Mabel Seeley, on writing:

 

The only time I'm pleased with myself is when I'm exhausted and shaking from having written too much.
– Mabel Seeley.

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

 

Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Maurice Noble:

Maurice Noble

Cartoonist

Animator

Director

May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001

Credits:

90 Day Wondering (1956); A Lecture on Camouflage (1944); A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961); A Sheep in the Deep (1962); About Time (1962); Advance and Be Mechanized (1967); Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962); Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965); Ali Baba Bunny (1957); Ant Pasted (1953); Apes of Wrath (1959); Bad Day at Cat Rock (1965); Bambi (1942); Baton Bunny (1959); Beep Prepared (1961); Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004); Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag (2006); Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew (2005); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Behind the Tunes: Twilight in Tunes - The Music of Raymond Scott (2006); Ben and Me (1953); Bewitched Bunny (1954); Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007); Boyhood Daze (1957); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (1999); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bugs Bunny's Holiday Diet (1979); Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977); Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991); Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals (1997); Bully for Bugs (1953); Cannery Rodent (1967); Carmelo (2000); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cat and Dupli-cat (1967); Cat Feud (1958); Catty-Cornered (1966); Chariots of Fur (1994); Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991); Claws for Alarm (1954); Compressed Hare (1961); Cow and Chicken (1997); Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Claws for Alarm; Punch Trunk (1988); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Transylvania 6-5000; The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1988); Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Tentacle (1993); Deduce, You Say (1956); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973); Drafty, Isn't It? (1957); Duck Amuck (1953); Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980); Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Duel Personality (1966); Dumbo (1941); Earthworm Jim (1995); Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999); Elmer Elephant (1936); Fantasia (1940); Father of the Bird (1997); Feline Frame-Up (1954); Ferdinand the Bull (1938); Filet Meow (1966); Forward March Hare (1953); Freeze Frame (1979); From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953); From Hare to Eternity (1997); Gas (1944); Gateways to the Mind (1958); Go Fly a Kit (1957); Gotham Girls (2000); Great Performances (2000); Guided Mouse-Ille (1967); Guided Muscle (1955); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963); Hare-Less Wolf (1958); Haunted Mouse (1965); Hell-Bent for Election (1958); High Note (1960); Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958); Hopalong Casualty (1960); Horizons of Hope (1954); Horton Hears a Who! (1970); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); Hyde and Go Tweet (1960); I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963); I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964); It's Everybody's Business (1954); It's Murder She Says... (1945); Jackie Chan Adventures (2000); Jackie Chan Adventures: Rely on Relics (2006); Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966); Jerry-Go-Round (1966); Jumpin' Jupiter (1955); Jungle Boy (1996); Kiss Me Cat (1953); Lickety-Splat (1961); Lobo (2000); Lobo: Jukebox of Pain (2000); Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007); Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (2008); Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (2007); Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962); Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966); Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953); Mad as a Mars Hare (1963); Martian Through Georgia (1962); Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998); Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (1998); Merbabies (1938); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Mother Pluto (1936); Much Ado About Mousing (1964); Much Ado About Nutting (1953); My Little Duckaroo (1954); Nelly's Folly (1961); No 73 (1986); No Barking (1954); Now Hear This (1962); Of Feline Bondage (1965); Off to See the Wizard (1967–1968); Oliver & Company (1988); Omnibus (2001); Operation Snafu (1945); O-Solar-Meow (1967); Pent-House Mouse (1963); Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit (2002); Pinocchio (1940); Plastic Man in 'Puddle Trouble' (2006); Pullet Surprise (1997); Punch Trunk (1953); Purr-Chance to Dream (1967); Puss 'N' Boats (1966); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Ready, Woolen and Able (1960); Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955); Rhapsody of Steel (1959); Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965); Robin Hood Daffy (1958); Rock 'n' Rodent (1967); Samurai Jack (2001); Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001); Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (2004); Scrambled Aches (1957); Sheep Ahoy (1954); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snowbody Loves Me (1964); Steal Wool (1957); Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954); Stork Naked (1955); Surf-Bored Cat (1967); Teacher's Pet (2004); Teacher's Pet: Food Fight (2002); Teacher's Pet: Thrash Canned (2002); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off (1965); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–1992); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1971); The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985–1986); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1978–1985); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (1964); The Cat in the Hat (1971); The Cats Bah (1954); The Cat's Me-Ouch (1965); The Count of Monte Cristo (1997); The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965); The Dragon Slayer (1956); The Golden Touch (1935); The Good Egg (1945); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003); The Iceman Ducketh (1964); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Lorax (1972); The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992); The Mask (1995); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mouse on 57th Street (1961); The Phantom Tollbooth (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Powerpuff Girls (1998); The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002); The PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage (2002); The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004); The Road Runner Show (1966–1973); The Tick (1994); The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964); The Year of the Mouse (1965); This Is a Life? (1955); Three Little Bops (1957); Three Little Wolves (1936); Timber Wolf (2001); Tiny Toon Adventures / Segment: Duck Dodgers Jr. (1991); To Beep or Not to Beep (1963); To Hare Is Human (1956); To Itch His Own (1958); Tom and Jerry's Magical Misadventures (2013); Tom-ic Energy (1965); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Touché and Go (1957); Transylvania 6-5000 (1963); Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000); Two Scent's Worth (1955); Ugly Duckling (1939); War and Pieces (1964); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1985); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); Who Scent You? (1960); Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958); Wild Over You (1953); Woolen Under Where (1963); Zip Zip Hooray! (1965); Zipping Along (1953); Zoom and Bored (1957); Zoom at the Top (1962).

Born on this day – Glenn Ford:

 

Glenn Ford

Actor

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006

Born on this day – Danielle Darrieux:

Danielle Darrieux

Actress

Singer

Dancer

May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017

Born on this day – Joseph Heller:

 

Joseph Heller

Writer

May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Catch-22 (1961); Closing Time (1994); God Knows (1984); Good as Gold (1979); No Laughing Matter (1986); Now and Then (1998); Picture This (1988); Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (2000); Something Happened (1974); The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014).

Movies and television:

Bombardovanje Nju Hejvna (1973); Camera Three (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Catch Five: Joseph Heller and Rembrandt (1992); Catch-22 (1970); Catch-22 (1973); Catch-22 (2019); Charlie Rose (1994); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Good Morning America (1985); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1985); James Jones: Reveille to Taps (1985); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); McHale's Navy (1962); McLean and Company (1971); Pommitamme Pasilasta (1970); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Something Happened; The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The South Bank Show (1979–1984); Theatre of the Absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Today (1968–1974); Wogan (1986).

Born on this day – Ralph Senensky:

Ralph Senensky

Director

Production Manager

May 1, 1923 – November 1, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); A Dream for Christmas (1973); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Big Bend Country (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Casablanca (1983); Casting By (2012); Channing (1963); Checkmate (1962); City of Angels (1976); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Death Cruise (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1965); Dynasty (1981); East Side / West Side (1963); Eight Is Enough (1977); Family (1977); Full Circle (1960–1961); Getting Together (1971); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); How the West Was Won (1979); I Spy (1968); Inglorious Treksperts (2020–2024); Insight (1969–1982); Ironside (1967–1968); James at 16 (1978); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965); Lou Grant (1980); Mannix (1968); Matt Lincoln (1970); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1967); Naked City (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Night Gallery (1972); Paper Dolls (1984); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1984); Route 66 (1963); Search (1973); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016); The Big Valley (1966); The Blue Knight (1975); The Cliff (1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1972); The Family Holvak (1975); The Family Kovack (1974); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The Fugitive (1964–1965); The High Chaparral (1967); The Interns (1970); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2011); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Adventures of Heidi (1978); The Paper Chase (1985–1986); The Partridge Family (1970–1971); The Right Regrets (2013); The Rookies (1972–1973); The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast (2021–2022); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Waltons (1973–1978); The Wild Wild West (1966); Then Came Bronson (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Westside Medical (1977); Winesburg, Ohio (1973); Young Maverick (1980).

Born on this day – Cora Mae Bryant:

Cora Mae Bryant

Blues singer

Guitarist

May 1, 1926 – October 30, 2008

Credits:

Albums:

Born with the Blues (2001); Born in Newton County (2003).

Born on this day – Joy Harmon:

Joy Harmon

Actress

Baker

May 1, 1940 – April 14, 2026

Credits:

20 to 1 (2007); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008); Angel in My Pocket (1969); Batman (1966); Bewitched (1966); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Dr. Giggles (1992); From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story (2013); Gidget (1965); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Hey, Landlord (1966); Let's Rock (1958); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Secret Habit (1972); Mad Dog Coll (1961); My Three Sons (1964); Never Too Young (1965); Norwood (1970); Occasional Wife (1966); One Way Wahine (1965); Roustabout (1964); Run for Your Life (1967); Tell It to Groucho (1962); That Girl (1967); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Loved One (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Monkees (1967); The Odd Couple (1972); The Rounders (1966); The Tonight Show (1962); Thicker Than Water (1973); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Valentine's Day (1964); Village of the Giants (1965); You Bet Your Life (1960); Young Dillinger (1965).

On this day in movie and book history - Citizen Kane (1941 and 2002)

 

Citizen Kane

directed by Orson Welles,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles,

John Houseman, Roger Q. Denny and Mollie Kent,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1941.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

 

Cast:

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan, Don Ackerman, Loretta Agar, John Alban, Demetrius Alexis, Peter Allen, William Alston, Baudelio Alva, T. Lockwood Arbright, Sam Ash, Michael Audley, Walter Bacon, Harry A. Bailey, Richard Barr, Alva Baudena, Brandon Beach, Charles Bennett, Joan Blair, William A. Boardway, Danny Borzage, Robert Brent, James Brought, Morgan Brown, Harry Burkhardt, William Calkins, Porter Chase, Gene Chervow, J.J. Clark, Dorothy Cleveland, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Coke, Nat 'King' Cole, Tom Coleman, Gene Coogan, Sally Corner, Gino Corrado, Herbert Corthell, Maurice Costello, Irene Crosby, Charles Cross, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Jack Curtis, Ed Dahlen, Ernie Daniels, Coy Danz, Margaret Davis, Tim Davis, Dona Dax, Marie Day, Petra R. de Silva, Gayle DeCamp, Frances Deets, Carl Deloro, George DeNormand, Eddie Dew, John Dilson, Robert Dudley, Lou Duello, Suzanne Dulier, Art Dupuis, Pauline Easterday, Al Eben, Johnny Eckert, Jack Egan, Carl Ekberg, Richard Elmore, Edith Evanson, Carl Faulkner, Juanita Fields, Bess Flowers, Jack Floyd, Ray Flynn, Monty Ford, Jean Forward, Olin Francis, Louise Franklin, Al Frazier, Guy Gada, Gloria Gale, Captain Garcia, Jack Gargan, Bud Geary, Rudy Germane, Bob Gladman, Renee Godfrey, Jerry Gordon, Peter Gowland, Jimmy Grant, Jesse Graves, Ernest Grooney, Jack Gwynne, Robert Haines, Frank Haney, Harry Harris, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Henry Hebert, Edward L. Hemmer, Cliff Herd, Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, Harlan Hoagland, John Huettner, Mitchell Ingraham, Jack Itay, Jack Jahries, Walter James, George W. Jimenez, CeePee Johnson, Clayton Jones, Edna Mae Jones, Harry Jones, Alexander Julian, William Kane, Arthur Kay, Ivy Keene, Kenneth Kendall, E. Kerry, Milton Kibbee, Laura Knight, Alan Ladd, Mike Lally, Carmen Laroux, Perc Launders, Walter Lawrence, Robert Lawson, Bert LeBaron, David Ledner, Adam Linke, J.D. Lockhart, Mary Lorraine, Ellen Lowe, Ludwig Lowry, Buck Mack, James T. Mack, Evelyn Mackert, Teddy Mangean, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Manolas, Joe Manz, Loretta Marsh, Mickey Martin, Clyde McAtee, Major McBride, Lee McCluskey, John McCormack, Frank McLure, Charles Meakin, Hercules Mendez, Jim Merritt, Buddy Messinger, E.G. Miller, Irving Mitchell, Bert Moorhouse, Philip Morris, Jack Morton, Louis Natheaux, Frances E. Neal, Lillian Nicholson, Leda Nicova, George Noisom, Joseph North, John Northpole, Field Norton, William H. O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Frank O'Connor, Paddy O'Flynn, Lillian O'Malley, Edward Peil Jr., Gerald Pierce, Thomas Pogue, Russ Powell, J.R. Ralston, Terrance Ray, Jack Raymond, Alton Redd, William Reed, Guy Repp, Jolane Reynolds, Sam Rice, Verne Richards, Suzanne Ridgway, Cyril Ring, Myrtle Rishell, Jack Robbins, Don Roberts, George Rogers, Victor Romito, Benny Rubin, Shimen Ruskin, Edward Ryan, Jack Ryan, Robert Samven, Walter Sande, Jack Santoro, Francis Sayles, Dick Scott, Ruth Seeley, George Sherwood, Brent Shugar, Bruce Sidney, Guy Smith, Roy Smith, Vince Speaker, George Sperry, Sam Steele, Tom Steele, Ralph Stein, Bert Stevens, Landers Stevens, Dimas Sutteno, Jack Taylor, Norman Taylor, Bob Terry, Karl Thomas, Robert B. Tobin, Gregg Toland, Kathryn Trosper, Fred Trowbridge, Glen Turnbull, Gohr Van Vleck, Harry J. Vejar, Tim Wallace, Ken Weaver, Charles West, Larry Wheat, Patrick Whitney, Jan Wiley, Bill Wilkens, Larry Williams, Tudor Williams, Richard Wilson, Vivian Wilson, Roland Winters, Vera Winters, Arthur Yeoman, Louis Young.

Recommended reading:

Citizen Kane

by Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Published by Methuen Drama.
Published 2002.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413771873
ISBN-13: 978-0413771872

Description:

"A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" – Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming.

"Citizen Kane revolutionized film-making, and the question of its authorship is as important to the cinema as that of Hamlet to the theatre ... Pauline Kael explains how the picture came to be made and concludes that the man most responsible for its creation was not Welles but Herman J. Mankiewicz" – Kenneth Tynan, Observer.

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films.

This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock" (Kenneth Tynan) - one of the best-loved and best-known movies in the history of Hollywood and still the most staggering film debut ever. Not only was this 

Orson Welles's first film as actor and director but most of the cast were also new to the cinema. Yet so controversial was the subject matter that an $842,000 bribe and the concentrated wrath of the Hearst newspaper empire combined in an attempt to strangle its distribution. And the authorship of the film is still a subject of conflict.

Pauline Kael's long essay, "Raising Kane", dissects a maze of Hollywood lore to re-evaluate these and many other fascinating stories about the making of this remarkable film. Her account is followed by the original screenplay, illustrated with stills and frame enlargements.

On this day in movie history - TwentyFourSeven (1997 / 1998)

TwentyFourSeven

directed by Shane Meadows,

written by Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.

Music by Boo Hewerdine and Neil MacColl.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Justin Brady, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Jimmy Hynd, Mat Hand, James Corden, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones, Jo Bell, Toby, Annette Badland, Krishan Beresford, Anthony Clarke, Dominic Dillon, Ian Smith, Tanya Myers, Tony Nyland, Collin Higgins, Pamela Cundell, Gina Aris, Sammy Pasha, Paul Fraser, Ladene Hall, Dena Smiles, John Baxter, Maureen O'Grady, Shane Meadows, Ben Rothwell, Ron Bissel, Mick Bleakley, Derek Osborne, Derek Groombridge, Liam Walsh, Kevin Wallace, Dave Miller, Ginger Keane, Sun Hand, Sarah Thom.

On this day in movie history - Black Dog (1998)

Black Dog

directed by Kevin Hooks,

written by William Mickelberry and Dan Vining,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.

Music by George S. Clinton.

Song: Drivin' My Life Away by Rhett Akins.

Cast:

Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus, Graham Beckel, Brenda Strong, Rusty De Wees, Cyril O'Reilly, Erin Broderick, Charles S. Dutton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lorraine Toussaint, Hester Hargett, Stuart Greer, Whitt Brantley, Gene Hartline, Bo Keister, André B. Walker.