Honoring World Honeybee Day:

Concerned about our loss of bees, Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee refuge. He hired gardeners, filled acres with clover, planted hundreds of flowering trees, purchased 26 hives, and has turned himself into a beekeeper.

On the third Saturday in August, we honor the honeybee.

My husband and I studied beekeeping and visited our mentor's apiary a few years ago. 

Totally immersing, relaxing, and energizing.

Without the honeybee, we are no more.

Please honor the honeybee by being pollinator friendly and mindful not to use toxic weedkillers.

The honeybees and all life on this Earth, our home, thank you.

#WorldHoneyBeeDay #SaveTheBees #PollinatorFriendly

Charles Bukowski, on writing:

In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.
Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought.
And then I did.
- Charles Bukowski.

The Laughing Heart, by Charles Bukowski:

Your life is your life.

Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
Be on the watch.
There are ways out.
There is light somewhere.
It may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
Be on the watch.
The gods will offer you chances.
Know them.
Take them.
You can’t beat death,
but you can beat death in life, sometimes.
And the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
Your life is your life.
Know it while you have it.
You are marvelous.
The gods wait to delight
in you.

- The Laughing Heart, by Charles Bukowski.

Writing, a poem by Charles Bukowski: August 16

 

Writing

Writing

a poem by Charles Bukowski
1991
 
Often it is the only thing between you and impossibility.
No drink, no woman's love, no wealth can match it.
Nothing can save you except writing.
It keeps the walls from falling.
The hordes from closing in.
It blasts the darkness.
Writing is the ultimate psychiatrist,
the kindliest god of all the gods.
Writing stalks death.
It knows no quit,
and writing laughs at itself, at pain.
It is the last expectation, the last explanation.
That's what it is.

Recommended reading – Post Office (1971)

Post Office

by Charles Bukowski.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0753518163

ISBN-13: 978-0753518168

Description:

It began as a mistake. By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and race-track betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel – the one that catapulted its author to national fame – is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

“Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and the Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther.” – Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

Born on this day – Otto Messmer:

Otto Messmer

Cartoonist

Animator

Works include Felix the Cat.

August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983.

Credits:

A Study in Crayon (1913); A Tale of Two Kitties (1926); Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer (1913); April Maze (1930); Arabiantics (1928); Arena (1985); Art for Heart's Sake (1927); Astronomeous (1928); At the Rainbow's End (1925); Backyard Serenade (1931); Baffled by Banjos (1924); Bargain Counter Attack (1946); Barn Yarns (1927); Bold King Cole (1936); Camera Three (1977); A Good Liar (1917);Cartoon Carnival (2021); Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945); Charley at the Beach (1919); Charley at the Circus (1919); Charley on the Farm (1919); Charley Out West (1919); Charlie in Turkey (1919); Charlie Treats 'Em Rough (1919); Chestnuts (1916); Daze and Knights (1927); Dough-Nutty (1927); Draggin' the Dragon (1928); Eats Are West (1925); Eskimotive (1928); Eye Jinks (1927); Felix All at Sea (1922); Felix All Balled Up (1924); Felix and the Radio (1923); Felix at the Fair (1922); Felix Behind in Front (1927); Felix Brings Home the Bacon (1924); Felix Calms His Conscience (1923); Felix Cashes In (1924); Felix Comes Back (1922); Felix Cops the Prize (1925); Felix Crosses the Crooks (1924); Felix Dopes It Out (1925); Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924); Felix Fairy Tales (1924); Felix Fills a Shortage (1923); Felix Finds a Way (1922); Felix Finds 'Em Fickle (1925); Felix Finds Out (1924); Felix Finishes First (1924); Felix Follows the Swallows (1925); Felix Full o' Fight (1925); Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923); Felix Gets His Fill (1925); Felix Gets Left (1922); Felix Gets Revenge (1922); Felix Gets the Can (1925); Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923); Felix Goes Hungry (1924); Felix Goes on Strike (1921); Felix Goes West (1924); Felix Grabs His Grub (1924); Felix Hits the Hipps (1924); Felix Hits the North Pole (1920); Felix 'Hyps' the Hippo (1924); Felix in Fairyland (1923); Felix in Love (1922); Felix in the Bone Age (1922); Felix in the Swim (1922); Felix Laughs Last (1923); Felix Left at Home (1921); Felix Lends a Hand (1922); Felix Loses Out (1924); Felix Makes Good (1922); Felix Minds His Business (1924); Felix Minds the Kid (1922); Felix Monkeys with Magic (1925); Felix on the Trail (1922); Felix Out of Luck (1924); Felix Outwits Cupid (1925); Felix Pinches the Pole (1924); Felix Puts It Over (1924); Felix Rests in Peace (1925); Felix Revolts (1923); Felix Strikes It Rich (1923); Felix the Cat (1958–1961); Felix the Cat 100 Years in the Making (2020); Felix the Cat as Romeeow (1927); Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (1926); Felix the Cat Busts a Bubble (1926); Felix the Cat Busts Into Business (1925); Felix the Cat Collars the Button (1926); Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927); Felix the Cat Ducks His Duty (1927); Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (1926); Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (1926); Felix the Cat Hits the Deck (1927); Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (1926); Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926); Felix the Cat in False Vases (1929); Felix the Cat in Forty Winks (1930); Felix the Cat in Gym Gems (1926); Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls (1930); Felix the Cat Kept on Walking (1925); Felix the Cat Laughs It Off (1926); Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (1926); Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926); Felix the Cat on the Farm (1925); Felix the Cat on the Job (1925); Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (1926); Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (1926); Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (1926); Felix the Cat Sees 'Em in Season (1927); Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (1926); Felix the Cat Spots the Spooks (1926); Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927); Felix the Cat Tries the Trades (1925); Felix the Cat Trips Thru Toyland (1925); Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (1926); Felix the Cat Uses His Head (1926); Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926); Felix the Gay Dog (1921); Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923); Felix the Globe Trotter (1923); Felix the Goat Getter (1923); Felix the Landlord (1920); Felix Tries for Treasure (1923); Felix Tries to Rest (1924); Felix Trifles with Time (1925); Felix Turns the Tide (1922); Felix Wakes Up (1922); Felix Wins and Loses (1925); Felix Win's Out (1923); Fifty-Fifty (1922); Filmograph Cartoons (1913); Flim Flam Films (1927); Free Lunch (1921); Friend in Need (1924); Frolics at the Circus (1920); Fun in Film by Hy Mayer (1913); Funny Fancies by Hy Mayer (1913); Germ Mania (1927); Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913); Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous (1930); How Charlie Captured the Kaiser (1918); Humors of Summer (1913); Hy Mayer: His Magic Hand (1913); Hy Mayer: His Merry Pen (1913); Hy Mayer's Cartoons (1913); Icy Eyes (1927); In and Out-Laws (1928); In Cartoonland with Hy Mayer (1913); In Laughland with Hy Mayer (1913); Jack from All Trades (1927); Japanicky (1928); Jolly Jottings by Hy Mayer (1913); Jungle Bungles (1928); Kill or Cure (1920); Land O'Fancy (1926); Leaves from Hy Mayer's Sketchbook (1913); Lightning Sketches by Hy Mayer (1913); 'Loco' Motive (1927); Los comienzos de la animación (1995); Lulu's Birthday Party (1944); Mess Production (1945); Motor Mat and His Flivver (1916); Movie-Wheels Presents Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1960); Musical Mews (1919); Musica-Lulu (1947); My Hero (1920); No Fuelin' (1927); Oceantics (1930); Ohm Sweet Ohm (1928); Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946); On the Wind Mill (1919); One Good Turn (1929); Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977); Out of Luck (1921); Outdoor Indore (1928); Over the Rhine with Charlie (1918); Pedigreedy (1927); Peep in the Deep (1946); Pen Laughs (1914); Pen Talks by Hy Mayer (1913); Polly-tics (1928); Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953); Reverse English (1926); Rocket to Mars (1946); Sammie Johnsin and His Wonderful Lamp (1916); Sammie Johnsin at the Seaside (1916); Sammie Johnsin Gets a Job (1916); Sammie Johnsin Hunter (1916); Sammie Johnsin in Mexico (1916); Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916); Sammie Johnsin Minds the Baby (1916); Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916); Sammie Johnsin Strong Man (1916); Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair (1916); Sax Appeal (1927); School Daze (1926); Scrambled Yeggs (1926); She-Sick Sailors (1944); Sketches from Life by Hy Mayer (1913); Spree for All (1946); Stars and Stripes (1927); Summer Caricatures (1913); Sure-Locked Homes (1928); Tee Time (1930); The Adventures of Felix (1919); The Adventures of Mr. Phiffles (1913); The Cold Rush (1925); The Hypnotist (1921); The Last Life (1928); The Love Affair of Ima Knut (1917); The Love Punch (1921); The Non-Stop Fright (1927); The Oily Bird (1928); The Smoke Scream (1928); The Travel-Hog (1927); The Trials of a Movie Cartoonist (1916); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997); Them Were the Happy Days (1917); To 'Frisco by the Cartoon Route (1915); Topical Topics (1914); Topical War Cartoons (1914); Topical War Cartoons No. 2 (1914); Two-Lip Time (1926); Uncle Tom's Crabbin' (1927); War Cartoons by Hy Mayer (1914); Whimsicalities by Hy Mayer (1913); Whys and Otherwise (1927); Wise Guise (1927); Woos Whoopee (1928); Woos Whoopee / Comicalamities (1928); Woos Whoopee / Feline Follies (1919); Woos Whoopee / Felix All Puzzled (1925); Woos Whoopee / Felix in Hollywood (1923); Woos Whoopee / Felix Saves the Day (1922); Woos Whoopee / Futuritzy (1928); Zoo Logic (1926).

Born on this day – W. Howard Greene:

W. Howard Greene

Cinematographer

August 16, 1895 – February 28, 1956

Credits:

Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956); Three for Jamie Dawn (1956); The Violent Men (1955); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules (1954); Gun Belt (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Brigand (1952); It's Only the Beginning (1951); When Worlds Collide (1951); Quebec (1951); Oklahoma (1951); High Lonesome (1950); The Big Cat (1949); Tycoon (1947); Pirates of Monterey (1947); Slave Girl (1947); Night in Paradise (1946); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Can't Help Singing (1944); The Climax (1944); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); It's All True (1943); The Story of Samba (1943); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Salute to the Marines (1943); The Jungle Book (1942); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); The Bill of Rights (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Declaration of Independence (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Nothing Sacred (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); A Star Is Born (1937); Under Southern Stars (1937); Give Me Liberty (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Changing of the Guard (1936); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); Kliou, the Killer (1935); Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935); Hollywood Beauty Hints (1932); Sports of Many Lands (1929); West of the Golden Gate (1929); When Dreams Come True (1928); Springtime of Love (1927).

Born on this day – Liane Haid:

Liane Haid

Actress

August 16, 1895 – November 28, 2000

Credits:

Die fünf Karnickel (1953); Die unvollkommene Liebe (1940); Peter im Schnee (1937); Wer zuletzt küßt... (1936); Mozart (1936); Tanzmusik (1935); The Trip to Youth (1935); An Evening Visit (1934); At the Blond Katherine's (1934); Keine Angst vor Liebe (1933); The Castle in the South (1933); Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (1933); Roman einer Nacht (1933); The Star of Valencia (1933); Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933); Polizeiakte 909 (1933); A Woman Like You (1933); Madame Wants No Children (1933); Der Diamant des Zaren (1932); I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932); Der Prinz von Arkadien (1932); Madame hat Ausgang (1931); Die Männer um Lucie (1931); My Cousin from Warsaw (1931); Opera Ball (1931); Grock in Grock (1931); Zirkus Leben (1931); Kaiserliebchen (1931); Petit officier... Adieu! (1930); The Song Is Ended (1930); Zweimal Hochzeit (1930); Der unsterbliche Lump (1930); Schwarzwaldmädel (1929); Spiel um den Mann (1929); S.O.S. Schiff in Not (1929); Der Weiberkrieg (1928); Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour (1928); Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928); Zwei rote Rosen (1928); Die Dame in Schwarz (1928); Die Csardasfürstin (1927); Die Dollarprinzessin und ihre sechs Freier (1927); Der goldene Abgrund (1927); Der letzte Walzer (1927); The White Slave (1927); Die Czardasfürstin (1927); Der fesche Erzherzog (1927); Der Sohn des Hannibal (1926); Als ich wiederkam (1926); Im weißen Rößl (1926); Der Provinzonkel (1926); Two Brothers (1926); Liebesfeuer (1925); Die Insel der Träume (1925); Ich liebe dich (1925); A Woman's Secret (1924); Bride of Vengeance (1923); Der Pantoffelheld (1923); Schlagende Wetter (1923); Lucrezia Borgia (1922); Geld auf der Straße (1922); Das Geld auf der Strasse (1922); Lady Hamilton (1921); Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens (1921); Die Filme der Prinzessin Fantoche (1921); Die Frau in Weiß (1921); Sein Lebenslicht (1921); Doktor Ruhland (1920); Verschneit (1920); Eva, die Sünde (1920); Der Leiermann (1920); Die Stimme des Gewissens (1920); Der tanzende Tod (1920); Freut Euch des Lebens (1920); Durch Wahrheit zum Narren (1920); Lasset die Kleinen zu mir kommen (1920); Der Herr des Lebens (1920); Die Ahnfrau (1919); So fallen die Lose des Lebens (1918); Der König amüsiert sich (1918); Der Doppelselbstmord (1918); Der Schandfleck (1917); Der Verschwender (1917); Mir kommt keiner aus (1917); Lebenswogen (1917); Auf der Höhe (1916); Die Tragödie auf Schloss Rottersheim (1916); Die Landstreicher (1916); Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich (1916); Sommeridylle (1916); Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland (1915).

Born on this day – Mae Clarke:

 

Mae Clarke

Actress

August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); American Masters (2008); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); As the Devil Commands (1932); Ask Any Girl (1959); Batman (1966); Because of You (1952); Big Time (1929); Boo! (1932); Boy with a Knife (1955); Breach of Promise (1932); Broken Arrow (1957); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2011); Code 3 (1957); Come Next Spring (1956); Coming Soon (1982); Compression (2023); Confidentially Connie (1953); Cowboy G-Men (1953); Crossroads (1957); Daredevils of the Clouds (1948); Dragnet (1954); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Engagement Party (1956); F Troop (1965); Family Theatre (1951); Fast Workers (1933); Fearless Fagan (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); Flaming Gold (1932); Flying Tigers (1942); Footlights Theater (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Frankenstein (1931); General Electric Theater (1954); Great Guy (1936); Gun Runner (1949); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); Hats Off (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Here Come the Waves (1944); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Horizons West (1952); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Inside Straight (1951); Insight (1971); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); J. Edgar (2011); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); James Cagney: Top of the World (1992); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); King of the Rocket Men (1949); Kitty (1945); Lady from Chungking (1942); Lady Killer (1933); Let's Talk It Over (1934); Lost Planet Airmen (1951); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1957); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Matinee Theatre (1956); Medic (1955); Men on Call (1930); Mohawk (1956); Mr. Imperium (1951); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Nana (1934); Night World (1932); Nix on Dames (1929); Not as a Stranger (1955); Outlaws of the Orient (1937); Parole Girl (1933); Pat and Mike (1952); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); Penthouse (1933); Perry Mason (1962); Playhouse 90 (1957); Public Defender (1954–1955); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Reckless Living (1931); Ride the High Iron (1956); Royal Wedding (1951); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saturday Afternoon Mad Theater (1986); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Silk Hat Kid (1935); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Streets of San Francisco (1949); Talking Pictures (1988); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Catered Affair (1956); The Dancers (1930); The Daring Young Man (1935); The Deputy (1960); The Desperados Are in Town (1956); The Fall Guy (1930); The Final Edition (1932); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Front Page (1931); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Good Bad Girl (1931); The Great Caruso (1951); The House of a Thousand Candles (1936); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Lineup (1954); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1958); The Man with Two Faces (1934); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Public Enemy (1931); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Texan (1958); The Unknown Man (1951); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); This Side of Heaven (1934); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Three Wise Girls (1931); Thunderbirds (1952); Trouble in Morocco (1937); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Undercurrent (1957); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Waterfront (1954); Waterloo Bridge (1931); Watermelon Man (1970); Wichita (1955); Wild Brian Kent (1936); With This Ring (1954); Women in War (1940); Women's Prison (1955); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Charles Bukowski:

Charles Bukowski

Writer

August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994

Credits:

Books:

A Bukowski Sampler (1988); Absence of the Hero (2010); All the Assholes in the World and Mine (1966); At Terror Street And Agony Way (1968); Barfly (1983); Beerspit Night and Cursing (2001); Betting on the Muse (1996); Bone Palace Ballet (1997); Bring Me Your Love (1983); Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974); Cold Dogs In The Courtyard (1965); Come On In! (2006); Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965); Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981); Factotum (1975); Fire Station (1970); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Ham on Rye (1982); Hollywood (1989); Hot Water Music (1983); In the Shadow of the Rose (1991); Living On Luck (1995); Love Is a Dog from Hell (1977); Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (1972); Mondo Barbie (1993); Mondo Elvis (1994); Mondo James Dean (1996); Mondo Marilyn (1995); Mondo Marilyn (1995); More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011); New Poems Book Four (2003); New Poems Book One (2003); New Poems Book Three (2003); New Poems Book Two (2003); Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969); On Cats (2015); On Drinking (2019); On Love (2016); On Writing (2015); Open All Night (2000); Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1979); Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window (1974); Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook (2008); Post Office (1971); Pulp (1994); Reach for the Sun (1999); Run With the Hunted (1962); Screams from the Balcony (1993); Selected Letters Volume 1: 1958-1965 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 2: 1965-1970 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 3: 1971-1986 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 4: 1987-1994 (2005); Septuagenarian Stew (1990); Shakespeare Never Did This (1979); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 1 (2002); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 2 (2002); Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005); South of No North (1973); Storm for the Living and the Dead (2017); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983); The Bell Tolls for No One (2015); The Bukowski / Purdy Letters (1984); The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship (1998); The Continual Condition (2009); The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills (1969); The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2003); The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992); The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing (2018); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories (1983); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (2013); The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps (2001); The People Look Like Flowers At Last (2007); The Pleasures of the Damned (2007); The Portable Sixties Reader (2003); The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988); There's No Business (1984); War All the Time (1984); What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (1999); Women (1978); Writing Los Angeles (2002); You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense (1986).

Movies and television:

900 Pounds (1987); A .45 to Pay The Rent (2010); A Man (2005); Alone with Everybody (2016); Amor por menos (1994); An Evil Town (1995); Apostrophes (1978); Apporte-moi ton amour (2002); Artbound (2014); Barfly (1987); Bluebird (2022); Breakfast with Bukowski (2011); Bring Me Your Love (2000); Broken-Mirror Music (2001); Bukowski (1973 / 2023); Bukowski at Bellevue (1995); Bukowski: Born into This (2003); BXLx24 (2011); Charles Bukowski's Nirvana (2013); Cinéma cinémas (1982); Code Name: Arabesque / The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985); Crazy Love (1987); Death Is Smoking My Cigars (2021); Dr Nazi (2011); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Eddie and Eve (2021); Encore une nuit de merde dans cette ville pourrie (2008); Factotum (2005); Fan des années 80 (2012); Figure (2017); Frozen Food Section (2005); Fuck the Forest (2013); Functioning on Zero: Robert Dean Live from the Lost Well (2020); Girl on the Escalator (2016); Gunnar Goes Comfortable (2003); Guts (1991); Hit Man (2014); Horseshoe (1998); Il falso bugiardo (2008); Ioana Dobroiu: The Night Kept Coming on and There Was Nothing I Could Do About It (2018); Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod (2007); Kasabanin En Güzel Kizi (2018); La pétaudière de Gontran H (2024); Lonely at the Top (1993); Loren Cass (2006); Love for $17.50 (1998); Love Is a Dog from Hell (2014); Love Lasts Three Years (2011); Love Pig (1990); Lune froide (1988 / 1991); Ma langue dans ta poche (2016); Mask (2011); Mermaid of Venice (2011); Metamorphosis (2022); My Old Man (2004); Nedgång och Fall (2009); Nice Guy Blues (2007); No Leaders Please (2021); Nothing Else to Do (2016); Opowiesc o ordynarnym szalenstwie (1987); Paradise Now, Apocalypse Later / The Laughing Heart (2017); Personenbeschreibung (1982); Pink & Tender (2007); Piss (2018); Poetry in Motion (1982 / 2020); Resiliencia (2020); Run to the Sea (2014); Sieh an, sieh an (1985); Sitting on a Fire Escape Eating Eggs (2015); Småfysen (2022); Somebody to Love (1994); Son of Satan (2003); Supervan (1977); Sve Zene Se Zovu Kiki (1991); Syn Szatana (2008); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990); The Big Pot Game (2013); The Blanket (1994); The Bottle (2019); The Crossing Guard (1995); The Devil Was Hot (2010); The Icecream People (2022); The Killers (1984); The Last Straw (2008); The Laughing Heart (2012); The Living Room Festival (1995–1999); The Man with the Beautiful Eyes (2000); The Midnight Show (2012); The Pleasures of the Damned (2024); The Strangest Thing Just Happened (2015); The Suicide (2006); The Works III (1994); There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008); Vessel (2015); Warm Face/Cold Place (2015); Welcome to the Basement (2015); You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski (2016).

Born on this day – Lois Nettleton:

 

Lois Nettleton

Actress

August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Accidental Family (1967–1968); All That Glitters (1977); Any Second Now (1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Babylon 5 (1994); Barnaby Jones (1974); Baywatch Nights (1995); Bonanza (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Brass (1985); Brenner (1959); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Camera Three (1955–1958); Cannon (1972); Captain David Grief (1959); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1954); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Celebrity Bowling (1975–1976); Celebrity Revue (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Centennial (1978–1979); Chain Reaction (1980); Charlie Grace (1996); Coach (1995); Come Fly with Me (1963); Cop Out! (1972); Crossing Jordan (2001); Daniel Boone (1968); Dark of Night (1953); Deadline (1959); Deadly Blessing (1981); Decoy (1957–1958); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); East Side/West Side (1963); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Encounter (1961); Fear on Trial (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Full House (1991); General Hospital (1996–1998); Glitter (1984); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Gunsmoke (1961–1967); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Herc's Adventures (1997); Hotel (1985); House of Mouse (2003); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Insight (1982); It's Your Bet (1971); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958–1959); Kung Fu (1975); Look Up and Live (1956); Macbeth (1968); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man Against Crime (1953); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Medical Center (1970–1976); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994); Movin' On (1974); Mr. Belvedere (1988); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1991); Naked City (1960–1962); NET Playhouse (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: I'll Never Leave You – Ever (1972); Password (1972–1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Period of Adjustment (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Play of the Week (1960); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Route 66 (1961–1963); Seinfeld (1994); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Star's Table (1986); Startime (1959); Studio One (1949–1956); Stumpers! (1976); Summer of Decision (1959); Terror in the Sky (1971); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1987–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1988); The $50,000 Pyramid (1981); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Bamboo Saucer (1968); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Big Story (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brighter Day (1954); The Bull of the West (1972); The Christmas Card (2006); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Dating Game (1971); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Facts of Life (1986–1987); The Feminine Touch (1995); The Flash (1990); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Golden Girls (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Honkers (1972); The Interns (1971); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Love Boat (1980); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); The Man and the City (1971); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Munsters Today (1989); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Outsider (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pretender (1999); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); The Stranger (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Virginian (1965–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Then Came Bronson (1969); Today (1967); Tourist (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Traveler's Rest (1993); True Story (1959); University Hospital (1995); Valley of Mystery (1967); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Weekend of Terror (1970); What's My Line? (1973); Women in Chains (1972); You Can't Take It with You (1987–1988).

Born on this day – Robert Culp:

 

Robert Culp

Actor

August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 87th Precinct (1961); A Cold Night's Death (1973); A Cry for Help (1975); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Name for Evil (1973); A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); American Profile (1967); America's Book of Secrets (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Ben Casey (1964); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (2003); Black and White: Uptight (1969); Blind Eye (2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1961); Breakaway (1984); Breaking Point (1976); Brothers-in-Law (1985); Burke's Law (1995); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Calendar Girl Murders (1984); Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story (1999); Celebrity Bowling (1973–1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Changing Scene IV (1971); Chicago Hope (2000); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Columbo (1971–1973); Columbo: Columbo Goes to College (1990); Combat High (1986); Combat! (1963); Comedy Central Canned Ham (2002); Conan the Adventurer (1998); Cosby (1999); Could It Be a Miracle? (1996–1997); Cronkite Remembers (1996); Cybermania '94: Ultimate Gamers Awards (1994); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Third Edition (1966); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Valley Days (1961); Della (1969); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1989); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Early Bird (2005); Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience (1999); Eminem: E / Segment: Guilty Conscience (2000); Empire (1963); Entertainment Tonight (2010); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2004); Farewell, My Love (2000); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Flood (1976); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); From Sea to Shining Sea (1974–1976); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Electric Theater (1960); Get Smart (1968); Give Me Liberty (1974); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Goldengirl (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Gunsmoke (1964); Half-Life 2 (2004); Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006); Half-Life: Through the City (2025); Hannie Caulder (1971); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hennesey (1961); Her Life as a Man (1984); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Historias para no dormir (1966); Holding the Baby (1998); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Squares (2004); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hot Rod (1979); Hotel (1986–1987); Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Hunger (2001); I Spy (1965–1968); I Spy Returns (1994); I'll Bet (1965); Innocents (2000); Inside Out (1975); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1991); Johnny Ringo (1960); Killjoy (1981); Kraft Theatre (1956–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1958); La tele de tu vida (2007); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Law & Order (1997); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); L'Histoire nous le dira (2021); Locos por la tele (1991); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Match Game (1973); Matlock (1987); Mercenary (1996); Most Wanted (1997); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Novak (1965); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Murderous Vision (1991); MythBusters (2003); Naked City (1963); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1955); Newsbreak (2000); Now Is Tomorrow (1958); Operation Breadbasket (1969); Outlaws (1960); Outrage (1973); Panther (1995); Password (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Personality (1967–1968); Philbin's People (1970); Pioneers of Television (2011–2014); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy's Playmate Party (1977); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1975–1979); PT 109 (1963); Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989); Rawhide (1961); Rhino! (1964); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Robot Chicken (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Running Mates (2000); Santa's Slay (2005); Saturday Night Live (1982); Saturn Awards (1981); See the Man Run (1971); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shaft (1973); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Silver Streak (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Spectre (1977); Spy Game (1997); Spy Hard (1996); Star Tonight (1956); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Strange Homecoming (1974); Studio One (1953–1954); Stump the Stars (1963); Sunday in New York (1963); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Tate (1960); Tattletales (1974–1977); TCM Remembers 2010 (2010); Television (1985); That's Action (1990); The $10,000 Pyramid (1974); The $25,000 Pyramid (1974–1975); The 13th Annual Genesis Awards (1999); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Almost Guys (2004); The Americans (1961); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle (1980); The Assignment (2010); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Story (1956); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Chris Isaak Show (2002); The Cosby Show (1987); The Dead Zone (2003); The Detectives (1961); The Don Harron Show (1983); The Dream Merchants (1980); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Famous Teddy Z (1990); The Girls Next Door (2008); The Gladiator (1986); The Golden Girls (1990); The Great Adventure (1964); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); The Greatest American Hero (1981–1986); The Hanged Man (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1969); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2007); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Lie (1973); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1977); The Making of 'Golden Girl' (1979); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Match Game (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1972); The Movie Maker (1964); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nanny (1994); The Night the City Screamed (1980); The Orange Box (2007); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Raiders (1963); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1990); The Rifleman (1960–1962); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Secret Files of the SpyDogs (1998–1999); The Sixties (2014); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1981); The Virginian (1964); The Westerner (1960); Third Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1967); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982); Timebomb (1991); Trackdown (1957–1959); Turk 182 (1985); Turn-on (1969); Unconditional Love (1999); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Viper (1997); Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990); Voyeur (1993); Wagon Train (1962); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995); Wanted (1998); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); What Price Victory (1988); Who's the Boss? (1989); Wings (1994); Women in White (1979); Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995); You Are There (1953); You Don't Say (1966); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960).

On this day in movie history - Year of the Dragon (1985)

Year of the Dragon

directed by Michael Cimino,

written by Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino,

based on the novel by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1985.

Music by David Mansfield.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Joey Chin, Victor Wong, K. Dock Yip, Hon-Lam Pau, Way Dong Woo, Jimmy Sun, Daniel Davin, Mark Hammer, Dennis Dun, Jack Kehler, Steven Chen, Paul Scaglione, Joseph Bonaventura, Jilly Rizzo, Tony Lip, Fabia Drake, Tisa Chang, Gerald Orange, Mei Sheng Fan, Yukio Yamamoto, Doreen Chan, Ha-Lei Yip, Dermot A. McNamara, Vallo Benjamin, Myra Chen, Feng Chin, Yuk Fan Yiu, Richie Hsiu, Jack Lee, David Lee, Irene Jung, Josie Lee, Jiwon Chang, Kelly Wong, Chi Moy, Johnny Shia, Gardell Tung, Jeff Khowong, Chao-jung Chen, Jerry Chang, Aileen Ho, Lisa Lee, Sammy Lee, Keenan Leung, James Scales, Ming C. Lee, Kader Ma, Paul J.Q. Lee, Manuel Fung, Emily Woo Yamasaki, Roza Ng, Gloria Au, Jadin Wong, Lin Ngan Ng, Janice Wong, Bruno Millotti, Lucille D’Agnillo, Julian Szumilo, Cecelia Pei, Quan Eng, George Kodisch, Bruce Kennedy, James Chin, Matthew Tung, Pat Fuji, Geoff Lee, Kuni Mikami, Billy Asai, Chi On Soo Hoo, John Sparks, Carmine Venezia, Anthony Parrillo, Matthew Castiglione, Steve Hanson, Raymond Gardner, Michael Acampora, Texas Cheney, Justin McNeill, Espérance Pham Thai Lan, La Sha Phatsavong.

On this day in movie history - Uncle Buck (1989)

Uncle Buck

directed and written by John Hughes,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1989.

Music by Ira Newborn.

Cast:

John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann, Garrett M. Brown, Elaine Bromka, Amy Madigan, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina, Laurie Metcalf, Suzanne Shepherd, Mike Starr, William Windom.

On this day in movie history - The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Usual Suspects

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

- Verbal Kint.

directed by Bryan Singer

written by Christopher McQuarrie,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1995.

Music by John Ottman.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya, Paul Bartel, Carl Bressler, Phillipe Simon, Jack Shearer, Christine Estabrook, Clark Gregg, Morgan Hunter, Ken Daly, Michelle Clunie, Louis Lombardi, Frank Medrano, Ron Gilbert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Gene Lythgow, Bob Elmore, David Powledge, Bob Pennetta, Billy Bates, Smadar Hanson, Castulo Guerra, Peter Rocca, Bert Williams, Jaime H. Campos, John Gillespie, Johnathan Gorman, Peter Greene, Michael McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Ralph Moratz, Scott B. Morgan, Mike Nyman, Grace Sinden.