Friday, October 11, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Unsuspected (1947):


The Unsuspected

directed by Michael Curtiz,
written by Ranald MacDougall and Bess Meredyth,
based on the novel by Charlotte Armstrong,
was released in the United States on October 11, 1947.
Music by Franz Waxman.


Cast:

Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Ted North, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Nana Bryant, Walter Baldwin, Ray Walker, Barbara Woodell.

On this day in movie history - Laura (1944):


Laura

directed by Otto Preminger,
written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr.,
based on the novel by Vera Caspary,
was released in the United States on October 11, 1944.
Music by David Raksin.


Cast:

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Ralph Dunn, Clyde Fillmore, William Forrest, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Larry Steers, Cara Williams, Eric Wilton.

Born on this day – Diane Gaidry:


Diane Gaidry


Actress

Producer

October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019

Credits:

The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018); Concerned Lady for America (2006); Loving Annabelle (2006); Transaction (2005); Need (2005); Medium (2005); Bittersweet (2004); The Act (2004); Birth of Industry (2004); Alone (2003); The Dogwalker (2002); America So Beautiful (2001); Egg (2001); The Shy and the Naked (1998); After Lunch (1998); Love Without Socks (1998); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Frankenstein: The College Years (1991); Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990).

Born on this day – Gloria Milland:


Gloria Milland

Actress

October 11, 1940 – August 27, 1989

Born on this day – Ron Leibman:


Ron Leibman

Actor

October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019

Born on this day – Duccio Tessari:


Duccio Tessari

Director

Writer

Actor

October 11, 1926 – September 6, 1994

Born on this day – Elmore Leonard:


Elmore Leonard


Writer

October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013

Credits:

Books:

The Big Bounce (1969); Unknown Man #89 (1977); Swag (aka Ryan's Rules) (1976); Stick (1982); Get Shorty (1990); Be Cool (1999); Pronto (1993); Riding the Rap (1995); Fire in the Hole (2001); Raylan (2011); Raylan Goes to Detroit (2018); Out Of Sight (1996); Road Dogs (2009); The Hot Kid (2005); Up in Honey's Room (2007); Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories (2009); The Switch (1978); Rum Punch (1992); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 (1998); The Bounty Hunters (1953); The Law at Randado (1954); Escape from Five Shadows (1956); Last Stand at Saber River (1959); Hombre (1961); The Moonshine War (1969); Valdez Is Coming (1970); Forty Lashes Less One (1972); 52 Pick Up (1974); Mr Majestyk (1974); The Hunted (1977); Gunsights (1979); Gold Coast (1980); City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit (1980); Split Images (1981); Cat Chaser (1982); LaBrava (1983); Glitz (1985); Bandits (1987); Touch (1987); Freaky Deaky (1988); Killshot (1989); Maximum Bob (1991); Cuba Libre (1998); Pagan Babies (2000); Tishomingo Blues (2002); Mr. Paradise (2004); A Coyote's in the House (2004); Djibouti (2010); The Trespassers (2013); Confession (2013); Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories (1953); The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1975); Dutch Treat (1985); When the Women Come Out to Dance (2001); The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (2004); The Complete Western Stories (2004); Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories (2006); Blood Money and Other Stories (2006); Trail of the Apache and Other Stories (2007); Charlie Martz and Other Stories (2015); Notebooks (1990); Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing (2006); New Orleans Stories (1992); Chicago Stories (1993); Southwest Stories (1993); Florida Stories (1993); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Alaska Stories (1995); Texas Stories (1995); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Florida Stories (1993); New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories (1994); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Naked Came the Manatee (1997); Western Movies (1997); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing (2010); Books to Die For (2012); Long Night (2014); The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (2016); Miami Noir (2020).

Movies and television:

3:10 to Yuma (1957 / 2007); 52 Pick-Up (1986); A Conversation with Elmore Leonard (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); American Cinema (1995); Arena (1991); Be Cool (2005); Border Shootout (1990); Byline Showtime (1988); Cat Chaser (1989); Charlie Rose (1995–2000); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Desperado (1987); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Días de cine (2013); Elmore Leonard - But Don't Try to Write (2021); Elmore Leonard: A Detroit Classic (2010); Freaky Deaky (2012); Get Shorty (1995); Get Shorty / TV Series (2017–2019); Get Shorty: Look at Me (2005); Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls (2005); Glitz (1988); Gold Coast (1997); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Hombre (1967); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Joe Kidd (1972); Justified (2010–2015); Justified: City Primeval (2023); Justified: Sneak Peek (2013); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killshot (2008); Last Stand at Saber River (1997); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Life of Crime (2013); Maximum Bob (1998); Michigan & Trumbull (1999); Mr. Majestyk (1974); Out of Sight (1998); Pronto (1997); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Sparks (2009); Split Images (1992); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Stick (1985); The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2008); The Ambassador (1984); The Arrangement (2013); The Big Bounce (1969 / 2004); The Daily Show (2002); The Media Show (1988–1989); The Moonshine War (1970); The Oscars (2014); The Return of Desperado (1988); The Rosary Murders (1987); The Tall T (1957); The Tonto Woman (2008); Touch (1997); Valdez Is Coming (1971).