On this day in music history - Idle Hours, by Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey (1961)

Idle Hours,

by Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey,

was recorded on July 13, 1961.

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

The Score

directed by Frank Oz,

written by Daniel E. Taylor, Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs and Scott Marshall Smith,

based on a story by Daniel E. Taylor and Kario Salem,

was released in the United States on July 13, 2001.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles, Jamie Harrold, Serge Houde, Jean-René Ouellet, Martin Drainville, Claude Despins, Mark Camacho, Marie-Josée Colburn, Gavin Svensson, Thinh Truong Nguyen, Carlo Essagian, Christian Tessier, Lenie Scoffié, Bobby Brown, Maurice Demers, Christian Jacques, Henry Farmer, Dacky Thermidor, Gerard Blouin, Charles V. Doucet, Pierre Drolet, Norman Mikeal Berketa, Eric Hoziel, John Talbot, Richard Zeman, Nick Carasoulis, Cassandra Wilson, Mose Allison, Lisa Marie Blair, Bill Haughland, David L. McCallum, Arnold Montey, Lonnie Plaxico, Christine Solomon, Angelo Tsarouchas.

On this day in movie history - Death Becomes Her (1992)

Death Becomes Her

directed by Robert Zemeckis,

written by Martin Donovan and David Koepp,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1992.

Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Alaina Reed-Hall, Michelle Johnson, Mary Ellen Trainor, William Frankfather, John Ingle, Clement von Franckenstein, Petrea Burchard, Jim Jansen, Mimi Kennedy, Paulo Tocha, Mark Davenport, Thomas Murphy, Michael Mills, Sonia Jackson, Jill C. Klein, Jean St. James, Debra Jo Rupp, Carol Ann Susi, Kay Yamamoto, Jacquelyn K. Koch, Anya Longwell, Stuart Mabray, Colleen Morris, Jonathan Silverman, Meg Wittner, Carrie Jean Yazel, Michael A. Nickles, John Enos, Danny Lee Clark, Fabio, Joel Beeson, Ron Stein, Bonnie Cahoon, Stéphanie Anderson, Bob Swain, Eric Clark, Dave Brock, Lydia Peterkoch, Phillip Irwin Cooper, Ernest Harada, Susan Kellermann, Kevin Caldwell, Alex Hernandez, Donna Ekholdt, Tammy Gantz, Melissa Martin, Jeff Adkins, Cheryl Baxter, Cameron English, Edmond Alan Forsyth, Bob Gaynor, Don Hesser, Michael Higgins, Kenneth Hughes, Kenneth Knaff, Glean Lewis, Keith McDaniel, Charles McGowan, Regan Patno, Lacy Darryl Phillips, Matt Sergott, Paul Michael Thorpe, Sergio Trujillo, Randy Crenshaw, Jon Joyce, Jerry Whitman, Timothy Burchett, Anthony S. Johnson, Michael Mills, Michael O’Hearn, Sydney Pollack, Ai Wan, Richard Yett.

On this day in movie history - The Dead Pool (1988)

 

The Dead Pool

directed by Buddy Van Horn,

written by Steve Sharon,

based on a story by Steve Sharon, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1988.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie, Michael Goodwin, Darwin Gillett, Anthony Charnota, Christopher P. Beale, John Vick, Jeff Richmond, Patrick N. Van Horn, Sigrid Wurschmidt, Jim Carrey, Deborah A. Bryan, Nicholas Love, Maureen McVerry, John X. Heart, Victoria Bastel, Kathleen Turco-Lyon, Michael Faqir, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Wallace Choy, Melodie Soe, Kristopher Logan, Scott Vance, Glenn Wright, Stu Klitsner, Karen Kahn, Shawn Elliott, Ren Reynolds, Ed Hodson, Edward Hocking, Diego Chairs, Patrick Valentino, Calvin Jones, Melissa Martin, Phil Dacey, Louis Giambalvo, Peter Anthony Jacobs, Bill Wattenburg, Hugh McCann, Suzanne Sterling, Lloyd Nelson, Charles Martinet, Taylor Gilbert, George Orrison, Marc Alaimo, Justin Whalin, Kris LeFan, Katie Bruce, Harry Demopoulos, John Frederick Jones, Martin Ganapoler, James W. Gavin, Craig Hosking, Steven Adler, Cynthia Brian, Michael E. Burgess, Richard Conti, Richard Conti, Brian Danker, Jack Duane, Duff McKagan, D.C. Murphy, Axl Rose, Slash, Theodore Carl Soderberg, Izzy Stradlin, John Woehrle.

On this day in movie history - The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1955.

Based on the true 1953 Courtier case.

Music by Lucien Cailliet.

Cast:

Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Eddie Marr, Jack Kruschen, Joyce McCluskey, Jonathan Hale, Barney Phillips, Roy Neal, Joel Marston, Guy Kingsford, Stanley Andrews, Charles Herbert, Barbara Woodell, William Woodson.

On this day in movie history - He Ran All the Way (1951)

He Ran All the Way

directed by John Berry,

written by Hugo Butler and Dalton Trumbo,

based on the novel by Sam Ross,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1951.

Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Robert Hyatt, Clancy Cooper, Vici Raaf, Keith Hetherington, Robert Karnes.

Born on this day – Robert Forster:

Actor

July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019

Credits:

4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998); 10 Cent Pistol (2014); 13 Graves (2006); 29th Street (1991); A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017); A Word on Westerns (2016); Acts of Vengeance (2017); Alcatraz (2012); All the Rage (1999); Alligator (1980); Alligator Author (2007); Amazing Stories (2020); American Grindhouse (2010); American Perfekt (1997); American Yakuza (1993); Army Wives (2007); Art of the Prank (2015); Automata (2014); Avalanche (1978); Backstrom (2015); Banyon (1971–1973); Better Call Saul (2020); Bigger (2018); Blockbuster Entertainment (2001); Bounty Hunters (2005); Breaking Bad (2013); Bus Driver (2016); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Checkered Flag (1990); Childrens Hospital (2015); Cleaner (2007); Clubhouse (2004); Coffee, Kill Boss (2013); Committed (1991); Confidence (2003); Countdown to Esmeralda Bay (1990); Counterforce (1988); Cover Me Babe (1970); Cover Story (1993); Cowboys and Angels (2000); Crossbow (1987–1988); Crossbow: The Movie (1989); CSI: NY (2011); Damsel (2018); Demolition University (1997); Dennis Miller Live (1998); Desperate Housewives (2007); Diamond Men (2000); Diplomatic Immunity (1991); Divorce (2016); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Due East (2002); El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Expecting Love (2009); Eye on Entertainment (2017); Family Tree (1999); Fastlane (2002–2003); Finder's Fee (2001); Firewall (2006); Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009); Gibbsville (1976); Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Goliath Awaits (1981); Grampa's Cabin (2007); Grand Theft Parsons (2003); Grave Intentions / Segment: The Bridge Partner (2021); Guns & Lipstick (1995); Heartbreak High (1981); Heroes (2007–2008); Heroes Unmasked (2008); Hindsight (1996); Hollywood Harry (1985); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Home & Family (2017); Home (2015); Hotel (1987); Hotel Noir (2012); Huff (2004–2005); Human Nature (2001); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In Between (1991); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Intruders (2014); Ironside (2013); It's a Shame About Ray (2000); Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Journey Through Rosebud (1972); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Justine (1969); Kalamity (2010); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killer on the Loose (2011); King Cohen (2017); Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999); Knight Rider (1985); Lakeboat (2000); Last Man Standing (2012–2018); Le dernier film de Jess Franco (2013); Like Mike (2002); Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001); London Has Fallen (2016); Lone Hero (2002); Long Way Back (1990); Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool' (2001); Lucky Number Slevin (2006); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Me, Myself & Irene (2000); Medical Story (1975); Medium Cool (1969); Mick and Frankie (1989); Middle Men (2009); Mulholland Drive (2001); Mundo VIP (1998); Murder in Greenwich (2002); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1995); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Nakia (1974); Nasty (2018); Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience (2013); Night Vision (1997); No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013); NTSF:SD:SUV (2013); Numb3rs (2006); Olympus Has Fallen (2013); Once a Hero (1987); One West Waikiki (1995); Original Gangstas (1996); Outside Ozona (1998); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Peacemaker (1990); Phil (2019); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994); Police Story (1975–1977); Premiere (1968); Psycho (1998); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012); Rachael Ray (2018); Rear Window (1998); Red Carpet Report (2013–2019); Red Princess Blues (2010); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Rise: Blood Hunter (2007); Roads to Riches (2002); Royce (1976); Run Fast (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2007); Satan's Princess (1989); Scanner Cop II (1995); Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993); Silk Stalkings (1993); Small Crimes (2017); Small Town Crime (2017); Small Town Crime: Crime and Character (2018); Small Town Crime: Devising a Small Town Crime (2018); Somewhere Slow (2013); South Beach (1993); Spawn (1999); Standing Tall (1978); Street Time (2003); Stunts (1977); Supernova (2000); Survivor (2015); Tales from the Darkside (1987); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2016); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014–2015); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The A-List (2001); The American Side (2016); The Banker (1989); The Bannen Way (2010); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Big Take (2018); The Black Hole (1979); The Bridge Partner (2015); The Case for Christ (2017); The City (1977); The Code (2009); The Code: Cast Interviews (2009); The Confirmation (2016); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Death Squad (1974); The Delta Force (1986); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Descendants (2011); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Eric Andre Show (2012); The Grid (2004); The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005); The Joe Spinell Story (2001); The John Kerwin Show (2016); The Lady in Red (1979); The Magic of Marciano (2000); The Making of 'London Has Fallen' (2016); The Making of 'Survivor' (2015); The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017); The Method (1996); The Movies That Made Me (2018); The Program (2015); The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); The Simpsons (2008); The Soul Man (2012); The Spaghetti West (2005); The Stalking Moon (1968); The Trial (2010); The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020); Tilt (2005); Too Late (2015); Touching Home (2008); Transformers Prime (2012); Twin Peaks (2017); Uncle Sam (1996); Undefeated (2003); Unsung Hollywood (2014); Vigilante (1982); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995–1997); Walking the Edge (1985); What They Had (2018); Where's Angelo? (2003); Wild Seven (2006); Would Be Kings (2008); You'll Be Fine (2014).

Born on this day – Theresa Amayo:

 

Actress

July 13, 1933 – January 24, 2022

Credits:

A Dona da Banca (2024); A Grande Mentira (1969); A Rainha Louca (1967); A Última Valsa (1969); A Viagem de Volta (1990); Capital Sin (1975–1976); Carmem (1987–1988); Doidas e Santas (2016); E Nós Aonde Vamos? (1970); Eu Sou o Tal (1959); Fuzileiro do Amor (1956); Gina (1978); Her Own Destiny (2004); Memorial de Maria Moura (1994); Meu Dia Chegará (1951); Na Corda Bamba (1958); O Barbeiro Que Se Vira (1958); O Camelô da Rua Larga (1958); O Diamante (1956); O Espantalho (1977); O Portador (1991); O Rei dos Ciganos (1966–1967); Os Homens São de Marte... E é pra Lá que Eu Vou (2017); Passo dos Ventos (1968); Paulo Coelho's Best Story (2014); Pé na Cova (2013); Perdidos de Amor (1953); Romeu e Julieta (1980); S.O.S.: Women to the Sea (2014); Sai de Baixo: O Filme (2019); Sangue e Areia (1967–1968); Santa de Um Louco (1953); Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado (2014); The Brazilians: The Women (2012); The Cariocas (2010); Trágica Mentira (1959); Tudo ou Nada (1986); Você Decide (1992–2000).

Born on this day – Leslie Brooks:

Actress

Dancer

July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011

Credits:

Blonde Ice (1948); Cigarette Girl (1947); City Without Men (1943); Cover Girl (1944); Hollow Triumph (1948); How's Your Love Life? (1971); I Love a Bandleader (1945); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Lucky Legs (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Nine Girls (1944); Overland to Deadwood (1942); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949); TCM Remembers (2011); The Cobra Strikes (1948); The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Playgirls (1942); The Secret of the Whistler (1946); The Talk of the Town (1942); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Underground Agent (1942); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – John Francis Dillon:

 

Director

Actor

July 13, 1884 – April 4, 1934

Credits:

A Bachelor's Finish (1917); A Berth Scandal (1917); A Burglar's Bride (1917); A Deep Sea Liar (1916); A Desert Honeymoon (1915); A Dishonest Burglar (1917); A Dramatic Mistake (1914); A Hotel Disgrace (1917); A Maid and a Man (1915); A Maid by Proxy (1915); A Male Governess (1917); A Mixed Up Elopement (1915); A Mixup at Rudolph's (1916); A Mix-Up in Photos (1916); A Prisoner for Life (1919); A Taste of Life (1919); A Warm Reception (1917); Aired in Court (1917); All in the Same Boat (1915); Almost a King (1915); Almost a Widow (1915); Anita's Butterfly (1915); Beans (1918); Behind the Mask (1932); Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch (1914); Betty Takes a Hand (1918); Blackbirds (1920); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Bungling Bill, Detective (1916); Bungling Bill, Doctor (1916); Bungling Bill's Burglar (1916); Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (1916); Bungling Bill's Peeping Ways (1916); Burglar by Proxy (1919); Call Her Savage (1932); Calvert's Valley (1922); Cappy Ricks (1921); Careers (1929); Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915); Chickie (1925); Children of the Night (1921); Children of the Ritz (1929); Chinatown Villains (1916); Curing Father (1915); Dan Cupid: Fixer (1915); Delinquent Bridegrooms (1916); Deserted at the Auto (1915); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); Double Dealing (1923); Down on the Farm (1915); Ethel's New Dress (1915); Fast Life (1929); Flaming Youth (1923); Flirting with Love (1924); Following Father's Footsteps (1915); For His Sake (1922); For Ten Thousand Bucks (1916); Getting in Wrong (1916); Gleam O'Dawn (1922); Green-Eyed Johnny (1919); Happy Returns (1919); He Fell in a Cabaret (1915); Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil (1916); Heiress for a Day (1918); Henry's Little Kid (1916); Her Birthday Knight (1917); Her Finishing Touch (1917); Hired and Fired (1916); His Blowout (1916); His Nobs the Duke (1915); His Only Pants (1915); His Sudden Rival (1917); His Taking Ways (1914); His Wife's Husband (1915); Hobbled Hearts (1917); Humanity (1933); If I Marry Again (1925); Igorrotes, Crocodiles and a Hat Box (1916); Indiscreet Corinne (1917); It Happened on Friday (1915); It Happened While He Fished (1915); It Might Have Been Serious (1915); Johnny the Barber (1915); Just for a Kid (1916); Kiddus, Kids and Kiddo (1915); Kids and Corsets (1915); Kismet (1930); Knocking Out Knockout Kelly (1916); Lilies of the Field (1924); Limousine Life (1918); Love, Dynamite and Baseballs (1916); Love's Blindness (1926); Love's Prisoner (1919); Man About Town (1932); Man Crazy (1927); Man Wanted (1922); Midnight Lovers (1926); Millie (1931); Mixed Values (1915); Molly's Malady (1915); More Truth Than Poetry (1916); Nailing on the Lid (1916); Nancy Comes Home (1918); National Nuts (1916); Nellie the Pride of the Fire House (1915); One Night at Susie's (1930); One to the Minute (1915); One Way Street (1925); One Yard to Go (1931); Out of the Ruins (1928); Paddy's Political Dream (1916); Pagan Lady (1931); Sally (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); Search Me! (1916); Shannon of the Sixth (1914); She Hired a Husband (1918); Slipping It Over on Father (1916); Smile, Brother, Smile (1927); Some Night (1916); Spring Is Here (1930); Suds (1920); Taking Her Measure (1915); Tapering Fingers (1919); Temporary Alimony (1919); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); The Baby's Fault (1915); The Big Shakedown (1934); The Bold Banditti and the Rah, Rah Boys (1914); The Broken Violin (1923); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Cub Reporter (1922); The Dangerous Maid (1923); The Finger Points (1931); The Flip of a Coin (1919); The Follies Girl (1919); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); The Huntress (1923); The Iron Mitt (1916); The Key to Yesterday (1914); The Lion Hearted Chief (1916); The Love Swindle (1918); The Man in the Couch (1914); The Noose (1928); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Plaything of Broadway (1921); The Political Boss (1914); The Primitive Instinct (1914); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); The Rajah's Vow (1914); The Reckless Hour (1931); The Right of Way (1920); The Rise and Fall of Officer 13 (1915); The Roof Tree (1921); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Self-Made Wife (1923); The Silk-Lined Burglar (1919); The Tea Hound (1919); The Test of Donald Norton (1926); The Yellow Stain (1922); Their Husband (1917); Three Friends (1913); 'Tis Spring (1933); Too Many Crooks (1915); Too Much Married (1916); Too Much Money (1926); Twin Troubles (1917); Two Hearts and a Thief (1915); Walk This Way (1916); Wanted... A Chaperone (1915); We Moderns (1925); Wheels and Woe (1917); When Cupid Crossed the Bay (1915); When His Lordship Proposed (1915); When Papa Died (1916); With Father's Help (1915); Without Compromise (1922).

Recommended reading – The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007)

 

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007).

The Best crime stories from the pulps during their golden age - the '20s, '30s, & '40s.

Edited by Otto Penzler.

Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

 
ISBN-10: 0307280489
ISBN-13: 978-0307280480
 
Paperback.
Unabridged.
Anthology of short stories.
 
Back cover description:
 
The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled.

Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best.

Including:

• Three stories by Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Dashiell Hammett.
• Complete novels from Carroll John Daly, the man who invented the hard-boiled detective, and Fredrick Nebel, one of the masters of the form.
• A never before published Dashiell Hammett story.
• Every other major pulp writer of the time, including Paul Cain, Steve Fisher, James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, and many, many more of whom you’ve probably never heard.
• Three deadly sections–The Crimefighters, The Villains, and Dames–with three unstoppable introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman.

Featuring:

• Plenty of reasons for murder, all of them good.
• A kid so smart–he’ll die of it.
• A soft-hearted loan shark’s legman learning–the hard way–never to buy a strange blonde a hamburger.
• The uncanny “Moon Man” and his mad-money victims.

 
Contents:

Otto Penzler: Foreword. Part One: The Crimefighers. Harlan Coben: Introduction. Paul Cain: One, Two, Three. Dashiell Hammett: The Creeping Siamese. Erle Stanley Gardner: Honest Money. Horace McCoy: Frost Rides Alone. Thomas Walsh: Double Check. Charles G. Booth: Stag Party. Leslie T. White: The City of Hell! Raymond Chandler: Red Wind. Fredrick Nebel: Wise Guy. George Harmon Coxe: Murder Picture. Norbert Davis: The Price of a Dime. William Rollins, Jr.: Chicago Confetti. Cornell Woolrich: Two Murders, One Crime. Carroll John Daly: The Third Murderer. Part Two: The Villains. Harlan Ellison: Introduction. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Cat Woman. Cornell Woolrich: The Dilemma of the Dead Lady. Richard B. Sale: The House of Kaa. Leslie Charteris: The Invisible Millionaire. Steve Fisher: You’ll Always Remember Me. James M. Cain: Pastorale. Frank Gruber: The Sad Serbian. Dashiell Hammett: Faith. Raymond Chandler: Finger Man. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Monkey Murder. Raoul Whitfield: About Kid Deth. Frederick C. Davis: The Sinister Sphere. Paul Cain: Pigeon Blood. C. S. Montanye: The Perfect Crime. Norbert Davis: You’ll Die Laughing. Frederick Nebel: The Crimes of Richmond City: i) Raw Law. ii) Dog Eat Dog. iii) The Law Laughs Last. iv) Law Without Law. v) Graft. Part Three: The Dames. Laura Lippman: Introduction. Cornell Woolrich: Angel Face. Leslie T. White: Chosen to Die. Eric Taylor: A Pinch of Snuff. Raymond Chandler: Killer in the Rain. Adolphe Barreaux: Sally the Sleuth. C. S. Montanye: A Shock for the Countess. C. B. Yorke: Snowbound. Randolph Barr: The Girl Who Knew Too Much. D. B. McCandless: The Corpse in the Crystal. D. B. McCandless: He Got What He Asked For. P. T. Luman: Gangster’s Brand. Robert Reeves: Dance Macabre. Dashiell Hammett: The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Perry Paul: The Jane from Hell’s Kitchen. Whitman Chambers: The Duchess Pulls a Fast One. Roger Torrey: Mansion of Death. Roger Torrey: Concealed Weapon. Carlos Martinez: The Devil’s Bookkeeper. Lars Anderson: Black Legion. Richard Sale: Three Wise Men of Babylon. Eugene Thomas: The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon. T. T. Flynn: Brother Murder. Stewart Sterling: Kindly Omit Flowers.

Nicholson Baker, on books:

 

Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens.

- Nicholson Baker.