Sunday, October 20, 2024

Born on this day – Adolph Deutsch:


Adolph Deutsch

Composer

Conductor

Actor

October 20, 1897 – January 1, 1980

Born on this day – Evelyn Brent:


Evelyn Brent

Actress

October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975

Born on this day – Olive Thomas:


Olive Thomas

Actress

Model

October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920

Born on this day – Bela Lugosi:


Bela Lugosi

Actor

October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956

Born on this day – Margaret Dumont:


Margaret Dumont

Actress

October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965

Born on this day – Edgar Selwyn:


Edgar Selwyn


Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944

Credits:

Pierre of the Plains (1942); Washington Melodrama (1941); Dulcy (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Bridal Suite (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Baby Face Harrington (1935); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Chained (1934); Men Must Fight (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); Possessed (1931); War Nurse (1930); The Girl in the Show (1929); Dancing Mothers (1926); Night Life of New York (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); The Mirage (1924); The Arab (1924); The Primitive Lover (1922); Lonely Heart (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Dodging a Million (1918); Nearly Married (1917); Rolling Stones (1916); The Arab (1915); The Country Boy (1915); Pierre of the Plains (1914).

Recommended reading - Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1992):


Murder Plus

True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction

Edited by Marc Gerald

Paperback
Published 1992.
Published by Pharos Books.
ISBN 13: 9780886876623
ISBN 10: 0886876621
ASIN: 0886876621

Description:

A collection of twenty-five true crime stories culled from the pages of old pulp magazines features works by such masters of detective fiction as Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Bloch, Ellery Queen, Harlan Ellison, and others. Simultaneous.