Born on this day – Patricia Knight:

Patricia Knight

Actress

April 28, 1915 – October 26, 2004

Credits:

The Lone Wolf (1955); The Magic Face (1951); The Second Face (1950); Shockproof (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Fabulous Texan (1947).

Born on this day – Carl Laemmle Jr.:

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Writer

Producer

April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979

Credits:

A Fighting Finish (1927); A House Divided (1931); A Lady Surrenders (1930); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Afraid to Talk (1932); Air Mail (1932); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Around the Bases (1927); Back Street (1932); Bad Sister (1931); Barnum Was Right (1929); Beloved (1934); Benson at Calford (1926); Bombay Mail (1934); Breaking Records (1927); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Broadway (1929); Burning Words (1923); By Candlelight (1933); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Carl Laemmle (2019); College Love (1929); Counsellor at Law (1933); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross Country Cruise (1934); Cross Country Run (1929); Dear Old Calford (1928); Destination Unknown (1933); Destry Rides Again (1932); Don't Bet on Love (1933); Dracula (1931); Drácula (1931); East Is West (1930); East of Borneo (1931); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Farewell (1929); Fast Companions (1932); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting to Win (1926); Flaming Guns (1932); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Frankenstein (1931); Free Love (1930); Gift of Gab (1934); Great Expectations (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hell's Heroes (1929); Her First Mate (1933); Hidden Gold (1932); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Homicide Squad (1931); Horse Play (1933); I'll Tell the World (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Kicking Through (1928); King for a Night (1933); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Campus (1929); La voluntad del muerto (1930); Ladies Must Love (1933); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughter in Hell (1933); Law and Order (1932); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Accident (1930); Little Man, What Now? (1934); Lonesome (1928); Love Birds (1934); Lucky Dog (1933); Madame Spy (1934); Making Good (1926); Many a Slip (1931); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); My Pal, the King (1932); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); Nagana (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Night World (1932); Okay America! (1932); On the Sidelines (1929); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Hysterical Night (1929); One More River (1934); Only Yesterday (1933); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Out All Night (1933); Outside the Law (1930); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Private Jones (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Remember Last Night? (1935); Resurrection (1931); Running Wild (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Samson at Calford (1927); Saturday's Millions (1933); Scandal for Sale (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Secret of the Blue Room (1933); Seed (1931); Shanghai Lady (1929); Show Boat (1929); Sliding Home (1928); Smilin' Guns (1929); Speeding Youth (1929); Splashing Through (1927); Steady Company (1932); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Terror Trail (1933); The Big Cage (1933); The Black Cat (1934); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Charlatan (1929); The Cinder Path (1927); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930); The Collegians (1926); The Crosby Case (1934); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Doomed Battalion (1932); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fire Fighters (1927); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Good Fairy (1935); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Invisible Man (1933); The Iron Man (1931); The Irresistible Lover (1927); The Junior Year (1928); The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933); The Last Lap (1926); The Last Performance (1929); The Last Warning (1928); The Love Captive (1934); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Mummy (1932); The Night Ride (1930); The Old Dark House (1932); The Poor Rich (1934); The Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Rivals (1929); The Rustler's Roundup (1933); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Storm (1930); The Texas Bad Man (1932); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Winning Five (1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch (1927); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Transient Lady (1935); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Uncertain Lady (1934); Up for Murder (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); Waterloo Bridge (1931); We Americans (1928); What Men Want (1930).

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2, by Ross Macdonald (1994):

The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

By Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.
Published 1994.
Published by Allison & Busby Ltd.
ISBN 13: 9780749002015
ISBN 10: 0749002018
ASIN: 0749002018

Description:

Omnibus of three novels featuring Lew Archer, "The Ivory Grin", "The Galton Case" and "The Blue Hammer".

The value of reading:

Reading makes life a lot easier.

Harlan Ellison - on writing:

Writing is the hardest work in the world.

I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver,

and I tell you – as if you haven’t been told a million times already – 

that writing is harder.

Lonelier.

And nobler and more enriching.

– Harlan Ellison.

Go Pens!

April 27, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3

Pennsylvania Flyers: 2

YEAH!

GO PENS!

On this day in movie history - The Survivor (2021):

The Survivor

directed by Barry Levinson,

written by Justine Juel Gillmer,

was released in the United States on April 27, 2022.
Based on the book Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano, by Alan Scott Haft.
Also, the graphic novel The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, by Reinhard Kleist.
Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, Saro Emirze, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Dar Zuzovsky, Laurent Papot, Paul Bates, Svetlana Kundish, Sonya Cullingford, Michael Epp, Erik Contzius, Kingston Vernes, Sophie Knapp, Zachary Golinger, Charles Brice, Scott Alexander Young, John Guerrasio, Pablo Raybould, Amalina Ace, Bálint Magyar, Márk Szekulesz, Aaron Serotsky, Miklós Kapácsy, Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Widder, Patrick McCullough, Peter Linka, Hans Peterson, Katia Bokor, Stephen Saracco, Björn Freiberg, Nikos Brisco, Alan Jouban, Adam Zambryzcki, András Kovács, Gábor Czap, Anthony Molinari, Zsolt Erdei, Zach Anderson, Árpád Antolik, Attila Arpa, Marc Alan Austen, Jeff Burhans, Sandy Burhans, Christian Carrigan, Jim Cleary, Karim Ghajji, Emerson Henley, Roderick Hill, Ken Holmes, Zámbó István, Colton Langan, Perla Middleton, Robert Myers, Cailyn Peddle, Peter Schueller, Marc Schöttner, Ferenc Iván Szabó, Balázs Veres, Conor William Wright, Lauren Yaffe.