Born on this day – Helen Reilly:

Helen Reilly

Writer

April 25, 1891 – January 11, 1962

Credits:

All Concerned Notified (1940); And Let the Coffin Pass (1942); Beyond the Dark (1944); Certain Sleep (1961); Compartment K: Murder Rides a Canadian Transcontinental Express (1955); Dead for a Ducat (1939); Dead Man Control (1936); Death Demands an Audience (1940); Ding, Dong, Bell (1958); File on Rufus Ray (1937); Follow Me (1960); Lament for the Bride (1951); Man with the Painted Head (1931); McKee of Centre Street (1934); Mourned on Sunday (1941); Mr. Smith's Hat: A Case for Inspector McKee (1936); Murder at Arroways (1950); Murder in Shinbone Alley (1940); Murder in the Mews (1931); Murder on Angler's Island (1945); Name Your Poison (1942); Not Me, Inspector (1959); Run with the Hare (1941); Staircase 4 (1949); Tell Her It's Murder (1954); The Canvas Dagger (1956); The Day She Died (1962); The Dead Can Tell (1940); The Diamond Feather (1930); The Doll's Trunk Murder (1932); The Double Man (1952); The Farmhouse (1947); The Line-Up (1934); The Opening Door (1944); The Silver Leopard (1946); The Thirty-first Bullfinch (1930); The Velvet Hand (1953); Three Women in Black (1941).

Iris Chang, on writing:

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself.

And you have no duty towards anyone else.

- Iris Chang.

On this day in movie history - Extreme Prejudice (1987):

Extreme Prejudice,

directed by Walter Hill,

written by Deric Washburn and Harry Kleiner,

based on a story by John Milius and Fred Rexer,

was released in the United States on April 24, 1987.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:
Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe, Matt Mulhern, Larry B. Scott, Dan Tullis Jr., John Dennis Johnston, Luis Contreras, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Tom Lister Jr., Marco Rodríguez, James Lashly, Tony Frank, Mickey Jones, Kent Lipham, Sam Gauny, Gil Reyes, Rick Garcia, Richard L. Duran, Larry Duran, Christina Garcia, Charles Lewis, Humberto De La Torre, Fred Eisenlohr, Anthony Galvan III, Erin Bowden, Frank Lugo, Jimmy Ortega, Lin Shaye, Anthony Lattanzio, Ken Medlock, Michelle Rosen, Allan Graf, Helen Kelly, Thomas Rosales Jr., Karly Rothenberg, Cole Volgenau.

On this day in movie history - Ms .45 (1981):

Ms .45,

aka Angel of Vengeance,

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by Nicholas St. John,

was released in the United States on April 24, 1981.
Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:
Zoë Tamerlis (aka Zoë Lund), Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, Helen McGara, Nike Zachmanoglou, Abel Ferrara, Peter Yellen, Editta Sherman, Bogey (the dog), Vincent Gruppi, Stanley Timms, Faith Peters, Lawrence Zavaglia, Alex Jachno, Jack Thibeau, Jane Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Wayne Caro, Mariana Tripaldi, Scott Covert, Karen O'Shea, The Kog, Cindy Green, Nancy Ulrich, Eddie Sanchez, Larry Chua, Omar Patino, Robert Allen, Daniel Goodine, Michael R. Chin, Gerri Igarashi, Eddie Eisele, Evelyn Smith, Patrick Loughran, Eileen Trotta, Bobby Weismann, Alvin Moore, Nicholas St. John, Steve Dash, Paul Varni, John Scarangella, Aris Sakellaridis, Ben Falk, Michael Minard, Robert North, Robert Fish, Harry Maurer, Beth Ann Lonergan, Gail Wenger, Jana Skidmore, Mary Barto, John Antonio, Joey Monteleone, Lisa Monteleone, Mary Reeves, Carol Drechsler, Anthony Picciano, Joe Perce, Donna Harris, Ira Blumenthal, Rex Piano, Kim McLean, Paul Sansone, Peter Abbay, Elissa D'Arrigo, Tony Gandiosi, Rene Belafonte, Dan O'Neill, Jerry Goralnick, Claver Mullaney, Jim Paletz, Timothy Pastor, Bill Plunkett, Natalie Rannazzisi, Michael Rothermel, Rob Roy, Francene Thomas, Bruce Thorne, Nancy Upton, Bonnie Williams, Scott Winer, Madaline Wood, Ann Barcar, Shelley Freedman, Barbara Jo Fuchs, Kathleen Gati, Barry Gomolka, Gerry Heller, Michelle James, Chris Jones, Nancy Kleinman, Jerome Le Page, Renata Hickey, Tom McGrath, Cheryl McIntyre, Dhonna Harris Goodale, Stephen Singer.