Northrop Frye, on books:

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

- Northrop Frye.

Recommended reading - The Racket

 

The Racket

The Racket
by Bartlett Cormack.

A play in three acts.

ASIN: B0BPM49P6T
Published by Samuel French.
Published 1928.
 
Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.
 
The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:
 
Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays
Edited by Richard Nelson.

Paperback.
Published 1993.
Published by Theatre Communications Group.

ISBN 13: 9780930452551
ISBN 10: 0930452550
ASIN: 0930452550

Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.

Born on this day – Johann Strauss:

Johann Strauss

Composer

October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899

Born on this day – Georges Bizet:

Georges Bizet

Composer

October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875

Born on this day – Polly Ann Young:

Polly Ann Young

Actress

October 25, 1908 – January 21, 1997

Credits:

Invisible Ghost (1941); Road Show (1941); The Last Alarm (1940); Turnabout (1940); Murder on the Yukon (1940); Port of Hate (1939); Wolf Call (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Mystery Plane (1939); I Cover Chinatown (1936); The Border Patrolman (1936); Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936); His Fighting Blood (1935); Thunder in the Night (1935); Happiness C.O.D. (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Sons of Steel (1934); The White Parade (1934); Elinor Norton (1934); The Man from Utah (1934); Stolen Sweets (1934);Disorderly Conduct (1932); Lady with a Past (1932); The Circus Show-Up (1932); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); The One Way Trail (1931); This Modern Age (1931); Up for Murder (1931); Going Wild (1930); Love in the Rough (1930); Road to Paradise (1930); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Children of Pleasure (1930); They Learned About Women (1930); Rich People (1929); Tanned Legs (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Sheik (1921); Sirens of the Sea (1917).

Born on this day – Jeanne Cooper:

Jeanne Cooper

Actress

October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013

Credits:

13 West Street (1962); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 87th Precinct (1961); A Closer Look (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Beyond Suspicion (1993); Black Zoo (1963); Bonanza (1962–1963); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Branded (1965); Bronco (1959–1960); Calling Homicide (1956); Cannon (1971); Carpool Guy (2005); Celebrity Page (2021); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Channing (1963); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron Strip (1968); Code 3 (1957); Crook & Chase (1996); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daniel Boone (1966–1967); Dead Air (2009); Death Valley Days (1954–1969); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Doc Elliot (1974); Donna on Demand (2009); Dr. Christian (1956); Dr. Kildare (1964); Emergency! (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Frozen Assets (1992); General Electric Theater (1959); Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003); Guiding Light (2009); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Hawkins (1973); Highway Patrol (1956); HLN News Now (2013); Hour Magazine (1984); House of Women (1962); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Insight (1970–1977); Ironside (1968–1973); It's Your Bet (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kansas City Bomber (1972); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); L.A. Law (1986–1990); Lancer (1968); Laredo (1967); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Justice (1991); Longstreet (1972); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1972); Marie (2012–2013); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Maverick (1957–1961); McCloud (1975); Men at Law (1971); Mike Hammer (1958); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Mr. Novak (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1971); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Over-Exposed (1956); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Playhouse 90 (1956); Plunder Road (1957); Rawhide (1961–1963); Red Nightmare (1962); Rock All Night (1957); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screaming Mimi (1958); Shadows of Tombstone (1953); Shotgun Slade (1960); SoapTalk (2003–2006); State Trooper (1957–1959); Stoney Burke (1963); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1959); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2008); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1953); The Alaskans (1959); The All-American Boy (1973); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Bold and the Beautiful (2005); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Dakotas (1962–1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1989–1996); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Houston Story (1956); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Intruder (1962); The Lineup (1958); The Loner (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1967–1968); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Millionaire (1957); The Monroes (1966); The Naked Street (1955); The Nanny (1997); The New Breed (1961); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The San Pedro Bums (1977); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Force (1970); The Tall Man (1961); The Tomorrow Man (2002); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1964); The Web (1957); The Young and the Restless (1974–2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tony Rome (1967); Touched by an Angel (1997); Unwed Mother (1958); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1961–1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Your Favorite Story (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Annie Girardot:

Annie Girardot

Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

On this day in movie history - The Racket (1951)

The Racket

directed by John Cromwell,

written by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett,

based on the play by Bartlett Cormack,

was released in the United States on October 25, 1951.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Hutton, Virginia Huston, William Conrad, Walter Sande, Les Tremayne, Don Porter, Walter Baldwin, Brett King, Richard Karlan, Tito Vuolo, Milburn Stone.

On this day in movie history - Le Samouraï (1967)

Le Samouraï

English translation: The Samurai

directed by Jean-Pierre Melville,

written by Jean-Pierre Melville and Georges Pellegrin,

was released in France on October 25, 1967.

Music by François de Roubaix.

Cast:

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond, Robert Favart, Jean-Pierre Posier, Catherine Jourdan, Roger Fradet, Carlo Nell, Robert Rondo.

On this day in movie history - Un Flic (1972)

Un Flic

English translation: A Cop, a.k.a. Dirty Money

directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville,

was released in France on October 25, 1972.

Music by Michel Colombier.

Cast:

Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla, Michael Conrad, Paul Crauchet, Simone Valère, André Pousse, Jean Desailly, Valérie Wilson, Henri Marteau, Catherine Rethi, Louis Grandidier, Philippe Gasté, Dominique Zentar, Jako Mica, Jo Tafanelli, Stan Dylik, Georges Florian, Léon Minisini, Roger Fradet, Jacques Galland, Jean-Pierre Posier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Fretault, Gene Moyle, Nicole Témime, Pierre Vaudier.

On this day in movie history - The Hollywood Detective (1989)

The Hollywood Detective

directed by Kevin Connor,

written by Christopher Crowe,

was released in the United States on October 25, 1989.

Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Telly Savalas, Helene Udy, George Coe, Joe Dallesandro, Tom Reese, William Bassett, James Green, Donald Hotton, Alan Shearman, Troy Evans, Paul Jones, David Katims, Mark Lowenthal, Herman Poppe, Randy Polk, Candace Savalas, Gus Savalas, John Wheeler, Greg Mullavey, John Michael Quinn.

On this day in movie history - Ghost Ship (2002)

Ghost Ship

directed by Steve Beck,

written by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue,

was released in the United States on October 25, 2002.

Music by John Frizzell.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, Karl Urban, Emily Browning, Francesca Rettondini, Boris Brkic, Bob Ruggiero, Iain Gardiner, Adam Bieshaar, Cameron Watt, Jamie Giddens, Matthew Wollaston.

Born on this day – Gloria Foy:

Gloria Foy

Actress

Dancer

Singer

Vaudevillian

October 25, 1901 –February 27, 1977

Movie credit:

Dancing Lady (1933).