On this day in television history – Moll Flanders (TV mini-series & novel):

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

4-part mini-series directed by David Attwood,

written by Andrew Davies, Dominic Minghella,

based on the novel Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe,

released in the United States on October 13, 1996.

Music by Jim Parker, Mark Springer.

Cast:

Alex Kingston, Daniel Craig, James Bowers, Trevyn McDowell, Patti Love, Colin Buchanan, Nicola Walker, Roger Morlidge, Nicola Kingston, Geoffrey Beevers, Sam Halpenny, Tom Ward, Anthony O'Donnell, Lucy Evans, Jenna Hodges, Diana Rigg, Anthony Bessick, Matthew O'Neill, Lucy Fitzmaurice, James Fleet, Struan Rodger, Dan D. Fough, Claire Keepie, John Savident, Bill Thomas, Chrissie Cotterill, Jonathan Weir, Brian Rawlinson, Peter Jonfield, Anna Welsh, Neville Phillips, Will Tacey, Alison Lomas, Maureen O'Brien, Guy Scantlebury, Irving Czechowicz, Ronald Fraser, Catherine Keis, Anthony Milner, Ian Driver, Ruth Mitchell, Caroline Harker, Anya Phillips, Dallas Campbell, Milton Johns, Dawn McDaniel, David Burston, David Norman, Ken McDonald, Mary Healey, Elizabeth Skelton, Jeff Nuttall, Philip Fox, Caroline Trowbridge, Victoria Scarborough, Jeffrey Robert, James Larkin, Christopher Fulford, Michael Johnson, Andrew Mayor, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Evie Garratt, James Helm, Colin Alltree, Sarah Dorsett, Alistair Donkin, Alex Brown, Tim Jefferis, David Mitchell, Maia Lucas.

Recommended reading:

Moll Flanders

By Daniel Defoe.

First published 1772.

Published by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN 13: 9780375760105

ISBN 10: 0375760105

ASIN:0375760105

Description:

Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. The story of Moll Flanders vividly illustrates Defoe’s themes of social mobility and predestination, sin, redemption and reward.

On this day in movie history - Jade (1995):

Jade

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Joe Eszterhas,

was released in the United States on October 13, 1995.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna, Michael Biehn, Donna Murphy, Ken King, Holt McCallany, David Hunt, Angie Everhart, Kevin Tighe, Victor Wong, Robin Thomas, Victoria Smith, Jay Jacobus, Bud Bostwick, Darryl Chan, Ron Ulstad, Buddy Joe Hooker, Bobby Bass, Sandy Berumen, Dick Ziker, Ron Yuan.

On this day in music history - Arie Antiche: Se tu m’ami, by Cecilia Bartoli (1992):

Arie Antiche: Se tu m’ami

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released October 13, 1992.

Track list:

Già Il Sole Dal Gange; Son Tutta Duolo; Se Florindo È Fedele; O Cessate Di Piagarmi; Spesso Vibra Per Suo Gioco; Caro Mio Ben; Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella; Intorno All’Idol Mio; Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento; Il Mio Ben Quando Verrà; O Leggiadri Occhi Belli; Quella Fiamma Che M’Accende; Selve Amiche; Sebben, Crudele; Tu Ch’Hai Le Penne, Amore; Se Tu M’Ami; Chi Vuol La Zingarella; Amarilli; Delizie Contente; Sposa Son Disprezzata; Vittoria, Vittoria!

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Alpha Child.

Released October 13, 1975.

Directed by Ray Austin.

Written by Christopher Penfold.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Julian Glover, Cyd Hayman, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Wayne Brooks, Tony Allyn, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Gerry Crampton, Andy Dempsey, Vincent Wong, James Fagan, Raymond Harris, Alf Joint, Rula Lenska, Quentin Pierre, Suzanne Roquette, Michael Stevens, Maureen Tan.

On this day in movie history - Double Indemnity (movie & books):

Double Indemnity

directed by Jack Smight,

written by Steven Bochco, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler,

based on the novel by James M. Cain,

released in the United States on October 13, 1973.

Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar, Arch Johnson, Kathleen Cody, John Fiedler, John Elerick, Joan Pringle, Gene Dynarski, Ken Renard, Joyce Cunning, Arnold F. Turner, Rand Brooks, Tom Curtis, John Furlong.

Recommended reading:

Double Indemnity

By James M. Cain.

Filmed as:

Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder.

Double Indemnity (1973), directed by Jack Smight.

Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.

Published 1943.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9780679723226

ISBN-13: 9780679723226

Description:

“An American masterpiece.” – Ross Macdonald.

“No one has ever stopped reading in the middle of one of Jim Cain’s books.” – Saturday Review of Literature.

Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.

Double Indemnity: The Complete Screenplay

By Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, Jeffrey Meyers.

Published by University of California Press.

Published 2000.

ISBN-10: 0520218485

ISBN-13: 9780520218482

Description:

On every level -- writing, direction, acting -- Double Indemnity (1944) is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in Billy Wilder's career. Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by Fred MacMurray, who is lured into a murder-for-insurance plot by Barbara Stanwyck, in an archetypal femme fatale role. From its grim story to its dark, atmospheric lighting, Double Indemnity is a definitive example of World War II-era film noir. Wilder's approach is everywhere evident: in the brutal cynicism the film displays, the moral complexity, and in the empathy we feel for the killers. The film received almost unanimous critical success, garnering seven Academy Award nominations. More than fifty years later, most critics agree that this classic is one of the best films of all time. The collaboration between Wilder and Raymond Chandler produced a masterful script and some of the most memorable dialogue ever spoken in a movie.

This facsimile edition of Double Indemnity contains Wilder and Chandler's original -- and quite different -- ending, published here for the first time. Jeffrey Meyers's introduction contextualizes the screenplay, providing hilarious anecdotes about the turbulent collaboration, as well as background information about Wilder and the film's casting and production.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Mudd’s Women.

Released October 13, 1966.

Directed by Harvey Hart.

Written by Stephen Kandel, Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Roger C. Carmel, Karen Steele, Maggie Thrett, Susan Denberg, Jim Goodwin, Nichelle Nichols, Gene Dynarski, Jon Kowal, Seamon Glass, Jerry Foxworth, Majel Barrett, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: The Apple.

Released October 13, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Max Ehrlich, Gene L. Coon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Keith Andes, Celeste Yarnall, David Soul, Jay D. Jones, Jerry Daniels, John Winston, Mal Friedman, Shari Nims, Paul Baxley, Bill Blackburn, Ron Burke, Bobby Clark, Vince Deadrick Sr., Dick Dial, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Suddenly Human.

Released October 13, 1990.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by John Whelpley, Jeri Taylor, Ralph Phillips, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Sherman Howard, Chad Allen, Barbara Townsend, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Larry Echerer, Eben Ham, Carrie Henger, Gary Hunter, Lorine Mendell.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy.

Released October 13, 1999.

Directed by John Bruno.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Bill Vallely, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jay M. Leggett, Googy Gress, Robert Greenberg, Majel Barrett, Michael Bailous, Marvin De Baca, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley, Michael Satterfield, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Lace (1960):

Midnight Lace

directed by David Miller,

written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts,

based on the play Matilda Shouted Fire by Janet Green,

was released in the United States on October 13, 1960.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, Hermione Baddeley, John Williams, Richard Ney, Anthony Dawson, Rhys Williams, Richard Lupino, Hayden Rorke, Doris Lloyd, Gage Clarke, Elspeth March, Peter Adams, Rex Evans.