Recommended reading - The Exorcist (1971) and Legion (1983) by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist: A Novel (1971).

by William Peter Blatty.
 
Published by Harper Paperbacks
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 006209436X
ISBN-13: 978-0062094360
 
Description:
 

Four decades after it first shook the nation, then the world, William Peter Blatty’s thrilling masterwork of faith and demonic possession returns in an even more powerful form. Raw and profane, shocking and blood-chilling, it remains a modern parable of good and evil and perhaps the most terrifying novel ever written.

 

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Legion (1983).

by William Peter Blatty.
 
Published by Tor Books.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0765327139
ISBN-13: 978-0765327130
 
Description:
 
“Jesus asked the man his name, and he answered, ‘Legion, for we are many.’” – Mark 5:9.
 

A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient,in silent isolation?

 

Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting new enigmas at every turn, even as more murders occur. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two priests among the dead? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago – one that supposedly ended with the death of the killer?

 

Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.

 

The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty.

Born on this day – Vincent Gardenia:

Vincent Gardenia

Actor

January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992

Credits:

The Super (1991); L.A. Law (1986); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); Age-Old Friends (1989); Skin Deep (1989); Cavalli si nasce (1989); Cheeeese (1988); Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987); Moonstruck (1987); American Playhouse (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985); Brass (1985); Movers & Shakers (1985); Dark Mirror (1984); Kennedy (1983); Charley's Aunt (1983); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Ciao nemico (1982); Death Wish II (1982); Thornwell (1981); Breaking Away (1980); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980); That's Life (1979); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Marciano (1979); The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979); Home Movies (1979); Insight (1960); Firepower (1979); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Greased Lightning (1977); Fire Sale (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); Luna di miele in tre (1976); The Big Racket (1976); La banca di Monate (1976); Bordella (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Kojak (1973); Dean's Place (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Front Page (1974); Death Wish (1974); All in the Family (1971); The Carpenters (1973); Lucky Luciano (1973); Bang the Drum Slowly (1973); Cops (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); The Rookies (1972); Maude (1972); Love, American Style (1969); Hickey & Boggs (1972); McCloud (1970); Sarge (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Little Murders (1971); Where's Poppa? (1970); Jenny (1970); This Town Will Never Be the Same (1969); Mission: Impossible (1966); Ironside (1967); Coronet Blue (1967); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Mannix (1967); The Rat Patrol (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); I Spy (1965); The Fugitive (1963); The Monkees (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Hawk (1966); Seaway (1965); Ben Casey (1961); New York Television Theatre (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Third Day (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Memorandum for a Spy (1965); The Rogues (1964); The Defenders (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); East Side/West Side (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); Ride with Terror (1963); A View from the Bridge (1962); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Untouchables (1959); The Hustler (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1959); The Edge of Night (1956); Murder, Inc. (1960); Deadline (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Naked City (1958); Kraft Theatre (1947); Cop Hater (1958); Decoy (1957); Studio One (1948); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The House on 92nd Street (1945).

Born on this day – William Peter Blatty:

 

William Peter Blatty

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1959); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1963); I, Billy Shakespeare (1965); Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane (1966); The Exorcist (1971); The Ninth Configuration (aka Twinkle, Twinkle “Killer” Kane) (1978); Legion (1983); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (1996); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Hollywood Christmas Carol (2013); Elsewhere (2009); Dimiter (aka The Redemption) (2010 & 2013); Crazy (2010); The Exorcist for the 21st Century (2016); I'll Tell Them I Remember You (autobiography) (1974); William Peter Blatty on 'The Exorcist': From Novel to Screen (1974); If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty's Own Story of the Exorcist (2001); Finding Peter: A True Story of The Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life After Death (2015).

Movies:

The Exorcist III (1990); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Exorcist (1973); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); No Place to Land (1958); Ficción sonora (2006); Mastermind (1976); Insight (1960); Darling Lili (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Gunn (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); Promise Her Anything (1966); A Shot in the Dark (1964); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).

Born on this day – Lorey Sebastian:

Lorey Sebastian

Photographer

January 7, 1944 – May 9, 2022

Credits:

Hell or High Water (2016); A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014); 50 to 1 (2014); Frank (2014); Building Vegas (2013); As Cool as I Am (2013); Tiger Eyes (2012); Fright Night (2011); The Resident (2011); True Grit (2010); Passion Play (2010); The Killer Inside Me (2010); Crazy Heart (2009); Brothers (2009); Carriers (2009); Spoken Word (2009); Appaloosa (2008); Redbelt (2008); Living Hell (2008); In the Valley of Elah (2007); In the Land of Women (2007); Wild Hogs (2007); Bordertown (2007); Seraphim Falls (2006); Relative Strangers (2006); Even Money (2006); Big Love (2006); Mrs. Harris (2005); Havoc (2005); The Amateurs (2005); The Last Shot (2004); Crash (2004); Spartan (2004); The Clearing (2004); Carnivàle (2003); 11:14 (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); The United States of Leland (2003); The Singing Detective (2003); Moonlight Mile (2002); I Am Sam (2001); Blow (2001); Avant Feat. Keke Wyatt: My First Love (2000); The Cell (2000); If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000); Anywhere But Here (1999); Simpatico (1999); American Beauty (1999); Winchell (1998); The Parent Trap (1998); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Twilight (1998); Mousehunt (1997); Commandments (1997); Volcano (1997); Head Above Water (1996); Ransom (1996); Flirting with Disaster (1996); The Birdcage (1996); Beautiful Girls (1996); Three Wishes (1995); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Smoke (1995); Safe Passage (1994); Imaginary Crimes (1994); The Favor (1994); Blank Check (1994); Flesh and Bone (1993); Mariah Carey: Hero (1993); Dangerous Game (1993); American Playhouse (1992); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Boris and Natasha (1992); The Player (1992); Rush (1991); Late for Dinner (1991); White Palace (1990); Q&A (1990); Crazy People (1990); Communion (1989); Limit Up (1989); The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Lost Angels (1989); Far North (1988); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Pumpkinhead (1988); A Time of Destiny (1988); Tapeheads (1988); Best Seller (1987); House of Games (1987); Tin Men (1987); Slow Burn (1986); Violets Are Blue... (1986); The Money Pit (1986); St. Elmo's Fire (1985); Falling in Love (1984); Iceman (1984); Daniel (1983); Lovesick (1983); The King of Comedy (1982); Author! Author! (1982); Neighbors (1981); So Fine (1981); Boardwalk (1979); Acting Out (1978); Between the Lines (1977).

Born on this day – Esta TerBlanche:

Esta TerBlanche

Actress

Producer

January 7, 1973 – July 18, 2024

Credits:

All My Children (1997–2011); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Egoli: Place of Gold (1991); Germination (2013); Knew Amsterdam Radio (2023); K-T.V. (1990-1995); Miss Teen South Africa (1993); One on One with Jasper Cole (2021); Rooi Rose SuperModel 2004 (2004); Spin City (1997); The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1999); The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The Syndicate (1995–2000); Three Thieves and a Wedding (1991); WakeUp Uncensored (2021).

 

On this day in movie history - City Girl (1938)

 

City Girl

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

based on a story by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1938.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Esther Muir, Adrienne Ames, Carol Adams, Irving Bacon, Lynn Bari, Brooks Benedict, Wade Boteler, Lon Chaney Jr., Chick Collins, Heinie Conklin, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, Jack Gargan, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Hart, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Robert Lowery, George Lynn, George Magrill, Marjorie Main, Eddie Marr, Patsy Mitchell, King Mojave, William Newell, Carroll Nye, Lee Phelps, George Reed, Cyril Ring, Gloria Roy, Lee Shumway, Paul Stanton, Richard Terry, Charles Trowbridge, Emmett Vogan, Ben Welden, Norman Willis, Harry Worth.

On this day in movie history - King of the Underworld (1939)

King of the Underworld

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1939.

A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), directed by William Dieterle.

Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin, Elliott Sullivan, Alan Davis, John Harmon, John Ridgely, Richard Bond, Pierre Watkin, Charles Trowbridge, Edwin Stanley, Sherwood Bailey, Clem Bevans, Sidney Bracey, Frank Bruno, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, William Gould, John Harron, Lew Harvey, Herbert Heywood, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, Mickey Kuhn, Al Lloyd, Paul M. MacWilliams, Jack Mower, Jimmy O'Gatty, Paul Panzer, Richard Quine, John J. Richardson, Ann Robinson, Cliff Saum, Janet Shaw, Carl Stockdale, Doc Stone, Charles Sullivan, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014)

 

Justified

Season 5. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: A Murder of Crowes.

Released January 7, 2014.

Directed by Michael Dinner.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, 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, Sam Anderson, A.J. Buckley, Matt Craven, Dave Foley, Rick Gomez, Jason Gray-Stanford, Damon Herriman, John Kapelos, David Koechner, Jacob Lofland, Jesse Luken, Don McManus, Amaury Nolasco, Max Perlich, Stephen Root, Will Sasso, Alicia Witt, Karolina Wydra, Ron Yuan, Jeannetta Arnette, Justin Welborn, Natalie Zea, Arriane Alexander, Jack Elliott, Kaitlin Ferrell, Gichi Gamba, Billoah Greene, Jonathan Kowalsky, Aubrey Wood, Russell Bertolino, Lisa Pevc.

 

On this day in music history - The album The Beautiful Voice, by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra (1998)

The Beautiful Voice

by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra

was released on January 7, 1998.

Track list:

Depuis le jour (Louise); Jewl song (Faust); Gavotte (Manon); Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy melodies); The last rose (Martha); Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine); Mariettas Lied (Die tote Stadt); In trutina (Carmina Burana); Morgen!; Vocalise; Csardas (Die Fledermaus); Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe); Epilogo (Luna); Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne).

On this day in music history - The album Connections, by Sherry Finzer (2022)

Connections

by Sherry Finzer

was released on January 7, 2022.

Track list:

Peace at Home; Through the Veil; Red Hawk Hill; A New Day; Connections; Bella's Moon; Highland Waterfall; Wind Spirit; Ever Same; Greatest Blessings; The Crossing Place; Journey With Spirit.

On this day in music history - The album Clouds Below, by 2002 (2023)

Clouds Below

by 2002

was released on January 7, 2023.

Track list:

Soulmate; Glimmering Hope; Landing; City Blue; First Light of Dawn; The Flight Home; Clouds Below; Air and Light; Riding the Current; Everyday Miracles.

Lawrence Clark Powell, on writing, speaking and reading:

Write to be understood,
speak to be heard,
read to grow.
 
- Lawrence Clark Powell.