Recommended reading - The Origins of the American Detective Story (2006):

The Origins of the American Detective Story

By LeRoy Lad Panek.

Published by McFarland.

Paperback.

Published 2006.

ISBN-10: 0786427760

ISBN-13: 978-0786427765

Description:

Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. In the years that followed, however, detective fiction in America saw no significant progress as a literary genre. Much to the dismay of moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, dime novels and other sensationalist publications satisfied the public's hunger for a yarn. Things changed as the century waned, and eventually the detective was reborn as a figure of American literature. In part these changes were due to a combination of social conditions, including the rise and decline of the police as an institution; the parallel development of private detectives; the birth of the crusading newspaper reporter; and the beginnings of forensic science. Influential, too, was the new role model offered by a wildly popular British import named Sherlock Holmes.

Focusing on the late 19th century and early 20th, this volume covers the formative years of American detective fiction.

On this day in movie history - Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006):

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

documentary directed by Gary Leva,

was released in the United States on July 18, 2006.

Cast:

John Alton, Drew Casper, Roger Deakins, John Debney, Edward Dmytryk, James Ellroy, Glenn Erickson, William Goldman, Jane Greer, Haden Guest, Patricia King Hanson, Brian Helgeland, Peter Honess, Rick Jewell, Janusz Kaminski, Eric Lax, Carol Littleton, Michael Madsen, Christopher McQuarrie, Frank Miller, Eddie Muller, Kim Newman, Christopher Nolan, John Ottman, Nicholas Pileggi, Sydney Pollack, André Previn, Graeme Revell, Henry Rollins, Theresa Russell, Paul Schrader, Talia Shire, Newton Thomas Sigel, Alain Silver, Audrey Totter, James Ursini, Gordon Willis, Lili Fini Zanuck.

On this day in movie history - Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006):

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

directed and written by Richard Alwyn,

released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2006.
Cast: Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Ashforde, Julie Covington, Emma Dewhurst, Ian Falconer, David Mallinson, James Cameron Stewart, Brian Timoney, Sue Wallace, Mitchell Zhangazha.

On this day in movie history - Candy (2006):

Candy

directed by Neil Armfield,

written by Neil Armfield and Luke Davies,

based on the novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies,

was released in Australia on May 25, 2006.
Music by Paul Charlier.

Cast:

Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza Mont, Tony Martin, Noni Hazlehurst, Holly Austin, Craig Moraghan, John Lee, Noel Herriman, Tim McKenzie, Tara Morice, Maddi Newling, Patricia Lemon, Barry Jaggers, Cristian Saliadarre, Leo Cowan, Jason Chan, Luke Davies, Sean O'Riordan, Adrienne Pickering, Damon Herriman, Lette Webb, Sandy Winton, Rebecca Watt, Nathaniel Dean, John McNeill, Doreen Mullen, Felix Kerdijk, Felino Dolloso, Paul Blackwell, Lee Lin Chin, Anni Finsterer, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Brian Houston, Michael Ienna.

On this day in movie history - An Inconvenient Truth (2006):

An Inconvenient Truth

directed by Davis Guggenheim,

a documentary written by and presented by Al Gore,

was released in the United States on May 24, 2006.
Music by Michael Brook.
Song I Need to Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge.

On this day in movie history - Marie Antoinette (2006):

Marie Antoinette

directed and written by Sofia Coppola,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 24, 2006.

Music by Dustin O'Halloran.

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan, Judy Davis, Clara Brajtman, Rip Torn, Melody Berenfeld, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Sebastian Armesto, Shirley Henderson, Al Weaver, Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Io Bottoms, Aurore Clément, Céline Sallette, André Oumansky, Guillaume Gallienne, Jean-Paul Scarpitta, Lucien Rolland, Mary Nighy, Clémentine Poidatz, Camille Micelli, Paul Fortune, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, Alexia Landeau, Joe Sheridan, Katrine Boorman, Sarah Adler, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Rose Byrne, Paul Jasmin, Francis Leplay, James Lance, Mathieu Amalric, Jamie Dornan, Carlo Brandt, Raphaël Neal, John Arnold, Danny Huston, Scali Delpeyrat, Chloé Van Barthold, Phoenix, Lauriane Mascaro, Gaëlle Bona, Tom Hardy, William Doherty, Florrie Betts, Dominic Gould, Jago Betts, Axel Küng, Driss Hugo-Kalff, Fabrice Scott, Alain Doutey, Bo Barrett, Joseph Malerba, Susan Graham, Noel Bajandas, Xavier Bonastre, Hamish Bowles, Khasan Brailsford, Denzel Chisolm, Madison Clapp, Laurent Cotillard, Daniel Delfosse, Montana Efaw, Krystal Ellsworth, Sabine Glaser, Manon Grosset, Shannon Holtzapffel, Galen Hooks, Jeremy Hudson, Charles Hurez, Rebecca Hyland, Philippe Héliès, Spencer Kayden, Laurent Koffel, Morgan Larson, Johann Lorillon, Isabelle Montoya, François Noah, Jeanne Raimbault, Paddy Sherlock, David Walliams.

On this day in movie history - Brick (2005):

Brick

directed and written by Rian Johnson,

was released in the United States on April 7, 2006.
Music by Nathan Johnson.

Cast:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Richard Roundtree, Meagan Good, Brian White, Jonathan Cauff, Reedy Gibbs, Lucas Babin, Tracy Bitterolf, Ari Welkom, Cody Lightning, McJoel Hamilton, Lauren Johnson, Dylan Lujano.

On this day in music history:

Karmacode by Lacuna Coil (2006)

Broken Crown Halo by Lacuna Coil (2014)

Heart of Silence by Peter Kater & Michael Brant DeMaria (2015)

Karmacode

Album by Lacuna Coil,

Released March 31, 2006.

Track list: Fragile; To the Edge; Our Truth; Within Me; Devoted; You Create; What I See; Fragments of Faith; Closer; In Visible Light; The Game; Without Fear; Enjoy the Silence.

Broken Crown Halo

Album by Lacuna Coil,

Released March 31, 2014.

Track list: Nothing Stands in Our Way; Zombies; Hostage to the Light; Victims; Die & Rise; I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name); Cybersleep; Infection; I Burn in You; In the End I Feel Alive; One Cold Day; Chapter 1: Pawn Takes Rook; Chapter 2: Beyond the Queen; Chapter 3: Introducing the Bishop; Chapter 4: Knights at the Ready; Chapter 5: Sicilian Defense; Chapter 6: The Queen's Gambit; Chapter 7: The Castled King; Chapter 8: The Stonewall; Chapter 9: Endgame.

Heart of Silence

Album by Peter Kater and Michael Brant DeMaria,

released March 31, 2015.

Track list: Heart of Silence; Radiant Dawn; First Breath; Holding Space; Tender Heart; Timeless Echoes; Midnight Dreaming; Awakening.

On this day in movie history - Inside Man (2006):

Inside Man

directed by Spike Lee,

written by Russell Gewirtz,

was released in the United States on March 24, 2006.

Music by Terence Blanchard.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Kim Director, James Ransone, Bernie Rachelle, Peter Gerety, Victor Colicchio, Cassandra Freeman, Peter Frechette, Gerry Vichi, Waris Ahluwalia, Rafael Osorio, Rodney 'Bear' Jackson, Daryl Mitchell, Ashlie Atkinson, David Brown, Robert C. Kirk, Frank Stellato, Ken Leung, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Ed Onipede Blunt, Amir Ali Said, Lemon Andersen, Samantha Ivers, Peter Kybart, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Jeff Ward, Anthony Mangano, Michael Devine, Ed Bogdanowicz, Aaron Vexler, Anthony Borowiec, Joe Coots, Lionel Pina, Ken Ferrigni, Frank Hopf, Robert Testut, Craig M. Spitzer, Limary Agosto, Patrick Illig, Frank Composto, Rozanne Sher, Rachel Black, Gregory Dann, Ben Crowley, Shon Gables, Dominic Carter, Sandra Endo, Kandiss Edmundson, Al Palagonia, Florina Petcu, Agim Coma, John Speredakos, Baktash Zaher, Ernest Rayford, Vincent DiMartino, Julian Niccolini, Ed Crescimanni, Brad Leland.