Born on this day – Marian Carr:

Marian Carr

Actress

July 6, 1926 – July 30, 2003

Credits:

Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); China Smith (1953); Follow That Blonde (1946); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Ghost Town (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model (1955); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Nightmare (1956); Northern Patrol (1953); Producers' Showcase (1956); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956); Ring of Fear (1954); San Quentin (1946); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Laguna U.S.A. (1947); The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947); The Doctors (1963); The Great Gildersleeve (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Millionaire (1955); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Seven Little Foys (1955); The Whistler (1954); Twin Husbands (1946); When Gangland Strikes (1956); World for Ransom (1954); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

On this day in movie history - Kiss Me Deadly (1955 movie & novel):

Kiss Me Deadly

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by A. I. Bezzerides and Robert Aldrich,

based on the novel by Mickey Spillane,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1955.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Mort Marshall, Fortunio Bonanova, Strother Martin, Mady Comfort, James McCallion, Robert Cornthwaite, Silvio Minciotti, Nick Dennis, Ben Morris, Jack Elam, Paul Richards, Jesslyn Fax, James Seay, Percy Helton, Leigh Snowden, Jack Lambert, Jerry Zinneman, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Kitty White, Sam Balter, Joe Hernandez, Eddie Beal, Leonard Bremen, Yvonne Doughty, John George, Charles Lane, Art Loggins, Mara McAfee, Leonard Mudie, Bing Russell, Robert Sherman, Max Wagner, Trude Wyler.

Recommended reading:

Kiss Me Deadly

By Mickey Spillane.

Filmed as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), directed by Robert Aldrich.

Published by Orion.

First published 1952.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1409158691

ISBN-13: 978-1409158691

Description:

# 6 in the Mike Hammer series.

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike Hammer.

One night, a blonde jumps out in front of PI Mike Hammer's car. She's so scared he doesn't have much choice but to give her a ride. At a police roadblock, he discovers she's on the run from a sanatorium, but he passes her off as his wife. Other people besides the police are after the blonde, and these people play rough. Real rough.

The blonde turns out to be the star witness against some big-time mobsters. Mike has blundered into something unimaginably big, but the Feds don't want him involved – and take his PI licence and gun.

For Mike, it's a chance to strike a blow against evil on a grand scale. He discovers that something representing a great deal of money, and a lot of power, has gone missing, and that some people will go to any lengths to get it back . . .

On this day in movie history - The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947 movie & novel):

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

directed and written by Felix E. Feist,

based on the novel by Robert C. Du Soe,

was released in the United States on February 20, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford, Andrew Tombes, Harry Shannon, Glen Vernon, Marian Carr, William Gould, Josephine Whittell, Phil Warren, Robert Malcolm, Arthur Q. Bryan, Roger Creed, Harry Depp, George Dockstader, Dick Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Dick Elliott, Carl Faulkner, Lee Frederick, Raoul Freeman, Dorothy Granger, Chuck Hamilton, William Joy, Perc Launders, Bert LeBaron, Lee Phelps, Tom Pilkington, Victor Potel, Harry Raven, John Roy, Dick Rush, Cy Slocum, Tex Swan, Minerva Urecal.

Recommended reading:

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

By Robert C. Du Soe.

First published 1938.

Published by Avon Books

ASIN: B00730V9GY

Description:

Screenwriter Du Soe's only novel, about an innocuous fellar name of Steve who gets in a car with the simple, corpulent Furgison. The pair pick up a couple of girls, and only after the bodies pile up does Furgison start to wonder who it is he's riding along with.