Orson Scott Card, on inspiration:

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.

The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them.

Most people don't see any.

- Orson Scott Card.

Recommended reading - The Onion Field, by Joseph Wambaugh (1973)

The Onion Field

by Joseph Wambaugh

Published 1973 

ISBN-10: 0385341598

ISBN-13: 978-0385341592

 

Description:

This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.

Joseph Wambaugh. A former LAPD detective and perennial bestselling author, he is the cops’ poet laureate, and this is the true story he was born to tell.

“A distinguished ‘factual novel.’ A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.” – Truman Capote.

Born on this day – Ann Sothern:

Ann Sothern

Actress

January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001

Credits:

The Whales of August (1987); The Little Dragons (1979); Flying High (1978); The Manitou (1978); Captains and the Kings (1976); Medical Story (1975); Crazy Mama (1975); Golden Needles (1974); The Killing Kind (1973); The Weekend Nun (1972); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); A Death of Innocence (1971); Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971); The Virginian (1971); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); Love, American Style (1969); Insight (1964–1969); Chubasco (1968); Family Affair (1968); The Outsider (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); My Mother the Car (1965–1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lucy Show (1965); Sylvia (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Lady in a Cage (1964); The Best Man (1964); Atta Boy, Mama (1962); The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957); Private Secretary (1953–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Milton Berle Show (1955); Lady in the Dark (1954); The Red Skelton Hour (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); A Letter to Three Wives (1949 & 1985); Words and Music (1948); April Showers (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); Undercover Maisie (1947); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Maisie Goes to Reno (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); You, John Jones! (1943); Panama Hattie (1942); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Lady Be Good (1941); Ringside Maisie (1941); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Dulcy (1940); Gold Rush Maisie (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); Congo Maisie (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Fast and Furious (1939); Hotel for Women (1939); Maisie (1939); Trade Winds (1938); She's Got Everything (1937); There Goes the Groom (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Dangerous Number (1937); Smartest Girl in Town (1936); Walking on Air (1936); My American Wife (1936); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Hell-Ship Morgan (1936); You May Be Next! (1936); Grand Exit (1935); The Girl Friend (1935); Hooray for Love (1935); Eight Bells (1935); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); Kid Millions (1934); The Party's Over (1934); Blind Date (1934); The Hell Cat (1934); Melody in Spring (1934); Let's Fall in Love (1933); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); The March of Time (1930); Whoopee! (1930); Madam Satan (1930); Doughboys (1930); Good News (1930); Song of the West (1930); Show of Shows (1929); Broadway Nights (1927).

Born on this day – Diana Douglas:

Diana Douglas

Actress

January 22, 1923 – July 3, 2015

Born on this day – Marvin H. Albert:

Marvin H. Albert

Writer

January 22, 1924 – March 24, 1996

Credits:

Books:

A Dancer's Progress and Schodinger's Cat (1993); A Nightmare to Dreamland (1985); All the Young Men (1960); Apache Rising (1987); Back in the Real World (1986); Becoming a Mother (1982); Bimbo Heaven (1990); Broadsides and Boarders (1958); Clayburn (1989); Crazy Joe (1974); Dark Goddess (1978); Driscoll's Diamonds (1974); Duel at Diablo (1966); Get Off at Babylon (1987); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Hidden Lives (1981); I'd Love to But I Have a Game (1993); Last Train to Bannock (1989); Long Teeth (1987); Miami Mayhem (1960); My Kind of Game (1962); No Chance in Hell (1960); Operation Lila (1983); Party Girl (1958); Rider from Wind River (1988); Skylark Mission (1973); Some Die Hard (1961); Stone Angel (1986); Strike Force 7 (1975); The Divorce (1965); The Don Is Dead (1972); The Gargoyle Conspiracy (1975); The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959); The Golden Circle (1987); The Hoods Come Calling (1958); The Lady in Cement (1961); The Last Smile (1988); The Long White Road (1957); The Man in Black (1990); The Medusa Complex (1982); The Midnight Sister (1989); The Pink Panther (1964); The Reformed Gun (1989); The Riviera Contract (1992); The Untouchables (1987); The Vendetta (1972); The VIPs (1963); The Zig-Zag Man (1991); Three Rode North (1989); Till It Hurts (1960); Trail of a Tramp (1958); Valley of the Assassins (1975); What's New Pussy Cat? (1965).

Movies and television:

À corps et à cris (1989); A Twist of Sand (1968); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Duel at Diablo (1966); Lady in Cement (1968); Nick Quarry (1968); Pour cent millions (1992); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Law and Jake Wade (1958); The Ugly Ones (1966); Tony Rome (1967); Wahdah be-Wahdah (1984).

Born on this day – Piper Laurie:

 

Piper Laurie

Actress

January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023

Credits:

Around the Sun (2022–2023); Carcerem (2020); White Boy Rick (2018); MacGyver (2018); Snapshots (2018); Bad Blood (2012); Another Harvest Moon (2010); Hesher (2010); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Hounddog (2007); Property (2006); The Dead Girl (2006); Cold Case (2005); Dead Like Me (2004); Eulogy (2004); State of Grace (2002); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001); The Last Brickmaker in America (2001); Midwives (2001); Possessed (2000); Will & Grace (2000); Partners (1999); The Mao Game (1999); Inherit the Wind (1999); Frasier (1994–1999); Brother's Keeper (1999); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); The Faculty (1998); St. Patrick's Day (1997); A Christmas Memory (1997); Touched by an Angel (1997); Intensity (1997); Alone (1997); Wolf Pack (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); ER (1995–1996); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); The Road to Galveston (1996); The Grass Harp (1995); The Crossing Guard (1995); Fighting for My Daughter (1995); Shadows of Desire (1994); Traps (1994); Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993); Love, Lies & Lullabies (1993); Trauma (1993); Rich in Love (1992); Storyville (1992); Other People's Money (1991); Twin Peaks (1989–1991); Rising Son (1990); Twin Peaks (1989); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Mother, Mother (1989); Go Toward the Light (1988); Tiger Warsaw (1988); Distortions (1988); Appointment with Death (1988); Promise (1986); Matlock (1986); Children of a Lesser God (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985–1986); Toughlove (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Tender Is the Night (1985); Return to Oz (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Hotel (1985); St. Elsewhere (1983); The Thorn Birds (1983); Mae West (1982); Macbeth (1981); The Bunker (1981); Skag (1980); Tim (1979); Rainbow (1978); The Boss' Son (1978); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Ruby (1977); The Woman Rebel (1976); ; Carrie (1976); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); Breaking Point (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Ben Casey (1963); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre (1960–1963); Naked City (1963); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); General Electric Theater (1956–1961); The Hustler (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Winterset (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Studio One (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Ninth Day (1956); Kelly and Me (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); Smoke Signal (1955); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Johnny Dark (1954); Dangerous Mission (1954); The Golden Blade (1953); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); Francis Goes to the Races (1951); The Milkman (1950); Louisa (1950).

Born on this day – Bill Bixby:

Bill Bixby

Actor

Director

Producer

January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993

Born on this day – John Hurt:

John Hurt

Actor

January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017

Born on this day – Pamela Salem:

Pamela Salem

Actress

January 22, 1944 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

A Necessary Death (2008); After Darkness (1985); All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1988); April's Shower (2003); Back to School (2007); Big Love (2010); Blake's 7 (1978); Boon (1987); Buccaneer (1980); Chain (1990); Chance in a Million (1986); Crown Court (1981–1984); Doctor Who (1977–1988); Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2017); Don't Leave Me This Way (1993); Down's Revenge (2019); EastEnders (1988–1989); El C.I.D. (1990); ER (1996); Ever Decreasing Circles (1984); Flesh and Blood (1980); French Fields (1989–1991); General Hospital (1979); Gods and Monsters (1998); God's Outlaw (1986); Gosia's Witch (2009); Happy Ever After (1969); Hellsing Ultimate (2008); Howards' Way (1986); Into the Labyrinth (1981–1982); Jason King (1971); Licensed by Royalty (2003); Lytton's Diary (1985); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Man at the Top (1972); Never Say Never Again (1983); Never Say Never Again: Royal Film Premiere (1983); Never Say Never Again: Sean Is Back (2009); New Scotland Yard (1972); Night Train to Murder (1984); No Longer Alone (1978); Out of the Unknown (1971); Party of Five (2000); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Pig (2011); Quicksand (2002); River Made to Drown In (1997); Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984); Salomé (1986); Scorpion Tales (1978); Seagull Island (1981); Strangers (1982); Succubus (1987); Suicide, the Comedy (1998); The Adventurer (1972); The Bitch (1979); The Book of Eve (2002); The Carnforth Practice (1974); The Consultant (1983); The Early Life of Stephen Hind (1974); The Girls of 'Never Say Never Again' (2009); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Making of 'Never Say Never Again' (2009); The Onedin Line (1972); The Paradise Club (1990); The Professionals (1978); The Sandmine Murders (2012); The Secret of Seagull Island (1982); The Tripods (1984); The West Wing (2005); Then Churchill Said to Me (1993); Thirteen at Dinner (1985); Tycoon (1978); Van der Valk (1977); Wide Awake (2007).

On this day in movie history - Time to Kill (1942)

Time to Kill

directed by Herbert I. Leeds,

written by Brett Halliday,

based on the novel by The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on January 22, 1943.

Music by Emil Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge and David Raksin.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Ted Hecht, William Pawley, Syd Saylor, Lester Sharpe, Charles Williams, LeRoy Mason, George Melford.

On this day in movie history - Vice Squad (1982)

 

Vice Squad

directed by Gary Sherman,

written by Sandy Howard, Gary Sherman, Robert Vincent O'Neil and Kenneth Peter,

was released in the United States on January 22, 1982.

Music by Joe Renzetti and Keith Rubinstein.

Cast:

Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd, Joseph Di Giroloma, Maurice Emanuel, Wayne Hackett, Nina Blackwood, Sudana Bobatoon, Lydia Lei, Kelly Piper, Kristoffer Anders, Joseph Baroncini, Fred Berry, Tom Brent, Grand L. Bush, Marilyn Coleman, Michael Ensign, Nate Esformes, Stacy Everly, Cliff Frazier, Lyla Graham, Peter Harrell, Jonathan Haze, Vincent J. Isaac, Cyndi James Gossett (as Cyndi James-Reese), Ben Kronen, Bob Laird, Doug Laird, Robert Miano, Richard Milholland, Vahan Moosekian, Mark Ness, Stack Pierce, Barbara Pilavin, Donald Rawley, David Ross, Stan Ross, Cheryl Smith, Hugo Stanger, Arnold F. Turner, Nicole Volkoff, Richard Wetzel, Ark Wong, Harry Hart-Browne, Doctor Hayes, Troy Martin.

On this day in movie history - A Slipping-Down Life (1999)

A Slipping-Down Life

directed and written by Toni Kalem,

based on the novel by Anne Tyler,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 22, 1999.

Music by Peter Himmelman.

Cast:

Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower, Bruno Kirby, Veronica Cartwright, Shawnee Smith, Sara Rue, John Hawkes, Marshall Bell, Jo Ann Farabee, Harv Morgan, Jason Russel Waller, Lew Temple, Jason Kavalewitz, Jeff McMillioan, Brian Stack, Kevin Stack, Billy Harvey, Mike Hynes, Michael Ramos, Eric Tatuaka, Jamie Dickerson, Tony Frank, James N. Harrell, Clea DuVall, Keith McDermott, Topher Glenn, Gary Ragland, Dan Bennett, Kirk Watson, Doris Gramm, Vincent James Prendergast, Brian Prendergast, Mike Keller, Johnny Goudie, Floyd Freeman, Norman Bennett, Margaret Bowman, Stacy Bellew, Greg Corner, Xanna Dont, James Douglas, Dan Eggleston, Johanna Goldsmith, Michael Gottschall, David Houston, Alicia McCutcheon, Daria Prendergast, Brad Schreiber, Jordan Stone, Scott Teeters, Chris Warner. 

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

 

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres.

Released January 22, 1960.

Directed by Earl Bellamy.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, George Keymas, John Dennis, Frank Richards, Jack Mather, Cay Conway, Bill Cassady, Ken Christy, John Gallaudet, Jon Locke.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

Justified

Season 4. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Truth and Consequences.

Released January 22, 2013.

Directed by Jon Avnet.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Joseph Mazzello, Robert Baker, Julia Campbell, Michael Graziadei, Jenn Lyon, Jesse Luken, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Lindsay Pulsipher, Josh Stamberg, Jonathan Kowalsky, Scot Zeller, Joe Stevens, Richard Augustine, Trevor Hammonds, Caileigh Scott.

On this day in music history - The album Across an Ocean of Dreams, by 2002 (2002)

 

Across an Ocean of Dreams

by 2002

was released on January 22, 2002.

Track list:

The Ocean Dreams; The Sound of Still Water; The Sea at Night; Valley of Healing Waters; The River's Journey; Oceans of Life; Well of Wisdom; Lady of the Moon; Nautilus; Heart of the Nile.