Saturday, July 6, 2024

Born on this day – Mignon G. Eberhart:


Mignon G. Eberhart

Writer

July 6, 1899 – October 8, 1996

Credits:

Written work:

Patient in Room 18 (1929); The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930); While the Patient Slept (1930); From This Dark Stairway (1931); Murder by an Aristocrat (aka Murder of My Patient) (1932); Wolf in Man's Clothing (1942); Man Missing (1954); The Cases of Susan Dare (1934); Death in the Fog (aka The Dark Garden) (1933); The White Cockatoo (1933); The House on the Roof (1935); Fair Warning (1936); Danger in the Dark (aka Hand in Glove) (1937); The Pattern (1937); The Glass Slipper (1938); Hasty Wedding (1938); Brief Return (1939); Chiffon Scarf (1939); The Hangman's Whip (1940); Speak No Evil (1941); With This Ring (1941); Fourth Mystery Book (1942); The Man Next Door (1943); Unidentified Woman (1943); Escape the Night (1944); Wings of Fear (1945); Five Passengers from Lisbon (1946); The White Dress (1946); Another Woman's House (1947); House of Storm (1949); Hunt With the Hounds (1950); Never Look Back (1951); Dead Men's Plans (1952); The Unknown Quantity (1953); Postmark Murder (1956); Another Man's Murder (1957); Melora (aka Promise of Murder) (1959); Jury of One (1960); The Crime at Honotassa (aka The Cup, the Blade or the Gun) (1961); Enemy in the House (1962); Run Scared (1963); Call After Midnight (1964); R.S.V.P. Murder (1965); Witness at Large (1966); Woman on the Roof (1967); Message from Hong Kong (1969); El Rancho Rio (1970); Two Little Rich Girls (1971); Murder in Waiting (1973); Nine O'Clock Tide (1975); Danger Money (1975); Family Fortune (1976); Bayou Road (1979); Casa Madrone (1980); Family Affair (1981); Next of Kin (1982); The Patient in Cabin C (1983); Alpine Condo Crossfire (1984); A Fighting Chance (1986); Three Days for Emeralds (1988); Five of My Best (1949); Deadly Is the Diamond (1958); The Crimson Paw (1959); Best Mystery Stories (1988); Mignon G. Eberhart's Best Mystery Stories (1988); Dead Yesterday and Other Stories (2007); Patient in Room 18 / While the Patient Slept (1930); Speak No Evil / with This Ring (1945); Another Woman's House / Cheer for the Dead / Shadow for a Lady (1947); Murder Of A Nymph/ Hunt With The Hounds/ Jews For A Shroud (1950); Melora / Black Gold Murders / Prelude to Murder (1959); Danger Money / Romanov Succession / Horn of Roland (1974); American Detective Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983); Two short stories: Introducing Susan Dare & Spider (dates unknown).

Movies and television:

Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Mystery House (1938); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); The Dark Stairway (1938); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); The White Cockatoo (1935); Three's a Crowd (1945); While the Patient Slept (1935).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001):


The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001).
Edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Mammoth Books.

ISBN-10: 0786709200
ISBN-13: 978-0786709205

Contents:

Kid clips a coupon, by Erle Stanley Gardner; Goodbye Hannah, by Steve Fisher; Sinners' paradise, by Raoul Whitfield; Motel, by Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain; Smile, corpse, smile!, by Bruno Fischer; Pulp connection, by Bill Pronzini; Brush Babe's poison pallet, by Bruce Cassiday; Gangsta wore red, by Michael Guinzburg; Caravan to Tarim, by David Goodis; Lady who left her coffin, by Hugh B. Cave; Death at the main, by Frank Gruber; Red goose, by Norbert Davis; First five in line, by Charles Willeford; Where there's a will, there's a slay, by Frederick C. Davis; Ride a white horse, by Lawrence Block; Best man, by Thomas Walsh; Dog life, by Mark Timlin; Don't look behind you, by Fredric Brown; College-cut kill, by John D. MacDonald; Lost coast, by Marcia Muller; Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale; Clean sweep, by Roger Torrey; Eye of the beholder, Ed Gorman.

Description:

Furious action, unbridled passion, seedy lowlife and beautiful women …

Crooked cops and ruthless bigshots, breathless chases, cheating molls and gun-toting villains – they’re all here in this great new volume of pulp fiction stories, featuring classic noir and hard-boiled crime authors from eight decades of crime writing.

In these enlightened times we know that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is the term for what the best storytelling provides – hugely enjoyable pyrotechnic thrills and shocks galore.

This great new collection from popular literature’s best pulp writers includes such talents as: Charles Willeford, Ed Mcbain, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block, John D. MacDonald, Bruno Fischer, Mark Timlin, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Guinzburg, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederic Brown and many more.

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:


It interests me to imagine characters shifting
from one situation and one location to another
for whatever the circumstances may be.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

Friday, July 5, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Hoodlum (1951):


The Hoodlum,
directed by Max Nosseck,
written by Sam Neuman and Nat Tanchuck,
was released in the United States on July 5, 1951.
Music by Darrell Calker.


Cast:
Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Edward Tierney, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens, John De Simone, Tom Hubbard, Eddie Foster, O.Z. Whitehead, Richard Barron, Rudy Rama, Raymond Bond, James Conaty, Bill Coontz, Russell Custer, Rudy Germane, William H. O'Brien, Gene Roth.

Born on this day – Robbie Robertson:


Robbie Robertson

Singer

Musician

Composer

July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023

Credits:

Charity work: member of Artists Against Racism.

Books:

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker (2015); Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World (2013); Robbie Robertson: Authentic Guitar Transcriptions (1996); Testimony (2016).

Albums:

Classic Masters (2002); Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998); How to Become Clairvoyant (2011); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Music from Big Pink (1968); Robbie Robertson (1987); Sinematic (2019); Storyville (1991); Testimony (2016); The Basement Tapes (1975).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll (2001); 1408 (2007); 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2023); 21 and a Wake-Up (2009); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Home at the End of the World (2004); A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988); American Gods (2017); American Masters (1990–2022); American Roots Music (2001); And So It Goes (2014); Any Given Sunday (1999); Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023); Ask the Dust (2006); Bandstand (1966); Baywatch (1989); Beat Shazam (2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1998); Berkeley in the Sixties (1990); Beyond Famous (2017); Beyond the Law (1993); Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (2006); Californication (2009); Canadian Idol (2006); Carny (1980); Casino (1995); Castle Rock (2018); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Celebrating Greatness: A Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2020); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Celebrity Page (2020); Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987); Classic Albums (1997); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Cold Case (2010); Cold Pursuit (2019); Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011); Cousin Bette (1998); Crooked Arrows (2012); CTV National News (2019); CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (2019); CTV News at Six Toronto (2019); Curse of the Axe (2012); Dakota 38 (2012); Dakota Exile (1996); Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000); Dancing in the Street (1996); Darren Vigil Gray Counterclockwise (2003); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014); Defiance (2015); Down in the Flood: Bob Dylan, the Band & the Basement Tapes (2012); Eastbound & Down (2012); Easy Rider (1969); Eat the Document (1972); Ed (2001); Electric Dreams (2018); Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018); Emporio Armani: A Private Party (1996); Eric Clapton: It's in the Way That You Use It (1986); Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013); eTalk Daily (2020); Extraordinary Measures (2010); Festival Express (2003); Firstborn (1984); Five Corners (1987); Folk America (2009); For All Mankind (2021); Forces of Nature (1999); Four Strong Winds (2003); Gangs of New York (2002); Genius (2021); Get It Together (1978); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Good Girls Revolt (2016); Hawaii Five-0 (2019); Igby Goes Down (2002); I'm Your Woman (2020); Independent Lens (2006–2014); It Might Get Loud (2008); Jenifa (2004); Jimmy Hollywood (1994); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2011); Juno Awards 2011 (2011); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Kippevel (1987); Ladder 49 (2004); Larger Than Life (1996); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with David Letterman (1988–1992); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2015); Later... With Jools Holland (2011); Lennon or McCartney (2014); Lethal Weapon (2018); Leyendas de la guitarra (1991); Life and Times (1997–2001); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued (2014); Mafia III (2016); Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1998); Matthijs gaat door (2022); Mavis! (2015); Midnight Caller (1990); Morning Joe (2023); Movies Are My Life (1978); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV Rockumentary (1992); Muscle Shoals (2013); My Name Is Earl (2006); National Geographic Specials / Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997); Native America (2018); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (1977); Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010); New Amsterdam (2021); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003); Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary (2023); Nothing's All Bad (2010); Once Were Brothers (2019); Patch Adams (1998); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice (2020); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment (2021); Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011); Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023); Phenomenon (1996); Powwow Highway (1988); Raging Bull (1980); Reel Injun (2009); Rellik (2017); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revisiting 'the Last Waltz' (2002); Rick and Morty (2020); Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (2009); Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson (2001); Robbie Robertson Feat. Ulali: Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song) (1994); Robbie Robertson: Fallen Angel (1987); Robbie Robertson: Ghost Dance (1995); Robbie Robertson: Go Back to Your Woods (1992); Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995); Robbie Robertson: In the Blood (1998); Robbie Robertson: Showdown at Big Sky (1987); Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1988); Robbie Robertson: Take Your Partner by the Hand (1998); Robbie Robertson: Unbound (1998); Robbie Robertson: What About Now (1991); Rock & Roll (1995); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1993); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Come Together (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (2009); Rock Video Girls 2 (1992); RocKwiz (2011–2016); Rod Stewart: Broken Arrow (1991); Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (1987); Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' (2004); Roswell (1999); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Sarah McLachlan Feat. Robbie Robertson: World on Fire (2005); Saturday Night Live (1976–1992); Scent of a Woman (1992); Scrooged (1988); SEAL Team (2021); Shakin' All Over! (2006); Shangri-La (2019); Shout (1991); Shutter Island (2010); Silence (2016); Skeppsholmen (2003); Skins (2002); Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016); Sports Night (1998); Star 80 (1983); Stars in Their Eyes (1994); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Street Spirits (2018); Supernatural (2014); Tavis Smiley (2011–2013); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2010); The 2011 Giller Prize (2011); The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2011); The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2012); The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2018); The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2019); The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (2009); The 25th Annual Juno Awards (1996); The 27th Annual Juno Awards (1998); The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988); The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (1992); The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013); The '60s (1999); The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1992); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The BackStage Pass (2009); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); The Big Chill (1983); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2020); The Big Picture (2020); The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog (2006); The Blues (2003); The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970); The Boys of 2nd Street Park (2003); The Brothers Bloom (2008); The Bukharan (2021); The Center of the World (2001); The Cinema Snob (2013); The Color of Money (1986); The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995); The Crossing Guard (1995); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Doe Boy (2001); The Dreaming (2008); The Drug Years (2006); The Full Moon Show (1990); The Go!! Show (1966); The Good Guys (2010); The High Note (2020); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hour (2011); The Hustler of Money (1987); The Irishman (2019); The John Denver Show (1973); The King of Comedy (1982); The King of Staten Island (2020); The Last Man on Earth (2016); The Last Waltz (1978); The Last Waltz: Archival Outtakes Jam 2 (1978); The Messenger (2009); The Muppet Show (1980); The Native Americans (1994); The Return of El Topo Chico (2011); The ScapeCast (2006); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); The Stud (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2019); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–1996); The War (1994); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992–1993); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); This Is 40 (2012); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017); Today (2023); Top of the Pops (1978 / 1988); True Blood (2010); U (1991); U2: Rattle and Hum (1988); U2: The Making of the Movie 'Rattle and Hum' (1988); Until the End of the World (1991); VH1 Presents the 70's (1996); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Wanderlust (2006); Whispers in the Dark (1992); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980); Wogan (1988); Wolves (1999); Woodstock Diary (1994); Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990); World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003); Write Record Tour (2021); WTF with Marc Maron (2017); Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (2011); You Are What You Eat (1968).

Born on this day – Shirley Knight:


Shirley Knight

Actress

July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020

Born on this day – Katherine Helmond:


Katherine Helmond

Actress

July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019