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).

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 (1942):

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.

Born on this day – Susan Anspach:

Susan Anspach

Actress

November 23, 1942 – April 2, 2018

Born on this day – Michael Malone:

Michael Malone

Writer

Actor

Producer

November 22, 1942 – August 19, 2022

Credits:

Books:

Dingley Falls (1980); First Lady (2001); Foolscap (1991); Growing Up in the South (1991); Handling Sin (1986); Heroes of Eros (1979); Murder For Love (1996); Psychetypes: A New Way Of Exploring Personality (1977); Red Clay, Blue Cadillac (2002); Tar Heel Dead (2005); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); The Delectable Mountains, Or, Entertaining Strangers (1976); The Four Corners of the Sky (2009); The Killing Club (2005); The Last Noel (2002); Time's Witness (1989); Twenty-Seven Views of Hillsborough (2010); Uncivil Seasons (1983).

Movies and television:

13 Bourbon St. (1997); Another World (1997); Clearing Waters (2011); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Love Stories (1991-1992); One Life to Live (1968–2013).

Born on this day – Al Matthews:

Al Matthews

Actor

Singer

November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018

Born on this day – William Matthews:

William Matthews

Writer

November 11, 1942 – November 12, 1997

Credits:

The Parataxic Mode: Concerning Defoe's Use of Irony in Moll Flanders (1966); Broken Syllables (1969); Ruining the New Road (1970); The Cloud (1971); Matthews' Compleat Palmistry (1971); Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems (1972); Sticks and Stones (1975); Rising and Falling (1979); Flood (1982); Good (1983); A Happy Childhood (1984); Foreseeable Futures (1987); Sleek For the Long Flight (1988); Blues if You Want (1989); Curiosities (Poets on Poetry / essays) (1989); Selected Poems and Translations 1969-1991 (1992); The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (1995); Time & Money: New Poems (1996); After All: Last Poems (1998); The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews (2001); The Satires of Horace (2002); Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews (2004).

On this day in movie history - X Marks the Spot (1942):

X Marks the Spot

directed by George Sherman,

written by Richard Murphy and Stuart Palmer,

based on a story by Mauri Grashin and Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 4, 1942.
Music by Morton Scott.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Damian O'Flynn, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Harris, Fred Kelsey, Vince Barnett, Jane Allen, Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Chester Conklin, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Richard Landry, Sam Lufkin, Peggy Lynn, Jerry Mandy, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Frank O'Connor.

Recommended reading - Once Off Guard (1942):

Once Off Guard

By J. H. Wallis.

Filmed as The Woman in the Window (1944), directed by Fritz Lang.

ASIN: B01AMRYE9S
Published by E.P. Dutton.
First Edition.
Published 1942.

Born on this day – David Ogden Stiers:

David Ogden Stiers

Actor

Conductor

October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018