Born on this day – Fred Zinnemann:

Fred Zinnemann

Director

April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997

Credits:

A Hatful of Rain (1957); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Way in the Wilderness (1940); Act of Violence (1948); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (1998); Behold a Pale Horse (1964); Benjy (1951); Biography (1998); Camille (1936); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002); De película (1983–1987); Decision (1958); Die Öscars (2016); Elstree Britain's Hollywood (1989); Exercise No. One (1962); Eyes in the Night (1942); Film Profile (1961); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Five Days One Summer (1982); Forbidden Passage (1941); Forgotten Victory (1939); Fred Zinnemann – Ein Hollywoodregisseur (1983); Friend Indeed (1937); From Here to Eternity (1953); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (2001); Hands Up! (1981); Hawaii (1966); He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (2001); Help Wanted (1939); High Noon (1952); I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929); Julia (1977); Kid Glove Killer (1942); Little Mister Jim (1946); Making Montgomery Clift (2018); Man Trouble (1930); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Nana (1934); Oklahoma! (1955); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); One Against the World (1939); Our World (1987); People on Sunday (1930); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Redes (1936); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sonntagsgespräch (1986); Spécial cinéma (1983); Sprengbagger 1010 (1929); Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1991); Stuffie (1940); Teresa (1951); That Mothers Might Live (1938); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Ash Can Fleet (1939); The Clock (1945); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Susskind Show (1960); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Great Meddler (1940); The Greenie (1942); The Kid from Spain (1932); The Lady or the Tiger? (1942); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The March of the Machines (1927); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Men (1950); The Nun's Story (1959); The Old Man and the Sea (1958); The Old South (1940); The Search (1948); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Spy (1931); The Story of Doctor Carver (1938); The Sundowners (1960); The Wiser Sex (1932); They Live Again (1938); This Is Your Life (1956); Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); Weather Wizards (1939); While America Sleeps / Series: Crime Does Not Pay (1939); Your Last Act (1941).

Born on this day – Ethel Moses:

Ethel Moses

Actress

April 29, 1904 – June 1, 1982

Credits:

Stage:

Black Birds of 1935 (1935); Keep Shuffling (1928); Show Boat (1932).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2008); Birthright (1924); Birthright (1938); Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934); Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935); God's Step Children (1938); Gone Harlem (1938); Temptation (1935); Underworld (1937).

Ursula K. Le Guin, on writing:

When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?,

I have to say no! I always WAS a writer.

- Ursula K. Le Guin.

On this day in movie history - Frequency (2000):

Frequency

directed by Gregory Hoblit,

written by Toby Emmerich,

was released in the United States on April 28, 2000.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Shawn Doyle, Noah Emmerich, Melissa Errico, Jordan Bridges, Peter MacNeill, Michael Cera, Marin Hinkle, Brian Greene, Daniel Henson, Stephen Joffe, Jack McCormack, Richard Sali, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Joan Heney, Jessica Meyer, Kirsten Bishop, Rocco Sisto, Rosemary De Angelis, Dick Cavett, Melissa Fitzgerald, John Di Benedetto, Terry Serpico, Brian Smyj, Nicole Brier, Brantley Bush, David Huband, Timothy Brown, Chuck Margiotta, Karen Glave, Frank McAnulty, Derek Aasland, Jim McAleese, Catherine Burdon, Jennifer Baxter, Desmond Campbell, Danny Johnson, Colm Magner, Brigitte Kingsley, Tucker Robin, Barney Cheng.

On this day in movie history - The Underneath (1995):

The Underneath

directed by Steven Soderbergh,

written by Sam Lowry and Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1995.
Music by Cliff Martinez.

Cast:

Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Elisabeth Shue, Anjanette Comer, Dennis Hill, Harry Goaz, Mark Feltch, Jules Sharp, Kenneth D. Harris, Cliff Haby, Tonie Perensky, Randall Brady, Richard Linklater, Helen Cates, Kevin Crutchfield, Brad Leland, John Martin, C.K. McFarland, Rick Perkins, Paul Wright, David Jensen, Jordy Hultberg, Steve Shearer, Fred Ellis, Joe Chrest, David L. Carter, Cowboy Mouth (band), Mike Enright, Mark Hanson, Matthew Hurley, Mike Malone, Christopher K. Philippo, Ryan Wickerham.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Hollow Pursuits.

Released April 28, 1990.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Sally Caves, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Dwight Schultz, Charley Lang, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, James G. Becker, Randy James, Casey Kono, Denise Lynne Roberts.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Someone to Watch Over Me.

Released April 28, 1999.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Scott Thompson, Ian Abercrombie, David Burke, Brian McNamara, Janet Dey, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Ken Gruz, Grace Harrell, Kerry Hoyt, Neal Kaz, Monika Kusley, Richard Sarstedt, Lisa Vanasco, Phoenix Wong.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 3. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Forgotten.

Released April 28, 2004.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by Brannon Braga, Chris Black, David A. Goodman, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Randy Oglesby, Rick Worthy, Bob Morrisey, Seth MacFarlane, Kipleigh Brown, Alexandrea Ortiz, Solomon Burke Jr., Henry Farnam, James Groh, Glen Hambly, Amina Julianna, Chase Kim, Andrew Macbeth, Erin Leigh Price.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Hide and Seek.

Released April 28, 2022.

Directed by Michael Weaver.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, James Callis, Madeline Wise, Sol Rodriguez, Kay Bess, Steve Gutierrez, Dylan Von Halle, Kosey Baskin, Vanessa Cater, Duke Conrad, Chris Cortez, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Brandon Melendy, Malachi Mutakabbir, Gregory Schwabe, Jeff Wolfe, Nico Woulard, Nikkilette Wright.

On this day in music history:

Starman by David Bowie (1972)

To The Wind… by Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel (2023)

Starman

Song by David Bowie,

released April 28, 1972.

To The Wind…

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel,

released April 28, 2023.

Track list: Celtic Contemplation; Blue Dream; The Void; Light in the Darkness; My Hands Were Busy; Necessity for the Mundane; Rain On My Coat; Reverie.