On this day in movie history - Bad Country (2014)

Bad Country

directed by Chris Brinker,

written by Jonathan Hirschbein,

based on a story by Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, Tom Abernathy and Jonathan Hirschbein,

was released in the United States on April 29, 2014.

Music by Jeff Danna and John Fee.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Don Yesso, Kevin Chapman, Christopher Denham, Alex Solowitz, John Edward Lee, Ritchie Montgomery, Frederick Weller, Patrick Brinker, Jeff Leaf, Bill Duke, Tom Berenger, Lazarus Jackson, Aldo Juliano, Dane Rhodes, Lex D. Geddings, Jake La Botz, Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, John Lafayette, JD Evermore, Pat Fisher, Ron Gural, Matt Thompson, Hugh Wilson, Eddie Matthews, Dylan Yesso, John Braymer, Erika Bruun-Andersen, Gayle James, Caitlin Kearney, Mike Quintana, James Lew, Roger Behle, Mary Lane Haskell, Duane Cothren, Jarvis Green, Stephanie Carpenter, Garth Currie, Bobby Greer, Zach Hartman, Luke Hawx, Charles Hunt, De'Cha LaVeau, Hans Marrero, J. Travis Merendino, Gustavo I. Ortiz, James Ourso, Rehnan Overmiller, Michael Rhoads, Jason Stanly, Ronn Surels, Shirley Tregre, Joseph Uzzell, Bob Walker, Glen Warner, Jesse Yarborough.

On this day in movie history - Tolkien (2019)

Tolkien

directed by Dome Karukoski,

written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Al Bollands, Kallum Tolkien, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Laura Donnelly, Guillermo Bedward, Nia Gwynne, Pam Ferris, Adrian Schiller, Albie Marber, Ty Tennant, Adam Bregman, Tony Nash, Michael Bryceson, Andrew Bissell, Owen Teale, Mimi Keene, Sian Crisp, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney, Antony Barlow, James MacCallum, David Puckridge, David Bromley, Lara Maguire, Holly Dempster, Jane Dixon-Rowland, Genevieve O'Reilly, David Birkbeck, Colin Burnie, Derek Jacobi, Andy Orchard, Frank Kerr, Rob Rhys Bond, Joel Phillimore, John Bradfield, Mia Woods, Sienna Woods, Paul Gurcel Escudero, Harry Webster, Jack Riley.

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1998)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Pen Pals.

Released April 29, 1989.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Hannah Louise Shearer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Nicholas Cascone, Nikki Cox, Ann Gillespie, Colm Meaney, Whitney Rydbeck, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Jeffrey Deacon, Randy James, Tim McCormack.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: The Thaw.

Released April 29, 1996.

Directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Richard Gadas, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Thomas Kopache, Carel Struycken, Patty Maloney, Tony Carlin, Shannon O'Hurley, Michael McKean, Mark Chadwick, Damaris Cordelia, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Jean-Luc Martin, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Henry Reichenbach.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Living Witness.

Released April 29, 1998.

Directed by Tim Russ.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, 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, Henry Woronicz, Rod Arrants, Craig Richard Nelson, Marie Chambers, Brian Fitzpatrick, Morgan H. Margolis, Mary Anne McGarry, Timothy Davis-Reed, Nancy Conn, Damaris Cordelia, Janet Dey, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Glenn Goldstein, Fred Hafner, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, R. Prince, Jeff Pruitt, Shepard Ross, Steve Silverie, Martin Squires, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.

Released April 29, 2005.

Directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Written by 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 Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Gary Graham, Gregory Itzin, John Mahon, Derek Magyar, Pat Healy, Majel Barrett, David Sobolov, Alexandrea Ortiz, Devon Abner, Kevin Derr, Glen Hambly, Michael Hugghins, Yoshio Iizuka, Andrea Lockhart, Andrew Macbeth, Nicole Malgarini, Cecelia Specht, Justin Sundquist, Michael Sussman, Chris Torres.

On this day in music history - By a Wire, Rosmonda D'Inghilterra:

By a Wire by Jennifer DeFrayne (2014)

Renée Fleming Sings Rosmonda D’Inghilterra by Renée Fleming (2015)

By a Wire

Album by Jennifer DeFrayne,

released April 29, 2014.

Track list: Sunrise to Sunset; Calling Angels; By a Wire; Hope Float; Summer Reunion; Once in a Lifetime; I ll See You There; Mexican Daydream; Letting Go; Clear Night.

 

Renée Fleming Sings Rosmonda D’Inghilterra

Album by Renée Fleming,

was released on April 29, 2015.

Track list: Volgon re lune...ahi lassa!; Perché non ho del vento; Torna, torna or caro oggetto; Deh! Ti arresta!; Vieni meco, ed un ritiro; E desso! E il perfido; E dessa: alfin la perfida; Tace ognun! nessun risponde?; Primiero io giungo; Si, son io; Giurato il sacrifizio; Giurasti un dì...rammentalo; Concedo un breve istante; Ma il tempo vola; Io fuggir; Senza pace, senza speme.

Harlan Ellison - on writing:

Writing is the hardest work in the world.
I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver,
and I tell you – as if you haven’t been told a million times already –
that writing is harder.
Lonelier.
And nobler and more enriching.
 – Harlan Ellison.

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

by Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.

Published 1994.

Published by Allison & Busby Ltd.

ISBN 13: 9780749002015

ISBN 10: 0749002018

ASIN: 0749002018

 

Description:

Omnibus of three novels featuring Lew Archer, "The Ivory Grin", "The Galton Case" and "The Blue Hammer".

Born on this day – Carl Laemmle Jr.:

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Writer

Producer

April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979

Credits:

A Fighting Finish (1927); A House Divided (1931); A Lady Surrenders (1930); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Afraid to Talk (1932); Air Mail (1932); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Around the Bases (1927); Back Street (1932); Bad Sister (1931); Barnum Was Right (1929); Beloved (1934); Benson at Calford (1926); Bombay Mail (1934); Breaking Records (1927); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Broadway (1929); Burning Words (1923); By Candlelight (1933); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Carl Laemmle (2019); College Love (1929); Counsellor at Law (1933); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross Country Cruise (1934); Cross Country Run (1929); Dear Old Calford (1928); Destination Unknown (1933); Destry Rides Again (1932); Don't Bet on Love (1933); Dracula (1931); Drácula (1931); East Is West (1930); East of Borneo (1931); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Farewell (1929); Fast Companions (1932); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting to Win (1926); Flaming Guns (1932); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Frankenstein (1931); Free Love (1930); Gift of Gab (1934); Great Expectations (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hell's Heroes (1929); Her First Mate (1933); Hidden Gold (1932); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Homicide Squad (1931); Horse Play (1933); I'll Tell the World (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Kicking Through (1928); King for a Night (1933); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Campus (1929); La voluntad del muerto (1930); Ladies Must Love (1933); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughter in Hell (1933); Law and Order (1932); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Accident (1930); Little Man, What Now? (1934); Lonesome (1928); Love Birds (1934); Lucky Dog (1933); Madame Spy (1934); Making Good (1926); Many a Slip (1931); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); My Pal, the King (1932); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); Nagana (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Night World (1932); Okay America! (1932); On the Sidelines (1929); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Hysterical Night (1929); One More River (1934); Only Yesterday (1933); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Out All Night (1933); Outside the Law (1930); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Private Jones (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Remember Last Night? (1935); Resurrection (1931); Running Wild (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Samson at Calford (1927); Saturday's Millions (1933); Scandal for Sale (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Secret of the Blue Room (1933); Seed (1931); Shanghai Lady (1929); Show Boat (1929); Sliding Home (1928); Smilin' Guns (1929); Speeding Youth (1929); Splashing Through (1927); Steady Company (1932); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Terror Trail (1933); The Big Cage (1933); The Black Cat (1934); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Charlatan (1929); The Cinder Path (1927); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930); The Collegians (1926); The Crosby Case (1934); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Doomed Battalion (1932); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fire Fighters (1927); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Good Fairy (1935); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Invisible Man (1933); The Iron Man (1931); The Irresistible Lover (1927); The Junior Year (1928); The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933); The Last Lap (1926); The Last Performance (1929); The Last Warning (1928); The Love Captive (1934); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Mummy (1932); The Night Ride (1930); The Old Dark House (1932); The Poor Rich (1934); The Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Rivals (1929); The Rustler's Roundup (1933); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Storm (1930); The Texas Bad Man (1932); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Winning Five (1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch (1927); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Transient Lady (1935); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Uncertain Lady (1934); Up for Murder (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); Waterloo Bridge (1931); We Americans (1928); What Men Want (1930).