Shannon Hale, on books and reading:

 

The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting.

She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.
- Shannon Hale.

Born on this day – Richard Stanton:

Richard Stanton

Actor

Director

October 8, 1876 – May 22, 1956

Credits:

A Black Conspiracy (1913); A Dixie Mother (1913); A Highland Romance (1913); A Political Feud (1914); A Shadow of the Past (1913); A Son’s Example (1912); A Southern Cinderella (1913); A White Lie (1912); A Woman’s Wit (1913); Aloha Oe (1915); American Pluck (1925); Banzai (1913); Bride 13 (1920); Cheating the Public (1918); Checkers (1919); Divorce (1914); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Fool’s Gold (1916); For Love of the Flag (1913); For the Cause (1912); From the Shadows (1913); Graft (1915); Harp of Tara (1914); Her Great Chance (1913); Her Temptation (1917); Honor Thy Mother (1913); In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914); In the Secret Service (1913); Inside Facts (1915); Jack’s Burglar (1912); Jim Regan’s Last Raid (1914); Judgment of the Sea (1912); Linked by Fate (1912); McGuire of the Mounted (1923); No-Account Smith’s Baby (1914); North of 53 (1914); North of Fifty-Three (1917); On Fortune’s Wheel (1913); On the High Seas (1915); One Touch of Sin (1917); Past Redemption (1913); Queen of the Prophets (1916); Rough and Ready (1918); Sergeant Jim’s Horse (1915); Shorty and the Aridville Terror (1914); Shorty Escapes Marriage (1914); Shorty Gets Into Trouble (1914); Shorty’s Adventures in the City (1915); Shorty’s Secret (1915); Shorty’s Strategy (1914); Sink or Swim (1920); Stolen Honor (1918); The Beach Combers (1912); The Beast (1916); The Belle of Yorktown (1913); The Caillaux Case (1918); The Colonel’s Orderly (1914); The Desperado (1914); The Doctor’s Double (1912); The End of the Galley (1914); The Face at Your Window (1920); The Final Conquest (1916); The Flame in the Ashes (1913); The Floating Death (1915); The Forlorn Hope (1913); The Frame-Up (1913); The Ghost (1913); The Girl from the East (1915); The Golden Trail (1915); The Great Sacrifice (1913); The Hammer (1915); The Heart of Kathleen (1913); The Hidden City of Crime (1916); The Immortal Alamo (1911); The Iron Ring (1916); The Jungle Trail (1919); The Kiss of Salvation (1913); The Land of Dead Things (1913); The Living Wage (1915); The Love Thief (1916); The Man at the Key (1915); The Man They Scorned (1912); The Master of the House (1914); The Milk Battle (1916); The Patent Medicine Danger (1916); The Penalty (1912); The Phantom Extra (1915); The Photo Badger Game (1916); The Pinnacle (1916); The Pirates of Finance (1916); The Powder Trust and the War (1916); The Reckoning (1912); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Sea Dog (1913); The Sea Ghost (1915); The Seal of Silence (1913); The Secret Lode (1914); The Sergeant’s Boy (1912); The Sergeant’s Secret (1913); The Sheriff of Muscatine (1914); The Sheriff’s Sister (1914); The Sons of Toil (1915); The Speed King (1916); The Spy (1917); The Strike at Centipede Mine (1915); The Struggle (1913); The Topsy Turvy Twins (1917); The Trail of Chance (1916); The Unexpected Scoop (1916); The Wheels of Destiny (1913); The Will of Destiny (1912); The Winged Messenger (1915); The Woman (1913); The Yankee Way (1917); Thunderclap (1921); True Irish Hearts (1914); Twixt Love and Fire (1914); When Lee Surrenders (1912); Why America Will Win (1918); Why I Would Not Marry (1918); Widow Maloney’s Faith (1913); Wolves of the Underworld (1914); Wrongly Accused (1912).

Born on this day – Julien Duvivier:

Julien Duvivier

Director

Writer

October 8, 1896 – October 29, 1967

Credits:

A Machine for Recreating Life (1924); A Man's Head (1933); Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932); Anna Karenina (1948); Behold the Man (1935); Boulevard (1960); Captain Blackjack (1950); Coeurs farouches (1924); Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes (1924); Das kunstseidene Mädchen (1960); David Golder (1931); Deadlier Than the Male (1956); Destiny (1944); Diabolically Yours (1967); Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen (1932); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Haceldama ou Le prix du sang (1919); Highway Pick-Up (1963); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); La bandera (1935); La machine à refaire la vie (1933); La reincarnation de Serge Renaudier (1920); La Vénus du collège (1932); La vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1929); L'abbé Constantin (1925); Ladies' Paradise (1930); L'agonie de Jérusalem (1927); L'agonie des aigles (1922); Le mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927); Le paquebot Tenacity (1934); Le petit roi (1933); Le reflet de Claude Mercoeur (1923); Le tourbillon de Paris (1928); Les Roquevillard (1922); L'homme à l'Hispano (1926); L'homme du jour (1937); L'oeuvre immortelle (1924); L'ouragan sur la montagne (1922); Lovers of Paris (1957); Lydia (1941); Maria Chapdelaine (1934); Marianne of My Youth (1955); Marie Antoinette (1938); Marie-Octobre (1959); Moon Over Morocco (1931); Mother Hummingbird (1929); On Trial (1954); Panique (1946); Pépé le Moko (1937); Poil de carotte (1932); Strange Confession (1944); Tales of Manhattan (1942); The Burning Court (1962); The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962); The Divine Voyage (1929); The End of the Day (1939); The Female (1958); The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936); The Great Waltz (1938); The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little World of Don Camillo (1952); The Man in the Raincoat (1957); The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Sinners (1949); They Were Five (1936); Un Carnet de bal (1937); Under the Paris Sky (1951).

Born on this day – Alastair Sim:

Alastair Sim

Actor

Writer

Director

October 8, 1900 – August 19, 1976

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (1951 / 1971); A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); Alastair Sim: A Qualified Fool (1983); Alf's Button Afloat (1938); An Inspector Calls (1954); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Best of British (1987 / 1999); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Captain Boycott (1947); Climbing High (1938); Clothes and the Woman (1937); Cold Comfort Farm (1968); Dr. Angelus (1948); Dulcimer Street (1948); Escapade (1955); Festival in Edinburgh (1955); Fiddling Fuel (1943); Film '75 (1975); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Gangway (1937); Green for Danger (1946); Her Father's Daughter (1941); Heroes of Comedy (1995–1997); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hue and Cry (1947); In Town Tonight (1954–1956); Innocents in Paris (1953); Inspector Hornleigh (1939); Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); ITV Play of the Week (1956); Journey Together (1945); Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979 (1980); Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936); Late Extra (1935); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Law and Disorder (1940); Left Right and Centre (1959); Let the People Sing (1942); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lost on the Western Front (1937); Melody and Romance (1937); Misleading Cases (1967–1971); Mr. Gillie (1950); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Play for Today (1972); Right of Way (1968); Rogue Male (1976); Royal Flash (1975); Sailing Along (1938); School for Scoundrels (1960); Scrooge by Another Name: Distributing 'A Christmas Carol' (2011); Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1989); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Speaking Personally (1951–1959); Stage Fright (1950); Strange Experiment (1937); Telescope (1968); The Anatomist (1949 / 1956); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Noise (1936); The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctor's Dilemma (1958); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Millionairess (1960); The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940); The Night Before Christmas (1957); The Private Secretary (1935); The Prodigal Daughter (1975); The Riverside Murder (1935); The Ruling Class (1972); The Terror (1938); The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007); The X-Files (1998); Theatre Night (1960); This Is Scotland (1957); This Man Is News (1938); Those British Faces (1993); To See Such Fun (1977); Troubled Waters (1936); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); WatchMojo (2016); Waterloo Road (1945); Wrath of Jealousy (1936).

Born on this day – Kirk Alyn:

Kirk Alyn

Actor

October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999

Born on this day – Paulette Dubost:

Paulette Dubost

Actress

October 8, 1910 – September 21, 2011

Credits:

Curriculum (2007); Pale Eyes (2005); Duval: Un mort de trop (2001); Workers for the Good Lord (2000); Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999); L'histoire du samedi (1998); La belle vie (1997); Nini (1997); Un chantage en or (1996); The King of Paris (1995); Perle noire (1994); Habiba Msika: The Dance of Fire (1994); Passé-composé (1999); Les cinq dernières minutes (1989–1992); Les mamies (1992); La mémoire (1992); Le jour des rois (1991); Feu sur le candidat (1990); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1977–1990); May Fools (1990); Pause café, pause tendresse (1989); La fête à Louisette (1988); La comédie du travail (1988); Marc et Sophie (1987); Cent francs l'amour (1986); Le tiroir secret (1986); Le paria (1985); Rancune tenace (1985); Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1985); La derelitta (1978–1985); Le seul témoin (1985); La femme ivoire (1984); Au théâtre ce soir (1984); Charlots connection (1984); Deux filles sur un banc (1984); Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983); Le cercle fermé (1982); Les amours des années grises (1981); La vie continue (1981); Un temps ailleurs (1981); Le boulanger de Suresnes (1981); La grossesse de Madame Bracht (1980); The Last Metro (1980); La petite valise (1980); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1980); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); Les 400 coups de Virginie (1979–1980); La gueule de l'autre (1979); Jean le Bleu (1979); Efficax (1979); La barricade du Point du Jour (1978); Thomas Guérin... retraité (1978); Le retour de Jean (1978); À l'ombre d'un soupçon (1978); Take It from the Top (1978); Les bijoux de Carina, de Victor, de Patrice, ou de Raymond? (1978); Les folies Offenbach (1978); Dear Inspector (1977); Rendez-vous en noir (1977); Bonjour Paris (1976); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Crise (1975); Jack (1975); Malaventure (1974); Un certain Richard Dorian (1973–1974); Juliette et Juliette (1974); Du plomb dans la tête (1973); Poker d'As (1973); Une atroce petite musique (1973); La feuille de Bétel (1973); Les dernières volontés de Richard Lagrange (1972); Les chemins de pierre (1972); La tête à l'envers (1972); La possédée (1971); On recherche héritière (1970); La revanche (1970); Les Parisiennes de Kiraz (1969); Le curé de village (1969); Le corso des tireurs (1968); Les créatures du bon Dieu (1967); Saturnin Belloir (1967); Par mesure de silence (1967); Allô police (1967); The Sunday of Life (1967); Vive la vie (1966); Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel (1966); Viva Maria! (1965); Le naïf amoureux (1965); Umorismo in nero (1965); Madame Jumeau a crié (1965); L'âge ingrat (1964); Chance at Love (1964); La dérive (1964); L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964); La revue des feuilletons (1963); Banana Peel (1963); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Germinal (1963); Janique aimée (1963); Seul... à corps perdu (1963); Enough Rope (1963); Jeanne et Jacques (1962); Pourquoi Paris? (1962); Les mystères de Paris (1962); À la monnaie du pape (1962); Plaisir du théâtre (1962); La dame aux camélias (1962); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962); Love Play (1961); Women and War (1961); Le sérum de bonté (1960); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Tendre et violente Elisabeth (1960); La main chaude (1960); Madame Valentin, 3ème gauche (1959); Le Bossu (1959); Picnic on the Grass (1959); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); La caméra explore le temps (1959); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Soupe au lait (1959); Châteaux en Espagne (1958); Taxi, Trailer and Corrida (1958); The Adventures of Remi (1958); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Inspector Maigret (1958); Der 10. Mai (1957); La joyeuse prison (1956); Ces sacrées vacances (1956); Lola Montès (1955); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954); My Brother from Senegal (1953); Familie M Junior (1953); L'oeil en coulisses (1953); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); Le Plaisir (1952); Descendez, on vous demande (1951); Chéri de sa concierge (1951); Four in a Jeep (1951); Tire au flanc (1950); Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950); Le roi Pandore (1950); Le 84 prend des vacances (1950); La petite chocolatière (1949); The Naked Woman (1949); Ma tante d'Honfleur (1949); Le bal des pompiers (1948); Le dolmen tragique (1948); ; Blanc comme neige (1948); Et dix de der (1948); Ploum, ploum, tra-la-la (1947); Plume la poule (1947); La dernière chevauchée (1947); Six heures à perdre (1947); La revanche de Roger la Honte (1946); Au petit bonheur (1946); Roger la Honte (1946); Farandole (1945); Adrien (1943); Je suis avec toi (1943); Opéra-musette (1942); Bécassine (1940); The Rules of the Game (1939); Le paradis des voleurs (1939); Hotel du Nord (1938); L'ange que j'ai vendu (1938); Barnabé (1938); Titin des Martigues (1938); The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937); La reine des resquilleuses (1937); La brigade en jupons (1936); Le prince des Six Jours (1936); La petite sauvage (1936); Le siège-arrière (1935); Le bébé de l'escadron (1935); La rosière des Halles (1935); La caserne en folie (1935); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Le comte Obligado (1935); Studio à louer (1935); Le billet de mille (1935); L'auberge du Petit-Dragon (1934); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Le bonheur (1934); La cinquième empreinte (1934); Jeunesse (1934); Une fois dans la vie (1934); Vive la compagnie (1934); George and Georgette (1934); Le fakir du Grand Hôtel (1934); Noces et banquets (1933); Maison hantée (1933); Cette nuit-là (1933); Pour être aimé (1933); The Orderly (1933); Song of the Streets (1933); Le martyre de l'obèse (1933); Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933); Rivaux de la piste (1933); Paris-Soleil (1933); L'enfant de ma soeur (1933); Riri et Nono amoureux (1932); En plein dans le mille (1932); The Man Who Doesn't Know to Say No (1932); À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932); Riri et Nono se débrouillent (1932); Un homme sans nom (1932); Le champion du régiment (1932); Vous serez ma femme (1932); Service de nuit (1932); Un coup de téléphone (1932); L'amoureuse aventure (1932); Un chien qui rapporte (1932); J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931); Le bal (1931).

Born on this day – Mary Delgado:

Mary Delgado

Actress

October 8, 1916 – April 13, 1984

Credits:

A través de la niebla (1971); Audiencia pública (1946); Aventuras y desventuras de Mateo (1972); Cancionera (1939); Chantaje (1946); Cuarenta y ocho horas (1943); Cuentos y leyendas (1975); Del dicho al hecho (1971); Despertó su corazón (1949); El anónimo (1957); El camino (1964); El fantasma y Dª Juanita (1945); El gran Galeoto (1951); El premio (1968); El quinto jinete (1975); Eloísa está debajo de un almendro (1943); En poder de Barba Azul (1940); Estudio 1 (1968–1982); Green Fire (1954); Historias de Juan Español (1972); Historias de mi barrio (1964); Historias naturales (1968); Historias para no dormir (1967); Hora once (1968); Huella de luz (1943); La calle sin sol (1948); La noche del cine español (1985); La otra música (1967); La tía de Ambrosio (1971); La tirana (1958); Las aguas bajan negras (1948); Las doce caras de Eva (1971); Las tentaciones (1970); Luis Candelas, el ladrón de Madrid (1947); Nada (1947); Noche de teatro (1974); Novela (1967–1976); Original (1975); Páginas sueltas (1970); Palabras cruzadas (1975); Pequeño estudio (1972); Remite: Maribel (1970); Teatro breve (1971); Teatro de siempre (1967); Teatro estudio (1977); Teatro infantil (1969); Teatro lírico español (1973); The Crime of Bordadores Street (1946); Tierra sedienta (1945); Tres ladrones en la casa (1950); Un alto en el camino (1941); Una mujer cualquiera (1949); Visto para sentencia (1971); ... Y el prójimo (1974); Y tú, quién eres (1944).

Born on this day – Walter Lord:

Walter Lord

Writer

Historian

Lawyer

October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002

Books:

A Night to Remember (1955); A Time to Stand: The Epic of the Alamo (1961); Day of Infamy: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1957); Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway (1967); Lonely Vigil: Coast-watchers of the Solomons (1977); Peary to the Pole (1963); The Dawn's Early Light: The War of 1812 and the Battle That Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1972); The Fremantle Diary (1954); The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War (1960); The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo (1982); The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship – Titanic (1986); The Past That Would Not Die (1965).

Movies and television:

A Night to Remember (1958); Barron Arts Center Lecture: The Titanic (2023); Beyond the Groove (1990); Beyond Titanic (1998); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (1985); Kraft Theatre (1956); Special Collector's Edition (2012); The Good Years (1962); The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993); The Real West (1992); The Tonight Show (1955); Titanic (1993 / 1997); Titanic: An Interactive Exploration (1994); Titanic: Death of a Dream (1994); Titanic: Echoes of Titanic (1998); Titanic: End of an Era (1998); Today (1977).

Born on this day – Frank Herbert:

Frank Herbert

Writer

October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986

Credits:

Dune (1965); Dune Messiah (1969); Children of Dune (1976); God Emperor of Dune (1981); Heretics of Dune (1984); Chapterhouse: Dune (1985); House Atreides (1999); House Harkonnen (2000); House Corrino (2001); Fremen Justice (2001); The Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of Corrin (2004); Hunters of Dune (2006); Sandworms of Dune (2007); Paul of Dune (2008); The Winds of Dune (2009); Sisterhood of Dune (2011); Mentats of Dune (2014); Red Plague (2016); Navigators of Dune (2016); The Duke of Caladan (2020); The Lady of Caladan (2021); The Heir of Caladan (2022); The Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of Corrin (2004); The Illustrated Dune (1965); The Dune Encyclopedia (1984); Songs of Muad'dib (1992); The Road to Dune (2005); Tales of Dune (2011); Sands of Dune (2022); Whipping Star (1969); The Dosadi Experiment (1977); Destination Void (1966); The Jesus Incident (1979); The Lazarus Effect (1983); The Ascension Factor (1988); SF Authors' Choice 2 (1970); SF Authors' Choice 3 (1973); The Dragon in the Sea (aka Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub) (1956); Missing Link (1959); Operation Haystack (1959); Try to Remember (1961); The Green Brain (1966); The Eyes of Heisenberg (1966); The Heaven Makers (1968); The Santaroga Barrier (1968); Soul Catcher (1972); The Godmakers (1972); Hellstrom's Hive (1973); Direct Descent (1980); The White Plague (1982); Man of Two Worlds (1986); Old Rambling House (2010); High-Opp (2012); Angels' Fall (2013); A Game of Authors (2013); A Thorn in the Bush (2014); The Worlds of Frank Herbert (1970); The Book of Frank Herbert (1973); The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-70 (1975); The Best of Frank Herbert (1975); The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964 (1977); The Priests Of Psi (1981); Eye (1985); Classic Science Fiction Stories (2009); The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert (2014); Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories (2016); New World Or No World (1970); Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience (1973); Without Me You're Nothing (1980); Maker of Dune (1985); The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune (1988); Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology (1980); Analog's Lighter Side (1982); Analog's Children Of The Future (1982); Analog (1983); War and Peace (1983); Aliens from Analog (1983); Analog Writers Choice (1984); From Mind to Mind (1984); Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 (2020);  Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2 (2022); Amazing Stories, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1967); Backdrop of Stars (1968); On Our Way to the Future (1970); Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives (1973); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974); Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981); Nebula Awards 15 (1981); Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II  (1984); Election Day 2084 (1984); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987); More Fantastic Stories (2009); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); Pulse Pounders (2015); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015).

Movies and television:

Chapterhouse Dune (2009); Children of Dune (2003 / 2008); Destination Dune (1984); Dune (1984 / 1992 / 1993 / 2000 / 2006); Dune 2000 (1998); Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992); Dune Messiah (2007); Dune: Messiah (2025); Dune: Part One (2021); Dune: Part Two (2024); Dune: Prophecy (2024); Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001); Flash Gordon (1980); Frank Herbert's Cease Fire (2012); God Emperor of Dune (2007); Heretics of Dune (2008); JDR Dune: Campagne JDR / Podcast Series (2023); JDR Dune: Le Réveil / TV Mini Series (2021); Soul Catcher (2025); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Valkokangas (1985).

Born on this day – Cosetta Greco:

Cosetta Greco

Actress

October 8, 1930 – July 14, 2002

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Canne al vento (1958); Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952); Cavalcade of Song (1953); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); Cronache del '22 / Segment: Spedizione punitive (1961); Dossier Mata Hari (1967); Foglio di via (1954); Four Ways Out (1951); Gli eroi della domenica (1952); I pappagalli (1955); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952); Il romanzo di un maestro (1959); Il viale della speranza (1953); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Je suis un sentimental (1955); La nemica (1952); La sposa non può attendere (1949); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Musoduro (1953); Napoleon (1955); Napoleone (1951); Plagio (1969); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Scampolo 53 (1953); Sheriff of Rock Springs (1971); Terroristi a Madrid (1955); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); Three Girls from Rome (1952); Voice of Silence (1953); Wild Love (1956).

Born on this day – James Olson:

James Olson

Actor

October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022

Born on this day – Olive Sturgess:

Olive Sturgess

Actress

October 8, 1933 – February 19, 2025

Credits:

Bonanza (1962–1965); Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Bronco (1961); Buckskin (1959); Casablanca (1956); Checkmate (1962); Cheyenne (1958); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Creepy Classics (1987); Crusader (1956); Destry (1964); Dr. Kildare (1965); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Front Row Center (1955–1956); General Electric Theater (1959); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Ironside (1968–1969); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Laramie (1960); Lawman (1959); Leave It to Harry (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1956); Matinee Theatre (1955–1956); Maverick (1960–1961); Mr. Garlund (1960); Outlaws (1962); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1957); Petticoat Junction (1964); Philip Marlowe (1960); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rawhide (1959); Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Shower of Stars (1955); Strange Stories (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); Telephone Time (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bob Cummings Show (1956–1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1960); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Jack Benny Program (1961); The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1955); The People's Choice (1955); The Raven (1963); The Rebel (1959–1961); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Rookies (1973–1974); The Tall Man (1960–1961); The Texan (1959); The Virginian (1964); Thriller (1960–1961); U.S. Marshal (1959); Wagon Train (1960); West Point (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Whispering Smith (1961); Wide Country (1963); Wire Service (1956).

Born on this day – Sue Randall:

Sue Randall

Actress

October 8, 1935 – October 26, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Wonderful Life (1950); Arrest and Trial (1964); Bat Masterson (1950); Bonanza (1961–1965); Bronco (1958); Death Valley Days (1959–1966); Desk Set (1957); Dr. Kildare (1963); General Electric Theater (1959); Grand Jury (1959); Gunsmoke (1960–1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); Hennesey (1959–1961); I Spy (1965); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Leave It to Beaver (1958–1963); Lock Up (1961); M Squad (1959); Margie (1962); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Michael Shayne (1960–1961); My Favorite Martian (1965); New Comedy Showcase (1960); O.K. Crackerby! (1965); Perry Mason (1960–1964); Pete and Gladys (1962); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Profiles in Courage (1965); Ripcord (1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1961); Star Tonight (1955); Steve Canyon (1958); Sugarfoot (1959); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Bill Dana Show (1963); The Dakotas (1963); The Detectives (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The F.B.I. (1965); The Fugitive (1963–1965); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1958); The Real McCoys (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Rifleman (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Virginian (1965); Thriller (1960); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Valiant Lady (1955–1956); Wagon Train (1959); Wendy and Me (1964).

Born on this day – Harvey Pekar:

Harvey Pekar

Comic book writer

October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010

Credits:

Books:

American Splendor Vol. 1 (2010); American Splendor: Another Dollar (2009); American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar: Stories (1986); American Splendor: The Official Shooting Script (2002); American Splendor: The Story of Robert McNeill. Unsung hero (2003); American Splendour: Ordinary Life is Pretty Complex Stuff : the Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (2004); Another Day (2007); Best of American splendor (2005); Bob and Harv's Comics (1996); Cleveland (2012); Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story (2006); Harvey Pekar: Conversations (2008); Huntington, West Virginia "On the Fly" (2011); Macedonia (2007); More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (1987); Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me (2012); Opposable Thumbs (2001); Our Cancer Year (1994); Our movie year (2004); Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History (2008); Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation (2009); Sun Ra (2002); The Beats: A Graphic History (2009); The New American Splendor Anthology (1991); The Quitter (2005).

Movies and television:

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2004); American Splendor (2003); Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2007); Bird of Steel! (2025); Charlie Rose (2003); Comic Book Confidential (1988); Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002); Genuine Nerd (2006); Harvey Pekar's Teo Macero (2015); Hero Tomorrow (2007); HypaSpace (2006); I, Curmudgeon (2004); Late Night with David Letterman (1986–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Mondo Thingo (2004); RI:SE (2003); Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot (1988); The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics (2009); The Comic Book Lady (2008); Vinyl (2000).

Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Beineix:

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Director

October 8, 1946 – January 13, 2022

Credits:

Les Gaulois au-delà du mythe (2013); Loft Paradoxe (2002); Mortal Transfer (2001); The Works (1997); Assigné à résidence (1997); Otaku (1994); The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993); IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Betty Blue (1986); L'épi d'or (1985); The Moon in the Gutter (1983); Diva (1981); Le chien de Monsieur Michel (1977).

Born on this day – Claude Jade:

 

Claude Jade

Actress

October 8, 1948 – December 1, 2006

Credits:

Célimène et le cardinal (2006); Groupe flag (2005); À San Remo (2004); La crim' (2004); Sans Famille (2000); The Tide of Life (1998–2000); Scénarios sur la drogue (2000); Une femme d'honneur (1998); Les rapapommes (1997); Inspecteur Moretti (1997); Belle Époque (1995); Porté disparu (1995); Navarro (1995); Julie Lescaut (1995); Eugénie Grandet (1994); Bonsoir (1994); La tête en l'air (1993); List of Merite (1992); Histoires d'amour (1990); Le radeau de la Méduse (1990); Fleur bleue (1990); The Hitchhiker (1990); The Window (1990); V comme vengeance (1990); Le grand secret (1989); Qui sont mes juges? (1987); The Man Who Wasn't There (1987); Voglia di volare (1984); A Girl in the Sunflowers (1984); A Captain's Honor (1982); Rendezvous in Paris (1982); Lise et Laura (1982); Commissaire Moulin (1981); Assassination Attempt (1981); Lenin in Paris (1981); Jade in Treize (1981); Schools Falling Apart (1981); La derelitta (1979–1981); Quelqu'un manque (1980); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1980); La grotte aux loups (1980); Antenne à Francis Perrin (1980); Coffin Island (1979); Love on the Run (1979); Au théâtre ce soir (1974–1978); The Pawn (1978); Ulysse est revenu (1978); Les amours sous la Révolution (1978); A Spiral of Mist (1977); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Le collectionneur des cerveaux (1976); Kita no misaki (1976); Mamie Rose (1976); The Choice (1976); Maître Pygmalion (1975); Trop c'est trop! (1975); Evil Pleasure (1975); Malaventure (1974); Les oiseaux de lune (1974); Forbidden Priests (1973); Special Killers (1973); Home Sweet Home (1973); Number one (1973); Le château perdu (1973); La mandragore (1972); Hearth Fires (1972); Shéhérazade (1971); The Boat on the Grass (1971); Nijinsky: Unfinished Project (1970); Mauregard (1970); Bed & Board (1970); Allô police (1966); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969); Topaz (1969); My Uncle Benjamin (1969); The Witness (1969); Les oiseaux rares (1969); The Return of Monte Cristo (1968); La prunelle (1968); Stolen Kisses (1968); Le crime de la rue de Chantilly (1967).

Born on this day – Peter Greene:

Peter Greene

Actor

Producer

October 8, 1965 – December 12, 2025

Credits:

3 Days Rising (2026); 1,000 Times More Brutal (2012); Axel: Bloody Genius (2014); Assassin's Vow (2007); Asia Web Awards 2020 (2020); As the World Turns (1992); A Pornstar Is Born (2011); Backroad Motel (2001); Bang (1995); Beggarman (2025); Black Cat Run (1998); Black Cloud (2004); Bloom (2026); Blue Knight (2009); Blue Streak (1999); Body Brokers (2021); Brothers in Arms (2005); Brothers in Arms: The Making of a Modern Western (2005); Buckle Up (2023); Caller ID: Entity (2010); Checkmate, Keep Your Enemies Closer (2013); Chicago P.D. (2016); City of Lies (2018); Clean, Shaven (1993); Clika (2026); Clown (2008); Cold Betrayal (2024); Confession (2005); Cross (2023); Dead & Deader (2006); Dead Body Disposal (2017); Dead Dogs Lie (2001); Dope Thief (2025); Double Tap (1997); Dragon Fire (2022); Earthling (2010); End Game (2006); Exit 0 (2019); Eye on Entertainment (2023); Fist of the Warrior (2007); For Life (2020); Forget Me Not (2009); Gentleman B. (2000); Hardball (1990); Hawaii Five-0 (2012); House of Pain: Fed up / Music Video (1996); I'm Calling Frank (2007); Into the Black (2026); Judgment Night (1993); Justified (2010); Keep Your Enemies Closer (2011); Kiss & Tell (1997); Law & Order (2001); Laws of Gravity (1992); Let's Get Lost (2020); Life on Mars (2009); Little Dixie (2023); Love Hollywood Style (2006); Lowball (1996); Making of 'Das Kind' (2013); Me (2019); New York, New York (2016); Nobody's Baby (2001); Once Fallen (2010); Once More (2010); Organized Criminal (2012); Out in Fifty (1999); Out of Exile (2022); Permanent Midnight (1998); Pet Shop Days (2023); Priceless (2020); Prodigy: ABC (2007); Pulp Fiction (1994); Return to Danger (2021); Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects' (2002); Samir (2019); Scenes of the Crime (2001); Seoul Webfest Award Show 6th edition (2020); Sets (2018); Shadow Hours (2000); Shanghai Hotel (2011); Snakeland (1996); Still the King (2017); Sweet Lorraine (2015); Sworn Enemies (1996); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); Tesla (2020); The Black Donnellys (2007); The Boss (1999); The Bounty Hunter (2010); The Child (2012); The Continental (2023); The Crusaders (2022); The Grasslands (2011); The Indie Lounge (2015); The Jersey Connection (2021); The Kill Hole (2012); The Mask (1994); The Mick and the Trick (2024); The Random Guest (2026); The Rich Man's Wife (1996); The Shoemaker (2012); The Sissy Gamache Show (2011–2016); The Time Travel Hills (2024); The Up & Adam Show (2022); The Usual Suspects (1995); Ticker (2001); Trading Favors (1997); Training Day (2001); Turnabout (2016); Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995); Under the Influence (2002); War of the Worlds (2005).

On this day in movie and book history - Marathon Man (1976 and 1974)

Marathon Man

directed by John Schlesinger,

written by, and based on the novel by William Goldman,

was released in the United States on October 8, 1976.

Music by Michael Small.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Allen Joseph, Tito Goya, Ben Dova, Lou Gilbert, Jacques Marin, James Wing Woo, Nicole Deslauriers, Lotte Palfi Andor, Lionel Pina, Church Ortiz, Tricoche, Jamie Tirelli, Wilfredo Hernández, Harry Goz, Michael Vale, Fred Stuthman, Lee Steele, William Martel, Glenn Robards, Ric Carrott, Alma Beltran, Daniel Nunez, Anthony Pena, Chuy Franco, Billy Kearns, Sally Wilson, Tom Ellis, Bryant Fraser, Igor Dega, Gene Bori, Annette Claudier, Roger Etienne, Raymond Serra, John Garson, Charlott Thyssen, Estelle Omens, Madge Kennedy, Jeff Palladini, Scott Price, Abebe Bikila, S.C. Dacy, Bobra Harris, Robert Hitchcock, Shawn McAllister, Irving Metzman, Monty O'Grady, N.J. Osrag, Harrison Ressler, Louis Tanno, Mark L. Taylor, Treat Williams.

Recommended reading:

 

Marathon Man

by William Goldman

First published 1974

Published by Random House Publishing Group.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345439724

ISBN-13: 978-0345439727

Description:

William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history – in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . . .

MARATHON MAN

Tom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence – and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder – and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"

"Superb . . . One hell of a read." – The Washington Post.

“An exciting – often funny, often sad – chase … Goldman does a masterly job.” – Associated Press.

“Well-plotted, expertly characterized, and fast-paced." – Los Angeles Times.

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

Fallen Angels
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Love and Blood.

Released October 8, 1995.

Directed by Kiefer Sutherland.

Written by Evan Hunter, Frank Pugliese.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by James Ellroy.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Mädchen Amick, Edward Bunker, Maurice Dunster, Bernard Hocke, Barbara Howard, Michael O'Dwyer, Johnathon Schaech, Kiefer Sutherland, Walter Terry, Danny Trejo, D. Danny Warhol.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery (1997, 2003, 2004, 2017)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Raven.

Released October 8, 1997.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

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

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Richard Zobel, Mickey Cottrell, David Anthony Marshall, Nikki Tyler-Flynn, Erica Lynn Duncan, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Patrick Barnitt, Cameron, John Copage, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Impulse.

Released October 8, 2003.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Jonathan Fernandez, Terry Matalas, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.

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 Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Sean McGowan, Alexandrea Ortiz, Carol Abney, Geneviere Anderson, Jef Ayres, Steve Blalock, Daphney Damaraux, Ian Eyre, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, Mark Major, Tom Morga, Aric Rogokos, Ator Tamras.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Storm Front.

Released October 8, 2004.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto.

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 Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Golden Brooks, Jack Gwaltney, John Fleck, Joe Maruzzo, Tom Wright, Matt Winston, Christopher Neame, Steve Schirripa, J. Paul Boehmer, John Harnagel, Sonny Surowiec, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Chadwick, Evan English, Henry Farnam, Duncan K. Fraser, Tanner Gill, Dieter Horneman, Mischa Pfister, Scott Sahadi, Ator Tamras.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry.

Released October 8, 2017.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Jesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten 

Beyer, Sean Cochran, Kemp Powers.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif/Javid Iqbal, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell, Rekha Sharma, Dennis Andres, Emily Coutts, Jordana Blake, Julianne Grossman, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Christopher Russell, Tasia Valenza, Avaah Blackwell.