On this day in movie history - The Last Ride (1944):

The Last Ride

directed by D. Ross Lederman,

written by Raymond L. Schrock,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1944.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker, Jack La Rue, Cy Kendall, Wade Boteler, Mary Gordon, Harry Lewis, Tod Andrews, Leah Baird, Eddy Chandler, Clancy Cooper, Ross Ford, Eddie Foster, Jack Gardner, Creighton Hale, John Harmon, Howard Hickman, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Hank Mann, John Maxwell, Frank Mayo, Dolores Moran, Jack Mower, Pat O'Malley, Virginia Patton, Harry Strang, Charles Sullivan, Elliott Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, Norman Willis.

On this day in movie history - Meet the Girls (1938):

Meet the Girls

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart, Wally Vernon, Erik Rhodes, Constantine Romanoff, Jack Norton, Emmett Vogan, Paul McVey, Harlan Briggs, Carol Adams, Billy Bevan, Ralph Brooks, James B. Carson, Alan Davis, Larry Dods, Lester Dorr, Dick Elliott, Allen Fox, Jack Gargan, Creighton Hale, Harry Hayden, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Fred Kohler Jr., Stanley Mack, David Newell, William Newell, Tom O'Grady, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, William Wagner, Bruce Warren, June Wilkins.

Born on this day – Austin Stoker:

Austin Stoker

Actor

October 7, 1943 – October 7, 2022

Credits:

Give Till It Hurts (2022); Fire and Ice (2021); Double Down (2020); 3 from Hell (2019); Descention (2016); Shhhh (2014); Machete Joe (2010); Between the Lines (2006); Sleeper Cell (2005); Black Leather Soles; The District (2003); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); Mach 2 (2000); Two Shades of Blue (1999); Arli$$ (1997); The Bold and the Beautiful (1991–1992); A Girl to Kill For (1990); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Falcon Crest (1989); Uninvited (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1984–1986); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Airwolf (1985); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Hotel (1984); Time Walker (1982); Lou Grant (1977–1981); Terror Among Us (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Roots (1977); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975–1977); Riding with Death (1976); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Bronk (1975); Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); 'Sheba, Baby' (1975); Police Story (1975); Abby (1974); Airport 1975 (1974); The Rookies (1972); The Get-Man (1974); Chopper One (1974); Kojak (1974); McCloud (1974); Horror High (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Monty Nash (1971); Men at Law (1970); The Aquarians (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Mod Squad (1969).

Born on this day – Martha Stewart:

Martha Stewart

Actress

October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021

Credits:

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Are You with It? (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Convicted (1950); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Doll Face (1945); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); In a Lonely Place (1950); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Musical Chairs (1955); My Three Sons (1965); Our Man Higgins (1963); Songs for Sale (1952); Surf Party (1964); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); The Stork Club (1955); Those Two (1952–1953).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Gauthier:

Jacqueline Gauthier

Actress

October 7, 1918 – September 18, 1982

Credits:

À la découverte des Français (1958); À vos ordres, Madame (1942); Au boulot Galarneau (1982); Au théâtre ce soir (1966); Ce n'est pas moi (1941); Coq en pâte (1951); Discorama (1960); Elle et moi (1952); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Étoiles au soleil (1953); Ève et le serpent (1949); Feu la mère de madame (1979); Feu Nicolas (1943); Frédérica (1942); Grand Amphi (1971); Her First Affair (1941); Huit hommes dans un château (1942); Ils ont vingt ans (1950); Interdit au public (1949); La femme fatale (1946); La femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942); La fortune des Rougon (1980); La logeuse (1974); La plus belle fille du monde (1951); La terreur des dames (1956); L'assassin n'est pas coupable (1946); Le bel indifférent (1975); Le chandelier (1959); Le clochard milliardaire (1951); Le journal tombe à cinq heures (1942); Le mari, la femme et la mort (1958); Le mort ne reçoit plus (1944); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978); L'Effet Glapion (1975); Les as (1977); Les gaietés de la correctionnelle (1981); Les maris de Léontine (1947); L'extravagante Théodora (1950); Louise (1939); Loves of Casanova (1947); Midi-Première (1981); Moi Et L'autre (1969); Mon bébé (1956); On purge bébé (1979); Petite histoire du Père Noël (1959); Remarie-moi (1980); Scénario (1978); Sérénade aux nuages (1946); Shop Girls of Paris (1943); Signé illisible (1942); Tombé du ciel (1946); Une nuit à Tabarin (1947); Vacances payées (1938).

Born on this day – June Allyson:

June Allyson

Actress

Dancer

Singer

October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006

Credits:

A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2000); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Airwolf (1986); All Girl Revue (1940); Battle Circus (1953); Best Foot Forward (1943); Blackout (1978); Burke's Law (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Curse of the Black Widow (1977); Dates and Nuts (1937); Dime a Dance (1937); Executive Suite (1954); Girl Crazy (1943); Good News (1947); Hart to Hart (1984); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); High Barbaree (1947); House Calls (1980); Interlude (1957); Letters from Three Lovers (1973); Little Women (1949); Meet the People (1944); Misfits of Science (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Music for Millions (1944); My Man Godfrey (1957); Pixilated (1937); Pros and Cons (1991); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Right Cross (1950); Rollin' in Rhythm (1939); See the Man Run (1971); Simon & Simon (1982); Sing for Sweetie (1938); Strategic Air Command (1955); Swing for Sale (1937); Switch (1977); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Girl in White (1952); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982); The Knight Is Young (1938); The Love Boat (1978–1983); The McConnell Story (1955); The Name of the Game (1968); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Prisoner of Swing (1938); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); The Secret Heart (1946); The Shrike (1955); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Stratton Story (1949); The Three Musketeers (1948); These Old Broads (2001); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three on a Date (1978); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Tom, Dick and Harry (1948–1949); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Ups and Downs (1937); Vega$ (1978); Wilfrid's Special Christmas (1989); Woman's World (1954); Words and Music (1948); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Mila Parély:

Mila Parély

Actress

October 7, 1917 – January 14, 2012

Credits:

À la Belle frégate (1943); Angels of Sin (1943); Baby (1933); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Beauty and the Beast (1946); Cap au large (1942); Cartouche (1934); Circonstances atténuantes (1939); Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique (2013); Comédie d'été (1989); Compression (2023–2025); Dernier refuge (1947); Destins (1946); Donogoo (1936); Dreams of Love (1947); Elles étaient douze femmes (1940); Étoile sans lumière (1946); Jeux de femmes (1946); La grande dune (1990); La petite sauvage (1936); La rue sans joie (1938); L'amour qu'il faut aux femmes (1934); Le camion blanc (1943); Le cavalier noir (1945); Le dernier refuge (1940); Le lit à colonnes (1942); Le monsieur de 5 heures (1938); Le père Serge (1945); Le Plaisir (1952); Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936); Les pattes de mouche (1936); Les Roquevillard (1943); Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938); Liliom (1934); Mission à Tanger (1949); Monsieur des Lourdines (1943); Mr. Flow (1936); My Last Mistress (1943); On a trouvé une femme nue (1934); Pasha's Wives (1939); Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017); Rasputin (1938); Sailor of Fortune (1958); Snowbound (1948); The Lost People (1949); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Rules of the Game (1939); The Shanghai Drama (1938); The Vise (1954); They Met on Skis (1939); Three Stops to Murder (1953); Tornavara (1943); Two Women (1940); Une java (1939); Valse royale (1936); Véronique (1950).