Sunday, September 7, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Place Beyond the Pines (2012):


The Place Beyond the Pines

directed by Derek Cianfrance,
written by Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder,
was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2012.
Music by Mike Patton.


Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Craig Van Hook, Eva Mendes, Olga Merediz, Ray Liotta, Angelo Anthony Pizza, Mahershala Ali, John Facci, Ben Mendelsohn, Tula (the dog), Penny (the dog), Cynthia Pelletier-Sullivan, Mackenzie Trainor, Nicole Califano, Shannon Plumb, Tracey Agustin, Ean Egas, Bob Dieterich, Thomas Mattice, Adam Nowicki, Mark J. Caruso, G. Douglas Griset, Vanessa Thorpe, Gail Martino, Brian Smyj, Bradley Cooper, Dorothy Rutherford, Paul Steele, Gabe Fazio, Rose Byrne, Travis Jackson Campbell, Harris Yulin, Jan Libertucci, Robert Clohessy, Bruce Greenwood, Subrina Dhammi, Heather Chestnut, Greta Seacat, Luke Pierucci, Jessica Layton, James J. Gleason, Patrick Husted, Emory Cohen, Joe B. McCarthy, Jefrey Pollock, Lynette Howell Taylor, Sarah Curcio, Dane DeHaan, Ephraim Benton, Mark McCracken, Adriel Linyear, Kevin Green, Jennifer Sober, Melissa Mills, Alex Pulling, Dante Shafer, Kayla Smalls, Frank J. Falvo, Leah Bliven, Whitney Hudson, Breanna Dolen, Hugh T. Farley, Michael Cullen.

On this day in television history - Carnivàle (2003 - 2005):


Carnivàle

created by Daniel Knauf,
was released on September 7, 2003,
and ran for two seasons until March 27, 2005.
Theme music by Wendy Melvoin.
Composed by Lisa Coleman.


Cast:

Nick Stahl, Michael J. Anderson, Tim DeKay, Patrick Bauchau, Debra Christofferson, Diane Salinger, Clea DuVall, Adrienne Barbeau, Brian Turk, John Fleck, Karyne Steben, Sarah Steben, Toby Huss, Cynthia Ettinger, Carla Gallo, Amanda Aday, John Carroll Lynch, Bree Walker, John Savage, Linda Hunt, Clancy Brown, Amy Madigan, Robert Knepper, Ralph Waite.

On this day in movie history - Popeye Doyle (1986):


Popeye Doyle

directed by Peter Levin,
written by Richard Di Lello,
was released in the United States on September 7, 1986.
Theme music by Brad Fiedel.


Cast:

Ed O’Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark, George De La Pena, Audrey Landers, Nicholas Kadi, Elias Zarou, Gary Tacon, Phil Neilson, Elizabeth Lennie, Peter Virgile, Richard Monette, S.J. Fellowes, Guy Sanvido, Philip Williams, Linda Gambell, Chick Roberts, J.K. Simmons, Richard McMillan, Joanne Perica, Alexandra Innes, Tony Rosato, Todd Postlethwaite, Susan Diol, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, Charles Woods Gray.

Born on this day – Alfa Anderson:


Alfa Anderson


Singer

Teacher

September 7, 1946 – December 17, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

C'est Chic (1978); Chic (1977); Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979); Music from My Heart (2017); Tongue in Chic (1982).

Songs:

A Warm Summer Night; At Last I Am Free; Bone; Chic Cheer; Chic Mystique; Chicism; Dance, Dance, Dance; Do That Dance; Do You Wanna Party; Everybody Dance; Good Times; Good Times / Rapper's Delight; Hangin'; Happy Man; I Want Your Love; I’ll Be There; I'm Coming Out; Jusagroove; Le Freak; My Feet Keep Dancing; My Forbidden Lover; Real People; São Paulo; Savoir Faire; Sober; Sometimes You Win; Soup for One; Till The World Falls; We Are Family; What About Me; Will You Cry; Would You Be My Baby.

Movies, television and video:

Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance (1978); Chic: Everybody Dance (1978); Chic: I Want Your Love (1979); Chic: Le Freak (1978); Coronation Street (2015–2016); Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker (2013); Unsung (2014).

Born on this day – John Harkins:


John Harkins

Actor

September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999

Born on this day – T. P. McKenna:


T. P. McKenna

Actor

Writer

September 7, 1929 – February 13, 2011

Born on this day – Rossana Rory:


Rossana Rory


Actress

September 7, 1927 – April 1, 2020

Credits:

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Captain Falcon (1958); Casablanca (1956); Come September (1961); El Alamein (1957); Europe '51 (1952); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Jessica (1962); La spada e la croce (1958); L'Eclisse (1962); L'eterna femmina (1954); Licenza premio (1951); Padri e figli (1958–1959); Perdonami! (1953); Piccola santa (1954); Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960); The Angel Wore Red (1960); The Big Boodle (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Naked and the Wicked (1951); The River Changes (1956).