene; what real-life plane was used for Strasser's arrival, and what became of it; whether Captain Renault's champagne recommendation to Strasser really was a good one.