On this day in music history - By a Wire, by Jennifer DeFrayne (2014):

The album By a Wire,

by Jennifer DeFrayne,

was released on April 29, 2014.

On this day in movie history - Bad Country (2014):

Bad Country

directed by Chris Brinker,

written by Jonathan Hirschbein,

based on a story by Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, Tom Abernathy and Jonathan Hirschbein,

was released in the United States on April 29, 2014.
Music by Jeff Danna and John Fee.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Don Yesso, Kevin Chapman, Christopher Denham, Alex Solowitz, John Edward Lee, Ritchie Montgomery, Frederick Weller, Patrick Brinker, Jeff Leaf, Bill Duke, Tom Berenger, Lazarus Jackson, Aldo Juliano, Dane Rhodes, Lex D. Geddings, Jake La Botz, Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, John Lafayette, JD Evermore, Pat Fisher, Ron Gural, Matt Thompson, Hugh Wilson, Eddie Matthews, Dylan Yesso, John Braymer, Erika Bruun-Andersen, Gayle James, Caitlin Kearney, Mike Quintana, James Lew, Roger Behle, Mary Lane Haskell, Duane Cothren, Jarvis Green, Stephanie Carpenter, Garth Currie, Bobby Greer, Zach Hartman, Luke Hawx, Charles Hunt, De'Cha LaVeau, Hans Marrero, J. Travis Merendino, Gustavo I. Ortiz, James Ourso, Rehnan Overmiller, Michael Rhoads, Jason Stanly, Ronn Surels, Shirley Tregre, Joseph Uzzell, Bob Walker, Glen Warner, Jesse Yarborough.

On this day in movie history - The Hunger (1983):

The Hunger

directed by Tony Scott,

written by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas,

based on the novel by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on April 29, 1983.
Music by Howard Blake, Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.
Song in opening scene: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.
Additional music includes:
Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert.

Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Rufus Collins, Suzanne Bertish, James Aubrey, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill, Shane Rimmer, Bauhaus, Douglas Lambert, Bessie Love, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, Sophie Ward, Philip Sayer, Lise Hilboldt, Michael Howe, Edward Wiley, Richard Robles, George Camiller, Oke Wambu, Kent Miller, Fred Yockers, Susan Hunter, James Wassenich, Allan Richards, Hilary Six, Carole-Ann Scott, Howard Blake, Jane Leeves, Derek Lyons, Peter Murphy, James Payne.

Born on this day – Lane Smith:

Lane Smith

Actor

April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005

Born on this day – Irvin Kershner:

Irvin Kershner

Actor

Director

Producer

April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010

Born on this day – Richard Carlson:

Richard Carlson

Actor

Director

Writer

April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977

Born on this day – Dolly Haas:

Dolly Haas

Actress

Singer

April 29, 1910 – September 16, 1994

Born on this day – Jack Williamson:

Jack Williamson

Writer

April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Sense of Wonder (1967); After World's End (1939); At the Human Limit (2011); Beachhead (1992); Bright New Universe (1967); Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods (1979); Darker Than You Think (1948); Darker Than You Think and Other Novels (2003); Demon Moon (1994); Dragon's Island / aka The Not-Men (1951); Dragon's Island and Other Stories (2002); Dreadful Sleep (1977); Farthest Star (1975); Firechild (1986); Gateway to Paradise (2008); Golden Blood (1933); H. G. Wells (1973); Islands of the Sun (1935); Jack Williamson SF Gateway Omnibus (2014); Jamboree (1969); Lady in Danger (1945); Land's End (1988); Lifeburst (1984); Manseed (1982); Mazeway (1990); One against the Legion (1939); People Machines (1971); Realm of Wizardry (1940); Rogue Star (1969); Salvage in Space (2011); Seetee Ship (1951); Seetee Shock (1950); Seventy-Five (2004); Spider Island (2002); Star Bridge (1955); Starchild (1965); Teaching Science Fiction (1980); Terraforming Earth (2001); The Alien Intelligence (1929); The Best of Jack Williamson (1978); The Black Sun (1997); The Blue Spot (1935); The Cometeers (1936); The Cosmic Express (2011); The Crucible of Power (2006); The Dome Around America / aka Gateway to Paradise (1955); The Early Williamson (1975); The Fortress of Utopia (1939); The Girl from Mars (1930); The Green Girl (1930); The Green Girl / The Robot Peril (2012); The Humanoid Touch (1980); The Humanoids (1949); The Humanoids and With Folded Hands (2002); The Legion of Space (1934); The Legion of Time (1938); The Metal Man and Others (1984); The Moon Children (1973); The Moon Era (1967); The Pandora Effect (1969); The Power of Blackness (1976); The Queen of the Legion (1982); The Reefs of Space (1964); The Reign of Wizardry (1964); The Silicon Dagger (1999); The Singers of Time (1991); The Stone from the Green Star (1931); The Stonehenge Gate (2005); The Trial of Terra (1962); The Ultimate Earth (2000); Trapped in Space (1968); Undersea City (1958); Undersea Fleet (1955); Undersea Quest (1954); Wall Around a Star (1975); With Folded Hands (2011); With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind (2010); Wizard's Isle (2000); Wolves of DarknessX (1999); Wonder's Child (1984); Xandulu (1934).

Movie, television and radio:

Dimension X (1950); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); The Creation of the Humanoids (1962).

Born on this day – Fred Zinnemann:

Fred Zinnemann

Director

April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997

Credits:

A Hatful of Rain (1957); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Way in the Wilderness (1940); Act of Violence (1948); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (1998); Behold a Pale Horse (1964); Benjy (1951); Biography (1998); Camille (1936); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002); De película (1983–1987); Decision (1958); Die Öscars (2016); Elstree Britain's Hollywood (1989); Exercise No. One (1962); Eyes in the Night (1942); Film Profile (1961); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Five Days One Summer (1982); Forbidden Passage (1941); Forgotten Victory (1939); Fred Zinnemann – Ein Hollywoodregisseur (1983); Friend Indeed (1937); From Here to Eternity (1953); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (2001); Hands Up! (1981); Hawaii (1966); He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (2001); Help Wanted (1939); High Noon (1952); I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929); Julia (1977); Kid Glove Killer (1942); Little Mister Jim (1946); Making Montgomery Clift (2018); Man Trouble (1930); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Nana (1934); Oklahoma! (1955); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); One Against the World (1939); Our World (1987); People on Sunday (1930); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Redes (1936); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sonntagsgespräch (1986); Spécial cinéma (1983); Sprengbagger 1010 (1929); Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1991); Stuffie (1940); Teresa (1951); That Mothers Might Live (1938); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Ash Can Fleet (1939); The Clock (1945); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Susskind Show (1960); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Great Meddler (1940); The Greenie (1942); The Kid from Spain (1932); The Lady or the Tiger? (1942); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The March of the Machines (1927); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Men (1950); The Nun's Story (1959); The Old Man and the Sea (1958); The Old South (1940); The Search (1948); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Spy (1931); The Story of Doctor Carver (1938); The Sundowners (1960); The Wiser Sex (1932); They Live Again (1938); This Is Your Life (1956); Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); Weather Wizards (1939); While America Sleeps / Series: Crime Does Not Pay (1939); Your Last Act (1941).

Ursula K. Le Guin, on writing:

When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?,

I have to say no! I always WAS a writer.

- Ursula K. Le Guin.

On this day in movie history - Tolkien (2019):

Tolkien

directed by Dome Karukoski,

written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Al Bollands, Kallum Tolkien, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Laura Donnelly, Guillermo Bedward, Nia Gwynne, Pam Ferris, Adrian Schiller, Albie Marber, Ty Tennant, Adam Bregman, Tony Nash, Michael Bryceson, Andrew Bissell, Owen Teale, Mimi Keene, Sian Crisp, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney, Antony Barlow, James MacCallum, David Puckridge, David Bromley, Lara Maguire, Holly Dempster, Jane Dixon-Rowland, Genevieve O'Reilly, David Birkbeck, Colin Burnie, Derek Jacobi, Andy Orchard, Frank Kerr, Rob Rhys Bond, Joel Phillimore, John Bradfield, Mia Woods, Sienna Woods, Paul Gurcel Escudero, Harry Webster, Jack Riley.