On this day in music history - The Spell, by Kevin Braheny and Tim Clark (1996)

 

The Spell

by Kevin Braheny and Tim Clark

was released on May 21, 1996.

On this day in movie history - Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Terminator: Salvation

directed by McG,

written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,

was released in the United States on May 21, 2009.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Michael Ironside, Ivan G’Vera, Chris Browning, Dorian Nkono, Beth Bailey, Victor J. Ho, Buster Reeves, Kevin Wiggins, Greg Serano, Po Chan, Babak Tafti, Bruce McIntosh, Treva Etienne, Dylan Kenin, Michael Papajohn, Chris Ashworth, Diego Joaquin Lopez, Greg Plitt, Omar Paz Trujillo, Terry Crews, Zach McGowan, Isaac Kappy, Boots Southerland, David Midthunder, Rafael Herrera, Maria Bethke, Marc Maurin, Anjul Nigam, Emerson Brooks, Lorenzo Callender, David Douglas, Joe Basile, Esodie Geiger, Roland Kickinger, Brian Steele, Chris Bentley, Scott Flick, John Gibbs, Linda Hamilton, Neil Harbisson, Casey Wayne Hupp, Luke Kearney, Shani Klein-Madden, Cynthia Lee, Gregory Leiker, Aaron Mastriani, Paul J. Porter, Frank Powers, Mark Rayner, Scott Wyman, Foued Zayani.

On this day in movie history - Death Hunt (1981)

Death Hunt

directed by Peter Hunt,

written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1981.

Music by Jerrold Immel.

Based on the true 1932 case of Albert Johnson, a.k.a. the Mad Trapper of Rat River.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter, Scott Hylands, Angie Dickinson, Henry Beckman, William Sanderson, Jon Cedar, James O’Connell, Len Lesser, Richard Davalos, Maury Chaykin, August Schellenberg, Dennis Wallace, James McIntire, Rayford Barnes, Maurice Kowalewski, Sean McCann, Steve Finkel, Denis Lacroix, Tantoo Cardinal, Amy Marie George, Steve Mirer.

On this day in movie history - Mystery House (1938)

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.

Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.

Born on this day – Booker Bradshaw:

 

Actor

Producer

May 21, 1940 – April 1, 2003

Credits:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983); Bracken's World (1969); Carnival (1964); Coffy (1973); Columbo (1975); Diff'rent Strokes (1982); Ellery Queen (1976); Firehouse (1974); Galaxy Express 999 (1979); Get Christie Love! (1974); Gimme a Break! (1981–1983); Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981); Good Times (1976); Here's Lucy (1968); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Information Processing (1971); Insight (1969–1972); Julia (1969); Lazer Tag Academy (1986); Lucas Tanner (1975); McCoy (1976); McMillan & Wife (1975); Mister T (1984); Mod Squad (1968); Planet of the Apes (1974); Roll Out (1973); Showtime at the Apollo (1987); Skullduggery (1970); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); Star Trek (1968–1969); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tenafly (1973); The F.B.I. (1969–1970); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Jeffersons (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The Richard Pryor Show (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); The Strawberry Statement (1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980).

Born on this day – Alice Drummond:

 

Actress

May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016

Credits:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); After.Life (2009); American Playhouse (1980); Animal Behavior (1989); Another World (1979); Awakenings (1990); Boston Legal (2005); Chronic Town (2008); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Commandments (1997); Dark Shadows (1967); Daybreak (1993); Doubt (2008); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2002); Eyewitness (1981); Frannie's Turn (1992); Friends (1994); Funny Farm (1988); Furry Vengeance (2010); Ghostbusters (1984); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1977–1984); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); House of D (2004); I.Q. (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); In & Out (1997); Jeffrey (1995); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Just in Time (1996); Just the Ticket (1998); Kate & Allie (1988); King of the Gypsies (1978); Law & Order (1994); Lenny (1990–1991); Love, Sidney (1981); Man on a Swing (1974); Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007); Money for Nothing (1993); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Motherhood (2009); N.Y.P.D. (1968); NET Playhouse (1970); New York News (1995); New York Television Theatre (1970); Night Court (1984–1987); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Nobody's Fool (1994); Office Killer (1997); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Open House (2011); Park Place (1981); Particular Men (1972); Pieces of April (2003); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters / Music Video (1984); Running on Empty (1988); Ryan's Hope (1978); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Spin City (2000); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie / Cat From Hell (1990); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The American Parade (1975); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Families (1977); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dog Lover (1962); The Equalizer (1986); The Honeymooners (2005); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Jury (2004); The Love Letter (1999); The Rising Place (2001); The Suicide Club (1987); Thieves (1977); 'Til There Was You (1997); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Trinity (1998); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Walking and Talking (1996); Where the Heart Is (1973); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Cathleen Cordell:

 

Actress

May 21, 1915 – August 19, 1997

Credits:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Adam-12 (1970); Airport (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Bachelor Father (1961); Banyon (1971); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1967); Black Beauty (1978); Blind Ambition (1979); Cannon (1973); Dark Mirror (1984); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1966–1967); Gaslight (1940); Glynis (1963); Great Catherine (1948); Grindl (1963); Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938); Hong Kong (1960); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Ironside (1968); Kraft Theatre (1947); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); M*A*S*H (1970); Major Barbara (1941); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Mission: Impossible (1972); My Favorite Martian (1964); My Three Sons (1969); Night Gallery / The Housekeeper (1970–1972); Oliver Twist (1974); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Pleasure Palace (1980); Producers' Showcase (1956); QB VII (1974); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1977); Route 66 (1962); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Stage 13 (1950); Star! (1968); Studio One (1949); Tammy (1966); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Edge of Night (1957–1958); The F.B.I. (1971); The Facts of Life (1985); The Gong Show Movie (1980); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Letter (1982); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); The Smith Family (1972); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); This Is the Life (1969); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Villa for Sale (1938); Wagon Train (1963); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1938).

Born on this day – John Paxton:

John Paxton (left), producer Adrian Scott (center), director Edward Dmytryk (writer), on the set of Crossfire (1947).

Writer 

Producer

May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985

 
Credits:

A Prize of Gold (1955); Aftermath (1960); Cornered (1945); Crack-Up (1946); Crossfire (1947); Fourteen Hours (1951); General Electric Theater (1960); How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Kotch (1971); Murder, My Sweet (1944); My Pal Wolf (1944); Of Men and Music (1951); On the Beach (1959); On the Beach (2000); Pickup Alley (1957); Rope of Sand (1949); So Well Remembered (1947); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The Cobweb (1955); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Wild One (1953).

 

Born on this day – Robert Montgomery:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981

Credits:

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006); Another Language (1933); Arena (1983); Art Heritage (1960); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Biography (2001); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Complicated Women (2003); Estrellados (1930); Ever Since Eve (1937); Eye Witness (1950); Faithless (1932); Fast and Loose (1939); Forsaking All Others (1934); Free and Easy (1930); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Haunted Honeymoon (1940); Hell Below (1933); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Hide-Out (1934); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Greats (1978–1979); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Trial (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Ingrid (1984); Inspiration (1931); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); John Ford (1992); June Bride (1948); Lady in the Lake (1946); Land of Liberty (1939); Letty Lynton (1932); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Love in the Rough (1930); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Made on Broadway (1933); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Navy Log (1958); Night Flight (1933); Night Must Fall (1937); No More Ladies (1935); Once More, My Darling (1949); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Petticoat Fever (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); President Hollywood (2008); Private Lives (1931); Rage in Heaven (1941); Reagan (2011); Review (1970); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Riptide (1934); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936); Shipmates (1931); So This Is College (1929); Some of the Best (1949); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Strangers May Kiss (1931); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big House (1930); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Divorcee (1930); The Earl of Chicago (1940); The Easiest Way (1931); The First Hundred Years (1937); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Man in Possession (1931); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); The Name's the Same (1953); The Perfect Match - The Sport of Polo in the US (2018); The Reagans (2020); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Secret Land (1948); The Single Standard (1929); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); Their Own Desire (1929); They Were Expendable (1945); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three Live Ghosts (1929); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Today (1960); Trouble for Two (1936); Unfinished Business (1941); Untamed (1929); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); War Nurse (1930); What's My Line? (1957); When Ladies Meet (1933).

Recommended reading - Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life, by Spencer Johnson:

 

Who Moved My Cheese?:

An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life,

by Spencer Johnson.

Foreward by Kenneth Blanchard.

First published in 1998.

 

Description:
A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life.
 
It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze.
If the same old routines worked.
If they'd just stop moving "The Cheese."
But things keep changing...
 
Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude.
 
Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.

Jane Austen, on reading:

 

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! --
When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
– Jane Austen.