Sunday, November 1, 2026

On this day in movie history - Dallas Buyer’s Club (2013)


Dallas Buyer’s Club


directed by Jean-Marc Vallée,

written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack,

was released in the United States on November 1, 2013.

Music by Joe Delia.


Cast:
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn, Michael O’Neill, Dallas Roberts, Griffin Dunne, Kevin Rankin, Donna Duplantier, Deneen Tyler, J. D. Evermore, Ian Casselberry, Noelle Wilcox, Bradford Cox, Rick Espaillat, Lawrence Turner, Lucius Falick, James DuMont, Jane McNeill, Don Brady, Matthew Thompson, Tony Bentley, Sean Boyd, Rachel Wulff, Neeona Neal, Scott Takeda, Jonathan Tabler, Joji Yoshida, Carl Palmer, Martin Covert, Douglas M. Griffin, David Lichtenstein, Craig Borten, Henry Frost, Arthur Smith.

On this day in movie history - Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

documentary directed by Diana Friedberg,

written by Lionel Friedberg,

was released in the United States on November 1, 2019.

Narrated by Lionel Friedberg.

Music by John Morgan and William Stromberg.


Cast:
Max Steiner, Lionel Friedberg, Ray Faiola, Leonard Maltin, Jon Burlingame, Robert Townson, Joe Rinaudo, Scott Lasky, Stan Taffel, Ken Rosen, Michael Feinstein, Steven C. Smith, James D'Arc, Peter Wegele, John Morgan, William Stromberg, Daniel Selznick, Eleanor Slatkin, Hugo Friedhofer.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Street of Fear.

Released November 1, 1957.

Directed by Don Weis.

Written by Hendrik Vollaerts.

Based on a story by Thomas Walsh.

Music by Stanley Wilson.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Barbara Turner, Lawrence Dobkin, Pamela Duncan, Morris Ankrum, Robert McQueeney, Fred Draper, Dick Crockett, Joe Ploski, Tom Kingston.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Day of the Dove.

Released November 1, 1968.

Directed by Marvin Chomsky.

Written by Jerome Bixby, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Michael Ansara, Susan Howard, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, David L. Ross, Mark Tobin, Phil Adams, Albert Cavens, Dick Geary, Eddie Hice, Roger Holloway, Jay D. Jones, Pete Kellett, Hubie Kerns, Victor Paul, Charlie Picerni, George Sawaya, David Sharpe.

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Critical Care.

Released November 1, 2000.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by James Kahn, Kenneth Biller, Robert Doherty, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:
Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, John Kassir, Gregory Itzin, Paul Scherrer, Dublin James Wahlberg, Larry Drake, Christinna Chauncey, Stephen O'Mahoney, Jim O'Heir, John Durbin, Debi A. Monahan, John Franklin, Pam Blackwell, Bill Blair, Brooks Bonstin, William Daniels, Tarik Ergin, Stephen Pisani, Lisa Vanasco.

November in music history:

Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major by Franz Schubert (1827)

Angels Fall First by Nightwish (1997)

Present by Sass Jordan (1997)

Beyond the Turning by Heidi Breyer (2012)

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music / documentary (2019)

 

Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major,

composed by Franz Schubert,

completed in November, 1827.

Exact release date unknown.

 

Angels Fall First

Album by Nightwish,

released November 1, 1997.

Track list: Elvinpath; Beauty And The Beast; The Carpenter; Astral Romance; Angels Fall First; Tutankhamen; Nymphomaniac Fantasia; Know Why The Nightingale Sings; Lappi (Lapland): I. Eramaajarvi; Lappi (Lapland): II. Witchdrums; Lappi (Lapland): III. This Moment Is Eternity; Lappi (Lapland): Etiainen.

Present

Album by Sass Jordan,

released November 1, 1997.

Track list: Desire; Do What I Can; I Do; More to Life; Present; Everything's Better; What's Wednesday Want; Rainshowers; Ha Ha Ha; Someone I Could Love; Peace.

 

Beyond the Turning

Album by Heidi Breyer,

released November 1, 2012.

Track list: Farewell; World Without End; My Peace Piece; Rive Droite; The Long Way Home: Passage 1; Eight Steps Free; Tea and Sympathy; The Long Way Home: Passage 2; Moondancing; May I Suggest; Joy of the Roa; Adungu Inspiration; Beyond the Turning; The Long Way Home: Passage 3.


Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Documentary directed by Diana Friedberg.

Written by Lionel Friedberg.

Released in the United States on November 1, 2019.

Narrated by Lionel Friedberg.

Music by John Morgan and William Stromberg.

Cast: Max Steiner, Lionel Friedberg, Ray Faiola, Leonard Maltin, Jon Burlingame, Robert Townson, Joe Rinaudo, Scott Lasky, Stan Taffel, Ken Rosen, Michael Feinstein, Steven C. Smith, James D’Arc, Peter Wegele, John Morgan, William Stromberg, Daniel Selznick, Eleanor Slatkin, Hugo Friedhofer.

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy Halloween:



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Theodore Roosevelt, on books:


There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter
when the rocking chair in front of the fire
simply demands an accompanying book.
- Theodore Roosevelt.