Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Born on this day – Jerry Fielding:


Jerry Fielding


Musician

Composer

June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Very Special Occasion (1967); A War of Children (1972); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Advise & Consent (1962); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1968); American Masters (2012); Andy Capp (1972); Ann B Davis / The John Forsythe Show (1965–1966); Below the Belt (1980); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Broadside (1964–1965); Calhoun: County Agent (1964); Campus to Campus (1949–1950); Captain Nice (1967); Chato's Land (1972); Class of '55 (1972); Cruisin' Down the River (1953); Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children (1969); Demon Seed (1977); Diana (1973); Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Faraday and Company (1973–1974); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); For Those Who Think Young (1964); Funeral Home (1980); Gene Kelly in New York, New York (1966); Grandpa Max (1975); Gray Lady Down (1978); Hawkins (1973–1974); He & She (1967–1968); Here's Edie (1963); High Midnight (1979); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971); Hollywood Deb Star Ball (1966); Homecoming (2018); Honestly, Celeste! (1954); Honky Tonk (1974); Hunters Are for Killing (1970); Hustling (1975); Inside O.U.T. (1971); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Julia (1968); Junior Bonner (1972); Kain's Lists (2013); Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975); Lawman (1971); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Man in the Middle (1972); Mannix (1967–1970); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Matt Helm (1975); McHale's Navy (1964); McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); McMillan & Wife (1971–1977); Me and the Chimp (1972); Mike and Liberace (1968); Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969); Mission: Impossible (1967–1969); Mister Ed (1961); Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968); Mr. and Mrs. (1964); Mr. Horn (1979); Mrs. Thursday (1967); My Wives Jane (1971); On the Rocks (1975–1976); One of Our Own (1975); Passion & Poetry: Rodeo Time (2017); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film (2014); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Police Woman (1974); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Run Buddy Run (1966); Scorpio (1973); Semi-Tough (1977); Shane (1966); Shepherd's Flock (1971); Shepherd's Flock (1971); Shirts/Skins (1973); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek Phase II (2004); Star Trek: The Final Darkness (2004); Star Trek: The Infinite Chain (1994); Straw Dogs (1971); Summer Playhouse (1964); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Tarzan (1966–1967); Tell It to Groucho (1961); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Andros Targets (1977); The Bad News Bears (1976); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); The Big Sleep (1978); The Bionic Woman (1976–1978); The Black Bird (1975); The Celluloid Closet (1995); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Cop and the Kid (1975–1976); The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966); The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball (1962); The Deadly Trackers (1973); The Enforcer (1976); The Enforcers: Sudden Impact (1983); The Farmer's Daughter (1964–1965); The Felony Squad (1968); The Gambler (1974); The Getaway (1972); The Good Guys (1968–1970); The Governor & J.J. (1969–1970); The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (1967); The Jerry Fielding Show (1952); The Killer Elite (1975); The Life of Riley (1953–1957); The Little People (1972–1973); The Lively Ones (1962–1963); The Mechanic (1972); The Mike Douglas Christmas Special (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The Nightcomers (1971); The Nun and the Sergeant (1962); The Nut House!! (1964); The Outfit (1973); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Queen and I (1969); The Saturday Night Revue (1953); The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974); The Song Is You (1968); The Super Cops (1974); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Tom Ewell Show (1960–1961); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996); The Young Americans (1970); The Young Lawyers (1970); Three Giant Men (1973); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Unwed Father (1974); Vacation Playhouse (1964–1966); W.E.B. (1978); Walking Vengeance (2008); Wednesday Night Out (1972); You Bet Your Life (1951–1953); Your All-Time Favorite Songs (1964).

Born on this day – Evalyn Knapp:


Evalyn Knapp


Actress

June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981

Credits:

50 Million Frenchmen (1931); A Man's Game (1934); A Shocking Affair (1931); A Successful Calamity (1932); A Tight Squeeze (1930); Air Hostess (1933); All Stuck Up (1930); An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930); At the Dentist's (1929); Bachelor Mother (1932); Beach Babies (1929); Big City Blues (1932); Big Time Charlie (1929); Bulldog Edition (1936); Chills and Fever (1930); Confidential (1935); Corruption (1933); Dance, Girl, Dance (1933); Dancing Around (1929); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Gentlemen of the Evening (1929); Girl in 313 (1940); Hard Boiled Hampton (1929); Haunted; or, Who Killed the Cat? (1929); Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938); High Pressure (1932); His Operation (1929); His Private Secretary (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' (1931); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); Idiot's Delight (1939); In Old Santa Fe (1934); Ladies Crave Excitement (1935); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); Love, Honor and Oh! Baby (1929); Madame Racketeer (1932); Meat and Romance (1940); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Mother's Cry (1930); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); One Frightened Night (1935); Perils of Pauline (1933); Police Car 17 (1933); Rawhide (1938); River's End (1930); Roar of the Press (1941); Sauce for the Gander (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Side Show (1931); Sinners' Holiday (1930); Slightly Married (1932); Smart Money (1931); Speed Wings (1934); Sprockets (1991); State Trooper (1933); System (1930); Taxi (1931); Taxi Talks (1930); The Bargain (1931); The Fire-Trap (1935); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Millionaire (1931); The Night Mayor (1932); The Plumbers Are Coming (1929); The Smooth Guy (1929); The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); This Sporting Age (1932); Three of a Kind (1936); Two Weeks to Live (1943); Wanted by the Police (1938); Wednesday Night at the Ritz (1929).

Recommended reading - The Anderson Tapes, by Lawrence Sanders (1970):


The Anderson Tapes

By Lawrence Sanders.

Filmed as The Anderson Tapes (1971), directed by Sidney Lumet.

Published by DELL PUBL CO.
First published 1970.
ISBN-10: 0440102170
ISBN-13: 9780440102175

Description:

With clockwork precision, Lawrence Sanders outlines the inspiration, planning and execution of an ambitious robbery of an apartment building on New York's Upper East Side in The Anderson Tapes, the best-selling thriller that established him as one of the most popular suspense writers of his generation. The premise is clever – the entire story is told in surveillance tape transcripts and reports from law enforcement agencies, each of which seems to be observing some aspect of the situation in which the robbery takes place.

John "Duke" Anderson was recently paroled from Sing Sing, after serving time on a charge of breaking and entering. A rich woman picks him up one evening and takes him back to her apartment, in a small but elegant building on the Upper East Side. Anderson is intrigued by the situation in the building, seeing it as a possible target for a large-scale robbery. He needs backing, though, and he gets it through his contacts with the underworld. What Anderson does not know is that much of what he is already doing is being captured as evidence through electronic surveillance. The catch is that the different entities doing the surveillance are not communicating with each other. The evidence is assembled and the puzzle solved, after the robbery takes place and ends violently, by NYPD Capt. Edward X. Delaney.

The Anderson Tapes marks the first appearance in a Sanders novel of Delaney, a character who will be central to the author's Deadly Sin series of thrillers. Sanders brilliantly unfolds the story in short, fact-filled chapters constructed as police reports and tape transcripts, some of which are tantalizingly garbled. The Anderson Tapes won for Sanders the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar as the Best First Mystery Novel of 1970.

W. Somerset Maugham, on writing:


There are three rules for writing a novel.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

- W. Somerset Maugham.

Monday, June 16, 2025

On this day in music history - Not That Kind, by Anastacia (2000):


Not That Kind

Album by Anastacia,
released June 16, 2000.

Track list:

Not That Kind; I’m Outta Love; Cowboys & Kisses; Why’d You Lie to Me; Who’s Gonna Stop the Rain; I Ask of You; Don’tcha Wanna; Late Last Night; Made For Lovin’ You; Black Roses; Yo Trippin’; One More Chance; Same Old Story.

On this day in movie history - Titan A.E. (2000):


Titan A.E.

directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman,
written by Ben Edlund, John August and Joss Whedon,
based on a story by Hans Bauer and Randall McCormick,
was released in the United States, on June 16, 2000.
Music by Graeme Revell and Tim Simonec.

Cast:

Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Jim Breuer, Ken Hudson Campbell, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Perlman, Bill Pullman, David L. Lander, Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, Thomas A. Chantler, Tsai Chin, Elaine A. Clark, Roy Conrad, Jim Cummings, Leslie Hedger, Roger Jackson, Alex D. Linz, Tone Loc, Shannon Orrock, Alex Pels, Charles Rocket, Crystal Scales, Christopher Scarabosio, Eric Schniewind, Stephen Stanton, Scott Seymann.

On this day in music history - Destination Anywhere, by Jon Bon Jovi (1997):


Destination Anywhere

Album by Jon Bon Jovi,
released June 16, 1997.

Track listing (some versions of this album include two bonus tracks):

Queen of New Orleans; Janie, Don’t Take Your Love to Town; Midnight in Chelsea; Ugly; Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand; Every Word Was a Piece of My Heart; It’s Just Me; Destination Anywhere; Learning How to Fall; Naked; Little City; August 7, 4:15; Cold Hard Heart; Cold Hard Heart (Demo); I Talk to Jesus (Demo).