Saturday, October 25, 2025

Born on this day – Nicholas Musuraca:


Nicholas Musuraca


Cinematographer

October 25, 1892 – September 3, 1975

Credits:

F Troop (1966); McHale's Navy (1965–1966); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); Tammy (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1965); Howie (1962); The Lucy Show (1962); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Islanders (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); December Bride (1958); Man on the Prowl (1957); Maverick (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Those Whiting Girls (1957); Date with the Angels (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); Wire Service (1956); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); The Life of Riley (1955); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956); It's a Great Life (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Susan Slept Here (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); Devil's Canyon (1953); Merry Mirthquakes (1953); Split Second (1953); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953); Clash by Night (1952); Trail Guide (1952); A Girl in Every Port (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); Hot Lead (1951); Roadblock (1951); The Company She Keeps (1951); Hunt the Man Down (1950); Where Danger Lives (1950); Born to Be Bad (1950); Rider from Tucson (1950); Dynamite Pass (1950); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The Mysterious Desperado (1949); Stagecoach Kid (1949); Blood on the Moon (1948); I Remember Mama (1948); Out of the Past (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); The Locket (1946); Bedlam (1946); Deadline at Dawn (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); It's Your Move (1945); Back to Bataan (1945); China Sky (1945); The Falcon in Hollywood (1944); Girl Rush (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); The Curse of the Cat People (1944); Wedtime Stories (1943); The Ghost Ship (1943); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Cutie on Duty (1943); The Seventh Victim (1943); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); Bombardier (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Cat People (1942); Pirates of the Prairie (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Navy Comes Through (1942); Bandit Ranger (1942); Cooks and Crooks (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Call Out the Marines (1942); The Gay Falcon (1941); Westward Ho-Hum (1941); Lady Scarface (1941); Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); A Bill of Divorcement (1940); Swiss Family Robinson (1940); Allegheny Uprising (1939); Golden Boy (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Sorority House (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Twelve Crowded Hours (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); Hatred (1938); Tarnished Angel (1938); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Hunting Trouble (1938); Sky Giant (1938); Blind Alibi (1938); Law of the Underworld (1938); Condemned Women (1938); His Pest Friend (1938); Night Spot (1938); The Stupor-Visor (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Quick Money (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); Living on Love (1937); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Trailing Along (1937); Flight from Glory (1937); The Big Shot (1937); Border Cafe (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Too Many Wives (1937); China Passage (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); The Hillbilly Goat (1937); The Plot Thickens (1936); Who's Looney Now (1936); So and Sew (1936); Second Wife (1936); Listen to Freezin' (1936); Melody in May (1936); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); Silly Billies (1936); A Wedtime Story (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Aladdin from Manhattan (1936); Camera Cranks (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); A Returned Engagement (1935); Old Man Rhythm (1935); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Village Tale (1935); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Bandits and Ballads (1934); By Your Leave (1934); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Contented Calves (1934); We're Rich Again (1934); Murder on the Blackboard (1934); Love and Hisses (1934); Old Maid's Mistake (1934); Sing and Like It (1934); Where Sinners Meet (1934); Bedlam of Beards (1934); Autobuyography (1934); Love on a Ladder (1934); In the Devildog House (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); Air Tonic (1933); California Weather (1933); Chance at Heaven (1933); Midshipman Jack (1933); Snug in the Jug (1933); Headline Shooter (1933); Flying Devils (1933); The Gay Nighties (1933); Cross Fire (1933); Son of the Border (1933); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Scarlet River (1933); The Cheyenne Kid (1933); Haunted Gold (1932); The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932); A Firehouse Honeymoon (1932); The Millionaire Cat (1932); Come on Danger! (1932); Swift Justice (1932); Cimarron (1931); Men of Chance (1931); Smart Woman (1931); Trouble from Abroad (1931); Too Many Cooks (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); The Sin Ship (1931); Cracked Nuts (1931); Hook, Line and Sinker (1930); Half Shot at Sunrise (1930); Conspiracy (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); The Cuckoos (1930); Side Street (1929); The Pride of Pawnee (1929); Idaho Red (1929); The Freckled Rascal (1929); Gun Law (1929); The Red Sword (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Orphan of the Sage (1928); Tropic Madness (1928); Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928); Rough Ridin' Red (1928); The Avenging Rider (1928); Terror Mountain (1928); Dog Justice (1928); Una nueva y gloriosa nación (1928); The Last Lap (1928); Phantom of the Range (1928); When the Law Rides (1928); Red Riders of Canada (1928); South Sea Love (1927); The Cherokee Kid (1927); Tom's Gang (1927); Splitting the Breeze (1927); The Sonora Kid (1927); Lightning Lariats (1927); His New York Wife (1926); Shameful Behavior? (1926); Her Man o' War (1926); The Passionate Quest (1926); Hell-Bent fer Heaven (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); Bride of the Storm (1926); On the Banks of the Wabash (1923); The Virgin Queen (1923); The Glorious Adventure (1922).

Born on this day – Georges Bizet:


Georges Bizet

Composer

October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875

Born on this day – Johann Strauss:


Johann Strauss

Composer

October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899

Northrop Frye, on books:


The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

- Northrop Frye.

Friday, October 24, 2025

On this day in movie history - Triangle (2009):


Triangle

directed and written by Christopher Smith,
was released in the United States on October 24, 2009.
Music by Christian Henson.


Cast:

Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon, Emma Lung, Liam Hemsworth, Joshua McIvor, Bryan Probets.

On this day in music history - Heavy Rotation, by Anastacia (2008):


Heavy Rotation

Album by Anastacia,
released October 24, 2008.

Track list:

I Can Feel You; The Way I See It; Absolutely Positively; Defeated; In Summer; Heavy Rotation; Same Song; I Call It Love; All Fall Down; Never Gonna Love Again; You’ll Be Fine; Beautiful Messed Up World.

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


Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Pigeon.
Released October 24, 2007.
Directed by Adam Kane.
Written by Rina Mimoun.
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, Dash Mihok, Jayma Mays, E.J. Callahan, Field Cate, Sy Richardson, Vince CefalĆŗ, Dan Glenn, Victor Z. Isaac, Raf Mauro, Karly Rothenberg.