Friday, November 6, 2026

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.


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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.

Ben Kingsley, on writers and inspiration:



All the great writers root their characters in true human behavior.

- Ben Kingsley.



Born on this day – Ben Holmes:


Ben Holmes


Director

Actor

November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943

Credits:
The Upper Hand (1993); Poppa Knows Worst (1944); Say Uncle (1944); Prunes and Politics (1944); Wedtime Stories (1943); Unlucky Dog (1943); Cutie on Duty (1943); Seeing Nellie Home (1943); Petticoat Larceny (1943); Hot Foot (1943); Double Up (1943); Duck Soup (1942); Pretty Dolly (1942); Rough on Rents (1942); Dear! Deer! (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); One Crowded Night (1940); The Saint's Double Trouble (1940); Little Orphan Annie (1938); I'm from the City (1938); The Saint in New York (1938); Maid's Night Out (1938); There Goes My Girl (1937); Too Many Wives (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); The Plot Thickens (1936); Sleepy Time (1936); Melody in May (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Swing Time (1936); Foolish Hearts (1935); Drawing Rumors (1935); Alibi Bye Bye (1935); Pickled Peppers (1935); Sock Me to Sleep (1935); Hit and Rum (1935); Flying Down to Zero (1935); Night Life (1935); Top Hat (1935); Kentucky Blue Streak (1935); In a Pig's Eye (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); Everything's Ducky (1934); Unlucky Strike (1934); Odor in the Court (1934); Bedlam of Beards (1934); In the Devildog House (1934); Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934); Love and Hisses (1934); Snug in the Jug (1933); Whisperin' Bill (1933); Hey, Nanny Nanny (1933); The Gay Nighties (1933); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Fits in a Fiddle (1933); Kickin' the Crown Around (1933); So This Is Harris (1933); Melody Cruise (1933); The Druggist's Dilemma (1933); Hokus Focus (1933); Art in the Raw (1933); Private Wives (1933); A Slip at the Switch (1932); Jitters the Butler (1932); The Millionaire Cat (1932); The Iceman's Ball (1932); Ex-Rooster (1932); The Expert (1932); Many a Sip (1931); Cowslips (1931); The County Seat (1931); Arabian Daze (1930); A Royal Four-Flush (1930); Footlight Follies (1930); Live Ghosts (1930); Steeplechase (1930); Happy Birthday (1929); Marching On (1929); The Take-Off (1929); Hi-Jack and the Game (1929); Lady of Lions (1929); The Three Diamonds (1929); Love Birds (1929); The Royal Pair (1929); The Love Tree (1929); Sweethearts (1929); Splash Mates (1929); Flying High (1929); The Ladies' Man (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Winning a Widow (1912).

Born on this day – Selena Royle:


Selena Royle


Actress

Writer

November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983

Credits:

A Date with Judy (1948); As the World Turns (1956); Bad Boy (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Branded (1950); Cass Timberlane (1947); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Come Fill the Cup (1951); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952–1953); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Gallant Journey (1946); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); He Ran All the Way (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Joan of Arc (1948); Main Street After Dark (1945); Matinee Theatre (1957); Moonrise (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Murder Is My Beat (1955); My Dream Is Yours (1949); Night and Day (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Okay, Mother (1950); Robot Monster (1953); Smart Woman (1948); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Summer Holiday (1948); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big Hangover (1950); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Good Samaritan (1954); The Green Years (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Heiress (1949); The Misleading Lady (1932); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Web (1950); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Till the End of Time (1946); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Your Show Time (1949); You're My Everything (1949).

Born on this day – Ruth Selwyn:


Ruth Selwyn


Actress

Producer

November 6, 1905 – December 13, 1954

Credits:

Baby Face Harrington (1935); Five and Ten (1931); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Goofy Movies Number One (1933); Men Must Fight (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Speak Easily (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932).


Born on this day – Michael Fessier:


Michael Fessier


Writer

Producer

November 6, 1905 – September 19, 1988
Credits:

Books:


Clovis (1949); Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind (1935); Masters of Noir: Volume Two (2010); The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (1999).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All American Chump (1936); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Bat Masterson (1960); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1968); Cavalcade of America (1957); Espionage Agent (1939); Exclusive Story (1936); Fired Wife (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Gal (1945); Gilligan's Island (1967); Greenwich Village (1944); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); He Stayed for Breakfast (1940); Her Primitive Man (1944); I Wanted Wings (1941); It All Came True (1940); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Johnny Staccato (1960); Julia (1969); Knockout (1941); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lost in Space (1966); Lover Come Back (1946); Mister Ed (1963); Mr. Lucky (1960); Red Garters (1954); San Diego I Love You (1944); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Slave Girl (1947); Society Doctor (1935); Song of the City (1937); Speed (1936); Studio 57 (1957); Sugarfoot (1957); Surfside 6 (1961); That Night with You (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1958–1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Thin Man (1958–1959); The Women Men Marry (1937); Trial by Trigger (1944); Vacation Playhouse (1964–1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Valley of the Giants (1938); Wings of the Navy (1939); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Women Are Trouble (1936); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You'll Never Get Rich (1941).

Born on this day – Irene Ware:


Irene Ware


Actress

November 6, 1910 – March 11, 1993

Credits:

Around the Town (1938); Brief Moment (1933); Chandu the Magician (1932); Cheers of the Crowd (1935); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); False Pretenses (1935); Federal Agent (1936); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Happiness C.O.D. (1935); Humanity (1933); In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Let's Talk It Over (1934); Moulin Rouge (1934); My Weakness (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); No Parking (1938); O'Malley of the Mounted (1936); Orient Express (1934); Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); 6 Hours to Live (1932); Society Girl (1932); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Criminal Within (1936); The Dark Hour (1936); The Live Wire (1937); The Raven (1935); Whispering Smith Speaks (1935); You Belong to Me (1934).

Born on this day – James Jones:


James Jones


Writer

November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977

Credits:

From Here to Eternity (1951); The Thin Red Line (1962); Whistle (1978); Some Came Running (1957); The Pistol (1960); Go to the Widow-Maker (1967); The Merry Month of May (1971); A Touch of Danger (1973); To the End of the War (2011); The Ice-Cream Headache & Other Stories (1983); Viet Journal (1974); WW II: A Chronicle of Soldiering (1975); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); Great World War II Stories (1989).

Born on this day – Ted Hartley:


Ted Hartley


Actor

Producer

Navy pilot

November 6, 1924 – October 10, 2025
Credits:

Stage:

13 (2008); Curtains (2007); Gypsy (2008); Never Gonna Dance (2003); Top Hat (2012).

Movies and television:

A Late Quartet (2012); Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975); Are We Done Yet? (2007); Bankrupt (2007); Banyon (1971–1972); Barefoot in the Park (1967); Barely Lethal (2015); Barnaby Jones (1973); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009); Caddyshack II (1988); Chopper One (1974); False Identity (1990); Gemini Man (1976); High Plains Drifter (1973); Holiday Affair (1996); Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Ironside (1970–1973); King Kong 75th Anniversary Tribute (2008); Laura Smiles (2005); Mannix (1973); Matilda (1978); McCloud (1975); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Milk & Money (1996); Most Wanted (1977); Moving Violation (1976); Murderers' Row (1966); Nero Wolfe (1981); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Race to Witch Mountain (2009); Ritual (2002); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); Scruples (1981); Search (1972); Shade (2003); Shipshape (1978); Tanner on Tanner (2004); The 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards (2012); The 1999 Annual Golden Laurel Awards (1999); The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Chosen (2011); The F.B.I. (1971–1972); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); The Gin Game (2003); The Invisible Man (1975); The Laurence Olivier Awards 2013 (2013); The Magical World of Disney (1967–1973); The Magnificent Ambersons (2001); The Man (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Missiles of October (1974); The Player (1992); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); To Tell the Truth (1964); Walk Don't Run (1966); Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990).

Born on this day – John Lasell:

 

John Lasell


Actor

November 6, 1928 – October 4, 2024

Credits:
12 O'Clock High (1966); 87th Precinct (1962); A Death in California (1985); A Great American Tragedy (1972); Adam-12 (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1961); Camera Three (1961); Cannon (1972); Checkmate (1960–1961); Dallas (1984); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dark Shadows (1967); Deathmaster (1972); Dr. Kildare (1964); Falcon Crest (1985); Fear on Trial (1975); Flipper (1964); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hazel (1961); Helen Keller and Her Teacher (1970); Hong Kong (1960); Honky (1971); I Spy (1965); Judd for the Defense (1968); Lassie (1973); Lassie: Joyous Sound (1973); Mannix (1972); Men at Law (1971); Message to My Daughter (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Mod Squad (1972); My Favorite Martian (1966); Naked City (1962); Night Gallery / Segment: Little Girl Lost (1972); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Peyton Place (1965); Police Story (1973); Rawhide (1965); Robert Frost's the Death of the Hired Man (1979); Route 66 (1962); Shannon (1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); Slattery's People (1965); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960–1961); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Harness (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Investigators (1961); The New Breed (1961); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Organization (1971); The Psychiatrist (1970); The Rogues (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tall Man (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961); This Is the Life (1968–1973); Topaz (1969); Wagon Train (1961).

Born on this day – Mike Nichols:


Mike Nichols


Director

Producer

Actor

Comedian

November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014

Credits:

2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2005); 60 Minutes (1996); A Last Laugh at the Sixties (1970); Accent on Love (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1994–2010); All Good Things (2010); American Masters (1995–2016); Angels in America (2003); Annie (1999); Arthur Miller: Writer (2017); Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016); Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025); Beatlemania (1981); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Biloxi Blues (1988); Biography (2000); Carnal Knowledge (1971); Catch-22 (1970); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Charlie Rose (1998–2011); Charlie Wilson's War (2007); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Closer (2004); CNN Newsroom (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2014); Everything Is Copy (2015); Extra (2014); Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010); Family (1976–1980); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Fatherhood (2014); Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? (2006); Friends with Kids (2011); Gilda Live (1980); Great Performances (1988); HBO First Look (2007); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2020); In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988); In the Life (1992–2012); Inside Edition (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (1996 / 2003); Jack Paar Presents (1960); Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (1977); Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2007); Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Laugh Line (1959); Legends Ball (2006); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (2015); Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001); Mad Men (2015); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Omnibus (1958); Password (1961); Path to Glory (2011); Person to Person (1960); Postcards from the Edge (1990); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Primary Colors (1998); Rampart (2011); Regarding Henry (1991); Saturday Night Live (2014); Silkwood (1983); Solaris (2002); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 3th Annual Mr. Abbot Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005); The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The 73th Annual National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards (2002); The 7th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (2005); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Annual Film Society of Lincoln Center Honors Mike Nichols (1999); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters (1994); The Annual National Board of Review Awards (2001); The Big Party (1959); The Birdcage (1996); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Designated Mourner (1997); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1959); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Fifties (1997); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The Fortune (1975); The Graduate (1967); The Graduates (2008); The Great Standups (1984); The Jack Paar Program (1964–1965); The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1991 / 2003 / 2011); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Longshot (1986); The Making of 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2008); The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1967); The Orson Bean Show (2026); The Oscars (2015); The Pallbearer (1996); The Perry Como Show (1958–1961); The Private Eye (2024); The Remains of the Day (1993); The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003); The South Bank Show (2006); The Steve Allen Show (1957–1958); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Today (1966); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Two Night Stand (2014); Wait in the Wings (2020); Welcome to the Basement (2014–2015); What Planet Are You From? (2000); What's My Line? (1960); Who Makes You Laugh? (1995); Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wit (2001); Wolf (1994); Working Girl (1988); Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006).

Born on this day – Judy Lewis:


Judy Lewis


Actress

Writer

Producer

Therapist

November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); A Circle Street of Children (1977); Airport 1975 (1974); Apple's Way (1974); Biography (1998); Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome (1996); Directed by Norman Foster (2006); General Hospital (1963); Girl 27 (2007); Highway Patrol (1959); I've Got a Secret (1958); Kitty Foyle (1958); Larry King Live (2001); Loose Change (1978); Love Hollywood Style (2004); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958); MsMojo (2023); One Day at a Time (1977); Operation Bikini (1963); Outlaws (1961); Perry Mason (1959); Police Woman (1974); Relatively Speaking (1988); Sarah's Choice (2009); Search (1973); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son (2004); Southern Double Cross (1976); Surfside 6 (1961); Texas (1980); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1959); The Blue Angels (1960); The Doctors (1963); The F.B.I. (1974); The Lineup (1959); The Secret Storm (1967); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); Three for the Road (1975); Thunder in Dixie (1965); Ty & Loretta: Sweethearts of the Silver Screen (2008); Tyrone Power: Prince of Fox (2008); Widow (1976).

Born on this day – Glenn Frey:


Glenn Frey


Musician

November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016

Albums:

Above the Clouds: The Collection (2018); After Hours (2012); Glenn Frey Live (1993); No Fun Aloud (1982); Solo Collection (1995); Soul Searchin' (1988); Strange Weather (1992); The Allnighter (1984); The Millennium Collection (2000).

Born on this day – Brad Davis:



Brad Davis


Actor

November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991

Credits:

A Rumor of War (1980); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (1989); And the Band Played On (1993); Baretta (1977); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Blood Ties (1986); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chiefs (1983); Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991); Cold Steel (1987); Commitment to Life (2023); Eat My Dust (1976); Film '81 (1981); Hangfire (1991); Heart (1987); How to Survive a Marriage (1974–1975); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); McLaren's Riders (1977); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Midnight Express: The Producers (2009); Midnight Express: The Production (2008); Our Time (1983); Querelle (1982); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Roots (1977); Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989); Sexes (2005); Sybil (1976); Temporada de Caça (1988); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The American Parade (1976); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988); The Edge (1989); The Greatest Man in the World (1980); The Habitation of Dragons (1992); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Player (1992); The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990); The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1988); The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Button, Button (1986); The Wizard of Babylon (1982); The Young Rebels (1970); Unspeakable Acts (1990); Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); When the Time Comes (1987).

Born on this day – Arkie Whiteley:


Arkie Whiteley


Actress

November 6, 1964 – December 19, 2001

Credits:

4 Play (1991); A Country Practice (1981); A Dinner of Herbs (2000); A Place in the World (1979); A Touch of Frost (2001); A Town Like Alice (1981); Australian Story (2004); Casualty (1995); Jaws on Trotters: The Making of 'Razorback' (2005); Kavanagh QC (1996–1997); Kings (1983); Love Hurts (1992); Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981); McCallum (1998); Menotti (1981); Mystery!: Gallowglass (1993); Natural Lies (1992); Parkinson in Australia (1981); People Like Us (1978); Perfect Scoundrels (1990); Princess Caraboo (1994); Prisoner (1982); Razorback (1984); Scandal (1989); Screen Two (1990); Slippery Slide (1980); Sporting Chance (1981); Spring & Fall (1980); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); The Grand (1998); The Killing of Angel Street (1981); The Last Musketeer (2000); The Young Doctors (1978); Tropical Heat (1993); Van der Valk (1991); Whiteley (2017); Without Warning (1999).

On this day in movie history - Body and Soul (1947)


Body and Soul


directed by Robert Rossen,

written by Abraham Polonsky,

was released in the United States on November 6, 1947.

Music by Hugo Friedhofer.


Cast:
John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney, Lloyd Gough, Canada Lee, Art Smith, Larry Steers.

On this day in movie and play history - The Sunshine Boys (1975 and 1972)


The Sunshine Boys


directed by Herbert Ross,

written by and based on the play by Neil Simon,

was released in the United States on November 6, 1975.

Music by Irwin Fisch.


Cast:
Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Fritz Feld, Jack Bernardi, Garn Stephens, Santos Morales, Archie Hahn, Sid Gould, Tom Spratley, Rashel Novikoff, Sammy Smith, Dan Resin, Milt Kogan, Bob Goldstein, Walter Stocker, Duchess Dale, Bill Reddick, Eddie Villery, Gary K. Steven, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller, Lois Hamilton, Lauren Simon, Rufus Smith.

Recommended reading:

The Sunshine Boys

A play by Neil Simon.

First published 1972.
Published by Concord Theatricals.
Illustrated edition.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0573615969
ISBN-13: 978-0573615962


Description:
 
Play.
 
A comedy in two acts.
 
Full Length, Comedy / 5m, 2f / Scenery: Interior.
 
Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries and laughs.
 
"It's ham on wry...Simon's sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever." – New York Post.
 
"Delicious and oddly affecting." – T.

On this day in movie history - The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)


The Men Who Stare at Goats


directed by Grant Heslov,

written by Peter Straughan,

based on the book by Jon Ronson,

was released in the United States on November 6, 2009.

Music by Rolfe Kent.

Cast:
George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root, Glenn Morshower, Nick Offerman, Tim Griffin, Rebecca Mader, Jacob Browne, Todd Lawson LaTourrette, Brad Grunberg, Elsa Villafane, Fawad Siddiqui, Samuel Ray Gates, McCaleb Burnett, Sean Phillips, Matt Newton, MinhTu Van, Robert Curtis Brown, Hrach Titizian, Jack Mercy, Christopher Maher, Drew Seltzer, Donn Lamkin, Sean Curley, Michael-David Aragon, Morse Bicknell, Terry Serpico, Wiley M. Pickett, Diego Serrano, Reginald Huc, Kevin Geer, Kevin Wiggins, JJ Raschel, Arron Shiver, Jaime Margarida, Steve Witting, Hunter Bell, Edward Holley, Christopher Robinson, William Sterchi, Alan DAntoni, Jay Spadaro, Chick Bernhard, A.J. Tannen, Barry R. White, Alexandra Andrews, Sarah Belger, Robert Anthony Brass, Steven Ray Byrd, Rafael Christian, Michael Clark, Hector Escudero Lobe, Robert Farrior, Christopher Fodge, John Galindez, Gilbert Guash, Timothy Holmes, Casey Wayne Hupp, Benny James, Billy Lockwood, John Macho, John McTasney, Michael J. Morris, Johan Nussbaumer, Susan Pages, Paul J. Porter, Frank Powers, Brian Tester.

On this day in movie history - Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019)


Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers


a documentary directed by Daniel Raim,

written by Michael Sragow,

was released in the United States on November 6, 2019.

Produced by Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Narrated by Michael McKean.

Music by David Lebolt.


Cast:
John Bailey, Kevin Brownlow, Steve Gainer, Leonard Maltin, Michael McKean, Rachel Morrison, Matt Severson, George Spiro Dibie, Lothian Toland, David Totheroh.