Born on this day – Suzy Prim:

Suzy Prim

Actress

October 11, 1896 – July 7, 1991

Born on this day – Lowell Sherman:

Lowell Sherman

Actor

Writer

Director

October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934

Credits:

Night Life of the Gods (1935); Born to Be Bad (1934); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); Morning Glory (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); What Price Hollywood? (1932); False Faces (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Jury (1932); High Stakes (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Royal Bed (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); He Knew Women (1930); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Mammy (1930); General Crack (1929); Evidence (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Nearly Divorced (1928); The Whip (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); Mad Hour (1928); The Whip Woman (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); The Divine Woman (1928); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Convoy (1927); Lost at Sea (1926); You Never Know Women (1926); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Love Toy (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); Satan in Sables (1925); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); The Spitfire (1924); The Masked Dancer (1924); Bright Lights of Broadway (1923); The Face in the Fog (1922); Grand Larceny (1922); Molly O' (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The New York Idea (1920); Way Down East (1920); Yes or No (1920); Vera, the Medium (1917); The Better Woman (1915); Sold (1915); Always in the Way (1915); Behind the Scenes (1914).

Recommended reading – Get Shorty (1990):

Get Shorty

By Elmore Leonard.

First published 1990.

Published by Mariner Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062120255

ISBN-13: 978-0062120250

Description:

“The coolest, hottest writer in America.” – Chicago Tribune.

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind – plus his “friends” have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town, with its dream-makers, glitter, hucksters, and liars – plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look – seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili’s got an idea for a killer movie, though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

“The funniest crime thriller ever set among the hustlers and con artist of the movie colony.” – Wall Street Journal.

“A Hollywood hit…. Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.”

– Detroit News.

“A terrific thriller…. The kind of entertainment that usually makes Hollywood types talk about selling their souls (or their mothers).” – Orlando Sentinel.

Dr. Seuss, on books and reading:

The more you read, the more things you will know.

- Dr. Seuss.

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).