On this day in movie history - Love (2011):

Love,

directed and written by William Eubank,

was released in the United States on August 10, 2011.

Music by Angels & Airwaves.

Cast:
Gunner Wright, Corey Richardson, Bradley Horne, Nancy Stelle, Roger E. Fanter, Jesse Hotchkiss, Troy Mittleider, Brid Caveney, Ambyr Childers, B. Anthony Cohen, James C. Burns, Lee Bettencourt, Mark Eaton, Brian Vanik, Dan Figur, Jessica Rizo, Allison Curtis, Rachel Rosenstein, Mara LaFontaine, Paul Denubil, Bodie Bettencourt, Chris Kolbeck, Chase Rudolph, Adam Wagner, Josh Foster, Scott Chestnut, Francisco Jordan, Laurene Alvarado, Rhoda Pell, Olga Fonda, Julia Parker, Patrick M.J. Finerty, Alan Brown, Steve Bakken, Jasmine Waltz, Tia Streaty, Trisha Lafecha, Regan Tallen, L.V. Scott, Eugeune Vertel, Akiva David, Edwin M. Couleur, Nate Kolbeck, Danielle Ironfield, Steve Marshall, Kennith Minden, Laura Padrino, Bart Blackburn, Neil Ironfield, Ian Fenton.

On this day in movie history - Battle Beyond the Stars (1980):

Battle Beyond the Stars,

directed by Jimmy T. Murakami and Roger Corman,

written by John Sayles,

based on a story by John Sayles and Anne Dyer,

was released in the United States on August 10, 1980.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, George Peppard, Darlanne Fluegel, Sybil Danning, Sam Jaffe, Morgan Woodward, Earl Boen, John Gowans, Steve Davis, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Lara Cody, Lynn Carlin, Jeff Corey, Marta Kristen, Julia Duffy, Eric Morris, Doug Carleson, Ron Ross, Terrence E. McNally, Galen Thompson, Whitney Rydbeck, Dan Vincent,Tom Henschel, Nate Esformes, Richard Davalos, Lanny Broyles, Rob Reece, Ansley Carlin, Daniel Carlin, Dallas Clarke, Brian Coventry, Rick Davidson, James Dunaway, Kerry Frank, Kathy Griffin, S.A. Griffin, Gary D. Robbins, Kimberly Sommer, Dan Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Night Watch (1973):

Night Watch,

directed by Brian G. Hutton,

written by Evan Jones and Tony Williamson,

based on the play by Lucille Fletcher,

was released in the United States on August 10, 1973.
Music by John Cameron.

Cast:
Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Tony Britton, Bill Dean, Michael Danvers-Walker, Rosario Serrano, Pauline Jameson, Linda Hayden, Kevin Colson, Laon Maybanke, David Jackson.

On this day in movie history - Sunset Boulevard (1950):

Sunset Boulevard,

aka SUNSET BLVD.,

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 10, 1950.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:
William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson, H.B. Warner, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Fred Aldrich, Joel Allen, Gertrude Astor, Anne Bauchens, Edward Biby, Danny Borzage, Ken Christy, Ruth Clifford, John Cortay, Archie R. Dalzell, Eddie Dew, Peter Drynan, Julia Faye, Al Ferguson, Gerry Ganzer, Rudy Germane, Kenneth Gibson, Joe Gray, Sanford E. Greenwald, Creighton Hale, Chuck Hamilton, James Hawley, Len Hendry, E. Mason Hopper, Stan Johnson, Tiny Jones, Howard Joslin, Arthur Lane, Perc Launders, Alan Marston, William Meader, Gertrude Messinger, Harold Miller, John ‘Skins’ Miller, Lee Miller, Ralph Montgomery, Bert Moorhouse, Jay Morley, Bernice Mosk, Howard Negley, Ottola Nesmith, Eva Novak, Frank O’Connor, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Jack Perrin, Virginia L. Randolph, Bill Sheehan, Sidney Skolsky, Emmett Smith, Roy Thompson, Archie Twitchell, Yvette Vickers, Edward Wahrman, Jack Warden, Henry Wilcoxon.

Born on this day – Marie Versini:

Marie Versini

Actress

August 10, 1940 – November 22, 2021

Born on this day – Kate O'Mara:

Kate O'Mara

Actress

Writer

August 10, 1939 – March 30, 2014

Born on this day – Patricia Huston:

Patricia Huston

Actress

August 10, 1929 – September 25, 1995

Born on this day – Dagmar Frýbortová:

Dagmar Frýbortová

Actress

August 10, 1925 – May 18, 2012

Born on this day – Joseph Cates:

Joseph Cates

Director

Producer

Writer

August 10, 1924 – October 10, 1998

Born on this day – Martha Hyer:

Martha Hyer

Actress

August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014

Credits:

A Girl Named Tamiko (1962); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1977); Battle Hymn (1957); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Bewitched (1965); Bikini Beach (1964); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Born to Kill (1947); Branded (1965); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Catch As Catch Can (1967); Climax! (1958); Crossplot (1969); Cry Vengeance (1954); Cuernavaca en primavera / Segment: El nido de amor (1966); Desire in the Dust (1960); Down Three Dark Streets (1954); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1953); First Men in the Moon (1964); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Francis in the Navy (1955); Frisco Tornado (1950); Geisha Girl (1952); Gun Smugglers (1948); Here's Hollywood (1960); House of 1,000 Dolls (1967); Houseboat (1958); Ice Palace (1960); It Takes a Thief (1969); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kelly and Me (1956); Kiss of Fire (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); La mujer de otro (1967); Lucky Me (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); McCloud (1974); Mister Cory (1957); Mistress of the World (1960); My Man Godfrey (1957); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Once Upon a Horse... (1958); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); Oriental Evil (1951); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Paris Follies of 1956 (1955); Paris Holiday (1958); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); Playhouse 90 (1958); Private Secretary (1953); Public Defender (1954); Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1959); Red Sundown (1956); Riders to the Stars (1954); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Route 66 (1961); Rustlers (1949); Sabrina (1954); Salt Lake Raiders (1950); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Showdown at Abilene (1956); So Big (1953); Some Came Running (1958); Some May Live (1967); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best of Everything (1959); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Chase (1966); The Clay Pigeon (1949); The Day of the Wolves (1971); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Deputy (1960); The Deputy (1960); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Happening (1967); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The Kangaroo Kid (1950); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Lawless (1950); The Locket (1946); The Lone Ranger (1950); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night of the Grizzly (1966); The Oscars (2015); The Right Approach (1961); The Scarlet Spear (1954); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Unexpected (1952); The Velvet Touch (1948); The Virginian (1970); The Woman on the Beach (1947); The Young Lawyers (1971); Thunder Mountain (1947); Trouble on the Trail (1954); War Italian Style (1965); Wild Stallion (1952); Wives and Lovers (1963); Wyoming Renegades (1955); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Yukon Gold (1952); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Rhonda Fleming:

Rhonda Fleming

Actress

Singer

August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020

Credits:

50th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1981); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); Abilene Town (1946); Adventure Island (1947); Alias Jesse James (1959); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Backtrack! (1969); Biography (1996–1999); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Bullwhip (1958); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Celebrity Bowling (1974); Compression (2023–2024); Crosswinds (1951); Cry Danger (1951); Death Valley Days (1952); Dinah! (1977); Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali (2008); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (1987); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Follow the Sun (1962); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); Gun Glory (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Fun Festival (1952); Hollywood Glamour on Ice (1957); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Home Before Dark (1958); Hong Kong (1952 / 1961); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Inferno (1953); Inside TV Land (2001); Instant Love (1964); It's Your Bet (1973); I've Got a Secret (1952–1967); Jivaro (1954); Kung Fu (1975); L.A. Confidential (1997); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); Little Egypt (1951); Love for Rent (1979); Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004); McMillan & Wife (1974); Nashville Now (1987); Needles and Pins (1973); Odongo: An Adventure of the African Frontier (1956); Out of the Past (1947); Password (1962); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1957); Police Woman (1974); Pony Express (1953); Praise (2003–2009); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Remembering Bing (1989); Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story (2008); Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years (2001); Run for Your Wife (1965); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Screen Snapshots: Thirtieth Anniversary Special (1950); Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball (1957); Search (1973); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Shower of Stars (1956); Since You Went Away (1944); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Spellbound (1945); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tennessee's Partner (1955); That's Entertainment! / The Lion Roars Again (1975); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Big Circus (1959); The Big Record (1957); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1966); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1955); The Crowded Sky (1960); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Fighting Generation (1944); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Lover (1949); The Hour of Power (1980); The Investigators (1961); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Last Outpost (1951); The Legends of the Screen (1982); The Love Boat (1978); The Many Faces of Cleopatra (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1973); The Name's the Same (1955); The Nude Bomb (1980); The Oscars (2021); The Patsy (1964); The Queen of Babylon (1954); The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1961–1963); The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951); The Revolt of the Slaves (1960); The Road to Eltham (1978); The Spiral Staircase (1946); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Virginian (1965); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); Those Redheads from Seattle (1953); Tropic Zone (1953); TV Club (1950); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971–1977); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Waiting for the Wind (1991); What's My Line? (1955); When Strangers Marry (1944); While the City Sleeps (1956); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Xpose (1982); Yankee Pasha (1954); You Don't Say (1964); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1974); Your First Impression (1961).

Born on this day – Dorothy B. Hughes:

Dorothy B. Hughes

Writer

August 10, 1904 – May 6, 1993

Credits:

Books:

Dark Certainty (1931); Dread Journey (1945); Erle Stanley Gardner (1978); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); In a Lonely Place (1947); Johnnie (1944); Mr. President, Private Eye (2004); Ride the Pink Horse (1946); The Bamboo Blonde (1941); The Blackbirder (1943); The Candy Kid (1950); The Cross Eyed Bear Murders (1940); The Davidian Report (1952); The Delicate Ape (1944); The Expendable Man (1963); The Fallen Sparrow (1942); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999); The Scarlet Imperial (1946); The So Blue Marble (1940).

Movies and television:

The Hanged Man (1964); Destry (1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Climax! (1958); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1952); In a Lonely Place (1950); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); Follow the Boys (1944); The Fallen Sparrow (1943).

Born on this day – Walter Lang:

Walter Lang

Director

August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972

Credits:

Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928); Amor in montagna (1932); As a Man Lives (1923); Autodefensa (2022); Brothers (1930); But Not for Me (1959); By Whose Hand? (1927); Call Me Madam (1953); Can-Can (1960); Carnival (1935); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Claudia and David (1946); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Command Performance (1931); Coney Island (1943); Desk Set (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Hell Bound (1931); Hello Sister (1930); Hooray for Love (1935); I'll Give a Million (1938); Lady Tubbs (1935); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Meet the Baron (1933); Money to Burn (1926); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mother Wore Tights (1947); No More Orchids (1932); On the Riviera (1951); Racetrack (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Second Honeymoon (1937); Sentimental Journey (1946); Sitting Pretty (1948); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Song of the Islands (1942); Star Dust (1940); State Fair (1945); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); The Big Fight (1930); The Blue Bird (1940); The Carnival Girl (1926); The College Hero (1927); The Costello Case (1930); The Desert Bride (1928); The Earth Woman (1926); The Golden Web (1926); The Great Profile (1940); The Jackpot (1950); The King and I (1956); The Ladybird (1927); The Little Princess (1939); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Mighty Barnum (1934); The Night Flyer (1928); The Party's Over (1934); The Red Kimono (1926); The Satin Woman (1927); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Warrior's Husband (1933); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Top of the Town (1937); Week-End in Havana (1941); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Women Go on Forever (1931); You're My Everything (1949).

Recommended reading - The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017):

The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017).

by LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso.

Published by McFarland & Company.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9781476666990

ISBN-13: 978-1476666990

Description:

Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.

Junot Diaz, on writing:

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope,

even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise,

you keep writing anyway.

- Junot Diaz.