Born on this day – Johann Strauss:

Johann Strauss

Composer

October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899

Recommended reading - The Racket (1928):

The Racket

By Bartlett Cormack.

A play in three acts.
ASIN: B0BPM49P6T
Published by Samuel French.
Published 1928.

Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.

The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:

Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays

Edited by Richard Nelson.

Paperback.
Published 1993.
Published by Theatre Communications Group.
ISBN 13: 9780930452551
ISBN 10: 0930452550
ASIN: 0930452550

Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.

Northrop Frye, on books:

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

- Northrop Frye.

On this day in movie history - Triangle (2009):

Triangle

directed and written by Christopher Smith,

was released in the United States on October 24, 2009.
Music by Christian Henson.

Cast:
Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon, Emma Lung, Liam Hemsworth, Joshua McIvor, Bryan Probets.

On this day in music history - Heavy Rotation, by Anastacia (2008):

The album Heavy Rotation,

by Anastacia,

was released on October 24, 2008.

On this day in music history - Back to the Blues, by Sue Foley (2000):

The album Back to the Blues,

by Sue Foley,

was released on October 24, 2000.

On this day in movie history - John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988):

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

documentary directed by Frank Martin,

written by Frank Martin and Charles Degelman,

was released at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States on October 24, 1988.

Festival held from October 24, 1988 – November 6, 1988.

Music by Steve Goldstein.

Cast:

John Huston, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Evelyn Keyes, Lesley Black, Arthur Miller, Marietta Tree, Michael Fitzgerald, Tom Shaw, Walter Huston, Anjelica Huston, Michael Caine, Oswald “Ossie” Morris, Danny Huston, Zoe Sallis, Jennifer Jones, Humphrey Bogart, Lady Hemphill, Lord Hemphill, Darryl F. Zanuck, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr, Assi Dayan, Marlon Brando, Robert Forster, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Burgess Meredith.