Born on this day – Dorothy B. Hughes:

Dorothy B. Hughes

Writer

August 10, 1904 – May 6, 1993

Credits:

Books:

Dark Certainty (1931); Dread Journey (1945); Erle Stanley Gardner (1978); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); In a Lonely Place (1947); Johnnie (1944); Mr. President, Private Eye (2004); Ride the Pink Horse (1946); The Bamboo Blonde (1941); The Blackbirder (1943); The Candy Kid (1950); The Cross Eyed Bear Murders (1940); The Davidian Report (1952); The Delicate Ape (1944); The Expendable Man (1963); The Fallen Sparrow (1942); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999); The Scarlet Imperial (1946); The So Blue Marble (1940).

Movies and television:

The Hanged Man (1964); Destry (1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Climax! (1958); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1952); In a Lonely Place (1950); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); Follow the Boys (1944); The Fallen Sparrow (1943).

Born on this day – Walter Lang:

Walter Lang

Director

August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972

Credits:

Alice Through a Looking Glass (1928); Amor in montagna (1932); As a Man Lives (1923); Autodefensa (2022); Brothers (1930); But Not for Me (1959); By Whose Hand? (1927); Call Me Madam (1953); Can-Can (1960); Carnival (1935); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Claudia and David (1946); Cock o' the Walk (1930); Command Performance (1931); Coney Island (1943); Desk Set (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Hell Bound (1931); Hello Sister (1930); Hooray for Love (1935); I'll Give a Million (1938); Lady Tubbs (1935); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Meet the Baron (1933); Money to Burn (1926); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mother Wore Tights (1947); No More Orchids (1932); On the Riviera (1951); Racetrack (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Second Honeymoon (1937); Sentimental Journey (1946); Sitting Pretty (1948); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Song of the Islands (1942); Star Dust (1940); State Fair (1945); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); The Big Fight (1930); The Blue Bird (1940); The Carnival Girl (1926); The College Hero (1927); The Costello Case (1930); The Desert Bride (1928); The Earth Woman (1926); The Golden Web (1926); The Great Profile (1940); The Jackpot (1950); The King and I (1956); The Ladybird (1927); The Little Princess (1939); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Mighty Barnum (1934); The Night Flyer (1928); The Party's Over (1934); The Red Kimono (1926); The Satin Woman (1927); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Warrior's Husband (1933); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Top of the Town (1937); Week-End in Havana (1941); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Women Go on Forever (1931); You're My Everything (1949).

Born on this day – Edith Johnson:

Edith Johnson

Actress

August 10, 1894 – September 6, 1969

Credits:

Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Wolves of the North (1924); The Fast Express (1924); The Steel Trail (1923); Smashing Barriers (1923); Playing It Wild (1923); The Fighting Guide (1922); When Danger Smiles (1922); The Silent Vow (1922); No Defense (1921); Steelheart (1921); Where Men Are Men (1921); Fighting Fate (1921); The Silent Avenger (1920); Smashing Barriers (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); Man of Might (1919); A Fight for Millions (1918); The Shuttle (1918); The Fighting Grin (1918); The Scarlet Car (1917); The Right Man (1917); Hands in the Dark (1917); In the Talons of an Eagle (1917); The Greater Punishment (1917); The Scarlet Crystal (1917); A Brother's Sacrifice (1917); Giant Powder (1916); The Five Franc Piece (1916); The Lost Lode (1916); Guilty (1916); For Love and Gold (1916); The Conspiracy (1916); Behind the Lines (1916); The Gold Ship (1916); The Private Banker (1916); The Valiants of Virginia (1916); The Hare and the Tortoise (1916); An Elephant's Gratitude (1916); Badgered (1916); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1916); The Three Wise Men (1916); The Cycle of Fate (1916); Toll of the Jungle (1916); The Black Orchid (1916); The Devil-in-Chief (1916); The Baby and the Leopard (1915); Orders (1915); Just as I Am (1915); Sweet Alyssum (1915); The Runt (1915); The Circular Staircase (1915); The Orang-Outang (1915); At the Flood Tide (1915); The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle (1915); The Girl and the Reporter (1915); The Jaguar Trap (1915); The Face at the Window (1915); Her Jungle Sweetheart (1915); Hearts of the Jungle (1915); The Van Thornton Diamonds (1915); Heart's Desire (1915); The Flower of Faith (1914); Wade Brent Pays (1914); The Lure of the Windigo (1914); The Butterfly's Wings (1914); Out of Petticoat Lane (1914); If I Were Young Again (1914); Rosemary, That's for Remembrance (1914); The Tonsorial Leopard Tamer (1914); The Dream Girl (1914); An Embarrassing Predicament (1914); For Love of Him (1914); Life's Crucible (1914); Nan's Victory (1914); The Captain's Chair (1914); Somebody's Sister (1914); Bombarded (1914); The Mother of Seven (1914); The Story of Diana (1914); The Story of Cupid (1914); The Better Way (1914); Conscience and the Temptress (1914); Dixieland (1913); A Message from Home (1913); An Actor's Romance (1913); The Three Wise Men (1913).

Recommended reading - The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891 (2017):

The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891

by LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso.

Published by McFarland & Company.

Paperback.

Published 2017.

ISBN-10: 9781476666990

ISBN-13: 978-1476666990

Description:

Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th century. Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.

Junot Diaz, on writing:

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope,

even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise,

you keep writing anyway.

- Junot Diaz.

On this day in movie history - Blood Work (2002):

Blood Work

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Brian Helgeland,

based on the novel by Michael Connelly,

was released in the United States on August 9, 2002.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay, Igor Jijikine, Dina Eastwood, Beverly Leech, June Kyoto Lu, Chao Li Chi, Glenn Morshower, Robert Harvey, Matt Huffman, Mark Thomason, Maria Quiban, Brent Hinkley, Natalia Ongaro, Amanda Carlin, Ted Rooney, P.J. Byrne, Sam Jaeger, Derric Nugent, Craig Hosking, James W. Gavin, Dan Andreiu, Todd Bryant, Bryan Hanna, Ted Hollis, Michael Keyes, Greg Stechman, Sandie West.

On this day in movie history - The Abyss (1989):

The Abyss

directed and written by James Cameron,

was released in the United States on August 9, 1989.
Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewer Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Ken Jenkins, Chris Elliott, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach, Brad Sullivan, Frank Lloyd, Phillip Darlington, Joseph C. Nemec III, Joe Farago, William Wisher, Marcus K. Mukai, Wendy Gordon, Paula Cross, Thomas F. Duffy, Chris Anastasio, Emily Yancy, Michael Chapman, Tom Isbell, Mike Cameron, Daren Dochterman, Candice Hill, Randy Robertson, Robert Searle.