Thursday, September 3, 2026

Born on this day – Christiane Delyne:


Christiane Delyne


Actress

September 3, 1902 – April 17, 1966

Credits:

Arlette et ses papas (1934); Atout coeur (1931); Ce qu'on dit, ce qu'on pense (1930); Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (1957); Cinderella (1937); Cognasse (1932); Compartiment de dames seules (1935); Coq en pâte (1951); Dépannage (1931); En avant la musique (1935); Epouse ma veuve (1951); Faites-moi confiance (1956); Fernand clochard (1957); Heure d'été (1932); High and Low (1933); Il est charmant (1932); J'ai une idée (1934); La belle revanche (1939); La claque (1932); La cure sentimentale (1932); La dame de Vittel (1937); La Dame D'en Face (1932); La maison du printemps (1950); La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes (1933); La petite sauvage (1936); La sonnette d'alarme (1935); La vagabonde (1932); Laissez faire le temps (1932); L'ange gardien (1934); L'art d'être courtier (1950); Le cavalier Lafleur (1934); Le coq du régiment (1933); Le maître de forges (1933); Le médecin de service (1933); Le père Lampion (1934); Le porte-veine (1937); Le roi des gangsters (1935); Le sexe fort (1930); L'école des contribuables (1934); Léonie est en avance (1935); Les conquêtes de César (1935); Les gaietés du palace (1936); Les gangsters de l'expo (1938); Les maris de ma femme (1937); L'étrangère (1931); Luck (1931); Malabars (1934); Ménages ultra-modernes (1931); On demande un bandit (1950); Papa sans le savoir (1932); Paprika (1933); Piano à vendre (1934); Pomme d'amour (1932); Rien que la vérité (1931); Sacré Léonce (1936); Sous la griffe (1935); The House Across the Street (1937); The World Will Shake (1939); Trente-six chandelles (1957); Trois cents à l'heure (1934); Une brune piquante (1932); Une jeune fille et un million (1932); Une poule sur un mur (1936); Vacances payées (1938); Voyage d'agrément (1935); Y faut s'marier (1934); Y'a erreur (1933).

Born on this day – Sally Benson:


Sally Benson


Writer

September 3, 1897 – July 19, 1972

Credits:

Short stories:

Emily (1938); Junior Miss (1941); Meet Me in St. Louis (1942); People Are Fascinating (1936); Stories of the Gods and Heroes (1940); Women and Children First (1943).

Movies and television:

Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Bus Stop (1961); Come to the Stable (1949); Conspirator (1949); Curtain Call (1952); General Electric Guest House (1951); Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958); Joy in the Morning (1965); Junior Miss (1945 / 1946); Little Women (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 / 1959 / 1966); No Man of Her Own (1950); Occupation Housewife / Yrke: Hemmafru (1967); Shadow of a Doubt (1943 / 1991); Signpost to Murder (1964); Summer Magic (1963); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); The Singing Nun (1966); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Read books and let your imagination fly:


Read books and let your imagination fly.

Recommended reading - The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1944):


The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

By Dashiell Hammett.

Published by Must Have Books.
Published 1944.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1773237772
ISBN-13: 978-1773237770

Description:

Sam Spade is the tall, tough, smart private detective made famous by Dashiell Hammett in his superb detective novel, The Maltese Falcon. His appearance in the three short stories which make up The Adventures of Sam Spade is good news for his admirers and even better news for those who have yet to meet him. As Sam says, “There ought to be a law making criminals give themselves up…” but since there isn’t one is better qualified than he to take the place of that law. He’s not a fictional detective, not given to elaborate analysis of the crime nor to elaborate restaging of it in front of all the suspects in the hope that one will break down; he’s an honest-to-God detective, astute and industrious enough to find out everything possible and then figure the angles from what he knows.

In addition to the three Adventures of Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett has included here four brilliant short stories, each one terse, masculine, and eminently readable, yet one different in theme and handling. The Assistant Murderer tells of a complicated case neatly solved by Alexander Rush, the detective who is so ugly that people just naturally think he is crooked. Night Shade is a vivid sketch with an O. Henry Ending. The Judge Laughed Last is a story so funny that you’ll be laughing even when the judge is through. And His Brother’s Keeper is a fine prize fight tale told by a tough, dumb, honest and likable fighter.

Contents: Too Many Have Lived; They Can Only Hang You Once; A Man Called Spade; The Assistant Murderer; Night Shade; The Judge Laughed Last; His Brother's Keeper.

P. D. James, on writing:


I don't think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us.
I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking of a pattern.

- P. D. James.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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


The Automat

documentary directed by Lisa Hurwitz,
written by Michael Levine,
released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on September 2, 2021.
Music by Hummie Mann.

Cast:

Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas, Alec Shuldiner, Wilson Goode / W. Wilson Goode Sr., Elliott Gould, Howard Schultz, Norris Horn, Steve Stollman, Roy Rosenbaum, Marianne Hardart, Lorraine Diehl, Lisa Keller, Edwin K. Daly Jr., Bill Romas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, Paul Hardart, Apache Ramos, Ron Barrett, Jack Benny, John Fritsche, Joseph Horn, George Coe, Lisa Hurwitz.

On this day in movie history - California Typewriter (2016):


California Typewriter

documentary directed by Doug Nichol,
written by Max Nichol,
released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on September 2, 2016.
Music by Mark Ambrosino.


Cast: Silvi Alcivar, Ken Alexander, Tom Hanks, Martin Howard, Tom Lecky, Jeremy Mayer, John Mayer, David McCullough, Jett Morton, Herbert Permillion, Richard Polt, Anthony Rocco, Sam Shepard, Darren Wershler, Mason Williams.