Born on this day – Cathy O'Donnell:

Cathy O'Donnell

Actress

July 6, 1923 – April 11, 1970

Credits:

Ben-Hur (1959); Bonanza (1964); Bury Me Dead (1947); Center Stage (1954); Climax! (1955); Compression (2023); Detective Story (1951); Eight O'Clock Walk (1954); In Town Today (1951); Lights Out (1951); Loves of Three Queens / Segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships (1954); Mad at the World (1955); Man Without a Gun (1959); Matinee Theatre (1956); My World Dies Screaming (1958); Never Trust a Gambler (1951); Orient Express (1953–1954); Perry Mason (1961); Side Street (1949); Sugarfoot (1961); Target (1958); Tate (1960); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Californians (1958); The Deerslayer (1957); The Detectives (1960); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Miniver Story (1950); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Rebel (1960); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Woman's Angle (1952); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Live by Night (1948); Wonder Man (1945); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Frida Kahlo:

Frida Kahlo

Painter

July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954

Credits:

Movies and television:

Arena (1987); Becoming Frida Kahlo (2023); Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2020); Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman (2007); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Celebremos México: Hecho en México (2005); Chavela (2017); Chez Frida Kahlo (2011); Diego Rivera; vida y obra (1986); Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray (2016); Evocación de Frida (1960); Frida (2024); Frida / biopic starring Salma Hayek (2002); Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983); Frida Kahlo (1971 / 1982); Frida Maestra, el arte al encuentro de la vida (2005); Imagine (2005); Kunst und Krankheit - Kranke Körper, verletzte Seelen (2022); L’amour à l’oeuvre (2019); Lanterne Cosmique (2020); Madonna in Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Madonna: Bedtime Story (1995); Maria Felix: La inalcanzable doña (2002); Se que es imposible (1991); The Switch Drag Race (2018); Un siglo con Frida: Frida Kahlo, Homenaje nacional (2007); Viva la Frida! (2001).

Born on this day – Mignon G. Eberhart:

Mignon G. Eberhart

Writer

July 6, 1899 – October 8, 1996

Credits:

Written work:

Patient in Room 18 (1929); The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930); While the Patient Slept (1930); From This Dark Stairway (1931); Murder by an Aristocrat (aka Murder of My Patient) (1932); Wolf in Man's Clothing (1942); Man Missing (1954); The Cases of Susan Dare (1934); Death in the Fog (aka The Dark Garden) (1933); The White Cockatoo (1933); The House on the Roof (1935); Fair Warning (1936); Danger in the Dark (aka Hand in Glove) (1937); The Pattern (1937); The Glass Slipper (1938); Hasty Wedding (1938); Brief Return (1939); Chiffon Scarf (1939); The Hangman's Whip (1940); Speak No Evil (1941); With This Ring (1941); Fourth Mystery Book (1942); The Man Next Door (1943); Unidentified Woman (1943); Escape the Night (1944); Wings of Fear (1945); Five Passengers from Lisbon (1946); The White Dress (1946); Another Woman's House (1947); House of Storm (1949); Hunt With the Hounds (1950); Never Look Back (1951); Dead Men's Plans (1952); The Unknown Quantity (1953); Postmark Murder (1956); Another Man's Murder (1957); Melora (aka Promise of Murder) (1959); Jury of One (1960); The Crime at Honotassa (aka The Cup, the Blade or the Gun) (1961); Enemy in the House (1962); Run Scared (1963); Call After Midnight (1964); R.S.V.P. Murder (1965); Witness at Large (1966); Woman on the Roof (1967); Message from Hong Kong (1969); El Rancho Rio (1970); Two Little Rich Girls (1971); Murder in Waiting (1973); Nine O'Clock Tide (1975); Danger Money (1975); Family Fortune (1976); Bayou Road (1979); Casa Madrone (1980); Family Affair (1981); Next of Kin (1982); The Patient in Cabin C (1983); Alpine Condo Crossfire (1984); A Fighting Chance (1986); Three Days for Emeralds (1988); Five of My Best (1949); Deadly Is the Diamond (1958); The Crimson Paw (1959); Best Mystery Stories (1988); Mignon G. Eberhart's Best Mystery Stories (1988); Dead Yesterday and Other Stories (2007); Patient in Room 18 / While the Patient Slept (1930); Speak No Evil / with This Ring (1945); Another Woman's House / Cheer for the Dead / Shadow for a Lady (1947); Murder Of A Nymph/ Hunt With The Hounds/ Jews For A Shroud (1950); Melora / Black Gold Murders / Prelude to Murder (1959); Danger Money / Romanov Succession / Horn of Roland (1974); American Detective Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983); Two short stories: Introducing Susan Dare & Spider (dates unknown).

Movies and television:

Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Mystery House (1938); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); The Dark Stairway (1938); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); The White Cockatoo (1935); Three's a Crowd (1945); While the Patient Slept (1935).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001):

The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action

Edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

Mammoth Books.

ISBN-10: 0786709200

ISBN-13: 978-0786709205

Published 2001.

Contents:

Kid clips a coupon, by Erle Stanley Gardner; Goodbye Hannah, by Steve Fisher; Sinners' paradise, by Raoul Whitfield; Motel, by Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain; Smile, corpse, smile!, by Bruno Fischer; Pulp connection, by Bill Pronzini; Brush Babe's poison pallet, by Bruce Cassiday; Gangsta wore red, by Michael Guinzburg; Caravan to Tarim, by David Goodis; Lady who left her coffin, by Hugh B. Cave; Death at the main, by Frank Gruber; Red goose, by Norbert Davis; First five in line, by Charles Willeford; Where there's a will, there's a slay, by Frederick C. Davis; Ride a white horse, by Lawrence Block; Best man, by Thomas Walsh; Dog life, by Mark Timlin; Don't look behind you, by Fredric Brown; College-cut kill, by John D. MacDonald; Lost coast, by Marcia Muller; Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale; Clean sweep, by Roger Torrey; Eye of the beholder, Ed Gorman.

Description:

Furious action, unbridled passion, seedy lowlife and beautiful women …

Crooked cops and ruthless bigshots, breathless chases, cheating molls and gun-toting villains – they’re all here in this great new volume of pulp fiction stories, featuring classic noir and hard-boiled crime authors from eight decades of crime writing.

In these enlightened times we know that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is the term for what the best storytelling provides – hugely enjoyable pyrotechnic thrills and shocks galore.

This great new collection from popular literature’s best pulp writers includes such talents as: Charles Willeford, Ed Mcbain, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block, John D. MacDonald, Bruno Fischer, Mark Timlin, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Guinzburg, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederic Brown and many more.

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

It interests me to imagine characters shifting

from one situation and one location to another

for whatever the circumstances may be.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in movie history - MaXXXine (2024):

MaXXXine

directed and written by Ti West,

was released in the United States on July 5, 2024.

Music by Tyler Bates.

Cast:

Charley Rowan McCain, Simon Prast, Mia Goth, Deborah Geffner, Daniel Lench, Elizabeth Debicki, Chloe Farnworth, Brad Swanick, Uli Latukefu, Susan Pingleton, Giancarlo Esposito, Moses Sumney, Zachary Mooren, Halsey, Ned Vaughn, Kevin Bacon, Marcus LaVoi, Sophie Thatcher, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Albert Kong, Toby Huss, Taylor Kowalski, Pegah Rashti, Larry Fessenden, Lily Collins, Marlyn Ortiz, Alison Wonderland, Kristin Carey, Cecilia Kim, Clayton Farris, Portia D. Harris, Olivia Abreu, Vincent Amorosi, Shey Bogumil, Aaron Feder, Karen Hadfield, David Lovio, Maximillian Paul, Naomi Phan, Allen Waiserman.

On this day in movie history - The Hoodlum (1951):

The Hoodlum

directed by Max Nosseck,

written by Sam Neuman and Nat Tanchuck,

was released in the United States on July 5, 1951.
Music by Darrell Calker.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Edward Tierney, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens, John De Simone, Tom Hubbard, Eddie Foster, O.Z. Whitehead, Richard Barron, Rudy Rama, Raymond Bond, James Conaty, Bill Coontz, Russell Custer, Rudy Germane, William H. O'Brien, Gene Roth.