Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book:

 

Go on an adventure ... simply by reading a book.

Mary McGrory, on writing:

 

If there is a secret to writing, I haven't found it yet.

All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.
- Mary McGrory.

Recommended reading - The Far Side of the Dollar

The Far Side of the Dollar

by Ross Macdonald.
 
Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
First published (1965).
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0679768653
ISBN-13: 978-0679768654
 
Description:
 
Crime fiction.
 
“Ross Macdonald must be ranked high amongst American thriller-writers.” – Times Literary Supplement (London).
 

In The Far Side of the Dollar, Archer is looking for an unstable rich kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school – and into the arms of kidnappers. Why are his desperate parents so loath to give Archer the information he needs to find him? And why do all trails lead to a derelict Hollywood hotel where starlets and sailors once rubbed elbows with two-bit grifters – and where the present clientele includes a brand-new corpse? The result is Macdonald at his most exciting, delivering 1,000-volt shocks to the nervous system while uncovering the venality and depravity at the heart of the case.

 

“Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin.” – The Atlantic.

Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:

J. Parker Read, Jr.

Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942

Credits:

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Trip to the Garden of Allah (1912); Civilization (1916); Greater Than Love (1921); His Own Law (1920); Love Madness (1920); One of Millions (1914); Pawned (1922); Sahara (1919); Sex (1920); The Brute Master (1920); The Gulf Between (1917); The Last Moment (1923); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919); The Recoil (1924); The Stranglers of Paris (1913); The Trumpet Blows (1934); Victory (1913).

Born on this day – Albert Lewin:

Albert Lewin

Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968

Credits:

A Little Journey (1927); Altars of Desire (1927); Blarney (1926); Bread (1924); Camera Three (1966); China Seas (1935); Devil-May-Care (1929); Ladies of Leisure (1926); Madame Curie (1943); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Name the Man! (1924); Oh! Those Bells (1962); Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951); Quality Street (1927); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Saadia (1953); Smilin' Through (1932); So Ends Our Night (1941); Spawn of the North (1938); Spring Fever (1927); The Actress (1928); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Fate of a Flirt (1925); The Good Earth (1937); The Guardsman (1931); The Kiss (1929); The Lady Eve (1941); The Life of Riley (1957); The Living Idol (1957); The Moon and Sixpence (1942); The Naked Maja (1958); The Only Thing (1925); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); Three Wise Fools (1923); Tin Hats (1926); True Confession (1937); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – Mickey Rooney:

Mickey Rooney

Actor

September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014

Credits:

24 Hours to Kill (1965); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Christmas Too Many (2006); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); A Year at the Top (1976); Ace of Hearts (1975); Ah Wilderness! (1935); All Ashore (1953); Ambush Bay (1966); American Dad! (2015); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things (1940); Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); Arabian Adventure (1979); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Babes on Broadway (1941); Baby Face Nelson (1957); Bamboo Shark (2011); Beloved (1934); Bill (1981); Blind Date (1934); Bluegrass (1988); Bons baisers de Hong-Kong (1975); Boys Town (1938); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Brothers' Destiny (1995); Captains Courageous (1937); Chained (1934); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); Conan: The Adventurer (1997); Creole (1981); Death on the Diamond (1934); Donovan's Kid (1979); Down the Stretch (1936); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017); Drive a Crooked Road (1954); Driving Me Crazy: Proof of Concept (2012); Empire State Building Murders (2008); ER (1998); Erik the Viking (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fast Companions (1932); Find the Lady (1976); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Francis in the Haunted House (1956); Full House (1994); Girl Crazy (1943); Half a Sinner (1934); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hide-Out (1934); High Speed (1932); Hold That Kiss (1938); Holy Hollywood (2004); Home for Christmas (1990); Hoosier Schoolboy (1937); Hot Feet (1931); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); I Like It That Way (1934); Illusion Infinity (1999); Internet Love (1998); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Jack's Place (1992); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Killer McCoy (1947); Killing Midnight (1998); King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961); Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (1997); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001); Leave 'em Laughing (1981); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Lightning, the White Stallion (1986); Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Lord Jeff (1938); Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008); Love Birds (1934); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Maximum Force (1992); Men of Boys Town (1941); Mickey (1964); Mickey in Love (1928); Mickey in School (1928); Mickey the Detective (1928); Mickey the Romeo (1930); Mickey's Ape Man (1933); Mickey's Athletes (1928); Mickey's Babies (1928); Mickey's Bargain (1930); Mickey's Battle (1927); Mickey's Big Broadcast (1933); Mickey's Big Business (1932); Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928); Mickey's Big Moment (1929); Mickey's Brown Derby (1929); Mickey's Busy Day (1932); Mickey's Champs (1930); Mickey's Charity (1932); Mickey's Circus (1927); Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933); Mickey's Crusaders (1931); Mickey's Diplomacy (1931); Mickey's Disguises (1933); Mickey's Eleven (1927); Mickey's Explorers (1929); Mickey's Golden Rule (1932); Mickey's Great Idea (1929); Mickey's Helping Hand (1931); Mickey's Holiday (1932); Mickey's Initiation (1929); Mickey's Last Chance (1929); Mickey's Little Eva (1928); Mickey's Luck (1930); Mickey's Master Mind (1930); Mickey's Medicine Man (1934); Mickey's Menagerie (1929); Mickey's Merry Men (1930); Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929); Mickey's Minstrels (1934); Mickey's Mix-Up (1929); Mickey's Movies (1928); Mickey's Musketeers (1930); Mickey's Nine (1928); Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929); Mickey's Pals (1927); Mickey's Parade (1928); Mickey's Race (1933); Mickey's Rebellion (1931); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mickey's Rivals (1928); Mickey's Sideline (1931); Mickey's Stampede (1931); Mickey's Strategy (1929); Mickey's Surprise (1929); Mickey's Tent Show (1933); Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931); Mickey's Touchdown (1933); Mickey's Travels (1932); Mickey's Triumph (1928); Mickey's Warriors (1930); Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930); Mickey's Wild West (1928); Mickey's Wildcats (1931); Mickey's Winners (1930); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1998); Mooch (1974); Mr. Broadway (1957); My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); My Outlaw Brother (1951); My Pal, the King (1932); National Velvet (1944); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Night Club (2011); Not to Be Trusted (1926); Now Here (2010); Odyssey of the Pacific (1982); Off Limits (1952); Officer Thirteen (1932); O'Malley (1983); One of the Boys (1982); Operation Mad Ball (1957); Orchids and Ermine (1927); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); Personalities (1942); Pete's Dragon (1977); Phantom of the Megaplex (2000); Pinocchio (1957); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Platinum High School (1960); Pulp (1972); Quicksand (1950); Rachel's Man (1975); Radio Rhythm (1931); Ready and Willing (1967); Reckless (1935); Remember WENN (1998); Rendezvous (1935); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Revenge of the Red Baron (1994); Richard (1972); Riffraff (1935); Rodeo Dough (1940); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe (2009); Safe Harbor (1999); Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970); Senior Trip (1981); Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991); Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998); Sin's Pay Day (1932); Skidoo (1968); Slave Ship (1937); Sound Off (1952); Stablemates (1938); Stories from My Childhood (1998); Summer Holiday (1948); Sweet Justice (1991); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Beast of the City (1932); The Big Cage (1933); The Big Chance (1933); The Big Operator (1959); The Big Wheel (1949); The Black Stallion (1979); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Care Bears Movie (1985); The Chief (1933); The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970); The Comic (1969); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The Extraordinary Seaman (1969); The Fireball (1950); The First of May (1999); The Fisherman (1931); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Fugitive (1966); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Godmothers (1973); The Greatest Show Ever (2007); The Happy Elf (2005); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hare Mail (1931); The Healer (1935); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunter (1931); The Intruder (1975); The Investigators (1961); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005); The Last Mile (1959); The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1992); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Lost Jungle (1934); The Lucy Show (1966); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Manipulator (1971); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954); The Milky Life (1993); The Muppets (2011); The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Secret Invasion (1964); The Strip (1951); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955); The Woods (2012); The World Changes (1933); The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); The Yesterday Pool (2007); There Must Be a Pony (1986); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thunder County (1974); To Kill a Mockumentary (2004); Topa Topa Bluffs (2002); Upperworld (1934); Words and Music (1948); Wreck the Halls (2008); Young Tom Edison (1940); You're Only Young Once (1937).

Born on this day – Louise Latham:

Louise Latham

Actress

September 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018

Credits:

33 Hours in the Life of God (1976); 92 in the Shade (1975); A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Against the Grain (1993); Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Ben Casey (1965); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Bonanza (1966–1971); Cannon (1972); CBS Playhouse (1968); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); CHiPs (1980); Columbo (1973); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Cruel Doubt (1992); Designing Women (1986); Dress Gray (1986); Dying Room Only (1973); Earth 2 (1995); Eight Is Enough (1977–1979); ER (1997); Falcon Crest (1989); Family (1980); Family Affair (1966–1968); Firecreek (1968); Fresno (1986); Good Heavens (1976); Great Performances (1976); Gunsmoke (1968–1974); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Hec Ramsey (1973); Highway to Heaven (1986); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hotel (1986); Hothouse (1988); Hunter (1988); In Cold Blood (1996); In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Invitation to a March (1972); Ironside (1969–1971); Johnny Belinda (1967); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1973); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Longstreet (1971); Love Field (1992); Love Lives On (1985); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Marnie (1964); Mary & Tim (1996); Mass Appeal (1984); McCloud (1971); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Medical Center (1971–1974); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1992); NET Playhouse (1968); Obsessive Love (1984); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Perry Mason (1965); Pray TV (1982); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Rhoda (1974); Roc (1991); Run for Your Life (1966); Savage (1973); Scruples (1980); Settle the Score (1989); Shell Game (1975); Stillwatch (1987); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Sweet Tornado DVD Extras (2006); Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Territorial Men (1976); The Actress (2014); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Awakening Land (1978); The Contender (1980); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fugitive (1967); The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Harness (1971); The Haunted (1991); The Invaders (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1977–1980); The Name of the Game (1970–1971); The Outsider (1968); The Philadelphia Experiment (1984); The Rogues (1965); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Waltons (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The X-Files (2000); The Young Lawyers (1969); Thin Ice (1981); Total Security (1997); Toughlove (1985); Visions (1977); White Lightning (1973); Winter Kill (1974); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).