On this day in movie history - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

directed by Arnold Laven,

written by Lawrence Roman,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1957.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis, Joe Downing, Ned Wever, Billy M. Greene, John McNamara, Amzie Strickland, Mickey Hargitay.

On this day in movie history - St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by Barry Beckerman,

based on the novel The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1976.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, George Memmoli, Dick O’Neill, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning, Daniel J. Travanti, Stanley Brock, Tom Pedi, Joseph Roman, Walter Brooke, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Mark Thomas, Joe De Nicola, Bob Terhune, Don Hanmer, Norman Palmer, George Sawaya, Larry Martindale, Olan Soule, Louis H. Kelly, Rosalyn Marshall, Glenn Robards, Lynn Borden, Owen Pace, Morris Buchanan, Ben Young, John Steadman, Benjie Bancroft, Layla Bias Galloway, Jill Stone, Edward Cross, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, Jerry Brutsche, Daniel Elam, Len Felber, Duke Fishman, Bob Harks, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, John Marlin, John Hugh McKnight, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Dar Robinson, George Tracy, Paul Van.

On this day in movie history - The Prophecy (1995)

The Prophecy

directed and written by Gregory Widen,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1995.

Music by David C. Williams.

Cast:

Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortensen, Amanda Plummer, Moriah 'Shining Dove' Snyder, Adam Goldberg, Steve Hytner, J.C. Quinn, Emma Shenah, Albert Nelson, Shawn Nelson, Emily Conforto, Sioux-z Jessup, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, William 'Buck' Hart, Christina Holmes, Nick Gomez, Jeremy Williams-Hurner, Jeff Cadiente, Paul Schmidt, Bobby Lee Hayes, John Sankovich, Thomas 'Doc' Boguski, Randy Adakai-Nez, Joseph Blake Arnold, Clark Hunter, Patrick McAllister, Michele Spadaro.

On this day in movie history - A Fuller Life (2013)

A Fuller Life

documentary directed and written by Samantha Fuller,

based on the autobiography A Third Face by Samuel Fuller,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 1, 2013.

Music by Paul Alexander Fuller.

Cast:

James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke, James Toback, Kelly Ward, Perry Lang, Robert Carradine, Mark Hamill, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Monte Hellman, Buck Henry, Constance Towers, William Friedkin, Samuel Fuller, Samantha Fuller.

On this day in movie history - Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

documentary directed and written by Mark Cousins,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 1, 2018.

Narrated by:

Adjoa Andoh, Jane Fonda, Kerry Fox, Thandiwe Newton, Tilda Swinton, Sharmila Tagore and Debra Winger.

September in music history:

Woman Blues! by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson (1961)

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong (1967)

To Know You Is to Love You by B.B. King (1973)

Sanctuary by Sherry Finzer (2009)

Woman Blues!

Album by Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson,

released in September, 1961.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list: Christmas Without Santa Claus; A Big One; Let’s Ride Tonight; What Is This Thing They’re Talking About; I’m A Red Hot Mama; Grow Old Together; Beautiful World; I Got Men All Over This Town; That Man; Thursday Girl.

 

What a Wonderful World

Album by Louis Armstrong,

released September 1, 1967.

Track list: What a Wonderful World; Cabaret; The Home Fire; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Give Me Your Kisses; Sunshine of Love; Hello Brother; There Must Be a Way; Fantastic, That’s You; I Guess I’ll Get the Papers and Go Home; Hellzapoppin’.

To Know You Is to Love You

Album by B.B. King,

released in September, 1973.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list: I Like To Live The Love; Respect Yourself; Who Are You; Love; I Can’t Leave; To Know You Is To Love You; Oh To Me; Thank You For Loving The Blues.

Sanctuary

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released September 1, 2009.

Track list: Awakenings; Celestial Voyage; Mystic Haze; Ethereal Journey; Fortitude; Peaceful Drift.

The formula for a perfect day:

 

Drink good coffee.

Read good books.