The Blue Ridge Poem by Harriet Monroe

The Blue Ridge

Poem by Harriet Monroe.
 
Still and calm,
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world.
The forests cover them like mantles;
Day and night
Rise and fall over them like the wash of waves.
Asleep, they reign.
Silent, they say all.
Hush me, O slumbering mountains –
Send me dreams.
 

Harriet Monroe

December 23, 1860 – September 26, 1936
 
Video by Jack Kost
2025
 
Blue Ridge Mountains (2019)
Photographs by Jack Kost.
 
Sound effect credit:
Forest wind and birds
by freesound_community
from Pixabay.

Mason Cooley, on reading:

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

- Mason Cooley.

Recommended reading – Crawlspace

Crawlspace

by Herbert Lieberman.
 
Published by Pocket.
First published 1971.
First Edition.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671775324
ISBN-13: 978-0671775322

Description:

In this novel of mounting suspense from award-winning author Herbert Lieberman, a terrifying surprise waits beneath a couple’s New England home. Albert and Alice Graves live a normal, if monotonous, domestic life. They never had children; they spend their days tending to their home and enjoying their time together.

One day, when the oil man, Richard, is refilling their furnace, Alice invites him to dinner, never suspecting that a casual act of charity will lead to a horrifying, morbid discovery in the crawlspace underneath their beloved house.

The Graves take Richard into their lives, becoming attached to his presence as though to the son they never had. Their town, though, is not nearly so welcoming. When the locals lash out against the Graves and their strange houseguest, the contented household is irrevocably drawn into a darkness they could not have imagined.

Born on this day – Kate Price:

Kate Price

Actress

Writer

February 13, 1872 – January 4, 1943

Credits:

A Bargain at $37.50 (1917); A Dangerous Game (1922); A Doubly Desired Orphan (1911); A Family Picnic (1915); A Game of Cards (1913); A Gentleman of Fashion (1913); A Horseshoe – for Luck (1914); A Juvenile Love Affair (1912); A Lady and Her Maid (1913); A Lively Affair (1912); A Maid to Order (1916); A Million Bid (1914); A Mistake in Spelling (1912); A Night Out (1916); A Pair of Queens (1915); A Slight Mistake (1911); A Trap to Catch a Burglar (1913); A Warm Reception (1916); After the Matinee (1917); All for a Girl (1912); All's Swell on the Ocean (1924); Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918); Ambition (1917); An Elephant on Their Hands (1912); An Eventful Elopement (1912); An Expensive Shine (1912); An Innocent Burglar (1911); And His Wife Came Back (1913); Another Man's Wife (1924); Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928); Arizona (1918); Arizona Sweepstakes (1926); As You Like It (1912); Behold My Wife! (1934); Belinda the Slavey; or, Plot and Counterplot (1913); Between Two Fires (1915); Bread Upon the Waters (1914); Bright Skies (1920); Bringing Up Father (1915); Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923); Bunny and the Twins (1912); Bunny's Birthday (1914); Cabman Kate (1915); Captain Barnacle's Baby (1911); Captain Barnacle's Legacy (1912); Captain Barnacle's Messmates (1912); Captain Jenks' Diplomacy (1912); Casey at the Bat (1913); Casey Jones (1927); Chiefly Concerning Males (1915); Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934); Come on Over (1922); Conductor Kate (1916); Crossed Wires (1923); Cupid Through a Keyhole (1913); Daddy's Boy and Mammy (1911); Dancing Sweeties (1930); David Garrick (1914); Diamond Cut Diamond (1912); Dinty (1920); Double Cross (1917); Down the Hill to Creditville (1914); Dr. Crathern's Experiment (1913); Easy Living (1937); Enemies of Children (1923); Everybody's Doing It (1913); Fair, Fat and Saucy (1915); Faithful Wives (1926); Fanny's Melodrama (1914); Fat and Fickle (1916); Father and Son (1912); Father's Flirtation (1914); Father's Hot Toddy (1912); Fight and Win (1924); Fisherman Kate (1914); Flaming Hearts (1913); Flesh and Blood (1922); Fools Highway (1924); Foraging (1911); Four Days (1913); Frisco Sally Levy (1927); Getting Rid of Aunt Kate (1915); God's Crucible (1921); Good Night, Nurse! (1918); Goodbye Girls (1923); Goodness Gracious (1914); Great Guy (1936); Have a Heart (1934); He Winked and Won (1916); Heavy Villains (1915); Her Crowning Glory (1911); Her Fatal Millions (1923); Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes (1912); Her Old Sweetheart (1912); Her Sweetest Memory (1913); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); His Last Cent (1911); His People (1925); Hollywood on Parade (1934); How He Papered the Room (1912); How Millie Became an Actress (1911); Hubby Buys a Baby (1913); Hughey, the Process Server (1916); Humdrum Brown (1918); Hypnotizing the Hypnotist (1911); In Arcadia (1916); In High Speed (1917); In Northern Forests (1911); In the Flat Above (1912); In the Land of Arcadia (1914); Irene (1926); It Made Him Mad (1913); Jack Fat and Jim Slim at Coney Island (1910); Jerry's Mother-in-Law (1913); Jerry's Uncle's Namesake (1914); Just Show People (1913); Kill or Cure (1914); Ladies of the Jury (1932); Lady Godiva (1911); Lillian's Dilemma (1914); Lily of the Valley (1914); Linda (1929); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Love's Blindness (1926); Love's Quarantine (1913); Mad Hour (1928); Ma's Apron Strings (1913); Memory Lane (1926); Money Isn't Everything (1918); Monkey, Maid, Man (1917); More Money Than Manners (1916); Mother's Child (1916); Mountains of Manhattan (1927); Movie Memories #1 (1933); Mr. Bingle's Melodrama (1914); Mr. Bunnyhug Buys a Hat for His Bride (1914); Mr. Horatio Sparkins (1913); Mr. Jack Trifles (1916); Mr. Jack Wins a Double-Cross (1916); Mrs. Maloney's Fortune (1914); My Wife's Relations (1922); No Sweets (1913); No Tickee, No Washee (1915); Nothing to Wear (1912); Officer John Donovan (1914); Officer Kate (1914); O'Hara and the Youthful Prodigal (1913); O'Hara as a Guardian Angel (1913); O'Hara Helps Cupid (1913); O'Hara, Squatter and Philosopher (1912); O'Hara's Godchild (1913); Omens and Oracles (1913); On the Love Line (1917); One Can't Always Tell (1913); Orchids and Ermine (1927); Out Ag'in, in Ag'in (1916); Paid Back (1922); Pals (1917); Pandora's Box (1912); Papa Puts One Over (1913); Paradise (1926); Pardon Me (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Pat Hogan, Deceased (1915); Patent Food Conveyor (1915); Perils of Thunder Mountain (1919); Pipe Dreams (1916); Prize Winners (1916); Put Up Your Hands! (1919); Quality Street (1927); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Remember Last Night? (1935); Riders Up (1924); Sally, Irene and Mary (1925); Selecting His Heiress (1911); Seven Chances (1925); Shadow Ranch (1930); She Took a Chance (1915); She Wanted a Boarder (1912); Show Girl (1928); Sleuthing (1913); Smashing the Plot (1918); Some Duel (1915); Stenographers Wanted (1912); Strictly Neutral (1915); Sweeney's Christmas Bird (1914); Telemachus, Friend (1920); Terrible Kate (1917); Terry's Tea Party (1916); Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928); That Girl Montana (1921); The Absent-Minded Valet (1912); The Athletic Family (1914); The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction (1913); The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened (1913); The Beautiful Cheat (1926); The Best of a Bad Bargain (1917); The Bond of Music (1912); The Boycotted Baby (1917); The Bringing Out of Papa (1913); The Chains of an Oath (1913); The Cohens and Kellys (1926); The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929); The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930); The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928); The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930); The Coming of Gretchen (1913); The Conquest of Constantia (1915); The Countess Veschi's Jewels (1914); The Dangerous Maid (1923); The Desert Flower (1925); The Detective (1917); The Devil's Riddle (1920); The Diamond Brooch (1912); The Eavesdropper (1912); The Education of Aunt Georgiana (1913); The Elk's Tooth (1924); The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged (1910); The Figurehead (1920); The First Violin (1912); The Gang (1914); The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918); The Girl at the Lunch Counter (1913); The Godless Girl (1928); The Goose Woman (1925); The Great Diamond Robbery (1912); The Guilty Ones (1916); The Guttersnipe (1922); The Hoodoo Umbrella (1913); The Iron Test (1918); The Jocular Winds of Fate (1912); The Kid (1916); The Lady of Shalott (1915); The Latent Spark (1911); The Little Minister (1913); The Love Bugs (1917); The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton (1912); The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912); The Man from Egypt (1916); The Man He Used to Be (1916); The Man Higher Up (1913); The Man Without a Conscience (1925); The Mantle of Charity (1918); The Midget's Romance (1913); The Model for St. John (1912); The Mystery of the Stolen Jewels (1913); The Near Lady (1923); The New Teacher (1922); The Old Fire Horse and the New Fire Chief (1914); The Old Kent Road (1912); The Old Silver Watch (1912); The Ordeal of Elizabeth (1916); The Other Woman (1921); The Perfect Clown (1925); The Pest Vamooser (1915); The Professor and the Lady (1912); The Professor's Nightmare (1915); The Red Ink Tragedy (1912); The Return of 'Widow' Pogson's Husband (1911); The Revolt of Mr. Wiggs (1915); The Rogue Song (1930); The Rounders / Love (1919); The Sale of a Heart (1913); The Sea Hawk (1924); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Seal of Silence (1918); The Servant Problem; or, How Mr. Bullington Ran the House (1912); The Spirit and the Clay (1914); The Spoilers (1923); The Sporting Venus (1925); The Tables Turned (1913); The Third Degree (1926); The Tornado (1924); The Two Purses (1913); The Unchastened Woman (1925); The Waiters' Ball (1916); The Wardrobe Woman (1915); The Way of a Girl (1925); The Way Out (1913); The Widow's Might (1913); The Wife of the Centaur (1924); The Woes of a Wealthy Widow (1911); The Wooing of Riley (1918); Them Was the Good Old Days (1916); They Loved Him So (1915); Through the Back Door (1921); Tim Grogan's Foundling (1913); Tin Pan Alley (1919); Too Many Caseys (1912); Twin Flats (1916); Two and Two (1915); Two Overcoats (1911); Two Weeks Off (1929); Umbrellas to Mend (1912); Up in a Balloon (1913); Vanity Fair (1911); Victor's at Seven (1915); Vultures and Doves (1912); Wages of War (1911); Wanted, a Strong Hand (1913); War (1915); Week-End Shopping (1917); West Point of the Air (1935); When Hooligan and Dooligan Ran for Mayor (1916); When Samuel Skidded (1915); When Women Go on the Warpath; or, Why Jonesville Went Dry (1913); Who's to Win? (1912); Whose Husband? (1915); Wisteria Memories (1911); Wolf Tracks (1923).

Born on this day – Georges Simenon:

Georges Simenon

Writer

February 12 or 13, 1903 – September 4, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (1931); Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of ‘La Providence’ (1931); The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931); A Battle of Nerves / A Man’s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret’s Patience (1931); The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931); Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads (1931); Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland (1931); The Sailors’ Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Café (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar (1931); The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified (1932); Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House (1932); Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton (1933); Maigret / Maigret Returns (1934); The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942); The Judge’s House / Maigret in Exile (1942); Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (1944); Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver / Maigret’s Rival (1944); Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York’s Underworld (1947); Maigret’s Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret’s Dead Man / Maigret’s Special Murder (1948); Maigret’s First Case (1949); My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret (1949); Maigret at the Coroner’s / Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Madame Maigret’s Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret’s Friend (1950); Maigret’s Memoirs (1951); Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt’s (1951); Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951); Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret’s Revolver (1952); Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953); Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid (1953); Maigret’s Mistake (1953); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister (1954); Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret’s Failure (1956); Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret’s Little Joke / None of Maigret’s Business (1957); Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret’s Doubts (1958); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret’s Secret / Maigret Has Doubts (1959); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society (1960); Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret’s Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret’s Anger (1963); Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (1964); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret’s Pickpocket (1967); Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret’s Boyhood Friend / Maigret’s Childhood Friend (1968); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret’s Madwoman (1970); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret’s Pipe: Seventeen Stories (1945); Maigret’s Christmas (1976); The Girl with a Squint (1931); The Engagement (1933); Tropic Moon (1933); The Window Over the Way (1933); The Lodger (1934); The Long Exile (1935); Donadieu’s Will (1936); The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1938); Girl In Waiting (1938); Three Crimes (1938); The Strangers in the House (1940); The Widow (1942); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1942); Across the Street (1942); The Suspect (1944); Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1945); Three Bedrooms in Manhattan (1946); Act of Passion (1946); The Mahé Circle (1946); Death of a Nobody (1947); Pedigree (1948); The Snow Was Dirty (1948); Magnet of Doom (1948); The Bottom Of The Bottle (1949); Four Days in a Lifetime (1949); The Pitards (1949); Strange Inheritance (1950); The Heart of a Man (1950); A New Lease On Life (1951); The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952); Escape in Vain (1952); Havoc by Accident (1952); On the danger line (1952); Belle (1952); In Two Latitudes (1952); The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952); Dirty Snow (1953); Red Lights (1953); The Iron Staircase (1953); The Watchmaker of Everton (1954); The Clockmaker (1954); Big Bob (1954); The Accomplices (1955); The Rules of the Game (1955); The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet (1955); The Fugitive (1955); A Sense of Guilt (1955); The Little Man From Archangel (1956); The Stowaway (1957); Sunday (1958); The President (1958); The Son (1958); The Widower (1959); The Grandmother (1959); The Negro (1959); Young Cardinaud (1959); The Blue Room (1960); Betty (1960); Justice (1960); The Family Lie (1960); The Train (1961); Striptease (1961); Poisoned Relations (1961); The hatter’s ghosts (1961); The Door (1962); The House on Quai Notre Dame (1962); The Others (1962); The Bells of Bicetre (1963); The Magician (1963); Inquest on Bouvet (1963); The Man With the Little Dog (1964); The Venice Train (1965); The Survivors (1965); Venice Train (1965); Black Rain (1965); Ticket of Leave (1965); The Cat (1966); The Old Man Dies (1966); Old Man Dies (1966); The Mouse (1966); Fate of the Malous (1966); The Little Saint (1967); The Brothers Rico (1967); The Reckoning (1967); The neighbours (1968); The Prison (1968); The Premier (1968); The confessional (1968); The Patient (1968); The Witnesses (1968); Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969); Uncle Charles (1969); November (1970); The Rich Man (1970); Enigmas (1970); The Glass Cage (1971); The Innocents (1972); The Disappearance Of Odile (1972); Magician (1974); The Girl in His Past (1976); The Nightclub (1977); The White Horse Inn (1979); The Little Doctor (1981); The Outlaw (1987); The Murderer (2013); The Hand (2016); Simenon’s Paris (1970); When I Was Old (1971); Letter to My Mother (1976); Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo’s Book (1981); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Nine Detective Stories (1964); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Murder Intercontinental (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004).

Movies and television:

A Life in the Balance (1955); A Man’s Head (1933); A sápadt demon (1989); Abécédaire du polar (1999); Adela (2000); Afera Saint-Fiacre (1963); Afternoon Theatre (1976); Annette et la dame blonde (1942); Antoine et Julie (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Armchair Cinema (1974); Aujourd’hui Madame (1971); Barrio (1947); BBC Play of the Month (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Bellas Tod (1979); Belle (2024); Betty (1992); Bibliothèque de poche (1967); Blackballed (2015); Bratya Riko (1980); Brelan d’as / Segment: Le Témoignage d’un enfant de choeur (1952); Cecile Is Dead (1944); Ceux de la soif (1989); Chabrol, l’anticonformiste (2019); Cinépanorama (1957); Cop-Out (1967); Crime impuni (1991); Danger (1951); Das zweite Leben (1990); De burgemeester van Veurne (1984); De weduwnaar (1991); Der kleine Doktor (1974); Der Mann aus London (1971); Der Mörder (1979); Dernier refuge (1947); Die Katze (2007); Die Komplizen (1985); Die Stunde des Leon Bisquet (1986); Die Unbekannten im eigenen Haus (1985); Ein anderer Liebhaber (1990); Els De Davant/Los De Enfrente (1993); Enter Inspector Maigret (1966); Equator (1983); Es gibt noch Haselnuß-Sträucher (1983); Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000); Fellini, Simenon - Con profonda simpatia e sincera gratitudine (2021); Forbidden Fruit (1952); Het spoor van de Hollander (1968); Histoires de fiction (2004); Il était une fois... (2009); Il y a encore des noisetiers (1978); In All Innocence (1998); In Case of Bad Luck (2010); Inspector Bellamy (2009); Inspector Maigret (1958); Jusqu’à l’Enfer (2009); La Californie (2006); La Chambre (1961); La chasse aux vedettes (1961); La grande librairie (2022); La maison des sept jeunes filles (1942); La maison du canal (2003); La Marie du Port (1950); La mort d’Auguste (2015); La mort de Belle (1961); La nuit du livre sur France 5 (2007); La tête haute (2005); L’aîné des Ferchaux (2001); L’altro Simenon (1979); Le baron de l’écluse (1960); Le bateau d’Émile (1962); Le blanc à lunettes (1995); Le cas Simenon (2003); Le Chat (1971); Le chien jaune (1932); Le crime de monsieur Stil (1989–1995); Le dernier refuge (1940); Le grand échiquier (1972); Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964–1972); Le petit docteur (1986); Le président (1961); Le sang à la tête (1956); Le suspect (1989); Le voyageur de la Toussaint (1943 / 2007); L’enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (1980); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2019); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les clients d’Avrenos (1996); Les complices (1999 / 2013); Les dossiers de l’agence O (1968); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967–1990); Les gens de lettres (1960); Les gens d’en face (1993); Les innocents (2006); L’étoile du Nord (1982); L’heure Simenon (1986–1988); L’homme au petit chien (1979); L’Homme de Londres (1943); Liberty Bar (1960); L’invité de FR3 (1981); L’invité du dimanche (1968); Long cours (1996); L’ours en peluche (1982); Love Is My Profession (1958); Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Madrid, 1987 (2011); Magnet of Doom (1963); Maigret (1960–1963 / 1964–1969 / 1988 / 1992–1993 / 2004 / 2016–2017 / 2022); Maigret à Pigalle (1966); Maigret a smutný Alfréd (1966); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Maigret at the Minister (1987); Maigret dirige l’enquête (1956); Maigret et la grande perche (1964 / 1991–2004); Maigret Simenon, le discours de la méthode (2003); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Midnight Episode (1950); Midnight in Paris (1942); Monitor (1959); Monsieur Hire (1989); Monsieur Joseph (2007); Monsieur Monde Makes His Escape (2004); Night at the Crossroads (1932); Niji no aru heya (1988); Noir sur blanc (1979–1983); On verra demain: Excursion en procrasti-nation (2019); Op straffe des doods (1970); Panique (1946); Pariser Journal (1968); Picpus (1943); Portrait souvenir (1960–1963); Premier Plan (1959–1963); Quartier nègre (1990); Quatuor (1956); Red Lights (2004); Reifenwechsel (1983); Rembob’Ina (2020–2022); Rückfahrt von Venedig (1973); Sedm krízku (1983); Sette piccole croci (1957); Shabab Yahtarek (1972); Simenon (1959); Simenon et l’affaire du cinema (2020); Simenon, écrivain photographe (2001); Smert Sesili (1970); Sonntag (1985); Sono te ni noru na (1958); Sous peine de mort (Unter Todesstrafe) (1960); Stranger in the House (1992 / 1997); Strangers in the House (1942); Studio One (1952–1953); Suspense (1952); Tangier Cop (1997); Telescope (1963); Television Theater (1958–1975); Temptation Harbor (1947); The Blue Room (2002 / 2014); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Brothers Rico (1957); The Clockmaker (1974); The Family Rico (1972); The Green Shutters (2022); The Hatter’s Ghost (1982); The Iron Stairs (2013); The Last Train (1973); The Man from London (2007); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); The Paris Express (1952); The Price of Head (1992); The Snow Was Black (1954); The South Bank Show (1978); The Stowaway (1958); The Suspect (1966); The Teddy Bear (1994); The Train (1972); The Trap (1950); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1952); The Web (1950); The Widow Couderc (1971); This Is Your Life (1962); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978); Tout (ou presque) sur Maigret (2009); Treffpunkte (1971); Versión española (2001); Viela, Rua Sem Sol (1947); Vzpurní svedkové (1983); Yajû no Fukkatsu (1969); Zalozhniki strakha (1994).

Born on this day – Dorothy Mathews:

 

Dorothy Mathews

Actress

Producer

Production Manager

February 13, 1912 – May 18, 1977

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1928); Love Birds (1929); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Millie's Daughter (1947); Navy Wife (1935); One Night at Susie's (1930); Producers' Showcase (1945–1956); Scarlet Pages (1930); Son of the Gods (1930); Strictly Personal (1933); Studio One (1952); Sweetie (1929); The American Venus (1926); The Devil Dancer (1927); The Doorway to Hell (1930); The Gay Deception (1935); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Truth About Youth (1930); The Way of All Men (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); Wayward (1932).

Born on this day – Barbara Shelley:

 

Barbara Shelley

Actress

February 13, 1932 – January 3, 2021

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Bachelor Father (1971); Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012); Ballata tragica (1955); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958–1959); Bergerac (1983); Blake's 7 (1981); Blankety Blank (1989); Blood of the Vampire (1958); Bobbikins (1959); British Film Forever (2007); By the Sword Divided (1983); Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1957); Cat Girl (1957); Champion House (1967); Charlesworth (1959); Counterstrike (1969); Crown Court (1972–1981); Danger Man (1960); Deadly Record (1959); Death Trap (1962); Destinazione Piovarolo (1955); Detective (1964); Dixon of Dock Green (1974); Doctor Who (1984); Dracula: Prince of Darkness - Behind the Scenes Footage (1997); Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); EastEnders (1988); Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008); Festival (1967); Ghost Squad (1962); Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story (2009); Ghost Story (1974); Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004); Hadleigh (1973); Hazel (1963–1965); I quattro del getto tonante (1955); In the Shadow of Shelley (2020); Interpol Calling (1960); Intrigue (1966); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1958–1959); Jackanory Playhouse (1983); John Halifax, Gentleman (1974); Juke Box Jury (1960–1965); Justice (1974); Lacrime di sposa (1955); Luna nova (1955); Maigret (1988); Man in a Suitcase (1967); Man in Hiding (1953); Man in the Dark (1964); Mogul (1968–1971); More Than a Messiah (1992); Motivo in maschera (1955); Mr. Rose (1968); Murder at Site 3 (1959); Nero's Mistress (1956); No Hiding Place (1960–1964); Oil Strike North (1975); Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966); Paul Temple (1969); People Like Us (1978); Postman's Knock (1962); Preview Tonight (1966); Pride and Prejudice (1980); Prince Regent (1979); Quatermass and the Pit (1967); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rendezvous (1960); Route 66 (1963); Rupert of Hentzau (1964); Solo for Canary (1958); Stranglehold (1963); Suprema confessione (1956); Suspense (1962); Tall Stories: The Making of Rasputin the Mad Monk (2012); The Avengers (1961–1967); The Borgias (1981); The Camp on Blood Island (1958); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The District Nurse (1984); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1962); The End of the Line (1957); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Gorgon (1964); The Hanged Man (1975); The Human Jungle (1964); The Invisible Man (1959); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960–1962); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963); The Revenue Men (1967); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Blood Island (1965); The Shadow of the Cat (1961); The Solitary Child (1958); The Spy Killer (1969); The Third Man (1962–1963); The Three Musketeers (1956); The Two Ronnies (1980); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–1966); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956); Tycoon (1978); Uncle Silas (1989); Vendetta (1967); Village of the Damned (1960); White Hunter (1957–1959); Z Cars (1973); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020).

Born on this day – Susan Oliver:

 

Susan Oliver

Actress

Director

Aviator

February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990

Born on this day – Oliver Reed:

Oliver Reed

Actor

February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999

Born on this day – George Segal:

 

George Segal

Actor

Comedian

Musician

February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:

Carol Lynley

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019

On this day in movie history - The Beast of the City (1932)

The Beast of the City

directed by Charles Brabin,

written by John Lee Mahin and Ben Hecht,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on February 13, 1932.

Music by Johannes Brahms.

Cast:

Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, Tully Marshall, John Miljan, Emmett Corrigan, Warner Richmond, Sandy Roth, J. Carrol Naish, Eddie Baker, Elmer Ballard, Sammy Blum, Edward Brophy, Ed Cassidy, Allan Cavan, Eddy Chandler, George Chandler, Martin Cichy, Edward Coppo, Betty Mae Crane, Beverly Crane, Edgar Dearing, Mike Donlin, Dorothy Granger, Jack Grey, Sherry Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Julie Haydon, Lew Hicks, Frank Holliday, Robert Homans, Arthur Hoyt, Murray Kinnell, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank LaRue, Tom London, George Magrill, Tom Mahoney, Charles McAvoy, Tom McGuire, Edmund Mortimer, Field Norton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Henry Otho, Nat Pendleton, Jack Pennick, Lee Phelps, Constantine Romanoff, Mickey Rooney, Dick Rush, Hector V. Sarno, Harry Semels, Charles Sullivan, Dick Sutherland, Morgan Wallace, Leo White, Clarence Wilson, Harry Wilson, Dorothea Wolbert.

On this day in movie history - Call Northside 777 (1948)

Call Northside 777

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman and Quentin Reynolds,

was released in the United States on February 13, 1948.

Based on the true 1932 Joseph Majczek case, and articles written by James P. McGuire and Jack McPhaul, published in the Chicago Daily Times in 1944.

Narrated by Truman Bradley.

Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, Betty Garde, Kasia Orzazewski, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Robert Adler, Richard Bishop, Larry J. Blake, John Bleifer, Truman Bradley, Dollie Caillet, Michael Chapin, George Cisar, Jane Crowley, Jimmy Dime, Abe Dinovitch, Rex Downing, Eddie Dunn, Lew Eckles, Ben Erway, Joseph Forte, Helen Foster, Stanley Gordon, Walter Greaza, Jonathan Hale, Buck Harrington, Percy Helton, Samuel S. Hinds, Perry Ivins, Robert Karnes, Leonarde Keeler, Cy Kendall, J.M. Kerrigan, Carl Kroenke, Paul Kruger, Henry Kulky, Charles Lane, Philip Lord, Jack Mannick, E.G. Marshall, Norman McKay, George Melford, Charles Miller, Edward Peil Jr., George Pembroke, Wanda Perry, Arthur Peterson, Joe Ploski, William Post Jr., Addison Richards, Thelma Ritter, Richard Rober, Dick Ryan, Peter Seal, Lester Sharpe, George Spaulding, Ray Spiker, Lionel Stander, Ann Staunton, Freddie Steele, George Turner, George Tyne, Bill Vendetta, Otto Waldis, Duke Watson, Robert B. Williams.

On this day in movie history - Highwaymen (2004)

Highwaymen

directed by Robert Harmon,

written by Craig Mitchell and Hans Bauer,

was released in the United States on February 13, 2004.

Music by Mark Isham

Cast:

Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, Colm Feore, Gordon Currie, Andrea Roth, Noam Jenkins, Toby Proctor, James Kee, Guylaine St-Onge, Joe Pingue, Martin Roach, Ron Bell, Paul Rutledge, Kelly Jones, Bryan Renfro, Ralph Chapman, Jason McCormack, Paul Mota, Michael Stevens.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Mugger Murder.

Released February 13, 1959.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by Richard Deming and Robert C. Dennis.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Grace Raynor, Bern Hoffman, Jaclynne Greene, James Chandler, Gene Roth, Byron Morrow.