Groundhog Day – February 2:

Happy Groundhog Day!

On this day in movie history - Groundhog Day (1993)

Groundhog Day

directed by Harold Ramis,

written by Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin,

based on a story by Danny Rubin,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1993.

Music by George Fenton.

Cast:

Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, Robin Duke, Ken Hudson Campbell, David Pasquesi, Richard Henzel, Rob Riley, Hynden Walch, Michael Shannon, Les Podewell, Rod Sell, Harold Ramis.

On this day in music history - The album Star Crossed Lovers, by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming (1999)

Star Crossed Lovers

by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming

was released on February 2, 1999.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons (2011)

 

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.

Season 1.
Episode 3.
Episode entitled: L.A. Serial Killers.
Released: February 2, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.
 
Cast:
James Ellroy, Shaun Gerardo, Tiffany Turner, Ryan Beard, Kenneth Bianchi, Roger W. Boren, Pamela Bozanich, Angelo Buono Jr., Saul Faerstein, Jared Jacobs, Ted Jonas, Phil LaMarr, Glynn Martin, Danny McCluskey, Martin T. Orne, Eliana Saenz, Mitchell Salberg, Frank Salerno.

On this day in movie history - Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach

directed by John Ford,

written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht,

based on the short story Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1939.

Music by Gerard Carbonara.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Dorothy Appleby, Frank Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Ted Billings, Wiggie Blowne, Danny Borzage, Ed Brady, Fritzi Brunette, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Steve Clemente, Bill Cody, Jack Curtis, Marga Ann Deighton, Patricia Doyle, Tex Driscoll, Johnny Eckert, Franklyn Farnum, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, Olin Francis, Helen Gibson, Don Hawks, Robert Homans, William Hopper, George Huggins, Si Jenks, Cornelius Keefe, Florence Lake, Al Lee, Duke R. Lee, Theodore Lorch, Chris-Pin Martin, Jim Mason, Louis Mason, Merrill McCormick, J.P. McGowan, Walter McGrail, Paul McVey, Jack Mohr, Kent Odell, Artie Ortego, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Chris Phillips, Joe Rickson, Buddy Roosevelt, Elvira Ríos, Mickey Simpson, Margaret Smith, Chuck Stubbs, Harry Tenbrook, Leonard Trainor, Dorothy Vernon, Mary Kathleen Walker, Blackjack Ward, Bryant Washburn, Whitehorse, Hank Worden.

Born on this day – Farrah Fawcett:

 

Actress

February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009

Credits:

1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997); A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah's Fight for Life (2008); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Access Hollywood (2005); All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (1998); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1999); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Apple's Way (1974); Baby (2000); Battle of the Network Stars (1976); Between Two Women (1986); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Charlie's Angels (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Chasing Farrah (2005); Children of the Dust (1995); Clive James' Postcard from... (1990); Comedy Central Roasts (2006); Criminal Behavior (1992); Dalva (1996); Days of Our Lives (1970); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1976); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Dubonnet: Aperitif Wine Commercial (1972); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2008); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Extremities (1986); Farrah's Story (2009); Good Morning America (1979–1989); Good Sports (1991); Harry O (1975–1976); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Hour Magazine (1980); Howard Stern (1997); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); Inside O.U.T. (1971); Intimate Portrait (2004); It's Your Bet (1971); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jewel (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2005); Johnny Bravo (1997); Just a Little Inconvenience (1977); Killer Fish (1979); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1997); Late Show with David Letterman (1997–2005); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Logan's Run (1976); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Man of the House (1995); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969); McCloud (1974); Murder in Texas (1981); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nancy (1970); Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986); Nightlife (1986); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987); S.W.A.T. (1975); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Saturn 3 (1980); See You in the Morning (1989); Silk Hope (1999); Small Sacrifices (1989); So Notorious (2006); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Spin City (2001); Steel (1979); Sunburn (1979); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Genii Awards (1990); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Apostle (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1980–1995); The Boodle (1969); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998); The Burning Bed (1984); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Captain and Tennille (1976); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Cookout (2004); The Dating Game (1969); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Fall Guy (1981); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Flunky (2000); The Flying Nun (1969–1970); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); The Guardian (2002–2003); The Journey of 'the Apostle' (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Lovemaster (1997); The Making of 'Dr. T and the Women' (2001); The Merv Griffin Show (1976–1978); The More You Know (1989); The Norseman (1978); The Partridge Family (1970); The Red-Light Sting (1984); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1976); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2005); ; The Vienna Opera Ball (aka Wiener Opernball) (2001); The World Sports Awards (2001); The Young Rebels (1970); Three's a Crowd (1969); Time & Again (2000); Today (1980–1984); Top Ten (2001); Tribute to a TV Legend: Aaron Spelling (2006).

Born on this day – J. E. Freeman:

 

Actor

Writer

February 2, 1946 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – Jackie Burroughs:

 

Actress

February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010

Born on this day – Bo Hopkins:

 

Actor

February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022

Born on this day – Dorian Gray:

Actress

February 2, 1928 – February 16, 2011

Credits:
I criminali della metropoli (1967); Thrilling (1965); Avventura al motel (1963); Commando (1962); Peccati d'estate (1962); Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962); Gli attendenti (1961); Destination Fury (1961); ...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960); Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Love and Larceny (1960); Le sorprese dell'amore (1959); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Vacanze d'inverno (1959); Love on the Riviera (1958); Mogli pericolose (1958); Domenica è sempre domenica (1958); Il Grido (1957); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956); Guaglione (1956); Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956); Toto Double or Nothing (1956); Io piaccio (1955); Poppy (1952); The Queen of Sheba (1952); Vendetta... sarda (1952); My Heart Sings (1951); Appointment for Murder (1951); l mago per forza (1951); Accidenti alle tasse!! (1951).

Born on this day – James Dickey:

Writer

February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997

Credits: 

Books:

Alnilam (1987); Buckdancer's Choice (1965); Deliverance (1970); Drownings (1981); For a Time and Place (1983); From the Green Horseshoe (1987); Night Hurdling (1983); Sorties (1971); The Eagle's Mile (1981); The Selected Poems (1979); The Zodiac (1976); To the White Sea (1993).

Movies:

The Call of the Wild (1976); Deliverance (1972).

Born on this day – Frank Gruber:

 

Writer

February 2, 1904 – December 9, 1969

Credits:

Beagle Scented Murder (1946); Billy the Kid (1957); Bitter Sage (1954); Bitter Sage and the Bushwhackers (1984); Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023); Brass Knuckles (1966); Bridge of Sand (1963); Broken Lance (1949); Brothers of Silence (1962); Buffalo Grass aka The Big Land (1956); Bugles West (1961); Classic Detective Stories From a Suitcase of Suspense (1999); Fall-Guy for a Killer aka The Yellow Overcoat (1942); Fighting Man (1948); Fort Starvation (1953); Fourth Postman / Among Those Absent / Lock and the Key (1948); Gunsight (1953); Horatio Alger, Jr (1961); Johnny Vengeance (1954); Little Hercules (1965); Lonesome River (1957); Market for Murder (1947); Missing Widow / Scarlet Feather / I Want to Go Home (1948); Murder '97 (1948); Outlaw (1941); Peace Marshal (1957); Quantrell's Raider / Town Tamer (1984); Quantrell's Raiders (1953); Ride to Hell (1955); Ride to Hell / Lonesome River (1983); Run, Fool, Run aka The Lock and the Key (1948); Simon Lash: Private Detective (1945); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); Swing Low, Swing Dead (1964); Tales of Terror (1967); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The Books of Horatio Alger, Jr (1948); The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965); The Buffalo Box (1942); The Bushwhackers (1959); The Corpse Moved Upstairs (1964); The Curly Wolf (1969); The Dawn Riders (1968); The Etruscan Bull (1969); The Fourth Letter (1947); The French Key aka The French Key Mystery (1940); The Gift Horse (1942); The Gold Gap (1968); The Greek Affair (1965); The Highwayman (1955); The Honest Dealer aka Double Dealer (1947); The Hungry Dog Murders aka Die Like a Dog (1941); The Laughing Fox (1943); The Leather Duke aka A Job of Murder (1950); The Limping Goose aka Murder One (1955); The Lone Gunhawk aka Smoky Road (1949); The Lonesome Badger aka Mood for Murder (1954); The Man From Missouri (1956); The Marshal (1958); The Mighty Blockhead (1945); The Navy Colt (1941); The Pulp Jungle (1967); The Scarlet Feather (1948); The Silver Jackass (1947); The Silver Tombstone Mystery (1948); The Spanish Prisoner (1969); The Talking Clock (1944); The Thirteenth Floor (1948); The Twilight Man (1967); The Whispering Master (1956); This Gun Is Still (1967); Town Tamer (1957); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Wanted (1971); Zane Grey (1928).

Born on this day – Casey Bill Weldon:

 

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 2, 1901 – September 28, 1972

Born on this day – Walter Vinson:

 

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975

Naomi Shihab Nye, on reading:

I love the solitude of reading.

I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.

- Naomi Shihab Nye.

On this day in movie history - Snow Job (1972)

Snow Job

directed by George Englund,

written by Jeffrey Bloom and Ken Kolb,

based on a story by Richard Gallagher,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1972.

Music by Jacques Loussier.

Cast:

Jean-Claude Killy, Danièle Gaubert, Cliff Potts, Vittorio De Sica, Lelio Luttazzi, Delia Boccardo, Umberto D'Orsi, Giancarlo Prete.