Toni Morrison, on books, reading and writing:

If there's a book you really want to read,

but it hasn't been written yet,

then you must write it.

- Toni Morrison.

On this day in movie (2018) and book history (2014 - 2024) - Annihilation

Annihilation

directed and written by Alex Garland,

based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer,

was released in the United States on February 23, 2018.

Music by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow.

Cast:

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Wong, Sonoya Mizuno, David Gyasi, Sammy Hayman, Josh Danford.

Recommended reading:

Annihilation

The Southern Reach Series, 1.

by Jeff VanderMeer.

Introduced by Karen Joy Fowler.

Published by MCD x FSG Originals.

First published 2014.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0374537151

ISBN-13: 978-0374537159

Description:

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide; the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers – they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding – but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

Authority

The Southern Reach Series, 2.

by Jeff VanderMeer.

Introduced by N. K. Jemisin.

Published by Picador.

Published 2014.

ISBN-10: 1250824052

ISBN-13: 978-1250824059

Description:

After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X―a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization―has been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach. Following the tumultuous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the agency is in complete disarray.

John Rodriguez (aka “Control”) is the Southern Reach’s newly appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a series of frustrating interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to penetrate the secrets of Area X. But with each discovery he must confront disturbing truths about himself and the agency he’s pledged to serve.

In Authority, the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, Area X’s most disturbing questions are answered . . . but the answers are far from reassuring.

 

Acceptance

The Southern Reach Series, 3.

by Jeff VanderMeer.

Introduced by Helen Macdonald.

Published by Picador.

Published 2014.

ISBN-10: 1250824060

ISBN-13: 978-1250824066

Description:

It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it – the Southern Reach – has collapsed in on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they’ve been seeking. If they fail, the outer world is in peril.

Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X – what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X – and who may have been corrupted by it? In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound – or terrifying.

 

Absolution

The Southern Reach Series, 4.

by Jeff VanderMeer.

Introduced by Julia Armfield.

Published by Picador.

Published 2024.

ISBN-10: 1250397804

ISBN-13: 978-1250397805

Description:

Absolution opens decades before Area X forms, with a science expedition whose mysterious end suggests terrifying consequences for the future – and marks the Forgotten Coast as a high priority for Central, the shadowy federal agency that monitors extraordinary threats.

Many years later, the Forgotten Coast files wind up in the hands of a washed-up Central operative, Old Jim. He starts pulling a thread that reveals a long, troubling record of government agents meddling with forces they clearly cannot comprehend.

Old Jim’s investigation culminates in the first Central expedition into what has now been labeled Area X. A border has come down, and a full team has been assembled to find Area X’s “off switch” somewhere in the volatile, dangerous terrain that has defied all attempts to be explored, mapped, or controlled.

Absolution converges the past, present, and future in unnerving, ecstatic, and mind-bending ways. It is the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

Born on this day – George Frideric Handel:

 

George Frideric Handel

Composer

February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759

Credits:

Compositions:

Acis and Galatea; Agrippina; Alcina; Alexander's Feast; Almira; Ariodante; Atalanta; Belshazzar; Berenice; Concerti grossi, Op. 6; Deidamia; Dettingen Te Deum; Dixit Dominus; Esther; Flavio; Giulio Cesare; Hallelujah Chorus; Harpconcert in Bes; Hercules; Israel in Egypt; Jephtha; Joy to the World; Judas Macabeo; Keyboard suite in D minor; La resurrezione; Lascia ch'io pianga; Messiah, HWV 56; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Neun deutsche Arien; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day; Ombra mai fu; Orlando; Partenope; Rinaldo; Rodelinda; Samson; Sarabande of keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437); Saul; Semele; Serse; Solomon; Tamerlano; The Harmonious Blacksmith; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Theodora; Thine Be the Glory; UEFA Champions League Anthem; Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate; Violin sonata in F major (HWV 370); Water Music; Zadok the Priest.

Movies and television:

12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue (2012); 1987 (2014); 2 Alone in Paris (2008); 20 to 1 (2011); 200 Cigarettes (1999); 24 Hour Party People (2002); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); 84 Charing Cross Road (1987); A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas (2019); A Charman Event (2008); A Cheerful Christmas (2019); A Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti (1980); A Christmas to Cherish (2019); A Christmas Together with You (2021); A Christmas Without Snow (1980); A Crafty Christmas Romance (2020); A Cry of Angels (1963); A Dança dos Bonecos (1987); A Fantastic Woman (2017); A Frozen Christmas (2016); A Gift for Christmas (2017); A Gift Wrapped Christmas (2015); A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020); A Grace Notes Christmas (2020); A Grace Notes Christmas: Vol. 3 (2022); A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997); A Harlot's Progress (2006); A Hidden Life (2019); A Joyful Noise (1961); A la memoria del autor (1966); À la rencontre de Georges Frédéric Hændel (1961); A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012); A Little Christmas Charm (2020); A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021); A Queen Is Crowned (1953); A Quiet Death (1986); A Royal Affair (2012); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Song for Christmas (2017); A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019); A Taste of Christmas (2017); A Thousand Clowns (1965); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); A Very Charming Christmas Town (2020); A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011); A Very Vintage Christmas (2019); A Wish For Christmas (2016); A Wrestling Christmas Miracle (2020); About Her Brother (2010); Acis and Galatea (2009); Acqua Movie (2019); Adiós, cigüeña, adiós (1971); Admeto (2009); Admeto, re di Tessaglia (2006); Agrippina (1985 / 2004 / 2021); Ahir/demà (2019); AKA (2002); Alcina (1978 / 1990 / 2000 / 2010 / 2015); Alcina Pale Shadows (2014); Alcina, Georg Friedrich Haendel (2015); Ali G Indahouse (2002); Alien: Resurrection (1997); All Things Fair (1995); All Three of Us (2015); All Through the House (2015); Almost Home (2014); Along Flirtation Walk (1940); American Experience (2003); American Horror Story (2013); American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007); America's Funniest Home Videos (2002); Ametist (2012); An Old Fashioned Christmas (2010); An Unexpected Christmas (2021); Angel of Christmas (2015); Animaniacs (1998 / 2023); Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011); Another (2014); Ariodante (1965 / 1996 / 2014); Ariodante: Opera in tre atti (2008); Arrested Development (2003); Artistes femmes, à la force du pinceau (2015); As It Is in Heaven (2004); At Home with the Braithwaites (2001); Atop the Fourth Wall (2011–2016); Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005); Automata (2014); Autumn Sonata (1978); Ay Lav Yu Tuu (2017); B*A*P*S (1997); Baby Einstein (2000–2003); Baby Einstein: Baby Da Vinci from Head to Toe (2004); Baby Einstein: Baby Santa's Music Box (2000); Baby Genius (2002); Bad Boy Bubby (1993); Bad Company (1995); Bananas in Pyjamas (2001); Banda sonora (2012); Bar Laat (2024); Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol' (2008); Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006); Barbie Princess Adventure (2020); Baroque Duet (1992); Baroque Festival (1988); Barry Lyndon (1975); Bart Got a Room (2008); Bayonetta (2009); Bayonetta 2 (2014); Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival (2022); Baywatch (1994); Bean (1997); Beauty and the Beast (2014); Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015); Because It's Christmas: Barry Manilow (1991); Bedtime for Sniffles (1940); Before the Storm (2000); Belief, Love, Death (2012); Belle (2013); Belshazzar (2008); Benedictus (2015); Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (2012); Between the Lights (2023); Between the Temples (2024); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Bible Buffet (1993); Bleeding Hearts (2015); Blue Helmet (1994); Boardwalk Empire (2011); Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020); Bordertown (2016); Boychoir (2014); Bread and Circus (2003); Breaker Morant (1980); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Brit Awards 2004 (2004); Britain's Got More Talent (2016); Britain's Got Talent (2015); Britannia Hospital (1982); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2014); Bruno (2000); Buck Denver Asks... Why Do We Call It Christmas? (2011); Burke and Hare (2010); Bushido (2020); Cabin Fever (2000); Call My Agent! (2017–2018); Cam (2018); Cambridge Spies (2003); Candy Cane Lane (2023); Carandiru (2003); Casablanca Driver (2004); Casanova (2005); Casas de fuego (1995); Castlevania: Nocturne (2023); Catharsis Cathedral (2016); Catherine: Full Body (2019); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2024); Cecilia Bartoli: Live in Italy (1998); Cemetery Ridge Films (2020); Chanel No. 5: L'orchestre (1996); Charlie Wilson's War (2007); Charming Christmas (2015); Chasing Butterflies (2009); Chateau Christmas (2020); Chemical Wedding (2008); Chicago Cab (1997); Children of Men (2006); Choir Practice (1949); Chosen (2016); Christmas at Castle Hart (2021); Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017); Christmas at Home with the Stars (1994); Christmas at the Palace (2018); Christmas at the Plaza (2019); Christmas Bells Are Ringing (2018); Christmas by Starlight (2020); Christmas Catch (2018); Christmas CEO (2021); Christmas Child (2004); Christmas Connection (2017); Christmas Harmony (2018); Christmas Homecoming (2017); Christmas Icetastrophe (2014); Christmas in Montana (2019); Christmas in Vienna (1996 / 2020); Christmas Is (2016); Christmas on Holly Lane (2018); Christmas Sail (2021); Christmas Scavenger Hunt (2019); Christmas Trade (2015); Christmas Tree Lane (2020); Christmas Under the Stars (2019); Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997); Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses (2019); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Christmas Wonderland (2018); Chronicles of the Sun (2023); Chroniques de France / Segment: Le Mont Saint-Michel a 1000 ans (1966); Chuck & Buck (2000); City Slacker (2012); Civil Christmas (2024); Civilisation (1969); Civilization II (1996); Clouds of Sils Maria (2014); Code Name Venus (2012); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Playhouse (1968); Con uñas y dientes (1979); Conan (2017); Concerts at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2008); Coronation Street (1962); Coyote Creek Christmas (2021); Crash (2019); Creative Control (2015); Cristo (1954); Da Ponte's Oratorio: A Concert for New York (2021); D'amour et de pierre (1967); Dances for an iPhone (2011); Dangerous Game (1993); Dangerous Liaisons (1988); Dark Horse (2015); Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish (2013–2025); DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016); Dead Poets Society (1989); Degrassi: The Next Generation (2003); Demobbed (1944); Der große Garten (1965); Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005); Diary of a Fleeting Affair (2022); Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023); Didine (2008); Die schöne Stimme (1961); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988); Distractions (2015); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Dok je trajao Roland Garros (2019); Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001); Dream House (2019); Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2000 - George Frideric Handel: Xerxes (Serse) - Dramma per musica (2000); Drifting Clouds (1996); Druckfrisch (2007); Dumb and Dumber (1994); Dvorak & Haydn (2019); Dyningar (1991); EastEnders (2006); Eat Drink Man Woman (1994); Eating Out: All You Can Eat (2009); El castigador castigado (1936); El Judas (1952); El tesoro de Chucho el Roto (1960); Elles (2011); Elmer Gantry (1960); Embrace of the Serpent (2015); Emma (1996); Endeavour (2018); Engaging Father Christmas (2017); Enola Holmes 2 (2022); Entre mareas (2025); Ernest Scared Stupid (1991); Erro 505 (2015); Eternity (2016); Eugene Ormandy Conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra (1978); Europa Universalis II (2001); Every Valley (1957); Eve's Christmas (2004); Evirati (2000); Excellensen (1944); Face/Off (1997); FairyTale: A True Story (1997); Falling for Christmas (2022); Fame (1986); Family for Christmas (2015); Fanny Hill (1983); Farinelli (1994); Fata Morgana (1971); Father of the Bride (2022); Father Ted (1995); Feliz NaviDAD (2020); Ferdinand (2017); Festival of Arts (1965); Fifty Shades of Black (2016); Filmregény - Három növér (1978); Finding Santa (2017); First Monday in October (1981); Fisherman's Wharf (1939); Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History (2013); Flash of Genius (2008); Flashback (2003); For Richer or Poorer (1997); For the Love of Pleasure Forever (2018); Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); Fresh Off the Boat (2017); Fried (2023); Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Historic Telecasts, Vol. 1 (1954); Fun (1994); Funny Games (1997 / 2007); Gelo (2016); Gemini (2022); Georg Friedrich Händel. Israel in Egypt aus der Elbphilarmonie Hamburg (2022); Georg Friedrich Händel: Feuerwerksmusik - Mit dem Collegium 1704 (2023); Georg Friedrich Händel: Theodora - Salzburger Festspiele (2009); Georg Friedrich Händel: Wassermusik Suiten I-III (2024); Georg Friedrich Händels Auferstehung (1980); George Frideric Handel: Deidamia, Opera in tre atti (2012); Gintberg på kanten (2014); Giulio Cesare (1985 / 2004); Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2012); Glimpses of California (1946); Glyndebourne: Alcina (2022); God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985); Godmothered (2020); Golic and Wingo (2017); Good Morning Britain (2018); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); Goof Troop (1992); Gossip (2000); Goya (1985); Great Expectations (1981); Great Expectations US Poster (2012); Great Performances (1993–2015); Great Performances: Dance in America (1982); Greenfingers (2000); Grimm (2013); H.O.T.S. (1979); Haba-baba-doo! Puti-puti-poo! (1998); Haendel - Le messie (1991); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); alf of a Yellow Sun (2013); Handel: Aci, Galatea E Polifemo (2010); Handel: Agrippina (2018); Handel: Ariodante (2021); Handel: Arminio (2018); Handel: Messiah - Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music (2020); Handel: Orlando (2011); Handel: Rinaldo (2021); Handel: Rodelinda (2014); Handel: Royal Fireworks at Chambord Castle (2016); Handel: Saul (2015 / 2022); Handel: Semele (2020); Handel: Theodora (2021); Handel: Xerxes (Serse) (2018); Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia (2010); Handel's Heroines (2020); Handel's Messiah (2019); Handel's Messiah at FBCG (2012); Handel's Messiah Rocks (2009); Handel's Rodelinda (2017); Hannibal (2013); Hardkor Disko (2014); Harmoniques (1998); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Heaven Help Us (1985); Heaven on Earth (2015); Hercules (2005); Herself (2020); Highlander (1995); Hilary and Jackie (1998); Hill Street Blues (1982); Himmelske Händel (1994); His Excellency (1952); History of the World: Part I (1981); History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (2005); Holiday Date (2019); Holiday Engagement (2011); Holly & Ivy (2020); Holy Beasts (2019); Home Before Dark (1958); Homecoming (2018); Homofonia (2024); Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985); Hors-champ: Les Violette (2010); Hot for Teacher (2006); House (2008); How I Met Your Mother (2012); How Music Works (2006); How to Make It in New York on $15 a Day (2004); Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012); Hugo and Josephine (1967); I Don't Understand You (2024); I Heard the Birch Tree Whisper in the Night (2017); I Like Movies (2022); Ice Quake (2010); If You Believe (1999); Il caso dell'infedele Klara (2009); Il pastor fido (Der treue Schäfer) (1956); Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2016); In Living Color (1992–1993); In Name Only (1939); In War and Peace: Lascia ch'io pianga (2016); Incognito (2020); Independent Lens (2016); Inspector Morse (1987); Instant Swamp (2009); Interview with the Vampire (1994); Invincible (2001); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005); It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992); Iveta (2022); Jane Eyre (1983); Jar City (2006); Jesús de Nazareth (1942); Jet Sosyete (2018); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013); John Adams (2008); Johnny Bravo (2001); Johnny English (2003); Journey Back to Christmas (2016); Journey in Classic Era (2021); Journey Through the Past (1973); Jules César (2011); Julius Caesar (1984 / 2005 / 2006); Julius Caesar in Egypt (1990); Jump Tomorrow (2001); Jungle (2017); Just Getting Started (2017); Justice (2014); KaBlam! (1998); Kavanagh QC (1999); KILL la KILL (2013–2014); Kinshasa Symphony (2010); Kiss the Bride (2007); Kovy (2016); L.I.E. (2001); La case du siècle (2018); La Fortuna (2021); La liberté d'une statue (1991); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1984); La pasión en Castilla (1955); La pecadora (1956); La sonata del silencio (2016); Ladrones (2015); Lady J (2018); Lady's Night (2008); Lamb (2021); 'lascia Ch'io Pianga' (rinaldo, Handel): Ana Vieira Leite & Thomas Dunford (2024); Last Man Standing (2011); Last Tango in Halifax (2012); Last Train to Freo (2006); Lazor Wulf (2019); Le chêne (2022); Le miroir à trois faces: Werther (1964); Le pupille (2022); Lease of Life (1954); Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989–1996); Les 130 ans de la Tour Eiffel, le concert évènement (2019); Les belles soeurs (2011); Les grands maîtres de la musique (1966); Let Camel Ring (2008); Let it Rain (2008); Let the Wind Take Everything Away (2018); Let's Play House (2003); Life During Wartime (2009); Limitless (2016); Little Black Book (2004); Little Einsteins (2008–2009); Liv and Maddie (2014); Live from Lincoln Center (1982); Live from the Proms (1985); Live to Be a Hundred (2012); L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay (2002); Longtime Companion (1989); Look at Me (2004); Looking for Alibrandi (2000); Los Bando (2018); Lost Girl (2011–2012); Love & Friendship (2016); Love Child (1996); Love Story (1970); Love You Like Christmas (2016); M*A*S*H (1982); Mad Dogs (2016); Mad TV (1995); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Magie noire (2017); Magikland (2020); Making Good (2019); Making Spirits Bright (2021); Malibu, CA (1998); Man on the Moon (1999); Management (2008); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Mansfield Park (2007); Map of the Human Heart (1992); Marple (2004); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1977); Marrying Father Christmas (2018); Mary and Max (2009); Masterworks (1966); May in the Summer (2013); McLibel (2005); Me and Marlborough (1935); Medea (1984); Mediterranean Ports of Call (1941); Melissa (1974); Melody June Cooper: Actress* for Hire (2011); Mercy (2014); Merlí. Sapere Aude (2019–2021); Mesa pra Dois (2016); Messiah (1982 / 1999 / 2009); Messiah: King's College Cambridge (1968); Messiah: Live Stream - Academy of Ancien Music (2018); Met Stars Live in Concert (2020–2021); Metamorphosis (2022); Michelle Wright: Joy to the World (2006); Mickey 17 (2025); Mike & Mike (2014); Million Dollar American Princesses (2015); Mingle All the Way (2018); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Mommie Dearest (1981); Monkey Dust (2003–2005); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970); Mooch (1974); More and More (2022); Morgan (2016); Mork & Mindy (1979); Mot nya tider (1939); Mother 3 (2006); Mozart in the Jungle (2014); Mr. Belvedere (1987); Mr. Miracle (2014); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Muppets Tonight (1998); Murphy Brown (1992); Music for Millions (1944); Music in Darkness (1948); My Best Friend's Girl (2008); My Kingdom (2001); My Tree (2011); My Way Home (1978); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1997); Nanny and Isaiah - The Secret of the Second Basement (1984); Narcos: Mexico (2018); National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989); National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III (2018); Nature Baby (2004); Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984); Neo Yokio (2017); Neon Genesis Evangelion (1996); Neon Genesis Evangelion: ReDeath (2000); Never Look Away (2018); New Moon (1940); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 11 (2011); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1959–1963); NewsRadio (1997); Next Stop, Christmas (2021); Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Eine Reise ins ICH (2009); Nip/Tuck (2008); Noncausal (2016); Northern Lights of Christmas (2018); Nostalgia Critic (2010–2013); Objects in the Mirror (2022); Of Stars and Men (1961); Of Time and the City (2008); Old Mother Riley, Headmistress (1950); Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949); Omnibus (1955 / 1969); On Any Saturday (2008); On the Edge (2001); Once Upon a Wedding (2005); One December Night (2021); One Hit Wonderland (2016); One Way Pendulum (1965); Only You (1994); Open by Christmas (2021); Òpera en texans (2011); Opera Lingua (2021); OperaVision (2019); Ordinary People (1980); Orest (2006); Orlando (1992); Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden (2023); Our Cissy (1974); Our Flag Means Death (2023); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Palaces of a Queen (1966); Parade's End (2012); Parasite (2019); Parole (1982); Pastor Mike Online (2013); Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003); Perfect Harmony (2019); Picardie gothique (1975); Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019); Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945); Pirates! (2004); Planeta Singli. Osiem historii (2021); Please, Please Me! (2009); Police Call 110 (1987); Porridge (1979); Power (1934); Praise This (2023); Prestige de la musique (1967); Price / Horne Met Gala Concert (1982); Prick Up Your Ears (1987); Pride and Prejudice (1995); Prince Regent (1979); Privilege (1967); Prom at the Palace (2002); Queen of Destiny (1938); Radio (2003); Ragpicker's Angel (1958); Raise Your Voice (2004); Really Big Sandwich (2014); Reborn (1981); Reckless (1995); Redacted (2007); Rejoice Abyssinia (2019); Relative Strangers (2006); Replaying: The Game (2009); Requiem for a Killer (2011); Resurrected (1989); Retour au baroque (1993); Return Home (1990); Richard McVeigh | Beauty in Sound (2020); Rinaldo (2001); River Made to Drown In (1997); Road to Christmas (2018); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); Rocko's Modern Life (1994–1996); Rodelinda (1998); Roger & Me (1989); Rogue Saints (2011); Roomies (1987); Roommates (1961); Rude Tube (2012–2013); Run for Your Life (1997); Runaway Bride (1999); Ruta para un pentagrama (2023); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–1998); Saint-Jacques... La Mecque (2005); Saltburn (2023); Santa Sangre (1989); Santa's Slay (2005); Santa's Surprise (1947); Sapphire Blue (2014); Sarabande (2020); Sarah Brightman: One Night in Eden - Live in Concert (1999); Saturday Night Live (1979); Saved by the Bell (1990); Saved! (2004); Scalene (2011); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983); Schoolhouse Rock! (1973); Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004); Scream Queens (2016); Scrooged (1988); Scrubs (2002); Secret Garden (2010); Secret Things (2002); Semele (1999 / 2007 / 2018); Servant (2022); Set It Off (1996); Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010); Sexy Parodius (1996); Shades of Love: Echoes in Crimson (1987); Shake, Rattle & Roll 9 (2007); Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2022); She Came to Me (2023); Shrek the Halls (2007); Sissi (1955); Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday (2021); Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021); Six Feet Under (2002–2005); Slaves of New York (1989); Sluts (2012); Small Town Girl (1953); Smallville (2007); Smurfs (2025); Sniffer (2013); Sofía (2011); Soft Toilet Seats (1999); Some Mother's Son (1996); Someone Like You (2001); Song to Song (2017); Song Without End (1960); Songs of Isolation (2021); Sophie's Choice (1982); Sorrow and Joy (2013); Sound the Trumpet: Live in Concert (2020); South Park (1997); South Seas Adventure (1958); Spare Time (1939); Spice World (1997); SpongeBob SquarePants (2008); Spotlight (2015); Spud (2010); Stage Show (1956); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Starting Over (1979); Stiff Upper Lips (1997); Stone Quackers (2015); Studio C (2023); Succession (2018); Summerland (2020); Sundays and Cybèle (1962); Supermind: The Brain Drain (2021); Supernatural (2016); Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly - L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Handel) (2023); Sweet Pain (2019); Tähdet, tähdet (2015–2020); Tales of the Unexpected (1979); Tamerlano (2001); Taz-Mania (1992–1994); Te Deum - G. Bononcini - Coronation Anthems - G.F. Haendel (2022); Ted K (2021); Television Theater (2006); Tempo (1996); Temptation (2018); Teseo (2004); Thanksgiving (2023); That Time of Year (2018); The ABC Murders (2018); The Affair of the Necklace (2001); The Angel Tree (2020); The Answer to Everything (2013); The Architects (1990); The Armchair Historian (2019); The Barbarian Invasions (2003); The Barber (2002); The Basil Brush Show (2005); The Beach Bum (2019); The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014); The Best Present of All (1992); The Birds Upstairs (2011); The Birthday Cake (2021); The Borgias (2011); The Boy in Blue (1986); The Boys (2020); The Brand New Testament (2015); The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019); The Caiman (2006); The Candlemaker (1957); The Choir: Boys Don't Sing (2008); The Christmas Bow (2020); The Christmas Club (2019); The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007); The Christmas Shoes (2002); The Clash (2019); The Clink of Ice (2010); The Closer (2007); The Cost of Living (2003); The Crown (2016); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Detective from Beledweyne (2023); The Dig (2021); The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu (2021); The Duchess (2008); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Einstein of Sex (1999); The Evolution of British Army Uniforms Through History (2021); The Extra Man (2010); The Fabulous Four (2024); The Facts of Life (1979); The Farmer Wants a Wife (2012); The Favourite (2018); The Final Chord (1936); The Fireflies Are Gone (2018); The Footy Show (2012–2017); The Forevers (2020); The Four Feathers (1939); The Game Is Over (1966); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Girl in the Picture (1985); The Girl on the Train (2009); The Go-Between (1971); The Gods Go a-Begging (1946); The Good Wife (2012); The Great British Baking Show (2010); The Great Mr. Handel (1942); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019); The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997); The Holdovers (2023); The House of Eliott (1992); The House of Rothschild (1934); The House of Tomorrow (2017); The Hunger (2022); The Hunter (2011); The Hunter's Prayer (2017); The Imaginary (2023); The Innocents (2016); The King of Queens (2002); The L Word (2006); The Ladies Man (2000); The Lady Is a Square (1959); The Last Days of Pompeii (1913); The Last Man on Earth (2015); The Last Right (2019); The Last Trip (2015); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015); The Lion's Busy (1950); The Little Chimney Sweep (1935); The Lost Prince (2003); The Love Ban (1973); The Madness of King George (1994); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992); The Man in Room 17 (1966); The March Sisters at Christmas (2012); The Martins (2001); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2022); The Mend (2014); The Messiah (2023); The Messiah in the Shadow of Death (1985); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2011–2020); The Middle (2010–2017); The Mistletoe Inn (2017); The Mistletoe Promise (2016); The Monkey's Mask (2000); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Night Clerk (2011); The Office (2011); The Parade (2011); The Patrick Star Show (2023); The Perfection (2018); The Piece of Tail in the Mouth of the Snake that Bites Its Own Tail (2020); The President's Analyst (1967); The Prince and the Showgirl (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Projectionist (1970); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Raid 2 (2014); The Reach (2020); The Ren & Stimpy Show (1992–1996); The Republic of Love (2003); The Return of Shelley (1989); The Right Stuff (1983); The Righteous Gemstones (2022); The Ruling Class (1972); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Seagull (2018); The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007); The Sign (2020); The Simpsons (1990–2021); The Sins of Johnny X (1975); The Social Network (2010); The Sopranos (2001); The Staircase (2022); The Stone (2020); The Study Centre (2021); The Sugarcube Critic (2014); The Swan Princess: Christmas (2012); The Sweetest Christmas (2017); The Taste of Others (2000); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The True Story of Puss'N Boots (2009); The Truth About Emanuel (2013); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Unholy (2021); The Unusuals (2009); The Virgins (2014); The Voice of Firestone (1956); The Waiting Game (2014); The War That Made America (2006); The Water Music (1987); The Wednesday Play (1965); The West Wing (1999–2005); The Wicker Tree (2011); The Wild Blue Yonder (2005); The Wine Cellar (2010); The Winner (1961); The Wonder Years (1989–1990); The Young Victoria (2009); Theodora (1996); Theodora, Oratorio en trois actes de Georg Friedrich Haendel (2015); There's a Road on the Right (1953); Thesis (1996); They Have Escaped (2014); This Boy's Life (1993); This Fool (2022); This Is Cinerama (1952); Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008); Three Comrades (1938); Three Wise Men and a Baby (2025); Tightrope (1972); Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas (2021); Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020); Tincho Fierro (2023); Tiny Toon Adventures (1990); 'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021); To the Coast of Devon (1950); To the Limit (1989); Tom Jones (1963); Tomorrow and Thereafter (2017); Tomorrow's Cantabile (2014); Top Five (2014); Tora-San Goes French (1973); Touched by a Killer (2001); Transmissions (2009); Travel Guides (2019); Tree Man (2015); Trespasses (2005); Tristram Shandy (2005); Tuesday's Documentary (1969); Two of a Kind (1983); Un matrimonio alla moda (1952); Undertaking Betty (2002); Unlocking Christmas (2020); Vago (2011); Value for Money (1955); Vamp U (2011); Vandread (2000); Vatel (2000); Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013); Victoria & Albert (2001); Victoria the Great (1937); Virginia Christmas Spectacular (2006); Viridiana (1961); Waiting for Jupiter (2018); Waiting for Legros (2019); Waiting for Legros 2: The Eye of the Tiger (2019); Waitress (2007); Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Wallis & Edward (2005); Wander (2023); Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972); Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000); Wayne's World 2 (1993); We Bury the Dead (2024); Westworld (2022); What We Do in the Shadows (2019); What's Your Number? (2011); Where's That Fire? (1939); Wherever She Goes (1951); White Reindeer (2013); Wieners (2008); Wild Flowers (1989); Win Ben Stein's Money (1997); Windbag the Sailor (1936); Wish Upon a Star (1996); Wives and Daughters (1999); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980); Wrong Side of Town (2010); Xerxes (1988); Yes Man (2008); Young Einstein (1988); Young Winston (1972); Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021).

Born on this day – Dorothy Morris:

 

Dorothy Morris

Actress

February 23, 1922 – November 20, 2011

Credits:

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); The Name of the Game (1970); Dragnet 1967 (1970); Seconds (1966); Wagon Train (1964–1965); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); This Is the Life (1956–1963); Shannon (1962); Rawhide (1959–1962); Tightrope (1960); The Untouchables (1960); Border Patrol (1959); The Power of the Resurrection (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); Macabre (1958); Casey Jones (1957); Navy Log (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Little Miss Big (1946); Club Havana (1945); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Main Street After Dark (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Rationing (1944); None Shall Escape (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); I Dood It (1943); Someone to Remember (1943); Young Ideas (1943); Pilot #5 (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); The Youngest Profession (1943); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Calling All Pa's (1942); The Magic Alphabet (1942); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Barbee-Cues (1942); Rio Rita (1942); This Time for Keeps (1942); What About Daddy? (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); We Do It Because- (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Design for Scandal (1941); Strange Testament (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Down in San Diego (1941); When Ladies Meet (1941); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Her First Beau (1941).

Born on this day – Majel Barrett-Roddenberry:

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Actress

Voice Artist

Producer

February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008

Credits:

Hamlet A.D.D. (2014); Star Trek III: Redemption (2013); Star Trek II: Retribution (2012); Star Trek Online (2010); Star Trek (2009); Star Trek Phase II (2004); Star Trek: Enterprise (2005); Star Trek: Nemesis (2002); Family Guy (2001); Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001); Andromeda (2000–2005); Mars and Beyond (2000); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (1999); Earth: Final Conflict (1997–1999); Star Trek the Next Generation Companion A Series Guide and Script Library (1999); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999); Diagnosis Murder (1998); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1996–1998); Star Trek: Generations (1997); Star Trek: Borg (1996); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Babylon 5 (1996); Mommy (1995); Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity (1995); Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual (1994); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); General Hospital (1983); The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Next Step Beyond (1978); Spectre (1977); The Domino Principle (aka The Domino Killings) (1977); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974); Planet Earth (1974); The F.B.I. (1974); The Questor Tapes (1974); Westworld (1973); Genesis II (1973); Columbo (1973); This Is the Life (1971); The Young Lawyers (1971); Star Trek (1966–1969); Here Come the Brides (1968); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Track of Thunder (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1967); Country Boy (1966); Love on a Rooftop (1966); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); Bonanza (1962–1966); Made in Paris (1966); Sylvia (1965); Many Happy Returns (1964); The Lieutenant (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Quick and the Dead (1963); Dr. Kildare (1963); The Lucy Show (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Pete and Gladys (1961–1962); Back Street (1961); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Leave It to Beaver (1960); The Untouchables (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); Whirlybirds (1959); The Buccaneer (1958); As Young as We Are (1958); The Black Orchid (1958); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957).

Born on this day – Floyd Levine:

Floyd Levine

Actor

February 23, 1932 – August 24, 2025

Credits:

18 Wheels of Justice (2001); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Long Way Home (1981); A Thousand Words (2012); Abduction (1975); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988); Archie Bunker's Place (1981); Arli$$ (1996–1998); Automan (1984); Baby Comes Home (1980); Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998); Baretta (1978); Baywatch (1998); Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998); Blood Relatives (1978); Bloodbrothers (1978); Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988); Bull (2000); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1984); Cellar Dweller (1987); Charlie's Angels (1981); Coach Carter (2005); Columbo: Murder in Malibu (1990); Come Back Charleston Blue (1972); Cousin Skeeter (1998–2000); Crazy Like a Fox (1985–1986); Curse of the Pink Panther (1983); Da Vinci's War (1993); Days of Our Lives (1985); Death Wish (1974); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Equal Justice (1991); Farrell for the People (1982); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Good Burger (1997); Hart to Hart (1980); Head of the Class (1989); Hill Street Blues (1982); Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978); Ice (1994); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Kaz (1978); Kenan & Kel (1996–1998); Knight Rider (1985); Knights of the City (1986); Kojak (1976–1977); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Mobster (1988); Le zombi de Cap-Rouge (1997); Mad About You (1996); Malibu (1983); Manimal (1983); Margin for Murder (1981); Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video (1992); Matt Houston (1983); Meet Dave (2008); Melrose Place (1996–1997); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1989); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Shift (1982); Norbit (2007); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Police Squad! (1982); Portrait of a Showgirl (1982); Prize Fighter (1993); Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1996); Quincy, M.E. (1976); Ready to Rumble (2000); Repossessed (1990); Sergeant T.K. Yu (1979); She's the Sheriff (1988); Sinatra (1992); Skyscraper (1996); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1996–1998); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Super Fly (1972); T.J. Hooker (1983); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); The A-Team (1983); The Border (1982); The Death Collector (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1984); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Hangover (2009); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Love Boat (1983); The Master (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Nightmare Room (2001); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Young Landlords (1983); Three's Company (1983); To the Limit (1995); Watchers Reborn (1998); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – Paul Morrissey:

Paul Morrissey

Director

Writer

Cinematographer

February 23, 1938 – October 28, 2024

Paul Morrissey (left), with Andy Warhol (right).

Credits:

A Letter to True (2004); A Look on the Wild Side (2002); A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007); About Face (1964); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); All Aboard the Dreamland Choo-Choo (1964); American Masters (2006); Andy Makes a Movie (1968); Andy Warhol (1972 / 1987); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008); Arena (1993); Beautiful Darling (2010); Beethoven's Nephew (1985); Bike Boy (1967); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blue Movie (1969); Chambre 666 (1982); Chelsea Girls (1966); Danny Says (2015); Diane the Zebra Woman (1962); Divine Trash (1998); Excavating Taylor Mead (2005); Factory Days: Paul Morrissey Remembers the Sixties (2006); Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000); Flesh (1968); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Forty Deuce (1982); Heat (1972); Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me (2019); Hyper show (2002); I a Man (1967); I Miss Sonia Henie (1971); Imagine (2006); International Velvet Superstar (1994); Jonas in the Desert (1994); L'Amour (1972); Like Sleep (1965); Little Joe (2009); Lonesome Cowboys (1968); Madame Wang's (1981); Man Outside (1965); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Mixed Blood (1984); My Hustler (1965); New Old (1979); Nico Icon (1995); Notes on Marie Menken (2006); Paperback (1977); Paul Morrissey, in the Flesh (2008); Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk (2002); Peaches and Cream (1964); Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000); Psycho Cop (1989); Raw Paul Morrissey Q&A Footage from Chiller Theatre, October 27, 2012 / Video (2021); Resident Alien (1990); Rich and Famous (1981); San Diego Surf (1968); Screen Test #1 (1965); Screen Test #2 (1965); Screen Test #3 (1966); Screen Test #4 (1966); Sleep in a Nest of Flames (2001); Sonic Cinema (2000–2003); Spike of Bensonhurst (1988); Superartist (1967); Superstar in a Housedress (2004); Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990); Tarnation (2003); That Summer (2017); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Andy Warhol Story (1967); The Armchair Hacker (1985); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978); The Loves of Ondine (1968); The Making of Sonia Henie (2009); The New Cinema (1984); The South Bank Show (1978); The Velvet Underground (2021); The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966); Trash (1970); Trash / News from Nowhere (2010); Uptight #3 - David Susskind (1966); Veruschka - Die Inszenierung (m)eines Körpers (2005); Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage (2016); Warhol (1973); Women in Revolt (1971); X-Rated (2004).

Born on this day – Denis Arndt:

Denis Arndt

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 23, 1939 – March 25, 2025

Credits:

24 (2005); Ally McBeal (1999); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Asteroid (1997); Bandidas (2006); Basic Instinct (1992); Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006); Blackout Effect (1998); Blast (2000); Bodies of Evidence (1993); Boston Legal (2006); Boston Public (2003); Boy Meets Girl (1993); Chicago Hope (1999); Citizen Baines (2001); Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990); Condition: Critical (1992); Crime Story (1986 / 1987); Cruel Doubt (1992); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Dawn Flight (1976); Dead Heat (2002); Distant Thunder (1988); Do Over (2023); Dolphin Tale 2 (2014); Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019); Dying to Live (1999); Family Law (2001); For Your Love (2002); Get Real (2000); Grey's Anatomy (2011); Herman's Head (1991); How to Get Away with Murder (2018); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); JAG (2003); Kansas (1998); L.A. Law (1990–1991); Last Best Chance (2005); Life Goes On (1989–1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Max Q (1998); Metro (1997); Mr. Mercedes (2018); Murder, She Wrote (1990); NightScream (1997); Nothing Lasts Forever (1995); One Special Victory (1991); Past Life (2010); Payback (1997); Picket Fences (1993–1996); Providence (2002); Runaway on Rogue River (1974); S.W.A.T. (2003); Savannah (1997); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Shuffle (2010); Sniper 3 (2004); Stat (1991); Supernatural (2007); Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994); The 71st Annual Tony Awards (2017); The Beast (1996); The Burning Zone (1996); The District (2000); The Good Fight (2017); The Home Court (1995–1996); The Magical World of Disney (1974); The Practice (1999–2003); The Pretender (1997); The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995); The Uncle Sam Movie Collection (2000); The Wonder Years (1989); Till We Meet Again (1989); Time of Your Life (1999); Touched by an Angel (2000); Turks (1999); TV 101 (1988); Undisputed (2002); Vanished (2006); Wasteland (1999); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992); Wiseguy (1988).

Born on this day – William Hjortsberg:

 

William Hjortsberg

Writer

February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017

Credits:

Books:
Alp (1969); Angel's Inferno (2020); Falling Angel (1978); Gray Matters (1971); Jubilee Hitchhiker (2012); Manana (2015); Nevermore (1994); Odd Corners (2004); Sometimes Horses Don't Come Back (1963); Symbiography (1973); Tales and Fables (1985); Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974).

Movies:
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters (2011); Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (2002); Angel Heart (1987); Legend (1985); The Georgia Peaches (1980); Thunder and Lightning (1977).

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

 

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

Documentary.

Season 1 Episode 6

Episode entitled: Hot Spot Homicide.

Released: February 23, 2011.

Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.
 
Cast:

James Ellroy, Heather Aitken, James Avise, Gregory DePetro, Michael Fallon, Brad Lewis, Allen Marsh, Deanna Morris, Arman Pardisi, Franklin Ruehl, Christopher Warner.

On this day in movie history - Madonna of the Desert (1948)

Madonna of the Desert

directed by George Blair,

written by Albert DeMond,

based on a story by Frank Wisbar,

was released in the United States on February 23, 1948.

Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:

Lynne Roberts, Don Barry, Don Castle, Sheldon Leonard, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft, Paul E. Burns, Betty Blythe, Grazia Narciso, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Maria Genardi, Renee Donatt, Vernon Cansino.