On this day in movie history - Nocturne (1946):

Nocturne

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Jonathan Latimer,

based on a story by Roland Brown and Frank Fenton,

was released in the United States on October 29, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Edward Ashley, Walter Sande, Mabel Paige, Bern Hoffman, Queenie Smith, Virginia Keiley, Mack Gray, Lilian Bond, Rudy Robles, Greta Granstedt, Carol Forman, William Challee.

Born on this day – Bob Ross:

Bob Ross

Painter

Art instructor

TV host

October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Favorites (1993); Bob Ross: My First Book of Colors (2020); Bob Ross: My First Book of Nature (2022); Bob Ross: My First Book of Numbers (2023); Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (2017); Discover The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (1998); Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023); Experience the Joy of Painting With Bob Ross (1984); Happy Little Accidents (2017); Karla: or the Weightliftress (2022); Life Lessons from Bob Ross (2020); Lusty Little Things (2018); More Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Muddled Meanderings in an Outhouse (1972); My Journey Through Country Music (2022); Solitary confinement: Poems (1977); The Bob Ross Coloring Book (2017); The Joy of Painting Volumes 1–30 (1984 –1995); The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons (2019).

Television:

39 Ways to Calm Down (2020); A Hot Lead (2017); About Mine (2019); Bellator Fighting Championships (2012); Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994); Bob Ross: A Special Tribute (1995); Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021); Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020–2021); Cinemassacre Video (2020); De wereld draait door (2007); Deeply Artificial Trees (2017); Firebringer (2016); Kulturzeit (2020); Live with Kelly and Mark (1991); Nerdrotic (2021); Physics Girl (2015); Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2022); Sendung ohne Namen (2012); The Adventures of Elmer & Friends (1995); The Best of the Joy of Painting (1991); The Comments Section (2022); The Drunken Peasants (2016); The Joy of Painting (1983–1994); Virtual Peep Show Flat (2019); WatchMojo (2021).

Born on this day – William Harrison (with recommended reading):

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

Recommended reading:

Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories

by William Harrison.

ISBN-10: 0860078655

ISBN-13: 978-0860078654

Published 1975.

Anthology of short stories.

Contents:

Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).

Description:

Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.

No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …

Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.

Born on this day – Jane Arden:

Jane Arden

Director

Actress

Singer

Writer

October 29, 1927 – December 20, 1982

Credits:

A Gunman Has Escaped (1948); Anti-Clock (1979); Armchair Theatre (1956–1961); Black Memory (1947); Curtains for Harry (1955); Dali in New York (1965); Die Party (1963); Five More (1966); ITV Television Playhouse (1956 / 1957); New Release (1966); Separation (1968); Six (1965); The Other Side of Underneath (1972); The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1947); The Wednesday Play (1964–1965); Tuesday's Documentary (1970); Vibration (1975).

Born on this day – Margaret Sheridan:

Margaret Sheridan

Actress

October 29, 1926 – May 1, 1982

Credits:

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); City Detective (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); I, the Jury (1953); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); One Minute to Zero (1952); Pride of the Blue Grass (1954); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Diamond Wizard (1954); The Thing from Another World (1951); Wagon Train (1964).

Born on this day – Robert Hardy:

Robert Hardy

Actor

October 29, 1925 – August 3, 2017

Born on this day – Geraldine Brooks:

Geraldine Brooks

Actress

October 29, 1925 – June 19, 1977

Credits:

4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); An Act of Murder (1948); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1953); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973); Ben Casey (1964–1966); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bonanza (1961–1966); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1973); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Challenge to Lassie (1949); Climax! (1955); Combat! (1963); Cry Wolf (1947); Dan August (1971); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1965); Dr. Kildare (1964); Ellery Queen (1975); Embraceable You (1948); Executive Suite (1976); Faraday and Company (1973–1974); General Electric Theater (1962); Get Smart (1966); Girl Talk (1963); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1967); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawk (1966); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1956); Insight (1967–1969); Ironside (1967 / 1972); It Takes a Thief (1969); Johnny Staccato (1960); Johnny Tiger (1966); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Kung Fu (1973); Laramie (1963); Lights Out (1951); Love of Life (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Story (1975); Modern Romances (1957); Mr. Novak (1964); Mr. Ricco (1975); My Friend Tony (1969); Naked City (1960); Orient Express (1952); Perry Mason (1962); Possessed (1947); Rhyme and Reason (1976); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Run for Your Life (1967); Sam Benedict (1962); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stoney Burke (1963); Street of Sinners (1957); Streets of Sorrow (1950); Studio One (1954–1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Stu's Show (2023); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Bull of the West (1972); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Defenders (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Dumplings (1976); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Freddy Martin Show (1951); The Fugitive (1963–1967); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Green Glove (1952); The High Chaparral (1967); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Name of the Game (1968); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Outsider (1969); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Virginian (1963–1968); The Younger Brothers (1949); To Rome with Love (1969); Vulcano (1950); Woman with a Past (1954); You Are There (1971).