On this day in movie history - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019):

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

a documentary directed and written by April Wright,

was released in the United States on October 10, 2019.
Music by Chris Wormer.

Cast:

Richard L. Fosbrink, Bob Boin, Jerald Gray, Matt Lambros, Leonard Maltin, Ross Melnick, Craig Morrison, Escott O. Norton, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, David Strohmaier, Barbara Twist, Charles Chaplin, Jack Cushing, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, D.W. Griffith, Joseph Henabery, Al Jolson, Bruce Lee, Vivien Leigh, Mike Leonard, Mary Pickford, Theodore Roosevelt, S.L. Rothafel, Mack Sennett, Barbara Stanwyck.

On this day in movie history - The Thing (2011):

The Thing

directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.,

written by Eric Heisserer,

based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.,

was released in the United States on October 10, 2011.
The prequel to The Thing (1982), directed by John Carpenter.
Music by Marco Beltrami.

Cast:

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paul Braunstein, Trond Espen Seim, Kim Bubbs, Jørgen Langhelle, Jan Gunnar Røise, Stig Henrik Hoff, Kristofer Hivju, Jo Adrian Haavind, Carsten Bjørnlund, Jonathan Lloyd Walker, Ole Martin Aune Nilsen, Michael Brown.

Born on this day – Chris Penn:

Chris Penn

Actor

October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); AFP: American Fighter Pilot (2002); After the Sunset (2004); Aftermath (2013); All the Right Moves (1983); American Pie: Beneath the Crust Vol. 2 (2003); At Close Range (1986); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Best of Chris Isaak / Segment: Somebody's Crying (2006); Best of the Best (1989); Best of the Best II (1993); Blvd. of Broken Dreams (2007); Bread and Roses (2000); Cannes Man (1996); CBS Cares (2000–2015); Cement (2000); Charlie and the Talking Buzzard (1979); Chicago Hope (1995); Chris Isaak: Somebody's Crying (1995); Close Up (1999); Corazón de... (2006); Corky Romano (2001); CSI: Miami (2003); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Deceiver (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (2010); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entourage (2005); Everwood (2005); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Family Attraction (1998); Fist of the North Star (1995); Flagpole Special (1998); Footloose (1984); Footloose: A Modern Musical (2004); From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker (2011); Future Kick (1991); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Holly (2006); Hollywood Lives (2009); Imaginary Crimes (1994); Jay-Z Feat. Ja Rule & Amil: Can I Get A... (1998); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); Juarez: Stages of Fear (2006); Jump! (2007); Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (1984); King of Sorrow (2007); Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005); Le Hard Corner (2018); Leather Jackets (1991); Let's Dance! Kevin Bacon on 'Footloose' (2011); Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993); Made in U.S.A. (1987); Madonna: Live to Tell (1986); Magnum, P.I. (1982); 'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Mobsters (1991); Moviewatch (1993); Mr. Devon Sawa (Aka Scott from Now and Then) (2006); Mulholland Falls (1996); Murder by Numbers (2002); Nobody's Heroes (1983); North Beach and Rawhide (1985); On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005); One Tough Cop (1998); Pale Rider (1985); Papertrail (1998); Redemption (2002); Remembering Willard (2011); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Revealed with Jules Asner (2002); Rumble Fish (1983); Rush Hour (1998); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Sacred Cargo (1995); Shelter Island (2003); Short Cuts (1993); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Staunch T.V. (2018–2023); Stealing Harvard (2002); The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006); The Boys Club (1996); The Boys Club: Placebo - The Bitter End (2010); The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003); The Contender (2005); The Darwin Awards (2006); The Florentine (1999); The Funeral (1996); The Last Sentinel (2007); The Music of Chance (1993); The Pickle (1993); The Wild Life (1984); The Young Riders (1990); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); True Romance (1993); Under the Hula Moon (1995); VH1 Goes Inside (2004); Vice (2008); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Will & Grace (2003).

Born on this day – Kirsty MacColl:

Kirsty MacColl

Singer

Songwriter

October 10, 1959 – December 18, 2000

Credits:

Albums:

30:30 The Essential Collection (2013); A New England: The Very Best of Kirsty MacColl (2013); All I Ever Wanted (2014); All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology (2014); Can’t Stop Killing You (1993); Days (1988 - 1991) (2018); Desperate Character (1981); Electric Landlady (1991); Electric Landlady (Deluxe Edition) (1991); From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology (2005); Galore (1995); Kite (1989); Kite (Deluxe Edition) (1989); Live At The Jazz Café, London, 12 October 1999 (2023); Real (2023); See That Girl (2023); See That Girl 1979–2000 (2023); The Best of Kirsty MacColl (2005); The Essential Collection (1993); The One and Only (2001); The Real MacColl (1991); The Stiff Singles Collection (2006); The Stiff Years (2005); Titanic Days (1993); Tropical Brainstorm (2000); What Do Pretty Girls Do? (1998).

Songs:

All I Ever Wanted; Angel; Can't Stop Killing You; Caroline; Days; Dear John; Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!; Fairytale of New York; Free World; He's on the Beach; I Want Out; In These Shoes?; Innocence; Keep Your Hands off My Baby; Mambo de la Luna; Miss Otis Regrets; My Affair; A New England; Perfect Day; See That Girl; Terry; There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis; They Don't Know; Walking Down Madison; You Caught Me Out.

Movies, television and video:

A Question of Pop (2000); Adore (2013); Angela and Friends (2009); Any Time Now (2002); Bargain Hunt (2018); BBC Music Live 2000 (2000); Beautiful People (1999); Billy Bragg: Sexuality (1991); Boomers (2015); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Cannonball (2017); Completely Pogued (1991); Cow (2021); Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020); Cuck (2019); De verschrikkelijke jaren tachtig (2022); Dinner at Noon (1991); Doom Patrol (2019); Dream Stuffing (1984); EastEnders (2000–2022); EastEnders: Back to Ours (2015); F.C. De Kampioenen (1991); Folk Britannia (2006); Folk Hibernia (2007); French and Saunders (1990); Fresh Meat (2016); Get It Together (1981); Girls (2016); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Hittimittari (1984); Hotel Babylon (2007); I Want You (1998); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); If It Ain't Stiff (2007); Kinky Boots (2005); Kirstie's Handmade Britain (2011); Kirstie's Handmade Christmas (2014); Kirsty MacColl: A New England (1984); Kirsty MacColl: Days (1989); Kirsty MacColl: Don't Come the Cowboy with Me, Sonny Jim! (1990); Kirsty MacColl: Freeworld (1989); Kirsty MacColl: He's on the Beach (1985); Kirsty MacColl: Terry (1983); Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Later... With Jools Holland (1992–2000); Live from Studio Five (2009); Mad Love (1995); Midsomer Murders (2013); Misfits (2009); Moving Story (1994–1995); MTV 80s - Top 100 Forgotten Gems of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Hits of 80s Wonder Women! (2024); Musikladen (1984); National Geographic Explorer (1985); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1997 / 2000); Not Going Out (2017–2019); Our Nixon (2013); P.S. I Love You (2007); Peter Andre's Xmas Extravaganza Top 50 (2014); Picking up the Pieces (1998); Picture Perfect (1997); Rage (1994); Razzmatazz (1981); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990); Reeling in the Years (1999); Run All Night (2015); Sex and the City (2001); She's Having a Baby (1988); Sings the Great American Songbook (2010); Something Else (1981); Sounds of the 80s (2015); Talking Heads: (Nothing But) Flowers (1988); Tattoo Fixers (2017); Teachers (2002); Ted Lasso (2021); The 80s - Music's Greatest Decade? (2021); The Adventures of Mole (1995); The Catherine Tate Show (2004); The End of the Tour (2015); The Ghosts of Oxford Street (1991); The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022); The Jack Docherty Show (1997); The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl: Fairytale of New York (1987); The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country (1988); The Project (2023); The Roxy (1987); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Story of Fairytale of New York (2005); The Vicar of Dibley (1996); Top of the Pops (1980–1991); Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999); Tracey Ullman: Terry (1985); Tracey Ullman: They Don't Know (1983); Tracy Beaker Returns (2012); Who Killed Kirsty MacColl? (2004); Wogan (1985–1991); Women in Rock (1986).

Born on this day – Daniel Massey:

Daniel Massey

Actor

October 10, 1933 – March 25, 1998

Born on this day – Dana Elcar:

Dana Elcar

Actor

October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005

Born on this day – Richard Jaeckel:

Richard Jaeckel

Actor

October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997