Saturday, February 28, 2026

On this day in television history - Justified (2012)

Justified
Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Man Behind the Curtain.

Released February 28, 2012.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Ryan Farley, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jere Burns, David Andrews, Jim Beaver, David Meunier, Max Perlich, William Ragsdale, Stephen Tobolowsky, Demetrius Grosse, Jenn Lyon, Cleavon McClendon, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, David Atkinson, Michael Boucher, LaQuita Cleare, Kathleen M. Darcy, Elena Evangelo, Brandon Ford Green, Audra Griffis, Steven Helmkamp, Jonathan Kowalsky, William Gregory Lee, Brendan McCarthy, Van White, Garland Whitt, Chaz Maas.

On this day in music history - The album Transcendence, by Sherry Finzer (2020)

Transcendence

by Sherry Finzer

was released on February 28, 2020.

Track list:

The Ascent; Third Eye Opening; Veil of the Unknown; Inner Awakening; Meditative, relaxing, soothing, contemplative, cinematic, flutes, calming, relaxing - Ancient Roots; Evening Prayer; Winds of Intuition; Elements of Light.

Friday, February 27, 2026

Sam Horn, on writing:


I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book.
They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.

- Sam Horn.

Recommended reading - In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

 

In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

by Walter Murch (2001)

Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola.

Published by Silman-James Press.
2nd edition.

Published 2001.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1879505622
ISBN-13: 978-1879505629
 
Description:
In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's pages) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.

Born on this day – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Writer

February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882

Credits:
Aftermath (1873); Ballads and Other Poems (1841); Christus: A Mystery (1872); Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique (1833); Dante's Divine Comedy (1867); Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847); Flower-de-Luce (1867); Household Poems (1865); Hyperion (1839); ; In the Harbor (1882); Kavanagh (1849); Kéramos and Other Poems (1878); Michel Angelo: A Fragment; Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea (1835); Poems of Places (1874); Poems on Slavery (1842); Poets and Poetry of Europe (1844); Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863); The Arrow and the Song; The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845); The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (1858); The Divine Tragedy (1871); The Golden Legend (1851); The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi (1863); The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems (1875); The New England Tragedies (1868); The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1852); The Seaside and the Fireside (1850); The Song of Hiawatha (1855); The Spanish Student (1843); The Waif (1845); Three Books of Song (1872); Ultima Thule (1880); Voices of the Night (1839).

Born on this day – William Demarest:

 

William Demarest


Actor

February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983

Credits:
A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Million Bid (1927); A Night at Coffee Dan's (1927); A Reno Divorce (1927); A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927); A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons (1977); After Office Hours (1935); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); All Through the Night (1942); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); Along Came Jones (1945); Amateur Night (1927); Behave Yourself! (1951); Behind the Eight Ball (1942); Ben Casey (1964); Big City (1937); Biography (1997); Blonde Trouble (1937); Bonanza (1963–1964); Bright Lights (1935); Burke's Law (1964); Celebrity Bowling (1974–1976); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); Christmas in July (1940); Comin' Round the Mountain (1940); Country Fair (1941); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Diamond Jim (1935); Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dressed to Kill (1941); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Easy Living (1937); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Excuse My Dust (1951); Finger Prints (1927); Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928); Fog Over Frisco (1934); Fugitive Lady (1934); Glamour Boy (1941); Going My Way (1963); Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Hands Across the Table (1935); Hell on Frisco Bay (1955); Here Come the Girls (1953); Here's Hollywood (1961); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); I'll Bet (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Jamboree (1954); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Jolson Sings Again (1949); Josette (1938); Jupiter's Darling (1955); King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961); King of the Turf (1939); KTLA Premiere (1947); Laugh It Off (1939); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); Little Men (1940); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Love on the Run (1936); Lucy Gallant (1955); Many Happy Returns (1934); Matinee Ladies (1927); McMillan & Wife (1973–1975); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Mind Your Own Business (1936); Miracles for Sale (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Favorite Spy (1942); My Three Sons (1965–1972); Never a Dull Moment (1950); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); Nine Girls (1944); Oh, Doctor (1937); On Our Merry Way (1948); Once Upon a Time (1944); One Wild Night (1938); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Pardon My Past (1945); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Pay as You Enter (1928); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Pepe (1960); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Red Skelton Timex Special (1960); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Ride on Vaquero (1941); Riding High (1950); Romance on the Run (1938); Rookies on Parade (1941); Rosalie (1937); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 26, No. 4: The Skolsky Party (1946); Seeing Things (1930); Sharp Shooters (1928); Simple Sis (1927); Sincerely Yours (1955); Son of Flubber (1962); Sorrowful Jones (1949); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Studio 57 (1957); Sullivan's Travels (1941); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961–1962); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); That Darn Cat! (1965); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The Black Diamond Express (1927); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Butter and Egg Man (1928); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Crash (1928); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1961); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Escape (1928); The Far Horizons (1955); The Farmer's Daughter (1940 / 1964); The First Auto (1927); The First Legion (1951); The Gay Old Bird (1927); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Great Gambini (1937); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Great Man Votes (1939); The Great McGinty (1940); The Great Moment (1944); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Hit Parade (1937); The Jazz Singer (1927); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jolson Story (1946); The Lady Eve (1941); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Millionaire (1978); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); The Mountain (1956); The Murder Man (1935); The Night Court (1927); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Perils of Pauline (1947); The Private War of Major Benson (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rebel (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1960); The Run Around (1932); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Strip (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1979); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Wild McCullochs (1975); The Yellow Mountain (1954); Time Out for Romance (1937); To Rome with Love (1970); True to Life (1943); True to the Army (1942); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Variety Girl (1947); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Wagon Train (1961); Wake Up and Live (1937); Wedding Present (1936); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What Happened to Father (1927); What Price Glory (1952); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); While New York Sleeps (1938); Whispering Smith (1948); White Lies (1934); Wolf of New York (1940); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976).

Born on this day – Marian Anderson:


Marian Anderson


Opera singer

February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993
Credits:

Albums:
 
A White Christmas Dream (2013); Ave Maria (1965); Bach - Brahms - Schubert (Marian Anderson) (1989); Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2021); Brahms: Alto Rhapsody & Spirituals (2007); Brahms: Works (1997); Christmas Carols (1962); Great Combinations (1953) (2000); Happy Christmas Candy (2013); He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (Mono Version) (1962); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands: Spirituals (195); Joyful Christmas With Marian Anderson (2013); Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marian Anderson (2006); Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marian Anderson (Vol.2) (2006); Les grandes contraltos de la musique classique : Marian Anderson, Vol. 1 (Spirituals) (2017); Let Freedom Ring! (2016); Lonesome Christmas (2012); Marian Anderson - Christmas Carols (2021 Remastered Version) (1962); Marian Anderson - The Lady from Philadelphia (From the TV Series "See it Now") (2021 Remastered Version) (1957); Marian Anderson "The first African-American Woman internationally acclaimed as an opera singer" Classical Recital (15 Extracts) (2023); Marian Anderson (1923-1951) (2011); Marian Anderson at Constitution Hall: Farewell Recital (Live and Unedited) (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson in Oratorio and Spiritual Vol. 1 (1996); Marian Anderson Negro Spirituals 1924-1949 (2000); Marian Anderson Performing "Jus' Keep on Singin'" & 11 More Spirituals (2021 Remastered Version) (1965); Marian Anderson Performing Songs and Mélodies (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Performing Songs by Brahms & Mahler & Strauss (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Performing Songs by Schubert & Schumann & Brahms & Strauss & Haydn (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Bach Arias and Great Songs of Faith (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Christmas Carols (2006); Marian Anderson Sings Christmas Carols (2021 Remastered Version) (1952); Marian Anderson Sings Schubert & Schumann Songs (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marian Anderson Sings Spirituals (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Marion Anderson Sings Spirituals (2018); My Wonderful Christmas Time (2013); Negro Spirituals (Mono Version) [feat. Franz Rupp] (1953); Schubert - Schumann Lieder (2000); Schubert: Chansons pour une voix avec piano (Mono Version) (1953); Season's Greetings (Christmas Recordings Remastered) (2014); Silver Shining Christmas Time (2013); Snoopycat: The Adventures of Marian Anderson's Cat Snoopy (1963); Softly Awakes My Heart (2000); Spirituals (1998); Star Bright (Christmas Recordings - Remastered) (2014); The Early Years (2021); The Joy of Christmas (A Timeless Christmas Recordings) (2014); The Lady From Philadelphia (1995); The Silent Christmas Night (2013); Verdi: A Masked Ball (Highlights) (2021 Remastered Version) (2021); Vocal Recital: Anderson, Marian - Brahms, J. / Mahler, G. / Schubert, F. (1951) (2000).
 
Movies and television:
 
A Tribute to John F. Knnedy from the Arts (1963); America Pauses for the Merry Month of May (1959); American Experience (2021); American Masters (2022); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1994); Entertainment Tonight (1981); Evening at Pops (1974); FDR: A Presidency Revealed (2005); First Ladies (2020); Great Performances (2000); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Jo taukos leikki alla joulupuun... (1961); Lincoln's Living Legacy (1994); Lost Forever (2011); Lovecraft Country (2020); March on Washington: Commemoration of Martin Luther King's '63 March (1983); Marian Anderson (1991); Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mystères d'archives (2017); Mysteries at the Monument (2013); Nuit de chien (2008); Oh, What a Beautiful City (A City Symphony) (2017); Person to Person (1954); Producers' Showcase (1954–1956); Rhapsody in Black (2002); See It Now (1957); Stars for Israel (1967); Startime (1959–1960); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Christmas Party (1996); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953); The Great Debaters (2007); The Great Depression (1993); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The March (1964 / 2013); The March in Washington (1963); The Negro Soldier (1944); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Upbeat in Music (1943); What's My Line? (1965).