The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 

The Breaker

ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?

Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.

How do we choose our path and purpose in life?

What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/eKFZ03giKR?amp=1

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.

Amazon link:

 

https://t.co/e0XiS8crAr?amp=1

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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235

Description:

Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09244XVYW/

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Themes:

Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in movie history - Heaven Can Wait (1978):

Heaven Can Wait

directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry,

based on the play by Harry Segall,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1978.
Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, Harry D.K. Wong, George J. Manos, Larry Block, Frank Campanella, Bill Sorrells, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Peck, John Randolph, Richard O'Brien, Joseph F. Makel, Will Hare, Lee Weaver, Roger Bowen, Keene Curtis, William Larsen, Morgan Farley, William Bogert, Robert E. Leonard, Joel Marston, Earl Montgomery, Robert C. Stevens, Bernie Massa, Peter Tomarken, William Sylvester, Lisa Blake Richards, Charlie Charles, Nick Outin, Jerry Scanlan, Jim Boeke, Marvin Fleming, Deacon Jones, Les Josephson, Jack Snow, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Benjie Bancroft, Arline Bletcher, Joe Corolla, Charlie Cowan, Garrett Craig, Paul D'Amato, Robert Fortier, Allan Graf, Bryant Gumbel, Jim Healy, Chick Hearn, Ray Pourchot, Nick Raymond, Elliott Reid, Roberto Rodriguez, Byron Webster.

On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972):

Prime Cut

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.

On this day in movie history - Gunn (1967):

Gunn

directed by Blake Edwards,

written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards,

based on a story by Blake Edwards,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1967.
Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Craig Stevens, Laura Devon, Edward Asner, Albert Paulsen, Sherry Jackson, Helen Traubel, Jerry Douglas, J. Pat O’Malley, Regis Toomey, George Murdock, Frank Kreig, Lincoln Demyan, Chanin Hale, Charles Dierkop, Mikel Angel, Jim Halbroeder, Alan Oppenheimer, Wayne Heffley, Tom Palmer, Carol Wayne, Dick Crockett, Gary Lasdun, Ken Wales, Mark Von Mills, Marion Marshall, Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece, Bill Bennett, Jack Bernardi, Jean Carson, Fleurette Carter, John Daheim, Jack Fife, Helen Funai, Bobby Gilbert, Ann Hughes, Kay Hughes, Robert Isenberg, Bruce Jacobs, Anita Loo, Henry Mancini, Jerry Martin, Walter Maslow, Midori, George Paul, Jimmy Payne, Ed Peck, Tony Regan, Clark Ross, Arthur Tovey, Candy Ward.

Born on this day – Gilda Radner:

Gilda Radner

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Singer

June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989

Credits:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Company of Players (2008); An SNL Valentine (2015); Animalympics (1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Belushi (2020); Best of Schiller's Reel (1994); Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (1979); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Dark Side of Comedy (2023); Dinah! (1975); Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins (1974); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2016); First Family (1980); Free to Be... a Family (1988); Friends of Gilda (1993); Funny Women of Television (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Gilda Live (1980); Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Hanky Panky (1982); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Hour Magazine (1983); I Am Chris Farley (2015); It Came from Hollywood (1982); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1988); Jack: A Flash Fantasy (1974); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1986); Life with Jeannie (2013); Live from New York! (2015); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love, Gilda (2018); Making Trouble (2007); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Reading Rainbow (1985); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (1979); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Saturday Night Live (1975–2014); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011); Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999–2019); Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial (1991); Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989); Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015); Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (2000); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash (1992); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2014); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2006); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Since '45 (1979); SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009); SNL Remembers John Belushi (2002); SNL: 25 Years of Music (1999); Stealing Time (2009); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Tenth Annual Entertainer of the Year Awards (1980); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of Gilda Radner (1989); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of Saturday Night Live: Candice Bergen (1993); The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018); The Collaborators (1974); The Eighties (2016); The Gift of Winter (1974); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Insider (2015); The Last Detail (1973); The Making of 'the Woman in Red' (1984); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1978); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The New Show (1984); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The Seventies (2015); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019–2020); The Winds of Whoopie (1983); The Woman in Red (1984); The Women of SNL (2010); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Today (1980); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Willie Nelson & Family (2023); Witch's Night Out (1978).

Born on this day – Lois Wilson:

Lois Wilson

Actress

June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988

Credits:

A Bird in the Hand (1929); A Burglar for a Night (1918); A Full House (1920); A Man's Fight (1919); A Man's Man (1917); A Son of the Immortals (1916); A Soul at Stake (1916); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Alias the Lone Wolf (1927); Alimony (1917); Alone in the World (1917); Another Scandal (1924); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916); Bad Little Angel (1939); Bella Donna (1923); Black Evidence (1917); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Born to Gamble (1935); Bright Eyes (1934); Broad Daylight (1922); Broadway Nights (1927); Burglar Proof (1920); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Come Again Smith (1919); Coney Island (1928); Conquest (1928); Contraband (1925); Deluge (1933); Divorce in the Family (1932); Drifting Souls (1932); Fascinating Youth (1926); Fashion News (1930); Female (1933); Flames of Treachery (1917); For Beauty's Sake (1941); For Love or Money (1930); French Dressing (1927); Gates of Brass (1919); Green Eyes (1916); Guiding Light (1955); He Wrote a Book (1916); Her Chance (1916); Her Husband's Women (1929); His Robe of Honor (1918); Hollywood (1923 / 1980); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hulda the Silent (1916); Icebound (1924); In the Money (1933); Irish Luck (1925); Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922); It Pays to Advertise (1919); Kid Gloves (1929); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Langdon's Legacy (1916); Laughing at Life (1933); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Let's Get Married (1926); Life Returns (1934); Love Insurance (1919); Lovin' the Ladies (1930); Maid o' the Storm (1918); Manslaughter (1922); Married on the Wing (1916); Marry Me (1925); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midsummer Madness (1920); Miss Information (1928); Miss Lulu Bett (1921); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); New York (1927); No Greater Glory (1934); Nobody's Children (1940); North of 36 (1924); Obey the Law (1933); Object: Alimony (1928); On Trial (1928); Once a Gentleman (1930); One Dollar Bid (1918); Only 38 (1923); Our Five Daughters (1962); Our Leading Citizen (1922); Parentage (1917); Picture This (2022); Pied Piper Malone (1924); Prisoners of the Pines (1918); Public Opinion (1935); Ransom (1928); Rugged Water (1925); Ruggles of Red Gap (1923); Sally's Shoulders (1928); School for Girls (1934); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Seed (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Society Fever (1935); Temptation (1930); The Age for Love (1931); The Aldrich Family (1950); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Bells (1918); The Best Man (1919); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The City of Masks (1920); The City of Silent Men (1921); The Covered Wagon (1923); The Crash (1932); The Decoy (1916); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Drifters (1919); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The End of the Game (1919); The Expert (1932); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Gay Lord Waring (1916); The Gingham Girl (1927); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hell Diggers (1921); The Hypocrite (1915); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The King on Main Street (1925); The Lost Romance (1921); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Morals of Hilda (1916); The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915); The Palace of Dust (1915); The Pool of Flame (1916); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Road to Paradise (1915); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932); The Show-Off (1926 / 1934); The Silent Battle (1916); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Turn of a Card (1918); The Vanishing American (1925); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Whispered Name (1917); The White Man's Law (1916); The World's Champion (1922); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); This Is Your Life (1957); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three X Gordon (1918); Ticket to a Crime (1934); To the Last Man (1923); Too Much Johnson (1919); Treason (1917); Wedding Present (1936); Wedding Rings (1929); Welcome Home (1925); What Every Woman Knows (1921); What's Your Hurry? (1920); When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915); Who's Your Servant? (1920); Why Smith Left Home (1919); Without Compromise (1922); Won by Grit (1917); Your Uncle Dudley (1935).

Born on this day – Polly Moran:

Polly Moran

Actress

June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952

Credits:

A Bath House Blunder (1916); A Close Shave (1920); A Doggone Mix-Up (1921); A Favorite Fool (1915); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Scrambled Romance (1920); Adam's Rib (1949); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915); Ambush (1939); An Oily Scoundrel (1916); Are Brunettes Safe? (1927); Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1916); Beyond the Sierras (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); Buttons (1927); By Stork Delivery (1916); Cactus Nell (1917); Came the Dawn (1928); Caught in the Act (1915); Caught Short (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); China Bound (1929); Classic Comedy Teams / Segment: Our Gang (1986); Crazy House (1930); Dangerous Females (1929); Defend Yourself (1925); Detectives (1928); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Grauman Special (1918); Guilty Hands (1931); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Painted Hero (1915); High & Dry (1921); Hired and Fired (1920); His Father's Footsteps (1915); His Naughty Thought (1917); His Uncle Dudley (1917); His Wild Oats (1916); Hold Me Tight (1920); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Honeymoon (1928); Hot for Paris (1929); In Again, Out Again (1921); It's a Wise Child (1931); Ladies First (1918); Ladies in Distress (1938); Le plombier amoureux (1932); London After Midnight (1927); London After Midnight (2002); Look Before You Sleep (1922); Love Will Conquer (1916); Luck (1923); Madcap Ambrose (1916); Meet the Missus (1940); Nell's Busted Romance (1922); Oh, Duchess! (1936); Oh, You, Sheriff Nell (1922); Paid (1930); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pills of Peril (1916); Politics (1931); Prize Maid (1949); Prosperity (1932); Red River Range (1938); Reducing (1931); Remote Control (1930); Roping Her Romeo (1917); Rose-Marie (1928); Sailor Maid (1937); Saucy Madeline (1918); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Shadows of the Night (1928); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1920); She Needed a Doctor (1917); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918); Show People (1928); Skirts (1921); Smith's Cook (1927); So This Is College (1929); Speedway (1929); Taming Target Center (1917); Telling the World (1928); That Night (1928); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Battle Royal (1918); The Beauty Bunglers (1915); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blackbird (1926); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Divine Woman (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Garage (1920); The Girl Said No (1930); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Hunt (1915); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The March of Time (1930); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Pullman Bride (1917); The Ragged Road to Romance (1920); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rounder (1930); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Show (1927); The Slicker (1921); The Society Bug (1920); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Thirteenth Hour (1927); The Trail of '98 (1928); The Unholy Night (1929); The Unknown (1927); The Village Blacksmith (1916); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); Their Social Splash (1915); This Is the Life (1920); Those College Girls (1915); Those Three French Girls (1930); Tide of Empire (1929); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); Training for Husbands (1920); Twinkletoes (1926); Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Two Wise Maids (1937); Vampire Ambrose (1916); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); When Joe Went West (1913); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wild Waves and Women (1919).

Born on this day – Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Writer

Composer

June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778

Credits:

Music:

Avril – aire a poesía de Rémy Belleau; Chansons de Bataille (1753); Daphnis et Chloé; Le Devin du village (1752); Le Printemps de Vivaldi (1775); Les Consolations des Misères de Ma Vie (1781); Les Fetes de Remire (1745); Les Muses galantes (1743); Pygmalion (1762/1770); Que le jour me dure!; Salve Regina (1752); Symphonie à Cors de Chasse (1751).

Writing:

Dissertation sur la musique moderne (1743); Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (Discours sur les sciences et les arts) (1750); Narcissus, or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy (1752); Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes) (1754); Letter on French Music (1753); Letter to M. D’Alembert on Spectacles (1758); Julie; or, The New Heloise (Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse) (1761); Emile or On Education (Émile ou de l’éducation) (1762); Four Letters to M. de Malesherbes (1762); Letters Written from the Mountain (1764); Dictionary of Music (1767); Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1770); Letters on the Elements of Botany; Essay on the Origin of Languages (1781); Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques (1782); Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1782).

Movies and television:

4 Days in France (2016); Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (1999); Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière (2009); Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976); Kuolema savolaiseen tapaan (1983); La faute à Rousseau (2012); Le devin du village (1962); Le gai savoir (1969); Portrait souvenir (1962); Sweet Brother (2025); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).

Recommended reading - Heaven Can Wait, by Harry Segall (1941):

Heaven Can Wait

Comedy-Fantasy in Three Acts

By Harry Segall.

Filmed as:

Here comes Mr. Jordan (1941), directed by Alexander Hall.

Heaven Can Wait (1978), directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry.

ASIN: B000GVIZMI

Published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published 1941.

Description:

Mr. Jordan is checking passengers who are to depart in an airplane for the Hereafter. The routine is interrupted by the arrival of Joe Pendleton, an attractive prizefighter, who refuses to admit he is dead and induces Jordan to look up the "records," which reveal that Joe is not scheduled to arrive for another 60 years! But, as Joe starts to return to earth to continue his fighting, word reaches Heaven that Max Levene, Joe's manager, thinking he had been killed, had Joe's body cremated, and Joe has no body to return to. Jordan promises to find Joe another body and is informed that the wealthy Jonathan Farnsworth is about to be murdered by his wife. So, Joe suddenly finds himself in the home of the financier, visible as Joe to the audience but apparently as Farnsworth to Mrs. Farnsworth, and the public. The comedy begins when the pompous "Farnsworth" unaccountably goes into training as a fighter. In addition, "Farnsworth" decides to share his wealth and right the wrong "he" did to charming Bette Logan's father. Bette, having despised Farnsworth, finds herself falling in love with him and he with her. Just as Joe (still in Farnsworth's body) is about to get a chance to become a fighter, Jordan reports that Farnsworth does not approve of Joe's treatment of his body (and money) and is raising a fuss to have it back. While deciding on another body for Joe, Jordan receives a flash that K.O. Murdock, the champion, has been mysteriously shot. As K.O. is about to be counted out Jordan transfers Joe's spirit into the body of K.O. in time to have K.O. remain champ. There are still problems to be straightened out when Joe really becomes Murdock and loses memory of his previous existence-includingBette. Fortunately, they meet and fall in love again-and Mr. Jordan is free to head for the Hereafter, his earthly task accomplished."