Margaret Atwood, on writing:

 

A word after a word is power.

- Margaret Atwood.

Recommended reading - Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir

 

Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir

by Paul Meehan.

 
First published 2008.
Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1476672350
ISBN-13: 978-1476672359
 
Description:
 

This critical study traces the common origins of film noir and science fiction films, identifying the many instances in which the two have merged to form a distinctive subgenre known as Tech-Noir. From the German Expressionist cinema of the late 1920s to the present-day cyberpunk movement, the book examines more than 100 films in which the common noir elements of crime, mystery, surrealism, and human perversity intersect with the high technology of science fiction. The author also details the hybrid subgenre's considerable influences on contemporary music, fashion, and culture.

Born on this day – Margaret Livingston:

Margaret Livingston

Actress

Businesswoman

November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984

Credits:

Social Register (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Broadminded (1931); Smart Money (1931); God's Gift to Women (1931); Kiki (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Big Money (1930); What a Widow! (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Murder on the Roof (1930); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Acquitted (1929); Tonight at Twelve (1929); The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait (1929); Innocents of Paris (1929); The Charlatan (1929); The Office Scandal (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Canary Murder Case (1929); Dreary House (1928); The Last Warning (1928); The Apache (1928); Beware of Bachelors (1928); Through the Breakers (1928); His Private Life (1928); Say It with Sables (1928); The Way of the Strong (1928); Wheel of Chance (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); Mad Hour (1928); A Woman's Way (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Streets of Shanghai (1927); The American Beauty (1927); Sunrise (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Married Alive (1927); Lightning (1927); The Secret Studio (1927); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Breed of the Sea (1926); Womanpower (1926); The Blue Eagle (1926); A Trip to Chinatown (1926); Hell's Four Hundred (1926); The Yankee Señor (1926); Wages for Wives (1925); When the Door Opened (1925); The Best People (1925); After Marriage (1925); Havoc (1925); The Wheel (1925); Greater Than a Crown (1925); I'll Show You the Town (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); Capital Punishment (1925); The Chorus Lady (1924); Butterfly (1924); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Wandering Husbands (1924); Love's Whirlpool (1924); Divorce (1923); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922); Eden and Return (1921); Passing Through (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Home Stretch (1921); Lying Lips (1921); The Parish Priest (1920); The Brute Master (1920); Hairpins (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); What's Your Husband Doing? (1920); Haunting Shadows (1919); All Wrong (1919); The Busher (1919); Within the Cup (1918); Alimony (1917); The Chain Invisible (1916).

Born on this day – Jessie Royce Landis:

Jessie Royce Landis

Actress

November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972

Credits:

A Night with the Stars (1950); A Private's Affair (1959); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1955); Art Carney Special (1960); At Your Service (1930); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bon Voyage! (1962); Boys' Night Out (1962); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1971); Critic's Choice (1963); Derelict (1930); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Goodbye Again (1961); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Ironside (1969–1971); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Larger Than Life (1952); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Man Godfrey (1957); NET Playhouse (1970); North by Northwest (1959); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Swan (1956); The Web (1953); Thriller (1960); To Catch a Thief (1955); Tonight at 8:30 / Segment: Ways and Means (1952); Valentine's Day (1965).

Born on this day – W. R. Burnett:

W. R. Burnett

Writer

November 25, 1899 – April 25, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Little Caesar (1929); The Silver Eagle (1931); Dark Hazard (1933); The Goodhues of Sinking Creek (1934); High Sierra (1940); Nobody Lives Forever (1943); The Quick Brown Fox (1943); Tomorrow's Another Day (1945); Romelle (1946); The Asphalt Jungle (1949); Little Men, Big World (1951); Vanity Row (1952); Underdog (1957); Conant (1961); Round the Clock At Volari's (1961); The Widow Barony (1962); The Abilene Samson (1963); The Cool Man (1968); Good-bye, Chicago (1981); Four novel omnibus: Little Caesar / The Asphalt Jungle / High Sierra / Vanity Row (1984).

Movies and television:

4 for Texas (1963); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Accused of Murder (1956); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Arrowhead (1953); Background to Danger (1943); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bonanza (1968); Cairo (1963); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Colorado Territory (1949); Cool Breeze (1972); Crash Dive (1943); Dance Hall (1941); Danger (1950); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dark Command (1940); Dark Hazard (1934); Dr. Socrates (1935); High Sierra (1940); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Illegal (1955); Iron Man (1951); King of the Underworld (1939); Kraft Theatre (1949); Law and Order (1932/ 1940 / 1953); Little Caesar (1931); Naked City (1960); Night People (1954); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Off to See the Wizard (1967); San Antonio (1945); Scarface (1932); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); September Storm (1960); Sergeants 3 (1962); Short Cut to Hell (1957); Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937); Stiletto (1969); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1952); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Badlanders (1958); The Beast of the City (1932); The Finger Points (1931); The Getaway (1941); The Great Escape (1963); The Hangman (1959); The Iron Man (1931); The Jackals (1967); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Man I Love (1946); The Racket (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1967); The Westerner (1940); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Gun for Hire (1942); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); Wild West Days (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); Yellow Sky (1948).

Born on this day – Mona Goya:

Mona Goya

Actress

November 25, 1909 – October 8, 1961

Born on this day – Norman Tokar:

Norman Tokar

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

November 25, 1919 – April 6, 1979

Born on this day – Ricardo Montalbán:

Ricardo Montalbán

Actor

Director

November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009

Born on this day – Jeffrey Hunter:

Jeffrey Hunter

Actor

Producer

November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969

Born on this day – Poul Anderson:

Poul Anderson

Writer

November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Bicycle Built for Brew (2014); A Circus of Hells (1970); A Galaxy Trilogy (2007); A Hoax in Time / Inside Earth (2011); A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows / aka Knight Flandry (1975); A Midsummer Tempest (1974); A Stone in Heaven (1979); A World Named Cleopatra (1977); Admiralty (2011); After Doomsday (1962); Agent of the Terran Empire (1965); Alight in the Void (1991); All One Universe (1996); American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (2019); Berserker Base (1985); Beyond the Beyond (1969); Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut (2010); Brain Wave (1954); Call Me Joe (2009); Captive of the Centaurianess / A Princess of Mars (2012); Cold Victory (1982); Cold Victory: Grassy Knoll (1985); Conan the Rebel (1980); Conflict (1983); Conquests (1981); Dahut (1988); David Falkayn: Star Trader (2009); Dialogue with Darkness (1985); Door to Anywhere (2021); Duel On Syrtis (1951); Earthman's Burden (1957); Ensign Flandry (1966); Explorations (1981); Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack 2 (2018); Fantasy (1981); Fire Time (1974); Flandry of Terra (1965); For Love and Glory (2003); Fragile and Distant Suns (2010); Genesis (2000); Get Out of My Sky (1980); Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014); Going for Infinity (2002); Guardians of Time (1961); Harvest of Stars (1993); Harvest the Fire (1995); Hoka! (1983); Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (1983); Hokas Pokas (2000); Homebrew (1976); Homeward and Beyond (1975); How to Build a Planet (1991); Hrolf Kraki's Saga (1973); Inconstant Star (1991); Inheritors of the Earth (1974); Is There Life on Other Worlds? (1968); Kinship with the Stars (1991); Losers' Night (1991); Maurai and Kith (1982); Mercenaries of Tomorrow (1985); Mirkheim (1977); Mother of Kings (2001); Murasaki (1992); Murder Bound (1962); Murder in Black Letter (1960); Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968); New America (1982); No Man's World / Mayday Orbit (1961); No Truce with Kings (1986); Operation Chaos (1971); Operation Luna (1999); Operation Otherworld (1983); Orbit Unlimited (1961); Orion Shall Rise (1983); Past Times (1984); Perish by the Sword (1959); Planet of No Return / aka Question and Answer (1956); Question and Answer (2017); Rogue Sword (1960); Roma Mater (1986); Sargasso of Lost Starships / The Ice Queen (2013); Satan's World (1969); Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four (2012); Security (1953); Sentiment, Inc. (1953); Seven Conquests (1969); Shield (1963); Space Folk (1989); Space Wars (1988); Star Prince Charlie (1975); Star Ways / aka The Peregrine (1956); Starfarers (1998); Starship (1982); Strangers from Earth (1961); Swordsman of Lost Terra / Planet of Ghosts (2012); Tales of the Flying Mountains (1970); Tau Zero (1970); Terrorists of Tomorrow (1986); The 15th Science Fiction MEGAPACK (2020); The Armies of Elfland (1992); The Avatar (1978); The Best of Poul Anderson (1976); The Boat of a Million Years (1989); The Book of Poul Anderson / aka The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson (1974); The Broken Sword (1954); The Burning Bridge (1960); The Byworlder (1971); The Chapter Ends (1954); The Corridors of Time (1965); The Dancer from Atlantis (1972); The Dark Between the Stars (1981); The Day of Their Return (1975); The Day the Sun Stood Still (1972); The Demon of Scattery (1979); The Devil's Game (1980); The Dog and the Wolf (1988); The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978); The Enemy Stars / aka We Have Fed Our Seas (1959); The Fleet of Stars (1997); The Fox, the Dog, and the Griffin (1966); The Gallicenae (1987); The Game of Empire (1985); The Gods Laughed (1982); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV (2016); The Golden Horn (1980); The Golden Slave (1960); The High Crusade (1960); The Horn of Time (1968); The Imperial Stars (2000); The Infinite Voyage (1969); The Long Night (1983); The Long Way Home / aka No World of Their Own (1955); The Longest Voyage (1960); The Longest Voyage / Slow Lightning (1991); The Makeshift Rocket (1962); The Man Who Came Early (1956); The Man who Counts / aka War of the Wing-Men (1958); The Merman's Children (1979); The Night Face (1963); The Night Fantastic (1991); The People of the Wind (1973); The Queen of Air and Darkness (1973); The Rebel Worlds / aka Commander Flandry (1966); The Rebel Worlds / Knight of Ghosts & Shadows (1982); The Road of the Sea Horse (1980); The Saturn Game (1989 / 2016); The Saturn Game / Iceborn (1989); The Sensitive Man (1954); The Shield of Time (1990); The Sign of the Raven (1980); The Snows of Ganymede (1958); The Star Fox (1965); The Stars Are Also Fire (1994); The Temple of Earth (1953); The Trouble Twisters (1966); The Unicorn Trade (1984); The Valor of Cappen Varra (1957); The Van Rijn Method (2008); The War of Two Worlds (1953); The Winter of the World (1976); The Worlds of Poul Anderson (1974); The Year of the Ransom (1988); There Will Be Time (1972); Three Hearts and Three Lions (1961); Three Tales of Time and Space (2018); Three Worlds to Conquer (1964); Tiger By the Tail! (2010); Time and Stars (1965); Time Patrolman (1983); Time Wars (1986); To Outlive Eternity (2007); To the Tombaugh Station / Earthman, Go Home! (1960); Trader to the Stars (1964); Twilight World (1961); Two Novels of Far-Future Apocalypse (2020); Two Worlds (1978); Two Worlds of Poul Anderson (2010); Un-Man (1972); Vault of the Ages (1952); Virgin Planet (1959); War of the Gods (1997); We Claim These Stars (1959); Winners (1981); World without Stars (1966); Writing and Selling Science Fiction (1977).

 

Movies and television:
 
Prisoners of Gravity (1993); The High Crusade (1994).

Born on this day – Rosanna Schiaffino:

Rosanna Schiaffino

Actress

November 25, 1939 – October 17, 2009

Born on this day – Darlanne Fluegel:

Darlanne Fluegel

Actress

Producer

Professor

November 25, 1953 – December 15, 2017

Born on this day – Kenneth Mitchell:

Kenneth Mitchell

Actor

November 25, 1974 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

The Old Man (2022); Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2021); Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020); Nancy Drew (2019–2020); See (2019); Captain Marvel (2019); The Detectives (2018); After Trek (2017); Blood Honey (2017); Frequency (2016–2017); Notorious (2016); Code Black (2016); Broad Squad (2015); Major Crimes (2015); Minority Report (2015); The Astronaut Wives Club (2015); CSI: Cyber (2015); NCIS (2014); Switched at Birth (2014); The Night Shift (2014); Haven (2013); Body of Proof (2013); Bones (2013); Monday Mornings (2013); NCIS: Los Angeles (2013); Tasmanian Devils (2013); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012); Drop Dead Diva (2012); Grimm (2012); Partners (2011); The Mentalist (2011); Castle (2011); Private Practice (2011); The Quinn-tuplets (2010); Criminal Minds (2010); Detroit 1-8-7 (2010); Law & Order: LA (2010); Hawaii Five-0 (2010); Lie to Me (2009); AIDS: We Did It! (2010); Iron Road (2009); Without a Trace (2009); Ghost Whisperer (2008–2009); Meteor (2009); Flashpoint (2008); Jericho (2006–2008); Home of the Giants (2007); The Unit (2006); CSI: Miami (2006); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Tennis, Anyone...? (2005); Miracle (2004); The Recruit (2003); Why Don't You Dance (2002); Odyssey 5 (2002); Charms for the Easy Life (2002); Leap Years (2001); The Green (2001); No Man's Land (2000).

On this day in movie history - Tension (1949)

Tension

directed by John Berry,

written by Allen Rivkin, and based on a story by John D. Klorer,

was released in the United States on November 25, 1949.

Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Gough, Tom D'Andrea, William Conrad, Tito Renaldo, Ray Bennett, Virginia Brissac, Peter Brocco, Bert Davidson, John Gallaudet, Theresa Harris, John Indrisano, George Magrill, Kitty McHugh, Mike Morelli, Stephen Roberts, Carl Sklover, Hayward Soo Hoo, Arthur Tovey, Philip Van Zandt.

On this day in movie history - Very Bad Things (1998)

Very Bad Things

directed and written by Peter Berg,

was released in the United States on November 25, 1998.

Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:

Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Rob Brownstein, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Joey Zimmerman, Tyler Cole Malinger, Kobe Tai, Carla Scott, Russell B. McKenzie, Pancho Demmings, Blake Gibbons, Angelo Di Mascio Jr., Lawrence Pressman, Steve Fitchpatrick, Brian Grandison, John Cappon, Linda Klein, Byrne Piven, Bob Bancroft, Trey Davis, Marilyn McIntyre, Wrangler (the dog), Trooper (the dog), Peter Berg, Brian Sampson.

On this day in music history - The album Love’s River, by Laura Sullivan (2012)

Love’s River

by Laura Sullivan

was released on November 25, 2012.

On this day in music history - The album Luminous, by Michele McLaughlin (2020)

Luminous

by Michele McLaughlin

was released on November 25, 2020.

On this day in music history - The album Elevate, by Lee Aaron (2022)

 

Elevate

by Lee Aaron

was released on November 25, 2022.