On this day in movie history - Lady Bird (2017):

Lady Bird

directed and written by Greta Gerwig,

was released in the United States on November 3, 2017.
Music by Jon Brion.

Cast:

Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, Marielle Scott, John Karna, Jake McDorman, Bayne Gibby, Laura Marano, Marietta DePrima, Daniel Zovatto, Kristen Cloke, Andy Buckley, Paul Keller, Kathryn Newton, Myra Turley, Bob Stephenson, Abhimanyu Katyal, Chris Witaske, Ben Konigsberg, Gurpreet Gill, Richard Jin, Joan Patricia O'Neil, Robert Figueroa, Carla Valentine, Roman Arabia, Monique Edwards, Matthew Maher, Anita Kalathara, Debra Miller, Georgia Leva, Derek Butler, London Thor, Shaelan O'Connor, Christina Offley, Sabrina Schloss, Connor Mickiewicz, Erik Daniells, Cynthia Cales, Giselle Grams, Ithamar Enriquez, Luisa Lee, Danielle Macdonald, Adam Brock, Bonnie Jean Shelton, Rebecca Light, Adriana Becerril, Joey Bell, Beau Bielski, Stephen Dill, Sheila Ellis, Nick Fenske, Sedona Feretto, Keenan Johnston, Rebecca Knight, Suzanne LaChasse, Elester Latham, Emily Merlin, Maxx Morando, Jessica Nunez-Wood, Brian Sampson, Janet Song, Nicole Torres, Brian VanGeem, Carolyn Wilson, Tomomi Yoshida.

On this day in music history: Christmas in New York, by Renée Fleming (2014):

The album Christmas in New York,

by Renée Fleming,

was released on November 3, 2014.

On this day in music history: Bursting with Flavor, by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys (1997):

The album Bursting with Flavor,

by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys,

was released on November 3, 1997.

On this day in music history - Keep the Faith, by Bon Jovi (1992):

The album Keep the Faith,

by Bon Jovi,

was released on November 3, 1992.

On this day in movie history - Assault on Precinct 13 (1976):

Assault on Precinct 13

directed and written by John Carpenter,

was released in the United States on November 3, 1976.
Music by John Carpenter.

Cast:

Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Loomis, Peter Bruni, John J. Fox, Marc Ross, Alan Koss, Henry Brandon, Kim Richards, Frank Doubleday, Gilbert De La Pena, Peter Frankland, Al Nakauchi, James Johnson, Gilman Rankin.

On this day in music history - History: America’s Greatest Hits, by America (1975):

History: America’s Greatest Hits,

by America,

was released on November 3, 1975.

On this day in movie history - The Woman in the Window (1944):

The Woman in the Window

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Nunnally Johnson,

based on the novel Once Off Guard, by J. H. Wallis,

was released in the United States on November 3, 1944.
Music by Arthur Lange.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson, Dorothy Peterson, Arthur Loft, Iris Adrian.

Born on this day – Monica Vitti:

Monica Vitti

Actress

November 3, 1931 – February 2, 2022

Born on this day – Wanda Hendrix:

Wanda Hendrix

Actress

November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981

Credits:

Police Story (1974); The Oval Portrait (1973); One Minute Before Death (1972); Mystic Mountain Massacre (1971); Bewitched (19716); My Three Sons (1969); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Johnny Cool (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961); The Deputy (1961); Bat Masterson (1960); Lock Up (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1959); Wagon Train (1958); Telephone Time (1958); Climax! (1957); The Black Dakotas (1954); Highway Dragnet (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1953); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); The Last Posse (1953); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Golden Mask (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Montana Territory (1952); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951–1952); My Outlaw Brother (1951); The Highwayman (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Saddle Tramp (1950); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); Sierra (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); My Own True Love (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Variety Girl (1947); Hollywood Wonderland (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); Nora Prentiss (1947); Confidential Agent (1945).

Born on this day – Frederick Nebel:

Frederick Nebel

Writer

November 3, 1903 - May 3, 1967

Credits – book and short story titles:

A Couple of Quick Ones; A Gambler Passes; A Girl Must be Sure; A Grudge is a Grudge; A Gun in the Dark; A Man Must Fight; A Man With Sand; A Truck-Load of Diamonds; Accidental Night; All the Answers; All the Good Times; All the Way Back; Alley Rat; Alone; And There Was Murder; Any Boy Can Be President; Appointment in Rio; Ask Me No Questions; At the End of the Alley Was a Door; Back in Town; Backwash; Bad News; Be Your Age; Beat the Rap; Behind the Eight Ball; Behind the Shield; Best of Luck; Bet Your Life; Big Moon Lake Patrol; Birdmen of Borneo; Birdmen of Passage; Blood in the Dark; Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 1; Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 2; Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 3; Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 4; Bolt From the Blue; Boomerang Barnes; Brood of the Wind; But Not the End; Cache Law; Call It Justice; Case Against Women; Case for Innocence; Chains of Darkness; Champions Also Die; Chance is an Enemy; Change of Heart; Chechako Trail; China Silk; Claws of the Jungle; Coast of Hate; Cops Are Dumb; Courage of the Strong; Crack Down; Crate Crashers; Dance No More; Dead Man’s Folly; Death After Murder; Death Alley; Death for a Dago; Death in the Raw; Death’s Not Enough; Deep Red; Defiance Valley: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Vol. 1; Defiance Valley; Die-Hard; Dog Eat Dog; Doom Drums; Doom Lagoon; Doors in the Dark; Doorway to Danger; Dreams Are Real; Dumb Luck; East of Big Moon; Emeralds of Shade; Empire of the Devil & Other Tales of Adventure; Empire of the Devil; Fan Dance; Far North of Chilkoot; Farewell to Crime; Fifty Roads to Town; Flame Island & Other Tales of Adventure; Flame Island; Fly-by-Night; Flyers of Fortune; Flying Freebooters; Flying Freebooters; Flying Jade; Forbidden Affair; Forbidden River: Five Novels of Conflict in the Frozen North; Forbidden River; Get a Load of This; Ghost of a Chance; Give Me This; Graft; Grain to Grain; Grampa and the Spirit of ’76; Guess Again, Lady; Gun Thunder; Guns Down; Hands; Hard to Take; He Could Take It; He Was a Swell Guy; Heir to Murder; Hell Couldn’t Stop Him; Hell on Wheels; Hell to Pay; Hell’s Back Door; Hell’s Pay Check; Hell-Smoke; High Jinks as Sky High; Hot Spot; Hounds of Darkness; If You Can Take It; Isle of Lost Men; Isle of Lost Wings, Part 1; Isle of Lost Wings, Part 2; Isle of Lost Wings, Part 3; Isle of Lost Wings, Part 4; It Takes a Man; It’s a Gag; It’s the Live Ones That Talk; Junk; Just Leave Everything to Me; Kick Back; Killed After 10 P.M.; Killer at Large; King of the Yukon; Last Question; Law Alone; Law of the Trapline; Law Without Law; Lay Down the Law; Lead Pearls; Lead Poison; Leave It to Cardigan; Magnificent Gesture; Make Mine Murder; Man-Crazy; Mask of Murder; Me–Cardigan; Moment in the Dark; Money, Money; Murder & Co; Murder á la Carte; Murder by Ballot; Murder by Mail; Murder Cure; Murder Off Stage; Murder on the Loose; Murder Won’t Wait; Muscle Man; Needle in a Haystack; Never Sing Again; New Guns for Old; Night Shift on the Lunchwagon; Nightfall; No Hard Feelings; No Kid Stuff; No Shadow of Doubt; No Time for Tears; No Time to Kill; Nobody’s Fall Guy; Not a Care in the World; Not So Tough; Nothing to Lose; Old Put’s Camp Ground; One Cold Night; Out of Stir; Outcast Ships; Pardon My Murder; Patrol of Courage; Pearls Are Tears; Phantom Fingers; Pity the Poor Underdog; Pound for Pound; Protecting Monica; Proud Eagles; Proud Youth; Raw Courage; Raw Law: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Vol. 1; Raw Law; Read ‘Em and Weep; Rebound; Red Hot; Red Night; Red Pavement; Red Web; Remember the Good Times; Remember the Music; Rendezvous With Treason; Reprieve at Eleven; Return of the Exile; Rogue’s Ransom; Roses in the Rain; Rough Justice; Rough Reform; Round Trip; Save Your Tears; Scandal in St. Louis; Scoundrel’s Choice; Scrambled Murder; Shake-Down: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Vol. 2; Shake-Down; Shake-Up; Six Deadly Dames; Six Diamonds and a Dick; Sky Blazers & Other Tales of High-Flying Adventure; Sky Blazers; Sky Scrappers; Sky Spoilers; Sky-High Nerve; Skyrocket Scott; Sky-Trap; Sleepers East; Soda-Pop Mary; Some Die Young; Some Grudge; Something Like a Dream; Something to Remember; Somewhere East of Singapore; Song and Dance; South of Saigon; Spades Are Spades; Spare the Rod; Stand Up and Fight; Strangle Hold; Street Wolf: The Black Mask Stories of Frederick Nebel; Street Wolf; Stuart of the City Patrol; Sun Dog Gold; Sunken Sovereigns; Take It and Like It; Tell It to the Mounted; Ten Men From Chicago; That’s Kennedy; The Adventures of Cardigan: A Dime Detective Book; The Bars Between; The Big World; The Black Fox Skin; The Bluff That Worked; The Brave Tradition; The Breaks of the Game; The Bribe; The Candy Killer; The Come Back; The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Vol. 1; The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Vol. 2;The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Vol. 2; The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Vol. 3; The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Vol. 4; The Complete Casebook of Cardigan: Vol. 1; The Complete Casebook of Sgt. Brinkhaus; The Creed of Sergeant Bone; The Crimson Diamond; The Crimson Fist; The Crooked Spot; The Curse of Cardigan; The Darjeeling Diamond; The Dead Die Twice; The Dead Don’t Die; The Devil’s Double-Cross; The Devil’s Slouch; The Devil’s Souvenir; The Drifting Kid Strikes; The Fifth Question; The Firelight Patrol; The Frontier of Vengeance; The Girl on the Big Drum; The Girl With the Blonde; The Grand Manner; The Great Big-Hearted People; The Green Widow; The Hard Way; The Hardy Fly Hard; The Hell-Bender; The Human Side; The Island Nobody Knows; The Kill; The Law Dies Hard; The Law Laughs Last; The Legend; The Lemon; The Makings of Command; The Man Who Couldn’t Spell; The Man Who Knew; The Man Who Lost Everything; The Man Who Promised Not to Tell; The Man You Love; The Missing Car; The Mystery at Pier 7; The Penalty of the Code; The Pinch; The Quick or the Dead; The Real Thing; The Red-Hots; The Secret Vanity; The Seed of Caution; The Shanghai Jest; The Sign of Murder; The Simple Life; The Spot and the Lady; The Tailormade Clue; The Things You Say; The Trail to Caribou; The Valley of Wanted Men; The Web; The Wheel; The White Peril; The Woman in Shadow; The Woman Who Changed Her Mind; The X-Circle; The Yukon Trail; Too Hot to Handle; Too Young to Die: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Vol. 3; Too Young to Die; Tough As Nails: The Complete Casebook of Donahue; Tough Treatment; Trade Law; Try It My Way; Unfinished Marriage; Unfriendly Call; Wait Till I’m On My Feet; Wanted: An Accomplice; Wayward Journey; Weekend to Kill; Welcome Home, Soldier; When the Time Comes; Whispers of Death; White Villa in Rio; Wind Patrol; Wings of Mercy; Winter Kill: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Vol. 4; Winter Kill; Wise Guy; With Benefit of Law; Wolves of Dismay; Wolves of the Wind: Sky High Tales of Adventure; Wolves of the Wind; Woman at Bay; Yangtze Yellow; You Can Take So Much; You Can’t Have Everything; You Go Your Way; You Got to Think of the Kids; You Haven’t Changed a Bit; You Know How Women Are; You Owe It to Yourself; Your Face Looks Familiar.

Movie and television adaptations:

TV Teatro (1958); M Squad (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Bribe (1949); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Sleepers West (1941); Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939); Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939); Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939); Torchy Gets Her Man (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); The Adventurous Blonde (1937); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); Smart Blonde (1937); Sleepers East (1934); Ships of the Night (1928); Isle of Lost Men (1928).

Born on this day – Ford Sterling:

Ford Sterling

Actor

Comedian

November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939

Author humor:

Geraldine Brooks, on writing:

I swim in a sea of words.

They flow around me and through me and, by a process that is not fully clear to me, some delicate hidden membrane draws forth the stuff that is the necessary condition of my life.

– Geraldine Brooks.