Born on this day – Rosanna Norton:

 

Rosanna Norton

Costume Designer

October 1, 1944 – May 7, 2025

Credits:

A Very Brady Sequel (1996); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Ascension Day (2007); Badlands (1973); Barb Wire (1996); Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (2025); Bone Chillers (1996); Boogievision (1977); Carrie (1976); Casper (1995); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Cisco Pike (1971); Desert Breeze (1996); Detroit Rock City (1999); Don't Go in the Woods: Cast & Crew (2006); Explorers (1985); Fire Down Below (1997); Frankie and Johnny (1991); Get Crazy (1983); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Growing Up Brady (2000); Hard to Hold (1984); Homewrecker (1992); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Innerspace (1987); Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973); Loverboy (1989); Messiah of Evil (1974); Nothing in Common (1986); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Out for a Kill (2003); Outlaw Blues (1977); Perfect Family (1992); Phantom of the Paradise (1974); Phantom of the Paradise: Costume Designer Rosanna Norton (2014); Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982); RoboCop 2 (1990); Ruthless People (1986); South of Sunset (1993); Surviving (1985); The Brady Bunch Movie (1995); The 'Burbs (1989); The Experts (1989); The Explorers (1972–1973); The Flintstones (1994); The Maker (1997); The Patriot (1998); The Pool Boys (2009); The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992); The Stunt Man (1980); Trackdown (1976); Treacherous Crossing (1992); Tron (1982); Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999).

On this day in movie history - Trapped (1949)

Trapped

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Earl Felton and George Zuckerman,

was released in the United States on October 1,1949.

Narrated by William Woodson.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd, Russ Conway, Robert Karnes, Douglas Spencer, Lyle Latell.

On this day in movie history - Diary of the Dead (1976)

Diary of the Dead

directed by Arvin Brown,

written by I.C. Rapoport and Robert L. Fish,

based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell,

was released in the United States in October 1976.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Jacques Urbont.

Cast:

Hector Elizondo, Edward Binns, Joyce Ebert, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens, Laurie Kennedy, Joseph Maher, James Naughton, Austin Pendleton, George Spalding, Richard Venture, Lee Wallace, Kate Wilkinson.

On this day in movie history - Gloria (1980)

Gloria

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on October 1, 1980.

Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Gregory Cleghorne, Buck Henry, John Adames, Lupe Garnica, Jessica Castillo, Tom Noonan, Ronald Maccone, George Yudzevich, Gary Howard Klar, William E. Rice, Frank Belgiorno, J.C. Quinn, Alex Stevens, Sonny Landham, Harry Madsen, Shanton Granger, John Pavelko, Ray Baker, Ross Charap, Irvin Graham, Michael Proscia, T.S. Rosenbaum, Santos Morales, Meta Shaw Stevens, Marilyn Putnam, John Finnegan, Gaetano Lisi, Richard M. Kaye, Steve Lefkowitz, George Poidomani, Lawrence Tierney, Asa Adil Qawee, Vincent Pecorella, Iris Fernandez, Jade Bari, David Resnick, Thomas J. Buckman, Joe Dabenigno, Bill Wiley, John M. Sefakis, Val Avery, Walter Dukes, Janet Ruben, Ferruccio Hrvatin, Edward Wilson, Basilio Franchina, Carl Levy, Warren Selvaggi, Nathan Seril, Vladimir Drazenovic, Edward Jacobs, Brad Johnston, Jerry Jaffe, Chris McCabe Adams, Maja Niles, Jerry Schram, Filomena Spagnuolo.

October in movie history - Porklips Now (1980)

Porklips Now

directed and written by Ernie Fosselius,

was released at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States in October 1980.

Exact release date unknown.

A short spoof of Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Music by Dick Bright, Tom Donald, Ernie Fosselius and Ken Melville.

Cast:

Billy Gray, Ernie Fosselius, John Brent, Leon Martell, Mark Lee, Jim Turner, Larry Walker, Tom Bullock.

On this day in movie history - Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)

Warming by the Devil's Fire

documentary directed and written by Charles Burnett,

part 4 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 1, 2003.

Additional music by Stephen James Taylor.

Cast:

Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Carl Lumbly, Ivy Cassel, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Big Bill Broonzy, Sam Chatmon, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Gary Davis, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Brownie McGhee, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, T-Bone Walker, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson.

October in movie history - Keepers of the Magic (2016)

Keepers of the Magic

a documentary directed and written by Vic Sarin,

was released at the Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada in October 2016.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Justin R. Durban.

Cast:

Roger Deakins, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon Willis, César Charlone, Sam Mendes, George Miller, Philippe Rousselot, Bruno Delbonnel, John Boorman.