Born on this day – Jonathan Haze:

Jonathan Haze

Actor

Writer

Production Manager

April 1, 1929 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 11th Victim (1979); 77 Sunset Strip (1959 / 1960); A Story of Little Shop of Horrors (1987); Another Nice Mess (1972); Apache Woman (1955); Bayou (1957); Blood Bath (1966); Carnival Rock (1957); Castle Blood Midnight Monster Hop (2006); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Childish Things (1969); Cimarron City (1958); Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness (2015); Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Day the World Ended (1955); Dementia (1955); Dragnet (1956); East of Eden (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Flesh and the Spur (1956); Forbidden Island (1959); Ghost of the China Sea (1958); Gunslinger (1956); Highway Patrol (1955); Horrible Horror (1986); Howard (2018); I Led 3 Lives (1956); Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962); Invisible Mom II (1999); It Conquered the World (1956); Medium Cool (1969); Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954); Mummenschanz (1978); Naked Paradise (1957); Navy Log (1956); Nobody Smiling (2010); Not of This Earth (1957); Overland Trail (1960); Rock All Night (1957); Special Collector’s Edition (2013); Stakeout on Dope Street (1958); Swamp Women (1956); Teenage Cave Man (1958); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955); The Born Losers (1967); The Californians (1959); The Fast and the Furious (1954); The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Phantom Eye (1999); The Premature Burial (1962); The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957); The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967); The Terror (1963); Vice Squad (1982); X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963).

Born on this day – Anne McCaffrey:

Anne McCaffrey

Writer

April 1, 1926 – November 21, 2011

Credits:

Books:

2041 (1991); A Diversity of Dragons (1996); A Dragon Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1994); A Gift of Dragons (2002); A Time When (1975); A Woman's Liberation (2001); A Yuletide Universe (2003); Acorna (1997); Acorna's People (1999); Acorna's Quest (1998); Acorna's Rebels (2003); Acorna's Search (2001); Acorna's Triumph (2004); Acorna's World (1999); Alchemy and Academe (1970); All the Weyrs of Pern (1991); An Exchange of Gifts (1995); Analog's Children of the Future (1982); Angels of Darkness (1995); Animal Brigade 3000 (1994); Black Horses for the King (1996); Camelot (1995); Carmen Miranda's Ghost Is Haunting Space Station Three (1990); Catacombs (2010); Catalyst (2009); Cats in Space (1992); Changelings (2005); Christmas Stars (1992); Confederacy of the Dead (1993); Continuum 1 (1974); Continuum 2 (1974); Continuum 3 (1974); Continuum 4 (1976); Cooking Out Of This World (1973); Creatures of the Cosmos (1977); Crisis on Doona (1992); Crystal Line (1992); Crystal Singer (1982); Damia (1992); Damia's Children (1993); Dancing with the Dark (1997); Dangerous Interfaces (1990); David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996); Decision at Doona (1967); Deluge (2008); Dinosaur Planet (1978); Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1984); Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996); Dragon Harper (2007); Dragon Tales (1982); Dragondrums (1979); Dragonflight (1968); Dragonholder (1999); Dragonquest (1971); Dragons (1997); Dragon's Fire (2006); Dragon's Kin (2003); Dragon's Time (2011); Dragonsdawn (1988); DragonsEye / aka Red Star Rising (1996); Dragonsinger (1977); Dragonsong (1976); Duty Calls (1988); Emerald Eye (2005); Fantastic Creatures (1981); Far Horizons (1999); First Warning (2005); Freedom's Challenge (1998); Freedom's Choice (1997); Freedom's Landing (1995); Freedom's Ransom (2002); Future Crimes (2021); Future Love (1977); Future Quest (1973); Futurelove (1978); Generation Warriors (1991); Get Off the Unicorn (1977); Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories (1995); Habit Is an Old Horse (1984); Heads to the Storm (1989); If Wishes Were Horses (1998); Killashandra (1985); L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume II (1986); L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIV (1998); L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 33 (2017); Legends (1998); Legends 2 (1999); Legends II: Shadows, Gods, and Demons (2004); Lightspeed: Year One (2011); Lyon's Pride (1994); Maelstrom (2006); Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989); Moonsinger's Friends (1985); Moreta (1983); Mothers And Daughters (1998); Nebula Award Stories 3 (1967); Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968); Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006); Nerilka's Story (1986); Nerilka's Story / Coelura (1987); New Destinies, Vol. VIII (1989); New Eves (1994); Nimisha's Ship (1998); No One Noticed the Cat (1996); Omega (1973); Once upon a Time (1991); Partnership (1992); Pegasus in Flight (1990); Pegasus in Space (2000); Power Lines (1994); Power Play (1992); Powers That Be (1993); Rescue Run (1991); Restoree (1967); Ring of Fear (1971); Sassinak (1990); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Today And Tomorrow (1974); Second Wave (2006); Sense of Wonder (2023); Serve It Forth (1996); Sky Dragons (2012); Space 6 (1980); Space Opera (1996); Space Opera (1996); Spaceworlds (2021); Starships (1983); Stitch in Snow (1985); Sworn Allies (1990); Ten Tomorrows (1973); The Ascent of Wonder (1994); The Atlas of Pern (1984); The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1997); The Best of the Nebulas (1989); The Best of Writers of the Future (1992); The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993); The City Who Fought (1993); The Coelura (1983); The Death of Sleep (1990); The Dolphins' Bell (1993); The Dolphins of Pern (1994); The Fleet (1988); The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1985); The Great SF Stories 23 (1991); The Hugo Winners: Volume 2, Part 2 (1973); The Kilternan Legacy (1975); The Lady / aka Carradyne Touch (1987); The Last Dangerous Visions (2024); The Mark of Merlin (1971); The Masterharper of Pern (1998); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The People of Pern (1988); The Renegades of Pern (1989); The Rowan (1990); The Ship Avenged (1997); The Ship Errant (1996); The Ship Who Sang (1969); The Ship Who Searched (1992); The Ship Who Won (1994); The Skies of Pern (2000); The Tower and the Hive (1999); The Ultimate Alien (1995); The Venus Factor (1972); The White Dragon (1979); The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey (1981); The Year of the Lucy (1986); Third Watch (2007); Three Gothic Novels (1991); Three Women (1992); Time Wars (1986); To Ride Pegasus (1973); Top Fantasy (1984); Top Science Fiction (1984); Total War (1990); Treasures of Fantasy (1997); Treaty at Doona / aka aka Treaty Planet (1994); Visions of Fantasy (1989); Visions of Wonder (1996); Wings of Fire (2010); Women of Futures Past (2016); Women of Wonder (1995); Wondrous Beginnings (2003); Young Demons (1972).

Television and video:

Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern (2001); Freedom: First Resistance (2000); Time Out of Mind (1979).

Born on this day – Melville Shavelson:

Melville Shavelson

Director

Producer

Writer

April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007

Born on this day – Lucille Bogan:

Lucille Bogan

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948

Credits:

Albums:

1930s Blues Classics (2010); As Bessie Jackson: Reckless Woman 1927-1935 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) [feat. Walter Roland] (2006); Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2: March 1930 to 20 July 1933 (1994); Jazz Son's (2022); Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland (1927-1935) (1992); Lucille Bogan (1923-1935) (1989); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 1 [1923-1930] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 2 [1930-1933] (1993); Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 3 (1934-1935) (2005); Outspoken (2015); Reckless Woman (2013); Reckless Woman: 1927-1935 (2000); Shave 'Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan (2004).

Movies and television:

Bessie (2015); Cover Your Ears (2023); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980); History of Swear Words (2021); No Vacancy (1999); The Blues (2003); The Cotton Club (1984).

Born on this day – Edgar Wallace:

Edgar Wallace

Writer

Producer

Director, April 1, 1875 – February 10, 1932

Credits:

Books:

A Debt Discharged (1926); A King By Night (1928); A Present for Evans (1924); Again Sanders (1928); Again The Ringer (aka The Ringer Returns) (1929); Again the Three Just Men (aka The Law of the Four Just Men) (1921); Angel Esquire (1908); Barbara on Her Own (1926); Big Foot (1927); Black Cat Weekly #109 (2023); Black Cat Weekly #123 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #21 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #47 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #49 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #54 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #56 (2022); Black Cat Weekly #92 (2023); Blue-Hand (1927); Bones (1915); Bones in London (1921); Bones of the River (1923); Bosambo of the River (1914); Captains of Souls (1923); Circumstantial Evidence (1934); Death Packs a Suitcase (1961); Double Dan (aka Diana of Kara-Kara) (1924); Down Under Donovan (1930); Educated Evans (1924); Eve's Island (1909); Fighting Snub Reilly (1934); Flat 2 (1927); Flying Fifty-five (1922); For Information Received (1929); Four Square Jane (1929); Good Evans (aka The Educated Man) (1924); Great Stories of Real Life (1930); Guilty Creatures (2021); Heroes All (1914); Jack o'Judgment (1920); John Flack (1930); Kate Plus 10 (1917); King Kong (1933); Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces (1915); KONG (2023); Lieutenant Bones (1918); Menace of the Monster (2019); More Educated Evans (1924); Mr J. G. Reeder Returns (1932); Mr Justice Maxwell (1927); Murder in the Falling Snow (2022); On the Spot (1931); People (1929); Planetoid 127 (1929); Red Aces (1932); Room 13 (1924); Sanders (aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders) (1926); Sanders of the River (1911); Sandi The Kingmaker (1922); Selected Novels (1985); Sergeant Sir Peter (aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.) (1932); Silinski - Master Criminal (1930); Terror Keep (1927); The Admirable Carfew (1914); The Adventures of Heine (1919); The Angel of Terror (aka The Destroying Angel) (1922); The Avenger (aka The Hairy Arm) (1925); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Black Abbot (1926); The Book of All Power (1923); The Brigand (1928); The Calendar (1930); The Cheaters (1910); The Clue of the New Pin (1923); The Clue of the Silver Key (aka The Silver Key) (1930); The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917); The Coat of Arms (aka The Arranways Mystery) (1931); The Council of Justice (1908); The Crimson Circle (1922); The Daffodil Mystery (aka The Daffodil Murder) (1920); The Dark Eyes of London (1929); The Daughters of the Night (1925); The Day of Uniting (1930); The Death Room (1986); The Devil Man (1931); The Door with Seven Locks (1926); The Double (1928); The Duke in the Suburbs (1909); The Face in the Night (1924); The Feathered Serpent (1930); The Fellowship of the Frog (1925); The Flying Squad (1929); The Forger (aka The Clever One) (1927); The Four Just Men (1905); The Fourth Plague (1913); The Frightened Lady (aka The Mystery of the Frightened Lady) (1932); The Ghost of Down Hill (1929); The Golden Hades (1929); The Governor of Chi-Foo (1933); The Green Archer (1926); The Green Mamba (aka The Dangerous Reptile) (1925); The Green Ribbon (1929); The Green Rust (1919); The Gunner (aka Gunman's Bluff (1928); The Guv'nor (aka Mr. Reeder Returns) (1932); The Hand of Power (1930); The India Rubber Men (1929); The Iron Grip (1929); The Joker (aka The Colossus (1926); The Just Men of Cordova (1917); The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917); The Lady of Ascot (1930); The Lone House Mystery (1929); The Man at the Carlton (1931); The Man from Morocco (1926); The Man Who Bought London (1915); The Man Who Knew (1919); The Man Who Was Nobody (1927); The Missing Million (1923); The Mission The Failed (1898); The Mixer (1927); The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder (aka The Mind of Mr J G Reeder) (1925); The Nine Bears (aka The Other Man) (1910); The Northing Tramp (aka The Tramp) (1926); The Orator (1928); The People of the River (1912); The Platform Edge (2019); The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929); The Ringer (1928); The River of Stars (1913); The Road to London (1986); The Secret House (1917); The Sinister Man (1924); The Sooper (1984); The Square Emerald (aka The Girl from Scotland Yard) (1926); The Squeaker (aka The Squealer) (1927); The Standard History of the War (1914); The Strange Countess (1925); The Terrible People (1928); The Thief in the Night (1930); The Three Just Men (1929); The Three Oak Mystery (1924); The Traitor's Gate (1927); The Twister (1928); The Valley of Ghosts (1922); The War of the Nations (1914); The Yellow Snake (1926); This England (1927); Unofficial Despatches (1901); When the Gangs Came to London (1932).

Movies and television:

Skull Island: Rise of Kong (2023); FilmToons Logic (2021); King Kong Skull Island (2019); Kong: Skull Island (2017); Le mystère des jonquilles (2014); Banglar King Kong (2010); Kong: Return to the Jungle (2007); The Vexxer (2007); King Kong (2005); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); Kong: King of Atlantis (2005); Der Engel des Schreckens (2005); Der Wixxer (2004); Das Schloss des Grauens (2002); Kong: The Animated Series (2000); Theater: Der Hexer (1999); The Mighty Kong (1998); Der Blinde (1996); Das Karussell des Todes (1996); Die Katze von Kensington (1996); The Mixer (1992–1993); The Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (1987); King Kong Lives (1986); Kingu Kongu Tsû: Ikari no Megaton Panchi (1986); Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986); Die Schokoladenschnüffler (1986); Rùzový Hubert (1985); Viaje a Bangkok, ataúd incluido (1985); Voces de Muerte (1983); Sangre en mis zapatos (1983); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983); Il Camaleonte (1979); The Feathered Serpent (1976–1978); King Kong (1976); Night of the Skull (1974); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972); Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972); Il laccio rosso (1971); The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969–1971); Angels of Terror (1971); The Devil Came from Akasava (1971); Double Face (1969); The Man with the Glass Eye (1969); Gorilla Gang (1968); The Zombie Walks (1968); L'oro di Londra (1968); The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968); The College Girl Murders (1967); King Kong Escapes (1967); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Creature with the Blue Hand (1967); The Trygon Factor (1966); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Psycho-Circus (1966); The Sinister Monk (1965); Again the Ringer (1965); Coast of Skeletons (1965); Face of a Stranger (1964); The Main Chance (1964); Downfall (1964); Das Verrätertor (1964); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1964); The Mysterious Magician (1964); We Shall See (1964); The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964); Room 13 (1964); The Double (1963); To Have and to Hold (1963); The Set Up (1963); The Rivals (1963); The Partner (1963); Return to Sender (1963); On the Run (1963); Five to One (1963); Accidental Death (1963); Death Drums Along the River (1963); The Indian Scarf (1963); The Black Abbot (1963); Der Hexer (1963); King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963); Der Zinker (1963); Ricochet (1963); Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963); Incident at Midnight (1963); Locker Sixty Nine (1962); Backfire! (1962); Death Trap (1962); Solo for Sparrow (1962); Playback (1962); The Inn on the River (1962); Der Hexer (1962); Time to Remember (1962); The Door with Seven Locks (1962); Number Six (1962); Candidate for Murder (1962); Secret of the Red Orchid (1962); The Share Out (1962); Flat Two (1962); The Sinister Man (1961); The Fourth Square (1961); Clue of the Silver Key (1961); Never Back Losers (1961); Man Detained (1961); Attempt to Kill (1961); Partners in Crime (1961); Noita (1961); The Strange Countess (1961); The Forger of London (1961); The Devil's Daffodil (1961); Clue of the New Pin (1961); Dead Eyes of London (1961); Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961); Marriage of Convenience (1960); Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960); The Man Who Was Nobody (1960); Crossroads to Crime (1960); The Terrible People (1960); The Avenger (1960); The Four Just Men (1959–1960); Armchair Theatre (1960); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); Urge to Kill (1960); The Red Circle (1960); Face of the Frog (1959); Der Zinker (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1958); Educated Evans (1957–1958); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1957); Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte (1956); Der Hexer (1956); Inner Sanctum (1954); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); The Ringer (1952); Danger (1951); Kraft Theatre (1947–1950); The Squeaker (1949); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1948); On the Spot (1948); The Calendar (1948); The Green Pack (1947); The Ringer (1946); The Missing Million (1942); The Green Archer (1940); The Flying Squad (1940); The Frightened Lady (1940); Chamber of Horrors (1940); A Criminal at Large (1939); The Human Monster (1939); The Ringer (1939); The Secret Four (1939); The Missing People (1939); Flying Fifty-Five (1939); The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939); Old Bones of the River (1938); The Ringer (1938); The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936); Smoky Cell (1938); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Terror (1938); Queen of Crime (1938); The Case of the Frightened Lady (1938); On the Spot (1938); Thank Evans (1938); Dangerous to Know (1938); Mystery of Room 13 (1938); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); The Frog (1937); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Chick (1936); Educated Evans (1936); The Crimson Circle (1936); Prison Breaker (1936); Born to Gamble (1935); Sanders of the River (1935); The Lad (1935); The Feathered Serpent (1934); Giallo (1934); Return of the Terror (1934); Mystery Liner (1934); Der Doppelgänger (1934); Quelqu'un a tué... (1933); The Jewel (1933); Before Dawn (1933); King Kong (1933); Le jugement de minuit (1933); The Ringer (1932); The Flying Squad (1932); Criminal at Large (1932); The Menace (1932); The Old Man (1931); Bachelor's Folly (1931); Der Zinker (1931); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931); To Oblige a Lady (1931); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); Red Aces (1930); The Squeaker (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); The Yellow Mask (1930); The Valley of Ghosts (1930); Prince Gabby (1929); The Wrecker (1929); The Clue of the New Pin (1929); Der rote Kreis (1929); The Flying Squad (1929); The Man Who Changed His Name (1928); The Forger (1928); The Terror (1928); The Ringer (1928); The Terrible People (1928); Mark of the Frog (1928); Der große Unbekannte (1927); The Brotherhood (1926); The Green Archer (1925); A Dear Liar (1925); The Flying Fifty-Five (1924); The Diamond Man (1924); Fighting Snub Reilly (1924); Down Under Donovan (1922); The Crimson Circle (1922); Melody of Death (1922); The River of Stars (1921); The Four Just Men (1921); Wanted at Headquarters (1920); Angel Esquire (1919); The Green Terror (1919); Pallard the Punter (1919); The Man Who Bought London (1916); Nurse and Martyr (1915).

Francine Prose, on writing and reading:

Like most – maybe all – writers,
I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

– Francine Prose.

On this day in movie history - Ghost in the Shell (2017):

Ghost in the Shell

directed by Rupert Sanders,

written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger,

based on the Manga comic book series by Masamune Shirow,

was released in the United States on March 31, 2017.
Music by Clint Mansell and Lorne Balfe.

Cast:

Scarlett Johansson, Kaori Yamamoto, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Andrew Morris, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Lasarus Ratuere, Juliette Binoche, Peter Ferdinando, Kaori Momoi, Danusia Samal, Anamaria Marinca, Michael Wincott, Yutaka Izumihara, Tawanda Manyimo, Daniel Henshall, Rila Fukushima, Chris Obi, Adwoa Aboah, Pete Teo, Hugh Han.