Born on this day – Renée Saint-Cyr:

Renée Saint-Cyr

Actress

Producer

November 16, 1904 – July 11, 2004

Credits:

27 rue de la Paix (1936); À la recherche de Fernandel (1973); An der schönen blauen Donau (1955); Arlette et ses papas (1934); Capitaine Ardant (1951); Chacun pour soi (1994); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Coctail party (1960); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1933); Déclic et des claques (1965); Des mots de minuit (2002); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Donogoo (1936); En votre âme et conscience (1966); Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981); Étrange destin (1946); Fleur d'oseille (1967); Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954); Ils sont fous ces sorciers (1978); Incognito (1934); Kurt Gerrons Karussell (1999); La Continental: Le mystère Greven (2017); La femme perdue (1942); La misère et la gloire (1965); La symphonie fantastique (1942); La trilogie des 'Monocle' (2003); La voix du rêve (1949); Lafayette (1962); Le beau voyage (1947); Le billet de mille (1935); Le chemin de l'honneur (1939); Le coeur dispose (1936); Le cowboy (1985); Le dernier milliardaire (1934); L'école des cocottes (1935); L'erreur est humaine (1984); Les femmes du monde (1977); Les loups entre eux (1936); Les Nuits de France Culture (2014–2016); Les pattes de mouche (1936); L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946); L'invité surprise (1989); Madame et le mort (1943); Marie-Martine (1943); Marked Girls (1938); Matin Bonheur (1988); Midi-Première (1981); My Other Husband (1983); Ne rien savoir (1979); Night in December (1939); Now We've Seen It All! (1976); O.K. patron (1974); Palace (1988–1989); Paméla (1945); Paris (1937); Pas de problème! (1975); Pierre et Jean (1943); Prisoner of Paradise (2002); Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973); Red Roses (1940); Retour de flamme (1943); Room Service (1992); Secret Document: Vienna (1950); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); Strange Boarders (1938); Sup de fric (1992); Témoignages (1973); The Knight of the Night (1953); The Monocle (1964); The Pearls of the Crown (1937); The Sexy Dozen (1968); The Two Orphans (1933); Toto (1933); Tous les deux (1949); Trois... six... neuf (1937); Une fois dans la vie (1934); Valse éternelle (1936); Valse royale (1936); Vous intéressez-vous à la chose? (1974).

Born on this day – Thomas H. Ince:

Thomas H. Ince

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919); A Biting Business (1911); A Bluegrass Romance (1913); A Case of Poison (1915); A Child of War (1913); A Common Mistake (1914); A Confidence Game (1915); A Corner in Colleens (1916); A Cow-Town Reformation (1913); A Crook's Sweetheart (1914); A Dixie Mother (1913); A Dog's Tale (1911); A Double Reward (1912); A Flower in the Desert (1914); A Frontier Mother (1914); A Frontier Wife (1913); A Gamble in Souls (1916); A Game of Life (1914); A Gasoline Engagement (1911); A Highland Romance (1913); A Kentucky Romance (1914); A Lucky Blowout (1915); A Manly Man (1911); A Mexican Tragedy (1912); A Midas of the Desert (1915); A Modern Noble (1915); A New England Idyl (1914); A Nine O'Clock Town (1918); A Piece of Amber (1915); A Political Feud (1914); A Relic of Old Japan (1914); A Romance of Old Holland (1914); A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (1914); A Romance of the Sea (1914); A Shadow of the Past (1913); A Soldier's Honor (1912); A Southern Cinderella (1913); A Tale of the Northwest Mounted (1914); A Tenderfoot's Revenge (1912); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Tragedy of the North Woods (1914); A Tragedy of the Orient (1914); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A True Believer (1913); A Wartime Mother's Sacrifice (1913); A White Lie (1912); A Woman's Wit (1913); All Rivers Meet at Sea (1913); Aloha Oe (1915); An Eleventh Hour Reformation (1914); An Indian Legend (1912); An Indian Martyr (1911); An Indian's Honor (1913); An Old Fashioned Boy (1920); An Old Tune (1912); An Orphan of War (1913); Anna Christie (1923); Artful Kate (1911); As a Boy Dreams (1911); Ashes of Hope (1917); At a Quarter of Two (1911); At the Duke's Command (1911); Back of the Man (1917); Back to the Soil (1911); Bad Buck of Santa Ynez (1915); Banzai (1913); Bar Z's New Cook (1911); Bawbs O' Blue Ridge (1916); Beau Revel (1921); Behind the Door (1919); Behind the Stockade (1911); Behind the Times (1911); Between Men (1915); Black Is White (1920); Blazing the Trail (1912); Blood Will Tell (1912); Blood Will Tell (1917); 'Blue Blazes' Rawden (1918); Borrowed Gold (1913); Branding Broadway (1918); Bread Cast Upon the Waters (1913); Breed o' the North (1914); Breed of Men (1919); Broncho Bill's Love Affair (1912); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); By the House That Jack Built (1911); Captain Junior (1914); Cash Parrish's Pal (1915); Chicken Casey (1917); Chickens (1921); Chinese Smugglers (1912); City of the Dead (1915); Civilization (1915); Civilization's Child (1916); College Days (1915); Conscience (1914); Cowgirls' Pranks (1911); Custer's Last Fight (1912); Dangerous Hours (1919); Days of '49 (1913); Desert Gold (1914); Desert Thieves (1914); Destiny's Night (1914); Devotion (1913); Divorce (1914); Duty (1911); Eileen of Erin (1913); Eric the Red's Wooing (1914); Exoneration (1913); Eye of the Night (1916); Falsely Accused (1911); Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947); Flotsam (1913); For Her Brother's Sake (1911); For Her Brother's Sake (1914); For Love of the Flag (1913); For Mother's Sake (1913); For the Cause (1912); For the Honor of the Seventh (1912); For the Honor of the Tribe (1912); For the Queen's Honor (1911); For the Wearing of the Green (1914); Freckles (1914); Free and Equal (1918); Fresh Faces (1918); From Out of the Dregs (1914); From Out the Storm (1913); From the Shadows (1913); Fuss and Feathers (1918); Gentleman Burglar (1914); Getting His Man (1911); God of Chance (1913); Granddad (1913); Hail the Woman (1921); Hairpins (1920); Happiness (1917); Hard Boiled (1919); Hay Foot, Straw Foot (1919); Heart of a Woman (1914); Heart Throbs (1913); Hearts and Swords (1915); Hell's Hinges (1916); Her Alibi (1915); Her Darkest Hour (1911); Her Easter Hat (1915); Her Father's Story (1913); Her Legacy (1913); His Better Self (1912); His Brother's Keeper (1915); His Double Life (1912); His Dress Shirt (1911); His Hour of Manhood (1914); His Message (1912); His Mother's Portrait (1915); His Nemesis (1912); His New Lid (1910); His Punishment (1912); His Sense of Duty (1912); His Squaw (1912); His Superficial Wife (1915); Home (1916); Homespun Folks (1920); Honor Thy Name (1916); Honor's Altar (1916); Hostage of the North (1915); How Shorty Kept His Word (1912); In Love and War (1913); In Old Italy (1914); In Old Madrid (1911); In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914); In the Cow Country (1914); In the Days of the Padres (1914); In the Land of the Otter (1915); In the Ranks (1913); In the Sage Brush Country (1914); In the Southern Hills (1914); In the Sultan's Garden (1911); In the Switch Tower (1915); In the Warden's Garden (1915); Jim Cameron's Wife (1914); Jim Grimsby's Boy (1916); Jim Regan's Last Raid (1914); Jimmy (1914); Joe Hibbard's Claim (1913); Keno Bates, Liar (1915); King Lear (1909); Knight of the Trail (1915); Let's Be Fashionable (1920); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Loaded Dice (1913); Lorna Doone (1922); Love and Jealousy (1912); Love or Justice (1917); Love vs Duty (1914); Love's Sacrifice (1914); Lure of the Violin (1913); Lying Lips (1921); Madcap Madge (1917); Maid or Man (1911); Mario (1914); Mary of the Mines (1912); Mary's Ankle (1920); Matrimony (1915); May and December (1913); Mildred's Doll (1914); Molly of the Mountains (1915); Mother Hulda (1915); Mother o' Mine (1921); Mother of the Shadows (1914); Mr. 'Silent' Haskins (1915); Never Again (1915); Nipped (1914); No-Account Smith's Baby (1914); Not My Sister (1916); Not of the Flock (1914); Old Mammy's Secret Code (1913); On Fortune's Wheel (1913); On Secret Service (1912); On the Firing Line (1912); On the High Seas (1915); On the Night Stage (1915); On the Warpath (1912); One of the Discard (1914); Out of the Night (1914); Over Secret Wires (1915); Paddy O'Hara (1917); Parson Larkin's Wife (1914); Past Redemption (1913); Paws of the Bear (1917); Peggy (1916); Percy (1925); Pinto Ben (1915); Plain Jane (1916); Prince (1914); Princess of the Dark (1917); Retrogression (1913); Richard III (1908); Riddle Gawne (1918); Romance of Erin (1913); Romance of Sunshine Alley (1914); Rumpelstiltskin (1915); Satan McAllister's Heir (1915); Second Sight (1911); Selfish Yates (1918); Sergeant Jim's Horse (1915); Shark Monroe (1918); Shell 43 (1916); Shorty Among the Cannibals (1915); Shorty and Sherlock Holmes (1914); Shorty and the Aridville Terror (1914); Shorty and the Fortune Teller (1914); Shorty Escapes Marriage (1914); Shorty Falls Into a Title (1914); Shorty Gets Into Trouble (1914); Shorty Inherits a Harem (1915); Shorty Turns Actor (1915); Shorty Turns Judge (1914); Shorty's Adventures in the City (1915); Shorty's Sacrifice (1914); Shorty's Secret (1915); Shorty's Strategy (1914); Shorty's Trip to Mexico (1914); Shorty's Troubled Sleep (1915); Silent Heroes (1913); Silk Hosiery (1920); Smiling Dan (1913); Snowball and His Pal (1912); Somewhere in France (1916); Soul of the Beast (1923); Stacked Cards (1914); Staking His Life (1918); Star of the North (1914); Stepping Out (1919); String Beans (1918); Sudden Jim (1917); Sundered Ties (1912); Sweet Memories (1911); Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917); Tennessee (1914); Test of Flame (1914); Texas Kelly at Bay (1913); The $100, 000 Bill (1915); The Ace of Hearts (1915); The Adventures of Shorty (1914); The Affiancéd Wife (1915); The Aggressor (1911); The Alien (1915); The Altar of Death (1912); The Ambassador's Envoy (1914); The American (2022); The Apostle of Vengeance (1916); The Army Surgeon (1912); The Arrow Maker's Daughter (1914); The Artist's Model (1915); The Aryan (1916); The Ball Player and the Bandit (1912); The Bandit's Gratitude (1912); The Banshee (1913); The Bargain (1914); The Barrier (1913); The Battle of Gettysburg (1913); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916); The Belle of Yorktown (1913); The Bells of Austi (1914); The Better Way (1911); The Biggest Show on Earth (1918); The Black Sheep (1913); The Bondsman (1913); The Boomerang (1913); The Border Wireless (1918); The Boss of the 8th (1914); The Bottomless Pit (1915); The Brand (1911); he Bride of Guadaloupe (1915); The Bride of Hate (1917); The Broken Thread (1913); The Bronze Bell (1921); The Buffalo Hunt (1912); The Bugle Call (1916); The Bully (1913); The Burglar's Baby (1915); The Buried Past (1913); The Burning Brand (1913); The Busher (1919); The Call of the Song (1911); The Captive God (1916); The Card Sharps (1914); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Chinatown Mystery (1915); The Circle of Fate (1914); The City (1914); The City of Darkness (1914); The Civilian (1912); The Claim Jumper (1913); The Clod (1912); The Clodhopper (1917); The Cold Deck (1917); The Colonel's Adopted Daughter (1914); The Colonel's Orderly (1914); The Colonel's Peril (1912); The Colonel's Son (1912); The Colonel's Ward (1912); The Conqueror (1916); The Conversion of Frosty Blake (1915); The Convert (1911); The Corner (1916); The Counterfeiter (1913); The Coward (1915); The Crab (1917); The Criminal (1916); The Crimson Stain (1913); The Crisis (1912); The Cross in the Desert (1914); The Cross of Fire (1915); The Cruise of the Molly Ann (1914); The Cup of Life (1915); The Cup of Life (1921); The Cure (1914); The Curse (1913); The Curse of Humanity (1914); The Customary Wife (1915); The Dark Road (1917); The Darkening Trail (1915); The Dawn Maker (1916); The Dead Pay (1912); The Deadly Spark (1915); The Death Mask (1914); The Defaulter (1914); The Deputy's Sweetheart (1912); The Desert (1912); The Desert Man (1917); The Deserter (1912); The Deserter (1916); The Desperado (1914); The Despoiler (1915); The Devil (1915); The Devil's Double (1916); The Disciple (1915); The Disillusionment of Jane (1915); The Dividend (1916); The Doctor's Double (1912); The Dream (1911); The Drummer of the 8th (1913); The Efficacy of Prayer (1913); The Egg Crate Wallop (1919); The Embezzler (1914); The Empty Shell (1911); The Empty Water Keg (1912); The End of the Galley (1914); The Englishman and the Girl (1910); The Face on the Ceiling (1914); The Failure (1915); The Failure of Success (1913); The Fair Dentist (1911); The Fakir (1915); The Family Skeleton (1918); The Famine (1915); The Favorite Son (1913); The Female of the Species (1916); The Feud at Beaver Creek (1914); The Filly (1913); The Final Reckoning (1914); The Fires of Ambition (1914); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Flame in the Ashes (1913); The Flame of the Yukon (1917); The Floating Death (1915); The Foreman's Courage (1911); The Forest Vampires (1914); The Forged Dispatch (1911); The Forgotten Melody (1913); The Forlorn Hope (1913); The Fortunes of War (1911); The Fortunes of War (1914); The Frame-Up (1913); The Friend (1914); The Frontier Child (1912); The Fugitive (1912); The Gambler and the Girl (1912); The Gambler's Heart (1912); The Gambler's Pal (1913); The Game Keeper's Daughter (1914); The Gangsters and the Girl (1914); The Garrison Triangle (1912); The Geisha (1914); The Ghost (1913); The Girl from the East (1915); The Girl Who Might Have Been (1915); The Girl, Glory (1917); The Golden Goose (1914); The Golden Trail (1915); The Gown of Destiny (1917); The Great Sacrifice (1913); The Green Shadow (1913); The Green Swamp (1916); The Greenhorn (1913); The Grey Sentinel (1913); The Gringo (1914); The Grudge (1915); The Gun Fighter (1915); The Gunfighter (1917); The Hammer (1915); The Harvest of Sin (1913); The Hateful God (1914); The Hater of Men (1917); The Haunted Bedroom (1919); The Heart of a Crook (1914); The Heart of Jabez Flint (1915); The Heart of Kathleen (1913); The Heritage of Eve (1913); The Hidden Trail (1912); The Home Stretch (1921); The Homebreaker (1919); The Honor of the Tribe (1912); The Honorable Algy (1916); The Hottentot (1922); The Hour of Reckoning (1914); The House of Bondage (1913); The Human Octopus (1915); The Iced Bullet (1917); The Iconoclast (1913); The Impostor (1913); The Indian Maid's Elopement (1912); The Informer (1914); The Invaders (1912); The Iron Strain (1915); The Ironmaster (1913); The Italian (1915); The Judge's Son (1913); The Judgment (1913); The Jungle Child (1916); The Kaiser's Shadow (1918); The Kid and the Sleuth (1912); The Kite (1915); The Lady of Red Butte (1919); The Land of Dead Things (1913); The Last Act (1916); The Last Appeal (1911); The Last of the Ingrams (1917); The Last of the Line (1914); The Last Resource (1912); The Latent Spark (1914); The Laugh on Dad (1912); The Law of the West (1912); The Learnin' of Jim Benton (1917); The Leopard Woman (1920); The Lieutenant's Last Fight (1912); The Lighthouse Keeper (1911); The Lighthouse Keeper's Son (1915); The Lion of the Hills (1918); The Little Brother (1917); The Little Turncoat (1913); The Living Wage (1915); The Long Feud (1914); The Long Portage (1913); The Lost Dispatch (1913); The Lover's Signal (1911); The Madcap (1913); The Maelstrom (1913); The Man at the Key (1915); The Man from Nowhere (1915); The Man from Oregon (1915); The Man They Scorned (1912); The Man Who Died (1915); The Man Who Went Out (1915); The Market of Souls (1919); The Market of Vain Desire (1916); The Marriage Bubble (1918); The Master and the Man (1911); The Master of the House (1914); The Mating of Marcella (1918); The Message in the Bottle (1911); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Mill by the Zuyder Zee (1915); The Millionaire Vagrant (1917); The Mills of the Gods (1914); The Mirror (1911); The Miser (1913); The Moral Fabric (1916); The Mosaic Law (1913); The Mystery Lady (1914); The Narcotic Spectre (1914); The No-Good Guy (1916); The Old Love's Best (1914); The Open Door (1913); The Operator at Big Sandy (1915); The Other Girl (1912); The Outcast (1912); The Panther (1914); The Path of Genius (1914); The Pathway from the Past (1915); The Patriot (1916); The Paymaster's Son (1913); The Payment (1916); The Penalty (1912); The Penniless Prince (1911); The Phantom (1916); The Phantom Extra (1915); The Phantom of the Hearth (1915); The Pinch Hitter (1917); The Pitfall (1913); The Play of the Season (1915); The Play's the Thing (1914); The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919); The Portrait (1911); The Post Telegrapher (1912); The Power of the Angelus (1914); The Power of the Street (1915); The Pride of the South (1913); The Primal Lure (1916); The Primitive Call (1914); The Promoter (1915); The Prospector's Daughter (1912); The Protection of the Cross (1912); The Quakeress (1913); The Raiders (1916); The Ranch Girl's Love (1912); The Reaping (1913); The Reckoning (1912); The Red Mask (1913); The Reformation (1913); The Reformed Outlaw (1912); The Relic (1914); The Renegade (1915); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Revelation (1913); The Reward (1915); The Riddle of the Wooden Leg (1915); The Right to Die (1914); The Rightful Heir (1914); The Robbery at Pine River (1914); The Rookie's Return (1921); The Roughneck (1915); The Run on the Bank (1912); The Runaways (1913); The Ruse (1915); The Sawdust Ring (1917); The Scales of Justice (1915); The Scourge of the Desert (1915); The Scrub (1915); The Sea Dog (1913); The Sea Ghost (1915); The Seal of Silence (1913); The Secret Lode (1914); The Secret of Lost River (1915); The Secret of the Dead (1915); The Sentinel Asleep (1911); The Sergeant's Boy (1912); The Sergeant's Secret (1913); The Shadowgraph Message (1915); The Sharpshooter (1913); The Sheriff of Bisbee (1914); The Sheriff of Muscatine (1914); The Sheriff's Adopted Child (1912); The Sheriff's Sister (1914); The Sheriff's Son (1919); The Sheriff's Streak of Yellow (1915); The Shoal Light (1915); The Sign of the Snake (1913); The Silent Messenger (1914); The Silent Witness (1914); The Silver Bell (1914); The Silver Candlesticks (1914); The Sin Ye Do (1916); The Sinews of War (1913); The Sins of the Father (1913); The Skating Bug (1911); The Snarl (1917); The Social Ghost (1914); The Son of His Father (1917); The Sons of Toil (1915); The Sorrows of Love (1916); The Soul of Phyra (1915); The Soul of the South (1913); The Spark Eternal (1914); The Spark from the Embers (1915); The Spirit of the Bell (1915); The Square Deal Man (1917); The Squire's Son (1914); The Stampede (1911); The Stampede (1911); The Stepping Stone (1916); The Stigma; or, the Brand of Shame (1914); The Still on Sunset Mountain (1915); The Story of the Savage Modoc Mine (1912); The Strike at Centipede Mine (1915); The Struggle (1913); The Sub-Chief's Choice (1912); The Substitute (1914); The Tables Turned (1912); The Taking of Luke McVane (1915); The Tavern Keeper's Son (1915); The Telltale Hatband (1913); The Thoroughbred (1916); The Three Musketeers (1916); The Thunderbolt (1914); The Tide of Fortune (1915); The Tiger Man (1918); The Toast of Death (1915); The Toss of a Coin (1911); The Transgressor (1913); The Trap (1914); The Trinity (1912); The Typhoon (1914); The Vagabond Prince (1916); The Valley of Hate (1915); The Vamp (1918); The Veteran (1913); The Vigil (1914); The Village 'Neath the Sea (1914); The Voice at the Telephone (1914); The Waif (1913); The Waifs (1916); The War Correspondent (1913); The Way of a Mother (1913); The Weaker Sex (1917); The Wells of Paradise (1915); The Wharf Rats (1914); The Wheels of Destiny (1913); The Whiskey Runners (1914); The Wild West Circus (1912); The Winged Idol (1915); The Winged Messenger (1915); The Winning of Denise (1914); The Winning of Wonega (1911); The Witch of Salem (1913); The Wolf Woman (1916); The Woman (1913); The Word of His People (1914); The Word of His People (1914); The Worth of a Life (1914); The Wrath of the Gods (1914); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); Thieves (1914); Those Who Dance (1924); Those Who Pay (1917); Three of Many (1916); Through the Air (1911); Through the Flames (1912); Through the Murk (1915); Time Locks and Diamonds (1917); Tony and the Stork (1911); Tools of Providence (1915); Tracked (1911); Tricked (1915); True Irish Hearts (1914); Truthful Tulliver (1917); 'Tween Two Loves (1911); Twixt Love and Fire (1914); Two-Gun Hicks (1914); Uncle's Visit (1911); Unfaithful (1918); Venetian Romance (1913); Wagon Tracks (1919); Wandering Husbands (1924); War on the Plains (1912); War on the Plains (1912); When America Was Young (1914); When Do We Eat? (1918); When Lee Surrenders (1912); When Life Fades (1913); When Lincoln Paid (1913); When Love Leads (1915); When the Cat's Away (1911); When the Tide Came In (1915); Widow Maloney's Faith (1913); Wild Winship's Widow (1917); Will o' the Wisp (1913); Willie's Wobbly Ways (1916); Winning Back (1915); With Lee in Virginia (1913); Wolf Lowry (1917); Wolves of the Underworld (1914).

Recommended reading - 4 books on Close Encounters of the Third Kind:

4 books on Close Encounters of the Third Kind:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

By Steven Spielberg.

Published 1978.

ISBN-10: 0440114330

ISBN-13: 978-0722180808

Back cover description:

Watch the skies …

Close Encounter of the First Kind:

Sighting of an Unidentified Object.

Close Encounter of the Second Kind:

Physical evidence after UFO sighting.

Close Encounter of the Third Kind:

Actual contact between human observers and UFO occupants.

All over the world, millions of reliable witnesses – including respected scientists – have been reporting UFO sightings for the past thirty years. Experts everywhere concede the overwhelming probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. From these indisputable facts, Steven Spielberg, brilliant young director of Jaws, has created the most beautiful, frightening and significant motion picture adventure of all time.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fotonovel

By Steven Spielberg.

Published 1978.

ISBN-10: 0440109795

ISBN-13: 978-0440109792

Back cover description:

Close Encounter of the First Kind:

Sighting of a UFO.

Close Encounter of the Second Kind:

Physical evidence.

Close Encounter of the Third Kind:

Contact.

Mankind is off on the greatest adventure in the history of our planet.

And nothing will ever be the same.

For now there is no denying the inescapable conclusion:

We are not alone.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary

By Bob Balaban.

Published 1978.

ISBN-10: 0931550009

ISBN-13: 978-0931550003

Back cover description:

“I loved it. This is a book I would like to have written myself. I could kick myself for not keeping my own diary.” – Richard Dreyfuss.

Bob Balaban plays Francois Truffaut’s interpreter in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Since all journalists and writers were barred during the shooting of the movie, his diary is the only on the spot account of both the making of the movie and, more importantly, the off-screen lives of the people involved in this fantastic project.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History

By Michael Klastorin.

Published 2017.

ISBN-10: 0062692992

ISBN-13: 978-0062692993

Back cover description:

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of director Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind with this fully authorized behind-the-scenes book exploring the creation, production, and legacy of this iconic film.

Created in conjunction with Sony Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Visual History details the complete creative journey behind the making of the film and examines its cultural impact.

Featuring rare and never-before-seen imagery from the archives, the book brings together a stunning collection of on-set photography, concept art, storyboards, and more to create a complete visual narrative of the film’s journey to the big screen. It also features a wealth of insightful commentary from the film’s key contributors, including exclusive new interviews with director Steven Spielberg, star Richard Dreyfuss, and composer John Williams.

The book also features a wealth of special inserts and interactive elements, including script pages featuring notes from Spielberg, concept sketches of the film’s UFOs and aliens, and much, much more.

Comprehensive, compelling, and filled with unseen treasures, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History is a fitting tribute to an unforgettable film.

Dr. Seuss, on books:

Fill your house with stacks of books,

in all the crannies and all the nooks.

- Dr. Seuss.

On this day in music history - Timeless, by Laura Sullivan (2016):

The album Timeless,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on November 15, 2016.

On this day in music history - Istanti, by Cecilia Chailly (2009):

The album Istanti,

by Cecilia Chailly,

was released on November 15, 2009.

On this day in movie history - Cape Fear (1991):

Cape Fear

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Wesley Strick,

based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald,

was released in the United States on November 15, 1991.
Music by Bernard Herrmann and Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, Illeana Douglas, Fred Thompson, Zully Montero, Craig Henne, Forest Burton, Edgar Allan Poe IV, Rod Ball, W. Paul Bodie, Joel Kolker, Antoni Corone, Tamara Jones, Roger Pretto, Parris Buckner, Margot Moreland, Will Knickerbocker, Robert L. Gerlach, Bruce E. Holdstein, Richard Wasserman, Paul Nagle Jr., Paul Froehler, Mary Ellen O'Brien, Jody Wilson, C.C. Costigan, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Gar Stephen, Billy D. Lucas, Ken Collins, Linda Perri, Libby Moyer, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Jackie Davis, George Grafas, Esther Rolle, Ken Waters.