Thursday, October 1, 2026

Born on this day – Minta Durfee:


Minta Durfee


Actress

October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975

Credits:

Portnoy's Complaint (1972); The Steagle (1971); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Willard (1971); Hollywood Horror House (1970); Mod Squad (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); The Love God? (1969); Funny Girl (1968); Never a Dull Moment (1968); The Power (1968); The Gnome-Mobile (1967); Caprice (1967); Batman (1966–1967); The Fugitive (1966); Death Valley Days (1958–1966); The Singing Nun (1966); Green Acres (1965); When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965); Ship of Fools (1965); Mister Ed (1961–1965); How to Murder Your Wife (1965); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); My Six Loves (1963); Stoney Burke (1963); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Notorious Landlady (1962); All Fall Down (1962); The Rifleman (1962); The Young Savages (1961); Posse from Hell (1961); The Ann Sothern Show (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); Beloved Infidel (1959); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Sound and the Fury (1959); Auntie Mame (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1958); Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Peyton Place (1957); Pal Joey (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Great Man (1956); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Noah's Ark (1956); Come Next Spring (1956); Artists and Models (1955); Illegal (1955); The Last Command (1955); To Catch a Thief (1955); How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955); Love Me or Leave Me (1955); The Atomic Kid (1954); Human Desire (1954); My Dog Rusty (1948); The Son of Rusty (1947); Eve Knew Her Apples (1945); The Chance of a Lifetime (1943); Blondie for Victory (1942); The Man Who Returned to Life (1942); The Miracle Kid (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Rollin' Home to Texas (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); The Man with Nine Lives (1940); Naughty Marietta (1935); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Mickey (1918); The Cabaret (1918); Ambrose's Cup of Woe (1916); The Other Man (1916); His Wife's Mistakes (1916); Bright Lights (1916); The Great Pearl Tangle (1916); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Saved by Wireless (1915); Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915); Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915); Toplitsky and Company (1915); He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915); Toplitsky and Company (1915); Toplitsky and Company (Droppington's Family Tree) (1915); Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915); Ambrose's Fury (1915); A One Night Stand (1915); Fatty's Faithful Fido (1915); That Little Band of Gold (1915); Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915); Fatty's Chance Acquaintance (1915); Fatty's Reckless Fling (1915); Hearts and Planets (1915); A Bird's a Bird (1915); Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915); Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915); Love, Speed and Thrills (1915); Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Leading Lizzie Astray (1914); The Sea Nymphs (1914); Fatty's Wine Party (1914); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); An Incompetent Hero (1914); Lovers' Post Office (1914); Zip, the Dodger (1914); Hello, Mabel (1914); Fatty Again (1914); Fatty's Debut (1914); Lover's Luck (1914); The Rounders (1914); A Brand New Hero (1914); The Masquerader (1914); The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914); Those Happy Days (1914); The Sky Pirate (1914); Love and Salt Water (1914); Love and Bullets (1914); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); The Knockout (1914); The Alarm (1914); The Water Dog (1914); A Suspended Ordeal (1914); Caught in a Cabaret (1914); Twenty Minutes of Love (1914); Mabel at the Wheel (1914); A Bathing Beauty (1914); The Star Boarder (1914); Cruel, Cruel Love (1914); Tango Tangle (1914); Making a Living (1914); Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914); A Flirt's Mistake (1914); The Under-Sheriff (1914); A Misplaced Foot (1914); His Sister's Kids (1913); Fatty's Flirtation (1913); Fatty Joins the Force (1913); The Water Nymph (1912); Wine (1913); Fatty at San Diego (1913); The Janitor (1913); A Quiet Little Wedding (1913).

Ann Patchett, on writing:


It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.

- Ann Patchett.

It’s October!

It’s Hockey Season!

GO PENS!



October 1 - Domestic Violence Awareness & Bullying Prevention Month:

October is both … 

Domestic Violence Awareness

&

Bullying Prevention Month


The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are.
Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

– Cicely Tyson.


Revenge is surviving, getting out, and being a better person than you were, and breaking the cycle.

– Kristy Green.


Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

– Barack Obama.


#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
#BullyingPreventionMonth
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

On this day in movie history - The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014):


The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

documentary directed by Marilyn Ann Moss,
written by Joel Bender and Marilyn Ann Moss,
was released at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland on September 30, 2014.
Music by Imre Czomba.

Cast:

Peter Bogdanovich, Johnny Crear, Doris Day, Illeana Douglas, Richard Erdman, Sidney J. Furie, John Gallagher, John A. Gallagher, Tab Hunter, C. Courtney Joyner, Norman Klein, Jack Larson, Paul Lynch, Leonard Maltin, Lee Marvin, Alan K. Rode, Jane Russell, Anthony Slide.

On this day in movie history - Serenity (2005):


Serenity

directed and written by Joss Whedon,
based on the 2002 series Firefly by Joss Whedon,
was released in the United States on September 30, 2005.
Music by David Newman.


Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz, Michael Hitchcock, Sarah Paulson, Yan Feldman, Rafael Feldman, Nectar Rose, Tamara Taylor, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Logan O'Brien, Erik Erotas, Demetra Raven, Jessica Huang, Marley McClean, Scott Kinworthy, Erik Weiner, Conor O'Brien, Peter James Smith, Weston Nathanson, Carrie 'CeCe' Cline, Chuck O'Neil, Amy Wieczorek, Tristan Jarred, Elaine Mani Lee, Terrence Hardy, Brian O'Hare, Ryan Tasz, Colin Patrick Lynch, Terrell Tilford, Joshua Michael Kwiat, Mischa Pfister, Antonio Rufino, Bobby Silva, David Sobolov, Linda Wang, Joss Whedon, Rick Williamson, Mark Winn.

On this day in music history:

The Road to Memphis / documentary (2003)
24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault by Stevie Nicks (2014)


The Road to Memphis
Documentary directed by Richard Pearce.
Written by Robert Gordon.
Part 3 of the documentary series The Blues.
Produced by Martin Scorsese.
Released in the United States on September 30, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen.
Cast: Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, The Coasters, Jim Dickinson, Fats Domino, Rosco Gordon, Don Kern, B.B. King, Little Richard, Little Milton, Joe Mulherin, Calvin Newborn, Sam Phillips, Bobby Rush, Chris Spindel, Christine Spindel, Hubert Sumlin, Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner, Cato Walker III, Nat D. Williams, Howlin’ Wolf.


24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault
Album by Stevie Nicks,
released September 30, 2014.
Track list: Starshine; The Dealer; Mabel Normand; Blue Water; Cathouse Blues; 24 Karat Gold; Hard Advice; Lady; I Don’t Care; All the Beautiful Worlds; Belle Fleur; If You Were My Love; Carousel; She Loves Him Still.