Thursday, August 29, 2024
On this day in movie history - Ad Astra (2019)
On this day in movie history - Lawless (2012)
On this day in movie history - Frida (2002)
On this day in movie history - Beware, My Lovely (1952)
directed by Harry Horner,
written by Mel Dinelli, and based on the play The Man by Mel Dinelli,
was released in the United States on August 29,
1952.
Music by Leith Stevens.
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting, James Willmas, O. Z. Whitehead.
Born on this day – William Friedkin:
Credits:
Book:
The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2014).
Movies and television:
12 Angry Men (1997); 40 x 15 (2008); A Decade
Under the Influence (2003); A Fuller Life / Segment: My Ballsy Yarns (2013); A
Little Solitaire (2004); A Missed Connection (2018); ABC World News Tonight
with David Muir (2023); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011);
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100
Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005);
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years...
100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Aida (2015); Algren
(2014); Algren (revised) (2021); American Federale (2013); American Masters
(1998); Anatomy of a Chase (2009); Arbitrage (2012); Barbra Streisand:
Somewhere (1985); Behind the Rules of Engagement (2000); Blue Chips (1994);
Bravo Profiles (2000); Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2022); Bug (2006); C.A.T.
Squad (1986); C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988); Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
(2012); Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017); Comme au cinéma (2000); Counterfeit
World: Making 'to Live and Die in L.A.' (2003); Cruising (1980); CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation (2007–2009); Deal of the Century (1983); Ditched (2021);
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013);
Durch die Nacht mit... (2010); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Face Time
(2002–2003); Fantasy Film Festival (2014); Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling
Art of Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Fear and Love: The Story of the Exorcist
(2024); Fear in the Dark (1991); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Filming 'the
Hunted' (2003); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004);
Frankenheimer in Focus (2009); Friedkin and Grosso Remember: The French
Connection (2009); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Godard Made in USA (2010); Godfather
World (2008); Good Day L.A. (2013); Good Morning America (2023); Good Times
(1967); Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007); Greatest
Ever Scary Movies (2006–2007); Hardcore Nitzsche: Jack Nitzsche on Film (2017);
Henri Langlois vu par... (2014); Histoires de cinéma (2010); Hollywood
Halloween (1997); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood's Best Film Directors
(2009); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); In
the Grip of Evil (1997); In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008);
Intimate Portrait (2001); Jade (1995); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth
(2020); JoBlo Horror Originals (2020); Johnny Hallyday: Ce que je sais (1998);
Just the Facts (2004); Killer Joe (2011); Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984);
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist (2019); M (1931) / Fritz Lang
Interviewed by William Friedkin (1975); M3/H301 (2020); Magician: The
Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Making the Boys (2011);
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001);
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012); Miller's Tale
(2011); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Na plovárne (2014); Narc: Shooting Up
(2003); Narc: The Friedkin Connection (2003); North by Northwest: One for the
Ages (2009); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nouvelle
vague vue d'ailleurs (2009); On Tour (2010); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist
(1974); Paper Moon (1973); Pinter's Party as Told by William Friedkin (2017); Post
Mortem with Mick Garris (2011); Precinct Hollywood (2005); Pro Football: Mayhem
on a Sunday Afternoon (1965); Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
(2008); Pursuing 'the Hunted' (2003); Putting It Together: The Making of the
Broadway Album (1986); Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist (2010); Rampage
(1987); Rebel Highway (1994); Reputations (1999); Richard Fleischer,
Storyteller: William Friedkin on 'Violent Saturday' (2013); Rules of Engagement
(2000); Scene of the Crime (2009); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
(2005); Shadows of Suspense (2006); Shock Docs (2020); Sonny and Cher Make a
Movie (2018); Sorcerer (1977); Split Screen Personality: William Friedkin on
Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' (2013); Standing on the Shoulders of
Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012); Tales from
the Crypt (1992); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tatort Oper - Wie
Filmemacher Oper machen (2007); Tavis Smiley (2013); TCM Guest Programmer
(2014); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100
Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 202 Xtra (2019); The 44th Annual Academy
Awards (1972); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy
Awards (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Angry Video Game Nerd
(2023); The Big Picture (2018); The Birthday Party (1968); The Bold Men (1965);
The Boys in the Band (1970); The Brink's Job (1978); The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial (2023); The Chili Con Carne Club (1993); The Cleansing Hour
(2016); The Culture Show (2012); The Cutting Edge (2003); The David Frost Show
(1972); The Day of the Living Dead (2014); The Devil and Father Amorth (2017);
The Directors (1997–2008); The Essentials (2017); The Exorcist (1973); The
Exorcist Confidential (2020); The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now
(2010); The Exorcist: Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (1998); The
Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen - Audio Commentary by Director William
Friedkin (2000); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The French
Connection (1971); The Guardian (1990); The History of Cruising (2007); The
Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Hour (2011); The Hunted (2003); The Irv
Kupcinet Show (1980); The Lost Print (2022); The Making of the Wonderful Wizard
of Oz (2013); The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
(2007); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Master's Touch:
Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Movies
That Made Me (2019–2023); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Painter's
Voice (2007); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962); The Pickle Brothers (1967); The
Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Revenant
Kinder Surprise / Egg Cetera (2015); The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991); The
Shining (1980) / The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007); The Simpsons (2017);
The Sound of Hitchcock (2008); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thin
Blue Line (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Nightcrawlers, written by Philip
DeGuere, based on the short story by Robert R. McCammon. Season 1. Episode 4.
Episode originally aired: October 18, 1985; The Uttmost (1998); The World Over
Live (2015); This Is Your Life (2002); To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Victor
Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the
Shining' (2007); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Wang
Chung: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Without
Limits (1998); WTF with Marc Maron (2016).
Born on this day – Mary Ellen Kay:
Born on this day – Isabel Sanford:
Born on this day – Lurene Tuttle:
Credits:
A Life of Her Own (1950); Adam-12 (1973);
Adam's Rib (1973); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice
(1976); Amazing Stories (1985); Bachelor Father (1959); Barnaby Jones (1980);
Bonanza (1967); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Broken Arrow (1957); Buckskin
(1958); Burke's Law (1964); Carlton Your Doorman (1980); Cavalcade of America
(1953–1957); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942);
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Colt .45 (1957–1960); Crash (1978);
Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Critic's Choice (1963); Crusader (1956); Dennis the
Menace (1960); Dirty Duck (1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Dorothy in the
Land of Oz (1980); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1982); Evil Town (1985);
Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Father of the Bride (1961–1962); Final Chapter:
Walking Tall (1977); For the Love of It (1980); Front Row Center (1956);
General Electric Theater (1953–1958); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Goodbye, My
Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1959–1960); Grand Jury (1959–1960); Gunsmoke
(1960–1973); Hart to Hart (1981); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hazel
(1961–1963); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); Hemo the
Magnificent (1958); Hollywood Beat (1985); Hollywood Opening Night (1951);
Homecoming (1948); Human Experiments (1979); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); I Love
Lucy (1953); Insight (1972); Iron Horse (1967); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(1984); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); Judd for the Defense
(1967); Julia (1968–1970); Karen (1965); Kickapoo Juice: Porkuliar Piggy / A
Pee-kool-yar Sit-chee-ay-shun / Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944); Law and Order
(1976); Lawman (1959–1961); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Life with Father
(1953–1955); Little House on the Prairie (1975–1976); Live Again, Die Again
(1974); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Macbeth (1948); Mannix (1975); Matinee
Theatre (1956–1958); Matt Houston (1985); Medical Center (1975); Michael Shayne
(1960); Mod Squad (1972); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); Mr.
Novak (1963); Mrs. Sundance (1974); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite
Martian (1965); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Living Doll (1964); My Three Sons
(1968); NBC Comics (1950–1951); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Niagara (1953);
Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Nutcracker Fantasy (1979); Part 2: Walking Tall
(1975); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Pete and Gladys (1961); Petticoat Junction
(1964–1968); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Woman
(1977); Psycho (1960); Rawhide (1961); Ripcord (1963); Robert Young and the
Family (1971); Room for One More (1952); Sadie Hawkins Day (1944); Saints and
Sinners (1962); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots 5852: Hollywood
Night at '21' Club (1952); Shooting Stars (1983); Shotgun Slade (1961);
Sincerely Yours (1955); Slander (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); St.
Elsewhere (1984); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stars Over Hollywood (1950);
Strike Force (1982); Studio 57 (1956–1957); Summer Playhouse (1964); Sweet
Smell of Success (1957); Switch (1976–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Tammy
(1965); Testament (1983); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Admiral Was a
Lady (1950); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981); The Adventures of Jim
Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953); The Affairs of Dobie
Gillis (1953); The Americans (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1964); The
Ann Sothern Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck
Show (1961); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The
Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Californians (1958–1959); The Clonus
Horror (1979); The Cowboys (1974); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1964); The Dukes
of Hazzard (1979); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Fortune Cookie
(1966); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953); The Ghost and Mr.
Chicken (1966); The Glass Slipper (1955); The Good Old Days of Radio (1976);
The Gray Ghost (1957); The Great Grape Ape Show (1975); The Horse in the Gray
Flannel Suit (1968); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Joseph Cotten Show: On
Trial (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1954); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical
World of Disney (1971); The Manitou (1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972);
The Millionaire (1956–1958); The Munsters (1964); The Name of the Game (1971);
The Partridge Family (1972); The Real McCoys (1958–1959); The Restless Gun
(1957); The Restless Ones (1965); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981);
The Rookies (1974); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Smith Family (1971);
The Story of Heidi (1975); The Texan (1958); The Thin Man (1958); The Twilight
Zone (1964); The Unexpected (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); The World Through the
Eyes of Children (1975); These Are the Days (1974); This Is the Life (1959);
Three Lives (1953); Tom, Dick and Harry (1941); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951);
Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1984); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Untamed
Youth (1957); Valentine's Day (1965); Voyagers! (1983); Wagon Train (1960);
Walking Tall (1973); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Watch the Birdie (1950);
White Mama (1980); Wide Country (1962); You Are There (1953).
Born on this day – Preston Sturges:
Recommended reading - The Doomsters (1958)
The Doomsters (1958).
by Ross Macdonald.
ASIN: 0307279049
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 9780307279040
ISBN-13: 978-0307279040
Description:
“Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin.” – The Atlantic Monthly.
“Ross Macdonald should not be limited in audience to connoisseurs of mystery fiction. He is one of a handful of writers in the genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.
Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of Hallman’s parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they’ve has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid riches. However, after years of dastardly double-crossing and low down dirty-dealing, the family seem to be on the receiving end of a karmic death-blow. With two dead already and another consigned to the nuthouse, Archer races to crack the secret before another Hallman lands on the slab.
Murder, madness and greed grace The Doomsters, where a tony façade masks the rot and corruption within.
“Ross Macdonald is one of the best writers of the whipcord thriller.” – The Bookman.
P. D. James, on writing:
- P. D. James.