Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Born on this day – Anthony Burgess:

 

Anthony Burgess


Writer

February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 99 Novels (1984); A Clockwork Orange (1962); 1985 (1978); A Clockwork Orange 2004 (1990); A Dead Man in Deptford (1993); A Long Trip to Teatime (1976); A Mouthful of Air (1992); A Vision of Battlements (1965); Abba Abba (1977); Any Old Iron (1989); Beard’s Roman Women (1976); Beds in the East (1959); Blooms of Dublin (1986); But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen? (1986); Byrne (1995); Coaching Days of England (1966); Devil of a State (1961); Earthly Powers (1980); Enderby (1968); Enderby Outside (1968); Enderby’s Dark Lady (1984); Ernest Hemingway and His World (1978); Flame into Being (1985); Future Imperfect (1994); Here Comes Everybody (1965); Homage To Qwert Yuiop (1986); Honey for the Bears (1963); Inside Mr. Enderby (1963); Joysprick (1973); Language Made Plain (1964); Little Wilson and Big God (1987); Man of Nazareth (1979); MF (1971); Moses (1976); Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991); Napoleon Symphony (1974); New York (1976); Nothing like the Sun (1964); Oberon Old and New (1985); On Going to Bed (1982); On Mozart (1991); One Hand Clapping (1961); One Man’s Chorus (1998); Shakespeare (1970); Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange (1972); The Age of the Grand Tour (1967); The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003); The Clockwork Testament (1974); The Devil’s Mode (1989); The Doctor is Sick (1960); The End of the World News (1982); The Enemy in the Blanket (1957); The Eve of Saint Venus (1964); The Heritage of British Literature (1983); The Kingdom of the Wicked (1980); The Novel Now (1967); The Pianoplayers (1986); The Right to an Answer (1960); The Wanting Seed (1956); The Worm and the Ring (1961); The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); This Man & Music (1982); Time for a Tiger (1956); Tremor of Intent (1966); Two Tales of the Future (1980); You’ve Had Your Time (1990).

Movies and television:

90 Minutes Live (1978); 100 Years of Ulysses (2022); 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (1983); A Clockwork Orange (1971 / 2007); À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981); A.D. (1985); After Dark (1988); An Examination of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1972); Anno Domini (1975); Apostrophes (1979–1989); Arena (1993); Artur och Maria (1992); Bains de minuit (1988); Barneys, Books and Bust Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize (2018); Call My Bluff (1967–1968); Camera Three (1972–1973); C'est à lire (1984); Cities (1979); Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 / 1990); Firing Line (1972); Frank Delaney (1983); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Front Row (2018); Great Performances (2008); I riassuntini (2018); Il était une fois... (2011); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2022); Le cannabis - Une plante entre le bien et le mal (1996); Le grand échiquier (1988); Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake, with Anthony Burgess (1973); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Make It New - a portrait of Anthony Burgess (1984); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Muy personal (1988); Neanderthal (2000); Omnibus (1968); Orange mécanique, les rouages de la violence (2023); Ouvrez les guillemets (1973); Quest for Fire (1981); Read All About It (1977); Rencontre au sommet: Anthony Burgess/Isaac Bashevis Singer (1997); Review (1972); Saturday Night Clive (1990); Saturday Review (1985–1987); Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980); Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange (2000); Take It or Leave It (1964–1967); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The Book Game (1982–1983); The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Burgess Variations (1999); The English Programme (1985); The Late Show (1989); The Levin Interviews (1981); The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The South Bank Show (1978–1985); The Talk Show with Clive James (1990); Today (1978); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Videobook: A Clockwork Orange (2023); Vinyl (1965); Wogan (1985–1990); Word for Word (1978); Writers and Places (1981).


Born on this day – Brenda Joyce:

Brenda Joyce


Actress

February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009

Credits:
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Shaggy (1948); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Stepchild (1947); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Danger Woman (1946); The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946); Little Giant (1946); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Pillow of Death (1945); The Enchanted Forest (1945); Strange Confession (1945); I'll Tell the World (1945); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Thumbs Up (1943); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Right to the Heart (1942); Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941); Private Nurse (1941); Public Deb No. 1 (1940); Maryland (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Here I Am a Stranger (1939); The Rains Came (1939).

Born on this day – Jane Nigh:


Jane Nigh


Actress

February 25, 1925 – October 5, 1993

Credits:
Shotgun Slade (1959–1961); Dennis the Menace (1961); Lock Up (1960); Wichita Town (1960); Colt .45 (1959); Bachelor Father (1959); Rawhide (1959); Man Without a Gun (1958); Boots and Saddles (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Hold That Hypnotist (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Big Town (1952–1954); The Unexpected (1952); Rodeo (1952); Fort Osage (1952); Disc Jockey (1951); Blue Blood (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); Rio Grande Patrol (1950); Border Treasure (1950); County Fair (1950); Motor Patrol (1950); Operation Haylift (1950); Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Fighting Man of the Plains (1949); Zamba (1949); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Leather Gloves (1948); Cry of the City (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); Sitting Pretty (1948); Unconquered (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Dragonwyck (1946); Whistle Stop (1946); House of Dracula (1945); State Fair (1945); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); Something for the Boys (1944); Laura (1944).

On this day in movie history - Slap Shot (1977)


Slap Shot


directed by George Roy Hill,

written by Nancy Dowd,

was released in the United States on February 25, 1977.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:
Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson, Yvon Barrette, Allan Nicholls, Brad Sullivan, Stephen Mendillo, Yvan Ponton, Matthew Cowles, Kathryn Walker, Melinda Dillon, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz, Paul D'Amato, Ronald L. Docken, Guido Tenesi, Jean Rosario Tetreault, Christopher Murney, Blake Ball, Ned Dowd, Nancy N. Dowd, Barbara L. Shorts, Larry Block, Paul Dooley, Dan Belisle, Jr., Rod Bloomfield, Bruce Boudreau, Galen Head, Susan Kendall, Connie Madigan, Mark Bousquet, John Gofton, Rod Masters, Joe Nolan, Dick Roberge, Ray Schultz, Carol Shelton, Ross Smith, Steve Stirling, Cliff Thompson.

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On this day in movie history - The Passion of the Christ (2004)


The Passion of the Christ


directed by Mel Gibson,

written by Mel Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald,

was released in the United States on February 25, 2004.

Based on The Passion in the New Testament of The Holy Bible, and The Dolorous
Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich.

Music by John Debney.


Cast:
Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito, Monica Bellucci, Mattia Sbragia, Toni Bertorelli, Luca Lionello, Hristo Naumov Shopov, Claudia Gerini, Fabio Sartor, Giacinto Ferro, Olek Mincer, Sheila Mokhtari, Sergio Rubini, Roberto Bestazoni, Francesco Cabras, Giovanni Capalbo, Rosalinda Celentano, Emilio De Marchi, Lello Giulivo, Abel Jafry, Jarreth Merz, Rossella Vetrano, Matt Patresi, Roberto Visconti, Luca De Dominicis, Chokri Ben Zagden, Sabrina Impacciatore, Pietro Sarubbi, Ted Rusoff.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014)

 

Justified
Season 5. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Raw Deal.

Released February 25, 2014.

Directed by Bill Johnson.

Written by Graham Yost, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, David Meunier, Gary Basaraba, A.J. Buckley, Dale Dickey, Steve Harris, Wood Harris, Damon Herriman, Jesse Luken, Jacob Lofland, Danielle Panabaker, Amy Smart, Alicia Witt, Greg Bryan, Adrienne Frantz, James Kyson, T.J. Linnard, Justin Welborn, Russell Bertolino, Mel Fair, Hal Havins, Justin Huen, Selina Kaye, Casey McCarthy, Kinsey McLean, Tyson Sullivan, Duane Whitaker, Nicole Bosworth, Lisa Pevc.


On this day in music history - Sulla Riva, by Amy Lauren (2016)


Sulla Riva


by Amy Lauren

was released on February 25, 2016.

Track list:

Mahogany Cider; Black Creek Trail; Where Rivers Meet; Emmerson's Ballad; Bridges on River Road; Rain Rhythm; White Feather's Tale; Lavender Clay; Sulla Riva; Waterline; Towards the Sea; Let Waters Rage; The Autumnal Sessions.