Born on this day – Michael Dibdin:

Michael Dibdin

Writer

March 21, 1947 – March 30, 2007

Credits:

Books:

A Long Finish (1998); A Rich Full Death (1986); And Then You Die (2002); Back to Bologna (2003); Blood Rain (1999); Cabal (1992); Così Fan Tutti (1996); Dark Spectre (1996); Dead Lagoon (1994); Dirty Tricks (1991); End Games (2007); Medusa (2003); Ratking (1988); Thanksgiving (2001); The Dying of the Light (1993); The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Tryst (1990); The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1997); Vendetta (1990).

Movies and television:

Zen (2011); Lucy in the Sky (2008); Dirty Tricks (2000).

Born on this day – Drew Struzan:

Drew Struzan

Movie poster & music album artist / illustrator

Actor

Producer

March 8, 1947 – October 13, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Bloody Business; Drew Struzan: Oeuvre; Movie Poster Art; Movie Posters of Drew Struzan; The Art of Drew Struzan.

Movies and television:

3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); A Gift from Heaven (1994); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Abominable (2006); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); After School (1988); Aladdin (1992); Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); All Night Long (1981); All's Fair (1989); An American Tail (1986); Anastasia (1997); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Animal Crackers (2017); Arabian Nights (2000); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Better Off Dead (1985); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Blade Runner (1982); Blood Makes Noise (2005); Borderline (1980); Born in East L.A. (1987); Buddy Buddy (1981); Cabo Blanco (1980); California Suite (1978); Cannonball Run II (1984); Car Wash (1976); CBS News Roundup (2013); Champions (1984); Coming to America (1988); Cross Creek (1983); Cutthroat Island (1995); D.C. Cab (1983); Dark Horizon (2009); Dreamscape (1984); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Empire of the Ants (1977); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1980); Filmbuff (2019); First Blood (1982); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); Futureworld (1976); Happy Hour (1986); Hard to Be Me (2010); Harlem Nights (1989); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Heat and Dust (1983); Hellboy (2004); Hercules (1983); High-Ballin' (1978); Hocus Pocus (1993); Hook (1991); Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption' (2004); Hot Pursuit (1987); I, the Jury (1982); Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003); Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999); Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Jake Speed (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kill Squad (1981); Killer Force / aka The Diamond Mercenaries (1976); Labou (2008); Ladyhawke (1985); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Love and Art: A Conversation with Drew Struzan (2019); Mallrats (1995); March or Die (1977); Mars Attacks! (1996); Masters of the Universe (1987); Matilda (1978); Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Mob City (2013); Moon Over Parador (1988); Mother Lode (1982); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Nadine (1987); Newsies (1992); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Pan's Labyrinth (2006); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Academy (1984); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Pop culture adventure (2010); Popstar Private Eye (2007); Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art (2007); Prop Culture (2020); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (2012); Raise the Titanic (1980); Return to Macon County (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Risky Business (1983); Robin and Marian (1976); Sahara (1983); Second Thoughts (1983); Sextette (1977); Shipwrecked (1990); Shirley Valentine (1989); Simon Says (2006); Ski School (1991); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Squirm (1976); Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Stay Tuned (1992); Stroker Ace (1983); Sunset (1988); Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2008); Taking Care of Business (1990); Tales from the Future (2010); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tales of Halloween / Segment: Bad Seed (2015); Tentacles (1977); The Bear (1984); The Black Bird (1975); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Evictors (1979); The Ewok Adventure (1984); The Experts (1989); The Flintstones (1994); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Goonies (1985); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Green Mile (1999); The Incubus (1981); The Land Before Time (1988); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994); The Mask (1994); The Mist (2007); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Name of the Rose (1986); The Norseman (1978); The Outing (1987); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Sting II (1983); The Thing (1982); This Is the End (2013); Three O'Clock High (1987); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Tilt (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Torrente 3: El protector (2005); Tron (1982); Under Fire (1983); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); War of the Worlds (2005); Weekend Warriors (1986); We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008); White Nights (1985); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).

Born on this day – Rob Reiner:

Rob Reiner

Director

Producer

Screenwriter

Actor

Political activist

March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025

Credits:

Book:

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

By Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143

ISBN-13: 9781668079140

Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 2009 Writers Guild Awards (2009); 28th NAACP Image Awards (1997); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (1969–2025); 8 (2012); A Few Good Men (1992); A Few Good Men: Code of Conduct (2001); A Few Good Men: From Stage to Screen (2001); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Spinal Tap Reunion (1992); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC News Breakfast (2025); ABC World News Now (2025); About a Boy (2014); Access Hollywood (2016–2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); Alex & Emma (2003); All in the Family (1971–1979); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); America Speaks Out (2004); American Idol (2010); American Masters (2013–2016); Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991); And So It Goes (2014); Andre the Giant (2018); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Arte Journal (2025); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Bad Music Video Theatre (2025); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond (2024); Being Charlie (2015); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Beverly Hills Film Festival 24 (2024); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Billy Crystal Special (1986); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes (1987); Biography (1996–2010); Biography: Morgan Freeman (2010); Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996); Bogart (1991); Bravo Profiles (2003); Breakaway (1984); Breakdown: 1975 (2025); But... Seriously (1993); Campbell Brown (2010); Carroll O'Connor Special (1973); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023 / 2025); CBS: On the Air (1978); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Certifiably Jonathan (2007); Charlie Rose (1996–2017); Cinema 3 (2008); Cinemania (2008); Close-Up (1997); Club Random with Bill Maher (2025); Comic Relief (1986); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2025); Crafting a Dark Comedy Classic (2007); CTV National News (2018); Cuomo Prime Time (2019); DDayCobra (2025); Declaration of Independence (2003); Della (1969); Democratic National Convention: Our Fight Song (2016); Dennis Miller Live (1997); Diálogos de cine (2008); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Dinah! (1976); Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! Entertainment Special: Tom Cruise (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2005); E.W.C. - Express Written Consent (2012–2017); Edgeplay (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2025); Everyday Life (2004); Everything Is Copy (2015); Family Squares (2022); Film '72 (1992–1995); Flipped (2010); Forever Hollywood (1999); Free Country (1978); From Darkness to Light (2024); Gala Tribute AFI's 40th Anniversary (2007); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); GMA First Look (2025); GMA3 (2025); God & Country (2024); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1969); Good Morning America (2025); Good Will Hunting (1997); Guitar Hero II (2006); Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001); Happy Days (1974); Happyish (2015); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2017); HBO Behind the Scenes of 'Stand by Me' Special (1986); Headbangers Ball (1992); Headmaster (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); How Harry Met Sally... (2001); How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail (2004); HuffPost Live Conversations (2014); I Am Your Child (1997); Icons Unearthed (2024); IFC News: 2008 Uncut (2007–2008); IHIP News (2025); Impolitic with John Heilemann (2020); In the Cutz (2006); In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (2010); Inside Edition (2014–2025); Inside TV Land (2004); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Might Get Loud (2008); It's Your Bet (1971); Janela Indiscreta (2014); Jerry Seinfeld, Submarine Captain (2007); Jesse Watters Primetime (2024); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009–2025); Josiah Rises (2024); Julian Schlossberg's Movie Talk (2025); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2011); King on Screen (2022); Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo (2004); KTLA Morning News (2010); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1984–1989); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2025); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2003); Later with Bob Costas (1992); LBJ (2016); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Let Me in, I Hear Laughter (2000); Let the Good Times Roll (1973); Likely Stories, Vol. 1 / Segment: Tommy Rispoli: A Man and His Music (1981); Live Earth (2007); Love, Gilda (2018); Made in Hollywood (2017); Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy (2004); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990); Mark at the Movies (2010); Mark Twain Prize: Billy Crystal (2007); Media Buzz (2018); Million Dollar Infield (1982); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Misery: Interview with Director Rob Reiner (2017); MLB Network Presents (2018); More Than Friends (1978); Morton & Hayes (1991); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1995); MS NOW Reports (2025); MTP Daily (2017); Music Scene (1969); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994–1996); Neon Genesis Evangelion: ReDeath (2000); Never Not Funny (2018); New Day (2017–2018); New Girl (2012–2018); Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); North (1994); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); On Story (2018); One Vision (1998); Outnumbered (2025); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pillow Talk Show (2017); Playboy After Dark (1969); PoliticKING with Larry King (2014); PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (2025); Primetime Glick (2002); Queen of the Castle: The Elaine Benes Story (2006); Requiem for A King: Remembering Chino XL (2025); Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (2023); Rob Reiner - Scenes from a Life (2025); Rob Reiner Directs a Thriller (2017); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Romp!!! (1968); Rumor Has It... (2005); Sandy Wexler (2017); Saturday Night Live (1975–1984); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001); Scenes from a Friendship (2019); Seinfeld: How It Began (2004); Seinfeld: Inside Look (2004); Seinfeld: Jason + Larry = George (2005); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shirley's World (1971); Shock and Awe (2017); Sidewalks Entertainment (2014); Small Ball (2017); Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002); SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025); Sonny Boy (1974); Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (1990); Spinal Tap (2007); Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale (2026); Spinal Tap Goes to 20 (2004); Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025); Spinal Tap: Hell Hole (1984); Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981); Stand by Me (1986); Stand by Me 25 Years Later: A Picture-in-Picture Commentary Retrospective (2011); Stand by Me: Director Rob Reiner's Commentary (2000); Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News (2021); Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999); Steve (2018); Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006); Supernatural (2005); Sweethearts (2024); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2018); Talking Pictures (2017); Tattletales (1976); Tavis Smiley (2007–2017); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tell Them Who You Are (2004); Telling the Story of Us (1999); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The $25,000 Pyramid (1975); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 10th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2011); The 11th Hour (2024); The 15th Annual Environmental Media Awards (2005); The 17th Annual 2006 Producers Guild Awards (2006); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1997); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards (1979); The 39th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2017); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2023); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 54th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards (2003); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 60th Annual American Cinema Editors Awards (2010); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 66th Annual Directors Guild Awards (2014); The 6th Annual Lucy Awards (1999); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024); The 7th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2008); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 8th Annual Environmental Awards (1998); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The American President (1995); The Annual American Cinematheque Award Honors Tom Cruise (1996); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Rob Reiner (1994); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual American Friends Hebrew University Scopus Awards Honoring Ted Turner (1995); The Annual Environmental Media Awards (1996); The Annual ShoWest Awards (1994); The Annual Spirit of Liberty Awards (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Artist as a Young Man: A Portrait of Cameron Fairchild (2008); The Bear (2025); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017–2024); The Benny Show (2023); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2019); The Bob & Tom Show (2010); The Boomer Century (2007); The Breakthrough Season (2005); The Bronx Is Burning (2007); The Bucket List (2007); The Bucket List: Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Jack Nicholson / Morgan Freeman (2008); The Bulwark Podcast (2024); The Case Against 8 (2014); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1979); The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (2022); The Comedians (2015); The Dean Scream (2016); The Directors (1999); The Drew Barrymore Show (2025); The Essentials (2001); The Five (2025); The Fran Drescher Show (2010); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969); The Good Fight (2018–2020); The Great Hack (2019); The Greatest (2000); The History of Comedy (2017); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1974); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2000); The IMDb Show (2018); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Jim Jefferies Show (2017); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Last Laugh (2016); The Last Laugh (2016); The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2016–2018); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016–2021); The Magic of Belle Isle (2012); The Making of '...and God Spoke' (1993); The Making of 'Say' (2008); The Mark Twain Prize: Celebrating the Humor of Carl Reiner (2001); The Mary Trump Show (2022); The Matrixx and Rhodes Show (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1976); The Mickie Finns Finally Present How the West Was Lost (1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1978); The Movies (2019); The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (2000); The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (2017); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special (1992); The Princess Bride (1987); The Princess Bride Featurette (1987); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The ReidOut (2021); The Rich Eisen Show (2018); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (19967); The Score (2003); The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1994); The Seventies (2015); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968–1969); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1967); The Story of Us (1999); The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968); The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (2021–2022); The Super (1972); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Sure Thing (1985); The T.V. Show (1979); The Talk (2013–2017); The Tap (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1987); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1995–1998); The View (2016–2018); The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (2025); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992); The Young Americans (1970); There's Something About Romcoms (2016); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Is Spinal Tap (1984); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1960); Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (2020); Today (1994–2025); Tom Cruise: Reel Life (2017); Top Ten (1999); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - A Conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes and Robin Wright (2012); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016); TV Land Moguls (2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2005–2006); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean (2000); Unwigged & Unplugged Live Concert DVD: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer (2009); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); US Against the World (1977); Velshi (2025); Visible: Out on Television (2020); Viva la Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (2008); Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me (2000); Weekend Today (2011); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); When We Rise (2017); Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes) (2024); Where the Girls Are (1968); Wind River: Rising (2025); WTF with Marc Maron (2016); WWE Raw (2003); WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (2021).

Born on this day – Roger Pratt:

Roger Pratt

Cinematographer

February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2024

Credits:

102 Dalmatians (2000); 12 Monkeys (1995); 4 Play (1989); Batman (1989); Bernard and the Genie (1991); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Beyond Batman: Visualizing Gotham - The Production Design of Batman (2005); Black Angel (1980); Bleak Moments (1971); Brazil (1985); Build a Scene (2003); Chocolat (2000); Closing the Ring (2007); Concert for George (2003); Consuming Passions (1988); Dorian Gray (2009); Dutch Girls (1985); Frankenstein (1994); French Exchange (2017); Grey Owl (1999); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); High Hopes (1988); In Love and War (1996); In Too Deep: The Second Task (2006); Inkheart (2008); Iris (2001); Jabberwocky (1977); Jadoo (2013); Joséphine, ange gardien (2006); Keeping Rosy (2014); Meantime (1983); Mona Lisa (1986); Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979); Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life (1983); Mr. Bean (1991–1992); My Childhood (1972); Not I (2000); Paris by Night (1988); Performance (1998); Scoop (1987); Shadowlands (1993); Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (2005); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Swan National Office (1985); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Avengers (1998); The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983); The D.A. (1971); The Dollar Bottom (1981); The End of the Affair (1999); The Fisher King (1991); The Karate Kid (2010); The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993); The Planets (1985); The Sender (1982); The Short & Curlies (1987); The Spirit of Cheshire (1980); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tractor Factor (1982); Troy (2004); V. (1987); Year of the Comet (1992).

On this day in movie history - The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947 movie & novel):

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

directed and written by Felix E. Feist,

based on the novel by Robert C. Du Soe,

was released in the United States on February 20, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford, Andrew Tombes, Harry Shannon, Glen Vernon, Marian Carr, William Gould, Josephine Whittell, Phil Warren, Robert Malcolm, Arthur Q. Bryan, Roger Creed, Harry Depp, George Dockstader, Dick Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Dick Elliott, Carl Faulkner, Lee Frederick, Raoul Freeman, Dorothy Granger, Chuck Hamilton, William Joy, Perc Launders, Bert LeBaron, Lee Phelps, Tom Pilkington, Victor Potel, Harry Raven, John Roy, Dick Rush, Cy Slocum, Tex Swan, Minerva Urecal.

Recommended reading:

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

By Robert C. Du Soe.

First published 1938.

Published by Avon Books

ASIN: B00730V9GY

Description:

Screenwriter Du Soe's only novel, about an innocuous fellar name of Steve who gets in a car with the simple, corpulent Furgison. The pair pick up a couple of girls, and only after the bodies pile up does Furgison start to wonder who it is he's riding along with.

Born on this day – John S. Bartley:

John S. Bartley

Cinematographer

February 12, 1947 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

17th Precinct (2011); 21 Jump Street (1990–1991); A Cooler Climate (1999); A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's Masterclass (2016); A Feeling Called Glory (2000); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); Alien Lockdown (2004); Allure (2009); Another Life (2002); Another Stakeout (1993); Backfire (1987); Bates Motel (2013–2017); Bear Island (1979); Betrayed (1988); Beyond Betrayal (1994); Beyond the Stars (1989); Black River (2001); Booker (1990); Broken Badges (1991); Charlie's Angels (2011); Disturbing Behavior (1998); Dragon Age: Redemption (2011); Early Edition (1996); Echo (1997); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); Eye of the Widow (1991); Father Lefty (2002); Fear Factory: Cars (1999); First Blood (1982); Glory Days (2002); Grand Unified Theory (2016); Gray Matters (2006); Home Movie (1992); Hostage Rescue Team (2001); Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1980); Hunting Season (2013); Hypnotic (2021); Iceman (1984); Immediate Family (1989); Innocent (2011); Insomnia (2018); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); iZombie (2015); Jumpin' Joe (1992); Lost (2005–2010); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Masters of Horror and Suspense (1999); Mr. Patman (1980); Nancy Drew (2019); Naughty or Nice (2004); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Nobody's Child (1986); Odd Girl Out (2005); Outtakes (1977); Packin' It In (1983); Pearl (2020); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); RoboCop (2014); Roswell (1999–2000); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); See Spot Run (2001); Sky High (1990); Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983); Spartree (1978); Spinning Boris (2003); Swampy Roads (2025); Take One - She (2022); The Babysitter (1980); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Chronicles of Riddick (2004); The Commish (1991–1993); The Fare (1999); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Good Doctor (2017–2018); The Grey Fox (1982); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Matthew Shepard Story (2002); The Nickel Children (2005); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Raffle (1994); The Returned (2015); The Room Upstairs (1987); The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984); The Visitor (1997–1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X-Files (1993–1997); Then Came Jones (2003); Tricks (1997); Undercovers (2010–2012); Vikings (2013); Walker: Independence (2022); Where the Money Is (2000); Who'll Save Our Children? (1978); Wiseguy (1990); Wolf Lake (2001); Wrong Turn (2003); Wu Assassins (2019); Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991).

On this day in movie history - The Brasher Doubloon (1947 movie & novel):

The Brasher Doubloon

directed by John Brahm,

written by Leonard Praskins and Dorothy Bennett,

based on the novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

released in the United States on February 6, 1947.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast: George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, Marvin Miller, Reed Hadley.

Recommended reading:

Recommended reading:

The High Window

By Raymond Chandler.

Filmed as The Brasher Doubloon (1947), directed by John Brahm.

Published by Penguin.

First published 1942.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0241980658

ISBN-13: 978-0241980651

Description:

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe’s on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband’s collection. That’s the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That’s also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA puts cops’ noses seriously out of joint. If Marlowe doesn’t wrap this one up fast, he’s going to end up either in jail or in a wooden box in the ground...

Born on this day – Richard J. Anobile:

Richard J. Anobile

Writer

Producer

February 6, 1947 – February 10, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields (1972); Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1974); Alien: Movie Novel (1979); Casablanca (1974); Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas (1975); Hooray For Captain Spaulding (1974); James Whale's Frankenstein (The Film Classics Library) (1974); Play It Again, Sam: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1969); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Photostory (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Photostory (1980); The Maltese Falcon [Picador Film Classics Library] (1974); The Marx Bros. Scrapbook (1973); The Official Rocky Horror picture show movie novel (1980); Who's on First? Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello (1972); Why a Duck? (1971).

Movies and television:

1-800-Missing (2003–2006); 1st & Ten (1988–1990); A Family Lost (2007); A Friend of the Family (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); Aaron Stone (2010); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1998); Adventure Inc. (2002); Aladdin (1990); Atomic Twister (2002); Before You Say 'I Do' (2009); Blackout (2001); Brave New Girl (2004); Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996); Catwalk (1992–1995); Cinema and Sanctuary (2019); Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005); Cool Money (2005); Cypher (2002); Fellow Travelers (2023); Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005); Flashpoint (2011–2012); Going for Broke (2003); High Tide (1994 / 1995); Holiday Switch (2007); Liberace: Behind the Music (1988); Living with the Dead (2002); Lucky Christmas (2011); Matters of Life & Dating (2007); Murder at the Presidio (2005); Murdoch Mysteries (2011); My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011–2012); Never Cry Werewolf (2008); On Strike for Christmas (2010); On Thin Ice (2003); Picture Claire (2001); Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005); Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988); Sex/Life (2021); Smoke Screen (2010); Stunt Dawgs (1992); Submerged (2001); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); The Big Door Prize (2023); The Bridge (2010); The Gathering (2007); The Hoop Life (1999–2000); The House Next Door (2006); The Kings of Napa (2022); The Listener (2011); The Strain (2014–2017); Til Death Do Us Part (2007); Unnatural History (2010); X Company (2015–2017).

Born on this day – Paul Auster:

Paul Auster

Writer

Director

February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024

Credits:

Books and plays:

110 Stories (2004); 4 3 2 1 (2017); A Life in Words (2017); Auggie Wren's Christmas Story (1990); Baumgartner (2023); Bloodbath Nation (2023); Blue in the Face (1990); Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane (2021); Central Park: An Anthology (2012); City of Glass (1985); Collected Prose (2003); Collected Screenplays (2010); Dream Days in Hotel (1998); Ghosts (1986); Granta 58: Ambition (1997); Groundwork (2020); Hand to Mouth (1997); Here and Now (2012); In the Country of Last Things (1987); Invisible (2009); Leviathan (1992); Long Live King Kobe (2022); Lulu on the Bridge (1998); Man in the Dark (2008); Moon Palace (1989); Mr. Vertigo (1994); Oracle Night (2004); Paul Auster's New York (1997); Report from the Interior (2013); Smoke (1995); Sophie Calle: Double Game (1999); Strange Stories for Strange Kids (2001); Sunset Park (2010); Talking to Strangers (2019); The Art of Hunger (1983); The Book of Illusions (2002); The Brooklyn Follies (2005); The Future Dictionary of America (2004); The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2000); The Invention of Solitude (1985); The Locked Room (1986); The Music of Chance (1990); The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1983); The Red Notebook (1993); The Story of My Typewriter (2002); Timbuktu (1999); Translations (1997); Travels in the Scriptorium (2005); White Spaces (1980); Why Write? (1996); Winter Journal (2012).

Movies and television:

20 heures le journal (2001); 21 cm (2018); 50 anys en companyia (2009); 60 Minutes / Smoke Screen (1996); Act of God (2009); Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams (2009); Ànima (2012); Apos' (1987); Apostrophes (1990); As Smart As They Are: The Author Project (2005); Avisa'ns quan arribi el 2000 (1998); Babel (2017); Bestseller (2002 / 2003); Blue in the Face (1995); Bonnie (2022); Broken Flowers (2005); C politique (2020); Café littéraire (2009); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2009); Ceremonia de apertura - 55º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2007); Ceremonia de clausura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2007); Charlie Rose (1997–2004); Cinema 3 (2007); Continuarà... (2008); Conversas de Escritores (2009); David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016); Doc (2008); Double je (2002); Druckfrisch (2013); Edge of Outside (2006); El blog de Cayetana (2007); Èxit (2008); Fluxus (2004); Gomorron (2011); Hjemkomst (2004); I Remember (1999); In the Country of Last Things (2020); It Was Mine (2015); Joan Mitchell: Woman in Abstraction (2022); Kulturplatz (2013); Kulturzeit (2017); La grande librairie (2009–2022); La tarda (2008); La tele de tu vida (2007); Le carnet rouge (2004); Le cercle (1998); Le cercle de minuit (1997); Le Conversazioni, Close Up (2015); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2011); L'hora del lector (2008); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Los Siete Locos (2018); Lulu on the Bridge (1998); Mein Leben (2006); Newsnight (2017); Out of My Head (2018); Página 2 (2008–2017); Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (2015); Paul Auster: Le jeu du hasard (2019); Por Outro Lado (2005); Qwerty (2008–2012); Sabine Christiansen in Sabine Christiansen (2001); Saturday Review (1987); Skavlan (2013); Smoke (1995); Sqizo (2020); Talking Books (2012); The Accompanist (1992); The Center of the World (2001); The DVD Collection (2005); The Fall (1969); The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007); The Look / Age (2011); The Music of Chance (1993); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2020); Tot el temps del món (2018); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); Via llibre (2012).

Born on this day – Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk:

Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk

aka Melanie or Melanie Safka

Singer

Songwriter

February 3, 1947 – January 23, 2024

Credits:

Am I Real or What (1985); Antlers (1997); Arabesque (1982); As I See It Now (1974); Ballroom Streets (1978); Beautiful People (1999); Born to Be (1968); Candles in the Rain (1970); Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave (1988); Crazy Love (2002); Ever Since You Never Heard of Me (2010); Garden in the City (1971); Gather Me (1971); Low Country (1997); Madrugada (1974); Melanie (1987); Melanie (aka Affectionately Melanie) (1969); Moments from My Life (2002); Old Bitch Warrior (1996); Paled by Dimmer Light (2004); Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face (1978); Photograph (1976); Seventh Wave (1983); Silence Is King (1993); Silver Anniversary (1993); Stoneground Words (1972); Sunset and Other Beginnings (1975); The Good Book (1971).

Born on this day – Farrah Fawcett:

Farrah Fawcett

Actress

February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009

Credits:

1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997); A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah's Fight for Life (2008); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Access Hollywood (2005); All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (1998); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1999); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Apple's Way (1974); Baby (2000); Battle of the Network Stars (1976); Between Two Women (1986); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Charlie's Angels (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Chasing Farrah (2005); Children of the Dust (1995); Clive James' Postcard from... (1990); Comedy Central Roasts (2006); Criminal Behavior (1992); Dalva (1996); Days of Our Lives (1970); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1976); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Dubonnet: Aperitif Wine Commercial (1972); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2008); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Extremities (1986); Farrah's Story (2009); Good Morning America (1979–1989); Good Sports (1991); Harry O (1975–1976); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Hour Magazine (1980); Howard Stern (1997); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); Inside O.U.T. (1971); Intimate Portrait (2004); It's Your Bet (1971); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jewel (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2005); Johnny Bravo (1997); Just a Little Inconvenience (1977); Killer Fish (1979); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1997); Late Show with David Letterman (1997–2005); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Logan's Run (1976); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Man of the House (1995); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969); McCloud (1974); Murder in Texas (1981); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nancy (1970); Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986); Nightlife (1986); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987); S.W.A.T. (1975); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Saturn 3 (1980); See You in the Morning (1989); Silk Hope (1999); Small Sacrifices (1989); So Notorious (2006); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Spin City (2001); Steel (1979); Sunburn (1979); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Genii Awards (1990); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Apostle (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1980–1995); The Boodle (1969); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998); The Burning Bed (1984); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Captain and Tennille (1976); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Cookout (2004); The Dating Game (1969); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Fall Guy (1981); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Flunky (2000); The Flying Nun (1969–1970); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); The Guardian (2002–2003); The Journey of 'the Apostle' (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Lovemaster (1997); The Making of 'Dr. T and the Women' (2001); The Merv Griffin Show (1976–1978); The More You Know (1989); The Norseman (1978); The Partridge Family (1970); The Red-Light Sting (1984); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1976); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2005); ; The Vienna Opera Ball (aka Wiener Opernball) (2001); The World Sports Awards (2001); The Young Rebels (1970); Three's a Crowd (1969); Time & Again (2000); Today (1980–1984); Top Ten (2001); Tribute to a TV Legend: Aaron Spelling (2006).

On this day in movie history - The Unfaithful (1947):

The Unfaithful

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by David Goodis and James Gunn,

based on the 1927 play The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1947.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray, John Hoyt, Peggy Knudsen, Marta Mitrovich, Douglas Kennedy, Claire Meade, Frances Morris, Jane Harker, Heinie Conklin, Jack Mower, Leo White.

Born on this day – Mike Milligan:

Mike Milligan

Writer

Producer

Director

January 28, 1947 – December 20, 2024

Credits:

704 Hauser (1994); All in the Family (1976); Checking In (1981); Chico and the Man (1975); Dear John (1989–1991); Fatherhood (2004–2005); Good Times (1974); Here and Now (1992); Joe and Sons (1975); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Los Beltrán (1999–2000); Maude (1975); Melba (1986); That's My Mama (1974–1975); That's My Mama Now! (1986); The Jeffersons (1975–1981); The Royal Family (1991–1992); Unsung Hollywood (2017); What's Happening Now! (1985–1988).

Born on this day – Jean-Pierre Thorn:

Jean-Pierre Thorn

Director

Writer

January 24, 1947 – July 5, 2025

Credits:

93: La belle rebelle (2010); Allez, yallah! (2006); Emmanuelle (1966); Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994); Je t'ai dans la peau (1990); L'Âcre parfum des immortelles (2019); Le dos au mur (1980); On n'est pas des marques de vélo (2003); Oser lutter, oser vaincre (1969).