Writing, a poem by Charles Bukowski:

Writing

a poem by Charles Bukowski

1991

Often it is the only thing between you and impossibility.

No drink, no woman's love, no wealth can match it.

Nothing can save you except writing.

It keeps the walls from falling.

The hordes from closing in.

It blasts the darkness.

Writing is the ultimate psychiatrist,

the kindliest god of all the gods.

Writing stalks death.

It knows no quit,

and writing laughs at itself, at pain.

It is the last expectation, the last explanation.

That's what it is.

On this day in movie history - The Usual Suspects (1995):

The Usual Suspects

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Christopher McQuarrie,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1995.
Music by John Ottman.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya, Paul Bartel, Carl Bressler, Phillipe Simon, Jack Shearer, Christine Estabrook, Clark Gregg, Morgan Hunter, Ken Daly, Michelle Clunie, Louis Lombardi, Frank Medrano, Ron Gilbert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Gene Lythgow, Bob Elmore, David Powledge, Bob Pennetta, Billy Bates, Smadar Hanson, Castulo Guerra, Peter Rocca, Bert Williams, Jaime H. Campos, John Gillespie, Johnathan Gorman, Peter Greene, Michael McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Ralph Moratz, Scott B. Morgan, Mike Nyman, Grace Sinden.

On this day in movie history - Uncle Buck (1989):

Uncle Buck

directed and written by John Hughes,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1989.
Music by Ira Newborn.

Cast:

John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann, Garrett M. Brown, Elaine Bromka, Amy Madigan, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina, Laurie Metcalf, Suzanne Shepherd, Mike Starr, William Windom.

On this day in movie history - Year of the Dragon (1985):

Year of the Dragon

directed by Michael Cimino,

written by Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino,

based on the novel by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1985.
Music by David Mansfield.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Joey Chin, Victor Wong, K. Dock Yip, Hon-Lam Pau, Way Dong Woo, Jimmy Sun, Daniel Davin, Mark Hammer, Dennis Dun, Jack Kehler, Steven Chen, Paul Scaglione, Joseph Bonaventura, Jilly Rizzo, Tony Lip, Fabia Drake, Tisa Chang, Gerald Orange, Mei Sheng Fan, Yukio Yamamoto, Doreen Chan, Ha-Lei Yip, Dermot A. McNamara, Vallo Benjamin, Myra Chen, Feng Chin, Yuk Fan Yiu, Richie Hsiu, Jack Lee, David Lee, Irene Jung, Josie Lee, Jiwon Chang, Kelly Wong, Chi Moy, Johnny Shia, Gardell Tung, Jeff Khowong, Chao-jung Chen, Jerry Chang, Aileen Ho, Lisa Lee, Sammy Lee, Keenan Leung, James Scales, Ming C. Lee, Kader Ma, Paul J.Q. Lee, Manuel Fung, Emily Woo Yamasaki, Roza Ng, Gloria Au, Jadin Wong, Lin Ngan Ng, Janice Wong, Bruno Millotti, Lucille D'Agnillo, Julian Szumilo, Cecelia Pei, Quan Eng, George Kodisch, Bruce Kennedy, James Chin, Matthew Tung, Pat Fuji, Geoff Lee, Kuni Mikami, Billy Asai, Chi On Soo Hoo, John Sparks, Carmine Venezia, Anthony Parrillo, Matthew Castiglione, Steve Hanson, Raymond Gardner, Michael Acampora, Texas Cheney, Justin McNeill, Espérance Pham Thai Lan, La Sha Phatsavong.

Born on this day – Robert Culp:

Robert Culp

Actor

August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010

Born on this day – Lois Nettleton:

Lois Nettleton

Actress

August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Accidental Family (1967–1968); All That Glitters (1977); Any Second Now (1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Babylon 5 (1994); Barnaby Jones (1974); Baywatch Nights (1995); Bonanza (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Brass (1985); Brenner (1959); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Camera Three (1955–1958); Cannon (1972); Captain David Grief (1959); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1954); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Celebrity Bowling (1975–1976); Celebrity Revue (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Centennial (1978–1979); Chain Reaction (1980); Charlie Grace (1996); Coach (1995); Come Fly with Me (1963); Cop Out! (1972); Crossing Jordan (2001); Daniel Boone (1968); Dark of Night (1953); Deadline (1959); Deadly Blessing (1981); Decoy (1957–1958); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); East Side/West Side (1963); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Encounter (1961); Fear on Trial (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Full House (1991); General Hospital (1996–1998); Glitter (1984); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Gunsmoke (1961–1967); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Herc's Adventures (1997); Hotel (1985); House of Mouse (2003); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Insight (1982); It's Your Bet (1971); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958–1959); Kung Fu (1975); Look Up and Live (1956); Macbeth (1968); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man Against Crime (1953); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Medical Center (1970–1976); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994); Movin' On (1974); Mr. Belvedere (1988); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1991); Naked City (1960–1962); NET Playhouse (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: I'll Never Leave You – Ever (1972); Password (1972–1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Period of Adjustment (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Play of the Week (1960); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Route 66 (1961–1963); Seinfeld (1994); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Star's Table (1986); Startime (1959); Studio One (1949–1956); Stumpers! (1976); Summer of Decision (1959); Terror in the Sky (1971); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1987–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1988); The $50,000 Pyramid (1981); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Bamboo Saucer (1968); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Big Story (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brighter Day (1954); The Bull of the West (1972); The Christmas Card (2006); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Dating Game (1971); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Facts of Life (1986–1987); The Feminine Touch (1995); The Flash (1990); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Golden Girls (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Honkers (1972); The Interns (1971); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Love Boat (1980); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); The Man and the City (1971); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Munsters Today (1989); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Outsider (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pretender (1999); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); The Stranger (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Virginian (1965–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Then Came Bronson (1969); Today (1967); Tourist (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Traveler's Rest (1993); True Story (1959); University Hospital (1995); Valley of Mystery (1967); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Weekend of Terror (1970); What's My Line? (1973); Women in Chains (1972); You Can't Take It with You (1987–1988).

The Laughing Heart, by Charles Bukowski:

The Laughing Heart

by Charles Bukowski

Your life is your life.

Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.

Be on the watch.

There are ways out.

There is light somewhere.

It may not be much light but

it beats the darkness.

Be on the watch.

The gods will offer you chances.

Know them.

Take them.

You can’t beat death,

but you can beat death in life, sometimes.

And the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

Your life is your life.

Know it while you have it.

You are marvelous.

The gods wait to delight

in you.

Born on this day – Charles Bukowski:

Charles Bukowski

Writer

August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994

Credits:

Books:

A Bukowski Sampler (1988); Absence of the Hero (2010); All the Assholes in the World and Mine (1966); At Terror Street And Agony Way (1968); Barfly (1983); Beerspit Night and Cursing (2001); Betting on the Muse (1996); Bone Palace Ballet (1997); Bring Me Your Love (1983); Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974); Cold Dogs In The Courtyard (1965); Come On In! (2006); Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965); Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981); Factotum (1975); Fire Station (1970); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Ham on Rye (1982); Hollywood (1989); Hot Water Music (1983); In the Shadow of the Rose (1991); Living On Luck (1995); Love Is a Dog from Hell (1977); Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (1972); Mondo Barbie (1993); Mondo Elvis (1994); Mondo James Dean (1996); Mondo Marilyn (1995); Mondo Marilyn (1995); More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011); New Poems Book Four (2003); New Poems Book One (2003); New Poems Book Three (2003); New Poems Book Two (2003); Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969); On Cats (2015); On Drinking (2019); On Love (2016); On Writing (2015); Open All Night (2000); Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1979); Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window (1974); Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook (2008); Post Office (1971); Pulp (1994); Reach for the Sun (1999); Run With the Hunted (1962); Screams from the Balcony (1993); Selected Letters Volume 1: 1958-1965 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 2: 1965-1970 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 3: 1971-1986 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 4: 1987-1994 (2005); Septuagenarian Stew (1990); Shakespeare Never Did This (1979); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 1 (2002); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 2 (2002); Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005); South of No North (1973); Storm for the Living and the Dead (2017); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983); The Bell Tolls for No One (2015); The Bukowski / Purdy Letters (1984); The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship (1998); The Continual Condition (2009); The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills (1969); The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2003); The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992); The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing (2018); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories (1983); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (2013); The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps (2001); The People Look Like Flowers At Last (2007); The Pleasures of the Damned (2007); The Portable Sixties Reader (2003); The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988); There's No Business (1984); War All the Time (1984); What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (1999); Women (1978); Writing Los Angeles (2002); You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense (1986).

Movies and television:

900 Pounds (1987); A .45 to Pay The Rent (2010); A Man (2005); Alone with Everybody (2016); Amor por menos (1994); An Evil Town (1995); Apostrophes (1978); Apporte-moi ton amour (2002); Artbound (2014); Barfly (1987); Bluebird (2022); Breakfast with Bukowski (2011); Bring Me Your Love (2000); Broken-Mirror Music (2001); Bukowski (1973 / 2023); Bukowski at Bellevue (1995); Bukowski: Born into This (2003); BXLx24 (2011); Charles Bukowski's Nirvana (2013); Cinéma cinémas (1982); Code Name: Arabesque / The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985); Crazy Love (1987); Death Is Smoking My Cigars (2021); Dr Nazi (2011); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Eddie and Eve (2021); Encore une nuit de merde dans cette ville pourrie (2008); Factotum (2005); Fan des années 80 (2012); Figure (2017); Frozen Food Section (2005); Fuck the Forest (2013); Functioning on Zero: Robert Dean Live from the Lost Well (2020); Girl on the Escalator (2016); Gunnar Goes Comfortable (2003); Guts (1991); Hit Man (2014); Horseshoe (1998); Il falso bugiardo (2008); Ioana Dobroiu: The Night Kept Coming on and There Was Nothing I Could Do About It (2018); Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod (2007); Kasabanin En Güzel Kizi (2018); La pétaudière de Gontran H (2024); Lonely at the Top (1993); Loren Cass (2006); Love for $17.50 (1998); Love Is a Dog from Hell (2014); Love Lasts Three Years (2011); Love Pig (1990); Lune froide (1988 / 1991); Ma langue dans ta poche (2016); Mask (2011); Mermaid of Venice (2011); Metamorphosis (2022); My Old Man (2004); Nedgång och Fall (2009); Nice Guy Blues (2007); No Leaders Please (2021); Nothing Else to Do (2016); Opowiesc o ordynarnym szalenstwie (1987); Paradise Now, Apocalypse Later / The Laughing Heart (2017); Personenbeschreibung (1982); Pink & Tender (2007); Piss (2018); Poetry in Motion (1982 / 2020); Resiliencia (2020); Run to the Sea (2014); Sieh an, sieh an (1985); Sitting on a Fire Escape Eating Eggs (2015); Småfysen (2022); Somebody to Love (1994); Son of Satan (2003); Supervan (1977); Sve Zene Se Zovu Kiki (1991); Syn Szatana (2008); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990); The Big Pot Game (2013); The Blanket (1994); The Bottle (2019); The Crossing Guard (1995); The Devil Was Hot (2010); The Icecream People (2022); The Killers (1984); The Last Straw (2008); The Laughing Heart (2012); The Living Room Festival (1995–1999); The Man with the Beautiful Eyes (2000); The Midnight Show (2012); The Pleasures of the Damned (2024); The Strangest Thing Just Happened (2015); The Suicide (2006); The Works III (1994); There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008); Vessel (2015); Warm Face/Cold Place (2015); Welcome to the Basement (2015); You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski (2016).

Born on this day – Mae Clarke:

Mae Clarke

Actress

August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); American Masters (2008); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); As the Devil Commands (1932); Ask Any Girl (1959); Batman (1966); Because of You (1952); Big Time (1929); Boo! (1932); Boy with a Knife (1955); Breach of Promise (1932); Broken Arrow (1957); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2011); Code 3 (1957); Come Next Spring (1956); Coming Soon (1982); Compression (2023); Confidentially Connie (1953); Cowboy G-Men (1953); Crossroads (1957); Daredevils of the Clouds (1948); Dragnet (1954); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Engagement Party (1956); F Troop (1965); Family Theatre (1951); Fast Workers (1933); Fearless Fagan (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); Flaming Gold (1932); Flying Tigers (1942); Footlights Theater (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Frankenstein (1931); General Electric Theater (1954); Great Guy (1936); Gun Runner (1949); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); Hats Off (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Here Come the Waves (1944); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Horizons West (1952); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Inside Straight (1951); Insight (1971); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); J. Edgar (2011); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); James Cagney: Top of the World (1992); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); King of the Rocket Men (1949); Kitty (1945); Lady from Chungking (1942); Lady Killer (1933); Let's Talk It Over (1934); Lost Planet Airmen (1951); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1957); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Matinee Theatre (1956); Medic (1955); Men on Call (1930); Mohawk (1956); Mr. Imperium (1951); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Nana (1934); Night World (1932); Nix on Dames (1929); Not as a Stranger (1955); Outlaws of the Orient (1937); Parole Girl (1933); Pat and Mike (1952); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); Penthouse (1933); Perry Mason (1962); Playhouse 90 (1957); Public Defender (1954–1955); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Reckless Living (1931); Ride the High Iron (1956); Royal Wedding (1951); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saturday Afternoon Mad Theater (1986); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Silk Hat Kid (1935); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Streets of San Francisco (1949); Talking Pictures (1988); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Catered Affair (1956); The Dancers (1930); The Daring Young Man (1935); The Deputy (1960); The Desperados Are in Town (1956); The Fall Guy (1930); The Final Edition (1932); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Front Page (1931); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Good Bad Girl (1931); The Great Caruso (1951); The House of a Thousand Candles (1936); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Lineup (1954); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1958); The Man with Two Faces (1934); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Public Enemy (1931); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Texan (1958); The Unknown Man (1951); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); This Side of Heaven (1934); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Three Wise Girls (1931); Thunderbirds (1952); Trouble in Morocco (1937); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Undercurrent (1957); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Waterfront (1954); Waterloo Bridge (1931); Watermelon Man (1970); Wichita (1955); Wild Brian Kent (1936); With This Ring (1954); Women in War (1940); Women's Prison (1955); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – W. Howard Greene (1956):

W. Howard Greene

Cinematographer

August 16, 1895 – February 28, 1956

Credits:

Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956); Three for Jamie Dawn (1956); The Violent Men (1955); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules (1954); Gun Belt (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Brigand (1952); It's Only the Beginning (1951); When Worlds Collide (1951); Quebec (1951); Oklahoma (1951); High Lonesome (1950); The Big Cat (1949); Tycoon (1947); Pirates of Monterey (1947); Slave Girl (1947); Night in Paradise (1946); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Can't Help Singing (1944); The Climax (1944); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); It's All True (1943); The Story of Samba (1943); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Salute to the Marines (1943); The Jungle Book (1942); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); The Bill of Rights (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Declaration of Independence (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Nothing Sacred (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); A Star Is Born (1937); Under Southern Stars (1937); Give Me Liberty (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Changing of the Guard (1936); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); Kliou, the Killer (1935); Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935); Hollywood Beauty Hints (1932); Sports of Many Lands (1929); West of the Golden Gate (1929); When Dreams Come True (1928); Springtime of Love (1927).

Born on this day – Liane Haid:

Liana Haid

Actress

August 16, 1895 – November 28, 2000

Credits:

The Five Rabbits (1953); The Imperfect Love (1940); Peter in the Snow (1937); Who kisses last... (1936); Mozart (1936); dance music (1935); The Trip to Youth (1935); An Evening Visit (1934); At the Blond Katherine's (1934); No Fear of Love (1933); The Castle in the South (1933); Her Serene Highness, the Saleswoman (1933); Novel einer Nacht (1933); The Star of Valencia (1933); Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933); Police file 909 (1933); A Woman Like You (1933); Madame Wants No Children (1933); The Diamond of the Tsar (1932); I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932); The Prince of Arcadia (1932); Madame hat Ende (1931); Die Männer um Lucie (1931); Mu Cousin from Warsaw (1931); Opera Ball (1931); Grock in Grock (1931); Circus Leben (1931); Kaiserliebchen (1931); Petit officier... Adieu! (1930); The Song Is Ended (1930); Twice Wedding (1930); The Immortal Scoundrel (1930); Black Forest Girl (1929); Spiel um den Mann (1929); S.O.S. Ship in Distress (1929); Der Weiberkrieg (1928); Marquis d'Eon, the Spy of the Pompadour (1928); Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928); Two Red Roses (1928); The Lady in Black (1928); Die Csardasfürstin (1927); The Dollar Princess and Her Six Suitors (1927); The Golden Abyss (1927); The last waltz (1927); The White Slave (1927); Die Czardasfürstin (1927); The dashing Archduke (1927); The Son of Hannibal (1926); When I Came Back (1926); Im weißen Rößl (1926); The Provincial Uncle (1926); Two Brothers (1926); Love Fire (1925); The Island of Dreams (1925); I Love You (1925); A Woman's Secret (1924); Bride of Vengeance (1923) Der Pantoffelheld (1923); Schlagende Wetter (1923); Lucrezia Borgia (1922); Money on the Street (1922); The Money on the Street (1922); Lady Hamilton (1921); The Novel of a Maid (1921); The films of the Princess Fantoche (1921); The Woman in White (1921); Sein Lebenslicht (1921); Doctor Ruhland (1920); Snowy (1920); Eve, the Sin (1920); Der Leiermann (1920); The Voice of Conscience (1920); The Dancing Death (1920); Rejoice in life (1920); Durch Wahrheit zum Narren (1920); Let the little ones come to me (1920); Der Herr des Lebens (1920); Die Ahnfrau (1919); So Fall the Lots of Life (1918); The King Amuses Himself (1918); The Double Suicide (1918); Der Schandfleck (1917); Der Verschwender (1917); Mir kommt keiner aus (1917); Lebenswogen (1917); On der Höhe (1916); Die Tragödie auf Schloss Rottersheim (1916); The Tramps (1916); Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich (1916); Sommeridylle (1916); With heart and Hand fürs Vaterland (1915).

Born on this day – Otto Messmer:

Otto Messmer

Cartoonist

Animator

August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983

Works include: Felix the Cat.

Credits:

A Study in Crayon (1913); A Tale of Two Kitties (1926); Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer (1913); April Maze (1930); Arabiantics (1928); Arena (1985); Art for Heart's Sake (1927); Astronomeous (1928); At the Rainbow's End (1925); Backyard Serenade (1931); Baffled by Banjos (1924); Bargain Counter Attack (1946); Barn Yarns (1927); Bold King Cole (1936); Camera Three (1977); A Good Liar (1917);Cartoon Carnival (2021); Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945); Charley at the Beach (1919); Charley at the Circus (1919); Charley on the Farm (1919); Charley Out West (1919); Charlie in Turkey (1919); Charlie Treats 'Em Rough (1919); Chestnuts (1916); Daze and Knights (1927); Dough-Nutty (1927); Draggin' the Dragon (1928); Eats Are West (1925); Eskimotive (1928); Eye Jinks (1927); Felix All at Sea (1922); Felix All Balled Up (1924); Felix and the Radio (1923); Felix at the Fair (1922); Felix Behind in Front (1927); Felix Brings Home the Bacon (1924); Felix Calms His Conscience (1923); Felix Cashes In (1924); Felix Comes Back (1922); Felix Cops the Prize (1925); Felix Crosses the Crooks (1924); Felix Dopes It Out (1925); Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924); Felix Fairy Tales (1924); Felix Fills a Shortage (1923); Felix Finds a Way (1922); Felix Finds 'Em Fickle (1925); Felix Finds Out (1924); Felix Finishes First (1924); Felix Follows the Swallows (1925); Felix Full o' Fight (1925); Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923); Felix Gets His Fill (1925); Felix Gets Left (1922); Felix Gets Revenge (1922); Felix Gets the Can (1925); Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923); Felix Goes Hungry (1924); Felix Goes on Strike (1921); Felix Goes West (1924); Felix Grabs His Grub (1924); Felix Hits the Hipps (1924); Felix Hits the North Pole (1920); Felix 'Hyps' the Hippo (1924); Felix in Fairyland (1923); Felix in Love (1922); Felix in the Bone Age (1922); Felix in the Swim (1922); Felix Laughs Last (1923); Felix Left at Home (1921); Felix Lends a Hand (1922); Felix Loses Out (1924); Felix Makes Good (1922); Felix Minds His Business (1924); Felix Minds the Kid (1922); Felix Monkeys with Magic (1925); Felix on the Trail (1922); Felix Out of Luck (1924); Felix Outwits Cupid (1925); Felix Pinches the Pole (1924); Felix Puts It Over (1924); Felix Rests in Peace (1925); Felix Revolts (1923); Felix Strikes It Rich (1923); Felix the Cat (1958–1961); Felix the Cat 100 Years in the Making (2020); Felix the Cat as Romeeow (1927); Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (1926); Felix the Cat Busts a Bubble (1926); Felix the Cat Busts Into Business (1925); Felix the Cat Collars the Button (1926); Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927); Felix the Cat Ducks His Duty (1927); Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (1926); Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (1926); Felix the Cat Hits the Deck (1927); Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (1926); Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926); Felix the Cat in False Vases (1929); Felix the Cat in Forty Winks (1930); Felix the Cat in Gym Gems (1926); Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls (1930); Felix the Cat Kept on Walking (1925); Felix the Cat Laughs It Off (1926); Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (1926); Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926); Felix the Cat on the Farm (1925); Felix the Cat on the Job (1925); Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (1926); Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (1926); Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (1926); Felix the Cat Sees 'Em in Season (1927); Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (1926); Felix the Cat Spots the Spooks (1926); Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927); Felix the Cat Tries the Trades (1925); Felix the Cat Trips Thru Toyland (1925); Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (1926); Felix the Cat Uses His Head (1926); Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926); Felix the Gay Dog (1921); Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923); Felix the Globe Trotter (1923); Felix the Goat Getter (1923); Felix the Landlord (1920); Felix Tries for Treasure (1923); Felix Tries to Rest (1924); Felix Trifles with Time (1925); Felix Turns the Tide (1922); Felix Wakes Up (1922); Felix Wins and Loses (1925); Felix Win's Out (1923); Fifty-Fifty (1922); Filmograph Cartoons (1913); Flim Flam Films (1927); Free Lunch (1921); Friend in Need (1924); Frolics at the Circus (1920); Fun in Film by Hy Mayer (1913); Funny Fancies by Hy Mayer (1913); Germ Mania (1927); Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913); Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous (1930); How Charlie Captured the Kaiser (1918); Humors of Summer (1913); Hy Mayer: His Magic Hand (1913); Hy Mayer: His Merry Pen (1913); Hy Mayer's Cartoons (1913); Icy Eyes (1927); In and Out-Laws (1928); In Cartoonland with Hy Mayer (1913); In Laughland with Hy Mayer (1913); Jack from All Trades (1927); Japanicky (1928); Jolly Jottings by Hy Mayer (1913); Jungle Bungles (1928); Kill or Cure (1920); Land O'Fancy (1926); Leaves from Hy Mayer's Sketchbook (1913); Lightning Sketches by Hy Mayer (1913); 'Loco' Motive (1927); Los comienzos de la animación (1995); Lulu's Birthday Party (1944); Mess Production (1945); Motor Mat and His Flivver (1916); Movie-Wheels Presents Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1960); Musical Mews (1919); Musica-Lulu (1947); My Hero (1920); No Fuelin' (1927); Oceantics (1930); Ohm Sweet Ohm (1928); Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946); On the Wind Mill (1919); One Good Turn (1929); Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977); Out of Luck (1921); Outdoor Indore (1928); Over the Rhine with Charlie (1918); Pedigreedy (1927); Peep in the Deep (1946); Pen Laughs (1914); Pen Talks by Hy Mayer (1913); Polly-tics (1928); Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953); Reverse English (1926); Rocket to Mars (1946); Sammie Johnsin and His Wonderful Lamp (1916); Sammie Johnsin at the Seaside (1916); Sammie Johnsin Gets a Job (1916); Sammie Johnsin Hunter (1916); Sammie Johnsin in Mexico (1916); Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916); Sammie Johnsin Minds the Baby (1916); Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916); Sammie Johnsin Strong Man (1916); Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair (1916); Sax Appeal (1927); School Daze (1926); Scrambled Yeggs (1926); She-Sick Sailors (1944); Sketches from Life by Hy Mayer (1913); Spree for All (1946); Stars and Stripes (1927); Summer Caricatures (1913); Sure-Locked Homes (1928); Tee Time (1930); The Adventures of Felix (1919); The Adventures of Mr. Phiffles (1913); The Cold Rush (1925); The Hypnotist (1921); The Last Life (1928); The Love Affair of Ima Knut (1917); The Love Punch (1921); The Non-Stop Fright (1927); The Oily Bird (1928); The Smoke Scream (1928); The Travel-Hog (1927); The Trials of a Movie Cartoonist (1916); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997); Them Were the Happy Days (1917); To 'Frisco by the Cartoon Route (1915); Topical Topics (1914); Topical War Cartoons (1914); Topical War Cartoons No. 2 (1914); Two-Lip Time (1926); Uncle Tom's Crabbin' (1927); War Cartoons by Hy Mayer (1914); Whimsicalities by Hy Mayer (1913); Whys and Otherwise (1927); Wise Guise (1927); Woos Whoopee (1928); Woos Whoopee / Comicalamities (1928); Woos Whoopee / Feline Follies (1919); Woos Whoopee / Felix All Puzzled (1925); Woos Whoopee / Felix in Hollywood (1923); Woos Whoopee / Felix Saves the Day (1922); Woos Whoopee / Futuritzy (1928); Zoo Logic (1926).

Recommended reading – Post Office (1971):

Post Office

By Charles Bukowski.

Paperback.

Published in 1971.

ISBN-10: 0753518163

ISBN-13: 978-0753518168

Description:

It began as a mistake. By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and race-track betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel – the one that catapulted its author to national fame – is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

“Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and the Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther.” – Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

Charles Bukowski, on writing:

In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.

Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought.

And then I did.

- Charles Bukowski.