Elias Canetti, on writing:

The process of writing has something infinite about it.

Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

- Elias Canetti.

Recommended reading - Phantom Lady

 

Phantom Lady

by Cornell Woolrich.

Published by Renaissance Literary & Talent.

First published 1942.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1950369781
ISBN-13: 978-1950369782
 
Description:
 

Phantom lady, I was with you for six hours last night, but I can't remember what you look like, or what you wore—except for that large orange hat. We sat shoulder to shoulder at a little bar in the east Fifties. We ate dinner together, saw a Broadway show together, shared a cab together.

The bartender, the waiter, the usher, the cab driver—none of them remembers you. 

The police say I was home strangling my wife at the moment I met you.

You are the only one who can prove my story—but I don't know your name, or where you live. And I can't search for you from a jail cell....

After spending a night on the town with a mysterious woman, a man arrives home to find his wife strangled to death. Now, the only way to prove his innocence and confirm his alibi is to track down the "Phantom Lady" he was with all night. “Cornell Woolrich deserves to be discovered and rediscovered by each generation." – Ray Bradbury Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (4 December 1903 – 25 September 1968) is one of America's best crime and noir writers, and sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish or George Hopley. He invented and mastered the genre of "Pulp-Fiction" and wrote hundreds of short stories, novellas and full-length novels. One of his most famous stories is It Had to be Murder which was adapted into the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window in 1954. Check out the countless other Woolrich Novels, Novellas and Short Stories, also available as EBooks, from the Estate of Cornell Woolrich and Renaissance Literary & Talent!

Recommended reading - Jackson Pollock

 

Jackson Pollock

by Ellen G. Landau.
 
Published by Abrams.
Published 2010.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0810984962
ISBN-13: 978-0810984967
 
Description:
 

How did Jackson Pollock become a cult figure for the Beat Generation? And what caused his reputation to continue to soar? This compelling and original Abrams classic, now back in print, locates the artist in the continuum of his times, recreating the social and cultural milieu of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. With extensive knowledge of Pollock’s habits (much of it gained through interviews), his reading, his conversation, and the exhibitions he visited, the author retraces many of the far-flung sources of Pollock’s work. A wealth of comparative photographs that illustrate paintings by artists Pollock admired further explains the work of this complex, tragic, and immeasurably influential figure. Pollock’s big, bold canvases are reproduced in five colors to convey the brilliance of his network of tones, his aluminum paint, and his sparkling collage materials. Six gatefolds show his vast horizontal works without distortion and a chronology provides a summary of the major events of Pollock’s life.

Born on this day – Colette, a.k.a. Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette:

 

Colette, a.k.a. Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Writer

Mime artist

Actress

January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954

Credits:
 
Books and plays:
 

Chance Acquaintances (1952); Cheri (1920); Claudine at School (1900); Claudine in Paris (1901); Gigi (1945); Gigi: Play (1951); Green Sealing Wax (2020); The Collected Stories of Colette (2003); The Last of Cheri aka The End of Cheri (1926); The Vagabond (1911).

 
Movies and television:
 

Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (2013); Chéri (2009); Mademoiselle Gigi (2006); L'enfant et les sortilèges (2004); Camaradagem (1999); L'enfant et les sortilèges (1994); Duo (1990); La seconde (1990); Le blé en herbe (1990); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); Chéri (1988); Gigi (1987); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); Le roman du samedi (1980); Claudine (1978); Le ciel de lit (1974); La seconde (1973); Plain-chant (1973); Cheri (1973); Away from It All (1973); Hora once (1969); The Gentle Libertine (1967); L'enfant et les sortilèges (1967); Kirmizi karanfiller (1962); Drengen og trolderiet (1962); Chéri (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gigi (1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Mitsou (1956); Le ciel de lit (1955); Journey to Italy (1954); The Immature Grain (1954); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952); Colette (1951); Chéri (1950); Minne (1950); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); Gigi (1949); Claudine à l'école (1937); Divine (1935); Ladies Lake (1934); La vagabonde (1932); Mädchen in Uniform (1931); La vagabonda (1918); Claudine à l'école (1917); Claudine à Paris (1917); Claudine s'en va (1917); Claudine en ménage (1917); Claudine (1913).

Born on this day – Augusto Genina:

 

Augusto Genina

Director

Writer

Producer

January 28, 1892 – September 18, 1957

Louise Brooks (left) with Augusto Genina (right)

on the set of Prix de Beauté (1930).

 
Credits:

Frou-Frou (1955); Maddalena (1954); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Devotion (1950); Cielo sulla palude (1949); Bengasi (1942); L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940); Castelli in aria (1939); Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937); Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937); Blumen aus Nizza (1936); Lo squadrone bianco (1936); La gondole aux chimères (1936); Non ti scordar di me (1935); Vergiss mein nicht (1935); Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The Darling of Paris (1931); Mitternachtsliebe (1931); Les amours de minuit (1931); Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe);  (1930); n dramma a 16 anni (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); La storia di una piccola Parigina (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); The White Slave (1927); Addio giovinezza! (1927); L'ultimo lord (1926); Il focolare spento (1925); La moglie bella (1924); Il Corsaro (1923); Cyrano de Bergerac (1923); Germaine (1923); La peccatrice senza peccato (1922); Lucie de Trecoeur (1922); Il castello della malinconia (1922); Una donna passò (1922); Marito, moglie e... (1921); L'incatenata (1921); La crisi (1921); Un punto nero (1921); I diabolici (1921); I tre sentimentali (1921); La douloureuse (1921); L'avventura di Dio (1920); Lo scaldino (1920); La ruota del vizio (1920); La donna e il cadavere (1920); Debito d'odio (1920); I due crocefissi (1920); Bel ami (1919); Lucrezia Borgia (1919); Le avventure di Bijou (1919); Noris (1919); La maschera e il volto (1919); Il principe dell'impossibile (1919); La fine di un vile (1918); L'emigrata (1918); Addio giovinezza! (1918); Femmina – Femina (1918); Il trono e la seggiola (1918); La menzogna (1918); Il siluramento dell'Oceania (1917); Kalidaa - la storia di una mummia (1917); Maschiaccio (1917); Lucciola (1917); Il dramma della corona (1916); La signorina Ciclone (1916); His Daughter's Second Husband (1916); Il sogno di un giorno (1916); Cento H.P. (1915); L'ultimo travestimento (1915); A Woman Wills (1915); La farfalla dalle ali d'oro (1915); La gelosia (1915); Mezzanotte (1915); Il motore 13 HP (1915); La fioraia di Como (1915); L'anello di Siva (1914); La fuga degli amanti (1914); La conquista dei diamanti (1914); Dopo il veglione (1914); La fuga dei diamanti (1914); I misteri del castello di Monroe (1914); Giovinezza trionfa! (1914); The Voice of Innocence (1914); Il piccolo cerinaio (1914); Lulu (1914); La parola che uccide (1914); The Broken Chain (1913); La moglie di sua eccellenza (1913); Troppo tardi! (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912).

Born on this day – Jackson Pollock:

Jackson Pollock

Painter

January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956

Born on this day – Lucia Bosè:

Lucia Bosè

Actress

January 28, 1931 – March 23, 2020

Credits:

One More Time (2013); Capri (2010); I Viceré (2007); Harem Suare (1999); Alta società (1992); Il coraggio di Anna (1992); Le gorille (1990); L'avaro (1990); Volevo i pantaloni (1990); Brumal (1989); Moon Child (1989); Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987); Como Pedro por su casa (1985); The Charterhouse of Parma (1982); La perdiz (1981); Mon enfant, ma mère (1981); Violanta (1977); La señora García se confiesa (1976–1977); Los viajes escolares (1976); Lumiere (1976); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); The Golden Mass (1975); Manchas de sangre en un coche nuevo (1975); The Legend of Blood Castle (1973); La colonna infame (1973); The Heroes (1973); Nathalie Granger (1972); Arcana (1972); La casa de las palomas (1972); L'ospite (1971); The Double (1971); Something Creeping in the Dark (1971); Ciao Gulliver (1970); Winter in Mallorca (1970); Metello (1970); The Picasso Summer (1969); Fellini Satyricon (1969); Del amor y otras soledades (1969); Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969); Nocturno 29 (1969); No somos de piedra (1968); Por los caminos de España (1966); Testament of Orpheus (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Sinfonia d'amore (1956); Gli sbandati (1955); Death of a Cyclist (1955); Le village magique (1955); Accadde al commissariato (1954); Concert of Intrigue (1954); Of Life and Love / Marsina stretta (1954); Era lei che lo voleva! (1953); The Lady Without Camelias (1953); Rome 11:00 (1952); Three Girls from Rome (1952); È l'amor che mi rovina (1951); Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951); Story of a Love Affair (1950); Under the Olive Tree (1950).

Born on this day – Nicholas Pryor:

Nicholas Pryor

Actor

January 28, 1935 – October 7, 2024

Credits:

1st Memory (2024); 20 to 1 (2007); 227 (1989); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1995); A Few Days in Weasel Creek (1981); A Short History of Decay (2014); A Stoning in Fulham County (1988); A Summer's Day (2017); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961 / 1986); All My Children (1970); Amazing Stories (1986); Amazons (1984); American Tragedy (2000); Angie, the Lieutenant (1992); Another World (1964); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Betrayed: A Story of Three Women (1995); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994–1997); Blood Feud (1983); Brain Dead (1990); Broken Trust (1995); Buster's Mal Heart (2016); Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995); Carriers (1998); Checkered Flag (2015); Chicago Hope (1995); Choke Canyon (1986); Collateral Damage (2002); Constantine (2014); Coronet Blue (1967); Cosmic Kiosk (2015); Cover Up (1984); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); Dallas (1985); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dark Angel (1996); Deadline (1959); Desperate Voyage (1980); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992); Doctor Sleep (2019); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994); Dynasty (1985); East of Eden (1981); Eight Is Enough (1979–1981); Executive Decision (1996); Falcon Crest (1987); Fear on Trial (1975); Force Five (1975); Gideon's Crossing (2001); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Growing Pains (1991); Hail Caesar (1994); Halloween Kills (2021); Hart of Dixie (2011); Hart to Hart (1979); Having Babies II (1977); Hill Street Blues (1985); Hoffa (1992); Homeroom (1981); Hornet's Nest (2012); Insight (1963); Into Thin Air (1985); Jack's Place (1992–1993); Kaz (1978); Knight Rider (1985); raft Theatre (1958); L.A. Law (1991–1992); Less Than Zero (1987); Lifestories (1990); Little House on the Prairie (1982); Live Shot (1995); Look Up and Live (1958); Lou Grant (1979); Love Can Be Murder (1992); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967); M*A*S*H (1981); Majority Rule (1992); Man on a Swing (1974); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980); Martinelli, Outside Man (1977); Matlock (1993); McClain's Law (1981); Molly (1999); Moonlighting (1989); Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987); Murder at 1600 (1997); Murder Between Friends (1994); Murder in Three Acts (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1991); Nashville (2014); Night Drive (1977); Nightbreaker (1989); Noble House (1988); Nowhere Man (1995); NYPD Blue (2003); October Road (2007); One Life to Live (1983); Pacific Heights (1990); Party of Five (1995–1999); Picket Fences (1994); Port Charles (1997–2002); Rags to Riches (1987); Rainbow (1978); Reunion (1980); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Riptide (1985); Risky Business (1983); Ruffian (2007); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); Sidekicks (1986); Silk Stalkings (1998); Silver Spoons (1983); Simon & Simon (1982); Sisters (1992); Sliver (1993); Smile (1975); Splendor in the Grass (1981); Sr. (2022); St. Elsewhere (1986); Startime (1960); Starting Now (1989); Strong Medicine (2002); Sugar and Spice (1990); Summer of Decision (1959); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982); That's Life (2001–2002); The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Bachelor (1999); The Big Easy (1982); The Brighter Day (1958); The Bronx Zoo (1987–1988); The Chamber (1996); The Colbys (1985); The Diamond Trap (1988); The Doctors (1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Edge of Night (1956); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); The Four Children of Tander Welch (2008); The Guardian (2001); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Happy Hooker (1975); The Hit Man (1991); The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Last Song (1980); The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (1977); The List (2007); The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015); The Mommies (1993); The New Lassie (1991); The Nurses (1965–1967); The Outsider (2020); The Paper Chase (1985); The Plutonium Incident (1980); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Practice (1998); The Secret Storm (1962-1963); The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1987); The Way We Live Now (1970); The West Wing (2001); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Trial by Fire (1995); Voyagers! (1983); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Who's the Boss? (1988); Widow (1976); Wild Card (2003); Without a Trace (2002); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963); Zero Intelligence (1976).

Born on this day – David Lodge:

David Lodge

Writer

January 28, 1935 – January 1, 2025

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A David Lodge Trilogy (1993); A Man of Parts (2011); About Catholic authors (1958); After Bakhtin (1990); Author, Author (2004); Changing Places (1975); Consciousness and the Novel (2002); Days of Wine and Roses (2015); Deaf Sentence (2008); Evelyn Waugh (1971); Ginger, You're Barmy (1962); Graham Greene (1966); Home Truths (1999); Home Truths: The Playscript (2012); Jane Austen: 'Emma' (1968); Language of Fiction (1966); Lives in Writing (2014); Modern Criticism and Theory (1988); Nice Work (1988); Novels of Graham Greene (1982); Out of the Shelter (1970); Paradise News (1991); Quite A Good Time to be Born (2015); Scenes of Academic Life (2005); Secret Thoughts (2011); Sightlines (2001); Small World (1984); Souls and Bodies / aka How Far Can You Go? (1980); Surprised by Summer (1996); The Art of Fiction (1992); The Best of Ring Lardner (1984); The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965); The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up (1998); The Modes of Modern Writing (1977); The Novelist at the Crossroads (1971); The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1987); The Picturegoers (1960); The Practice of Writing (1996); The Writing Game (1991); The Year of Henry James (2006); Therapy (1995); Thinks... (2001); Three Novels (1994); Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (1972); Varying Degrees of Success (2021); Working with Structuralism (1981); Write On (2012); Write on: Occasional Essays, 1965-85 (1986); Writer's Luck (2018).

 

Television:
 

Bookmark (1985–1988); Café Picouly (2007); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2002); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2007); Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013); Des livres et moi (2002); Did You See..? (1981–1985); Esprits libres (2007); Everyman (1993); L.A. Law (1993); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2013); Lost in Adaptation: David Lodge (2005); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); Midlands Today (2021); Nice Work (1989); Nulle part ailleurs (1996–2000); Readers and Writers Roadshow (2002); Saturday Review (1984–1988); Small World (1988); Talk of the 80s (1989); The Book Programme (1980); The Sunday Programme (2002–2003); Timeshift (2006); Vol de nuit (2002).

Born on this day - Frank Doubleday:

Frank Doubleday

Actor

January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018

Credits:

John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Dollman (1991); L.A. Bounty (1989); Our House (1988); Longarm (1988); Broadcast News (1987); Amazing Stories (1987); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); Nomads (1986); Space Rage (1985); T.J. Hooker (1983–1985); Avenging Angel (1985); Trauma Center (1983); Hill Street Blues (1983); The Greatest American Hero (1982); CHiPs (1981–1982); Archie Bunker's Place (1981); Escape from New York (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1981); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Charlie's Angels (1978); The Big Fix (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); A Killing Affair (1977); Abar (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); The Quest (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Delvecchio (1976); The First Nudie Musical (1976); Police Story (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975).

Born on this day – Mike Milligan:

Mike Milligan

Writer

Producer

Director

January 28, 1947 – December 20, 2024

Credits:

704 Hauser (1994); All in the Family (1976); Checking In (1981); Chico and the Man (1975); Dear John (1989–1991); Fatherhood (2004–2005); Good Times (1974); Here and Now (1992); Joe and Sons (1975); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Los Beltrán (1999–2000); Maude (1975); Melba (1986); That's My Mama (1974–1975); That's My Mama Now! (1986); The Jeffersons (1975–1981); The Royal Family (1991–1992); Unsung Hollywood (2017); What's Happening Now! (1985–1988).

Born on this day – Susan Buckner:

Susan Buckner

Actress

January 28, 1952 – May 2, 2024

Credits:

1 vs. 100 (2007); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Behind the Music (2001); Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (1978); Deadly Blessing (1981); Grease (1978); Grease 20th Anniversary Re-Release Party (1998); Grease Day USA (1978); Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham (2021); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Police Woman (1976); Return Engagement (1978); Secrets Revealed: An Interiew with Susan Buckner (2013); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Switch (1977); The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976–1977); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The First Nudie Musical (1976); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1978); The Love Boat (1979); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); When the Whistle Blows (1980).

On this day in movie history - Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld,

based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1944.

Music by Hans J. Salter.

Cast:

Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm, Elisha Cook, Jr., Andrew Tombes, Regis Toomey, Joseph Crehan, Doris Lloyd, Virginia Brissac, Milburn Stone.

On this day in movie history - The Unfaithful (1947)

The Unfaithful

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by David Goodis and James Gunn,

based on the 1927 play The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1947.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray, John Hoyt, Peggy Knudsen, Marta Mitrovich, Douglas Kennedy, Claire Meade, Frances Morris, Jane Harker, Heinie Conklin, Jack Mower, Leo White.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014)

 

Justified
Season 5. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Over the Mountain.

Released January 28, 2014.

Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Leonard Chang.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, James Le Gros, Edi Gathegi, David Meunier, Sam Anderson, A.J. Buckley, Rick Gomez, Shashawnee Hall, Damon Herriman, Jacob Lofland, Will Sasso, Amy Smart, Danny Strong, Karolina Wydra, Mickey Jones, William Gregory Lee, Justin Welborn, Mandy Levin, Max Rose, Arriane Alexander, Aubrey Wood, Laura Niemi, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in movie history - Honeyland (2019)

 

Honeyland

a documentary directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov,

written by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 28, 2019.

Music by Foltin.

 

Cast:

Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam, Mustafa Sam, Muzafer Sam, Veli Sam, Ali Sam, Alit Sam, Gamze Sam, Ljutvish Sam, Safet Javorovac.