On this day in movie history - Paris, Texas (1984):

Paris, Texas

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1984.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson, Viva Auder, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Nastassja Kinski, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Brandy Tipton.

On this day in music history - Bad Attitude, by Meat Loaf (1984):

Bad Attitude

Album by Meat Loaf,

released November 2, 1984.

Track list:

Bad Attitude; Modern Girl; Nowhere Fast; Surf’s Up; Piece of the Action; Jumpin’ the Gun; Cheatin’ In Your Dreams; Don’t Leave Your Mark On Me; Sailor to a Siren.

On this day in movie history - The Terminator (1984):

The Terminator

directed by James Cameron,

written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1984.
Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M. Kerner, Franco Columbu, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden, Brian Thompson, William Wisher, Ken Fritz, Tom Oberhaus, Ed Dogans, Ed Dogans, Joe Farago, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Tony Mirelez, Philip Gordon, Anthony Trujillo, Stan Yale, Al Kahn, Leslie Morris, Hugh Farrington, Harriet Medin, Loree Frazier, James Ralston, Norman Friedman, Barbara Powers, Wayne Stone, David Michels, John E. Bristol, Webster Williams, Patrick Pinney, Bill W. Richmond, Chino ‘Fats’ Williams, Greg Robbins, Marianne Muellerleile, John Durban, Robin Antin, Marian Green, J. Randolph Harrison, David Kristin, Darrell Mapson, Bob Ritchie, John Stuart West.

On this day in movie history - George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984):

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

documentary directed and written by George Stevens Jr.,

was released at the Deauville Film Festival in France on September 25, 1984.

Narrated by George Stevens Jr.

Music by Carl Davis.

Cast:

Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman, Frank Capra, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Katharine Hepburn, John Huston, Rouben Mamoulian, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joel McCrea, Ivan Moffat, Alan J. Pakula, Hermes Pan, Millie Perkins, Hal Roach, Ginger Rogers, Irwin Shaw, Jack Sher, Yvonne Howell, Antonio Vellani, Max von Sydow, Fred Zinnemann, George Stevens Jr., Jean Arthur, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Sam Jaffe, Alan Ladd, Fred MacMurray, Jack Palance, George Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Shelley Winters, Charles Coburn, Brandon De Wilde, Joan Fontaine, Oliver Hardy, Van Heflin, Stan Laurel, Hattie McDaniel, Victor McLaglen.

On this day in movie history - The Evil That Men Do (1984):

The Evil That Men Do

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by John M. Crowther and David Lee Henry,

based on the novel by R. Lance Hill,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1984.
Music by Ken Thorne.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, José Ferrer, René Enríquez, John Glover, Raymond St. Jacques, Antoinette Bower, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Luke, Mischa Hausserman, Roger Cudney, Constanza Hool, Joe Seneca, Jorge Zepeda, Conrad Hool, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Angélica Aragón, Rodrigo Puebla, Amanda Nicole Thomas, Anaís de Melo, Eduardo López Rojas, Carlos Romano, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Richard Brodie, Alfredo Tarzan Gutiérrez, Jorge Humberto Robles, Fernando Sáenz.

On this day in movie history - Amadeus (1984):

Amadeus

directed by Miloš Forman,

written by Peter Shaffer,

based on the play by Peter Shaffer,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1984.

Music credits:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mark Adler, Laszlo Heltay, Ling Ling Li, Zdenek Mahler, Neville Marriner, John McCarthy, Simon Preston, Robert Randles, John Strauss, Jonas Thaler and Marc Grauwels.

Cast:

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett, Barbara Bryne, Martin Cavani, Roderick Cook, Milan Demjanenko, Peter DiGesu, Michele Esposito, Richard Frank, Patrick Hines, Nicholas Kepros, Philip Lenkowsky, Herman Meckler, Jonathan Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Brian Pettifer, Vincent Schiavelli, Douglas Seale, Miroslav Sekera, Cassie Stuart, John Strauss, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Rita Zohar.

Recommended reading - Dark City: The Film Noir (1984):

Dark City: The Film Noir

By Spencer Selby.

Published by McFarland Classics.

Published 1984.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786404787

ISBN-13: 978-0786404780

Description:

The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas. The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics – such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions of nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.

San Francisco’s Spencer Selby spent over five years researching and writing Dark City. This acclaimed work was called “a first-rate reference” by Booklist, while American Reference Books Annual called the book “Brilliant … both valuable and informative.”

On this day in movie history - Terror in the Aisles (1984):

Terror in the Aisles

documentary directed by Andrew J. Kuehn,

written by Margery Doppelt,

was released in the United States on August 31, 1984.
Hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen.
Music by John Beal.

Clips shown from the following movies:

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Alien (1979); Alligator (1980); Alone in the Dark (1982); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Bug (1975); Carrie (1976); Cat People (1982); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Creepshow (1982); Dawn of the Dead (1978); Dracula (1979); Dressed to Kill (1980); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); Firestarter (1984); Frenzy (1972); Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981); Friday the 13th Part III (1982); Frogs (1972); Grizzly (1976); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982); Hold That Ghost (1941); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); Jaws (1975); Jaws 2 (1978); King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962); Klute (1971); Konga (1961); Marathon Man (1976); Midnight Express (1978); Ms .45 (1981); Night of the Living Dead (1968); Nighthawks (1981); Nightwing (1979); Phantom of the Paradise (1974); Piranha (1978); Play Misty for Me (1971); Poltergeist (1982); Prophecy (1979); Psycho (1960); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Saturday the 14th (1981); Scanners (1981); Scared Stiff (1953); Sisters (1972); Strangers on a Train (1951); Suspiria (1977); Tarantula! (1955); The Birds (1963); The Brood (1979); The Car (1977); The Deadly Mantis (1957); The Exorcist (1973); The Fly (1958); The Fog (1980); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Funhouse (1981); The Fury (1978); The Ghost Breakers (1940); The Howling (1981); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Legacy (1978); The Omen (1976); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Seduction (1982); The Shining (1980); The Silent Partner (1978); The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); The Thing (1982); The Thing with Two Heads (1972); The Wolf Man (1941); This Island Earth (1955); To Catch a Thief (1955); Vice Squad (1982); Videodrome (1983); Wait Until Dark (1967); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); When a Stranger Calls (1979).

Cast:

Bud Abbott, Brooke Adams, Julia Adams, Ana Alicia, Alan Arkin, Susan Backlinie, Belinda Balaski, Martin Balsam, Adrienne Barbeau, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Berridge, Sidney Blackmer, Nina Blackwood, Linda Blair, Wilford Brimley, Richard Brooker, Marilyn Burns, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Veronica Cartwright, John Cassavetes, Lon Chaney Jr., Lou Costello, Charles Cioffi, Joan Crawford, Richard Crenna, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keith David, Bette Davis, Brad Davis, Joan Davis, Angie Dickinson, Faye Dunaway, Griffin Dunne, Shelley Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Fairchild, Mia Farrow, William Finley, Jane Fonda, John Gavin, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Gerrit Graham, Cary Grant, Rosey Grier, Charles Hallahan, Gunnar Hansen, Jessica Harper, Debbie Harry, Rutger Hauer, Wings Hauser, David Hedison, Tippi Hedren, Dustin Hoffman, Ian  Holm,Season Hubley, Michael Ironside, Amy Irving, Carol Kane, Boris Karloff, Grace Kelly, Persis Khambatta, Margot Kidder, Dana Kimmell, Adrienne King, Yaphet Kotto, Elsa Lanchester, Stephen Lack, Martin Landau, Frank Langella, Piper Laurie, Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, Danny Lloyd, Lynn Lowry, Bela Lugosi, Zoe Tamerlis Lund, Herbert Marshall, Dean Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Leo McKern, Teri McMinn, Vera Miles, Jason Miller, Tawny Moyer, David Naughton, Kate Nelligan, Jack Nicholson, Laurence Olivier, Heather O'Rourke, Patricia Owens, Betsy Palmer, Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Vincent Price, Lee Remick, Kurt Russell, Roy Scheider, P. J. Soles, Sissy Spacek, Sylvester Stallone, Harry Dean Stanton, Amy Steel, Andrew Stevens, Catherine Mary Stewart, Donald Sutherland, Gary Swanson, Max von Sydow, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Robert Walker, Dee Wallace, Jessica Walter, Sigourney Weaver, Jack Weston, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Dee Williams, James Woods.

On this day in movie history - Tightrope (1984):

Tightrope

directed and written by Richard Tuggle,

was released in the United States on August 17, 1984.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck, Marco St. John, Rebecca Perle, Regina Richardson, Randi Brooks, Jamie Rose, Margaret Howell, Rebecca Clemons, Janet MacLachlan, Graham Paul, Bill Holliday, John Wilmot, Margie O'Dair, Joy N. Houck Jr., Stuart Baker-Bergen, Donald Barber, Robert Harvey, Ron Gural, Layton Martens, Richard Charles Boyle, Becki Davis, Jonathan Sachar, Valerie Thibodeaux, Lionel Ferbos, Eliott Keener, Cary Wilmot Alden, David Valdes, James Borders, Fritz Manes, Jonathan Shaw, Don Lutenbacher, G. Wood, Kimberly Georgoulis, Glenda Byers, John Schluter, Nick Krieger, Lloyd Nelson, David Dahlgren, Rod Masterson, Glenn Wright, Angela Hill, Ted Saari, Tommy Gotti Coleman.