On this day in movie history - Red, White and Blues (2003)

Red, White and Blues

documentary directed by Mike Figgis,

part 6 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ginger Baker, Chris Barber, Jeff Beck, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, Jon Cleary, Elvis Costello, James Cotton, Cream, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Mick Fleetwood, Davy Graham, Peter Green, Bert Jansch, Ian Jennings, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Pete King, Alexis Korner, Leadbelly, Albert Lee, John Lennon, Lulu, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Joe Meek, George Melly, Mark Mondesir, Van Morrison, The Plastic Ono Band, The Rolling Stones, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Christine Tobin, Muddy Waters, Steve Winwood.

On this day in music history - The album Runaway Horses, by Belinda Carlisle (1989)

Runaway Horses

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on October 3, 1989.

Track list:

Leave A Light On; Runaway Horses; Vision Of You; Summer Rain; La Luna; (We Want) The Same Thing; Deep Deep Ocean; Valentine; What Ever It Takes; Shades Of Michaelangelo.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Missing Claimant.

Released October 3, 1958.

Directed by Allen H. Miner.

Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.

Music by Alexander Courage.

 Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan Vohs, Harry Lauter, Theodore Newton, Rebecca Welles, Sydney Smith, Dick Wilson, Robert Busch.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976)

 

Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Taybor.

Released October 3, 1976.

Directed by Bob Brooks.

Written by Thom Keyes.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.
 
Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Willoughby Goddard, Jeffery Kissoon, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Laraine Humphrys, Rita Webb, Mel Taylor, Glenda Allen, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Clare, Micky Clarke, Chai Lee, Vicki Michelle.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Enterprise (1987, 1992, 2001)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Naked Now.

Released October 3, 1987.

Directed by Paul Lynch.

Written by D.C. Fontana, John D.F. Black, Johnny Dawkins.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Brooke Bundy, Benjamin Lum, Michael Rider, David Renan, Skip Stellrecht, Kenny Koch, Michael Bailous, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Richard Sarstedt.

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Man Of The People.

Released October 3, 1992.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Charles/Chip Lucia, Patti Yasutake, George D. Wallace, Lucy Boryer, Susan French, Rick Scarry, Stephanie Erb, J.P. Hubbell, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Joe Baumann, Terrence Beasor, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, David Paul Christian, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Gunnel Eriksson, Jack Gilroy, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Christi Haydon, Clay Hodges, Kerry Hoyt, Mark Lentry, Ericka Bryce Poniewaz, Joyce Robinson, Nanci Rogers, Richard Sarstedt, Dee Giffin Scott.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Fight or Flight.

Released October 3, 2001.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

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, Jeff Ricketts, Efrain Figueroa, Jef Ayres, Brett Baker, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Mario Carter, Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Bobby Pappas, Gary Weeks.

Julia Alvarez, on writing:

 

A book does not discriminate against any reader.

All are welcome at the table of literature.
– Julia Alvarez.

Recommended reading: Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play

Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play

by David Mamet.
 
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1984.
 
Published by Grove Press.
First published 1983.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0802130917
ISBN-13: 978-0802130914
 
Description:
 
Comic Drama Characters: 7 males.
 
2 interior sets.
 

“Who needs caffeine when you’ve got Glengarry Glen Ross? … David Mamet’s play about a dog-eat-dog real estate office in Chicago feels like having espresso pumped directly into your bloodstream…. Mr. Mamet hears American scheming with an exactitude and delight still surpassed by any other dramatist.” – New York Times.

 

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best American Play and the Drama Desk and Tony Awards for Best American Play and the Drama Desk and Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play, Glengarry Glen Ross is one of the most celebrated and widely performed plays of recent years. It is a scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land onto reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here, Mamet is at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough people who cajole, connive, wheel and deal for a piece of the action an existence where closing a sale can mean a brand-new Cadillac, but losing one can mean losing it everything.

 

“Wonderfully funny … a play to see, remember and cherish.” – New York Post.