Born on this day – Hillary Brooke:

Hillary Brooke

Actress

September 8, 1914 – May 25, 1999

Born on this day – May McAvoy:

May McAvoy

Actress

September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984

Credits:

1-2-3-Go! (1941); A Date with Judy (1948); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Perfect Lady (1918); A Private Scandal (1921); A Reno Divorce (1927); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Air Raid Wardens (1943); Almonds and Raisins (1984); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Ben-Hur (1959); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Born to Sing (1942); Caught in the Fog (1928); Clarence (1922); Classified X (2007); Compression (2023); Designing Woman (1957); Dulcy (1940); Everything for Sale (1921); Executive Suite (1954); Gareth Hughes (2000); Grumpy (1923); Gun Glory (1957); Hate (1917); Her Reputation (1923); Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); If I Were Single (1927); I'll Say So (1918); Irish Hearts (1927); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Kick In (1922); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Love Crazy (1941); Love Wins (1919); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Main Street on the March! (1941); Man and His Woman (1920); Married Flirts (1924); Matinee Ladies (1927); Morals (1921); Movie Pests (1944); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919); My Husband's Other Wife (1920); My Old Dutch (1926); My Tomato (1943); Mystery Street (1950); No Defense (1929); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Only 38 (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom Raiders (1940); Ransom! (1956); Ringside Maisie (1941); Rio Rita (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 24 (1923); Sentimental Tommy (1921); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Slightly Used (1927); Stolen Kisses (1929); Sucker List (1941); Sunny California (1928); Tarnish (1924); Tessie (1925); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Bedroom Window (1924); The City of Stars (1924); The Devil's Garden (1920); The Enchanted Cottage (1924); The Fire Brigade (1926); The Forbidden Valley (1920); The Getaway (1941); The Glass Slipper (1955); The House of the Tolling Bell (1920); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jazz Singer (1927); The Lion and the Mouse (1928); The Little Snob (1928); The Mad Whirl (1925); The New Pupil (1940); The Passionate Quest (1926); The Road to Glory (1926); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Savage (1926); The Sporting Duchess (1920); The Tender Trap (1955); The Terror (1928); The Top of New York (1922); The Truth About Husbands (1920); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way of a Woman (1919); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Woman Under Oath (1919); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Three Women (1924); Through a Glass Window (1922); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Watch the Birdie (1950); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); West of the Water Tower (1923); Whispers (1941).

Born on this day – Sada Cowan:

Sada Cowan

Writer

September 8, 1882 – July 31, 1943

Writing partners: Sada Cowan (left) and Howard Higgin (right).

Credits:

Stop, Look and Love (1939); Forbidden Heaven (1935); Woman in the Dark (1934); Stand and Deliver (1928); Mismates (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); The New Commandment (1925); In the Name of Love (1925); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Charmer (1925); Smouldering Fires (1925); East of Suez (1925); Broken Barriers (1924); Changing Husbands (1924); Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Fashion Row (1923); Thundering Dawn (1923); The Silent Partner (1923); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); Brass (1923); Peter the Great (1922); The Worldly Madonna (1922); Fool's Paradise (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); Charge It (1921); Straight from Paris (1921); Courage (1921); Hush (1921); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920).

Every book opens to a new adventure:

Every book opens to a new adventure.

Recommended reading - The Wycherly Woman (1961):

The Wycherly Woman

By Ross Macdonald.

Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

First published in 1961.

ISBN-10: 0375701443

ISBN-13: 978-0375701443

Description:

“A fine yarn…. The pace is fast, the plot well-knit, with plenty of suspense and surprise as extra dividends.”

– Chicago Tribune.

Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was plenty of time for a young girl who wanted to disappear to do so thoroughly – or for someone to make her disappear. And before he can locate the Wycherly girl, Archer had to reckon with the Wycherly woman, Phoebe's mother, an eerily unmaternal blonde who keeps too many residences, had too many secrets, and left too many corpses in her wake.

“Macdonald is one of a handful of writers in the [mystery] genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.

Margaret Culkin Banning, on fiction:

Fiction is not a dream.

Nor is it guesswork.

It is imagining based on facts,

and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.

- Margaret Culkin Banning.

On this day in movie history - The Fire Inside (2024):

The Fire Inside

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Barry Jenkins,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 2024.

Music by Tamar-kali.

Cast:

Ryan Destiny, Jazmin Headley, Kylee D. Allen, Brian Tyree Henry, De'Adre Aziza, Chrystian Buddington, Maurice Wayne Anglin, Teanna Weir, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba, Taytem Douglas, Olunike Adeliyi, Adam Clark, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Nendia Lewars, Sekhai Jayden Smith, Chidubem Rafael Echendu, Sarah Allen, Lanette Ware, Jason Weinberg, Richard Lewis, Chiamaka Glory, Bobby Daniels, Michael Brown, Tyrone Benskin, Tiandria Taylor, Marium Carvell, Jamillah Ross, Amanda Barker, Ivan Daniel Ossa, Kenya Salmon, John Kalbhenn, Jessica Grossi, Dorian Ouaton, Patrick Dussault, Cynthia Zhou, Charlene Wong, Tabitha Tao, Jennifer Huggins, Zak Farion, Ruth Tinker, Matthew Gorman, Matt Standish, Laura Vincent, Donovan Boucher, Neil Crone, Mark Simmons, Myrthin Stagg, James Finlay Fraser, Natasha Spence, Jordan A.K. Brown, Allen Adepoju, Jasmine Jones-Ball, Daniel Jordan Anthony, Nicole Drury, Christine Cleary, Laura Vuculescu, Melissa Karagianis, Amara-Grace Boyce, Za'Niyah-Rose Kirston-Reeves, Selina An, Jim Carey, J. Timothy Hunt, Jack Nguyen, Shubei Zheng.