On this day in movie history - Bandit (2022):

Bandit

directed by Allan Ungar,

written by Kraig Wenman,

based on the book The Flying Bandit by Robert Knuckle and Ed Arnold,

was released in the United States on September 23, 2022.
Music by Aaron Gilhuis.

Cast:

Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, Swen Temmel, Keith Arthur Bolden, Dylan Flashner, Olivia d'Abo, Michael H. Cole, Claire Bronson, Eric J. Little, Jessica Luza, Rachael Markarian, Leander Suleiman, Ian Hoch, Lorenzo Yearby, Chiara D'Ambrosio, Jacobi Hollingshed, Jason Vail, Ron Fallica, Cooper Thornton, Todd d'Amour, Christina Bach, Leslie Stratton, Dayna Beilenson, Jerry Ascione, George Adams, B.J. Winfrey, Greg Corbett, Megan Hayes, Charlie Sara, Ashley Dougherty, Hannah Celeste, Packer Morley, Viktoria Anske, Ava Anske, Peter Anske Jr., Peter Anske, Faisal Mahmood, James Bryan Lewis, Derek Severson, Clayton Landey, Burns Burns, David Garen, Spence Maughon, Sherilan Lane, Haley Webb, Mary DeMatteo, Harris Boland Hauser, Gemma Jean Young, Alyssa Alexander, Celeste Fianna, Jeremiah McClain, Helena Sadvary, David A.L. Venable, Buddy Watkins.

On this day in movie history - A History of Violence (2005):

A History of Violence

directed by David Cronenberg,

written by Josh Olson,

was released in the United States on September 23, 2005.
Based on the graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Kyle Schmid, Sumela Kay, Gerry Quigley, Deborah Drakeford, Heidi Hayes, Aidan Devine, Bill MacDonald, Michelle McCree, Ian Matthews, R.D. Reid, Morgan Kelly, Martha Reilly, Jason Barbeck, Bruce Beaton, Neven Pajkic, Brendan Connor, Nick Antonacci, John Watson, Don Allison, Brittany Payer, Mitch Boughs, April Mullen, George King, Shawn Campbell, Stephen Arbuckle, Connor Price, Jacob Rolfe, Evan Rose, Michael Stevens.

On this day in music history - Some Girls Do, by Lee Aaron (1991):

The album Some Girls Do,

by Lee Aaron,

was released on September 23, 1991.

On this day in movie history - Dead Ringers (1988):

Dead Ringers

directed by David Cronenberg,

written by David Cronenberg and Norman Snider,

was released in the United States on September 23, 1988.
Based on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland,

inspired by the true story of the identical twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus (June 2, 1930 – July 1975).
Music by Howard Shore.

“Oh, doctor … you’ve cured me!”

– Geneviève Bujold, as Claire.

Cast:

Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, David Hughes, Richard W. Farrell, Warren Davis, Jonathan Haley, Nicholas Haley, Marsha Moreau, Denis Akiyama, Dee McCafferty, Susan Markle, Murray Cruchley, Jane Luk, Tita Trevisan, Jacqueline Hennessy, Jill Hennessy, David Walden, Liliane Stillwell, Denise McLeod, Bob Bainborough, Nicholas Rice, Joe Matheson, Hadley Kay, Cynthia Eastman, Nora Colpman, Rena Polley, Madeleine Atkinson, John Bayliss, Graham Evans, David Cronenberg, Alan Gough, Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio, Julian-Peter Marcantonio, Greg Van Riel.

Writing, a poem by Charles Bukowski:

Writing

a poem by Charles Bukowski

1991

Often it is the only thing between you and impossibility.

No drink, no woman's love, no wealth can match it.

Nothing can save you except writing.

It keeps the walls from falling.

The hordes from closing in.

It blasts the darkness.

Writing is the ultimate psychiatrist,

the kindliest god of all the gods.

Writing stalks death.

It knows no quit,

and writing laughs at itself, at pain.

It is the last expectation, the last explanation.

That's what it is.

Born on this day – Elizabeth Peña:

Elizabeth Peña

Actress

Writer

Musician

September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014

Credits:

15 Minutes (1987); 2002 ALMA Awards (2002); A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999); A Single Woman (2008); Across the Moon (1994); Adio Kerida (2002); Adrift in Manhattan (2007); Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998); American Dad! (2007); Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Becoming Eduardo (2009); Blaze You Out (2013); Blue Steel (1990); Border Line (1999); Boston Public (2002–2003); Building 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Charlie's Angels (2011); Common Law (2012); Contagious (1997); Crossover Dreams (1985); CSI: Miami (2003); Dead Funny (1994); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Dellaventura (1997); Dennis Miller (2004); Disney Infinity (2013); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Down for Life (2009); Down in the Valley (2005); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Dream On (1993); Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990); El Super (1979); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2014); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Fugitive Among Us (1992); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: United States Police Department (2011); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Ghost Whisperer (2009); Girl on the Edge (2015); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Grandma (2015); Gridlock'd (1997); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004); How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005); I Married Dora (1987–1988); Impostor (2001); In the Dark (2013); It Came from Outer Space II (1996); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Justice League (2004); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Keep Your Distance (2005); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); King John (2013); L.A. Law (1993–1994); La Bamba (1987); La noche desesperada (2007); Lone Star (1996); Love Comes Lately (2007); Major Crimes (2013); Matador (2014); Maya & Miguel (2004–2009); Minoriteam (2006); Modern Family (2013); Mother and Child (2009); NCIS (2004); Nothing Like the Holidays (2008); Numb3rs (2005); Off the Map (2011); Old Love (2001); On the Borderline (2001); Outlaw (2010); Plush (2013); Prime Suspect (2012); Prototype (2009); Racing for Time (2008); Recon (1996); Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002); Roommates (1994); Rush Hour (1998); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Shannon's Deal (1989–1991); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Speechless (2008); Strangeland (1998); Suburban Madness (2004); Sueño (2005); T.J. Hooker (1985); Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 1995 NCLR Bravo Awards (1995); The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Brothers Garcia (2003); The Eddie Files (1998); The Incredibles (2004); The Incredibles: The Video Game (2004); The Incredibles: When Danger Calls (2004); The Insider (2004); The Invaders (1995); The Lost City (2005); The Oscars (2015); The Outer Limits (1995); The Pass (1998); The Perfect Family (2011); The Second Civil War (1997); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Waterdance (1992); They All Laughed (1981); Things Behind the Sun (2001); Times Square (1980); Tortilla Soup (2001); Tough Cookies (1986); Transamerica (2005); Two (1996–1997); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vibes (1988); Without a Trace (2005); Ylse (2010); Zig Zag (2002).

Born on this day – Romy Schneider:

Romy Schneider

Actress

September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982

Born on this day – Charles B. Griffith:

Charles B. Griffith

Writer

Actor

Director

September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007

Born on this day – Colin Blakely:

Colin Blakely

Actor

September 23, 1930 – May 7, 1987

Born on this day – Henry Silva:

Henry Silva

Actor

September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Eleonora Rossi Drago:

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Actress

September 23, 1925 – December 2, 2007

Born on this day – Louise Latham:

Louise Latham

Actress

September 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018

Credits:

33 Hours in the Life of God (1976); 92 in the Shade (1975); A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Against the Grain (1993); Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Ben Casey (1965); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Bonanza (1966–1971); Cannon (1972); CBS Playhouse (1968); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); CHiPs (1980); Columbo (1973); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Cruel Doubt (1992); Designing Women (1986); Dress Gray (1986); Dying Room Only (1973); Earth 2 (1995); Eight Is Enough (1977–1979); ER (1997); Falcon Crest (1989); Family (1980); Family Affair (1966–1968); Firecreek (1968); Fresno (1986); Good Heavens (1976); Great Performances (1976); Gunsmoke (1968–1974); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Hec Ramsey (1973); Highway to Heaven (1986); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hotel (1986); Hothouse (1988); Hunter (1988); In Cold Blood (1996); In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Invitation to a March (1972); Ironside (1969–1971); Johnny Belinda (1967); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1973); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Longstreet (1971); Love Field (1992); Love Lives On (1985); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Marnie (1964); Mary & Tim (1996); Mass Appeal (1984); McCloud (1971); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Medical Center (1971–1974); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1992); NET Playhouse (1968); Obsessive Love (1984); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Perry Mason (1965); Pray TV (1982); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Rhoda (1974); Roc (1991); Run for Your Life (1966); Savage (1973); Scruples (1980); Settle the Score (1989); Shell Game (1975); Stillwatch (1987); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Sweet Tornado DVD Extras (2006); Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Territorial Men (1976); The Actress (2014); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Awakening Land (1978); The Contender (1980); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fugitive (1967); The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Harness (1971); The Haunted (1991); The Invaders (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1977–1980); The Name of the Game (1970–1971); The Outsider (1968); The Philadelphia Experiment (1984); The Rogues (1965); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Waltons (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The X-Files (2000); The Young Lawyers (1969); Thin Ice (1981); Total Security (1997); Toughlove (1985); Visions (1977); White Lightning (1973); Winter Kill (1974); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).

Born on this day – Mickey Rooney:

Mickey Rooney

Actor

September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014

Born on this day – Albert Lewin:

Albert Lewin

Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968

Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:

J. Parker Read Jr.

Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942

Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book:

Recommended reading - The Far Side of the Dollar (1965):

The Far Side of the Dollar

By Ross Macdonald.

Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

First published (1965).

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768653

ISBN-13: 978-0679768654

Description:

Crime fiction.

“Ross Macdonald must be ranked high amongst American thriller-writers.” – Times Literary Supplement (London).

In The Far Side of the Dollar, Archer is looking for an unstable rich kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school – and into the arms of kidnappers. Why are his desperate parents so loath to give Archer the information he needs to find him? And why do all trails lead to a derelict Hollywood hotel where starlets and sailors once rubbed elbows with two-bit grifters – and where the present clientele includes a brand-new corpse? The result is Macdonald at his most exciting, delivering 1,000-volt shocks to the nervous system while uncovering the venality and depravity at the heart of the case.

“Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin.” – The Atlantic.

Mary McGrory, on writing:

If there is a secret to writing, I haven't found it yet.

All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.

- Mary McGrory.