On this day in music history - Angel Above My Piano, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2006):

The album Angel Above My Piano,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on October 31, 2006.

On this day in movie history - Sylvia (2003):

Sylvia

directed by Christine Jeffs,

written by John Brownlow,

was released in the United States on October 31, 2003.
Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Gwyneth Paltrow, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Amira Casar, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner, Lucy Davenport, Julian Firth, Jeremy Fowlds, Michael Gambon, Sarah Guyler, Jared Harris, Andrew Havill, Theresa Healey, Liddy Holloway, Robyn Malcolm, Michael Mears, Siobhan Page, Derek Payne, Sonia Ritter, Billy Seymour, Antony Strachan, Katherine Tozer, Sam Troughton, Eliza Wade, Ben Want, Joel Want, Hannah Watkins, Tandi Wright, Rhys Bond, David House, James Hurn, William Palmer.

On this day in movie history - Borderline (1980):

Borderline

directed by Jerrold Freedman,

written by Jerrold Freedman and Steve Kline,

was released in the United States on October 31, 1980.
Music by Gil Melle.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Harris, Karmin Murcelo, Enrique Castillo, Wilford Brimley, Norman Alden, James Victor, Panchito Gómez, John Ashton, Lawrence P. Casey, Charles Cyphers, John Roselius, Murray MacLeod, Jerry DeWilde, Katherine Pass, Virgil Frye, Luis Contreras, Eduardo Ricard, John O’Banion, Rodger LaRue, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Virginia Bingham, Anthony Munoz, Ray Ochoa, Ab Taylor, Frank Deatsch, Juan DeLira, Tammy Wilson, Chris Coronado, Tony Alvarenga, Ferdinand Pina, Arnold Diaz, Sy Fuentes, Carlos Muñoz, Norberto Hernández, Luther Fear.

On this day in movie history - The Night That Panicked America (1975):

The Night That Panicked America

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Nicholas Meyer and Anthony Wilson,

based on a story by Nicholas Meyer,

was released in the United States on October 31, 1975.
TV movie, originally screened on the ABC network.
Based on Orson Welles’ dramatized radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds,

in turn based on the novel H. G. Wells,

broadcast as part of the CBS Radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air on October 30, 1938.

Music by Frank Comstock.

Cast:

Paul Shenar, Vic Morrow, Cliff De Young, Michael Constantine, Walter McGinn, Eileen Brennan, Meredith Baxter, Tom Bosley, Will Geer, John Ritter, Granville Van Dusen,   Burton Gilliam, Joshua Bryant, Liam Dunn, Shelley Morrison, Walker Edmiston, Marcus J. Grapes, Art Hannes, Casey Kasem, Ron Rifkin, Byron Webster, Clarke Gordon, Linda Dano, Tracy Brooks Swope, Hanna Landy, Robert Lussier, Ed Bakey, Bob Harks, Michelle Stacy.

On this day in movie history - They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968):

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

directed by Antonio Isasi,

written by Antonio Isasi, Lluis Josep Comeron, Jorge Illa and Jo Eisinger, based on the novel by André Lay,

was released in Spain on October 31, 1968.
Music by Georges Garvarentz.

Cast:

Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Servais, Georges Géret, Jack Palance, Fabrizio Capucci, Roger Hanin, Gustavo Re, Daniel Martín, Maurizio Arena, Enrique Ávila, Gérard Tichy, Rubén Rojo, Ingrid Spaey, Carlos Ballesteros, Luis Barboo, Rossella Bergamonti, Antonio Casas, Beni Deus, Fernando Hilbeck, José Marco, Julio Pérez Tabernero, George Rigaud, Lorenzo Robledo.

On this day in movie history - I Wake Up Screaming (1941):

I Wake Up Screaming

aka Hot Spot,

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Dwight Taylor and Steve Fisher,

based on the novel by Steve Fisher,

was released in Spain on October 31, 1941.

Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook, Jr., Chick Chandler, Cyril Ring, Morris Ankrum, Charles Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye, May Beatty, Stanley Blystone, Heinie Conklin.

Born on this day – John Candy:

John Candy

Actor

Comedian

October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994