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Friday, December 20, 2024
Recommended reading - Film Noir Reader
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Film Noir Reader
Edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini.Published by Limelight.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0879101970
ISBN-13: 978-0879101978
Description:
ISBN-13: 978-0879101978
This bountiful anthology combines all the key
early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published
here for the first time. The collection is assembled by the editors of the
Third Edition of Film Noir: An Enclyclopedic Reference to the American Style,
now regarded as the standard work on the subject.
Born on this day – Irene Dunne:
Irene Dunne
Actress
December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990
Credits:
Saints and Sinners (1962); General Electric
Theater (1962); Insight (1962); Frontier Circus (1961); The DuPont Show with
June Allyson (1959); The Christophers (1958); The Ford Television Theatre
(1954–1956); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); It Grows
on Trees (1952); The Mudlark (1950); Never a Dull Moment (1950); I Remember
Mama (1948); Life with Father (1947); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Over 21
(1945); Together Again (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); A Guy Named Joe
(1943); Lady in a Jam (1942); Unfinished Business (1941); Penny Serenade
(1941); My Favorite Wife (1940); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Invitation to
Happiness (1939); Love Affair (1939); Joy of Living (1938); The Awful Truth
(1937); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); Show Boat
(1936); Magnificent Obsession (1935); Roberta (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); The
Age of Innocence (1934); Stingaree (1934); This Man Is Mine (1934); If I Were
Free (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); The Secret of Madame
Blanche (1933); No Other Woman (1933); Thirteen Women (1932); Back Street
(1932); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Consolation Marriage (1931); The Great
Lover (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Cimarron (1931);
Leathernecking (1930).
Born on this day – Carl Urbano:
Carl Urbano
Animator
Director
December 20, 1910 – October 16, 2003
Credits:
Mid-Century Modern Animation: Volume 1
(segment: Destination Earth) (2012); Droopy: Master Detective (1993–1994); A
Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers
(1993–1994); The Addams Family (1992); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990–1993);
Yo Yogi! (1991–1992); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1991); The Adventures of Don
Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990–1991); Timeless Tales from Hallmark (1990–1991);
Jetsons: The Movie (1990); Gravedale High (1990); Bill & Ted's Excellent
Adventures (1990); The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No Special (1988); Fantastic
Max (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1987); Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
(1987); The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987); Pound Puppies (1986); Foofur (1986);
Wildfire (1986); Paw Paws (1985–1986); The Jetsons (1985); Pink Panther and
Sons (1984–1985); Challenge of the GoBots (1984); Snorks (1984); Monchhichis
(1983); The Biskitts (1983); The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983); Shirt
Tales (1982–1983); Pac-Man (1982–1983); The Dukes (1983); Super Friends (1978–1983);
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); The Gary Coleman Show
(1982); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the
Fonz (1982); The Little Rascals (1982); Laverne & Shirley in the Army
(1981–1982); The Kwicky Koala Show (1981); Trollkins (1981); The Fonz and the
Happy Days Gang (1981); The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1981); The
Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981); The Smurfs (1981–1988); The All-New Popeye
Hour (1981); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980); The Flintstones' New
Neighbors (1980); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1980); Casper's First
Christmas (1979); Casper and the Angels (1979); The Super Globetrotters (1979);
Godzilla (1978–1979); The New Shmoo (1979); Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't
Scary, He's Our Brother (1979); Dinky Dog (1978); Jana of the Jungle (1978);
Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978); Yogi's Space Race (1978); Buford and the Galloping
Ghost (1978); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977); Energy: A National Issue (1977);
C B Bears (1977); Freedom 2000 (1974); The Addams Family (1973); The Flintstone
Comedy Hour (1972–1973; The General with the Cockeyed Id (1964); A Missile
Named Mac (1962); The Far Sound (1961); Fill 'Er Up (1959); Rhapsody of Steel
(1959); The Story of Creative Capital (1957); Working Dollars (1956);
Destination Earth (1956); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules
(1954); It's Everybody's Business (1954); Horizons of Hope (1954); The Far
Sound (1961); It's Everybody's Business (1954); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Dear
Uncle (1953); A Is for Atom (1953); The Devil and John Q (1952); What Makes Us
Tick (1952); The Devil and John Q (1952); Fresh Laid Plans (1951); Inside
Cackle Corners (1951); Albert in Blunderland (1950); Easy Does It (1946); Winky
the Watchman (1945); The Stork's Holiday (1943); The Uninvited Pest (1943); The
Boy and the Wolf (1943); Bah Wilderness (1943); Barney Bear's Victory Garden
(1942); Wild Honey, or, How to Get Along Without a Ration Book (1942); Fine
Feathered Friend (1942); Chips Off the Old Block (1942); The Bear and the
Beavers (1942); Fraidy Cat (1942); The Night Before Christmas (1941); The
Rookie Bear (1941); The Flying Bear (1941); Officer Pooch (1941); The Flying
Bear (1941); The Midnight Snack (1941); The Alley Cat (1941); Dance of the Weed
(1941); The Goose Goes South (1941); Mrs. Ladybug (1940); Gallopin' Gals
(1940); The Bookworm Turns (1940); The Milky Way (1940); Swing Social (1940);
Home on the Range (1940); Puss Gets the Boot (1940); The Fishing Bear (1940);
Peace on Earth (1939); One Mother's Family (1939); The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
(1939); Art Gallery (1939); Jitterbug Follies (1939); Merbabies (1938); The
Little Bantamweight (1938); Pipe Dreams (1938); Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad
(1938); Little Buck Cheeser (1937); Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals (1937);
The Wayward Pups (1937); The Hound and the Rabbit (1937); Little Ol' Bosko and
the Pirates (1937); Bosko's Easter Eggs (1937); Swing Wedding (1937); Circus
Daze (1937); The Pups' Christmas (1936); Little Cheeser (1936); To Spring (1936);
The Pups' Picnic (1936); The Old House (1936); Two Little Pups (1936); The Old
Mill Pond (1936); The Early Bird and the Worm (1936); Bottles (1936); Run
Sheep, Run! (1935); Alias St. Nick (1935); Honeyland (1935); The Old Plantation
(1935); Barnyard Babies (1935); Poor Little Me (1935); The Chinese Nightingale
(1935); Good Little Monkeys (1935); The Calico Dragon (1935); The Lost Chick
(1935); When the Cat's Away (1935); Hey-Hey Fever (1935); Toyland Broadcast
(1934); The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934).
Born on this day – Valerie Bettis:
Valerie Bettis
Actress
Dancer
Choreographer
December 20, 1919 –
September 26, 1982
Born on this day – Nicole Maurey:
Nicole Maurey
Actress
December 20, 1925 – March 11, 2016
Credits:
Action
immédiate (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1972–1974); Avatar (1964); Blondine
(1945); Call My Bluff (1968); Casablanca (1955); Catherine, il suffit d'un
amour (1986); Champion House (1967–1968); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Comme du bon
pain (1976); Companions of the Night (1953); Coulisses (1986); Creepy Classics
(1987); Demeure chaste et pure (1967); Diary of a Country Priest (1951); Fan
des années 80 (2012); Gloria (1977); High Time (1960); His and Hers (1961);
Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Juke Box
Jury (1961); La bataille du feu (1949); La demoiselle d'Avignon (1972); La lune
papa (1977); La morale de l'histoire (1966); La passagère (1974–1975); La Peine
perdue (1964); La quatrième dimension (1970); La vie des autres (1980); La vie
et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant (1972); Le cavalier noir (1945); Le feu sous la
neige (1973); Le grand Batre (1997); Le grillon du foyer (1972); Le provocateur
(1973); Les cinq dernières minutes (1983–1989); Les écrivains (1973); Les évasions
célèbres (1972); Les nuits de la colère (1973); Little Boy Lost (1953); L'oeil
en coulisses (1953); Love in Monaco (1959); Lucien Leuwen (1973–1974);
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983); Marie Dorval (1973); Marriage a la
Mode (1955); Me and the Colonel (1958); Mon seul amour (1971); Napoleon (1955);
Noële aux quatre vents (1971); Opération Magali (1953); Overseas Press Club -
Exclusive! (1957); Paméla (1945); Pause-café (1981); Placé en garde à vue
(1994); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Rendez-vous à Grenade (1951); Rogue's Yarn
(1957); Rouletabille (1966); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sale temps
pour les mouches (1966); Secret of the Incas (1954); Section des disparus
(1956); Shooting Stars (1961); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); The 32nd Annual
Academy Awards (1960); The Big Risk (1965); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The
Day of the Triffids (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The House of
the Seven Hawks (1959); The Jayhawkers! (1959); The Last Robin Hood (1952); The
Most Wanted Man (1953); The Scapegoat (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jack
Paar (1958); The Very Edge (1963); The Weapon (1956); Top jury (1966); Une
atroce petite musique (1973); Why Bother to Knock (1961).
Born on this day – John "Bud" Cardos:
John "Bud" Cardos
Director
Actor
Stuntman
December 20, 1929
– December 31, 2020
Born on this day – Mala Powers:
Mala Powers
Actress
December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007
Credits:
77 Sunset
Strip (1962); About Faces (1960); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arrest and
Trial (1964); Bengazi (1955); Bewitched (1967–1968); Biography (1998); Bonanza
(1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bronco (1960); Calling the Shots (1988);
Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie's Angels (1978 /
1979); Cheyenne (1960–1961); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City That Never
Sleeps (1953); Crossroads (1957); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Daddy's Gone
A-Hunting (1969); Daniel Boone (1967); Death in Small Doses (1957); Doomsday
Machine (1976); Dr. Kildare (1964); Edge of Doom (1950); Everglades! (1962);
Fear No More (1961); Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961); Frontier Justice
(1959); General Electric Theater (1961); Gentle Ben (1967); Geraldine (1953);
Girl Talk (1964); Gypsy (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1963); Hazel (1965–1966);
Here Come the Brides (1969); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hitters (2002); Ironside
(1970); Jericho (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lawman (1961); Lock Up
(1960); Man on the Prowl (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Maverick (1961);
Mission: Impossible (1967); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Murder, She Wrote (1990);
Outrage (1950); Perry Mason (1959–1966); Rage at Dawn (1955); Rawhide (1962);
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Rogue's Gallery (1968);
Rose of Cimarron (1952); Seis pasajes al infierno (1981); Sierra Baron (1958);
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1987); Studio 57 (1955); Stump the Stars
(1953–1964); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1961); Switch (1977); Tammy and the
Bachelor (1957); TCM Remembers 2007 (2007); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The
Colossus of New York (1958); The Connextion (2005); The Ford Television Theatre
(1955–1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Gallant Men
(1962); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Les Crane Show (1965); The
Magical World of Disney (1960–1961); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Man
and the City (1971); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Rebel (1960); The
Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Silent Force (1970); The Storm Rider (1957); The
Unknown Terror (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Yellow Mountain (1954);
This Is the Life (1970–1972); This Is Your Life (1956–1958); Thriller (1962);
Tombstone Territory (1960); Tough As They Come (1942); Undercurrent (1957);
Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Where the Wind Dies (1976);
Wide Country (1963); You Don't Say (1964); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).
Born on this day – John Spencer:
John Spencer
Actor
December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005
Credits:
100 Years of
Hope and Humor (2003); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 12th
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 7th
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of
the Grimacing Governor (1994); Albino Alligator (1996); An Evening at the
Improv (1992); Another World (1964–1999); As the World Turns (1988); Black Rain
(1989); Cafe Society (1995); Celebrity Dish (2000); Celebrity Poker Showdown
(2003); Charlie Rose (2001); Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983); Cold Around the
Heart (1997); Cop Land (1997); Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western (2004);
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Early Edition (1997); Echoes (1982);
Every Moment Counts (2002); F/X: The Series (1996); Far from Home (1989); For
Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Forget Paris
(1995); From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992); Golden Globes
50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Green Card (1990); H.E.L.P. (1990); Hiding
Out (1987); In the Arms of a Killer (1992); Intimate Portrait (2001–2004); Key
Exchange (1985); L.A. Doctors (1999); L.A. Law (1990–1994); L.A. Law 100th
Episode Celebration (1991); Law & Order (1990); Lesser Prophets (1997);
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Meteor (1979); Miami
Vice (1986); O.K. Garage (1998); Once Again (1987); One Life to Live
(1968–2013); Presumed Innocent (1990); Ravenous (1999); Ryan's Hope (1976);
Saturday Night Live (2002); Sea of Love (1989); Simple Justice (1989); Spenser:
For Hire (1986); Tavis Smiley (2004); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
(1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's
Choice Awards (1993); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 53rd
Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(2002); The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003); The 57th Annual Tony
Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 60th Annual
Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The
Bob Braun Show (1975); The Doctors (1976); The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(2004–2005); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2006); The More You Know (1989); The
Negotiator (1998); The Other Side of Victory (1979); The Outer Limits (1999);
The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Protector (1985); The Rock (1996); The
Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000–2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1992); The Verne Miller Story (1987); The Wayne Brady Show (2004); The West
Wing (1999–2006); The West Wing Documentary Special (2002); Touched by an Angel
(1995); Tracey Takes On... (1997); Trinity (1998–1999); Twilight (1998);
WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Wing Commander IV: The Price
of Freedom (1995).
Born on this day – David Breashears:
David Breashears
Cinematographer
Writer
Producer
Mountaineer
December 20, 1955 – March 14,
2024
Credits:
Books:
Every Man For Himself? (an
article published in American Alpine Journal) (1988); Last Climb (1999); High
Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999);
Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (1997).
Movies and television:
20/20 Wednesday (1997); ABC News
Saturday Night (1998); Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (1995); Ancient
Graves: Voices of the Dead (1998); Ascent of Mount Everest (1983); CBS This
Morning (2012); Charlie Rose (1997); Chasing Ice (2012); Cliffhanger (1993);
Dangerous Earth (2016); Everest (1998); Everest (2015); Everest: The Death Zone
(1998); Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine (1992); Expedition Earth
(1990); Frontline (1983–2008); Frontline/World (2008); Galahad of Everest
(1991); Great Wonders of the World (1993); Ice Climb (1993); Metanoia (2014);
Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(1998); Mount Everest, the East Face (1981); Mummies Revealed (2001); Nova
(1997–2016); Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy (2007); Seven Years in Tibet
(1997); The Making of Everest: On Location in the Death Zone (1997).
On this day in movie history - Lover Come Back (1961)
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Lover Come Back
directed by Delbert Mann,
written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning,
was released in the United States on December 20, 1961.
Music by Frank De Vol.
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Cast:
Rock
Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B.
Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Karen Norris, Jack Albertson, Charles Watts,
Donna Douglas, JoAnne Ludden-Paige.
On this day in movie history - The Godfather Part III (1990)
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The Godfather Part III
directed by Francis Ford Coppola,
written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford
Coppola,
was released in the United States on December
20, 1990.
Music by Carmine Coppola.
Cast:
Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy
Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia
Coppola, Raf Vallone, Franc D’Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Richard Bright, Helmut
Berger, Don Novello, John Savage, Franco Citti, Mario Donatone, Vittorio Duse,
Enzo Robutti, Michele Russo, Al Martino, Robert Cicchini, Rogerio Miranda,
Carlos Miranda, Vito Antuofermo, Robert Vento, Willie Brown, Jeannie Linero,
Jeanne Savarino Pesch, Janet Savarino Smith, Tere Livrano, Carmine Caridi, Don
Costello, Al Ruscio, Mickey Knox, Rick Aviles, Michael Bowen, Brett Halsey,
Gabriele Torrei, John Abineri, Brian Freilino, Gregory Corso, Marino Masé, Dado
Ruspoli, Valeria Sabel, Remo Remotti, Luigi Laezza, Giuseppe Pianviti, Santo
Indelicato, Simonetta Stefanelli, Francesco Paolo Bellante, Paco Reconti, Mimmo
Cuticchio, Richard Honigman, Nicky Blair, Anthony Guidera, Frank Tarsia, Diana
Agostini, Jessica DiCicco, Catherine Scorsese, Ida Bernardini, Joe Drago, David
Hume, James D. Damiano, Michael Boccio, Frank Albanese, Marilee Albert,
Salvatore Billa, Sal Borgese, Angelo Boscariol, Ludovico Caldarera, Homer Hut,
John Cazale, Enrico Cesaretti, Geoffrey Copleston, Anton Coppola, Carmine
Coppola, Gia Coppola, Tony Devon, Frank Ferrara, R. Emmett Fitzsimmons, Joe Fontana,
Aldo Formisano, Luciano Foti, Paolo Gavanelli, Sal Lioni, Richard Maldone,
Claudio Pacifico, Gianluca Petrazzi, Angelo Ragusa, Madelyn Renée Monti, Angelo
Romero, Mitchell Shaw, David L. Thompson, Pietro Torrisi, F.X. Vitolo, Corinna
Vozza, Claudio Zucchet.
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