Sue Grafton, on writing:

 

Writing isn't about the destination.
Writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

- Sue Grafton.

Recommended reading – Fort Apache, the Bronx

 

Fort Apache, the Bronx

by Heywood Gould.

Published 1982.
Published by Grand Central Pub.

ISBN-10: 044695618X
ISBN-13: 978-0446956185
 
Description:

They were only rookies …

Two green cops blown away on the killer walkways of New York. Fort Apache, The Bronx … the 41st Precinct where nobody ever gets a second chance, and most don’t even have a first. Now the Force is on the prowl under a tough new captain who is determined to shape up this last command for losers where life is mean and death is often murder and where the law of the jungle is the only law.

Born on this day – Alvin Rakoff:

Alvin Rakoff

Director

Producer

Writer

February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Baldwin Street: A novel (2007); Baldwin Street: Roman (2002); I'm Just The Guy Who Says Action: BY THE DIRECTOR WHO GAVE SEAN CONNERY & OTHERS THAT FIRST BIG BREAK (2021); The Seven Einsteins (2013).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Flight of Fancy (1952); A Haunting Harmony (1993); A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971); A Place of Execution (1953); A Quiet Game of Cards (1962); A Talent for Murder (1984); A Voyage Round My Father (1982); All for Love (1983); Armchair Theatre (1958–1967); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2023); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1959); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977); Blood Money (1957); Brits Go to Hollywood (2003); Call Me Daddy (1967); Canada Day (1955); Churchill's People (1975); City on Fire (1979); Court Martial (1965–1966); Crossplot (1969); Death Ship (1980); Dial 999 (1958–1959); Dirty Tricks (1980); For the Defence (1956); Hoffman (1970); Hot Money Girl (1959); Hudson's Bay (1959); In Praise of Love (1976); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1967); ITV Playhouse (1968–1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011); Killers (1976); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Late Night Drama (1974); Meet Me on the Southbank (2013); Molly (1993); Money-Go-Round (1967); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Mrs. Amworth (1978); No Man's Land (1956); Number 10 (1983); Panorama (1974); Paradise Postponed (1986); Performance (1975); Private Affairs (1975); Room 43 (1958); Rooms (1974); Sam Saturday (1992); Say Hello to Yesterday (1971); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Shades of Greene (1975); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007); Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022); Strictly Personal (1953); Studio 4 (1962); Summer Playhouse (1967); Television Playwright (1959); The Anniversary (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Best of Friends (1991); The Comedy Man (1964); The Condemned (1956); The Dame of Sark (1976); The Emperor Jones (1953); The Face of Love (1954); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Hole in the Wall (1955); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Lover (1954); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Play on One (1991); The Promise (1977); The Ransom of Red Chief (1959); The Saint (1969); The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006); The Saint Steps in... to Television (2006); The Sextet (1972); The Teckman Biography (1953–1954); The World in My Pocket (1961); Theatre 625 (1964); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); Three Empty Rooms (1955); Tyrant's Tower (1954); Willie the Squouse (1954); Z Cars (1962).

Born on this day – Rip Torn:

Rip Torn

Actor

February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019

Credits:

TripTank (2016); Bridge of Names (2012); Men in Black 3 (2012); 3 Weeks to Daytona (2011); The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011); God of War III (2010); The Afterlight (2009); American Cowslip (2009); 30 Rock (2007–2009); Happy Tears (2009); The Golden Boys (2008); Lucky Days (2008); August (2008); Three Days to Vegas (2007); Bee Movie (2007); Turn the River (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Zoom (2006); Marie Antoinette (2006); The Convention (2006); Yours, Mine & Ours (2005); The Sisters (2005); Forty Shades of Blue (2005); Eulogy (2004); Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); The Lyon's Den (2003); Love Object (2003); Maniac Magee (2003); Rolling Kansas (2003); Men in Black II: Blooper Reel (2002); Men in Black II: Alternate Ending (2002); Will & Grace (2002); Soul Food (2002); Men in Black II (2002); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Men in Black: Extended and Alternate Scenes (2000); Men in Black Alien Attack (2000); Wonder Boys (2000); A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle (2000); Seasons of Love (1999); The Insider (1999); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); Balloon Farm (1999); Passing Glory (1999); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998); Disney's Hades Challenge (1998); Ghost Stories (1997–1998); Senseless (1998); Hercules (1997); The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1997); Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997); Men in Black (1997); Hercules (1997); Trial and Error (1997); The Mouse (1996); Down Periscope (1996); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1996); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); Chicago Hope (1995); Letter to My Killer (1995); Canadian Bacon (1995); She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995); For Better or Worse (1995); The John Larroquette Show (1995); Heart of a Child (1994); North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994); Where the Rivers Flow North (1993); RoboCop 3 (1993); Beyond the Law (1993); A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992); T Bone N Weasel (1992); Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992); Death Falls (1991); Death Hits the Jackpot (1991); My Son Johnny (1991); Dolly Dearest (1991); Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991); Defending Your Life (1991); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Beautiful Dreamers (1990); Pair of Aces (1990); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Silence Like Glass (1989); Cold Feet (1989); Hit List (1989); The Telephone (1988); Blind Curve (1988); April Morning (1988); The King of Love (1987); Laguna Heat (1987); Nadine (1987); Extreme Prejudice (1987); Destination America (1987); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Dream West (1986); Beer (1985); Summer Rental (1985); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Execution (1985); City Heat (1984); Songwriter (1984); Flashpoint (1984); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984); Misunderstood (1984); When She Says No (1984); Scarab (1983); Cross Creek (1983); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Jinxed! (1982); The Beastmaster (1982); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); First Family (1980); Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980); Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980); One-Trick Pony (1980); A Shining Season (1979); Heartland (1979); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); Blind Ambition (1979); Betrayal (1978); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); Steel Cowboy (1978); Coma (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Most Wanted (1977); Nasty Habits (1977); Birch Interval (1976); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); The American Parade (1976); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); Crazy Joe (1974); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); Cotter (1973); Payday (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Mannix (1972); Slaughter (1972); Hollywood Television Theater: Two by Chekhov (1972); Bonanza (1971); Montserrat (1971); Maidstone (1970); Tropic of Cancer (1970); Coming Apart (1969); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Wild 90 (1968); Sol Madrid (1968); Beach Red (1967); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); You're a Big Boy Now (1966); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Rawhide (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); Combat! (1964); Ben Casey (1964); The Reporter (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Breaking Point (1963); Channing (1963); The Lieutenant (1963); Route 66 (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1963); Critic's Choice (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Festival (1962); Hero's Island (1962); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962); Naked City (1962); Frontier Circus (1961); King of Kings (1961); Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1961); Thriller (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Sunday Showcase (1959); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Pursuit (1958); Johnny Belinda (1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); The Restless Gun (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Time Limit (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); A Face in the Crowd (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); Baby Doll (1956); Omnibus (1956).

Born on this day – François Truffaut:

 

François Truffaut

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984

Credits:

A Story of Water (1961); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Fat Head (1962); Anna la bonne (1958); Antoine and Colette (1962); Bed & Board (1970); Belle Époque (1995); Breathless (1960); Breathless (1983); Ce gamin, là (1976); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Confidentially Yours (1983); Day for Night (1973); Fahrenheit 451 (1966); Fool's Mate (1956); Jules and Jim (1962); Le scarabée d'or (1961); Les surmenés (1958); Lire (2019–2022); Los 4 Golpes (1962); Love at Twenty (1962); Love on the Run (1979); A Visit (1955); Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Naked Childhood (1968); Over There, 1914-18 (1963); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Small Change (1976); Stolen Kisses (1968); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 400 Blows (1959); The Army Game (1960); The Bride Wore Black (1968); The Green Room (1978); The Kreutzer Sonata (1956); The Last Metro (1980); The Little Thief (1988); The Magic Skin (2011); The Man Who Loved Women (1977); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Mischief Makers (1957); The Soft Skin (1964); The Story of Adele H (1975); The Wild Child (1970); The Woman Next Door (1981); Two English Girls (1971); Willie & Phil (1980).

Born on this day – Gayle Hunnicutt:

 

Gayle Hunnicutt

Actress

February 6, 1943 – August 31, 2023

Credits:

CI5: The New Professionals (1998); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Screen Two (1985); Dallas (1989–1991); Hard to Be a God (1989); The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989); Silence Like Glass (1989); Turnaround (1987); Strong Medicine (1986); Dream West (1986); Lime Street (1985); Dream Lover (1986); Target (1985); A Woman of Substance (1984); Let's Parlez Franglais (1984); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984); Two by Forsyth (1984); Savage in the Orient (1983); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Fantasy Island (1983); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Taxi (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Lady Killers (1980); The Million Dollar Face (1981); Flashpoint Africa (1980); The Love Boat (1980); Fantômas (1980); A Man Called Intrepid (1980); The Martian Chronicles (1980); A Man Called Intrepid (1979); Return of the Saint (1978); The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979); Dylan (1978); Once in Paris... (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1965); The Sell-Out (1976); Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976); 2nd House (1975); Switch (1975); The Man Without a Face (1975); The Spiral Staircase (1975); Shadowman (1974); Affairs of the Heart (1974); Fall of Eagles (1974); Thriller (1973); Voices (1973); The Legend of Hell House (1973); Scorpio (1973); Away from It All (1973); The Golden Bowl (1972); Running Scared (1972); The Love Machine (1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Love, American Style (section entitles Love and the Logical Explanation) (1971); Freelance (1970); Fragment of Fear (1970); Marlowe (1969); Eye of the Cat (1969); The Smugglers (1968); P.J. (1967); Get Smart (1965); Love on a Rooftop (1966); Hey, Landlord (1966); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Wild Angels (1966); Mister Roberts (episode entitled Unwelcome Aboard) (1966).

Born on this day – Richard J. Anobile:

Richard J. Anobile

Writer

Producer

February 6, 1947 – February 10, 2023

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields (1972); Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1974); Alien: Movie Novel (1979); Casablanca (1974); Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas (1975); Hooray For Captain Spaulding (1974); James Whale's Frankenstein (The Film Classics Library) (1974); Play It Again, Sam: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1969); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Photostory (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Photostory (1980); The Maltese Falcon [Picador Film Classics Library] (1974); The Marx Bros. Scrapbook (1973); The Official Rocky Horror picture show movie novel (1980); Who's on First? Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello (1972); Why a Duck? (1971).

 

Movies and television:
 

1-800-Missing (2003–2006); 1st & Ten (1988–1990); A Family Lost (2007); A Friend of the Family (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); Aaron Stone (2010); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1998); Adventure Inc. (2002); Aladdin (1990); Atomic Twister (2002); Before You Say 'I Do' (2009); Blackout (2001); Brave New Girl (2004); Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996); Catwalk (1992–1995); Cinema and Sanctuary (2019); Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005); Cool Money (2005); Cypher (2002); Fellow Travelers (2023); Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005); Flashpoint (2011–2012); Going for Broke (2003); High Tide (1994 / 1995); Holiday Switch (2007); Liberace: Behind the Music (1988); Living with the Dead (2002); Lucky Christmas (2011); Matters of Life & Dating (2007); Murder at the Presidio (2005); Murdoch Mysteries (2011); My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011–2012); Never Cry Werewolf (2008); On Strike for Christmas (2010); On Thin Ice (2003); Picture Claire (2001); Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005); Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988); Sex/Life (2021); Smoke Screen (2010); Stunt Dawgs (1992); Submerged (2001); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); The Big Door Prize (2023); The Bridge (2010); The Gathering (2007); The Hoop Life (1999–2000); The House Next Door (2006); The Kings of Napa (2022); The Listener (2011); The Strain (2014–2017); Til Death Do Us Part (2007); Unnatural History (2010); X Company (2015–2017).

Born on this day – Renée French:

 

Renée French

Actress

Production manager

February 6, 1966 – May 19, 2020

Credits:
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003); Nowhere Fast (1995); Malcolm X (1992); Fishing with John (1991).

On this day in movie history - The Brasher Doubloon (1947)

The Brasher Doubloon

directed by John Brahm,

written by Leonard Praskins and Dorothy Bennett,

based on the novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on February 6, 1947.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, Marvin Miller, Reed Hadley.

On this day in movie history - Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)

Fort Apache, The Bronx

directed by Daniel Petrie,

written by Heywood Gould,

was released in the United States on February 6, 1981.

Music by Jonathan Tunick.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Ed Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, Pam Grier, Kathleen Beller, Tito Goya, Miguel Piñero, Jaime Tirelli, Clifford David, Sully Boyar, Dominic Chianese, Michael Higgins, Paul Gleason, Randy Jurgensen, Gilbert Lewis, Cleavant Derricks, Reynaldo Medina, Norman Matlock.

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

 

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: The Last Act.

Released February 6, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by B.X. Sanborn and Don Sanford.

Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Donald Buka, Elaine Edwards, Jim Bannon, Stewart Bradley, Robert Gibbons, Bill Baucom.