Born on this day – Edna O'Brien:

Edna O'Brien

Writer

December 15, 1930 – July 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Treat (1982); A Fanatic Heart (1984); A Pagan Place (1970); A Scandalous Woman (1972); An Edna O'Brien Reader (1994); August Is a Wicked Month (1965); Byron In Love (2009); Casualties of Peace (1966); Collector's Choice (1978); Country Girl (2012); Down by the River (1996); Far from the Land (1989); Girl (2019); Girls in Their Married Bliss (1963); Haunted (2010); House of Splendid Isolation (1994); In the Forest (2002); Irish Revel (1998); James and Nora (1981); James Joyce (1999); Johnny I Hardly Knew You / aka I Hardly Knew You (1977); Joyce's Women (2022); Lantern Slides (1990); Mother Ireland (1976); Mrs. Reinhardt (1996); Mrs. Reinhardt and Other Stories / aka A Rose in the Heart (1978); Night (1972); On the Bone (1989); Paradise (2019); Poolside (2007); Returning (1982); Saints and Sinners (2011); Shovel Kings (2009); Some Irish Loving (1979); Tales for the Telling (1986); The Country Girls (1960); The Dazzle (1981); The High Road (1988); The Light of Evening (2006); The Little Red Chairs (2015); The Lonely Girl (1962); The Love Object (1968); The Love Object: A Story (2020); The Rescue (1983); Time and Tide (1992); Triptych (2005); Triptych and Iphigenia (2005); Vanishing Ireland (1990); Virginia (1985); Wild Decembers (1999); Zee and Co. (1971).

Movies and television:

28' (2013); À mi-mots (2003); Aquarius (1972–1976); Armchair Theatre (1965); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Festival (1965); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); Half Hour Story (1967–1968); Harty (1986); Hemingway (2021); Hyggekrogen (1969); Imagine (2014–2019); In Bed with Ulysses (2012); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017); Kulturplatz (2020); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2014); Love / Segment: Julia (1982); Love Story (1964–1965); Omnibus (2002); Pebble Mill at One (1982); Personal Choice (1970); Question Time (1979 / 2019); Read All About It (1974–1976); Review (1970); Sie hätten im Sommer kommen sollen (1972); Sunday AM (2012); That's All Right (1989); The Book Show (2009–2013); The Country Girls (1983); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Hard Way (1980); The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986); The Russell Harty Show (1981); The South Bank Show (1978); Then and Now (1973); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); Thursday Play Date (1975); Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2020); Tonite Let's All Make Love in London / Segment: Dollygirls (1967); When I Get to Heaven (1988); Wild Decembers (2009); Wogan (1985–1990); X, Y & Zee (1972).

Born on this day – Robert Prosky:

Robert Prosky

Actor

December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008

Born on this day – Chus Lampreave:

Chus Lampreave

Actress

December 11, 1930 – April 4, 2016

Born on this day – Jean-Louis Trintignant:

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Actor

December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022

Born on this day – Buck Henry:

Buck Henry

Actor

Writer

Director

December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020

Born on this day – Maximilian Schell:

Maximilian Schell

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

December 8, 1930 – February 1, 2014

Credits:

Les brigands (2015); Flores negras (2009); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Die Rosenkönigin (2007); Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (2007); Einstein - Superstar der Wissenschaft (2007); Der Fürst und das Mädchen (2003–2007); The Shell Seekers (2006); House of the Sleeping Beauties (2006); Die Alpenklinik (2006); Die Liebe eines Priesters (2005); The Return of the Dancing Master (2004); Coast to Coast (2003); Alles Glück dieser Erde (2003); Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (2002); Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (2002); Meine Schwester Maria (2002); Festival in Cannes (2001); The Song of the Lark (2001); Fisimatenten (2000); I Love You, Baby (2000); Joan of Arc (1999); Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... (1999); Deep Impact (1998); Vampires (1998); Left Luggage (1998); The Song of the Lark (1997); The Eighteenth Angel (1997); Telling Lies in America (1997); Biography (1997); Through Roses (1997); The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996); Little Odessa (1994); Abraham (1993); Candles in the Dark (1993); Justiz (1993); A Far Off Place (1993); Stalin (1992); Miss Rose White (1992); Labyrinth (1991); Young Catherine (1991); Wiseguy (1990); The Freshman (1990); The Rose Garden (1989); An American Place (1988); Laughter in the Dark (1986); Peter the Great (1986); The Assisi Underground (1985); Morgen in Alabama (1984); Marlene (1984); Les îles (1983); The Phantom of the Opera (1983); The Chosen (1981); Arch of Triumph (1980); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Black Hole (1979); Together? (1979); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979); Avalanche Express (1979); Players (1979); Julia (1977); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Cross of Iron (1977); St. Ives (1976); The Day That Shook the World (1975); End of the Game (1975); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Odessa File (1974); The Pedestrian (1973); Pope Joan (1972); Paulina 1880 (1972); Trotta (1971); First Love (1970); Simón Bolívar (1969); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); Heidi (1968); The Castle (1968); Counterpoint (1967); Beyond the Mountains (1967); The Deadly Affair (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Die venezianischen Zwillinge (1966); Return from the Ashes (1965); Der seidene Schuh (1965); Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (1964); Topkapi (1964); The Condemned of Altona (1962); The Reluctant Saint (1962); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Hamlet (1960); Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); The Fifth Column (1960); Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1959); Die sechste Frau (1959); Die Bernauerin (1958); Kinder der Berge (1958); The Young Lions (1958); Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein (1957); Taxichauffeur Bänz (1957); Ein Herz kehrt heim (1956); Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (1956); The Girl from Flanders (1956); Reifende Jugend (1955); The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955); Sons, Mothers and a General (1955).

Born on this day – Jean-Luc Godard:

Jean-Luc Godard

Director

Writer

December 3, 1930 – September 13, 2022

Born on this day – Natasha Parry:

Natasha Parry

Actress

December 2, 1930 – July 22, 2015

Recommended reading - Scarface (1930):

Scarface

by Armitage Trail.

Published by Must Have Books.

First published 1930.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1773237152

ISBN-13: 978-1773237152

Filmed as:

Scarface (1932), directed by Howard Hawks.

Scarface (1983), directed by Brian De Palma.

Description:

Scarface is the iconic fictionalization of one of history's most notorious gangsters, Al Capone. It follows Tony Guarino's harsh upbringing on the streets of Chicago, where a young man unwilling to contemplate a life of humble poverty hungers to reach the big time. Tony has grown up in a world where every gangster is a hero and every cop an enemy, so his path to power is paved with force and brutality. At only eighteen, Tony shoots dead gang boss Al Spingola, and this is just the beginning of his uncompromising journey into organized crime. He eventually becomes the most powerful and feared man in the Chicago underworld, luxuriating in a world of opulence, dames, and danger. But while Tony struggles to balance a life of violence with a code of honour, Scarface ultimately proves an ancient maxim - the fate of those who live by the sword.

Scarface was first published in 1930, and remains one of the most potent evocations of the origins of American gangster culture ever committed to print, and an ever-green work of cult fiction.

Born on this day – John Alcott:

John Alcott

Cinematographer

November 27, 1930 – July 28, 1986

John Alcott, with Stanley Kubrick and Shelley Duvall, on the set of The Shining (1980).

Credits:

No Way Out (1987); White Water Summer (1987); Miracles (1986); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Under Fire (1983); Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983); The Beastmaster (1982); Vice Squad (1982); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Terror Train (1980); The Shining (1980); Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora (1980); Fiat Strada: Figaro (1979); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); The Disappearance (1977); March or Die (1977); Barry Lyndon (1975); Overlord (1975); Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974); A Clockwork Orange (1971); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Othello (1965); Tamahine (1963); The Main Attraction (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); An heiligen Wassern (1960); North West Frontier (1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Checkpoint (1956); Tiger in the Smoke (1956); A Town Like Alice (1956); An Alligator Named Daisy (1955); Value for Money (1955); Simba (1955); Land of Fury (1954); Man with a Million (1954); Desperate Moment (1953); The Long Memory (1953); The Assassin (1952); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Easy Money (1948).

Born on this day – Richard Davalos:

Richard Davalos

Actor

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Born on this day – Kate Reid:

Kate Reid

Actress

November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993

On this day in movie history - The Doorway to Hell (1930):

The Doorway to Hell

directed by Archie Mayo,

written by George Rosener,

based on the story A Handful of Clouds by Rowland Brown,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1930.
Music by Erno Rapee and Louis Silvers.

Cast:

Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney, Robert Elliott, James Cagney, Kenneth Thomson, Jerry Mandy, Noel Madison, Eddie Kane, Tom Wilson, Dwight Frye.

Recommended reading - The Maltese Falcon (1930):

The Maltese Falcon

By Dashiell Hammett.

Introduction by Richard Russo.

First published 1930.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679722645

ISBN-13: 978-0679722649

Description:

“Hammett … wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.” – Raymond Chandler.

Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance – a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.

“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – James Olson:

James Olson

Actor

October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022

Born on this day – Cosetta Greco:

Cosetta Greco

Actress

October 8, 1930 – July 14, 2002

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Canne al vento (1958); Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952); Cavalcade of Song (1953); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); Cronache del '22 / Segment: Spedizione punitive (1961); Dossier Mata Hari (1967); Foglio di via (1954); Four Ways Out (1951); Gli eroi della domenica (1952); I pappagalli (1955); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952); Il romanzo di un maestro (1959); Il viale della speranza (1953); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Je suis un sentimental (1955); La nemica (1952); La sposa non può attendere (1949); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Musoduro (1953); Napoleon (1955); Napoleone (1951); Plagio (1969); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Scampolo 53 (1953); Sheriff of Rock Springs (1971); Terroristi a Madrid (1955); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); Three Girls from Rome (1952); Voice of Silence (1953); Wild Love (1956).

Born on this day – Richard T. Heffron:

Richard T. Heffron

Director

October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007

Born on this day – Stanley Myers:

Stanley Myers

Composer

October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993

Born on this day – Richard Harris:

Richard Harris

Actor

Singer

October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002