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 television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Smoking Gun.

Released August 22, 2023.

Directed by Katrelle Kindred.

Written by Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Yosef Kasnetzkov, Alexander Pobutsky, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Andy Carey, Corey Hendrix, Leo Allen, Nick Druzbanski, Zahra Kadence Dowd, Andrew Muwonge, Holden Ochsenhirt, Dawn Hasbrouck, Jeffrey T. Rogers, Daryn Harrell, Eriick Starr, Percy Nesbary III, Russ Panzarella, Brent Whitlock.

On this day in music history - Massenet: Thaïs, by Renée Fleming... (2000):

Massenet: Thaïs

Album by Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini and Yves Abel,

released August 22, 2000.

Track list:

Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Voici Le Pain ... Et Le Sel; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Le Voici ! Le Voici !; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Helas! Enfant Encore; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Ne Nous Melons Jamais, Mon Fils; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Vision/Honte ! Horreur !; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Toi Qui Mis La Pitie Dans Nos Ames; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Mon Fils, Ne Nous Melons Jamais; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Prelude - Orchestre National bordeaux Aquitaine; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Va, Mendiant, Chercher Ailleurs Ta Vie !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Voila Donc La Terrible Cite; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! ... Athanael, C’est Toi !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! Je Vais Donc Te Revoir; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Garde-toi bien ! Voici Ta Terrible Ennemie !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: C’est Thais, L’idole Fragile; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Quel Est Cet Etranger; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Qui Te Fait Si Severe; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Non ! Non ! Je Hais Vos Fausses Ivresses !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Ah ! Je Suis Seule, Seule Enfin !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Dis-moi Que Le Suis Belle; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Etranger, Te Voila, Comme Tu L’avais Dit !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Eh Bien ! Fais-moi Connaitre... Tout Cet Amour; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Je Suis Athanael, Moine D’Antinoe !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Je N’ai Pas Plus Choisi Mon Sort Que Ma Nature !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Meditation Religieuse – Symphonie; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Pere, Dieu M’a Parle Par Toi Voix !; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Non Loin D’ici, Vers L’occident; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Considere, O Mon Pere; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Suivez-moi Tous, Amis !; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.1 Allegro Vivo; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.2 Melopee Orientale; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.3 Allegro Brillante; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.4 Allegretto Con Spirito; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.5 Mouvement De Valse; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Voila L’incomparable !/No.6 La Charmeuse; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.7 Finale; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Eh ! C’est Lui ! Athanael !; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Il Dit Vrai !; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: L’ardent Soleil M’ecrase; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Ah ! Des Gouttes De Sang Coulent De Ses Pieds Blancs; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: O Messager De Dieu, Si Bon Dans Ta Rudesse; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Baigne D’eau Mes Mains Et Mes Levres; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: La Paix Du Seigneur Soit Avec Toi; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Mon Oeuvre Est Accomplie !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Que Le Ciel Est Pesant !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: C’est Lui Qui Vient !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Qui Te Fait Si Severe; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Thais Va Mourir !; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: Seigneur, Ayez Pitie De Moi; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: Sois Le Bienvenu Dans Nos Tabernacles; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: C’est Toi, Mon Pere !.

On this day in music history - Rossini arias, by Cecilia Bartoli (1989):

Rossini arias

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released August 22, 1989.

Track list:

L’Italiana In Algeri / Cruda Sorte! Amor Tiranno!; Pronti Abbiamo...Amici In Ogni Evento...Pensa Alla Patria; La Donna Del Lago / Mura Felici; Tancredi; Oh! Patria! ... Di Tanti Palpiti; Otello / Assisa A Piè D’un Salice; Stabat Mater / Fac Ut Portem; La Pietra Del Paragone; Se L’Itale Contrade ... Se Per Voi, Le Care, Io Torno; La Cenerentola / Nacqui All’affanno ... Non Più Mesta.

On this day in movie history - Stand by Me (1986):

Stand by Me

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon,

based on the novella The Body by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on August 22, 1986.

Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver Lipsett, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack, Madeleine Swift, Popeye (the dog, as Chopper), Geanette Bobst, Art Burke, Matt Williams, Andy Lindberg, Dick Durock, O.B. Babbs, Charlie Owens, Kenneth Hodges, John Hodges, Susan Thorpe, Korey Scott Pollard, Rick Elliott, Kent W. Luttrell, Chance Quinn, Jason Naylor, Sky Siewerski.

Born on this day – Cindy Williams:

Cindy Williams

Actress

Producer

August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023

Credits:

10th Annual TV Land Awards (2012); 1998 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1998); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 7th Heaven (2002); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Dream of Christmas (2016); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); America 2-Night (1978); American Graffiti (1973); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Andy's Funhouse (1979); Are We There Yet? (2012); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Beltline to Broadway / Podcast Series (2022); Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick (2015); Beware! The Blob (1972); Big Man on Campus (1989); Bingo (1991); Biography (1999–2005); Bloopers Galore (1989); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Canaan Land (2020); Cannon (1974); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); CHiPs (1979–1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Classic Bloopers (1990); Cos (1976); Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delphine and Carole (2019); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1976); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Drive (2007); Drive, He Said (1971); Earth Angel (1991); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1998–2023); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again (2002); Entertainment Tonight Presents: TV's Greatest Scandals (2000); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); For Goodness Sake (1993); For Your Love (2000–2002); From Dollars to Donuts: An Undressing of the First Nudie Musical (2002); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Getting By (1993–1994); Getting Together (1971); Girlfriends (2004–2005); Girls Across the Lake (1997); Good Morning America (2012 / 2023); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977); Happy Days (1975–1979); Happy Days Reunion Special (1992); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Hawaii Five-O (1974); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Home & Family (2015); Hope & Gloria (1996); Inside Edition (2015); Insight (1975); Intimate Portrait (2001–2003); Joanna (1985); Just Like Family (1989); Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood (1993); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–1982); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lost Heart (2020); Love (2015); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Time Machine; Love and the Face Bow (1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1976); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magico David (1992); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Menu for Murder (1990); More American Graffiti (1979); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); Morning Joe (2023–2024); Mr. Ricco (1975); Music Box (2021); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Night Stand (1995); Normal Life (1990); Omnibus (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Pac Preview Party (1982); Parenting & Beyond (1995); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pet Star (2003); Peter at the End (2012); Petrocelli (1976); Police Story (1975); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Room 222 (1969–1971); Rude Awakening (1989); Ruminations (2018); Sam & Cat (2013); Sami (2023); Saturday Night Live (1977); Save the Dog! (1988); ShirleyMania (2002); Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2007); Show Biz Bloopers (1991); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Son of the Beach (2001); Star Wars Screen Test - Cindy Williams (1977); Stealing Roses (2012); Steel Magnolias (1990); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Summer (2012); Strip Mall (2000–2001); Suddenly, Love (1978); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2019); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 19th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1982); The 24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1982); The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Andy Kaufman Show (1983); The Biggest Fan (2005); The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982); The Brothers Garcia (2001–2002); The Cindy Williams Comedy Special (1994); The Conversation (1974); The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981); The Factor (2008); The First Nudie Musical (1976); The Funny Side (1971); The Happiest Man Alive (2010); The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Killing Kind (1973); The Laverne & Shirley Reunion (1995); The Legend of William Tell (2006); The Magic of ABC (1977); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998); The Matthew Aaron Show Podcast (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Odd Couple (2016); The Pack Podcast (2020); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Rosie Show (2012); The Seventies (2015); The Stepford Husbands (1996); The Talk (2015); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Weekend in Vegas (2016); Then Again with Herbie J Pilato (2019); Today (2004–2023); Touched by an Angel (1996); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Tricks of the Trade (1988); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TVography: Laverne & Shirley (2001); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); UFOria (1984); Unexplained Mysteries / Segment: The Craft of Healing (2004); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Weakest Link (2001); Whatever Happened To? (2008); When Dreams Come True (1985); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2001 / 2018).

Born on this day – Valerie Harper:

Valerie Harper

Actress

August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019

Born on this day – Diana Sands:

Diana Sands

Actress

August 22, 1934 – September 21, 1973

Credits:

A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); ABC Stage 67 (1967); An Affair of the Skin (1963); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1964); Call My Bluff (1966); Carib Gold (1956); Caribbean (1952); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1966); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Ensign Pulver (1964); Flip (1972–1973); Four Boys and a Gun (1957); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Georgia, Georgia (1972); Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974); I Spy (1966); Julia (1970–1971); Look Up and Live (1964); Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975); Medical Center (1971); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Quest (1963); Stage 2 (1964); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Fugitive (1967); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1969); The Joan Rivers Show (1968–1970); The Landlord (1970); The Living End (1972); The Match Game (1968–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Outer Limits (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1971); The Young Set (1965); Today (1968); Two's Company (1973); What's My Line? (1968); Willie Dynamite (1974).

Born on this day – Honor Blackman:

Honor Blackman

Actress

August 22, 1925 – April 5, 2020

Born on this day – Micheline Presle:

Micheline Presle

Actress

August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

100 films by 100 personalities (1998); 20h10 pétantes (2004); In search of Jean Grémillon (1969); A Lady with Camellias (1953) A Man and His Dog (2008); Has Mistress for the Summer (1960) A Young Emmanuelle (1976); Studio Actor (1986); Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951); All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) Lark I Pluck You (1988); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Angel and Sinner (1945); Anna in Corsica (2000); Apostrophes (1975); After tomorrow (1990); Archipel des amours / Remue-ménage (1983); At the Top of the Stairs (1983); Au cinéma ce soir (1969); Wanted (1989); Bankable (2012); Bastard Brood (1996); Biette (2011); Biette Intermezzo (2011); Blue Helmet (1994); Bobosse (1959); Bouillon de culture (1994); C à vous (2011); Cabaret du soir (1958); Coffee follies: with Marcel Amont (1979); Call Me Victor (1993); Independent candidate (2007); Cannes Film Festival (1993); Cannes... The 400 Blows (1997); Vermeil Map (1981); Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956); Tonight (or never!) (2007–2011); Some short stories (1980); Those Dear Departed (1979); Champs-Elysées (1982); Luck Meeting (1959); Charming Boy (2001); Chouchou (2003); Christine (1958); Cinema Regards (1981); Filmmakers of Our Time (1967); Cinemas (2010); Bitter Lemon (1996); Clochemerle (1972); Fight! (1963); Comme au cinéma (2001); Short Stories Train (2002); Dark Purpose (1964); Demoniac (1957); Demons of Noon (1979); Der andere Blick (1991); Two Grown Girls in Pyjamas (1974); Devil in the Brain (1972); Devil in the Flesh (1947); Diary of a Seducer (1996); Donkey Skin (1970); Ecco la felicità (1940); École des vedettes (1959); There were twelve of them women (1940); Footprints (2011); En aparté (2007); Stars in the Sun (1953); Needed step!... (1996); Fanfan (1993); Fathers' Day (1990); Cannes Film Festival 1947 (1947); A Chef in Love (1996); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Five Day Lover (1961); Foolish Husbands (1941); Four Flights to Love (1939) France Boutique (2003); Gala of the union (1959–1969); Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986); Mayhem! (2005); Grand Amphi (1971); (G)rève party (1998); Guy Gilles, a filmmaker too soon extinct (2002); H (1999); Hail, Mafia (1965); Her Bridal Night (1956); Fuss of fiction (2003); House of Ricordi (1954); Human Cargo (1954); I briganti Italiani (1961); I Want to Go Home (1989); I Will Show My Breasts (2013); If a Man Answers (1962); Imperial Venus (1962); In inniger Feindschaft (1990); Unpublished (2021); It Happened in the Park (1953); I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979); Je chante (1938); I Want to Be an Actress (2016); Jean Moulin, a French case (2003); Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic (2018); John Raymond (1958); Young Girls in Distress (1939); Just Like Brothers (2012); King of Hearts (1966); The Beautiful Adventure (1942); Uncle Doc's Cabin (2008); The client (2004); The Comedy of Happiness (1940); The Double Life of Jeanne (2000); The spanking (1937); The Great Collection (1991); The Face of Employment (1974); The joie de vivre (1956); The Letter in a Taxi (1962); The Law of Men (1962); The lust (1961); The Night of the Caesars (2004); La nuit des Molières (1987); At night fantasy (1942); La preda (1974); La vie au grand fresco (2002); The life of Marianne (1976); L'amour d'une femme (1953); The Roundabout Adventure: Audacity Joyeuse et rire de résistance (2010); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); The Baron the lock (1960); The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975); The circle of midnight (1994); The Dog (1984); Long live cinema! (1972); Vivement dimanche (2007–2013); Vive dimanche prochaine (2007); Neighbourhoods (1996); Are you a police officer? (2007); You Only I Love (1939); We Forget Everything! (1979); Women Are Talkative (1958); The Devil's Cinema (1967); Le clair de terre (1970); The Heart at Work (2000); The Bamboo Blow (1963); The Devil in the Box (1977); Epiphany Day (1991); The Curtain Rising (1973); The Blood Bond (1999); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); The Revolver in the Rain (1972); The Red and the Black (1961); The sun has always Reason (1943); The Journey to Paris (1999); Antoine's Journey (1984); The journey Penelope (1996); The Traveler Without Baggage (2004); The loves of the beautiful era (1979); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1980); Angels 1943, history a film (2004); Empire Builders (1974); The last five minutes (1978); Echoes of Cinema (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1995); False Confidences (1984); The Game Is Done (1947); Les Misérables (1995); The nickel-plated feet (1964); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); The darling saints (1965–1971); The Three Glorious Days (2010); Cécile's Eyes (1993); History Irene (2010); The Saturday Story (1997); Lily Lamont (1983); The rare bird (1973); Love Vertigo (2001); Lulu (1986); Male Hunt (1964); Cinema Tuesday (1983–1988); Matin Bonheur (1991–1994); Bad Associations (1999); Merci Bernard (1982); Message for Margaret (1964); Micheline Presle, a film explorer (2010); Midi-Première (1981); Mignon è partita (1988) Mistress of the World (1960); Monsieur Cinéma (1979); Don't bite, we love you! (1976); Museum up, museum bas (2008); Myster Mocky presents (2008–2009); Napoleon (1955); Don't forget me pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); We Didn't Love Her Enough (1981); Zero Elsewhere (1995–1998); We Tried Everything (2004); Out of Whack (1979); Parade in 7 nights (1941); Last Paris (2005); Paris Frills (1945); Little Plague (1939); Plein sud (2009); Point d'orgue (1993); Secret Police (1994); For the cinema (1973); For Three Billion Men (1965); Presence of the Past (1966); Who kissed too much... (1986); Kidnapping on credit (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1957–1960); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Mandar Street (2012); S.O.S. disappeared (1990); Sacred evening (1990); Saltimbank (2003); Saturday Night (1974); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Seventh Art Seventh Box (1967); Sex, Love & Therapy (2014); Sidaction 2009 / Music Video - La chanson d'Hélène (2009); Please... the sea? (1979); Sins of Pompeii (1950) Something Fishy (1994) Let's be friends! (2001); Sport in feast (1973); Stars (1981); Studio Gabriel (1994); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); Testimonies (1973); Teuf-teuf (1963); The Assassin (1961) The Blood of Others (1984); The Count of Monte Cristo (1998); The Devil and the Ten Commandments / Luxurieux Point ne seras (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957) The French Way (1940); The Legend of Frenchie King (1971); The Nun (1966); The Prize (1963) The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); Themes and Variations of Cinema (1967); Thieves After Dark (1983) Time Out for Love (1961) It all depends on the girls... (1980); Transfixed (2001); Thirteen À table (1955); Trompe l'oeil (1975); Twilight (1944); Un cane sciolto (1990); Under My Skin (1950); V for Revenge (1990); Go see mamAn, Papa Is Working (1978); Venus and Apollo (2005); Venus Beauty Institute (1999).

Born on this day – James Gunn:

James Gunn

Writer

Producer

August 22, 1920 – September 22, 1966

Credits:

Book:

Deadlier Than the Male (1942).

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); 87th Precinct (1962); Affair in Trinidad (1952); Alcoa Premiere (1962); All I Desire (1953); Because They're Young (1960); Born to Kill (1947); Bronco (1959); Checkmate (1960–1961); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cheyenne (1956–1958); City Detective (1954); Colt .45 (1957–1958); Conflict (1956–1957); Corps et biens (1986); Dr. Kildare (1963); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Harriet Craig (1950); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lady of Burlesque (1943); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Maverick (1960); Mike Hammer (1958); Over-Exposed (1956); Soldiers of Fortune (1956–1957); State Trooper (1957); Studio 57 (1954–1956); Sugarfoot (1957–1959); The Barefoot Mailman (1951); The Flying Missile (1950); The Forsaken Westerns (2018); The Investigators (1961); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Texan (1960); The Unfaithful (1947); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Two of a Kind (1951); Wagon Train (1959); Warner Brothers Presents (1956).

Born on this day – Ray Bradbury:

Ray Bradbury

Writer

August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012

Credits:

Books:

Death is a Lonely Business (1985); A Graveyard for Lunatics (1990); Let's All Kill Constance (2003); Dandelion Wine (1957); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962); Farewell Summer (2006); Summer Morning, Summer Night (2008); Fahrenheit 451 (1953); The Halloween Tree (1972); Green Shadows, White Whale (1992); Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines (1998); From the Dust Returned (2001); Dark Carnival (1947); The Martian Chronicles (1950); The Illustrated Man (1951); A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories (1952); The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953); The October Country (1955); The Day It Rained Forever (1959); A Medicine for Melancholy (1959); The Small Assassin (1962); R Is for Rocket (1962); The Machineries of Joy (1964); The Vintage Bradbury (1965); The Autumn People (1965); Twice 22 (1966); Tomorrow Midnight (1966); S is for Space (1966); Fever Dream And Other Fantasies (1968); I Sing the Body Electric (1969); Ray Bradbury (1975); Long After Midnight (1976); Ray Bradbury Collected Short Stories (1979); The Stories of Ray Bradbury (1980); The Last Circus and the Electrocution (1980); Dinosaur Tales (1984); A Memory of Murder (1984); The Toynbee Convector (1988); Selected from Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed (1990); Classic Stories 2 (1990); Quicker Than the Eye (1996); Driving Blind (1997); One More for the Road (2002); Stories Volume 2 (2003); Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (2003); The Cat's Pajamas (2004); Now and Forever (2007); We'll Always Have Paris (2009); A Pleasure to Burn (2010); The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 1 (2011); The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 2 (2014); The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: Critical Edition Vol 3 (2017); Killer, Come Back To Me (2020); Venus Remembered (2020); The Poems (1945); Skeletons (1945); The Homecoming (1946); The Black Ferris (1948); The Blue Bottle / Death-Wish (1950); There Will Come Soft Rains (By: Leonard Nimoy) (1950); The Veldt (1950); A Sound of Thunder (1951); The Fog Horn (1951); The Playground (1953); All Summer in a Day (1954); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1972); The Mummies of Guanajuato (1978); One Timeless Spring (1980); The Love Affair (1982); Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me (1987); Fever Dream (1987); The Thing at the Top of the Stairs (1988); The Dragon Who Ate His Tail (2007); Marionettes, Inc. (2009); Defense Mech (2021); Why Man Explores (1977); The Art of Playboy (1985); Zen in the Art of Writing (1987); Folon's Folons (1990); Yestermorrow (1991); Rod Steiger: Memoirs of a Friendship (1998); Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities 1950-2050 (2001); Conversations with Ray Bradbury (2004); Bradbury Speaks (2005); Match to Flame (2007); Listen to the Echoes (2010); When Elephants Last In The Dooryard Bloomed (1973); Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (1977); This Attic Where the Meadow Greens (1979); The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope (1981); The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury (1982); Kaleidoscope (1940); The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics (1963); Pillar of Fire and Other Plays for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow (1975); Nemo! (2012); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview (2011); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Ray Bradbury (2014); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Lou Reed (2015); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Philip K. Dick (2015); J. D. Salinger (2016); Oliver Sacks (2016); Jane Jacobs (2016); David Bowie (2016); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Ursula K. Le Guin (2019); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation (2009); Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation (2011); Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Authorized Adaptation (2011); Invasion From Mars:Interplanetary Stories (1949); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV (1957); Stories for the Dead of Night (1957); The Ghoul Keepers (1961); The Bedside Playboy (1963); Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum: Twelve Shuddery Stories for Daring Young Readers (1965); The Microcosmic God (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me (1967); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967); Time Untamed (1967); 21 Great Stories (1969); Nova 1 (1970); Young Demons (1972); The Devil's Generation (1973); Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 (1973); Gooseflesh (1974); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Beyond Midnight (1976); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series (1976); Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1976); The Late Great Future (1976); The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1977); Weird Legacies (1977); Rod Serling's Other Worlds (1978); They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures (1979); Ghosts That Haunt You (1980); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror (1980); Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981); Scaremongers (1981); Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1 (1983); 13 Horrors of Halloween (1983); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); Fourth Planet from the Sun (1984); Cutting Edge (1986); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); Science Fiction Stories (1988); Tales of the Occult (1989); Great Baseball Stories (1990); The Horror Hall of Fame (1991); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); Monsters in Our Midst (1993); The Ultimate Witch (1993); Sea-Cursed (1994); Space Movies (1995); Night Screams (1996); Mystery Stories (1996); Dark Terrors 3 (1997); Time Machines (1997); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998); Eleventh Annual Collection (1998); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); October Dreams (2000); The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature (2002); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Writing Los Angeles (2002); Murder On The Railways (2003); Dark Delicacies (2005); A Tangled Web (2005); Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V (2006); Masques V (2006); Selected Shorts (2008); The Best of Cemetery Dance II (2008); Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead (2009); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); Like Water for Quarks (2011); Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2012); A Carnivàle of Horror (2012); Psychos (2012); Other Worlds (2013); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); Fantastic Stories Presents (2014); Field of Fantasies (2014); Darker Terrors 7 (2016); Grave Predictions (2016); Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (2017); Lost Mars (2018); The Science Fiction Collection #1 (2018); Flight or Fright (2018); 99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories (2019); The Science Fiction Collection (2019); One Hundred (2020); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996); 451 (2012); 451° Fahrenheita / Audioplay (2018); A Century of Science Fiction (1996); A Conversation with Ray Bradbury (2008); A Piece of Wood (2005); A Sound of Thunder (2005); A Very Careful Man (2010); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1986); Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me (1983); All Summer in a Day (1982 / 2014); All Things Shining (2012); Amargosa (2000); Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991); American Masters (2008); American Playhouse (1982); An Unfathomable Friendship (2003); Animation Lookback (2014); Apostrophes (1978); Ararman Uterord Ory (1980); Arena (1994); Armchair Theatre (1963); Before the Night Is Gone (2012); Behind the Attraction (2021); Besuch bei Ray Bradbury (2001); Budet laskovyy dozhd (1984); Camera Three (1978); CBS Library (1982); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010); Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018); Chrysalis (2008); Cineficción Radio (2020–2021); Clarinda y el tiempo en una botella (1985); Cock & Bull Story (2002); Comic-Con '08 Live (2008); Comic-Con '09 Live (2009); Comic-Con 2006 Live (2006); Comic-Con 2007 Live (2007); Comic-Con 2010 Live (2010); Comic-Con Begins / Podcast Series (2021); Con palos y piedras (2000); Corwin (1996); Cosmic Thoughts (2003); Curiosity Shop (1971); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Day at Night (1974); Death and the Maiden (2016); Dennis Miller (2004); Dimension X (1950–1951); Dominus (1990); Druckfrisch (2008); Dust (2019); El Marciano (1965); El que espera (2004); El umbral (2003); Elektronnaya babushka (1985); Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen (2010); Eternos (2019); Ex Libris (1990); Fahrenheit 451 (1966 / 2018); Fahrenheit 451, the Novel: A Discussion with Author Ray Bradbury (2003); Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007); Father Electrico: Ray Bradbury Lives Forever! (2017); Fireside Theatre (1954); Flesh of the Universe (2017); Future Fantastic (1996); Good Morning America (1979); Great Books (1996–2001); Habia una vez (1985); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2004); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); Here There Be Tygers (1989); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hollywood Legenden (2004); Hooray for Horrorwood (1991); How Shakespeare Changed My Life (2016); How to Live Forever (2009); Hugh Hefner: American Playboy Revisited (1998); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962); Ich auf Bestellung (1968); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross (1998); It Came from Outer Space (1953); It Came from Outer Space II (1996); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); Jack in the Box (2013); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Journey to the Unknown (1968); King of Kings (1961); Komnata (1987); La botella (2023); Last Sunset (2012); Late Night Story (1978); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Le grand échiquier (1983); Lights Out (1951); Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989); Live Forever: The Ray Bradbury Odyssey (2013); Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000); Los Siete Locos (1997); Malls R Us (2009); Man in Space / The Optimistic Futurist (2004); Mañana puede ser verdad (1962 / 1964); Marionettes, Inc. (1965); Martanská kronika (1964); Melodrama infernal (1969); Mirrors (1978); Moby Dick (1956); Night Caller (1973); Omnibus (1980); On Camera (1955); On the Fourth (2020); Out of the Unknown (1965); Out There (1951); Písen pro Rudolfa III. (2019); Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration (1979); Playhouse 90 (1957); Prisoners of Gravity (1993); Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling (2009); Quest (1984); Racconti di fantascienza (1979); Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope (2012); Ray Bradbury's the Martian Chronicles Adventure Game (1995); Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011); Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005); Rendezvous (1959); Retro Static Radio (2020); Rich and Famous (1981); Savannen (1983); Science Fiction Film Awards (1978); Sci-Fi Buzz (1995); Sneak Preview (1956); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972 / 1983 / 2014); Spaceship Earth (1982); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review (1982); Star Tonight (1955); Star Trek Phase II (2007); Steve Canyon (1958); Stories to Stay Awake (2021); Story of... (1962); Studio 57 (1956); Suspense (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Tattooed Steiger (1969); TCM Guest Programmer (2008); Telescope (1969); That Regis Philbin Show (1964); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The American Comic Strip (1978); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); The Best of Hollywood (2018); The Bob Braun Show (1982); The Cure (2011); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender (2012); The Dream Pioneers: Visionaries of Science Fiction (2000); The Electric Grandmother (1982); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect (2000); The Fox, the Forest (2015); The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl (2010); The Ghost of Graham Springs (2012); The Halloween Tree (1993); The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998); The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021); The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film (2007); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Jar (2011 / 2020); The Last Night (2016); The last night of the world (2022); The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992); The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451' (2003); The Man in the Air (1993); The Martian Chronicles (1980); The Martian Chronicles / Podcast Series (2014); The Murderer (1976); The Music of 'Fahrenheit 451' (2003); The Oscars (2013); The Pedestrian (2001 / 2008); The Picasso Summer (1969); The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 (2023); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992); The Rocket (1952); The Sci-Fi Boys (2006); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Screen Savers (2003); The Small Assassin (2011); The Smile (1996); The Stan Freberg Commercials / Segment: Brave New Prune (1999); The Third Expedition (2012); The Tiger and the Snow (2005); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The Tramp and the Dictator (2002); The Twilight Zone (1962–1986); The Unexplained (1956); The Veldt (1979); The Whimsical World of Oz (1985); The Whole Town's Sleeping (2014); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998); The Wonderful World of Disney (2001); The Young Set (1965); Through the Forest (2016); Time Travel: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy (1985); Tin Can (2010); Today (1985–1989); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Trailer Trash (2008); Troubleshooters (1959); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (2004); Universal Horror (1998); Vampirismus (1980–1982); Veld (1987); Voyager: To the Final Frontier (2012); Walking on Air (1987); When the World Breaks (2010); Who Is Norman Lloyd? (2007); Windows (1955); Wogan (1990); X Minus One / Podcast Series (1955); You Bet Your Life (1956).