On this day in movie and book history - The Wall (2012 and 1963)

 

The Wall

original title: Die Wand,

directed and written by Julian Roman Pölsler,

based on the novel by Marlen Haushofer,

was released at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on February 12, 2012.

Music by Bernd Jungmair.

 

Cast:

Martina Gedeck, Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach, Karl Heinz Hackl, Ulrike Beimpold, Julia Gschnitzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Wolfgang Maria Bauer.

Recommended reading:

The Wall

by Marlen Haushofer.

Translated by Shaun Whiteside.

Afterword by Claire Louise-Bennett.

First published 1963.

Published by New Directions.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0811231941
ISBN-13: 978-0811231947
 
Description:
 

While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness.

 

Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic.

 

"An extraordinarily interesting writer, always underappreciated." – Elfriede Jelinek.
 

"The Wall is a wonderful novel. It is not often that you can say only a woman could have written this book, but women in particular will understand the heroine's loving devotion to the details of making and keeping life, every day felt as a victory against everything that would like to undermine and destroy. It is as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe." – Doris Lessing.

 

"Brilliant in its sustainment of dread, in its peeling away of old layers of reality to expose a raw way of seeing and feeling. Doris Lessing once remarked that only a woman could have written this novel, and it's true: I know of no closer study in claustrophobia and liberation, and of an independence whose severity is at once ecstatic and doomed. I’ve read The Wall three times already and am nowhere near finished." – Nicole Krauss.

 

Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970) was an Austrian author of short stories, novels, radio plays, and children’s books. Her work has had a strong influence on many German-language writers, such as the Nobel Prize–winner Elfriede Jelinek, who dedicated one of her plays to her. The Wall was adapted a film, directed by Julian Pölsler and starring Martina Gedeck.

Jane Austen, on novels:

It is only a novel ...

or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed,
in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,
the happiest delineation of its varieties,
the liveliest effusions of wit and humor,
are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.

- Jane Austen.

Born on this day – Pink Anderson:

Pink Anderson

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974

Credits:

Albums:

American Street Songs (1956); Baby I'm Going Away (2019); Ballad & Folk Singer, Vol. 3 (1963); Blues Legend (2011); Carolina Blues Man (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Gospel, Blues And Street Songs (1987); Greasy Greens and a Mess of Blues (2012); Happy Hours (2015); In the Jailhouse Now (2021); Leisure Time (2014); Medicine Show Man (1962); Medicine Show Man, Volume 2 (1962); Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate (1984); The Blues of Pink Anderson: Ballad & Folksinger (1961); Vol..2 - Medicine Show Man (2018); Weeping Willow Blues (2021).

Songs:

Ain't Nobody Home but Me; Baby Please Don't Go; Baby Tate - See What You Done Done; Betty and Dupree; Big House Blues; Bo Weevil; Boweevil; C.C. & O Blues; C.C. And O. Blues; Chicken; Every Day In The Week Blues; Gonna Tip Out Tonight; Greasy Greens; He's in the Jailhouse Now; I Got a Woman 'cross Town; I Got a Woman 'Way Cross Town; I Got Mine; I Will Fly Away; I'm Going to Walk Through the Streets of the City; In the Evening; In the Jailhouse Now; I've Got Mine; John Henry; Meet Me in the Bottom; See That My Grave Is Kept; That's No Way to Do; The Boys of Your Uncle Sam; The Kaiser; The Titanic; Tippin’ Out; Travelin' Man; You Don't Know My Mind.

Television:

The Blues / documentary (1962).

Born on this day – Georges Simenon:

Georges Simenon

Writer

February 12, 1903 – September 4, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (1931); Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of ‘La Providence’ (1931); The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931); A Battle of Nerves / A Man’s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret’s Patience (1931); The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931); Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads (1931); Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland (1931); The Sailors’ Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Café (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar (1931); The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified (1932); Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House (1932); Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton (1933); Maigret / Maigret Returns (1934); The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942); The Judge’s House / Maigret in Exile (1942); Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (1944); Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver / Maigret’s Rival (1944); Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York’s Underworld (1947); Maigret’s Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret’s Dead Man / Maigret’s Special Murder (1948); Maigret’s First Case (1949); My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret (1949); Maigret at the Coroner’s / Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Madame Maigret’s Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret’s Friend (1950); Maigret’s Memoirs (1951); Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt’s (1951); Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951); Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret’s Revolver (1952); Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953); Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid (1953); Maigret’s Mistake (1953); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister (1954); Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret’s Failure (1956); Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret’s Little Joke / None of Maigret’s Business (1957); Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret’s Doubts (1958); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret’s Secret / Maigret Has Doubts (1959); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society (1960); Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret’s Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret’s Anger (1963); Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (1964); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret’s Pickpocket (1967); Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret’s Boyhood Friend / Maigret’s Childhood Friend (1968); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret’s Madwoman (1970); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret’s Pipe: Seventeen Stories (1945); Maigret’s Christmas (1976); The Girl with a Squint (1931); The Engagement (1933); Tropic Moon (1933); The Window Over the Way (1933); The Lodger (1934); The Long Exile (1935); Donadieu’s Will (1936); The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1938); Girl In Waiting (1938); Three Crimes (1938); The Strangers in the House (1940); The Widow (1942); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1942); Across the Street (1942); The Suspect (1944); Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1945); Three Bedrooms in Manhattan (1946); Act of Passion (1946); The Mahé Circle (1946); Death of a Nobody (1947); Pedigree (1948); The Snow Was Dirty (1948); Magnet of Doom (1948); The Bottom Of The Bottle (1949); Four Days in a Lifetime (1949); The Pitards (1949); Strange Inheritance (1950); The Heart of a Man (1950); A New Lease On Life (1951); The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952); Escape in Vain (1952); Havoc by Accident (1952); On the danger line (1952); Belle (1952); In Two Latitudes (1952); The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952); Dirty Snow (1953); Red Lights (1953); The Iron Staircase (1953); The Watchmaker of Everton (1954); The Clockmaker (1954); Big Bob (1954); The Accomplices (1955); The Rules of the Game (1955); The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet (1955); The Fugitive (1955); A Sense of Guilt (1955); The Little Man From Archangel (1956); The Stowaway (1957); Sunday (1958); The President (1958); The Son (1958); The Widower (1959); The Grandmother (1959); The Negro (1959); Young Cardinaud (1959); The Blue Room (1960); Betty (1960); Justice (1960); The Family Lie (1960); The Train (1961); Striptease (1961); Poisoned Relations (1961); The hatter’s ghosts (1961); The Door (1962); The House on Quai Notre Dame (1962); The Others (1962); The Bells of Bicetre (1963); The Magician (1963); Inquest on Bouvet (1963); The Man With the Little Dog (1964); The Venice Train (1965); The Survivors (1965); Venice Train (1965); Black Rain (1965); Ticket of Leave (1965); The Cat (1966); The Old Man Dies (1966); Old Man Dies (1966); The Mouse (1966); Fate of the Malous (1966); The Little Saint (1967); The Brothers Rico (1967); The Reckoning (1967); The neighbours (1968); The Prison (1968); The Premier (1968); The confessional (1968); The Patient (1968); The Witnesses (1968); Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969); Uncle Charles (1969); November (1970); The Rich Man (1970); Enigmas (1970); The Glass Cage (1971); The Innocents (1972); The Disappearance Of Odile (1972); Magician (1974); The Girl in His Past (1976); The Nightclub (1977); The White Horse Inn (1979); The Little Doctor (1981); The Outlaw (1987); The Murderer (2013); The Hand (2016); Simenon’s Paris (1970); When I Was Old (1971); Letter to My Mother (1976); Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo’s Book (1981); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Nine Detective Stories (1964); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Murder Intercontinental (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004).

Movies and television:

A Life in the Balance (1955); A Man’s Head (1933); A sápadt demon (1989); Abécédaire du polar (1999); Adela (2000); Afera Saint-Fiacre (1963); Afternoon Theatre (1976); Annette et la dame blonde (1942); Antoine et Julie (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Armchair Cinema (1974); Aujourd’hui Madame (1971); Barrio (1947); BBC Play of the Month (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Bellas Tod (1979); Belle (2024); Betty (1992); Bibliothèque de poche (1967); Blackballed (2015); Bratya Riko (1980); Brelan d’as / Segment: Le Témoignage d’un enfant de choeur (1952); Cecile Is Dead (1944); Ceux de la soif (1989); Chabrol, l’anticonformiste (2019); Cinépanorama (1957); Cop-Out (1967); Crime impuni (1991); Danger (1951); Das zweite Leben (1990); De burgemeester van Veurne (1984); De weduwnaar (1991); Der kleine Doktor (1974); Der Mann aus London (1971); Der Mörder (1979); Dernier refuge (1947); Die Katze (2007); Die Komplizen (1985); Die Stunde des Leon Bisquet (1986); Die Unbekannten im eigenen Haus (1985); Ein anderer Liebhaber (1990); Els De Davant/Los De Enfrente (1993); Enter Inspector Maigret (1966); Equator (1983); Es gibt noch Haselnuß-Sträucher (1983); Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000); Fellini, Simenon - Con profonda simpatia e sincera gratitudine (2021); Forbidden Fruit (1952); Het spoor van de Hollander (1968); Histoires de fiction (2004); Il était une fois... (2009); Il y a encore des noisetiers (1978); In All Innocence (1998); In Case of Bad Luck (2010); Inspector Bellamy (2009); Inspector Maigret (1958); Jusqu’à l’Enfer (2009); La Californie (2006); La Chambre (1961); La chasse aux vedettes (1961); La grande librairie (2022); La maison des sept jeunes filles (1942); La maison du canal (2003); La Marie du Port (1950); La mort d’Auguste (2015); La mort de Belle (1961); La nuit du livre sur France 5 (2007); La tête haute (2005); L’aîné des Ferchaux (2001); L’altro Simenon (1979); Le baron de l’écluse (1960); Le bateau d’Émile (1962); Le blanc à lunettes (1995); Le cas Simenon (2003); Le Chat (1971); Le chien jaune (1932); Le crime de monsieur Stil (1989–1995); Le dernier refuge (1940); Le grand échiquier (1972); Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964–1972); Le petit docteur (1986); Le président (1961); Le sang à la tête (1956); Le suspect (1989); Le voyageur de la Toussaint (1943 / 2007); L’enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (1980); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2019); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les clients d’Avrenos (1996); Les complices (1999 / 2013); Les dossiers de l’agence O (1968); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967–1990); Les gens de lettres (1960); Les gens d’en face (1993); Les innocents (2006); L’étoile du Nord (1982); L’heure Simenon (1986–1988); L’homme au petit chien (1979); L’Homme de Londres (1943); Liberty Bar (1960); L’invité de FR3 (1981); L’invité du dimanche (1968); Long cours (1996); L’ours en peluche (1982); Love Is My Profession (1958); Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Madrid, 1987 (2011); Magnet of Doom (1963); Maigret (1960–1963 / 1964–1969 / 1988 / 1992–1993 / 2004 / 2016–2017 / 2022); Maigret à Pigalle (1966); Maigret a smutný Alfréd (1966); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Maigret at the Minister (1987); Maigret dirige l’enquête (1956); Maigret et la grande perche (1964 / 1991–2004); Maigret Simenon, le discours de la méthode (2003); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Midnight Episode (1950); Midnight in Paris (1942); Monitor (1959); Monsieur Hire (1989); Monsieur Joseph (2007); Monsieur Monde Makes His Escape (2004); Night at the Crossroads (1932); Niji no aru heya (1988); Noir sur blanc (1979–1983); On verra demain: Excursion en procrasti-nation (2019); Op straffe des doods (1970); Panique (1946); Pariser Journal (1968); Picpus (1943); Portrait souvenir (1960–1963); Premier Plan (1959–1963); Quartier nègre (1990); Quatuor (1956); Red Lights (2004); Reifenwechsel (1983); Rembob’Ina (2020–2022); Rückfahrt von Venedig (1973); Sedm krízku (1983); Sette piccole croci (1957); Shabab Yahtarek (1972); Simenon (1959); Simenon et l’affaire du cinema (2020); Simenon, écrivain photographe (2001); Smert Sesili (1970); Sonntag (1985); Sono te ni noru na (1958); Sous peine de mort (Unter Todesstrafe) (1960); Stranger in the House (1992 / 1997); Strangers in the House (1942); Studio One (1952–1953); Suspense (1952); Tangier Cop (1997); Telescope (1963); Television Theater (1958–1975); Temptation Harbor (1947); The Blue Room (2002 / 2014); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Brothers Rico (1957); The Clockmaker (1974); The Family Rico (1972); The Green Shutters (2022); The Hatter’s Ghost (1982); The Iron Stairs (2013); The Last Train (1973); The Man from London (2007); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); The Paris Express (1952); The Price of Head (1992); The Snow Was Black (1954); The South Bank Show (1978); The Stowaway (1958); The Suspect (1966); The Teddy Bear (1994); The Train (1972); The Trap (1950); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1952); The Web (1950); The Widow Couderc (1971); This Is Your Life (1962); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978); Tout (ou presque) sur Maigret (2009); Treffpunkte (1971); Versión española (2001); Viela, Rua Sem Sol (1947); Vzpurní svedkové (1983); Yajû no Fukkatsu (1969); Zalozhniki strakha (1994).

Born on this day and recommended reading – John Boland:

John Boland

Writer

Director

February 12, 1913 – November 9, 1976

Credits:
 

The League of Gentlemen

by John Boland.

ASIN: B000WH36FM
Published by Beacon Envoy.
Published 1958.

Mass Market Paperback.

Description:

Ten ex-army officers. All of them cashiered. Their plan and outrageous and daring - the prize of one million pounds. The basis of the movie The League of Gentlemen (1960), directed by Basil Dearden.

 

Books:

Bitter Fortune (1959); Breakdown (1968); Counterpol (1963); Counterpol in Paris (1964); Elementary My Dear (1975); Fatal Error (1962); The Golden Fleece (1961); Holocaust (1974); Inside Job (1961); Kidnap (1970); The League of Gentlemen (1960); Murder in Company (1973); Mysterious Way (1972); Negative Value (1960); No Refuge (1956); Painted Lady (1967); Queer Fish (1958); Shakespeare Curse (1969); Short Story Technique (1973); Short-Story Writing (1960); The Big Job (1950); The Catch (1964); The Disposal Unit (1966); The Fourth Grave (1969); The Gentlemen At Large (1962); The Gentlemen Reform (1961); The Good Citizens (1965); The Gusher (1967); The Midas Touch (1960); Trade of Kings (1972); Vendetta (1961); White August (1955); Who Says Murder? (1975).

Movies and television:

No Hiding Place (1963); Piernas de seda (1935); Sospecha (1970); Te quiero con locura (1935); The League of Gentlemen (1960); Wells Fargo (1937).

Born on this day – Ann Gillis:

Ann Gillis

Actress

February 12, 1927 – January 31, 2018

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); The Saint (1963–1965); Espionage (1964); Man of the World (1963); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); Studio One (1951); Out There (1951); Big Town After Dark (1947); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Janie Gets Married (1946); Gay Blades (1946); The Cheaters (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); In Society (1944); Janie (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); Man from Music Mountain (1943); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942); Bambi (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Glamour Boy (1941); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Nice Girl? (1941); Little Men (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); The Under-Pup (1939); Beau Geste (1939); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Little Orphan Annie (1938); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Californian (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); Off to the Races (1937); King of Hockey (1936); Under Your Spell (1936); The Man I Marry (1936); Postal Inspector (1936); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Men in White (1934).

Born on this day – Paul Shenar:

Paul Shenar

Actor

 Director

February 12, 1936 − October 11, 1989

Credits:

The Very Best of the Football Follies (1988); The Big Blue (1988); Best Seller (1987); Man on Fire (1987); Time Out for Dad (1987); The Bedroom Window (1987); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Dark Mansions (1986); Raw Deal (1986); Dream Lover (1986); Streets of Justice (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Dynasty (1983–1985); Brass (1985); Paper Dolls (1984); Scarface (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983); Deadly Force (1983); The Secret of NIMH (1982); Richard II (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1982); The End of August (1981); Beulah Land (1980); Hart to Hart (1980); Family (1979); Suddenly, Love (1978); Lulu (1978); The Courage and the Passion (1978); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978); The Mask of Alexander Cross (1977); Logan's Run (1977); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); The Hostage Heart (1977); Hawaii Five-O (1976–1977); Roots (1977); Camera Three (1976); Wonder Woman (1976); The Bionic Woman (1976); Gemini Man (1976); The Keegans (1976); The Night That Panicked America (1975); Ellery Queen (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Petrocelli (1975); Kojak (1975); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); Great Performances (1974); Mannix (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Columbo (1974); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973).

Born on this day – Joe Don Baker:

Joe Don Baker

Actor

February 12, 1936 – May 7, 2025

Credits:

Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bonanza (1968); Bracken's World (1970); Cape Fear (1991); Charley Varrick (1973); Checkered Flag or Crash (1977); Citizen Cohn (1992); Complex of Fear (1993); Congo (1995); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Countdown to Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Cowboys from Hell (2025); Criminal Law (1988); Doc Elliot (1973); Edge of Darkness (1985); Eischied (1979–1980); Felony (1995); Final Justice (1985); Fletch (1985); Framed (1975); George Wallace (1997); Getting Even (1986); Golden Needles (1974); GoldenEye (1995); GoldenEye: Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Director Martin Campbell (2006); Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969); Gunsmoke (1966–1969); Honey West (1965); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the Heat of the Night (1989); Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1972); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Joe Dirt (2001); Joysticks (1983); Judd for the Defense (1967); Junior Bonner (1972); Lancer (1968–1970); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mitchell (1975); Mod Squad (1969); Mongo's Back in Town (1971); Mud (2012); Panther (1995); Poodle Springs (1998); Power (1980); Reality Bites (1994); Ring of Steel (1994); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Screen Two (1989); Speedtrap (1977); Strange Wilderness (2008); That Certain Summer (1972); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987); The Big Valley (1969); The Children (1990); The Cleaner (2009); The Commission (2003); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The F.B.I. (1970); The Felony Squad (1967); The Grass Harp (1995); The High Chaparral (1971); The Killing Time (1987); The Living Daylights (1987); The Making of 'GoldenEye 007' (2021); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Natural (1984); The Outfit (1973); The Outsider (1968); The Pack (1977); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Underneath (1995); The Valachi Papers (1972); The Wild West (1993); Timeshift (2015); To Dance with Olivia (1997); To Kill a Cop (1978); Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Tomorrow Never Dies: Storyboard Presentations (2002); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Traps (1994); Vegas, City of Dreams (2001); Wacko (1982); Walking Tall (1973); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Rovers (1971).

Born on this day – Richard Lynch:

Richard Lynch

Actor

February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012

Credits:

The Lords of Salem (2012); Gun of the Black Sun (2011); Resurrection (2010); Dark Fields (2009); Chrome Angels (2009); Laid to Rest (2009); Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007); Halloween (2007); Wedding Slashers (2006); The Great War of Magellan (2005); Corpses Are Forever (2004); Final Combat (2003); The Mummy's Kiss (2003); Ancient Warriors (2003); Fabulous Shiksa in Distress (2003); Charmed (2003); First Watch (2003); Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002); Crime and Punishment (2002); Six Feet Under (2002); Outta Time (2002); Reflex Action (2002); Ankle Bracelet (2001); Death Game (2001); The Korean War (2001); Strike Zone (2000); Eastside (1999); Enemy Action (1999); Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1999); Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999); Thinking About Africa (1999); Air America (1999); Love and War II (1998); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1998); Armstrong (1998); Shattered Illusions (1998); Divine Lovers (1997); Ground Rules (1997); Under Oath (1997); We Are Angels (1997); The Garbage Man (1996); Vendetta (1996); Diamond Run (1996); Total Force (1996); Lone Tiger (1996); Phantom 2040 (1995–1996); Takedown (1995); Destination Vegas (1995); Warrior of Justice (1995); Terminal Virus (1995); Werewolf (1995); Baywatch (1995); Dragon Fury (1995); Highlander (1995); Terrified (1995); Roughcut (1994); Loving Deadly (1994); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Death Match (1994); Dangerous Waters (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994); Midnight Confessions (1994); Scanner Cop (1994); Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993); Cobra (1993); Showdown (1993); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Merlin (1993); The Hat Squad (1993); Double Threat (1992); Inside Edge (1992); Maximum Force (1992); Super Force (1991–1992); The Last Hero (1991); Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Alligator II: The Mutation (1991); Dark Justice (1991); Trancers II (1991); Lockdown (1990); Invasion Force (1990); Return to Justice (1990); Aftershock (1990); The Forbidden Dance (1990); True Blue (1990); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Hunter (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1989); One Man Force (1989); High Stakes (1989); Speed Zone (1989); Bad Dreams (1988); Little Nikita (1988); Werewolf (1987); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); Once a Hero (1987); Nightforce (1987); The Barbarians (1987); The Last Precinct (1986); Savage Dawn (1985); Airwolf (1985); Invasion U.S.A. (1985); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Riptide (1985); Masquerade (1984); Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse (1984); Partners in Crime (1984); The A-Team (1984); Cover Up (1984); Cut and Run (1984); Matt Houston (1984); The Fall Guy (1983–1984); Automan (1984); Blue Thunder (1984); Manimal (1983); T.J. Hooker (1983); The Last Ninja (1983); High Performance (1983); White Water Rebels (1983); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Phoenix (1981–1982); McClain's Law (1982); Sizzle (1981); Vega$ (1979–1981); The Formula (1980); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); The Ninth Configuration (1980); Galactica 1980 (1980); Charlie's Angels (1979); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Delta Fox (1979); Vampire (1979); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Barnaby Jones (1979); Steel (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Deathsport (1978); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Baron (1977); Dog and Cat (1977); Stunts (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); Good Against Evil (1977); Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977); Police Woman (1977); Serpico (1976); God Told Me To (1976); Baretta (1976); Switch (1976); Bronk (1976); The Premonition (1975); The Happy Hooker (1975); Open Season (1974); The American Parade (1974); The Seven-Ups (1973); Scarecrow (1973); The Stoolie (1972); Tigress (1969); Trip to Where? (1968).

Born on this day – Brioni Farrell:

Brioni Farrell

Actress

Executive

February 12, 1940 – August 8, 2018

Credits:

A New Day in Eden (1982); Allan (1971); Appointment with Fear (1985); Bearcats! (1971); Bonanza (1966–1968); Capitol (1982–1987); Columbo (1975); Dallas (1991); Daniel Boone (1968); Death Valley Days (1967–1968); Family Affair (1968); Fantasy Island (1980); General Hospital (1981–1984); Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987); Keefer (1978); La Femme Nikita (1999); Lancer (1969); Love (1982); Mission: Impossible (1968); My Tutor (1983); Night Heat (1985); Paradise Bay (1965); Partizani (1976); Police Story (1975); Project: Metalbeast (1995); Round Trip to Heaven (1992); Run for Your Life (1966); Search (1973); Star Trek / episode entitled The Return of the Archons, originally aired February 9 (1967); Street Legal (1989); Tales from the Darkside (1987); The Bait (1973); The Bionic Woman (1977); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Duke (1979); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Last Guerrilla (1974); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Next Step Beyond (1979); The Other Wise Man (1969); The Rat Patrol (1968); The Rookies (1973); The Student Nurses (1970); The Wild Wild West (1967); To Rome with Love (1970).

Born on this day – John S. Bartley:

 

John S. Bartley

Cinematographer

February 12, 1947 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

17th Precinct (2011); 21 Jump Street (1990–1991); A Cooler Climate (1999); A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's Masterclass (2016); A Feeling Called Glory (2000); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); Alien Lockdown (2004); Allure (2009); Another Life (2002); Another Stakeout (1993); Backfire (1987); Bates Motel (2013–2017); Bear Island (1979); Betrayed (1988); Beyond Betrayal (1994); Beyond the Stars (1989); Black River (2001); Booker (1990); Broken Badges (1991); Charlie's Angels (2011); Disturbing Behavior (1998); Dragon Age: Redemption (2011); Early Edition (1996); Echo (1997); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); Eye of the Widow (1991); Father Lefty (2002); Fear Factory: Cars (1999); First Blood (1982); Glory Days (2002); Grand Unified Theory (2016); Gray Matters (2006); Home Movie (1992); Hostage Rescue Team (2001); Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1980); Hunting Season (2013); Hypnotic (2021); Iceman (1984); Immediate Family (1989); Innocent (2011); Insomnia (2018); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); iZombie (2015); Jumpin' Joe (1992); Lost (2005–2010); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Masters of Horror and Suspense (1999); Mr. Patman (1980); Nancy Drew (2019); Naughty or Nice (2004); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Nobody's Child (1986); Odd Girl Out (2005); Outtakes (1977); Packin' It In (1983); Pearl (2020); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); RoboCop (2014); Roswell (1999–2000); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); See Spot Run (2001); Sky High (1990); Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983); Spartree (1978); Spinning Boris (2003); Swampy Roads (2025); Take One - She (2022); The Babysitter (1980); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Chronicles of Riddick (2004); The Commish (1991–1993); The Fare (1999); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Good Doctor (2017–2018); The Grey Fox (1982); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Matthew Shepard Story (2002); The Nickel Children (2005); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Raffle (1994); The Returned (2015); The Room Upstairs (1987); The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984); The Visitor (1997–1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X-Files (1993–1997); Then Came Jones (2003); Tricks (1997); Undercovers (2010–2012); Vikings (2013); Walker: Independence (2022); Where the Money Is (2000); Who'll Save Our Children? (1978); Wiseguy (1990); Wolf Lake (2001); Wrong Turn (2003); Wu Assassins (2019); Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991).

On this day in movie history - Shoot to Kill (1988)

Shoot to Kill
a.k.a. Deadly Pursuit

directed by Roger Spottiswoode,

written by Harv Zimmel, Michael Burton and Daniel Petrie Jr.,

based on a story by Harv Zimmel,

was released in the United States on February 12, 1988.

Music by John Scott.

 
Cast:

Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Scannell, Frederick Coffin, Michael MacRae, Robert Lesser, Milton Selzer, Les Lannom, Walter Marsh, Frank C. Turner, Sam Hiona, Michael Chapman, Janet Rotblatt, Ken Camroux-Taylor, Howard Storey, Fred Henderson, Robyn Gildemeester, Jerry Wasserman, Gloria Lee, Freda Perry, Kevin McNulty, William S. Taylor, Ric Reid, Claire Vardiel, Blu Mankuma, Gary Hetherington, Allan Lysell, Michele Goodger, Beatrice Boepple, Darcelle Chan, Marynna Danguy, Craig Saunders, Carole Henshall, Andrew Rhodes, Bill Croft, Noah Beggs, John Douglas, John Molnar, John Ryan, Jim van Dijk.

On this day in movie history - Land (2021)

Land

directed by Robin Wright,

written by Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam,

was released in the United States on February 12, 2021.

Music by Ben Sollee and Time for Three.

Cast:

Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Brad Leland, Jordan Bullchild, Dave Trimble, Rikki-Lynn Ward, Mia McDonald, Barb Mitchell, Dennis Corrie, Valerie Planche, Laura Yenga, Randolph West, Darin Grisdale, Darren Poirier, Thomas Komarniski, Shawn Loo, Edmund Gee, Maureen Bronner, Matthew Godden, Jordan Gooden, Vattanak Khun, Bud Klasky, Faith Louissaint, Travis Gordon Phillips, Mike Richards, Jill Maria Robinson, Daniel D'Angelo Sparks, Steve Tsang, Travis Willier.

On this day in movie history - The Movie Man (2024)

 

The Movie Man

documentary directed by Matt Finlin,

was released at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in the United States on February 12, 2024.

Music by Kevin Drew.

Cast:
Keith Stata.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Thine Own Self.

Released February 12, 1994.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Christopher Hatton, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Michael Rothhaar, Kimberly Cullum, Mike/ Michael G. Hagerty, Andrew/Andy Benne, Richard Miro, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Christina Wegler Miles, Joyce Robinson, Oliver Theess.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Dreadnought.

Released February 12, 1996.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Gary Holland, Lisa Klink.

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, Raphael Sbarge, Nancy Hower, Michael Spound, Dan Kern, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Unity.

Released February 12, 1997.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon, David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Lori Hallier, Ivar Brogger, Susan Dalian / Susan Patterson, Patrick Barnitt, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Damaris Cordelia, Regan DuCasse, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Mark Major, Louis Ortiz, Craig Reed, Irving Ross, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Cease Fire.

Released February 12, 2003.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Chris Black, 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 Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Gary Graham, Vaughn Armstrong, Christopher Shea, Suzie Plakson, John Balma, Zane Cassidy, Alexandrea Ortiz, Evan English, Glen Hambly, Bryan Heiberg, Marnie Martin.