Monday, October 5, 2026

Born on this day – George Irving:


George Irving


Actor

Director

October 5, 1874 – September 11, 1961

Credits:

3 Bad Men (1926); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); 42nd Street (1933); 70,000 Witnesses (1932); A Child Is Born (1939); A Free Soul (1931); A Message to Garcia (1936); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Notorious Gentleman (1935); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Air Mail (1932); An American Tragedy (1931); An Angel from Texas (1940); Annapolis Salute (1937); As a Man Thinks (1919); Back to the Woods (1918); Bad Little Angel (1939); Behind Office Doors (1931); Blind Alibi (1938); Blond Cheat (1938); Bluebeard (1944); Body and Soul (1915); Body and Soul (1915); Border Cafe (1937); Born to Be Bad (1934); Breakfast for Two (1937); Bright Eyes (1934); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Broken Lullaby (1932); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Buried Loot (1935); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Captain January (1936); Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936); Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935); Children of Destiny (1920); China Passage (1937); Christmas Holiday (1944); Christopher Bean (1933); Condemned Women (1938); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Conspiracy (1930); Coquette (1929); Craig's Wife (1928); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Crime Ring (1938); Damaged Lives (1933); Dan (1914); Dance Hall (1929); Dangerous (1935); Dante's Inferno (1935); Daughter of Destiny (1917); David Harum (1934); Death Flies East (1935); Desert Gold (1926); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Dishonored (1931); Does the Jazz Lead to Destruction? (1919); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Down to Earth (1932); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Drums of the Desert (1927); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ernest le rebelle (1938); Espionage Agent (1939); Expensive Women (1931); Fangs of Justice (1926); Feel My Pulse (1928); Five and Ten (1931); Flight (1929); Floodgates (1924); Florian (1940); For Sale (1924); Free Love (1930); Fugitives for a Night (1938); George White's Scandals (1934); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); Give Me Liberty (1936); Go Chase Yourself (1938); God's Man (1917); Golden Hoofs (1941); Graft (1931); Great God Gold (1935); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Hats Off (1936); Hearts Divided (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Hell's Kitchen (1939); Her Boy (1918); Her Majesty (1922); Her Market Value (1925); Here Comes the Navy (1934); Heroes for Sale (1933); Hidden Fires (1918); High Flyers (1937); His Jazz Bride (1926); Home Struck (1927); Honor Bound (1928); Hotel for Women (1939); Humanity (1933); Hush Money (1931); I Am a Thief (1934); I'll Tell the World (1945); Inspiration (1931); Island of Lost Souls (1932); It Had to Happen (1936); Jaffery (1916); John Glayde's Honor (1915); Johnny Apollo (1940); Just Imagine (1930); Just Out of College (1915); Just Outside the Door (1921); King of the Mounties (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Laddie (1940); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Lady in the Death House (1944); Lady with a Past (1932); Land of Liberty (1939); Little Men (1940); Look Up and Live (1959); Looking for Trouble (1934); Lost in a Big City (1923); Love Crazy (1941); Madonna of the Streets (1924); Magic Town (1947); Maid's Night Out (1938); Man Power (1927); Manhattan Love Song (1934); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); May I Come In (1930); Maybe It's Love (1930); Meet the Missus (1937); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Mickey (1948); Modern Mothers (1928); Morning, Judge (1937); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Mr. Skitch (1933); Navy Born (1936); Navy Wife (1935); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1951); New Moon (1940); Night Flight (1933); Nobody's Fool (1936); North of 36 (1924); Not So Dumb (1930); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); Omnibus / Segments: The Mighty Casey; Sleeping Beauty in the Woods; The Fox; Chicken Little (1953–1955); On Their Own (1940); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); One Increasing Purpose (1927); One Year Later (1933); Only Saps Work (1930); Only Yesterday (1933); Paid in Full (1914); Paris Bound (1929); Partners in Crime (1928); Princess O'Hara (1935); Private Number (1936); Pursued (1934); Puttin' on the Ritz (1930); Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Resurrection (1931); Risky Business (1926); Rule 'Em and Weep (1932); Runaway Girls (1928); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Sergeant Madden (1939); Sergeant York (1941); Shadow of the Law (1930); Shanghai Bound (1927); She Couldn't Say No (1940); She's Got Everything (1937); Shipmates (1931); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Society Fever (1935); Son of a Sailor (1933); Son of Dracula (1943); Son of the Gods (1930); Spy Ship (1942); Stars Over Broadway (1935); Strange Confession (1944); Streets of New York (1939); Sutter's Gold (1936); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Air Mail (1925); The All-American (1932); The Ballet Girl (1916); The Big Shot (1937); The Blue Pearl (1920); The Broncho Twister (1927); The Builder of Bridges (1915); The Capitol (1919); The Cisco Kid (1931); The City (1926); The Common Law (1931); The Conquest of Canaan (1916); The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936); The Dance of Life (1929); The Divorcee (1930); The Docks of New York (1928); The Eagle of the Sea (1926); The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914); The Fairy and the Waif (1915); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Flame Within (1935); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Glorious Lady (1919); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golden Princess (1925); The Goose Hangs High (1925); The Great Man's Lady (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hot Heiress (1931); The Ice Flood (1926); The Jungle (1914); The King of the Turf (1926); The Lady of Victories (1928); The Landloper (1918); The Last Flight (1931); The Last Performance (1929); The Law West of Tombstone (1938); The Life of the Party (1937); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); The Mandarin Mystery (1936); The Midnight Kiss (1926); The Misleading Lady (1920); The Naughty Flirt (1930); The Oil Raider (1934); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); The Perfect Tribute (1935); The Photografter (1938); The Poor Millionaire (1930); The Port of Missing Girls (1928); The Primrose Path (1925); The Runaround (1931); The Saint in New York (1938); The Sea Spoilers (1936); The Silver King (1919); The Spoilers (1930); The Star Witness (1931); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Toast of New York (1937); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); The Volcano (1919); The Wakefield Case (1921); The Washington Masquerade (1932); The Wet Parade (1932); The Witching Hour (1916); The Woman in 47 (1916); The Women in His Life (1933); The World Moves On (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); The Wright Idea (1928); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); There Goes the Groom (1937); This Marriage Business (1938); Thrill of Youth (1932); Thunderbolt (1929); Times Square Lady (1935); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Too Many Wives (1937); Touchdown! (1931); Two Flaming Youths (1927); Under the Pampas Moon (1935); Viva Villa! (1934); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924); What Happened at 22 (1916); What Price Jazz (1934); What-No Beer? (1933); While Paris Sleeps (1932); Wicked (1931); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Wild Horse Mesa (1925); Wings (1927); Wise Girl (1937); Wonder Bar (1934); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); Young Desire (1930); Young Eagles (1930); You're Telling Me! (1934).

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:


Louis Lumière


Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:

The Prince of Wales (1902); The Cycle Chalet (1900); The Eiffel Tower (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Dances Spanish (1900); Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: II. The Balloon and its Engine (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); The Street of Nations, II (1900); View taken from a mobile platform I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899) Parade of baby cars at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); Troyes: the town hall (1899); La Mi-Carême, Float and Confetti Battles (1899); Departure in a gondola of LL. MM. (1898); Bluebeard (1898); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); The horse parade of stonemason Vautier (1898); The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898); A Heavy Load (1898); Painting Upside Down (1898); Lourdes (1898); The Merry Skeleton (1898); Belfast fire alarm alert: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, taken from a boat (1897); Cuirassiers swimming across the Saône (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Ballet dancer (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama of the casino taken from a boat (1897); Washers on the river (1897); Place du Pont (1897); The regrinder and L'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897) Tourists returning from an excursion (1897); Children's Scenes (1897); Children's round (1897); Family Meals (1897); Little brother and little sister (1897); Carpenters (1897); Market (1897); Bicycle Lesson (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Child and Dog (1897); Embarkation for the Promenade (1897); Place of the Opera (1897); Serpentine Dance (1897); Shower after the bath (1897); Battle de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Baths on the Rhone (1896); Schaffouse, Rhine Falls seen from afar (1896); Aquarium (1896); Fishermen mending nets (1896); Tsar Nicholas II in Paris (1896); Carmaux, coke loading (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); The Fish Market (1896); Quay of the Archbishopric (1896); Panorama of the arrival at Perrache station taken by train (1896); Geneva (Exhibition 1896): return to the stable (1896); Ball fight of snow (1900); Sacks race (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama of the banks of the Seine in Paris, III (1896); Franco-Russian festivals: Cherbourg, Entrance of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the hall (1896); Boules competition (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Washers (1896); Family Meals (1896); Raft with bathers (1896); Baby's First Steps (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, alert of firemen: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); Arrival by car (1896); Return of a sea trip (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Disembarkation (1896); Barque en mer (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Recreation at La Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (cars) (1896); Battle of women (1896); Departure by car (1896); Concert (1896); Launching a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train to Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Workshops of La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition of an mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Westminster Bridge (1896); Plates (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Ball juggler (1896); Sardine fishing (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Weeds (1896); Firefighters: Fire attack (1895); Photographer (1895); Tric-trac game (1895); The farrier (1895); Lyon, Place Bellecour (1895); The Cat's Luncheon (1895); Discussion of Monsieur Janssen and Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Goldfish Bowl (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895); Parade of cars from babies at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); The Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Children Playing Marbles (1896); Family Meals (1896); Pelicans (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Launch of a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train at Perrache (1896); Demolition of a Wall, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).

Brené Brown, on art and creativity:


If we want to make meaning, we need to make art.
Cook, write, draw, doodle, paint, scrapbook, take pictures, collage, knit, rebuild an engine, sculpt, dance, decorate, act, sing – it doesn't matter.
As long as we're creating, we're cultivating meaning.

- Brené Brown.

Sunday, October 4, 2026

On this day in movie history - Gravity (2013):


Gravity

directed by Alfonso Cuarón,
written by Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón,
was released in the United States on October 4, 2013.
Music by Steven Price.


Cast:

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage.

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


The Addiction

directed by Abel Ferrara,
written by Nicholas St. John,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1995.
Music by Joe Delia.


Cast:

Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Imperioli, Jamel Simmons, Robert W. Castle.

On this day in music history:

Rossini: Armida by Renée Fleming & Daniele Gatti (1994)
Piano Blues / documentary (2003)
Sospiri by Cecilia Bartoli (2010)


Rossini: Armida
Album by Renée Fleming & Daniele Gatti,
released October 4, 1994.
Track list: Sinfonia - Renee Fleming; Act I: No. 1 Introduzione: Lieto, ridente oltre l’usato (Chorus); Ah! no: sia questo (Donald Kaasch); Arditi, all’ire (Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Si, guerrieri (Donald Kaasch); No. 2 Coro di Paladini: Germano, a te richiede (Carlo Bosi, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Signor, tanto il tuo nome (Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Carlo Bosi); No. 3 Quartetto: Sventurata! or che mi resta (Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Carlo Bosi, Chorus); Or che faro? (Donald Kaasch, Renée Fleming, Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Chorus); German, se togli al campo (Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Donald Kaasch, Renée Fleming, Chorus); Per me propizio il fato (Renée Fleming, Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Cedei, guerrieri, e ver (Donald Kaasch); Opportuna e la scelta (Carlo Bosi, Jeffrey Francis, Renée Fleming, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo); No. 4 Aria: Non soffriro l’offesa (Jeffrey Francis); E questi son gli allori (Jeffrey Francis); Viva Rinaldo! (Chorus, Jeffrey Francis); Recitativo: Sorte ci arride (Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Renée Fleming); Principessa, sei tu! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); No. 5 Duetto: Armor...possente nome! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Vacilla a quegli accenti (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Ah! non poss’io resitere (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Recitativo: Ecco il guerriero, il duce (Jeffrey Francis, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); No. 6 Finale primo: Se pari agli accenti (Gregory Kunde, Jeffrey Francis, Renée Fleming, Chorus); Che terribile momento! (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); Deh! se cara a te son io (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Vieni, o duce, punisci l’errote (Chorus, Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Gregory Kunde); Amica la sorte/Un astro di sangue (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Act II: No. 7 Coro di Furie: Alla voce d’Armida possente (Chorus); Recitativo: Sovr’umano potere (Sergey Zadvorny); No. 8 Coro: Di ferro e fiamme cinti (Chorus, Sergey Zadvorny); No. 9 Duetto: Dove son io! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Recitativo: Mio ben, questa che premi (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); No. 10 Finale secondo: No; d’Amor la reggia e questa (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); Canzoni amorose (Chorus); D’Amore al dolce impero (Renée Fleming, Chorus); Ballo: Marziale; Andante; Allegro moderato; Vivace - Tutto spira d’Armida all’aspetto (Chorus); Act III: No. 11 Duetto: Come l’auretto placide (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Recitativo: Oh quanto, amico (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 12 Coro di Ninfe: T’inganni - Qui tutto e calma (Bruce Fowler, Jorio Zennaro, Chorus); Recitativo: Fuggite, inferni mostri (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 13 Duetto: Soavi catene (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Recitativo: O mio Rinaldo (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Amico, inoltra il pie (Jorio Zennaro, Gregory Kunde, Bruce Fowler); No. 14 Terzetto: In quale aspetto imbelle (Gregory Kunde, Bruce Fowler, Jorio Zennaro); Vedi qual reo governo (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler, Gregory Kunde); Unitevi a gara (Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Recitativo: Dov’e...dove si cela? (Renée Fleming); Sia lode al ciel (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler, Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Ed e pur vero? (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 15 Finale terzo: Se al mio crudel (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Dove son io?...Fuggi! (Renée Fleming); E’ ver...gode quest anima (Renée Fleming, Chorus).


Piano Blues,
Documentary directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Peter Guralnick,
part 7 of the documentary series The Blues,
produced by Martin Scorsese,
released in the United States on October 4, 2003.
Cast: Albert Ammons, Marcia Ball, Count Basie, Charles Brown, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Martha Davis, Willie Dixon, Fats Domino, Dorothy Donegan, Dr. John, Clint Eastwood, Duke Ellington, Henry Gray, Linda Hopkins, Pete Johnson, Pete Jolly, Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, Jay McShann, Thelonious Monk, Phineas Newborn Jr., Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pinetop Perkins, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Jesse Price, Henry ‘Professor Longhair’ Byrd, Eugene Roberts, Gene Rodgers, Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters.


Sospiri
Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released October 4, 2010.
Track list: “Lascia la spina cogli la rosa”; Gelido in ogni vena; Sposa, non mi conosci; Quel buon pastor son io; “Voi che sapete”; “Là ci darem la mano”; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; Ah! non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore; “Cari giorni” (Romanza der Ines); Una voce poco fa; Casta Diva; Panis Angelicus; Pie Jesu.

On this day in movie history - The Rapture (1991):


The Rapture

directed and written by Michael Tolkin,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1991.
Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:

Mimi Rogers, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau, Marvin Elkins, David Duchovny, Stéphanie Menuez, Sam Vlahos, Rustam Branaman, Scott Burkholder, Carole Davis, Patrick Dollaghan, James Le Gros, Dick Anthony Williams, DeVaughn Nixon, Johnny Mask, Christian Benz, Kimberly Cullum, Victoria Williams, Terri Hanauer, Douglas Roberts, Denney Pierce, Will Patton, Joshua Farrell, Andrew Pressman, Kerry Leigh Michaels, Henry Kingi, Linda Albertano, Michael David Lally, Bojan Bazelli, James Ent, Joshua Farrell, Kane Hodder, Bill A. Jones.