Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Born on this day – Elie Wiesel:


Elie Wiesel


Writer

Professor

Nobel laureate

Holocaust survivor

September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016

Books:

Night Trilogy: Night (1960); Dawn (1961); Day / aka The Accident (1962). The Town Beyond the Wall (1964); The Gates of the Forest (1966); A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970); The Oath (1970); The Testament (1981); The Golem (1983); The Fifth Son (1985); Twilight (1988); Forgotten (1990); The Judges (2002); The Time of the Uprooted (2005); A Mad Desire to Dance (2009); The Sonderberg Case (2010); Hostage (2012); One for Each Night (2023); Zalmen, or the Madness of God (1975); The Trial of God (1979); The Jews of Silence (1966); Legends of Our Time (1968); One Generation After (1970); Souls On Fire (1972); Messengers of God (1976); A Jew Today (1978); Four Hasidic Masters (1978); Five Biblical Portraits (1981); Somewhere a Master (1982); Splinters (1983); The Six Days of Destruction (1988); Against Silence (1988); A Journey of Faith (1990); Evil and Exile (1990); From the Kingdom of Memory (1990); Sages and Dreamers (1991); In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel (1991); Passover Haggadah (1993); Telling the Tale (1993); All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995); Memoir in Two Voices (1996); And the Sea Is Never Full (1999); Conversations with Elie Wiesel (2001); After the Darkness (2002); Wise Men and Their Tales (2003); Rashi (2009); Open Heart (2012).

Movies and television:

1986 World Series (1986); 20 heures le journal (1994–2001); 20/20 (2007); 2016: We Remember Part Two (2016); 7 sur 7 (1985–1989); 9-11 Memories (2011); A Passover Seder (1994); A Sculpture of Love and Anguish: The Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial (1998); American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia (1990); Antenne 2 - Le journal de 20H (1987–1988); Apostrophes (1980–1983); Bearing Witness: Fighting the Rise of Antisemitism (2022); Beyond Hate (1991); C à vous (2010); Café littéraire (2008); Chazak (2003); Chez F.O.G. (2008); Cities (1979); Culture et dépendances (2003–2006); Das Sonntagsinterview (1994); Dawn (2014 / 2019); Dawn Breakers Film Festival Spotlights (2009); Duels (2016); Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996); Elie Wiesel in Concert: Memories and Melodies of My Childhood (2012); Elie Wiesel ou La ferveur hassidique (1982); Empreintes (2009); Facing Hate (1991); Familiar Voices (2008); FOLCS Conversations (2012); Françoise Hardy at an event for Vivement dimanche (2006); Great Conversations (1999); Histoire de l’antisémitisme (2022); Italiques (1972); Kaddish (1984); King Juan Carlos (2008); La grande librairie (2008–2011); La marche du siècle (1987–1997); L’aube (1986); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le procès de Shamgorod (1982); Le testament d’un poète juif assassiné (1987); Lectures pour tous (1958–1964); Les 4 vérités (1998); Les dossiers de l’écran (1969); L’invité (2002–2016); L’invité du jeudi (1980); Madoff (2016); Matin Bonheur (1994–1996); Mots croisés (2005); Nicky’s Family (2011); Nightline Up Close (2003); Ost und West (1970); Overheard (2012); Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006); Prix Galien USA 2022 (2022); Protocols of Zion (2005); Qu’avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1994); Sand and Sorrow (2007); Sighet, Sighet (1967); Television (1988); The 10 Commandments of Creativity (2001); The Death of Yugoslavia (1995); The Genocide Factor (2000); The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions (1994); The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann (1994); The Jewish People (2008); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); Thé ou café (2006–2012); The World of Elie Wiesel (1997); To Bear Witness (1983); Tout le monde en parle (2006); Un temps pour la mémoire (1970); Une Voix Du Timor Oriental (1999); USA the Movie (2005); Visionen zum Millennium (1999–2000); Weapons of the Spirit (1987); West Wing Week (2012); Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (1975).

Born on this day – Lamont Johnson:


Lamont Johnson

Actor

Director

September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010

Born on this day – Deborah Kerr:


Deborah Kerr


Actress

September 30, 1921 – October 16, 2007

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 20 heures le journal (2007); 20 to 1 (2007); A Woman of Substance (1985); A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2004); An Affair to Remember (1957); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ann and Debbie (1986); Arena (1981); Backstory (2001); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Beloved Infidel (1959); Best of British (1987); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2000); Birthday (1954); Black Narcissus (1947); Blackout (1940); Bonjour Tristesse (1958); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Casino Royale (1967); CBS Early Morning News (1982); Cinema mil (2005); Cinépanorama (1957); Compression (2024); Costa del Sol malaguena (1972); Count Your Blessings (1959); Courageous Mr. Penn (1942); Deborah Kerr, not just an English Rose (1986); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dream Wife (1953); Edward, My Son (1949); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1987); Everything Is Copy (2015); Eye of the Devil (1966); Film '85 (1985); Film Preview (1966); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); From Here to Eternity (1953); Getaway (2005); Good Morning America (1978); Greatest Movie Love Scenes (2006); Grosse Fische, kleine Fische (1973); Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Hold the Dream (1987); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (1985); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); I See a Dark Stranger (1946); If Winter Comes (1947); ITV Play of the Week (1963); Jimmy Fund, Deborah Kerr (1956); John Huston, une âme libre (2021); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Julius Caesar (1953); Jungle Safari (1950); King Solomon's Mines (1950); L.A. Confidential (1997); Le Louvre, le plus grand musée du monde (1985–1988); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Love on the Dole (1941); Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024); Major Barbara (1941); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Name Is Lopez (2021); Nearest to Heaven (2002); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); On the Trail of the Iguana (1964); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Pam & Tommy (2022); Parkinson (1972); Person to Person (1954); Picture Parade (1956); Pierrot le fou (1965) / Cannes Film Festival (1984); Please Believe Me (1950); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Prudence and the Pill (1968); Quo Vadis (1951); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Reunion at Fairborough (1985); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Rome, the Eternal City (1951); Scope (2017); Screen Goddesses (2005); Secret Voices of Hollywood (2013); Separate Tables (1958); Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000); Small World (1960); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Starman (1984); Talking Pictures (2014–2016); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The 1990 European Film Awards (1990); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Arrangement (1969); The Assam Garden (1985); The Avengers (1942); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Chalk Garden (1964); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1972); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Hucksters (1947); The Innocents (1961); The Journey (1959); The King and I (1956); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); The Lords of Flatbush (1974); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1975); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1975); The Naked Edge (1961); The Night of the Iguana (1964); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2008); The Prisoner of Zenda (1952); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The Sky Divers (1969); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Sundowners (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1975); This Is Scotland (1957); This Is Your Life (1963–1985); Thunder in the East (1952); Too Young to Die (2012); Trumbo (2015); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971 / 1974); Vacation from Marriage (1945); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1961 (1962); Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965); What's My Line? (1953–1954); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Young Bess (1953); Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King (1995).

Born on this day – Michael Powell:


Michael Powell


Director

September 30, 1905 – February 19, 1990

Credits:

A Canterbury Tale (1944); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); Age of Consent (1969); An Airman's Letter to His Mother (1941); Black Narcissus (1947); Blackout (1940); Bluebeard's Castle (1963); Born Lucky (1933); C.O.D. (1932); Caste (1930); Crown v. Stevens (1936); Espionage (1964); Her Last Affaire (1935); His Lordship (1932); Honeymoon (1959); Hotel Splendide (1932); I Know Where I'm Going! (1945); Lazybones (1935); My Friend the King (1932); Night Ambush (1957); Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955); One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942); Peeping Tom (1960); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956); Return to the Edge of the World (1978); Rynox (1931); Smith (1939); Someday (1935); Something Always Happens (1934); Strike! (1934); The 49th Parallel (1941); The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972); The Brown Wallet (1936); The Defenders (1965); The Edge of the World (1937); The Fighting Pimpernel (1949); The Fire Raisers (1934); The Girl in the Crowd (1934); The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Love Test (1935); The Man Behind the Mask (1936); The Murder Party (1934); The Nurses (1965); The Phantom Light (1935); The Price of a Song (1935); The Queen's Guards (1961); The Rasp (1931); The Red Shoes (1948); The Small Back Room (1949); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955); The Star Reporter (1931); The Tales of Hoffmann (1951); The Thief of Bagdad (1940); The Volunteer (1944); The Wild Heart (1950); They're a Weird Mob (1966); Two Crowded Hours (1931); U-Boat 29 (1939).

Born on this day – Renée Adorée:


Renée Adorée


Actress

September 30, 1898 – October 5, 1933

Credits:

Call of the Flesh (1930); Redemption (1930); The Pagan (1929); Tide of Empire (1929); The Spieler (1928); Show People (1928); The Mating Call (1928); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Cossacks (1928); Forbidden Hours (1928); A Certain Young Man (1928); Back to God's Country (1927); On Ze Boulevard (1927); Mr. Wu (1927); Heaven on Earth (1927); The Show (1927); The Flaming Forest (1926); Blarney (1926); Tin Gods (1926); Exquisite Sinner (1926); La Bohème (1926); The Blackbird (1926); The Big Parade (1925); Exchange of Wives (1925); Parisian Nights (1925); Man and Maid (1925); Excuse Me (1925); The Bandolero (1924); Defying the Law (1924); A Man's Mate (1924); Women Who Give (1924); The Eternal Struggle (1923); The Six-Fifty (1923); Day Dreams (1922); Mixed Faces (1922); Monte Cristo (1922); Honor First (1922); West of Chicago (1922); A Self-Made Man (1922); Made in Heaven (1921); The Strongest (1920); 500 Pounds Reward (1918).

Recommended reading - More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts (1998):


More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts

By James Naremore.

First published 1998.
Published by University of California Press.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0520254023
ISBN-13: 978-0520254022

Description:

"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s―melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an expression of artistic modernism, as a symptom of Hollywood censorship and politics, as a market strategy, as an evolving style, and as an idea that circulates through all the media. This new and expanded edition of More Than Night contains an additional chapter on film noir in the twenty-first century.

Anne Rice, on writing:


If you want to be a writer, write.
Write and write and write.
If you stop, start again.
Save everything that you write.
If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again.
Write.
Writing is what makes a writer, nothing more and nothing less.

- Anne Rice.