Enid Bagnold, on writing:

Who wants to become a writer? 

And why?

Because it’s the answer to everything …

It’s the streaming reason for living.

To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it’s a cactus.

 - Enid Bagnold.

On this day in movie and book history - The Hot Spot (1990) and Hell Hath No Fury (1953)

The Hot Spot

directed by Dennis Hopper,

written by Charles Williams and Nona Tyson,

based on the novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1990.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, William Sadler, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Leon Rippy, Jack Nance, Virgil Frye, John Hawker, Margaret Bowman, Debra Cole, Karen Culley, Cody Haynes, George Haynes, James N. Harrell, Edith Mills, Shannon Quinlan, Roosevelt Williams, Kirk Hunter, Mark Lawyer, Lynn Speier.

Recommended reading:

Hell Hath No Fury

by Charles Williams.

 

Filmed as The Hot Spot (1990), directed by Dennis Hopper.
 
Paperback.
First published 1953.
Published by Vintage.

ISBN 13: 9780679733294
ISBN 10: 0679733299
ASIN: 0679733299
 
Description:
 
A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony.
 

Madox wasn't all bad.  He was just half-bad.  But trap a man like Madox in a dead-end job in a stultifying small town, introduce him to a femme fatale like the Harshaw woman, and give him a shot at a fast fifteen thousand dollars--in a bank just begging to be knocked over--and his better nature doesn't stand a chance.

 

Merciless in its suspense, flawless in its grasp of the ways in which ordinary people hurtle over the edge, The Hot Spot is a superb example of fifties roman noir.

Born on this day – Domenico Scarlatti:

Domenico Scarlatti

Composer

October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757

Compositions:

Cat fugue; Essercizi per gravicembalo; Fandango in D minor; Keyboard Sonata, K. 141; La Dirindina; Sonata K. 1; Sonata K. 110; Sonata K. 12; Sonata K. 153; Sonata K. 161; Sonata K. 170; Sonata K. 174; Sonata K. 196; Sonata K. 227; Sonata K. 233; Sonata K. 249; Sonata K. 272; Sonata K. 281; Sonata K. 304; Sonata K. 306; Sonata K. 307; Sonata K. 32; Sonata K. 330; Sonata K. 344; Sonata K. 353; Sonata K. 371; Sonata K. 380; Sonata K. 385; Sonata K. 389; Sonata K. 390; Sonata K. 392; Sonata K. 406; Sonata K. 408; Sonata K. 409; Sonata K. 444; Sonata K. 47; Sonata K. 478; Sonata K. 484; Sonata K. 49; Sonata K. 504; Sonata K. 510; Sonata K. 513; Sonata K. 531; Sonata K. 553; Sonata K. 89; Sonata K. 93; Sonate en sol mineur; Sonate K. 159; Sonate K. 84; Sonate K. 99; Stabat Mater.

Movies and television:

A Chair-a-plane Flamenco (2005); A Fistful of Sandwich (2012); Another Round (2020); At the River (2007); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2010); Baby Einstein: Neighborhood Animals (2001); Barbie Princess Adventure (2020); Caprelles et Pantopodes (1930); Climates (2006); Colonel Chabert (1994); Connections 3 (1997); Down with the King (2021); Eine Stunde Aufenthalt (2010); Eros Erosion (1990); Esquilache (1989); Finding Altamira (2016); Geheimes Deutschland - Eine Reise zur Spiritualität der Frühromantik (2006); Gothic (1986); Great Performances (2021); Hannibal (2014); Harlequin in Venice (1952); Horowitz in Moscow (1986); Immoral Tales (1973); Inspector Lewis (2011); It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008); La discrète (1990); La mise à l'aveugle (2012); Lady J (2018); Laska (2012); Limbo (2020); Los paraísos perdidos (1985); Lost and Beautiful (2015); Love Sonnets (1994); Luxor (2020); Madame Bovary (1991); McLeod's Daughters (2003); Mój Nikifor (2004); Monsieur Lazhar (2011); Mozart in the Jungle (2015); My Internship in Canada (2015); Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts Series (2021 / 2022); One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977); Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023); Paternal Instinct (2004); Pirates! (2004); Q for Quest (1961); Quitte pour la peur (2022); Redlands (2014); Return to Paradise (1998); Santosificationable (2019); Sayedat al akmar al sawdaa (1971); Seymour: An Introduction (2014); Shmel (1981); Sick of Myself (2022); Six Feet Under (2003); Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings (2010); Sonata K462 (2016); Sonata K96 (2015); Star Trek (1967); Statues (1964); Strada Pia (1983); Surviving the 70's (2015); Sweet Hours (1982); Teddy (2009); Teotronico - The Robot Pianist (2017); The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987); The Candid Eye (1961); The Conversations (2016); The Devil's Eye (1960); The Devil's Violinist (2013); The House of the Seven Gables - Salem Massachusetts: A Guided Tour (1990); The Passion of Augustine (2015); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Taming of the Shrew (1971 / 2022); The Ties (2020); To Die For (1988); Torse (2005); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995); Vitus (2006); Yoru no shuyaku (1968–1969).

Born on this day – Margaret Wycherly:

Margaret Wycherly

Actress

October 26, 1881 – June 6, 1956

Credits:

General Electric Theater (1955); Studio One (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); Kraft Theatre (1953–1954); The President's Lady (1953); That Man from Tangier (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1953); Claudia: The Story of a Marriage (1952); The Man with a Cloak (1951); Kraft Theatre (1950–1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); White Heat (1949); NBC Presents (1949); The Loves of Carmen (1948); Forever Amber (1947); Something in the Wind (1947); The Yearling (1946); Johnny Angel (1945); Experiment Perilous (1944); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); The Moon Is Down (1943); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Random Harvest (1942); Crossroads (1942); Sergeant York (1941); Victory (1940); Wanderlust (1938); Midnight (1934); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Fight (1915).

Born on this day – H.B. Warner:

H.B. Warner

Actor

October 26, 1876 – December 21, 1958

Credits:

A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); A Woman Commands (1932); A Woman of Experience (1931); A Yank in Libya (1942); Action in Arabia (1944); Along Came Love (1936); Army Girl (1938); Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938); Behold My Wife! (1934); Biography (2005); Blackmailer (1936); Born to Gamble (1935); Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938); Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939); Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939); Captain Tugboat Annie (1945); Charlie Chan's Chance (1932); Christopher Bean (1933); City of Missing Girls (1941); Conquest (1928); Cross-Examination (1932); Crossroads (1942); Danger Trail (1917); Darby's Rangers (1958); Dice of Destiny (1920); Driftwood (1947); Education by Proxy (2024); El Paso (1949); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); Enemy of Women (1944); English Nell (1900); Expensive Women (1931); Faces in the Fog (1944); Felix O'Day (1920); Five Star Final (1931); For a Woman's Honor (1919); French Dressing (1927); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); God's Man (1917); Grand Canary (1934); Great Performances (1987); Harp of Tara (1914); Haunting Shadows (1919); Hellfire (1949); Here Comes the Groom (1951); High Wall (1947); Hitler's Children (1943); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); In Old Santa Fe (1934); Is Love Everything? (1924); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Jesus Christ, Movie Star (1992); Journey Into Light (1951); Justice Takes a Holiday (1933); Kidnapped (1938); Let Freedom Ring (1939); Liliom (1930); Lost Horizon (1937); Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking (2019); Man-Made Women (1928); Moonlight Murder (1936); Movies Golden Age (1961); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); New Moon (1940); Night Alarm (1934); Nurse Edith Cavell (1939); On Your Back (1930); One Hour Before Dawn (1920); Prices Unlimited (1944); Prospecting for Petroleum (1946); Rogues Gallery (1944); Romance of a Rogue (1928); Rose of the Rancho (1936); Savage Drums (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 15, No. 11 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Seven Deadly Sins (1917); Shell 43 (1916); Show of Shows (1929); Silence (1926); Sorrell and Son (1927 / 1933); South of Tahiti (1941); Stark Mad (1929); Strange Impersonation (1946); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Supernatural (1933); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); The Argyle Case (1929); The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916); The Boss of Big Town (1942); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Crusader (1932); The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941); The Divine Lady (1928); The Doctor's Secret (1929); The First Legion (1951); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Garden Murder Case (1936); The Ghost Breaker (1914); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919); The Green Goddess (1930); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The King of Kings (1927); The Lost Paradise (1914); The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999); The Man from Broadway (1924); The Man Who Turned White (1919); The Market of Vain Desire (1916); The Menace (1932); The Naughty Duchess (1928); The Pagan God (1919); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Princess and the Plumber (1930); The Raiders (1916); The Rains Came (1939); The Reckless Hour (1931); The Second Floor Mystery (1930); The Seventh Sin (1917); The Son-Daughter (1932); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011); The Toy Wife (1938); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929); The Vagabond Prince (1916); The White Dove (1920); Tiger Rose (1929); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Topper Returns (1941); Torpedoed (1937); Uncharted Channels (1920); Unholy Love (1932); Victoria the Great (1937); Waiting for Dogot (2014); Wedding Rings (1929); When We Were 21 (1921); Whispering Smith (1926); Wild Company (1930); Women in Bondage (1943); Wrath (1917); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Zaza (1923).

Born on this day – Mark Sandrich:

Mark Sandrich

Director

Writer

Producer

October 26, 1900 – March 4, 1945

Born on this day – Buddy Messinger:

Buddy Messinger

Actor

Assistant director

Stunts

October 26, 1907 – October 25, 1965

Credits:

A Family Row (1924); A Front Page Story (1922); A Howling Success (1923); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Regular Boy (1923); A Sorority Mixup (1927); A Star Is Born (1937); A Young Tenderfoot (1924); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918); All for a Girl (1925); All Over Twist (1923); Almost a Husband (1925); An All American Toothache (1936); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atlantic Flight (1937); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blonde Trouble (1937); Bondage (1933); Boyhood Days (1923); Bringing Up Buddy (1923); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Buckin' the Line (1923); Budding Youth (1924); Buddy at the Bat (1923); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Citizen Kane (1941); Clear the Way (1925); College Coach (1933); College Holiday (1936); Crime by Night (1944); Dad's Boy (1923); Devil's Doorway (1950); Don't Fall (1924); Don't Get Fresh (1923); Don't Kidd Me, Monkey (1926); Dumb Belles (1927); Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (1920); Edgar Camps Out (1920); Edgar Takes the Cake (1920); Edgar, the Detective (1921); Edgar, the Explorer (1920); Edgar's Country Cousin (1921); Edgar's Feast Day (1921); Edgar's Hamlet (1920); Edgar's Jonah Day (1920); Edgar's Little Saw (1920); Edgar's Sunday Courtship (1920); Eyes of Hollywood (1925); Fan Fan (1918); Fast and Furious (1939); Fast and Loose (1939); Fighting Joe (1916); Flame of the Islands (1955); Four Girls in White (1939); Giant (1956); Gloriana (1916); Good Scouts (1927); Happy Days (1924); Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943); Here He Comes! (1924); His First Degree (1924); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hot Stuff (1929); Hullabaloo (1940); Idiot's Delight (1939); Jack and the Beanstalk (1917); Jack Slade (1953); Jinx (1919); Keeping Company (1940); Kelly the Second (1936); Keyhole Katie (1933); Let 'em Have It (1935); Libeled Lady (1936); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Low Bridge (1924); Midnight Madonna (1937); Mister Cinderella (1936); Modern Times (1936); Monkey Hula (1927); Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Nize Monkey (1926); Oh, Monkey, Be Good (1926); One, Two, Three, Kick! (1927); Our Relations (1936); Penrod and Sam (1923); Please, Teacher! (1924); Quit Kidding (1924); Ringside Romeos (1928); Sailing Along (1925); Sandwiches and Tea (1928); Sergeant Madden (1939); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956–1957); Shadows (1922); She's a He (1923); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Smarty (1923); So Long, Buddy (1923); Some Pets (1928); So's Your Monk (1927); Stage Mother (1933); Summer Knights (1928); Super-Sleuth (1937); Swell Clothes (1927); Taming the East (1925); Test Pilot (1938); Thanks a Million (1935); That's My Mummy (1927); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); The Abysmal Brute (1923); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Consent (1932); The Aggravatin' Kid (1925); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Babes in the Woods (1917); The Big Store (1941); The Blow Out (1924); The Caddy (1924); The Campus Hoofer (1934); The Clown and the Kid (1961); The Danny Thomas Show (1963); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Flirt (1922); The Gay Amigo (1949); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Godless Girl (1928); The Hoodlum (1919); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The King of Shebas (1928); The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Old Nest (1921); The Public Menace (1935); The Racing Kid (1924); The Road to Denver (1955); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Valiant Hombre (1948); The Whispered Name (1924); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three of a Kind (1936); Timberjack (1955); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Trailing Trouble (1924); Treasure Island (1917); Trifling with Honor (1923); Turnabout (1940); Two Arabian Sights (1927); Undressed (1928); What an Eye (1924); When Love Comes (1922); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Yellow Jack (1938); Young Ideas (1924); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Don Siegel:

Don Siegel

Director

Producer

October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991

Born on this day – Jackie Coogan:

Jackie Coogan

Actor

Comedian

October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984

Born on this day – Vivian Nathan:

Vivian Nathan

Actress

October 26, 1916 – April 3, 2015

Founding member of the Actors Studio in 1947.
 
Credits:

The Equalizer (1989); Kojak (1976); Klute (1971); Breaking Point (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); The Outsider (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); The Young Savages (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Pursuit (1958); Studio One (1956–1958); Encounter (1957–1958); Teacher's Pet (1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Look Up and Live (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); Playwrights '56 (1956); The Stranger (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953).

Born on this day – Faye Marlowe:

Faye Marlowe

Actress

Writer

October 26, 1926 – May 5, 2022

Credits:

Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Hangover Square (1945); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Junior Miss (1945); Rendezvous with Annie (1946); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Bed (1954); The Spider (1945); The Thief of Venice (1950).

Born on this day – Renato Casaro:

Renato Casaro

Artist

Movie poster designer

October 26, 1935 – September 29, 2025

Credits:

A Few Dollars for Django (1966); A Fistful of Dollars (1964); Angel Heart (1987); Army of Darkness (1992); Arte Journal (2025); Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999); Asterix and the Big Fight (1989); Blackie the Pirate (1971); Cliffhanger (1993); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Dances with Wolves (1990); Day of Anger (1967); Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto) (1972); Delitto in Formula Uno (1984); Delitto sull'autostrada (1982); Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione (1970); Dove vai tutta nuda? (1969); Due cuori, una cappella (1975); Dune (1984); Ettore lo fusto (1972); Everything Happens to Me (1980); First Blood (1982); Flash Gordon (1980); Flesh+Blood (1985); Flight from Paradise (1990); Franco, Ciccio e le vedove allegre (1968); Hands of Steel (1986); Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987); I due assi del guantone (1971); I due maghi del pallone (1970); I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300 (1973); Il burbero (1986); Il comune senso del pudore (1976); I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979); Innocent Blood (1992); Io e mia sorella (1987); Io non spezzo... rompo (1971); K2 (1991); Laser Mission (1989); Life After Flash (2019); Life After the NeverEnding Story (2024); Lo so che tu sai che io so (1982); Lock Up (1989); Love Sins (1987); Madly in Love (1981); Malone (1987); Man of the West (1958); Maniac Cop (1988); Misery (1990); My Name Is Nobody (1973); Now They Call Him Sacramento (1972); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); Once Upon A Time In... Treviso (2024); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); Our Men in Bagdad (1966); Over the Top (1987); Pure as a Lily (1976); Rambo III (1988); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Red Sonja (1985); Renato Casaro racconta le sue opere e la sua arte dai saloni della sua mostra (Treviso, 2021); Renegades (1989); Romeo & Juliet (1955); Sky Pirates (1986); Stormy Monday (1988); Supergirl (1984); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Art of the Blockbuster: An Interview with Renato Casaro (2018); The Bible in the Beginning... (1966); The Boss and the Worker (1975); The Care Bears Movie (1985); The First Power (1990); The Last Movie Painter (2020); The Mystery of Thug Island (1964); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Price of Power (1969); The Princess Bride (1987); The Running Man (1987); The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980); Total Recall (1990); Trinity Is Still My Name (1971); Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975); True Lies (1994); Two Sons of Ringo (1966); What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972); What's Your Sign? (1975); While There's War There's Hope (1974); Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981); Wild at Heart (1990); Wild Orchid (1989); Young Guns II (1990); Zandalee (1991); Zwei blaue Augen (1955).

Born on this day – Shelley Morrison:

Shelley Morrison

Actress

October 26, 1936 – December 1, 2019

Credits:

1st & Ten (1987); 240-Robert (1979); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Blume in Love (1973); Breezy (1973); Castle of Evil (1966); Club Oscar (2005); Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Courthouse (1995); Cries from the Heart (1994); Divorce American Style (1967); Dr. Kildare (1964); Foodfight! (2012); Fools Rush In (1997); Funny Girl (1968); General Hospital (1982); Generator Rex (2011); Gunsmoke (1966); Handy Manny (2006); Home Improvement (1997); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); I'm Home (1990); Johnny Bago (1993); Kids Don't Tell (1985); L.A. Law (1994); Laredo (1965); Lassie: A New Beginning (1978); Live Shot (1995); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Man and Boy (1971); Man of the People (1992); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Murder, She Wrote (1992); My Favorite Martian (1966); My Name Is Earl (2006); Nothing Sacred (1997); Occasional Wife (1966); Once an Eagle (1976); Peopletoys (1974); Prey (1998); Rabbit Test (1978); Shark Tale (2004); Sisters (1992); Soap (1977); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Fanelli Boys (1990); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fugitive (1965); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Interns (1970); The Man and the City (1971); The Night That Panicked America (1975); The Outer Limits (1963); The Partridge Family (1972); The Rookies (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); Three's a Crowd (1969); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Will & Grace (1999).

Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Christmas Carol: The Video Game (2009); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); American Virgin (1999); And All Who Sail in Her (1973); Balto (1995); Beyond the Limit (1983); Beyond the Sea (2004); Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Brecht and Co (1979); British Gas (1991); British Gas 2 (1991); BT it's Good to Talk (1994); BT it's Good to Talk Surprise Saver (1996); Captain Jack (1999); Cousin Bette (1998); Crown Court (1973); David Copperfield (1999); Den of Lions (2003); Don Quixote (2000); Doomsday (2008); Enemy at the Gates (2001); Felicia's Journey (1999); Flickers (1980); Frasier (2003); Full House (1973); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Go Go Tales (2007); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywoodland (2006); Hook (1991); If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974); In the Looking Glass (1978); Inserts (1975); Jamie T: Sheila (2007); Kate (1972); Lassiter (1984); Last Orders (2001); Let the Good Times Roll (1999); Made in Dagenham (2010); Maid in Manhattan (2002); Mermaids (1990); Michael (1996); Mona Lisa (1986); Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005); Mussolini and I (1985); Neverland (2011); New Scotland Yard (1973); Nixon (1995); Noriega: God's Favorite (2000); Of Mycenae and Men (1979); Omnibus (1973); On the Move (1975); Othello (1981); Outlaw (2007); Outside Bet (2012); Paris, Je T'aime (2006); Parting Shots (1998); Passed Away (1992); Paul Hardcastle: Just for Money (1985); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Performance (1993); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Pinocchio (2009); Play for Today (1972); Rainbow (1995); Rainbow (1995); Rock Follies of '77 (1977); Royal Flash (1975); Ruby Blue (2007); Saturday Night Live (1998); Shattered (1991); Sheppey (1980); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Sir Yellow (1973); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Son of the Mask (2005); Sparkle (2007); Spice World (1997); Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981); Stay (2005); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Sweet Liberty (1986); Tales from the Crypt (1996); The Beggar's Opera (1983); The Big Freeze (1993); The Cotton Club (1984); The Crezz (1976); The Dunera Boys (1985); The Englishman's Boy (2008); The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991); The Forgotten Toys (1995); The Good Pope (2003); The Inner Circle (1991); The Last Word Monologues (2008); The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Lost World (2001); The Main Chance (1972); The National Health (1973); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Secret Agent (1996); The Sleeping Dictionary (2003); The Street (2009); The Underworld (1994); The White River Kid (1999); The Wind in the Willows (2006); The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985); Thick as Thieves (1974); Three Piece Suite (1977); Thriller (1975); Tube Tales (1999); Tummy Trouble (1989); TwentyFourSeven (1997); Unleashed (2005); Up the Front (1972); Van der Valk (1977); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Where Eskimos Live (2002); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Will (2011); World War II: When Lions Roared (1994); Zulu Dawn (1979).

Born on this day – Pat Conroy:

Pat Conroy

Writer

October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016

Books:

A Lowcountry Heart (2016); A Stranger's House (1988); A Word On Words (2023); A World Made Of Fire (1984); Beach Music (1994); Big Bad Love (1990); Cold Sassy Tree (1984); Desert Places (2004); Domestic Pleasures (1991); East Coast Girls (2020); Fate Moreland's Widow (2015); First Words (1993); Heir To the Everlasting (2011); Letter to My Daughter (2010); Man in the Blue Moon (2012); My Losing Season (2002); My Reading Life / aka My Life in Books (2010); Prague (2002); South of Broad (2009); Special Kay (2000); Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe I (2002); Sweetsmoke (2008); The Boo (1970); The Death of Santini (2013); The Fifty-first State (2013); The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle (2001); The Great Santini (1976); The Great Santini / The Lords of Discipline (2016); The Invisible Circus (1994); The King of Lies (2006); The Lords of Discipline (1980); The Pat Conroy Cookbook (2004); The Perfect Love Song (2010); The Prince of Tides (1986); The Prince of Tides / The Water is Wide (2016); The Tender Mercy of Roses (2011); The Water is Wide (1972); The Wave Dancer Benefit (2002); The Winters in Bloom (2011); The World of Pat Conroy (1991); Valley of the Shadow (1998); Where It Hurts (2016); Where the Rivers Merge (2025).

Movies and television:

Conrack (1974); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2011); Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel (2012); Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White (1998); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The Great Santini (1979); The Lords of Discipline (1983); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Water Is Wide (2006); Unconquered (1989).

Born on this day – Lydia Lisle:

Lydia Lisle

Actress

October 26, 1947 – May 11, 2017

Credits:

Beryl's Lot (1975); Drummonds (1985–1987); Marked Personal (1974); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1977); Pickersgill People (1978); Play for Today (1973–1978); Rooms (1975); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Sounding Brass (1980); Space: 1999 (1976); The Elephant Man (1980); The Professionals (1978–1979); The Sweeney (1978); The Tomorrow People (1975); Whodunnit? (1973).

Born on this day – Pascale Ogier:

Pascale Ogier

Actress

October 26, 1958 – October 25, 1984

Credits:

Aujourd'hui la vie (1984); Ave Maria (1984); Biennale del cinema di Venezia - Serata finale (1984); Bulle Ogier sur Radio Ark en Ciel (Carnet Filmé: 29 juin 1982) (1982); Catherine de Heilbronn (1980); Cinéma cinémas (1984); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Down by Law (1986); Full Moon in Paris (1984); Ghost Dance (1983); Il est trop tard pour rien (1982); Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2016); La nuit des César (1985); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le Pont du Nord (1981); Life the Way It Is (1978); Outward Signs of Wealth (1983); Paris Goes Away (1981); Pascale Ogier, voyage astral (2022); Paulina Is Leaving (1969); Perceval le Gallois (1978); Radio Serpent (1980); Rembob'Ina (2024); Rosette par Rosette (1983); Rosette vend des roses (1985); Télévision de chambre (1983).

Born on this day – Ted Demme:

 

Ted Demme

Director

Producer

Actor

October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002

On this day in movie history - The Terminator (1984)

 

The Terminator

directed by James Cameron,

written by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1984.

Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M. Kerner, Franco Columbu, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden, Brian Thompson, William Wisher, Ken Fritz, Tom Oberhaus, Ed Dogans, Ed Dogans, Joe Farago, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Tony Mirelez, Philip Gordon, Anthony Trujillo, Stan Yale, Al Kahn, Leslie Morris, Hugh Farrington, Harriet Medin, Loree Frazier, James Ralston, Norman Friedman, Barbara Powers, Wayne Stone, David Michels, John E. Bristol, Webster Williams, Patrick Pinney, Bill W. Richmond, Chino ‘Fats’ Williams, Greg Robbins, Marianne Muellerleile, John Durban, Robin Antin, Marian Green, J. Randolph Harrison, David Kristin, Darrell Mapson, Bob Ritchie, John Stuart West.