On this day in movie history - The Survivor (2021):

The Survivor

directed by Barry Levinson,

written by Justine Juel Gillmer,

was released in the United States on April 27, 2022.
Based on the book Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano, by Alan Scott Haft.
Also, the graphic novel The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, by Reinhard Kleist.
Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, Saro Emirze, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Dar Zuzovsky, Laurent Papot, Paul Bates, Svetlana Kundish, Sonya Cullingford, Michael Epp, Erik Contzius, Kingston Vernes, Sophie Knapp, Zachary Golinger, Charles Brice, Scott Alexander Young, John Guerrasio, Pablo Raybould, Amalina Ace, Bálint Magyar, Márk Szekulesz, Aaron Serotsky, Miklós Kapácsy, Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Widder, Patrick McCullough, Peter Linka, Hans Peterson, Katia Bokor, Stephen Saracco, Björn Freiberg, Nikos Brisco, Alan Jouban, Adam Zambryzcki, András Kovács, Gábor Czap, Anthony Molinari, Zsolt Erdei, Zach Anderson, Árpád Antolik, Attila Arpa, Marc Alan Austen, Jeff Burhans, Sandy Burhans, Christian Carrigan, Jim Cleary, Karim Ghajji, Emerson Henley, Roderick Hill, Ken Holmes, Zámbó István, Colton Langan, Perla Middleton, Robert Myers, Cailyn Peddle, Peter Schueller, Marc Schöttner, Ferenc Iván Szabó, Balázs Veres, Conor William Wright, Lauren Yaffe.

On this day in music history - Diamond Baby Blues, by Lee Aaron (2018):

The album Diamond Baby Blues,

by Lee Aaron,

was released on April 27, 2018.

On this day in movie history - The Raven (2012):

The Raven

directed by James McTeigue,

written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare,

was released in the United States on April 27, 2012.
Inspired by the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845.
Music by Lucas Vidal.

Cast:

John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Sam Hazeldine, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, Adrian Rawlins, Aidan Feore, Dave Legeno, Michael Cronin, Michael Poole, Michael Shannon, Ian Virgo, Michael J. Fourticq, Jasmina Ilic, Teodora Uveric, Kristof Farkas, Luka Mijatovic, József Tálos, Matt Devere, Sergej Trifunovic, Milos Djuricic, Mike Kelly, Bojan Peric, Ana Sofrenovic, Steve Agnew, Malina Nikolic, Miklós Kapácsy, Andrew Hefler, Pierre Boris Jaurdin, Tamara Krcunovic, Jason Ryan, Antal Publik, László Konter, Mark C. Phelan, Krisztián Peer, Annamaria Ordog, Ádám Földi, Dejan Cubrilov, Máté Haumann, Péter Fancsikai, Sava Rapic, Charity Wakefield, John Warnaby, Matt Slack.

On this day in movie history - Q&A (1990):

Q&A

directed and written by Sidney Lumet,

based on the novel by Edwin Torres,

was released in the United States on April 27, 1990.
Music by Rubén Blades.

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzmán, Charles S. Dutton, Jenny Lumet, Paul Calderon, International Chrysis, Dominic Chianese, Leonardo Cimino, Fyvush Finkel, Gustavo Brens, Martin E. Brens, Maurice Schell, Thomas Mikal Ford, John Capodice, Frederick Rolf, Hal Lehrman, Gloria Irizarry, Brian Neill, Susan Mitchell, Drew Eliot, Frank Raiter, Harry Madsen, Jerry Ciauri, George Kodisch, Burtt Harris, Michael A. Joseph, Cynthia O'Neal, Victor Colicchio, Anibal O. Lleras, José Rafael Arango, David Dill, Alex Ruiz, Richard Solchik, Edward Rogers III, Junior Perez, Javier Ríos, June Stein, Rod Rodriguez, Sonny Vito, Olga Merediz, Peter Gumeny, Edward Rowan, Danny Darrow, José Collazo, José Alvarez, G.W. Bailey, Janis Corsair, David Hummel.

Born on this day – Rachel Caine:

Rachel Caine

Writer

April 27, 1962 – November 1, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Ash and Quill (2017); Bite Club (2011); Bitter Blood (2012); Bitter Falls (2020); Black Dawn (2012); Bridge of Shadows (1998); Cape Storm (2009); Carniepunk (2013); Carpe Corpus (2009); Chicks Kick Butt (2011); Chill Factor (2005); Copper Moon (1997); Daylighters (2013); Dead Air: The Complete Season 1 (2018); Dead Girl's Dance (2007); Devil's Bargain (2005); Devil's Due (2006); Exile, Texas (2003); Fade Out (2009); Fall of Night (2013); Feast of Fools (2008); Firestorm (2006); Gale Force (2008); Ghost Town (2010); Glass Houses (2006); Glass Houses / Dead Girls' Dance / Midnight Alley (2010); Heartbreak Bay (2021); Heat Stroke (2004); Honor Among Thieves (2018); Honor Bound (2019); Honor Lost (2020); Ill Wind (2003); Ink and Bone (2015); Killman Creek (2017); Kiss of Death (2010); Kolchak: The Night Stalker / The Night Stalker Casebook (2006); Last Breath (2011); Line Of Sight (2007); Lord of Misrule (2008); Marion, Missing (2016); Midnight Alley (2007); Midnight Bites (2016); Morganville Vampires Series 1 and 2 (2017); Paper and Fire (2016); Prince of Shadows (2014); Shiny (2011); Smoke and Iron (2018); Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon (2004); Stargate SG-1: Stepping Through the Stargate (2004); Stillhouse Lake (2017); Sword and Pen (2019); Terminated (2013); The Cold Girl (2014); The Morganville Vampires (2009); The Morganville Vampires Collection (2013); The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 (2011); The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 (2011); The Morganville Vampires: Collection 1-8 (2010); The Morganville Vampires: Volume 2 (2010); Thin Air (2007); Total Eclipse (2010); Trapper Road (2022); Two Weeks Notice (2012); Unbroken (2012); Undone (2009); Unknown (2010); Unseen (2011); Windfall (2005); Wolfhunter River (2019); Working Stiff (2011).

Television and radio:

Dead Air (2021); Morganville: The Series (2014); Rêves et Cris (2012).

Born on this day – August Wilson:

August Wilson

Writer

April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

Credits:

Written work:

Black Bart and the Sacred Hills; Fences; Fullerton Street; Gem of the Ocean; How I Learned What I Learned; Jitney!; Joe Turner's Come and Gone; King Hedley II; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Placebo; Profiles in Science: One Man and One Woman / William Harvey; Radio Golf; Recycle; Seven Guitars; The Coldest Day of the Year; The Ground on Which I Stand; The Homecoming; The Janitor; The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running.

Movies, video and television:

60 Minutes / Viola / August Wilson (2002–2021); American Masters (2015); Charlie Rose (1998); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1990); Fences (2012); Fences (2016); Literary Visions (1992); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020); On Broadway (2019); PBS NewsHour (2020–2024); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The Naked Proof (2003); The Piano Lesson (1995); Working in the Theatre (1987–2001).

Born on this day – Jack Klugman:

Jack Klugman

Actor

April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012

Credits:

12 Angry Men (1957); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 65th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1996); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Couple of Dons (1973); Act One (1963); Actor's Studio (1950); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); American Masters (1995); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banyon (1972); Ben Casey (1962–1965); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1955); Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer (2006); Biography (1997–2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993); Brother's Keeper (1999); Cain's Hundred (1962); Camera Obscura (2010); Camera Three (1966); Cathode Fuck (1986); Celanese Theatre (1952); Celebrity Bowling (1974); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Challenge of the Tiger (1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Climax! (1955); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953); Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (1981); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Crime Syndicate (1951); Crossing Jordan (2002); Cry Terror! (1958); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Dear God (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1997–1999); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dinah's Place (1973); Dominic's Dream (1974); Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck (1975); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Energy Crisis (1974); Entertainment Tonight (2010 / 2016); Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966); Famous Lives (1983); Flip (1973); Folio (1959); Follow the Sun (1961); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); General Electric Theater (1958); Goodbye, Columbus (1969); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1956); Great Circus Spectaculars: Circus of the Lions (1976); Great Performances (1987); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Grubstake (1952); Gunsmoke (1958); Hail, Mafia (1965); Harris Against the World (1964–1965); He Said, She Said (1970); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001–2003); I Could Go on Singing (1963); In the Cutz (2006); Inner Sanctum (1954); Insight (1964–1979); Intimate Portrait (2003); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1963); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973–1985); Joe Louis: For All Time (1984); Justice (1954–1956); Kiss Me, Kate (1958); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1956); Larry King in Larry King Live (2001–2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005); Living in TV Land (2004); Look Up and Live (1963); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Love and the Cheaters / Love and the Big Game (1971–1972); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (2012); Magic with the Stars (1982); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Man of the Century (1999); Marty (1955); Match Game (1973–1978); Match Game PM (1978–1981); More TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Naked City (1959–1963); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC Family Christmas (1981); NFL Players Association Awards Dinner (1973); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Not for Publication (1952); One of My Wives Is Missing (1976); Parade of Stars (1983); Parallel Lives (1994); Password (1971–1975); Password Plus (1979); Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011); Playhouse 90 (1957–1959); Poor Devil (1973); Presidio Med (2002–2003); Producers' Showcase (1955); Quest (1962–1963); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); Rocky King, Detective (1952–1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Salute! (1983); Sammy and Company (1975); Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001); Shining Time Station: Second Chances (1995); Short Short Dramas (1953); Special for Women: The Cold Woman (1960); Starlight Theatre (1950); Straightaway (1961); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Studio One (1955–1958); Studio One Documentary (2002); Sunday Showcase (1960); Suspense (1950); Suspicion (1957–1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962); TCM Guest Programmer (2007); Telethon (1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973–1977); The $25,000 Pyramid (1976–1977); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards (1997); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 5th Annual National WAIF Humanitarian Awards (1989); The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli (1987); The Big Story (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1976); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Show (1973–1974); The Defenders (1961–1964); The Detective (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The F.B.I. (1965–1970); The Florence Henderson Show (2008–2009); The Fugitive (1963–1965); The Great Adventure (1964); The Greatest Gift (1954–1955); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1977); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1976); The Insider (2009); The Investigator (1958); The Jon Stewart Show (1994); The Love Boat (1985); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1980); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The New Breed (1962); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Odd Couple Out-Takes (2005); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Oscars (2013); The Outer Limits (2000); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Beverly Hills (1989); The Shape of Things (1973); The Split (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1986); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Twilight of the Golds (1996); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Underground Man (1974); The Untouchables (1961–1963); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Vin Scully Show (1973); The Virginian (1964); The Walter Winchell File (1959); The Web (1953); The Wonderful World of Aggravation (1972); The Yellow Canary (1963); The Young Turks (2005); Then Came Bronson (1969); Third Watch (2000); This Is Your Life (1957 / 1984); Time Table (1956); Too Much TV (2016); Treasury Men in Action (1955); Two-Minute Warning (1976); US Against the World (1977); Watching the Dead (2009); Weekend Express (2022); When Do We Eat? (2005); Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971); Whodunnit? (1979); You Again? (1986–1987); Your New Day (1980); Your Total Health (2005).

Born on this day – Florence La Badie:

Florence La Badie

Actress

April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917

Credits:

A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913); A Debut in the Secret Service (1914); A Deep Sea Liar (1913); A Disciple of Nietzsche (1915); A Freight Car Honeymoon (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Knight of the Road (1911); A Leak in the Foreign Office (1914); A Love of Long Ago (1912); A Master of Millions (1911); A Mother's Faith (1911); A Noise Like a Fortune (1912); A Peaceful Victory (1913); A Poor Relation (1913); A Star Reborn (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Twentieth Century Farmer (1913); Adrift in a Great City (1914); After the Ball (1910); All Aboard (1915); An Honest Young Man (1913); An Unromantic Maiden (1913); As It Was in the Beginning (1912); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); Aurora Floyd (1912); Beauty in the Seashell (1913); Beneath the Veil (1911); Bianca Forgets (1915); Big Sister (1912); Bobby, the Coward (1911); Called Back (1912); Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914); Cinderella (1911); Crossed Wires (1915); Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913); Cymbeline (1913); Dave's Love Affair (1911); David Copperfield (1911); Divorce and the Daughter (1916); Dottie's New Doll (1912); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912); East Lynne (1912); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Extravagance (1912); Fighting Blood (1911); Flying to Fortune (1912); For the Man She Loved (1913); From the Shadows (1914); Getting Even (1909); God's Witness (1915); Graft vs. Love (1915); Her Confession (1915); Her Gallant Knights (1913); Her Ladyship's Page (1912); Her Life and His (1917); Her Sacrifice (1911); Her Sister's Secret (1913); How She Triumphed (1911); In Blossom Time (1912); In the Chorus (1911); In the Nick of Time (1913); In the Window Recess (1909); In Their Hour of Need (1913); Jess (1912); Jilted (1912); Life's Pathway (1913); Little Brother (1913); Louie, the Life Saver (1913); Lucile (1912); Ma and Dad (1912); Madame Rex (1911); Mary's Goat (1912); Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (1916); Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912); Monsieur Lecoq (1915); Monsieur Nikola Dupree (1915); Mr. Meeson's Will (1915); Mutual Weekly, No. 78 (1916); My Baby's Voice (1912); Oh! Such a Beautiful Ocean (1913); Paradise Lost (1911); Petticoat Camp (1912); Redemption (1913); Reincarnation (1915); Rejuvenation (1912); Retribution (1913); Rosie's Revenge (1913); Saint, Devil and Woman (1916); Serious Sixteen (1910); Some Fools There Were (1913); Swords and Hearts (1911); Taming a Husband (1910); Tannhäuser (1913); The Adventure of Florence (1915); The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance (1914); The Arab's Bride (1912); The Baseball Bug (1911); The Blight of Wealth (1913); The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911); The Broken Cross (1911); The Buddhist Priestess (1911); The Cat's Paw (1914); The Country Girl (1915); The County's Prize Baby (1912); The Cycle of Hatred (1915); The Diamond Star (1911); The Duel in the Dark (1915); The Elevator Man (1914); The Evidence of the Film (1913); The Fear of Poverty (1916); The Final Reckoning (1915); The Finger Prints of Fate (1915); The Five Faults of Flo (1916); The Fugitive (1916); The Girl of the Grove (1912); The Guilty Baby (1912); The Head Waiter (1913); The Indian Brothers (1911); The Junior Partner (1913); The Last of the Mohicans (1911); The Lie That Failed (1913); The Man Without a Country (1917); The Manicure Lady (1911); The Marble Heart (1913); The Merchant of Venice (1912); The Message to Headquarters (1913); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Mohammedan's Conspiracy (1914); The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel (1913); The New Dress (1911); The Other Girl (1913); The Pillory (1916); The Politician's Love Story (1909); The Portrait of the Lady Anne (1912); The Pretty Girl in Lower Five (1913); The Price of Her Silence (1915); The Primal Call (1911); The Race (1912); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912); The Rose of Kentucky (1911); The Saleslady (1912); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Satyr and the Lady (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Silent Witness (1912); The Six-Cent Loaf (1915); The Smuggled Diamond (1915); The Smuggler (1911); The Snare of Fate (1913); The Somnambulist (1914); The Sorrowful Example (1911); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); The Star of Bethlehem (1912); The Success of Selfishness (1914); The Tempest (1911); The Thief and the Girl (1911); The Trail of Books (1911); The Trouble Maker (1912); The Troublesome Baby (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Two Sisters (1913); The Unfortunate Marriage (1917); The Voice of Conscience (1912); The Ward of the King (1913); The Water Cure (1913); The Way to a Man's Heart (1913); The Wrecked Taxi (1912); Their Golden Wedding (1914); Through the Breakers (1909); Through the Flames (1912); Turkey Trot Town (1914); Twins and a Stepmother (1914); Under False Colors (1914); Under Two Flags (1912); Undine (1912); Variety Time (1948); War and the Woman (1917); What Doris Did (1916); When a Count Counted (1912); When Love Was Blind (1917); When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912); When the Fleet Sailed (1915); When the Worm Turned (1913); Whom God Hath Joined (1912); Won at the Rodeo (1913).

Born on this day – Arthur Somers Roche:

Arthur Somers Roche

Writer

April 27, 1883 – February 17, 1935

Credits:

Books:

A Lady of Resource (1938); Among Those Present (1930); Callingham's Girl (1937); Come to My House (1927); Conspiracy (1934); Death Was a Wedding Guest (1942); Devil-may-care (1926); Find the Woman (1921); Hard to Get (1937); Honest Crook (1941); In The Money (1936); Loot (1916); Marriage For Two (1929); No Stockings (1928); Penthouse (1935); Plunder (1917); Ransom! (1918); Shadow Of Doubt (1935); Slander (1933); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1934); The Eyes of the Blind (1919); The Great Abduction (1933); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); The Sport Of Kings (1917); The Star of Midnight (1940); The Woman Hunters (1929); The Wrong Wife (1932); Uneasy Street (1920).

Movies and television:

Any Woman (1925); Come to My House (1927); Find the Woman (1922); Finger Prints (1927); Kissed (1922); Living Lies (1922); Loot (1919); Man, Woman and Wife (1929); Over the Wire (1921); Penthouse (1933); Shadow of Doubt (1935); Society Lawyer (1939); Star of Midnight (1935); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936); The Day of Faith (1923); The Girl from Chicago (1927); The Gray Ghost (1917); The Gray Ghost (1917); The Mystery Club (1926); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); The Simp (1920); The Sport of Kings (1920); The Wise Wife (1927); Trail's End (1922); Wolf's Clothing (1927).

Anais Nin, on writing:

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

- Anais Nin.