Born on this day – John Berryman:

John Berryman

Writer

October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972

Books:

77 Dream Songs (1964); Berryman's Shakespeare (1999); Berryman's Sonnets (1967); Collected Poems 1937–1971 (1989); Conversations with John Berryman (2021); Delusions, Etc. of John Berryman (1972); Henry's Fate & Other Poems, 1967–1972 (1977); His Toy, His Dream His Rest (1968); Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956); Love & Fame (1970); Poems (1942); Recovery (1973); Selected Poems (2004); Stephen Crane (1950); The Dispossessed (1948); The Dream Songs (1969); The Freedom of the Poet (1976); The Heart Is Strange (2014); The Selected Letters of John Berryman (2020).

Documentary:

Rediscovering John Berryman (2014).

Born on this day – Merian C. Cooper:

Merian C. Cooper

Director

Writer

Producer

Cinematographer

Air Force Pilot

October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973

Credits:

3 Godfathers (1948); Ace of Aces (1933); After Tonight (1933); Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); Banglar King Kong (2010); Bed of Roses (1933); Before Dawn (1933); Best of Cinerama (1963); Blind Adventure (1933); Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (1929); Chance at Heaven (1933); Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Creation (1931); Cross Fire (1933); Dancing Pirate (1936); Dead of Conspiracy (2006); Diplomaniacs (1933); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Cyclops (1940); Emergency Call (1933); FilmToons Logic (2021); Finishing School (1934); Flaming Gold (1932); Flying Devils (1933); Flying Down to Rio (1933); Fort Apache (1948); Gorillaville (2014–2017); Gow (1931); Gow the Head Hunter (1928); Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925); Headline Shooter (1933); Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); If I Were Free (1933); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); Keep 'Em Rolling (1934); Kentucky Kernels (1934); King Kong - FAN FILM (2016); King Kong (1933 / 1976 / 2005); King Kong Lives (1986); King Kong Skull Island (2019); King Kong, le coeur des ténèbres (2025); King Kong: Audio Commentary (2005); Kingu Kongu Tsû: Ikari no Megaton Panchi / video game (1986); Kong (2000); Kong: King of Atlantis (2005); Kong: The Animated Series (2000–2001); Le documentaire culturel (2024); Little Women (1933); Long Lost Father (1934); Lucky Devils (1933); Man of Two Worlds (1934); Melody Cruise (1933); Midshipman Jack (1933); Mighty Joe Young (1949 / 1998); Morning Glory (1933); No Marriage Ties (1933); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); One Man's Journey (1933); Professional Sweetheart (1933); Rafter Romance (1933); Rio Grande (1950); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); She (1935); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Sing and Like It (1934); Son of Kong (1933); Spitfire (1934); Stingaree (1934); Success at Any Price (1934); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Four Feathers (1929); The Fugitive (1947); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Lost EmpireThe Lost Patrol (1934); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Mighty Kong (1998); The Monkey's Paw (1933); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Quiet Man (1952); The Right to Romance (1933); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Cord (1933); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); The Toy Wife (1938); This Is Cinerama (1952); This Man Is Mine (1934); Two Alone (1934); Wagon Master (1950).

Born on this day – Udo Kier:

Udo Kier

Actor

Writer

Producer

October 14, 1944 – November 23, 2025

Credits:

1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde (2008); 3 Wild Angels (2005); 4 Against Z (2005–2007); 10 PM Lincoln Boulevard (2012); 10 Schritte (2003); 13 Graves (2006); 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022); 30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004); 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989); A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022); A Trick of Light (1995); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Alfredissimo! - Kochen mit Bio (2006); All the Queen's Men (2001); Allegro barbaro (1979); Altes Geld (2015); Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück (1986); American Animals (2018); American Exit (2019); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy's Shadow: Paul Morrissey and the Making of 'Flesh for Frankenstein' (2021); Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' (2005); Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988); Armageddon (1998); Arte Journal (2025); Arteholic (2014); Attabambi Scheissmichan (2021); Auf Herz und Nieren (2001); Ausgestorben (1995); Axe Cop (2015); Backstage: The Making Of The Theatre Bizarre (2020); Bacurau (2019); Bacurau no Mapa (2019); Bad Painter (2025); Bagom Riget II og Lars von Trier: Instruktøren holder fridag (1997); Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018); Barb Wire (1996); Beckmann (2004–2005); Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014); Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? (1977); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); Betty - Schön wie der Tod (2003); Betty (1998); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Blackest Heart (1990); Blade (1998); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blood for Udo (2025); BloodRayne (2005); Borgia (2011); Boulevard Bio (1994); Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017); Breaking the Waves (1996); Brisant (2014); Broken Cookies (2002); Brother (2016); Building the World of Frankenstein (2021); By Design (2025); Call of Duty: WWII (2017); Celluloid Horror (2004); Chompy & the Girls (2021); Chuck (2010); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011–2021); Coconut Hero (2015); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000); Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001); Conversations avec... (2019–2022); Courier X (2016); Critical Mass (2001); Crusade in Jeans (2006); Dancer in the Dark (2000); Dark Winds (2026); Das Double (1993); Das fünfte Gebot (1978); Daughter of Mine (2018); Der Fahnder (1986); Der letzte Schrei (1975); Der unbekannte Deserteur (1994); Der Unbesiegbare (1985); Der wunderbare Udo Kier (2024); Deutschland Privat 1 - Eine Anthologie des Volksfilms (1980); Die Diebin (1998); Die Einsteiger (1985); Die Gang (1997); Die Geschwister (1982); Die Gottesanbeterin (2001); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1998–1999); Die Insel der blutigen Plantage (1983); Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (2003); Die Männer vom K3 (1993); Die Schlacht der Idioten (1986); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dimension in Fear with Andrew Braunsberg (2021); Dog Daze (1995); Dogville (2003); Dogville Confessions (2003); Don't Say a Word (2021); Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018); Doomsdayer (2000); Doppelter Einsatz (1994); Double Deception (2001); Downsizing (2017); Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen (1974); Dracula 3000 (2004); Dragged Across Concrete (2018); Duke of Groove (1995); Durch die Nacht mit... (2004); Egomania: Island Without Hope (1986); Egoshooter (2004); End of Days (1999); Epidemic (1987); Erinnerungen an die Leidenschaft (1976); Europa (1991); Eve Feat. Gwen Stefani: Let Me Blow Ya Mind (2001); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993); Evening Urgant (2012); Evil Eyes (2004); Evil Eyes: Behind the Scenes (2004); Fall Down Dead (2007); Far Cry (2008); Fast Forward (2001); Fear and Loathing in Austria (2004); Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of 'Suspiria' (2009); Feardotcom (2002); Feed My Frankenstein (2021); Final Run (1999); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Flesh for Udo (2025); For Love or Money (1993); Four Tales of Two Cities / Segment: Duke of Groove (1996); Fractured Skulls: The Making of Headspace (2006); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Gate to Heaven (2003); Gespenstergeschichten (1985); Gestern gelesen (1975); Get Well Soon: It's Love (2015); Glanz & Gloria (2015); Golan the Insatiable (2015); Goldflocken (1976); Goo Goo Dolls: Naked (1996); Görünmeyen (2011); Gottschalk Late Night (1995); Goy (2018); Graf Karpatovicz und das Blonde Gift (2011); Grindhouse (2007); Halloween (2007); Haymaker (2021); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002); Headspace (2005); Heather's Dream (2013); Heliogabal (1981); Hello, Dr. Jekyll: An Interview with Udo Kier (2015); Herman & Tietjen (2007); Hitler's Hollywood (2017); Holly (2006); Holy Beasts (2019); Hubertusjagd (2014); Hungarian Rhapsody (1979); Hunters (2023); Hur und Heilig (1984); I Knew Andy Warhol (2018); Ice (1998); III nach neun (2008); Immaculate Springs (1998); In the Flesh with Joe Dallesandro (2021); Instant Dreams (2017); Invincible (2001); Iron Sky (2012); Iron Sky making of (2012); Iron Sky: The Coming Race - Der Mondführer (2013); Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jargo (2004); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Johnny Walker (2015); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); Just One Night (2000); Justice League (2002); Kanzler - König der Kannibalen (2000); Katonák (1978); Keyhole (2011); Killer Deal (1999); Kinney: Fashion Is Where You Find It (1993); Kino Kino (2014); Kir Royal (1986); Korn: Deuce (2002); Korn: Make Me Bad (2000); Krétakör (1979); Kulturplatz (2015); La deuxième femme (1978); Last Moment of Clarity (2020); Lea (1996); Leute heute (2007); Life in the Fast Lane (1998); Life Is Too Long (2010); Lili Marleen (1981); Lola (1981); Long Live the People of the Revolution (2010); Love Object (2003); Lulu (1980); Lulu und Jimi (2009); M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Madonna: Deeper and Deeper (1992); Madonna: Erotica (1992); Major Lazer (2015); Manderlay (2005); Mark of the Devil (1970); Mark of the Devil Revisited (2002); Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times (2014); Martha Is Dead (2022); Masters of Horror (2005); Medea (1988); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Melancholia (2011); Memories of a Young Pianist (2009); Metropia (2009); ME-UDO ... Starring Udo Kier (2012); Modern Vampires (1998); Modigliani (2004); Mondo Lux - Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (2011); Montewood Hollyverità (2003); Monty and the Movies (2026); Morgenmagazin (2003–2007); Mother of Tears (2007); Mrs. Meitlemeihr (2002); Mutters Maske (1988); My Neighbor Adolf (2022); My Own Private Idaho (1991); My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009); Narcissus and Psyche (1980); Nash Bridges (1996); NDR Talk Show (2003); Night of the Templar (2012); Nina - Vom Kinderzimmer ins Bordell (1998); Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999); Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013); OD / Video Game (2026); Oi erotomaneis (1971); Olifant (1973); One More Round (2005); One Point O (2004); Over My Dead Body (1995); Pan (1973); Pankow '95 (1983); Paradise Framed (1995); Pariser Platz - Berlin (2011); Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu (2007); Paul Morrissey - Trans-Human Flesh & Blood (2025); Phantomas Phantastico (1979); Pigs Will Fly (2002); Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022); Plötzlich und unerwartet (1993); Police Call 110 (2006); Possessed (1999); Pray for Morning (2006); Prince Valiant (1997); Provocation (1971); Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018); Rauhfaser: Die Schöne und das Biest (1999); Red Letters (2000); Red Shoe Diaries (1994); Return from Tomorrow (2026); Revelation (2001); RMB: Deep Down Below (2001); Road to Saint Tropez (1966); Rosa Roth (1994); Rotwang muß weg! (1994); SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations (2021); Sawtooth (2004); Schamlos (1968); Schindler Space Architect (2024); Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020); Schmetterling im Dunkeln (1995); Schuldig (1998); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013); Seances (2016); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Season of the Senses (1969); Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1985); Sex (1992); Shadow of the Vampire (2000); Shanzo (Teaser) / Short (2015); Simon Says (2000); Skeletons in the Closet (2024); Skin Walker (2019); Sonderdezernat K1 (1973); Soul Kitchen (2009); Speak (1999); Spermula (1976); Sportliche Schatten - Kunst in Krisenzeiten (1982); Spy Games (1999); Square (2012); Staging Death (2022); Supertramp: You Win, I Lose (1997); Surviving Christmas (2004); Suspiria (1977); Suspiria 25th Anniversary (2001); Swan Song (2021); Talk 2000 (1997); Tatort (1996–2009); Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tell (2007); Terranova: Prayer (2012); Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992); Thadeusz (2008); The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin (2015); The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997); The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2013); The 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2015); The 26th Annual Saturn Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2017); The 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2018); The 31sth Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2020); The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2024); The 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2025); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Ark: An Iron Sky Story ( 2026); The Barefoot Emperor (2019); The Batman (2004); The Blazing World (2021); The Debtors (1999); The Ecstasy of Frankenstein with Udo Kier (2021); The Editor (2014); The End of Violence (1997); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Girl behind the White Picket Fence (2013); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Killing Grounds (2007); The Kingdom (1994–2022); The Last Call (1998); The Last Minute (2001); The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984); The Lords of Salem (2012); The Making of 'Europa' (1991); The Making of 'Prinz Eisenherz' (1997); The Material Boy (2015); The Mountain (2018); The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999); The Oscars (2026); The Painted Bird (2019); The Roaring Fifties (1983); The Salzburg Connection (1972); The Secret Agent (2025); The Sentinel (1996–1999); The Sky Has Four Corners (2011); The Slit (1995); The Stationmaster's Wife (1977); The Story of O (1975); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981); The Theatre Bizarre (2011); The Third Generation (1979); The Times in Pictures (2025); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Tod eines Weltstars (1992); Too Young to Die (2014); Tracey Takes On... (1996); Trauma (1976); Triers element (1991); Twenty-Five Palms (2015); Udo Kier - From A to A (1993); UFO in Her Eyes (2011); Unlocking Passages (2012); Unser Reigen (2006); Unter den Palmen (1999); Unter Druck (1995); V.I.P. (1998); Victor (1979); Viper (1998); Von Trier's 100 øjne (2000); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Werewolf Women of the S.S. (2007); When love is wrong, I don't want to be right (1981); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Willemsens Woche (1996); Willkommen Österreich (2015); Wit's End (2005); Wolf, Bär & Co. (2007); Zero (2015); ZIB 13:00 Uhr (2025); Zimmer frei! (2001).

Born on this day – E. E. Cummings:

E. E. Cummings

Writer

Painter

October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962

Books & plays:

1 × 1 (1944); 50 Poems (1940); 73 Poems (1963); 95 Poems (1958); Anthropos: or the Future of Art (1930); CIOPW (1931); Collected Poems (1938); Complete Poems, 1904–1962 (2008); Erotic Poems (2010); Etcetera: The Unpublished Poems (1983); Fairy Tales (1965); Him (1927); is 5 (1926); i—six nonlectures (1953); No Thanks (1935); Poems, 1923–1954 (1954); Santa Claus: A Morality (1946); Selected Poems 1923-1958 (1960); The Enormous Room (1922); The Theater of E. E. Cummings (2013); Three Plays and a Ballet (1967); Tom (1935); Tulips and Chimneys (1923); ViVa (1931); XAIPE: Seventy-One Poems (1950); XLI Poems (1925).

Born on this day – Lillian Gish:

Lillian Gish

Actress

Director

Writer

October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993

Books:

A Moment with Miss Gish (1995); An Actor's Life for Me (1987); Dorothy and Lillian Gish (1973); Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (2011); Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen (2000); Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (2002); Never Let the Camera Catch Me Acting: Lillian Gish as Actress, Star, and Theorist (2016); Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis (1977); The Movies in the Age of Innocence (1962); The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me (1969).

Album:

Show Boat (1988).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Cry for Help (1912); A Duel for Love (1914); A Gift of Music (1981); A Misunderstood Boy (1913); A Modest Hero (1913); A Romance of Happy Valley (1919); A Sétima Arte (2021); A Timely Interception (1913); A Wedding (1978); A Woman in the Ultimate (1913); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1984); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1988–1993); American Playhouse (1986); An Indian's Loyalty (1913); An Innocent Magdalene (1916); An Unseen Enemy (1912); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Annie Laurie (1927); Arena (2012); Arsenic and Old Lace (1969); At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (1993); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Bienvenue à Cannes (2007); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Breaking Point (1963); Broken Blossoms (1919); Brutality (1912); Camera Three (1975); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Macklin (1915); CBS Early Morning News (1982); Celanese Theatre (1951); Celebrity Time (1950); Century of Cinema (1995); Christmas Festival Hour of Music (1953); Cineficción Radio (2021); Citizen Langlois (1995); Classified X (2007); Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942); Compression (2023–2025); D.W. Griffith (1975); Daphne and the Pirate (1916); Day for Night (1973); De película (1987); Diane of the Follies (1916); Dinah! (1978); Duel in the Sun (1946); During the Round-Up (1913); Enoch Arden (1915); Entertainment Tonight (1983); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Fashions in Love (1936); Film '74 (1974); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 2 (1945); Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 2 (1945); Follow Me, Boys! (1966); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); From Farm to Fame (1922); Gaslight Follies (1945); Gold and Glitter (1912); Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1985); Hallelujah the Hills (1963); Hambone and Hillie (1983); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harty (1983); Hearts of the World (1918); His Double Life (1933); His Lesson (1915); Hobson's Choice (1983); Hollywood (1972 / 1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Home, Sweet Home (1914); Hometown Legend (2002); Howard K. Smith (1962); In Concert at the Met (1984); In the Aisles of the Wild (1912); Intolerance (1916); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Just Gold (1913); Kraft Theatre (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1953); La Bohème (1926); Langlois (1970); Late Night Line-Up (1969); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les évangéliques à la conquête du monde (2023); Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972); Lillian Gish (1984); Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Lord Chumley (1914); Madonna of the Storm (1913); Man's Enemy (1914); Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Movies Golden Age (1961); Moving Pictures (1995); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Winchester's House (1963); My Baby (1912); Never Apologize (2007); Night Hunter (2011); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Oil and Water (1913); One Romantic Night (1930); Orders to Kill (1958); Orphans of the Storm (1921); Over Easy (1980); Parkinson (1980); Pathways of Life (1916); Person to Person (1954); Play of the Week (1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Project Twenty (1957–1961); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Remodeling Her Husband (1920); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1954); Romola (1924); Royal Variety Performance (1980); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 4 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 9 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 3: Stars to Remember (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952); Sigrid Holmquist (2010); Silver Glory (1951); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); So Runs the Way (1913); Sold for Marriage (1916); Souls Triumphant (1917); Sparrow (1978); Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998); Sweet Liberty (1986); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Angel of Contention (1914); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913); The Battle of the Sexes (1914); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Burglar's Dilemma (1912); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1979); The Children Pay (1916); The Cobweb (1955); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Cavett Show (1971 / 1979); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955 / 1961); The Enemy (1927); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Laurence Olivier (1983); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Folly of Anne (1914); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Great Chase (1962); The Great Director (1966); The Great Love (1918); The Greatest Question (1919); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); The Green-Eyed Devil (1914); The House Built Upon Sand (1916); The House of Darkness (1913); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Hunchback (1914); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982); The Lady and the Mouse (1913); The Left-Handed Man (1913); The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961); The Lily and the Rose (1915); The Lost House (1915); The Love Boat (1981); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' (1998); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1978); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Movie Album (1932); The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975); The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912); The New York Hat (1912); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Painted Lady (1912); The Quicksands (1914); The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Silent Years (1975); The Sisters (1914); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Tear That Burned (1914); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The Unforgiven (1960); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Whales of August (1987); The White Sister (1923); The Wind (1928); Theatre '62 (1961); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Thin Ice (1981); This Is Your Life (1985); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Top Man (1943); True Heart Susie (1919); Twin Detectives (1976); Two Daughters of Eve (1912); Valkokangas (1989); VM Show Vol. 2 (2005); Warning Shot (1966); Way Down East (1920); Wide Wide World (1955); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Born on this day – Walter Lord:

Walter Lord

Writer

Historian

Lawyer

October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002

Books:

A Night to Remember (1955); A Time to Stand: The Epic of the Alamo (1961); Day of Infamy: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1957); Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway (1967); Lonely Vigil: Coast-watchers of the Solomons (1977); Peary to the Pole (1963); The Dawn's Early Light: The War of 1812 and the Battle That Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1972); The Fremantle Diary (1954); The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War (1960); The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo (1982); The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship – Titanic (1986); The Past That Would Not Die (1965).

Movies and television:

A Night to Remember (1958); Barron Arts Center Lecture: The Titanic (2023); Beyond the Groove (1990); Beyond Titanic (1998); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (1985); Kraft Theatre (1956); Special Collector's Edition (2012); The Good Years (1962); The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993); The Real West (1992); The Tonight Show (1955); Titanic (1993 / 1997); Titanic: An Interactive Exploration (1994); Titanic: Death of a Dream (1994); Titanic: Echoes of Titanic (1998); Titanic: End of an Era (1998); Today (1977).

Born on this day – Alastair Sim:

Alastair Sim

Actor

Writer

Director

October 8, 1900 – August 19, 1976

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (1951 / 1971); A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); Alastair Sim: A Qualified Fool (1983); Alf's Button Afloat (1938); An Inspector Calls (1954); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Best of British (1987 / 1999); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Captain Boycott (1947); Climbing High (1938); Clothes and the Woman (1937); Cold Comfort Farm (1968); Dr. Angelus (1948); Dulcimer Street (1948); Escapade (1955); Festival in Edinburgh (1955); Fiddling Fuel (1943); Film '75 (1975); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Gangway (1937); Green for Danger (1946); Her Father's Daughter (1941); Heroes of Comedy (1995–1997); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hue and Cry (1947); In Town Tonight (1954–1956); Innocents in Paris (1953); Inspector Hornleigh (1939); Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); ITV Play of the Week (1956); Journey Together (1945); Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979 (1980); Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936); Late Extra (1935); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Law and Disorder (1940); Left Right and Centre (1959); Let the People Sing (1942); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lost on the Western Front (1937); Melody and Romance (1937); Misleading Cases (1967–1971); Mr. Gillie (1950); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Play for Today (1972); Right of Way (1968); Rogue Male (1976); Royal Flash (1975); Sailing Along (1938); School for Scoundrels (1960); Scrooge by Another Name: Distributing 'A Christmas Carol' (2011); Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1989); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Speaking Personally (1951–1959); Stage Fright (1950); Strange Experiment (1937); Telescope (1968); The Anatomist (1949 / 1956); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Noise (1936); The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctor's Dilemma (1958); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Millionairess (1960); The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940); The Night Before Christmas (1957); The Private Secretary (1935); The Prodigal Daughter (1975); The Riverside Murder (1935); The Ruling Class (1972); The Terror (1938); The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007); The X-Files (1998); Theatre Night (1960); This Is Scotland (1957); This Man Is News (1938); Those British Faces (1993); To See Such Fun (1977); Troubled Waters (1936); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); WatchMojo (2016); Waterloo Road (1945); Wrath of Jealousy (1936).

Born on this day – Jackie Collins:

Jackie Collins

Writer

Actress

Producer

October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015

Books:

American Star (1993); Chances (1981); Confessions of a Wild Child (2013); Dangerous Kiss (1999); Deadly Embrace (2002); Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); Goddess of Vengeance (2011); Hollywood Divorces (2003); Hollywood Husbands (1986); Hollywood Kids (1994); Hollywood Wives (1983); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001); L. A. Connections / serialised novel: Power / Obsession / Murder / Revenge (1998); Lady Boss (1990); Lethal Seduction (2000); Lovehead / aka The Love Killers (1974); Lovers & Players (2006); Lovers and Gamblers (1977); Lucky (1985); Married Lovers (2008); Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009); Rock Star (1988); Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / aka Sinners (1971); The Bitch (1979); The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014); The Power Trip (2012); The Santangelos (2015); The Stud (1969); The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975); The World Is Full of Married Men (1968); Thrill! (1998); Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).

Movies and television:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); Access Hollywood (2014); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997); Afternoon Live (1997); All at Sea (1957); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Almost Fifty (2016); American Idol (2007); Aspel & Company (1984–1993); Banzai (2001); Bethenny (2014); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012–2013); Biography (1995); Biography (1995–2002); Breakfast (2011); Canada A.M. (2006); Chelsea Lately (2010–2014); Choccywoccydoodah (2013); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1990–1994); Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Compact (1965); Danger Man (1966); Daybreak (2012); Dee Time (1968); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985–1992); Diet America Challenge (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Educated Evans (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2018); Extra (2015–2017); Film '78 (1978); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Girlfriends (2003); Give Us a Clue (1981); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (1985); Hobson's Choice (1979); Hollywood Greats (2003); Hollywood Love (1997); Hollywood Me! (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Home & Family (2014–2015); Hour Magazine (1981–1989); Intent to Kill (1958); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Could Be You (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Jackie Collins Presents (2004); Jackie's Back! (1999); Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2013); Juke Box Jury (1959–1965); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2009); Kilroy (1993); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (2021); Larry King Live (2001); Late Lunch (1998); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Night with the Loose Women (2009); Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008); Life and Times (2000); Light Lunch (1997); Live from Studio Five (2009); Live Talk (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Loose Lips (2003); Loose Women (2007–2015); Lorraine (2001); Lucky Chances (1990); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Marie (2013); Minder (1980); Namesakes: A Very British Odyssey (2004); Night of Passion (1960); Nightmare Weekend (1986); Not Necessarily the News (1989); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Plus One (2014); Paris Connections (2010); Read All About It (1976); Reading the Decades (2002); Rock You Sinners (1957); Room 43 (1958); Ruby (2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sacrée soirée (1991); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979–1981); Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015); She-Devil (1989); Showtime (1993); Six-Five Special (1957); So Graham Norton (2001); Star Wars at the BBC (2015); Steve Harvey (2014); Suburgatory (2014); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Talk Stoop (2011); Tavis Smiley (2011–2014); TFI Friday (1997); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1994); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (1987); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Breakfast (1993); The Big Question (1998); The Bigger Picture (2006); The Bitch (1979); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Bookworm (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Daily Show (1997–1998); The Generation Game (1975); The Graham Norton Show (2007–2013); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Insider (2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2001); The Late Show (1986); The Max Headroom Show (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1985); The Michael Ball Show (2010); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Missing Scientists (1955); The Nate Berkus Show (2011); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The One Show (2008–2015); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005–2007); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Ray Martin Show (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Safecracker (1958); The Saint (1963); The Shakedown (1960); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004); The Stud (1978); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Talk (2011–2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2004–2006); The TV Book Club (2010–2012); The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (1987); The View (2004–2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010–2012); The World Is Full of Married Men (1979); The Wright Stuff (2009); The Write Stuff (1989); The Xtra Factor (2009); They Never Learn (1956); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1987–1993); This Morning (1999–2004); Today (1982–2014); Today (2009 / 2015); Tom Snyder (1994); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Twilight (2024); Undercover Girl (1958); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); V Graham Norton (2002–2003); Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2009); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2010–2012); Weekend Sunrise (2013); Weekend Today Australia (2015); Whodunnit? (1974–1975); Wogan (1985–1990); Yesterday's Hero (1979); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Elie Wiesel:

Elie Wiesel

Writer

Professor

Nobel laureate

Holocaust survivor

September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016

Books:

Night Trilogy: Night (1960); Dawn (1961); Day / aka The Accident (1962). The Town Beyond the Wall (1964); The Gates of the Forest (1966); A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970); The Oath (1970); The Testament (1981); The Golem (1983); The Fifth Son (1985); Twilight (1988); Forgotten (1990); The Judges (2002); The Time of the Uprooted (2005); A Mad Desire to Dance (2009); The Sonderberg Case (2010); Hostage (2012); One for Each Night (2023); Zalmen, or the Madness of God (1975); The Trial of God (1979); The Jews of Silence (1966); Legends of Our Time (1968); One Generation After (1970); Souls On Fire (1972); Messengers of God (1976); A Jew Today (1978); Four Hasidic Masters (1978); Five Biblical Portraits (1981); Somewhere a Master (1982); Splinters (1983); The Six Days of Destruction (1988); Against Silence (1988); A Journey of Faith (1990); Evil and Exile (1990); From the Kingdom of Memory (1990); Sages and Dreamers (1991); In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel (1991); Passover Haggadah (1993); Telling the Tale (1993); All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995); Memoir in Two Voices (1996); And the Sea Is Never Full (1999); Conversations with Elie Wiesel (2001); After the Darkness (2002); Wise Men and Their Tales (2003); Rashi (2009); Open Heart (2012).

Movies and television:

1986 World Series (1986); 20 heures le journal (1994–2001); 20/20 (2007); 2016: We Remember Part Two (2016); 7 sur 7 (1985–1989); 9-11 Memories (2011); A Passover Seder (1994); A Sculpture of Love and Anguish: The Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial (1998); American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia (1990); Antenne 2 - Le journal de 20H (1987–1988); Apostrophes (1980–1983); Bearing Witness: Fighting the Rise of Antisemitism (2022); Beyond Hate (1991); C à vous (2010); Café littéraire (2008); Chazak (2003); Chez F.O.G. (2008); Cities (1979); Culture et dépendances (2003–2006); Das Sonntagsinterview (1994); Dawn (2014 / 2019); Dawn Breakers Film Festival Spotlights (2009); Duels (2016); Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996); Elie Wiesel in Concert: Memories and Melodies of My Childhood (2012); Elie Wiesel ou La ferveur hassidique (1982); Empreintes (2009); Facing Hate (1991); Familiar Voices (2008); FOLCS Conversations (2012); Françoise Hardy at an event for Vivement dimanche (2006); Great Conversations (1999); Histoire de l’antisémitisme (2022); Italiques (1972); Kaddish (1984); King Juan Carlos (2008); La grande librairie (2008–2011); La marche du siècle (1987–1997); L’aube (1986); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le procès de Shamgorod (1982); Le testament d’un poète juif assassiné (1987); Lectures pour tous (1958–1964); Les 4 vérités (1998); Les dossiers de l’écran (1969); L’invité (2002–2016); L’invité du jeudi (1980); Madoff (2016); Matin Bonheur (1994–1996); Mots croisés (2005); Nicky’s Family (2011); Nightline Up Close (2003); Ost und West (1970); Overheard (2012); Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006); Prix Galien USA 2022 (2022); Protocols of Zion (2005); Qu’avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1994); Sand and Sorrow (2007); Sighet, Sighet (1967); Television (1988); The 10 Commandments of Creativity (2001); The Death of Yugoslavia (1995); The Genocide Factor (2000); The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions (1994); The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann (1994); The Jewish People (2008); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); Thé ou café (2006–2012); The World of Elie Wiesel (1997); To Bear Witness (1983); Tout le monde en parle (2006); Un temps pour la mémoire (1970); Une Voix Du Timor Oriental (1999); USA the Movie (2005); Visionen zum Millennium (1999–2000); Weapons of the Spirit (1987); West Wing Week (2012); Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (1975).

Born on this day – Reggie Bannister:

Reggie Bannister

Actor

Musician

Producer

Writer

September 29, 1945 – August 9, 2026

Credits:

Album:

Live At The West Coast Bodega

By Reggie Bannister

Released 2025.

Recorded 1978.

Track list: 4 & 20 (Live); Another Day (Live); Berkley Woman (Live); Love Starved Woman (Live); Just to Please You (Live); Lenny's (Bruce) Song [Live]; Life Line (Live); Long Time (Live); Mr. Moon (Live); Music Stoned Man (Live); Shadow on the Run (Live); Wounded Bird (Live).

Movies and television:

Abolition (2011); Aconite (2005); Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012); Bonejangles (2017); Bubba Ho-Tep (2002); Burned Guys & Dolls (2011); Carnies (2010); Cemetery Gates (2006); Chasing Hollywood (2011); Dead Things / segments: Prologue / The Wish (2005); Deadpit Radio (2005); Death Is No Escape: The Making of Phantasm IV – Oblivion (2017); Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013); Do You Like Scary Movies Podcast (2025); Doctor Spine (2015); Drop Off (1997); Fallen Angels (2006); FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (2011); Girls and Coprses (2017); Halloween Ghouls (2026); Horror Kung-Fu Theatre (1992–2019 / 2022); Inside Bryan (2015); Interstate (2007); Iron Core Talk (2010–2012); It Came from Trafalgar (2009); It's Never Over: The Making of Phantasm III - Lord of the Dead (2017); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Journeyman (2005); Kenny & Company (1976); Killer Waves 2 (2020); L.A. Law (1988); Last Rites (2006); Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004); Metal Man (2008); Necronaut (2007); Not Another B Movie (2010); One for the Road (2011); Phandom (2005); Phantasm (1979); Phantasm II (1988); Phantasm III: Behind the Scenes (2007); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Phantasm V: Ravager - Deleted Scenes (2016); Phantasm V: Ravager - Phuntasm: Blooper and Outtakes (2016); Phantasm: Deleted Scenes (1999); Phantasm: Genesis (2005); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Phantasmagoria (2005); Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005); Primitive (2011); Psychic Experiment (2010); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm II (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm V (2017); Revamped (2007); Satan Hates You (2010); Sawblade (2010); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Schrödinger's Cat II (2016); Sigma Die! (2007); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Small Town Saturday Night (2010); Song of the Dead (2005); Spring Break Massacre (2008); Stop It, You're Killing Me (2000); Survival Quest (1989); Terror Talk (2019); Text (2008); Text: The Story in the Snow (2008); That Little Monster (1994); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Demolitionist (1995); The Final Curtain (2007); The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012); The Horror We Make (2023); The Intruders (2015); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2009); The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (2018); The Mangler Reborn (2005); The Obsidian Curse (2016); The Quiet Ones (2010); The Rage (2007); Transformers Prime (2011); Twiztid: Boogieman (2015); Up Against Amanda (2000); Wishmaster (1997); Women of Phantasm: The Documentary with Balls! (2022); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Zombie Family (2012).

Born on this day – Max Ehrmann:

Max Ehrmann

Writer

Attorney

September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945

Books:

A Farrago; A Fearsome Riddle; A prayer, and other selections; Breaking Home Ties; Desiderata; Desiderata for Cat Lovers: A Guide to Life & Happiness; Desiderata for Dog Lovers; Desiderata for Horse Lovers; Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life; Desiderata: The Classic Manifesto for Living a Happy Life, with Additional Poems; Desiderata: Words for Life; Inspirational Desiderata Poem Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns Surround Inspirational Quotes from the Classic Poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann; Jesus; Lifting the Veil: Beloved Dead, Biography & Other Appreciations; Max Ehrmann's poems; Poems; The Desiderata of Faith: A Collection of Religious Poems; The Desiderata of Happiness: A Collection of Philosophical Poems; The desiderata of hope; The Desiderata of Love: A Collection of Poems for the Beloved; The Journal of Max Ehrmann; The Mystery of Madeline Le Blanc; The poems of Max Ehrmann; The Poems of Max Ehrmann - Scholar's Choice Edition; The Wife of Marobious a Play; The Wife Of Marobius.

Movies and television:

Absolutely Fabulous (2003); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1972); F Is for Family (2018); Love Serenade (1996); Mr Inbetween (2019); Mudflats Living (1972); The David Frost Show (1970); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974).

Born on this day – Robert Bresson:

Robert Bresson

Writer

Director

September 25, 1901 – December 18, 1999

Books:

Bresson on Bresson: Interviews, 1943–1983 (2016); Notes sur le Cinématographe / aka Notes on Cinematography (1975).

Movies and television:

A Gentle Woman (1969); A Man Escaped (1956); Angels of Sin (1943); Au cinéma ce soir (1972); Au hasard Balthazar (1966); Au hasard Bresson (1967); Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. Andrej Tarkowskijs Exil und Tod (1988); Cannes Film Festival (1971); C'était un musicien (1933); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Cinéma (1966–1967); Cinépanorama (1960); Courrier Sud (1937); Diary of a Country Priest (1951); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971); Heart of the Festival (2002); Humbert Balsan, producteur rebelle (2006); If It Moves Shoot It (1970); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Lancelot of the Lake (1974); L'Argent (1983); Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lyon, autopsie d'une grande ville (Inventaire des rues du 7ème arrondissement) (2014); Lyon, autopsie d'une grande ville (Inventaire des rues du 9ème arrondissement) (2014); Mag Bodard, un destin (2005); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mouchette (1967); Notes on the Cinematographer (parlato in italiano) (2020); Pickpocket (1959); Pour le cinéma (1969); Pour le plaisir (1966–1967); Public Affairs (1934); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Devil, Probably (1977); The Dreamers (2003); The Foolish Virgin (1938); The Road to Bresson (1984); The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962); The Well (2016); Wear (2015); What Is Cinema? (2013).

Born on this day – Nancylee Myatt:

Nancylee Myatt

Writer

Producer

Director

Actress

September 23, 1957 – September 23, 2025

Credits:

3Way (2008–2009); Brunch with Bridget (2009); Cleghorne! (1995); Cowgirl Up (2011–2013); Life with Roger (1996–1997); Little Secrets (1991); Living Single (1997–1998); Lloyd in Space (2001–2002); Mama Bear (2019); Muddling Through (1994); NCIS: New Orleans (2016); Night Court (1990–1992); Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files (2013); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020); Recess (1999); Saint City (2022); Second Shot (2013); Social Studies (1997); South of Nowhere (2005–2006); Teacher's Pet (2000–2002); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The Long Shadow (2019); The New Addams Family (1998); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); Wave Babes (2003).

Born on this day – Francis Hopkinson:

Francis Hopkinson

Lawyer

Jurist

Writer

Composer

Designer of the American flag

September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791

Written work:

A Pretty Story Written in the Year of Our Lord 1774 (1774); Judgments in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania in four suits (1789); The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson (1792).

Music:

Collection of Plain Tunes with a Few from Anthems and Hymns (1763); Seven Songs for the Harpsichord or Forte Piano (1788); Temple of Minerva / The First American Opera (1781).

Born on this day – Tanith Lee:

Tanith Lee

Writer

September 19, 1947 – May 24, 2015

Books:

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); A Bed of Earth (2002); A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987); A Different City (2015); A Heroine of the World (1989); A Wolf At the Door (2000); A Wolf at the Door: And Other Rare Tales (2019); Amazons II (1982); Amazons! (1979); Anackire (1983); Ancient Enchantresses (1995); Angels of Darkness (1995); Animal Castle (1972); Animate Objects (2016); Arabesques (1988); Arrows of Eros (1989); At the Court of the Crow (2020); Best British Horror 2014 (2014); Best New Horror 31 (2021); Best Gay Stories 2011 (2011); Bestiary! (1985); Beyond Lands of Never (1984); Beyond the Edge (2016); Beyond the Woods (2016); Biting the Sun (1999); Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000); Black Unicorn (1989); Blood 20 (2015); Blood Is Not Enough (1989); Blood Sisters (2015); Blood Thirst (1997); By Blood We Live (2009); Cast a Bright Shadow (2004); Champions of the Road (1979); Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996); Chrysalis 10 (1983); Chrysalis 8 (1980); Chrysalis 9 (1981); Clockwork Phoenix (2008); Clockwork Phoenix 2 (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 4 (2013); Colder Greyer Stones (2012); Colouring Books Gallery One (2020); Colouring Books Gallery Two (2020); Colouring Books: Gallery Three (2021); Companions on the Road (1975); Cruel Pink (2013); Curse of the Full Moon (2010); Cyrion (1982); Dancing Through the Fire (2015); Danse Macabre (2012); Dark Castle, White Horse (1986); Dark Dance (1992); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Terrors 5 (2000); Dark Terrors 6 (2002); Darkness, I (1994); Daw 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Day by Night (1980); Days of Grass (1985); Death of the Day (2004); Death's Master (1979); Delirium's Mistress (1986); Delusion's Master (1981); Demons and Daggers (1981); Demons! (1987); Devils and Demons (1987); Disturbed by Her Song (2010); Don't Bite the Sun (1976); Don't Open This Book! (1998); Dragons and Warrior Daughters (1989); Dragons! (1993); Dreams of Dark and Light (1986); Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977); Dying for It (1997); East of Midnight (1977); Electric Forest (1979); Elephantasm (1993); Elsewhere Three (1984); Emerald Magic (2004); Eva Fairdeath (1994); Evolve Two (2011); Faces Under Water (1998); Fantasy Stories (1996); Fatal Women (2004); Fearie Tales (2013); Final Shadows (1991); Firebirds Rising (2006); Forests of the Night (1989); From Twilight Till Dawn (2009); Frontier Worlds (2018); Full Moon City (2010); Gallery of Horror (1983); Ghosteria Volume 1 (2014); Ghosteria Volume 2 : Zircons May Be Mistaken (2014); Ghosts (1984); Girls' Night Out (1997); Gold Unicorn (1994); Grails (1992); Grails: Visitations of the Night (1994); Graven Images (2000); Greyglass (2011); Grimm Retold (2024); Habitats (1984); Handsome Devil (2014); Haunting Women (1988); Hauntings (2012); Haunts (2011); Heart-Beast (1992); Hecate's Cauldron (1982); Heiresses of Russ 2011 (2011); Here in Cold Hell (2005); Hidden Turnings (1989); Horrible Beginnings (2003); Horror Story Volume 3 (1991); Human for a Day (2011); Hunting the Shadows (2009); Immortal (2008); Indigara (2007); Into Gold (1991); Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998); Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985); Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000); Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991); Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995); Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (1983); Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996); Islands in the Sky (1999); Ivoria (2012); Kill the Dead (1980); Killing Me Softly (1996); Killing Violets (2012); Lace and Blade (2008); Lace and Blade 2 (2013); L'Amber (2006); Last Drink Bird Head (2009); Law of the Wolf Tower / aka Wolf Tower (1998); Legenda Maris (2015); Legends (2013); Lightspeed: Year One (2011); Louisa the Poisoner (1992); Love Alters (2013); Love in a Time of Dragons (2019); Lycanthia (1981); Madame Two Swords (1988); Magicats II (1991); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masters of Darkness II (1988); Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (2015); Metallic Love (2005); Midnight Mass (2002); Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997); Moonsinger's Friends (1985); Mortal Suns (2003); Mythic Journeys (2019); Mythical Beasties (1983); Nature Futures 2 (2014); nEvermore! (2015); New Terrors 1 (1980); New Terrors Omnibus (1985); Night Visions 1 (1984); Night's Master (1978); Night's Sorceries (1987); Nightshades (1993); No Flame But Mine (2007); Obsession (2012); Obsidian (2016); Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (2013); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Worlds 2 (1980); Outsiders (2005); Perpetual Light (1982); Personal Darkness (1993); Phantasya (2014); Piratica (2003); Prince on a White Horse (1982); Princess Hynchatti (1972); Queen of the Wolves / aka Wolf Queen (2001); Queen Victoria's Book of Spells (2013); Quest for the White Witch / aka Hunting the White Witch (1978); Red as Blood / aka Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1982); Red Unicorn (1997); Red Unicorn (1997); Redder Than Blood (2017); Reigning Cats and Dogs (1995); Return to Parrot Island (2006); Rivals of Dracula (1996); Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995); Sabella (1980); Sages and Swords (2006); Saint Fire (1999); Scheherazade's Facade (2012); Shadows 4 (1981); Shadows 5 (1982); Shadows 7 (1984); Shon the Taken (1979); Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999); Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (1998); Sisters of the Night (1995); Sisters of The Revolution (2015); Snow White, Blood Red (1993); Solaris Rising 1.5 (2012); Songs of Love and Death (2010); Songs of Love Lost and Found (2012); Songs of the Dying Earth (2009); Sounds and Furies (2010); Space Is Just a Starry Night (2013); Speaking of Horror (2022); Speaking of the Fantastic IV (2018); Stars (2003); Steampunk II (2010); Storyteller (2025); Strindberg's Ghost Sonata (2019); Subterfuge (2008); Sung in Shadow (1983); Swan Sister (2003); Swords Against Darkness (2017); Swords Against Darkness II (1977); Swords Against Darkness III (1978); Swords Against Darkness IV (1979); Swords Against Darkness V (1979); Swords and Dark Magic (2010); Tails of Wonder and Imagination (2010); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tamastara / aka The Indian Nights (1984); Tanith By Choice (2017); Teeth (2011); Tempting The Gods (2008); Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985); The 1980 Annual World's Best SF (1980); The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983); The 1984 Annual World's Best SF (1984); The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (1985); The 1987 Annual World's Best SF (1987); The 1988 Annual World's Best SF (1988); The 1989 Annual World's Best SF (1989); The 9th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1968); The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 (2014); The Armless Maiden (1995); The Beastly Bride (2010); The Beautiful Biting Machine (1984); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1994); The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3 (2011); The Best of Dark Terrors (2021); The Best of Shadows (1988); The Best of the Best Horror of the Year (2018); The Best of Weird Tales (1995); The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980); The Betrothed (1968); The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020); The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016); The Birthgrave (1975); The Bitten Word (2012); The Blood of Roses (1990); The Blood of Roses Volume 1 (2020); The Blood of Roses Volume 2 (2020); The Book of the Beast (1988); The Book of the Damned (1988); The Book of the Dead / aka Paradys (1986); The Book of the Mad (1993); The Castle of Dark (1978); The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990); The Dark (2003); The Dark Descent (1997); The Dark of the Woods (2006); The Dragon Book (2009); The Dragon Hoard (1971); The Earth is Flat (2023); The Faery Reel (2004); The Fair Folk (2005); The Family Sea (2007); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Feathered Edge (2012); The Ghost Quartet (2008); The Gods Are Thirsty (1996); The Gorgon (1985); The Green Man (2002); The Heart of the Moon (2019); The Immersion Book of SF (2010); The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009); The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (2013); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (2009); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 25 (2014); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Sixteen (2005); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Thirteen (2002); The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997); The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001); The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1999); The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009); The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007); The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004); The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019); The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001); The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (2014); The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010); The Many Faces of Van Helsing (2004); The Medusa in the Shield (1990); The Merlin Chronicles (1995); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1975); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987); The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Secret History of Vampires (2007); The Silver Metal Lover (1982); The Storm Lord (1976); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); The Ultimate Dragon (1995); The Ultimate Witch (1993); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Weird (2011); The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee (2017); The White Serpent (1988); The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012); The Winter Players (1976); The World and The Stars (2015); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (2011); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (2012); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 (2014); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Collection (2005); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 21st Annual Collection (2008); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990); The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 (1984); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 11 (1985); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14 (1988); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 2 (1976); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 5 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 7 (1981); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 8 (1982); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 9 (1983); The Year's Best Horror Stories V (1977); The Year's Best Horror Stories VI (1978); The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979); The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986); The Year's Best Science Fiction First Annual Collection (1984); The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourth Annual Collection (1987); The Year's Best Science Fiction Second Annual Collection (1985); The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000); The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1997); Thirtyfour (2004); To Indigo (2011); Top Fantasy (1984); Turquoiselle (2014); Twists of the Tale (1996); Under My Hat (2012); Unicorns II (2014); Unsilent Night (1981); Vampires: Classic Tales (2011); Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991); Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011); Vazkor, Son of Vazko / aka Shadowfire (1978); Venus Burning: Realms (2018); Venus Preserved (2003); Vivia (1995); Volkhavaar (1977); Warrior Enchantresses (1996); Warrior Women (2008); Weird Sisters (2025); Weird Tales 1 (1981); Weird Tales 2 (1980); When Darkness Falls (2003); When the Lights Go Out (1995); Whispers IV (1983); White as Snow (2000); Wilde Stories 2010 (2010); Wings of Fire (2010); Winter Moon (2005); Witches (2012); Witches and Warlocks (1989); Wizards (2007); Wolf Star / aka Wolf Star Rise (2000); Wolf Wing (2002); Women as Demons (1985); Women of the Night (1994); Women of Wonder (1995); Xanadu (1993); Xanadu 3 (1995); Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002); Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003); Year's Best Fantasy 4 (2004); Year's Best Fantasy 5 (2005); Year's Best Horror Stories XII (1984); Young Monsters (1985).

Television:

Blake's 7 (1980–1981); The Hunger (1999).

Born on this day – Frances Farmer:

Frances Farmer

Actress

Writer

September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970

Book:

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Movies and television:

Among the Living (1941); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Biography (2000); Border Flight (1936); Come and Get It (1936); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ebb Tide (1937); Exclusive (1937); Flowing Gold (1940); Frances Farmer Presents (1958–1964); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943); Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1959); Matinee Theatre (1958); Nirvana: In Utero Under Review (2006); Playhouse 90 (1958); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Ride a Crooked Mile (1938); Screen Goddesses (2005); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); South of Pago Pago (1940); Special Agent 7 (1959); Studio One (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Party Crashers (1958); The Toast of New York (1937); This Is Your Life (1958); Today (1964); Too Many Parents (1936); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983); World Premiere (1941).

Born on this day – Hildegard of Bingen:

Hildegard of Bingen

Writer

Composer

Painter

Abbess

September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179

Books:

Dendermonde Codex; Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias; Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica; Holistic healing; Holy Human: Mystics for Our Time: Conversations with Hildegard of Bingen; Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen; Physica; Prayers of Hildegard of Bingen; Scivias; Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum [Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations]; The Book of Divine Works; The Book of the Rewards of Life; The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen: Volumes I & II; Wiesbaden Codex.

Movies and television:

Hildegard of Bingen (1994); The Divine Visions of Hildegard von Bingen (2018); The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard of Bingen (2014); Vision (2009).