World Honey Bee Day – Third Saturday in August:

World Honey Bee Day

Third Saturday in August

#WorldHoneyBeeDay

Concerned about our loss of bees, Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee refuge. He hired gardeners, filled acres with clover, planted hundreds of flowering trees, purchased 26 hives, and has turned himself into a beekeeper.

On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Adios.

Released August 15, 2023.

Directed by Sylvain White.

Written by Taylor Elmore, VJ Boyd, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, David Cross, Kevin Anderson, Regina Taylor, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Neal Dandade, Andre Bellos, Russ Panzarella.

On this day in music history:

Factotum by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2006)

Deva by The Luminous World Orchestra (2007)

Threading the Ether by The Luminous World Orchestra (2010)

Factotum

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

released August 15, 2006.

The soundtrack to the movie Factotum (2005).

Track list: On The Bus; Reunion; I Wish To Weep; Farewell I; Slow Day; Ice Plant Overture; Pickles; Still Awake; Quirky Waltz; Dreamland II; Slow Day Fragments; My Garden; In The Kitchen; Beside You; Drunk Driving; Remembering; Shoes; If You’re Going To Try; Horse Race Groove; Farewell II; Slow Day II.

Deva

Album by The Luminous World Orchestra,

conducted by Steven Chesne,

released August 15, 2007.

Track list: Cantus Firmus; The Thaw; Mantra; Child King; Maya; On the Hill; Passage; Gathering; Sweet Face; Orange Lullaby.

Threading the Ether

Album by The Luminous World Orchestra,

conducted by Steven Chesne,

released August 15, 2010.

Track list: Dawning; Gratitude; Om Mane Padme Hum; Ascension; Asatoma; Buddha of Compassion; Seedling; Day of Atonement; Gate.

On this day in movie history - Cop Land (1997):

Cop Land

directed and written by James Mangold,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1997.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich, Cathy Moriarty, John Spencer, Frank Vincent, Malik Yoba, Arthur Nascarella, Victor Williams, Edie Falco, Mel Gorham, Paul Herman, Paul Calderón, Vincent Laresca, Method Man, Deborah Harry, Tony Sirico.

On this day in movie history - Event Horizon (1997):

Event Horizon

directed by Paul W. S. Anderson,

written by Philip Eisner,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1997.
Music by Michael Kamen and Orbital.

Cast:

Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Peter Marinker, Holley Chant, Barclay Wright, Noah Huntley, Robert Jezek, Emily Booth, Bharat Nalluri, Gary Sinyor.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):

Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: I’ll Be Waiting.
Released August 15, 1993.
Directed by Tom Hanks.
Written by C. Gaby Mitchell.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the short story by Raymond Chandler.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Bruno Kirby, Marg Helgenberger, Jon Polito, Dan Hedaya, Dick Miller, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks, Manny Perry, Lynette Walden.

On this day in movie history - Proof (1991):

Proof

directed and written by Jocelyn Moorhouse,

was released in Australia on August 15, 1991.
Music by Not Drowning Waving.

Cast:

Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker, Daniel Pollock, Frankie J. Holden, Frank Gallacher, Saskia Post, Belinda Davey, Cliff Ellen, Tania Uren, Robert James O'Neill, Anthony Rawling, Darko Tuscan, Adele Daniele, Roy Edmunds, Lisa Chambers, Suzanne Chapman, Angela Campbell, Osvaldo Maione, Carole Patullo, Corey (Bill, the dog), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite.

On this day in movie history - Manhunter (1986):

Manhunter

directed and written by Michael Mann,

based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1986.
Music by Michel Rubini and The Reds.

Cast:

William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan, David Seaman, Benjamin Hendrickson, Michael Talbott, Dan Butler, Michele Shay, Robin Moseley, Paul Perri, Patricia Charbonneau, Bill Cwikowski, Alexandra Neil, Norman Snow, Jim Zubiena, Frankie Faison, Garcelle Beauvais, Joanne Camp, David Allen Brooks, Elisabeth Ryall, Chris Elliott, Gary Chavaras, Chris Cianciolo, Ken Colquitt, Ron Fitzgerald, Dennis Quick, David Meeks, Sherman Michaels, Robin Trapp, L.A. Winters, Daniel T. Snow, Cynthia Chvatal, King White, Mickey Lloyd, Dawn Carmen, David Fitzsimmons, Robert A. Burton, Steve Hogan, Mickey Pugh, Kin Shriner, John Posey, Kristin Holby, Greg Kelly, Brian Kelly, Ryan Langhorne, Hannah Caggiano, Lindsey Fonora, Jason Frair, Bryant Arrants, Christopher Arrants, Melvin Clark, Renee Ayala, Dana Dewey, Stephen Hawkins, Leonard Johnson, Keith Pyles, Michael Russell, Michael Vitug, Pat Williams, Charles Yarbaugh, Bill Smitrovich, Peter Maloney, Michael D. Roberts, Marshall Bell, Gusmano Cesaretti, Melody Gold, Annie McEnroe.

On this day in movie history - Apocalypse Now (1979 movie & source novella):

Apocalypse Now

directed by Francis Ford Coppola,

written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola,

based on the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1979.
Music by Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola.

Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Redux version released in 2001.

Cast:

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G. D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, Colleen Camp, Cynthia Wood, Linda Beatty, Bill Graham, Francis Ford Coppola, Vittorio Storaro, R. Lee Ermey, Christian Marquand, Aurore Clément, Roman Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Michel Pitton, Franck Villard, David Olivier, Chrystel Le Pelletier, Robert Julian, Yvon Le Saux, Henri Sadardiel, Gilbert Renkens.

Recommended reading:

Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad.

Mass Market Paperback

First published 1899.

Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140431681

ISBN 10: 0140431683

ASIN: B001KTM47C

Author Joseph Conrad based this novella on his own personal experiences, during a voyage up the Congo River in 1890.

This novella was the inspiration for the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Description:

Written in the last year of the nineteenth century, Heart of Darkness can be seen in many ways as the first twentieth-century novel.

Its climate of doubt and vagueness, its loss of moral confidence and its need for belief in the midst of spiritual wilderness, its exploration of the subconscious and its affirmation of individual freedom are all themes that were to have an influence on writers such as Orwell, Godling, Céline, Borges and Eliot.

In Heart of Darkness Conrad unfolds the story of Marlow’s search for Mr Kurtz, the company agent whose ‘unlawful soul’ has been ‘beguiled beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations’ in his dealings with the natives of the Belgian Congo. Marlow’s adventure involves him in a crucial reappraisal of his own values. It is Kurtz, however, who attains to a vision of the inexpressible, terrifying reality of the heart in this extraordinary exploration of human savagery and despair.

Book cover image: The Steamer Stanley, by F. Hens.

On this day in movie history - The Lawbreakers (1961):

The Lawbreakers

directed by Joseph M. Newman,

written by Paul Monash and W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1961.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

A remake of the pilot episode of the 1961 The Asphalt Jungle TV series.

Inspired by the movie The Asphalt Jungle (1950), directed by John Huston, based on the novel by W. R. Burnett.

Cast:

Jack Warden, Vera Miles, Robert Douglas, Arch Johnson, Douglas Odney, Robert H. Harris, Ken Lynch, Robert Bailey, Mary Lawrence, James Seay, Marianne Stewart, Jay Adler, John Zaremba, David White, Noreen Corcoran, Don C. Harvey, Kenner G. Kemp, Eddie Marr, William Smith, Bert Stevens.

Born on this day – Jill Haworth:

Jill Haworth

Actress

August 15, 1945 – January 3, 2011

Born on this day – Jack Lilley:

Jack Lilley

Actor

Stunts

August 15, 1933 – March 19, 2025

Credits:

40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996); A Walk in the Clouds (1995); After the Fall (2010); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); An Occurrence at Black Canyon (2004); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Army of Darkness (1992); Avenging Angel (2007); Bad Girls (1994); Bat Masterson (1959); Beau Geste (1966); Big Money Rustlas (2010); Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018); Black Spurs (1965); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bonanza (1961–1972); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Branded (1965); Bronco (1960–1961); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Case Closed (1988); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron City (1959); Cimarron Strip (1967); City Slickers (1991); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Comanche (2000); Cotter (1973); Dallas (1979); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Death Valley Days (1960); Desolation Canyon (2006); Don Quixote (2015); Drango (1957); Durango Kids (1999); Everything That Rises (1998); Expecting Amish (2014); Family Affair (1967–1968); Fantasy Island (1981); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Frontier Circus (1961); Fury at Showdown (1957); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); Gun for a Coward (1956); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Gunsmoke (1961–1974); Hard Promises (1991); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1960); Highway to Heaven (1984); Holes (2003); Horse Sense (1999); Hostile Guns (1967); Houdini (1998); Johnny Reno (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Just Visiting (2001); Killing Stone (1978); Kung Fu (1972); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Lawman (1959); Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love Begins (2010); Love Finds a Home (2009); Love Takes Wing (2009); Love's Abiding Joy (2006); Love's Everlasting Courage (2011); Love's Long Journey (2005); Love's Unending Legacy (2007); Lucky Stiff (1988); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man's Best Friend (1993); Maverick (1959–1962); Meteor (1979); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007); Nevada Smith (1966); No Name and Dynamite Davenport (2022); Omar Khayyam (1957); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); One-Eyed Jacks (1961); Overland Trail (1960); Pink Cadillac (1989); Planet of the Apes (2001); Posse from Hell (1961); Rawhide (1959–1964); Red Steagall Is Somewhere West of Wall Street (2020); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); Riverboat (1960); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rough Riders (1997); Sacrifices of the Heart (2007); Scandalous John (1971); Shiloh Falls (2007); Stoney Burke (1962); Sudden Impact (1983); Sugarfoot (1960); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Texas Rangers (2001); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Big Bus (1976); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Valley (1965–1967); The Deputy (1959); The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1992); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Governor's Wife (2008); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Hard Man (1957); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud (2001); The Last Cowboy (2003); The Last Outlaw (1993); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1998); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Master of My Life (2002); The Mountain Men (1980); The Oklahoman (1957); The Ransom of Red Chief (1998); The Rare Breed (1966); The Rebel (1959); The Rounders (1965); The Stunts of 'the Legend of Zorro' (2006); The Tall Man (1960); The Virginian (1962–1966); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); The Wretched Prologue (2013); Three Amigos! (1986); Used Cars (1980); W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989); Wagon Train (1957); Wall of Noise (1963); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Washington Square (1997); Waterhole #3 (1967); What I Did for Love (2006); Wild America (1997); Young Guns (1988); Young Guns II (1990); Zorro (1957–1961).

Born on this day – Lori Nelson:

Lori Nelson

Actress

August 15, 1933 – August 23, 2020

Born on this day – Janice Rule:

Janice Rule

Actress

Psychotherapist

August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003

Born on this day – Margot Moser:

Margot Moser

Actress

August 15, 1930 – September 25, 2022

Credits:

Cinderella (1957); Kraft Theatre (1951); Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019); Producers' Showcase (1956); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Doctors (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); There Goes the Bride (1980); To Tell the Truth (1961–1962).

Born on this day – Nicolas Roeg:

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Cinematographer

August 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018

Born on this day – Georgann Johnson:

Georgann Johnson

Actress

August 15, 1926 – June 4, 2018

Born on this day – Rose Marie:

Rose Marie

Actress

Singer

Comedian

August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017

Born on this day – Philip Perlman:

Philip Perlman

Actor

August 15, 1919 – April 29, 2015

Credits:

Cheers (1986–1993); Class Act (1992); Deadly Hero (1975); Drowning Mona (2000); Duplex (2003); Even Money (2006); Frasier (2002); Hill Street Blues (1982); Hoffa (1992); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2006); Man on the Moon (1999); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990); Other People's Money (1991); Out of Sight (1998); Roc (1991–1992); Sibs (1992); The Ratings Game (1984); The Tracey Ullman Show (1990); The War of the Roses (1989); Throw Momma from the Train (1987).

Born on this day – Signe Hasso:

Signe Hasso

Actress

Writer

Composer, August 15, 1915 – June 7, 2002