Singer
Songwriter
Guitarist
Actor
Activist
December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997
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Sunday, December 31, 2023
On this day in movie history - The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
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The Bishop Murder Case
directed by David Burton and Nick Grinde,
written by S.S. Van Dine and Lenore J. Coffee,
based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,
was released in the United States on December 31, 1929.
Music by William Axt.
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Cast:
Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, George F. Marion, Zelda Sears, Bodil Rosing, Carroll Nye, Charles Quatermaine, James Donlan, Sidney Bracey, Clarence Geldart, Delmer Daves, Nellie Bly Baker.
Born on this day – Suzy Delair:
Actress
Singer
Dancer
Comedian
Vaudevillian
December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020
Born on this day – Arletta Duncan:
Actress
December 31,
1914 – October 28, 1985
Damaged Goods (1937); Mile a Minute Love (1937); Hook and Ladder (1935); Menace (1934); Unknown Blonde (1934); The Gallant Fool (1933); The Fighting Champ (1932); Back Street (1932); Fast Companions (1932); Night World (1932); Frankenstein (1931).
Born on this day – Janet Chandler:
Actress
Model
December 31, 1911 – March 16, 1994
Rough Riding Ranger (1935); Now or Never (1935); Million
Dollar Haul (1935); The Drunkard (1935); Cyclone of the Saddle (1935); Cowboy
Holiday (1934); The Great Gamble (1934); Born to Fight (1932); The Golden West
(1932); She Wanted a Millionaire (1932); Inez from Hollywood (1924); The Three
Musketeers (1921).
Born on this day – Charles Lederer:
Writer
Director
December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976
Credits:
Ocean's Eleven (2001); Kiss of Death (1995); Kismet
(1967); Destry (1964); A Global Affair (1964); Mutiny on the Bounty (1962);
Follow That Dream (1962); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Can-Can (1960); It Started
with a Kiss (1959); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); The Fiend Who Walked the
West (1958); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); The Spirit of
St. Louis (1957); Gaby (1956); Kismet (1955); TV de Vanguarda (1955); Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes (1953); Monkey Business (1952); Fearless Fagan (1952); O.
Henry's Full House (1952); The Thing from Another World (1951); On the Loose
(1951); Wabash Avenue (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); I Was a Male War Bride
(1949); The Lady from Shanghai (1947); Her Husband's Affairs (1947); Ride the
Pink Horse (1947); Kiss of Death (1947); Slightly Dangerous (1943); The
Youngest Profession (1943); Fingers at the Window (1942); Love Crazy (1941);
Comrade X (1940); I Love You Again (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); Eternally
Yours (1939); Broadway Serenade (1939); Within the Law (1939); Double or
Nothing (1937); Mountain Music (1937); Baby Face Harrington (1935); Cock of the
Air (1932); The Front Page (1931).
Roberto Bolano, on reading:
Reading is like
thinking,
like praying,
like talking to a
friend,
like expressing
your ideas,
like listening to
other people's ideas,
like listening to
music,
like looking at
the view,
like taking a walk on the beach.
- Roberto Bolano.Saturday, December 30, 2023
Born on this day – Andrew Shapter:
Director
Writer
Cinematographer
December 30, 1966 – February 23, 2019
Born on this day – John McPherson:
John
McPherson (center, seated behind camera).
Cinematographer
Director
Writer
December 30, 1941 -
December 21, 2007
Born on this day – Rudyard Kipling:
Writer
December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936
Credits:
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); Rewards and
Fairies (1910); The Jungle Book (1893); The Second Jungle Book (1895); The
Light That Failed (1890); The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West (1892);
Captains Courageous (1897); The Story of the Gadsbys (1899); Under The Deodars
(1899); Kim (1901); They (1905); With the Night Mail (1909); The Man Who Would
Be King (1888); The Return of Imray (1891); The Cat That Walked by Himself
(1902); Plain Tales from the Hills (1888); The Phantom Rickshaw and Other
Stories (1888); Life's Handicap (1891); Barrack-Room Ballads (1893); Many
Inventions (1893); Soldiers Three (1899); Indian Tales (1899); Just So Stories
(1902); The Five Nations (1903); Traffics and Discoveries (1904); Kipling Poems
(1907); The Day's Work (1908); Actions and Reactions (1909); Sea Warfare
(1916); A Diversity of Creatures (1917); The Eyes of Asia (1919); Rudyard
Kipling's Verse (1923); The Man Who Was (1924); Debits And Credits (1926);
Limits And Renewals (1932); All The Mowgli Stories (1933); Phantoms and Fantasies
(1965); Complete Verse (1972); Kiplings Science Fiction (1987); The Complete
Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1987); Kipling's Fantasy Stories
(1992); The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1994); Selected Stories
of Rudyard Kipling (1999); The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales (2000);
The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra (2003); Victorian Short Stories of
Troubled Marriages (2005); Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy
(2008); Ten Stories (2017); The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle
Book (2018); The Elephant's Child (1900); Letters of Marque (2009); Red Riding
Hood (2008); Cinderella (2008); Jack and the Beanstalk (2008); Hansel and
Gretel (2008); Beauty and the Beast (2008); Snow White (2009); Rumpelstiltskin
(2009); Sleeping Beauty (2009); The Three Little Pigs (2009); Rapunzel: The
Graphic Novel (2009); The Ugly Duckling (2009); The Princess and the Pea
(2009); The Emperor's New Clothes (2009); Thumbelina (2009); The Tall Tale of
Paul Bunyan (2010); John Henry, Hammerin' Hero (2010); Pecos Bill, Colossal
Cowboy (2010); The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (2010); The Bremen Town Musicians
(2011); The Golden Goose (2011); Tom Thumb (2011); The Elves and the Shoemaker
(2011); How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (2012); How the Leopard Got His Spots
(2012); How the Camel Got His Hump (2012); How the Elephant Got His Trunk
(2012); Rudyard Kipling's Just So Comics (2013); Tall (2014); A Cat of a
Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful
Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A
Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of
Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); 50 Great Short Stories
(1952); A St. Nicholas Anthology (1969); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
(1984); Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1989); A Separate Star: A Tribute to
Rudyard Kipling (1989); Tales of the Occult (1989); The Amis Story Anthology
(1992); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror
Stories (1993); Fantasy Stories (1994); The Anthology of Love and Romance
(1994); Spellbound (1995); World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon,
Rosenberg and Others (1997); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective
Stories (1997); Time Machines (1997); A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories (2000);
Dark (2000); On Glorious Wings (2003); The World's Greatest Horror Stories
(2004); The Little Big Book of California (2005); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the
Supernatural (2006); Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (2007); Empire Tales
(2008); Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
(2008); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas
(2011); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2011); The
Phantom Coach (2014); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); Red Sky (2014); The Dover
Anthology of Cat Stories (2015); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); The
Occult Fiction Collection (2019); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You
Have to Read Before You Die (2019); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); Classic
Cat Stories (2020); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023).
Friday, December 29, 2023
On this day in movie history - A Man Called Otto (2022)
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A Man Called Otto
directed by Marc Forster,
written by David Magee,
based on the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik
Backman,
was released in the United States on December
29, 2022.
Music by Thomas Newman.
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Cast:
Tom Hanks, Truman Hanks, Mariana Treviño,
Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Juanita Jennings, Emonie
Ellison, Peter Lawson Jones, Laval Schley, Mike Birbiglia, David Magee, John
Higgins.
On this day in movie history - Blue Valentine (2010)
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Blue Valentine
directed by Derek Cianfrance,
written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis,
was released in the United States on December 29, 2010.
Music by Grizzly Bear.
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Cast:
Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson, Jen Jones, Maryann Plunkett, James Benatti, Barbara Troy, Carey Westbrook, Ben Shenkman, Eileen Rosen, Enid Graham, Ashley Gurnari, Jack Parshutich, Samii Ryan, Mark Benginia, Timothy Liveright, Tamara Torres, Robert Russell, Michelle Nagy, Felicia Reid, Melvin Jurdem, Alan Malkin, Derik Belanger, Isabella Frogoletto, Madison Ledergerber, Jaimie Jensen, Joseph Basile, Ian Bonner, Robert Eckard, Michael J. Kraycik, Corey Sullivan.
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