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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Recommended reading - The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells (1898):


The War of the Worlds

By H.G. Wells

First published 1898.

ISBN 10: 0451522761
ISBN 13: 9780451522764

Description:

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own....

So begins The War of the Worlds, the science fiction classic that first proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and has enthralled readers for generations. This compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of earth. When huge, tireless creatures land in England, complete chaos erupts. Using their fiery heat rays and crushing strength, the aliens just may succeed in silencing all opposition. Is life on earth doomed? Will mankind survive? A timeless view of a universe turned upside down, The War of the Worlds is an ingenious and imaginative look into the possibilities of the future and the secrets yet to be revealed.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Born on this day – Bessie Love:


Bessie Love


Actress

September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986

Credits:

A Daughter of the Poor (1917); A Fighting Colleen (1919); A Harp in Hock (1927); A Little Sister of Everybody (1918); A Lost World (1938); A Sister of Six (1916); A Son of His Father (1925); A Yankee Princess (1919); Acquitted (1916); Alice Guy-Blaché (1997); Always a Bride (1953); Amateur Night (1927); Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928); Battle Beneath the Earth (1967); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1958); Beau Brummell (1954); Bonnie May (1920); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Bulldog Courage (1922); Carolyn of the Corners (1919); Catlow (1971); Chasing Rainbows (1930); Cheerful Givers (1917); Children of the Damned (1964); Conspiracy (1930); Cupid Forecloses (1919); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Don't Do It Dempsey (1960); Dress Parade (1927); Dynamite Smith (1924); Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978); Emergency-Ward 10 (1960); Fashions in Love (1936); Forget Me Not (1922); From a Bird's Eye View (1970); Gareth Hughes (2000); Gentle Julia (1923); Georgia Pearce (1915); Going Crooked (1926); Good News (1930); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Harpers West One (1961); Hearst-Pathé News, No. 87 (1917); Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hotel Imperial (1958); How Could You, Caroline? (1918); Human Wreckage (1923); I Live Again (1936); I Think They Call Him John (1964); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); International Detective (1960); Intolerance (1916); Isadora (1968); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); ITV Playhouse (1968); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1960); Johnny Frenchman (1945); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1970); Katy (1976); Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981); Late Show London (1966); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); London Playhouse (1955); London Scrapbook (1942); Long Distance (1958); Looks Familiar (1980); Loss of Innocence (1961); Lovey Mary (1926); Man of the World (1962); Mary of the Movies (1923); Meet the Prince (1926); Morals for Women (1931); Mousey (1974); My Partner the Ghost (1969); New Brooms (1925); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Life in Hollywood (1922); Nina, the Flower Girl (1917); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Nowhere to Go (1958); Omnibus (1969); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Pegeen (1920); Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921); Picture This (2022); Polly Ann (1917); Pollyanna (1973); Promise Her Anything (1966); Public Eye (1971); Ragtime (1981); Reds (1981); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Round About Hollywood (1931); Rubber Tires (1927); Sally of the Scandals (1928); San Demetrio London (1943); Saturday Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 3 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); See America Thirst (1930); Shades of Greene (1975); Slave of Desire (1923); Some of the Best (1944); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Sons of the Sea (1941); Soul-Fire (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Stranded (1916); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Sundown (1924); The Adventures of Prince Courageous (1923); The American (1927); The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962); The Aryan (1916); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Broadway Melody (1929); The Caves of Steel (1964); The Dawn of Understanding (1918); The Enchanted Barn (1919); The Eternal Three (1923); The Flying Torpedo (1916); The Front Page (1948); The Ghost Patrol (1923); The Girl in the Show (1929); The Good Bad-Man (1916); The Great Adventure (1918); The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Honor of Rameriz (1921); The Hunger (1983); The Idle Rich (1929); The King on Main Street (1925); The Little Boss (1919); The Lost World (1925); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Magic Box (1951); The Male Animal (1956); The Matinee Idol (1928); The Midlanders (1920); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Purple Dawn (1923); The Ritz (1976); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Sawdust Ring (1917); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Song and Dance Man (1926); The Spirit of the Lake (1921); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Swamp (1921); The Swell Head (1928); The Vermilion Pencil (1922); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Western (1959); The Wild Affair (1965); The Wishing Ring Man (1919); The Woman on the Jury (1924); They Learned About Women (1930); This Is Your Life (1963–1978); Those Who Dance (1924); Three Who Paid (1923); Tongues of Flame (1924); Too Young to Love (1960); Torment (1924); Touch and Go (1955); Vampyres (1974); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Wee Lady Betty (1917); Westward Bo (1926); You Can't Take It with You (1947); Young and Willing (1954); Young April (1926); Zero One (1962).

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Born on this day – Preston Sturges:


Preston Sturges

Writer

Director

August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959

Credits:

American Masters (1990); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Child of Manhattan (1933); Christmas in July (1940); College Swing (1938); Diamond Jim (1935); Easy Living (1937); Fast and Loose (1930); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hotel Haywire (1937); Houdini (1953); I Married a Witch (1942); If I Were King (1938); I'll Be Yours (1947); Imitation of Life (1934); La grande mare (1930); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Never Say Die (1939); New York Town (1941); Next Time We Love (1936); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Paris Holiday (1958); Port of Seven Seas (1938); Preston Sturges and 'the Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (2005); Reflets de Cannes (1954); Remember the Night (1939); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Safeguarding Military Information (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Big Pond (1930); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great McGinty (1940); The Great Moment (1944); The Invisible Man (1933); The Lady Eve (1941); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Twentieth Century (1934); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); Vendetta (1950); We Live Again (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2012).

Friday, August 9, 2024

Born on this day – Florelle:


Florelle

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974

Credits:

Amants et voleurs / Lovers and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Autour d'une enquête (1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931); Gagne ta vie (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In theaters tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxeur (1923); La dame de chez Maxim's / The lady at Maxim's (1933); La dernière nuit / The Last Night (1933); La femme nue / The naked woman (1932); La marmaille / The kids (1935); La merveilleuse journée / The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The Night Is Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); L'affaire de la rue de Lourcine (1923); L'amour chante (1930); L'Atlantide / Atlantis (1932); L'autre (1930); Le fils improvisé / The improvised son (1932); Le grand bluff / The big bluff (1933); Le joker (1930); Le poignard malais (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels (1937); Les caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); Les deux canards / The Two Ducks (1934); Les dieux s'amusent / The gods have fun (1935); Les Misérables (1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping (1933); Liliom (1934); L'Oeil du cyclone / The Eye of the Storm (1992); Ma tante d'Honfleur / My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Mariage à responsabilité limitée / Limited Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); Mon coeur incognito (1931); Monsieur, Madame et Bibi / Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nuits de Venise (1931); Oasis (1955); Passionnément / Passionately (1932); Sidonie Panache (1934); Sixième étage / Sixth floor (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936); The Crime on the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress of Atlantis (1932); The Threepenny Opera (1931); Trois femmes / Three women (1952); Tumultes / Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was committed (1938); Une nuit de noces / A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Born on this day – Lillian Hall-Davis:


Lillian Hall-Davis

Actress

June 23, 1898 – October 25, 1933

Credits:

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Shepperton Babylon (2005); Many Waters (1931); Her Reputation (1931); Just for a Song (1930); Volga Volga (1928); Tommy Atkins (1928); The Farmer's Wife (1928); King's Mate (1928); The Ring (1927); Boadicea (1927); As We Lie (1927); Roses of Picardy (1927); La proie du vent (1927); Blighty (1927); Nitchevo (1926); If Youth But Knew (1926); Adventure Mad (1926); Liebe macht blind (1926); Der Farmer aus Texas (1925); Blitzzug der Liebe (1925); The Passionate Adventure (1924); The Eleventh Commandment (1924); The Unwanted (1924); Quo Vadis? (1924); Castles in the Air (1923); Afterglow (1923); I pagliacci (1923); Should a Doctor Tell? (1923); The Hotel Mouse (1923); Married Love (1923); The Knockout (1923); The Right to Strike (1923); A Royal Divorce (1923); If Four Walls Told (1922); The Faithful Heart (1922); Brown Sugar (1922); The Game of Life (1922); Stable Companions (1922); The Wonderful Story (1922); Ernest Maltravers (1920); The Honeypot (1920); Carry On (1919); The Admirable Crichton (1918); La p'tite du sixième (1917).

Friday, April 19, 2024

Born on this day – Doctor Clayton:


Doctor Clayton

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 19, 1898 – January 7, 1947

Credits:

Albums:

Angels in Harlem (2002); Complete Recorded Works (1935–1942) (1994); Doctor Clayton & His Buddies: Complete Recordings 1946 & 1947 (1994); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy (1935–1947) (1989); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy: Pearl Harbour Blues (1970); Gotta Find My Baby (1987).

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Born on this day – Henry Hathaway:


Henry Hathaway

Director

Producer

March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985

Credits:

13 Rue Madeleine (1947); 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 5 Card Stud (1968); 75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Airport (1970); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Bachelor Brides (1926); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Brigham Young (1940); Call Northside 777 (1948); China Girl (1942); Circus World (1964); Come On, Marines! (1934); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Empty Hands (1924); Fourteen Hours (1951); From Hell to Texas (1958); Garden of Evil (1954); Go West Young Man (1936); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hangup (1974); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977); Home in Indiana (1944); Honest Hutch (1920); How the West Was Won (1962); Hula (1927); I Loved a Soldier (1936); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); Johnny Apollo (1940); Jubilo (1919); Kiss of Death (1947); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lest We Forget (1937); Lord Jim (1925); Madame X (1920); Man of the Forest (1933); Mantrap (1926); Morocco (1930); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); Nevada Smith (1966); Niagara (1953); Night After Night (1932); Nob Hill (1945); North to Alaska (1960); Now and Forever (1934); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Human Bondage (1964); Open All Night (1924); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Prince Valiant (1954); Raid on Rommel (1971); Rawhide (1951); Redskin (1929); Roads of Destiny (1921); Seven Thieves (1960); Shoot Out (1971); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Sundown (1941); Sunset Pass (1933); Talking Film (1981); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Awakening (1928); The Black Rose (1950); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The House on 92nd Street (1945); The Last Round-Up (1934); The Last Safari (1967); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Love Doctor (1929); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Moviemakers (1985); The Racers (1955); The Real Glory (1939); The Rough Riders (1927); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Slim Princess (1920); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Storm Woman (1917); The Texan (1930); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Virginian (1929); The Way of All Flesh (1927); The Witching Hour (1934); The World and Its Woman (1919); To the Last Man (1933); True Grit (1969); Under the Tonto Rim (1933); Underworld (1927); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wolf Song (1929); Woman Obsessed (1959); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Born on this day – Randolph Scott:


Randolph Scott

Actor

Producer

January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987

Credits:

Ride the High Country (1962); Comanche Station (1960); Ride Lonesome (1959); Westbound (1958); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Decision at Sundown (1957); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); The Tall T (1957); 7th Cavalry (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); A Lawless Street (1955); Tall Man Riding (1955); Rage at Dawn (1955); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Riding Shotgun (1954); Thunder Over the Plains (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); Hangman's Knot (1952); Carson City (1952); Starlift (1951); Man in the Saddle (1951); Fort Worth (1951); Santa Fe (1951); Sugarfoot (1951); The Cariboo Trail (1950); Colt .45 (1950); The Nevadan (1950); Fighting Man of the Plains (1949); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Canadian Pacific (1949); The Walking Hills (1949); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Albuquerque (1948); Christmas Eve (1947); Gunfighters (1947); Trail Street (1947); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); Badman's Territory (1946); Abilene Town (1946); Captain Kidd (1945); China Sky (1945); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); The Desperadoes (1943); Bombardier (1943); Pittsburgh (1942); The Spoilers (1942); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Paris Calling (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Western Union (1941); When the Daltons Rode (1940); My Favorite Wife (1940); Virginia City (1940); 20,000 Men a Year (1939); Coast Guard (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Road to Reno (1938); The Texans (1938); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Go West Young Man (1936); The Last of the Mohicans (1936); And Sudden Death (1936); Follow the Fleet (1936); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); She (1935); Village Tale (1935); So Red the Rose (1935); Roberta (1935); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Home on the Range (1935); Wagon Wheels (1934); The Last Round-Up (1934); Broken Dreams (1933); To the Last Man (1933); Man of the Forest (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); Sunset Pass (1933); Supernatural (1933); The Thundering Herd (1933); Murders in the Zoo (1933); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Hot Saturday (1932); Heritage of the Desert (1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); Sky Bride (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Born Reckless (1930); Dynamite (1929); The Virginian (1929); Half Marriage (1929); Illusion (1929); Sailor's Holiday (1929); The Black Watch (1929); The Far Call (1929); Why Be Good? (1929); Weary River (1929); The Wolf of Wall Street (1929); Sharp Shooters (1928).

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Born on this day – Margaret Irving:


Margaret Irving

Actress

January 18, 1898 – March 5, 1988

Credits:

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); M Squad (1958); The People's Choice (1955–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Highway Patrol (1956); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); My Little Margie (1955); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); In Society (1944); Kentucky (1938); Sweethearts (1938); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Sh! The Octopus (1937); Under Suspicion (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); Four Days Wonder (1936); Follow Your Heart (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); San Francisco (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); Captain Calamity (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Exclusive Story (1936); Thanks a Million (1935); The Lady in Black (1935); A Peach of a Pair (1934); Sheer Luck (1931); Animal Crackers (1930); The Broadway Boob (1926); Radio-Mania (1923).

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Born on this day – Irene Dunne:


Irene Dunne

Actress

December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990

Credits:

Saints and Sinners (1962); General Electric Theater (1962); Insight (1962); Frontier Circus (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Christophers (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); It Grows on Trees (1952); The Mudlark (1950); Never a Dull Moment (1950); I Remember Mama (1948); Life with Father (1947); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Over 21 (1945); Together Again (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); Lady in a Jam (1942); Unfinished Business (1941); Penny Serenade (1941); My Favorite Wife (1940); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Love Affair (1939); Joy of Living (1938); The Awful Truth (1937); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); Show Boat (1936); Magnificent Obsession (1935); Roberta (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Stingaree (1934); This Man Is Mine (1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); No Other Woman (1933); Thirteen Women (1932); Back Street (1932); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Consolation Marriage (1931); The Great Lover (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Cimarron (1931); Leathernecking (1930).

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Born on this day – C. S. Lewis:


C. S. Lewis

Writer

November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963

Credits:

Out of the Silent Planet (1938); Perelandra (1944); That Hideous Strength / The Tortured Planet (1945); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950); Prince Caspian (1951); The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952); The Silver Chair (1953); The Horse and His Boy (1954); The Magician's Nephew (1955); The Last Battle (1956); A Book of Narnians (1950); Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe (1997); Edmund and the White Witch (1997); Aslan (1998); Aslan's Triumph (1998); Uncle Andrew's Troubles (1998); The Wood Between the Worlds (1999); The Pilgrim's Regress (1933); The Screwtape Letters (1942); The Great Divorce (1945); Till We Have Faces (1956); Screwtape Proposes A Toast (1965); Boxen (1985); The Problem of Pain (1940); Case for Christianity (1942); Mere Christianity (1943); The Abolition of Man (1943); Miracles (1947); Surprised by Joy (1955); Reflections on the Psalms (1958); The Four Loves (1960); A Grief Observed (1961); Christian Reflections (1967); The Joyful Christian (1977); Of This and Other Worlds (1982); The Business of Heaven (1984); From Narnia To Space Odyssey (written with Arthur C. Clarke) (2003); The Weight of Glory (2016); How to Be a Christian (2018); On Writing (2022); Spirits in Bondage (1919); Poems (1964); Narrative Poems (1969); The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set (1956); The Chronicles of Narnia Collector's Edition (2014); George MacDonald (1946); The Late Great Future (1976); Over the Rainbow (1983); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); Spellbound (1995); We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays & Memoirs (2001); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Mere Christians (2009); Called to Community (2016); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Finding the Kingdom: Discover a Faith that is Costly, Rich, Alive & True (2023).