Ray Bradbury, on intuition and writing:

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.

- Ray Bradbury.

Born on this day – Adolphe Barreaux:

Adolphe Barreaux

Artist

Illustrator

Writer

January 9, 1899 – October 23, 1985

Credits:

A Treasury of Good Night Stories; A Treasury of Humor for Boys & Girls; Breezy Stories; Dan Turner; Diana Daw; Enchanted Stone; Flip Falcon; Flossie Flip; Ginger; Hollywood Detective; Marcia of the Movies; More Fun Comics; New Fun Comics; Patty O'Day; Pep; Polly of the Plains; Sally the Sleuth; Seven Round the Mountain; Snappy Stories; Spicy Adventure; Spicy Detective; Spicy Detective Stories; Spicy Mystery; Tad Among the Pirates; The Black Spider; The Blazing Scarab; The Comics; The Dragon's Teeth; The Enchanted Stone of Time; The Girl with the X-Ray Eyes; The Magic Crystal of History; The Police Gazette; The Raven; Trojan Comics; Trojan Magazines; Vera Ray.

Born on this day – Anita Louise:

Anita Louise

Actress

January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970

Credits:

Mod Squad (1970); Mannix (1969); The Doctors (1963); Kraft Theatre (1962); The Loretta Young Show (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Matinee Theatre (1955–1956); My Friend Flicka (1955–1956); Lux Video Theatre (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1955); Fireside Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); Personal Appearance Theater (1952); Retreat, Hell! (1952); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Blondie's Big Moment (1947); Shadowed (1946); Personality Kid (1946); The Devil's Mask (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Fighting Guardsman (1946); Love Letters (1945); Casanova Brown (1944); Nine Girls (1944); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Harmon of Michigan (1941); Two in a Taxi (1941); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Reno (1939); Main Street Lawyer (1939); Hero for a Day (1939); These Glamour Girls (1939); The Gorilla (1939); The Little Princess (1939); Going Places (1938); The Sisters (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); My Bill (1938); Tovarich (1937); First Lady (1937); That Certain Woman (1937); The Go Getter (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Green Light (1937); Anthony Adverse (1936); Brides Are Like That (1936); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Here's to Romance (1935); Lady Tubbs (1935); Bachelor of Arts (1934); The Firebird (1934); Judge Priest (1934); I Give My Love (1934); Cross Streets (1934); Madame Du Barry (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Our Betters (1933); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); The Woman Between (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); Millie (1931); The Great Meadow (1931); The Third Alarm (1930); Just Like Heaven (1930); What a Man (1930); The Florodora Girl (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Wonder of Women (1929); Square Shoulders (1929); The Spirit of Youth (1929); A Woman of Affairs (1928); 4 Devils (1928); Mary's Little Lamb (1927); Memories (1927); The Music Master (1927); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); Lend Me Your Husband (1924); The Sixth Commandment (1924); Down to the Sea in Ships (1922).

Born on this day – Lee Van Cleef:

Lee Van Cleef

Actor

January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989

Credits:

High Risk (1981); Speed Zone (1989); The Commander (1988); Armed Response (1986); Jungle Raiders (1985); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Master (1984); Goma-2 (1984); Escape from New York (1981); The Octagon (1980); The Hard Way (1980); The Squeeze (1978); The Perfect Killer (1977); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Vengeance (1976); God's Gun (1976); Take a Hard Ride (1975); El karate el Colt y el impostor (1974); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); The Grand Duel (1972); The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972); Bad Man's River (1971); Return of Sabata (1971); Captain Apache (1971); El Condor (1970); Barquero (1970); Sabata (1969); Commandos (1968); Beyond the Law (1968); Day of Anger (1967); Death Rides a Horse (1967); The Big Gundown (1967); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); Laredo (1965); Branded (1965); For a Few Dollars More (1965); My Mother the Car (1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1960); Rawhide (1959); Destry (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Laramie (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Perry Mason (1957); The Dakotas (1962); Ripcord (1961); How the West Was Won (1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Cheyenne (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bronco (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); Stagecoach West (1960); Maverick (1957); Posse from Hell (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Bonanza (1959); Lawman (1958); Colt .45 (1957); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); Black Saddle (1959); The Untouchables (1959); The Alaskans (1959); Hotel de Paree (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Riverboat (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); The Real McCoys (1957); Yancy Derringer (1958); Cimarron City (1958); Fury (1955); Ride Lonesome (1959); Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959); Northwest Passage (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); Target (1958); Rex Allen in Frontier Doctor (1956); Zorro (1957); The Bravados (1958); State Trooper (1956); The Young Lions (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Day of the Bad Man (1958); Wagon Train (1957); Trackdown (1957); Casey Jones (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); The Tin Star (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Raiders of Old California (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Last Stagecoach West (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); China Gate (1957); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Quiet Gun (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Crossroads (1955); Wire Service (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Accused of Murder (1956); It Conquered the World (1956); Pardners (1956); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Studio 57 (1954); The Conqueror (1956); The Millionaire (1955); Brave Eagle (1955); The Vanishing American (1955); The Adventures of Champion (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Naked Street (1955); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); The Road to Denver (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); I Cover the Underworld (1955); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Annie Oakley (1954); City Detective (1953); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Big Combo (1955); The Lineup (1954); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954); Medic (1954); The Gene Autry Show (1950); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Waterfront (1954); The Desperado (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Cavalcade of America (1952); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Big Town (1950); The Range Rider (1951); Tumbleweed (1953); The Nebraskan (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Lone Ranger (1949); Vice Squad (1953); Arena (1953); Space Patrol (1950); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); White Lightning (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952); The Lawless Breed (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Sky King (1951); Untamed Frontier (1952); High Noon (1952).

Born on this day – Jane Ross:

Jane Ross

Actress

January 9, 1932 – June 27, 1985

In Star Trek (1968).

Credits:

Camera Three (1959); Country Music Holiday (1958); Fitzwilly (1967); Light Fantastic (1964); Planet of the Apes (1968); Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960); Star Trek (1968); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Glory Stompers (1967); Wild Is My Love (1963).

Born on this day – Susannah York:

Susannah York

Actress

January 9, 1939 – January 15, 2011

Credits:

Doctors (2010); Missing (2009); The Calling (2009); Franklyn (2008); Maude (2007); The Stoning (2006); The Gigolos (2006); Prick (2005); Casualty (2004); Holby City (1999); Visitors (2003); Highway (2002); The Book of Eve (2002); Jean (2000); St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000); Loop (1997); So This Is Romance? (1997); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987); The Higher Mortals (1993); Piccolo grande amore (1993); Trainer (1991); Illusions (1992); Devices and Desires (1991); Fate (1990); Boon (1986); Screen Two (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); En håndfull tid (1989); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); After the War (1989); Melancholia (1989); Timewatch (1982); Diamond's Edge (1988); A Summer Story (1988); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987); Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Tomorrow's a Killer (1987); Macho (1986); Daemon (1985); Star Quality (1985); The Love Boat (1985); A Christmas Carol (1984); Nelly's Version (1983); Yellowbeard (1983); We'll Meet Again (1982); Alicja (1982); Late Flowering Love (1981); Loophole (1981); Second Chance (1981); Superman II (1980); Falling in Love Again (1980); The Awakening (1980); Prince Regent (1979); The Golden Gate Murders (1979); Superman (1978); The Silent Partner (1978); Long Shot (1978); The Shout (1978); A Month in the Country (1977); Eliza Fraser (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); That Lucky Touch (1975); The Maids (1975); Gold (1974); Fallen Angels (1974); Jackanory (1965); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); Armchair Theatre (1956); Images (1972); X, Y and Zee (1972); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Jane Eyre (1970); Brotherly Love (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); The Battle of Britain (1969); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); The Killing of Sister George (1968); Duffy (1968); ITV Playhouse (1967); Sebastian (1968); Theatre 625 (1964); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Kaleidoscope (1966); McGinnis (1966); Mystery and Imagination (1966); Scruggs (1965); Sands of the Kalahari (1965); Thursday Theatre (1965); Scene Nun, Take One (1964); NET Playhouse (1964); The 7th Dawn (1964); Tom Jones (1963); Freud (1962); The Tiger and the Horse (1962); The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day (1962); The First Gentleman (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Loss of Innocence (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1955); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The Richest Man in the World (1960); All Aboard (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950).

Born on this day – Francine Pyne:

Francine Pyne

Actress

January 9, 1940 – August 15, 1995

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); Here's Lucy (1970); It Takes a Thief (1970); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Laredo (1965); Nevada Smith (1966); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Star Trek (1966); The Far Out West (1967); The Swinger (1966).

On this day in movie history - The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)

 

The Case of the Black Parrot

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Robert E. Kent,

based on the 1923 play In the Next Room by Eleanor Robeson Belmont and Harriet Ford,

and the 1912 novel The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson,

was released in the United States on January 9, 1941.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

 
Cast:

William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Eddie Foy Jr., Paul Cavanagh, Luli Deste, Charles Waldron, Joseph Crehan, Emory Parnell, Phyllis Barry, Cyril Thornton, Leyland Hodgson, Ernie Stanton, Cliff Saum, Sidney Bracey, Kenneth Harlan, William Hopper, Jack Mower, Louis Natheaux.

Recommended reading:

The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet

by Burton E. Stevenson.
 
Filmed as The Case of the Black Parrot (1941), directed by Noel M. Smith.
 
Published by Legare Street Press.
First published 1962.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 101977469X
ISBN-13: 978-1019774694
 
Description:
 

The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet is a classic detective novel written by Burton Egbert Stevenson. The plot revolves around a crime committed against a wealthy family, and a detective is brought in to solve the case. Along the way, the detective must navigate a web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth. The book is a fast-paced and thrilling read, sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats.

On this day in movie history - Crime of Passion (1957)

Crime of Passion

directed by Gerd Oswald,

written by Jo Eisinger,

was released in the United States on January 9, 1957.

Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler, Stuart Whitman, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Quarry, Gail Bonney, Joe Conley.

On this day in movie history - This Gun for Hire (1991)

This Gun for Hire

directed by Lou Antonio,

written by Nevin Schreiner,

based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,

was released in the United States on January 9, 1991.

Music by Dana Kaproff.

Cast:

Robert Wagner, Nancy Everhard, Fredric Lehne, John Harkins, John McConnell, Joe Warfield, Kristina Loggia, Patrik Baldauff, Lenore Banks, James Borders, Dean Cochran, David Dahlgren, Margaret Dubuisson, Robert Earle, Ron Flagge, Larry Gamell Jr., Leslie Fortenberry, C. Robert Holloway, George Jones, Danny Kamin, Eliott Keener, Fred Lerner, Soline McLain, Marco St. John, Taylor Simpson, Carol Sutton.

On this day in movie history - The Pledge (2001)

The Pledge

directed by Sean Penn,

written by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski,

based on the novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt,

was released in the United States on January 9, 2001.

Music by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Patricia Clarkson, Benicio del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Tom Noonan, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton, Dale Dickey, Costas Mandylor, Michael O'Keefe, Mickey Rourke, Lois Smith, Brittany Tiplady, Eileen Ryan.

On this day in movie history - True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

True History of the Kelly Gang

directed by Justin Kurzel,

based on the novel by Peter Carey,

was released in Australia on January 9, 2020.

Music by Jed Kurzel.

Cast:

George MacKay, Orlando Schwerdt, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis, Sean Keenan, Jacob Collins-Levy, Thomasin McKenzie, Charlie Hunnam, Claudia Karvan, Marlon Williams, Gentle Ben Corbett, Earl Cave, Louis Hewison.