On this day in movie history - Always (1989):

Always

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Jerry Belson and Diane Thomas,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1989.
Based on the movie A Guy Named Joe (1943), directed by Victor Fleming and John E. Burch.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom, Keith David, Ed Van Nuys, Marg Helgenberger, Dale Dye, Brian Haley, James Lashly, Michael Steve Jones, Kim Robillard, Jim Sparkman, Doug McGrath, Shereil L. Bowens, Ascension Fuentes, Todd Jacobson, DeMarious T. Morganfield, Mike O'Neal, Larry Landless, Steve Shatnyski, James Pruitt, Joseph McCrossin, JD Souther, David Jackson, David Kitay, Gene Strimling, Roy E. Harrison, Ted Grossman, Gerry Rothschild, Loren Smothers, Taleena Ottwell, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Braveheart, Jim Dunkin, Douglas 'Hurricane' Hall, Tim Hiser, Jaclyn Nagata, Joseph Michael Roth.

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

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Another Time, Another Place.

Released December 22, 1975.

Directed by David Tomblin.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Alan Carter, Judy Geeson, Tony Allyn, Emily Bolton, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, Alan Harris, Barbara Kelly, Claire McLellan, Robert Phillips, Quentin Pierre, Alan Roberto, Suzanne Roquette, Michael Stevens.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Wolf in the Fold.

Released December 22, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Robert Bloch.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, John Fiedler, Pilar Seurat, Charles Dierkop, Joseph Bernard, Tanya Lemani, John Winston, Virginia Aldridge, Judith McConnell, Judi Sherven, Bill Blackburn, Marlys Burdette, Steve Hershon, Suzanne Lodge, Eddie Paskey, Gary Wright.

On this day in movie history - Do Not Disturb (1965 movie & novelization):

Do Not Disturb

directed by Ralph Levy and George Marshall,

written by Richard L. Breen and Milt Rosen,

based on the play Some Other Love by William Fairchild,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1965.
Music by Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni, Reginald Gardiner, Maura McGiveney, Aram Katcher, Leon Askin, Lisa Perav, Michael Romanoff, Albert Carrier, Barbara Morrison, Dick Winslow, Raquel Welch, Britt Ekland.

Recommended reading:

Do Not Disturb

By Marvin H. Albert.

Novelization.

ASIN: B000CS3JSU

Published by Dell.

Published 1965.

Description:

Pleasure before business – and after!

“It is difficult to explain,” the Frenchman said. “You see, you are a wife.”

“Of course I am. So?”

“At the Paris business meeting, wives are not allowed.”

“Not allowed?” Janet took another look at all the Do Not Disturb signs. “Exactly what kind of business is this?”

Then, he told her…

Do Not Disturb.

Don’t miss the sensational Twentieth Century-Fox motion picture starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor.

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 5, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1808):

Symphony No. 5

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on December 22, 1808.
Symphony in four movements.
Opus 67, in C minor.
Composed: 1804–1808.

Born on this day – Jonathan Joss:

Jonathan Joss

Actor

Producer

December 22, 1965 – June 1, 2025

Credits:

8 Seconds (1994); Abduction of the Fourth Kind (2022); Almost Heroes (1998); Bridgewater (2021); Changes (2010); Charmed (2003); Chartered (2019); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Comanche Moon (2008); Cyberpunk 2077 (2020); Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023); Days Gone (2019); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Dirty Bomb / Video game (2015); ER (2004); Frank (2014); Friday Night Lights (2010); Grow Up (2022); Harmony (2021); Heavy Metal Thunder (2019); Impala (1999); In Plain Sight (2008); Into the West (2005); Jhon Jatenjor's Interviews (2023); Johnson Family Vacation (2004); Justice League Unlimited (2005); King of the Hill (1997–2009); Manhattan Love Story (2014); Parks and Recreation (2011–2015); Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998); Ray Donovan (2016); Red Dead Redemption (2010); Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground (1997); Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder (1996); Texas (1994); The Forever Purge (2021); The League (2014); The Magnificent Seven (2016); The Messengers (2015); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Walking Dead: Michonne (2016); The Wild Thornberrys (1998); The Wraith Within (2023); True Grit (2010); Tulsa King (2022); Unplugged (2025); Up2Speed with Nick A Meyers (2018); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994–1997); Wasteland 3 (2020); Winnetous Rückkehr (1998); Without Consent (1994).

Born on this day – Lynne Thigpen:

Lynne Thigpen

Actress

December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003

Credits:

A Mother's Instinct (1996); A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (1996); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989–1993); All My Children (1983–2000); Amazing Graces (1981); American Playhouse (1982–1983); Anger Management (2003); Article 99 (1992); Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2003); Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense of Adventure (1999); Bicentennial Man (1999); Blankman (1994); Bob Roberts (1992); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995); Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Dear John (1991); Eve and the Fire Horse (2005); Fear Stalk (1989); FM (1989–1990); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Frank's Place (1988); Freedom to Speak (1983); Gimme a Break! (1985–1986); Godspell (1973); Hello Again (1987); Homicide: Life on the Street (1997); Hunter (1990); Impulse (1990); Just Cause (1995); King of the Hill (1998); L.A. Law (1991–1992); Law & Order (1995–1999); Lean on Me (1989); Lou Grant (1981); Love, Sidney (1983); Loving (1992); Naked in New York (1993); Night Ride Home (1999); Novocaine (2001); Once in the Life (2000); Pretty Poison (1996); Promised Land (1997); Random Hearts (1999); Reading Rainbow (1993); Rockabye (1986); Roseanne (1989); Running on Empty (1988); Separate But Equal (1991); Sesame Street (1968); Shaft (2000); Skull Session: The Making of 'Anger Management' (2003); Spenser: For Hire (1986); Streets of Fire (1984); Sweet Liberty (1986); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The Boys Next Door (1996); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1991); The District (2000–2003); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1987); The Equalizer (1987); The Insider (1999); The News Is the News (1983); The Paper (1994); The Puzzle Place (1995); The Recovery Room (1985); The Warriors (1979); Thirtysomething (1989); Tintypes (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trial by Media (2000); Walls of Glass (1985); When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate (1979); Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1998); Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997).