On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Pie-lette.

Released October 3, 2007.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick Breen, Terry Anzur, Ed Brigadier, Field Cate, Ted Garcia, Murray Gershenz, Tina Gloss, Brad Grunberg, Samantha Hanratty, Geraud Moncure, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Greg Suddeth, David Trice, Julie Wittner, Jeff Wolfe.

On this day in movie history - Red, White and Blues (2003):

Red, White and Blues

documentary directed by Mike Figgis,

part 6 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ginger Baker, Chris Barber, Jeff Beck, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, Jon Cleary, Elvis Costello, James Cotton, Cream, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Mick Fleetwood, Davy Graham, Peter Green, Bert Jansch, Ian Jennings, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Pete King, Alexis Korner, Leadbelly, Albert Lee, John Lennon, Lulu, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Joe Meek, George Melly, Mark Mondesir, Van Morrison, The Plastic Ono Band, The Rolling Stones, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Christine Tobin, Muddy Waters, Steve Winwood.

On this day in movie history - Out of Time (2003):

Out of Time

directed by Carl Franklin,

written by David Collard,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.
Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, John Billingsley, Robert Baker, Alex Carter, Antoni Corone, Terry Loughlin, Nora Dunn, James Murtaugh, Peggy Sheffield, Evelyn Brooks, Eric Hissom, Tom Hillmann, Parris Buckner, Arian Ash, Mike Pniewski, Veryl Jones, Tim Ware, Jesse Beaton, Ed Amatrudo, Neil Brown Jr., Elena Maria Garcia, David J. Negron, O.L. Duke, Sharlene Garcia, Ron Madoff, Steve Raulerson, Suzanne Grant, Dottie Healy.

On this day in music history - Runaway Horses, by Belinda Carlisle (1989):

Runaway Horses

Album by Belinda Carlisle,

released October 3, 1989.

Track list:

Leave A Light On; Runaway Horses; Vision Of You; Summer Rain; La Luna; (We Want) The Same Thing; Deep Deep Ocean; Valentine; What Ever It Takes; Shades Of Michaelangelo.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1992)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Naked Now.

Released October 3, 1987.

Directed by Paul Lynch.

Written by D.C. Fontana, John D.F. Black, Johnny Dawkins.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Brooke Bundy, Benjamin Lum, Michael Rider, David Renan, Skip Stellrecht, Kenny Koch, Michael Bailous, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Man Of The People.

Released October 3, 1992.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Charles/Chip Lucia, Patti Yasutake, George D. Wallace, Lucy Boryer, Susan French, Rick Scarry, Stephanie Erb, J.P. Hubbell, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Joe Baumann, Terrence Beasor, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, David Paul Christian, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Gunnel Eriksson, Jack Gilroy, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Christi Haydon, Clay Hodges, Kerry Hoyt, Mark Lentry, Ericka Bryce Poniewaz, Joyce Robinson, Nanci Rogers, Richard Sarstedt, Dee Giffin Scott.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Fight or Flight.

Released October 3, 2001.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeff Ricketts, Efrain Figueroa, Jef Ayres, Brett Baker, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Mario Carter, Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Bobby Pappas, Gary Weeks.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986):

Armed Response

directed by Fred Olen Ray,

written by T.L. Lankford,

based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.

Cast:

David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.

On this day in movie history - Split Image (1982):

Split Image

aka Captured,

directed by Ted Kotcheff,

written by Scott Spencer, Robert Kaufman and Robert Mark Kamen,

based on a story by Scott Spencer,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1982.
Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, Ronnie Scribner, Pamela Ludwig, John Dukakis, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush, Peter Horton, Ken Farmer, Cliff Stephens, Brian Henson, David Wysocki, Kenneth Barry, Robert A. Cowan, Herbert Kirkpatrick, Chris McCarty, Lee Ritchey, Lynette Walden, Robert Hibbard, Scott Campbell, Melanie Strange, Dave Tanner, Tom Rayhall, Jeanne Evans, Irma P. Hall, Bill Engvall, Peter Hans Sprague, John Carroll, Haley McLane, Kelly Wimberly, James Healy Jr., Charles Assiff, Tad Black, Julie Elizabeth Knell, Michael Minton, Tom Romero, David Sawyer, Mark-Brian Sonna, Ben Stephenson.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):

Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Taybor.

Released October 3, 1976.

Directed by Bob Brooks.

Written by Thom Keyes.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Willoughby Goddard, Jeffery Kissoon, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Laraine Humphrys, Rita Webb, Mel Taylor, Glenda Allen, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Clare, Micky Clarke, Chai Lee, Vicki Michelle.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: The Missing Claimant.
Released October 3, 1958.
Directed by Allen H. Miner.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan Vohs, Harry Lauter, Theodore Newton, Rebecca Welles, Sydney Smith, Dick Wilson, Robert Busch.

On this day in movie history - Street of Chance (1942):

Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,

written by Garrett Fort,

based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

On this day in movie history - The Temptress (movie & novel):

The Temptress

directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller,

written by Dorothy Farnum, Marian Ainslee,

based on the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,

released in the United States on October 3, 1926.

Music by Michael Picton, Ernst Luz.

Cast: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Anderson, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire, Sam Appel, Helen Brent, Steve Clemente, Roy Coulson, Louise Emmons, Inez Gomez, Gale Gordon, Bob Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Annabelle Magnus, Chris-Pin Martin, Louis Mercier, Alys Murrell, Constantine Romanoff, Charles Stevens, Mauritz Stiller.

Recommended reading:

The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.

First published 1922.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9362346877

ISBN-13: 978-9362346872

Description:

"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.

Born on this day – Deborah Coleman:

Deborah Coleman

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 3, 1956 – April 12, 2018

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:

Alan Rachins

Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 3 Musketeers (2011); 30 Nights (2018); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Always (1985); American Dad! (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Angels on Tap (2018); Answers to Nothing (2011); Any Day Now (2012); Barnaby Jones (1979); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Brothers (1984); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Close to Home (2006); Commencement (2012); Courthouse (1995); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); D.C. Follies (1988); Dallas (1979); Dharma & Greg (1997–2002); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Donahue (1989); Eli Stone (2008); Enough About Me (2005); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Fear on Trial (1975); Ferris Bueller (1990); General Hospital (2016–2018); Good Luck Charlie (2011); Grey's Anatomy (2018); Happy Endings (2011); Hart to Hart (1982); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Heart Condition (1990); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Squares (2001); Hour Magazine (1987); In-Laws (2002); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Jeopardy! (1992); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Justice League Unlimited (2005); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Lady Boss (1992); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1989); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mistress (1987); Mom (2015); Momentum (2018); Monster Night (2006); NCIS (2023); North (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Paris (1979 / 1980); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Rizzoli & Isles (2011–2013); Rugrats (1996); Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013); She Says She's Innocent (1991); Showgirls (1995); Single Women Married Men (1989); Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Stars in the House (2020); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Surviving Suburbia (2009); Taken (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Terminal Voyage (1995); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Crazy Ones (2013); The Fall Guy (1983); The Golden Girls (1991); The History of Hill Street (2011); The Hospital Window (2012); The LA Law Story (2014); The Lights Above (2023); The Middle (2017); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1988); The Outer Limits (1996); The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Retrievers (2001); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009); The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008); The Stepsister (1997); The Talk (2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The White Shadow (1978); This Is Your Life (1993); Thunder Run (1985); Time Walker (1982); To Tell the Truth (2000–2002); Unwed Father (1997); Vicki! (1993); Wheel of Fortune (1997); Young Sheldon (2021).

Born on this day – Madlyn Rhue:

Madlyn Rhue

Actress

Script and Continuity Department

October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Majority of One (1961); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Mother's Justice (1991); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1972); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridges to Cross (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1974–1976); Captain Nice (1967); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1959); CHiPs (1979–1983); Circle of Fear (1972); Cowboy in Africa (1968); Daniel Boone (1965); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Diff'rent Strokes (1981); Dynasty (1981); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Fame (1982–1985); Fame (1984); Fan Revisionism and the Greatness of The Empire Strikes Back (2023); Fantasies (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); General Electric Theater (1960); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Gunsmoke (1959); Gypsy (1966); Hart to Hart (1979); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970–1973); He Rides Tall (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Connection (1977); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hour Magazine (1987); Houston Knights (1987–1988); I Spy (1965); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1967–1974); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Kenner (1968); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Law (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Laramie (1959); Laredo (1966); Longstreet (1971); M Squad (1959); Mannix (1969–1975); Match Game (1974–1975); Match Game PM (1975–1976); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1959); Mission: Impossible (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1996); Operation Petticoat (1959); Outlaws (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Perry Mason (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Police Story (1975); Pony Express (1960); Poor Devil (1973); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Route 66 (1962); Slattery's People (1965); Special Agent 7 (1959); Stagecoach West (1961); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sugarfoot (1960); Switch (1975–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tempo (1970); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alaskans (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1971); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Kiss (1958); The Ladies Man (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); The Manhunter (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Miracle (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Third Man (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1984); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1963–1971); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Is Your Life (1972); Tightrope (1959); Trial by Jury (1989); Troubleshooters (1960); We've Got Each Other (1977); Whirlybirds (1958).

Born on this day – James Herriot:

James Herriot

Veterinary surgeon

Writer

October 3, 1916 – February 23, 1995

Credits:

If Only They Could Talk (1970); All Creatures Great and Small (1972); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972); Vet in Harness (1974); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976); All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); The Best of James Herriot (1983); Vet in a Spin (1984); Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb (1991); Smudge's Day Out (1991); Horse & Pony Stories (1986); Bonny's Big Day (1972); Moses the Kitten (1984); Only One Woof (1985); The Christmas Day Kitten (1986); Blossom Comes Home (1988); The Market Square Dog (1989); Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990); The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009); Animal Stories, Tame & Wild (1979); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979); All Creatures Great and Small Annual 1982 (1981); James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986); James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986); Greatest Cat Stories (1989); James Herriot Story Book (1992); Every Living Thing (1992); James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992); James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994); Seven Yorkshire tales (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995); James Herriot's Animal Stories (1997); Yorkshire Stories (1998); James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited (1999).

Movies and television:

All Creatures Great and Small (1975 / 2024); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (1978–1990); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (2020–2024); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1993); Pebble Mill at One (1975); Read All About It (1976); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); To Tell the Truth (1973); Young James Herriot (2011).

Born on this day – Thomas Wolfe:

Thomas Wolfe

Writer

October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938

Credits:

Books:

Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); The Web and the Rock (1939); You Can't Go Home Again (1940) The Good Child's River (1991); The Web and the Root (2009); From Death to Morning (1935); The Hills Beyond (1941); A Stone, A Leaf, A Door (poems) (1945); The Story of a Novel (1936); The Face of a Nation (1939); Letters of Thomas Wolfe (1956).

Movies and television:

Camera Three (1976); Charles Laughton (1952); Crusade Report (1951); Days in the Yellow Leaf (1989); Die Herren von der Presse (1965); Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin (1972); Herrenhaus (1966); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Of Time and the River (1953); Of Time and the River (II);  (1953); Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961); Willkommen in Altamont (1965); You Can't Go Home Again (1979).

Born on this day – Josephine Hill:

Josephine Hill

Actress

October 3, 1899 – December 17, 1989

Born on this day – Leo McCarey:

Leo McCarey

Director

Writer

Producer

October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969

Born on this day – Eleonora Duse:

Eleonora Duse

Actress

Writer

October 3, 1858 – April 21, 1924

Credits:

Stage actress who starred in only one movie during her entire career: Cenere (1917).

Recommended reading - The Black Curtain (1941):

The Black Curtain

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Street of Chance (1942), directed by Jack Hively.

First published 1941.

Published by Centipede Press.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1613471475

ISBN-13: 978-1613471470

Description:

A man is accused of a murder he cannot remember…

In a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn’t recognize his apartment. He had gone to work on a normal day but didn’t return for more than three years. Suffering from amnesia, he has to rediscover who he is, where he has been, and what he has done. A curtain has fallen to cut off all memories of his life.

First among the memories he wants to recover is whether he has committed the murder of which he has been accused. A mysterious stranger with a gun has been following him while he attempts to simultaneously understand what has happened in his past while doing all he can to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation and regain his reputation. He does not yet know that he is in great jeopardy and there is no one he can trust to rescue him from the abyss.

The Black Curtain is the second of Cornell Woolrich’s celebrated “black” books, following The Bride Wore Black, which established his reputation as America’s greatest noir writer. It was adapted into film as the classic Street of Chance, starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor.