Recommended reading - The Arm (1967):

The Arm

By Clark Howard.

Filmed as The Big Town (1987), directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker.

First published 1967.

Published by Fawcett / Gold Medal.

ASIN: B0012513FS

Paperback.

Description:

A high-tension novel of the seething underworld of the professional crapshooter – where the women come easy and the points come hard.

Before young J.C. Cullen hit Chicago, nobody had ever heard of him. But Cully knew he had it- the cool, the guts, the skill, the magic... whatever it took to be a winner. The big-time players in Chicago had never seen anything like him. Within a week he was known in every gambling haunt in the city... every bar, brothel, striptease joint, and backroom. He was Cully the Arm, King of the crapshooters. He was hated, envied, respected... and lonely. Then he met Lorry. Beautiful, tempting, and evil as Hell. As skilled in sex as he was with dice. And far deadlier. The game she played had no rules – and no limit. Cully knew this, but he couldn't stop. Even though the stake was his own life.

Jackie Kennedy, on books and reading:

Love of books is the best of all.

– Jackie Kennedy.

On this day in movie history - Marlowe (2022):

Marlowe

directed by Neil Jordan,

written by William Monahan,

based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville,

was released at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain on September 24, 2022.
Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Colm Meaney, Daniela Melchior, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Seána Kerslake, François Arnaud, Ian Hart, Anton Antoniadis, Julius Cotter, Darrell D’Silva, Kim DeLonghi, Billy Jeffries, David Lifschitz, J.M. Maciá, Patrick Muldoon, Mitchell Mullen, Rosa Rovira, Mark Schardan, Gary Anthony Stennette, Stella Stocker, Michael Strelow.

On this day in music history - Pieces of Forever, by Laura Sullivan (2021):

Pieces of Forever

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released September 24, 2021.

Track list:

A Darker Season; Rest Your Sorrow, Movement 1; The Farewell Fields; Rest Your Sorrow, Movement 2; The Long Goodbye; Pieces of Forever (Prelude); Rest Your Sorrow, Movement 3; When We Were Happy; Damaged Poetry; Blue Tent Creek; Pieces of Forever (Postlude).

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

The Guilty

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by Nic Pizzolatto,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2021.
Based on The Guilty (2018), directed by Gustav Möller.
Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal, Eli Goree, Ethan Hawke, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Christiana Montoya, David Castañeda, Adrian Martinez, Oscar Balderrama, Becky Wu, Bret Eric Porter, Maurice Webster, Beau Knapp, Edi Patterson, Paul Dano, Gillian Zinser, Terence J. Rotolo, Bill Burr, Dillon Lane, Marlene Forte, Jaime FitzSimons, Aileen Burdock, Jonathan Hunt, Brad Abrell, Yeni Alvarez, Rajia Baroudi, Joe Cappelletti, Keena Ferguson, Jackson Gutierrez, Amad Jackson, Terence Mathews, Nan McNamara, Gustavo Rex, Deena Rubinson, Elia Saldana, Lloyd Sherr, Stephen Stanton, Kirk Thornton, Debra Wilson, Serah Henesey.

On this day in movie history - 2:22 (2008)

2:22

directed by Phillip Guzman,

written by Mick Rossi, Phillip Guzman and Eric Saavedra,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2008.
Music by Danny Saber.

Cast:

Mick Rossi, Robert Miano, Aaron Gallagher, Jorge A. Jimenez, Peter Dobson, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirby, Sile Bermingham, Sean Power, Luis Caldeira, Brian Foyster, Eric Shani, Tom Knight, Laura McLean, Cheryl Meyer, Sandy Duarte, Maja Mandzuka, Manny Barbosa, Vicki Rivard, Dan Fox, Steve Boyer, Andrew Robichaud, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Christian Bako, Beverley Ellis, Kelly Ames, Donald Mitchell, Domenic Bitondo, Mathew Bitondo, James LaMarr, Angela Froese, Darrel Gamotin, Louis Rossetti, Zach Humphreys, R Austin Ball, Roberto Caprara, Mike Guzzo, Philip Roy, Phillip Guzman, Katelyn Vanier, Mike Woodbridge, Alex J. Campbell, Richard Hasan, Matthew Campbell, David M. Frost, Billy Barbosa, Frank Consiglio, Vincent Tedesco, Diego Caprara, Anna Caprara, Rolando Marcello, Katie Spencer, Serena Karson, Andrew Risi, Loraine Guzzo, Michelle Guzzo, Manuel Brito, Salvatore Cangialosi, Seymour Abramovitz, Tommy Massis, Nikola Caloger, Natali Jones, Justin Kelly, Matt Greyson, Gene Burns, Gabriel Byrne.

On this day in movie history - Michael Clayton (2007):

Michael Clayton

directed and written by Tony Gilroy,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2007.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, Wai Chan, Alberto Vazquez, Brian Koppelman, Tom McCarthy, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Richard Hecht, Bill Raymond, Jonathan Walker, Sharon Washington, Cynthia Mace, Michael Countryman, Ken Howard, Amy Hargreaves, Susan Pellegrino, Rachel Black, Matthew Detmer, John Douglas Thompson, Merritt Wever, Brian Poteat, Christopher Mann, Edward Furs, Katherine Waterston, John Gerard Franklin, Remy Auberjonois, Pun Bandhu, Jason Strong, Robert Prescott, Paul Oquist, Terry Serpico, Heidi Armbruster, Pamela Gray, Andrew Hunter Sherman, Kevin Hagan, Julia Gibson, Sean Cullen, Susan Egbert, David Lansbury, David Zayas, Douglas McGrath, Gregory Dann, Cathy Diane, Sam Gilroy, Maggie Siff, Sarah Nichols, Susan McBrien, Jordan Lage, Neal Huff, Paul Juhn, Patrick Askin, Angelo Bonsignore, Kevin Cannon, Pat Chambers, Clem Cheung, Tony Gilroy, Emelie Jeffries, Richard Kelly, Owen Lund, Josh Mowery, Kimmy Suzuki, Robert Torres, Steven Weisz, Kenneth G. Yong.