Monday, February 2, 2026

On this day in music history - Star Crossed Lovers, by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming (1999):


Star Crossed Lovers

Album by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming,
released February 2, 1999.

Track list:

West Side Story: Prologue; West Side Story: Tonight; West Side Story: Rumble; West Side Story: Somewhere; Faust: Il se fait tard...O nuit d'amour; El dia que me quieras; Quisiera verte y no verte; Jota castellana; Otello: Gia nella notte densa; In a Sentimental Mood; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Prelude to a Kiss; Das Land des Lachelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz; Die lustige Witwe: Lippen schweigen.

On this day in movie history - Groundhog Day (1993):


Groundhog Day

directed by Harold Ramis,
written by Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin,
based on a story by Danny Rubin,
was released in the United States on February 2, 1993.
Music by George Fenton.


Cast:

Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, Robin Duke, Ken Hudson Campbell, David Pasquesi, Richard Henzel, Rob Riley, Hynden Walch, Michael Shannon, Les Podewell, Rod Sell, Harold Ramis.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: The Troubled Spirit.
Released February 2, 1976.
Directed by Ray Austin.
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, Giancarlo Prete, Hilary Heath, Anthony Nicholls, Nick Tate, Tony Allyn, Robert Atiko, Binu Balani, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Maxwell Craig, Andy Dempsey, Xanthi Gardner, Judith Hepburn, Vernon Morris, Valentino Musetti, Eddy Nedari, Quentin Pierre, Diana Reeves, Jan Rennison, Robert Rietty, Suzanne Roquette, Richard Shore, Big Jim Sullivan, Chris Williams.

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.