Born on this day – Jack Arnold:

Jack Arnold

Actor

Director

October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992

Born on this day – Jean Gillie:

Jean Gillie

Actress

October 14, 1915 – February 19, 1949

Credits:

The Macomber Affair (1947); Decoy (1946); Flight from Folly (1945); Tawny Pipit (1944); The Gentle Sex (1943); The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941); A Call for Arms! (1940); Sailors Don't Care (1940); Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940); The Middle Watch (1940); The Spider (1939); What Would You Do, Chums? (1939); Sweet Devil (1938); The Live Wire (1937); The Girl in the Taxi (1937); This'll Make You Whistle (1936); His Majesty and Co (1935); While Parents Sleep (1935); School for Stars (1935); It Happened in Paris (1935); Brewster's Millions (1935); Smith's Wives (1935).

Born on this day – Michael D. Moore:

Michael D. Moore

Director

Second unit director

Writer

Actor

October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013

Credits:

Danger Rangers (2003–2008); 102 Dalmatians (2000); Wrongfully Accused (1998); Flubber (1997); 101 Dalmatians (1996); Little Giants (1994); The Three Musketeers (1993); Cool Runnings (1993); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993); Chaplin (1992); The Mighty Ducks (1992); Toy Soldiers (1991); Ghostbusters II (1989); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Le palanquin des larmes (1988); Funny Farm (1988); Willow (1988); Ishtar (1987); Outrageous Fortune (1987); Amazing Stories (1985); National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985); Lady Blue (1985); Sylvester (1985); The Little Drummer Girl (1984); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Never Say Never Again (1983); Mister Deathman (1983); Six Pack (1982); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raise the Titanic (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Man Who Would Be King (1975); Rooster Cogburn (1975); The Yakuza (1974); Mame (1974); Badge 373 (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (1971); Patton (1970); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Buckskin (1968); The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967); Bonanza (1967); Hondo (1967); Kill a Dragon (1967); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Roustabout (1964); Where Love Has Gone (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); Fun in Acapulco (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); A Girl Named Tamiko (1962); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Blue Hawaii (1961); Summer and Smoke (1961); G.I. Blues (1960); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Career (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); The Trap (1959); Houseboat (1958); King Creole (1958); Hot Spell (1958); Wild Is the Wind (1957); The Tin Star (1957); Beau James (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); The Ten Commandments (1956); Pardners (1956); You're Never Too Young (1955); The Seven Little Foys (1955); Hell's Island (1955); Living It Up (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); Money from Home (1953); The Caddy (1953); Houdini (1953); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Turning Point (1952); When Worlds Collide (1951); The Furies (1950); Fancy Pants (1950); The Great Gatsby (1949); Streets of Laredo (1949); The Paleface (1948); Unconquered (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); California (1947); Good as Gold (1927); The King of Kings (1927); No Man's Gold (1926); The Test of Donald Norton (1926); The Lady from Hell (1926); Flaming Waters (1925); The Man from Red Gulch (1925); Cytherea (1924); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); Mine to Keep (1923); Truxton King (1923); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922); Manslaughter (1922); The Love Charm (1921); Exit the Vamp (1921); Shame (1921); The Mask (1921); I Am Guilty (1921); The Lost Romance (1921); All Souls' Eve (1921); Something to Think About (1920); The Price of Redemption (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); Parted Curtains (1920); Out of the Dust (1920); The Unpainted Woman (1919).

Victor Hugo, on books and reading:

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

- Victor Hugo.

Recommended reading - The Name of the Rose (1980):

The Name of the Rose

By Umberto Eco.

Published by Harper.

First published 1980.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0063279630

ISBN-13: 978-0063279636

Description:

Italy, 1347. While Brother William of Baskerville is investigating accusations of heresy at a wealthy abbey, his inquiries are disrupted by a series of bizarre deaths. Turning his practiced detective skills to finding the killer, he relies on logic (Aristotle), theology (Thomas Aquinas), empirical insights (Roger Bacon), and his own wry humor and ferocious curiosity. With the aid of his young apprentice, William scours the abbey, from its stables to the labyrinthine library, piecing together evidence, and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night."

First published in 1980, The Name of the Rose became an international sensation, beguiling readers around the world with its mix of history, humor, and intellectual heft. This beautifully designed modern edition, illustrated with exclusive original drawings created by Umberto Eco, will enchant a new generation of readers and entice old fans to fall under its spell once again.

Now available in a deluxe fortieth-anniversary paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey.

“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.” – New York Times.

“Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it. Who can that miss out?” – Sunday Times (London).

Recommended reading: The Ninth Configuration (1999):

The Ninth Configuration

By William Peter Blatty.

Commentary by Mark Kermode.

Published by Screenpress Books.

Published in 1999.

Paperback.

Screenplay.

ISBN-10: 1901680207

ISBN-13: 978-1901680201

Description:

“The finest large scale American surrealist film ever made” – People Magazine.

Towards the end of the war in Vietnam, an unusually high percentage of American servicemen suddenly manifested symptoms of psychosis. To investigate this mystery, the US government established a network of covert study centers.

They send the crazies to Center Eighteen. Men who think they can walk through walls. Men who want to stage the complete works of Shakespeare using dogs. Hudson Kane is plagued by nightmares and memories not his own. Only Hudson Kane is not an inmate. Hudson Kane is in charge…

William Peter Blatty – the creator of The Exorcist – directed this self penned script that quickly became a cult classic for its brave philosophic tone, remarkable visuals and endlessly quotable dialogue.

This is the first time that Blatty’s originally screenplay has been published. Fully annotated by acclaimed writer and critic Mark Kermode and illustrated with many previously unpublished stills.

This is the definitive edition of the script that its creator believes to be the true sequel to The Exorcist.

Winner – Best Screenplay Golden Globe Awards.

Recommended reading: The Ninth Configuration (1966):

The Ninth Configuration

aka Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane.

By William Peter Blatty.

Paperback.

Published in 1966.

ISBN-10: 0765337304

ISBN-13: 978-0765337306

Description:

Hidden away in a brooding Gothic manor in the deep woods is Center Eighteen, a secret military "rest camp" currently housing twenty-seven inmates, all officers who have succumbed to a sudden outbreak of mental illness. Have the men truly lost their minds, are they only pretending to be insane to avoid combat, or is some more sinister conspiracy at work?

Desperate for answers, the Pentagon has placed a brilliant Marine psychiatrist in charge of the base and its deranged occupants. A man of deep faith and compassion, Colonel Kane hopes to uncover the root of the men's bizarre obsessions. But as Center Eighteen descends into chaos, Kane finds the greatest challenge may be his own buried demons. . .