Recommended reading - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938):

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

aka The Smell of Murder

By S.S. Van Dine.

Filmed as The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), directed by Alfred E. Green.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1938.

ISBN-10: 1631942069

ISBN-13: 9781631942068

Description:

“Mr. Van Dine’s amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature.”

– Chicago Daily Tribune.

Gracie Allen breaks the Philo Phormula in a number of ways. First is its title: this is the only book in the series to modify “Murder Case” with more than one word, much less with the name of a character. And then there’s that character: Gracie Allen was a very real, much-loved comedienne in the 1930s, famous for her double act with George Burns, and in fact the plot revolves around her. Gracie’s centrality is no accident: Van Dine wrote the story as a vehicle for Allen, and actually created the novel only after the film had come out. So, do all these departures pay off? We’d be lying if we said that Gracie hits every single mark, but Van Dine does a surprisingly entertaining job of translating Ms. Allen’s delicious Ditzy Blonde persona to the page, and she makes a charming foil for Philo’s evergreen erudition.

Born on this day – Michel Ciment:

Michel Ciment

Writer

May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Boorman: A Visionary in its time (1985); Film World / anthology of interviews (2009); Fritz Lang: Murder and the Law (2003); Kazan by Kazan (1973); Kubrick: The Definitive Edition (2001); Crime on Screen: A History of America (1992); The Rosi Dossier (1976); The Book of Losey (1979); Passport to Hollywood: interviews with Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski, Forman & Wenders (1992); Little Cinematic Planet (2003); Stanley Kubrick (1980); Theo Angelopoulos (1989).

Movies and television:

At contre-temps (2009); À voix nue: major interviews of yesterday and today (2011); Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003); About the Salesman (2018); Alan Corneau, from Black to Blue (2006); All About Mankiewicz (1983); Allemaal film (2007); Apostrophes (1985); Bouillon de culture (1993); Café Picouly (2011); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Tonight (or never!); (2007); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Movie lovers of Our Time (2012); Crítico (2008); In the Ears of Alain Resnais (2020); Right of reply: the spirit of contradiction (1982); Elia Kazan as An Outsider (1982); Artists' Proofs (2004); Exposed (1983); Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' (2003); Francesco Rosi: Chronicle of an Advertised Film (1986); Big Screen (1974); Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004); Il cinema ritrovato: istruzioni per l'uso (2004); Once upon a time... (2011 / 2021); I love you... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004); Jerry Schatzberg, landscape portrait (2022); Jo the Magnificent (2005); King Social Briars / The Media Show (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); The Spielberg Adventure (2003); The Midnight Circle (1994–1997); The Ghost of Henri Langlois (2004); The Mask and the Feather (1976); The Nights of France Culture (2017–2023); The Guest of FR3 (1981); Lumière and Company (1995); Macadam Popcorn (2017); Metropolis (1996); Michel Ciment, sharing cinema (2010); Our Italians, from Magnani to Muti (2022); O Homem that Matou John Wayne (2015); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Positif, a review (2003); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Exit 2017 (2017); Special Cinema (1987); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Trace of the Bears (2010); One American named Kazan (2018); Von (2008); Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake (1978).

Born on this day – Susan Strasberg:

Susan Strasberg

Actress

May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999

Credits:

1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); ...and Millions Die! (1973); Armchair Theatre (1958); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Baffle (1973); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Believe (1996); Biography (1996); Bloody Birthday (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bonanza (1968); Breaking Point (1964); Bronk (1975); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Butterfly Island (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Candid Camera (1963); CBS Playhouse (1969); Chubasco (1968); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Compression (2023); Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destiny, West! (1960); Dinah! (1980); Dinah's Place (1974); Disorder (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Front Page Challenge (1979); General Electric Theater (1955); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl in My Life (1973–1974); Girl Talk (1963–1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Harry O (1976); Hauser's Memory (1970); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Hot Shots (1986); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1990); Hour Magazine (1980); Il giardino dei ciliegi (1992); In Praise of Older Women (1978); Inèdits (2023); Kapo (1960); Kate McShane (1975); Kraft Theatre (1954); Lancer (1968); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Love, Marilyn (2012); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death (1994); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn, Misunderstood (2021); Mazes and Monsters (1982); McCloud (1970–1971); McGuire, Go Home! (1965); McMillan & Wife (1974); Medical Center (1971–1976); Medical Story (1975); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Sister, My Love (1969); Mystery at Malibu (1975); Night Gallery / Midnight Never Ends (1971–1973); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Omnibus / Ballet Girl / The Duchess and the Smugs (1954–1956); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972–1974); Password (1962–1963); Person to Person (1956); Petrocelli (1975); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1959); Police Surgeon (1974); Premiere (1968); Prime Suspect (1989); Psych-Out (1968); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Remington Steele (1986); Rollercoaster (1977); Run for Your Life (1965); Sammy Somebody (1971); Schweitzer (1990); Scream of Fear (1961); So Evil, My Sister (1974); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stage Struck (1958); Star's Table (1986); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ternos Caçadores (1969); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Brotherhood (1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1976); The Cobweb (1955); The Dating Game (1968); The Delta Force (1986); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Evil Touch (1973); The F.B.I. (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1982); The Manitou (1978); The Marriage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1974); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Returning (1983); The Rockford Files (1974–1976); The Rogues (1964); The Runnin' Kind (1989); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Stronger (1976); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1980); The Trip (1967); The Virginian (1966–1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Toma (1973–1974); Tre soldi e la donna di classe (1977); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

On this day in movie history - Mystery House (1938):

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.
Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Party (1938):

The Devil’s Party

directed by Ray McCarey,

written by Roy Chanslor, Charles Grayson and A. Dorian Otvos,

based on the novel Hell’s Kitchen Has a Pantry by Borden Chase,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1938.
Music by Charles Previn.

Cast:

Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Scotty Beckett, Stanley Blystone, Tommy Bupp, Neal Burns, Howard Christie, Drew Demorest, George DeNormand, Mike Donovan, Bill Elliott, Allen Fox, Otto Fries, Jack Gardner, Edward Gargan, Eddie Hall, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Robert Homans, Hugh Huntley, Dickie Jones, Harvey Karels, Jack Kenney, Carl Knowles, Mike Lally, Larry McGrath, Charles McMurphy, Charles Murphy, Spec O'Donnell, David Oliver, Lee Phelps, Juanita Quigley, Fred Rapport, Mickey Rentschler, Jolane Reynolds, Addison Richards, Dick Rush, Tiny Sandford, Ralph Sanford, Charles Sherlock, Charles Sullivan, William Tannen, Charles Teske, Jerry Tucker, Minerva Urecal, Beryl Wallace, Norman Willis, Si Wills, Florence Wix, Arthur Yeoman.

Born on this day – Ruth Landers:

Ruth Landers

Producer

Actress

Writer

May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

California Casanova (1991); Circus Camp (2006); Club Fed (1990); Deadly Closure (2010); Deadly Twins (1985); Doing Dallas (2000); Ghost Writer (1989); Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990); Na sowas! (1983); RTL Boulevard (2011); The Damon Charles Total Rehydration System (1991); The Huggabug Club (1995–1997).

Born on this day – Mireille Darc:

Mireille Darc

Actress

Director

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Born on this day – Madge Sinclair:

Madge Sinclair

Actress

April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995

Credits:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); A Century of Women (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978–1984); All Star Blitz (1985); Almos' a Man (1976); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Coming to America (1988); Conrack (1974); Convoy (1978); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Divided We Stand (1988); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Dream On (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Executive Suite (1976); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978–1979); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); High Ice (1980); Homeroom (1989); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love You... Good-bye (1974); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Jimmy B. & André (1980); Joe Forrester (1975); Johnny Staccato (1989); Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992); L.A. Law (1992); Leadbelly (1976); Look Away (1987); Madigan (1972); Mathnet (1987); Me and the Boys (1994–1995); Medical Center (1974); Medical Story (1975); Midnight Caller (1989); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Ohara (1987); One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Queen (1993); Roots (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Roseanne (1989); Serpico (1976); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Starman (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Lion King (1994); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Orchid House (1991); The Steve Harvey Show (1996–1997); The Waltons (1974); The White Shadow (1979); The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972); Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Victims (1982); Walkin' Walter (1977).

On this day in movie history - Law of the Underworld (1938):

Law of the Underworld

directed by Lew Landers,

written by Bert Granet and Edmund L. Hartmann,

based on the story The Lost Game and the play Crime by John B. Hymer and Samuel Shipman,

was released in the United States on April 27, 1938.

Music by Nathaniel Shilkret and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Abel, Richard Bond, Lee Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Frank M. Thomas, Eddie Acuff, Vinton Hayworth, Jack Carson, Paul Stanton, Joseph E. Bernard, Stanley Blystone, Richard Cramer, Bud Geary, Chuck Hamilton, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Lake, Richard Parker, George Shelley, Wyndham Standing, Larry Steers, Anthony Warde, Bryant Washburn.

Born on this day – Lois Jewell:

Lois Jewell

Actress

April 22, 1938 – December 20, 2014

Credits:

Star Trek (1968); The Flying Nun (1967).

Born on this day – Reni Santoni:

Reni Santoni

Actor

April 21, 1938 – August 1, 2020

Born on this day – Johnny Tillotson:

Johnny Tillotson

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

April 20, 1938 – April 1, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 All-time Greatest Hits (2001); Afternoon Party (2014); All His Early Hits - And More!!! (1990); Color Blocking (2014); Country Classics (1962); Dreamy Eyes (2017); Earth Angel (2022); Greatest Hits (1988); Here I Am (2019); I Fall To Pieces (2016); In Italiano (2023); It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' (1962); Johnny Tillotson (1972); Johnny Tillotson Live From Church Street Station (2017, EP); Johnny Tillotson on Broadway (2018); Johnny Tillotson Sings (1965); Johnny Tillotson Sings Love Songs and Standards (2003); Johnny Tillotson: The Early Years (2003); Johnny Tillotson's Best (1961); No Love at All (1966); Poetry in Motion (2013); Raining In My Heart (2011); Scrapbook (1984); She Understands Me (1965); Sings (1966); Take a Coffee Break (2014); Talk Back Trembling Lips (1963); Talk Back Trembling Lips / The Tillotson Touch (1991); Tears on My Pillow (1969); Teatime With (2014); Teen Idol Best (2011); Ten songs for you (2018); That's My Style (1965); The Best of Johnny Tillotson (1968); The Christmas Touch (1966); The Complete Releases 1958-62 (2018); The Golden Recordings (2007); The Outtakes (2011); The Pillow & Other Successes (2020); The Tillotson Touch (1964); The Very Best Of (2015); Travelin' on Foreign Grounds (2014); Why Do I Love You So (1962); Without You (2008); Words & Music (1959); You Can Never Stop Me Lovin' You (2018 / 1962); You're the Reason: The Best of the MGM Years (1996).

Songs:

Angel; Back in Love with You; Burnin'; Cling to Me; Dreamy Eyes; Earth Angel; Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands; Heartaches by the Number; I Rise, I Fall; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'm Watching My Watch; Island of Dreams; Jimmy's Girl; More Than Before; My Gidget; Our World; Out of My Mind; Pledging My Love; Poetry in Motion; Princess, Princess; Send Me the Pillow You Dream On; Tears on My Pillow; That's What You Do to Me; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Things; True True Happiness; Well I'm Your Man; Why Do I Love You So; Without You; Worried Guy; Worry; You Can Never Stop Me Loving You.

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); American Bandstand (1958–1971); American Masters (2012); Bandstand (1962); Big Beat (1960); Call the Midwife (2016); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Day Break (2006); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); England Is Mine (2017); Fanfare (1965); Festival di Sanremo (1965); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Get It Together (1970); Gidget (1965–1966); Girls (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Bubblegum (1981); Hylands hörna (1962); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Juke Box Jury (1963–1965); Just for Fun (1963); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Mad Men (2015); Music City USA (1967); Namida kun sayonara (1966); New Dimensions (2025); Now! (1966); On Strike for Christmas (2010); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Rock & Chips (2010); Rock and Roll at Fifty (2003); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Seventh Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1971); Sha Na Na (1978); Shindig! (1965); Shivaree (1965); Swingin' Country (1966); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1962–1965); That'll Be the Day (1973); The Bob Braun Show (1968–1972); The Call of the Wild (1976); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1967); The David Frost Show (1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Clark Show (1959–1960); The Fat Spy (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Midnight Special (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1976); Tough Enough (1983); Tunnel Vision (1995); Upbeat (1965); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Why Women Kill (2019).

Born on this day – Arthur B. Rubinstein:

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Composer

March 31, 1938 – April 23, 2018

Credits:

60 Minutes / Rubinstein (1975); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Addie and the King of Hearts (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Amazing Stories (1985); Another Stakeout (1993); Aunt Mary (1979); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Beat the Clock (1979); Biography (1987); Blue Thunder (1983); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Bulba (1981); Caught in the Act (1993); Chinese Puzzle (2013); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); Dead Man's Island (1996); Deal of the Century (1983); Defense Play (1988); Demolition (2015); Doing Life (1986); Double Jeopardy (1996); Doubletake (1985); Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992); Eastwood on Eastwood (1997); Face Value (2001); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1978); Fatal Friendship (1991); Floating Away (1998); Flying High (1978–1979); Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989); reat Performances (1974–1975); Gridlock (1980); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994); Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Harvey (1972); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impromptu (2013); Incident at Crestridge (1981); Indiscreet (1988); Inherit the Wind (1988); Internal Affairs (1988); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994); Johnny Staccato (1989); Las noches de Tefía (2023); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Le gendarme de Abobo (2019); Les audacieux (1993); Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Lost in America (1985); Love Among Thieves (1987); Murder Among Friends (1985); Murder in Black and White (1990); Murder in Space (1985); Murder Times Seven (1990); Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990); Nick of Time (1995); Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988); Not Just Another Affair (1982); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980); Portrait of a Stripper (1979); Pride (2014); Radio Days (1987); Return Engagement (1978); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Sawyer and Finn (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1986); Secrets (1992); Sherlock Holmes (1981); Shirley (1979); Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000); Sins of the Past (1984); Skeezer (1982); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Small World (1958); Stakeout (1987); Superintelligence (2020); Taxi!! (1978); The Best of Times (1986); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Cartier Affair (1984); The David Frost Show (1970); The Death of Maranzano (2013); The Easter Promise (1975); The Great Bank Hoax (1977); The Great Ships (1996–1999); The Hard Way (1991); The Heist (1989); The Hollywood Detective (1989); The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972); The Last Debate (2000); The Love Boat (1977–1978); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Parade (1984); The Phoenix (1981–1982); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Price (1971); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Princess Stallion (1997); The Red Hand Gang (1977); The Ruby Ring (1997); The Simpsons (1990); The Spanish Apartment (2002); The Special: Building Blue Thunder (2006); The Starlost (1974); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973); The Wizard (1986–1987); Tiny Toon Adventures (1990); Unconquered (1989); WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981); You Can't Take It with You (1979).

Born on this day – Katherine Woodville:

Katherine Woodville

Actress

March 12, 1938 – June 5, 2013

Credits:

A Chance of Thunder (1961); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960); Black Gunn (1972); Boyd Q.C. (1960–1961); Clue of the New Pin (1961); Days of Our Lives (1977); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellery Queen (1976); Extreme Close-Up (1973); Fear No Evil (1969); Gemini Man (1976); Ghost Squad (1964); Gibbsville (1976); Harry O (1974); Inside Story (1960); Intertect (1973); It Takes a Thief (1968–1970); ITV Play of the Week (1961); Keefer (1978); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kung Fu (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1978); Mannix (1968–1971); Mission: Impossible (1968); No Hiding Place (1961–1965); Posse (1975); Salvage 1 (1979); Secret Agent (1964); Sergeant Cork (1964); Sir Francis Drake (1962); Star Trek / episode entitled: For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, originally aired November 8 (1968); The Aquarians (1970); The Avengers (1961–1962); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Brigand of Kandahar (1965); The Crooked Road (1965); The Debbie Reynolds Show (1970); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1961); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); The Healers (1974); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); The Outsider (1968); The Party's Over (1965); The Psychiatrist (1971); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Rockford Files (1975–1976); The Saint (1964); The Spies (1966); The Third Man (1962); The Virginian (1970); The Wednesday Play (1964); Underworld Informers (1963); Where's Willie? (1978); Widow (1976); Wonder Woman (1979); Young and Willing (1962); Z Cars (1964).

Born on this day – Venetia Stevenson:

Venetia Stevenson

Actress

March 10, 1938 – September 26, 2022

Credits:

Servants of Twilight (1991); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Born American (1986); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Southern Comfort (1981); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); Studs Lonigan (1960); Seven Ways from Sundown (1960); The City of the Dead (1960); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Big Night (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Third Man (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Island of Lost Women (1959); Lawman (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Sugarfoot (1957–1958); Violent Road (1958); Colt .45 (1958); Darby's Rangers (1958); Cheyenne (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957); Cavalcade of America (1954).

Recommended reading - Missouri Legend, by E.B. Ginty (1938):

Missouri Legend

A Comedy in Three Acts
Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)
ASIN: B00085V4NE
Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.

Description:

Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.

Born on this day – Richard Compton:

Richard Compton

Writer

Director

Producer

March 2, 1938 – August 11, 2007

Credits:

Angels Die Hard (1970); Assault in Paradise (1977); Babylon 5 (1993–1994); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Bury Me an Angel (1971); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Charmed (1998–1999); Deadman's Curve (1978); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Diamond Stud (1970); Dr. Sex (1964); Get Christie Love! (1974); Get Real (1999–2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawkeye (1994); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home for the Holidays (2005); Home Improvement (1996); Hotel (1985); House of Zodiac (1969); Houston Knights (1987); JAG (2002–2005); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); L.A. Law (1990–1992); Like Mother Like Daughter (1969); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Macon County Line (1974); Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000); Miami Vice (1987–1989); Otherworld (1985); Over My Dead Body (1990); Peacemakers (2003); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997); Players (1998); Pointman (1995); Profiler (1999–2000); Ravagers (1979); Return to Macon County (1975); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Sliders (1996–1999); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Street Hawk (1985); Super Force (1990–1991); T.J. Hooker (1985); The Burning Zone (1996–1997); The California Kid (1974); The Commish (1995); The District (2000); The Division (2001); The Equalizer (1985–1988); The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (2000); The Gun Runner (1969); The Keys (1992); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Sentinel (1998); The X-Files (2000–2001); The Young Riders (1991); Under Cover (1991); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Times (1980).

Born on this day – Paul Morrissey:

Paul Morrissey

Director

Writer

Cinematographer

February 23, 1938 – October 28, 2024

Paul Morrissey (left), with Andy Warhol (right).

Credits:

A Letter to True (2004); A Look on the Wild Side (2002); A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007); About Face (1964); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); All Aboard the Dreamland Choo-Choo (1964); American Masters (2006); Andy Makes a Movie (1968); Andy Warhol (1972 / 1987); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008); Arena (1993); Beautiful Darling (2010); Beethoven's Nephew (1985); Bike Boy (1967); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blue Movie (1969); Chambre 666 (1982); Chelsea Girls (1966); Danny Says (2015); Diane the Zebra Woman (1962); Divine Trash (1998); Excavating Taylor Mead (2005); Factory Days: Paul Morrissey Remembers the Sixties (2006); Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000); Flesh (1968); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Forty Deuce (1982); Heat (1972); Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me (2019); Hyper show (2002); I a Man (1967); I Miss Sonia Henie (1971); Imagine (2006); International Velvet Superstar (1994); Jonas in the Desert (1994); L'Amour (1972); Like Sleep (1965); Little Joe (2009); Lonesome Cowboys (1968); Madame Wang's (1981); Man Outside (1965); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Mixed Blood (1984); My Hustler (1965); New Old (1979); Nico Icon (1995); Notes on Marie Menken (2006); Paperback (1977); Paul Morrissey, in the Flesh (2008); Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk (2002); Peaches and Cream (1964); Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000); Psycho Cop (1989); Raw Paul Morrissey Q&A Footage from Chiller Theatre, October 27, 2012 / Video (2021); Resident Alien (1990); Rich and Famous (1981); San Diego Surf (1968); Screen Test #1 (1965); Screen Test #2 (1965); Screen Test #3 (1966); Screen Test #4 (1966); Sleep in a Nest of Flames (2001); Sonic Cinema (2000–2003); Spike of Bensonhurst (1988); Superartist (1967); Superstar in a Housedress (2004); Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990); Tarnation (2003); That Summer (2017); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Andy Warhol Story (1967); The Armchair Hacker (1985); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978); The Loves of Ondine (1968); The Making of Sonia Henie (2009); The New Cinema (1984); The South Bank Show (1978); The Velvet Underground (2021); The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966); Trash (1970); Trash / News from Nowhere (2010); Uptight #3 - David Susskind (1966); Veruschka - Die Inszenierung (m)eines Körpers (2005); Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage (2016); Warhol (1973); Women in Revolt (1971); X-Rated (2004).

Recommended reading - The Devil Thumbs a Ride, by Robert C. Du Soe (1938):

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

By Robert C. Du Soe.

First published 1938.

Published by Avon Books

ASIN: B00730V9GY

Description:

Screenwriter Du Soe's only novel, about an innocuous fellar name of Steve who gets in a car with the simple, corpulent Furgison. The pair pick up a couple of girls, and only after the bodies pile up does Furgison start to wonder who it is he's riding along with.

Born on this day – Oliver Reed:

Oliver Reed

Actor

February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999