Sunday, June 9, 2024

Born on this day – George Axelrod (2003):


George Axelrod

Writer

Producer

Director

June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003

Born on this day – Skip James:


Skip James

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:

Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:

Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).

Born on this day – Marion Leonard:


Marion Leonard

Actress

June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956

Credits:

A Brass Button (1911); A Burglar's Mistake (1909); A Country Girl (1911); A Dispensation (1910); A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A Leaf in the Storm (1913); A Left Hook (1911); A New Trick (1909); A Rude Hostess (1909); A Rural Elopement (1909); A Sacrifice, and Then (1910); A Salutary Lesson (1910); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Tale of Ebon Tints (1911); A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913); A Thorn in Vengeance (1912); A Trap for Santa Claus (1909); A Wreath in Time (1909); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Awful Moment (1908); And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909); As in a Looking Glass (1913); As It Is in Life (1910); As the Master Orders (1911); Ashes of Hope (1912); At Sword's Points (1911); At the Altar (1909); At the Crossroads of Life / The Politician's Love Story (1909); Carmen (1913); Comata, the Sioux (1909); Ever the Accuser (1911); Father Gets in the Game (1908); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5 (1948); Fools of Fate (1909); For His Sake (1911); For Remembrance (1911); From the Valley of Shadows (1911); Gold Is Not All (1910); Her First Biscuits (1909); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); In Flowers Paled (1911); In Honor Bound (1912); In Little Italy (1909); In Old California (1910); In Payment Full (1912); In the Tepee's Light (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909 / 1913); In the Window Recess (1909); Leather Stocking (1909); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Long Time No See (1954); Looking Backward (1912); Lost a Husband (1912); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Finds a Way (1909); Lucky Jim (1909); Mother Love (1914); Moulders of Souls (1910); None Can Do More (1912); Nursing a Viper (1909); O'er Grim Fields Scarred (1911); On Kentucky Soil (1911); On the Reef (1910); One Touch of Nature (1909); Over Silent Paths (1910); Over the Shading Edge (1911); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pranks (1909); Resurrection (1909); Rose o' Salem Town (1910); So Runs the Way (1910); So Speaks the Heart (1912); Songs of Childhood Days (1912); Souls Courageous (1911); Stars: Their Courses Change (1912); Such Is the Kingdom (1911); Tangled Lines (1911); Tears o' Peggy (1912); The Armorer's Daughter (1910); The Awakening of Donna Isolla (1914); The Bandit's Waterloo (1908); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Broken Locket (1909); The Call (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); The Children's Friend (1909); The Christmas Burglars (1908); The Cloister's Touch (1910); The Command from Galilee (1911); The Conflict (1911); The Conflict's End (1912); The Converts (1910); The Cord of Life (1909); The Criminal Hypnotist (1909); The Day After (1909); The Dead Secret (1913); The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909); The Defender of the Name (1912); The Diamond Path (1912); The Dragon's Claw (1915); The Drift (1914); The Drive for a Life (1909); The Duke's Plan (1910); The Eavesdropper (1909); The End of the Circle (1912); The Eternal Conflict (1912); The Expiation (1909); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Fatal Hour (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); The Ghost of a Bargain (1912); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Girls and Daddy (1909); The Gold Seekers (1910); The Golden Louis (1909); The Gray of the Dawn (1910); The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908); The Harvest (1911); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Helping Hand (1908); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hidden Bonds (1912); The Hindoo Dagger (1909); The Hour of Fate (1911); The Hour of Peril (1912); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Jilt (1909); The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909); The Journey's Ending (1913); The Last Laugh (1911); The Leader of the Band (1912); The Light on the Way (1912); The Light That Came (1909); The Light Unseen (1914); The Little Avenger (1911); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Lure of the Gown (1909); The Maniac Cook (1909); The Medicine Bottle (1909); The Mills of the Gods (1909); The Minute and the Maid (1911); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Mother Heart (1912); The Note in the Shoe (1909); The Oath and the Man (1910); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Price of Vanity (1911); The Refuge (1910); The Restoration (1909); The Rocky Road (1910); The Romany Rye (1914); The Rose of Yesteryear (1914); The Roue's Heart (1909); The Sacrifice (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The School Ma'am's Courage (1911); The Seal of Time (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Seed of the Fathers (1913); The Serpent's Eyes (1912); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Strength of the Weak (1912); The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908); The Test (1909); The Test of Friendship (1908); The Thin Dark Line (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Unending Love (1912); The Unknown Bride (1912); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of the Millions (1912); The Voice of the Violin (1909); The Vow (1915); The Vows (1911); The Way of Man (1909); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Winning Coat (1909); Those Little Flowers (1913); Those Who Live in Glass Houses (1913); Thou Shalt Not (1910); Through a Higher Power (1912); Through Flaming Gates (1912); Through Memory Blank (1912); Through the Breakers (1909); Through Twisting Lanes (1912); Thus Many Souls (1912); Till Death Do Us Part (1911); Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909); Tragic Love (1909); Trying to Get Arrested (1909); Two Memories (1909); Under a Changing Sky (1910); Under Her Wing (1912); What Avails the Crown (1912); When Love Rules (1912); When Woman Wills (1910); Where Sea and Shore Doth Meet (1910); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); While Wedding Bells Ring Out (1912); With Her Card (1909).

George R. R. Martin, on reading:


A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen.
The man who never reads lives only one.

- George R. R. Martin.