On this day in movie history - Zero Effect (1998 movie & book):

Zero Effect

directed and written by Jake Kasdan,

based on the short story A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle,

released in the United States on January 30, 1998.

Music by The Greyboy Allstars.

Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O’Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sarah DeVincentis, Matt O’Toole, Michele Mariana, Robert Katims, Tyrone Henry, Aleta Barthell, Tapp Watkins, Wendy Westerwelle, Lauren Hasson, Daniel Pershing, David Doty, J.W. Crawford, Fred Parnes, Luisa Sermol, Marvin LaRoy Sanders, Doug Baldwin, Robert Blanche, Margot Demeter, Jerrell D. Hughes, Jake Kasdan, Bill Kelley, Geno Romo, Galen Schrick.

Recommended reading:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

Published by Dover Publications.

Published 2009.

ISBN-10: 0486474917

ISBN-13: 9780486474915

Description:

Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team – the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson – as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. It's also the least expensive edition available. Featured tales include several of the author's personal favorites: "A Scandal in Bohemia" – in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover and Holmes matches wits with the only woman to attract his open admiration – plus "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Five Orange Pips." Additional mysteries include "The Blue Carbuncle," "The Engineer’s Thumb," "The Beryl Coronet," "The Copper Beeches," and four others.

Born on this day – Arthur Conan Doyle:

Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer

Physician

May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930

Credits:

A Study in Scarlet (1887); The Sign of Four (1890); A Scandal in Bohemia (1891); The Red-headed League (1891); A Case of Identity (1891); The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891); The Five Orange Pips (1891); The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891); The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892); The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892); The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (1892); The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1892); Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1892); The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892); The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk (1893); The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893); The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893); The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893); The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893); The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893); The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Field Bazaar (1896); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903); The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903); The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1904); The Adventure of the Priory School (1904); The Adventure of Black Peter (1904); The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904); The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904); The Adventure of the Three Students (1904); The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904); The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904); The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904); The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904); The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908); The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908); The Adventure of the Devil's Foot (1910); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913); The Valley of Fear (1914); His Last Bow (1917); The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923); The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924); How Watson Learned the Trick (1924); The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1925); The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1925); The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926); The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926); The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926); The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1927); The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927); The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927); A Case of Identity (1891); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905); Sherlock Holmes (Read by Stephen Fry) (1927); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume One (1985); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Two (1986); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Three (1986); The Sherlock Holmes Theatre (2005); Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (2013); The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1896); The Adventures of Gerard (1903); The Lost World (1912); The Poison Belt (1913); The Land of Mist (1926); When the World Screamed (1928); The Disintegration Machine (1929); The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1885); The Mystery of Cloomber (1888); Micah Clarke (1889); The Firm of Girdlestone (1890); The White Company (1891); The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (1892); The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892); Beyond the City (1892); The Refugees (1893); The Parasite (1894); The Stark Munro Letters (1895); Rodney Stone (1896); Uncle Bernac (1897); The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898); A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899); Sir Nigel (1906); The Maracot Deep (1929); The Narrative of John Smith (2011); Lot No. 249 (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Ring Of Thoth (1968); The Leather Funnel (2003); John Barrington Cowles (2011); The Case of Lady Sannox (2013); A Literary Mosaic (2014); That Little Square Box (2014); The Crime of the Brigadier (2014); The Croxley Master (2016); The Gully of Bluemansdyke (2018); The Captain of the Polestar (1883); My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures (1893); Round the Red Lamp (1894); The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport (1900); Round the Fire Stories (1908); The Last Galley (1911); Danger! And Other Stories (1918); The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1919); Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life (1920); Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water (1922); Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates (1925); The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (2009); Gothic Tales (2018); Tales of Terror and Mystery (2022); The Great Boer War (1900); The War in South Africa, Its Cause & Conduct (1902); Through the Magic Door (1907); The Crime of the Congo (1909); The Case Of Oscar Slater (1912); The New Revelation (1917); The Vital Message (1919); The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 (1920); The Wanderings of a Spiritualist (1921); The Coming of the Fairies (1921); Memories and Adventures and Western Wanderings (1924); The History of Spiritualism (1926); The Edge of the Unknown (1930); Dangerous Work (2012); Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2016); Murder on Christmas Eve (2017); A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2018); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); 21 Great Stories (1969); Scottish Tales of Terror (1972); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1977); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 (1979); The 14th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories (1981); Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); English Country House Murders (1988); Tales of the Occult (1989); Hound Dunnit (1989); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume Three (1992); Murder British Style (1993); Sea-Cursed (1994); Mystery Stories (1996); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Crime Never Pays (2001); On Glorious Wings (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2007); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); London Stories (2013); Togas and Tyrants: Collected Tales of Ancient Rome (2014); The Phantom Coach (2014); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures (2015); Holmes Away from Home: Adventures from the Great Hiatus (2016); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures, Vol. 2 (2017); Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses (2017); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Flight or Fright (2018); Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019); The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 (2019); Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021); Scottish Stories (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023); The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023).