Born on this day – Daniela Giordano:

Daniela Giordano

Actress

November 7, 1947– December 16, 2022

Credits:

Batton Story (1976); Bloody Friday (1972); Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra! (1970); Daniela's Inquisition (2017); Dante's Project (2015); Death Walks on High Heels (1971); Ein kalter Tag (2017); Erba Celeste (2015); Eurotika! (1999); Evil Eye (1975); Find a Place to Die (1968); Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971); Four Times That Night (1971); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970); Help Me Have No Human Ways (2015); I barbieri di Sicilia (1967); Il fidanzamento (1975); Il lungo giorno del massacro (1968); Inquisition (1977); Jean-Roch Coignet (1969); Kara Murat: Seyh Gaffar'a Karsi (1977); Killer's Gold (1979); La cameriera (1974); La sfida dei MacKenna (1970); L'adolescente (1976); Le segrete esperienze di Luca e Fanny (1980); L'infermiera... di mio padre (1976); Lobo the Bastard (1971); Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973); Mondo Macabro (2001); Ombre roventi (1970); Play-Boy (1967); Reflections in Black (1975); Sexy Susan Sins Again (1968); Soror (2022); Stay Away from Trinity... When He Comes to Eldorado (1972); The 5-Man Army (1969); The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972); The Girl in Room 2A (1974); The Naked Doorwoman (1976); The Night of the Scorpion (1972); The World of Shadows (2015); Trinity and Sartana Are Coming (1972); Un toro da monta (1976); Un'estate, un inverno (1971); Vedo nudo (1969); Violent Rome (1975); Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972).

On this day in movie history - Body and Soul (1947):

Body and Soul

directed by Robert Rossen,

written by Abraham Polonsky,

was released in the United States on November 6, 1947.
Music by Hugo Friedhofer.

Cast:

John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney, Lloyd Gough, Canada Lee, Art Smith, Larry Steers, Larry Anzalone, Al Bain, Steve Benton, Eddie Borden, Paul Bradley, James Burke, George M. Carleton, James Carlisle, Wheaton Chambers, Mary Currier, Sayre Dearing, Artie Dorrell, Al Eben, Ceferino García, Joe Gray, Virginia Gregg, John Indrisano, Sheldon Jett, Milton Kibbee, Mike Lally, Glen Lee, Theodore Lorch, George Magrill, Sid Melton, Harold Miller, Forbes Murray, William H. O'Brien, Charles Perry, Paul Power, Mike Ragan, Bob Reeves, Frank Riggi, Cyril Ring, Shimen Ruskin, Tim Ryan, Bert Stevens, Dan Tobey, Sid Troy, Peter Virgo, John Wald, Ulysses Williams, Florence Wix.

Born on this day – Linda Haynes:

Linda Haynes

Actress

November 4, 1947 – July 17, 2023

Credits:

Brubaker (1980); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Human Experiments (1979); Rolling Thunder (1977); The Drowning Pool (1975); Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975); Paper Moon (1974); The Nickel Ride (1974); Coffy (1973); My Three Sons (1972); This Is the Life (1971); Counselor at Law (1971); Room 222 (1971); Latitude Zero (1969); In Like Flint (1967).

Born on this day – Jim Steinman:

Jim Steinman

Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:

(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora’s Box)

Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man’s a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993); Pandora’s Box: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf’s Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Meat Loaf: Read ‘Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 15 Storeys High (2004); 20 to 1 (2009–2011); 45 rpm (2019); 7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2016); 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008); 8-Bit Christmas (2021); A Few Best Men (2011); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Acapulco (2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Alibi.com (2016); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); American Idol (2002–2023); American Loser (2007); America's Got Talent (2019–2025); America's Weekend Headquarters (2022–2025); Anastasia (1997); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2022); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2017); Austenland (2013); Australian Idol (2003); BabyPinkStar Feat. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2007); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Bandits (2001); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beautiful People (2009); Beer and Board Games (2014); Behind the Music (1998); Benidorm (2009); Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015); Better Call Saul (2018); Better Man (2024); Big Brother (2013); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2001); Black Cat, White Cat (1998); Bob's Burgers (2018); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Kareen Antonn: Si demain... (Turn Around) (2004); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Bonnie Tyler in Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Book Club (2018); Borderline (2025); Bottoms (2023); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013–2015); Bullet Train (2022); Camera Café, la película (2022); Canadian Idol (2005); Casualty (1987); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Champs-Elysées (1984); Charter (2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020); Chuck (2009); Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (2008); Circumstance (2011); Classic Albums (1999); Claws (2018); Click (2006); Cold Case (2003–2006); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Coronation Street (2014); Cover Up (1984); Criminal Minds (2012); Crystal Swing: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2011); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2012); Dead Ringer (1982); Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014); Delta House (1979); Derry Girls (2022); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dope Thief (2025); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003); Dumb Money (2023); EastEnders (2004–2014); Ed (1996); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Eufòria (2023); Euphoria (2022); Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006); Fame (1984); Family Switch (2023); Fingernails (2023); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Footloose (1984 / 2011); Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2010); Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009); Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2019); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007); Futurama (2001); Future Man (2017); Get Shorty (2017); Ghost Graduation (2012); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Glee (2010–2012); Glee Encore (2011); Gloria Bell (2018); Good Morning Britain (2018–2019); Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 (2013); Great Performances (1998); Grey's Anatomy (2013–2014); Grown Ups 2 (2013); Half Brothers (2015); Happily (2021); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Heads of State (2025); Henry Danger (2020); Heroes Wanted (2016); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Holland (2025); Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1986); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); Idol (2002–2005); Idols (2004–2008); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2017); In Plain Sight (2008); It Takes Two (2008); J.J. de Bom voorheen: 'De kindervriend' (1979); Jan Wayne & Lena: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2001); JonTron (2012); JonTron's StarCade (2015); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); La chanson de l'année (2004); La Marató 2015 (2015); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Le trip à trois (2017); Leap of Faith (1992); Legendy Retro FM (2012); Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024); Life in Pieces (2015); Like Father (2018); Linzer Eiszauber (2018); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Live from Studio Five (2009); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Loki (2021); Loose Women (2010); Lost Islands (2008); Love Again (2023); Love Hard (2021); L'última nit del karaoke (2021); Mad for It (1998); Máme rádi Cesko (2017); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021); Meat Loaf & Cher: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video (2016); MEAT LOAF: A Celebration of Life (2022); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video (2016); Meat Loaf: Hits Out of Hell (1991); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015); Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004); Meat Loaf: London Meltdown Concert (1987); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meet Dave (2008); Men Behaving Badly (1998); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2015); Milkshake (1994); Mindhunter (2017); Minecraft Adventure Maps (2012); Modern Family (2017); Mom (2016); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2021); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); My Date with Drew (2004); My Mad Fat Diary (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2018–2022); #NoFilter (2023); NCIS: Hawai'i (2021); New British Canon (2020); New Year's Eve (2011); Night of the Coconut (2022); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody (2009); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Notting Hill (1999); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Old School (2003); One Day at a Time (2017); Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023); Opening Night (2016); Operación triunfo (2002–2008); Orphan Black: Echoes (2023); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Party Monster (2003); Pasapalabra (2017); Passo a due (2005); Phoenix Nights (2001–2002); Ping-pongkingen (2008); Planeta Singli 2 (2018); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1999); Private Desert (2021); Programa Livre (1991); Q-Force (2021); Queen Stars (2022); Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024); Regular Show (2012); Reunion (2005); Rex Viper: The Hero of Time (2025); Rise 'n Shine Og (2009); Rivals (2024); Riverdale (2021); Rockpalast (1978); Rosaline (2022); Roswell (2002); Rude Awakening (1989); Rude Tube (2010); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017–2023); Sarah Brightman in Concert (1998); Saturday Night Live (1978–2022); Saturday Night's Main Event (1985); Sausage Party (2016); School Wars (1984); Scream Queens (2016); Scrubs (2004); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Shrek 2 (2004); Singapore Idol (2004); Single Parents (2019); Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0 (1993); Skins (2007); Smallville (2009); Smoke (2025); So You Think You Can Dance (2007–2011); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Somewhere Over the Flagpole: A Nintendo Movie (2008); Stage Mother (2020); Stars in Their Eyes (1993–2000); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Stranger Things (2019); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2014–2016); Super Powers (2006); SuperStar KZ (2003–2004); Superstore (2020); Superwho? (2021); Sweetpea (2024); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Tähdet, tähdet (2024); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Tetris (2023); That '70s Show (1999); That's My Boy (2012); The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Bachelor (2019); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Breaker Upperers (2018); The Brit Awards 1994 (1994); The Challenge: All Stars (2025); The Charismatic Voice (2025); The Clash (2018–2021); The Crowded Room (2023); The Devil's Hour (2022); The Disco Ball (2003); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Film from Lot 15 (2018); The Five Devils (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2017); The Greatest (2000); The Last Showgirl (2024); The Lost Boy (2019); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Marco Effect (2021); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Masked Singer (2024); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2021); The Nanny (1997); The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (2009); The Other Side of the Tracks (1984); The Paul O'Grady Show (2009); The Penguin (2024); The Power of Parker (2023); The Project (2023–2024); The Racer (2020); The Shadow (1994); The Shiny Shrimps (2019); The Sing-Off (2013); The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Uncovering (2018); The Vicar of Dibley (1999); The Voice (2016); The Voice Generations (2023); The Voice Kids Philippines (2024); The Voice of the Philippines (2013); The Voice UK (2013); The Vow (2012); The Way Way Back (2013); The X Factor UK (2005–2015); The Z-Suite (2025); This Is 40 (2012); This Is My Moment (2001); This Morning (2009); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); To Die Like a Man (2009); Top of the Pops (1979–1998); Totally Frank (2005); Trolls (2016); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena (2013–2018); Ultimate Albums (2002); Urban Legend (1998); VH1 Storytellers (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022); We Dem Arby's BoyZ (2020); Whiskey Cavalier (2019); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989); With Love (2021); Wuthering Heights (2003); Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2009); Zoe Ball on ... (2018); Zookeeper (2011).

Born on this day – Angus MacInnes:

Angus MacInnes

Actor

October 27, 1947 – December 23, 2024

Credits:

Don't (2025); Bobster's Podblast (2021); Tour de Force: Angus MacInnes on 'Force 10 from Navarone' (2020); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Elstree 1976 (2015); Captain Phillips (2013); Vikings (2013); I Am the Architect (2012); Talking Piranhas (2010); I'll Be Right Here (2010); High Plains Invaders (2009); Dach (2007); Flight of Fury (2007); USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom (2007); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); The Big Forever (2006); The Black Dahlia (2006); Living the Quake (2006); The Jacket (2005); Fooling Hitler (2004); Hellboy (2004); Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003); Soraya (2003); Amen. (2002); Formula 51 (2001); Enigma (2001); Too Much Sun (2000); Yesterday's Children (2000); Rhythm & Blues (2000); Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (1999); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Space Island One (1998); McLibel! (1997); Over Here (1996); Emmerdale Farm (1996); Judge Dredd (1995); Paris (1994); Roughnecks (1994); Clue (1994); Between the Lines (1993); Lovejoy (1993); Sleepers (1991); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); Spies Inc. (1992); The Play on One (1990); The Krays (1990); Screen Two (1990); Howards' Way (1989); Gross Anatomy (1989); Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989); Honor Bound (1988); Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988); A Father's Revenge (1988); The New Statesman (1987); Half Moon Street (1986); Loose Ends (1986); Evergreen (1985); John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985); Witness (1985); Bedroom Eyes (1984); Best Revenge (1984); The Edison Twins (1984); Louisiane (1984); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Spasms (1983); Strange Brew (1983); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983); The Sender (1982); Murder by Phone (1982); If You Could See What I Hear (1982); The Littlest Hobo (1980–1981); Outland (1981); The Great Detective (1981); Superman II (1980); Dirty Tricks (1980); Atlantic City (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); Force 10 from Navarone (1978); The English Programme (1978); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Space: 1999 (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1977); Wodehouse Playhouse (1976); Play for Today (1975); Rollerball (1975).

Born on this day – Lydia Lisle:

Lydia Lisle

Actress

October 26, 1947 – May 11, 2017

Credits:

Beryl's Lot (1975); Drummonds (1985–1987); Marked Personal (1974); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1977); Pickersgill People (1978); Play for Today (1973–1978); Rooms (1975); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Sounding Brass (1980); Space: 1999 (1976); The Elephant Man (1980); The Professionals (1978–1979); The Sweeney (1978); The Tomorrow People (1975); Whodunnit? (1973).

Born on this day – William Girdler:

William Girdler

Director

Writer

Composer

Producer

October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978

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

The Unsuspected

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall and Bess Meredyth,

based on the novel by Charlotte Armstrong,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1947.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Ted North, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Nana Bryant, Walter Baldwin, Ray Walker, Barbara Woodell.

Recommended reading - The Chair for Martin Rome (1947):

The Chair for Martin Rome

By Henry Edward Helseth.

ASIN: B0007I5CI0

First published 1947.

Published by Pocket Books.

Paperback.

Description:

Condemned killer escapes.

Martin Rome killed a policeman during a robbery. For this the State sentenced him to the electric chair. But before that bleak final moment Martin Rome had business to finish outside the jail – matters of stolen jewels and some human rats and a girl whose very existence he denied to the detectives but whose reality for him transcended all things. The swift, terrifying story of his mad undertaking, the grim revelation it brought to the police and, even more grimly, to Rome itself, is an emotional experience that leaves the reader thrilled and unnerved at the closing page.

“Just about the most real and convincing tough-job that has come in this season. Not easily forgettable.”

– Saturday Review of Literature.

On this day in movie history - Dark Passage (1947):

Dark Passage

directed and written by Delmer Daves,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on September 27, 1947.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson, John Arledge, Frank Wilcox.

Born on this day – Meat Loaf:

Meat Loaf

Singer

Actor

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Bad Attitude (1984); Blind Before I Stop (1986); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995); Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010); Hell in a Handbasket (2011); Braver Than We Are (2016).

Movies / television / music videos:

Ghost Wars (2017–2018); Elementary (2012); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues (2016); Sausage Party (2016); Wishin' and Hopin' (2014); Stage Fright (2014); All American Christmas Carol (2013); The Moment (2013); Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney (2012); U B Da Judge (2012); Fairly Legal (2011); Absolute Killers (2011); Polish Bar (2010); Glee (2009); Beautiful Boy (2010); Burning Bright (2010); Meat Loaf: Los Angeloser (2010); Monk (2002); Citizen Jane (2009); House (2004); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I'm Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Urban Decay (2007); Meat Loaf: Cry Over Me (2007); Meat Loaf: Blind As a Bat (2006); Masters of Horror (2005); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); The Pleasure Drivers (2006); Memento of Flesh and Bones (2005); BloodRayne (2005); Crazylove (2005); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Extreme Dating (2005); Fight Club (2004); A Hole in One (2004); Meat Loaf: Did I Say That? (2003); Meat Loaf: Man of Steel (2003); Learning Curves (2003); Meat Loaf: Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); John Doe (2002); The Car Kid (2002); Wishcraft (2002); The Salton Sea (2002); Polish Spaghetti (2001); Formula 51 (2001); Focus (2001); Trapped (2001); Rustin (2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); From Spam to Sperm (2000); Blacktop (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999); Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999); Fight Club (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Outside Ozona (1998); South Park (1997); Everything That Rises (1998); The Mighty (1998); Black Dog (1998); Gunshy (1998); Spice World (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Nash Bridges (1996); Meat Loaf: Not a Dry Eye in the House (1996); Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); To Catch a Yeti (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Top of the Pops (1964); Cher: The Video Collection (1993); Psyched for Snuppa (1993); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Leap of Faith (1992); The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Lightning Force (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Motorama (1991); Monsters (1988); The Squeeze (1987); Meat Loaf: Getting Away with Murder (1986); Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986); Meat Loaf Feat. John Parr: Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985); The Equalizer (1985); Rebellious Jukebox (1983); Feel the Motion (1985); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Modern Girl (1984); Meat Loaf: Razor's Edge (1983); Meat Loaf: If You Really Want To (1983); Will Powers: Adventures in Success (1983); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Roadie (1980); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Americathon (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); State Fair (1962).

On this day in movie history - Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947):

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

directed by Reginald Le Borg,

written by Lawrence Taylor,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1947.
Music by Emil Cadkin, Ernest Gold and Karl Hajos.

Cast:

Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, William Newell, Tom Quinn, Harry Strang, Frank Wilcox.

Born on this day – Cindy Williams:

Cindy Williams

Actress

Producer

August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023

Credits:

10th Annual TV Land Awards (2012); 1998 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1998); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 7th Heaven (2002); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Dream of Christmas (2016); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); America 2-Night (1978); American Graffiti (1973); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Andy's Funhouse (1979); Are We There Yet? (2012); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Beltline to Broadway / Podcast Series (2022); Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick (2015); Beware! The Blob (1972); Big Man on Campus (1989); Bingo (1991); Biography (1999–2005); Bloopers Galore (1989); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Canaan Land (2020); Cannon (1974); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); CHiPs (1979–1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Classic Bloopers (1990); Cos (1976); Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delphine and Carole (2019); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1976); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Drive (2007); Drive, He Said (1971); Earth Angel (1991); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1998–2023); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again (2002); Entertainment Tonight Presents: TV's Greatest Scandals (2000); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); For Goodness Sake (1993); For Your Love (2000–2002); From Dollars to Donuts: An Undressing of the First Nudie Musical (2002); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. 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On this day in movie history - Kiss of Death (1947):

Kiss of Death

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer,

based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1947.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, Alexander Campbell, Harry Carter, Dort Clark, Eva Condon, Harry Cooke, Harold Crane, Frank DeKova, James Doody, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Foran Jr., David Fresco, Harold Gary, Don Giovanni, Marilee Grassini, James Charles Heard, Eda Heinemann, Lou Herbert, Herbert Holcombe, Arthur Holland, Harry Kadison, Robert Karnes, Ronald King, Arthur Kramer, John Kullers, Harry Landers, Perc Launders, Franklyn Lenthall, Paul Lilly, Pat Malone, Iris Mann, John Marley, Gregg Martell, Charles McClelland, Norman McKay, Richard Midgley, Carl Milletaire, Millard Mitchell, Mary Morrison, Consuela O'Connor, Gloria O'Connor, William O'Leary, Wendell K. Phillips, Yvonne Rob, Stephen Roberts, Anthony Ross, Mel Ruick, Jack Rutherford, Lee Sanford, Bernard Sell, George Shelton, Irene Shirley, J. Scott Smart, A. George Smith, John Stearns, Richard Taber, Victor Thorley, Lawrence Tiernan, Tito Vuolo, Milton Wallace, Jesse White, Bill Zuckert.

Recommended reading - In a Lonely Place (1947):

In a Lonely Place

By Dorothy B. Hughes.

Published by NYRB Classics.

Published 1947.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1681371472

ISBN-13: 978-1681371474

Description:

“In a Lonely Place blasted my mind open to new ways of reading.” – Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Review of Books.

Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele.  To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night – bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out – seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who’s been terrorizing the women of the city for months...

Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.

“Crime was never Hughes’s interest, evil was, and to be evil, for her, is to be intolerant of others... With her poetic powers of description, she makes that evil a sickness in the mind and a landscape to be surveyed.” – Christine Smallwood, The New Yorker’s Page-Turner Blog.

“A tour de force laying open the mind and motives of a killer with extraordinary empathy. The structure is flawless, and the scenes of postwar LA have an immediacy that puts Chandler to shame. No wonder Hughes is the master we keep turning to.” – Sara Paretsky.

Born on this day – Stuart Gordon:

Stuart Gordon

Director

Writer

August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020

Born on this day – Dick Pope:

Dick Pope

Cinematographer

August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024

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