Born on this day – George C. Scott:

George C. Scott

Actor

Director

Producer

October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 12 Angry Men (1997); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974 / 1980); All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point (1981); All-Star Salute to Our Troops (1991); AMC Salutes the States (1989); America at the Movies (1976); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); And the Winners Are! (2019); Angus (1995); Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979); Beauty and the Beast (1976); Ben Casey (1961); Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Brute Force (1991); Calendar (1962); Camera Three (1977); Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990); Casey Stengel (1981); Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010); China Rose (1983); Choices (1986); Close-Up (1997); Compression (2024); Country Justice (1996); Crossed Swords (1977); Curacao (1993); Deep Impact: David George Remembers Peter George (2016); Descending Angel (1990); Dinah! (1974); Don Juan in Hell (1960); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); East Side / West Side (1963–1964); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Exploding Myths: Richard Daniels on the Stanley Kubrick Archive (2016); Fear on Trial (1975); Film Night (1971); Finding the Way Home (1991); Firestarter (1984); Flying Solo: Stanley Kubrick as Producer (2016); From Yellowstone to Tomorrow (1972); Frontiers of Faith (1957–1958); Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998); George W. Bush Battles Jesus Christ (2008); Gloria (1999); Golden Showcase (1961); Good Morning America (1977–1978); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Hardcore (1979); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hour Magazine (1980); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Inherit the Wind (1999); International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1982); Islands in the Stream (1977); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Jane Eyre (1970); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); La guerra en el cine (2003); Look Up and Live (1959–1964); Malice (1993); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall (1969); Mister Lincoln (1981); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Monitor (1962); Movie Movie (1978); Movies That Shook the World (2005); Mr. President (1987–1988); Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985); Naked City (1962); NBC 50th Anniversary (1976); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1969); New York News (1995); No Sleep TV3 (2015); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Oliver Twist (1982); Omnibus (1958); Open End (1964); Outsiders (2022); Pals (1987); Patton (1970); Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner (1997); Personality (1968); Petulia (1968); Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959); Portrait of an Actor (1971); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Rage (1972); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1993); Rocky Marciano (1999); Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike (2021); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Sunday Showcase (1959); Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur (2023); Taps (1981); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 20th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1995); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The American Parade (1974); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Bank Shot (1974); The Bible in the Beginning... (1966); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The Brazen Bell (1962); The Car That Became a Star (1965); The Changeling (1980); The Crucible (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Directors (2018); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Exorcist III: Legion (1990); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to James Stewart (1990); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Laurence Olivier (1983); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Formula (1980); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Hanging Tree (1959); The Hindenburg (1975); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1974); The Hospital (1971); The Hustler (1961); The Hustler: The Inside Story (2002); The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt (1983); The Johnny Carson Special (1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1970); The Last Days of Patton (1986); The Last Run (1971); The Late Show (1987); The Life and Times (1995); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1976); The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986); The New Centurions (1972); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1958); The Power and the Glory (1961); The Price (1971); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Red Skelton Hour (1965); The Rescuers Down Under (1990); The Road West (1966); The Ryan White Story (1989); The Savage Is Loose (1974); The Searchers (1997); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1992); The Trouble with People (1972); The Virginian (1962); The Whipping Boy (1994); The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Might Be Giants (1971); This Is Your Life (1987); This Savage Land (1969); Titanic (1996); Today (1968); Transcending Time: Symbols and Strangelove (2016); Traps (1994); TV Guide: The First 25 Years (1979); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Tyson (1995); War Movie Blockbusters (2015); War Stories with Oliver North (2006); WatchMojo (2016–2026); Welcome to the Basement (2015–2019); Winterset (1959); Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary (1972).

On this day in movie and book history - The Exorcist III (1990) and Legion (1983)

The Exorcist III

directed and written by William Peter Blatty,

based on novel Legion by William Peter Blatty,

was released in the United States on August 17, 1990.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Brad Dourif, Grand L. Bush, Nicol Williamson, Nancy Fish, Tracy Thorne, Barbara Baxley, Harry Carey Jr., George DiCenzo, Tyra Ferrell, Lois Foraker, Don Gordon, Mary Jackson, Zohra Lampert, Ken Lerner, Viveca Lindfors, Lee Richardson, Kevin Corrigan, Demetrios Pappageorge, Jodi Long, Samuel L. Jackson, Amelia Campbell, C. Everett Koop, Larry King, Patrick Ewing, Teresa Wright, Fabio, Colleen Dewhurst, The Lennon Sisters.

Recommended reading – Legion

Legion (1983).

by William Peter Blatty.
 
Published by Tor Books.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0765327139
ISBN-13: 978-0765327130
 
Description:
 
“Jesus asked the man his name, and he answered, ‘Legion, for we are many.’” – Mark 5:9.
 
A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient, locked in silent isolation?
 
Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting new enigmas at every turn, even as more murders occur. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two priests among the dead? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago – one that supposedly ended with the death of the killer?
 
Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.
 
The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty.

On this day in movie history - 12 Angry Men (1997)

12 Angry Men

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on August 17, 1997.

Cast:

Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, Jack Lemmon, Hume Cronyn, Mykelti Williamson, Edward James Olmos, William Petersen, Mary McDonnell, Tyrees Allen, Douglas Spain.

Recommended reading:

Twelve Angry Men

Teleplay by Reginald Rose.

Introduction by David Mamet.

Filmed as:

12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.

12 Angry Men (1997), directed by William Friedkin.

Paperback.

Published by Penguin Classics.

First published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780143104407

ISBN 10: 0143104403

ASIN: 0143104403

Description:

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.

After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.

On this day in movie history - The New Centurions (1972)

The New Centurions

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,

was released in the United States on August 3, 1972.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, Richard E. Kalk, James Sikking, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Mittie Lawrence, Isabel Sanford, Carol Speed, Tracee Lyles, Burke Byrnes, William Atherton, Peter De Anda, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, Stefan Gierasch, Debbie Fresh, Mike Lane, Roger E. Mosley, Charles H. Gray, Read Morgan, Michael DeLano, Adriana Shaw, Pepe Serna, Bea Thompkins, Hilly Hicks, Shaaron Claridge, Herbert Coley, Otis Day, Dick DeCoit, Lieux Dressler, Brent Dunsford, Raymond Guth, Kitten Natividad, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, Anne Ramsey.

On this day in movie history - The Last Run (1971)

The Last Run

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Alan Sharp,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1971.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, Colleen Dewhurst, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Tarruella, Robert Coleby, Pat Zurica, Rocky Taylor, Robert Rietty.

On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.

Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.