Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Etty Hillesum, on writing:


Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.

- Etty Hillesum.

Monday, January 22, 2024

On this day in music history - Across an Ocean of Dreams, by 2002 (2002):

The album Across an Ocean of Dreams,
by 2002,
was released on January 22, 2002.

On this day in movie history - Vice Squad (1982):


Vice Squad,
directed by Gary Sherman,
written by Sandy Howard, Gary Sherman, Robert Vincent O'Neil and Kenneth Peter,
was released in the United States on January 22, 1982.
Music by Joe Renzetti and Keith Rubinstein.


Cast:
Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd, Joseph Di Giroloma, Maurice Emanuel, Wayne Hackett, Nina Blackwood, Sudana Bobatoon, Lydia Lei, Kelly Piper, Kristoffer Anders, Joseph Baroncini, Fred Berry, Tom Brent, Grand L. Bush, Marilyn Coleman, Michael Ensign, Nate Esformes, Stacy Everly, Cliff Frazier, Lyla Graham, Peter Harrell, Jonathan Haze, Vincent J. Isaac, Cyndi James Gossett (as Cyndi James-Reese), Ben Kronen, Bob Laird, Doug Laird, Robert Miano, Richard Milholland, Vahan Moosekian, Mark Ness, Stack Pierce, Barbara Pilavin, Donald Rawley, David Ross, Stan Ross, Cheryl Smith, Hugo Stanger, Arnold F. Turner, Nicole Volkoff, Richard Wetzel, Ark Wong, Harry Hart-Browne, Doctor Hayes, Troy Martin.

On this day in movie history - Time to Kill (1942):


Time to Kill,
directed by Herbert I. Leeds,
written by Brett Halliday,
based on the novel by The High Window by Raymond Chandler,
was released in the United States on January 22, 1943.
Music by Emil Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge and David Raksin.


Cast:
Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Ted Hecht, William Pawley, Syd Saylor, Lester Sharpe, Charles Williams, LeRoy Mason, George Melford.

Born on this day – John Hurt:


John Hurt

Actor

January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017

Born on this day – Bill Bixby:


Bill Bixby

Actor

Director

Producer

January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993

Born on this day – Piper Laurie:


Piper Laurie

Actress

January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023


Credits:

Around the Sun (2022–2023); Carcerem (2020); White Boy Rick (2018); MacGyver (2018); Snapshots (2018); Bad Blood (2012); Another Harvest Moon (2010); Hesher (2010); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Hounddog (2007); Property (2006); The Dead Girl (2006); Cold Case (2005); Dead Like Me (2004); Eulogy (2004); State of Grace (2002); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001); The Last Brickmaker in America (2001); Midwives (2001); Possessed (2000); Will & Grace (2000); Partners (1999); The Mao Game (1999); Inherit the Wind (1999); Frasier (1994–1999); Brother's Keeper (1999); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); The Faculty (1998); St. Patrick's Day (1997); A Christmas Memory (1997); Touched by an Angel (1997); Intensity (1997); Alone (1997); Wolf Pack (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); ER (1995–1996); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); The Road to Galveston (1996); The Grass Harp (1995); The Crossing Guard (1995); Fighting for My Daughter (1995); Shadows of Desire (1994); Traps (1994); Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993); Love, Lies & Lullabies (1993); Trauma (1993); Rich in Love (1992); Storyville (1992); Other People's Money (1991); Twin Peaks (1989–1991); Rising Son (1990); Twin Peaks (1989); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Mother, Mother (1989); Go Toward the Light (1988); Tiger Warsaw (1988); Distortions (1988); Appointment with Death (1988); Promise (1986); Matlock (1986); Children of a Lesser God (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985–1986); Toughlove (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Tender Is the Night (1985); Return to Oz (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Hotel (1985); St. Elsewhere (1983); The Thorn Birds (1983); Mae West (1982); Macbeth (1981); The Bunker (1981); Skag (1980); Tim (1979); Rainbow (1978); The Boss' Son (1978); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Ruby (1977); The Woman Rebel (1976); ; Carrie (1976); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); Breaking Point (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Ben Casey (1963); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre (1960–1963); Naked City (1963); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); General Electric Theater (1956–1961); The Hustler (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Winterset (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Studio One (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Ninth Day (1956); Kelly and Me (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); Smoke Signal (1955); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Johnny Dark (1954); Dangerous Mission (1954); The Golden Blade (1953); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); Francis Goes to the Races (1951); The Milkman (1950); Louisa (1950).