Born on this day – Louis Malle:

Louis Malle

Director

Writer

Producer

October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995

Born on this day – June Blair:

June Blair

Actress

October 30, 1932 – December 4, 2022

Credits:

A Fever in the Blood (1961); Bachelor Father (1957); Bat Masterson (1959–1960); Biography (1999); Conflict (1957); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Hell Bound (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Intimate Portrait (2003); Island of Lost Women (1959); Lock Up (1959–1961); Lone Texan (1959); M Squad (1960); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); My Man Godfrey (1957); Our Miss Brooks (1956); Sea Hunt (1960); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1960–1966); The Aquanauts (1961); The Best of Everything (1959); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Rabbit Trap (1959); The Texan (1960); This Could Be the Night (1957); Tombstone Territory (1960); Top Secret Affair (1957); Two Faces West (1960–1961); Warlock (1959).

Born on this day – Jane Randolph:

Jane Randolph

Actress

October 30, 1914 – May 4, 2009

Credits:

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Sporting Chance (1945); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Bambi (1942); Carioca Serenaders (1941); Cat People (1942); Century of Cinema (1995); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2011); Compression (2023); Dive Bomber (1941); Fast Company (1946); Fool's Gold (1946); Highways by Night (1942); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Jealousy (1945); Manpower (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Open Secret (1948); Railroaded! (1947); That Lady (1955); The Curse of the Cat People (1944); The Falcon Strikes Back (1943); The Falcon's Brother (1942); The Front Page (1945); The Male Animal (1942); The Mysterious Mr. M (1946); T-Men (1947).

Born on this day – Ruth Hussey:

Ruth Hussey

Actress

October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amazing World of Radio (2018); And God Created Woman (1988); Another Thin Man (1939); Bedside Manner (1945); Big City (1937); Blackmail (1939); Celanese Theatre (1951); Climax! (1955–1957); Family Theatre (1951–1952); Fast and Furious (1939); Flight Command (1940); Footlights Theater (1953); Free and Easy (1941); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hold That Kiss (1938); Honolulu (1939); I, Jane Doe (1948); Insight (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Joyful Hour (1960); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Louisa (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1957); Madame X (1937); Maisie (1939); Man-Proof (1938); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Marie Antoinette (1938); Marine Raiders (1944); Married Bachelor (1941); MGM Parade (1955); Mr. Music (1950); My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Northwest Passage (1940); Our Wife (1941); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Playwrights '56 (1956); Producers' Showcase (1955); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); Shower of Stars (1955); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Soaring Stars (1942); Spring Madness (1938); Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); Studio 57 (1956 / 1957); Studio One (1954); Susan and God (1940); Tender Comrade (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); That's My Boy (1951); The Christophers (1955–1960); The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars (1955); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Facts of Life (1960); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Great Gatsby (1949); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1958); The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Uninvited (1944); The Women (1939); Time Out for Murder (1938); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Valentine's Day (1965); Within the Law (1939); Woman of the North Country (1952); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Ruth Gordon:

Ruth Gordon

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Double Life (1947); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Adam's Rib (1949 / 1973); American Masters (1987 / 2011); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Blithe Spirit (1966); Boardwalk (1979); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Camille (1915); Cineficción Radio (2020); Columbo (1977); Delta Pi (1984); Donahue (1975); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Edge of Darkness (1943); Emergency! (1976); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Film '80 (1980); Flip (1971); Good Morning America (1976–1979); Hal (2018); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Harold and Maude (1971); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Information Please: Series 1, No. 8 (1940); Information Please: Series 2, No. 2 (1940); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Isn't It Shocking? (1973); Jimmy the Kid (1982); Kojak (1975); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Looks Familiar (1980); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Madame Butterfly (1915); Maxie (1985); Medical Story (1975); Mia and Roman (1968); My Bodyguard (1980); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Newhart (1983–1984); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Over 21 (1945); Pat and Mike (1952); Patti Smith, la poésie du punk (2022); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Person to Person (1959); RHEMA: Combine Man (1984); Rhoda (1975); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective (2000); Rosie! (1967); Saturday Night Live (1977); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Subaru BRAT Superbowl TV Comemrcial with Ruth Gordon (1982); Taxi (1979); That Was the Year That Was – 1976 (1976); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's Life (1979); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Actress (1953); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Big Bus (1976); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Great Houdini (1976); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Love Boat (1977); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Matchmaker (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1977); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Whirl of Life (1915); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Recommended reading - Golden Age Whodunits (2024):

Golden Age Whodunits

Edited by Otto Penzler.

Short story anthology.

Published by American Mystery Classics.

Published 2024.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1613165420

ISBN-13: 978-1613165423

Description:

Depending on who you ask, the term "whodunit" was first coined sometime around 1930, but the literary form predates that name by several decades. Still, it was in the years between the two World Wars--the so-called "Golden Age" of mystery fiction--that the style flourished. Short mysteries were published far and wide by a variety of authors, not just those primarily associated with the genre. They appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and other high-end periodicals that still exist today. These tales were, in short, among the most popular diversions in literature and were of the highest caliber.

Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre Depending on who you ask, the term “whodunit” was first coined sometime around 1930, but the literary form predates that name by several decades. Still, it was in the years between the two World Wars – the so-called “Golden Age” of mystery fiction – that the style flourished. Short mysteries were published far and wide by a variety of authors, not just those primarily associated with the genre. They appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and other high-end periodicals that still exist today. These tales were, in short, among the most popular diversions in literature and were of the highest caliber.

In this volume, Edgar Award–winning anthologist Otto Penzler collects some of the finest American whodunits of the era, including household names and welcome rediscoveries. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ellery Queen, and Mary Roberts Rinehart are all included, as are Ring Lardner, Melville Davisson Post, and Helen Reilly. The result is a cross section of the whodunit tale in the years that made it a staple in mystery fiction.

"Stellar . . . there’s not a weak link in the bunch. For classic mystery fans, this is a must." – Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW.

"Guaranteed to make Americans prouder of their country than any episode in its recent political history." – Kirkus.

"You simply can’t go wrong with any anthology that has [Otto Penzler’s] name on it." – Parade Magazine.

"Penzler’s depth of knowledge of the genre is in full evidence in this volume . . . This anthology is sure to contain something to surprise even the most diehard mystery fan." – Toronto Star.

Caitlin Flanagan, on writing:

If you're a writer, you just keep following the path -

keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.

- Caitlin Flanagan.