Born on this day – Renée French:

 

Renée French

Actress

Production manager

February 6, 1966 – May 19, 2020

Credits:
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003); Nowhere Fast (1995); Malcolm X (1992); Fishing with John (1991).

On this day in movie history - The Brasher Doubloon (1947 movie & novel):

The Brasher Doubloon

directed by John Brahm,

written by Leonard Praskins and Dorothy Bennett,

based on the novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on February 6, 1947.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, Marvin Miller, Reed Hadley.

Recommended reading: 

The High Window

by Raymond Chandler.

Filmed as The Brasher Doubloon (1947), directed by John Brahm.

Published by Penguin.

First published 1942.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0241980658

ISBN-13: 978-0241980651

Description:

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe’s on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband’s collection. That’s the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That’s also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA puts cops’ noses seriously out of joint. If Marlowe doesn’t wrap this one up fast, he’s going to end up either in jail or in a wooden box in the ground.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: The Last Act.

Released February 6, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by B.X. Sanborn and Don Sanford.

Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Donald Buka, Elaine Edwards, Jim Bannon, Stewart Bradley, Robert Gibbons, Bill Baucom.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977)

Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Seance Spectre.

Released February 6, 1977.

Directed by Peter Medak.

Written by Donald James.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Ken Hutchison, Carolyn Seymour, Nigel Pegram, James Snell, Gyearbuor Asante, Jenny Cresswell, Harry Fielder, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves, Claire Russell, Terry Walsh, Paul Weston.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Picard:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1993)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Too Short A Season.

Released February 6, 1988.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Michael Michaelian, D.C. Fontana, Johnny Dawkins, Sandy Fries.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by George Romanis.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Clayton Rohner, Marsha Hunt, Michael Pataki, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Shana Golden, Nora Leonhardt, Larry Robb, Richard Sarstedt, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Face of the Enemy.

Released February 6, 1993.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by Naren Shankar, René Echevarria, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Don Davis.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Scott MacDonald, Carolyn Seymour, Barry Lynch, Robertson Dean, Dennis Cockrum, Pamela Winslow Kashani, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Cameron, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, Gina Saadi, Sissy Sessions, John Alex Tampoya, Guy Vardaman.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Phage.

Released February 6, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Skye Dent, Brannon Braga, Timothy DeHaas, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Cully Fredricksen, Stephen Rappaport, Martha Hackett, Majel Barrett, Derek Anthony, Jasmin Bischoff, Julie Jiang, Coleman McClary, Louis Ortiz, Garret Sato, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Shadows of P’Jem.

Released February 6, 2002.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Phyllis Strong, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, 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 Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Gregory Itzin, Steven Dennis, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Barbara Tarbuck, Jeff Kober, Steve Blalock, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Dieter Horneman, Aldric A. Horton, Tom Morga, Bobby Pappas, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The End Is the Beginning.

Released February 6, 2020.

Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, James Duff, Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Jonathan Del Arco, Peyton List, Jamie McShane, Tamlyn Tomita, Rebecca Wisocky, Orla Brady, Sumalee Montano, Graham Shiels, Antonio David Lyons.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Queue for Q.

Released February 6, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Brooke Breton, Denise Crosby, Marc Cushman, John de Lancie, Lolita Fatjo, D.C. Fontana, David Gerrold, David Livingston, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, Larry Nemecek, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda, Lucie Salhany, Brent Spiner, Rick Sternbach, Eric A. Stillwell, Wil Wheaton.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Time to Die.

Released February 6, 2022.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Barkhad Abdi, Zehra Fazal, Maury Sterling, Chris Jai Alex, Takehito Koyasu, Miho Sakurazaka, Akihiro Sakata, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Takayuki Kinba, Tony Nakajima, Arisa Shida.

Ernest Hemingway, on listening:

I like to listen.
I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen.

- Ernest Hemingway.