Born on this day – Odette Laure:

Odette Laure

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 28, 1917 – June 10, 2004

Credits:

The Teacher (2000); History of Saturday (1999); The Dilettante (1999); Between Land and Sea (1997); Alice drinks whey (1995); Maigret (1994); Hostage Contempt (1992); Salt and pepper (1992); The Secret of the Little Billion (1992); Les mamies (1992); Little Nothings (1992); Stranger in the House (1992); A Beautiful Little Billion (1992); The ball of the Pain in the Neck (1992); Mamie by Night: Marathon Girl (1991) Jealousy (1991); Baby Express (1991); Daddy Nostalgia (1990); Chillers (1990); Périgord noir (1989); Julian Fontanes, magistrate (1983–1989); The Handyman (1988); The Gyrfalcon (1987); The Ring on the Finger (1986); Madame and Her Cops (1985–1986); A boy from France (1985); The Nanas (1985); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); Good Juliette's birthday (1983); The Poacher of God (1983); Antoine et Julie (1981); The Landing (1981); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1981); The Little Theatre Antenne 2 (1978–1981); Saturday Night Follies (1980); The Ladies of Heart (1980); The Feather (1980); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Romeo and Baucis (1979); At the End of the End of the Bench (1979); The Islanders (1979); The time of a Republic (1978); Monday the Party (1978); Southeast Suburbs (1977–1978); Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977); Au théâtre ce soir (1973–77); Marianne's life (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Life Annuity (1972); The visit to the Old Lady (1971); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); When you are two (1962–1964); Vincent Scotto (1962); Guinguette (1959); The school of Cocottes (1958); Mitsou (1956); Flesh and the Woman (1954); La pocharde (1953); Let's Play the Game / Timidity (1952); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); This good Monsieur Durand (1950); Lady Paname (1950); La Marie du Port (1950).

Born on this day – Zero Mostel:

Zero Mostel

Actor

Comedian

Singer

Painter

February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977

Credits:

Watership Down (1978); The Electric Company (1972–1977); The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976); The Front (1976); Mastermind (1976); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1975); Journey Into Fear (1975); Foreplay (1975); Rhinoceros (1974); Marco (1973); Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Old Faithful (1973); The Hot Rock (1972); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); The Angel Levine (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Great Catherine (1968); The White Bus / Ride of the Valkyrie (1967); Children of the Exodus (1967); The Producers (1967); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); Play of the Week (1959–1961); The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959); Zero Mostel (1959); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); Panic in the Streets (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); Off the Record (1948); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943).

Recommended reading - Black Money, by Ross Macdonald (1966):

Black Money

By Ross Macdonald.

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

First published 1966.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768106

ISBN-13: 978-0679768104

Description:

“A Beautiful job … rich in plot and character…. The denouement is both surprising and shocking and the whole is up to Mr. Macdonald’s extraordinarily high standards.” – The New York Time Book Review.

When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts. Black Money is Ross Macdonald at his finest, baring the skull beneath the untanned skin of Southern California's high society.

“It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught is how to write; he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe in some small but mannered way, how to live.” – Robert B. Parker.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it was Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his predecessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.

Steven Spielberg, on movies and stories:

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them special effects ...

but they're easy to please if it's a good story.

- Steven Spielberg.

On this day in television history - Altered Carbon (2020 TV series):

Altered Carbon

Based on the Altered Carbon novel series by Richard K. Morgan.

All 8 episodes released February 27, 2020.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Phantom Lady.

Directed by Ciaran Donnelly.

Written by Laeta Kalogridis, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, James Saito, Jihae, Michael Shanks, Oliver Rice, Sen Mitsuji, Bradley Stryker, Marcus Aurelio, Ian Rozylo, Steve Chang, Sonia Beeksma, Craig Haas, Andrew Chin, Jill Teed, Daniel Bernhardt, Tamiko Brownlee, Trevor Goober, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Juliana Lopez Collado, Byron Mann, Hugo Raymundo, Praise Vaughn, Maxwell Sloan Yip.

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Payment Deferred.

Directed by Ciaran Donnelly.

Written by Sarah Nicole Jones, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, James Saito, David Cubitt, Sharon Taylor, Jason Schombing, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Mark Acheson, Maxime Savaria, Max Boateng, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Marilyn Norry, Kareem Malcolm, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Jason William Day, Fraser Aitcheson, Lorna Joan Barrie, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Nelina Nenadic.

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Nightmare Alley.

Directed by MJ Bassett.

Written by Michael R. Perry, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ato Essandoh, Martha Higareda, Dichen Lachman, Sharon Taylor, Britt Irvin, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Marilyn Norry, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Victoria Katongo, Brittany Mitchell, Kat Ruston, Darien Martin, Carmela Sison, Jones Bay, James Rha, Nia Cummins, Mike Wasko, Sean Owen Roberts, Karen Khunkhun, Michael Meneer, Ray G. Thunderchild, Kindall Charters, Genn Love, Daniel Bernhardt, Ian Hawes, Will Yun Lee, Sherry Nelson.

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Shadow of a Doubt.

Directed by MJ Bassett.

Written by Sang Kyu Kim, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, Daniel Bernhardt, David Cubitt, Sharon Taylor, Michael Shanks, Hayley Law, Oliver Rice, Sen Mitsuji, Britt Irvin, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Heather Doerksen, Kamran Fulleylove, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Orlando Lucas, Jeremiah Oh, Damon Lipari, Daphne Hoskins, Sonia Beeksma, Kheon Clarke, Sky Kao, Teana-Marie Smith, Jackie Blackmore, Alan Mak, Nicholas Dohy, Franckie Francois, Juliana Lopez Collado, James Rha.

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: I Wake Up Screaming.

Directed by Jeremy Webb.

Written by Cortney Norris, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, Daniel Bernhardt, Carl Lumbly, Hayley Law, Sen Mitsuji, Matt Ellis, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Alessandro Juliani, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Kira Clavell, Alexander Lowe, Karen Khunkhun, Andrew Chin, Nicholas Dohy.

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Bury Me Dead.

Directed by Jeremy Webb.

Written by Adam Lash, Cori Uchida, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Dichen Lachman, Matt Ellis, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Heather Doerksen, Dagan Nish, Megan Danso, Mike McLeod, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Alika Autran, Tamiko Brownlee, Shawn Clark, Nicholas Dohy, Joel Kinnaman.

Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Experiment Perilous.

Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield.

Written by Nevin Densham, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, David Cubitt, Michael Shanks, Sharon Taylor, Oliver Rice, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Mark Acheson, Orlando Lucas, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Adam Thomas, Ely Jackson, Mike McLeod, Jorge Vargas, Bailey Corneal, Bailey Burr, Jason Cermak, Heather-Claire Nortey, Sean Millington, Darren E. Scott, Shane Kim, Elle Young, Nicholas Dohy, Charles Chi Soo Kim.

Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Broken Angels.

Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield.

Written by Alison Schapker, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Carl Lumbly, Hayley Law, Oliver Rice, Sharon Taylor, Max Boateng, Orlando Lucas, Marilyn Norry, Naomi King, Fraser Aitcheson, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Daniel Bernhardt, Nicholas Dohy, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Juliana Lopez Collado.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Birthright, Part II.

Released February 27, 1993.

Directed by Dan Curry.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Cristine Rose, James Cromwell, Sterling Macer Jr., Alan Scarfe, Jennifer Gatti, Richard Herd, Majel Barrett, Cameron, Elliot Durant III, Inez Edwards, Jack Gilroy, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Kairon John, Kurt Paul, Irving Ross.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Ex Posto Facto.

Released February 27, 1995.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Evan Carlos Somers, Michael Piller, Evan Carlos Somers, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Robin McKee, Francis Guinan, Aaron Lustig, Ray Reinhardt, Henry Brown, Derek Anthony, Julie Jiang, Jaehne Moebius, Louis Ortiz, Susan Sanders, Louis C. Simon, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya, Ondar Tarlow.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Fusion.

Released February 27, 2002.

Directed by Rob Hedden.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Enrique Murciano, Robert Pine, Vaughn Armstrong, John Harrington Bland, Jane Bordeaux, Michael Braveheart, Amy Kate Connolly, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Lindley Gardner, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, John Jurgens, John Mullen, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Impossible Box.

Released February 27, 2020.

Directed by Maja Vrvilo.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Jonathan Del Arco, Peyton List, Barbara Eve Harris, Sumalee Montano, Marti Matulis, Ella Gross, Rico McClinton, Charlie Newhart, John Ales, Keith Campbell, Seth Fuentes, James MacKinnon, Mircea Oprea.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Starships A-Z.

Released February 27, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: André Bormanis, Marc Cushman, Rob Klein, Gates McFadden, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda, Andrew Probert, Rick Sternbach, John Tenuto, Maria Jose Tenuto.

On this day in movie history - Number One with a Bullet (1987):

Number One with a Bullet

directed by Jack Smight,

written by Gail Morgan Hickman, Andrew Kurtzman, Rob Riley and James Belushi,

based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman,

was released in the United States on February 27, 1987.

Music by Alf Clausen.

Cast:

Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Bobby Di Cicco, Ray Girardin, Barry Sattels, Mykelti Williamson, Jon Gries, Richard Minchenberg, Michael Goodwin, LaGena Hart, Alex Rebar, Artie Ripp, Daniel Demorest, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Valerie McIntosh, Eddie Frescas, John Durbin, Tony Pierce, Joyce Cunning, Larry Poindexter, Chris DeRose, Ken Gibbel, Jerome Chambers, Venice Kong, Stacey Binn, David Sargent, Gene LeBell, Nick Cinardo, Angela Elayne Gibbs, Bill Gazzarri, Manuel Márquez, José González, Jeff Jensen, David Efron, Spice Williams-Crosby, Jean Malahni, Casey Griffin, Timothy Noyes, Patricia L. Desmond, Ancel Cook, Shari Shattuck, John Hazelwood, Chris Brown, Willie H. Reaves, Yvette Cruise, Jason Scura, Daniel D. Halleck, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carl Ciarfalio, Manny Perry, Dyee Dysart, Virgil Wilson, Herb Tanney, Kim Marriner, Prince Hughes, Jim Wilkey, Bob Aprea, Michael Yama, Faith Minton, James M. Halty, Lorrie Marlow, Natalie Alexander, George Vasilios Choulos, Gerald Walsh, Ted Mehous, Claude A. Wyle, Kevin Seymour, Hope Kelley, Helen Kelly, Shawn McBurney.