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 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 - 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.

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:

 

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019

Born on this day – George Segal:

 

Actor

Comedian

Musician

February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021

Born on this day – Oliver Reed:

 

Actor

February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999

Born on this day – Susan Oliver:

 

Actress

Director

Aviator

February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990

Born on this day – 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 – Georges Simenon:

 

Writer

February 13, 1903 – September 4, 1989

Credits:

A Crime in Holland aka Maigret in Holland (1931); A Man's Head aka A Battle of Nerves / Maigret's War of Nerves (1931); Death Threats: And Other Stories (2021); Felicie aka Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver aka Maigret's Rival (1944); Liberty Bar aka Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 aka The Lock at Charenton (1933); Madame Maigret's Friend aka The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950); Maigret aka Maigret Returns (1934); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret and the Dead Girl aka Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Ghost aka Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse aka Maigret and the Black Sheep (1962); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret and the Hotel Majestic aka The Cellars of the Majestic (1942); Maigret and the Informer aka Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Lazy Burglar aka Maigret and the Idle Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard aka Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1953); Maigret and the Minister aka Maigret and the Calame Report (1955); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Spinster aka Cecile Is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Tall Woman aka Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951); Maigret and the Tramp aka Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret at Picratt's aka Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret in Montmartre (1951); Maigret at the Coroner's aka Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret Defends Himself aka Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret on the Defensive (1964); Maigret Enjoys Himself aka None of Maigret's Business / Maigret's Little Joke (1957); Maigret Gets Angry aka Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret in Exile aka The Judge's House (1942); Maigret in New York aka Maigret in New York's Underworld (1947); Maigret in Society aka Maigret and the Old People (1960); Maigret in Vichy aka Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Is Afraid aka Maigret Afraid (1953); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret Takes a Room aka Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret Travels aka Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters aka Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret's Anger aka Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Fury (1963); Maigret's Childhood Friend aka Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968); Maigret's Dead Man aka Maigret's Special Murder (1948); Maigret's Doubts aka Maigret Has Scruples (1958); Maigret's Failure (1956); Maigret's First Case (1949); Maigret's Holiday aka A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret's Madwoman aka Maigret and the Madwoman (1970); Maigret's Memoirs (1951); Maigret's Mistake (1953); Maigret's Patience aka The Patience of Maigret / Maigret Bides His Time (1965); Maigret's Pickpocket aka Maigret and the Pickpocket (1967); Maigret's Revolver (1952); Maigret's Secret aka Maigret Has Doubts (1959); My Friend Maigret aka The Methods of Maigret (1949); Pietr the Latvian aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett / Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1931); Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths / Maigret and the Fortune Teller (1944); The Carter of 'La Providence' aka Maigret Meets a Milord / Lock 14 / The Crime at Lock 14 (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin aka At the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); The Flemish House aka The Flemish Shop / Maigret and the Flemish Shop (1932); The Grand Banks Cafe aka The Sailor's Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien aka Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets / The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1931); The Late Monsieur Gallet aka Maigret Stonewalled / The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1931); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); The Misty Harbour aka Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret (2022); The Night at the Crossroads aka The Crossroads Murders / Maigret at the Crossroads (1931); The Saint-Fiacre Affair aka Maigret Goes Home / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); The Shadow Puppet aka Maigret Mystified / The Shadow in the Courtyard (1932); The Two-Penny Bar aka The Bar on the Seine / Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1931); The Yellow Dog aka A Face for a Clue / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931).

Mason Cooley, on reading:

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

- Mason Cooley.