Born on this day – Richard Lewis:

Richard Lewis

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 1989 MTV Video Music Awards (1989); 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (1990); 25 Things You Didn't Know About Curb Your Enthusiasm (2010); 5th Annual Prism Awards (2001); 7th Heaven (2002–2004); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Weekend in the Country (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alias (2003); All About Anything But Love (2007); American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992); American Masters (1996–2013); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An American Saturday Night (1991); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anything But Love (1989–1992); BelzerVizion (2007); Biography (1995–2012); Blunt Talk (2015); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bucky and the Squirrels (2015); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Profile (1998); Charlie Rose (2015); Christmas Magic (2019); Code Black (2016); Comedy Club Superstars (1996); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Comic Relief III (1989); Comic Relief IV (1990); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VII (1995); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024); Curb: The Discussion (2010); Daddy Dearest (1993); Dennis Miller Live (1995); Diary of a Young Comic (1979); Dinner for Five (2003–2004); Dom Irrera Live (2013); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1997); Drunks (1995); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2005); Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021); Everybody Hates Chris (2006); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International (1992); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Game Day (1999); Gangsta Waitress (2014); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Lopez (2005); Get Serious (1995); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Harry (1987); HBO Comedy Hour (1987); Hercules (1999); Heroes of Jewish Comedy (2003); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Even Further (2006); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: So Far (2006); Hollywood Squares (2000–2002); House Calls (1981); House of a Lifetime: Richard Lewis (2014); Howard Stern in Howard Stern (1994–2001); Howard Stern on Demand (2006–2008); Hugo Pool (1997); Inside Comedy (2014); A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2017); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Las Vegas (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special (1988); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Lewis on Film: The Oscar Edition (2011); Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–1999); Looking for Lenny (2011); Mad TV (2000); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mantle (2005); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mike & Mike (2015); Misery Loves Comedy (2015); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mtv Spring Break '86 (1986); Never Not Funny (2006); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); PlanetE! Entertainment Network (2017); Politically Incorrect (1997); Pound Puppies (2011); Presidio Med (2002); Richard Lewis & Keven Nealons Top 10 Picks (1997); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour (1996); Riptide (1986); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rock Concert (1975–1976); Rude Awakening (1997–1998); Sandy Wexler (2017); Showbiz Today (1994); Snickers Commercial (2014); Sunset Strip (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tattinger's (1988); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); Temporary Insanity (1985); That's Adequate (1989); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual Young Comedians Special (1991); The 416th (1979); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The A-List (1992); The Aristocrats (2005); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2004); The Cleaner (2009); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Buzz (2005); The Daily Show (1996–2015); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Dead Zone (2004); The Dick Cavett Show (1990); The Drug Years (2006); The Elevator (1996); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2011); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978); The Howard Stern Interview (1993); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Party (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008–2011); The Maze (1997); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Morning Program (1987); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The One, the Only... Groucho (1991); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (2006); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2001); The View (2005–2013); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); The Wrong Guys (1988); 'Til Death (2009–2010); Today (1979); Tribeca (1993); Two and a Half Men (2004); Unite for Japan (2011); V.I.P. (1999); Vamps (2012); Wagons East (1994); WGN Morning News (2017–2018); What About... with Danny Nucci & Jason M. Burns (2023); When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004); WTF with Marc Maron (2011–2015).

Books:

The Other Great Depression (2000); Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide on How Not to Live (2015).

Born on this day – Mark Withers:

Mark Withers

Actor

June 25, 1947 – November 22, 2024

Credits:

A Final Gift (2012); Alex: The Life of a Child (1986); Basic Training (1985); Best of the West (1981); Bolden (2019); California Fever (1979); Castle (2013); Citizen X (2002); Criminal Minds (2011); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986–1987); Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981); Divorce Court (1986); Drop Dead Diva (2013); Dynasty (1981); Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar (2006); Frasier (2001); Hart to Hart (1982); Her Life as a Man (1984); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham (2018); Hotel (1986); How the West Was Won (1978); Hunter (1986); In Development (2013); It's Your Move (1985); Kaz (1978–1979); L.A. Law (1987); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Matlock (1989); McNamara's Band (1977); Reckless (2014); Remington Steele (1985); Ruby & Martin (2012); Santa Barbara (1985); Sense8 (2017–2018); She Spies (2003); Something About Amelia (1984); Southern Man (1998); Stranger Things (2016); The Creatress (2019); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982); The Greatest American Hero (1981); The Hugga Bunch (1985); The King of Queens (2002); The New Gidget (1987); The Phoenix Incident (2015); The Ultimate Life (2013); The Wizard (1987); Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1981); Trauma Center (1983); True Blood (2013); Turn Around Jake (2014); Wild and Wooly (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Work from Home (2014).

Born on this day – Octavia E. Butler:

Octavia E. Butler

Writer

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000); A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (2024); Adulthood Rites (1988); After the Rain (2021); Black Panther: Long Live the King (2018); Bloodchild (1984); Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995); Chrysalis 4 (1979); Clay's Ark (1984); Comic Arts Against Erasure (2022); Crucified Dreams (2011); Dawn (1987); Fledgling (2005); Imago (1989); Invaders! (1993); Kindred (1979 / 2017); Marvel-Verse: Shuri (2022); Mind of My Mind (1977); Nebula Awards 35 (2001); Parable of the Sower (1993 / 2020); Parable of the Talents (1998); Patternmaster (1976); Shuri, Vol. 2 (2019); Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020); Sisters of the Revolution (2015); Survivor (1978); The Hole (2008); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985); Unexpected Stories (2014); Wakanda Forever (2018); Wild Seed (1980).

Movies and television:

Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Charlie Rose (2000); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Closer to Truth (2000); Kindred (2022); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Self-Potrait (2022); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The Last Angel of History (1996); The Space Race (2023).

Born on this day – Albert Innaurato:

Albert Innaurato

Writer

Director

June 2, 1947 – September 24, 2017

Credits:

Gemini (1982); Great Performances (1978); Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); he Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989–1990); Trying Times (1989); Verna: USO Girl (1978).

Born on this day – Chris Moore:

Chris Moore

Illustrator

June 1, 1947 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Dream Makers (1988); Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore (2000); Parallel Lines (1980).

On this day in movie history - Framed (1947):

Framed

directed by Richard Wallace,

written by Ben Maddow,

based on a story by John Patrick,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1947.
Music by Marlin Skiles.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin, Jack Baxley, Eugene Borden, Al Bridge, Paul E. Burns, Charles Cane, David Fresco, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Fred Graff, Robert Kellard, Philip Kieffer, Kenneth MacDonald, Cy Malis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Gene Roth, Mabel Smaney, Art Smith, Harry Strang, William Stubbs, Sid Tomack, Michael Towne, Lillian Wells, Cecil Weston, Crane Whitley, Mel Wixon, Barbara Wooddell.

Recommended reading - In a Lonely Place, by Dorothy B. Hughes (1947):

In a Lonely Place

By Dorothy B. Hughes.

Filmed as In a Lonely Place (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray.

Published by NYRB Classics.

First published 1947.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1681371472

ISBN-13: 978-1681371474

Description:

Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night – bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out – seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who’s been terrorizing the women of the city for months...

Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.

Born on this day – Anne Wiazemsky:

Anne Wiazemsky

Actress

Writer

May 14, 1947 – October 5, 2017

Credits:

1 P.M. (1971); 28' (2012); 30 million friends (1992); All's Well (1972); Apostrophes (1989); Au hasard Balthazar (1966); Bouillon de culture (1992–1996); Capricci (1969); Compression (2015–2024); Couleur flesh (1978); Midnight Words (2012); Two of the Wave (2010); Die Auslieferung (1974) Don Juan (1978); Fingerprints (2007–2010); Free Spirits (2007); George who? (1973); Godard Cinema (2022); Godard Mon Amour (2017); Godard by Godard (2023); Frogs (1983); Civil Wars in France / The Bloody Week (1978); Noisy History of Youth (2020); Never Without My Book (1993); My name is Elisabeth (2006); Joyce digital (1984); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La grande librairie (2012–2017); The Passion (1978); The Bloody Week (1976); The truth about the imaginary passion of a stranger (1974); Lamiel (1967); The Studio (1974); The Great Departure (1972); The great Inquisitor (1979); The Patron (1983); The Frontenac Mystery (1975); Black bread (1974–1975); The Testament of a Murdered Jewish Poet (1987); The imprint of the Giants (1980); The Secret Child (1979); Angels 1943, Story of a Film (2004); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Ideas and Men (1976); Old Moons (1969); L'examen du petit (1969); Leningrad Hospital (1983); L'inchiesta (1971); Lotte in Italia (1971); Mag Bodard, un destin (2005); Marine terrace (1988); Same Les mômes ont du vague à l'âme (1980); My Heart Is Red (1976); One + One (1968); Pigsty (1969); Portrait of a young girl from the late 60s to Brussels (1994); For Pleasure (1966); Who kisses too much... (1986); Raphaël or the Debauchee (1971); Rendez-vous (1985); Return from Africa (1973); She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985); Be beautiful and shut up! (1981); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Teorema (1968); The Chinese (1967); The Last Train (1973); The Seed of Man (1969); All These Beautiful Promises (2003); A legend, a life (1974); Foreign City (1988); Voices (2006); Night Flight (2004–2007); Weekend (1967); Wind from the East (1970).

On this day in movie history - Born to Kill (1947):

Born to Kill

aka Lady of Deceit and Deadlier Than the Male,

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the novel Deadlier Than the Male by James Gunn,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Isabel Jewell, Esther Howard, Kathryn Card, Tony Barrett, Grandon Rhodes, Demetrius Alexis, Symona Boniface, Ruth Brennan, George Bruggeman, James Carlisle, Ellen Corby, Sayre Dearing, Joe Dixon, Neal Dodd, Jean Fenwick, George Ford, Lee Frederick, Ben Frommer, Harry Harvey, Martha Hyer, Perc Launders, Sam Lufkin, Wilbur Mack, Beatrice Maude, Russell Meeker, Al Murphy, Tommy Noonan, Netta Packer, Jason Robards Sr., Romeo (the dog), Paul Russell, Scott Seaton, Sammy Shack, Stanley Stone, Phil Warren, Napoleon Whiting.

Born on this day – Warren Clarke:

Warren Clarke

Actor

April 26, 1947 – November 12, 2014

Credits:

A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Respectable Trade (1998); All Creatures Great and Small (1990); All Good Things (1991); All in the Game (1993); Angels (1992); Antony and Cleopatra (1972); Armchair Theatre (1973); Arthur's Dyke (2001); Bad Blood (2013); BBC Play of the Month (1977); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Bergerac (1981–1985); Big Deal (1984); Blackadder the Third (1987); Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988); Bleak House (2005); Blow Dry (2001); Boon (1986–1991); Call the Midwife (2013); Callan (1970); Chelmsford 123 (1990); Christmas at the Riviera (2007); Chuggington (2008–2013); Clint Eastwood: Director (1982); Comic Relief (1988); Conjugal Rites (1993); Coronation Street (1965–1968); Crossroads (1966–1968); Crown Court (1973–1982); Crusoe (1988); Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007); De flyvende djævle (1985); Down to Earth (2000–2003); Empire of the Censors (1995); Enigma (1982); Firefox (1982); From a Far Country (1981); Giving Tongue (1996); GMTV (2004); Gone to Seed (1992); Gone to the Dogs (1991); Greenfingers (2000); Greenhill Pals (1975); Gulag (1985); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hands of a Murderer (1990); Hawk the Slayer (1980); Heartland (1979); History of The World (2011–2012); Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985); How's Your Father? (1975); I.D. (1995); Il était une fois... (2011); In the Red (1998); In with the Flynns (2011–2012); Inheritance (1967); Inside Edge (1992); Inspector George Gently (2010); Inspector Lewis (2010); Ishtar (1987); It Shouldn't Happen to a TV Actor (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1966); ITV Playhouse (1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); Joseph (1995); Just William (2010); Lassiter (1984); Live from Pebble Mill (1983); Loose Women (2011); Love Story (1973); Lovejoy (1991); Mandela (1987); Marple (2009); Masada (1981); Midsomer Murders (2011); Minder (1982); Mister Misfit (1967); Moving Story (1994–1995); NET Playhouse (1968); Nice Work (1989); O Lucky Malcolm! (2006); O Lucky Man! (1973); On the Rocks (1969); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Panorama (1982); Pardon the Expression (1965–1966); Parkin's Patch (1969); Perpetual Motion (1992); Play for Today (1972–1983); Poldark (2015); Real Life (1984); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009); Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Richard & Judy (2005); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Save Our Bacon (2010); Screen Two (1986–1994); Screenplay (1979); Shelley (1980–1982); Six Days of Justice (1973); Six Different Kinds of Light John Alcott (2015); Sleepers (1991); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Star Games (1979); Stay Lucky (1990); Tales of the Unexpected (1981); The Avengers (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985); The Breaking of Bumbo (1970); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983); The Cold Room (1984); The Comic Strip Presents (1988); The Culture Show (2007); The Debt (2003); The Deputy (2004); The Directors (2018); The Expert (1976); The Frighteners (1972); The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979); The Home Front (1983); The House of Windsor (1994); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976); The Invisibles (2008); The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1981); The Jewel in the Crown (1984); The Kumars at No. 42 (2001); The Locksmith (1997); The Man Who Married Himself (2010); The Manageress (1989–1990); The Mystery of Men (1999); The One Show (2008–2011); The Onedin Line (1978); The Return of the Antelope (1986); The Secret Agent (1992); The Sunday Drama (1977); The Sweeney (1975); The Tempest (1980); The Virgin Soldiers (1969); The Way of the World (1975); The Wednesday Play (1969); This Is Your Life (1992–1996); This Morning (1988); Tickets for the Titanic (1988); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Top Secret! (1984); Total Cops (2003); Trollied (2012); Turning Like Clockwork (2011); Unnatural Causes (1986); Victims (1979); Way to Go (2013); Wild at Heart (2011); Wish Me Luck (1988); Wogan (1991); Wolcott (1981); Worlds Beyond (1988); Z Cars (1978).

Recommended reading - Blue City, by Ross Macdonald (1947):

Blue City

By Ross Macdonald.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

First published 1947.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0307740730

ISBN-13: 978-0307740731

Description:

“[The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by Macdonald.” – New York Times Book Review.

“Macdonald should not be limited in audience to connoisseurs of mystery fiction.  He is one of a handful of writers in the genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.

“Most mystery writers merely write about crime.  Ross Macdonald writes about sin.” – The Atlantic.

“Without in the least abating my admiration for Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, I should like to venture the heretical suggestion that Ross Macdonald is a better novelist than either of them.” – Anthony Boucher.

“[Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries.” – The Guardian (London).

“[Ross Macdonald] gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did.” – Chicago Tribune.

He was a son who hadn’t known his father very well.  It was a town shaken by a grisly murder – his father’s murder.  Johnny Weatherly was home from a war and wandering.  When he found out that his father had been assassinated on a street corner and that his father’s seductive young wife had inherited a fortune, he started knocking on doors.  The doors came open, and Johnny stepped into a world of gamblers, whores, drug-dealers, and blackmailers, a place in which his father had once moved freely.  Now Johnny Weatherly was going to solve this murder – by pitting his rage, his courage, and his lost illusions against the brutal underworld that has overtaken his hometown.

Born on this day – Wayne Northrop:

Wayne Northrop

Actor

April 12, 1947 – November 29, 2024

Credits:

Anything to Win (2006); Baretta (1978); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Cold Case (2004); Days of Our Lives (1963–2006); Dynasty (1981–1987); Eight Is Enough (1977); Go (1983); Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985); Hotel (1985–1987); Hour Magazine (1983–1987); Intimate Portrait (2001); Just Men! (1983); L.A. Firefighters (1996); L.A. Law (1988–1989); Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story (1995); Port Charles (1997–1998); The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1994); The Haunting of Lisa (1996); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Waltons (1979); The Young Riders (1989); This Is Your Life (1987); You Are the Jury (1986).

On this day in movie history - Fear in the Night (1946):

Fear in the Night

directed and written by Maxwell Shane,

based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1947.
Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kay Scott, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Joey Ray, Loyette Thomson, Gladys Blake, Jack Collins, Leander De Cordova, Christian Drake, Stanley Farrar, Julia Faye, John Harmon, Michael Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Richard Keene, Janet Warren.

Recommended reading - The Harder They Fall, by Budd Schulberg (1947):

The Harder They Fall

By Budd Schulberg.

First published 1947.

Published by Ivan R. Dee.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1566631076

ISBN-13: 978-1566631075

Description:

Brilliant, witty, and amusing...the best book on fighting that I have read. – Gene Tunney.

The book will stand not only as the novel about boxing but also as a book that indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself. – Arthur Miller.

The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption. – USA Today.

Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. Crowded with unforgettable characters, it is a relentless expose of the fight racket. A modern Samson in the form of a simple Argentine peasant is ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent - and then betrayed and destroyed by connivers. Mr. Schulberg creates a wonderfully authentic atmosphere for this book that many critics hailed as even better than What Makes Sammy Run? The wrongs of the boxing business that the book illuminates are still with us.