Recommended reading - Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose (1954)

Twelve Angry Men

Teleplay by Reginald Rose.

Introduction by David Mamet.

Filmed as:

12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.

12 Angry Men (1997), directed by William Friedkin.

Paperback.

Published by Penguin Classics.

First published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780143104407

ISBN 10: 0143104403

ASIN: 0143104403

Description:

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.

After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on imagination:

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

On this day in music history - Behind the Mask, by Fleetwood Mac (1990):

Behind the Mask

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 9, 1990.

Track list:

Skies the Limit; Love Is Dangerous; In the Back of My Mind; Do You Know; Save Me; Affairs of the Heart; When the Sun Goes Down; Behind the Mask; Stand on the Rock; Hard Feelings; Freedom; When It Comes to Love; The Second Time.

Born on this day – Badja Djola:

Badja Djola

Actor

Dancer

April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005

Credits:

Slipdream (2005); Back to You in the Days (2005); Night at the Golden Eagle (2001); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Fugitive (2000); The Price of Air (2000); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); The Hurricane (1999); Deterrence (1999); Born Free (1998); Chicago Hope (1998); Butter (1998); ER (1998); Brooklyn South (1998); The Players Club (1998); Gunshy (1998); Millennium (1997); First Time Felon (1997); The Last Don (1997); The Brave (1997); NYPD Blue (1997); Rosewood (1997); Nash Bridges (1997); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); The X-Files (1995); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Roc (1993–1994); Who's the Man? (1993); Marked for Murder (1993); Eddie Presley (1992); The Waterdance (1992); Division Street (1991); Christmas on Division Street (1991); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); A Rage in Harlem (1991); Wiseguy (1990); B.L. Stryker (1990); An Innocent Man (1989); Mississippi Burning (1988); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); Spenser: For Hire (1987); The Lightship (1985); Maximum Security (1984); The Lonely Guy (1984); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982); Night Shift (1982); Penitentiary (1979); The Main Event (1979).

Born on this day – Arthur Batanides:

Arthur Batanides

Actor

April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000

Credits:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 87th Precinct (1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Accidental Family (1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Bearcats! (1971); Ben Casey (1963); Black Tuesday (1954); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Blue Light (1966); Bonanza (1960–1961); Border Patrol (1959); Brannigan (1975); Broken Arrow (1957); Burke's Law (1965); Cimarron Strip (1967); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Colt .45 (1958); Columbo (1974); Combat! (1963); Crusader (1956); Cry Tough (1959); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1970); Dante (1960); Death Valley Days (1966); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1964); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Follow the Sun (1961); G.E. True (1963); Galactica 1980 (1980); Get Smart (1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1965–1969); Gunsmoke (1964–1965); Happy Days (1974–1983); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Honey West (1965); I Spy (1966–1967); Insight (1966); Ironside (1973); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jericho (1966); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Staccato (1960); Karen (1975); Knight Rider (1985); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1956); Land of the Giants (1968); Lawman (1959); Lock Up (1959); Lost in Space (1967); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Love's Dark Ride (1978); Lucan (1977); M Squad (1960); Man from Atlantis (1977); Man with a Camera (1958); Mannix (1973); Man-Trap (1961); Maverick (1957); McCloud (1973); Medical Center (1976); Men of Annapolis (1957); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Lucky (1960); Navy Log (1957); Not for Hire (1960); Not for Publication (1951); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Perry Mason (1963); Peter Gunn (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol - Remembering a Lofty Investigation (2004); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective (2004); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Police Story (1975–1977); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Rawhide (1959–1961); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958–1959); Riverboat (1960); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Room 222 (1970); Route 66 (1961); Run Buddy Run (1966); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Trek (1969); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1964); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Beachcomber (1962); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1964); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Cat Ate the Parakeet (1972); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963–1964); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Adventure (1963–1964); The Green Hornet (1967 / 1974); The Heist (1972); The Islanders (1961); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Lawless Years (1959); The Leech Woman (1960); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Man Called X (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1980); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Odd Couple (1972–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Rifleman (1963); The Rogues (1964); The Silent Force (1970); The Silent Service (1957); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Thin Man (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1967); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Unearthly (1957); The Web (1953–1954); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); Thicker Than Water (1973); Tombstone Territory (1957); U.S. Marshal (1958); Violent Road (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Whirlybirds (1959); Wonder Woman (1978); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Brad Dexter:

Brad Dexter

Actor

Producer

April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Cognac (1988); Skag (1980); Valentine (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); House Calls (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Vigilante Force (1976); Law and Order (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); McCloud (1975); Kojak (1975); Shampoo (1975); Jory (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970); Mannix (1970); The Lawyer (1970); The Naked Runner (1967); Blindfold (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); None But the Brave (1965); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Kings of the Sun (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); X-15 (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Investigators (1961); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Magnificent Seven (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); 13 Fighting Men (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Tightrope (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Bronco (1959); Colt .45 (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1959); This Man Dawson (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Yancy Derringer (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Pursuit (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Wagon Train (1958); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Studio One (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); Climax! (1955); House of Bamboo (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Untamed (1955); 99 River Street (1953); Macao (1952); The Las Vegas Story (1952); Fourteen Hours (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); Heldorado (1946); Winged Victory (1944); The Mortal Storm (1940).

Born on this day – Louise Larabee:

Louise Larabee

Actress

April 9, 1916 – March 1, 2002

Credits:

Act One (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1959); Brenner (1959); Climax! (1957); Curtain Call (1952); Every Night at Eight (1935); Fail Safe (1964); Front Row Center (1956); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Hawk (1966); Hollywood Screen Test (1953); King of Burlesque (1936); Love of Life (1951–1980); Lux Video Theatre (1952); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked City (1961); Rocky King, Detective (1952–1953); Route 66 (1961); Rush It (1978); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Star for a Night (1936); Studio One (1952–1954); Suspense (1952–1953); Suspicion (1958); The Big Story (1955); The Challenge (1955); The Defenders (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Mask (1954); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); 'Way Out (1961); Wonder Bar (1934); You Are There (1954).