Monday, October 21, 2024

Born on this day – Hy Averback:


Hy Averback

Actor

Producer

Director

October 21, 1920 – October 14, 1997

Born on this day – Edna Purviance:


Edna Purviance


Actress

October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958

Credits:

Limelight (1952); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Éducation de prince (1927); A Woman of the Sea (1926); A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923); The Pilgrim (1923); Pay Day (1922); The Idle Class (1921); The Kid (1921); A Day's Pleasure (1919); Sunnyside (1919); How to Make Movies (1918); Shoulder Arms (1918); The Bond (1918); Triple Trouble (1918); A Dog's Life (1918); The Adventurer (1917); The Immigrant (1917); The Cure (1917); Easy Street (1917); The Rink (1916); Behind the Screen (1916); The Pawnshop (1916); The Count (1916); The Vagabond (1916); The Fireman (1916); The Floorwalker (1916); Police (1916); A Burlesque on Carmen (1915); A Night in the Show (1915); Shanghaied (1915); The Bank (1915); A Woman (1915); Work (1915); By the Sea (1915); The Tramp (1915); A Jitney Elopement (1915); In the Park (1915); The Champion (1915); A Night Out (1915).

Recommended reading - The New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (2014):


The New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction

Edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Paperback.
Published 2014.
Short story anthology.
Published by Running Press Adult.
ISBN 13: 9780762452217
ISBN 10: 0762452218
ASIN: 0762452218

Description:

Join shady operators, voluptuous molls, ruthless big-shots, and crooked cops in this massive collection filled with seven decades worth of pure, unadulterated pulp fiction. From Mickey Spillane to Dashiell Hammett, all the greatest writers are here – so watch your back!

Henry Rollins, on writing:


If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light.
If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls.
I will always write.
I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.

- Henry Rollins.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

On this day in movie history - Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022):


Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

aka Sergio Leone - L'italiano che inventò l'America,
documentary directed by Francesco Zippel,
was released in Italy on October 20, 2022.
Originally shown at the Venice Film Festival.
Awarded the 2023 Nastro d'Argento for Best Documentary.

Cast:

Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Audiard, Damien Chazelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Frayling, Arnon Milchan, Frank Miller, Giuliano Montaldo, Ennio Morricone, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Giuseppe Tornatore, Hark Tsui, Carlo Verdone, Eli Wallach.

On this day in movie history - Kubrick by Kubrick (2020):


Kubrick by Kubrick

a documentary directed and written by Gregory Monro,
was released at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States on October 20, 2020.
Music by Vincent Théard.


Cast:

Stanley Kubrick, Michel Ciment, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Arthur C. Clarke, Marisa Berenson, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Sellers, Garrett Brown, Ken Adam, Leonard Rosenman, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Christiane Kubrick, Roger Ebert, Dann Gire, Maurice Beaupère, J.-H. Bigay, Kirk Douglas, Pierre Fruchon, Sue Lyon, James Mason, Agop Terzan.

On this day in music history - Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, by Meat Loaf (2006):

The album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose,
by Meat Loaf,
was released on October 20, 2006.