Harlan Ellison - on writing:

Writing is the hardest work in the world.
I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver,
and I tell you – as if you haven’t been told a million times already –
that writing is harder.
Lonelier.
And nobler and more enriching.
 – Harlan Ellison.

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

by Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.

Published 1994.

Published by Allison & Busby Ltd.

ISBN 13: 9780749002015

ISBN 10: 0749002018

ASIN: 0749002018

 

Description:

Omnibus of three novels featuring Lew Archer, "The Ivory Grin", "The Galton Case" and "The Blue Hammer".

Born on this day – Patricia Knight:

 

Patricia Knight

Actress

April 28, 1915 – October 26, 2004

Credits:

The Lone Wolf (1955); The Magic Face (1951); The Second Face (1950); Shockproof (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Fabulous Texan (1947).

Born on this day – Adele Mara:

Adele Mara

Actress

Singer

Dancer

April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Rookie's Cookie (1943); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1955); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Angel in Exile (1948); Atlantic City (1944); Bachelor Father (1961); Back from Eternity (1956); Back from the Front / I Can Hardly Wait (1943); Bat Masterson (1958); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Big Town (1955); Blackmail (1947); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); California Passage (1950); Call of the South Seas (1944); Campus Honeymoon (1948); Casey Jones (1957); Cheyenne (1955–1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Count the Hours! (1953); Crime Doctor (1943); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dante (1961); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Exposed (1947); Faces in the Fog (1944); Farmer for a Day (1943); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Girls of the Big House (1945); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); Grissly's Millions (1945); His Girl's Worst Friend (1943); Honolulu Lu (1941); I, Jane Doe (1948); I've Always Loved You (1946); Kiss and Wake Up (1942); Laramie (1960); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Legs (1942); Markham (1959–1960); Maverick (1958–1960); Navy Blues (1941); Nevada (1948); Night Train to Memphis (1946); Passkey to Danger (1946); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943); Robin Hood of Texas (1947); Rock Island Trail (1950); San Fernando Valley (1944); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Socks Appeal (1943); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Song of Mexico (1945); Stagecoach West (1961); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Avengers (1950); The Big Circus (1959); The Black Whip (1956); The Catman of Paris (1946); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Great Glover (1942); The Inner Circle (1946); The Invisible Informer (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Main Street Kid (1947); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1961); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Tall Man (1962); The Tiger Woman (1945); The Trespasser (1947); The Vampire's Ghost (1945); Thoroughbreds (1944); Thriller (1961); Traffic in Crime (1946); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Vengeance of the West (1942); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Web of Danger (1947); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wheels (1978); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Harper Lee:

 

Harper Lee

Writer

April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016

Credits:

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960); Go Set a Watchman (2015); The Harper Lee Collection (2015); To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel, by Harper Lee and Fred Fordham (2018).

Awards:

The Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for To Kill a Mockingbird.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature.

Movies, video, television and stage:

Cedar Cove (2015); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Hollywood Insider (2022); I riassuntini (2018); Inside Edition (2015); Mockingbird (2023); PBS NewsHour (2016); The Capote Tapes (2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); To Kill a Mockingbird (2014); To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 stage play, starring Jeff Daniels).

Born on this day – Charlene Holt:

Charlene Holt

Actress

April 28, 1928 – April 5, 1996

Credits:

Arrest and Trial (1964); Barnaby Jones (1974); Burke's Law (1963–1964); CHiPs (1980); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); El Dorado (1966); Gypsy (1967); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Honey West (1965); Hour of the Gun (1967); If a Man Answers (1962); Island of Love (1963); It Takes a Thief (1968); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Melvin and Howard (1980); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975); Red Line 7000 (1965); Saints and Sinners (1962); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Hero (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Wonder Woman (1974); Zig Zag (1970).

Born on this day – Carolyn Jones:

Carolyn Jones

Actress

April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983

Born on this day – Lois Duncan:

Lois Duncan

Writer

April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016

Credits: 

Books:

A Gift of Magic (1960); A Promise for Joyce (1959); Daughters of Eve (1979); Debutante Hill (1958); Don't Look Behind You (1989); Down a Dark Hall (1974); From Spring to Spring (1982); Gallows Hill (1997); Game of Danger (1962); Hotel for Dogs (1971); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1978); Locked in Time (1985); Love Song for Joyce (1958); Movie for Dogs (2010); News For Dogs (2009); Night Terrors (1996); On the Edge (1997); Peggy (1970); Point of Violence (1966); Ransom / aka Five Were Missing (1966); Season of the Two - Heart (1964); Seasons of the Heart (2007); Songs From Dreamland (1989); Stranger with My Face (1981); Summer of Fear (1976); Terrible Tales of the Happy Days School (1983); The Middle Sister (1962); The Third Eye / aka The Eyes of Karen Connors (1984); The Twisted Window (1987); They Never Came Home (1969); When the Bough Breaks (1973); Written In The Stars (2014).

Movies and television:

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' (2009); Don't Look Behind You (1999); Down a Dark Hall (2018); Held for Ransom (2000); Hotel for Dogs (2009); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 / 2021 / 2021); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Alternate Ending (2022); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Deleted Scenes (2022); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006); I've Been Waiting for You (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); Sightings (1992); Stranger with My Face (2009); Summer of Fear (1978); The Bikini Open 8 (1992); The Generation Why Podcast (2014); Unsolved Mysteries (1992).

Born on this day – Madge Sinclair:

Madge Sinclair

Actress

April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995

Credits:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); A Century of Women (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978–1984); All Star Blitz (1985); Almos' a Man (1976); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Coming to America (1988); Conrack (1974); Convoy (1978); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Divided We Stand (1988); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Dream On (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Executive Suite (1976); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978–1979); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); High Ice (1980); Homeroom (1989); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love You... Good-bye (1974); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Jimmy B. & André (1980); Joe Forrester (1975); Johnny Staccato (1989); Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992); L.A. Law (1992); Leadbelly (1976); Look Away (1987); Madigan (1972); Mathnet (1987); Me and the Boys (1994–1995); Medical Center (1974); Medical Story (1975); Midnight Caller (1989); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Ohara (1987); One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Queen (1993); Roots (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Roseanne (1989); Serpico (1976); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Starman (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Lion King (1994); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Orchid House (1991); The Steve Harvey Show (1996–1997); The Waltons (1974); The White Shadow (1979); The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972); Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Victims (1982); Walkin' Walter (1977).

Born on this day – Terry Pratchett:

Terry Pratchett

Writer

April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015

Credits:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); A Century of Women (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978–1984); All Star Blitz (1985); Almos' a Man (1976); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Coming to America (1988); Conrack (1974); Convoy (1978); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Divided We Stand (1988); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Dream On (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Executive Suite (1976); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978–1979); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); High Ice (1980); Homeroom (1989); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love You... Good-bye (1974); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Jimmy B. & André (1980); Joe Forrester (1975); Johnny Staccato (1989); Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992); L.A. Law (1992); Leadbelly (1976); Look Away (1987); Madigan (1972); Mathnet (1987); Me and the Boys (1994–1995); Medical Center (1974); Medical Story (1975); Midnight Caller (1989); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Ohara (1987); One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Queen (1993); Roots (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Roseanne (1989); Serpico (1976); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Starman (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Lion King (1994); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Orchid House (1991); The Steve Harvey Show (1996–1997); The Waltons (1974); The White Shadow (1979); The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972); Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Victims (1982); Walkin' Walter (1977).

Born on this day – Marcia Strassman:

Marcia Strassman

Actress

Singer

April 28, 1948 – October 24, 2014

Born on this day – Bruno Kirby:

Bruno Kirby

Actor

April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006

On this day in movie history - Eyes of the Underworld (1929)

Eyes of the Underworld

directed by Leigh Jason and Ray Taylor,

written by Leigh Jason and Carl Krusada,

based on a story by Leigh Jason and Carl Krusada,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1929.

Cast:

Bill Cody, Sally Blane, Arthur Lubin, Harry Tenbrook, Charles Clary, Monte Montague. 

On this day in movie history - Young Dillinger (1965)

 

Young Dillinger

directed by Terry O. Morse,

written by Arthur Hoerl and Donald Zimbalist,

based on a story by Donald Zimbalist,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1965.

Music by Shorty Rogers.

Cast:

Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Dan Terranova, Mary Ann Mobley, Victor Buono, John Hoyt, Anthony Caruso, Reed Hadley, Art Baker, Emile Meyer, Robert Osterloh, Gene Roth, Frank Gerstle, Wally Rose, Walter Sande, Joy Harmon, Beverly Powers, Robin Raymond, Michael Masters, Sol Gorss, Ted Knight, Harvey Gardner, Ayllene Gibbons, Helen Day Stephens, Charles Sloan, Fred Aldrich, Eddy Chandler, Paul Genge, Bert Stevens.

On this day in movie history - The Underneath (1995)

The Underneath

directed by Steven Soderbergh,

written by Sam Lowry and Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1995.

Music by Cliff Martinez.

Cast:

Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Elisabeth Shue, Anjanette Comer, Dennis Hill, Harry Goaz, Mark Feltch, Jules Sharp, Kenneth D. Harris, Cliff Haby, Tonie Perensky, Randall Brady, Richard Linklater, Helen Cates, Kevin Crutchfield, Brad Leland, John Martin, C.K. McFarland, Rick Perkins, Paul Wright, David Jensen, Jordy Hultberg, Steve Shearer, Fred Ellis, Joe Chrest, David L. Carter, Cowboy Mouth (band), Mike Enright, Mark Hanson, Matthew Hurley, Mike Malone, Christopher K. Philippo, Ryan Wickerham.

On this day in movie history - Frequency (2000)

Frequency

directed by Gregory Hoblit,

written by Toby Emmerich,

was released in the United States on April 28, 2000.

Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Shawn Doyle, Noah Emmerich, Melissa Errico, Jordan Bridges, Peter MacNeill, Michael Cera, Marin Hinkle, Brian Greene, Daniel Henson, Stephen Joffe, Jack McCormack, Richard Sali, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Joan Heney, Jessica Meyer, Kirsten Bishop, Rocco Sisto, Rosemary De Angelis, Dick Cavett, Melissa Fitzgerald, John Di Benedetto, Terry Serpico, Brian Smyj, Nicole Brier, Brantley Bush, David Huband, Timothy Brown, Chuck Margiotta, Karen Glave, Frank McAnulty, Derek Aasland, Jim McAleese, Catherine Burdon, Jennifer Baxter, Desmond Campbell, Danny Johnson, Colm Magner, Brigitte Kingsley, Tucker Robin, Barney Cheng.

On this day in music history - Starman, by David Bowie (1972)

Starman

by David Bowie

was released on April 28, 1972.