Born on this day – Jane Murfin:

Jane Murfin

Writer

Producer

Director

October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955

Credits:

The Women (2008); Ponds Theater (1953); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Dragon Seed (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Flight for Freedom (1943); Smilin' Through (1941); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Northwest Passage (1940); The Women (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); The Shining Hour (1938); I'll Take Romance (1937); That Girl from Paris (1936); Come and Get It (1936); Alice Adams (1935); Roberta (1935); The Little Minister (1934); Romance in Manhattan (1934); The Fountain (1934); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); This Man Is Mine (1934); The Crime Doctor (1934); Spitfire (1934); Little Women (1933); After Tonight (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); Double Harness (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Our Betters (1933); Rockabye (1932); Smilin' Through (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Young Bride (1932); Way Back Home (1931); Friends and Lovers (1931); Caught Plastered (1931); Too Many Cooks (1931); White Shoulders (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); The Runaway Bride (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Dance Hall (1929); Half Marriage (1929); Side Street (1929); Street Girl (1929); Lilac Time (1928); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); The Notorious Lady (1927); Meet the Prince (1926); The Savage (1926); A Slave of Fashion (1925); White Fang (1925); The Love Master (1924); Flapper Wives / play entitled: The Flaming Sign (1924); Brawn of the North (1922); Smilin' Through/ play entitled: Smiling Through (1922); Flapper Wives (1924); The Silent Call (1921); Playthings of Destiny (1921); The Amateur Wife (1920); The Right to Lie (1919); A Temperamental Wife / play entitled: Information Please (1919); Marie, Ltd. (1919); Daybreak (1918).

Born on this day – Niccolò Paganini:

Niccolò Paganini

Violinist

Composer

October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840

Compositions:

24 Caprices for Solo Violin; Cantabile e Valtz; Caprice No. 13; Caprice No. 16; Caprice No. 24; Caprice No. 5; Carnival of Venice; Grande sonate de Paganini; Mosè-fantasia; Sonata per la Grand Viola; Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 3; Violin Concerto No. 4; Violin Concerto No. 5.

Movies and television:

A Previous Engagement (2008); Always in My Heart (1942); American Horror Story (2011); Attention, Papa Arrives! (1991); Balestra (2024); Big-headed solitude (2021); Birth of the Blues (1941); Birthmarked (2018); Bleeding Hearts (2015); Canone Inverso (2000); Capriccio No. 24 (1989); Chez Léon Coiffure (2009); Colossal Youth (2018); Concert Magic (1951); Corpo d'amore (1973); Damages (2010); Dorian Gray (2009); Elementary (2013); Erbe Österreich (2020); Evening Urgant (2018); Face of the Trinity (2022); Gallipoli (1981); Grâce à la musique (1981); Great Performances (1998); Hacks (2025); Ikoku no oka (1949); Il caso dell'infedele Klara (2009); La course aux étoiles (1956); La garde-barrière (2011); Ladies in Lavender (2004); Lady Magdalene's (2008); Lady Vengeance (2005); Les grands interprètes (1967); Long Way Home (2018); Louisiana Music: Musical Clips (2019); Lux in Tenebris (2017); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Metal Evolution (2011); Mientras el cuerpo aguante (1982); Monk (2002); Moto perpetuo (1972); Mozart in the Jungle (2015); My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014); Niccolò (2025); Nicolo Paganini (1982); Nyugalom (2008); Once Upon a Time (2016); Only Lovers Left Alive (2013); Ouija (2003); Paganini (1989); Paganini Guitar Fest - Opening Concert (2021); Paganini's Daemon (1997); Pra onde levam as ondas (2021); Rear Window (1954); Rhapsody in Black (2025); Robert és Robert (1985); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); Saints Row (2006); Shine (1996); So You Think You Can Dance (2009); Song Without End (1960); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Spettacolo (2017); St. Ives (1998); Station Eleven (2021); Stay Tuned (1992); Stranger Strings (2021); Taz-Mania (1993); The American (2023); The Anxiousness of Paget over a Caprice by Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) No.1 in E Major, Op.1 (2014); The Art of the Calendar (2024); The Audition (2019); The Cat, Kafka and Myself (2007); The Cello (2008); The Days of No Return (1978); The Devil's Violinist (2013); The Five Pennies (1959); The Fly (2005); The Good Heart (2009); The Green Glove Gang (2022); The Magic Bow (1946); The Making of a Dream (2017); The Mantle of Love (1978); The Munsters (1966); The Shunned House (2003); The Song of Names (2019); The South Bank Show (1978); The Temptation Game (2015); The Truth (1960); The Uncertainty Principle (2002); The Velvet Underground (2021); Tom-ic Energy (1965); Uvolnete se, prosím (2005); Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona (2010); Vitus (2006); Watching (1988); What? Where? When? (1986); Your Lie in April (2016).

Mortimer Adler, on books:

In the case of good books,

the point is not how many of them you can get through,

but rather how many can get through to you.

- Mortimer Adler.

On this day in movie history - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023):

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

documentary directed by Rob Reiner,

was released at the AFI Fest in the United States on October 26, 2023.
Music by Marc Shaiman.

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks, Larry David, Nikki Glaser, Alana Haim, Jonah Hill, Conan O'Brien, Rob Reiner, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller, Sharon Stone, Wanda Sykes, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

On this day in movie history - Interstellar (2014):

Interstellar

directed by Christopher Nolan,

written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan,

was released in the United States on October 26, 2014.

Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, Francis X. McCarthy, Bill Irwin, Anne Hathaway, Andrew Borba, Wes Bentley, William Devane, Michael Caine, David Gyasi, Josh Stewart, Casey Affleck, Leah Cairns, Jessica Chastain, Liam Dickinson, Topher Grace, Matt Damon, Flora Nolan, Griffen Fraser, Jeff Hephner, Lena Georgas, Elyes Gabel, Brooke Smith, Russ Fega, William Patrick Brown, Cici Leah Campbell, Belle Doyle, Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr., Troy Fyhn, Benjamin Hardy, Alexander Michael Helisek, Ryan Irving, Alexander Lu, Derek McEntire, Joseph Oliveira, Benjamin Pitz, Marlon Sanders, Bryan Stamp, Kristian Van der Heyden, Kevan Weber.

On this day in movie history - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007):

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Kelly Masterson,

was released in the United States on October 26, 2007.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston, Brían F. O'Byrne, Rosemary Harris, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof, Damon Gupton, Adrian Martinez, Patrick G. Burns, Jordan Gelber.

On this day in movie history - The Last Seduction (1994):

The Last Seduction

directed by John Dahl,

written by Steve Barancik,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1994.
Music by Joseph Vitarelli.

Cast:

Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses, Zack Phifer, Peter Berg, Brien Varady, Dean Norris, Donna W. Scott, Mik Scriba, J.T. Walsh, Erik-Anders Nilsson, Patricia R. Caprio, Herb Mitchell, Bill Nunn, Renee Rogers, Billy Stevenson, Walter Addison, Anne Flanagan, Mike Lisenco, Serena, Michelle Davison, Jack Shearer.