Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Born on this day – Frank Herbert:


Frank Herbert


Writer

October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986

Credits:

Dune (1965); Dune Messiah (1969); Children of Dune (1976); God Emperor of Dune (1981); Heretics of Dune (1984); Chapterhouse: Dune (1985); House Atreides (1999); House Harkonnen (2000); House Corrino (2001); Fremen Justice (2001); The Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of Corrin (2004); Hunters of Dune (2006); Sandworms of Dune (2007); Paul of Dune (2008); The Winds of Dune (2009); Sisterhood of Dune (2011); Mentats of Dune (2014); Red Plague (2016); Navigators of Dune (2016); The Duke of Caladan (2020); The Lady of Caladan (2021); The Heir of Caladan (2022); The Machine Crusade (2002); The Battle of Corrin (2004); The Illustrated Dune (1965); The Dune Encyclopedia (1984); Songs of Muad'dib (1992); The Road to Dune (2005); Tales of Dune (2011); Sands of Dune (2022); Whipping Star (1969); The Dosadi Experiment (1977); Destination Void (1966); The Jesus Incident (1979); The Lazarus Effect (1983); The Ascension Factor (1988); SF Authors' Choice 2 (1970); SF Authors' Choice 3 (1973); The Dragon in the Sea (aka Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub) (1956); Missing Link (1959); Operation Haystack (1959); Try to Remember (1961); The Green Brain (1966); The Eyes of Heisenberg (1966); The Heaven Makers (1968); The Santaroga Barrier (1968); Soul Catcher (1972); The Godmakers (1972); Hellstrom's Hive (1973); Direct Descent (1980); The White Plague (1982); Man of Two Worlds (1986); Old Rambling House (2010); High-Opp (2012); Angels' Fall (2013); A Game of Authors (2013); A Thorn in the Bush (2014); The Worlds of Frank Herbert (1970); The Book of Frank Herbert (1973); The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-70 (1975); The Best of Frank Herbert (1975); The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964 (1977); The Priests Of Psi (1981); Eye (1985); Classic Science Fiction Stories (2009); The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert (2014); Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories (2016); New World Or No World (1970); Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience (1973); Without Me You're Nothing (1980); Maker of Dune (1985); The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune (1988); Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology (1980); Analog's Lighter Side (1982); Analog's Children Of The Future (1982); Analog (1983); War and Peace (1983); Aliens from Analog (1983); Analog Writers Choice (1984); From Mind to Mind (1984); Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 (2020);  Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2 (2022); Amazing Stories, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1967); Backdrop of Stars (1968); On Our Way to the Future (1970); Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives (1973); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974); Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981); Nebula Awards 15 (1981); Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II  (1984); Election Day 2084 (1984); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987); More Fantastic Stories (2009); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); Pulse Pounders (2015); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015).

Movies and television:

Chapterhouse Dune (2009); Children of Dune (2003 / 2008); Destination Dune (1984); Dune (1984 / 1992 / 1993 / 2000 / 2006); Dune 2000 (1998); Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992); Dune Messiah (2007); Dune: Messiah (2025); Dune: Part One (2021); Dune: Part Two (2024); Dune: Prophecy (2024); Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001); Flash Gordon (1980); Frank Herbert's Cease Fire (2012); God Emperor of Dune (2007); Heretics of Dune (2008); JDR Dune: Campagne JDR / Podcast Series (2023); JDR Dune: Le Réveil / TV Mini Series (2021); Soul Catcher (2025); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Valkokangas (1985).

Born on this day – Mary Delgado:


Mary Delgado

Actress

October 8, 1916 – April 13, 1984

Born on this day – Paulette Dubost:


Paulette Dubost


Actress

October 8, 1910 – September 21, 2011

Credits:

Curriculum (2007); Pale Eyes (2005); Duval: Un mort de trop (2001); Workers for the Good Lord (2000); Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999); L'histoire du samedi (1998); La belle vie (1997); Nini (1997); Un chantage en or (1996); The King of Paris (1995); Perle noire (1994); Habiba Msika: The Dance of Fire (1994); Passé-composé (1999); Les cinq dernières minutes (1989–1992); Les mamies (1992); La mémoire (1992); Le jour des rois (1991); Feu sur le candidat (1990); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1977–1990); May Fools (1990); Pause café, pause tendresse (1989); La fête à Louisette (1988); La comédie du travail (1988); Marc et Sophie (1987); Cent francs l'amour (1986); Le tiroir secret (1986); Le paria (1985); Rancune tenace (1985); Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1985); La derelitta (1978–1985); Le seul témoin (1985); La femme ivoire (1984); Au théâtre ce soir (1984); Charlots connection (1984); Deux filles sur un banc (1984); Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983); Le cercle fermé (1982); Les amours des années grises (1981); La vie continue (1981); Un temps ailleurs (1981); Le boulanger de Suresnes (1981); La grossesse de Madame Bracht (1980); The Last Metro (1980); La petite valise (1980); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1980); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); Les 400 coups de Virginie (1979–1980); La gueule de l'autre (1979); Jean le Bleu (1979); Efficax (1979); La barricade du Point du Jour (1978); Thomas Guérin... retraité (1978); Le retour de Jean (1978); À l'ombre d'un soupçon (1978); Take It from the Top (1978); Les bijoux de Carina, de Victor, de Patrice, ou de Raymond? (1978); Les folies Offenbach (1978); Dear Inspector (1977); Rendez-vous en noir (1977); Bonjour Paris (1976); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Crise (1975); Jack (1975); Malaventure (1974); Un certain Richard Dorian (1973–1974); Juliette et Juliette (1974); Du plomb dans la tête (1973); Poker d'As (1973); Une atroce petite musique (1973); La feuille de Bétel (1973); Les dernières volontés de Richard Lagrange (1972); Les chemins de pierre (1972); La tête à l'envers (1972); La possédée (1971); On recherche héritière (1970); La revanche (1970); Les Parisiennes de Kiraz (1969); Le curé de village (1969); Le corso des tireurs (1968); Les créatures du bon Dieu (1967); Saturnin Belloir (1967); Par mesure de silence (1967); Allô police (1967); The Sunday of Life (1967); Vive la vie (1966); Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel (1966); Viva Maria! (1965); Le naïf amoureux (1965); Umorismo in nero (1965); Madame Jumeau a crié (1965); L'âge ingrat (1964); Chance at Love (1964); La dérive (1964); L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964); La revue des feuilletons (1963); Banana Peel (1963); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Germinal (1963); Janique aimée (1963); Seul... à corps perdu (1963); Enough Rope (1963); Jeanne et Jacques (1962); Pourquoi Paris? (1962); Les mystères de Paris (1962); À la monnaie du pape (1962); Plaisir du théâtre (1962); La dame aux camélias (1962); The Seven Deadly Sins (1962); Love Play (1961); Women and War (1961); Le sérum de bonté (1960); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Tendre et violente Elisabeth (1960); La main chaude (1960); Madame Valentin, 3ème gauche (1959); Le Bossu (1959); Picnic on the Grass (1959); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); La caméra explore le temps (1959); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Soupe au lait (1959); Châteaux en Espagne (1958); Taxi, Trailer and Corrida (1958); The Adventures of Remi (1958); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Inspector Maigret (1958); Der 10. Mai (1957); La joyeuse prison (1956); Ces sacrées vacances (1956); Lola Montès (1955); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954); My Brother from Senegal (1953); Familie M Junior (1953); L'oeil en coulisses (1953); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); Le Plaisir (1952); Descendez, on vous demande (1951); Chéri de sa concierge (1951); Four in a Jeep (1951); Tire au flanc (1950); Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950); Le roi Pandore (1950); Le 84 prend des vacances (1950); La petite chocolatière (1949); The Naked Woman (1949); Ma tante d'Honfleur (1949); Le bal des pompiers (1948); Le dolmen tragique (1948); ; Blanc comme neige (1948); Et dix de der (1948); Ploum, ploum, tra-la-la (1947); Plume la poule (1947); La dernière chevauchée (1947); Six heures à perdre (1947); La revanche de Roger la Honte (1946); Au petit bonheur (1946); Roger la Honte (1946); Farandole (1945); Adrien (1943); Je suis avec toi (1943); Opéra-musette (1942); Bécassine (1940); The Rules of the Game (1939); Le paradis des voleurs (1939); Hotel du Nord (1938); L'ange que j'ai vendu (1938); Barnabé (1938); Titin des Martigues (1938); The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937); La reine des resquilleuses (1937); La brigade en jupons (1936); Le prince des Six Jours (1936); La petite sauvage (1936); Le siège-arrière (1935); Le bébé de l'escadron (1935); La rosière des Halles (1935); La caserne en folie (1935); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Le comte Obligado (1935); Studio à louer (1935); Le billet de mille (1935); L'auberge du Petit-Dragon (1934); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Le bonheur (1934); La cinquième empreinte (1934); Jeunesse (1934); Une fois dans la vie (1934); Vive la compagnie (1934); George and Georgette (1934); Le fakir du Grand Hôtel (1934); Noces et banquets (1933); Maison hantée (1933); Cette nuit-là (1933); Pour être aimé (1933); The Orderly (1933); Song of the Streets (1933); Le martyre de l'obèse (1933); Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933); Rivaux de la piste (1933); Paris-Soleil (1933); L'enfant de ma soeur (1933); Riri et Nono amoureux (1932); En plein dans le mille (1932); The Man Who Doesn't Know to Say No (1932); À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932); Riri et Nono se débrouillent (1932); Un homme sans nom (1932); Le champion du régiment (1932); Vous serez ma femme (1932); Service de nuit (1932); Un coup de téléphone (1932); L'amoureuse aventure (1932); Un chien qui rapporte (1932); J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931); Le bal (1931).

Born on this day – Kirk Alyn:


Kirk Alyn

Actor

October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999

Born on this day – Julien Duvivier:


Julien Duvivier

Director

Writer

October 8, 1896 – October 29, 1967

Born on this day – Richard Stanton:


Richard Stanton

Actor

Director

October 8, 1876 – May 22, 1956

Recommended reading - Marathon Man (1974):


Marathon Man

By William Goldman.

First published 1974.
Published by Random House Publishing Group.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0345439724
ISBN-13: 978-0345439727

Description:

William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history – in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . . .

MARATHON MAN

Tom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence – and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder – and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"

"Superb . . . One hell of a read." – The Washington Post.

“An exciting – often funny, often sad – chase … Goldman does a masterly job.” – Associated Press.

“Well-plotted, expertly characterized, and fast-paced." – Los Angeles Times.