On this day in movie history - Le Samouraï (1967):

Le Samouraï

English translation: The Samurai,

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville,

written by Jean-Pierre Melville and Georges Pellegrin,

was released in France on October 25, 1967.
Music by François de Roubaix.

Cast:

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond, Robert Favart, Jean-Pierre Posier, Catherine Jourdan, Roger Fradet, Carlo Nell, Robert Rondo.

On this day in movie history - The Racket (1951 movie & books):

The Racket

directed by John Cromwell,

written by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett,

based on the play by Bartlett Cormack,

was released in the United States on October 25, 1951.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Hutton, Virginia Huston, William Conrad, Walter Sande, Les Tremayne, Don Porter, Walter Baldwin, Brett King, Richard Karlan, Tito Vuolo, Milburn Stone.

Recommended reading:

The Racket

By Bartlett Cormack.

A play in three acts.
ASIN: B0BPM49P6T
Published by Samuel French.
Published 1928.

Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.

The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:

Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays

Edited by Richard Nelson.

Paperback.
Published 1993.
Published by Theatre Communications Group.
ISBN 13: 9780930452551
ISBN 10: 0930452550
ASIN: 0930452550

Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.

On this day in movie history - The Tell-Tale Heart (1941 movie & book):

The Tell-Tale Heart

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Doane R. Hoag,

based on the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in the United States on October 25, 1941.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Roman Bohnen, Oscar O'Shea, Will Wright.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

By Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.

This edition published 1966.

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.

ISBN 13: 9780385074070

ISBN 10: 0385074077

ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

Born on this day – Annie Girardot:

Annie Girardot

Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

Credits:

21 rue Blanche à Paris (1961); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1990); À chacun son enfer (1977); A Cry in the Night (1992); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); A Matter of Convenience (1992); À vos amours (1993); Adieu blaireau (1985); Ainsi soit nous (2000); Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français (2021); Alibi perfetto (1992); All Night Long (1981); Allez au cinema (1969); Allons au cinéma (1976); Allons petits enfants (2005); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Annie Girardot comme au cinema (2004); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Arena (2002); Au-delà de l'écran (1965); Avis de recherche (1988–1990); Beau geste (2023); Beautiful Families (1964); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black List (1984); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2021); Bobo Jacco (1979); Bobosse (1959); Boxes (2007); Cabaret du soir (1958); Caché (2005); Carné, vous avez dit Carné (1996); Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979); C'est au programme (2001); C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1982–1987); Chansons à la Carte (1981); Christian (2007); Chroniques de France / Segment: Le cinquantième film d'Annie Girardot (1974); Ciné regards (1980–1981); Cinéma (1967); Cinéma 16 (1989); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinépanorama (1957–1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Close Up (2020); Coeurs neufs (1969); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); Colpo di coda (1993); Comédie d'amour (1989); Comme au cinéma (1999); Commissariat Bastille (2002); Compression (2023–2025); Crime Does Not Pay / Segment: L'affaire Fenayrou (1962); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1976); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Dear Inspector (1977); Déclic et des claques (1965); Delitti privati (1993); Des fleurs pour Irma (2005); Días de cine (2011); Dillinger Is Dead (1969); Dim Dam Dom (1970); Discorama (1968); Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976); Double jeu (1992); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal (2003); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972); En aparté (2001); Engagement Italiano (1964); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Erotissimo (1969); Et si on se disait tout (1989); Ex Libris (1989); Faccia di lepre (1990); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Les Comédiennes (1961); Ferreri, I Love You (2000); Five Days in June (1989); Florence ou La vie de château (1987); Formule 1 (1982–1983); Gala de l'union (1978); Girls with Guns (1994); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1965–1972); Grossesse nerveuse / Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Ham and Chips (1977); Hearth Fires (1972); Hotel Shanghai (1997); Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975); Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Il pleut sur Santiago (1975); Il sospetto (1975); Inspector Maigret (1958); It Rains in My Village (1968); Jean Raymond / Les joies de la vie (1958–1959); Jean Yanne, tendre provocateur (2022); Jeanne (1994); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Juliette et Juliette (1974); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La bonne soupe (1964); La chanson d'un autre coeur IV (2012); La dernière nuit (1981); La façon de le dire (1999); La folle aventure de Louis de Funès (2020); La galerie France 5 (2017); La génération des Enfants du Rock (2024); La mandarine (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1989); La nuit des Césars (1977–2002); La nuit des Molières (1988–2002); La nuit des rois (1957); La parte del Leone: una storia della Mostra (2023); La prophétie des grenouilles (2003); La revanche (1981); La vie continue (1981); La vie de château (1985); La zizanie (1978); L'affaire (1977); L'âge de braise (1998); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); L'agence (1989); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); L'altro enigma (1988); L'amour en question (1978); L'amour est en jeu (1957); L'autre femme (1964); Le bateau d'Émile (1962); Le bois du Pardoux (2000); Le cercle (1998); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1996); Le clair de terre (1970); Le club (2001); Le coeur à l'envers (1980); Le dernier baiser (1977); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier voyage (1995); Le désert de Pigalle (1958); Le drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (2021); Le gitan (1975); Le grand échiquier (1973–1989); Le JAP, juge d'application des peines (1994); Le jeu de la vérité (1985); Le marathon du lit (2001); Le mystère Bardot (2012); Le pain de ménage (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le pays d'où je viens (1956); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2000); Le point de mire (1977); Le rendez-vous (1961); Le temps des porte-plumes (2006); Le vent des moissons (1988); L'école des fans (1977); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch (2002); Les Bidochon (1996); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2020); Les dossiers de l'écran (1970); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1996 / 2021); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les Feux de la rampe (2002); Les fleurs de Maureen (2002); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les grands enfants (1967); Les Misérables (1995); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les novices (1970); Les Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977–1980); Let's Be Friends (2005); L'histoire du samedi (1996); L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956); Life Love Death (1969); Lignes de mire (1998); L'invité du dimanche (1969–1970); Little Fadette (2004); Live for Life (1967); Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003); Louis de Funès, champion du box office (2021); Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (2003); Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Love Circle (1969); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lovers on a Tightrope (1960); Luchino Visconti (1999); Lundi en histoires (2016); Male Companion (1964); Mardi cinéma (1985–1987); Maria: Segment: Il principe Azzurro (1964); Marie Fransson (2000); Merci La Vie (1991); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1972); Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mourir d'aimer... (1971); Musique and Music (1977–1978); Mussolini and I (1985); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2012); Nuda proprietà vendesi (1997); Numéro un (1978–1981); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Ombre et lumière (2002); On a tous grandi avec Louis de Funès (2007); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); Orages d'été (1989); Outlaws of Love (1963); Paris aktuell (1970); Paris romance (2004); Partir, revenir (1985); Péplum (1975); Père Noël et fils (1983); Permission de minuit (1987); Petite soeur (1996); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); Pour le cinéma (1969–1975); Pourquoi Paris? (1964); Practice Makes Perfect (1979); Préférence (1998); Prisonnières (1988); Profession: comédien (1979); Recours en grâce (1960); Recto verso (2002); Reflets de Cannes (1964–1967); Regards de femme (1989); Reproduction interdite (1957); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Ruf (1989); Run After Me Until I Catch You (1976); Sacha show (1965–1967); Sacrée soirée (1989–1990); Sept à huit (2001); Shadows of Adultery (1961); Simon le juste (2003); Simone Signoret, figure libre (2020); Smog (1962); Souvenirs souvenirs (1984); Speaking of Murder (1957); Spécial cinéma (1980–1983); Sport en fête (1973); Stars (1981); Stars'N Co (1997); Story of a Woman (1970); Surprise sur prise (1989); T'aime (2000); Take It from the Top (1978); CM Remembers (2011); Téléthon (1987); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ape Woman (1964); The Dragon of Danube (2013); The Girls of Lido (1995); The Key Is in the Door (1978); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Making of 'C'est beau une ville la nuit' (2007); The Old Maid (1972); The Organizer (1963); Thé ou café (1998); The Piano Teacher (2001); The Secret Agents (1965); The Seed of Man (1969); The Shortest Day (1963); The Slap (1974); The Witches / Segment: La Strega Bruciata Viva (1967); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); This Is My Body (2001); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Top à... (1972–1974); Toujours seuls (1991); Tout ce qui brille (1996); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Traffic Jam (1979); Traitement de choc (1973); Treize à table (1955); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour en France (2002); Un jour, un destin (2010); Un métier de seigneur (1986); Una voglia da morire (1965); Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981); Une soupe aux herbes sauvages (2001); Unknown Movies (2015); Ursule et Grelu (1974); Vice and Virtue (1963); Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001); Vivement dimanche (1998–2002); Vivement dimanche prochain (2002); What War May Bring (2010).

Born on this day – Jeanne Cooper:

Jeanne Cooper

Actress

October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013

Credits:

13 West Street (1962); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 87th Precinct (1961); A Closer Look (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Beyond Suspicion (1993); Black Zoo (1963); Bonanza (1962–1963); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Branded (1965); Bronco (1959–1960); Calling Homicide (1956); Cannon (1971); Carpool Guy (2005); Celebrity Page (2021); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Channing (1963); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron Strip (1968); Code 3 (1957); Crook & Chase (1996); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daniel Boone (1966–1967); Dead Air (2009); Death Valley Days (1954–1969); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Doc Elliot (1974); Donna on Demand (2009); Dr. Christian (1956); Dr. Kildare (1964); Emergency! (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Frozen Assets (1992); General Electric Theater (1959); Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003); Guiding Light (2009); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Hawkins (1973); Highway Patrol (1956); HLN News Now (2013); Hour Magazine (1984); House of Women (1962); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Insight (1970–1977); Ironside (1968–1973); It's Your Bet (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kansas City Bomber (1972); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); L.A. Law (1986–1990); Lancer (1968); Laredo (1967); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Justice (1991); Longstreet (1972); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1972); Marie (2012–2013); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Maverick (1957–1961); McCloud (1975); Men at Law (1971); Mike Hammer (1958); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Mr. Novak (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1971); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Over-Exposed (1956); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Playhouse 90 (1956); Plunder Road (1957); Rawhide (1961–1963); Red Nightmare (1962); Rock All Night (1957); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screaming Mimi (1958); Shadows of Tombstone (1953); Shotgun Slade (1960); SoapTalk (2003–2006); State Trooper (1957–1959); Stoney Burke (1963); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1959); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2008); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1953); The Alaskans (1959); The All-American Boy (1973); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Bold and the Beautiful (2005); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Dakotas (1962–1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1989–1996); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Houston Story (1956); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Intruder (1962); The Lineup (1958); The Loner (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1967–1968); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Millionaire (1957); The Monroes (1966); The Naked Street (1955); The Nanny (1997); The New Breed (1961); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The San Pedro Bums (1977); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Force (1970); The Tall Man (1961); The Tomorrow Man (2002); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1964); The Web (1957); The Young and the Restless (1974–2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tony Rome (1967); Touched by an Angel (1997); Unwed Mother (1958); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1961–1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Your Favorite Story (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Belita:

Belita

Actress

Figure skater

Dancer

October 25, 1923 – December 18, 2005

Credits:

A Good Idea: Son! (1953); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel (1949–1952); Face the Music (1953–1955); Ice-Capades (1941); Invitation to the Dance (1956); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Never Let Me Go (1953); Screen Snapshots: Holiday in Las Vegas (1947); Silk Stockings (1957); Silver Skates (1943); Suspense (1946); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Gangster / aka Low Company (1947); The Hunted (1948); The Key (1958); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); What's My Line (1952); Where Are They Now? (1980).

Born on this day – John Berryman:

John Berryman

Writer

October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972

Books:

77 Dream Songs (1964); Berryman's Shakespeare (1999); Berryman's Sonnets (1967); Collected Poems 1937–1971 (1989); Conversations with John Berryman (2021); Delusions, Etc. of John Berryman (1972); Henry's Fate & Other Poems, 1967–1972 (1977); His Toy, His Dream His Rest (1968); Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956); Love & Fame (1970); Poems (1942); Recovery (1973); Selected Poems (2004); Stephen Crane (1950); The Dispossessed (1948); The Dream Songs (1969); The Freedom of the Poet (1976); The Heart Is Strange (2014); The Selected Letters of John Berryman (2020).

Documentary:

Rediscovering John Berryman (2014).