Born on this day – Valentine Tessier:

Valentine Tessier

Actress

August 5, 1892 – August 11, 1981

Born on this day – Conrad Aiken:

Conrad Aiken

Writer

August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Books:

A Heart for the Gods of Mexico (1939); A Reviewer's ABC (1958); American Fantastic Tales (2009); Among the Lost People (1934); Black Water 2 (1990); Blue Voyage (1927); Bring! Bring! (1935); Cats and Bats and Things with Wings / poems (1965); Charnel Rose, Senlin / poems (1982); Collected Criticism (1968); Collected Poems / poems (1953); Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1982); Costumes by Eros (1928); Earth Triumphant / poems (1914); Gehenna (1930); Great Circle (1933); Jig of Forslin (1916); John Deth, A Metaphysical Legend / poems (1930); King Coffin (1935); Mind at Bay (1969); Morning Song of Lord Zero / poems (1963); Perchance to Dream (1973); Preludes (1966); Reading I've Liked (1946); Scepticisms (1919); Selected Poems / poems (1930); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934); Skylight One / poems (1949); Spectral Realms No. 15 (2021); The Clerk's Journal / poems (1971); The Collected Novels of Conrad Aiken (1964); The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); The Conversation (1940); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken (1978); The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); Thee (1967); Tom, Sue and the Clock (1966); Ushant (1952); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991); Who's Zoo (1977).

Movies and television:

Great Ghost Tales (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Night Gallery / Segment: Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1964); Startime (1960); Studio One (1953–1956).

Born on this day – Ellinor Vanderveer:

Ellinor Vanderveer

Actress

August 5, 1887 – May 27, 1976

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Damsel in Distress (1937); A Family Affair (1937); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Notorious Affair (1930); A Pair of Tights (1929); A Song for Miss Julie (1945); A Song to Remember (1945); A Successful Calamity (1932); All the King's Men (1949); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Aloha (1931); An Innocent Affair (1948); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Apples to You! (1934); Arsène Lupin (1932); Artist's Muddles (1933); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Baggage Buster (1941); Balalaika (1939); Bare Knees (1928); Behold My Wife! (1934); Belle Le Grand (1951); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Bolero (1934); Born to Be Bad (1950); Broadminded (1931); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Call Her Savage (1932); Caravan (1934); Casablanca (1942); Christmas Holiday (1944); Confession (1937); Crossroads (1942); Dad's Choice (1928); Deception (1946); Devil's Lottery (1932); Diplomacy (1926); Don Q Son of Zorro (1925); Down Argentine Way (1940); Downstairs (1932); Employees' Entrance (1933); Escape (1940); Escape Me Never (1947); Expensive Kisses (1930); Extravagance (1930); Fast Life (1932); Find the King (1927); Finishing School (1934); First Love (1939); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Flying with Music (1942); Four Star Playhouse (1952); Frankenstein (1931); From Soup to Nuts (1928); Gallant Journey (1946); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Girl Shock (1930); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Going Wild (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); Hellzapoppin' (1941); Her Sister from Paris (1925); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); High Pressure (1932); His Silent Racket (1933); Holiday (1930); Hotel Continental (1932); Huye, faldas (1930); I Was an Adventuress (1940); I'll Take Vanilla (1934); Into Her Kingdom (1926); Is Everybody Happy? (1928); Jazz Heaven (1929); Journal of a Crime (1934); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Kiki (1926); Kiss Me Again (1931); Lady of the Night (1925); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Larceny, Inc (1942); Let 'em Have It (1935); Lili (1953); Loco Boy Makes Good (1942); Looking for Sally (1925); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love Comes Along (1930); Love Me Tonight (1932); Luncheon at Twelve (1933); Madame Bovary (1949); Madame Q (1929); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Man of Iron (1935); Manhattan Monkey Business (1935); Married Flirts (1924); Maude Muller (1928); Men of Chance (1931); Mister Cinderella (1936); Mixed Nuts (1934); Monte Cristo / Bardelys the Magnificent (1926); Moonlight Murder (1936); Movie Crazy (1932); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Lucky (1943); My Love Came Back (1940); Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931); Ninotchka (1939); No Census, No Feeling (1940); No Publicity (1927); No Time for Comedy (1940); Now We'll Tell One (1932); Okay Toots! (1935); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932); Party Girl (1930); Passion Flower (1930); Paths to Paradise (1925); Pest Control (1950); Platinum Blonde (1931); Pleasure (1931); Politiquerías (1931); Pop Goes the Easel (1935); Private Detective 62 (1933); Raffles (1939); Rascal Dazzle (1981); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Remarks on Marx (2004); Remote Control (1930); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Rope of Sand (1949); Rumba (1935); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Sally of the Subway (1932); Scarface (1932); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Search for Beauty (1934); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Seeing the World / The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Seven Sinners (1940); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Shoot the Works (1934); Sinners in the Sun (1932); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Skip the Maloo! (1931); Skylark (1941); Slightly Static (1935); So You Want to Throw a Party (1950); Son of India (1931); Soup and Fish (1934); South Sea Sinner (1950); Spring Fever (1927); Stella Dallas (1925); Stepping Sisters (1932); Street Girl (1929); Street of Women (1932); Sunny (1930); Svengali (1931); Synthetic Sin (1929); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Taxi Barons (1933); The Band Wagon (1953); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Caddy (1953); The Common Law (1931); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Devil with Hitler (1942); The Dolly Sisters (1945); The Duchess of Buffalo (1926); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Exile (1947); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Girl Downstairs (1938); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Girl Said No (1930); The Golden Blade (1953); The Great Garrick (1937); The Great Waltz (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hoose-Gow (1929); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Irish in Us (1935); The Iron Mask (1929); The Jolson Story (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The King's Vacation (1933); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Rascals (1955); The Lost Moment (1947); The Love Charm (1928); The Man on the Rock (1938); The Merry Widow (1925); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Mystery Train (1931); The Office Wife (1930); The Old Maid (1939); The Other Woman's Story (1925); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rage of Paris (1938); The Red Kimono (1926); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Robe (1953); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Sky Hawk (1929); The Smart Set (1928); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Strange Door (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Unholy Night (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); The Woman Between (1931); Three Little Pigskins / Slippery Silks (1936); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Times Square Lady (1935); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Two Against the World (1932); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Vagabond Lady (1935); Washee Ironee (1934); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Way Out West (1930); What a Bozo! (1931); When Comedy Was King (1960); When G-Men Step In (1938); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); You Never Know Women (1926); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Recommended reading – Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre (2010):

Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre (2010).

By Brett L. Markham.

ISBN-10: 1602399840

ISBN-13: 978-1602399846

Description:

Here is a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just one quarter acre – and earn $10,000 in cash annually. This is not back-to-the-land utopianism, but a tested and pragmatic method that can be applied in small lots in rural, suburban, and even urban areas. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, Brett Markham’s advice will teach you what you need to know:

Saving, buying, starting, and selecting seeds.

Maintaining and improving soil.

Preventing and eradicating pests and diseases.

Compost, crop rotation, and timing.

Using organic methods.

Garden planning to meet dietary requirements.

Raising poultry.

Raising and pruning fruits and nuts.

Canning, freezing, and dehydrating.

Selling your excess and produce for top dollar.

And more!

More than just a how-to guide for self-sufficiency, Mini Farming teaches you the underlying principles of mini farming so you will have the knowledge to make you own unique applications. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed with over a hundred photographs, tables, diagrams, and illustrations.

Ann Patchett, on writing:

I craft everything in the beginning.

I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

- Ann Patchett.

On this day in movie history - Space Cowboys (2000):

Space Cowboys,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner,

was released in the United States on August 4, 2000.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Barbara Babcock, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly, Toby Stephens, Eli Craig, John Asher, Matt McColm, Billie Worley, Chris Wylde, Anne Stedman, James MacDonald, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Mark Thomason, Georgia Emelin, Rick Scarry, Paul Pender, Tim Halligan, Manning Mpinduzi-Mott, Steve Monroe, Jean-Michel Henry, Steven West, Cooper Huckabee, Hayden Tank, Jock MacDonald, Gerald Emerick, Renee Olstead, Don Michaelson, Artur Cybulski, Gordy Owens, Steve Stapenhorst, Lauren Cohn, Michael Louden, Deborah Hope, Jon Hamm, Lamont Lofton, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Erica Grant, Chip Chinery, Paul Grace, Craig Hosking, Tone Loc, Lisa Malone, Denise Marek-Plumb, Jeannette Papineau, Kristin Quick, Heather Ryon, Michael Satterfield.

On this day in movie history - Dick (1999):

Dick,

directed by Andrew Fleming,

written by Andrew Fleming and Sheryl Longin,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1999.
Music by John Debney.

Cast:
Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch, Teri Garr, Dave Foley, Jim Breuer, Ana Gasteyer, Harry Shearer, Saul Rubinek, Devon Gummersall, Ted McGinley, Ryan Reynolds, G.D. Spradlin, Shannon Lawson, Karl Pruner, Brenda Devine, Jonathan Rannells, Paulino Nunes, Michael Dyson, Jerry Schaefer, Jack Mosshammer, Karen Waddell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Cole Barrington, Scott Wickware, Mark Lutz, Kedar Brown, Paul Wildbaum, Kerry Dorey, Len Doncheff, Igor Portnoi, Jennifer Wigmore, Jane Moffat, Rob Nickerson, Bernard Browne, Rummy Bishop, Deborah Grover, Stephen Jared, Michael Eric Kramer, Mike Anscombe, Brunswick (the Dog), French Stewart, Laila Ayad, David Berni, Barry Goldwater, Michael Kaufman, Chad Ridgely, Jade Wu.