On this day in movie history - Snow Job (1972):

Snow Job

directed by George Englund,

written by Jeffrey Bloom and Ken Kolb,

based on a story by Richard Gallagher,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1972.
Music by Jacques Loussier.

Cast:

Jean-Claude Killy, Danièle Gaubert, Cliff Potts, Vittorio De Sica, Lelio Luttazzi, Delia Boccardo, Umberto D'Orsi, Giancarlo Prete.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967 & 1968)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: Voyager (2000)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Court Martial.

Released February 2, 1967.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Don M. Mankiewicz, Steven W. Carabatsos.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Percy Rodrigues, Elisha Cook Jr., Joan Marshall, Richard Webb, Hagan Beggs, Win De Lugo, Alice Rawlings, Nancy Wong, Bart Conrad, William Meader, Reginald Lal Singh, Majel Barrett, Bill Blackburn, Tom Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Ron Kinwald.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: A Private Little War.

Released February 2, 1968.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, Don Ingalls / Jud Crucis.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nancy Kovack, Michael Witney, Ned Romero, Booker Bradshaw, Arthur Bernard, Janos Prohaska, Paul Baxley, Gary Pillar, Bill Blackburn, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey, Roy N. Sickner.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Devil’s Due.

Released February 2, 1991.

Directed by Tom Benko.

Written by Philip Lazebnik, William Douglas Lansford, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Marta DuBois, Paul Lambert, Marcelo Tubert, Thad Lamey, Tom Magee, Cameron, William Glover, Lorine Mendell.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Memorial.

Released February 2, 2000.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robin Bernheim/Burger, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, L.L. Ginter, Scarlett Pomers, Fleming Brooks, Joe Mellis, Susan Savage, Maria Spassoff, Robert Allen Colaizzi Jr., David Keith Anderson, Robert Stack, Michael Bailous, Patrick Barnitt, Majel Barrett, Amy Kate Connolly, Christopher Doyle, Tarik Ergin, Jessica Gaona, Brett Heneise, Leslie Hoffman, Dieter Horneman, Alicia Lewis, Mark Major, Nichole McAuley, Tom Miller, Spiro Razatos, Chester E. Tripp III.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: A Debt of Honor.
Released February 2, 1960.
Directed by Herman Hoffman and Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Whitman Chambers and Arthur Rowe.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Nesdon Booth, Robert Clarke, Judy Bamber, Eddie Foster, Larry J. Blake, Sy Prescott.

On this day in movie history – Stagecoach (1939 movie & novel):

Stagecoach

directed by John Ford,

written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht,

based on the short story Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1939.
Music by Gerard Carbonara.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Dorothy Appleby, Frank Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Ted Billings, Wiggie Blowne, Danny Borzage, Ed Brady, Fritzi Brunette, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Steve Clemente, Bill Cody, Jack Curtis, Marga Ann Deighton, Patricia Doyle, Tex Driscoll, Johnny Eckert, Franklyn Farnum, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, Olin Francis, Helen Gibson, Don Hawks, Robert Homans, William Hopper, George Huggins, Si Jenks, Cornelius Keefe, Florence Lake, Al Lee, Duke R. Lee, Theodore Lorch, Chris-Pin Martin, Jim Mason, Louis Mason, Merrill McCormick, J.P. McGowan, Walter McGrail, Paul McVey, Jack Mohr, Kent Odell, Artie Ortego, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Chris Phillips, Joe Rickson, Buddy Roosevelt, Elvira Ríos, Mickey Simpson, Margaret Smith, Chuck Stubbs, Harry Tenbrook, Leonard Trainor, Dorothy Vernon, Mary Kathleen Walker, Blackjack Ward, Bryant Washburn, Whitehorse, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:

Stage to Lordsburg

By Ernest Haycox.

Filmed as Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford.

Short story.

First published 1937.

Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1447404130

ISBN-13: 978-1447404132

Description:

Ernest Haycox's 1937 short story, Stage to Lordsburg, was a bestseller and a classic of the Western genre. Popularized by the 1939 film adaptation Stagecoach, this Wild West tale vividly portrays Haycox's setting and characters.

Stage to Lordsburg follows a collection of characters as they journey from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. A series of dangers and perils face the colorful group as they embark on the uncomfortable trip. Ernest Haycox presents a number of cliché Western characters and the point of view shifts between them as the short story progresses. This masterful tale by Ernest Haycox, a prolific writer of Western fiction, is not to be missed by fans of old cowboy narratives.

Born on this day – Farrah Fawcett:

Farrah Fawcett

Actress

February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009

Credits:

1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997); A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah's Fight for Life (2008); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Access Hollywood (2005); All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (1998); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1999); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Apple's Way (1974); Baby (2000); Battle of the Network Stars (1976); Between Two Women (1986); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Charlie's Angels (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Chasing Farrah (2005); Children of the Dust (1995); Clive James' Postcard from... (1990); Comedy Central Roasts (2006); Criminal Behavior (1992); Dalva (1996); Days of Our Lives (1970); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1976); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Dubonnet: Aperitif Wine Commercial (1972); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2008); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Extremities (1986); Farrah's Story (2009); Good Morning America (1979–1989); Good Sports (1991); Harry O (1975–1976); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Hour Magazine (1980); Howard Stern (1997); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); Inside O.U.T. (1971); Intimate Portrait (2004); It's Your Bet (1971); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jewel (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2005); Johnny Bravo (1997); Just a Little Inconvenience (1977); Killer Fish (1979); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1997); Late Show with David Letterman (1997–2005); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Logan's Run (1976); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Man of the House (1995); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969); McCloud (1974); Murder in Texas (1981); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nancy (1970); Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986); Nightlife (1986); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987); S.W.A.T. (1975); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Saturn 3 (1980); See You in the Morning (1989); Silk Hope (1999); Small Sacrifices (1989); So Notorious (2006); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Spin City (2001); Steel (1979); Sunburn (1979); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Genii Awards (1990); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Apostle (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1980–1995); The Boodle (1969); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998); The Burning Bed (1984); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Captain and Tennille (1976); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Cookout (2004); The Dating Game (1969); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Fall Guy (1981); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Flunky (2000); The Flying Nun (1969–1970); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); The Guardian (2002–2003); The Journey of 'the Apostle' (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Lovemaster (1997); The Making of 'Dr. T and the Women' (2001); The Merv Griffin Show (1976–1978); The More You Know (1989); The Norseman (1978); The Partridge Family (1970); The Red-Light Sting (1984); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1976); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2005); ; The Vienna Opera Ball (aka Wiener Opernball) (2001); The World Sports Awards (2001); The Young Rebels (1970); Three's a Crowd (1969); Time & Again (2000); Today (1980–1984); Top Ten (2001); Tribute to a TV Legend: Aaron Spelling (2006).

Born on this day – J. E. Freeman:

J. E. Freeman

Actor

Writer

February 2, 1946 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – Morgan Lofting:

Morgan Lofting

Voice actress

Writer

February 2, 1940 – November 27, 2024

Credits:

Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983); Amazons (1984); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Carpool (1983); Command 5 (1985); Creative Continuity (2015); Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); G.I. Joe (1985–1991); G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - The M.A.S.S. Device (1983); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire (1989); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984); Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1987); Hotel (1987); Jem (1986–1988); Joysticks (1983); Knots Landing (1986–1987); Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 1: Puss n’ Boots/Little Red Riding Hood (1986); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 3: Sleeping Beauty/Snow White/Cinderella (1986); Quack Pack (1996); Spider-Man (1981–1982); Star Blazers (1979–1984); Street Hawk (1985); The Christmas Tree Train (1983); The Judge (1987); The Junkman (1982); The Night Before (1988); The Transformers (1985); The Turkey Caper (1985); Total Recall (1990); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Which Witch Is Which (1984).