Victor Hugo, on books and reading:

 

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

- Victor Hugo.

Born on this day – Lillian Gish:

Lillian Gish

Actress

Director

Writer

October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993

Credits:

Books:

A Moment with Miss Gish (1995); An Actor's Life for Me (1987); Dorothy and Lillian Gish (1973); Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (2011); Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen (2000); Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (2002); Never Let the Camera Catch Me Acting: Lillian Gish as Actress, Star, and Theorist (2016); Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis (1977); The Movies in the Age of Innocence (1962); The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me (1969).

Album:

Show Boat (1988).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Cry for Help (1912); A Duel for Love (1914); A Gift of Music (1981); A Misunderstood Boy (1913); A Modest Hero (1913); A Romance of Happy Valley (1919); A Sétima Arte (2021); A Timely Interception (1913); A Wedding (1978); A Woman in the Ultimate (1913); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1984); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1988–1993); American Playhouse (1986); An Indian's Loyalty (1913); An Innocent Magdalene (1916); An Unseen Enemy (1912); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Annie Laurie (1927); Arena (2012); Arsenic and Old Lace (1969); At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (1993); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Bienvenue à Cannes (2007); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Breaking Point (1963); Broken Blossoms (1919); Brutality (1912); Camera Three (1975); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Macklin (1915); CBS Early Morning News (1982); Celanese Theatre (1951); Celebrity Time (1950); Century of Cinema (1995); Christmas Festival Hour of Music (1953); Cineficción Radio (2021); Citizen Langlois (1995); Classified X (2007); Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942); Compression (2023–2025); D.W. Griffith (1975); Daphne and the Pirate (1916); Day for Night (1973); De película (1987); Diane of the Follies (1916); Dinah! (1978); Duel in the Sun (1946); During the Round-Up (1913); Enoch Arden (1915); Entertainment Tonight (1983); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Fashions in Love (1936); Film '74 (1974); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 2 (1945); Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 2 (1945); Follow Me, Boys! (1966); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); From Farm to Fame (1922); Gaslight Follies (1945); Gold and Glitter (1912); Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1985); Hallelujah the Hills (1963); Hambone and Hillie (1983); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harty (1983); Hearts of the World (1918); His Double Life (1933); His Lesson (1915); Hobson's Choice (1983); Hollywood (1972 / 1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Home, Sweet Home (1914); Hometown Legend (2002); Howard K. Smith (1962); In Concert at the Met (1984); In the Aisles of the Wild (1912); Intolerance (1916); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Just Gold (1913); Kraft Theatre (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1953); La Bohème (1926); Langlois (1970); Late Night Line-Up (1969); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les évangéliques à la conquête du monde (2023); Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972); Lillian Gish (1984); Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Lord Chumley (1914); Madonna of the Storm (1913); Man's Enemy (1914); Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Movies Golden Age (1961); Moving Pictures (1995); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Winchester's House (1963); My Baby (1912); Never Apologize (2007); Night Hunter (2011); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Oil and Water (1913); One Romantic Night (1930); Orders to Kill (1958); Orphans of the Storm (1921); Over Easy (1980); Parkinson (1980); Pathways of Life (1916); Person to Person (1954); Play of the Week (1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Project Twenty (1957–1961); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Remodeling Her Husband (1920); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1954); Romola (1924); Royal Variety Performance (1980); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 4 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 9 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 3: Stars to Remember (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952); Sigrid Holmquist (2010); Silver Glory (1951); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); So Runs the Way (1913); Sold for Marriage (1916); Souls Triumphant (1917); Sparrow (1978); Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998); Sweet Liberty (1986); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Angel of Contention (1914); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913); The Battle of the Sexes (1914); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Burglar's Dilemma (1912); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1979); The Children Pay (1916); The Cobweb (1955); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Cavett Show (1971 / 1979); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955 / 1961); The Enemy (1927); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Laurence Olivier (1983); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Folly of Anne (1914); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Great Chase (1962); The Great Director (1966); The Great Love (1918); The Greatest Question (1919); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); The Green-Eyed Devil (1914); The House Built Upon Sand (1916); The House of Darkness (1913); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Hunchback (1914); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982); The Lady and the Mouse (1913); The Left-Handed Man (1913); The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961); The Lily and the Rose (1915); The Lost House (1915); The Love Boat (1981); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' (1998); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1978); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Movie Album (1932); The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975); The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912); The New York Hat (1912); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Painted Lady (1912); The Quicksands (1914); The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Silent Years (1975); The Sisters (1914); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Tear That Burned (1914); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The Unforgiven (1960); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Whales of August (1987); The White Sister (1923); The Wind (1928); Theatre '62 (1961); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Thin Ice (1981); This Is Your Life (1985); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Top Man (1943); True Heart Susie (1919); Twin Detectives (1976); Two Daughters of Eve (1912); Valkokangas (1989); VM Show Vol. 2 (2005); Warning Shot (1966); Way Down East (1920); Wide Wide World (1955); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Born on this day – E. E. Cummings:

E. E. Cummings

Writer

Painter

October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962

Books & plays:

1 × 1 (1944); 50 Poems (1940); 73 Poems (1963); 95 Poems (1958); Anthropos: or the Future of Art (1930); CIOPW (1931); Collected Poems (1938); Complete Poems, 1904–1962 (2008); Erotic Poems (2010); Etcetera: The Unpublished Poems (1983); Fairy Tales (1965); Him (1927); is 5 (1926); i—six nonlectures (1953); No Thanks (1935); Poems, 1923–1954 (1954); Santa Claus: A Morality (1946); Selected Poems 1923-1958 (1960); The Enormous Room (1922); The Theater of E. E. Cummings (2013); Three Plays and a Ballet (1967); Tom (1935); Tulips and Chimneys (1923); ViVa (1931); XAIPE: Seventy-One Poems (1950); XLI Poems (1925).

Born on this day – Paul Wellman:

 

Paul Wellman

Writer

October 14, 1895 – September 17, 1966

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Dynasty of Western Outlaws (1962); Angel with Spurs (1942); Broncho Apache (1936); Death in the Desert (1935); Death On Horseback (1947); Death On the Prairie (1956); Glory, God and Gold (1954); Gold in California (1958); Good Soldiers Do Die (1951); Jericho's Daughters (1956); Jubal Troop (1939); Magnificent Destiny (1962); Portage Bay (1957); Race to the Golden Spike (1961); Ride the Red Earth (1958); Spawn of Evil (1964); Stuart Symington (1960); The Blazing Southwest (1961); The Bowl of Brass (1944); The Buckstones (1967); The Chain (1950); The Comancheros (1954); The Devil's Disciples (1964); The Female City (1953); The Fiery Flower (1959); The Greatest Cattle Drive (1964); The House Divides (1966); The Indian Wars of the West (1947); The Iron Mistress (1951); The Trampling Herd (1939); The Walls of Jericho (1948).

 

Movies and television:
 

Apache (1954); Cheyenne (1947); Jubal (1956); McCoy of Abilene (1953); The Comancheros (1961); The Iron Mistress (1952); The Walls of Jericho (1948).

Born on this day – Michael D. Moore:

Michael D. Moore

Director

Second unit director

Writer

Actor

October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013

Credits:

Danger Rangers (2003–2008); 102 Dalmatians (2000); Wrongfully Accused (1998); Flubber (1997); 101 Dalmatians (1996); Little Giants (1994); The Three Musketeers (1993); Cool Runnings (1993); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993); Chaplin (1992); The Mighty Ducks (1992); Toy Soldiers (1991); Ghostbusters II (1989); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Le palanquin des larmes (1988); Funny Farm (1988); Willow (1988); Ishtar (1987); Outrageous Fortune (1987); Amazing Stories (1985); National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985); Lady Blue (1985); Sylvester (1985); The Little Drummer Girl (1984); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Never Say Never Again (1983); Mister Deathman (1983); Six Pack (1982); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raise the Titanic (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Man Who Would Be King (1975); Rooster Cogburn (1975); The Yakuza (1974); Mame (1974); Badge 373 (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (1971); Patton (1970); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Buckskin (1968); The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967); Bonanza (1967); Hondo (1967); Kill a Dragon (1967); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Roustabout (1964); Where Love Has Gone (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); Fun in Acapulco (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); A Girl Named Tamiko (1962); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Blue Hawaii (1961); Summer and Smoke (1961); G.I. Blues (1960); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Career (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); The Trap (1959); Houseboat (1958); King Creole (1958); Hot Spell (1958); Wild Is the Wind (1957); The Tin Star (1957); Beau James (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); The Ten Commandments (1956); Pardners (1956); You're Never Too Young (1955); The Seven Little Foys (1955); Hell's Island (1955); Living It Up (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); Money from Home (1953); The Caddy (1953); Houdini (1953); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Turning Point (1952); When Worlds Collide (1951); The Furies (1950); Fancy Pants (1950); The Great Gatsby (1949); Streets of Laredo (1949); The Paleface (1948); Unconquered (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); California (1947); Good as Gold (1927); The King of Kings (1927); No Man's Gold (1926); The Test of Donald Norton (1926); The Lady from Hell (1926); Flaming Waters (1925); The Man from Red Gulch (1925); Cytherea (1924); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); Mine to Keep (1923); Truxton King (1923); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922); Manslaughter (1922); The Love Charm (1921); Exit the Vamp (1921); Shame (1921); The Mask (1921); I Am Guilty (1921); The Lost Romance (1921); All Souls' Eve (1921); Something to Think About (1920); The Price of Redemption (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); Parted Curtains (1920); Out of the Dust (1920); The Unpainted Woman (1919).

Born on this day – Jean Gillie:

Jean Gillie

Actress

October 14, 1915 – February 19, 1949

Credits:

The Macomber Affair (1947); Decoy (1946); Flight from Folly (1945); Tawny Pipit (1944); The Gentle Sex (1943); The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941); A Call for Arms! (1940); Sailors Don't Care (1940); Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940); The Middle Watch (1940); The Spider (1939); What Would You Do, Chums? (1939); Sweet Devil (1938); The Live Wire (1937); The Girl in the Taxi (1937); This'll Make You Whistle (1936); His Majesty and Co (1935); While Parents Sleep (1935); School for Stars (1935); It Happened in Paris (1935); Brewster's Millions (1935); Smith's Wives (1935).

Born on this day – Jack Arnold:

Jack Arnold

Actor

Director

October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992

Credits:

A Global Affair (1964); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Archer (1975); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Black Eye (1974); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bold Venture (1959); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981); Cowboy in Africa (1967); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dusty's Trail (1973); Ellery Queen (1975); Gilligan's Island (1964); Girls in the Night (1953); Hello Down There (1969); High School Confidential! (1958); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); ILGWU's 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Convention (1950); It Came from Outer Space (1953); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's About Time (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Love, American Style (1971); Make Room for Granddaddy (1970); Man in the Shadow (1957); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); McCloud (1972); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Monster on the Campus (1958); Movin' On (1976); Mr. Lucky (1959); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nanny and the Professor (1970); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Our Union (1949); Outside the Law (1956); Perry Mason (1964); Pete and Gladys (1960); Peter Gunn (1959); Rawhide (1959); Red Sundown (1956); Revenge of the Creature (1955); Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Tarantula (1955); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Black Bounty Killer (1974); The Brady Bunch (1970); The Bunny Caper (1974); The Challenge (1951); The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fall Guy (1981); The Glass Web (1953); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1957); The Lively Set (1964); The Love Boat (1977); The Magician (1974); The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The Mod Squad (1968); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Mouse That Roared (1966); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967); The Space Children (1958); The Swiss Conspiracy (1976); The Tattered Dress (1957); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); The Valley of the Shadow (1947); The Virginian (1970); This Island Earth (1955); Wagon Train (1959); Who Goes There? (1965); With These Hands (1950); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Through College (1951); World Affairs Are Your Affairs (1951); World of Giants (1959).

Born on this day – Roger Moore:

Roger Moore

Actor

October 14, 1927 – May 23, 2017

Born on this day – Emma Danieli:

Emma Danieli

Actress

October 14, 1936 – June 21, 1998

Credits:

Commissariato di notturna (1974); Guns of the Black Witch (1961); I pinguini ci guardano (1955); I protagonisti - Quattro storie per un attore (1961); In prima persona (1972); La donna di cuori (1969); L'alfiere (1956); Le tonnerre de Dieu (1965); L'ippocampo (1966); L'uomo del destino (1969); Piccole donne (1955); Segreto di famiglia (1987); Slalom (1965); Spies Strike Silently (1966); Tartarino sulle Alpi (1968); The Corsican Brothers (1961); The Devil's Cavaliers (1959); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966); Tom Jones (1960); Vacanze in Argentina (1960); We, the Women (1953).

Born on this day – Lois Hamilton:

Lois Hamilton

Actress

Writer

Artist

Aviator

Model

October 14, 1943 – December 23, 1999

Credits:

Bob's Night Out (2004); Designing Women (1990); Armed Response (1986); Hunter (1985); Summer Rental (1985); Invitation to Hell (1984); Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries (1984); Hart to Hart (1984); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Pray TV (1982); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Stripes (1981); The Cannonball Run (1981); Three's Company (1978–1981); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Love Boat (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); CHiPs (1979); Topper (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Are You in the House Alone? (1978); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Card Sharks (1979–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981); Family Feud (1979–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1980).

Born on this day – Udo Kier:

Udo Kier

Actor

Writer

Producer

October 14, 1944 – November 23, 2025

Credits:

1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde (2008); 3 Wild Angels (2005); 4 Against Z (2005–2007); 10 PM Lincoln Boulevard (2012); 10 Schritte (2003); 13 Graves (2006); 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022); 30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004); 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989); A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love (2022); A Trick of Light (1995); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Alfredissimo! - Kochen mit Bio (2006); All the Queen's Men (2001); Allegro barbaro (1979); Altes Geld (2015); Am nächsten Morgen kehrte der Minister nicht an seinen Arbeitsplatz zurück (1986); American Animals (2018); American Exit (2019); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy's Shadow: Paul Morrissey and the Making of 'Flesh for Frankenstein' (2021); Anecdotes from 'Epidemic' (2005); Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988); Armageddon (1998); Arte Journal (2025); Arteholic (2014); Attabambi Scheissmichan (2021); Auf Herz und Nieren (2001); Ausgestorben (1995); Axe Cop (2015); Backstage: The Making Of The Theatre Bizarre (2020); Bacurau (2019); Bacurau no Mapa (2019); Bad Painter (2025); Bagom Riget II og Lars von Trier: Instruktøren holder fridag (1997); Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2018); Barb Wire (1996); Beckmann (2004–2005); Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014); Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? (1977); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); Betty - Schön wie der Tod (2003); Betty (1998); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Blackest Heart (1990); Blade (1998); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blood for Udo (2025); BloodRayne (2005); Borgia (2011); Boulevard Bio (1994); Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017); Breaking the Waves (1996); Brisant (2014); Broken Cookies (2002); Brother (2016); Building the World of Frankenstein (2021); By Design (2025); Call of Duty: WWII (2017); Celluloid Horror (2004); Chompy & the Girls (2021); Chuck (2010); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011–2021); Coconut Hero (2015); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000); Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001); Conversations avec... (2019–2022); Courier X (2016); Critical Mass (2001); Crusade in Jeans (2006); Dancer in the Dark (2000); Dark Winds (2026); Das Double (1993); Das fünfte Gebot (1978); Daughter of Mine (2018); Der Fahnder (1986); Der letzte Schrei (1975); Der unbekannte Deserteur (1994); Der Unbesiegbare (1985); Der wunderbare Udo Kier (2024); Deutschland Privat 1 - Eine Anthologie des Volksfilms (1980); Die Diebin (1998); Die Einsteiger (1985); Die Gang (1997); Die Geschwister (1982); Die Gottesanbeterin (2001); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1998–1999); Die Insel der blutigen Plantage (1983); Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (2003); Die Männer vom K3 (1993); Die Schlacht der Idioten (1986); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dimension in Fear with Andrew Braunsberg (2021); Dog Daze (1995); Dogville (2003); Dogville Confessions (2003); Don't Say a Word (2021); Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018); Doomsdayer (2000); Doppelter Einsatz (1994); Double Deception (2001); Downsizing (2017); Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - Detektiv inbegriffen (1974); Dracula 3000 (2004); Dragged Across Concrete (2018); Duke of Groove (1995); Durch die Nacht mit... (2004); Egomania: Island Without Hope (1986); Egoshooter (2004); End of Days (1999); Epidemic (1987); Erinnerungen an die Leidenschaft (1976); Europa (1991); Eve Feat. Gwen Stefani: Let Me Blow Ya Mind (2001); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993); Evening Urgant (2012); Evil Eyes (2004); Evil Eyes: Behind the Scenes (2004); Fall Down Dead (2007); Far Cry (2008); Fast Forward (2001); Fear and Loathing in Austria (2004); Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of 'Suspiria' (2009); Feardotcom (2002); Feed My Frankenstein (2021); Final Run (1999); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Flesh for Udo (2025); For Love or Money (1993); Four Tales of Two Cities / Segment: Duke of Groove (1996); Fractured Skulls: The Making of Headspace (2006); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Gate to Heaven (2003); Gespenstergeschichten (1985); Gestern gelesen (1975); Get Well Soon: It's Love (2015); Glanz & Gloria (2015); Golan the Insatiable (2015); Goldflocken (1976); Goo Goo Dolls: Naked (1996); Görünmeyen (2011); Gottschalk Late Night (1995); Goy (2018); Graf Karpatovicz und das Blonde Gift (2011); Grindhouse (2007); Halloween (2007); Haymaker (2021); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002); Headspace (2005); Heather's Dream (2013); Heliogabal (1981); Hello, Dr. Jekyll: An Interview with Udo Kier (2015); Herman & Tietjen (2007); Hitler's Hollywood (2017); Holly (2006); Holy Beasts (2019); Hubertusjagd (2014); Hungarian Rhapsody (1979); Hunters (2023); Hur und Heilig (1984); I Knew Andy Warhol (2018); Ice (1998); III nach neun (2008); Immaculate Springs (1998); In the Flesh with Joe Dallesandro (2021); Instant Dreams (2017); Invincible (2001); Iron Sky (2012); Iron Sky making of (2012); Iron Sky: The Coming Race - Der Mondführer (2013); Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jargo (2004); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Johnny Walker (2015); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); Just One Night (2000); Justice League (2002); Kanzler - König der Kannibalen (2000); Katonák (1978); Keyhole (2011); Killer Deal (1999); Kinney: Fashion Is Where You Find It (1993); Kino Kino (2014); Kir Royal (1986); Korn: Deuce (2002); Korn: Make Me Bad (2000); Krétakör (1979); Kulturplatz (2015); La deuxième femme (1978); Last Moment of Clarity (2020); Lea (1996); Leute heute (2007); Life in the Fast Lane (1998); Life Is Too Long (2010); Lili Marleen (1981); Lola (1981); Long Live the People of the Revolution (2010); Love Object (2003); Lulu (1980); Lulu und Jimi (2009); M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Madonna: Deeper and Deeper (1992); Madonna: Erotica (1992); Major Lazer (2015); Manderlay (2005); Mark of the Devil (1970); Mark of the Devil Revisited (2002); Mark of the Devil: Mark of the Times (2014); Martha Is Dead (2022); Masters of Horror (2005); Medea (1988); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Melancholia (2011); Memories of a Young Pianist (2009); Metropia (2009); ME-UDO ... Starring Udo Kier (2012); Modern Vampires (1998); Modigliani (2004); Mondo Lux - Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (2011); Montewood Hollyverità (2003); Monty and the Movies (2026); Morgenmagazin (2003–2007); Mother of Tears (2007); Mrs. Meitlemeihr (2002); Mutters Maske (1988); My Neighbor Adolf (2022); My Own Private Idaho (1991); My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009); Narcissus and Psyche (1980); Nash Bridges (1996); NDR Talk Show (2003); Night of the Templar (2012); Nina - Vom Kinderzimmer ins Bordell (1998); Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999); Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013); OD / Video Game (2026); Oi erotomaneis (1971); Olifant (1973); One More Round (2005); One Point O (2004); Over My Dead Body (1995); Pan (1973); Pankow '95 (1983); Paradise Framed (1995); Pariser Platz - Berlin (2011); Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu (2007); Paul Morrissey - Trans-Human Flesh & Blood (2025); Phantomas Phantastico (1979); Pigs Will Fly (2002); Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022); Plötzlich und unerwartet (1993); Police Call 110 (2006); Possessed (1999); Pray for Morning (2006); Prince Valiant (1997); Provocation (1971); Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018); Rauhfaser: Die Schöne und das Biest (1999); Red Letters (2000); Red Shoe Diaries (1994); Return from Tomorrow (2026); Revelation (2001); RMB: Deep Down Below (2001); Road to Saint Tropez (1966); Rosa Roth (1994); Rotwang muß weg! (1994); SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations (2021); Sawtooth (2004); Schamlos (1968); Schindler Space Architect (2024); Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020); Schmetterling im Dunkeln (1995); Schuldig (1998); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013); Seances (2016); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Season of the Senses (1969); Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1985); Sex (1992); Shadow of the Vampire (2000); Shanzo (Teaser) / Short (2015); Simon Says (2000); Skeletons in the Closet (2024); Skin Walker (2019); Sonderdezernat K1 (1973); Soul Kitchen (2009); Speak (1999); Spermula (1976); Sportliche Schatten - Kunst in Krisenzeiten (1982); Spy Games (1999); Square (2012); Staging Death (2022); Supertramp: You Win, I Lose (1997); Surviving Christmas (2004); Suspiria (1977); Suspiria 25th Anniversary (2001); Swan Song (2021); Talk 2000 (1997); Tatort (1996–2009); Tattoos: A Scarred History (2009); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tell (2007); Terranova: Prayer (2012); Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992); Thadeusz (2008); The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin (2015); The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997); The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2013); The 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2015); The 26th Annual Saturn Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2017); The 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2018); The 31sth Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2020); The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2024); The 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards (2025); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996); The Ark: An Iron Sky Story ( 2026); The Barefoot Emperor (2019); The Batman (2004); The Blazing World (2021); The Debtors (1999); The Ecstasy of Frankenstein with Udo Kier (2021); The Editor (2014); The End of Violence (1997); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Girl behind the White Picket Fence (2013); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Killing Grounds (2007); The Kingdom (1994–2022); The Last Call (1998); The Last Minute (2001); The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984); The Lords of Salem (2012); The Making of 'Europa' (1991); The Making of 'Prinz Eisenherz' (1997); The Material Boy (2015); The Mountain (2018); The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999); The Oscars (2026); The Painted Bird (2019); The Roaring Fifties (1983); The Salzburg Connection (1972); The Secret Agent (2025); The Sentinel (1996–1999); The Sky Has Four Corners (2011); The Slit (1995); The Stationmaster's Wife (1977); The Story of O (1975); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981); The Theatre Bizarre (2011); The Third Generation (1979); The Times in Pictures (2025); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Tod eines Weltstars (1992); Too Young to Die (2014); Tracey Takes On... (1996); Trauma (1976); Triers element (1991); Twenty-Five Palms (2015); Udo Kier - From A to A (1993); UFO in Her Eyes (2011); Unlocking Passages (2012); Unser Reigen (2006); Unter den Palmen (1999); Unter Druck (1995); V.I.P. (1998); Victor (1979); Viper (1998); Von Trier's 100 øjne (2000); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Werewolf Women of the S.S. (2007); When love is wrong, I don't want to be right (1981); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Willemsens Woche (1996); Willkommen Österreich (2015); Wit's End (2005); Wolf, Bär & Co. (2007); Zero (2015); ZIB 13:00 Uhr (2025); Zimmer frei! (2001).

Born on this day – Michael Sloan:

Michael Sloan

Writer

Producer

October 14, 1946 – August 13, 2025

Credits:

A Double Life (1978); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987–1989); Alien Agent (2007); An Amazing Time: Pemini co-founder and writer Michael Sloan (2022); Assassin (1973); B.J. and the Bear (1979–1981); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979); Baywatch (2000); Baywatch Nights (1996); Bionic Ever After? (1994); Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989); Call of the Wild (2000); Columbo (1976); Earthquake in New York (1998); Evening in Byzantium (1978); Feature Fitness (1990); Free Fall (1999); Harry O (1975–1976); Her Sister's Keeper (2006); Hunted (1972); Intimate Portrait (1992); Kung Fu: A Legend Reborn (1992); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1996); La Femme Nikita (1999); Magi-Nation (2007); Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006); McCloud (1976–1977); McCoy (1975); Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979); Moments (1974); Mystery Woman (2003); Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006); Mystery Woman: Game Time (2005); Mystery Woman: In the Shadows (2007); Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005); Mystery Woman: Oh Baby (2006); Mystery Woman: Redemption (2006); Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (2005); Mystery Woman: Snapshot (2005); Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (2005); Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery (2006); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pacific Blue (1997); Police Academy: The Series (1997); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Riviera (1987); Simon & Simon (1982); Spidersweb (2025); Switch (1975); Sword of Justice (1978–1979); The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008); The Caller (1987); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Equalizer (1985–1989 / 2014–2025); The Equalizer 2 (2018); The Equalizer 3 (2023); The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon (1988); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1978); The Master (1984); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Outer Limits (2001 / 2002); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); This Is Your Life (1995); X Bomber (1980–1981).

Born on this day – Harry Anderson:

Harry Anderson

Actor

Writer

October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018

Credits:

30 Rock (2008); A Matter of Faith (2014); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Back to the Grind (2007); Best of the Big Laff Off (1983); Biography (1994); Blackout (1988); Breakaway (1983); Can We Be Serious (1989); Cheers (1982–1993); Circus of the Stars and Sideshow (1992); Circus of the Stars Goes to Disneyland (1994); Comedy Bang! Bang! (2013); Comic Relief (1986); D.C. Follies (1988); Dave's World (1993–1997); Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Day at Walt Disney World (1995); Elvira's Movie Macabre (1982); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2023); Explore Our World (2000); Ghosts Behind the Screen (2020); Gilbert (2017); Gotham Comedy Live (2014); Half in the Bag (2018); Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade (1996); Harry Anderson's Hello Sucker (1986); Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987); Harvey (1996); Hearts Afire (1994); History of the Sitcom (2021); I Love the 80's 3-D (2005); It (1990); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1987); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1988); Magic in the Magic Kingdom (1988); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magicians' Favorite Magicians (1995); Mondo Magic (2004); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Mum and Son's Chilling Adventures (2019); Nate & Laura & How They Met (2018); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Nell Carter... Never Too Old to Dream (1986); New Orleans Story (2008); Night Court (1984–1992); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night Stand (1996); Nightmare Ned (1997); Noddy (1998); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 2 (1996); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 4 (1996); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 5 (1997); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 6 (1997); Our Time (1985); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Salute! (1983); Saturday Night Live (1981–1985); Scandals (1984); She's Having a Baby (1988); Showtime Comedy Club Network (1987–1994); Sin City Spectacular (1999); Son of the Beach (2002); Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988); Super Password (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1990 / 1992); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tanner '88 (1988); The $10,000 Pyramid (1983–1984); The $25,000 Pyramid (1983–1984); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards (1990); The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989); The Best of Gleason (1988); The Big Laff Off (1978); The Chevy Chase Show (1993); The Cindy Williams Comedy Special (1994); The Disneyland Story (1990); The Eighties (2016); The Escape Artist (1982); The John Davidson Show (1980); The John Larroquette Show (1996); The Magical World of Disney (1988–1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Science of Magic (1997); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The Toni Tennille Show (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986–1991); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998); The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986); Thicke of the Night (1983); Today (2006); TV Land: Myths and Legends (2007–2008); TV Tales (2002); Twilight Theatre (1982); Vanishing America (1986); World's Greatest Stand-up Comedy Collection (2005); Your Favorite Laughs from an Evening at the Improv (1986).

Born on this day – Arleen Sorkin:

Arlene Sorkin

Actress

Writer

Comedian

Television presenter

October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023

Credits:

4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1988); 7th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1991); 7th Annual Young Comedians Show (1982); America's Funniest Home Videos (1990); America's Funniest People (1990); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Bane v Superman: The Movie (2016); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009); Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010); Batman: Gotham City Racer (2001); Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993); Batman: Return to Arkham (2016); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Batman: Vengeance (2001); Bhutto (2010); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1986); Club Jdg (2023); Comic Book: The Movie (2004); Days of Our Lives (1984); Days of Our Lives' Christmas (2001); DC Universe Online (2011); DC Universe Online: The Last Laugh (2012); Die Laughing (2010); Down Home (1991); Dream On (1990); Duet (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Family Feud (1989); Fat Man Beyond (2023); Fifty-One Annie Awards (2024); Fired Up (1997); Frasier (2004); From Here to Maternity (1986); Gotham Girls (2000); Harley Quinn (2023); Hour Magazine (1988); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992); Independent Lens (2011); Intimate Portrait (1999); Into the Night with Rick Dees (1990); It's Pat: The Movie (1994); Justice League (2003); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1988); Mr. J (2010); Odd Jobs (1986); Open House (1989); Oscar (1991); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993); Picture Perfect (1997); Room for Romance (1990); Saturday Night Live (1982); Sincerely, Mr. J (2010); SoapTalk (2006); Static Shock (2003); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Taz-Mania (1991); Ted & Venus (1991); The 15th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1988); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 26th Annual International Broadcasting Awards (1986); The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995); The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Guitar (2008); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The New Batman Adventures (1997); The New Hollywood Squares (1986); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); Tiny Toon Adventures (1991); Trading Places (1983); Up All Night (1993); Well Done Mr. J (2009); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); Wordplay (1987).

On this day in movie history - The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

The Phantom of Crestwood

directed by J. Walter Ruben,

written by Bartlett Cormack,

based on a story by Bartlett Cormack and J. Walter Ruben,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1932.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick, H.B. Warner, Mary Duncan, Sam Hardy, Tom Douglas, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Ivan Simpson, Aileen Pringle, George E. Stone, Robert McWade, Hilda Vaughn, Gavin Gordon, Matty Kemp, Clarence Wilson, Eddie Sturgis, Robert Elliott.

On this day in movie and book history - The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Sydney Boehm, and 

based on the novel by William P. McGivern,

and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.

Music by Henry Vars.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.

Recommended reading:

 

The Big Heat

by William P. McGivern.

First published 1953.
Published by Ibooks.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0743452704
ISBN-13: 978-0743452700

Description:
A tough suspense novel of hero cops, cool killers and hot broads...
“A powerful story, powerfully told.” – New York Times.

MURDER WAS IN THE AIR. A COP HAD KILLED HIMSELF, AND EVERY CROOK IN TOWN KNEW THAT WOULD BE SURE TO BRING ON THE BIG HEAT. It started almost innocently when a cop committed suicide – worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn’t so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off – fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth where he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia’s underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on.

On this day in movie and play history - Send Me No Flowers (1964)

Send Me No Flowers

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Julius Epstein,

based on the play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1964.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde, Clint Walker, Hal March, Edward Andrews, Clive Clerk, Patricia Barry, Dave Willock.

Recommended reading:

Send Me No Flowers

A play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore.

Originally published 1960.

Published by Concord Theatricals.

Paperback.

ASIN: B0D5SYSRF9

ISBN-10: 057361525X

ISBN-13: 978-0573615252

Description:

A comedy in three acts.

David Wayne starred on Broadway as George Kimball, a Westchester commuter whose favorite hobby is hypochondria. When he mistakenly overhears his doctor discussing another patient with heart trouble, he prepares to meet the end bravely, sure it is 'his time'. Putting his affairs in order, he writes a heartbreaking letter to his wife to be read as his eulogy. He even arranges a good second husband for his soon-to-be widow, with a cemetery plot for three: himself, his wife and the new future 'Mister Kimball'.

On this day in movie history - Mean Streets (1973)

Mean Streets

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Martin Scorsese and Mardik Martin.

was released on October 14, 1973.

Cast:

Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova, George Memmoli, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, David Carradine, Jeannie Bell, Robert Carradine, Lois Walden, Juli Andelman, Catherine Scorsese.