Born on this day – Lillian Hall-Davis:

Lillian Hall-Davis

Actress

June 23, 1898 – October 25, 1933

Credits:

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Shepperton Babylon (2005); Many Waters (1931); Her Reputation (1931); Just for a Song (1930); Volga Volga (1928); Tommy Atkins (1928); The Farmer's Wife (1928); King's Mate (1928); The Ring (1927); Boadicea (1927); As We Lie (1927); Roses of Picardy (1927); La proie du vent (1927); Blighty (1927); Nitchevo (1926); If Youth But Knew (1926); Adventure Mad (1926); Liebe macht blind (1926); Der Farmer aus Texas (1925); Blitzzug der Liebe (1925); The Passionate Adventure (1924); The Eleventh Commandment (1924); The Unwanted (1924); Quo Vadis? (1924); Castles in the Air (1923); Afterglow (1923); I pagliacci (1923); Should a Doctor Tell? (1923); The Hotel Mouse (1923); Married Love (1923); The Knockout (1923); The Right to Strike (1923); A Royal Divorce (1923); If Four Walls Told (1922); The Faithful Heart (1922); Brown Sugar (1922); The Game of Life (1922); Stable Companions (1922); The Wonderful Story (1922); Ernest Maltravers (1920); The Honeypot (1920); Carry On (1919); The Admirable Crichton (1918); La p'tite du sixième (1917).

Elie Wiesel, on writing:

A word is worth a thousand pictures.

- Elie Wiesel.

National Typewriter Day – June 23:

The Typewriter Century:

A Cultural History of Writing Practices

By Martyn Lyons.

Studies in Book and Print Culture.

Published by University of Toronto Press.

Published 2021.

Illustrated.

ISBN-10: 1487525737

ISBN-13: 978-1487525736

Description:

This book captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing superseded it. Drawing on examples from the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia, The Typewriter Century focuses on "celebrity writers," including Henry James, Jack Kerouac, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, and Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote prolifically and mechanically, developing routines in which typing, handwriting, and dictation were each allotted important functions. The typewriter de-personalized the text; the office typewriter bureaucratized it. At the same time, some authors found a new and disturbing distance between themselves and their compositions while others believed the typewriter facilitated spontaneous and automatic typing. The Typewriter Century provides a cultural history of the typewriter, outlining the ways in which it can be considered an agent of change as well as demonstrating how it influenced all writers, canonical and otherwise.

Mechanical Typewriters:

Their History, Value, and Legacy

By Thomas A. Russo.

Published by Schiffer.

Published 2002.

ISBN-10: 0764315455

ISBN-13: 978-0764315459

Description:

A fascinating and scholarly look at the machines that revolutionized office communication from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Nearly 700 color photographs display mechanical typewriters produced by Adler(TM), American(TM), Corona(TM), Grundka(TM), Hall(TM), Monarch(TM), Remington(TM), Royal(TM), Smith Corona(TM), and many others. An overview of the historical development of the typewriter includes patents and brief histories of the manufacturers. Additionally, a detailed bibliography, index, and current market values in the captions are also provided. Set designers, historians, and typewriter collectors will learn how technical developments changed the designs through the decades.

Typewriter:

The History – The Machines – The Writers

By Tony Allan.

Published by Shelter Harbor Press.

Published 2015.

ASIN: 1627950346

ISBN-10: 9781627950343

ISBN-13: 978-1627950343

Description:

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on a tablet, the typewriter has never been so hot. This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more.

A gift book with yellowed paper and typewriter fonts for a cool vintage look.

Timeline of the typewriter features key models.

Foreword by Paul Schweitzer of Gramercy Typewriter Co.

Documentary:

California Typewriter

documentary directed by Doug Nichol,

written by Max Nichol,

released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on September 2, 2016.

Music by Mark Ambrosino.

Cast: Silvi Alcivar, Ken Alexander, Tom Hanks, Martin Howard, Tom Lecky, Jeremy Mayer, John Mayer, David McCullough, Jett Morton, Herbert Permillion, Richard Polt, Anthony Rocco, Sam Shepard, Darren Wershler, Mason Williams.

On this day in movie history - Astronaut (2019):

Astronaut

directed by Shelagh McLeod,

written by Shelagh McLeod, Carolyn Saunders and Maureen Dorey,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2019.
Music by Virginia Kilbertus.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Colm Feore, Richie Lawrence, Art Hindle, Graham Greene, Judy Marshak, Jennifer Phipps, Joan Gregson, Karen LeBlanc, Paulino Nunes, Mimi Kuzyk, Mike Taylor, Colin Mochrie, Jeff Douglas, Rhona Shekter, Anthony Bekenn, Maria Ricossa, Jason Burke, Alex Hatz, Peter Valdron, Sandra Beech, Jonathan Walton, Lori Hallier, Ryan LaPlante, Rosemary Dunmore, Chris Gleason, Shelagh McLeod, Joanna O’Malley, Brendan Stevenson, Casie Stewart.

On this day in movie history - Apollo 13 (1995 movie & book):

Apollo 13

directed by Ron Howard,

written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert,

based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger,

released June 22, 1995.

Music by James Horner.

Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, David Andrews, Michele Little, Chris Ellis, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley.

Recommended reading:

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

By Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger.

Filmed as Apollo 13 (1995), directed by Ron Howard.

Published by Houghton Mifflin.

Published 1994

ISBN-10: 3445323232

ISBN-13: 9783445323231

ASIN: 0395670292

Description:

Out of the seven Apollo expeditions to land on the moon, six of the efforts succeeded outstandingly and one failed. Lost Moon is the story of the failure and the incredible heroism of the three astronauts who brought their crippled vehicle back to earth. This account – written by Jim Lovell, commander of the mission, and his talented coauthor, Jeffrey Kluger – captures the high drama of that unique event and is told in the vernacular of the men in the sky and on the ground who masterminded this triumph of heroism, intellectual brilliance, and raw courage. A thrilling story of a thrilling episode in the history of space exploration.

On this day in music history:

Blues Summit by B.B. King (1993)

Jupiters Darling by Heart (2004)

Blues Summit

Album by B.B. King,

released June 22, 1993.

Track list: Playin’ With My Friends; Since I Met You, Baby; I Pity The Fool; You Shook Me; Something You Got; There’s Something On Your Mind; Little By Little; Call It Stormy Monday; You’re The Boss; We’re Gonna Make It; I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood / Nobody Love – Orch; Everybody’s Had The Blues.

Jupiters Darling

Album by Heart,

released June 22, 2004.

Track list: Make Me; Oldest Story In the World; Things; The Perfect Goodbye; Enough; Move On; I Need the Rain; I Give Up; Vainglorious; No Other Love; Led to One; Down the Nile; I’m Fine; Fallen Ones; Lost Angel; Hello Moonglow.

On this day in movie history - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978):

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

directed and written by Fred Schepisi,

was released in Australia on June 22, 1978.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Inspired by the true 1900 Jimmy Governor murder case.

Music by Bruce Smeaton.

Cast:

Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders, Julie Dawson, Jack Charles, Arthur Dignam, Robyn Nevin, Gregory Apps, Jillian Archer, John Bowman, Bryan Brown, Michael Carman, Bill Charlton, Liddy Clark, Aileen Corpus, Matthew Crosby, Marshall Crosby, Zona Dixon, Ian Gilmour, Ken Grant, Alan Hardy, Lauren Hutton, John Jarratt, Phemise Jonas, James Keneally, Thomas Keneally, Hagar Laikburner, Katie Lilley, Rose Lilley, Terry McDermott, Lorraine Mafi-Williams, Ray Marshall, Zac Martin, Justine Saunders, Alexandra Schepisi, Rob Steele, Richard Ussher, Wesley Williams, Barbara Wyndon, Mervyn Drake, Peter Farmer, Kevin Miles, Karlene Rogerson.