Thursday, July 24, 2025

Born on this day – John D. MacDonald:


John D. MacDonald


Writer

July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986

Credits:

Books:

A Bullet for Cinderella (1955); A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965); A Flash of Green (1962); A Key to the Suite (1962); A Man of Affairs (1957); A Purple Place for Dying (1964); A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971); Alaska Stories (1995); All These Condemned (1954); April Evil (1956); Area of Suspicion (1954); Ballroom of the Skies (1952); Barrier Island (1986); Border Town Girl / Five Star Fugitive / Linda (1956); Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965); Cancel All Our Vows (1953); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Chicago Stories (1993); Cinnamon Skin (1982); Clemmie (1958); Condominium (1977); Contrary Pleasure (1954); Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955); Dark Crimes 2 (1993); Darker Than Amber (1966); Dead Low Tide (1953); Deadly Welcome (1965); Death Quotient and Other Stories (2010); Death Trap (1957); Dress Her in Indigo (1969); End of the Tiger and Other Stories (1966); Florida Stories (1993); Free Fall in Crimson (1981); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); Hurricane (2014); I Could Go on Singing (1963); In a Small Motel (2017); Judge Me Not (1951); Law and Order (1997); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Masters of Noir (2010); More Good Old Stuff (1984); Murder for the Bride (1951); Murder in the Wind / Hurricane (1956); Murder Most Merry (2002); Murder Run-Around (2015); Neon Jungle (1953); New Orleans Stories (1992); Nightmare in Pink (1964); No Deadly Drug (1968); On the Make (1955); On the Run (1962); One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966); One Monday We Killed Them All (1961); One More Sunday (1984); Other Times, Other Worlds (1978); Pale Gray for Guilt (1968); Planet of the Dreamers (1953); Please Write for Details (1959); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Seven (1971); Slam the Big Door (1960); Soft Touch (1958); Southwest Stories (1993); Space Suits & Gumshoes (1972); Texas Stories (1995); The Beach Girls (1959); The Brass Cupcake (1950); The Crossroads (1959); The Damned (1952); The Deceivers (1958); The Deep Blue Good-By (1964); The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974); The Drowner (1963); The Empty Copper Sea (1978); The Empty Trap (1957); The End of the Night (1960); The Executioners / aka Cape Fear (1958); The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962); The Good Old Stuff (1961); The Green Ripper (1979); The Last One Left (1967); The Late Great Future (1976); The Lonely Silver Rain (1984); The Long Lavender Look (1970); The Only Girl in the Game (1960); The Price of Murder (1972); The Quick Red Fox (1964); The Scarlet Ruse (1972); The Turquoise Lament (1973); Tomorrow 1 Science Fiction by the Masters (1971); Two (1983); Weep For Me (1951); What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble (2019); Where is Janice Gantry? (1961); Wine of the Dreamers (1951); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967); You Live Once / Kill Me (1959).

Movies and television:

ABC Stage 67 (1967); Cape Fear (1962 / 1991); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1955); Condominium (1980); Darker Than Amber (1970); Flash of Green (1984); Kona Coast (1968); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lights Out (1950); Linda (1973 / 1993); Man-Trap (1961); Out There (1951); Run for Your Life (1967–1968); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Studio 57 (1958); Studio One (1955 / 1957); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980); The Star and the Story (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); Thriller (1960); Travis McGee (1983).

Born on this day – Chief Dan George:


Chief Dan George


Actor

Musician

Writer

July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981

Born on this day – Alice Terry:


Alice Terry


Actress

Director

July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987

Recommended reading - Five Complete Travis McGee Novels (1985):


Five Complete Travis McGee Novels

By John D. MacDonald.

Avenel Books.
Published in 1985.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0517476711
ISBN-13: 978-0517476710

Omnibus edition, containing the books: A Tan and Sandy Silence; The Dreadful Lemon Sky; The Empty Copper Sea; The Green Ripper; Free Fall in Crimson.
Complete & Unabridged.

Lisa Scottoline, on reading:


I read, therefore, I matter.

- Lisa Scottoline.

International Self Care Day – July 24:


In support of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research:


Wednesday, July 23, 2025

On this day in movie history - Fear and Loathing in Aspen (2021):


Fear and Loathing in Aspen

directed and written by Bobby Kennedy III,
was released in the United States on July 23, 2021.
Music by Wayne Kramer.


Cast:

Jay Bulger, Cheryl Hines, Laird Macintosh, Amaryllis Fox, Maxwell Loeb, Emily Garnet, Lincoln Nemeth, Paul Morgan, James Chambers, Henry Dills, Mac Hedges, Dabbs Anderson, Danny Power, Bobby Kennedy III, Weston Cage Coppola, Blair Carlyle, Carlo Lombardi, Kick Kennedy, Alexis Kelley, Charlie Oldman, Peyton Morse, Uma von Wittkamp, Maggie Nixon, Tage Plantell, Maya Ferrario, Micah Flamm, John Harper, Blake Lindsley, Damian Lund.