On this day in movie history - The King of Comedy (1983)

The King of Comedy

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul D. Zimmerman,

was released in the United States on February 18, 1983.

Music by Robbie Robertson.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

On this day in movie history - Boiler Room (2000)

Boiler Room

directed and written by Ben Younger,

was released in the United States on February 18, 2000.

Music by The Angel.

Cast:

Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin, Jamie Kennedy, Taylor Nichols, Bill Sage, Tom Everett Scott, Ben Affleck, John Griesemer, David Younger, Russell Harper, Mark Webber, Christopher Fitzgerald, Donna Mitchell, André Vippolis, Jon Abrahams, Will McCormack, Jared Ryan, Anson Mount, Kirk Acevedo, Seth Ullian, Eddie Malavarca, Lisa Gerstein, Ross Ryman, Peter Maloney, Mark Moshe Bellows, Alex Webb, Daniel Serafini-Sauli, Taylor Patterson, Michael McCarthy, Marsha Dietlein, Siobhan Fallon, Desmond Harrington, Stephen Scibetta.

On this day in movie history - Pitch Black (2000)

 

Pitch Black

directed by David Twohy,

written by Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat and David Twohy,

based on a story by Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat,

was released in the United States on February 18, 2000.

Music by Graeme Revell.

 
Cast:

Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, John Moore, Simon Burke, Les Chantery, Sam Sari, Firass Dirani, Ric Anderson, Vic Wilson, Angela Moore, Peter Chiang, Ken Twohy.

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004 & 2005)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Dauphin.

Released February 18, 1989.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Diana Muldaur, Whoopi Goldberg, Paddi Edwards, Jaime Hubbard, Peter Neptune, Mädchen Amick, Cindy Sorenson, Jenna Barlow Grodsky, Michael Braveheart, Dexter Clay, Alex Daniels, Randy James, Tim McCormack, Guy Vardaman.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Prey.

Released February 18, 1998.

Directed by Allan Eastman.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Clint Carmichael, Tony Todd, John Austin, Steve Carnahan, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Guy Richardson, John Wilkie.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Doctor’s Orders.

Released February 18, 2004.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Chris Black, 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 Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Daphney Damaraux, Glynis Johns, John Jurgens, Danny Kaye, Mildred Natwick, Ator Tamras.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Affliction.

Released February 18, 2005.

Directed by Michael Grossman.

Written by Brannon Braga, Michael/Mike Sussman, Manny Coto.

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 Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Schuck, James Avery, Ada Maris, Eric Pierpoint, Terrell Tilford, Kate McNeil, Brad Greenquist, Derek Magyar, Marc Worden, Seth MacFarlane, Alexandrea Ortiz, Michael Bailous, Bill Blair, Solomon Burke Jr., Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Terita Jackson, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Melissa O'Keeffe, Ator Tamras, Aaron White, Brian J. Williams, Wanda Ray Willis.

Edgar Allan Poe, on imagination:

 

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

On this day in movie history - Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

a documentary directed by Jan Harlan,

was released at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, on February 17, 2001.

Narrated by Tom Cruise.

“Everyone pretty much acknowledges that he’s the man, and I still feel that underrates him.”

– Jack Nicholson.

Born on this day – Ruth Clifford:

 

Ruth Clifford

Actress

February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998

Credits:

3 Godfathers (1948); A Disney Channel Christmas!!!! (1983); A Disney Christmas Gift (1983); A Hero by Proxy (1916); A Kentucky Cinderella (1917); A Man Called Peter (1955); Along the Rio Grande (1941); April Showers (1923); As Man Desires (1925); Ball of Fire (1941); Bath Day (1946); Behind the Lines (1916); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Brooding Eyes (1926); Butterfly (1924); Cadet Girl (1941); Canine Casanova (1945); Circumstantial Evidence (1945); Coney Island (1943); Crazy Over Daisy (1950); Cry of the City (1948); Cured Duck (1945); Dante's Inferno (1935); Daughters of the Rich (1923); Designing Woman (1957); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988); Disney's Cartoon Arcade (1990); Don Mike (1927); Donald Duck Presents (1983–1992); Donald's Double Trouble (1946); Donald's Dream Voice (1948); Donald's Quack Attack (1992–2003); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Kildare (1966); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Elmer and Elsie (1934); Eternal Love (1917); Everybody Does It (1949); Face in the Sky (1933); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Figaro and Frankie (1947); Final Buddyman VS Buddy New Compilation Movies (2025); Fires of Youth (1918); Fireside Theatre (1951–1954); First Aiders (1944); Flight Nurse (1953); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Free for All (1949); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); Funny Girl (1968); Ginger (1935); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Good Morning, Mickey! (1983–1992); Green Grass of Wyoming (1948); Grindl (1963); Hands Down (1918); Hazard (1948); Hazel (1965); Hell's Hole (1923); Her Husband's Secret (1925); Her Wedding Day (1916); Highway Patrol (1956–1959); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Holiday Inn (1942); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); Honolulu (1938); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Hungry Eyes (1918); I Led 3 Lives (1956); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); Immortal Sergeant (1943); In Dutch (1946); In the Dead o' Night (1916); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); It Happened in Flatbush (1942); Jungle Jim (1956); Keep Smiling (1938); Key to the City (1950); Lady by Choice (1934); Land of the Open Range (1942); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Let's Live Tonight (1935); Lew Tyler's Wives (1926); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Lillian Russell (1940); Lock Up (1961); Making the Rounds (1934); Mary from America (1917); Mickey's Mouse Tracks (1992–1995); Midnight Madness (1918); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Mother o' Mine (1917); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Mothers-in-Law (1923); Mr. Celebrity (1941); Mrs. Beverly Hills (1925); My Dad (1922); My Darling Clementine (1946); Not Wanted (1949); On Ice (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Paddy O'Day (1936); Pilgrimage (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pluto and the Gopher (1950); Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952); Pluto's Party (1952); Pluto's Sweater (1949); Poisoned Ivory (1934); Police Story (1977); Polly Put the Kettle On (1917); Ponjola (1923); Prejudice (1949); Prince of Players (1955); Public Defender (1954); Racket Squad (1952); Road to Happiness (1941); Safety in Numbers (1938); Sailor's Lady (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); She Married Her Boss (1935); Shock (1946); Should She Have Told? (1916); Show of Shows (1929); Sleepy Time Donald (1947); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); Stolen Harmony (1935); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Swanee River (1939); Target (1958); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Amazing Woman (1920); The Black Gate (1919); The Bubble of Love (1917); The Cabaret Girl (1918); The Cat's Out (1931); The City of Stars (1924); The Cobweb (1955); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936); The Dangerous Age (1922); The Desire of the Moth (1917); The Devil's Apple Tree (1929); The Door Between (1917); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); The Eternal Woman (1929); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Game's Up (1919); The Guilt of Silence (1918); The Hitch Hiker (1933); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); The Invisible Ray (1920); The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918); The Keeper of the Gate (1917); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Last Hurrah (1958); The Little Stranger (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Love Hour (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Lure of Luxury (1918); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940); The Melody of Death (1917); The Millionaire (1955); The Millionaire Pirate (1919); The Mysterious Mr. Tiller (1917); The Penalty of Treason (1916); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Quiet Man (1952); The Red, Red Heart (1918); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Savage (1917); The Searchers (1956); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Sleep Walker (1942); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1945); The Storm Breaker (1925); The Thrill Seekers (1927); The Tornado (1924); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Whispered Name (1924); The Wings of Eagles (1957); Three Little Swigs (1933); To Mary - with Love (1936); Tropical Love (1921); Truxton King (1923); Two Rode Together (1961); Typhoon Love (1925); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Master (1950); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); We Go Fast (1941); Whirlpool (1950); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Woman Unafraid (1934); You're My Everything (1949).