Born on this day – Nancy Guild:

Nancy Guild

Actress

October 11, 1925 – August 16, 1999

Born on this day – Linda Stirling:

Linda Stirling

Actress

Showgirl

Model

October 11, 1921 – July 20, 1997

Born on this day – Olive Deering:

Olive Deering

Actress

October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986

Born on this day – Linda Hayes:

Linda Hayes

Actress

October 11, 1918 – December 19, 1995

Credits:

Brooklyn (2015); Citadel of Crime (1941); Conspiracy (1939); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); I'm Still Alive (1940); Men of the Timberland (1941); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942); Romance on the Range (1942); Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992); South of Santa Fe (1942); Sued for Libel (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Saint in Palm Springs (1940); The Spellbinder (1939).

Born on this day – Suzy Prim:

Suzy Prim

Actress

October 11, 1896 – July 7, 1991

Born on this day – Lowell Sherman:

Lowell Sherman

Actor

Writer

Director

October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934

Credits:

Night Life of the Gods (1935); Born to Be Bad (1934); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); Morning Glory (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); What Price Hollywood? (1932); False Faces (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Jury (1932); High Stakes (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Royal Bed (1931); The Pay-Off (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); He Knew Women (1930); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Mammy (1930); General Crack (1929); Evidence (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Nearly Divorced (1928); The Whip (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); Mad Hour (1928); The Whip Woman (1928); The Garden of Eden (1928); The Divine Woman (1928); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Convoy (1927); Lost at Sea (1926); You Never Know Women (1926); The Wilderness Woman (1926); The Love Toy (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); Satan in Sables (1925); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); The Spitfire (1924); The Masked Dancer (1924); Bright Lights of Broadway (1923); The Face in the Fog (1922); Grand Larceny (1922); Molly O' (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The New York Idea (1920); Way Down East (1920); Yes or No (1920); Vera, the Medium (1917); The Better Woman (1915); Sold (1915); Always in the Way (1915); Behind the Scenes (1914).

Recommended reading – Get Shorty (1990):

Get Shorty

By Elmore Leonard.

First published 1990.

Published by Mariner Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062120255

ISBN-13: 978-0062120250

Description:

“The coolest, hottest writer in America.” – Chicago Tribune.

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind – plus his “friends” have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town, with its dream-makers, glitter, hucksters, and liars – plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look – seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili’s got an idea for a killer movie, though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

“The funniest crime thriller ever set among the hustlers and con artist of the movie colony.” – Wall Street Journal.

“A Hollywood hit…. Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.”

– Detroit News.

“A terrific thriller…. The kind of entertainment that usually makes Hollywood types talk about selling their souls (or their mothers).” – Orlando Sentinel.