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

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 – Gloria Foy:

Gloria Foy

Actress

Dancer

Singer

Vaudevillian

October 25, 1901 –February 27, 1977

Movie credit:

Dancing Lady (1933).

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 – Whit Bissell:

 

Whit Bissell

Actor

October 25, 1909 – March 5, 1996

In a scene from Star Trek, episode entitled: The Trouble with Tribbles, originally aired December 29, 1967.

 
Credits:

Stage:

Cafe Crown (1942); The American Way (1939); The Star-Wagon (1937); Two On An Island (1940); Winged Victory (1943).
 
Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 12 O'Clock High (1966); 21 Beacon Street (1959); 5 Card Stud (1968); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Double Life (1947); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Tattered Web (1971); ABC Saturday Comedy Special (1976); Acapulco (1961); Advance to the Rear (1964); Airport (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Aliens from Another Planet (1982); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Anna Lucasta (1949); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952); Arrest and Trial (1964); At Gunpoint (1955); Bachelor Father (1958–1960); Barbary Coast (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973); Ben Casey (1964); Biography (1987); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bonanza (1962); Boots Malone (1952); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Box 13 (1956); Broken Arrow (1957); Brute Force (1947); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1962); Camp Runamuck (1966); Cannon (1971–1973); Canon City (1948); Casey's Shadow (1978); Cavalcade of America (1953–1955); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); City Beneath the Sea (1971); City Detective (1955); Climax! (1955–1956); Cluny Brown (1946); Code 3 (1957); Colgate Theatre (1958); Convicted (1950); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Crossroads (1957); Cry Rape (1973); Dakota Incident (1956); Danger (1952); Daniel Boone (1965); Darkroom (1982); Days of Our Lives (1971); Destination Nightmare (1958); Destination Tokyo (1943); Devil's Canyon (1953); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare (1965); Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983); Exercise No. One (1962); Falcon Crest (1984); Father Knows Best (1956); Fireside Theatre (1950); Flood (1976); Fluffy (1965); Follow the Sun (1961); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Front Row Center (1956); Gang War (1958); General Electric Theater (1954–1960); Glynis (1963); Going My Way (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Guestward Ho! (1961); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Hagen (1981); Harry O (1975); Hart to Hart (1982); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); He Walked by Night (1948); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Here's Lucy (1969); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hogan's Heroes (1966); Holy Matrimony (1943); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Horrible Horror (1986); Hour of Stars (2002); Hud (1963); I Dream of Jeannie (1966); I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957); I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957); Ike: The War Years (1979); In Broad Daylight (1971); Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977); Insight (1969); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1973–1974); It Should Happen to You (1954); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); It Takes a Thief (1970); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); It's Only the Beginning (1951); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); Jericho (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Johnny Tremain (1957); Judd for the Defense (1968); Julia (1968); Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972); Klondike (1960); Kojak (1976); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Land of the Giants (1970); Laredo (1966); Lassie (1954); Last of the Mohicans (1977); Lawman (1958–1962); Lincoln (1976); Lock Up (1959); Lost Continent (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1952); M Squad (1957); Man from Del Rio (1956); Man Without a Gun (1958); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1973); Markham (1959); Matt Helm (1975); Maverick (1960); McCloud (1974); Men at Law (1970); Men Into Space (1959); Mod Squad (1969); Monster on the Campus (1958); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mr. Novak (1965); Never So Few (1959); Night Into Morning (1951); Night Song (1947); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Not as a Stranger (1955); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Panic! (1957–1958); Perfect Strangers (1950); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Peter Gunn (1958); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1965); Peyton Place (1965); Philip Marlowe (1960); Pioneers of Television (2011); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1967); Police Story (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); Project U.F.O. (1978); Psychic Killer (1975); Public Defender (1955); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1979); Racket Squad (1953); Raw Deal (1948); Rawhide (1959–1960); Red Mountain (1951); Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954); Ripcord (1962); Route 66 (1960); Saints and Sinners (1963); Schlitz Playhouse (1956–1959); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sea Hunt (1958–1959); Sealed Cargo (1951); Search (1973); Seven Days in May (1964); Shack Out on 101 (1955); Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Side Street (1949); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Slattery's People (1965); Sneak Preview (1956); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Soylent Green (1973); Spencer's Mountain (1963); Stage 7 (1955); Stagecoach West (1961); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); State Trooper (1958); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955); Straightaway (1961); Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979); Studio 57 (1955–1956); Studio One (1952–1958); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Suspicion (1958); Swiss Family Robinson (1976); Tales of Robin Hood (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962); Target Earth (1954); That Lady in Ermine (1948); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Big Combo (1955); The Big Step (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Bionic Woman (1977); The Black Orchid (1958); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Boston Tea Party (1966); The Brothers Brannagan (1960); The Caine Mutiny (1954); The Californians (1958); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Dakotas (1963); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Deputy (1961); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Doctor (1952); The Donna Reed Show (1963); The Du Pont Story (1950); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The F.B.I. (1966); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Family Secret (1951); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The Felony Squad (1966); The Final Hour (1965); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Fugitive (1965); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Great Adventure (1964); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Incredible Hulk (1979–1980); The Invaders (1967); The Jim Backus Show (1960); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977); The Lineup (1959); The Lone Ranger (1954–1955); The Loner (1965); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1972); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Manhunter (1974); The Mighty O (1962); The Millionaire (1959); The Naked Street (1955); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Night Rider (1979); The Outer Limits (1963); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Proud Ones (1956); The Real McCoys (1958–1959); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); The Restless Gun (1957); The Rifleman (1959–1961); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Salzburg Connection (1972); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Sellout (1952); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Sixties (2014); The Tall Stranger (1957); The Texan (1959); The Thin Man (1958); The Time Machine (1960 / 1978); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Turning Point (1952); The Untouchables (1959); The Veil (1958); The Virginian (1963–1964); The Wayward Girl (1957); The Web (1951–1952); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Young Lawyers (1970); The Young Stranger (1957); Third of a Man (1962); This Is the Life (1983); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Tightrope (1960); Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993); Tokyo Joe (1949); Trackdown (1958); Trial (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Wagon Train (1958–1964); Walking Tall (1981); Warlock (1959); West Point (1956); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Winged Victory (1944); Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Wyoming Mail (1950); You Are There (1953–1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1960); Zorro (1958).

Born on this day – Belita:

Belita

Actress

Figure skater

Dancer

October 25, 1923 – December 18, 2005

Credits:

A Good Idea: Son! (1953); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel (1949–1952); Face the Music (1953–1955); Ice-Capades (1941); Invitation to the Dance (1956); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Never Let Me Go (1953); Screen Snapshots: Holiday in Las Vegas (1947); Silk Stockings (1957); Silver Skates (1943); Suspense (1946); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Gangster / aka Low Company (1947); The Hunted (1948); The Key (1958); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); What's My Line (1952); Where Are They Now? (1980).

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

Credits:

21 rue Blanche à Paris (1961); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1990); À chacun son enfer (1977); A Cry in the Night (1992); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); A Matter of Convenience (1992); À vos amours (1993); Adieu blaireau (1985); Ainsi soit nous (2000); Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français (2021); Alibi perfetto (1992); All Night Long (1981); Allez au cinema (1969); Allons au cinéma (1976); Allons petits enfants (2005); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Annie Girardot comme au cinema (2004); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Arena (2002); Au-delà de l'écran (1965); Avis de recherche (1988–1990); Beau geste (2023); Beautiful Families (1964); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black List (1984); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2021); Bobo Jacco (1979); Bobosse (1959); Boxes (2007); Cabaret du soir (1958); Caché (2005); Carné, vous avez dit Carné (1996); Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979); C'est au programme (2001); C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1982–1987); Chansons à la Carte (1981); Christian (2007); Chroniques de France / Segment: Le cinquantième film d'Annie Girardot (1974); Ciné regards (1980–1981); Cinéma (1967); Cinéma 16 (1989); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinépanorama (1957–1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Close Up (2020); Coeurs neufs (1969); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); Colpo di coda (1993); Comédie d'amour (1989); Comme au cinéma (1999); Commissariat Bastille (2002); Compression (2023–2025); Crime Does Not Pay / Segment: L'affaire Fenayrou (1962); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1976); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Dear Inspector (1977); Déclic et des claques (1965); Delitti privati (1993); Des fleurs pour Irma (2005); Días de cine (2011); Dillinger Is Dead (1969); Dim Dam Dom (1970); Discorama (1968); Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976); Double jeu (1992); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal (2003); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972); En aparté (2001); Engagement Italiano (1964); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Erotissimo (1969); Et si on se disait tout (1989); Ex Libris (1989); Faccia di lepre (1990); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Les Comédiennes (1961); Ferreri, I Love You (2000); Five Days in June (1989); Florence ou La vie de château (1987); Formule 1 (1982–1983); Gala de l'union (1978); Girls with Guns (1994); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1965–1972); Grossesse nerveuse / Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Ham and Chips (1977); Hearth Fires (1972); Hotel Shanghai (1997); Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975); Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Il pleut sur Santiago (1975); Il sospetto (1975); Inspector Maigret (1958); It Rains in My Village (1968); Jean Raymond / Les joies de la vie (1958–1959); Jean Yanne, tendre provocateur (2022); Jeanne (1994); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Juliette et Juliette (1974); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La bonne soupe (1964); La chanson d'un autre coeur IV (2012); La dernière nuit (1981); La façon de le dire (1999); La folle aventure de Louis de Funès (2020); La galerie France 5 (2017); La génération des Enfants du Rock (2024); La mandarine (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1989); La nuit des Césars (1977–2002); La nuit des Molières (1988–2002); La nuit des rois (1957); La parte del Leone: una storia della Mostra (2023); La prophétie des grenouilles (2003); La revanche (1981); La vie continue (1981); La vie de château (1985); La zizanie (1978); L'affaire (1977); L'âge de braise (1998); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); L'agence (1989); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); L'altro enigma (1988); L'amour en question (1978); L'amour est en jeu (1957); L'autre femme (1964); Le bateau d'Émile (1962); Le bois du Pardoux (2000); Le cercle (1998); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1996); Le clair de terre (1970); Le club (2001); Le coeur à l'envers (1980); Le dernier baiser (1977); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier voyage (1995); Le désert de Pigalle (1958); Le drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (2021); Le gitan (1975); Le grand échiquier (1973–1989); Le JAP, juge d'application des peines (1994); Le jeu de la vérité (1985); Le marathon du lit (2001); Le mystère Bardot (2012); Le pain de ménage (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le pays d'où je viens (1956); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2000); Le point de mire (1977); Le rendez-vous (1961); Le temps des porte-plumes (2006); Le vent des moissons (1988); L'école des fans (1977); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch (2002); Les Bidochon (1996); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2020); Les dossiers de l'écran (1970); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1996 / 2021); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les Feux de la rampe (2002); Les fleurs de Maureen (2002); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les grands enfants (1967); Les Misérables (1995); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les novices (1970); Les Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977–1980); Let's Be Friends (2005); L'histoire du samedi (1996); L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956); Life Love Death (1969); Lignes de mire (1998); L'invité du dimanche (1969–1970); Little Fadette (2004); Live for Life (1967); Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003); Louis de Funès, champion du box office (2021); Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (2003); Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Love Circle (1969); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lovers on a Tightrope (1960); Luchino Visconti (1999); Lundi en histoires (2016); Male Companion (1964); Mardi cinéma (1985–1987); Maria: Segment: Il principe Azzurro (1964); Marie Fransson (2000); Merci La Vie (1991); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1972); Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mourir d'aimer... (1971); Musique and Music (1977–1978); Mussolini and I (1985); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2012); Nuda proprietà vendesi (1997); Numéro un (1978–1981); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Ombre et lumière (2002); On a tous grandi avec Louis de Funès (2007); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); Orages d'été (1989); Outlaws of Love (1963); Paris aktuell (1970); Paris romance (2004); Partir, revenir (1985); Péplum (1975); Père Noël et fils (1983); Permission de minuit (1987); Petite soeur (1996); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); Pour le cinéma (1969–1975); Pourquoi Paris? (1964); Practice Makes Perfect (1979); Préférence (1998); Prisonnières (1988); Profession: comédien (1979); Recours en grâce (1960); Recto verso (2002); Reflets de Cannes (1964–1967); Regards de femme (1989); Reproduction interdite (1957); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Ruf (1989); Run After Me Until I Catch You (1976); Sacha show (1965–1967); Sacrée soirée (1989–1990); Sept à huit (2001); Shadows of Adultery (1961); Simon le juste (2003); Simone Signoret, figure libre (2020); Smog (1962); Souvenirs souvenirs (1984); Speaking of Murder (1957); Spécial cinéma (1980–1983); Sport en fête (1973); Stars (1981); Stars'N Co (1997); Story of a Woman (1970); Surprise sur prise (1989); T'aime (2000); Take It from the Top (1978); CM Remembers (2011); Téléthon (1987); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ape Woman (1964); The Dragon of Danube (2013); The Girls of Lido (1995); The Key Is in the Door (1978); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Making of 'C'est beau une ville la nuit' (2007); The Old Maid (1972); The Organizer (1963); Thé ou café (1998); The Piano Teacher (2001); The Secret Agents (1965); The Seed of Man (1969); The Shortest Day (1963); The Slap (1974); The Witches / Segment: La Strega Bruciata Viva (1967); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); This Is My Body (2001); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Top à... (1972–1974); Toujours seuls (1991); Tout ce qui brille (1996); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Traffic Jam (1979); Traitement de choc (1973); Treize à table (1955); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour en France (2002); Un jour, un destin (2010); Un métier de seigneur (1986); Una voglia da morire (1965); Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981); Une soupe aux herbes sauvages (2001); Unknown Movies (2015); Ursule et Grelu (1974); Vice and Virtue (1963); Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001); Vivement dimanche (1998–2002); Vivement dimanche prochain (2002); What War May Bring (2010).

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.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, Voyager (1968, 2000)

Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Spectre of the Gun.

Released October 25, 1968.

Directed by Vincent McEveety.

Written by Gene L. Coon / Lee Cronin, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Diana Muldaur, Ron Soble, Bonnie Beecher, Charles Maxwell, Rex Holman, Sam Gilman, Charles Seel, Bill Zuckert, Ed McCready, Abraham Sofaer, Paul Baxley, Bill Blackburn, Charles Cirillo, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Repression.

Released October 25, 2000.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Mark Haskell Smith, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Keith Szarabajka, Derek McGrath, Jad Mager, Carol Krnic, Mark Rafael Truitt, Ronald/Ron Robinson, Scott Alan Smith, Majel Barrett, Andrew Christian English, Tarik Ergin, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Tom Miller, Brita Nowak, Stephen Pisani, Lisa Vanasco, Phoenix Wong.

On this day in music history - The Legend of Johnny Cash, by Johnny Cash (2005)

The Legend of Johnny Cash

by Johnny Cash,

was released on October 25, 2005.

Track list:

Cry! Cry! Cry!; Hey, Porter; Folsom Prison Blues; I Walk the Line; Get Rhythm; Big River; Guess Things Happen That Way; Ring Of Fire; Jackson; A Boy Named Sue (live); Sunday Morning Coming Down (live); Man In Black; One Piece at a Time; Highwayman; The Wanderer; Delia’s Gone; Rusty Cage; I’ve Been Everywhere; Give My Love to Rose; The Man Comes Around (early take); Hurt.