Born on this day – George Macready:

George Macready

Actor

August 29, 1899 – July 2, 1973

Born on this day – Preston Sturges:

Preston Sturges

Writer

Director

August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959

Credits:

American Masters (1990); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Child of Manhattan (1933); Christmas in July (1940); College Swing (1938); Diamond Jim (1935); Easy Living (1937); Fast and Loose (1930); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hotel Haywire (1937); Houdini (1953); I Married a Witch (1942); If I Were King (1938); I'll Be Yours (1947); Imitation of Life (1934); La grande mare (1930); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Never Say Die (1939); New York Town (1941); Next Time We Love (1936); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Paris Holiday (1958); Port of Seven Seas (1938); Preston Sturges and 'the Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (2005); Reflets de Cannes (1954); Remember the Night (1939); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Safeguarding Military Information (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Big Pond (1930); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great McGinty (1940); The Great Moment (1944); The Invisible Man (1933); The Lady Eve (1941); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Twentieth Century (1934); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); Vendetta (1950); We Live Again (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2012).

Books or TV? Books. Every time:

Books or TV?

Books.

Every time.

Recommended reading - The Doomsters (1958):

The Doomsters

By Ross Macdonald.

ASIN: 0307279049

First published 1958.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9780307279040

ISBN-13: 978-0307279040

Description:

“Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin.” – The Atlantic Monthly.

“Ross Macdonald should not be limited in audience to connoisseurs of mystery fiction. He is one of a handful of writers in the genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.

Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of Hallman’s parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they’ve has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid riches. However, after years of dastardly double-crossing and low down dirty-dealing, the family seem to be on the receiving end of a karmic death-blow. With two dead already and another consigned to the nuthouse, Archer races to crack the secret before another Hallman lands on the slab.

Murder, madness and greed grace The Doomsters, where a tony façade masks the rot and corruption within.

“Ross Macdonald is one of the best writers of the whipcord thriller.” – The Bookman.

P. D. James, on writing:

Don't just plan to write - write.

It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

- P. D. James.

On this day in music history - Stop The Game, by Deborah Coleman (2007):

The album Stop The Game,

by Deborah Coleman,

was released on August 28, 2007.

Born on this day – David Soul:

David Soul

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

Singer

August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

The Gridiron (2016); Filth (2013); Inspector Lewis (2012); Mermaids: The Body Found (2011); Crash Bang Wallow (2010); Farewell (2009); That Deadwood Feeling (2009); Old Dog (2006); Puritan (2005); The Dark Lantern (2004); Poirot (2004); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Dalziel and Pascoe (2004); Doctor Who: The Animated Series (2002); Holby City (2001–2002); Tabloid (2001); The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1998); Terror in the Mall (1998); The Girls of Lido (1995); Vents contraires (1995); Sandra, the Rebel Princess (1995); High Tide (1994); The Judge Is a Woman (1994); Pentathlon (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991–1993); Jake and the Fatman (1988–1992); Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992); Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991); In the Heat of the Night (1990); China Beach (1990); Tides of War (1990); The Bride in Black (1990); In the Cold of the Night (1990); The Young Riders (1990); So Proudly We Hail (1990); Prime Target (1989); The Hitchhiker (1989); Unsub (1989); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1989); In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988); Bloodstone (1988); Appointment with Death (1988); Secret of the Sahara (1988); Crime Story (1987–1988); Harry's Hong Kong (1987); The Hanoi Hilton (1987); The Fifth Missile (1986); The Key to Rebecca (1985); Blood Debts (1985); Heart of the City (1986); Hunter (1985); Partners in Crime (1984); Miami Vice (1984); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Through Naked Eyes (1983); Casablanca (1983); World War III (1982); The Manions of America (1981); Homeward Bound (1980); Rage! (1980); Swan Song (1980); Salem's Lot (1979); Dogpound Shuffle (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979); The Stick Up (1977); David Soul: Going in with My Eyes Open (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); David Soul: Don't Give Up on Us (1976); The Long Christmas Dinner (1975); Gunsmoke (1975); Medical Center (1974); McMillan & Wife (1974); The Rookies (1974); Cannon (1973–1974); The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Magnum Force (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Intertect (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); Movin' On (1972); All in the Family (1971); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Ironside (1971); Dan August (1971); The Young Rebels (1970); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); The Secret Sharer (1967); Star Trek (1967); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Flipper (1967); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1966).