Born on this day – Giovanni Pastrone:

Giovanni Pastrone

Director

Writer

September 13, 1883 – June 27, 1959

Credits:

Agnese Visconti (1910); Al cinematografo guardate... e non toccata (1912); An Enemy of the Dust (1910); Cabiria (1914); Foolshead's Last Roguery (1911); Giordono Bruno (1908); Hedda Gabler (1920); Henry the Third (1909); Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere) (1916); Julius Caesar (1909); La glu (1908); La guerra ed il sogno di Momi (1917); La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna (1917); La moglie di Claudio (1918); L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021); Maciste atleta (1918); Marvelous Maciste (1915); Outwitting the Hun (1918); Più forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913); Povere bimbe (1923); Primavera di lacrime (1911); Rigoletto (1909); The Fall of Troy (1911); The Palace of Flames (1912); The Warrior (1916); Tigre reale (1916).

Born on this day – Arnold Schoenberg:

Arnold Schoenberg

Composer

Music theorist

Teacher

Writer

September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951

Credits:

Compositions:

11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: III. Etwas langsam; 11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: V. Rasch; 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra: I. Rasche Viertel; 6 Orchester-Lieder, op. 8: I. Nature; A Survivor from Warsaw; Brettl-Lieder: Nachtwandler; Chamber Symphony No. 1; Chamber Symphony No. 2; Chamber Symphony no. 2, op. 38: II. Con fuoco; Das zerbrochene Krüglein; Die glückliche Hand; Die Jakobsleiter; Die Jakobsleiter: "Alter Weisheit" (Ein Ringender); Die Jakobsleiter: "Du bist immerhin zufrieden" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Ob rechts, ob links" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Wie, du doch schwankst" (Gabriel); Drei Klavierstücke; Du kehrst mir den Rücken; Erwartung; Five Pieces for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Songs; Friede auf Erden, op. 13; Genesis Suite; Gurre-Lieder; Herzgewächse; In hellen Träumen; Mädchenfrühling; Moses und Aron; Ode an Napoleon Bonaparte, op. 41; Pelleas und Melisande; Piano Concerto; Pierrot lunaire; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: IV. Andante; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: VI. Allegro molto; Serenade; Streichseptett; String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: I. Mäßig (Moderato); String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: II. Sehr rasch; Suite for Piano; Suite, op. 29: II. Tanzschritte; The Book of the Hanging Gardens; Theme and Variations, op. 43a: 8. Variation 7; Variations for Orchestra; Verklärte Nacht; Violin Concerto; Von heute auf morgen; Waldesnacht; Warum bist du aufgewacht; Weihnachtsmusik; Wind Quintet; Zwei Kanons: Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt.

Books:

Arnold Schoenberg / Wassily Kandinsky: Letters, Pictures and ...; Fundamentals of Musical Composition; Gustav Mahler; Harmonia; Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint; Structural Functions of Harmony; Style and Idea: Selected Writings; Theory of Harmony.

Movies and television:

American Masters (1987); Antonia. (2015); Antrittskonzert von Christian Thielemann (2024); Appuntamento a Liverpool (1988); Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär (2024); Avenida Progreso (2012); Brows Held High (2012); Christian Thielemann dirigiert Moussa, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Schönberg (2024); Cinema Falado (1986); Clairvoyant (2002); Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (1998); Dark Journey (1961); Degenerate Art (1993); Der gläserne Blick (2003); Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1990); Der Ort der Handlung (1977); Die Jakobsleiter (1961); Die Olympiasiegerin (1983); Drei Wege zum See (1976); En overlevende fra Warszawa (1973); Engel und Puppe (1974); Erwartung (1989 / 2008); Five Orchestral Pieces (1994); From Today Until Tomorrow (1997); Goodbye to Language (2014); Gurre-Lieder (2019); Hope@Home (2020); Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene (1973); It Seems Today (2018); La botella (2017); L'adage (1964); Lastauspaikka – Umschlagplatz (1987); Lazarus Heroification (2025); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Les anges gardiens (1995); Licht sing tausendfache Lieder (1985); Lives No Longer Ours (2011); L'occitanienne (2006); Lumière and Company (1995); Meine Wunder (1978); Mental Images (1987); Metamorphoses (2014); Moses and Aaron (1995 / 2009); Moses und Aron (1975 / 2006 / 2015); Musik in Zeiten von Krieg und Revolution (2016); My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg (1992); New Wave (1990); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 2 (2013); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 7 (2014); One Night, One Life (2002); Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (1999); Perfect Darkness (2016); Pierrot Lunaire (1988 / 1990 / 2014); Qu'en savent les morts (1991); Rapport fra Nr. 24 (1994); Si fuera yo un helecho... (2006); Spektral Quartet: Experiments in Living (2020); Spielregel für einen Wiedertäuferfilm (1977); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Hunting Fever (2008); The Lively Arts (1977); The Swindle (1997); Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993); Through the Darkness (2021); Tom at the Farm (2013); Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism (2018); Transfiguré: 12 vies de Schönberg (2024); Tren de sombras (1997); Von Heute auf Morgen, Opera in un atto op. 32 (2011); Woman in Gold (2015); World of Music (1974).

Born on this day – Daniel Defoe:

Daniel Defoe

Writer

September 13, 1660 – April 24, 1731

Books:

A General History of the Pyrates (1724); A Journal of the Plague Year (1722); A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (1761); Classic Sea Stories (1994); Colonel Jack (1722); Great Ghost Stories (1984); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Moll Flanders (1722); Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories (2002); Robinson Crusoe (1719); Roxana (1724); Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe (1720); Tales by Moonlight II (1989); Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts (1945); The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (1952); The Evil Image (1983); The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719); The Freak Show (1970); The Great Book of Thrillers (1935); The King of Pirates (1719); The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories (1990); The Mystery Book (1934); The Shipwreck Collection (2019); Thrillers (1994).

Movies and television:

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1974); Crusoe (1988 / 2008–2009); Dobrodruzství Robinsona Crusoe, námorníka z Yorku (1982); Festival of Family Classics (1973); Ficciones (1972); Game of Thrones Winter is Coming: Lu bin xùn piaoliú jì (2020); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); His Man Friday (2009); Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (1922); L'Île mystérieuse de l'Oncle Ernest (2000); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); Man Friday (1975); Mickey's Man Friday (1935); Miss Robin Crusoe (1953); Moll Flanders (1975); Moll Flanders (1996); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Peabody's Improbable History (1960); Play for Today (1972); Ramón de Rubinat (2025); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2021–2022); Robinson Crusoe (1902 / 1913 / 1916 / 1917 / 1927 / 1954 / 1970 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1997 / 2003); Robinson Crusoe Jr (1976); Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964); Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island (2005); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); Robinson et compagnie (1991); Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (1973); Rovinsonas Krousos (2004); Sex in Sweden (1977); Shoestring Theatre (1960); Softly from Paris (1991); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922 / 1964); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996); The Periwig-Maker (1999); The Shipwrecked Man (1909); The Sunday Programme (2003); The Wild Life (2016); The Year of the Plague (1979).

I love books!

I love books!

Recommended reading - L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels (2008):

L.A. Noir:
Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels

By William Hare.

Published by McFarland & Company.

Published in 2008.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786437405

ISBN-13: 978-0786437405

Description:

Los Angeles is an ideal city for film noir for both economic and aesthetic reasons. The largest metropolitan area in the country, home to an ever-changing population of the disillusioned and in close proximity to city, mountains, ocean, and desert, the City of Angels became a center of American film noir.

This detailed discussion of nine films explores such topics as why certain settings are appropriate for film noir, why L.A. has been a favorite of authors such as Raymond Chandler, and relevant political developments in the area. The films are also examined in terms of story content as well as how they developed in the project stage. Utilizing a number of quotes from interviews, the work examines actors, directors, and others involved with the films, touching on their careers and details of their time in L.A. The major films covered are The Big Sleep, Criss Cross, D.O.A., In A Lonely Place, The Blue Gardenia, Kiss Me Deadly, The Killing, Chinatown, and L.A. Confidential.

Nancy Kress, on writing:

You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.

- Nancy Kress.

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day – September 13:

National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
September 13

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