Andrew Shapter
Director
Writer
Cinematographer
December 30, 1966 – February
23, 2019
Monday, December 30, 2024
Born on this day – Fred Ward:
Fred Ward
Actor
Producer
December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022
Credits:
A
Night with Alexandra Powers - We Are in No Hurry ... (2020); Abandon (2002); Altman
on His Own Terms (2000); American Playhouse (1985–1991); Armored (2009); Belle
Starr (1980); Best Men (1997); Big Business (1988); Biography (1999); Birdseye
(2002); Bob Roberts (1992); Bogart (1990); Cardiac Arrest (1979); Carny (1980);
Cartesius (1974); Cast a Deadly Spell (1991); Catchfire (1990); Chain Reaction
(1996); Circus (2000); Coast to Coast (2003); Corky Romano (2001); Dangerous
Beauty (1998); De película (1986); Dice (2001); Enough (2002); Entertainment
Tonight (2022); Equinox (1992); ER (2006–2007); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Exit
Speed (2008); Farewell (2009); Feast of Love (2007); Filter: The Best Things
(2000); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Florida Straits (1986); Four Eyes and
Six-Guns (1992); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Full Disclosure (2001); Funky
Monkey (2004); Georgetown (2002); Ginger in the Morning (1974); Great Books:
The Right Stuff (2000); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gun (1997); Hearts of the West
(1975); Henry & June (1990); In Plain Sight (2010); Invasion Earth (1998); Jackie
Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000); Joe Dirt (2001); Leverage (2012); Luck, Trust
& Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993); Management (2008); 'Masked
& Anonymous' Exposed (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Miami Blues (1990);
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Off Limits (1988); Quincy, M.E. (1978);
Realizing 'the Right Stuff' (2003); Red Team (1999); Reflections on Short Cuts
(2004); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Road Trip (2000); Ropewalk
(2000); Secret Admirer (1985); Short Cuts (1993); Silkwood (1983); Southern
Comfort (1981); Summer Catch (2001); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985);
Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Swing Shift (1984); T-20 Years and Counting (2003); TCM
Remembers 2022 (2022); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The
65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The Age of the Medici (1973); The Chaos
Factor (2000); The Crow: Salvation (2000); The Dark Wind (1991); The Hitchhiker
(1987); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Last Ride (2004); The Making of
'Tremors' (1990); The Player (1992); The Price of Life (1987); The Prince of
Pennsylvania (1988); The Right Stuff (1983); The Vivero Letter (1999); The West
(1996); The Wild Stallion (2009); 10.5 (2004); 2 Guns (2013); 30 Minutes or
Less (2011); Thunderheart (1992); Tilt (1979); Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle
Swann (1982); Tremors (1990 / 2018); Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996); True
Detective (2015); Two Small Bodies (1993); Two Small Bodies (1993); UFOria
(1984); Un bruit qui rend fou (1995); Uncommon Valor (1983); United States of
Tara (2009–2010); Wild Iris (2001).
Born on this day – John McPherson:
John McPherson (center, seated behind camera)
Cinematographer
Director
Writer
December 30, 1941 - December 21,
2007
Born on this day – Del Shannon:
Del Shannon
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Actor
December 30, 1934 – February 8,
1990
Born on this day – Nancy Coleman:
Nancy Coleman
Actress
December 30, 1912 – January 18, 2000
Credits:
Breakdowns
of 1942 (1942); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Colgate
Theatre (1950); Dangerously They Live (1941); Desperate Journey (1942);
Devotion (1946); Edge of Darkness (1943); Entertainment – 1955 (1955); Goodyear
Playhouse (1953); Her Sister's Secret (1946); In Our Time (1944); Kings Row
(1942); Kraft Theatre (1949–1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour
(1958); Lights Out (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Mourning Becomes Electra
(1947); NBC Presents (1949); Play of the Week (1961); Producers' Showcase (1956);
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Ryan's Hope (1976); Slaves (1969); Star
Tonight (1955–1956); Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) (2022); Susan and God (1938);
Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); That Man from Tangier (1953); The Adams
Chronicles (1976); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Edge of Night
(1956–1984); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The
Silver Theatre (1950); The Web (1951); True Story (1957–1958); Unusual
Occupations (1947); Valiant Lady (1953–1957); Violence (1947).
Born on this day – Letizia Quaranta:
Letizia Quaranta
Actress
December 30, 1892 – January 9, 1977
Credits:
Acquazzone
in montagna (1913); Addio giovinezza! (1913); Amor de Apache (1930); Astuzia di
donna (1915); Bacio di morte (1916); Bersaglio umano (1921); Bob salva la vita
all'Ammiraglio (1916); Cofanetto dei milioni (1914); Da boxeur a detective (1916);
El consultorio de Madame René (1924); Fiamma tra le fiamme (1917); Fiori
d'amore... fiori di morte (1914); Floretta e Patapon (1910); Forbidden Music
(1942); Guerra in tempo di pace (1914); Hedda Gabler (1920); I mariti allegri (1914);
Il caporal Simon (1917); Il germoglio della morte (1916); Il medico per forza
(1931); Il mistero del messale (1919); Il mistero dell'educanda di Saint-Bon (1915);
Il teschio d'oro (1920); Il testamento di Maciste (1920); Il treno degli
spettri (1913); Il Trust dei diamanti (1916); Il viaggio di Maciste (1920); Il
violino di Ketty (1914); La casa della paura (1921); La droga di Satana (1922);
La gondola del diavolo (1946); La lanterna del diavolo (1931); La mujer de
medianoche (1925); La nave dei morti (1921); La scala (1931); La signora delle
miniere (1921); La tempesta in un cranio (1921); La trilogia di Maciste (1920);
La vuelta del toro salvaje (1924); L'eterno romanzo (1914); L'immagine
dell'altra (1914); L'innocente Casimiro (1945); L'inverosimile (1919); L'isola
tenebrosa (1916); L'orfana del ghetto (1955); Love Everlasting (1914); Maciste
contro la morte (1920); Maciste I (1919); Maciste innamorato (1919); Memoria
dell'altro (1914); Nerone e Agrippina (1914); Più che Fratello (1916); Scacco
matto (1919); Ted l'invisibile (1922); The Fatal Grotto (1913); The Queen's
Jewel (1913); T'ho ancor baciato, or muoio lieta! (1912); Un dramma tra le
belve (1915); Un simpatico mascalzone (1921); Vortice (1920).
Born on this day – Rudyard Kipling:
Rudyard Kipling
Writer
December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936
Credits:
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906);
Rewards and Fairies (1910); The Jungle Book (1893); The Second Jungle Book (1895);
The Light That Failed (1890); The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West (1892); Captains
Courageous (1897); The Story of the Gadsbys (1899); Under The Deodars (1899); Kim
(1901); They (1905); With the Night Mail (1909); The Man Who Would Be King (1888);
The Return of Imray (1891); The Cat That Walked by Himself (1902); Plain Tales
from the Hills (1888); The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories (1888); Life's
Handicap (1891); Barrack-Room Ballads (1893); Many Inventions (1893); Soldiers
Three (1899); Indian Tales (1899); Just So Stories (1902); The Five Nations (1903);
Traffics and Discoveries (1904); Kipling Poems (1907); The Day's Work (1908); Actions
and Reactions (1909); Sea Warfare (1916); A Diversity of Creatures (1917); The
Eyes of Asia (1919); Rudyard Kipling's Verse (1923); The Man Who Was (1924); Debits
And Credits (1926); Limits And Renewals (1932); All The Mowgli Stories (1933); Phantoms
and Fantasies (1965); Complete Verse (1972); Kiplings Science Fiction (1987); The
Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1987); Kipling's Fantasy
Stories (1992); The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1994); Selected
Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1999); The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales
(2000); The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra (2003); Victorian Short
Stories of Troubled Marriages (2005); Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and
Fantasy (2008); Ten Stories (2017); The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the
Jungle Book (2018); The Elephant's Child (1900); Letters of Marque (2009); Red
Riding Hood (2008); Cinderella (2008); Jack and the Beanstalk (2008); Hansel
and Gretel (2008); Beauty and the Beast (2008); Snow White (2009); Rumpelstiltskin
(2009); Sleeping Beauty (2009); The Three Little Pigs (2009); Rapunzel: The
Graphic Novel (2009); The Ugly Duckling (2009); The Princess and the Pea (2009);
The Emperor's New Clothes (2009); Thumbelina (2009); The Tall Tale of Paul
Bunyan (2010); John Henry, Hammerin' Hero (2010); Pecos Bill, Colossal Cowboy (2010);
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (2010); The Bremen Town Musicians (2011); The
Golden Goose (2011); Tom Thumb (2011); The Elves and the Shoemaker (2011); How
the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (2012); How the Leopard Got His Spots (2012); How
the Camel Got His Hump (2012); How the Elephant Got His Trunk (2012); Rudyard
Kipling's Just So Comics (2013); Tall (2014); A Cat of a Different Color (2020);
A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of
Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020);
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat
of Feral Instincts (2021); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A St. Nicholas
Anthology (1969); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); Famous and Curious
Animal Stories (1989); A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling (1989); Tales
of the Occult (1989); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of
Horror (1993); 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Fantasy Stories (1994);
The Anthology of Love and Romance (1994); Spellbound (1995); World War One
British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others (1997); Detection by
Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); Time Machines (1997); A
Treasury of Five-Minute Stories (2000); Dark (2000); On Glorious Wings (2003); The
World's Greatest Horror Stories (2004); The Little Big Book of California (2005);
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); Rotten English: A Literary
Anthology (2007); Empire Tales (2008); Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern
Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010);
50 Classic Novellas (2011); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of
Adventure (2011); The Phantom Coach (2014); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); Red
Sky (2014); The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories (2015); Writers: Their Lives and
Works (2018); The Occult Fiction Collection (2019); 30 Occult &
Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); A Cat of
Disdainful Looks (2020); Classic Cat Stories (2020); Hungry for Blood –
Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023).
Recommended reading - Swag (1976):
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Swag
By Elmore Leonard.
aka Ryan's Rules.
Published by Mariner Books.
First published 1976.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0062227866
ISBN-13: 978-0062227867
Description:
The smallest of small-time criminals, Ernest
Stickley Jr. figures his luck's about to change when Detroit used car salesman
Frank Ryan catches him trying to boost a ride from Ryan's lot. Frank's got some
surefire schemes for getting rich quick – all of them involving guns – and all
Stickley has to do is follow "Ryan's Rules" to share the wealth. But
sometimes rules need to be bent, maybe even broken, if one is to succeed in the
world of crime, especially if the "brains" of the operation knows
less than nothing.
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