Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:

J. Parker Read Jr.

Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942

Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book:

Recommended reading - The Far Side of the Dollar (1965):

The Far Side of the Dollar

By Ross Macdonald.

Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

First published (1965).

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768653

ISBN-13: 978-0679768654

Description:

Crime fiction.

“Ross Macdonald must be ranked high amongst American thriller-writers.” – Times Literary Supplement (London).

In The Far Side of the Dollar, Archer is looking for an unstable rich kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school – and into the arms of kidnappers. Why are his desperate parents so loath to give Archer the information he needs to find him? And why do all trails lead to a derelict Hollywood hotel where starlets and sailors once rubbed elbows with two-bit grifters – and where the present clientele includes a brand-new corpse? The result is Macdonald at his most exciting, delivering 1,000-volt shocks to the nervous system while uncovering the venality and depravity at the heart of the case.

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

Mary McGrory, on writing:

If there is a secret to writing, I haven't found it yet.

All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.

- Mary McGrory.

On this day in music history - Our Songs, by Anastacia (2023):

The album Our Songs,

by Anastacia,

was released on September 22, 2023.

On this day in movie history - King of New York (1990):

King of New York

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by Nicholas St. John,

was released in the United States on September 22, 1990.
Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:

Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Larry Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Janet Julian, Paul Calderón, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Theresa Randle, Carrie Nygren, Frank Adonis, Gerard Murphy, Harold Perrineau, Leonard L. Thomas, Gary Landon Mills, Robert LaSardo, Lance Guecia, Frankie Cee, Ernest Abuba, Freddy Howard, Frank Gio, Joey Chin, Lia Chang, Michael Guess, James Lorinz, Alonna Shaw, Nancy Hunter, Jay Julien, Roger Guenveur Smith, Vanessa Angel, Phoebe Legere, Erica Gimpel, Frank Aquilina, David Proval, Carlos Lauchu, Dhonna Harris Goodale.

On this day in movie history - Miller’s Crossing (1990):

Miller’s Crossing

directed and written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on September 22, 1990.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, Steve Buscemi, John McConnell, Mike Starr, Al Mancini, Olek Krupa, Frances McDormand.