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George R. R. Martin, on reading:

 

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life.

 
- George R. R. Martin.

Recommended reading - Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

by Eddie Muller.

 

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

ISBN-10: 0762480629

ISBN-13: 978-0762480623

Published 2023.

Hardcover.

 

Description:

Eddie Muller – host of TCM's Noir Alley, one of the world's leading authorities on film noir, and cocktail connoisseur – takes film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike on a spirited tour through the "dark city" of film noir in this stylish book packed with equal parts great cocktail recipes and noir lore.

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar pairs carefully curated classic cocktails and modern noir-inspired libations with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights on 50 film noir favorites. Some of the cocktails are drawn directly from the films: If you've seen In a Lonely Place and wondered what’s in a “Horse’s Neck” – now you’ll know. If you’re watching Pickup on South Street you’ll find out what its director, Sam Fuller, actually drank off-screen. Didn’t know that Nightmare Alley’s Joan Blondell inspired a cocktail? It may become a new favorite. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth is toasted with a "Sailor Beware," an original concoction which, like the film that inspired it (The Lady From Shanghai), is unique, complex, and packs a wallop.

​Featuring dozens of movie stills, poster art, behind-the-scenes imagery, and stunning cocktail photography, Noir Bar is both a stylish and exciting excursion through classic cinema’s most popular genre.

Recommended reading - The Dime Detectives

 

The Dime Detectives

by Ron Goulart.
 
Published by Mysterious Press.
Published 1988.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0892961910
ISBN-13: 978-0892961917
 
Description:
A comprehensive history of the detective fiction pulps.

Traces the history of detective fiction pulp magazines from their origins in the nineteenth-century dime novels to their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, profiling many pulp writers who went on to achieve greater fame.

Born on this day – Devereaux “Dev” Jennings:

 Devereaux “Dev” Jennings

Cinematographer

September 22, 1884 – March 12, 1952

Credits:

Born to the West (1937); Musical Cocktail (1935); Hark Ye Hark! (1935); Rhythm on the Roof (1934); Stranger in Town (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); Manhattan Parade (1931); War Mamas (1931); Side Show (1931); The Public Enemy (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Finn and Hattie (1931); Divorce Among Friends (1930); The Life of the Party (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); The Matrimonial Bed (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Hold Everything (1930); Song of the West (1930); Sally (1929); The Sap (1929); Heart Trouble (1928); Vamping Venus (1928); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Flying Romeos (1928); College (1927); The Missing Link (1927); The General (1926); Battling Butler (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Steel Preferred (1925); Cobra (1925); The Eagle (1925); The Million Dollar Handicap (1925); Those Who Dare (1924); The Gunfighter (1923); Children of Jazz (1923); Brass Commandments (1923); The Footlight Ranger (1923); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); Without Compromise (1922); Bells of San Juan (1922); The Glory of Clementina (1922); Two Kinds of Women (1922); The Lure of Jade (1921); The Sting of the Lash (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); Salvage (1921); Roads of Destiny (1921); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Great Lover (1920); Madame X (1920); The Daredevil (1920); The Feud (1919); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Evangeline (1919); Cowardice Court (1919); Miss Adventure (1919); The Forbidden Room (1919); Treat 'Em Rough (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); Fame and Fortune (1918); Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918); Ace High (1918); Confession (1918); The Bride of Fear (1918); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Cheating the Public (1918); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Spy (1917); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Her Temptation (1917); One Touch of Sin (1917); The Sin Ye Do (1916); A Gamble in Souls (1916); The Mediator (1916); The Jungle Child (1916); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Eye of the Night (1916); The Dividend (1916); The No-Good Guy (1916); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); The Corner (1916); Civilization (1915); The Winged Idol (1915); Matrimony (1915).

Born on this day – Harry Joe Brown:

Harry Joe Brown

Director

Producer

September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972

Credits:

A Woman Commands (1932); A Woman of Experience (1931); Bashful Buccaneer (1925); Broadway Billy (1926); Danger Quest (1926); Fighting Thorobreds (1926); Gun Gospel (1927); I Love That Man (1933); I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945); Kentucky Handicap (1926); Knickerbocker Holiday (1944); Lucky Larkin (1930); Madison Square Garden (1932); Moran of the Mounted (1926); Mountain Justice (1930); One Punch O'Day (1926); Parade of the West (1930); Racing Romance (1926); Rapid Fire Romance (1926); Romantic Rogue (1927); Señor Americano (1929); Sitting Pretty (1933); Song of the Caballero (1930); Sons of the Saddle (1930); Stick to Your Story (1926); The Air Derby (1929); The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933); The Cloud Patrol (1929); The Code of the Scarlet (1928); The Dangerous Dude (1926); The Fighting Legion (1930); The High Flyer (1926); The Land Beyond the Law (1927); The Lawless Legion (1929); The Night Owl (1926); The Racing Fool (1927); The Royal American (1927); The Royal Rider (1929); The Scorcher (1927); The Self Starter (1926); The Sky Ranger (1928); The Skywayman (1928); The Squealer (1930); The Wagon Master (1929); The Wagon Show (1928); The Windjammer (1926); The Winner (1926).

Born on this day – Dorothy Dalton:

Dorothy Dalton

Actress

September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972

Credits:

A Gamble in Souls (1916); A Romantic Adventuress (1920); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Across the Pacific (1914); Back of the Man (1917); Behind Masks (1921); Black Is White (1920); Chicken Casey (1917); Civilization's Child (1916); Dark Secrets (1923); Dorothy Dalton in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Extravagance (1919); Flare-Up Sal (1918); Fog Bound (1923); Fool's Paradise (1921); Green Eyes (1918); Guilty of Love (1920); Half an Hour (1920); Hard Boiled (1919); His Wife's Friend (1919); L'apache (1919); Law of the Lawless (1923); Love Letters (1917); Love Me (1918); Moran of the Lady Letty (1922); On the High Seas (1922); Other Men's Wives (1919); Pierre of the Plains (1914); Quicksand (1918); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); Ten of Diamonds (1917); The Camera Speaks (1934); The Captive God (1916); The Crimson Challenge (1922); The Dark Mirror (1920); The Dark Road (1917); The Disciple (1915); The Female of the Species (1916); The Flame of the Yukon (1917); The Homebreaker (1919); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Idol of the North (1921); The Jungle Child (1916); The Kaiser's Shadow (1918); The Lady of Red Butte (1919); The Lone Wolf (1924); The Market of Souls (1919); The Mating of Marcella (1918); The Moral Sinner (1924); The Price Mark (1917); The Raiders (1916); The Siren Call (1922); The Three Musketeers (1916); The Vagabond Prince (1916); The Weaker Sex (1917); The Woman Who Walked Alone (1922); Tyrant Fear (1918); Unfaithful (1918); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Vive la France! (1918); Wild Winship's Widow (1917).