Born on this day – Julien Duvivier:

Julien Duvivier

Director

Writer

October 8, 1896 – October 29, 1967

Credits:

A Machine for Recreating Life (1924); A Man's Head (1933); Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932); Anna Karenina (1948); Behold the Man (1935); Boulevard (1960); Captain Blackjack (1950); Coeurs farouches (1924); Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes (1924); Das kunstseidene Mädchen (1960); David Golder (1931); Deadlier Than the Male (1956); Destiny (1944); Diabolically Yours (1967); Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen (1932); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Haceldama ou Le prix du sang (1919); Highway Pick-Up (1963); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); La bandera (1935); La machine à refaire la vie (1933); La reincarnation de Serge Renaudier (1920); La Vénus du collège (1932); La vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1929); L'abbé Constantin (1925); Ladies' Paradise (1930); L'agonie de Jérusalem (1927); L'agonie des aigles (1922); Le mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927); Le paquebot Tenacity (1934); Le petit roi (1933); Le reflet de Claude Mercoeur (1923); Le tourbillon de Paris (1928); Les Roquevillard (1922); L'homme à l'Hispano (1926); L'homme du jour (1937); L'oeuvre immortelle (1924); L'ouragan sur la montagne (1922); Lovers of Paris (1957); Lydia (1941); Maria Chapdelaine (1934); Marianne of My Youth (1955); Marie Antoinette (1938); Marie-Octobre (1959); Moon Over Morocco (1931); Mother Hummingbird (1929); On Trial (1954); Panique (1946); Pépé le Moko (1937); Poil de carotte (1932); Strange Confession (1944); Tales of Manhattan (1942); The Burning Court (1962); The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962); The Divine Voyage (1929); The End of the Day (1939); The Female (1958); The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936); The Great Waltz (1938); The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little World of Don Camillo (1952); The Man in the Raincoat (1957); The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Sinners (1949); They Were Five (1936); Un Carnet de bal (1937); Under the Paris Sky (1951).

Born on this day – Richard Stanton:

Richard Stanton

Actor

Director

October 8, 1876 – May 22, 1956

Credits:

A Black Conspiracy (1913); A Dixie Mother (1913); A Highland Romance (1913); A Political Feud (1914); A Shadow of the Past (1913); A Son’s Example (1912); A Southern Cinderella (1913); A White Lie (1912); A Woman’s Wit (1913); Aloha Oe (1915); American Pluck (1925); Banzai (1913); Bride 13 (1920); Cheating the Public (1918); Checkers (1919); Divorce (1914); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Fool’s Gold (1916); For Love of the Flag (1913); For the Cause (1912); From the Shadows (1913); Graft (1915); Harp of Tara (1914); Her Great Chance (1913); Her Temptation (1917); Honor Thy Mother (1913); In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914); In the Secret Service (1913); Inside Facts (1915); Jack’s Burglar (1912); Jim Regan’s Last Raid (1914); Judgment of the Sea (1912); Linked by Fate (1912); McGuire of the Mounted (1923); No-Account Smith’s Baby (1914); North of 53 (1914); North of Fifty-Three (1917); On Fortune’s Wheel (1913); On the High Seas (1915); One Touch of Sin (1917); Past Redemption (1913); Queen of the Prophets (1916); Rough and Ready (1918); Sergeant Jim’s Horse (1915); Shorty and the Aridville Terror (1914); Shorty Escapes Marriage (1914); Shorty Gets Into Trouble (1914); Shorty’s Adventures in the City (1915); Shorty’s Secret (1915); Shorty’s Strategy (1914); Sink or Swim (1920); Stolen Honor (1918); The Beach Combers (1912); The Beast (1916); The Belle of Yorktown (1913); The Caillaux Case (1918); The Colonel’s Orderly (1914); The Desperado (1914); The Doctor’s Double (1912); The End of the Galley (1914); The Face at Your Window (1920); The Final Conquest (1916); The Flame in the Ashes (1913); The Floating Death (1915); The Forlorn Hope (1913); The Frame-Up (1913); The Ghost (1913); The Girl from the East (1915); The Golden Trail (1915); The Great Sacrifice (1913); The Hammer (1915); The Heart of Kathleen (1913); The Hidden City of Crime (1916); The Immortal Alamo (1911); The Iron Ring (1916); The Jungle Trail (1919); The Kiss of Salvation (1913); The Land of Dead Things (1913); The Living Wage (1915); The Love Thief (1916); The Man at the Key (1915); The Man They Scorned (1912); The Master of the House (1914); The Milk Battle (1916); The Patent Medicine Danger (1916); The Penalty (1912); The Phantom Extra (1915); The Photo Badger Game (1916); The Pinnacle (1916); The Pirates of Finance (1916); The Powder Trust and the War (1916); The Reckoning (1912); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Sea Dog (1913); The Sea Ghost (1915); The Seal of Silence (1913); The Secret Lode (1914); The Sergeant’s Boy (1912); The Sergeant’s Secret (1913); The Sheriff of Muscatine (1914); The Sheriff’s Sister (1914); The Sons of Toil (1915); The Speed King (1916); The Spy (1917); The Strike at Centipede Mine (1915); The Struggle (1913); The Topsy Turvy Twins (1917); The Trail of Chance (1916); The Unexpected Scoop (1916); The Wheels of Destiny (1913); The Will of Destiny (1912); The Winged Messenger (1915); The Woman (1913); The Yankee Way (1917); Thunderclap (1921); True Irish Hearts (1914); Twixt Love and Fire (1914); When Lee Surrenders (1912); Why America Will Win (1918); Why I Would Not Marry (1918); Widow Maloney’s Faith (1913); Wolves of the Underworld (1914); Wrongly Accused (1912).

Shannon Hale, on books and reading:

The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting.
She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.

- Shannon Hale.

On this day in movie history - Violent Night (2022):

Violent Night

directed by Tommy Wirkola,

written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller,

was released at the New York Comic Con in the United States on October 7, 2022.
Music by Dominic Lewis.

Cast:

David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Leah Brady, André Eriksen, Brendan Fletcher, Mike Dopud, Alexander Elliot, Mitra Suri, Can Aydin, Phong Giang, Finn McCager Higgins, Rawleigh Clements-Willis, Stephanie Sy, Cha-Lee Yoon, Marina Stephenson Kerr, John B. Lowe, Ray Strachan, Sean Skene, Thomas Lorber, Erik Athavale, Adam Hurtig, Robert Borges, Adrian Persad, Marc-Andre Brisebois, Dylan Rampulla, Maxime Laurin, Christopher Sean Nott, Jake Kennerd, Carson Nattrass, Lance Cartwright, Alan Castanaga, Jeff Strome, Shannon Guile, Anders Strome, Darren Ross, BJ Verot, Tristan Carlucci, James Durham, Brent Poplawski, Frederick Allen, DJ Brotherson, Vance Halldorson, Derek James Trapp.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm V: Ravager (2016 movie & book):

Phantasm V: Ravager

aka Phantasm: RaVager and Phantasm: Ravager,

directed by David Hartman,

written by David Hartman and Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on October 7, 2016.
Music by Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry, Stephen Jutras, Kathy Lester, Bill Thornbury, Daniel Roebuck, Daniel Schweiger, Cean Okada, Joe Jefferson, Kenneth V. Jones, Cesare Gagliardoni, Kathleen Hartman, Tim Divar, Vinton Heuck, Tyler O. Super, Jonathan Sims, Kyle Shire, Jay Oliva, Angus Scrimm, James Brink.

Recommended reading:

Further Exhumed:

The Strange Case of Phantasm Ravager

By Dustin McNeill.

Published by Harker Press.

Published 2018.

ISBN-10: 069205703X

ISBN-13: 978-0692057032

Description:

IT'S A STORY OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND SPHERES!

The fifth and final PHANTASM took an incredible eight years to go from set to screen. The project began as an experimental short before becoming a thirteen-part web series and finally a feature length sequel. Shot in secret on a microbudget, RAVAGER reunites PHANTASM's core cast thirty-five years after the original cult classic. The new sequel filmed not in Hollywood soundstages but in the homes of cast and crew. Visual effects were handled mostly by the director. Decades-old props were taken out of storage and dusted off for reuse. They just don't make movies like this anymore. In fact, they never really did to begin with. Such is THE STRANGE CASE OF PHANTASM RAVAGER!

FURTHER EXHUMED includes:

A thorough chronicle of the journey from web series to feature film.

Analysis of unproduced scripts by Roger Avary and Stephen Romano.

Examination of RAVAGER’s story, themes and conclusion.

Info on deleted scenes and alternate dialogue.

Why the film was delayed years after announcement.

Details on filming locations and special effects.

A breakdown of the Red Credit sequence.

Phantasmic Drink Recipes and Trivia Questions from the Hollywood Premiere.

More tips and tricks for better embalming (still kidding!)

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Survivors.

Released October 7, 1989.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Michael Wagner.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, John Anderson, Anne Haney, Michael Braveheart, Mitchell R. Danton, Richard Sarstedt, Natalie Wood.

On this day in movie history - Alien Nation (1988):

Alien Nation

directed by Graham Baker,

written by Rockne S. O'Bannon,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1988.
Music by Curt Sobel.

Cast:

James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason, Conrad Dunn, Jeff Kober, Roger Aaron Brown, Tony Simotes, Michael David Simms, Ed Krieger, Tony Perez, Brian Thompson, Francis X. McCarthy, Keone Young, Don Hood, Earl Boen, William E. Dearth, Robert Starr, Bobby Sargent, Bebe Drake, Edgar Small, Thomas Wagner, Abraham Alvarez, Harri James, Frank Collison, Tom DeFranco, Angela O'Neill, Seth Marten, Kendall Conrad, Brian Lando, Tom Morga, Regis Parton, Jessica James, Tom Finnegan, Doug MacHugh, Lawrence Kopp, Alec Gillis, Shuko Akune, Stephanie Shroyer, Frank Wagner, Clarence Landry, Van Ling, Mark Murphey, Kirsten Graham, George Robotham, Debra Seitz, James De Closs, Douglas Cameron, Jasper Cole, Lorenzo Gaspar, Eric Kay, Dee Giffin Scott.