Saturday, October 18, 2025

Born on this day – Fannie Hurst:


Fannie Hurst


Writer

October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968

Credits:

Books & plays:

A President Is Born (1928); Anatomy of Me: A Wonderer in Search of Herself (1958); Back Pay (1921); Back Street (1931); Every Soul Hath Its Song (date?); Fannie Hurst: A Biographical Sketch, Critical Appreciation and Bibliography (1928); Fannie Hurst: In Her Own Words, 1952-1968: Love Notes to Her Deceased Husband, Jacques S. Danielson (date?); Five And Ten (1929); Four Daughters (1941); Gaslight Sonatas (1918); Humoresque - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); Humoresque (1919); Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It: A Tapestry of Emotion: Stories of Love, Loss, and Laughter in 20th Century America (1920); Humoresque: And Other Stories (1919); Imitation of Life (1933); It Is to Laugh (1927); Just Around the Corner: Original Edition (date?); Just Around the Corner: Romance en Casserole (1914); Lummox (1923); Mannequin (1926); My Favorite Story (1928); No Food with My Meals (1935); Procession (1929); Romance en Casserole (date?); Song of Life (1927); Star Dust A Story Of An American Girl (1921); Star Dust: Original Edition (date?); The Land of the Free (1917); The Official Chaperon (1909); The stories of Fannie Hurst (date?); The Vertical City - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); The Vertical City (1922); Today Is Ladies' Day (1939); We are ten (1937); White Christmas (1942).

Movies and television:

A Petal on the Current (1919); A Son's Ingratitude (1912); Aghla min hayati (1965); Anneler ve Kizlari (1971); Back Pay (1922 / 1930); Back Street (1932 / 1941 / 1961); Big Joe's Happiness Exchange (1951); Biography (1961); Celebrity Time (1950); Five and Ten (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Great Chance (1918); Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934); Humoresque (1920 / 1946); Imitação da Vida (1960); Imitation of Life (1934 / 1959); It's a Problem (1952); Just Around the Corner (1921); Lummox (1930); Mannequin (1926); Matinee Theatre (1956); One Hundred Pennies (1954); Person to Person (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); See It Now (1953); Seven Kadin Unutmaz (1965); Stardust (1921); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Take Thirty (1964); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Day She Paid (1919); The Good Provider (1922); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Painted Angel (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Younger Generation (1929); This Is Your Life (1957); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Said That? (1950); Young at Heart (1954).

Born on this day – Ferdinand Schubert:


Ferdinand Schubert

Composer

October 18, 1794 – February 26, 1859

Charlaine Harris, on books:


Here's to books,
the cheapest vacation you can buy.

- Charlaine Harris.

Friday, October 17, 2025

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):


Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: The Fun in Funeral.
Released October 17, 2007.
Directed by Paul Edwards.
Written by Bryan Fuller.
Series created by Bryan Fuller.
Music by Jim Dooley.
Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Raúl Esparza, Brad Grunberg, Eddie Shin, Field Cate, Victor Z. Isaac, Howard Mann, Leyna Nguyen, Kristin Dos Santos, Sy Richardson, Albert J. Wong, Martin Beck, Arne Starr.

On this day in music history - American III: Solitary Man, by Johnny Cash (2000):


American III: Solitary Man

Album by Johnny Cash,
released October 17, 2000.

Track list:

I Won’t Back Down; Solitary Man; That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day); One; Nobody; I See A Darkness; The Mercy Seat; Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone); Field Of Diamonds; Before My Time; Country Trash; Mary Of The Wild Moor; I’m Leavin’ Now; Wayfaring Stranger.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Advocate (1997):


The Devil’s Advocate

directed by Peter Yates,
written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy,
based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman,
was released in the United States on October 17, 1997.
Music by James Newton Howard.


Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson, Tamara Tunie, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Debra Monk, Vyto Ruginis, Laura Harrington, Pamela Gray, George Wyner, Chris Bauer, Connie Embesi, Jonathan Cavallary, Heather Matarazzo, Murphy Guyer, Leo Burmester, Bill Moor, Neal Jones, Eddie Aldridge, Mark Deakins, Rony Clanton, George Gore II, Alan Manson, Brian Poteat, Daniel Oreskes, Kim Chan, Caprice Benedetti, Don King, Ray Garvey, Rocco Musacchia, Susan Kellermann, James Saito, Harsh Nayyar, Mohammad Ghaffari, Nicki Cochrane, Fenja Klaus, Gino Lucci, Novella Nelson, Vincent Laresca, Benny Nieves, Franci Leary, Gloria Lynne Henry, Jorge Navarro, Tomatito / Jose Fernandes Torres, Antonio Vargas Cortés, Elena Camunez Andújar, Monica Keena, Linda Atkinson, William Hill, Juan Carlos Hernández, Wei Mei Wong, E. Katherine Kerr, Liza Harris, Bill Boggs, Bo Rucker, Michael Lombard, Marc Manfro, J. Nester, John Rothman, George Sperdakos, Hollis Granville, Edward Seamon, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Gregory Lichtenson, Socorro Santiago, Marcia DeBonis, Marie Stuart Vassallo, Tom Riis Farrell, Harold Surratt, Alfonse D'amato, Charles A. Gargano, Lou Rudin, Ernie Grunfeld, Alan Grubman, Al Cerullo, Cadillac Moon (band), Rich Campbell, Cliff Hackford, Dave Noyes, Mike Nugent, Al Santoriello, Nikita Ager, Allan Wayne Anderson, Paul Benedict, Lauren Collins, Christopher Del Gaudio, Joyce Garland, Millena Gay, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher King, Omar Koury, Adrian Lee, Frank Licari, Delroy Lindo, Anibal O. Lleras, Cindy Malika, Dennis Mallen, Doris McCarthy, Dale Resteghini, Bonnie Rose, Todd Wall, Victor Warren.

On this day in music history - Eponymous, by R.E.M. (1988):


Eponymous

Album by R.E.M.,
released October 17, 1988.

Track list:

Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone Single); Gardening At Night (Different Vocal Mix); Talk About The Passion; So. Central Rain; (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville; Can’t Get There From Here; Driver; Romance; Fall On Me; The One I Love; Finest Worksong (Mutual Drum Horn Mix); It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I...).