Saturday, October 3, 2026

Born on this day – Madlyn Rhue:


Madlyn Rhue


Actress

Script and Continuity Department

October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003

Credits:
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Majority of One (1961); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Mother's Justice (1991); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1972); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridges to Cross (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1974–1976); Captain Nice (1967); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1959); CHiPs (1979–1983); Circle of Fear (1972); Cowboy in Africa (1968); Daniel Boone (1965); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Diff'rent Strokes (1981); Dynasty (1981); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Fame (1982–1985); Fame (1984); Fan Revisionism and the Greatness of The Empire Strikes Back (2023); Fantasies (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); General Electric Theater (1960); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Gunsmoke (1959); Gypsy (1966); Hart to Hart (1979); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970–1973); He Rides Tall (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Connection (1977); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hour Magazine (1987); Houston Knights (1987–1988); I Spy (1965); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1967–1974); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Kenner (1968); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Law (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Laramie (1959); Laredo (1966); Longstreet (1971); M Squad (1959); Mannix (1969–1975); Match Game (1974–1975); Match Game PM (1975–1976); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1959); Mission: Impossible (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1996); Operation Petticoat (1959); Outlaws (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Perry Mason (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Police Story (1975); Pony Express (1960); Poor Devil (1973); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Route 66 (1962); Slattery's People (1965); Special Agent 7 (1959); Stagecoach West (1961); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sugarfoot (1960); Switch (1975–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tempo (1970); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alaskans (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1971); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Kiss (1958); The Ladies Man (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); The Manhunter (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Miracle (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Third Man (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1984); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1963–1971); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Is Your Life (1972); Tightrope (1959); Trial by Jury (1989); Troubleshooters (1960); We've Got Each Other (1977); Whirlybirds (1958).

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:


Alan Rachins


Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024
Credits:
20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 3 Musketeers (2011); 30 Nights (2018); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Always (1985); American Dad! (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Angels on Tap (2018); Answers to Nothing (2011); Any Day Now (2012); Barnaby Jones (1979); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Brothers (1984); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Close to Home (2006); Commencement (2012); Courthouse (1995); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); D.C. Follies (1988); Dallas (1979); Dharma & Greg (1997–2002); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Donahue (1989); Eli Stone (2008); Enough About Me (2005); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Fear on Trial (1975); Ferris Bueller (1990); General Hospital (2016–2018); Good Luck Charlie (2011); Grey's Anatomy (2018); Happy Endings (2011); Hart to Hart (1982); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Heart Condition (1990); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Squares (2001); Hour Magazine (1987); In-Laws (2002); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Jeopardy! (1992); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Justice League Unlimited (2005); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Lady Boss (1992); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1989); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mistress (1987); Mom (2015); Momentum (2018); Monster Night (2006); NCIS (2023); North (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Paris (1979 / 1980); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Rizzoli & Isles (2011–2013); Rugrats (1996); Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013); She Says She's Innocent (1991); Showgirls (1995); Single Women Married Men (1989); Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Stars in the House (2020); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Surviving Suburbia (2009); Taken (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Terminal Voyage (1995); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Crazy Ones (2013); The Fall Guy (1983); The Golden Girls (1991); The History of Hill Street (2011); The Hospital Window (2012); The LA Law Story (2014); The Lights Above (2023); The Middle (2017); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1988); The Outer Limits (1996); The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Retrievers (2001); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009); The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008); The Stepsister (1997); The Talk (2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The White Shadow (1978); This Is Your Life (1993); Thunder Run (1985); Time Walker (1982); To Tell the Truth (2000–2002); Unwed Father (1997); Vicki! (1993); Wheel of Fortune (1997); Young Sheldon (2021).
 

Born on this day – Deborah Coleman:


Deborah Coleman


Blues singer

Guitarist

October 3, 1956 – April 12, 2018

Albums:

Blues Caravan: Guitars & Feathers (2008); I Can't Lose (1997); Livin’ On Love (2001); Soft Place to Fall (2000); Soul Be It (2002); Stop The Game (2007); Takin' a Stand (1995); The Essential Deborah Coleman (2015); Time Bomb (2007); What About Love? (2004); Where Blue Begins (1998).

Songs:

Another Hoping Fool; Bendin’ Like a Willow Tree; Brick; Can You Hear Me?; Deserted Highway; Don't Lie to Me; Fine & Mellow; Good Understanding; Goodbye Misery; Heaven’s Got the Blues; I Believe; I Can't Lose; If You Love Me Like You Say; I'm a Woman; Lie No Better; Light of Day; Livin’ on Love; Look What You Do to Me; Love Moves Me; My Heart Bleeds Blue; Nobody To Blame; Nothin' to Do With Love; Roll With Me; So Damn Easy; The Day It Comes; The Dream; The Man Is Mine; The River Wild; Torn in Two; Travelin' South; When Will I Be Loved?; You’re With Me.

Documentary:

Blues Divas (2005).


On this day in movie history - The Temptress (movie & novel):


The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.
First published 1922.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9362346877
ISBN-13: 978-9362346872


Description:
"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.

On this day in movie and book history - Street of Chance and The Black Curtain (1942)

Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,

written by Garrett Fort,

based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

Recommended reading:

 

The Black Curtain

by Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Street of Chance (1942), directed by Jack Hively.
First published 1941.
Published by Centipede Press.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1613471475
ISBN-13: 978-1613471470

Description:

A man is accused of a murder he cannot remember…

In a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn’t recognize his apartment. He had gone to work on a normal day but didn’t return for more than three years. Suffering from amnesia, he has to rediscover who he is, where he has been, and what he has done. A curtain has fallen to cut off all memories of his life.

First among the memories he wants to recover is whether he has committed the murder of which he has been accused. A mysterious stranger with a gun has been following him while he attempts to simultaneously understand what has happened in his past while doing all he can to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation and regain his reputation. He does not yet know that he is in great jeopardy and there is no one he can trust to rescue him from the abyss.

The Black Curtain is the second of Cornell Woolrich’s celebrated “black” books, following The Bride Wore Black, which established his reputation as America’s greatest noir writer. It was adapted into film as the classic Street of Chance, starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor.


On this day in movie history - Split Image (1982)

Split Image

a.k.a. Captured,

directed by Ted Kotcheff,

written by Scott Spencer, Robert Kaufman and Robert Mark Kamen,

based on a story by Scott Spencer,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1982.

Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:
Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, Ronnie Scribner, Pamela Ludwig, John Dukakis, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush, Peter Horton, Ken Farmer, Cliff Stephens, Brian Henson, David Wysocki, Kenneth Barry, Robert A. Cowan, Herbert Kirkpatrick, Chris McCarty, Lee Ritchey, Lynette Walden, Robert Hibbard, Scott Campbell, Melanie Strange, Dave Tanner, Tom Rayhall, Jeanne Evans, Irma P. Hall, Bill Engvall, Peter Hans Sprague, John Carroll, Haley McLane, Kelly Wimberly, James Healy Jr., Charles Assiff, Tad Black, Julie Elizabeth Knell, Michael Minton, Tom Romero, David Sawyer, Mark-Brian Sonna, Ben Stephenson.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986)


Armed Response


directed by Fred Olen Ray,

written by T.L. Lankford,

based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.

Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.


Cast:
David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.