On this day in movie history - The Loft (2014):

The Loft

directed by Erik Van Looy,

written by Bart De Pauw and Wesley Strick,

was released in the United States on January 30, 2015.

A remake of Loft (2008), directed by Erik Van Looy.

Music by John Frizzell.

Cast:

Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Isabel Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rhona Mitra, Valerie Cruz, Kali Rocha, Margarita Levieva, Kristin Lehman, Robert Wisdom, Ric Reitz, Graham Beckel, Kathy Deitch, Dora Madison, Cindi Woods, Laura Cayouette, Barbara Dzikanowice, Kim Ormiston, Misty Ormiston, Griff Furst, Eric Dickinson, Dennis Bagneris, Leticia Jimenez, William Scharpf, Trace Cheramie, Rhonda Floyd Aguillard, Lauren Alexandra, Monica Rene'e Anderson, Hillary Bosarge, Joshua Braud, Felder Charbonnet, Stephanie Claire, Edward J. Clare, Astrid Coppens, Alexander Eldimiati, Emily D. Haley, Gene Kevin Hames Jr., Julie Ann Jones, Allyson Leigh Jordan, Kristal Kincaid, John C. Klein, Cynthia LeBlanc, Elton LeBlanc, Stephen Livaudais, Moses Munoz, Taylor Newman, Jay Oliver, Jessica Poumaroux, Steve Rally, Kerry Sims, Logan Douglas Smith, Aspen Steib, Darren Sumner, Nathan Alan Thomas, Graham Williams.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: The Jumper.
Released January 30, 1959.
Directed by Allen H. Miner.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don Reardon, Patricia Manning, John Goddard, Ward Wood, Jack Bryan, Jack Carr.

Born on this day – Elsa Martinelli:

Elsa Martinelli

Actress

Model

January 30, 1935 – July 8, 2017

Credits:

Alles Glück dieser Erde (1994); Arrivederci Roma (1990); Astuzia per astuzia (1979); Atelier (1986–1987); Blood and Roses (1960); Cabiria, Priscilla e le alter (1999); Candy (1968); Captain Blood (1960); Ciao, ciao bambina! (Piove) (1959); Cinépanorama (1964); Come imparai ad amare le donne (1966); Costa Azzurra (1959); De l'amour (1964); Diamonds Are Brittle (1965); Domenica in (2006); Donatella (1956); Elsa Martinelli: Il a pris (1968); Every Man Is My Enemy (1967); Festival di Sanremo (1951); Four Girls in Town (1957); French Mistress (1968); Gala de l'Unicef (1966); Gala de l'union (1965–1973); Garofano rosso (1976); Hail, Mafia (1965); Hatari! (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hinter der Leinwand (1964); I piaceri del sabato notte (1960); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Il barone (1995); Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960); La araucana (1971); La grande farandole (1967); La menace (1961); La mina (1958); La part des lions (1971); L'amica (1969); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); L'or du duc (1965); L'ultima scena (2011); L'uomo col microfono (2005); Madigan's Millions (1968); Maldonne (1969); Marco the Magnificent (1965); Maroc 7 (1967); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); One on Top of the Other (1969); Orgoglio (2004–2006); OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970); Paris aktuell (1969); Pelle viva (1962); Pigmalione 88 (1988); Pop Age (1966); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Rampage (1963); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Return of the Saint (1979); Rice Girl (1956); Samedi soir (1971); Se vincessi cento milioni / L'indossatrice (1954); Sono un fenomeno paranormale (1985); Stowaway Girl (1957); The 10th Victim (1965); The Belle Star Story / No Time for Love (1968); The Big Night (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Indian Fighter (1955); The Last Diva (2018); The Oldest Profession / Les Nuits romaines (1967); The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962); The Pleasure Pit (1969); The Red and the Black (1954); The Rogues (1964); The Trial (1962); The V.I.P.s (1963); Tunis Top Secret (1959); Un amore a Roma (1960); Upshaw (1967); V.I.P.-Schaukel / Solarium Transatlantique (1971); Woman Times Seven / Super Simone (1967).

Born on this day – Marilyn Buferd:

Marilyn Buferd

Actress

January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990

Credits:

Adorable Creatures (1952); Beauties of the Night (1952); Don't Touch the Loot (1954); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Fame and the Devil (1949); Fuoco nero (1951); George White's Scandals (1945); Gioventù alla sbarra (1953); Highway Patrol (1956); Io sono il capataz (1951); La cieca di Sorrento (1953); L'inafferrabile 12 (1950); Mademoiselle Gobete (1952); Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949); Of Human Bondage (1946); Orient Express (1954); Queen of Outer Space (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Strange Stories (1956); The Anatomy of Love / Segment: Don Corradino (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952); The Millionaire (1957); The Unearthly (1957); The Wayward Wife (1953); The Woman Who Came from the Sea (1954); Tototarzan (1950); Viva il cinema! (1952); Without Reservations (1946).

Born on this day – Claudia Drake:

Claudia Drake

Actress

Singer

January 30, 1918 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Wagon Train (1958); Calypso Joe (1957); Your Favorite Story (1954–1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); Day of Triumph (1954); Northern Patrol (1953); Racket Squad (1950); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951); The Cowboy and the Indians (1949); Indian Agent (1948); Lady at Midnight (1948); The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lone Star Moonlight (1946); Lawless Breed (1946); The Gentleman from Texas (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); Live Wires (1946); Detour (1945); The Crimson Canary (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The Lady Confesses (1945); Enemy of Women (1944); Campus Rhythm (1943); False Colors (1943); Border Patrol (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Flying with Music (1942); No Greater Sin (1941); Footlight Parade (1933); Old King Cole (1933).

Recommended reading - The Big Knockover and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett (1981):

The Big Knockover and Other Stories

By Dashiell Hammett.

Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

Published 1981.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0140029419

ISBN-13: 978-0140029413

Description:

Nine short stories. Includes the unfinished novel, Tulip, and a memoir by Lillian Hellman. Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.

George R. R. Martin, on books:

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone,

if it is to keep its edge.

- George R. R. Martin.