Born on this day – Mary Duncan:

Mary Duncan

Actress

August 13, 1894 – May 9, 1993

Credits:

Morning Glory (1933); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); Thirteen Women (1932); State's Attorney (1932); The Age for Love (1931); Five and Ten (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); Kismet (1930); City Girl (1930); Romance of the Rio Grande (1929); Thru Different Eyes (1929); The River (1928); 4 Devils (1928); Soft Living (1928); Very Confidential (1927).

Born on this day – James Van Trees:

James Van Trees

Cinematographer

August 13, 1890 – April 11, 1973

Credits:

My Mother the Car (1966); O.K. Crackerby! (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963); The Comedy Spot (1960); The George Burns Show (1958–1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); Bold Journey (1957); Cavalcade of America (1957); The People's Choice (1955–1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955); I Married Joan (1952–1955); For the Defense (1954); You Bet Your Life (1951–1953); Red Light (1949); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); The Great John L. (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Last Ride (1944); His Texas Playboys (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Nine Girls (1944); The Racket Man (1944); Gun to Gun (1944); Wintertime (1943); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Mechanized Patrolling (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); The Gorilla Man (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Busses Roar (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); International Squadron (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Here Comes Happiness (1941); Flight from Destiny (1941); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Young America Flies (1940); Smashing the Money Ring (1939); Waterfront (1939); Over the Wall (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); Expensive Husbands (1937); Love Is on the Air (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Let Them Live (1937); Career Woman (1936); Flying Hostess (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Palm Springs (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); Every Night at Eight (1935); Shanghai (1935); The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935); A Night at the Ritz (1935); Sweet Music (1935); West of the Pecos (1934); Gentlemen Are Born (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Murder in the Private Car (1934); Stingaree (1934); Looking for Trouble (1934); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Blood Money (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Baby Face (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Parachute Jumper (1933); The King's Vacation (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); They Call It Sin (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Life Begins (1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); The Heart of New York (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); Taxi (1931); Alexander Hamilton (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Children of Dreams (1931); The Millionaire (1931); Captain Thunder (1930); Viennese Nights (1930); Old English (1930); Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930); The Man Hunter (1930); The Man from Blankley's (1930); What a Life (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); The Green Goddess (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); So Long Letty (1929); The Argyle Case (1929); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); The Whip (1928); Sinner's Parade (1928); The Scarlet Lady (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); The Noose (1928); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); Lost at the Front (1927); Twinkletoes (1926); Midnight Lovers (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); Fifth Avenue (1926); Chickie (1925); I Want My Man (1925); If I Marry Again (1925); Single Wives (1924); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Woman on the Jury (1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); The Huntress (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); The Young Rajah (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); The Top of New York (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); Morals (1921); Wealth (1921); Sacred and Profane Love (1921); The Witching Hour (1921); The Furnace (1920); The Soul of Youth (1920); Jenny Be Good (1920); Nurse Marjorie (1920); Judy of Rogues' Harbor (1920); The 13th Commandment (1920); More Deadly Than the Male (1919); His Official Fiancée (1919); Widow by Proxy (1919); Girls (1919); Happiness a la Mode (1919); The Final Close-Up (1919); The Veiled Adventure (1919); Romance and Arabella (1919); Who Cares? (1919); A Lady's Name (1918); The Gypsy Trail (1918); Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918); The Man from Funeral Range (1918); Sauce for the Goose (1918); A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918); Good Night, Paul (1918); Viviette (1918); Unclaimed Goods (1918); The Shuttle (1918); A Petticoat Pilot (1918); The Fair Barbarian (1917); Molly Entangled (1917); The Trouble Buster (1917); Little Miss Optimist (1917); A Kiss for Susie (1917); Giving Becky a Chance (1917); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Spirit of Romance (1917); Her Own People (1917); The Wax Model (1917); The Right Direction (1916); The Road to Love (1916); The Intrigue (1916); The Stronger Love (1916); An International Marriage (1916); The American Beauty (1916); The Making of Maddalena (1916); David Garrick (1916); The Heart of Paula (1916); The Code of Marcia Gray (1916); The Wild Olive (1915).

Recommended reading - In a Lonely Place (1947):

In a Lonely Place (1947).

By Dorothy B. Hughes.

Published by NYRB Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1681371472

ISBN-13: 978-1681371474

Description:

“In a Lonely Place blasted my mind open to new ways of reading.” – Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Review of Books.

Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele.  To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night – bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out – seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who’s been terrorizing the women of the city for months...

Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.

“Crime was never Hughes’s interest, evil was, and to be evil, for her, is to be intolerant of others... With her poetic powers of description, she makes that evil a sickness in the mind and a landscape to be surveyed.” – Christine Smallwood, The New Yorker’s Page-Turner Blog.

“A tour de force laying open the mind and motives of a killer with extraordinary empathy. The structure is flawless, and the scenes of postwar LA have an immediacy that puts Chandler to shame. No wonder Hughes is the master we keep turning to.” – Sara Paretsky.

Cynthia Rylant, on reading:

I learned to write from authors.

I didn't know any, but I read their books.

- Cynthia Rylant.

On this day in movie history - Hell or High Water (2016):

Hell or High Water,

directed by David Mackenzie,

written by Taylor Sheridan,

was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.
Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:
Ben Foster, Chris Pine, William Sterchi, Buck Taylor, Kristin K. Berg, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham, Keith Meriweather, Jackamoe Buzzell, Katy Mixon, Amber Midthunder, Joe Berryman, Taylor Sheridan, Howard Ferguson Jr., Debrianna Mansini, Paul Howard Smith, Nathaniel Augustson, Ariel Holmes, Marie A.K. McMaster, Jim Burleson, Gregory Cruz, Melanie Papalia, Kim Gleason, Alma Sisneros, Kevin Rankin, Margaret Bowman, Ivan Brutsche, Marin Ireland, John-Paul Howard, Kevin Wiggins, Dylan Kenin, Nicole Brady, Richard Christie, Heidi Sulzman, Christopher W. Garcia, Rick Anglada, Brian Barela, Richard Beal, Brian Bolman, Mary Bowman, Marika Day, Lyle DeRose, Melissa-Lou Ellis, Michael Fletcher, Crystal Gonzales, Karen M. Hudson, Darlene Kellum, James E. Lane, Ricky Lee, Jameson Macmillan, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Gustavo Montes, Martin Palmer, Terry Dale Parks, Francisco Peramos, Daniel Pimentel, Jack T. Silliman, J. Nathan Simmons, Michael E. Stogner, Aaron Templeton, Art Westgate, Kathie Westgate, Danny Winn, Julian Wondolowski.

On this day in movie history - Anthropoid (2016):

Anthropoid,

directed by Sean Ellis,

written by Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin,

was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.
Music by Robin Foster.

Cast:
Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr., Sára Arnsteinová, Hana Frejková, Sean Mahon, Jan Hájek, Marcin Dorocinski, Toby Jones, Alena Mihulová, Bill Milner, Charlotte Le Bon, Pavel Reznícek, Anna Geislerová, Vaclav Marek and his Blue Star, Justin Svoboda, Harry Lloyd, Václav Neuzil, Jirí Simek, Detlef Bothe.

On this day in music history - Close Your Eyes, by Amy Lauren (2011):

The album Close Your Eyes,

by Amy Lauren,

was released on August 12, 2011.