8 Girls in a Boat (1934);
Above the Clouds (1933); Bad Boy (1935); Before Dawn (1933); Circus Shadows
(1935); Craig's Wife (1936); His Greatest Gamble (1934); Hollywood Boulevard
(1936); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934);
In Old Kentucky (1935); Lucky Devils (1933); Men of America (1932); One in a
Million (1935); Scarlet River (1933); Speed to Spare (1937); The Age of Consent
(1932); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Merry Widow (1934); The Milky Way
(1936); The White Parade (1934); When a Man's a Man (1935); Whistling in
Brooklyn (1943).
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Born on this day – Louise Brooks:
Actress
Dancer
Writer
Painter
November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985
Credits:
A Girl in Every Port
(1928); A Social Celebrity (1926); Beggars of Life (1928); Diary of a Lost Girl
(1929); Empty Saddles (1936); Evening Clothes (1927); God's Gift to Women
(1931); It Pays to Advertise (1931); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Just
Another Blonde (1926); King of Gamblers (1937); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Now
We're in the Air (1927); Overland Stage Raiders (1938); Pandora's Box (1929); Prix
de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930); Rolled Stockings (1927); The American Venus
(1926); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Show-Off
(1926); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); When You're in Love (1937); Windy
Riley Goes Hollywood (1931).
Recommended reading - The Art of Robert E. McGinnis (2014):
The Art of Robert E. McGinnis
By Robert E. McGinnis
and Art Scott.
Published by Titan Books.
Illustrated edition.
Published 2014.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1781162174
ISBN-13: 978-1781162170
Description:
A Modern Master.
Robert E. McGinnis began
his career in 1947 as a cartoonist, and produced his first cover illustrations
for 1956 issues of the magazines True Detective and Master Detective.
Then in 1958, he painted his first paperback book cover, and from that day
forward his work was in demand.
The emergence of the
“McGinnis Woman” – long-legged, intelligent, alluring, and enigmatic – established
him as the go-to artist for detective novels. His work appeared on Mike Shayne
titles and the Perry Mason series, and he produced 100 paintings for the
Carter Brown adventures. Yet McGinnis became famous for his work in
other genres as well: espionage, romance, historicals, gothics, and Westerns.
McGinnis’s first major
magazine assignments were for The Saturday Evening Post, and his work
has graced the pages of Cosmopolitan, National Geographic, Good
Housekeeping, Guideposts, and others. McGinnis women frequently
cropped up in the men’s magazines of the ’60s and ’70s.
His first movie poster
was for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, with an iconic rendering of Audrey
Hepburn. Almost instantly, his poster artwork could be seen everywhere – in
theaters, on billboards, in newspapers, and even on soundtrack albums. His work
for Hollywood became a who’s-who, with posters for James Bond, The
Odd Couple, Woody Allen, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and
many more.
Some
of his most ambitious works have been his gallery paintings, often depicting
stunning American landscapes, vast Western vistas, and of course, beautiful
women. The Art of Robert E. McGinnis collection reveals the full scope
and beauty of the work of a true American master – one whose legacy continues
today.
Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986):
The Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels
Edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg.Published 1986.
Published by Robinson Publishing.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0948164212
ISBN-13: 978-0948164217
Published by Robinson Publishing.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0948164212
ISBN-13: 978-0948164217
Description:
Complete and Unabridged.
12 Short Crime Novels by
the masters of suspense:
The Lawless Lady, by Leslie Charteris.
Simon Templar, alias the
Saint, pits his skills against an ingenious group of thieves.
Introducing Susan Dare, by Mignon Eberhart.
Meet detective Susan
Dare in her first appearance, solving the murder of a fellow houseguest.
Nightmare, by Cornell Woolrich.
A murder mystery full of
psychological terror in the tradition of Poe.
Death’s Eye View, by John D. MacDonald.
A chilling tale of
attempted murder off the Florida coast.
The Murder Machine, by Hugh Pentecost.
Sabotage and murder set
the scene at a quarry in rural Pennsylvania.
Death Rides a Boxcar, by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Lost purses, bribery,
sabotage and train yards at midnight contribute to a thrilling tale of
espionage.
The Bearded Lady, by Ross MacDonald.
Private eye Lew Archer
sets out to solve the theft of a painting and gets involved in a double murder.
Murder Set to Music, by Fredric Brown.
Would you buy a used car
from this man. Salesman and musician – but is that all he is?
The Zero Clue, by Rex Stout.
The famous Nero Wolfe
and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, help a stumped New York police department
solve a murder.
Storm, by Ed McBain.
A ski weekend in New
England turns into a double murder for 87th Precinct Detective Cotton Hawes.
Don’t Look Now, by Daphne Du Maurier.
A classic tale of
psychic events in Venice.
Booktaker, by Bill Pronzini.
Meet
the most inventive thief in San Francisco – can you work out how he does it?
Kurt Vonnegut, on reading and writing:
I believe that reading
and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far
found.
By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history,
we
meditate with our own minds and theirs as well.
This to me is a miracle.
– Kurt Vonnegut.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
On this day in music history - Sacred Night: The Christmas Album, by Secret Garden and Cathrine Iversen (2020):
The album Sacred Night:
The Christmas Album,
by Secret Garden and Cathrine Iversen,
was released on
November 13, 2020.
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