On this day in music history - Bat Out of Hell, by Meat Loaf (1977)

Bat Out of Hell

by Meat Loaf

was released on October 11, 1977.

Track List:

Bat Out of Hell; You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth; Heaven Can Wait; All Revved Up with No Place to Go; Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad; Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Meat Loaf with Ellen Foley); For Crying Out Loud.

Dr. Seuss, on books and reading:

 

The more you read, the more things you will know.

- Dr. Seuss.

Recommended reading – Get Shorty

 

Get Shorty

by Elmore Leonard.

First published 1990.
Published by Mariner Books.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062120255
ISBN-13: 978-0062120250
 
Description:
 
“The coolest, hottest writer in America.” – Chicago Tribune.
 

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind – plus his “friends” have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town, with its dream-makers, glitter, hucksters, and liars – plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look – seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili’s got an idea for a killer movie, though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

 

“The funniest crime thriller ever set among the hustlers and con artist of the movie colony.” – Wall Street Journal.
 
“A Hollywood hit…. Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.” – Detroit News.
 
“A terrific thriller…. The kind of entertainment that usually makes Hollywood types talk about selling their souls (or their mothers).” – Orlando Sentinel.

Born on this day – Lowell Sherman:

Lowell Sherman

Actor

Writer

Director

October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934

Credits:

Night Life of the Gods (1935); Born to Be Bad (1934); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); Morning Glory (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); What Price Hollywood? (1932); False Faces (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Jury (1932); High Stakes (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Royal Bed (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); He Knew Women (1930); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Mammy (1930); General Crack (1929); Evidence (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Nearly Divorced (1928); The Whip (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); Mad Hour (1928); The Whip Woman (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); The Divine Woman (1928); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Convoy (1927); Lost at Sea (1926); You Never Know Women (1926); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Love Toy (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); Satan in Sables (1925); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); The Spitfire (1924); The Masked Dancer (1924); Bright Lights of Broadway (1923); The Face in the Fog (1922); Grand Larceny (1922); Molly O' (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The New York Idea (1920); Way Down East (1920); Yes or No (1920); Vera, the Medium (1917); The Better Woman (1915); Sold (1915); Always in the Way (1915); Behind the Scenes (1914).

Born on this day – Gladys Lloyd:

Gladys Lloyd

Actress

October 11, 1895 – June 6, 1971

Cast:

Clive of India (1935); Five Star Final (1931); Little Caesar (1931); Lust for Life (1956); Round About Hollywood (1931); Smart Money (1931); The Hatchet Man (1932); Two Seconds (1932).

Born on this day – Suzy Prim:

Suzy Prim

Actress

October 11, 1896 – July 7, 1991

Born on this day – Katherine Emery:

 

Katherine Emery

Actress

October 11, 1906 – February 7, 1980

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); Arch of Triumph (1948); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Eyes in the Night (1942); Hiawatha (1952); Isle of the Dead (1945); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Payment on Demand (1951); Strange Bargain (1949); The Locket (1946); The Maze (1953); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); Untamed Frontier (1952).

Born on this day – Linda Hayes:

Linda Hayes

Actress

October 11, 1918 – December 19, 1995

Credits:

Brooklyn (2015); Citadel of Crime (1941); Conspiracy (1939); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); I'm Still Alive (1940); Men of the Timberland (1941); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942); Romance on the Range (1942); Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992); South of Santa Fe (1942); Sued for Libel (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Saint in Palm Springs (1940); The Spellbinder (1939).

Born on this day – Olive Deering:

Olive Deering

Actress

October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986

Born on this day – Nancy Guild:

Linda Guild

Actress

October 11, 1925 – August 16, 1999

Born on this day – Elmore Leonard:

Elmore Leonard

Writer

October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013

Credits:

Books:

The Big Bounce (1969); Unknown Man #89 (1977); Swag (aka Ryan's Rules) (1976); Stick (1982); Get Shorty (1990); Be Cool (1999); Pronto (1993); Riding the Rap (1995); Fire in the Hole (2001); Raylan (2011); Raylan Goes to Detroit (2018); Out Of Sight (1996); Road Dogs (2009); The Hot Kid (2005); Up in Honey's Room (2007); Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories (2009); The Switch (1978); Rum Punch (1992); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 (1998); The Bounty Hunters (1953); The Law at Randado (1954); Escape from Five Shadows (1956); Last Stand at Saber River (1959); Hombre (1961); The Moonshine War (1969); Valdez Is Coming (1970); Forty Lashes Less One (1972); 52 Pick Up (1974); Mr Majestyk (1974); The Hunted (1977); Gunsights (1979); Gold Coast (1980); City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit (1980); Split Images (1981); Cat Chaser (1982); LaBrava (1983); Glitz (1985); Bandits (1987); Touch (1987); Freaky Deaky (1988); Killshot (1989); Maximum Bob (1991); Cuba Libre (1998); Pagan Babies (2000); Tishomingo Blues (2002); Mr. Paradise (2004); A Coyote's in the House (2004); Djibouti (2010); The Trespassers (2013); Confession (2013); Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories (1953); The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1975); Dutch Treat (1985); When the Women Come Out to Dance (2001); The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (2004); The Complete Western Stories (2004); Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories (2006); Blood Money and Other Stories (2006); Trail of the Apache and Other Stories (2007); Charlie Martz and Other Stories (2015); Notebooks (1990); Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing (2006); New Orleans Stories (1992); Chicago Stories (1993); Southwest Stories (1993); Florida Stories (1993); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Alaska Stories (1995); Texas Stories (1995); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Florida Stories (1993); New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories (1994); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Naked Came the Manatee (1997); Western Movies (1997); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing (2010); Books to Die For (2012); Long Night (2014); The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (2016); Miami Noir (2020).

Movies and television:

3:10 to Yuma (1957 / 2007); 52 Pick-Up (1986); A Conversation with Elmore Leonard (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); American Cinema (1995); Arena (1991); Be Cool (2005); Border Shootout (1990); Byline Showtime (1988); Cat Chaser (1989); Charlie Rose (1995–2000); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Desperado (1987); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Días de cine (2013); Elmore Leonard - But Don't Try to Write (2021); Elmore Leonard: A Detroit Classic (2010); Freaky Deaky (2012); Get Shorty (1995); Get Shorty / TV Series (2017–2019); Get Shorty: Look at Me (2005); Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls (2005); Glitz (1988); Gold Coast (1997); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Hombre (1967); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Joe Kidd (1972); Justified (2010–2015); Justified: City Primeval (2023); Justified: Sneak Peek (2013); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killshot (2008); Last Stand at Saber River (1997); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Life of Crime (2013); Maximum Bob (1998); Michigan & Trumbull (1999); Mr. Majestyk (1974); Out of Sight (1998); Pronto (1997); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Sparks (2009); Split Images (1992); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Stick (1985); The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2008); The Ambassador (1984); The Arrangement (2013); The Big Bounce (1969 / 2004); The Daily Show (2002); The Media Show (1988–1989); The Moonshine War (1970); The Oscars (2014); The Return of Desperado (1988); The Rosary Murders (1987); The Tall T (1957); The Tonto Woman (2008); Touch (1997); Valdez Is Coming (1971).

Born on this day – Duccio Tessari:

Duccio Tessari

Director

Writer

Actor

October 11, 1926 – September 6, 1994

Born on this day – Ron Leibman:

Ron Leibman

Actor

October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019

Born on this day – Linda Stirling:

Linda Stirling

Actress

Showgirl

Model

October 11, 1921 – July 20, 1997

Born on this day – Gloria Milland:

Gloria Milland

Actress

October 11, 1940 – August 27, 1989

Born on this day – Charles Richard Shyer:

Charles Richard Shyer

Director

Writer

Producer

October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

Alfie (2004); Baby Boom (1987–1989); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023); Biography (1999); Cops (1973);  E! True Hollywood Story (2005Entertainment Tonight (2022); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Film '04 (2004); Getting Together (1971–1972);  Goin' South (1978); Happy Days (1976); HBO First Look (2001); Hey, Landlord (1967); Him and Us (2006); Home Again (2017); House Calls (1978); How Divine! (2014); I Love Trouble (1994); Ieri oggi domani (2011); In Creative Company (2022); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Lady Luck (1973); Let's Switch! (1975); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Private Benjamin (1980); Private Benjamin / TV Series (1981); Protocol (1984); Search It Up with Sienna (2024); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); The Affair of the Necklace (2001); The Affair of the Necklace: Designing Affair (2002); The Bellinis (date?); The Media Show (1988); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Multi-Hyphenate (2009); The Noel Diary (2022); The Noel Diary (2022); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Parent Trap (1998); The Parent Trap Reunion! (2020); The Partridge Family (1971); Woven (2016).

Born on this day – Diane Gaidry:

Diane Gaidry

Actress

Producer

October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019

Credits:

The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018); Concerned Lady for America (2006); Loving Annabelle (2006); Transaction (2005); Need (2005); Medium (2005); Bittersweet (2004); The Act (2004); Birth of Industry (2004); Alone (2003); The Dogwalker (2002); America So Beautiful (2001); Egg (2001); The Shy and the Naked (1998); After Lunch (1998); Love Without Socks (1998); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Frankenstein: The College Years (1991); Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990).

On this day in movie history - Laura (1944)

Laura

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel by Vera Caspary,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1944.

Music by David Raksin.

Cast:

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Ralph Dunn, Clyde Fillmore, William Forrest, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Larry Steers, Cara Williams, Eric Wilton.

On this day in movie history - The Unsuspected (1947)

The Unsuspected

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall and Bess Meredyth,

based on the novel by Charlotte Armstrong,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1947.

Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Ted North, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Nana Bryant, Walter Baldwin, Ray Walker, Barbara Woodell.

On this day in movie history - Trees Lounge (1996)

Trees Lounge

directed and written by Steve Buscemi,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1996.

Music by Evan Lurie.

Cast:

Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Boone Junior, Anthony LaPaglia, Elizabeth Bracco, Eszter Balint, Carol Kane, Daniel Baldwin, Mimi Rogers, Debi Mazar, Seymour Cassel, Samuel L. Jackson, Larry Gilliard Jr., Michael Imperioli, Charlie Newmark, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Buscemi, John Ventimiglia, Bianca Hunter, Suzanne Shepherd, Rockets Redglare.