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Shannon Hale, on writing:

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

- Shannon Hale.

On this day in movie and book history - Ed Wood (1994 and 1992)

Ed Wood

directed by Tim Burton,

written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski,

based on the book Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr. by Rudolph Grey,

was released in the United States on September 28, 1994.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie, Jeffrey Jones, Max Casella, Bill Murray, George "The Animal" Steele, Juliet Landau, Ned Bellamy, Mike Starr, Stanley DeSantis, Rance Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Maurice LaMarche, G. D. Spradlin, Korla Pandit, Gregory Walcott, Conrad Brooks.

Recommended reading:

 

Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.

by Rudolph Grey.

Filmed as Ed Wood (1994), directed by Tim Burton.

First published 1992.
Published by Feral House.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0922915245
ISBN-13: 978-0922915248
 
Description:

Rereleased to coincide with Ed Wood, a Tim Burton movie based on the book, this authoritative underground biography brings to life the renegade filmmaker who broke new ground in absurd supernatural horror and campy suspense. The author recalls the '50s, when the invasion of movie houses by monsters became a national youth craze.

The portrayal of a brave, eccentric and sometimes insane film director, dubbed "the worst director of all time" for his low-budget cult features.

The tale is told by those who lived and worked with him - a motley collection of dead-beats and losers who lived on the fringes of Hollywood.

Born on this day – Peter Finch:

Peter Finch

Actor

September 28, 1916 – January 14, 1977

Credits:

Raid on Entebbe (1976); Network (1976); The Abdication (1974); England Made Me (1973); The Nelson Affair (1973); Lost Horizon (1973); Something to Hide (1972); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); The Red Tent (1969); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Come Spy with Me (1967); 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966); Judith (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); First Men in the Moon (1964); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); The Pumpkin Eater (1964); In the Cool of the Day (1963); I Thank a Fool (1962); No Love for Johnnie (1961); The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Day (1960); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); Kidnapped (1960); The Nun's Story (1959); Operation Amsterdam (1959); Windom's Way (1957); Robbery Under Arms (1957); The Shiralee (1957); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956); A Town Like Alice (1956); Simon and Laura (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Make Me an Offer! (1955); Passage Home (1955); The Warriors (1955); The Detective (1954); Elephant Walk (1954); The Heart of the Matter (1953); Gilbert and Sullivan (1953); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Captain Carvallo (1951); The Miniver Story (1950); The Wooden Horse (1950); Train of Events (1949); Eureka Stockade (1949); A Son Is Born (1946); Red Sky at Morning (1944); The Rats of Tobruk (1944); These Stars Are Mine (1943); South West Pacific (1943); The Power and the Glory (1941); Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939); The Farmer Goes to Town (1938); The Magic Shoes (1935).

Born on this day – Arnold Stang:

Arnold Stang

Actor

Comedian

September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009

Credits:

Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2001); Garfield and Friends (1994); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Dennis the Menace (1993); Clippers (1991); Mathnet (1990); Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990); Ghost Dad (1990); True Blue (1990); The Cosby Show (1989); Top Cat (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988); Norman's Corner (1987); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Tales from the Darkside (1987); CBS Library (1983); No Man's Valley (1981); I Go Pogo (1980); Flying High (1978); ABC Nutrition Spots (1977); The Fourth King (1977); Easy Come Easy Go (1976); Cool Shark (1976); Deep Sea Rodeo (1976); Maguiness Book of Records (1976); Fish Anonymous (1976); Cannery Caper (1976); The Aquanuts (1976); Shark and the Beanstalk (1976); Holiday in Venice (1976); Moulin Rogues (1976); Mama (1976); Misterjaw (1976); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Chico and the Man (1976); The $6.95 Bionic Shark (1976); Transistorized Shark (1976); The Fishy Time Machine (1976); Stand-In Room Only (1976); Never Shake Hands with a Piranha (1976); Aloha, Hah, Hah! (1976); Sea Chase (1976); Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman (1976); Caught in the Act (1976); The Shape of Things (1976); Flying Saucer (19760; Davey Jones' Locker (1976); The Codfather (1976); Little Red Riding Halibut (1976); Aladdin's Lump (1976); Showbiz Shark (1976); Monster of the Deep (1976); Beach Resort (1976); Shopping Spree (1976); Flying Fool (1976); The Bureau (1976); Sweat Hog Shark (1976); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1974); Ozzie's Girls (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1973); Emergency! (1972–1973); Marco Polo Jr. (1972); Loopy de Loop (1971–1972); Hercules in New York (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); Hello Down There (1969); Skidoo (1968); Batman (1968); Two by Two (1966); The Secret Squirrel Show (1966); Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965); Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar (1965); Broadside (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); Slippery Slippers (1962); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); Top Cat (1961–1962); Kooky Loopy (1961); Bonanza (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Dondi (1961); Alakazam the Great (1960); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959); Fun on Furlough (1959); Owly to Bed (1959); You Said a Mouseful (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Frighty Cat (1958); One Funny Knight (1957); From Mad to Worse (1957); Sky Scrappers (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); Cat in the Act (1957); Hide and Peak (1956); December Bride (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Washington Square (1956); Bulletin from Bertie (1956); Mousetro Herman (1956); Will Do Mousework (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Mouseum (1956); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Ship A-Hooey (1954); Surf and Sound (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); Northwest Mousie (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Herman the Catoonist (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Of Mice and Magic (1953); Doc Corkle (1952); Mice-capades (1952); Cat Carson Rides Again (1952); The Billy Bean Show (1951); Cat Tamale (1951); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1951); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Land of Lost Watches (1951); Hold the Lion Please (1951); Mice Paradise (1951); Mice Meeting You (1950); Voice of the Turkey (1950); Saved by the Bell (1950); Starlight Theatre (1950); Expectant Father (1950); Campus Capers (1949); A Mutt in a Rut (1949); The Goldbergs (1954-1955); So This Is New York (1948); The Bored Cuckoo (1948); We're in the Honey (1948); The Circus Comes to Clown (1947); Naughty But Mice (1947); Much Ado About Mutton (1947); A Scout with the Gout (1947); Musica-Lulu (1947); Sudden Fried Chicken (1946); The Goal Rush (1946); Sheep Shape (1946); Bored of Education (1946); Cheese Burglar (1946); Laughter in Paris (1946); A Lamb in a Jam (1945); Beau Ties (1945); Scrappily Married (1945); Let's Go Steady (1945); Moving Aweigh (1944); I'm Just Curious (1944); Herman and Katnip (1944); Henpecked Rooster (1944); The Marry-Go-Round (1943); No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943); The Hungry Goat (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Seven Days' Leave (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" (1942); Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1949); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949).

Born on this day – Doreen Brownstone:

Doreen Brownstone

Actress

September 28, 1922 – December 16, 2022

Credits:

All Sales Final (1986); Channel Zero (2018); Doreen Brownstone: Still Working After 90 (2014); Euphoria (2013); Falcon Beach (2007); Foodland (2010); Gentle Sinners (1983); Good Fortune (2015); Heads (1994); High Life (2009); House of Pride (1974-1976); Journey Back to Christmas (2016); Laughter in My Soul (1983); Life in a Day (1999); Mask of the Bear (1988); More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story (2003); Performance (1974); Reginald the Robot (1976); Reunion (1984); Silence of the North (1981); Silent Night (2012); Society's Child (2002); Sunnyside (2015); The Diviners (1993); The Magic Lie (1977–1979); The Murdoch Mysteries (2004); The Pedlar (1982); The Prodigal (1983); The Stone Angel (2007); The Swimming Lesson (2013); The Wake (1986); Therapy (2018); Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2011); True Confections (1991); Violets Are Blue (2013); What If God Were the Sun? (2007); Wood Mountain Poems (1978).

Born on this day – Martine Sarcey:

Martine Sarcey

Actress

September 28, 1928 – June 11, 2010

Credits:

À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976); A Strong Commitment (2002); Agence matrimoniale (1952); Alcyon (1990); Alerte au deuxième bureau (1956); Alexander the Great (1956); Anatole (1977); Appointment in Bray (1971); Arcole ou la terre promise (1981); Au milieu de la nuit (2002); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1976); Aujourd'hui la vie (1984–1986); Aujourd'hui Madame (1977); Aussi loin que l'amour (1971); Beaumanoir (1992); Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Ce diable d'homme (1978); Certaines nouvelles (1980); Ciao, les mecs (1979); Cinéma 16 (1988); Circus Angel (1965); Clérambard (1969); Commandant X (1964); Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (2003); Crime and Punishment (1956); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964); Dans la citadelle (1983); Dernier stade (1994); Deux lions au soleil (1980); Docteur Sylvestre (1997); Dolmen (2005); Don Juan revient de guerre (1968); Du soleil plein les yeux (1970); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1984); En liberté sur les routes d'URSS (1957); Erik the Conqueror (1961); États d'âme (1986); Fan des années 70 (2012); Fan des années 80 (2010); Fou comme l'oiseau (1983); Fury of the Barbarians (1960); Goha (1958); Hanussen (1955); Histoires de vies (2010); Home from the Hill (1960); Humeurs et rumeurs (2009); I tartassati (1959); Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957); Il ladro della Gioconda (1966); In a Wild Moment (1977); J'ai pensé à vous tous les jours (2008); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Kapo (1960); La caméra explore le temps (1962); La création du monde (1958); La duchesse de Berry (1971); La fuite (1971); La maison assassinée (1988); La maladie de Sachs (1999); La mémoire des siècles (1981); La mort d'un touriste (1975); La Notte (1961); La nuit des rois (1962); La porteuse de pain (1973); La sourde oreille (1980); La trêve (1973); La Valse du gorille (1959); La vie parisienne (1977); L'ammutinamento (1961); L'apocalypse des animaux (1973); L'art et les hommes (1958); Le Cabinet des estampes (1954); Le caïd de Champignol (1966); Le chant de la baleine (2007); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); Le facteur de Fontcabrette (1979); Le fils du cordonnier (1994); Le grand secret (1989); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); Le Réveillon (1974); Le voyage à l'étranger (1976); L'enfant et le president (1987); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les cinq dernières minutes (1966); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1988); Les folies du samedi soir (1980); Les folies Offenbach (1977); Les Maîtres du mystère (2023); Les maîtres du pain (1993); Les murs ont des oreilles (1974); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les voyageurs de l'histoire (1982); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'exécution (1961); L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972); L'hôtel de la plage (1978); Lies (2010); L'invité du dimanche (1971); Love at the Top (1974); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Maigret (2003); Marie-Francine (2017); Marnie (1964); Mazarin (1978); Médecins de nuit (1980); Méfiez-vous, mesdames! (1963); Michelet (1974); Midi Trente (1973); Millefeuille (2009); Mistress of the World (1960); My Fair Lady (1964); Nez de cuir (1952); Obsession (1966); P.R.O.F.S. (1985); Pardon Mon Affaire (1976); Princesse Alexandra (1992); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Procès au Vatican (1952); Que reste-t-il... (2000); Raintree County (1957); Regards d'enfance (1996); Rocambole (1965–1966); Sa dernière lettre (1995); Salut Berthe! (1968); Separate Tables (1958); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Spiral (2010); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Tender Moment (1968); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Animals (1963); The Black Tulip (1964); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Devil's General (1955); The Great War (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Judge Is a Woman (2009); The Light (2004); The Nun's Story (1959); The Scheming Women (1954); The Thief of Paris (1967); The Wonders of Aladdin (1961); Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978); Un 14 juillet (2004); Un curé de choc (1974); Un fils de notre temps (2003); Un jeu d'enfer (1970); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Un mariage sous Louis XV (1961); Une belle journée (2001); Une femme en blanc (1997); Une femme, une époque (1978); Wait Until Dark (1967); Yvette (1971).

Born on this day – Ben E. King:

Ben E. King

Singer

Producer

September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015

Albums:

Anthology (1993); Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (1962); Ben E. King's Greatest Hits (1964); Benny And Us (1977); Eleven Best (2001); Heart & Soul (2010); I Had a Love (1976); I Have Songs In My Pocket (1998); I've Been Around (2006); Let Me Live in Your Life (1978); Love Is Gonna Get You (2007); Music Trance (1980); Rough Edges (1970); Save the Last Dance for Me (1987); Seven Letters (1965); Shades of Blue (1993); Soul Masters (2005); Spanish Harlem (1961); Stand by Me: The Ultimate Collection (1987); Street Tough (1981); Supernatural (1975); The Beginning of It All (1972); The Very Best of Ben E. King (1998); The Very Best of Ben E. King and the Drifters (1990); What Is Soul (1967); What's Important to Me (1991); White Christmas (2008); Young Boy Blues (1964).

Born on this day – J.T. Walsh:

J. T. Walsh

Actor

September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998

On this day in movie history - À la folie (1994)

 

À la folie

English translation: To the Madness

a.k.a. 6 Days, 6 Nights

directed by Diane Kurys, and written by Diane Kurys and Antoine Lacomblez,

was released in France on September 28, 1994.

Music by Michael Nyman.

Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Béatrice Dalle, Patrick Aurignac, Bernard Verley, Alain Chabat, Jean-Claude de Goros, Marie Guillard, Robert Benitah, Greg Engler, Michael Massee.

On this day in movie history - Feel Like Going Home (2003)

Feel Like Going Home

documentary directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Peter Guralnick,

part 1 of the documentary series The Blues

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on September 28, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Sam Carr, Toumani Diabaté, Corey Harris, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Salif Keïta, Willie King, Habib Koité, Leadbelly, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Bernice Turner Pratcher, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Shines, Sharde Thomas, Ali Farka Touré, Otha Turner, Dick Waterman, Muddy Waters.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1991):

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Darmok.

Released September 28, 1991.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Joe Menosky, Philip Lazebnik, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Richard Allen, Colm Meaney, Paul Winfield, Ashley Judd, Majel Barrett, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Gerard David Jr., Jeremy Doyle, Norman Hunte, Teri Noel, Rex Pierson, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson.

On this day in music history:

Feel Like Going Home / documentary (2003)

Feel Like Going Home

Documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.

Written by Peter Guralnick.

Part 1 of the documentary series The Blues.

Produced by Martin Scorsese.

Released in the United States on September 28, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast: Sam Carr, Toumani Diabaté, Corey Harris, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Salif Keïta, Willie King, Habib Koité, Leadbelly, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Shines, Sharde Thomas, Ali Farka Touré, Otha Turner, Dick Waterman, Muddy Waters.

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2:

 

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2

This is the second in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/

To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

Music credit:

Ambiance#5 by Lilo Sound.

#art #artwork #poster #painting #acrylic #abstract #FluidPainting #KathleenJaneKost #Showreel #video #MP4

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1:

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1

This is the first in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/

To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

 

Themes:

art, artwork, poster, painting, acrylic, abstract, fluid painting, Kathleen Jane Kost, showreel, video, MP4

 

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

 

Music credit:

Ambiance#5

by Lilo Sound.

Iris Murdoch, on literature:

 

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature,
since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.
– Iris Murdoch.

Born on this day – Olive Tell:

Olive Tell

Actress

September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951

Credits:

A Woman's Business (1920); Baby, Take a Bow (1934); Brilliant Marriage (1936); Chickie (1925); Clothes (1920); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Delicious (1931); Devotion (1931); Easy to Take (1936); False Faces (1932); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Good Medicine (1929); Hearts in Exile (1929); Her Sister (1917); In His Steps (1936); Ladies' Man (1931); Lawful Larceny (1930); Love Without Question (1920); National Red Cross Pageant (1917); Polo Joe (1936); Private Scandal (1934); Sailors' Wives (1928); Secret Strings (1918); Shanghai (1935); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Soft Living (1928); Strictly Personal (1933); Summer Bachelors (1926); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Girl and the Judge (1918); The Prince of Tempters (1926); The Right of Way (1930); The Right of Way (1930); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Silent Master (1917); The Trap (1919); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929); The Unforseen (1917); The Very Idea (1929); The Witching Hour (1934); The Wrong Woman (1920); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Under Southern Stars (1937); Wings of Pride (1920); Woman Hungry (1931); Womanhandled (1925); Worlds Apart (1921); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – Jim Thompson:

Jim Thompson

Writer

September 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977

Credits:

A Hell Of A Woman (1954); A Swell-Looking Babe (1954); After Dark, My Sweet (1955); Bad Boy (1953); Child Of Rage (1972); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1988); Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950 (1997); Cropper's Cabin (1952); Fireworks (1988); Hard-boiled (1995); Heed The Thunder (1946); Ironside (1967); King Blood (1973); More Hardcore: 3 Novels (1987); Murder Plus (1992); Nothing But A Man (1970); Nothing More Than Murder (1949); Now and On Earth (1942); Pop. 1280 (1964); Pulp Frictions (1996); Recoil (1953); Roughneck (1954); Savage Night (1953); South Of Heaven (1967); Texas By The Tail (1965); The Alcoholics (1953); The Best American Noir of the Century (2010); The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1987); The Criminal (1953); The Getaway (1959); The Golden Gizmo (1954); The Grifters (1963); The Jim Thompson Omnibus (1995); The Killer Inside Me (1952); The Kill-Off (1957); The Nothing Man (1954); The Rip-Off (1989); The Second Jim Thompson Omnibus (1997); The Transgressors (1961); The Undefeated (1969); Unusual Suspects (1996); Wild Town (1957).

Movies and television:

After Dark, My Sweet (1990); Cain's Hundred (1961); Clean Slate (1981); Convoy (1965); Dr. Kildare (1965); Fallen Angels (1993); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Hit Me (1996); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959); Paths of Glory (1957); Pop. 1280 (2024); Serie Noire (1979); The Getaway (1972 / 1994); The Grifters (1990); The Killer Inside Me (1976 / 2010); The Killing (1956); The Kill-Off (1989); This World, Then the Fireworks (1997); Trapped (2014).

Born on this day – William Conrad:

William Conrad

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994

Credits:

-30- (1959); 5 Against the House (1955); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); Acapulco (1961); Any Number Can Play (1949); Arch of Triumph (1948); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Bat Masterson (1958); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Body and Soul (1947); Bold Venture (1959); Brainstorm (1965); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Cannon (1971); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Chisum (1970); Countdown (1967); Cry Danger (1951); Cry of the Hunted (1953); D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971); Dial 1119 (1950); East Side, West Side (1949); Escape (1950); F Troop (1965); First to Fight (1967); Four Faces West (1948); G.E. True (1962); Geronimo (1962); Gorath (1962); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Highway Patrol (1959); Hoppity Hooper (1965); Hotel (1986); How the West Was Won (1976); Hudson Hawk (1991); In Like Flynn (1985); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Joan of Arc (1948); Johnny Concho (1956); Keefer (1978); Keep America Beautiful: The Crying Indian (1971); Killing Cars (1986); King of Diamonds (1961); Klondike (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lone Star (1952); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Manimal (1983); Matlock (1986); Men Into Space (1960); Moonshine County Express (1977); Motor Scouts (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1984); My Blood Runs Cold (1965); Naked City (1961); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Cries (1978); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); One Way Street (1950); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Squad! (1982); Ripcord (1961); Route 66 (1961); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Saints and Sinners (1962); Shocktrauma (1982); Side Show (1981); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Storefront Lawyers (1970); Tales of the Unexpected (1977); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Temple Houston (1963); Tension (1949); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1961); The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (1959); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Brady Kids (1972); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Bullwinkle Show (1959); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The City (1977); The Conqueror (1956); The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service (1982); The Desert Song (1953); The Dudley Do-Right Show (1959); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fall Guy (1984); The Force of Evil (1977); The Fugitive (1963); The High Chaparral (1970); The Highwayman (1987); The Killers (1946); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from Galveston (1963); The Mikado (1982); The Milkman (1950); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Adventures of the Lone Ranger (1980); The Racket (1951); The Rebels (1979); The Return of Frank Cannon (1980); The Return of the King (1980); The Ride Back (1957); The Rifleman (1959); The Rough Riders (1958); The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951); This Man Dawson (1959); To the Victor (1948); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trauma Center (1983); Turnover Smith (1980); Two on a Guillotine (1965); Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Arthur Penn:

Arthur Penn

Director

Producer

September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010

Credits:

100 Centre Street (2001); Alice's Restaurant (1969); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Dead of Winter (1987); Flesh and Blood (1968); Four Friends (1981); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1953); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside (1996); Justice (1954); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1955); Little Big Man (1970); Lumière and Company (1995); Mickey One (1965); Night Moves (1975); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Playhouse 90 (1957); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1954); Studio One (1956); Target (1985); The Chase (1966); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Miracle Worker (1962); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Portrait (1993); Visions of Eight (1973).

Born on this day – Roger C. Carmel:

Roger C. Carmel

Actor

September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); Act One (1963); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1986); All in the Family (1977); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); Anna and the King (1972); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961–1962); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Banacek (1972); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Blue Light (1966); Breezy (1973); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); CBS Storybreak (1987); Chico and the Man (1975); Diff'rent Strokes (1982); DuckTales (1987); East Side / West Side (1963); Everglades! (1962); Fitz and Bones (1981); Gambit (1966); Get Christie Love! (1975); Getting Together (1971); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Hardly Working (1980); Hart to Hart (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1972); Hogan's Heroes (1965); I Spy (1965–1967); Insight (1969); Ironside (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Laverne & Shirley (1980); Look Up and Live (1961); Marathon Bar: Captain Quick (1974); McCloud (1975); McMillan & Wife (1973); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Dog, the Thief (1969); My Living Doll (1964–1965); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Naked City (1960–1963); North by Northwest (1959); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Premiere (1968); Route 66 (1960–1964); Skullduggery (1970); Snorks (1985); Stage Struck (1958); Star Trek (1966–1967); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973); Stump the Stars (1970); Switch (1975); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); That's Life (1979); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Art of Love (1965); The Defenders (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Doris Day Show (1972); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Glo Friends (1986); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The High Chaparral (1971); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968); The Invisible Man (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1965); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Munsters (1965); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Patty Duke Show (1964); The Paul Lynde Show (1973); The Phyllis Diller Show (1966); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Silencers (1966); The Smurfs (1986); The Telephone Book (1971); The Transformers (1985–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Venetian Affair (1966); Three's Company (1979); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Today (1967); Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness (1986); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965).

Born on this day – Will Sampson:

Will Sampson

Actor

Painter

Rodeo performer

September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); American Playhouse (1986); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Born to the Wind (1981); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Completely Cuckoo (1997); Cowboysan (1978); Crazy Mama (1975); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); Firewalker (1986); Fish Hawk (1979); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Great Spirit Within the Hole (1983); Hell Hath No Fury (1999); I Am (2010); Images of Indians (1979–1980); Insignificance (1985); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Orca (1977); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Relentless (1977); Reservation Dogs (2022); Standing Tall (1978); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Gunfighters (1987); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Mystic Warrior (1984); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The White Buffalo (1977); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Vega$ (1978–1980); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Wilford Brimley:

Wilford Brimley

Actor

Singer

September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); A Place to Grow (1995); Absence of Malice (1981); Act of Vengeance (1986); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); Amber Waves (1980); Bandolero! (1968); Big John (2006); Billy the Kid (1989); Biography (1999); Blood River (1991); Borderline (1980); Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title (2009); Brigham City (2001); Brubaker (1980); Chapter Perfect (1997); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Comanche (2000); Country (1984); Crossfire Trail (2001); Death Valley (1982); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Double Toasted (2022); End of the Line (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Eternity (1990); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harry & Son (1984); Heaven Sent (1994); High Road to China (1983); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); How the West Was Won (1979); I Believe (2017); In & Out (1997); Jackals (1986); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1989); Keeper of the Flame (2005); Kung Fu (1975); Larry King Live (2003); Last of the Dogmen (1995); Lawman (1971); Liberty Medical Commercial (2004); Liberty Medical Wilford Brimley Diabetes Commercial (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lunker Lake (1998); Mansome (2012); Masque (2012); Miracles & Mercies (2002); Murder in Space (1985); Mutant Species (1994); My Fellow Americans (1996); One on One with John Tesh (1992); OP Center (1995); Our House (1986–1988); PC and the Web (2001); Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003); Progeny (1998); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Resurrection Mary (2002); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Rodeo Girl (1980); Roughnecks (1980); Seinfeld (1997); Shadows on the Wall (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Summer of the Monkeys (1998); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tender Mercies (1983); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Awakening Land (1978); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Boys of Twilight (1992); The China Syndrome (1979); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Firm (1983 / 1993); The Frollo Show (2011–2020); The Frollo Show (2019); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011–2013); The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (1982); The Making of 'the China Syndrome' (1979); The Men of Outpost 31 (2016); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Oregon Trail (1976–1977); The Oscars (2021); The Path of the Wind (2009); The Round and Round (2002); The Stone Boy (1984); The Thing (1982); The Waltons (1974–1977); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Timber the Treasure Dog (2016); Tough Enough (1983); True Grit (1969); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992); Wilson's Floral (2016); Yellowstone (2020 / 2021).

Born on this day – Claude Jarman Jr.:

 

Claude Jarman Jr.

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1934 – January 12, 2025

 

Credits:

Bigger Than Life with Claude Jarman Jr. (2020); Centennial (1979); Classified X (2007); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Fillmore (1972); Hangman's Knot (1952); High Barbaree (1947); Inside Straight (1951); Intruder in the Dust (1949); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); MGM Parade (1956); Rio Grande (1950); Roughshod (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Best of the Post (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Outriders (1950); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Yearling (1946); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Meat Loaf:

Meat Loaf

Singer

Actor

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Bad Attitude (1984); Blind Before I Stop (1986); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995); Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010); Hell in a Handbasket (2011); Braver Than We Are (2016).

Movies / television / music videos:

Ghost Wars (2017–2018); Elementary (2012); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues (2016); Sausage Party (2016); Wishin' and Hopin' (2014); Stage Fright (2014); All American Christmas Carol (2013); The Moment (2013); Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney (2012); U B Da Judge (2012); Fairly Legal (2011); Absolute Killers (2011); Polish Bar (2010); Glee (2009); Beautiful Boy (2010); Burning Bright (2010); Meat Loaf: Los Angeloser (2010); Monk (2002); Citizen Jane (2009); House (2004); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I'm Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Urban Decay (2007); Meat Loaf: Cry Over Me (2007); Meat Loaf: Blind As a Bat (2006); Masters of Horror (2005); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); The Pleasure Drivers (2006); Memento of Flesh and Bones (2005); BloodRayne (2005); Crazylove (2005); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Extreme Dating (2005); Fight Club (2004); A Hole in One (2004); Meat Loaf: Did I Say That? (2003); Meat Loaf: Man of Steel (2003); Learning Curves (2003); Meat Loaf: Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); John Doe (2002); The Car Kid (2002); Wishcraft (2002); The Salton Sea (2002); Polish Spaghetti (2001); Formula 51 (2001); Focus (2001); Trapped (2001); Rustin (2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); From Spam to Sperm (2000); Blacktop (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999); Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999); Fight Club (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Outside Ozona (1998); South Park (1997); Everything That Rises (1998); The Mighty (1998); Black Dog (1998); Gunshy (1998); Spice World (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Nash Bridges (1996); Meat Loaf: Not a Dry Eye in the House (1996); Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); To Catch a Yeti (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Top of the Pops (1964); Cher: The Video Collection (1993); Psyched for Snuppa (1993); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Leap of Faith (1992); The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Lightning Force (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Motorama (1991); Monsters (1988); The Squeeze (1987); Meat Loaf: Getting Away with Murder (1986); Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986); Meat Loaf Feat. John Parr: Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985); The Equalizer (1985); Rebellious Jukebox (1983); Feel the Motion (1985); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Modern Girl (1984); Meat Loaf: Razor's Edge (1983); Meat Loaf: If You Really Want To (1983); Will Powers: Adventures in Success (1983); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Roadie (1980); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Americathon (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); State Fair (1962).

On this day in movie and book history - Dark Passage (1947 and 1946)

Dark Passage

directed and written by Delmer Daves,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on September 27, 1947.

Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson, John Arledge, Frank Wilcox.

Recommended reading:

Dark Passage

by David Goodis.

First published 1946.

ISBN 13: 9781598534467

ISBN 10: 1598534467

ASIN: B00TNBOFUI

Description:

The story of a man railroaded for his wife’s murder and forced to assume a different identity after escaping from prison becomes in Goodis’s hands a lyrical evocation of urban fear and loneliness. A fugitive from justice, in the depths of despair, he finds refuge with a beautiful woman as he struggles to unravel a nightmarish plot.

First published as a magazine serial, Dark Passage was filmed in 1947 by Delmer Daves. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, it is regarded as a classic of noir filmmaking.

For the first time, the best work of a distinctive master of American noir is available in authoritative e-book editions from The Library of America. David Goodis experienced a brief celebrity when his novel Dark Passage (1946) became the basis for a popular movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Other David Goodis novels available as Library of America E-Book Classics include: Nightfall, The Burglar, The Moon in the Gutter, and Street of No Return.