Born on this day – Jean Allison:

Jean Allison

Actress

October 24, 1929 – February 28, 2024

Credits:

Highway to Heaven (1984); Simon & Simon (1984); St. Elsewhere (1983); Vega$ (1979); Hardcore (1979); Runamuk (1978); How the West Was Won (1978); Lou Grant (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Police Woman (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); The Waltons (1977); Code R (1977); The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977); Emergency! (1972–1977); Jigsaw John (1976); The Bionic Woman (1976); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); A Cry for Help (1975); Ironside (1974); Adam-12 (1973–1974); Sons and Daughters (1974); Man on the Outside (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Hawkins (1974); The Elevator (1974); Gunsmoke (1970–1974); Hec Ramsey (1973); Chase (1973); The Rookies (1973); Brock's Last Case (1973); Bad Company (1972); McCloud (1971); The Death of Me Yet (1971); The Man and the City (1971); Cannon (1971); The Steagle (1971); Matt Lincoln (1970); Then Came Bronson (1970); The Third Man (1964); Dr. Kildare (1962–1963); Laramie (1962–1963); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); Bat Masterson (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Perry Mason (1961); Outlaws (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); Hennesey (1961); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959–1961); The Rifleman (1961); This Man Dawson (1960); Hong Kong (1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); The Westerner (1960); One Step Beyond (1959–1960); Tate (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Tombstone Territory (1960); Devil's Partner (1960); Bonanza (1960); Bronco (1959–1960); Riverboat (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); Law of the Plainsman (1959); The Man and the Challenge (1959); Whirlybirds (1958–1959); Wagon Train (1959); U.S. Marshal (1959); Shotgun Slade (1959); Rawhide (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); State Trooper (1959); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); The Millionaire (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1959); Lawman (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Californians (1958–1959); Trackdown (1958); The Rough Riders (1958); Maverick (1958); M Squad (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); Edge of Fury (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); General Electric Theater (1957).

Born on this day – Sonny Terry:

Sonny Terry

Blues singer

Musician

Harmonicist

October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986

Credits:

Albums:

At Sugar Hill (1961); Back Country Blues (2014); Blind Sonny Terry (1965); Blowing Our Blues (2021); Blues Bash (1973); Blues Hoot (1963); Blues In My Soul (1961); Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1959); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); East Coast Harmonica Blues (2015); Folk Blues (2008); Four Classic Albums (Sing / Down Home Blues / Folk Songs of Sonny Terry & Mc Ghee / At Sugar Hill) (Digitally Remastered) (2020); Get on Board (1952); Gotham Record Sessions (1990); Harmonica and Vocal Solos (Mono Version) (1952); Harmonica Hop (2011); His Golden Years (2020); Hootin' and Hollerin' (1973); I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (1973); Jazz Giants: Sonny Terry (2012); Jump, Little Children: Brownie McGhee Classics (2019); Last Night Blues (1961); Leave This Town (Live Chicago '70) (2022); Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit (2001); Live From The Ash Grove (2024); Live With Studs Terkel, WFMT Studios, Chicago, IL. Jan 28th 1970 WFMT-FM Broadcast (2019); London 1958 (2014); Nothin' but the Blues (2015); Numero Uno Blues (2020); On the Road (1959); Presenting Sonny Terry (1940); Robbin' The Grave (2014); Rock Me Momma (2010); Shakedown Blues (2000); Sing and Play (1965); Sonny & Brownie (1973); Sonny & Brownies Blues Live in London (2021); Sonny Is King (1963); Sonny Terry (2008); Sonny Terry and His Harmonica. Wailin' the Blues (1995); Sonny Terry and His Mouth-Harp (1958); Sonny Terry's New Sound: Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music: With Brownie McGhee and J. C. Burris (1961); Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (1955); Sonny's Story (1960); The Essential (2013); True Blues (2015); USA (2012); Washboard Band - Country Dance Music (1956); When He Shines, Vol. 3 (2008); Whoopin' (1984); Working Man Blues (2021).

Movies and television:

A Matter of Degrees (1990); A Roomful of Music (1965); American Horror Story (2013); American Inventory (1954); Arena (1988); Austin City Limits (2006); Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009); Bandstand (1966); Blues and Gospel Train (1964); Blues Like Showers of Rain / Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Book of Numbers (1973); Born to Be Blue (2015); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Cisco Pike (1971); Color Cry (1952); Crossroads (1986); Dave's Place (1965); Deadwood (2004); Dogfight (1991); Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores (1995); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Festival (1967); Folk America (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001); Freedom on My Mind (1994); From the Vaults (2018); Gangs of New York (2002); Ghost Bird (2009); Good Hair (2009); Highway 61 (1991); House at the End of the Street (2012); House of Lies (2013); Leadbelly (1976); Library of Congress (1945); Loving (2016); Manhattan (2014); Physical Graffiti: A Classic Album Under Review (2008); Quest (1962); Shoutin' the Blues (1979); Showbiz Today (1986); Stroszek (1977); Superbad (2007); The Big Something (2011); The Blues (1966 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Candid Eye (1959); The Color Purple (1985); The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970); The Jerk (1979); The Midnight Special (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Revlon Revue (1959); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Soul of a Man (2003); The Sunday Break (1958); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947); True Blood (2009); Whoopin' the Blues (1969); Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984).

Born on this day – Preston Blair:

Preston Blair

Animator

Director

Writer

Producer

October 24, 1908 – April 19, 1995

Credits:

Cartoon Alley (2005); Fantasia 2000 (1999); The Pink Panther (1995); ToonHeads (1992); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Freakies (1974); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); The Flintstones (1961); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Rodney (1956); Sleepy-Time Squirrel (1954); Why Play Leap Frog? (1950); Señor Droopy (1949); Meet King Joe (1949); Goggle Fishing Bear (1949); Bad Luck Blackie (1949); Pueblo Pluto (1949); The Bear and the Hare (1948); The Bear and the Bean (1948); Going Places (1948); Lucky Ducky (1948); Make Mine Freedom (1948); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947); Red Hot Rangers (1947); Hound Hunters (1947); Henpecked Hoboes (1946); Northwest Hounded Police (1946); The Hick Chick (1946); Lonesome Lenny (1946); Wild and Woolfy (1945); Swing Shift Cinderella (1945); The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945); Jerky Turkey (1945); The Screwy Truant (1945); Big Heel-Watha (1944); Happy-Go-Nutty (1944); Batty Baseball (1944); Screwball Squirrel (1944); What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943); One Ham's Family (1943); Who Killed Who? (1943); Red Hot Riding Hood (1943); Dumb-Hounded (1943); Pluto at the Zoo (1942); The Early Bird Dood It! (1942); Blitz Wolf (1942); T-Bone for Two (1942); Bambi (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); The Sleep Walker (1942); Dumbo (1941); The Alley Cat (1941); Fantasia (1940); Bone Trouble (1940); Donald's Dog Laundry (1940); The Riveter (1940); Pinocchio (1940); Officer Duck (1939); The Pointer (1939); Sea Scouts (1939); Beach Picnic (1939); The Practical Pig (1939); Donald's Golf Game (1938); The Whalers (1938); Mickey's Polo Team (1936); Catnips of 1940 (1934); Masquerade Party (1934); Busy Bus (1934); Bowery Daze (1934); Cinder Alley (1934); Tom Thumb (1934); The Autograph Hunter (1934); The Curio Shop (1933); The Bill Poster (1933); Stage Krazy (1933); Krazy Spooks (1933); Whacks Museum (1933); Out of the Ether (1933); Antique Antics (1933); House Cleaning (1933); Bunnies and Bonnets (1933); Wooden Shoes (1933); Medicine Show (1933); Wedding Bells (1933); Snow Time (1932); The Minstrel Show (1932); The Crystal Gazebo (1932); Prosperity Blues (1932); Apache Kid (1932); Seeing Stars (1932); Light House Keeping (1932); Binko the Toreador (1931); Sand Witches (1931); Hot-Toe Mollie (1930); Arabian Nightmare (1930).

Born on this day – Moss Hart:

Moss Hart

Playwright

Librettist

Theater director

October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961

Credits:

Plays:

George Washington Slept Here (Kaufman and Hart) (1940); I'd Rather Be Right (Kaufman and Hart) (1937); Lady in the Dark, with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin (1941); Light Up the Sky (1948); Merrily We Roll Along (Kaufman and Hart) (1934); Once In A Lifetime (Kaufman and Hart) (1930): The American Way (Kaufman and Hart) (1939); The Fabulous Invalid (Kaufman and Hart) (1938); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Kaufman and Hart) (1939); Winged Victory (1943); You Can't Take It with You (Kaufman and Hart / awarded the Pulitzer Prize) (1936).

Movies and television:

A Star Is Born (1954 / 2018); Act One (1963); Answer Yes or No (1950); Au théâtre ce soir (1978); Bam kai kato (1996); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1956); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Camelot (1967); Drei gegen Hollywood (1982); Flesh (1932); Frankie and Johnnie (1936); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Gran teatro (1961); Great Performances (1984); Hans Christian Andersen (1952); Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009); Lady in the Dark (1944 / 1954 / 1990 / 2001); Live from Lincoln Center (2015); Make Me a Star (1932); Merrily We Roll Along (2013 / 2024); Miss America Pageant (1958); Musical Comedy Time (1951); Nothing Sacred (1937); Omnibus / Segment: The Nature of the Beast (1953); Once in a Lifetime (1932 / 1937); Person to Person (1959); Play of the Week (1960); Prince of Players (1955); Prisel na veceri (1981); Probe and Night Beat (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Richard Rodgers' Jubilee Show (1951); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Ship's Reporter (1950); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Simple Gifts / Segment: A Memory of Christmas (1978); That Lucky Touch (1975); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Good Shepherd (2006); The Great Waltz (1955); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941 / 1947 / 1972 / 2000); The Masquerader (1933); The Mike Wallace Interview (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); TV de Vanguarda (1954); Una volta nella vita (1963); We, the People (1948); What's My Line? (1951); Winged Victory (1944); You Can't Take It with You (1938 / 1945 / 1947 / 1979 / 1987).

Recommend reading - Detective Story (1949):

Detective Story

A play in three acts

By Sidney Kingsley.

First published 1949.

Published by Legare Street Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1022892851

ISBN-13: 978-1022892859

Description:

Sidney Kingsley's classic play, first performed on Broadway in 1949, is a gripping and intense drama that explores the seedy underbelly of crime and punishment in New York City. The play's intricate plot, complex characters, and dark themes make it a timeless classic of American theater.

The scene is the squad room and office in a New York police station. The playwright presents a fascinatingly realistic picture of routine cases brought into a metropolitan police station in the course of a day. Out of the welter of human misery, vice and stupidity there emerges the tragic and moving case of a decent young fellow who has stolen money from his employer. Though a woman who is in love with him comes to his help and the employer is offered everything that has been taken from him, the case has fallen into the hands of McLeod, a hardworking detective whose experience in police work has developed in him a mania for punishing all law breakers, whom he regards as incorrigibles. Nothing will satisfy him but brutal punishment. He is at work at the same time on a case involving an abortionist whose attorney, failing to move him by other means, forces McLeod's wife to confess to her husband that she had herself some years before made use of the services of the abortionist in question. Since McLeod worships his wife and finds in her the only happiness of his existence, his world collapses about him. The climax comes when McLeod gets involved with another prisoner who attempts to escape from the squad room with the aid of a revolver taken from one of the detectives. McLeod is shot and killed. This climax is a fitting end to McLeod's career. To the last, he had been bent upon doing what he considered his duty in seeing that criminals obeyed the letter of the law at no matter what cost."

Lucy Jane Bledsoe, on writing:

Writing is incredibly hard.

But I want to do it.

That said, I make it the top priority in every day, which for me means the first hours after getting out of bed in the morning.

I've been doing it enough years now that I don't even think about waiting for my muse to show up, I just get to work.

- Lucy Jane Bledsoe.

On this day in movie history - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018):

Bohemian Rhapsody

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Anthony McCarten,

based on a story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan,

was released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2018.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Priya Blackburn, Tim Plester, Dermot Murphy, Dickie Beau, Jack Roth, Max Bennett, Neil Fox-Roberts, Michelle Duncan, Adam Lambert, Luke Deacon, Emily May.