Born on this day – Kevin Conway:

Kevin Conway

Actor

Director

May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020

Born on this day – Clifton James:

Clifton James

Actor

May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017

Born on this day – Janice Logan:

Janice Logan

Actress

May 30, 1915 – October 23, 1965

Credits:

Hotel de verano (1944); Opened by Mistake (1940); Dr. Cyclops (1940); The Black Ace (1944); What a Life (1939); Undercover Doctor (1939).

Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948

Born on this day – Bob Hope:

Bob Hope

Comedian

Actor

May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003

Born on this day – Beatrice Lillie:

Beatrice Lillie

Actress

Singer

Comedienne

May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

80 Days (1956); A 1960'S Radio Broadcast Addition: Chase and Sandborn 101st Anniversary (1965); A Welcome to Britain (1943); All Star Revue (1950); American Masters (1997); Are You There? (1930); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Beatrice Lillie (1929); Before the Fringe (1967); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935); Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935); Corporal Kate (1926); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Exit Smiling (1926); G.P.O. Telephone Personality Girl (1959); Gypsy (1967); Juke Box Jury (1961–1967); On Approval (1944); Password (1962); Person to Person (1956); Pontiac Star Parade: Four for Tonight (1960); Show of Shows (1929); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Television (1988); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The Arthur Murray Party (1950–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1950–1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1960); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Ezio Pinza Show (1951); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1968); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pat Boone Show (1966–1967); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1969); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); This Is Show Business (1950–1952); This Is Your Life (1959–1962); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Today (1967); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1958 (1959); Variety Club Race Meeting (1967); What's My Line? (1952–1964).

Born on this day – Max Brand:

Max Brand

Writer

May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944

Credits:

Books:

21 Great Stories (1969); A Sagebrush Cinderella (2000); Above the Law (1995); Acres of Unrest (2007); Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624 (2007); Ambush at Torture Canyon (1971); Bandit's Honor (1927); Bandit's Trail (2013); Battle's End (1993); Beyond the Outposts (1925); Big Game (1973); Big Trail (1929); Black Cat Weekly #22 (2022); Black Jack (1926); Black Thunder (1993); Blackie and Red (1926); Blood on the Trail (1957); Blue Kingdom (2003); Border Guns (1928); Brother of the Cheyennes (1934); Brothers on the Trail (1934); Bull Hunter (1921); Bull Hunter's Romance (1924); Call of the Blood / Red Hawk and White Horse / War Party (1934); Calling Dr. Kildare (1940); Carcajou's Trail (1991); Champion of Lost Causes (2014); Cheyenne Gold (1972); Children of Night (1923); Chinook (1998); Chip Champions a Lady (1994); Cleaned Out (1940); Coward of the Clan (1991); Cross Over Nine (1935); Crossroads (1997); Crusader (2002); Dan Barry's Daughter (1923); Danger Trail (1940); Daring Duval (2017); Dead Man's Treasure (1935); Dead or Alive (1938); Destry Rides Again (1930); Devil Horse (1922); Dionysus in Hades (1931); Dogs of the Captain (2006); Don Diablo (2001); Donnegan / The Guns of Dorking Hollow (1923); Dr. Kildare Takes Charge (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1942); Dr. Kildare's Search (1943); Dr. Kildare's Trial (1941); Drifter's Vengeance (1932); Dust Across the Range (1994); Earth Magic (1993); Farewell, Thunder Moon (1996); Fate's Honeymoon (1926); Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal (1996); Fightin' Fool / A Fairly Slick Guy (1933); Fire Brain (1925); Flaming Fortune (2003); Flaming Irons (1927); Free Range Lanning (1995); Free Range Lanning / Way of the Lawless (1921); Fugitive's Fire (1991); Galloping Broncos (1929); Galloping Danger (1979); Ghost Rider / Clung (1920); Golden Lightning (1962); Gun Gentlemen (1993); Gunfighter's Return (1979); Gunman's Goal (1974); Gunman's Gold (1933); Gunman's Legacy (1932); Gunman's Reckoning (1921); Gunmen's Feud / Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance (1920); Hair-Trigger Kid (1951); Happy Jack / Outlaw Rider (1936); Happy Valley (1972); Harrigan (1918); Hired Guns (1923); Hunted Riders (1935); In the Hills of Monterey (1998); Iron Dust (2010); Jigger Bunts (2019); Jim Curry's Test (1925); Jingo (1933); Jokers Extra Wild (2002); King Charlie (1925); King Charlie's Riders (1993); King of the Range (1982); Laboratory Excursions (1996); Larramee's Ranch (1952); Lightning of Gold (2012); Lightning Warrior (1996); Lost Wolf (1928); Luck (1926); Luck and a Horse (2022); Lucky Larribee (1957); Marbleface (1939); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 (1981); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 (1985); Men Beyond the Law (1997); Mighty Lobo (1962); Mistral (1929); Monsieur (1926); Montana Rides Again (1934); Montana Rides! (1933); More Tales of the Wild West (1999); Mountain Guns (1985); Mountain Made (2009); Mountain Riders (1946); Mountain Storms (2004); Murder Me! (1995); Mystery Ranch (1928); Old Carver Ranch (2013); On the Trail of Four (1927); One Man Posse (1987); Out of the Wilderness (2014); Outcast Breed (1994); Outlaw Breed (1954); Outlaw Valley (1928); Outlaws All (1996); Outlaw's Code (1953); Outlaws from Afar (2007); Pillar Mountain (1928); Pleasant Jim / Six-Gun Ambush (1928); Pride of Tyson (1927); Pulp Adventures #27 (2017); Rancher's Legacy (2008); Rawhide Justice (1976); Red Devil of the Range (1934); Red Fire (2013); Red Hawk's Trail (2018); Ride the Wild Trail (1966); Rider of the High Hills / Rider of the High Hill (1977); Riders of the Plains (1940); Riders of the Silences (1919); Rippon Rides Double (1969); Rogue Mustang (1985); Ronicky Doone (1921); Ronicky Doone's Reward (1922); Ronicky Doone's Treasure (1922); Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935); Saddlemates (1932); Safety McTee (1998); Sawdust and Sixguns / The Tenderfoot / Outlaw's Gold (1928); Secret Agent Number One (1936); Seven Faces (1998); Seven Trails (1949); Shotgun Law (1977); Showdown (1959); Silvertip (1942); Silvertip's Chase (1944); Silvertip's Roundup (1943); Silvertip's Search (1945); Silvertip's Strike (1942); Silvertip's Trap (1943); Singing Guns (1938); Single Jack (1950); Six Golden Angels (1937); Six-Gun Country (1980); Sixgun Legacy (1986); Sixteen in Nome (1995); Slow Joe (1933); Slumber Mountain (1997); Smiling Charlie (1930); Smiling Desperado (1953); Smoking Guns (2002); Smuggler's Trail (1934); Sour Creek Valley (2017); South of Rio Grande (1936); Speedy (1955); Spy Meets Spy (1937); Stagecoach (2013); Steve Train's Ordeal (1974); Stolen Gold (1999); Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 (2002); Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 (2004); Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 (2006); Storm on the Range (1978); Strange Courage (1930); Sunset Wins (1996); Tales of the Wild West (1962); Tamer of the Wild (1962); The Abandoned Outlaw (1997); The Bait and the Trap (1935); The Bamboo Whistle (1937); The Bandit of the Black Hills (1950); The Bells of San Carlos (1996); The Bells of San Filipo (1977); The Best Bandit (1993); The Big Trail (1956); The Black Rider (1996); The Black Rider and Other Stories (1996); The Black Signal (1925); The Blue Jay (1927); The Bold West, Edition 13 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 17 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 32 (2008); The Bold West, Volume 10 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 12 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 27 (2008); The Border Bandit (1947); The Border Kid (1941); The Brass Man (2014); The Bright Face of Danger (2000); The Bronze Collar (1925); The Brute (1926); The City in the Sky (1998); The Collected Stories of Max Brand (1994); The Cross Brand (1993); The Desert Pilot (1994); The Devil's Coattails (2012); The Double Rider (2018); The Dude (1940); The False Rider (1933); The Fastest Draw / Senor Jingle Bells (1927); The Fear of Morgan the Fearless (1999); The Fighting Four (1944); The Firebrand (1935); The Fugitive's Mission (1997); The Gambler (1954); The Garden of Eden (1922); The Gauntlet (1922); The Gentle Desperado (1985); The Gentle Gunman (1924); The Geraldi Trail (1999); The Ghost Rides Tonight! (1997); The Ghost Wagon (1996); The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures (1996); The Gold Trail (1999); The Golden Cat (2015); The Golden Knight (1937); The Golden West (2003); The Gun Tamer (1929); The Hair-Trigger Kid (1956); The Happy Valley (1930); The House of Gold (2001); The Invisible Outlaw (1954); The Iron Trail (1938); The Jackson Trail (1932); The Killers / Three on the Trail / Gunman's Goal (1928); The King Bird Rides (1933); The Last Showdown (1975); The Laughter of Slim Malone (1997); The Lawless Land (1983); The Legend of Thunder Moon (1996); The Lightning Warrior (2014); The Lone Rider (2002); The Long Chance (1947); The Long Chase (1960); The Long, Long Trail (1923); The Longhorn Feud (1932); The Lost Valley (1998); The Luck of the Spindrift (1972); The Making of a Gunman (1983); The Man From Mustang (1942); The Man from Savage Creek (1977); The Man From The Wilderness (1980); The Masterman (2000); The Mountain Fugitive (1927); The Mustang Herder (1928); The Naked Blade (1938); The New Frontier (1989); The Night Flower (1936); The Night Horseman (1920); The Nighthawk Trail (1987); The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand (1957); The Oath of Office (1998); The One-Way Trail (1996); The Outlaw (1933); The Outlaw of Buffalo Flat (1930); The Outlaw Redeemer (2000); The Outlaw Tamer (1927); The Overland Kid (2000); The Peril Trek (2000); The Phantom Spy (1973); The Quest of Lee Garrison / Lee Garrison's Quest (1995); The Rancher's Revenge (1959); The Rangeland Avenger (1924); The Rescue of Broken Arrow (1947); The Return of Free Range Lanning (1995); The Return of the Rancher (1972); The Revenge of Broken Arrow (1981); The Reward (1977); The Rock of Kiever (1998); The Runaways (2003); The Sacking of El Dorado (1994); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1940); The Seven of Diamonds / Law of the Gun (1935); The Seventh Man (1921); The Shadow of Silver Tip (1925); The Sheriff Rides (1934); The Smoking Land (1937); The Song of the Whip (1936); The Splendid Rascal (1926); The Stingaree (1969); The Stolen Stallion (1945); The Stone That Shines (1997); The Stranger (1963); The Streak (1936); The Survival of Juan Oro (1999); The Sword Lover (1927); The Ten-Foot Chain (1920); The Three Crosses (1993); The Thunderer (1933); The Tracker (2014); The Trail Beyond (2014); The Trail to San Triste (1927); The Trap at Comanche Bend (1927); The Two-Handed Man (1998); The Tyrant (1926); The Untamed (1919); The Village Street and Other Poems (1922); The Way of the West (2008); The Welding Quirt (2001); The Whispering Outlaw (1925); The White Cheyenne (1960); The White Eagle (1926); The White Streak (2022); The White Wolf (1975); The Winged Horse (2015); The Wolf and the Man (2014); The Wolf Strain (1996); Thunder Moon (1970); Thunder Moon Strikes (1982); Thunder Moon's Challenge (1982); Tiger (1979); Tiger Man (1994); Timbal Gulch Trail (1934); Timber Line (1999); Torture Trail (1965); Torturous Trek (2016); Tragedy Trail (1951); Trail of San Trieste (1986); Trail Partners (1956); Trailin'! (1920); Train's Trust (1923); Treasure Well (2006); Trouble in Timberline (1984); Trouble Kid (1971); Trouble Trail / Desert Showdown (1937); Trouble's Messenger (2005); Twenty Notches (1932); Two Sixes (1997); Valley of Jewels (1994); Valley of Vanishing Men (1947); Valley Thieves (1933); Valley Vultures (1932); Vengence Trail (1941); War Party (1973); Werewolf (1997); Western Tommy (1927); White Cheyenne (1974); Wild Freedom (1981); Wine on the Desert (1983); Wine on the Desert and Other Stories (1940); Wooden Guns (1925); Young Dr. Kildare (1941).

Movies and television:

Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008); Destry reitet wieder (1966); Destry (1964); Dr. Kildare (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Destry (1954); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); My Outlaw Brother (1951); Branded (1950); Singing Guns (1950); NBC Presents (1949); Dark Delusion (1947); Rainbow Over Texas (1946); Between Two Women (1945); 3 Men in White (1944); Uncertain Glory (1944); The Desperadoes (1943); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Powder Town (1942); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Destry Rides Again (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Fair Warning (1931); The Cavalier (1928); The Flying Horseman (1926); The Best Bad Man (1925); The Champion of Lost Causes (1925); Against All Odds (1924); The Vagabond Trail (1924); Darkness (1923); Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923); The Gunfighter (1923); Three Who Paid (1923); Just Tony (1922); The Fighting Streak (1922); Iron to Gold (1922); Trailin' (1921); The Night Horsemen (1921); Who Am I? (1921); Shame (1921); Children of the Night (1921); Tiger True (1921); A Thousand to One (1920); The Untamed (1920); Kiss or Kill (1918); Lawless Love (1918); The Adopted Son (1917).

Recommended reading - Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995):

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995).
Edited by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian.

Description:

Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Included are thirty-six superbly suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessentially American art form, from its earliest beginnings during the Golden Age of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask in the 1930s, to the arrival of the tough digest Manhunt in the 1950s, and finally leading up to present-day hard-boiled stories by such writers as James Ellroy. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Hammett's 1925 tour de force "The Scorched Face," to Ed Gorman's 1992 "The Long Silence After," Other contributors include Evan Hunter (better known as Ed McBain), Jim Thompson, Helen Nielsen, Margaret Maron, Andrew Vachss, Faye Kellerman, and Lawrence Block. Containing many notable rarities, Hard-Boiled celebrates a genre that has profoundly shaped not only American Literature and film, but how we see our heroes and ourselves.

J. K. Rowling, on books and reading:

Wherever I am,

if I've got a book with me,

I have a place I can go and be happy.

– J. K. Rowling.