Barack Obama, on reading:

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you.

– Barack Obama.

Born on this day – Stephen Crane:

Stephen Crane

Writer

November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900

Credits:

 

Short stories:

A Mystery of Heroism; An Episode of War; An Experiment in Misery; His New Mittens; The Blue Hotel; The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky; The Knife; The Little Regiment; The Men in the Storm; The Monster; The Open Boat; The Pace of Youth; The Price of the Harness; The Upturned Face; The Veteran; Virtue in War.

Books:

100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999); 101 Mystery Stories (1986); 40 Short Stories (2004); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1991); Active Service (1899); American Christmas Stories (2021); American Fantastic Tales (2009); And the Darkness Falls (1946); Best of the West (1988); Bowery Tales (1901); Florida Stories (1993); Four Classic American Novels (2017); George's Mother (1896); Great Battles Of The World (1901); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Great Short Works of Stephen Crane (2004); Great Tales of the West (1994); Hanging By a Thread (1970); Last Words (1902); Letters (1960); Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893); Manhattan Noir 2 (2008); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992); Master's Choice (1999); Men at War (1942); Men, Women and Boats (1921); One Hundred Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Points of View (1966); Prose and Poetry of the American West (1991); Standing Down (2014); The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (1985); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century (2014); The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2012); The Best of the West (1991); The Black Riders / poems (1895); The Blue Hotel (1899); The Complete Poems Of Stephen Crane / poems (2005); The Evil Image (1983); The Little Regiment / aka Pictures Of War (1896); The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour (2000); The Monster (1899); The Open Boat (1898); The O'Ruddy (1903); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Red Badge Of Courage (1895); The Reel West (1984); The Short Story (1992); The Sophisticated Cat (1992); The Third Violet (1897); Three Great Novels of the Civil War (1994); War Is Kind / poems (1899); Whilomville Stories (1900); Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979); Wounds In The Rain (1900).

Movies and television:

An Illusion in Red & White (2014); Danger (1955); Das blaue Hotel (1973); Face of Fire (1959); Face to Face (1952); Festival (1961); General Electric Theater (1956); La locanda Azzurra (1966); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); Omnibus / Segment: The Blue Hotel (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Stephen Crane's A Desertion (2014); The Blue Hotel (1977 / 1997); The Dark Riders (2001); The Red Badge of Courage (1951 / 1974 / (2025); Tobruk (2008); War is Kind: Poetry of the Civil War (1999); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Sippie Wallace:

Sippie Wallace

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986

Credits:

Music:

A Man for Every Day of the Week (1926); Advice Blues (1925); Baby I Can't Use You No More (1924); Bedroom Blues (1926); Being Down Don't Worry Me (1925); Caldonia Blues (1924); Can Anybody Take Sweet Mama's Place? (1924); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 1, 1923–1925; vol. 2, 1925–1945 (1995); Dead Drunk Blues (1927); Devil Dance Blues (1925); Every Dog Has His Day (1925); Have You Ever Been Down (1927); He's the Cause of Me Being Blue (1924); I Feel Good (1926); I Must Have It (1925); I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (1926); I'm Leaving You (1925); I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin (1924); I'm Sorry for It Now (1925); I've Stopped My Man (1924); Jack of Diamond Blues (1926); Jealous Woman Like Me (1926); Kitchen Blues (1926); Lazy Man Blues (1927); Leaving Me, Daddy Is Hard to Do (1924); Let My Man Alone Blues (1924); Mail Train Blues (1926); Mama's Gone Goodbye (1924); Morning Dove Blues (1925); Murder's Gonna Be My Crime (1925); Off and On Blues (1924); Parlor Social Deluxe (1925); Section Hand Blues (1925); Shorty George Blues (1923); Sings the Blues (1966); Sippie (1982); Sippie Wallace and Victoria Spivey (1970); Special Delivery Blues (1926); Stranger's Blues (1924); Sud Busting Blues (1924); Suitcase Blues (1925); The Flood Blues (1927); The Man I Love (1925); Trouble Evrywhere I Roam (1924); Underworld Blues (1924); Up the Country Blues (1923); Walkin Talkin Blues (1924); Wicked Monday Morning Blues (1924); Women Be Wise (1966).

Movies and television:

Bessie (2015); Blues Alive: Recorded Live at the Capitol Theatre (1983); Evening of AnExchange (1972); Jammin' with the Blues Greats (1982); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Nothing But the Blues (1966); Nothing But the Blues: Blues Scene (1967); Sippie (1983); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Reaping (2007); Uvolnete se, prosím (2005).

Born on this day – Mario Zampi:

Mario Zampi

Producer

Director

November 1, 1903 – December 2, 1963

Credits:

13 Men and a Gun (1938); Bottoms Up (1960); Come Dance with Me (1950); Five Golden Hours (1961); French Without Tears (1940); Ho scelto l'amore (1953); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952); Now and Forever (1956); Shadow of the Past (1950); Special Enquiry (1955); Spy for a Day (1940); The Fatal Night (1948); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Phantom Shot (1947); The Voice in the Night (1941); Third Time Lucky (1949); Tonight's the Night (1954); Too Many Crooks (1959); Tredici uomini e un cannone (1936); Words and Music (1959); Your Past Is Showing (1957).

Born on this day – Laura La Plante:

Laura La Plante

Actress

November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996

Credits:

A Bottle Baby (1922); A Movie Mixup (1922); A Shaky Family Tree (1922); A Treacherous Rival (1922); Arizona (1931); Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923); Back from the Front (1920); Beware of Widows (1927); Big Town Ideas (1921); Brand of Courage (1921); Burning Words (1923); Butterflies in the Rain (1926); Butterfly (1924); Captain of the Guard (1930); Crooked Alley (1923); Dangerous Innocence (1925); Dead Game (1923); Desperation (1922); 813 (1920); Easy to Cop (1922); Excitement (1924); Fashion News (1930); Father's Close Shave (1920); Fighting Back (1922); Finders Keepers (1928); Gaslight Follies (1945); God's Gift to Women (1931); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1998); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Her Big Night (1926); Her Imaginary Lover (1933); His Four Fathers (1921); His Inheritance Taxi (1922); Hold Your Man (1929); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Home, James (1928); It's a Great Life (1955); Jiggs and the Social Lion (1920); Jiggs in Society (1920); King of Jazz (1930); Little Mister Jim (1946); Lonely Wives (1931); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Man of the Moment (1935); Matching Wits (1922); Meet the Wife (1931); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Old Dynamite (1921); Out of Luck (1923); Perils of the Yukon (1922); Play Square (1921); Poker Faces (1926); Ride for Your Life (1924); Scandal (1929); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Shootin' for Love (1923); Should Husbands Do Housework? (1921); Should Watchmen Sleep? (1922); Show Boat (1929); Silk Stockings (1927); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Smouldering Fires (1925); Society Sailors (1922); Sporting Youth (1924); Spring Reunion (1956); Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931); Taking Things Easy (1922); Telephone Time (1956); Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 42nd. Street Special (1933); The Alarm (1921); The Beautiful Cheat (1926); The Big Ranger (1922); The Big Town Round-Up (1921); The Call of Courage (1922); The Call of the Blood (1921); The Cat and the Canary (1927); The Church Mouse (1934); The City of Stars (1924); The Dangerous Blonde (1924); The Deputy's Double Cross (1922); The Fast Worker (1924); The Fatal Plunge (1924); The Girl in Possession (1934); The Great Gamble (1919); The Last Warning (1928); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Love Thrill (1927); The Love Trap (1929); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Sun (1926); The Minute Man (1922); The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921); The Ramblin' Kid (1923); The Ranger's Reward (1922); The Sea Ghost (1931); The Show Boat Story (1989); The Speed Boy (1922); The Teaser (1925); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trail of the Wolf (1922); The Wall Flower (1922); True Gold (1923); Widow's Might (1935); Won't You Worry? (1923); You Bet Your Life (1954); Young Ideas (1924).

Born on this day – Ira Wolfert:

Ira Wolfert

Writer

November 1, 1908 – November 24, 1997

Credits:
 
Books:
 

An epidemic of genius (1957); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1945); Battle for the Solomons (1943); Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron (1943); Tucker's people / aka The Underworld (1997).

 

Movies and television:
 
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Exercise No. One (1962); Force of Evil (1948).

Born on this day – Victoria Horne:

Victoria Horne

Actress

November 1, 1911 – October 10, 2003

Credits:

A Slip and a Miss (1950); Affair with a Stranger (1953); Blue Skies (1946); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Cinderella Jones (1946); Cuban Fireball (1951); Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (1952); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Dreamboat (1952); Forever Amber (1947); Great Performances (1987); Harvey (1950); In Old Sacramento (1946); Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950); Key Witness (1947); Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Men on Her Mind (1944); Murder in the Blue Room (1944); Never a Dull Moment (1950); Phantom Lady (1944); Pillow of Death (1945); Pillow to Post (1945); Public Prosecutor (1948); Roughly Speaking (1945); San Diego I Love You (1944); Scandal Sheet (1952); Secret Agent X-9 (1945); She Wrote the Book (1946); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Streets of San Francisco (1949); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); That's the Spirit (1945); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Crimson Key (1947); The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947); The Life of Riley (1949); The Mating of Millie (1948); The Men (1950); The Return of October (1948); The Scarlet Claw (1944); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Snake Pit (1948); The Unseen (1945); The Wonderful Country (1959); o Each His Own (1946); Woo-Woo Blues (1951).

Born on this day – Betsy Palmer:

Betsy Palmer

Actress

November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015

Credits:

A Punt, a Pass, and a Prayer (1968); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); As the World Turns (1982); Bell Witch: The Movie (2007); Blacke's Magic (1986); Campbell Playhouse (1953); Charles in Charge (1987); CHiPs (1980); Climax! (1956); Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot (1991); Danger (1953); Death Tide (1955); Deep Dish TV (1990); FreakyLinks (2001); Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1956); Goddess of Love (1988); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1954); Hang Time (2000); Inner Sanctum (1954); Isabel's Choice (1981); It Happened to Jane (1959); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954); Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953); Just Shoot Me! (1998); Knots Landing (1989); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1956); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1956); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); Love, American Style (1972); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Miss Susan (1951); Mister Roberts (1955); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Newhart (1987); Number 96 (1980); Omnibus (1953); Our American Heritage (1959); Out of This World (1987); Penny Dreadful (2005); Playhouse 90 (1958); Queen Bee (1955); Star Stage (1956); Still Not Quite Human (1992); Studio One (1953); Sunday Showcase (1959); T.J. Hooker (1983); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Ballad of Louie the Louse (1959); The Fear: Resurrection (1999); The Last Angry Man (1959); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Love Boat (1982); The Tin Star (1957); The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958); The Web (1954); Unveiled (1994); Waltzing Anna (2006); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Marcel Ophuls:

Marcel Ophuls

Director

Writer

Actor

November 1, 1927 – May 24, 2025

Credits:

Book:

The Sorrow and the Pity (1975).

Movies and television:

A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath (2017); A Sense of Loss (1972); America Revisited (1971); Annie Hall (1977); Arte Journal (2025); Banana Peel (1963); Camera Three (1972–1976); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (2015); Clavigo (1970); Costa-Gavras Talks with Marcel Ophuls (1976); Darf ich mitspielen? (1958); Das Pflichtmandat (1958); Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984); Die Ullrich (1972); Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Festspiele (1982); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Hôtel Terminus (1988); Inside Story (1990); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Kortnergeschichten (1980); La fille au fouet (1952); L'Art de Max Ophuls (2024); Late Night Line-Up (1971); Liberty belle (1983); Lola Montès (1955); Love at Twenty / Segment: Munich (1962); Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais (2011); Marcel Ophuls: A Course in Resistance (1992); Marianne of My Youth (1955); Masterclass: Marcel Ophuls and Kenneth Turan on Disagreeable Truths (2017); Matisse ou Le talent du bonheur (1960); Max par Marcel (2009); Moulin Rouge (1952); Munich ou la paix pour cent ans (1967); November Days (1991); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Harvest of My Lai (1970); The Media Show (1988); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Sorrow and the Pity (1969); Till Eulenspiegel (1967); Un voyageur (2013); Veillées d'armes (1994); Wortwechsel (1989); Yorktown: Le sens d'une Victoire (1982); Zeil um Zehn (1992); Zwei ganze Tage (1970).

Born on this day – Barbara Bosson:

Barbara Bosson

Actress

November 1, 1939 – February 18, 2023

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1987); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Black Jack (1972); Bullitt (1968); Calendar Girl Murders (1984); Capricorn One (1978); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1989); Civil Wars (1992); Cop Rock (1990); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Delvecchio (1976); Emergency! (1972); Griff (1973); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hooperman (1987); Hostage Flight (1985); Hotel (1988); Imps* (1983); Ironside (1972); Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990); L.A. Law (1986); Little Sweetheart (1988); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Longstreet (1972); Mame (1974); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1974); Murder One (1995); Murder, She Wrote (1988); NYPD Blue (1994); Operating Room (1978); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Petulia (1968); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994); Sunshine (1975); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Impatient Heart (1971); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Love God? (1969); The New Mike Hammer (1986); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968); Total Security (1997); Where It's At (1969).

Born on this day – Jim Steinman:

Jim Steinman

Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:

(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora’s Box)

Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man’s a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993); Pandora’s Box: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf’s Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Meat Loaf: Read ‘Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 15 Storeys High (2004); 20 to 1 (2009–2011); 45 rpm (2019); 7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2016); 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008); 8-Bit Christmas (2021); A Few Best Men (2011); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Acapulco (2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Alibi.com (2016); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); American Idol (2002–2023); American Loser (2007); America's Got Talent (2019–2025); America's Weekend Headquarters (2022–2025); Anastasia (1997); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2022); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2017); Austenland (2013); Australian Idol (2003); BabyPinkStar Feat. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2007); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Bandits (2001); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beautiful People (2009); Beer and Board Games (2014); Behind the Music (1998); Benidorm (2009); Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015); Better Call Saul (2018); Better Man (2024); Big Brother (2013); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2001); Black Cat, White Cat (1998); Bob's Burgers (2018); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Kareen Antonn: Si demain... (Turn Around) (2004); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Bonnie Tyler in Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Book Club (2018); Borderline (2025); Bottoms (2023); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013–2015); Bullet Train (2022); Camera Café, la película (2022); Canadian Idol (2005); Casualty (1987); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Champs-Elysées (1984); Charter (2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020); Chuck (2009); Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (2008); Circumstance (2011); Classic Albums (1999); Claws (2018); Click (2006); Cold Case (2003–2006); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Coronation Street (2014); Cover Up (1984); Criminal Minds (2012); Crystal Swing: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2011); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2012); Dead Ringer (1982); Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014); Delta House (1979); Derry Girls (2022); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dope Thief (2025); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003); Dumb Money (2023); EastEnders (2004–2014); Ed (1996); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Eufòria (2023); Euphoria (2022); Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006); Fame (1984); Family Switch (2023); Fingernails (2023); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Footloose (1984 / 2011); Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2010); Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009); Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2019); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007); Futurama (2001); Future Man (2017); Get Shorty (2017); Ghost Graduation (2012); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Glee (2010–2012); Glee Encore (2011); Gloria Bell (2018); Good Morning Britain (2018–2019); Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 (2013); Great Performances (1998); Grey's Anatomy (2013–2014); Grown Ups 2 (2013); Half Brothers (2015); Happily (2021); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Heads of State (2025); Henry Danger (2020); Heroes Wanted (2016); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Holland (2025); Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1986); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); Idol (2002–2005); Idols (2004–2008); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2017); In Plain Sight (2008); It Takes Two (2008); J.J. de Bom voorheen: 'De kindervriend' (1979); Jan Wayne & Lena: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2001); JonTron (2012); JonTron's StarCade (2015); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); La chanson de l'année (2004); La Marató 2015 (2015); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Le trip à trois (2017); Leap of Faith (1992); Legendy Retro FM (2012); Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024); Life in Pieces (2015); Like Father (2018); Linzer Eiszauber (2018); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Live from Studio Five (2009); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Loki (2021); Loose Women (2010); Lost Islands (2008); Love Again (2023); Love Hard (2021); L'última nit del karaoke (2021); Mad for It (1998); Máme rádi Cesko (2017); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021); Meat Loaf & Cher: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video (2016); MEAT LOAF: A Celebration of Life (2022); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video (2016); Meat Loaf: Hits Out of Hell (1991); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015); Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004); Meat Loaf: London Meltdown Concert (1987); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meet Dave (2008); Men Behaving Badly (1998); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2015); Milkshake (1994); Mindhunter (2017); Minecraft Adventure Maps (2012); Modern Family (2017); Mom (2016); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2021); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); My Date with Drew (2004); My Mad Fat Diary (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2018–2022); #NoFilter (2023); NCIS: Hawai'i (2021); New British Canon (2020); New Year's Eve (2011); Night of the Coconut (2022); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody (2009); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Notting Hill (1999); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Old School (2003); One Day at a Time (2017); Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023); Opening Night (2016); Operación triunfo (2002–2008); Orphan Black: Echoes (2023); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Party Monster (2003); Pasapalabra (2017); Passo a due (2005); Phoenix Nights (2001–2002); Ping-pongkingen (2008); Planeta Singli 2 (2018); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1999); Private Desert (2021); Programa Livre (1991); Q-Force (2021); Queen Stars (2022); Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024); Regular Show (2012); Reunion (2005); Rex Viper: The Hero of Time (2025); Rise 'n Shine Og (2009); Rivals (2024); Riverdale (2021); Rockpalast (1978); Rosaline (2022); Roswell (2002); Rude Awakening (1989); Rude Tube (2010); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017–2023); Sarah Brightman in Concert (1998); Saturday Night Live (1978–2022); Saturday Night's Main Event (1985); Sausage Party (2016); School Wars (1984); Scream Queens (2016); Scrubs (2004); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Shrek 2 (2004); Singapore Idol (2004); Single Parents (2019); Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0 (1993); Skins (2007); Smallville (2009); Smoke (2025); So You Think You Can Dance (2007–2011); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Somewhere Over the Flagpole: A Nintendo Movie (2008); Stage Mother (2020); Stars in Their Eyes (1993–2000); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Stranger Things (2019); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2014–2016); Super Powers (2006); SuperStar KZ (2003–2004); Superstore (2020); Superwho? (2021); Sweetpea (2024); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Tähdet, tähdet (2024); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Tetris (2023); That '70s Show (1999); That's My Boy (2012); The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Bachelor (2019); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Breaker Upperers (2018); The Brit Awards 1994 (1994); The Challenge: All Stars (2025); The Charismatic Voice (2025); The Clash (2018–2021); The Crowded Room (2023); The Devil's Hour (2022); The Disco Ball (2003); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Film from Lot 15 (2018); The Five Devils (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2017); The Greatest (2000); The Last Showgirl (2024); The Lost Boy (2019); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Marco Effect (2021); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Masked Singer (2024); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2021); The Nanny (1997); The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (2009); The Other Side of the Tracks (1984); The Paul O'Grady Show (2009); The Penguin (2024); The Power of Parker (2023); The Project (2023–2024); The Racer (2020); The Shadow (1994); The Shiny Shrimps (2019); The Sing-Off (2013); The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Uncovering (2018); The Vicar of Dibley (1999); The Voice (2016); The Voice Generations (2023); The Voice Kids Philippines (2024); The Voice of the Philippines (2013); The Voice UK (2013); The Vow (2012); The Way Way Back (2013); The X Factor UK (2005–2015); The Z-Suite (2025); This Is 40 (2012); This Is My Moment (2001); This Morning (2009); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); To Die Like a Man (2009); Top of the Pops (1979–1998); Totally Frank (2005); Trolls (2016); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena (2013–2018); Ultimate Albums (2002); Urban Legend (1998); VH1 Storytellers (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022); We Dem Arby's BoyZ (2020); Whiskey Cavalier (2019); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989); With Love (2021); Wuthering Heights (2003); Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2009); Zoe Ball on ... (2018); Zookeeper (2011).

Born on this day – Kevin Brophy:

Kevin Brophy

Actor

November 1, 1953 – May 11, 2024

Credits:

AfterMASH (1983); Book of 1000 Deaths (2012); Civil Wars (1992); Code Name Vengeance (1987); Easy Wheels (1989); Fatal Charm (1990); Fearless (1993); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Goodfellas (1990); Growing Pains (1989); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hell Night (1981); I'm Losing You (1998); JAG (1996); Just the Ten of Us (1990); Kevin Brophy and Jenny Neumann In Conversation (2017); Lucan (1977–1978); M*A*S*H (1979); Matt Houston (1983–1984); New Love, American Style (1986); Partners in Crime (1984); Remembering 'The Seduction' (2006); Shattered Image (1994); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); Strange Inheritance (2015); Strike Force (1982); The Clown Statue (2022); The Delos Adventure (1986); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Long Riders (1980); The Love Boat (1982); The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III (1994); The Seduction (1982); The Yeagers (1980); Time Walker (1982); Time Walker with Actor Kevin Brophy (2011); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1983); Trouble in High Timber Country (1980); White Dwarf (1995); Zorro (1992).

On this day in movie history - The Comancheros (1961)

The Comancheros

directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne,

written by James Edward Grant and Clair Huffaker,

based on the novel by Paul I. Wellman,

was released in the United States on November 1, 1961.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Bruce Cabot, Joan O'Brien, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Phil Arnold, Anne Barton, Steve Baylor, Danny Borzage, Don Brodie, Alan Carney, James J. Casino, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Jack Clinton, Dennis Cole, Booth Colman, Jackie Cubat, Gabriel Curtiz, John Dierkes, Ilana Dowding, William Fawcett, Eric Feldary, Joe Gray, Lenmana Guerin, Claude Hall, Tom Hennesy, Tom Hernández, George Holmes, Michael Jeffers, Joseph La Cava, George J. Lewis, Jon Lormer, Cliff Lyons, Casey MacGregor, John Marlin, Roger Mobley, Ralph Neff, Gregg Palmer, Thayer Roberts, Frank J. Scannell, Phil Schumacher, Bernard Sell, Leigh Snowden, Bob Steele, Lusita Triana, Ralph Volkie, Aissa Wayne, Guinn Williams, Henry Wills, Sam Wolfe, Kelly Yost.

On this day in movie and book history - To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

To Live and Die in L.A.

directed by William Friedkin,

written by William Friedkin and Gerald Petievich,

based on the novel by Gerald Petievich,

was released in the United States on November 1, 1985.

Music by Wang Chung.

Cast:

William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Jack Hoar, Christopher Allport, Valentin de Vargas, Dwier Brown, Michael Chong, Gerald Petievich, Jane Leeves, Jacqueline Giroux, Dar Robinson, Thomas F. Duffy, Gary Cole.

Recommended reading:

To Live and Die in L.A.

by Gerald Petievich.
 
First published 1984.
Published by Pinnacle Books.
Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0523423012
ISBN-13: 978-0523423012
 
Description:
 
The book that inspired the major motion picture.

“This is the real stuff. He’s not only a fine writer … his dialogue is pure entertainment.” – Elmore Leonard.

“A wham-bam thriller… vivid… proficient and sleek.” – Los Angeles Times.

To Live and Die in L.A. is a harrowing tale, which has become a major motion picture, of cult status, depicting the dark underside of America's "West Coast" metropolis.

Two U.S. Treasury agents, both partners and antagonists, are drawn into a matrix of violence and corruption, L.A. style, a journey through a sunlit hell. At the end, they become experts on the thin line which separates what it takes to live - and to die - in L.A.

On this day in movie history - Inside the Dream Factory (1995)

 

Inside the Dream Factory

documentary directed by Mark Woods,

written by Maureen Corley and Bob Waldman,

was released in the United States on November 1, 1995.

Music by Walter Werzowa.

Cast:

Faye Dunaway, June Allyson, Army Archerd, Joe E. Brown, Cyd Charisse, Jackie Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Edward Dmytryk, Julius J. Epstein, Sydney Guilaroff, Howard Keel, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Joan Leslie, Samuel Marx, Virginia Mayo, Ann Miller, Tyrone Power, Jane Russell, Red Skelton, Lyle Talbot, Robert Taylor, Shirley Temple, Bill Thomas, William Tuttle, Mae West, Esther Williams, Michael Woulfe, Jane Wyman, Ethel Waters.

On this day in movie history - The Funeral (1996)

The Funeral

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by Nicholas St. John,

was released in the United States on November 1, 1996.

Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:

Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro, Gretchen Mol, John Ventimiglia, Paul Hipp, Victor Argo, Gian DiDonna, Dmitri Prachenko, Paul Perri, Gregory Perrelli, Joey Hannon, Robert Miano, Frank John Hughes, Andrew Fiscella, Anthony Alessandro, Robert W. Castle, Santo Fazio, Daniel Scarpa, Nicholas De Cegli, Amber Smith, Edie Falco, David Patrick Kelly, Carrie Szlasa, Phil Neilson, Patrick McGaw, Lance Guecia, Douglas Crosby, Ida Bernardini, John Hoyt, John Ciarcia, Heather Bracken, Frankie Cee, Chuck Zito, Mia Babalis, Frank Aquilino, Kevin Ash, Lori Eastside, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Joe Gioco.

On this day in movie history - The Mist (2007)

The Mist

directed and written by Frank Darabont,

based on the novella by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on November 12, 2007.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Nathan Gamble, Alexa Davalos, Chris Owen, Sam Witwer, Robert C. Treveiler, David Jensen, Melissa McBride, Andy Stahl, Buck Taylor, Brandon O'Dell, Jackson Hurst, Brian Libby, Susan Malerstein-Watkins, Mathew Greer, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Walter Fauntleroy, Amin Joseph, Kelly Collins Lintz, Ginnie Randall, Tiffany Morgan, Kim Wall, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Ron Clinton Smith, Gregg Brazzel, Sonny Franks, Dodie Brown, Taylor E. Brown, Jay Amor, Kristin Barnhart, Kevin Beard, Derek Cox-Berg, Kip Cummings, John F. Daniel, Tammy Eaton, Ron Fagan, Ted Ferguson, Travis Fontenot, Cherie Gierhart, Louis Herthum, Walt Hollis, Brian Scott Hunt, R. Todd Jones, Jimmy Lee Jr., Cherami Leigh, Mike Martindale, Cindy McBride, Eric Kelly McFarland, Amy McGee-Harrell, Ritchie Montgomery, Michaela Morgan, Darrick Mosley, James Paul, Mark Robin Price, Charles Sutherland, Chuck Vail, Steven E. Williams.