Thursday, November 5, 2026

On this day in music history:

American II: Unchained by Johnny Cash (1996)
American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash (2002)


American II: Unchained
Album by Johnny Cash,
released on November 5, 1996.
Track list: Rowboat; Sea of Heartbreak; Rusty Cage; The One Rose (That’s Left in My Heart); Country Boy; Memories Are Made of This; Spiritual; The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea; Southern Accents; Mean Eyed Cat; Meet Me in Heaven; I Never Picked Cotton; Unchained; I’ve Been Everywhere.


American IV: The Man Comes Around
Album by Johnny Cash,
released November 5, 2002.
Track list: The Man Comes Around; Hurt; Give My Love To Rose; Bridge Over Troubled Water; I Hung My Head; First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Personal Jesus; In My Life; Sam Hall; Danny Boy; Desperado; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Tear Stained Letter; Streets of Laredo; We’ll Meet Again.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995):


Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: Tomorrow I Die.
Released November 5, 1995.
Directed by John Dahl.
Written by Steven Katz.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the short story by Mickey Spillane.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.


Cast:

Bill Pullman, Dan Hedaya, Heather Graham, Kim Coates, Jon Favreau, Dean Norris, Jack Nance, Bert Remsen, Grace Zabriskie, Miguel Ferrer.

On this day in movie history - Flesh and Bone (1993):


Flesh and Bone

directed and written by Steve Kloves,
was released in the United States on November 5, 1993.
Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:

Julia McNeal, Ron Kuhlman, Jerry Swindall, Ryan Bohls, James Caan, Dennis Quaid, Ez Perez, Craig Erickson, Barbara Alyn Woods, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Berryman, Meg Ryan, Scott Wilson, James N. Harrell, Gerardo Johnson, Héctor García, Betsy Brantley, John Hawkes, Vic Polizos, Nik Hagler, Travis Baker, Christopher Rydell, Angie Bolling, Joe Stevens, Libby Villari, Gail Cronauer, Jim Bob Howard, Buck Reynolds, E. Parker Webb.

On this day in movie history - Challenge to Be Free (1975):


Challenge to Be Free

aka Mad Trapper of the Yukon and Mad Trapper.
Directed by Tay Garnett,
written by Anne Bosworth, Chuck D. Keen and Dick North,
music by Ian Bernard,
narrated by John McIntire,
was released in the United States on November 5, 1975.
Based on the true 1932 case of Albert Johnson, aka the Mad Trapper of Rat River.

Cast:

Mike Mazurki, Fritz Ford, Vic Christy, Jimmy Kane, Alex Van Bibber, Tay Garnett, Gordon Yardley, Bob McKinnon, Roger Reitano, Ted Yardley, Brian Russell, Connie Yardley, Patty Piper, John McIntire.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):


Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Murder in Hi-Fi.
Released November 5, 1959.
Directed by Bernard Girard.
Written by Hal Biller, Austin Kalish.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Susan Oliver, Robert Carricart, Ed Prentiss, Dick Crockett, Jean Harvey, Donald Journeaux, Jimmie Horan, Edwin Rochelle, Dennis Sallas.

Born on this day – Sam Shepard:


Sam Shepard


Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); After the Harvest (2001); All the Pretty Horses (2000); American Playhouse (1984); August: Osage County (2013); Baby Boom (1987); Bandidas (2006); Black Hawk Down (2001); Blackthorn (2011); Blind Horizon (2003); Bloodline (2015); Brand X (1970); Bright Angel (1990); Brothers (2009); Buried Child (2016); Charlotte's Web (2006); Cold in July (2014); Country (1984); Crimes of the Heart (1986); Darling Companion (2012); Dash and Lilly (1999); Days of Heaven (1978); Defenseless (1991); Don't Come Knocking (2005); Fair Game (2010); Felon (2008); Fool for Love (1985); Frances (1982); Hamlet (2000); In Dubious Battle (2016); Inhale (2010); It All Came True (1998); Ithaca (2015); Killing Them Softly (2012); Klondike (2014); Leo (2002); Lily Dale (1996); Midnight Special (2016); Mud (2012); Never Here (2017); One Kill (2000); Out of the Furnace (2013); Paris, Texas (1984); Purgatory (1999); Raggedy Man (1981); Resurrection (1980); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); Ruffian (2007); Safe House (2012); Safe Passage (1994); Savannah (2013); Shot in the Heart (2001); Simpatico (1999); Snow Falling on Cedars (1999); Stealth (2005); Steel Magnolias (1989); Streets of Laredo (1995); Swordfish (2001); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); The Accidental Husband (2008); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Notebook (2004); The Only Thrill (1997); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Pledge (2001); The Return (2005); The Right Stuff (1983); Thunderheart (1992); Tough Trade (2010); True West (2002); Voyager (1991); Walker Payne (2006); Wanderlust (2006); Welcome to the Basement (2012); Zabriskie Point (1970).

Born on this day – Elke Sommer:


Elke Sommer


Actress

Singer

Painter

Writer

November 5, 1940 – October 28, 2026

Book:


Painting With Elke Sommer

By Elke Sommer.

Published by KOCE-TV Foundation.
Published 1984.
ISBN-10: 082303884X
ISBN-13: 978-0823038848
Description: Elke Sommer shows you how to use her easy-to-follow, step-by-step painting techniques to make your own delightful pictures.


Albums:

Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen - International Folke-Songs (1972); Elke Sommer (1979); Ich Liebe Dich (1965); Love In Any Language (1965).

Movies and television:

75 Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz (2022); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Christmas Festival (1959); A Love Letter to Jack Benny (1981); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Shot in the Dark (1964); A Thousand Kisses (2017); Adventures Beyond Belief (1988); Alfredissimo! - Kochen mit Bio (1996); Alles nur Tarnung (1996); Am laufenden Band (1978); America 2-Night (1978); Amongst Vultures (1964); Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986); Arena (1995); Auf Wiedersehen (1961); Bahía de Palma (1962); Barbara Woodhouse Goes to Beverly Hills (1981); Baron Blood (1972); Bio's Bahnhof (1979); Bitte umblättern (1971); Body Language (1985); Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966); Break the Bank (1976); Café Oriental (1962); Carry on Behind (1975); Carry on Laughing (1981); Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (1983); Carry on Quizzing (2006); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Celebrity Daredevils (1983); Cinépanorama (1962); Circus of the Stars #4 (1979); Compression (2015); Counterstrike (1992); Dalli Dalli (1979); Daniella by Night (1961); Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt (1962); Das Netz (1975); Das Totenschiff (1959); Deadlier Than the Male (1967); ...denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol (1963); Der goldene Schuß (1969); Der grosse Preis (1979); Der heiße Draht (1975); Der Mann im Pyjama (1981); Der Stein des Todes (1987); Destiny Ridge (1993); Die Abendschau (1963); Die Drehscheibe (1974); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (2004); Die Krimistunde (1982); Die Pyramide (1979); Die Reise nach Wien (1973); Die Vico-Torriani-Show (1972); Die WIB-Schaukel (2003); Dinah! (1975); Disco (1976); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1986); Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne (1999); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007); Elke Sommer erzählt... (2010); Elke Sommer: Oh, I Love You (1965); Ewig rauschen die Gelder (2005); Exit Sunset Boulevard (1980); Fantasy Island (1981); Filmlegenden. Deutsch (2005); Flashback (2000); Florian III (1994); Forever Fernwood (1977); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Frank Elstner: Stippvisite in Las Vegas (1983); Für alle Fälle Stefanie (2003); Geliebte Hochstaplerin (1961); Geraldo (1990); Gisbert (1999); Gypsy (1967); Hannelore Elsner: Ohne Spiel ist mir das Leben zu ernst (2021); Happy Holiday (1993); Headliners & Legends (1998); Heroes of Comedy (2001); Herzlichst Ihr Peter Kraus (1963); Heut' abend (1984); Himmel, Amor und Zwirn (1960); Himmelsheim (1988); Hollywood Connection (1977); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Hollywood, ich komme (1980); Hotel der toten Gäste (1965); Hour Magazine (1982); Howlers of the Dock (1960); I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978); Il castello dell'orrore (2004); In der Folterkammer des Barons (2017); Inside the Third Reich (1982); It Takes Two (1970); It's Not the Size That Counts (1974); It's Your Bet (1970); Je später der Abend (1976); Jenny's War (1985); Jerry Visits (1971); Juke Box Jury (1964); Karussell (1986); Kulenkampffs Schuhe (2018); La Pica sul Pacifico (1959); Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! (2012); L'amico del giaguaro (1959); Lampenfieber (1960); Le chien (1962); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Lieblingsmenschen: Die außergewöhnliche Freundschaft von Agnes und Amir (2026); Life Is Too Long (2010); Lily in Love (1984); Lisa and the Devil (1973); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Living Famously (2003); Lodynskis Flohmarkt Company (1972); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004); Markus Lanz (2010); Match Play with Ray Adams (2012); Menschen der Woche (2001); Miss USA Pageant (1981); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Münchner Bilderbogen (1971); Musik aus Studio B (1963); Musik! Musik! (1974); Na siehste (1989); Na sowas! (1986); Nachtcafé (1998); NBC Follies (1973); NDR Talk Show (1987); Nicht mit uns (2000); Nicht von gestern (1977); Niemand weint für immer (1984); Nina (1982); Nudes in the News (2021); One Away (1976); One or the Other (1974); Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966); Percy (1971); Perlico – Perlaco (1971); Peter the Great (1986); Philbin's People (1970); Probe (1972); Profondo Rosa - La vera storia della Pantera Rosa (2004); Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959); Reblaus (2005); Reflets de Cannes (1961); Risking (1976); Sally Jessy Raphael (1990); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Schmidteinander (1994); Schnick-Schnack (1977); Seduction by the Sea (1963); Severed Ties (1991); Showgeschichten (2002); Sommersprossen - Die Erfolgsleiter der Elke S. (1972); St. Elsewhere (1986); Stars in der Manege (1968); Storybook Squares (1977); Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika (1997); Sweet Violence (1962); Tattletales (1975); Tausend Takte Übermut (1965); Ten Little Indians (1974); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That's Carry On! (1977); The 1987 Annual Salute to Hollywood Benefit (1987); The 22th Annual Golden Boot Awards (2004); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 27th Annual Golden Globes Awards (1970); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Annual Screen Producers Guild Awards (1965); The Art of Love (1965); The Astral Factor (1978); The Best of Jack Benny (1965); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Corrupt Ones (1967); The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau (2002); The Danny Kaye Show (1965); The David Frost Show (1971); The Day It Rained (1959); The Dean Martin Show (1968); The Dolls (1965); The Double McGuffin (1979); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Exciting World of Speed and Beauty (1986); The Fantastic Seven (1979); The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973); The House of Exorcism (1975); The Invincible Six (1970); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1970); The Jack Benny Hour (1965); The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Iron Cage (1983); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Money Trap (1965); The Muppet Show (1979); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Oscar (1966); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Phone Rings Every Night (1962); The Prisoner of Zenda (1979); The Prize (1963); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Swiss Conspiracy (1976); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Treasure Seekers (1979); The Troy Cory Evening Show (1974); The Venetian Affair (1966); The Victors (1963); The Warrior Empress (1960); The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The Wrecking Crew (1968); They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968); Tietjen und Hirschhausen (2010); Today (1980); Too Young to Die (2012); Top of the Hill (1979); Treffpunkt Airport (1968); Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (1962); Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961); Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde (1971); Uomini e nobiluomini (1959); US Against the World (1977); Ver-r-r-ry Interesting (1971); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Wanna Bet? (1983); Wer weiß denn sowas? (2018); What's a Carry On? (1998); Who Stole the Body? (1963); Why Bother to Knock! (1961); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Wünsch dir was (1970); You've got the Joke? (1989); ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1999); ZDFzeit (2021); Zeppelin (1971); Zwischenstation (1966).