Born on this day – Thomas H. Johnson:

Thomas H. Johnson

Writer

Teacher

Editor

April 27, 1902 – January 3, 1985

Credits:

Emily Dickinson: An Interpretative Biography (1955); Literary History of the United States (1948); The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960); The Oxford Companion to American History (1966).

Born on this day – Florence La Badie:

Florence La Badie

Actress

April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917

Credits:

A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913); A Debut in the Secret Service (1914); A Deep Sea Liar (1913); A Disciple of Nietzsche (1915); A Freight Car Honeymoon (1915); A Gold Necklace (1910); A Knight of the Road (1911); A Leak in the Foreign Office (1914); A Love of Long Ago (1912); A Master of Millions (1911); A Mother's Faith (1911); A Noise Like a Fortune (1912); A Peaceful Victory (1913); A Poor Relation (1913); A Star Reborn (1912); A Strange Meeting (1909); A Twentieth Century Farmer (1913); Adrift in a Great City (1914); After the Ball (1910); All Aboard (1915); An Honest Young Man (1913); An Unromantic Maiden (1913); As It Was in the Beginning (1912); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); Aurora Floyd (1912); Beauty in the Seashell (1913); Beneath the Veil (1911); Bianca Forgets (1915); Big Sister (1912); Bobby, the Coward (1911); Called Back (1912); Cardinal Richelieu's Ward (1914); Cinderella (1911); Crossed Wires (1915); Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913); Cymbeline (1913); Dave's Love Affair (1911); David Copperfield (1911); Divorce and the Daughter (1916); Dottie's New Doll (1912); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912); East Lynne (1912); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Extravagance (1912); Fighting Blood (1911); Flying to Fortune (1912); For the Man She Loved (1913); From the Shadows (1914); Getting Even (1909); God's Witness (1915); Graft vs. Love (1915); Her Confession (1915); Her Gallant Knights (1913); Her Ladyship's Page (1912); Her Life and His (1917); Her Sacrifice (1911); Her Sister's Secret (1913); How She Triumphed (1911); In Blossom Time (1912); In the Chorus (1911); In the Nick of Time (1913); In the Window Recess (1909); In Their Hour of Need (1913); Jess (1912); Jilted (1912); Life's Pathway (1913); Little Brother (1913); Louie, the Life Saver (1913); Lucile (1912); Ma and Dad (1912); Madame Rex (1911); Mary's Goat (1912); Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (1916); Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912); Monsieur Lecoq (1915); Monsieur Nikola Dupree (1915); Mr. Meeson's Will (1915); Mutual Weekly, No. 78 (1916); My Baby's Voice (1912); Oh! Such a Beautiful Ocean (1913); Paradise Lost (1911); Petticoat Camp (1912); Redemption (1913); Reincarnation (1915); Rejuvenation (1912); Retribution (1913); Rosie's Revenge (1913); Saint, Devil and Woman (1916); Serious Sixteen (1910); Some Fools There Were (1913); Swords and Hearts (1911); Taming a Husband (1910); Tannhäuser (1913); The Adventure of Florence (1915); The Adventures of a Diplomatic Freelance (1914); The Arab's Bride (1912); The Baseball Bug (1911); The Blight of Wealth (1913); The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911); The Broken Cross (1911); The Buddhist Priestess (1911); The Cat's Paw (1914); The Country Girl (1915); The County's Prize Baby (1912); The Cycle of Hatred (1915); The Diamond Star (1911); The Duel in the Dark (1915); The Elevator Man (1914); The Evidence of the Film (1913); The Fear of Poverty (1916); The Final Reckoning (1915); The Finger Prints of Fate (1915); The Five Faults of Flo (1916); The Fugitive (1916); The Girl of the Grove (1912); The Guilty Baby (1912); The Head Waiter (1913); The Indian Brothers (1911); The Junior Partner (1913); The Last of the Mohicans (1911); The Lie That Failed (1913); The Man Without a Country (1917); The Manicure Lady (1911); The Marble Heart (1913); The Merchant of Venice (1912); The Message to Headquarters (1913); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Mohammedan's Conspiracy (1914); The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel (1913); The New Dress (1911); The Other Girl (1913); The Pillory (1916); The Politician's Love Story (1909); The Portrait of the Lady Anne (1912); The Pretty Girl in Lower Five (1913); The Price of Her Silence (1915); The Primal Call (1911); The Race (1912); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912); The Rose of Kentucky (1911); The Saleslady (1912); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Satyr and the Lady (1911); The Seventh Day (1909); The Silent Witness (1912); The Six-Cent Loaf (1915); The Smuggled Diamond (1915); The Smuggler (1911); The Snare of Fate (1913); The Somnambulist (1914); The Sorrowful Example (1911); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); The Star of Bethlehem (1912); The Success of Selfishness (1914); The Tempest (1911); The Thief and the Girl (1911); The Trail of Books (1911); The Trouble Maker (1912); The Troublesome Baby (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Two Sisters (1913); The Unfortunate Marriage (1917); The Voice of Conscience (1912); The Ward of the King (1913); The Water Cure (1913); The Way to a Man's Heart (1913); The Wrecked Taxi (1912); Their Golden Wedding (1914); Through the Breakers (1909); Through the Flames (1912); Turkey Trot Town (1914); Twins and a Stepmother (1914); Under False Colors (1914); Under Two Flags (1912); Undine (1912); Variety Time (1948); War and the Woman (1917); What Doris Did (1916); When a Count Counted (1912); When Love Was Blind (1917); When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912); When the Fleet Sailed (1915); When the Worm Turned (1913); Whom God Hath Joined (1912); Won at the Rodeo (1913).

Born on this day – Arthur Somers Roche:

Arthur Somers Roche

Writer

April 27, 1883 – February 17, 1935

Credits:

Books:

A Lady of Resource (1938); Among Those Present (1930); Callingham's Girl (1937); Come to My House (1927); Conspiracy (1934); Death Was a Wedding Guest (1942); Devil-may-care (1926); Find the Woman (1921); Hard to Get (1937); Honest Crook (1941); In The Money (1936); Loot (1916); Marriage For Two (1929); No Stockings (1928); Penthouse (1935); Plunder (1917); Ransom! (1918); Shadow Of Doubt (1935); Slander (1933); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1934); The Eyes of the Blind (1919); The Great Abduction (1933); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); The Sport Of Kings (1917); The Star of Midnight (1940); The Woman Hunters (1929); The Wrong Wife (1932); Uneasy Street (1920).

Movies and television:

Any Woman (1925); Come to My House (1927); Find the Woman (1922); Finger Prints (1927); Kissed (1922); Living Lies (1922); Loot (1919); Man, Woman and Wife (1929); Over the Wire (1921); Penthouse (1933); Shadow of Doubt (1935); Society Lawyer (1939); Star of Midnight (1935); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936); The Day of Faith (1923); The Girl from Chicago (1927); The Gray Ghost (1917); The Gray Ghost (1917); The Mystery Club (1926); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); The Simp (1920); The Sport of Kings (1920); The Wise Wife (1927); Trail's End (1922); Wolf's Clothing (1927).

Recommended reading - Q&A, by Edwin Torres (1977):

Q&A

By Edwin Torres.

Filmed as Q&A (1990), directed by Sidney Lumet.

Published by Avon Books.

First published 1977.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0380018624

ISBN-13: 978-0380018628

Description:

The basis for the hit film "Q & A" directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Nick Nolte. Written by Edwin Torres, the author of After Hours which was the basis for the hit film "Carlito's Way" starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn.

The minute he steps down the alleyway, Tony Roman knows it’s a setup. The first bullet tears through his cheekbone; the second pierces his brain. The big man is dead before he hits the ground. When the crowd pours out of the nightclub to see what happened, the killer flashes a badge. He’s the NYPD’s Lt. Brennan, and he plans to get away with murder.

Assistant District Attorney Al Reilly is called in to investigate the shooting. Everyone in the department expects Reilly, an ex-cop whose father was killed in the line of duty, to support Brennan’s claim of self-defense. But the evidence doesn’t add up. As Reilly digs deeper into the events of that snowy night in the darkened alley, he finds that in the NYPD, there is no crime worse than investigating a crooked cop.

Anais Nin, on writing:

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

- Anais Nin.

On this day in music history - Tattoo Me, by Lee Aaron (2024):

Tattoo Me

Album by Lee Aaron,

released April 26, 2024.

Track list:

Tattoo; Are You Gonna Be My Girl; Even It Up; What Is and What Should Never Be; Is It My Body; Go Your Own Way; The Pusher; Malibu; Someone Saved My Life Tonight; Connection; Teenage Kicks.

On this day in music history - Storyteller, by Secret Garden (2019):

Storyteller

Album by Secret Garden,

released April 26, 2019.

Track list:

The Pilot; Beyond The Blue; Beautiful [feat. Brian Kennedy]; Flow; Song To A Child; Nostalgia; Open Doors; Sunshine [feat. Cathrine Iversen]; One More Chance; Fantasia; The Voyage; Strength [feat. Espen Grjotheim]; End Of A Journey.