Born on this day – Laurence Olivier:

Laurence Olivier

Actor

Director

May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989

Born on this day – Hergé:

Hergé

Cartoonist

May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983

Born on this day – Adrienne Dore:

Adrienne Dore

Actress

May 22, 1907 – November 26, 1992

Credits:

Adam's Eve (1929); Alias the Doctor (1932); Beyond London Lights (1928); Delicious and Refreshing (1929); Hello, Baby (1930); Johnny's Week End (1930); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Love's Hurdle (1926); Peaceful Alley (1929); Pep Up (1929); Play Girl (1932); Pointed Heels (1929); Smart Steppers (1929); Street of Women (1932); The Expert (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Girl from Calgary (1932); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Swim Princess (1928); The Thirteenth Guest (1932); The Valley of Hunted Men (1928); The Wild Party (1929); Time to Expire (1929); Two Seconds (1932); Undercover Men (1934); Union Depot (1932); Wife Trouble (1928).

Born on this day – Arthur Conan Doyle:

Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer

Physician

May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930

Credits:

A Study in Scarlet (1887); The Sign of Four (1890); A Scandal in Bohemia (1891); The Red-headed League (1891); A Case of Identity (1891); The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891); The Five Orange Pips (1891); The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891); The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892); The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892); The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (1892); The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1892); Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1892); The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892); The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk (1893); The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893); The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893); The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893); The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893); The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893); The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Field Bazaar (1896); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903); The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903); The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1904); The Adventure of the Priory School (1904); The Adventure of Black Peter (1904); The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904); The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904); The Adventure of the Three Students (1904); The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904); The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904); The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904); The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904); The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908); The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908); The Adventure of the Devil's Foot (1910); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913); The Valley of Fear (1914); His Last Bow (1917); The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923); The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924); How Watson Learned the Trick (1924); The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1925); The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1925); The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926); The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926); The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926); The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1927); The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927); The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927); A Case of Identity (1891); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905); Sherlock Holmes (Read by Stephen Fry) (1927); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume One (1985); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Two (1986); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Three (1986); The Sherlock Holmes Theatre (2005); Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (2013); The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1896); The Adventures of Gerard (1903); The Lost World (1912); The Poison Belt (1913); The Land of Mist (1926); When the World Screamed (1928); The Disintegration Machine (1929); The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1885); The Mystery of Cloomber (1888); Micah Clarke (1889); The Firm of Girdlestone (1890); The White Company (1891); The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (1892); The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892); Beyond the City (1892); The Refugees (1893); The Parasite (1894); The Stark Munro Letters (1895); Rodney Stone (1896); Uncle Bernac (1897); The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898); A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899); Sir Nigel (1906); The Maracot Deep (1929); The Narrative of John Smith (2011); Lot No. 249 (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Ring Of Thoth (1968); The Leather Funnel (2003); John Barrington Cowles (2011); The Case of Lady Sannox (2013); A Literary Mosaic (2014); That Little Square Box (2014); The Crime of the Brigadier (2014); The Croxley Master (2016); The Gully of Bluemansdyke (2018); The Captain of the Polestar (1883); My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures (1893); Round the Red Lamp (1894); The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport (1900); Round the Fire Stories (1908); The Last Galley (1911); Danger! And Other Stories (1918); The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1919); Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life (1920); Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water (1922); Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates (1925); The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (2009); Gothic Tales (2018); Tales of Terror and Mystery (2022); The Great Boer War (1900); The War in South Africa, Its Cause & Conduct (1902); Through the Magic Door (1907); The Crime of the Congo (1909); The Case Of Oscar Slater (1912); The New Revelation (1917); The Vital Message (1919); The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 (1920); The Wanderings of a Spiritualist (1921); The Coming of the Fairies (1921); Memories and Adventures and Western Wanderings (1924); The History of Spiritualism (1926); The Edge of the Unknown (1930); Dangerous Work (2012); Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2016); Murder on Christmas Eve (2017); A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2018); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); 21 Great Stories (1969); Scottish Tales of Terror (1972); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1977); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 (1979); The 14th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories (1981); Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); English Country House Murders (1988); Tales of the Occult (1989); Hound Dunnit (1989); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume Three (1992); Murder British Style (1993); Sea-Cursed (1994); Mystery Stories (1996); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Crime Never Pays (2001); On Glorious Wings (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2007); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); London Stories (2013); Togas and Tyrants: Collected Tales of Ancient Rome (2014); The Phantom Coach (2014); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures (2015); Holmes Away from Home: Adventures from the Great Hiatus (2016); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures, Vol. 2 (2017); Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses (2017); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Flight or Fright (2018); Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019); The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 (2019); Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021); Scottish Stories (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023); The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023).

Born on this day – Richard Wagner:

Richard Wagner

Composer

May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883

Recommended reading - Brewster’s Millions, by George Barr McCutcheon (1902):

Brewster’s Millions

By George Barr McCutcheon.

Filmed as Brewster’s Millions (1985), directed by Walter Hill.

Published by Loki's Publishing.

First published 1902.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1636004865

ISBN-13: 978-1636004860

Description:

With the passing of his beloved grandfather, Monty Brewster inherits a long-anticipated million dollars. But he suddenly discovers that he can inherit seven times as much from his eccentric uncle if he spends every cent of his grandfather's money within a year. The carefree prospect of running through a fortune in order to receive an even greater windfall turns into a comic burden because of his uncle's Monty must spend responsibly, showing good business sense, limiting his charitable contributions, and maintaining utter secrecy about the second inheritance.

Can Monty run through the million according to his uncle's terms? His friends are aghast at his madcap extravagance – the gambling, the risky investments, the lavish parties – and Monty's romance with a banker's daughter is imperiled by his seemingly reckless spending. This sprightly comedy, originally published in 1902, offers an atmospheric picture of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century and its intriguing premise has served as the source of ten movie adaptations.

Plato, on books:

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth,

and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.

Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge,

must become a lover of books.

– Plato.