On this day in Earth's magnetosphere history - Northern Lights Aurora Borealis (May 10, 2024)

Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights

North Carolina

May 10, 2024

Seeing the Aurora Borealis for the first time – in the southern part of the U.S. - was a life changing experience.

We walked outside to our front yard as the International Space Station (ISS) made its way quickly across the sky.  Parts of the sky became translucent pink, with a little green near the horizon and whitish ‘fingers’ reaching across the sky from overhead contained within the translucent pink

With my eyes only, it looked like the remnants of a sunset, but the iPhone camera showed the amazing reality – I was seeing THE Aurora Borealis….in North Carolina! 

At the time, it felt very personal – an experience with only my husband and nature – but in the hours since, now realize this was a global, human experience – with all around the world experiencing the same sky – pink, green, whitish ‘fingers’ overhead.

I am one with all that is the universe; I trust in the wisdom of the universe.

We are one.

Stephen King, on writing:

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others; read a lot and write a lot.

There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

- Stephen King. 

Recommended reading – Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2002)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

by Christiane Kubrick.

Foreword by Steven Spielberg.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0821228153
ISBN-13: 978-0821228159
 
Description:
 

Few cinematic figures can boast the scope, breadth, talent, and influence of Stanley Kubrick. Visionary, auteur, artist, director.... His brilliant canon of films is unsurpassed in modern cinema, from the futuristic vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the dark artistry of A Clockwork Orange, from the black comedy of Dr. Strangelove to the psychological horror of The Shining, from the stark realism of Paths of Glory to the dreamlike romance of Eyes Wide Shut.

 

Now, the astonishing career of this cinematic legend is remembered in perhaps the most fitting way: in pictures. With an accompanying commentary by his widow, Christiane, Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures is a wide-ranging and wonderful collection. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen photographs, it offers a fascinating glimpse of Kubrick behind the camera, from his directorial beginnings in the early 1950s to his final film, Eyes Wide Shut, completed just six days before his death in March 1999.

Born on this day – Clarence Burton:

Clarence Burton

Actor

May 10, 1882 – December 2, 1933

Credits:

A Bit of Jade (1918); A Boy at the Throttle (1915); A Daughter of Luxury (1922); A Dream or Two Ago (1916); A Free Soul (1931); A Harp in Hock (1927); A Modern Knight (1916); A Rough Shod Fighter (1917); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Adam's Rib (1923); At Shiloh (1913); Barnum Was Right (1929); Beauty and the Rogue (1918); Behind the Mask (1932); Beloved Rogues (1917); Bluff (1916 / 1924); Burglar Proof (1920); Campaigning with Custer (1913); Castles in the Air (1919); Chicago (1927); Citizens All (1916); Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920); Crazy to Marry (1921); Crossed Wires (1915); Danger Ahead! (1915); Dynamite (1929); Faith (1916); Fame and Fortune (1918); Flyin' Thru (1925); Fool's Paradise (1921); Forbidden Fruit (1921); From the Lion's Jaws (1914); Garrison's Finish (1923); Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919); Heart Strings (1914); Hearts of Men (1919); Her Husband's Trademark (1922); Her Own Money (1922); High Gear Jeffrey (1923); High Play (1917); Hollywood (1923); In the Coils of the Python (1913); It's a Great Life (1929); Lone Dog, the Faithful (1913); Lord Barrington's Estate (1915); Lying Lips (1916); Male and Female (1919); Manslaughter (1922); Midnight Madness (1928); Miss Lulu Bett (1921); Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923); New York Luck (1917); Night Court (1932); No More Women (1924); Nobody's Money (1923); One Glorious Day (1922); Only Saps Work (1930); Periwinkle (1917); Philip Holden - Waster (1916); Powers That Prey (1918); Pride and the Man (1917); Purity (1916); Red Dice (1926); Rubber Tires (1927); Salomy Jane (1923); Savages of the Sea (1925); Shackled Lightning (1925); Shipwrecked (1926); Six Feet Four (1919); Sixty Cents an Hour (1923); Snap Judgment (1917); Square Crooks (1928); Stand and Deliver (1928); Stool Pigeon (1928); Submarine (1928); The Angel of Broadway (1927); The Beautiful and Damned (1922); The Broken Wire (1916); The Call for Help (1917); The Coming of Amos (1925); The Cowboy Magnate (1913); The Crimson Challenge (1922); The Danger Girl (1926); The Detective's Peril (1916); The Dynamite Train (1915); The Eleventh Hour (1914); The Fate of the Dolphin (1916); The Fighting Chance (1920); The Fighting Eagle (1927); The Flash of Fate (1914); The Frame-Up (1917); The Franchise (1916); The Girl and the Special (1915); The Girl and the Tiger (1913); The Girl Back East (1913); The Girl on the Bridge (1915); The Girl Who Dared (1916); The God of Girzah (1913); The Godless Girl (1928); The Guilty One (1924); The Haunted Station (1916); The Hazards of Helen (1914); The Head Hunters (1913); The Holly House (1916); The Honor of Kenneth McGrath (1915); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922); The Iron Trail (1913); The Jucklins (1921); The King of Kings (1927); The Last of the Duanes (1919); The Law and the Woman (1922); The Legend of the Phantom Tribe (1914); The Locked Door (1929); The Lost Romance (1921); The Love Racket (1929); The Love Special (1921); The Love Trader (1930); The Man Unconquerable (1922); The Man Within (1914); The Midnight Trail (1918); The Million Dollar Handicap (1926); The Mine with the Iron Door (1924); The Mystery Girl (1918); The Navigator (1924); The Nervous Wreck (1926); The Open Track (1916); The Ordeal (1922); The Overcoat (1916); The Paymaster (1913); The Pearl of the Sea (1914); The Peril of the Rails (1916); The Perilous Swing (1916); The Prairie Trail (1913); The Raid of the Human Tigers (1913); The Reclamation (1916); The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children (1915); The Return (1916); The Return of Mary (1918); The Right Road (1913); The Road to Yesterday (1925); The Satin Girl (1923); The Sea Master (1917); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Sign of the Spade (1916); The Six Best Cellars (1920); The Spender (1919); The Surrender (1915); The Switchman's Story (1916); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tramp Telegrapher (1915); The Twinkler (1916); The Unholy Three (1930); The Vagabond Soldier (1914); The Warning Signal (1926); The Water War (1913); The Wedding Song (1925); The Werewolf (1913); The White Squaw (1913); The Wrong Train Order (1915); The Yankee Clipper (1927); The Yaqui's Revenge (1914); The Younger Generation (1929); They Learned About Women (1930); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three Faces East (1926); Venus in the East (1919); War of the Cattle Range (1913); What's Your Hurry? (1920); When Seconds Count (1916); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Wings of the Morning (1919).

Born on this day – Olaf Stapledon:

 

Olaf Stapledon

Writer

Philosopher

May 10, 1886 – September 6, 1950

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Man Divided (1950); A Modern Magician (1979); An Olaf Stapledon Reader (1996); Darkness and the Light (1942); Death into Life (1946); Far Future Calling (1986); Four Encounters (1976); Last and First Men (1930); Last and First men and Star Marker (1972); Last Men in London (1932); Nebula Maker (1976); Nebula Maker and Four Encounters (1983); Odd John (1935); Odd John and Sirius (1940); Old Man in New World (1944); Sirius (1944); Star Maker (1937); Talking across the World (1961); The Flames (1947); The Opening of the Eyes (1954); To the End of Time (1975); Worlds of Wonder (1949).

 

Movies and television:
 
A Modern Magician (2019); Last and First Men (2020).

Born on this day – Max Steiner:

Max Steiner

Composer

Conductor

May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971

Credits:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957); 30 Rock (2009); 77 Sunset Strip (1959–1964); 7th Cavalry (1956); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); A Civil Action (1998); A Damsel in Distress (1937); A Dispatch from Reuters (1940); A Distant Trumpet (1964); A Dog of Flanders (1935); A Kiss in the Dark (1949); A Majority of One (1961); A Man in a Hurry (2018); A Man to Remember (1938); A Monster Calls (2016); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); A Preferred List (1933); A Star Is Born (1937); A Stolen Life (1946); A Summer Place (2021); A Woman Rebels (1936); Ace of Aces (1933); Across the Pacific (1942); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); After Tonight (1933); Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933); Alice Adams (1935); All Mine to Give (1957); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); All Through the Night (1942); An Angel from Texas (1940); An Education (2009); Angela’s Ashes (1999); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Ann Vickers (1933); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Annie Oakley (1935); Another Face (1935); Any Wednesday (1966); Apache Wells (1957); April Showers (1948); Are These Our Children (1931); Army Surgeon (1942); Arrested Development (2005–2019); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961); Bachelor Apartment (1931); Bachelor Bait (1934); Back to Bataan (1945); Back to the Beach (1987); Backfire (1950); Bad Boys II (2003); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Band of Angels (1957); Banda sonora (2009); Bandido! (1956); Bandslam (2009); Bandstand (1960); Batman (1989); Battle Cry (1955); Battle Stations (1956); Beau Ideal (1931); Beautiful Creatures (2013); Becky Sharp (1935); Bed of Roses (1933); Before Dawn (1933); Behind Office Doors (1931); Behind the Headlines (1937); Beyond the Forest (1949); Big Jim McLain (1952); Bird of Paradise (1932); Black Gold (1962); Blade: Trinity (2004); Blind Adventure (1933); Blind Alibi (1938); Blind Dating (2006); Blond Cheat (1938); Border Cafe (1937); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Break of Hearts (1935); Breakfast for Two (1937); Breakin’ It Down (1946); Bringing Up Baby (1938); British Intelligence (1939); Brother Orchid (1940); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Busses Roar (1942); By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953); By Your Leave (1934); Caged (1950); Captain Hurricane (1935); Captains of the Clouds (1942); Carnival Boat (1932); Casablanca (1942); Cash McCall (1960); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Catch as Cats Can (1947); Caught Plastered (1931); Chain Lightning (1950); Chance at Heaven (1933); Charlie and his Dames / The Charlie Da Clown Show (2010); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Chatterbox (1936); Cheap (2005); Check and Double Check (1930); Cheyenne (1947); China Gate (1957); China Passage (1937); Christmas in Connecticut (1945); Christopher Strong (1933); Cimarron (1931); Citizen Kane (1941); City for Conquest (1940); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994); Class of ‘44 (1973); Clear History (2013); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Close to My Heart (1951); Cobb (1994); Cold Comfort Farm (1995); Comanche Station (1960); Come Fill the Cup (1951); Come Next Spring (1956); Come on Danger! (1932); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Con Air (1997); Condemned Women (1938); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Consolation Marriage (1931); Corpse Bride (2005); Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938); Cracked Nuts (1931); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Crawford at Warners (2008); Creepshow (1982); Crime by Night (1944); Crime Ring (1938); Crime School (1938); Criminal Lawyer (1937); Cross Fire (1933); Cruella (2021); Cumbres borrascosas (1976); Dallas (1950); Danger Patrol (1937); Dangerous Corner (1934); Darby’s Rangers (1958); Dark Passage (1947); Dark Shadows (2012); Dark Victory (1939); Daughters Courageous (1939); Daymaker (2007); DC League of Super-Pets (2022); Death Knocked 3 Times (2021); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); Deep Valley (1947); Der Klang Hollywoods - Max Steiner & seine Erben (2009); Designing Women (1989); Desperate Journey (1942); Devil’s Island (1938); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Diner (1982); Diplomaniacs (1933); Distant Drums (1951); Dive Bomber (1941); Divide and Conquer (1943); Dixiana (1930); Doctor Sleep (2019); Dodge City (1939); Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936); Double Danger (1938); Double Harness (1933); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Emergency Call (1933); Enchanted April (1935); Escapade in Japan (1957); Escape from Crime (1942); Everybody Loves Raymond (1998); Everything’s Rosie (1931); Fallout (2024); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Father Is a Prince (1940); FBI Code 98 (1963); Femme Fatales (2011); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Fighter Squadron (1948); Finishing School (1934); Fin’n Catty (1943); First Lady (1937); Flaming Gold (1932); Flamingo Road (1949); Flight Angels (1940); Flight for Freedom (1943); Flight from Glory (1937); Flying Devils (1933); Flying Down to Rio (1933); Follow the Fleet (1936); For Your Consideration (2006); Force of Arms (1951); Fort Dobbs (1958); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Freakazoid! (1995); Freckles (1935); French and Saunders (1990); Friends and Lovers (1931); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Frontier Days (1945); Funny Woman (2023); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); GCB (2012); Ghost Valley (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Girl of the Rio (1932); Girl on the Run (1958); Girls on Probation (1938); God’s Country and the Woman (1937); Going Steady (1979); Gold Is Where You Find It (1938); Gone with the Wind (1939); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Grand Old Girl (1935); Great Performances (1995); Green Light (1937); Gridiron Flash (1934); Gun Law (1938); Half Shot at Sunrise (1930); Hang Your Hat on the Wind (1969); Happy! (2019); Hare Ribbin’ (1944); Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934); Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963); Headline Shooter (1933); Heart of the North (1938); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Helen of Troy (1956); Hell on Frisco Bay (1955); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Hell’s Crossroads (1957); Hell’s Highway (1932); Hell’s Kitchen (1939); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); Here’s Lucy (1971); Hideaway (1937); High Beer Pressure (1936); High Flyers (1937); High Stakes (1931); Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934); His Family Tree (1935); His Greatest Gamble (1934); Hiss and Make Up (1943); Histeria! (1998–1999); History Detectives (2005); Hit the Deck (1929); Hitting a New High (1937); Hold ‘Em Jail (1932); Hollywood in Vienna 2019: A Night at the Oscars & A Tribute to Gabriel Yared (2019); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood’s Musical Moods (1972); Home Before Dark (1958); Home, Tweet Home (1950); Homicide (1949); Hook, Line and Sinker (1930); Hope Springs (2012); Hot Tip (1935); House of Wax (1953); House of Women (1962); I Dream Too Much (1935); I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951); I Was Framed (1942); Ice Palace (1960); If I Were Free (1933); I’ll See You in My Dreams (1951); Illegal (1955); In Living Color (1990); In This Our Life (1942); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Intermezzo (1939); Invisible Stripes (1939); Is My Face Red? (1932); Isn’t It Romantic (2019); It All Came True (1940); Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943); Janie (1944); Jezebel (1938); Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); Joan of Paris (1942); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); John Paul Jones (1959); Johnny Belinda (1948); Juke Girl (1942); June Bride (1948); Kain’s Lists (2013); Keep ‘Em Rolling (1934); Kentucky Kernels (1934); Kept Husbands (1931); Key Largo (1948); Kid Galahad (1937); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King Kong (1933); King Kong (2005); King of the Lumberjacks (1940); King Richard and the Crusaders (1954); Kings Row (1955–1956); Kisses for Breakfast (1941); Knockout (1941); Laddie (1935); Ladies of the Jury (1932); Lady Gangster (1942); Lady with a Past (1932); Larceny, Inc (1942); Law of the Badlands (1945); Lawrence Jones and the Command Conquer (2008); Legend (2015); Let’s Try Again (1934); Life with Father (1947); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936); Little Orphan Annie (1932); Little Orvie (1940); Little Women (1933); Little Women (1949); Lolo (2015); Long Lost Father (1934); Lost Horizon (1937); Lost in Yonkers (1993); Love and Learn (1947); Lucky Devils (1933); Mad Men (2008–2014); Made for Each Other (1939); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Man of Two Worlds (1934); Mandy (2024); Mara Maru (1952); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Married... with Children (1994); Mary of Scotland (1936); Masters of Sex (2014); Matinee (1993); Maverick (1957–1962); Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019); Med lisens til å sende (2008); Melody Cruise (1933); Men of America (1932); Men of Chance (1931); Merrill’s Marauders (1962); Metropolitan Nocturne (1935); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Midshipman Jack (1933); Mildred Pierce (1945); Miss Firecracker (1989); M’Liss (1936); Molly (1999); Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1970); Morning Glory (1933); Mr. Love (1986); Mr. Woodcock (2007); Mrs. Mike (1949); Mummy’s Boys (1936); Murder in the Air (1940); Murder in the Big House (1942); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Murder on the Blackboard (1934); Murder on the Waterfront (1943); Muss ‘em Up (1936); My American Cousin (1985); My Girl Tisa (1948); My Reputation (1946); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978); Night and Day (1946); Night Waitress (1936); Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941); Nitram (2021); Nitrato d’argento (1996); No Marriage Ties (1933); No Other Woman (1933); No Place to Go (1939); Noah’s Ark (1928); Northern Pursuit (1943); Nothing Sacred (1937); Now, Voyager (1942); Ocean’s Eleven (2001); Of Human Bondage (1934); Off the Record (1939); Oklahoma Outlaws (1943); On Moonlight Bay (1951); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One Man’s Journey (1933); One More Tomorrow (1946); Operation Pacific (1951); Orphans (1987); Our Betters (1933); Out of the Fog (1941); P.S. I Love You (2007); Painted Desert (1938); Papillon (2017); Parker Lewis Can’t Lose (1991–1992); Parrish (1961); Partners (1932); Passage to Marseille (1944); Peach O’Reno (1931); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); Perfect Strangers (1988); Perfect Therapy 3: Dawn of the Bite (2014); Pickled Peppers (1935); Picnic with Weissmann (1969); Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood (2024); Plane Daffy (1944); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Point Me Toward Tomorrow (1977); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Powdersmoke Range (1935); PT 109 (1963); Pursued (1947); Quick Money (1937); Racing Lady (1937); Rafter Romance (1933); Raton Pass (1951); Ready Player One (2018); Real Life (1979); Red Morning (1934); Reel Iconic (2015); Remington Steele (1985); Renegades of the West (1932); Return of the Frontiersman (1950); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Rheingold Theatre (1953); Rio Rita (1929); River’s End (1940); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Roaring Guns (1944); Roberta (1935); Rockabye (1932); Rocky Mountain (1950); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Rome Adventure (1962); Rookie Revue (1941); Room for One More (1952); Rose Red (2002); Roughly Speaking (1945); Rumor Has It... (2005); Running Brave (1983); San Antonio (1945); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Saturday’s Heroes (1937); Scarlet River (1933); Schola: Sakamoto Ryûichi ongaku no gakkô (2013); Screen Two (1989); Sea Devils (1937); Second Wife (1936); Secret Service (1931); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Selena (1997); Sergeant York (1941); Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942); She (1935); She (1935); She Couldn’t Say No (1940); She’s Got Everything (1937); Shindig! (1965); Shining Victory (1941); Side Street (1929); Silly Billies (1936); Silver River (1948); Since You Went Away (1944); Sing and Like It (1934); Six by Sondheim (2013); Slim (1937); Slumberland (2022); Smartest Girl in Town (1936); So Big (1953); So This Is Harris (1933); So This Is Love (1953); Social Security in Action (1958–1968); Sock Me to Sleep (1935); Some of the Greatest (1955); Son of Kong (1933); Son of the Border (1933); Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022); South of St. Louis (1949); South of Suez (1940); South Sea Woman (1953); Special Investigator (1936); Spencer’s Mountain (1963); Spitfire (1934); Springfield Rifle (1952); Spy Ship (1942); Sr. (2022); Star of Midnight (1935); Star Stories (2006–2008); Star Trek: Voyager (1998); Starlift (1951); State’s Attorney (1932); Stingaree (1934); Storm Warning (1950); Strangers All (1935); Strictly Dynamite (1934); Striptease (1996); Submarine D-1 (1937); Success at Any Price (1934); Sued for Libel (1939); Sugarfoot (1951); Sugarfoot (1957–1961); Supernatural (2009–2014); Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Surf’s Up (2007); Surfside 6 (1960); Susan Slade (1961); Sweepings (1933); Swing Your Lady (1938); Swooner Crooner (1944); Symphony of Six Million (1932); That Certain Woman (1937); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Age of Consent (1932); The Age of Innocence (1934); The Alaskans (1959–1960); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Arizonian (1935); The Astronaut Farmer (2006); The Battle of Britain (1943); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Big Game (1936); The Big Sleep (1946); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Bondman (1916); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Breaking Point (1950); The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941); The Bride Walks Out (1936); The Caine Mutiny (1954); The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930); The Chapman Report (1962); The Charge at Feather River (1953); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); The Cheyenne Kid (1933); The Cider House Rules (1999); The Conquerors (1932); The Conspirators (1944); The Corn Is Green (1945); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Crime Doctor (1934); The Crowded Sky (1960); The Damned Don’t Cry (1950); The Dancing Millionaire (1934); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Day the Bookies Wept (1939); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Delightful Rogue (1929); The Departed (2006); The Desert Song (1953); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936); The Fabelmans (2022); The FBI Story (1959); The Flame and the Arrow (1950); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Fountain (1934); The Fountainhead (1949); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Gay Divorcee (1934); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Giant Claw (1957); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Glass Menagerie (1950); The Goonies (1985); The Gorilla Man (1943); The Great Campaign of 1960 (2000); The Great Jasper (1933); The Great Lie (1941); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); The Half of It (2020); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Hanging Tree (1959); The History Boys (2006); The Holiday (2006); The Home Front (1943); The Informer (1935); The Irishman (2019); The Iron Mistress (1952); The Jazz Singer (1952); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Lady Consents (1936); The Lady Refuses (1931); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Last Command (1955); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Last of the Mohicans (1936); The Last Outlaw (1936); The Lawless Years (1959–1961); The Letter (1940); The Letter (1982); The Life of Emile Zola (1937); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lion and the Horse (1952); The Little Minister (1934); The Locusts (1997); The Lost Patrol (1934); The Lost Squadron (1932); The Mad Empress (1939); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man I Love (1946); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); The Many Saints of Newark (2021); The McConnell Story (1955); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Monkey’s Paw (1933); The Moon Child (2011); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); The Neon Bible (1995); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); The Old Maid (1939); The Omega Man (1971); The Oscars (2013); The Others (2000); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Public Defender (1931); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); The Right to Romance (1933); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Roadhouse Murder (1932); The Roaring 20’s (1961); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Royal Bed (1931); The Runaround (1931); The Saddle Buster (1932); The Saint in New York (1938); The ScapeCast (2006); The Searchers (1956); The Shape of Water (2017); The Silver Cord (1933); The Silver Streak (1934); The Simpsons (1993–2008); The Sin Ship (1931); The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Sisters (1938); The Soldier and the Lady (1937); The Sopranos (2002); The Sport Parade (1932); The Stupid Cupid (1944); The Terminal (2004); The Three Musketeers (1935); The Toast of New York (1937); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); The Unfaithful (1947); The Violent Men (1955); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); The Whistlers (2019); The Witness Chair (1936); The Woman in White (1948); The Wonder Years (1989); The World Was His Jury (1958); Their Big Moment (1934); There Goes the Groom (1937); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Thirteen Women (1932); This Is Cinerama (1952); This Is the Army (1943); This Man Is Mine (1934); This Was Paris (1942); This Woman Is Dangerous (1952); Those Calloways (1965); Three Sons (1939); Three Who Loved (1931); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); To Be Takei (2014); Tom Turk and Daffy (1944); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Too Many Cooks (1931); Too Many Wives (1937); Top Hat (1935); Topaze (1933); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); Tovarich (1937); Transgression (1931); Traveling Husbands (1931); Trolls (2016); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Trumbo (2015); Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940); Two Alone (1934); Two in Revolt (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); Two on a Guillotine (1965); UHF (1989); Uncertain Glory (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Up Periscope (1959); Uranya (2006); Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000); Utah Blaine (1957); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Virginia City (1940); Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (1990); Wagon Wheels West (1943); Wanted! Jane Turner (1936); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Way Back Home (1931); We Are Not Alone (1939); We Who Are About to Die (1936); Wednesday’s Child (1934); Wells Fargo Days (1944); We’re on the Jury (1937); We’re Only Human (1935); We’re Rich Again (1934); West of the Pecos (1934); Westward Passage (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where Sinners Meet (1934); White Banners (1938); White Heat (1949); White Shoulders (1931); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Winter Meeting (1948); Wise Girl (1937); Without Honor (1949); Without Orders (1936); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993); Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943); Yellowstone Kelly (1959); You Can’t Beat Love (1937); You Can’t Buy Luck (1937); Young Bride (1932); Young Donovan’s Kid (1931); Young Man with a Horn (1950); Youngblood Hawke (1964); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981).

Born on this day – Clarence Brown:

 

Clarence Brown

Director

Actor

May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987

Born on this day – Ted Bogan:

Ted Bogan

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

Louie Bluie (1978); Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (1974); That Old Gang of Mine (1978).

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).

Born on this day – Charles McGraw:

 

Charles McGraw

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980

Born on this day – Maryesther Denver:

Maryesther Denver

Actress

May 10, 1918 – June 3, 1980

Credits:

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); Ben Casey (1964); Bewitched (1971); Born to Be Loved (1959); Columbo (1974); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973); Nightmare (1974); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Project X (1968); Star Trek (1967); Strange Homecoming (1974); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Interns (1962); The New Interns (1964); The Wild Wild West (1968); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Wicked, Wicked (1973).

Born on this day – Chuck Roberson:

 

Chuck Roberson

Actor

Stuntman

May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 4 for Texas (1963); 7 Men from Now (1956); 7 Women (1965); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Man Called Horse (1970); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Advance to the Rear (1964); Albuquerque (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel and the Badman (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Badmen of Tombstone (1949); Bandit Queen (1950); Bat Masterson (1960); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Big Jake (1971); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blindfold (1966); Blue Thunder (1983); Bonanza (1966); Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952); Cactus Caravan (1950); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Calamity Jane (1953); Calendar Girl (1947); California Firebrand (1948); Cape Fear (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Cattle Drive (1951); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Chisum (1970); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Cinéma cinémas (1982); City of Bad Men (1953); Cow Country (1953); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy G-Men (1952); Custer (1967); Dakota Incident (1956); Daniel Boone (1964–1967); Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966); Dante (1961); Death Valley Days (1957–1960); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Donovan's Reef (1963); Down Laredo Way (1953); El Dorado (1966); FM (1978); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Fort Massacre (1958); Fort Vengeance (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Frontier Outpost (1950); Fugitive at Large (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1957); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Town (1946); Gunsmoke (1959–1964); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Hard Contract (1969); Hatari! (1962); Haunted Trails (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); Hellfighters (1968); Hellfire (1949); Hi-Jacked (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Homicide for Three (1948); Hondo (1953); How the West Was Won (1962); I Shot Jesse James (1949); Indian Uprising (1952); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); John Wayne's 'the Alamo' (1992); Jubilee Trail (1954); Kentucky Rifle (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Lancer (1968); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1966); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Law of the Golden West (1949); Lawless Breed (1946); Lawman (1959); Lightning Guns (1950); Lone Star (1952); Lost in Space (1966); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man of the West (1958); McLintock! (1963); McQ (1974); Men of the Timberland (1941); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Miracle Mile (1988); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); Night Passage (1957); Oh! Susanna (1951); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Panic! (1957); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Quincy M.E. (1977); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rawhide (1959); Red River (1948); Red Sundown (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Grande (1950); Rio Lobo (1970); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Run of the Arrow (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Shenandoah (1965); Shock Corridor (1963); Shoot Out (1971); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Silver Lode (1954); Smoky (1966); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Stampede (1949); Stoney Burke (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Alamo (1960); The Arizona Ranger (1948); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Baron of Arizona (1950); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); The Big Country (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Capture (1950); The Comancheros (1961); The Conqueror (1956); The Cowboys (1972); The Detectives (1961); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Far Country (1954); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flame (1947); The Forest Ranger (1956); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Green Berets (1968); The Hawaiians (1970); The Hired Gun (1957); The James Brothers of Missouri (1949); The Kid from Texas (1950); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Command (1955); The Last Outpost (1951); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1949); The Lucy Show (1962–1966); The Lusty Men (1952); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1961); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Misfits (1961); The Moonlighter (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Outcast (1954); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plainsman (1966); The Prodigal (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rounders (1965); The Roy Rogers Show (1952–1953); The Scalphunters (1968); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Searchers (1956); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Shootist (1976); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Spoilers (1955); The Stone Killer (1973); The Tall Men (1955); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Train Robbers (1973); The Undefeated (1969); The Virginian (1965); The War Lord (1965); The War Wagon (1967); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Wonderful Country (1959); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Timberjack (1955); Trail of the Rustlers (1950); Tripoli (1950); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Way of a Gaucho (1952); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Western Renegades (1949); Wide Country (1962); Wide Wide World (1958); Wildcatters (1959); Winchester '73 (1950); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Barbara Taylor Bradford:

 

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Writer

May 10, 1933 – November 24, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Man of Honor (2021); A Secret Affair (1996); A Sudden Change of Heart (1998); A Woman of Substance (1979); Act of Will (1986); Angel (1993); Being Elizabeth (2008); Breaking the Rules (2009); Cavendon Hall (2014); Damaged (2018); Dangerous to Know (1995); Decor Idea Casual (1984); Easy Steps To Successful Decorating (1971); Emma's Secret (2003); Everything to Gain (1994); Fashions That Please Him (1970); Heirs of Ravenscar (2007); Her Own Rules (1996); Hidden (2013); Hold the Dream (1985); How to Solve Your Decorating Problems (1976); In the Lion’s Den (2019); Just Rewards (2005); Letter from a Stranger (2011); Living Romantically Every Day (2001); Love in Another Town (1995); Luxury Designs for Apartment Living (1981); Making Space Grow (1979); Master of His Fate (2018); Playing The Game (2010); Power of a Woman (1997); Remember (1991); Secrets from the Past (2012); Secrets of Cavendon (2017); The Cavendon Luck (2016); The Cavendon Women (2015); The Ravenscar Dynasty (2006); The Triumph of Katie Byrne (2001); The Women in His Life (1990); The Wonder of It All (2023); Three Weeks in Paris (2002); To Be the Best (1988); Treacherous (2014); Unexpected Blessings (2005); Voice of the Heart (1983); Where You Belong (2000); Who Are You? (2016).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Secret Affair (1999); A Woman of Substance (1985); Act of Will (1989); Bookmark (2013); Breakfast (2006); Breakfast with Frost (2003); Countdown (1988–1999); Everything to Gain (1996); Good Morning America (1994); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); HARDtalk (2009); Her Own Rules (1998); Hold the Dream (1987); Hour Magazine (1983); Intimate Portrait (1999); Loose Women (2008–2015); Lorraine (2018); Love in Another Town (1997); Moving Image Salutes Goldie Hawn (1997); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reader, I Married Him (2006); Remember (1993); Richard & Judy (2003); Secrets from the Workhouse (2013); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Book Show (2007); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The One Show (2011); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2006); The Storyteller (1999); This Is Your Life (1990–2002); To Be the Best (1991); Voice of the Heart (1989); Wogan (1986–1990).

Born on this day – Judith Jamison:

Judith Jamison

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024

Credits:
 
Book:
 
Dancing Spirit (1993).
 
Choreography:
 

Among Us / Private Spaces: Public Places (2009); Divining (1984); Double Exposure (2000); Echo: Far From Home (1998); Forgotten Time (1989); Here...Now (2001); Hymn / a tribute to Alvin Ailey (1993); Love Stories (2004); Reminiscin' (2005); Rift (1991); Riverside (1995); Sweet Release (1996).

 

Movies and television:
 

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); A Tribute to Alvin Ailey (1990); Ailey (2021); Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions (1974); American Masters (2022); An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1986); Batouk (1967); Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance (2006); Black Girls Rock! (2018); Bold & Untold by Makers (2018); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1991); Great Performances (2006); Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006); Legends Ball (2006); Limón: A Life Beyond Words (2001); Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015); Mr. Soul! (2018); Never Stand Still (2012); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Numéro un (1975); Roadtrip Nation (2011); Sophisticated Ladies (1982); Tamron Hall (2022); Tavis Smiley (2009); The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The Articulate Hour (2023); The BET Honors (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999 / 2000); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); Today (2003); Weekend Today (2015).

Born on this day – Jim Abrahams:

 

Jim Abrahams

Writer

Producer

Director

May 10, 1944 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); An Introduction to the Ketogenic Diet (1994); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Big Business (1988); Big John, Little John (1976); Biography (2001–2004); Cancer/evolution (2023); CBS Saturday Morning (2023); Chiseled (2008); Cocaine Blues (1983); Coming to America (1988); Cry-Baby (1990); Fat: A Documentary (2019); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Hearts of Hot Shots Part Deux: A Filmmaker's Apology (1993); Hot Shots! (1991); Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993); Hot Shots: The Making of an Important Movie (1991); Katie Holmes in Miss Meadows (2014); Late Night Berlin (2019); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Laugh Out Loud: The Funniest Films Ever (2015); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2021); Life and Times (2000); Mafia! (1998); Minty Comedic Arts (2020); Movie Magic (1994); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Oscar (1991); Our Planet Tonight (1987); Police Squad! (1982); Ruthless People (1986); Scary Movie 4 (2006); The Directors (1997–2008); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Midnight Special (1974); The Naked Gun (2025); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); Top Secret! (1984); Valkokangas (1984); Voice of the Epilepsies (2018); Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Wisconsin Born & Bred: The Entertainers (2004).

On this day in movie history - Violent Road (1958)

 

Violent Road

a.k.a. Hell's Highway,

directed by Howard W. Koch,

written by Richard H. Landau and Don Martin,

based on the novel Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear) by Georges Arnaud,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.

Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Merry Anders, Sean Garrison, Joanna Barnes, Perry Lopez, Arthur Batanides, Ed Prentiss, Ann Doran, John Dennis, Susan Adams, Robert Alderette, Peter Brown, John Caler, Bud Cokes, Joe Connors, Charmienne Harker, Dennis Holmes, Pat Lawless, Jack Lomas, Asa Maynor, Gil Perkins, Joel Smith, Venetia Stevenson, John Veitch, Robert B. Williams.

On this day in movie history - Thunder Road (1958)

Thunder Road

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise,

based on a story by Robert Mitchum,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.

Music by Jack Marshall.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight, James Mitchum, Betsy Holt, Francis Koon, Randy Sparks, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Breck, Peter Hornsby, Jerry Hardin, Robert Porterfield, Charles Elledge, Charles Hendrix, Christopher Mitchum, Jack Perry, Dale Van Sickel.

On this day in movie history - Détective (1985)

Détective

directed by Jean-Luc Godard,

written by Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Sarde, Anne-Marie Miéville and Philippe Setbon,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival, in France, on May 10, 1985.

Music by Emmanuel Chabrier, Frédéric Chopin, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Honegger, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Jean Schwarz.

Cast:

Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Alain Cuny, Xavier Saint-Macary, Pierre Bertin, Alexandra Garijo, Stéphane Ferrara, Emmanuelle Seigner, Eugène Berthier, Julie Delpy, Cyrille Dajinckourt, Ann-Gisel Glass, Cyrille Autin, Erich von Stroheim.