The movie compared to the book ...

 

The movie compared to the book ...

Mary Roberts Rinehart, on writing:

 

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

- Mary Roberts Rinehart.

On this day in movie and book history - The 13th Warrior (1999) and Eaters of the Dead (1976)

The 13th Warrior

directed by John McTiernan,

written by William Wisher, Jr. and Warren Lewis,

based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1999.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Omar Sharif, Anders T. Andersen, Richard Bremmer, Tony Curran, Mischa Hausserman, Neil Maffin, Asbjorn Riis, Clive Russell, Daniel Southern, Oliver Sveinall, Sven Wollter, Albie Woodington, John DeSantis, Eric Avari, Maria Bonnevie, Susan Willis, Yolande Bavan.

Recommended reading:

Eaters of the Dead

Full title:

Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922

by Michael Crichton.

Filmed as The 13th Warrior (1999), directed by John McTiernan.

Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Harper.
First published 1976.

ISBN 13: 9780061782633
ISBN 10: 0061782637
ASIN: 0061782637

Description:

The year is A.D. 922.  A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs — the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them — a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .

Recommended reading - Ham on Rye (1982)

Ham on Rye

by Charles Bukowski

Published by Ecco.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 006117758X

ISBN-13: 978-0061177583

Description:

In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, women, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence, Ham on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.

  

Born on this day – Theodore Dreiser:

 

Theodore Dreiser

Writer

August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945

Credits:

Books:
 

50 Great American Short Stories (1963); A Century of Horror (1971); American Ghost Stories (1928); An American Tragedy (1925); Dawn (1931); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1994); Jennie Gerhardt (1911); Masters of Horror and the Supernatural (2010); Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural (1916); Quiver of Horror (1965); Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967); Sister Carrie (1904); The Bulwark (1946); The Financier (1912); The Genius (1915); The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Stoic (1947); The Titan (1914); Uncanny Tales 3 (1976).

Movies and television:

A Place in the Sun (1951); Americká tragédia (1976); Amerikietiska tragedija (1981); An American Tragedy (1931); Camille (1926); Carrie (1952); Hi no ataru basho (1982); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Jennie Gerhardtová (1980); Lux Video Theatre (1954); My Gal Sal (1942); Nakaw na pag-ibig (1980); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Television Theater (1955); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); The Window (1970); Um Lugar ao Sol (1959); Una tragedia americana (1962); Uragan (1970); V pasti (1956); Verano ardiente (1971); Zapadnya (1965).

Born on this day – Helen Gibson:

Helen Gibson

Actress

Vaudeville performer

Producer

Rodeo rider

Stunt woman

August 27, 1892 – October 10, 1977

Credits:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Johnny Ringo (1959); Bonanza (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); The Man from the Alamo (1953); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Horizons West (1952); Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Dakota Kid (1951); Hollywood Story (1951); Kansas Raiders (1950); Lonely Heart Bandits (1950); Crooked River (1950); Outcasts of the Trail (1949); Cheyenne Cowboy (1949); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Climax (1944); The Blocked Trail (1943); The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942); The Sombrero Kid (1942); Wyoming (1941); Sheriff of Tombstone (1941); The Singing Hill (1941); Young Bill Hickok (1940); The Trail Blazers (1940); Deadwood Dick (1940); Covered Wagon Trails (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Saga of Death Valley (1939); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); New Frontier (1939); The Oregon Trail (1939); Spoilers of the Range (1939); Southward Ho! (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Flaming Frontiers (1938); The Old Barn Dance (1938); Luck of Roaring Camp (1937); Danger Valley (1937); Range Defenders (1937); Git Along Little Dogies (1937); Jungle Jim (1937); Roarin' Lead (1936); Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936); Winds of the Wasteland (1936); Last of the Warrens (1936); Lady of Secrets (1936); The Lawless Nineties (1936); Custer's Last Stand (1936); Gun Play (1935); Fighting Caballero (1935); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); The Drunkard (1935); Cyclone of the Saddle (1935); The Pecos Kid (1935); 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934); The Way of the West (1934); Rocky Rhodes (1934); Wheels of Destiny (1934); King of the Arena (1933); Law and Lawless (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Single-Handed Sanders (1932); Human Targets (1932); The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931); The Lightning Warrior (1931); The Vanishing West (1928); The Chinatown Mystery (1928); Heroes of the Wild (1927); Thorobred (1922); Nine Points of the Law (1922); The Wolverine (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); No Man's Woman (1921); Wires Down (1920); Winning the Franchise (1920); Trail of the Rails (1920); The Payroll Pirates (1920); The Overland Express (1920); The Golden Star Bandit (1920); Flirting with Terror (1920); The Daring Daughter (1920); Clutch of the Law (1920); The Broken Trestle (1920); The Broken Brake (1920); The Ghost of the Canyon (1920); Border Watch Dogs (1920); Daring Danger (1919); Loot (1919); Down But Not Out (1919); Ace High (1919); Gun Law (1919); Rustlers (1919); The Black Horse Bandit (1919); Riding Wild (1919); The Canyon Mystery (1919); The Secret Peril (1919); Wolves of the Range (1918); The Robber (1918); Captured Alive (1918); The Silent Sentinel (1918); The Dead Shot (1918); The Fast Mail (1918); Under False Pretenses (1918); Danger Ahead (1918); Bawled Out (1918); The Pay Roll Express (1918); The Branded Man (1918); The Midnight Flyer (1918); Play Straight or Fight (1918); The Deserted Engine (1917); Fighting Mad (1917); The Detective's Danger (1917); Danger Ahead (1917); The End of the Run (1917); Saving the Fast Mail (1917); The Dynamite Special (1917); A Perilous Leap (1917); The Wrong Man (1917); A Race to the Drawbridge (1917); The Railroad Smugglers (1917); The Munitions Plot (1917); The Lone Point Feud (1917); The Mystery of the Burning Freight (1917); The College Boys' Special (1917); The Borrowed Engine (1917); The Registered Pouch (1917); In the Path of Peril (1917); The Sidetracked Sleeper (1917); The Prima Donna's Special (1917); The Death Siding (1917); The Railroad Claim Intrigue (1917); The Wrecked Station (1917); The Fireman's Nemesis (1917); The Mogul Mountain Mystery (1917); A Race with Death (1916); The Vanishing Box Car (1916); The Midnight Express (1916); The Lineman's Peril (1916); The Trial Run (1916); The Forgotten Train Order (1916); The Runaway Sleeper (1916); The Lone Point Mystery (1916); The Gate of Death (1916); The Lost Messenger (1916); A Daring Chance (1916); To Save the Special (1916); The Blocked Track (1916); The Death Swing (1916); Defying Death (1916); The Hoodoo of Division B (1916); Ablaze on the Rails (1916); The Secret of the Box Car (1916); At Danger's Call (1916); With the Aid of the Wrecker (1916); Hurled Through the Drawbridge (1916); A Mystery of the Rails (1916); A Plunge from the Sky (1916); In Death's Pathway (1916); The Broken Brake (1916); To Save the Road (1916); The Engineer's Honor (1916); The Mysterious Cipher (1916); A Race Through the Air (1916); The Treasure Train (1916); The Spiked Switch (1916); The Capture of Red Stanley (1916); One Chance in a Hundred (1916); The Bridge of Danger (1916); The Human Telegram (1916); The Trail of Danger (1916); The Governor's Special (1916); The Race for a Siding (1916); The Record Run (1916); The Trapping of 'Peeler' White (1916); The Detective's Peril (1916); The Girl Who Dared (1916); A Race for a Life (1916); The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve (1916); The Switchman's Story (1916); The Perilous Swing (1916); The Peril of the Rails (1916); The Broken Wire (1916); Tapped Wires (1916); The Open Track (1916); The Haunted Station (1916); When Seconds Count (1916); At the Risk of Her Life (1916); Boy at the Throttle (1915); The Wrong Train Order (1915); Crossed Wires (1915); The Tramp Telegrapher (1915); The Dynamite Train (1915); The Girl on the Bridge (1915); The Girl and the Special (1915); Danger Ahead! (1915); The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children (1915); A Mile a Minute (1915); The Hazards of Helen (1914); A Girl of the Range (1913); Old Moddington's Daughters (1913); Ranch Girls on a Rampage (1912).

Born on this day – Joyzelle Joyner:

Joyzelle Joyner

Actress

Dancer

August 27, 1905 – November 30, 1980

Credits:

A Festival of Bagdad (1929); Beneath the Law (1929); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blondes by Proxy (1932); Close Harmony (1929); Dance Madness (1926); Dante's Inferno (1935); Girl Without a Room (1933); Glorious Vamps (1930); Go Into Your Dance (1935); I Believed in You (1934); Just Imagine (1930); Lotus Lady (1930); Moran of the Marines (1928); Old Loves and New (1926); One Hysterical Night (1929); Out of the Past (1927); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Resurrection (1927); Search for Beauty (1934); Shadows of the Night (1928); Sombras habaneras (1930); Song of the Caballero (1930); Souvenirs (1928); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Black Watch (1929); The Devil Dancer (1927); The House of Mystery (1934); The Night Court (1927); The Sea Beast (1926); The Shady Lady (1928); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Song of Spain (1929); The Sultan's Jester (1930); The Taxi Dancer (1927); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); Turn Back the Hours (1928); Whistlin' Dan (1932); Wild People (1933).

Born this day – George Montgomery:

George Montgomery

Actor

Painter

Director

Producer

Writer

Sculptor

Furniture craftsman

Stuntman

August 27, 1916 – December 12, 2000

Credits:

90 Minutes Live (1978); A Sporting Oasis (1952); About Faces (1960); Accent on Love (1941); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Anthony Perkins, l'homme derrière (2020); Army Girl (1938); Badman's Country (1958); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Billy the Kid Returns (1938); Black Patch (1957); Bomb at 10:10 (1967); Bomber's Moon (1943); Bonanza (1966); Cadet Girl (1941); Canyon River (1956); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Charter Pilot (1940); Children's Island (1985); China Girl (1942); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Come on, Rangers! (1938); Compression (2015); Coney Island (1943); Cripple Creek (1952); Dakota Lil (1950); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Dick Tracy (1937); Dinah! (1977); Django the Honorable Killer (1965); Fort Ti (1953); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Frontier Pony Express (1939); General Electric Theater (1955–1957); Gold Mine in the Sky (1938); Guerillas in Pink Lace (1964); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hallucination Generation (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hawk of the Wilderness (1938); Hell of Borneo (1964); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hi-Yo Silver (1940); Hostile Guns (1967); House Party (1953); Huk! (1956); I Spy (1966); I Was a Convict (1939); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); In Old Caliente (1939); In Old Monterey (1939); Indian Uprising (1952); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Jamboree (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Jennie (1940); King of the Wild Stallions (1959); Last of the Badmen (1957); Last of the Duanes (1941); Lulu Belle (1948); Man from God's Country (1958); Man of Conquest (1939); Masquerade Party (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); NET Playhouse (1972); New Frontier (1939); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outlaws of Sonora (1938); Pals of the Saddle (1938); Password (1962); Pawnee (1957); Person to Person (1955); Place the Face (1954); Ransom (1988); Ride the Tiger (1970); Riders of the Purple Sage (1941); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Roxie Hart (1942); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Saga of Death Valley (1939); Samar (1962); Santa Fe Stampede (1938); Satan's Harvest (1970); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (1947); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 10: Out West in Hollywood (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 1: Hollywood Stunt Men (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 5: Memories in Uniform (1954); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 6: Hollywood Small Fry (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 37, No. 2: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Seminole Uprising (1955); Shine on Harvest Moon (1938); SOS Coast Guard (1942); South of the Border (1939); Southward Ho! (1939); Springtime in the Rockies (1937); Stage 7 (1955); Star Dust (1940); Strangers at Sunrise (1969); Street of Sinners (1957); Studio One (1955); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Two (1963); Talent Scouts (1963); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The 10th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1992); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 32nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1958); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arthur Murray Party (1957–1958); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941); The Daredevil (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1961); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Iroquois Trail (1950); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1958–1959); The Life of Riley (1958); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1938); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1973); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Mysterious Miss X (1939); The Name's the Same (1955); The Night Riders (1939); The Odd Couple (1974); The Old Barn Dance (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Proud and Damned (1972); The Purple Vigilantes (1938); The Singing Vagabond (1935); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Steel Claw (1961); The Steve Allen Show (1957–1958); The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951); The Texas Rangers (1951); The Tonight Show (1962); The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958); This Is Your Life (1953); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944); Under Western Stars (1938); Wagon Train (1958); Wall Street Cowboy (1939); Warkill (1968); Watusi (1959); What's My Line? (1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Wild Wind (1985); Wyoming Outlaw (1939); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Susan Willis:

 

Susan Willis

Actress

August 27, 1925 – May 14, 2009

Born on this day – Ira Levin:

Ira Levin

Writer

August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007

Credits:

Books:

Rosemary's Baby (1967); Son of Rosemary (1997); A Kiss Before Dying (1953); This Perfect Day (1970); The Stepford Wives (1972); The Boys from Brazil (1976); Sliver (1991); Interlock (1956); No Time For Sergeants (1956); Critic's Choice (1962); Dr. Cook's Garden (1968); Veronica's Room (1974); Deathtrap (1978); Break a Leg (1981); Cantorial (1990).

Movies and television:

A Kiss Before Dying (1956 / 1991 / 2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Apartment 7A (2024); Ashen Lit Box Set (2018); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965); Critic's Choice (1963); Cybill (1995); Deathtrap (1982); Dr. Cook's Garden (1971); Footsteps (2003); General Electric Theater (1961); Great Performances (2001); Guiding Light (1982); In Melbourne Tonight (1969); It's a Living (1988); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1955); La semilla del diablo (2020); Lights Out (1951); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Martinez, Margaritas and Murder! (2024); Matinee Theatre (1956); Midnight Caller (1990); No Time for Sergeants (1958–1965); Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980); Rosemary's Baby (1968 / 2005 / 2014 / 2017); Saturday Night Live (1993); Sliver (1993 / 2014); Sliver: Alternate Ending (1993); Sliver: Alternate Opening (1993); Son of Rosemary: The Sequel to Rosemary's Baby (2014); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Boys from Brazil (1978 / 2014); The Caves of Steel / Story Parade (1964); The Clock (1950); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972); The Stepford Children (1987); The Stepford Wives (1975 / 2004 / 2024); Tu das nicht, Angelika (1965); Women of the House (1995); Working in the Theatre (1982).

Born on this day – Marilyn Lovell:

Marilyn Lovell

Actress

August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012

Cast:

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Outsider (1969); Captain Nice (1967); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Nut House!! (1964); Naked City (1962–1963); Route 66 (1963); Tightrope (1959); Stanley (1956).

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:

Janet MacLachlan

Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Anne Whitfield:

Anne Whitfield

Actress

August 27, 1938 – February 15, 2024

Credits:

Cookie's Fortune (1999); The Last Innocent Man (1987); Quarterback Princess (1983); The Prodigal (1983); Emergency! (1972–1975); The Specialists (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Adam-12 (1968–1973); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Ironside (1968–1972); The D.A. (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); This Is the Life (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968); The Outsider (1968); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); That Girl (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The New Interns (1964); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Dakotas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962); Laramie (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1962); 87th Precinct (1961); Ben Casey (1961); Cheyenne (1956–1961); Rawhide (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Peter Gunn (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Manhunt (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Tate (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); Bonanza (1959); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Senior Prom (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); The Thin Man (1958); Juvenile Jungle (1958); Father Knows Best (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Johnny Carson Show (1955); Front Row Center (1955); Baby Boogie (1955); One Man's Family (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); White Christmas (1954); The Hollywood Matador (1954); I Married Joan (1953); Peter Pan (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); Racket Squad (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Gunfighter (1950).

Born on this day – Barbara Trentham:

Barbara Trentham

Actress

Director

Model

Painter

August 27, 1944 – August 2, 2013

Credits:

Head for Business (1982); Barnaby Jones (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Deathmoon (1978); Star Maidens (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Rollerball (1975); The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972).

On this day in movie history - Dead End (1937)

Dead End

directed by William Wyler,

written by Lillian Hellman, and based on the play by Sidney Kingsley,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1937.

Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Main, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Charles Peck, Minor Watson, James Burke, Ward Bond, Elisabeth Risdon, Esther Dale, George Humbert, Marcelle Corday.

On this day in movie history - Dead Ringer (1982)

Dead Ringer

directed by Allan F. Nicholls,

written by Al Dellentash, Meat Loaf and David Sonenberg,

was released at the Montréal World Film Festival, in Canada, on August 27, 1982.

Music by Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf.

Cast:

Meat Loaf, Josh Mostel, Alan H. Braunstein, Leah Ayres, Frederick Coffin, Burton Collins, Terry Williams, Davey Williams, Sandy Alexander, Nicole Brandon, Steve Buslowe, Cher, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Doyle, Paul Jacobs, Davey Johnstone, Bert Kittel, Philip Kramer, John LoFranco, Brendan Manning, George Meyer, Pamela Moore, Ted Neeley, Frankie Perrone, Don Picard, Eric Troyer, Howie Weisbrod, Chuck Zito.

On this day in movie history - L.A. Takedown (1989)

L.A. Takedown

directed and written by Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1989.

Music by Tim Truman.

Cast:

Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Ely Pouget, Vincent Guastaferro, Richard Chaves, Victor Rivers, Laura Harrington, Daniel Baldwin, Clarence Gilyard Jr., R.D. Call, Peter Dobson, John Santucci, Xander Berkeley, Juan Fernández, Tony Xauet, Sam J. Jones, J.W. Smith, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mary Broussard, Aixa Clemente, Mike De Luna, Ed DeFusco, Robert Gammons, Donald Grant, Emmett Grennan, Al Jones, Anthony Lattanzio, Leo Lee, Mimi Lieber, Albert Michel Jr., Jan Munroe, Gilbert O. Parra, Dennis Scott, Jentry Tuvil, Daniel Villarreal, Robert Winley, Tony Winters, Rick Avery, Bud Davis.

On this day in movie history - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu,

written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bó,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 27, 2014.

Music by Antonio Sánchez.

 

Birdman has been in our collection for several years, but my husband and I finally sat down and experienced it the other week.

Experienced is the definitely the appropriate word.

What a ride!

As a native Pittsburgher, I'm of course a Michael Keaton fan, meeting him in person many, many years ago after a celebrity hockey game. He was quiet and reserved, one facet of the role he plays in Birdman.

And having walked through Times Square several times, I'll never walk through it the same again after seeing this movie.  Watch it...you'll know what I mean.

Cast:

Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Kenny Chin, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Jeremy Shamos, Andrea Riseborough, Katherine O'Sullivan, Damian Young, Keenan Shimizu, Akira Ito, Natalie Gold, Merritt Wever, Edward Norton, Michael Siberry, Clark Middleton, Amy Ryan, William Youmans, Lindsay Duncan, Paula Pell, David Fierro, Hudson Flynn, Warren Kelley, Joel Marsh Garland, Brent Bateman, Donna Lynne Champlin, Valentino Musumeci, Taylor Schwencke, Craig muMs Grant, Kyle Knauf, Dave Neal, Kelly Southerland, Roberta Colindrez, Catherine Peppers, Frank Ridley, Janis Corsair, Rakesh Shah, Bill Camp, Malachi Weir, Jackie Hoffman, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Glenn Wein, Ebrahim Jaffer, Rain Noe, Susan Blackwell, Anna Hardwick, Dusan Dukic, Helena-Alexis Seymour, Ian Finlay, Alexandra Aristy, Marshall Axt, Robbin Banx, Thomas J. Bellezza, Kevin Berrey, Paula Blum, Dave Bobb, Roger Brenner, Bryan Burton, Teena Byrd, Brian Cheeks, Kymberly Clark, Richard R. Corapi, Alan Davis, Casey Davis, Johanna Day, Madeline Farbstein, James Farley, Zach Fouche, Z. Frankie, Les Gardonyi, David H. Holmes, David Itchkawitz, Joseph Anthony Jerez, Benjamin Kanes, Kenneth Kopolovicz, Anna Kuchma, Kamron Leal, Tracy Michael Lynch, Rachael Ma, Keith Mackler, Vanessa Malanga, Alex Malaos, Raymond Mamrak, Michelle E. Mancini, Lynn Marocola, Nicholas Marocola, Chris McFarland, Chuck McMahon, Laura Merrill, Teresa Meza, Leslie C. Nemet, Thelma O'Leary, Philip Odango, Carrie Ormond, And Palladino, Stephen Payne, Raffaello Perfetto, Rich Petrillo, Joe Michael Phillips, Josephine Pizzino, Jon Douglas Rainey, Dawn Ressy, Dwayne Rivera, Charles J. Rosa, Shade Rupe, Gary Ryder, Stuart Schnitzer, Nancy Ellen Shore, Bomber Hurley Smith, Janet Stanwood, John Stepanian, Janelle Tedesco, Paul Thornton, Stella Toppan, Millie Torchetti, Wyatt Unger, Stefano Villabona, Bill Walters, Dorothy Weems, Kelli Wilcoxen.

On this day in music history - Renée Fleming, Breaking Benjamin, Helen Jane Long:

Bel Canto by Renée Fleming & Patrick Summers (2002)

Saturate by Breaking Benjamin (2002)

Intervention by Helen Jane Long (2012)

 

Bel Canto

Album by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..se una volta sola”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..non credea mirarti”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah! non giunge uman pensiero”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Abbracciami”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Il piu tenero suon d’arpa morende”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Ah! non sai qual prestigio si cela”; Rossini / Semiramide: Introduzione; Rossini / Semiramide: “Bel raggio lusinghier”; Rossini / Semiramide: “Dolce pensiero di quell’istante”; Bellini / Il pirata: Introduzione; Bellini / Il pirata: “Ah! s’io potessi dissipar le nubi”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Col sorriso d’innocenza”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Oh sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure”; Rossini / Armida: “D’Amor al dolce impero”; Rossini / Armida: “Gli augei tra fronde e fronde”; Rossini / Armida: “La fresca eta sen fugge”; Rossini / Armida: “Ah! si, godete amanti”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia:”M’odi, ah m’odi, io non t’imploro”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Figlio!...Figlio!...Ola, qualcuno!”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Era desso il figlio mio”.

Saturate

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: I Wish I May; Medicate; Polyamorous; Skin; Natural Life; Next to Nothing; Water; Home; Phase; No Games; Sugarcoat; Shallow Bay.

 

Intervention

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released on August 27, 2012.

Track list: Truth Has No Temperature; White Barry Formula; 5AM; Cabin Fever; Truth Has No Temperature; Coulda; Fonk; We Are Techno.

On this day in music history - The album Bel Canto, by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers (2002)

Bel Canto

by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers

was released on August 27, 2002.

Track list:

Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..se una volta sola”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah!..non credea mirarti”; Bellini / La sonnambula: “Ah! non giunge uman pensiero”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Abbracciami”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Il piu tenero suon d’arpa morende”; Donizetti / Maria Padilla: “Ah! non sai qual prestigio si cela”; Rossini / Semiramide: Introduzione; Rossini / Semiramide: “Bel raggio lusinghier”; Rossini / Semiramide: “Dolce pensiero di quell’istante”; Bellini / Il pirata: Introduzione; Bellini / Il pirata: “Ah! s’io potessi dissipar le nubi”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Col sorriso d’innocenza”; Bellini / Il pirata: “Oh sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure”; Rossini / Armida: “D’Amor al dolce impero”; Rossini / Armida: “Gli augei tra fronde e fronde”; Rossini / Armida: “La fresca eta sen fugge”; Rossini / Armida: “Ah! si, godete amanti”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia:”M’odi, ah m’odi, io non t’imploro”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Figlio!...Figlio!...Ola, qualcuno!”; Donizetti / Lucrezia Borgia: “Era desso il figlio mio”.