Born on this day – Anne Jackson:

Anne Jackson

Actress

September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016

Credits:

13 Stars for Channel 13 (1969); 20 Shades of Pink (1976); 90 Minutes Live (1976–1978); A Private Battle (1980); A Woman Called Golda (1982); ABC’s Nightlife (1965); Academy Theatre (1949); Actor’s Choice (1970); Actor’s Studio (1949); American Masters (1989–1991); Are We Winning Mommy? America & the Cold War (1986); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1952); Baby M (1988); Biography (1998); Blinded by the Light (1980); Broadway Legends (2002); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); CBS Playhouse (1967); Celebrity Chefs (1984–1990); Danger (1951); Dear Papa (1986); Dee Time (1969); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); ER (2003); Everything’s Relative (1987); Folks! (1992); Funny (1988); Funny About Love (1990); General Electric Theater (1956–1962); Girl Talk (1963–1967); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Gunsmoke (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hollywood Greats (2006); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); Imagine (2004); Independence (1976); Inside the Actors Studio (1998); Kraft Theatre (1949–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1954); Law & Order (1997); Leave ‘em Laughing (1981); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Lucky Days (2008); Lullaby (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Man of the Century (1999); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Nasty Habits (1977); Omnibus / Segment: Amicable Parting (1956); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Out on a Limb (1987); Password (1963–1965); Personality (1968); Play for Today (1977); Play of the Week (1960); Reading Rainbow (1994); Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997); Rhoda (1977); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1953); Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (1969); Sam’s Son (1984); So Young, So Bad (1950); Something Sweet (2000); Sticks and Bones (1973); Studio One (1957); Suspense (1952); Tall Story (1960); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Tempo (1964); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Angel Levine (1970); The Bell Jar (1979); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Defenders (1964); The Doctor (1952–1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Education of Max Bickford (2002); The Equalizer (1985); The Facts of Life (1985); The Family Man (1979); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The Joan Rivers Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Journey (1959); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Lynne Gordon Show (1977–1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1979); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Shining (1980); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997); The Typists (1971); The Untouchables (1962); The Web (1952); The Young Set (1965); To Tell the Truth (1965); Today (1984); Vote and Die: Liszt for President (2008); What’s My Line? (1965); Working in the Theatre (1983–1988); Worlds Beyond (1987); You’re Putting Me On (1969); Zig Zag (1970).

On this day in movie history - Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024):

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

documentary directed and written by Paul King,

released in the United States on July 26, 2024.

Music by Andrew Scullin.

Cast: Jan Harlan, Katharina Kubrick, Michael Sheen, Leslie Tomkins, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel.

Happy 4th of July:

A great day to rewatch my favorite 4th of July movies: Jaws (1975) and The Shining (1980).

Below is the zoom shot of the photograph from The Shining.

Happy 4th of July from us and everyone at the Overlook Hotel.

National Typewriter Day – June 23:

The Typewriter Century:

A Cultural History of Writing Practices

By Martyn Lyons.

Studies in Book and Print Culture.

Published by University of Toronto Press.

Published 2021.

Illustrated.

ISBN-10: 1487525737

ISBN-13: 978-1487525736

Description:

This book captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. Drawing on examples from the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia, The Typewriter Century focuses on "celebrity writers," including Henry James, Jack Kerouac, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, and Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote prolifically and mechanically, developing routines in which typing, handwriting, and dictation were each allotted important functions. The typewriter de-personalized the text; the office typewriter bureaucratized it. At the same time, some authors found a new and disturbing distance between themselves and their compositions while others believed the typewriter facilitated spontaneous and automatic typing. The Typewriter Century provides a cultural history of the typewriter, outlining the ways in which it can be considered an agent of change as well as demonstrating how it influenced all writers, canonical and otherwise.

Mechanical Typewriters:

Their History, Value, and Legacy

By Thomas A. Russo.

Published by Schiffer.

Published 2002.

ISBN-10: 0764315455

ISBN-13: 978-0764315459

Description:

A fascinating and scholarly look at the machines that revolutionized office communication from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Nearly 700 color photographs display mechanical typewriters produced by Adler(TM), American(TM), Corona(TM), Grundka(TM), Hall(TM), Monarch(TM), Remington(TM), Royal(TM), Smith Corona(TM), and many others. An overview of the historical development of the typewriter includes patents and brief histories of the manufacturers. Additionally, a detailed bibliography, index, and current market values in the captions are also provided. Set designers, historians, and typewriter collectors will learn how technical developments changed the designs through the decades.

Typewriter:

The History – The Machines – The Writers

By Tony Allan.

Published by Shelter Harbor Press.

Published 2015.

ASIN: 1627950346

ISBN-10: 9781627950343

ISBN-13: 978-1627950343

Description:

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on a tablet, the typewriter has never been so hot. This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more.

A gift book with yellowed paper and typewriter fonts for a cool vintage look.

Timeline of the typewriter features key models.

Foreword by Paul Schweitzer of Gramercy Typewriter Co.

Documentary:

California Typewriter

documentary directed by Doug Nichol,

written by Max Nichol,

released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on September 2, 2016.

Music by Mark Ambrosino.

Cast: Silvi Alcivar, Ken Alexander, Tom Hanks, Martin Howard, Tom Lecky, Jeremy Mayer, John Mayer, David McCullough, Jett Morton, Herbert Permillion, Richard Polt, Anthony Rocco, Sam Shepard, Darren Wershler, Mason Williams.

On this day in movie history - The Shining (1980 movie & novel):

The Shining

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on May 23, 1980.
Music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, Tony Burton, Lia Beldam, Billie Gibson, Barry Dennen, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, David Baxt, Manning Redwood, Robin Pappas, Alison Coleridge, Burnell Tucker, Jana Shelden, Kate Phelps, Norman Gay, Pauline Chamberlain, Ina Clare, Maxwell Craig, Paul Desbois, Lynda Fisher, Charlie Gray, Aidan Harrington, Alan Harris, George Holdcroft, Barrie Holland, Vivian Kubrick, Aileen Lewis, Bertha Lynn, Derek Lyons, Peter McNamara, Cathy Munroe, Eddie O'Dea, Jennifer O'Neill, Chris Parsons, Glenn Rinker, Bunny Seaman, Guy Standeven, Reg Thomason, Brian V. Towns.

Recommended reading:

The Shining

By Stephen King.

Filmed as:

The Shining (1980), movie directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The Shining (1997), TV miniseries directed by Mick Garris.

Published by Hodder.

First published 1977.

ISBN 13: 9780340920930

ISBN 10: 0340920939

ASIN: 0340920939

Paperback.

Description:

Danny is only five years old, but he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of an old hotel, his visions grow out of control. Cut off by blizzards, the hotel seems to develop an evil force, and who are the mysterious guests in the supposedly empty hotel?

Somewhere, somehow there is an evil force in the hotel and that too has begun to shine...