Saturday, February 7, 2026

Born on this day – Buster Crabbe:

 

Buster Crabbe


Olympic swimmer

Actor

February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983


Born on this day – Pete Postlethwaite:


Pete Postlethwaite


Actor

February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011


On this day in movie history - Highway Dragnet (1954)


Highway Dragnet


directed by Nathan Juran,

written by Herb Meadow, Jerome Odlum, Fred Eggers and Tom Hubbard,

based on a story by U.S. Andersen and Roger Corman,

was released in the United States on February 7, 1954.

Music by Edward J. Kay.


Cast:
Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley, Mary Beth Hughes, Iris Adrian, Harry Harvey, Tom Hubbard, Frank Jenks, Murray Alper, Zon Murray, House Peters Jr., Joseph Crehan, Charles Anthony Hughes.

On this day in movie history - The Train Robbers (1973)


The Train Robbers


directed and written by Burt Kennedy,

was released in the United States on February 7, 1973.

Music by Dominic Frontiere.


Cast:
John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban, Dennis Falt, Ralph Volkie.

On this day in movie history - Victoria (2015)


Victoria


directed by Sebastian Schipper,

written by Sebastian Schipper, Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Eike Frederik Schulz,

was released at the Berlin International Film Festival
in Germany on February 7, 2015.

Music by Nils Frahm.


Cast:
Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff, André Hennicke, Eike Frederik Schulz, Hans-Ulrich Laux, Lena Klenke, Philipp Kubitza, Martin Goeres, Andreas Schmitka, Jan Breustedt, David Micas, Timo Honsa, Bernd Weikert, Adolfo Assor, Ansgar Ballendat, Ambar de la Horra, Luca De Massis, Anne Düe, Daniel Fripan, Frederik Klaus, Nadja Laura Mijthab, Dennis Oestreich.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Dolly’s Bar.

Released February 7, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Lewis Reed.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Janice Rule, Claire Carleton, Fredd Wayne, Paul Newlan, Russell Thorson, Joe Flynn, Michael Bachus.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Discovery

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Star Trek: Discovery (2019)
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Prophecy.

Released February 7, 2001.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Phyllis Strong, Larry Nemecek, Janet Nemecek/J. Kelley Burke, Raf Green, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Sherman Howard, Paul Eckstein, Wren T. Brown, Peggy Jo Jacobs, Majel Barrett, Paul R. Ambrose, Michael Bailous, Patrick Barnitt, Michael Braveheart, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Peter Scott Harmyk, Grace Harrell, Alicia Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Brita Nowak, Louis Ortiz, James Pearson, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Pablo Soriano, Gregory Sweeney.
 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: An Obol for Charon.

Released February 7, 2019.

Directed by Lee Rose.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan McElroy, Andrew Colville, Jordon Nardino, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Anson Mount, Tig Notaro, Rebecca Romijn, Rachael Ancheril, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Julianne Grossman, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Avaah Blackwell, Hélène Cardona, Shelley Owens.