On this day in music history - Sanctuary, by Sherry Finzer (2009)

The album Sanctuary

by Sherry Finzer

was released on September 1, 2009.

September in music history - To Know You Is to Love You, by B.B. King (1973)

The album To Know You Is to Love You,

by B.B. King,

was released in September 1973.

Exact release date unknown.

On this day in music history - What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong (1967)

The album What a Wonderful World,

by Louis Armstrong,

was released on September 1, 1967.

September in music history - Woman Blues!, by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson (1961)

Woman Blues!

by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson

was released in September 1961.

Exact release date unknown.

On this day in movie history - A Fuller Life (2013)

A Fuller Life

documentary directed and written by Samantha Fuller,

based on the autobiography A Third Face by Samuel Fuller,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 1, 2013.

Music by Paul Alexander Fuller.

Cast:

James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke, James Toback, Kelly Ward, Perry Lang, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Monte Hellman, Buck Henry, Constance Towers, William Friedkin, Samuel Fuller, Samantha Fuller.

On this day in movie history - St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by Barry Beckerman,

based on the novel The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1976.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:
Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, George Memmoli, Dick O’Neill, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning, Daniel J. Travanti, Stanley Brock, Tom Pedi, Joseph Roman, Walter Brooke, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Mark Thomas, Joe De Nicola, Bob Terhune, Don Hanmer, Norman Palmer, George Sawaya, Larry Martindale, Olan Soule, Louis H. Kelly, Rosalyn Marshall, Glenn Robards, Lynn Borden, Owen Pace, Morris Buchanan, Ben Young, John Steadman, Benjie Bancroft, Layla Bias Galloway, Jill Stone, Edward Cross, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, Jerry Brutsche, Daniel Elam, Len Felber, Duke Fishman, Bob Harks, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, John Marlin, John Hugh McKnight, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Dar Robinson, George Tracy, Paul Van.

On this day in movie history - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

directed by Arnold Laven,

written by Lawrence Roman,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1957.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis, Joe Downing, Ned Wever, Billy M. Greene, John McNamara, Amzie Strickland, Mickey Hargitay.

September in movie history - Short Cut to Hell (1957)

Short Cut to Hell

directed by James Cagney,

written by Ted Berkman and Raphael Blau,

based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,

was released in the United States in September 1957.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Irvin Talbot, Harry Sukman and Victor Young.

Cast:

William Bishop, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, Yvette Vickers, Murvyn Vye, Jacques Aubuchon, Peter Baldwin, Richard Hale, Roscoe Ates, Joe Bassett, Jacqueline Beer, James Cagney, Douglas Evans, Joseph Forte, Milton Frome, John Halloran, Gail Land, Hugh Lawrence, John Lee, Danny Lewis, Mike Mahoney, Dennis McMullen, William Newell, Orangey (the cat), William Pullen, Michael Ross, Sarah Selby, Court Shepard, Douglas Spencer, Melody Starr, Ken Terrell, Russell Trent, Max Trumpower, Dick Whittinghill.

On this day in movie history - Murder at Midnight (1931)

Murder at Midnight

a.k.a. The Monster Kills,

directed by Frank R. Strayer,

written by Scott Darling,

was released in France on September 1, 1931.

Music by Val Burton.

Cast:

Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Leslie Fenton, Brandon Hurst, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Robert Ellis, Vernon Dent, Anita Garvin, Frank McLure, King Mojave, Tom Steele.

On this day in movie history - A Trip to the Moon (1902)

A Trip to the Moon

French title: Le Voyage dans la Lune,

directed and written by Georges Méliès,

was released in France on September 1, 1902.

13-minute silent movie.

Inspired by the novels:

From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne,

and The First Men in the Moon, by H. G. Wells.

Cast:

Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement, Henri Delannoy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Victor André, Delpierre, Farjaux, Kelm, Brunnet, Ballet of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Acrobats of the Folies Bergère.

Born on this day – Michael Massee:

Actor

 

September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016

Born on this day – Roderick Thorp:

Writer

September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999

Born on this day – Yvonne De Carlo:

Actress

Dancer

Singer

September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007

Born on this day – Richard Farnsworth:

Actor

Stuntman

September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000

Born on this day – Arleen Whelan:

Actress

September 1, 1916 – April 7, 1993

Born on this day – Miriam Seegar:

 

Actress

September 1, 1907 – January 2, 2011

Born on this day – Eleanor Alice Hibbert:

 

Writer

September 1, 1906 – January 18, 1993

Born on this day – Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Writer

September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950