Sharon Creech, on books and reading:

 

I love the way that each book – any book – is its own journey.

You open it, and off you go.
You are changed in some way, large or small, by having traveled with those characters.
- Sharon Creech.

Recommended reading - Shooting Star / Terror in the Night

Shooting Star / Terror in the Night

by Robert Bloch.

ASIN: B000HWBAFU

Published by Ace Books, Inc.

Published 1958.

Two novels in one volume from the author of Psycho.

Born on this day – Herman Melville:

 

Herman Melville

Writer

August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); Bartleby: The Scrivener (1853); Billy Budd (1924); Classic Sea Stories (1996); Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1989); I Would Prefer Not To (2021); Israel Potter (1855); Keys to the Bureau (2013); Mardi (1849); Moby Dick (1851); Mysterious Sea Stories (1987); Omoo (1847); Pierre (1852); Redburn (1849); The Apple-Tree Table (1922); The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2002); The Confidence-Man (1857); The Great Sea Adventure (2019); The Piazza Tales (1856); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); Typee (1846); War: An Anthology (1969); White-Jacket (1850); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing New York (1998).

Movies and television:

2010: Moby Dick (2010); A Baleia Branca - Uma Ideia de Deus (2007); Age of the Dragons (2011); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); As Ilhas Encantadas (1965); Bartleby - Geschichte der Wall Street (2010); Bartleby (1963 / 1969 / 1970 / 1976 / 2001 / 2016 / 2023); Bartleby le scribe (2010); Bartleby l'écrivain (1957); Bartleby ou Les hommes au rebut (1993); Bartleby the Scrivener (1977); Beau Travail (1999); Beer and Board Games (2016); Benito Cereno (1969); Billy Budd (1962 / 1966 / 1988 / 1998 / 2001 / 2010 / 2017); Billy Budd, fra Den Norske Opera & Ballett (2019); Camera Three (1955); Capitaine Achab (2004); Captain Ahab (2007); Dämon des Meeres (1931); Enchanted Island (1958); Encounter (1955); Explained (2018); History's Mysteries (2000); Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986); Hora once (1972); I riassuntini (2018); Ishmael (2022); Last of the Pagans (1935); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1964); L'homme silencieux (2021); Los libros (1974); Mobi Dik (1972); Moby Dick (1930 / Moby Dick (1954 / 1956 / 1978 / 1998 / 2000 / 2011); Moby Dick et le secret de Mu (2005); Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955); Moby-Dick (1977 / 2013); Mythos Wal (2017); NBC Experiment in Television (1970); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1952); NET Playhouse (1967); Omoo-Omoo the Shark God (1949); One Man's Story (1953); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Partanen (2003); Pisar Bartleby (1966); Pola X (1999); Ponds Theater (1955); Rappresentazione della terribile caccia alla balena bianca Moby Dick (1973); Revenge of the Whale (2001); Salinger (2013); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Siesta Z (2017); Strange Stories (1953); The Adventures of Moby Dick (1996); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); The Lighthouse (2019); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1969); The Sea Beast (1926); The White Whale of Mu (1980); War is Kind: Poetry of the Civil War (1999); Your Favorite Story / A Tale of the Enchanted Isles (1953); Zwischen Meer und Himmel (1957).

Born on this day – Madlaine Traverse:

 

Madlaine Traverse

Actress

August 1, 1875 – January 7, 1964

Credits:

Fruits of Desire (1916); Gambling in Souls (1919); Leah Kleschna (1913); Lost Money (1919); Rose of the West (1919); Sins of Ambition (1917); Snares of Paris (1919); The Caillaux Case (1918); The Closing Net (1915); The Danger Zone (1918); The Hell Ship (1920); The Iron Heart (1920); The Love That Dares (1919); The Other Woman (1913); The Penalty (1920); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Shielding Shadow (1916); The Spirit of Good (1920); The Splendid Sin (1919); The Tattlers (1920); Three Weeks (1914); What Would You Do? (1920); When Fate Decides (1919).

Born on this day – Erle C. Kenton:

Eric C. Kenton

Director

August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980

Born on this day – Jerome Moross:

 

Jerome Moross

Composer

August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983

Born on this day – Pat Heywood:

 

Pat Heywood

Actress

August 1, 1931 – June 26, 2024

Credits:

10 Rillington Place (1971); 2nd House (1975); All the Way Up (1970); Another Bouquet (1977); Arcadia (1990); Armchair Theatre (1972–1973); Arms and the Man (1983); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Between the Wars (1973); Centre Play (1975); Christabel (1988); Cottage to Let (1977); Couples (1976); Crown Court (1973–1978); December Flower (1984); Every Breath You Take (1988); First and Last (1989); Function Room (1985); Getting It Right (1989); Girly (1970); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hazell (1978); I Thought You'd Gone (1984); Inspector Morse (1991); ITV Playhouse (1970–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Lucky Feller (1976); Marks / Objects of Affection (1982); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Play for Today (1984); Public Eye (1972); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Root Into Europe (1992); Screen Two (1987); Seeing and Believing (1964); Six Days of Justice (1972); Sporting Scenes (1973); Staircase (1969); Storia di una capinera (1993); Summer Season (1985); The Best Things in Life (1969); The Castiglioni Brothers (1958); The Children of the New Forest (1964); The Collection (1976); The Foundation (1977); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Main Chance (1970); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Problem of Mary Winshaw (1962); The Secret Garden (1987); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona / Romeo & Juliet (1968); The Train Now Standing (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Too Much Monkey Business (1974); Village Hall (1974); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Wish You Were Here (1987); Within These Walls (1975); Wuthering Heights (1978); Young Toscanini (1988); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Dom DeLuise:

Dom DeLuise

Actor

Comedian

August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009

Born on this day – Co Hoedeman:

Co Hoedeman

Animator

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

August 1, 1940 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, for The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable (1977), at the 50th Academy Awards (1978).

Movies and television:

55 chaussettes (2011); Bästa knattefilmerna 6 / Segment: Ludovic och dockan, Ludovic och krokodilen (2005); Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980); Charles and François (1987); Co Hoedeman, Animator (1980); Continental Drift (1968); Coucou l'ourson! (2000); Dehors novembre (2005); DNA (1969); Eaude (2004); In the Animator's Eye: A Conjurer's Tales - Co Hoedeman (1996); Juke-Bar (1990); La boîte (1989); Le beau plaisir (1968); Le jardin d'Écos (1997); Le théâtre de Marianne (2004); Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978); L'homme et le géant (1975); L'ours renifleur (1992); Ludovic (2009); Ludovic II: un crocodile dans mon jardin (2001); Ludovic: Magic in the Air (2002); Ludovic: The Snow Gift (2002); Ludovic: Visiting Grandpa (2001); Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend (1977); Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman (2013); Mascarade (1984); Matrioska (1970); Monsieur Pointu (1976); Oddball (1969); Running Time (1974); Sabina (1991); Tchou-tchou (1972); The Blue Marble (2014); The Cardinal (2016); The Mountain Head (2002); The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend (1971); The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973); The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974); The Rogers' Cable (1998); The Sand Castle (1977); The Treasure of the Grotoceans (1980); Une histoire comme une autre (1981); Vacas d'Avanca (1998); Walter's Internal Battle (2022); Winter Days (2003).

Born on this day – Betty A. Bridges:

 

Betty A. Bridges

Actress

Director

August 1, 1941 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

2 Broke Girls (2011); 240-Robert (1979); 7th Heaven (2001); A Day in the Life of Mia (1997); A Devil Disguised (1997); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Ally McBeal (1997–2001); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996); Big Ball'n (2007); Black Ball (2003); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Building Bridges (2000); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1980); Cold Case (2003); Condominium (1980); Crisis Counselor (1982); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986); Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1982); Dogcatchers (2013); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Foster Babies (2007); Frankie D (2007); Good Times (1975); Hill Street Blues (1984); Jack & Jill (1999); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1982); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Moonlight (2007); NYPD Blue (1998–2004); Our House (1986); Out All Night (1993); Paper Dolls (1984); Payne (1999); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Police Woman (1974); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rooster (1982); Sanford (1981); Scrubs (2010); Secret Witness (1988); Sister, Sister (1996); Snoops (1999); Take Two (1987); The Bad News Bears (1980); The Colony (1995); The Concrete Jungle (1982); The District (2001); The Hustle (2008); The Judge (1987); The Nine (2007); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The Paper Chase (1983); The Practice (2001); The Young Landlords (1983); Totally Tracked Down (2010); True.Health: Body, Mind, Spirit (2015); TV 101 (1988–1989); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); What's Happening!! (1977–1979); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – Nicoletta Machiavelli:

Nicoletta Machiavelli

Actress

August 1, 1944 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

A History of Dollars (2008); A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967); A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970); An Indian Named Joe (2009); Anyone Can Play (1967); Bawdy Tales (1973); Beyond Good and Evil (1977); Candy (1968); Carnal Circuit (1969); Dirty Weekend (1973); Especial pop (1969); Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012); Evil Pleasure (1975); Garter Colt (1968); I nostri mariti / Segment: Il Marito di Roberta (1966); It Takes a Thief (1969); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966); La coppia (1973); La fuite en avant (1980); L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore (1971); L'année sainte (1976); L'autunno del generale (1982); L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Matchless (1967); Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973); Navajo Joe (1966); Necropolis (1970); No Room to Die (1969); No Way Out (1973); Odia il prossimo tuo (1968); Policeman (1971); Review (1969); Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Temptation (1969); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Hills Run Red (1966); The Ravine (1969); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Thrilling / Segment: L'autostrada del sole (1965); Tough Cop (1976); Una questione d'onore (1966).

Born on this day – José Luccioni:

José Luccioni

Actor

August 1, 1949 – June 2, 2022

Credits:

Assassin's Creed II (2009); Asterix Versus Caesar (1985); Au théâtre ce soir (1976–1980); Beretta, derrière la voix (2013); Catherine & Co. (1975); Closed Shutters (1973); Comme un pot de fraises!.. (1974); Fan des années 70 (2012); Fan des années 80 (2010); Final Fantasy XV (2016); Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (2017); Gothic 3 (2006); Il était une fois... l'espace (1982); Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979); Jour de pluie (2017); L'aventure humaine (2003); Le dernier homme (2012); Le mouton noir (1979); Le théâtre de Tristan Bernard (1975); Les amours des années 50 (1985); Les amours des années grises (1981); Les malheurs de la comtesse (1973); Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002); Murder Is a Murder (1972); N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1982); Overwatch 2 (2022); Pole Position (1984); Preuves à l'appui (1978); Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle (2006); Silver Anniversary (1979); Star Wars: The Old Republic / Video Game (2011); The Little Prince (2013); The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982–1983); The Saboteur (2009); Un matin de juin 40 (1974); Watch Dogs (2014).

Born on this day – Saskia Post:

Saskia Post

Actress

August 1, 1960 – March 16, 2020

Credits:

A Country Practice (1985–1988); All Together Now (1991); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995); Bliss (1985); City Homicide (2010); Dogs in Space (1986); Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000); Gary Petty (2000); Ladykiller (1996); Melba (1988); Ocean Girl (1996); One Night Stand (1984); Proof (1991); Return to Eden (1986); Short Cuts (2002); Sons and Daughters (1982–1983); The Sullivans (1982–1983); Throbbin' 84 (2024); True Love and Chaos (1997).

On this day in movie history - Crime Unlimited (1935)

Crime Unlimited

directed by Ralph Ince,

written by Brock Williams and Ralph Smart,

based on the novel by David Hume,

was released in the United Kingdom on August 1, 1935.

Cast:

Esmond Knight, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker, George Merritt, Richard Grey, Raymond Lovell, Graham Soutten, Peter Gawthorne, Wyndham Goldie, Jane Millican, Stella Arbenina, Bellenden Clarke, Sara Allgood, Cathleen Cavanagh, Wally Patch.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder (1946)

Deadline for Murder

directed by James Tinling,

written by Irving Cummings Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1946.

Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Jerome Cowan, Renee Carson, Marion Martin, Joan Blair, Eddie Marr, Matt McHugh, Jody Gilbert, Emory Parnell, John Ardell, Larry J. Blake, Tom Burton, André Charlot, Chick Collins, Lester Dorr, Jimmie Dundee, Frank Eldredge, Herbert Evans, Bruce Fernald, Cay Forester, Stewart Garner, Art Gilmore, Ernest Hilliard, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddie Kane, Mary Moore, Jack Mulhall, William Newell, Spec O’Donnell, Jimmy O’Gatty, Joey Ray, Syd Saylor, Clarence Straight, Phil Tead, Ray Teal, Lillian West, Chalky Williams, Charles Williams, Guy Zanette.

On this day in movie history - American Graffiti (1973)

American Graffiti

directed by George Lucas,

written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1973.

Music by Kim Fowley, Karin Green and George Lucas.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby Celiz, Lynne Marie Stewart, Terence McGovern, Kathleen Quinlan, Ty Crowley, Scott Beach, John Brent, Gordon Analla, John Bracci, Jody Carlson, Del Close, Chuck Dorsett, Stephen Knox, Joe Miksak, George Meyer, James Cranna, Johnny Weissmuller Jr., William Niven, Al Nalbandian, Bob Pasaak, Christopher Pray, Susan Richardson, Fred Ross, Jan Dunn, Charlie Murphy, Ed Greenberg, Lisa Herman, Mark Anger, Kay Lenz, Caprice Schmidt, Joe Spano, Debralee Scott, Ron Vincent, Donna Wehr, Cam Whitman, Jan Wilson, Suzanne Somers, Flash Cadillac, Linda Christensen, Jeannette Dilger, Dennis Falt, Warren Knight, Paul Lambert, Ken Martinez, Rick May, Sam McFadin, Kris Moe, Linn Phillips III, George Robinson.

On this day in movie history - Young Guns II (1990)

Young Guns II

directed by Geoff Murphy,

written by John Fusco,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1990.

Music by Alan Silvestri and Jon Bon Jovi.

Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, R.D. Call, James Coburn, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper, Tom Kurlander, Viggo Mortensen, Leon Rippy, Tracey Walter, Bradley Whitford, Scott Wilson, Jenny Wright, John Hammil, William J. Fisher, Carlotta Garcia, Joy Bouton, Albert Trujillo, Alina Arenal, John Alderson, Lee de Broux, Sixto Joost, Rudy Sena, Adam Taylor, Redmond Gleeson, David Paul Needles, Jerry Gardner, Domingo Ambriz, Sonny Skyhawk, Richard Schiff, Stephan Kraus, Nick Gomez, Mark Bustamante, Airen Balen, Don Simpson, Holt Parker, Tony Frank, Frank Fierro Jr., Rene L. Moreno, Chief Buddy Redbow, Danielle Blanchard, Joey Hamlin, Alexis Alexander, Ginger Lynn, Iris Pappas, Ed Adams, Mark Silverstein, Boots Southerland, Bud Stout, Howard Young, John Fusco, Walter Feldbusch, Bo Greigh, Thomas Byrd, Donald Guideau, Robert Harvey, Ted Kairys, William Upchurch, Michael Eiland, Jon Bon Jovi, Don ‘Tex’ Clark, Rusty Lee, Kerry Wallum.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993)

Fallen Angels
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Dead-End for Delia.

Released August 1, 1993.

Directed by Phil Joanou.

Written by William Campbell Gault, Scott Frank.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by William Campbell Gault.

Opening theme by Elmer Bernstein.

 

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Paul Guilfoyle, Vondie Curtis Hall, Dan Hedaya, Wayne Knight, Patrick Masset, John Putch, Thomas Kopache, Frank Patton III/Frank Taglia, Alpheus Merchant, Scott Weintraub, Lynette Walden.