Born on this day – Denison Clift:

Denison Clift

Writer

Director

May 3, 1885 – December 17, 1961

Credits:

A Bill of Divorcement (1922); A Girl in Bohemia (1919); A Woman of No Importance (1921); All That Glitters (1937); And a Still Small Voice (1918); Bentley's Conscience (1922); City of Play (1929); Diana of the Crossways (1922); El impostor (1931); End of the Road (1944); Firebrand Trevison (1920); Flames of Desire (1924); Gambling in Souls (1919); Great Diamond Mystery (1924); Her Honor the Mayor (1920); High Seas (1929); His Birthright (1918); Honor Among Men (1924); Lost Money (1919); Man About Town (1932); Out to Win (1923); Paradise (1928); Phantom Ship (1935); Ports of Call (1925); Power Over Men (1929); Rose of the West (1919); Scotland Yard (1930); Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944); Snares of Paris (1919); Sonia (1921); Square Shooter (1920); Taxi for Two (1929); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Call of the Soul (1919); The Challenge of the Law (1920); The Coming of the Law (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); The Diamond Necklace (1921); The Divorce Trap (1919); The Hell Ship (1920); The Iron Heart (1920); The Last Adventurers (1937); The Last Straw (1920); The Little Wanderer (1920); The Love That Dares (1919); The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Old Wives' Tale (1921); The Speed Maniac (1919); The Spirit of Good (1920); The Splendid Sin (1919); The Tattlers (1920); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Yankee Clipper (1927); This Freedom (1923); Warn London (1934); Wedlock (1918); What Would You Do? (1920); When Fate Decides (1919); Why Men Forget (1921); Wolves of the Rail (1918).

Recommended reading - Deadlier Than the Male, by James Gunn (1942)

Deadlier Than the Male

By James Gunn.

Introduced by Curtis Evans.

Filmed as Born to Kill, aka Lady of Deceit and Deadlier Than the Male (1947), directed by Robert Wise.

Published by Stark House Press.

Film Noir Classics, 7.

First published 1942.

Paperback.

ISBN-13: 979-8886010824

ASIN: B0CW22PDN7

Description:

“Deadlier Than the Male is truly one of the strangest of all American crime novels. In fact it’s one of the strangest of all American novels… It is in no way a pleasant read but it is fascinating in a bizarre, morbid and very unsettling way. Gunn’s style is as extreme and as offbeat as his plotting. This is psychological noir at its darkest.” – Vintage Pop Fictions.

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE.

Helen is in Reno for her second divorce and staying with Mrs. Krantz and her daughter Rachel at their boarding house. Mrs. Krantz’s drinking companion, Laura Pollicker, lives next door. That night she is murdered, and Helen discovers the body—and wastes no time in returning to the San Francisco house she shares with his sister Georgia. How could she know that the very man who meets and marries her sister only days later is the same man who had slit Mrs. Pollicker’s throat.

Sam Wild is a powerful man, tall, muscular, with very little control over his emotions. His friend Mart watches out for him, but Sam sometimes just can’t help himself—he has to kill. Now he’s got a rich wife with an attractive sister, and he’s just biding his time until he can take over Georgia’s money and get rid of her, too. But that’s when Helen steps in with some plans of her own.

Sappho, on words:

Although only breath,

words which I command are immortal.

- Sappho.

On this day in music history - Resurrection, by Anastacia (2014):

Resurrection

Album by Anastacia,

released May 2, 2014.

Track list:

Staring at the Sun; Lifeline; Stupid Little Things; I Don’t Want to Be the One; Evolution; Pendulum; Stay; Dark White Girl; Apology; Broken Wings.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 32.
Episode entitled: The Healer.
Released May 2, 1958.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Lawrence Menkin.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gloria Talbott, Paul Newlan, Robert Carson, Sarah Selby, Paula Hill, Dayton Lummis.

Born on this day – Angela Bofill:

Angela Bofill

Singer

Songwriter

May 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Angel of the Night (1979); Angie (1978); Angie / Expanded Edition (1978); Carl Anderson (1986); I Wanna Love Somebody (1993); Intuition (1988); Let Me Be the One (1984); Live from Manila (2006); Love in Slow Motion (1996); Something About You (1981); Something About You / Expanded Edition (2002); Teaser (1983); Tell Me Tomorrow (1985); The Best of Angela Bofill (1986); The Definitive Collection (1999); The Essential Angela Bofill (2014); Too Tough (1983).

Movies and television:

Body Electric (2004); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Friends in Love (1983); Nina Live! (2005); Soul Train (1983); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); Unsung (2012).

Born on this day – Bruce Glover:

Bruce Glover

Actor

Writer

Director

May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 30 Years of James Bond (1992); 6½ (1998); Adam-12 (1969); American Hero (1997); An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners (2021); At Ease (1983); Avroskoop (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barney Miller (1978); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Bearcats! (1971); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Black Gunn (1972); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Blindfold (1966); Bonanza (1970); Broke Sky (2007); Buffalo Bushido (2009); C.C. & Company (1970); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961); Chaindance (1991); Chinatown (1974); CHiPs (1977–1979); Darkness Awaits (2025); Dayton's Devils (1968); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Diamonds Are Forever: Deleted Scenes (2006); Die Hard Dracula (1998); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Electric Memories with Bruce Glover (2017); Filming the James Bond Film 'Diamonds Are Forever' in Amsterdam (1971); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965); Ghost Town (1988); Ghost World (2001); Gunsmoke (1969–1972); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harry O (1976); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawk (1966); Hider in the House (1989); Hunter's Blood (1986); Influence (2015); Inside Acting (2000); Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000); Inside Out II / Segment: Mis-Apprehended (1992); It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007); James Bond Radio (2015); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995); Kill Crazy (1989); Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976); Kojak (1976); Les enfants de la télé (2020); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); McNamara's Band (1977); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mod Squad (1968–1970); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Favorite Martian (1966); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Night of the Scarecrow (1995); No Soap, Radio (1982); One Little Indian (1973); Our House (1987); Paris 7000 (1970); Part 2: Walking Tall (1975); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975–1979); Popcorn (1991); Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (2015); Route 66 (1963); Run for Your Life (1967); S.W.A.T. (1976); Santa Barbara (1987); Scammerhead (2014); Scandalous John (1971); Sean Connery: Private (1993); Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies (2021); Sergeant T.K. Yu (1979); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Simon Says (2006); Six Days in Paradise (2010); Small & Frye (1983); Spoiler (1998); Street War! (1990); Street Wars (1991); Stunts (1977); Suicide, the Comedy (1998); Summer Babes (2013); Swatch James Bond 007 Villain Collection Television Commercial (2008); Sweet Love, Bitter (1967); Switch (1976); T.J. Hooker (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Big Score (1983); The Big Valley (1968); The Blue Knight (1975–1976); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Documentary of the Making of 'It Is Fine Everything Is Fine' (2009); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2006); The Facts of Life (1984); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Good Guys (1968); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Impostor (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1976 / 1980); The Outsider (1969); The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969); The Partners (1972); The Psychiatrist (1971); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Streets of San Francisco (1976–1977); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); This Is the West That Was (1974); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Untitled Crispin Hellion Glover Project / Apollo, Old Brutus (2025); Vega$ (1980); Voices Lost (2025); Walking Tall (1973); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); What Is It? (2005); Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965); Will Unplugged (2005); You're in the Picture (1961); Yuma (1971).