Thursday, July 17, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Conway:


Jack Conway


Director

Producer

Actor

July 17, 1886 – October 11, 1952

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Child of War (1913); A Daughter of the Law (1921); A Diplomatic Mission (1918); A Gentleman of Fortune (1912); A Jewel in Pawn (1917); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Pair of Jacks (1912); A Royal Democrat (1919); A Sheepman's Triumph (1911); A Star Is Born (1937); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Across the Deadline (1922); Across the Sierras (1912); Added Fuel (1915); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Indian's Honor (1913); Another Man's Shoes (1922); Arizona Bill (1911); Arsène Lupin (1932); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Because of a Woman (1917); Birds of Prey (1913); Bitter Sweet (1916); Bond of Fear (1917); Boom Town (1940); Born to Be Bad (1934); Bringing Up Father (1928); Brought to Bay (1913); Brown of Harvard (1926); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); -But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Captain Macklin (1915); Coals of Fire (1911); Come Through (1917); Crossroads (1942); Cupid and the Ranchman (1912); Desert Law (1918); Desire Me (1947); Don't Shoot (1922); Dragon Seed (1944); Even Unto Death (1914); False Pride Has a Fall (1914); For Those Unborn (1914); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Hard Luck Bill (1912); Hell Below (1933); Her Decision (1918); Her Indian Hero (1912); Her Indian Mother (1910); Her Soul's Inspiration (1917); High Barbaree (1947); His Lesson (1915); His Only Son (1912); Honky Tonk (1941); How Steve Made Good (1912); How the Kid Went Over the Range (1914); How the Ranger Was Cured (1912); In Fear of His Past (1914); In the End (1913); In the Long Run (1912); Intolerance (1916); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Judgment of the Guilty (1916); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Just a Gigolo (1931); Kit Carson's Wooing (1911); Lady of the Tropics (1939); Let Freedom Ring (1939); Libeled Lady (1936); Little Red Decides (1918); Lombardi, Ltd. (1919); Love Crazy (1941); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Macbeth (1916); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Mary of the Mines (1912); New Moon (1930); Northwest Passage (1940); One New York Night (1935); Our Modern Maidens (1929); Patsy's Luck (1913); Polly Redhead (1917); Quicksands (1923); Reaping the Whirlwind (1912); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Restless Souls (1919); Riders of the Dawn (1920); Rollicking Red's Big Lark (1912); Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935); Saratoga (1937); Sawdust (1923); Soldiers Three (1913); Soul Mates (1925); Stamboul Quest (1934); Step on It! (1922); Sundered Ties (1912); Tarzan and His Mate (1934); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Alibi (1912); The Battle of the Red Men (1912); The Beckoning Trail (1916); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Boomerang (1912); The Charmer (1917); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Civilian (1912); The Claim Jumper (1913); The Clock (1945); The Counting of Time (1912); The Doctor's Decision (1916); The Dwelling Place of Light (1920); The Easiest Way (1931); The Empty Water Keg (1912); The Everlasting Judy (1912); The Fighting Chance (1912); The Folly of Anne (1914); The Gay Bride (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Heart Buster (1924); The House of Pride (1912); The Hucksters (1947); The Hunted Woman (1925); The Indian Scout's Vengeance (1910); The Killer (1921); The Kiss (1921); The Land of Might (1912); The Little Nugget (1912); The Little Orphan (1917); The Long Chance (1922); The Long Portage (1913); The Love Trail (1912); The Lure of the Orient (1921); The Madcap (1913); The Mainspring (1916); The Man of It (1915); The Measure of a Man (1916); The Millionaire (1921); The Mistress of the Air (1914); The Money Changers (1920); The Mosaic Law (1913); The Mountain Daisy (1912); The Mystic Jewel (1915); The Nuisance (1933); The Obligation (1912); The Old Armchair (1913); The Old Fisherman's Story (1914); The Old Good-for-Nothing (1914); The Old High Chair (1915); The Old Maid (1914); The Old Soldier's Story (1909); The Only Thing (1925); The Outcast (1915); The Penitentes (1915); The Post Telegrapher (1912); The Price of Crime (1914); The Prisoner (1923); The Rage of Paris (1921); The Revenue Officer's Deputy (1914); The Roughneck (1924); The Scalawag (1912); The Scarlet Letter (1908); The Servant in the House (1921); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Sheriff's Choice (1914); The Sheriff's Round-Up (1912); The Silent Battle (1916); The Smart Set (1928); The Smashing Stroke (1917); The Social Buccaneer (1916); The Solitaire Man (1933); The Spenders (1921); The Squatter's Child (1912); The Struggle (1913); The Telltale Hatband (1913); The Thespian Bandit (1912); The Torment (1916); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trail of the Lonesome Mine (1913); The Trouble Shooter (1924); The Twelfth Juror (1913); The U.P. Trail (1920); The Understanding Heart (1927); The Undoing of Slim Bill (1912); The Unholy Three (1930); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of a Mother (1915); The Wireless Voice (1914); The Wrong Prescription (1914); The Wrong Prescription (1914); They Learned About Women (1930); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Tracked Through the Desert (1912); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Twelve Miles Out (1927); Two Men and the Law (1912); Uncle Bill (1912); Untamed (1929); Viva Villa! (1934); What Might Have Been (1915); What Wives Want (1923); When Lincoln Paid (1913); When Sherman Marched to the Sea (1913); While the City Sleeps (1928); Will o' the Wisp (1913); You Can't Believe Everything (1918).

Recommended reading - The Drowning Pool (1950):


The Drowning Pool

By Ross Macdonald.

Crime fiction.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0679768068
ISBN-13: 978-0679768067
Published 1950.

Description:

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred – and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

Irving Stone, on reading:


It's not macho to read?
Nonsense.
Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness.
It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile.

- Irving Stone.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

On this day in movie history - Pig (2021):


Pig

directed and written by Michael Sarnoski,
based on a story by Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski,
was released in the United States on July 16, 2021.
Music by Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein.


Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Cassandra Violet, Julia Bray, Elijah Ungvary, Beth Harper, Brian Sutherland, David Shaughnessy, Gretchen Corbett, Sean Tarjyoto, Darius Pierce, Kevin Michael Moore, Tom Walton, Davis King, Nina Belforte, David Knell, Adam Arkin, Dana Millican, Dalene Young, October Moore, Brandy (the pig), Cody Burns, Parker Green, Carlo Hernandez, Josh C. Logan, Kent W. Luttrell, Anita Marier, Troy Oelke, Baka Prase, Bill Salfelder, Jamie Martin Stewart, Kieran Thomas, Daniel Vasic, Christian Wilson.

On this day in music history - Illumination, by Jennifer Thomas (2012):


Illumination

Album by Jennifer Thomas,
released July 16, 2012.

Track list:

Etude for the Dreamer; After the Storm; Illumination; Gymnopédie No. 1; New Life; Beyond the Summit; Into the Forest; Secrets; Toccata and Fugue; Rainforest; Fire Dance; Pachelbel’s Canon (a Duet); Across the Starlit Sky; Requiem for a Dream; Sonata Minoré; Eventide; New World Symphony.

On this day in music history - Portrait, by Susan Graham (2007):


Portrait

Album by Susan Graham,
released July 16, 2007.

Track list:

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido, by George Frederick Handel; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, by George Frederick Handel; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from “Poems of Walt Whitman”), by Ned Rorem; La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, (“légende dramatique”) H. 111 (Op. 24); Autrefois un roi de Thulé, by Hector Berlioz; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?, by Hector Berlioz; Dead Man Walking, opera, by This journey. This journey to Christ, by Jake Heggie; Who will walk with me?, by Jake Heggie; He will gather us around, by Jake Heggie; Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, by Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament, by Johannes Brahms; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Die Nachtigal, by Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt, by Alban Berg; Im Zimmer, by Alban Berg; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, song collection for voice & piano, L. 64; Harmonie du soir, by Claude Debussy; Le Jet d’eau, by Claude Debussy; The Circus Band, song for voice & piano, S. 229 (K. 6B20), by Charles Ives; The Cage, song for voice & piano, S. 221 (K. 6B42), by Charles Ives; Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue, by Reynaldo Hahn; Toi c’est moi, operetta; Vagabonde, by Moisés Simóns.

On this day in movie history - Eyes Wide Shut (1999):


Eyes Wide Shut

directed by Stanley Kubrick,
written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael,
based on the novella Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler,
was released in the United States on July 16, 1999.
Music by Jocelyn Pook.


Cast:

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack, Leslie Lowe, Peter Hans Benson, Todd Field, Michael Doven, Sky du Mont, Louise J. Taylor, Stewart Thorndike, Randall Paul, Julienne Davis, Lisa Leone, Kevin Connealy, Marie Richardson, Thomas Gibson, Mariana Hewett, Dan Rollman, Gavin Parry, Chris Pare, Adam Lias, Christian Clarke, Kyle Whitcombe, Gary Goba, Vinessa Shaw, Florian Windorfer, Rade Serbedzija, Togo Igawa, Eiji Kusuhara, Leelee Sobieski, Sam Douglas, Angus MacInnes, Abigail Good, Brian W. Cook, Leon Vitali, Carmela Marner, Alan Cumming, Fay Masterson, Phil Davies, Cindy Dolenc, Clark Hayes, Treva Etienne, Colin Angus, Karla Ashley, Kate Charman, James Demaria, Tony DeSergio, Janie Dickens, Laura Fallace, Vanessa Fenton, Georgina Finch, Peter Godwin, Joanna Heath, Lee Henshaw, Ateeka Poole, Adam Pudney, Sharon Quinn, Ben De Saumserez, Emma Lou Sharratt, Paul Spelling, Matthew Thompson, Dan Travers, Russell Trigg, Kate Whalin, Jerson David Ambion, Shelsie Blake, Cate Blanchett, Emilio D'Alessandro, Jeremy Davidson, Paul Desbois, Donna Ewin, Tres Hanley, Sam Heydon, Alex Hobbs, Christiane Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Taylor Murphy.