Jack Kost

Friday, October 18, 2024

Born on this day – Evelyn Venable:

Evelyn Venable

Actress

October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993

Born on this day – Johnny Temple:

Johnny Temple

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 18, 1906 – November 22, 1968

Credits:

Albums:
Johnnie Temple 1935-1940: From Mississippi to Chicago (The Blues) (1997); Johnnie Temple Vol. 2 1938-1940 (2005); Johnnie Temple Vol. 3 1940-1949 (2005); Johnny Temple's Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out (2006); Lead Pencil Blues (2015); Presenting Johnnie Temple (1935); Vol. 1 1935-1938 (2005).

Songs:

Beale Street Sheik; Between Midnight and Dawn; Big Boat Whistle; Big Leg Woman; Big Woman Blues; County Jail Blues; East Saint Louis Blues; Every Dog Must Have His Day; Fare You Well; Gimme Some of That Yum Yum Yum; Gonna Ride 74; Hoodoo Women; I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again; Jacksonville Blues; Lead Pencil Blues; Louise Louise Blues; Mama's Bad Luck Child; Mean Baby Blues; New Louise Louise Blues; New Vicksburg Blues; Olds "98" Blues; Peeping Through The Keyhole; Pimple Blues; Rhythm Mama; Snapping Cat; So Lonely And Blue; Something in the Moon That Gives Me a Thrill; Stavin' Chain; The Evil Devil Blues; What Is It That Smells Like Gravy?; Yum, Yum, Yum.

Born on this day – Miriam Hopkins:

Miriam Hopkins

Actress

October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972

Credits:

Hollywood Horror House (1970); The Flying Nun (1969); The Chase (1966); Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); Route 66 (1963); General Electric Theater (1954–1962); The Children's Hour (1961); The Investigators (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Climax! (1957); Studio One (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); The Whistler (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Curtain Call (1952); Carrie (1952); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); The Mating Season (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Heiress (1949); Old Acquaintance (1943); A Gentleman After Dark (1942); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Virginia City (1940); The Old Maid (1939); Wise Girl (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Becky Sharp (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); She Loves Me Not (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); All of Me (1934); Design for Living (1933); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); Trouble in Paradise (1932); The World and the Flesh (1932); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931); 24 Hours (1931); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Fast and Loose (1930); The Home Girl (1928).

Born on this day – Ferdinand Schubert:

Ferdinand Schubert

Composer

October 18, 1794 – February 26, 1859

The Maltese Falcon

By Dashiell Hammett.

Introduction by Richard Russo.

First published 1930.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0679722645
ISBN-13: 978-0679722649

Description:

“Hammett … wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.” – Raymond Chandler.

Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance – a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.

“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” – The New York Times.