On this day in movie history - Collateral (2004):

Collateral,

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Stuart Beattie,

was released in the United States on August 6, 2004.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones, Klea Scott, Bodhi Elfman, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McBride, Ken Waters, Charlie E. Schmidt, Michael Bentt, Ian Hannin, Robert Deamer, David Mersault, Anthony Ochoa, Edgar Sánchez, Cosme Urquiola, Thomas Rosales Jr., Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein, Jessica Ferrarone, Troy Blendell, Inmo Yuon, Howard Bachrach, Chic Daniel, Corinne Chooey, JoNell Kennedy, Steven Kozlowski, Roger Stoneburner, Rodney Sandberg, George Petrina, Donald Dean, Elliott Newman, Trevor Ware, Bobby English, Auggie Cavanagh, Ronald Muldrow, Peter McKernan, Ivor Shier, Daniel Luján, Eddie Diaz, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Josh Cruze, Martin Flores, Rick Garcia, Larry G. Goldman, Maurilio Pineda, Dan Sistos, Jacob Valenzuela, Luis Villegas, Yussi Wenger, Jason Statham, Angelo Tiffe, Ismeal Vidrio, Ron Eckert, Manuel Urrego, Jessie Bernard, Luis Moncada, Dyna Teal, Sandi Schroeder, Michael-John Wolfe, Addie Yungmee, J.D. McElroy, Megan Hiratzka, Kate Gopacco, Christy Yi, Lisa Marie Basada, Wilson Wong, Mark Stainbrook, Brandon Molale, Marianne M. Arreaga, Spike Silver, Ben Mihm, Niles Roth, Linda Asuma, Esther K. Chae, Danny Del Toro, Tara Erickson, Melissa Gomez, Annabella Gutman, Janet Linn, Gino Montesinos, Janessa Mun, Masami Okada, Janice Paik, Neil Patil, Gary Rodriguez, Erina Sako, Emily VanSonnenberg, Emily Ming-An Wang, Michael Waxman, Henry T. Yamada.

On this day in movie history - The Fugitive (1993):

The Fugitive,

directed by Andrew Davis,

written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy,

based on a story by David Twohy,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1993.

Music by James Newton Howard.
Also based on the TV series The Fugitive,

starring David Janssen and created by Roy Huggins,

that ran for four seasons from 1963 to 1967.

Cast:
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, L. Scott Caldwell, Johnny Lee Davenport, Julianne Moore, Ron Dean, Joseph Kosala, Jane Lynch, Dick Cusack, Andy Romano, Nick Searcy, Eddie Bo Smith, Neil Flynn, Richard Riehle, Kirsten Nelson, David Darlow, Frank Ray Perilli, Lester Holt.

On this day in music history - Bela Lugosi's Dead, by Bauhaus (1979):

The song Bela Lugosi's Dead,

by Bauhaus,

was released on August 6, 1979.

Bauhaus performed this song in the opening titles scene of The Hunger,
a stylish vampire-themed horror movie, directed by Tony Scott and released in 1983.

On this day in movie history - Human Desire (1954):

Human Desire,

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Alfred Hayes,

based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Cast:
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes, Benjie Bancroft, Paul Brinegar, Minta Durfee, Jean Engstrom, Victor Hugo Greene, Don C. Harvey, Carl Lee, John Maxwell, John Pickard, Dan Riss, Scott Seaton, Allen D. Sewall, Dan Seymour, Olan Soule, Hal Taggart, John Zaremba.

On this day in movie history - Pushover (1954):

Pushover,

directed by Richard Quine,

written by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.
Based on the novels The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh

and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.
Music by Arthur Morton.

Cast:
Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse, James Anderson, Joe Bailey, Tony Barrett, Walter Beaver, Richard Bryan, Robert Carson, Phil Chambers, Dick Crockett, John De Simone, Alan Dexter, Don C. Harvey, Anne Loos, Mort Mills, Ann Morriss, Paul Picerni, Murray Pollack, Paul Richards, Marion Ross, K.L. Smith, Robert Stevenson, Hal Taggart, John Tarangelo, Mel Welles, Jack Wilson.

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – October 19, 2017

Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist

Director

Producer

August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987

Born on this day – Frank Finlay:

Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Barbara Bates:

Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:

Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

Born on this day – Ella Raines:

Ella Raines

Actress

August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988

Credits:

A Dangerous Profession (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Brute Force (1947); Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Enter Arsene Lupin (1944); Fighting Coast Guard (1951); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Here's Lucy: On Location (2009); Impact (1949); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955); Lights Out (1950); Matt Houston (1984); Phantom Lady (1944); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Ride the Man Down (1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Singing Guns (1950); Stump the Stars (1950); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Christophers (1955); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man in the Road (1956); The Runaround (1946); The Second Face (1950); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Suspect (1944); The Walking Hills (1949); The Web (1947); Time Out of Mind (1947); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:

Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); L'abito nero da sposa (1945); Le coup de grâce (1965); Le Jour Se Leve (1939); Le vie del peccato (1946); Les deux timides (1943); L'homme qui joue avec le feu (1942); Sarati, le terrible (1937); Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1941); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Robert Mitchum:

Robert Mitchum

Actor

August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997

Born on this day – Willie Lee Brown:

Willie Lee Brown

Blues singer

Guitarist

August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952

Born on this day – Lillian Albertson:

Lillian Albertson

Actress

Theatrical producer

August 6, 1881 – August 24, 1962

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Fireside Theatre (1951–1953); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Storm Warning (1950); Summer Theatre (1953); The Blue Veil (1951); The Cisco Kid (1953–1955); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Ten Commandments (1956); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954).

Born on this day – Alfred Tennyson:

Alfred Tennyson

Writer

August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892

Credits:

Poems:

A Farewell; Ask Me No More; Break, Break, Break; Charge of the Light Brigade; Circumstance; Cradle Song; Crossing the Bar; Early Spring; England and America in 1782; Far-far-away (For Music); Flower in the Crannied Wall; From The Palace of Art; In Memoriam, VII; Lady Clare; Of Old Sat Freedom; Ring Out, Wild Bells; Strong Son of God, Immortal Love; Sweet and Low; Tears, Idle Tears; The Blackbird; The Brook; The City Child; The Death of the Old Year; The Deserted House; The Dying Swan; The Eagle; The Flower; The Kraken; The Lady of Shalott; The May Queen; The Mermaid; The Oak; The Owl; The Poet's Song; The Sea-Fairies; The Shell; The Splendor Falls; The Tears Of Heaven; The Throstle; Will.

Movies and television:

A Day That Is Dead (1913); A Dream of Fair Women (1920); After Many Years (1908); Balaclava (1928); Becket (1923); Break, Break, Break (1914 / 2019); Catalogue of Ships (2008); De glada åren (1946); Dora (1909 / 1910 / 1912 / 1915); Enoch Arden (1914 / 1915); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Facing the Music (1933); Gunsmoke (1960); Holding Back the Years (2018); Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet (1930); Lady Clare (1912); Lady Godiva (1911 / 1921); Last of the Summer Wine (1988); Lauzon Lauzone (2001); Leolo (1992); Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989); Maud (1911); Montenegrins: The Mighty Race of the Mountaineers, Says Lord Tennyson (2013); My Favorite Wife (1940); Naked Hearts (1916); Project Green Gables (2016); Sweet and Low (1914); The Arthur Haynes Show (1962); The Brook (1917); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1914 / 1936); The Gardener's Daughter (1913 / 1914); The Golden Supper (1910); The Lady Clare (1919); The Lady of Shalott (1912 / 1915); The May Queen (1914); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1972); The Stefan University (2019); The Vanishing Hand (1928); Tolvslaget på Skansen (1977); V. Alexander Stefan in V. Alexander Stefan: My Passion (2018); Vanity Fair (2004); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Recommended reading – The Cocktail Waitress (2012).

The Cocktail Waitress (2012).

by James M. Cain.

Hard Case Crime.

Published posthumously.

Hardcover.

First edition.

ISBN-10: 1781160325

ISBN-13: 978-1781160329

Description:

Grieving widow … or black widow?

The day Joan Medford buried her husband was a fateful one – because before the day was out she’d meet the two men who would change her life forever. Forced to take a job waitressing yo support herself and her child, Joan finds herself caught between the handsome young schemer whose touch she comes to crave and the wealthy older man whose touch repels her … but who otherwise would make a tempting husband number two. It’s a classic Cain triangle – brutal sexual and stark – that can only end in death. But for whom, the guilty … or the innocent?

The final novel written by James M. Cain and never before published, The Cocktail Waitress is a testament to the enduring power of one of the most acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century. The author of unforgettable noir classics such as Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and The Postman Always Rings Twice, Cain’s work remains as impossible to put down today as when first written, and will leave even jaded modern readers breathless. Featuring an afterword by Edgar and Shamus Award-winning editor Charles Ardai. One of the most celebrated and notorious crime writers of all time, James M. Cain launched his career with the publication of two back-to-back masterpieces – The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity – selling millions of copies worldwide and inspiring classic movies. Cain continued with an unmatched run of noir novels including Mildred Pierce which inspired both the Academy Award-winning film starring Joan Crawford and the Emmy-winning HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet. Cain died in 1977. And that’s where everyone thought the story ended. But James M. Cain had one more story to tell – one last blistering tale of sex and greed, betrayal and deception, written at the end of his life but never published – The Cocktail Waitress. Destined to take its place alongside his other classics, The Cocktail Waitress is Cain at his brutal and seductive best.

"Here, long after anyone would have expected it, is the voice of James M. Cain, as fresh and as relevant as ever. The Cocktail Waitress will involve you, and then shock you with an ending you'll never forget. A true rarity: a reader’s novel that’s also a literary event." – Stephen King.

Edmund Wilson, on books and reading:

No two persons ever read the same book.

- Edmund Wilson.