Born on this day – David Lynch:

David Lynch

Writer

Director

Producer

January 20, 1946 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

#2: Drops (2004); + de cinéma (2001–2002); 1000 millones (2002); 120 Minutes / loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006); 2012: Time for Change (2010); 3615 Usul (2013); 3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); 42 One Dream Rush (2010); 8½ Circles: Documentary (2017); A Common Confusion (2012); A Reality Check for Miss Betty (2008); A Slice of Lynch (2007); A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017); Absolument cinema (2001); Absurd Encounter with Fear (1967); Absurda (2007); Ad Hominem (2009); Adidas: The Wall (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); All About Nina (2018); Along for the Ride (2016); America in Primetime (2011); American Masters (2013); American Playhouse (1982); An Introduction to David Lynch (2001); Angelo Badalamenti feat. Kid Moxie: Mysteries of Love (2015); Ant Head (2018); Arena (1987); Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir (2010); Asesinato desde la Roja Oscuridad (2019); Ballerina (2007); Barilla: Cafè (1993); Beatles '64 (2024); Bees (2002); Behind the Red Curtain (2017); Behind the Scenes (2017); Between Two Worlds (2014); Beyond the Noise: My Transcendental Meditation Journey (2012); Biography (2000); Blue Green (2007); Blue Velvet Revisited (2016); BlueBob Egg (2004); BlueBob: Thank You, Judge (1999); Boat (2007); Box (2010); Brand: A Second Coming (2015); Breakfast with the Arts (2007); Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012); Britannia High (2008); British Film Forever (2007); Bug Crawls (2008); Cabin Fever (2002); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Celluloid Dreams (2002); Charlie Rose (1997–2005); Chris Isaak: Wicked Game (Wild at Heart Version) (1990); Chrystabell & David Lynch: Sublime Eternal Love (2024); Chrystabell & David Lynch: The Answers to the Questions (2024); Chrystabell & David Lynch: Two Lovers Kiss (2024); Cinefile: Made in the USA (1993); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma, de notre temps (1989); Clique (2020); Close-Up (1997); Coachella (2006); Cold Wind Blowing (2022); CondenadX (2025); Confessions of a Kooky Cowboy (2011); Coyote (2002); Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991); Darkened Room (2002); David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames (2012); David Lynch Conference (Excerpt) (2007); David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007); David Lynch in Oslo (2010); David Lynch on TM (2010); David Lynch visiting Veda House, Stockholm (2010); David Lynch: A BAFTA Interview (2007); David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time (2012); David Lynch: I Have a Radio (2011); David Lynch: innsikt (2017); David Lynch: The Art Life (2016); David Lynch: The Virtual Life (2020); David Lynch's Comic-Con Message (2017); David Lynch's Festival of Disruption (2018); David Wants to Fly (2010); De película (1985–1986); Dead Mouse with Ants (2002); Dealer (2004); Dedication (2007); Den 11. Time (2007); Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003); Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2002); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Destination Dune (1984); Días de cine (2013); Die Harald Schmidt Show (2002); Diligo Victum (2010); Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001); Does That Hurt You? (2002); Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff (1994); Donovan in Donovan: I am the Shaman (2021); Donovan: Gimme Some A That (2021); Dream #7 (2010); DumbLand (2002); Dune (1984); Duran Duran: Unstaged (2011); Dusty Wright's Culture CatchCulture Catch (2005); Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com (2007); Early Experiments (2008); Ecstasy (2020); Edge of Outside (2006); El club lento (2022); El orfanato llega a Hollywood (2007); Ellie Parker (2005); Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (2007); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Entre Oscuros Sueños (2018); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Eraserhead (1977); Eraserhead Stories (2001); Ergo-Robots (2015); Errors in Geography: Communal Pain(t) (2020); Esprits libres (2007); Eurodok 2011Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (1993); EW Reunites (2017); Extérieur jour (2008); Factory Mask (2002); Family Guy (2010–2016); Father Knows Best (2022); Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967); Field Day (2004); Film '84 (1984); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Fire (PoZar) (2020); Flying Lotus Feat. David Lynch: Fire Is Coming (2019); Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks (1993); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022); God morgen Norge (2010); Godhood (2011); Gomorron (2010); Good Day Today (2011); Good Morning America (1990); Great Directors (2009); Gucci by Gucci (2007); Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012); Head with Hammer (2001); Heart Beat (1980); Heart of the Festival (2002); Henrik Möller Talks to David Lynch (2010); Hollyshorts Greeting (2008); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hotel Room (1993); How I Rock It (2013); How Was Your Day Honey? (2020); Hysteria! (2024); I Don't Know Jack (2002); I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun (2017); I Know Catherine, The Log Lady (2025); Idem Paris (2013); Il était une fois... (2008–2009); Il ritorno del maestro (Return of the Master) (2018); I'm Waiting Here (2013); Imagine (2009); In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999); In Pursuit of Treasure (1972); Industrial Soundscape (2008); Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990); Inland Empire (2006); Interpol: I Touch a Red Button (2011); Intervalometer Experiments (2004); Interview Project (2009); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invisible Empire (2010); Iodine (2009); It's a Beautiful World (2014); It's Over (2010); James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys (1997); Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990); Julie's Smile (2013); Kim's Video (2023); Kitsune (2016); Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - Analyzing a Lost Masterpiece (2019); La semaine du cinéma (2002); La traversée du désir (2009); Lady Blue Shanghai (2010); Lady Blue Shanghai Poem: 'It Holds the Love' (2010); Lamp (2003); Land of Nothing (2015); L'antre du Mea (2023); Last Call with Carson Daly (2002); Late Night with David Letterman (1991); Laura Palmer (2002); Le cercle de minuit (1997); Le son de Lynch (2007); Leah (2011); Legends (2008); Looking for David Lynch (2003); Lost Highway (1997); Lost in Vienna, Austria (2013); Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown (2010); Louie (2012); Louis C.K. Oh My God (2013); Love (2015); Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004); Lucky (2017); Lulu und Jimi (2009); Lumière and Company (1995); Lynch (2007); Lynch (One) (2008); Lynch/Oz (2022); M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019); M3/H301 (2020); Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019); Meditation, Creativity, Peace (2012); Meeting the Beatles in India (2020); Memory Film (2012); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Moby Doc (2021); Moby: Shot in the Back of the Head (2009); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); More Things That Happened (2007); Mulholland Drive (2001); Mulholland Drive: Making of (2004); My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014); My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009); My Suicide (2009); Mysteries of Love (2002); Nadja (1994); Nanoman (2013); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); Nederlands-Engels Woordenboek (2020); Night Ride The Director's Cut (2017); Nine Inch Nails: Came Back Haunted (2013); No Frank in Lumberton (1988); On Any Saturday (2008); On Meditation (2016); On the Air (1992); Out Yonder (2007); Out Yonder: Chicken (2007); Out Yonder: Teeth (2007); Parisienne People by David Lynch (1998); Pastewka (2005); Pearl Jam Twenty (2011); Peixe Vermelho (2009); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Petals (2010); Pierre and Sonny Jim (2001); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990–2002); PlayStation 2: The Third Place (2000); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); PP Studio: 13 (Years) + 10 (Years) = 1+3 (Releases Not Counting This) (2020); Premonition Following an Evil Deed (1995); Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997); Psych (2010); Psychopomp (2020); Quality Content (2018); Rabbits (2002); Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima (2010); Reflections on the Phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks' (2002); Retour à Mulholland Drive (2003); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love (2014); Robot Chicken (2020–2022); Rocksteppy (2017); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Rooted in Peace (2016); Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (1967); Scene by Scene (1999); School of Thought (2008); Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007); Shadows of Paradise (2016); Shangri-La (2019); Show Kafka's Dudes (2020); Side by Side (2012); Siskel & Ebert (1999 / 2001); Six Men Getting Sick (1967); Something Remotely Beautiful (2016); Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (2004); Star (2014); Surveillance (2008); Surveillance: The Watched Are Watching (2008); Swipe (2014); t=E/x² (2020); Temps X (1985); Texas Monthly Talks (2007); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1987); The 3 Rs (2011); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The A to Z of Separating People from Their Money (1998); The Adventures of Alan R. (2020); The Air Is on Fire: David Lynch Exposes at the Cartier Foundation, Paris 2007 (2009); The Alphabet (1969); The American Tetralogy (2012); The Art of Cinematography at Plus Camerimage (2013); The Black Ghiandola (2017); The Blockbuster Buster (2016); The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991); The Cleveland Show (2010–2013); The Company (2003); The Culture Show (2007); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Directors (2003); The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed (2002); The Dream (2017); The Elephant Man (1980); The Elevator Storeys (2006); The Fabelmans (2022); The French as Seen by... (1988); The Grandmother (1970 / 1974); The Happy Worker (2025); The Johnny Vaughan Film Show (1999); The King of Ads / Segment: Yves Saint Laurent's Opium Parfum commercial (1991); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008); The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1997); The Looking Glass (2015); The Lost End (2020); The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017); The Media Show (1987); The Moon's Glow (2024); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); The Nineties (2017); The Other Me (2022); The Peaceline Project (2009); The Pig Walks (2002); The Reality of Truth (2016); The Room Mate (2006); The Scarapist (2015); The Screen Savers (2002); The Short Films of David Lynch (2002); The Soul Detective (2009); The Spider and the Bee (2020); The Story of a Small Bug (2020); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Straight Story (1999); The Strange & Mysterious Life of Jackson Bean (2015); The Swan Girl (2016); The Terrible Secret of Mulholland Drive (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2001); The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996); The Worst Batman Fanfilm Ever... Period (2016); Theremin (2008); This Is Pop (2021); Thought Gang: A Real Indication (1992); To Each His Own Cinema (2007); Today's Number Is... (2020); Too Young to Die (2012); Tracks (2007); Transcendendo Lynch (2011); Trash Theory (2023); Trasharella (2009); Twin Peaks (1989–1991); Twin Peaks (2017); Twin Peaks Actually Explained (No, Really) (2019); Twin Peaks Festival Greeting (2008); Twin Peaks VR (2019); Twin Peaks/Cop Rock: Behind the Scenes (1990); Twin Peaks: El fenómeno cultural de los 90 (2017); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014); Twin Peaks: The Phenomenom (2017); Un écran nommé désir (2006); Un matin partout dans le monde (2000); Undead Noise (2012); Unknown Movies (2017); Unrecorded Night (2025); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); Valkokangas (1985); Vedro (2016–2020); Viannale-Trailer 2011: The 3 Rs (2011); Weather Report (2005–2021); WEDU Arts Plus (2015); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2013); Welcome to Twin Peaks (1997); We'll Deliver 'em (2024); What Did Jack Do? (2017); What Is Cinema? (2013); What Is David Working on Today? (2020); What Is It? (2005); When Lynch Met Lucas (2010); Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma (2018); Wild at Heart (1990); Will There Be Anything Else (2024); Working with Marilyn Manson (2007); X Japan: Longing - Togireta Melody / Music Video (1995); Your Total Health (2007); Yves Saint Laurent: Opium / commercial (1990); Zaratozom (2014); Zelly and Me (1988).

Born on this day – Samm-Art Williams:

Samm-Art Williams

Actor

Writer

Producer

January 20, 1946 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

227 (1987); A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982); A Rage in Harlem (1991); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); Accidental Hero: Room 408 (2001); American Playhouse (1984–1986); Are You Looking (2011); Blood Simple (1984); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); Dressed to Kill (1980); Equal Justice (1990); Flag Day (2021); Frank's Place (1987–1988); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1994); Home (2012); Hot Resort (1985); Martin (1994–1997); Miami Vice (1987); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); Night of the Juggler (1980); Search for Tomorrow (1980); Summerdog (1977); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); The Baron (1977); The Debbie Allen Special (1989); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1993); The Good News (1997–1998); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Wanderers (1979); The Women of Brewster Place (1989); Working in the Theatre (1980).

Born on this day – Lucy Saroyan:

Lucy Saroyan

Actress

Photographer

Library archivist

January 17, 1946 – April 11, 2003

Credits:

Blue Collar (1978); Bravo Two (1977); Cactus Flower (1969); Columbo (1976); Eight Is Enough (1977); Greased Lightning (1977); Hopscotch (1980); Isadora (1968); Kotch (1971); Maidstone (1970); Mannix (1971); Prime Time (1977); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); The Blue Knight (1975–1976); The Name of the Game (1971); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974).

On this day in movie history - Shock (1946):

Shock

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Eugene Ling and Martin Berkeley,

based on a story by Albert DeMond,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1946.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Renee Carson, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Adler, Margaret Brayton, Harry Carter, Ruth Clifford, John Davidson, Selmer Jackson, Ruth Nelson, Claire Richards, George E. Stone, Charles Tannen, Pierre Watkin, Cecil Weston, Mary Young.

Born on this day – Ron Hale:

Ron Hale

Actor

January 2, 1946 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

A Lovely Way to Die (1968); All the President's Men (1976); Easy (2016); Entertainment Tonight (1989); General Hospital (1995–2010); Intimate Portrait (2003); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1973); MacGyver (1990); Matlock (1989); Me, Natalie (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Original Intent (1990); Port Charles (1997–2000); Rodney (2004); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Search for Tomorrow (1969); Shattered Steel (1996); SoapTalk (2004–2006); Sunstorm (2001); The Adventures of Loop & Rhett (2011); The Brothers Flub (1999); The Ghost and the Whale (2017); The Lord Protector (1996); Trial by Jury (1994).

Born on this day – John Spencer:

John Spencer

Actor

December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005

Credits:

100 Years of Hope and Humor (2003); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); Albino Alligator (1996); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Another World (1964–1999); As the World Turns (1988); Black Rain (1989); Cafe Society (1995); Celebrity Dish (2000); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2003); Charlie Rose (2001); Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983); Cold Around the Heart (1997); Cop Land (1997); Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western (2004); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Early Edition (1997); Echoes (1982); Every Moment Counts (2002); F/X: The Series (1996); Far from Home (1989); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Forget Paris (1995); From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Green Card (1990); H.E.L.P. (1990); Hiding Out (1987); In the Arms of a Killer (1992); Intimate Portrait (2001–2004); Key Exchange (1985); L.A. Doctors (1999); L.A. Law (1990–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); Law & Order (1990); Lesser Prophets (1997); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Meteor (1979); Miami Vice (1986); O.K. Garage (1998); Once Again (1987); One Life to Live (1968–2013); Presumed Innocent (1990); Ravenous (1999); Ryan's Hope (1976); Saturday Night Live (2002); Sea of Love (1989); Simple Justice (1989); Spenser: For Hire (1986); Tavis Smiley (2004); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Doctors (1976); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004–2005); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2006); The More You Know (1989); The Negotiator (1998); The Other Side of Victory (1979); The Outer Limits (1999); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Protector (1985); The Rock (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000–2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992); The Verne Miller Story (1987); The Wayne Brady Show (2004); The West Wing (1999–2006); The West Wing Documentary Special (2002); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tracey Takes On... (1997); Trinity (1998–1999); Twilight (1998); WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995).

Born on this day – Robert Urich:

Robert Urich

Actor

Producer

December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002

Born on this day – Jane Birkin:

Jane Birkin

Singer

Actress

December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023

Born on this day – Jeffrey Boam:

Jeffrey Boam

Writer

Producer

November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000

On this day in movie history - The Chase (1946):

The Chase

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1946.
Music by Michel Michelet.

Cast:

Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Peter Lorre, Don Wilson, Alexis Minotis, Nina Koshetz, Yolanda Lacca, James Westerfield, Jimmy Ames.

Born on this day – Jack Ketchum:

Jack Ketchum

Writer

November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018

Credits:

Off Season (1980); Offspring (1991); The Woman (2010); Laramie Plains (1974); Border Dawn (1976); Hide and Seek (1980); Dead or alive (1982); The Guns of Amarillo (1982); Winchester pass (1982); Cover (1987); She Wakes (1989); The Girl Next Door (1989); Trail to Nowhere (1991); Joyride (1994); Stranglehold (1995); Only Child (1995); Red (1996); Ladies' Night (1997); Station Two (2001); The Lost (2001); Old Flames (2008); The Secret Life of Souls (2016); The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard (1998); Right to Life (1998); Broken on the Wheel of Sex (1999); Peaceable Kingdom (2003); Closing Time and Other Stories (2007); Triptych (2012); Night Terrors III (2014); What They Wrote (2015); The Box (1994); Gone (2000); The Haunt (2001); The Crossings (2003); Weed Species (2006); Book of Souls (2008); I'm Not Sam (2012); Notes from the Cat House (2013); Gorilla In My Room (2019); Turning Japanese (2013); Writers On Writing (2015); Triage (1990); Deadly After Dark (1994); Vampire Detectives (1995); Fear the Fever (1996); Skull Full of Spurs (2000); October Dreams (2000); Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Tales from a Darker State (2003); Fear Of The Unknown (2005); Masques V (2006); Mondo Zombie (2006); The Best of Cemetery Dance II (2008); In Laymon's Terms (2008); Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead (2009); The World Is Dead (2009); A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre (2011); Slices of Flesh (2012); Horror for Good (2012); Psychos (2012); Chiral Mad (2012); Fear the Abyss (2012); Mister October, Volume II (2013); Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road (2013); Chiral Mad 2 (2013); Turn Down the Lights (2013); Piercing the Darkness (2014); Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (2014); Horror 101: The Way Forward (2014); Cemetery Dance: Issue 71 (2014); Suspended In Dusk (2014); Insidious Assassins (2015); Chiral Mad 3 (2016); Beast: Revelations - A Dark Ethology - Volume 2 (2016); Cemetery Riots (2016); Seas & Oceans (2017); Dark Places, Evil Faces (2017); Red Room Issue 1 (2017); Zippered Flesh 3 (2017); VS: X: US vs UK Extreme Horror (2017); Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations (2018); A New York State of Fright: Horror Stories from the Empire State (2019); Freedom of Screech (2019); Dark Screams: Volume Three (2021).

Movies and television:

Beyond Blood (2018); Dark Dreamers (2011); Darlin' (2019); Header (2006); How to Score with Girls (1976); Inside the Plain Brown Wrapping (2013); Mail Order (2011); Offspring (2009); Olivia (2013); Red (2008); Sky Sharks (2020); Tales of Halloween (2015); The Cult of Ichi (2007); The Girl Next Door (2007); The Life of Death (2015); The Lost (2006); The Making of 'the Girl Next Door' (2007); The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018); The Woman (2011); XX / Segment: The Box (2017).

On this day in movie history - Nocturne (1946):

Nocturne

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Jonathan Latimer,

based on a story by Roland Brown and Frank Fenton,

was released in the United States on October 29, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Edward Ashley, Walter Sande, Mabel Paige, Bern Hoffman, Queenie Smith, Virginia Keiley, Mack Gray, Lilian Bond, Rudy Robles, Greta Granstedt, Carol Forman, William Challee.

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:

Suzanne Somers

Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); ; Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Beineix:

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Director

October 8, 1946 – January 13, 2022

Credits:

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe (2013); Loft Paradoxe (2002); Mortal Transfer (2001); The Works (1997); Assigné à résidence (1997); Otaku (1994); The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993); IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Betty Blue (1986); L'épi d'or (1985); The Moon in the Gutter (1983); Diva (1981); Le chien de Monsieur Michel (1977).

Born on this day – Dan O'Bannon:

Dan O'Bannon

Actor

Writer

Director

September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009

Credits:

A Conversation with Dan O'Bannon: The Final Interview (2011); A Little Bit Zombie (2012); Alien (1979); Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power Since 1979 (2014); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (1994 / 2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Earth (2025); Alien: Enhancement Pods (2010); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Romulus (2024); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013); Area 51: The Alien Interview (1997); ASMR Xenomorph Attack (2019); Bird of Steel! (2024); Bleeders (1997); Blood Bath (1969); Bloodmyth (2006); Blue Thunder (1983 / 1984); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Circus Maximus (2009); Cult Connections / Podcast Series (2021); Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear (2003); Dark Star (1974); Dead & Buried (1981); Delivering Milo (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2020); Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986); Film Genre (2002); Foster's Release (1971); Heavy Metal / Segment: Soft Landing (1981); Het loon van de angst (1983); I'm Gonna Eat Your Brains (2013); Invaders from Mars (1986); Jodorowsky's Dune (2013); Kill Her Goats (2023); L'antre du Mea (2017); Last Breath (2001); Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star (2010); Lifeforce (1985); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures (2007); More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Phobia (1980); Prometheus (2012); Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead (2002); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Screamers (1995); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Alien Legacy (1999); The 'Alien' Saga (2002); The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Resurrected (1991); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); Total Recall (1990 / 2012); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); When Muscles Ruled the World (2002); Zaum - Andare a parare (2011).

Recommended reading - Dark Passage (1946):

Dark Passage

By David Goodis.

First published 1946.

ISBN 13: 9781598534467

ISBN 10: 1598534467

ASIN: B00TNBOFUI

Description:

The story of a man railroaded for his wife’s murder and forced to assume a different identity after escaping from prison becomes in Goodis’s hands a lyrical evocation of urban fear and loneliness. A fugitive from justice, in the depths of despair, he finds refuge with a beautiful woman as he struggles to unravel a nightmarish plot.

First published as a magazine serial, Dark Passage was filmed in 1947 by Delmer Daves. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, it is regarded as a classic of noir filmmaking.

For the first time, the best work of a distinctive master of American noir is available in authoritative e-book editions from The Library of America. David Goodis experienced a brief celebrity when his novel Dark Passage (1946) became the basis for a popular movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Other David Goodis novels available as Library of America E-Book Classics include: Nightfall, The Burglar, The Moon in the Gutter, and Street of No Return.

Born on this day – Nicholas Clay:

Nicholas Clay

Actor

September 18, 1946 – May 25, 2000

On this day in movie history - Decoy (1946):

Decoy

directed by Jack Bernhard,

written by Nedrick Young,

based on a story by Stanley Rubin,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1946.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Edward Norris, Sheldon Leonard, Philip Van Zandt, Marjorie Woodworth, Carole Donne, John Shay, Bert Roach, Rosemary Bertrand.

On this day in movie history - Crack-Up (1946):

Crack-Up

directed by Irving Reis and James Anderson,

written by John Paxton, Ben Bengal and Ray Spencer,

based on the short story Madman's Holiday by Fredric Brown,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:
Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford, Mary Ware.

Born on this day – Freddie Mercury:

Freddie Mercury

Singer

Songwriter

Instrumentalist

September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991