Wednesday, July 16, 2025
On this day in movie history - Pig (2021)
On this day in movie history - Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:
The urge to convert experience into a group of
words
that are in a grammatical relation to one
another
is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.
- Jhumpa Lahiri.
Recommended reading - The Wages of Fear (1950)
The Wages of Fear
Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.
By Georges Arnaud.
Originally published in 1950.
This English language translation edition was published in 1968.
Paperback.
Avon edition.
ASIN: B000VDT4KS
Description:
Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds
of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence
in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do
anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a
dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at
the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...
Book cover artwork from other editions:
Born on this day – Leon Shamroy:
Leon Shamroy
Cinematographer
Director
July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974
Born on this day – Mary Philbin:
Mary Philbin
Credits:
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Model Messenger (1922); After the Fog (1930); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Danger Ahead! (1921); Drums of Love (1928); False Kisses (1921); Fashion News (1930); Fifth Avenue Models (1925); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Foolish Wives (1922); Fools Highway (1924); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / Universal Horror (1998); His First Job (1922); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Horrors (2018); Hollywood Story (1951); Human Hearts (1922); Life in Hollywood No. 3 / 4 (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); Merry-Go-Round (1923); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); No Clothes to Guide Him (1921); Once to Every Boy (1922); Penrod and Sam (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006); Port of Dreams (1928); Red Courage (1921); Stella Maris (1925); Sure Fire (1921); Surrender (1927); The Age of Desire (1923); The Blazing Trail (1921); The City of Stars (1924); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Performance (1929); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Rose of Paris (1924); The Shannons of Broadway (1929); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trouper (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); Twelve Hours to Live (1921); Where Is This West? (1923).
Born on this day – Georges Arnaud:
Georges Arnaud
Credits:
Books:
Chroniques du crime et de l'innocence (1982); Indiens des hauts plateau (1952); Indiens pas morts (1956); Juste avant l'aube, in collaboration with Jean Anglade (1990); La Plus Grande Pente (1961); L'Affaire Peiper: plus qu'un fait divers (1978); Le Salaire de la peur (1950); Le Voyage du mauvais larron (1951 / 1987); Les Aveux les plus doux (1954); Les Oreilles sur le dos (1953 / 1974); Lumière de soufre (1952); Maréchal P... (1958); Mon procès (1961); Pour Djamila Bouhired (1957); Préface within The Murder of Roger Ackroyd of Agatha Christie (1961); Prisons 53 (1953); Schtibilem 1941 (1953).
Movies and television:
Décembre (1973); Les aveux les plus doux (1971); Les oreilles sur le dos (2002); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Sorcerer (1977); The Wages of Fear (1953 / 2024); Violent Road / aka Hell's Highway (1958).
Born on this day – Arnold Adoff:
Arnold Adoff
I will always try to shape words into my singing poems.
– Arnold Adoff.
Credits:
Received the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in 1988.
Books:
Born on this day – William G. Tapply:
William G. Tapply
Born on this day – Philece Sampler:
On this day in movie history - Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo
directed by John Huston,
written by Richard Brooks and John Huston,
based on the play by Maxwell Anderson,
was released in the United States on July 16, 1948.
Music by Max Steiner.
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