Tuesday, November 4, 2025

On this day in movie history - X Marks the Spot (1942)

X Marks the Spot

directed by George Sherman,

written by Richard Murphy and Stuart Palmer,

based on a story by Mauri Grashin and Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 4, 1942.

Music by Morton Scott.

 

Cast:
Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Damian O'Flynn, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Harris, Fred Kelsey, Vince Barnett, Jane Allen, Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Chester Conklin, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Richard Landry, Sam Lufkin, Peggy Lynn, Jerry Mandy, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Frank O'Connor.

On this day in movie history - The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003)


The Howlin' Wolf Story


documentary directed by Don McGlynn,

was released in the United States on November 4, 2003.

Cast:
Howlin' Wolf (a.k.a. Chester Burnett), Hubert Sumlin, Barbra Marks, Bettye Kelly, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Gordon, Mark Hoffman, Richard Shurman, Sam Phillips, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Burlison, Marshall Chess, Jody Williams, Evelyn Sumlin Goodwin, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Billy Boy Arnold, Brian Jones, Jack Good, Mick Jagger, James Cotton, John Estes (a.k.a. Sleepy John Estes), Clifton James, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mississippi John Hurt, Sunnyland Slim, Charlie Watts, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman.

On this day in movie history - Kubrick Remembered (2014)


Kubrick Remembered


documentary directed by Gary Khammar,

was released in the United States on November 4, 2014.

Music by Jon LaCroix.

Cast:
Christiane Kubrick, Leon Vitali, Anthony Frewin, Keir Dullea, Vincent D'Onofrio, Steven Spielberg, James B. Harris, Katharina Kubrick, Rick Senat, Jan Harlan, Matthew Modine, Larry Smith, Gay Hamilton, Mike Kaplan, Todd Field, Malcolm McDowell, Ryan O'Neal, Stanley Kubrick, R. Lee Ermey, Leelee Sobieski, Manuel Harlan, Dominic Savage, Thomas Gibson, Milena Canonero, Philip Castle, Richard Daniels, Marisa Berenson, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Edwina Carroll, Christian Clarke, Sky du Mont, Shelley Duvall, Arliss Howard, Adam Lias, Danny Lloyd, Sue Lyon, James Mason, David Morley, Chris Pare, Gavin Parry, Marie Richardson, Dan Rollman, Leonard Rossiter, Peter Sellers, Rade Serbedzija, Marianne Stone, Stewart Thorndike, Kyle Whitcombe, Shelley Winters.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager (1989, 1998):

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Enemy.

Released November 4, 1989.

Directed by David Carson.

Written by David Kemper, Michael Piller, Richard Danus.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, John Snyder, Andreas Katsulas, Colm Meaney, Steve Rankin, James G. Becker, Michael Braveheart, Jeremy Doyle, Lorine Mendell, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: In the Flesh.

Released November 4, 1998.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Nick Sagan, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor.

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, Kate Vernon, Zach Galligan, Tucker Smallwood, Ray Walston, Ivory Broome, Tarik Ergin, Steven Grothe, Jacquelyn Guss, Grace Harrell, Dieter Horneman, Rubin Knight, Alicia Lewis, Tom Miller, Guy Richardson, Christina Rydell, Joey Sakata, Walter Smith, Pablo Soriano, Dan Tirman.

On this day in music history - The album Shepherd Moons, by Enya (1991)


Shepherd Moons


by Enya,

 released on November 4, 1991.

Track list:

Shepherd Moons; Caribbean Blue; How Can I Keep from Singing?; Ebudae; Angeles; No Holly for Miss Quinn; Book of Days; Evacuee; Lothlórien; Marble Halls; Afer Ventus; Smaoint

On this day in music history - The album Deuces Wild, by B.B. King (1997)


Deuces Wild


by B.B. King,

was released on November 4, 1997.

Track list:

If You Love Me - (with Van Morrison); Thrill Is Gone, The - (with Tracy Chapman); Rock Me Baby - (with Eric Clapton); Please Send Me Someone to Love - (with Mick Hucknall); Baby I Love You - (with Bonnie Raitt); Ain’t Nobody Home - (with D’Angelo); There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - (with Dr. John); Confessin’ the Blues - (with Marty Stuart); Paying the Cost to Be the Boss - (with The Rolling Stones); Dangerous Mood - (with Joe Cocker); Keep It Coming - (with Heavy D); Cryin’ Won’t Help You - (with David Gilmour / Paul Carrack); Night Life - (with Willie Nelson).

On this day in music history - The album New Used Car, by Sue Foley (2006)


New Used Car


by Sue Foley

was released on November 4, 2006.

Track list:

New Used Car; Make It Real; When I Come Back To Ya; Absolution; Sugar; Do It Again; Mother; Long Tomorrow; Little Things; Found My Love; Deep Freeze; Change Your Mind.