In honor of National Cat Day and Pepper the Cat:

Happy National Cat Day to our cats Bodhi and Pepper!

Pepper the Cat

Filmed in the following silent movies:

A Bedroom Blunder (1917); Are Waitresses Safe? (1917); The Kitchen Lady (1917); Grauman Special (1918); His Hidden Purpose (1918); Friend Husband (1918); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Her Screen Idol (1918); Beware of Boarders (1918); Whose Little Wife Are You? (1918); Never Too Old (1919); Rip & Stitch: Tailors (1919); Reilly’s Wash Day (1919); When Love is Blind (1919); Trying to Get Along (1919); Love’s False Faces (1919); The Little Widow (1919); Treating ‘Em Rough (1919); The Dentist (1919); Back to the Kitchen (1919); Down on the Farm (1920); The Quack Doctor (1920); On a Summer Day (1920); Bow Wow (1922).

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John Green, on reading:

 

Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.
- John Green.

On this day in movie history - Being John Malkovich (1999)

Being John Malkovich

directed by Spike Jonze,

written by Charlie Kaufman,

was shown in the United States on October 29, 1999.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy, Eric Weinstein, Madison Lanc, Octavia Spencer, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean, Catherine Keener, K.K. Dodds, Reginald C. Hayes, Byrne Piven, Judith Wetzell, John Malkovich, Kevin Carroll, Willie Garson, W. Earl Brown, Charlie Sheen, Gerald Emerick, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carlos Jacott, James Murray, Richard Fancy, Patti Tippo, Daniel Hansen, Mariah O'Brien, Gregory Sporleder, Kelly Teacher, Jacqueline Benoît, William Buck, Christine D. Coleman, Jeanne Diehl, Audrey Gelfund, Yetta Ginsburg, Sylvester Jenkins, Roy C. Johnson, Eddie J. Low, Ralph W. Spaulding, David Wyler, Flori Wyler, Kevin Lee, Marlowe Bassett, Jennifer Canzoneri, Kristie Cordle, Denise Dabrowski, Kristin Condon, Charlene Grimsley, Christine Krejer, Erica Long, Yvonne Montelius, Jessica Neuberger, Sara Rifkin, Elizabeth Rivera, Chelsa Sjostrom, Pamela Hayden, Jayne Hess, Michelle Madden, Greg O'Neill, Neil Ross, Bill Wittman, Lance Bangs, Kacee DeMasi, Andy Dick, Eddie L. Fauria, David Fincher, Jester Hairston, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Isaac, Spike Jonze, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Patrick Ryan, Winona Ryder, Gary Sinise, Trevor Lawrence Young.

Recommended reading - Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories (1975)

 

Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories
by William Harrison (1975).
 
ISBN-10: 0860078655
ISBN-13: 978-0860078654
 
Anthology of short stories.
 
Contents:
 

Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).

 

Description:
 

Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.

 

No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …

 

Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.

Born on this day – Julia Swayne Gordon:

Julia Swayne Gordon

Actress

October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933

Credits:

Hello, Everybody! (1933); Secrets of the French Police (1932); The Golden West (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Broken Lullaby (1932); The False Madonna (1931); The Common Law (1931); Up for Murder (1931); The Drums of Jeopardy (1931); The Primrose Path (1931); Misbehaving Ladies (1931); Captain Applejack (1930); Today (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); The Dude Wrangler (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929); The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929); Scandal (1929); The Eternal Woman (1929); The Younger Generation (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Three Week Ends (1928); The Viking (1928); Road House (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Smart Set (1928); Hearts of Men (1928); 13 Washington Square (1928); Wings (1927); The King of Kings (1927); Children of Divorce (1927); Heaven on Earth (1927); It (1927); Diplomacy (1926); Early to Wed (1926); Bride of the Storm (1926); The Far Cry (1926); Lights of Old Broadway (1925); The Wheel (1925); Not So Long Ago (1925); Scaramouche (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); The Tie That Binds (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); The Darling of the Rich (1922); Women Men Marry (1922); Till We Meet Again (1922); How Women Love (1922); When the Desert Calls (1922); Wildness of Youth (1922); What's Wrong with the Women? (1922); My Old Kentucky Home (1922); Shams of Society (1921); Handcuffs or Kisses (1921); Why Girls Leave Home (1921); Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921); Love, Hate and a Woman (1921); Behind Masks (1921); The Silver Lining (1921); The Passionate Pilgrim (1921); Heliotrope (1920); For Love or Money (1920); A Child for Sale (1920); Lifting Shadows (1920); The Friendly Call (1920); Greater Than Fame (1920); The Moonshine Trail (1919); The Bramble Bush (1919); The Girl-Woman (1919); Shadows of the Past (1919); The Painted World (1919); A Stitch in Time (1919); Two Women (1919); Miss Dulcie from Dixie (1919); The Girl Problem (1919); The Captain's Captain (1919); Love Watches (1918); The Soap Girl (1918); Over the Top (1918); The Desired Woman (1918); In the Balance (1917); Soldiers of Chance (1917); The Message of the Mouse (1917); A Son of the Hills (1917); The Maelstrom (1917); The Soul Master (1917); Clover's Rebellion (1917); The Hawk (1917); Arsene Lupin (1917); Battle Hymn of the Republic (1917); Her Right to Live (1917); The Missing Chapter (1916); The Enemy (1916); The Scarlet Runner (1916); The Daring of Diana (1916); The Suspect (1916); Out of the Quagmire (1916); The Island of Surprise (1916); My Lady's Slipper (1916); The Thirteenth (1915); Wasted Lives (1915); Hearts Ablaze (1915); The Tigress (1915); Life's Yesterdays (1915); The Battle Cry of Peace (1915); The Esterbrook Case (1915); Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915); Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915); The Juggernaut (1915); 413 (1914); The Sins of the Mothers (1914); An Affair for the Police (1914); Two Women (1914); Four Thirteen (1914); The Hidden Letters (1914); The Painted World (1914); Uncle Bill (1914); Shadows of the Past (1914); The Vanity Case (1914); He Never Knew (1914); The Battle of the Weak (1914); The Girl from Prosperity (1914); Old Reliable (1914); The Idler (1914); Back to Broadway (1914); A Million Bid (1914); Hearts of Women (1914); The Whimsical Threads of Destiny (1913); Daniel (1913); The Warmakers (1913); Luella's Love Story (1913); The Fruits of Vengeance (1913); The Kiss of Retribution (1913); The Lady and the Glove (1913); The Tiger Lily (1913); The Lion's Bride (1913); The Drop of Blood (1913); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); Tricks of the Trade (1913); The Artist's Great Madonna (1913); His Honor, the Mayor (1913); Red and White Roses (1913); Beau Brummel (1913); Buttercups (1913); When Mary Grew Up (1913); The Vengeance of Durand; or, the Two Portraits (1913); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1913); The Wings of a Moth (1913); Days of Terror (1912); Freckles (1912); Two Women and Two Men (1912); Ida's Christmas (1912); Song of the Shell (1912); Lord Browning and Cinderella (1912); Bettina's Substitute; or, There's No Fool Like an Old Fool (1912); Father's Hot Toddy (1912); Her Choice (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); Coronets and Hearts (1912); Flirt or Heroine (1912); Vultures and Doves (1912); Conscience (1912); A Bunch of Violets (1912); The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912); The Gamblers (1912); The Days of Terror; or, in the Reign of Terror (1912); The Light That Failed (1912); The Cylinder's Secret (1912); The Lady of the Lake (1912); The Victoria Cross (1912); The Pink Pajama Girl (1912); The Woman Haters (1912); The Jocular Winds of Fate (1912); At Scrogginses' Corner (1912); Burnt Cork (1912); Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912); Cardinal Wolsey (1912); The Diamond Brooch (1912); Stenographers Wanted (1912); Her Last Shot (1912); The Love of John Ruskin (1912); The Chocolate Revolver (1912); Playmates (1912); Her Boy (1912); Tom Tilling's Baby (1912); The Meeting of the Ways (1912); Captain Jenks' Dilemma (1912); Fires of Driftwood (1911); Saving the Special (1911); Suffer Little Children (1911); A Message from Beyond (1911); The Foolishness of Jealousy (1911); Lady Godiva (1911); The Cabin Boy (1911); Selecting His Heiress (1911); Forgotten; or, an Answered Prayer (1911); A Friendly Marriage (1911); How Betty Won the School (1911); Billy the Kid (1911); Treasure Trove (1911); The Lure of Vanity (1911); Snowbound with a Woman Hater (1911); In Northern Forests (1911); The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911); Courage of Sorts (1911); A Quaker Mother (1911); Barriers Burned Away (1911); The Sacrifice (1911); The Ends of the Earth (1911); A Dead Man's Honor (1911); The Welcome of the Unwelcome (1911); Hungry Hearts; or, the Children of Social Favorites (1911); The Peace Offering; or, the Absconding Bridget (1911); A Klondike Steal; or, the Stolen Claim (1911); Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet (1911); An Aching Void (1911); A Tale of Two Cities (1911); Society and the Man (1911); Clancy (1910); Jean Goes Fishing (1910); Twelfth Night (1910); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909); King Lear (1909); The Merchant of Venice (1908); Richard III (1908); Othello (1908).

Born on this day – Anzia Yezierska:

Anzia Yezierska

Writer

October 29, 1880 – November 20, 1970

Credits:

All I Could Never Be (1932); Arrogant Beggar (1927); Bread Givers (1925); Children of Loneliness (1923); Growing Up Female (1993); How I Found America (1991); Hungry Hearts and Other Stories (1920); Red Ribbon On a White Horse (1950); Salome of the Tenements (1923); The Open Cage (1979).

Movies and television:

Hungry Hearts (1922); Salome of the Tenements (1925).

Born on this day – Fanny Brice:

Fanny Brice

Actress

Comedian

Singer

October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951

Credits:

The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Crime Without Passion (1934); The Man from Blankley's (1930); Be Yourself! (1930); Night Club (1929); My Man (1928).

Born on this day – Edwige Feuillère:

Edwige Feuillère

Actress

October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

A Taste for Women (1964); A Touch of Venus (1968); Adorable Creatures (1952); Amore (1935); As Long As I Live (1946); Au cinéma ce soir (1970–1972); Au théâtre ce soir (1969); Avis de recherche (1989); Barcarolle (1935); Behold the Man (1935); Bouillon de culture (1992); Cabaret du soir (1957); Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934); Champs-Elysées (1982–1986); Chantons sous l'occupation (1976); Cinéma (1988); Cinépanorama (1964); Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique (2013); Compression (2023); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022); Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas! (1993); Discorama (1959–1960); École des vedettes (1959); Edwige Feuillère en scène (1993); Edwige Feuillère, la rêveuse éveillée (1981); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982); Famous Love Affairs (1961); Feu! (1937); From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940); Fruits of Summer (1955); Gérard Philipe (1966); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1972); Il suffit d'une fois (1946); J'étais une aventurière (1938); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); La bonne occase (1965); La dame aux camélias (1998); La dame de Malacca (1937); La duchesse de Langeais (1995); La fine combine (1931); La folle de Chaillot (1976); La joie de vivre (1956–1969); La Norvège sans les Vikings (1948); La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La nuit des César (1977–1984); La nuit des Molières (1988–1993); La part de l'ombre (1945); La perle (1932); La route d'un homme (1967); La route heureuse (1936); La voix du métal (1934); Le bateau pour Lipaïa (1979); Le beau role (1932); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Le chef de famille (1982); Le clair de terre (1970); Le cordon bleu (1932); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le miroir aux alouettes (1935); Le Septième Commandement (1957); Le tueur triste (1984); L'émigrante (1940); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les aventures du roi Pausole (1933); Les dames de la côte (1979–1980); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les joies de la vie (1957); Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Les Nuits de France Culture (2013–2019); L'honorable Catherine (1943); L'idiot (1946); Life as a Couple (1958); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); L'oeil en coulisses (1988); Lost Souvenirs (1950); Love Is My Profession (1958); Lucrèce (1943); Lucrezia Borgia (1935); Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Maquillage (1932); Marthe Richard (1937); Matricule 33 (1933); Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990); Midi-Première (1977); Monsieur Albert (1932); Monsieur Cinéma (1968); Mr. Flow (1936); Olivia (1951); OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970); Passez donc me voir (1980); Propos et Confidences (1970–1991); Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957); Reflets de Cannes (1954–1962); Sacrée soirée (1988); Stars (1980); Stradivarius (1935); The Eagle with Two Heads (1948); The Flesh of the Orchid (1975); The Immature Grain (1954); There's No Tomorrow (1939); Toi que j'adore (1934); Topaze (1933); Un château au soleil (1988); Une petite femme dans le train (1932); Wicked Duchess (1942); Woman Hater (1948).

Born on this day – Eddie Constantine:

Eddie Constantine

Actor

Singer

October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993

Credits:

A Fat Head (1962); A Second Spring (1975); À tout casser (1968); Alphaville (1965); As If It Were Raining (1963); Avanzi di galera (1954); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); Black Sequence (1984); Bloedverwanten (1977); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonne chance, Charlie (1962); Bonsoir Paris (1956); Boxoffice (1982); Ça va barder (1955); Ça va être ta fête (1960); Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert (1980); Cartes sur table (1966); Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956); Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965); Ces messieurs de la famille (1968); Cet homme est dangereux (1953); Chien de pique (1960); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964); Das Mikado-Projekt (1983); De bien étranges affaires (1982); Der Idiot im Hintergrund (1979); Der Schnüffler (1983); Des frissons partout (1963); Destination Fury (1961); Diamond Machine (1955); Die Alptraumfrau (1981); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Die Hinrichtung (1981); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dishonorable Discharge (1957); Egypt by Three (1953); Ein Fall für Männdli (1976); Eine Rose für Jane (1970); Et par ici la sortie (1957); Europa (1991); Europa, abends (1989); Exit... nur keine Panik (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Flight to Berlin (1984); Folies-Bergère (1956); Frankenstein's Aunt (1987); Freak Orlando (1981); Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987); Geen paniek (1973); Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991); Hail, Mafia (1965); Haytabo (1971); Heiter bis meschugge (1974); Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987); Hochkant (1982); Honor Thy Father (1986); Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958); Hot Money Girl (1959); How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965); Incognito (1958); It Lives Again (1978); Je suis un sentimental (1955); Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (1970); Keep Talking, Baby (1961); Kottan ermittelt (1983); La bête noire (1983); L'agence (1989); Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964); Le couple témoin (1977); Le grand bluff (1957); Le moulin à remonter le poivre (1982); Le retour de Lemmy Caution (1989); Lemmy pour les dames... (1962); L'empire de la nuit (1962); Les brigades du Tigre (1982); Les cinq dernières minutes (1988); Les femmes d'abord (1963); Les femmes s'en balancent (1954); Les fugitifs (1981); License to Kill (1964); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Lucky Jo (1964); Makaroni Blues (1986); Malatesta (1970); Man and Child (1956); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Minute papillon (1983); Neige (1981); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); Nous irons à Deauville (1962); Oasis (1982); Panische Zeiten (1980); Pariser Nächte (1973); Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie (1985); Pepe Carvalho (1986); Perlico – Perlaco (1971); Pfuri Gorps & Kniri im Hotel (1981); Poison Ivy (1953); Quei trentasei gradini (1984); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Rambo Zambo (1984); Ravissante (1960); Red Love (1982); Residencia para espías (1966); Riff Raff Girls (1959); Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989); Roncalli (1986); Room 43 (1958); Seifenblasen (1984); SOS Pacific (1959); Souvenir of Gibraltar (1975); Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971); Tango durch Deutschland (1980); Tarzana (1978); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gangsters (1957); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Third Generation (1979); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Ticket of No Return (1979); Tiger - Frühling in Wien (1984); Tokyo Holiday (1991); Une aventure de Phil Perfect (1984); Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1974); Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984); Victor (1979); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Wir sind drei (1972); Women Are Like That (1960); World on a Wire (1973); Your Turn, Darling (1963); Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978); Zwischen Mond und Sonne (1981).

Born on this day – Geraldine Brooks:

Geraldine Brooks

Actress

October 29, 1925 – June 19, 1977

Credits:

4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); An Act of Murder (1948); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1953); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973); Ben Casey (1964–1966); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bonanza (1961–1966); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1973); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Challenge to Lassie (1949); Climax! (1955); Combat! (1963); Cry Wolf (1947); Dan August (1971); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1965); Dr. Kildare (1964); Ellery Queen (1975); Embraceable You (1948); Executive Suite (1976); Faraday and Company (1973–1974); General Electric Theater (1962); Get Smart (1966); Girl Talk (1963); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1967); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawk (1966); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1956); Insight (1967–1969); Ironside (1967 / 1972); It Takes a Thief (1969); Johnny Staccato (1960); Johnny Tiger (1966); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Kung Fu (1973); Laramie (1963); Lights Out (1951); Love of Life (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Story (1975); Modern Romances (1957); Mr. Novak (1964); Mr. Ricco (1975); My Friend Tony (1969); Naked City (1960); Orient Express (1952); Perry Mason (1962); Possessed (1947); Rhyme and Reason (1976); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Run for Your Life (1967); Sam Benedict (1962); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stoney Burke (1963); Street of Sinners (1957); Streets of Sorrow (1950); Studio One (1954–1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Stu's Show (2023); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Bull of the West (1972); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Defenders (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Dumplings (1976); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Freddy Martin Show (1951); The Fugitive (1963–1967); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Green Glove (1952); The High Chaparral (1967); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Name of the Game (1968); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Outsider (1969); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Virginian (1963–1968); The Younger Brothers (1949); To Rome with Love (1969); Vulcano (1950); Woman with a Past (1954); You Are There (1971).

Born on this day – Robert Hardy:

Robert Hardy

Actor

October 29, 1925 – August 3, 2017

Born on this day – Margaret Sheridan:

Margaret Sheridan

Actress

October 29, 1926 – May 1, 1982

Credits:

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); City Detective (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); I, the Jury (1953); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); One Minute to Zero (1952); Pride of the Blue Grass (1954); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Diamond Wizard (1954); The Thing from Another World (1951); Wagon Train (1964).

Born on this day – Jane Arden:

Jane Arden

Director

Actress

Singer

Writer

October 29, 1927 – December 20, 1982

Credits:

A Gunman Has Escaped (1948); Anti-Clock (1979); Armchair Theatre (1956–1961); Black Memory (1947); Curtains for Harry (1955); Dali in New York (1965); Die Party (1963); Five More (1966); ITV Television Playhouse (1956 / 1957); New Release (1966); Separation (1968); Six (1965); The Other Side of Underneath (1972); The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1947); The Wednesday Play (1964–1965); Tuesday's Documentary (1970); Vibration (1975).

Born on this day – William Harrison:

 

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

Books:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

Born on this day – Peter Watkins:

Peter Watkins

Filmmaker

Documentarian

Writer

Film theorist

October 29, 1935 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

70'ernes folk (1975); A Discussion with Peter Watkins (1977); Aftenlandet (1977); Culloden (1964); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Edvard Munch (1974); Ex-S (1996); Fällan (1975); Fritänkaren (1994); How the BBC Began (2022); It Happened Here (1964); La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2024); NET Playhouse (1967); Peter Watkins Reflects on 'The War Game' and the Media (1983); Privilege (1967); Punishment Park (1971); Reflets de Cannes (1967); Resan (1987); The Controllers (1963); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959); The Field of Red (1958); The Forgotten Faces (1961); The Gladiators (1969); The Media Project (1991); The Movies (1967); The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (2001); The War Game (1966); The Web (1956); Tomorrow and the Day Before (2004); Ung bølge i England (1967).

Born on this day – Bob Ross:

Bob Ross

Painter

Art instructor

TV host

October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Favorites (1993); Bob Ross: My First Book of Colors (2020); Bob Ross: My First Book of Nature (2022); Bob Ross: My First Book of Numbers (2023); Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (2017); Discover The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (1998); Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023); Experience the Joy of Painting With Bob Ross (1984); Happy Little Accidents (2017); Karla: or the Weightliftress (2022); Life Lessons from Bob Ross (2020); Lusty Little Things (2018); More Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Muddled Meanderings in an Outhouse (1972); My Journey Through Country Music (2022); Solitary confinement: Poems (1977); The Bob Ross Coloring Book (2017); The Joy of Painting Volumes 1–30 (1984 –1995); The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons (2019).

 

Television:
 

39 Ways to Calm Down (2020); A Hot Lead (2017); About Mine (2019); Bellator Fighting Championships (2012); Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994); Bob Ross: A Special Tribute (1995); Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021); Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020–2021); Cinemassacre Video (2020); De wereld draait door (2007); Deeply Artificial Trees (2017); Firebringer (2016); Kulturzeit (2020); Live with Kelly and Mark (1991); Nerdrotic (2021); Physics Girl (2015); Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2022); Sendung ohne Namen (2012); The Adventures of Elmer & Friends (1995); The Best of the Joy of Painting (1991); The Comments Section (2022); The Drunken Peasants (2016); The Joy of Painting (1983–1994); Virtual Peep Show Flat (2019); WatchMojo (2021).

On this day in movie history - Nocturne (1946)

Nocturne

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Jonathan Latimer,

based on a story by Roland Brown and Frank Fenton,

was released in the United States on October 29, 1946.

Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Edward Ashley, Walter Sande, Mabel Paige, Bern Hoffman, Queenie Smith, Virginia Keiley, Mack Gray, Lilian Bond, Rudy Robles, Greta Granstedt, Carol Forman, William Challee.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Evil.

Released October 29, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Richard Carr.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Alexander Scourby, Lloyd Corrigan, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Carricart, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles Thompson, Harry Whisner, Helen Dietrich, Al Bain, John Barton, Arline Bletcher, Danny Borzage, Lovyss Bradley, Gene Coogan, Helen Gereghty, Chester Hayes, Kenner G. Kemp, Walter Lawrence, Carl M. Leviness, Lillian O'Malley, 'Snub' Pollard, Harry Raven, Edwin Rochelle, Bert Spencer, Chalky Williams.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995)

Fallen Angels
Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Good Housekeeping.

Released October 29, 1995.

Directed by Michael Lehmann.

Written by Bruno Fischer.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Scott McGehee, David Siegel.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Dana Delany, Benicio Del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, William Petersen, Adam Baldwin, James Flynn, Matt O'Toole, Zack Phifer, Johanna Went.

Fallen Angels
Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Fly Paper.

Released October 29, 1995.

Directed by Tim Hunter.

Written by Donald E. Westlake.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Dashiell Hammett.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Christopher Lloyd, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Berg, Michael Rooker, Arnold Vosloo, Jack Thibeau, Kristin Minter, Darren McGavin, James Rekart, Johanna Went, Miguel Ferrer, Harry Northup.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery (1997, 2004, 2017, 2020)

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Scientific Method.

Released October 29, 1997.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Sherry Klein, Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Bryan Fuller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Rosemary Forsyth, Annette Helde, John Austin, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Heather Ferguson, Sylvester Foster, Alicia Lewis, Brita Nowak, Ansuya Rathor, Keith Rayve, Joey Sakata, Richard Sarstedt, Hallie Singleton, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Borderland.

Released October 29, 2004.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Ken LaZebnik.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alec Newman, Abby Brammell, Joel West, Paul Wight, Dave Power, J.G. Hertzler, Dayo Ade, Brent Spiner, Gary Kasper, Bobbi Sue Luther, Thom Khoury Williams, Alexandrea Ortiz, Troy Brenna, Fernando Chien, Mark Correy, Vince Deadrick Jr., Vince Deadrick Sr., Kevin Derr, Glen Hambly, Seth Hendrix, Yoshio Iizuka, Andrew Macbeth, David Mattey, Tom McComas, Derek Mears, Dorenda Moore, Tom Morga, Jack Nolan, Laura Renault, Ron Sarchian, Scott L. Schwartz, Tim Sitarz, Paul Sklar, Pablo Soriano, Monika Spruch, Dan Walters, Scott Workman, Nina Xining Zuo.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.

Released October 29, 2017.

Directed by David M. Barrett.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Jesse Alexander, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Wilson Cruz, Katherine Barrell, Peter MacNeill, Rainn Wilson, Milton Barnes, Emily Coutts, Jason Deline, Hamza Fouad, Julianne Grossman, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Izaak Smith, George Alevizos, Julie St-Louis, Nick Stojanovic, Ronald Tang.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: People of Earth.

Released October 29, 2020.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris 

Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, David Ajala, Michelle Yeoh, Blu del Barrio, Christopher Heyerdahl, Adil Hussain, Phumzile Sitole, Kenneth Welsh, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Fode Bangoura, Shawn Campbell, Riley Gilchrist, Xavier Lopez, Fabio Tassone, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Avaah Blackwell, Ronald Tang.