Born on this day – Alice Fleming:

Alice Fleming

Actress

August 9, 1882 – December 6, 1952

Credits:

A Medal for Benny (1945); California Gold Rush (1946); Cheyenne Wildcat (1944); Colorado Pioneers (1945); Conquest of Cheyenne (1946); Dick Tracy (1937 / 1990); Fired Wife (1943); Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945); Headin' for God's Country (1943); Her Primitive Man (1944); His Greatest Sacrifice (1921); In Society (1944); It's a Pleasure (1945); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Lone Texas Ranger (1945); Marshal of Laredo (1945); Marshal of Reno (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); Mystery Broadcast (1943); Overland Mail Robbery (1943); Phantom Lady (1944); Phantom of the Plains (1945); Playmates (1941); Queen of Burlesque (1946); Reckless Age (1944); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944); Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946); Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943); Silas Marner (1922); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); State Fair (1945); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Sun Valley Cyclone (1946); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); The Affairs of Susan (1945); The Beloved Cheater (1919); The Conquest of Canaan (1921); The Dark Corner (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Mantrap (1943); The San Antonio Kid (1944); Three Is a Family (1944); Tucson Raiders (1944); Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944); Wagon Wheels Westward (1945); Who Done It? (1942); Women Men Love (1921); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).

Born on this day – Mary Foy:

Mary Foy

Actress

August 9, 1872 – June 18, 1956

Credits:

A Fall to Arms (1930); A House Divided (1931); A Man from Wyoming (1930); A Perfect Gentleman (1928); A Solax Celebration (1912); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Algie, the Miner (1912); Ankles Preferred (1927); Ann Vickers (1933); Before Midnight (1933); Behind Office Doors (1931); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Blockade (1938); City Park (1934); Common Clay (1930); Dangerous Money (1924); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Embarrassing Moments (1930); Falling Leaves (1912); Front Page Woman (1935); Fury (1936); Ginger (1935); Her Indiscretion (1927); Hubby Does the Washing (1912); I Stole a Million (1939); Icebound (1924); I'll Love You Always (1935); In the Year 2000 (1912); Irish Luck (1925); It's the Cats (1934); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Let Us Live (1939); Life of an Actress (1927); Little Big Shot (1935); Love in Bloom (1935); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Maisie (1939); Midnight Phantom (1935); Mind Your Business (1930); Naughty Marietta (1935); No Ransom (1934); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Hour to Live (1939); Pack Up Your Troubles (1939); Pepper (1936); Polly of the Movies (1927); Reform Girl (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1916); Scandal Sheet (1931); Scarlet Youth (1928); School for Girls (1934); Second Fiddle (1923); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Slightly Married (1932); Stardust (1921); Strange People (1933); Such Men Are Dangerous (1930); The Broad Road (1923); The Cradle Buster (1922); The Divine Lady (1928); The Equine Spy (1912); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great American Pie Company (1935); The Headless Horseman (1922); The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924); The House of Mystery (1934); The Lariat Kid (1929); The Lucky Devil (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Pinch Hitter (1925); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Terrible People (1928); The Vice Squad (1931); The White Rose (1923); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Wooing of Alice (1912); Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917); Thunder Trail (1937); Transient Lady (1935); Two Heads on a Pillow (1934); Unrelated Relations (1936); What a Time (1931); White Lies (1934); Zenobia (1939).

Recommended reading - The Bearded Lady (1955):

The Bearded Lady

By Ross MacDonald.

Published 1955.

ASIN: B097265SP9

Description:

In this short story from Ross Macdonald’s The Archer Files, detective Lew Archer stops in town to look in on an old army buddy, an artist, only to find that he has mysteriously disappeared. Seemingly the only clue is a disturbing charcoal sketch of a woman with a thick beard sitting in his studio. As Archer finds himself drawn into the investigation, it soon becomes clear that things are not what they seem. And that no one is above suspicion.

A Vintage Short.

Mary Roberts Rinehart, on writing:

Of one thing the reader can be certain:

the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

- Mary Roberts Rinehart.

National Book Lovers Day – August 9:

 

On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: You Good?

Released August 8, 2023.

Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

Written by Eisa Davis, Chris Provenzano, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, David Cross, Paul Calderon, Amin Joseph, Kenn E. Head, Regina Taylor, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Ronald L. Conner, Penelope Walker, Andre Bellos, Greg Collins, Russ Panzarella, Brent Whitlock.

On this day in music history - Phobia, by Breaking Benjamin (2006):

Phobia

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released August 8, 2006.

Track list:

Disc 1: Intro; Diary of Jane; Breath; You; Evil Angel; Until the End; Dance with the Devil; Topless; Here We Are; Unknown Soldier; Had Enough; You Fight Me; Outro; Diary of Jane (Version); (CD-ROM Track). / Disc 2: Polyamorous (DVD); Home (DVD); Shallow Bay (DVD); Breakdown (DVD); Topless (DVD); Away (DVD); Diary of Jane (DVD); Dance with the Devil (DVD); Until the End (DVD); Had Enough (DVD); Sooner or Later (DVD); Break My Fall (DVD); So Cold (DVD); Breath (DVD); Evil Angel (DVD).