Saturday, August 10, 2024

Born on this day – Walter Lang:


Walter Lang

Director

August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972

Credits:

Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928); Amor in montagna (1932); As a Man Lives (1923); Autodefensa (2022); Brothers (1930); But Not for Me (1959); By Whose Hand? (1927); Call Me Madam (1953); Can-Can (1960); Carnival (1935); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Claudia and David (1946); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Command Performance (1931); Coney Island (1943); Desk Set (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Hell Bound (1931); Hello Sister (1930); Hooray for Love (1935); I'll Give a Million (1938); Lady Tubbs (1935); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Meet the Baron (1933); Money to Burn (1926); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mother Wore Tights (1947); No More Orchids (1932); On the Riviera (1951); Racetrack (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Second Honeymoon (1937); Sentimental Journey (1946); Sitting Pretty (1948); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Song of the Islands (1942); Star Dust (1940); State Fair (1945); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); The Big Fight (1930); The Blue Bird (1940); The Carnival Girl (1926); The College Hero (1927); The Costello Case (1930); The Desert Bride (1928); The Earth Woman (1926); The Golden Web (1926); The Great Profile (1940); The Jackpot (1950); The King and I (1956); The Ladybird (1927); The Little Princess (1939); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Mighty Barnum (1934); The Night Flyer (1928); The Party's Over (1934); The Red Kimono (1926); The Satin Woman (1927); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Warrior's Husband (1933); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Top of the Town (1937); Week-End in Havana (1941); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Women Go on Forever (1931); You're My Everything (1949).

Recommended reading - The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017):


The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017).
by LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso.

Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9781476666990
ISBN-13: 978-1476666990

Description:

Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.

Junot Diaz, on writing:


In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope,
even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise,
you keep writing anyway.

- Junot Diaz.

Friday, August 9, 2024

On this day in movie history - Blood Work (2002):


Blood Work,
directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Brian Helgeland,
based on the novel by Michael Connelly,
was released in the United States on August 9, 2002.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.


Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay, Igor Jijikine, Dina Eastwood, Beverly Leech, June Kyoto Lu, Chao Li Chi, Glenn Morshower, Robert Harvey, Matt Huffman, Mark Thomason, Maria Quiban, Brent Hinkley, Natalia Ongaro, Amanda Carlin, Ted Rooney, P.J. Byrne, Sam Jaeger, Derric Nugent, Craig Hosking, James W. Gavin, Dan Andreiu, Todd Bryant, Bryan Hanna, Ted Hollis, Michael Keyes, Greg Stechman, Sandie West.

On this day in movie history - The Abyss (1989):


The Abyss,
directed and written by James Cameron,
was released in the United States on August 9, 1989.
Music by Alan Silvestri.


Cast:
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewer Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Ken Jenkins, Chris Elliott, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach, Brad Sullivan, Frank Lloyd, Phillip Darlington, Joseph C. Nemec III, Joe Farago, William Wisher, Marcus K. Mukai, Wendy Gordon, Paula Cross, Thomas F. Duffy, Chris Anastasio, Emily Yancy, Michael Chapman, Tom Isbell, Mike Cameron, Daren Dochterman, Candice Hill, Randy Robertson, Robert Searle.

Born on this day – Danielle Gaubert:


Danielle Gaubert

Actress

August 9, 1943 – November 4, 1987

Born on this day – Michèle Girardon:


Michèle Girardon

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975