Born on this day – Brenda Joyce:

Brenda Joyce

Actress

February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009

Credits:

Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Shaggy (1948); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Stepchild (1947); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Danger Woman (1946); The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946); Little Giant (1946); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Pillow of Death (1945); The Enchanted Forest (1945); Strange Confession (1945); I'll Tell the World (1945); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Thumbs Up (1943); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Right to the Heart (1942); Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941); Private Nurse (1941); Public Deb No. 1 (1940); Maryland (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Here I Am a Stranger (1939); The Rains Came (1939).

Born on this day – Anthony Burgess:

Anthony Burgess

Writer

February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 99 Novels (1984); A Clockwork Orange (1962); 1985 (1978); A Clockwork Orange 2004 (1990); A Dead Man in Deptford (1993); A Long Trip to Teatime (1976); A Mouthful of Air (1992); A Vision of Battlements (1965); Abba Abba (1977); Any Old Iron (1989); Beard’s Roman Women (1976); Beds in the East (1959); Blooms of Dublin (1986); But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen? (1986); Byrne (1995); Coaching Days of England (1966); Devil of a State (1961); Earthly Powers (1980); Enderby (1968); Enderby Outside (1968); Enderby’s Dark Lady (1984); Ernest Hemingway and His World (1978); Flame into Being (1985); Future Imperfect (1994); Here Comes Everybody (1965); Homage To Qwert Yuiop (1986); Honey for the Bears (1963); Inside Mr. Enderby (1963); Joysprick (1973); Language Made Plain (1964); Little Wilson and Big God (1987); Man of Nazareth (1979); MF (1971); Moses (1976); Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991); Napoleon Symphony (1974); New York (1976); Nothing like the Sun (1964); Oberon Old and New (1985); On Going to Bed (1982); On Mozart (1991); One Hand Clapping (1961); One Man’s Chorus (1998); Shakespeare (1970); Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange (1972); The Age of the Grand Tour (1967); The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003); The Clockwork Testament (1974); The Devil’s Mode (1989); The Doctor is Sick (1960); The End of the World News (1982); The Enemy in the Blanket (1957); The Eve of Saint Venus (1964); The Heritage of British Literature (1983); The Kingdom of the Wicked (1980); The Novel Now (1967); The Pianoplayers (1986); The Right to an Answer (1960); The Wanting Seed (1956); The Worm and the Ring (1961); The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); This Man & Music (1982); Time for a Tiger (1956); Tremor of Intent (1966); Two Tales of the Future (1980); You’ve Had Your Time (1990).

Movies and television:

90 Minutes Live (1978); 100 Years of Ulysses (2022); 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (1983); A Clockwork Orange (1971 / 2007); À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981); A.D. (1985); After Dark (1988); An Examination of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1972); Anno Domini (1975); Apostrophes (1979–1989); Arena (1993); Artur och Maria (1992); Bains de minuit (1988); Barneys, Books and Bust Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize (2018); Call My Bluff (1967–1968); Camera Three (1972–1973); C'est à lire (1984); Cities (1979); Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 / 1990); Firing Line (1972); Frank Delaney (1983); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Front Row (2018); Great Performances (2008); I riassuntini (2018); Il était une fois... (2011); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2022); Le cannabis - Une plante entre le bien et le mal (1996); Le grand échiquier (1988); Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake, with Anthony Burgess (1973); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Make It New - a portrait of Anthony Burgess (1984); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Muy personal (1988); Neanderthal (2000); Omnibus (1968); Orange mécanique, les rouages de la violence (2023); Ouvrez les guillemets (1973); Quest for Fire (1981); Read All About It (1977); Rencontre au sommet: Anthony Burgess/Isaac Bashevis Singer (1997); Review (1972); Saturday Night Clive (1990); Saturday Review (1985–1987); Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980); Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange (2000); Take It or Leave It (1964–1967); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The Book Game (1982–1983); The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Burgess Variations (1999); The English Programme (1985); The Late Show (1989); The Levin Interviews (1981); The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The South Bank Show (1978–1985); The Talk Show with Clive James (1990); Today (1978); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Videobook: A Clockwork Orange (2023); Vinyl (1965); Wogan (1985–1990); Word for Word (1978); Writers and Places (1981).

Born on this day – Jim Backus:

Jim Backus

Actor

Writer

February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); 1001 Arabian Nights (1959); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Dangerous Profession (1949); A Princess for Magoo (1959); A Private's Affair (1959); ABC Afterschool Specials (1976); ABC's Nightlife (1965); About Faces (1960); Above and Beyond (1952); Accidental Family (1967); Advance to the Rear (1964); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976); A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All Star Revue (1952–1953); American Masters (2005); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Angel Face (1952); Angels' Brigade (1979); Ark II (1976); Arrest and Trial (1964); Ask Any Girl (1959); Autumn Leaves (1956); Barefaced Flatfoot (1951); Before the Three-Hour Tour (2004); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Billie (1965); Biography (2002); Blondie (1968–1969); Boys' Night Out (1962); Bright Victory (1951); Bungled Bungalow (1951); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Bwana Magoo (1959); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cain's Hundred (1961); Calling Doctor Magoo (1956); Calling Doctor Magoo / Hotsy Footsy (1952); Calling Doctor Magoo / Kangaroo Courting (1954); Calling Doctor Magoo / Love Comes to Magoo (1958); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo Goes Skiing (1954); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo's Check Up (1955); Calling Doctor Magoo / Magoo's Cruise (1958); Calling Doctor Magoo / The Explosive Mr. Magoo (1958); Can You Top This (1970); Charlie's Angels (1977 / 1979); Chico and the Man (1975); CHiPs (1977); Christopher Crumpet / Four Wheels, No Brakes (1954); Christopher Crumpet / Pete Hothead (1952); Christopher Crumpet / The Popcorn Story (1950); Climax! (1957); Confidential File (1956); Conflict (1956); Continental Showcase (1966); Cop on the Beat (1975); Crazy Mama (1975); Critic's Choice (1963); Customs Agent (1950); Damn Yankees! (1967); Daniel Boone (1968); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); Dee Time (1969); Deep in My Heart (1954); Della (1970); Destination Magoo (1954); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Don't Make Waves (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Easy Living (1949); Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950); Eighteen and Anxious (1957); Eischied (1979); Ellery Queen (1975); Emergency Wedding (1950); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales (2000); Espionage (1964); ET in TV Land (2003); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1980); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Fluffy (1965); Flying High (1978); Follow the Sun (1962); Forever James Dean (1988); Francis in the Navy (1955); Friday Foster (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Funny You Should Ask (1969); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968–1969); Geraldine (1953); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gilligan's Island (1964–1992); Gilligan's Planet (1982); Good Guys Wear Black (1978); Goodnight Jackie (1974); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Half Angel (1951); Harry O (1975); Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977); He Said, She Said (1970); Heavy Petting (1989); Hello Down There (1969); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hill Street Blues (1982); His Kind of Woman (1951); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood House (1949); Hollywood Magoo (1970); Hollywood Squares (1965–1974); Hollywood Story (1951); Hurry Sundown (1967); I Dream of Jeannie (1970); I Love Melvin (1953); I Married Joan (1952–1955); I Spy (1968); I Want You (1951); I Was a Teenage Magoo (1960); Ice Palace (1960); I'll Bet (1965); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); Imagine That (1983); Inside Magoo (1960); Iron Man (1951); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Your Bet (1969–1972); I've Got a Secret (1957–1967); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Joe Forrester (1975); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Johnny Cool (1963); Juke Box Jury (1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Liar's Club (1977–1978); Look Who's Driving (1954); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Understanding / Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1956); M (1951); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Macabre (1958); Magic Carpet (1972); Magoo Beats the Heat (1956); Magoo Beats the Heat / Magoo Goes Overboard (1957); Magoo Breaks Par (1957); Magoo Makes News (1955); Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy) (1959); Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1959); Magoo Saves the Bank (1957); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo Express (1955); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Problem Child (1956); Magoo Slept Here / Magoo's Three-Point Landing (1958); Magoo Slept Here / Matador Magoo (1957); Magoo's Masterpiece (1953); Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Match Game (1973); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1961); McKeever and the Colonel (1963); Medical Center (1973); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990–1993); Merry Minstrel Magoo (1959); Miracle on 34th Street (1973); Mister Magoo (1960); Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962); Mobile One (1975); Mod Squad (1973); Mooch (1974); Mr. Magoo (1997); Mr. Magoo Cartoon Merry-Go-Round (1953); Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Six Loves (1963); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Never Con a Killer (1977); New Zoo Revue (1975); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Of Thee I Sing (1972); One Last Fling (1949); Operation Bikini (1963); Password (1962–1973); Pat and Mike (1952); Person to Person (1961); Personality (1967); Pete's Dragon (1977); Picture This (1963); Pink and Blue Blues / Grizzly Golfer (1951); Pink and Blue Blues / Madcap Magoo (1955); Pink and Blue Blues / Magoo's Canine Mutiny (1956); Pink and Blue Blues / Magoo's Young Manhood (1958); Pink and Blue Blues / Meet Mother Magoo (1956); Playhouse 90 (1958); Plutopia (1951); Police Story (1975–1976); Prince Jack (1984); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rendezvous in Space (1964); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Rescuing a Fantasy Classic (2021); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Spellbound Hound (1950); Stand Up and Cheer (1974); Star Stage (1956); Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International (1955); Storybook Squares (1969); Studio One (1957–1958); Stump the Stars (1963); Stu's Show (2023); Sunday in New York (1963); Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001); Sweepstakes (1979); Take a Good Look (1959); Talent Scouts (1962–1963); Tattletales (1974); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The Alan Hamel Show (1979); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Big Operator (1959); The Bob Braun Show (1971); The Bob Newhart Show (1962); The Brady Bunch (1971–1974); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–2000); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–1978); The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donald O'Connor Show (1968); The DuPont Show of the Week (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Enchanted Journey (1981); The Errand Boy (1961); The Fabulous Shorts (1968); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Garry Moore Show (1962–1967); The George Gobel Show (1958); The Ghost Busters (1975); The Gift of the Magi (1978); The Gilligan Manifesto (2018); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Good Guys (1969); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The Great Lover (1949); The Great Man (1956); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The High Cost of Loving (1958); The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962); The Humpbacked Horse (1975); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Jim Backus Show (1960–1961); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Lady and the Stock Exchange (1962); The Late Show (1988); The Lee Phillip Show (1962–1971); The Linkletter Show (1962); The Love Boat (1978–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1975); The Man with a Cloak (1951); The Match Game (1963); The Max Bygraves Hour (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1980); The Millionaire (1959); The Miner's Daughter (1950); The Mouse Factory (1972–1973); The Movie Game (1969); The Naked Hills (1956); The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–1975); The Object Is (1964); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957); The Rebels (1979); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Square Jungle (1955); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1969); The Unknown Story (2022); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1973); The Web (1954); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); The Wild Wild West (1969); The Windblown Hare (1949); The Wonderful Career of George Pal (2022); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); There Goes the Bride (1980); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Is Your Life (1958 / 1971); To Tell the Truth (1958); Today (1959–1980); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Top Secret Affair (1957); Trailblazer Magoo (1956); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Trouble Indemnity (1950); Trouble Indemnity / Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Glorious Fourth (1957); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Homecoming (1959); Trouble Indemnity / Magoo's Masquerade (1957); Trouble Indemnity / Pink and Blue Blues (1952); Trouble Indemnity / Ragtime Bear (1949); Trouble Indemnity / Sloppy Jalopy (1952); Trouble Indemnity / Stage Door Magoo (1955); Trouble Indemnity / Terror Faces Magoo (1959); Trouble Indemnity / When Magoo Flew (1954); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); What's My Line? (1957–1972); What's New, Mr. Magoo? (1977); When Magoo Flew / Captains Outrageous (1952); When Magoo Flew / Gumshoe Magoo (1958); When Magoo Flew / Magoo's Private War (1957); When Magoo Flew / Rock-Hound Magoo (1957); When Magoo Flew / Safety Spin (1953); When Magoo Flew / Scoutmaster Magoo (1958); When Magoo Flew The Dog Snatcher (1952); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968); Where Will You Hide? (1948); Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Your Chevrolet Showroom (1953); You're Putting Me On (1969); Zotz! (1962).

Born on this day – Ida Cox:

Ida Cox

Blues singer

Vaudeville performer

February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967

Credits:

Albums:

15 Essentials of Ida Cox (Mono Version) (2014); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But... (1971); Blues For Rampart Street (1962); Colours of Music History (2014); Confidential Blues - The Early Years (2021); Deep Sea Blues (2015); Four Day Creep (2015); Hard Times Blues (2015); I Can't Quit My Man (1991); Ida Cox (2009); Ida Cox Sings the Blues (Mono Version) (1954); Ida Cox Vol. 1 1923 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 3 1925-1927 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 4 1927-1938 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940) (2005); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Late Numbers (2022); Mail Man Blues and Other Stories (2024); Milestones of Legends - Female Blues Singers, Vol. 5 (2018); Presenting Ida Cox (1923); Take Him off My Mind (2015); That's What I Need (2014); The Magic Masters (2016); The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (2013); Tonight in Time (2015); Uncrowned Queen (2015); Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (2023); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Songs:

Any Woman's Blues; Bama Bound Blues; Bear-Mash Blues; Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But!; Bone Orchard Blues; Coffin Blues; Come Right In

Confidential Blues; Death Letter Blues; Deep Sea Blues; Fare Thee Well Poor Gal; Georgia Hound Blues; Give Me a Break Blues; Hard Times Blues; Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues; Kentucky Man Blues; Last Mile Blues; Last Time Blues; Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Mama Doo Shee Blues; Mean Papa Turn Your Key; Misery Blues; Moanin' Groanin' Blues; Mojo Hand Blues; One Hour Mama; Pink Slip Blues; Rambling Blues; Those Married Man Blues; Weary Way Blues; Western Union Blues; Wild Women Don't Have The Blues; Worried Mama Blues.

Movies and television:

Giant Mine (1996); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Rocketman (2019); SexTV (2002); The Blues (2003); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Piano Lesson (2024); Woman's a Fool (1947).

Recommended reading - Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual (2010):

Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

By Ben Robinson and Marcus Riley.

Published 2010.

Publisheb by Pocket Books/Star Trek.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1451621299

ISBN-13: 978-1451621297

Description:

The U.S.S. Enterprise is without doubt the most famous starship in history. The vessels that have carried the name have saved the galaxy countless times and her captains, including Archer, Kirk, and Picard, have been legendary.

This Haynes Manual provides in-depth information about these extraordinary ships, from the Enterprise NX-01, to Captain Kirk’s Enterprise NCC-1701 and Captain Picard’s Enterprise NCC-1701-D including histories of each vessel, technical information about their systems, and discussions of key technologies such as transporters and warp-speed travel. Find out exactly what powered these ships, how they were armed and what it took to operate them.

The book features newly created artwork throughout, including full-ship cutaways of each Enterprise, key systems, and interior locations together with detailed new exterior views by one of STAR TREK’s original visual effects artists.

This Haynes Manual is fully authorized by CBS and technical consultant Michael Okuda, who spent thirteen years working on STAR TREK TV series and movies.

Kaari Utrio, on writing:

I can't help but to write, I have an inner need for it.

If I'm not in the middle of some literary project, I'm utterly lost, unhappy and distressed.

As soon as I get started, I calm down.

- Kaari Utrio.

On this day in music history - Undercurrent, by Michele Mclaughlin (2015):

Undercurrent

Album by Michele Mclaughlin,

released February 24, 2015.

Track list:

11,000 Miles; Living in Awe; Changing Skies; Full of Love; The Space Between; Undercurrent; Starstuff; Never Give Up; Evolution; On My Own; Melody in Motion; Stepping Stones; Synesthesia.