Born on this day – Burt Lancaster:

Burt Lancaster

Actor

Producer

November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1900 (1976); 20 to 1 (2007); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Century of Science Fiction (1996); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Conversation with Dinah (1990); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); Airport (1970); Ali the Fighter (1973); Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000); All About People (1967); All My Sons (1948); AMC Salutes the States (1989); America 2-Night (1978); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Apache (1954); Arena (1990–2002); Arte Journal (2023–2024); Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979); At This Very Moment (1962); Atlantic City (1980); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Australian Story (2021); ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Barnum (1986); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990); Bertolucci Shoots '1900' (1976); Beverly and Friends (1978); Biography (1996–2000); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2016–2020); Brute Force (1947); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Ca détourne (1992); Castle Keep (1969); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlton Heston, la démesure d'un géant (2023); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Ciné regards (1980); Cinema (1972); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Classified X (2007); Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019); Claudia Cardinale, la femme rêvée... (2024); Come Back, Little Sheba (1952); Compression (2023); Control (1987); Conversation Piece (1974); Cops (1989); Corazón de... (2006); Criss Cross (1949); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1988); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Deceit. Visconti's Conversation Piece (2013); Desert Fury (1947); Die Enkel (1986); Die großen Seebäder (2012); Elmer Gantry (1960); Et mon amie la rose (1996); Executive Action (1973); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Field of Dreams (1989); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Fight of the Century (1971); Film Time (1955); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Freedom Spectacular (1964); From Here to Eternity (1953); Getaway (2005); Go Tell the Spartans (1978); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Handle with Care (1965); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harry Belafonte - Zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit (2022); Heart of the Festival (2002); Helmut Berger - Gewaltige Leidenschaft (2006); Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009); His Majesty O'Keefe (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Greats (2002); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Rivals (2001); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); House of Boys (2009); Howard Hughes: The Inside Story (1983); Hunting Season (1988); I Love Liberty (1982); I Walk Alone (1947); International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1977); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jenny Is a Good Thing (1969); Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951); Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025); John le Carré (2008); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kirk Douglas: Video Scrapbook (1994); Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); La classe américaine (1993); La passione di Anna Magnani (2019); Lawman (1971); Le vie della Recherche - Luchino Visconti (2006); Lee Phillip's Chicago (1965–1986); Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); Little Treasure (1985); Local Hero (1983); Luchino Visconti (1999); Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016); L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986); Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997); Marco Polo (1982); Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald (2018); Marty (1955); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Michael Schanze: Sonne, Wind und weiße Segel (1979); Mister 880 (1950); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Movie Tough Guys (1991); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2016); Mystères d'archives (2017); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nova (1982); November 22, 1963: In Search of an Answer (1973); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Olympic Gala (1984); On Wings of Eagles (1986); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Our Century (1988); Pariser Journal (1963); Pulp Cinema (2001); Race to Oblivion (1982); Red Skelton Revue (1954); Reflets de Cannes (1963); Restless: Being Paul Newman (2023); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Rocket Gibraltar (1988); Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane (1998); Rope of Sand (1949); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Scandal Sheet (1985); Schaukelstuhl (1979); Scorpio (1973); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 8: Playtime in Hollywood (1956); Separate But Equal (1991); Separate Tables (1958); Separate Tables (1958); Sesame Street (1969–1973); Seven Days in May (1964); Sherrill Milnes: An All Star Gala (1985); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sophia Loren (2019); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); South Sea Woman (1953); Starman (1984); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Système 2 (1976); Take a Giant Step (1959); Talking Pictures (2016); Telecinema (1976); Ten Tall Men (1951); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1977); The 1st Annual Commitment to Life Awards (1985); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 2th Annual Genie Awards (1981); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 35th Bafta Awards (1982); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 5th Annual Academy of Television and Radio Awards (1989); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1982); The 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1990); The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Annual Tribute: A Salute to Kirk Douglas (1987); The Bachelor Party (1957); The Best of Hollywood (2016); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Betrothed (1989); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The City of Gods (1968); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Crimson Pirate (1952); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (2002); The Devil's Disciple (1959); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1968); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1965); The Flame and the Arrow (1950); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Heart of Show Business (1957); The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Jeweller's Shop (1988); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Player Lecture with Burt Lancaster (1972); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983); The Kentuckian (1955); The Killers (1946); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Leopard (1963); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Lords of Flatbush (1974); The March (2013); The March in Washington (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Midnight Man (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1975); The Name's the Same (1953); The New Bike (2009); The New Steve Allen Show (1963–1964); The New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1982); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Phantom of the Opera (1990); The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (1988); The Professionals (1966); The Rainmaker (1956); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1994); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Scalphunters (1968); The Screen Director (1951); The Skin (1981); The Sky Divers (1969); The South Bank Show (1983); The Swimmer (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1971); The Train (1964); The Unforgiven (1960); The Unknown War (1978); The Young Savages (1961); This Is Your Life (1977–1987); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); Thrilla in Manila (2008); Tough Guys (1986); Trapeze (1956); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming: The Dynamics of Controversy (1977); U.S. Water Polo (1968); Ulzana's Raid (1972); Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Valdez Is Coming (1971); Variety Girl (1947); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vengeance Valley (1951); Vera Cruz (1954); Verdi (1982); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990); War Movie Blockbusters (2015); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Welcome to the Basement (2014); ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar (1998); Zulu Dawn (1979).

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1946 movie & book):

The Killers

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston and Richard Brooks,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1946.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad, Ernie Adams, Audley Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Frank Baker, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Edward Biby, Harry Brown, Phil Brown, Jack Cheatham, James Conaty, Jeff Corey, Gino Corrado, Noel Cravat, Oliver Cross, Rex Dale, Neal Dodd, Mike Donovan, Howard Freeman, Dick Gordon, Robert Haines, Michael Hale, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, Mark Hellinger, Al Hill, George Hoagland, Jimmie Horan, Geoffrey Ingham, Kenner G. Kemp, Paul Kruger, Ethan Laidlaw, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Nolan Leary, Vera Lewis, Jack Lomas, Therese Lyon, Frank McLure, Charles Middleton, John Miljan, Howard Negley, Garry Owen, Barbara ‘Red’ Powers, Beatrice Roberts, Wally Rose, William Ruhl, Wallace Scott, John Sheehan, Queenie Smith, Ann Staunton, Jack Tornek, John Trebach, Bill Walker, Milton Wallace, Gabrielle Windsor, Florence Wix.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Scribner.

Published 1998.

ASIN: 0684843323

ISBN-10: 9780684843322

ISBN-13: 978-0684843322

Description:

In this definitive collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s short stories, readers will delight in Hemingway’s most beloved classics such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection, totaling in sixty stories. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, with plots that range from experiences of World War II to beautifully touching moments between a father and son. For Hemingway fans, The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957):

Sweet Smell of Success

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.
Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman, originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.

On this day in movie history - Field of Dreams (1989 movie & novel):

Field of Dreams

directed and written by Phil Alden Robinson,

based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1989.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Fern Persons, Kelly Coffield Park, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin, Charles Hoyes, Art LaFleur, Lee Garlington, Mike Nussbaum, Larry Brandenburg, Mary McDonald Gershon, Robert Kurcz, Don John Ross, Beatrice Fredman, Geoffrey Nauffts, Anne Seymour, C. George Biasi, Howard Sherf, Joseph R. Ryan, Joe Glasberg, Mark Danker, Frank Dardis, Jim Doty, Mike Goad, Jay Hemond, Mike Hodge, Steve Jenkins, Terry Kelleher, Ron Lucas, Fred Martin, Curt McWilliams, Jude Milbert, Steve Olberding, Gene Potts, James Roth, Paul Scherrman, Dale Till, Brian Waldvogel, Brian E. Frankish, Jeffrey Neal Silverman, Ed Harris, Ben Affleck, Don Alliss, Matt Damon, Robin Eddins, Stephen Emirzian, Kevin Fennessy, Dan Rohner, Mark Vafiades.

Recommended reading:

Shoeless Joe

By W.P. Kinsella.

Filmed as Field of Dreams (1989), directed by Phil Alden Robinson.

Published by Mariner Books Classics.

First published 1982.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0395957737

ISBN-13: 978-0395957738

Description:

“A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature." – Sports Illustrated.

“If you build it, he will come.” These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.