Henry Ward Beecher, on books:

Books are not made for furniture,

but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Born on this day – Freeman Wills Crofts:

Freeman Wills Crofts

Writer

June 1, 1879 – April 11, 1957

Credits:

A Losing Game (1941); A Scream in Soho (1940); A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (2020); Antidote to Venom (1938); Antidote to Venom (1938); Anything to Declare? (1957); Bats in the Belfry (1937); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Bodies from the Library (1953); Calamity in Kent (1950); Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015); Castle Skull (1931); Checkmate to Murder (1944); Continental Crimes (2017); Crime at Guildford (1935); Crimson Snow (2016); Crossed Skis (1952); Dark Journey / French Strikes Oil (1951); Death Has Deep Roots (1951); Death in Fancy Dress (1933); Death in the Tunnel / Dark in the Tunnel (1936); Death Makes a Prophet (1947); Death of a Busybody (1942); Death of a Train (1946); Death of an Airman (1934); Death on the Cherwell (1935); Death on the Riviera (1952); Death on the Way (1932); Deep Waters: Murder on the Waves (2019); Double Death (1985); Due to a Death (1963); Enemy Unseen (1945); Excellent Intentions (1938); Family Matters (1933); Fatal Venture (1939); Fear Comes to Chalfont (1942); Fell Murder (1944); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Fire in the Thatch (1946); Foreign Bodies (2017); Found Floating (1937); Golden Age of Detection Puzzle Book (2018); Golden Ashes (1940); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1931); Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries (2021); Inspector French and Sir John Magill’s Last Journey (1930); Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery (1926); Inspector French and the Sea Mystery (1928); Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy (1927); Inspector French’s Greatest Case (1924); It Walks by Night (1930); James Tarrant, Adventurer (1941); Man Overboard (1936); Many a Slip (1955); Miraculous Mysteries (2017); Murder at the Manor (2016); Murder by Matchlight (1945); Murder in the Mill-Race (1952); Murder in the Museum (1938); Murder of a Lady (1931); Murder On The Railways (2003); Murder Underground (1934); Murderers Make Mistakes (1947); Murder's a Swine: A Second World War Mystery (1943); Mystery in the Channel (1931); Mystery in the Channel (1931); Mystery in White (1937); Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express (1956); Mystery on Southampton Water (1934); Nine Detective Stories (1964); Portrait of a Murderer (1933); Resorting to Murder (2015); Scarweather (1934); Serpents in Eden (2016); Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries (2020); Seven Dead (1939); Silence for the Murderer (1949); Silent Nights (2015); Six Against the Yard (1937); Smallbone Deceased (1950); Somebody at the Door (1943); Sudden Death (1932); Surfeit of Suspects (1964); The 12.30 from Croydon (1934); The 12.30 from Croydon (1934); The Affair at Little Wokeham (1943); The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939); The Belting Inheritance (1965); The Body in the Dumb River (1961); The Box Office Murders (1929); The Cask (1920); The Cheltenham Square Murder (1937); The Chianti Flask (1934); The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories (2018); The Christmas Egg (1958); The Colour Of Murder (1957); The Cornish Coast Murder (1935); The Corpse in the Waxworks / The Waxworks Murder (1932); The Danger Within / Death in Captivity (1952); The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack (1942); The Division Bell Mystery (1932); The End of Andrew Harrison (1938); The End of the Web (1976); The Female Detective (1864); The Groote Park Murder (1923); The Hog's Back Mystery (1933); The Hog's Back Mystery (1933); The Incredible Crime (1931); The Lake District Murder (1935); The Last Best Friend (1967); The Long Arm of the Law (2017); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Loss of the Jane Vosper (1936); The Lost Gallows (1931); The Measure of Malice (2019); The Notting Hill Mystery (1862); The Pit-Prop Syndicate (1922); The Pocket Detective 2: 100+ More Puzzles, Brainteasers and Conundrums (2019); The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929); The Ponson Case (1921); The Port of London Murders (1938); The Progress of a Crime (1960); The Realm of the Impossible (2017); The Santa Klaus Murder (1936); The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1983); The Secret of High Eldersham / The Mystery of High Eldersham (1930); The Spoilt Kill (1961); The Spy Paramount (1934); The Sussex Downs Murder (1936); The Traitor (1936); The Z Murders (1931); Thirteen Guests (1938); Trouble on the Thames (1945); Two-Way Murder (2021); Verdict of Twelve (1940).

Born on this day – John Randolph:

 

John Randolph

Actor

June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004

Born on this day – Joan Caulfield:

Joan Caulfield

Actress

Model

June 1, 1922 – June 18, 1991

Credits:

All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Baretta (1977); Blue Skies (1946); Buckskin (1968); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Cattle King (1963); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Cheyenne (1962); Dear Ruth (1947); Dear Wife (1949); Duffy's Tavern (1945); General Electric Theater (1959); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Preview (1956); Hong Kong (1961); I've Got a Secret (1955); Larceny (1948); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1956); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Favorite Husband (1953–1955); My Three Sons (1966); Pony Express Rider (1976); Pursuit (1958); Red Tomahawk (1967); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Sally (1957–1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Test! (1965); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1989); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1966); The Costume Designer (1950); The Daring Dobermans (1973); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The High Chaparral (1967); The Lady Says No (1951); The Magician (1973); The Match Game (1963); The Object Is (1964); The Petty Girl (1950); The Rains of Ranchipur (1955); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Space-Watch Murders (1975); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957); The Unsuspected (1947); This Is Your Life (1952); To Tell the Truth (1957); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – Edward Woodward:

 

Edward Woodward

Actor

Singer,

June 1, 1930 – November 16, 2009

Credits:

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 2nd House (1974); 100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 1990 (1977–1978); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Christmas Reunion (1994); A Congregation of Ghosts (2009); A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia (1988); A Girl Called Jo (1956); Adventure Story (1961); Aladdin (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); Armchair Cinema (1975); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Arthur the King (1985); Aspel & Company (1990); Battleground (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1969–1971); BBC Show of the Week (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); Becket (1964); Blankety Blank (1999); Blood Suckers (1971); Breaker Morant (1980); Breaker Morant: Edward Woodward Interview (2004); Breakfast (2007); Brian Conley: An Audience with Brian Conley (2002); Burnt Offering: The Cult of the Wicker Man (2001); Call My Bluff (1972–1997); Callan / movie (1974); Callan / TV series (1967–1972); Callan: This Man Alone (2015); Callan: Wet Job (1981); Cast & Crew (2005); Celebrity Squares (1975); Century of Cinema (1996); Champions (1984); Chronicle (1981); CI5: The New Professionals (1999); Cineficción Radio (2019); Clapper Board (1980); Codename: Kyril (1988); Common as Muck (1994–1997); Conflict (1967); Crime Sheet (1959); Crowther's Back in Town (1970); Crusade (1999); Dark Realm (2001); Deadly Advice (1994); Des O'Connor Tonight (1986–1989); Detective (1968–1969); Dixon of Dock Green (1966); EastEnders (2009); Emergency-Ward 10 (1961); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Ex-S (1998); First Landing (2007); Five Days (2007); Five Days: Making Five Days (2007); Five Days: Revised Final Episode (2007); Frost on Sunday (1970); Give Us a Clue (1981–1985); Going for a Song (1977); Good Morning America (1989); Gulliver's Travels (1996); Hands of a Murderer (1990); Harrison: Cry of the City (1996); He Said, She Said (1972); Hot Fuzz (2007); Hot Fuzz: Hot Funk: The TV Version (2007); Hot Fuzz: Outtakes (2007); Hunted (1972); In My Defence (1991); In Suspicious Circumstances (1991–1996); Inn for Trouble (1960); Inside Story (1960); It Shouldn't Happen to a TV Actor (2003); Italia '90 - Notti magiche (1991); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1964); ITV Playhouse (1968–1980); Killer Contract (1984); King David (1985); Knight Errant Limited (1961); La Femme Nikita (2001); Late Night with David Letterman (1985–1987); Lena Zavaroni and Music (1979); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Love Is Forever (1983); Magnolia Street (1961); Marcie's Dowry (2000); Max Bygraves at the Royalty (1972); Memories of Manon (1987); Messiah (2001); Mister Johnson (1990); Mogul (1965); Murder in Suburbia (2004); My Favourite Hymns (1998–2005); Mystery and Imagination (1968); NET Playhouse (1971); Nice Work (1980); Night Flight (2002); Night of 100 Stars (1977); Nightlife (1986); Noel's House Party (1995–1997); Omnibus (1969); Over My Dead Body (1990–1991); Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009); Play for Today (1971); Prisoners (1971); Remembering World War II (1989); Richard and Judy Exclusive (1997); Robin Hardy on 'The Wicker Man' (2013); Saturday Night at the Mill (1977–1981); Saturday Sunday Monday (1978); Saturday Variety (1972); Scotland on Screen (2009); Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986); Screen Tests of the Stars (2002); Sergeant Cork (1964); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Showtime (1960); Sir Francis Drake (1962); Sitting Target (1972); Skyport (1959); Smart Alec (1951); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977); Stars on Sunday (1975); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); Sword of Honour (1967); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Telly Addicts (1998); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The Abduction Club (2002); The Appointment (1982); The Baron (1967); The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978); The Bill (2008); The Birthday Show - 21 Years of Variety from Thames Television (1989); The British Academy Awards (1970); The British Screen Awards (1971); The Bruce Forsyth Show (1969); The Culture Show (2007); The Dave Allen Show (1969); The Defenders (1964); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Edward Woodward Hour (1971–1972); The English Programme (1997); The Equalizer (1985–1989); The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon (1988); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Evening Standard Awards (1974); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Final Option / aka Who Dares Wins (1982); The Golden Shot (1972); The Good Old Days (1974–1976); The House of Angelo (2000); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1969–1970); The Norman Gunston Show (1975); The One Show (2008); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010); The Paul O'Grady Show (2008); The Revenue Men (1967); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (1989); The Saint (1967); The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995); The Spice of Life (1983); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Telescope (1957); The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980); The True Mistery of the Passion (1960); The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2001); The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man Enigma (2001); The Wicker Tree (2011); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The World About Us (1970–1982); The World's Greatest Actor (2006); Theatre 625 (1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966–1967); This Is Your Life (1971–2001); Three for All (1975); Trapped (1967); Tvist (2005); TV's 50 Hardest Men (2008); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Where the Heart Is (2005); Where There's a Will (1955); Whodunnit? (1972–1973); Winner Takes All (1977); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Wogan (1986–1987); World Theatre (1959); You Can't Win (1961); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Cleavon Little:

 

Cleavon Little

Actor

June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992

Credits:

227 (1989); 5 Up, 2 Down (1991); A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); ALF (1987); All in the Family (1971); American Playhouse (1990); Another World (1982); Audioslave (2003); Audioslave: Show Me How to Live (2003); Bagdad Cafe (1990–1991); Biography (1996); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blazing Saddles: Back in the Saddle (2001); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Dear John (1989); Dinah! (1975); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981); Double Exposure (1982); E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Fantasy Island (1981); Fletch Lives (1989); FM (1978); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Goin' to Chicago (1990); Greased Lightning (1977); High Risk (1981); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); How the West Was Lost (2008); Hunt for the Stars (2024); In the Nick of Time (1991); Jimmy the Kid (1982); John and Mary (1969); Jouer sa vie (1982); Lincoln (1988); MacGyver (1989–1991); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1972); Money to Burn (1973); Mr. Dugan (1979); Murder by Numbers (1989); Nightlife (1986); Now We're Cookin' (1983); Once Bitten (1985); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: Little Red Riding Hood (1977); One of the Boys (1982); Ossie and Ruby! (1981); Perfect Harmony (1991); Police Story (1975); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Separate But Equal (1991); Simon & Simon (1983); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Supertrain (1979); Surf II (1983); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Tanner '88 (1988); The $10,000 Pyramid (1975); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Day the Earth Moved (1974); The Fall Guy (1983); The Felony Squad (1968); The Gig (1985); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2020); The Love Boat (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972–1974); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1975); The Salamander (1981); The Sky Is Gray (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970–1975); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Waltons (1975); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Toy Soldiers (1984); True Colors (1991–1992); Uptown Saturday Night (1979); Vanishing Point (1971); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Working in the Theatre (1985).

Born on this day – Tom Mankiewicz:

Tom Mankiewicz

Writer

Director

Producer

June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010

Born on this day – Chris Moore:

 

Chris Moore

Illustrator

June 1, 1947 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Dream Makers (1988); Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore (2000); Parallel Lines (1980).

Born on this day – Powers Boothe:

Powers Boothe

Actor

June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017

On this day in movie and book history - The Shout (1978 and 1979)

The Shout

directed by Jerzy Skolimowski,

written by Michael Austin and Jerzy Skolimowski,

based on the short story by Robert Graves,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 1978.

Music by Tony Banks.

Cast:

Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry, Julian Hough, Carol Drinkwater, John Rees, Jim Broadbent, Susan Wooldridge, Nick Stringer, Colin Higgins, Peter Benson, Joanna Szczerbic, Graham Kingsley Brown.

Recommended reading:

The Shout and Other Stories

by Robert Graves.

Short story anthology.
Paperback.
Published 1979.
Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140048322
ISBN 10: 0140048324
ASIN: 0140048324
 
Description:

The shout can wound. The shout can kill. The shout can drive you mad. Unless the man who says he learned the magic shout eighteen years ago is only a lunatic. But is he? … ‘The Shout’ is the first of thirty intriguing stories collected here. They range from a tenement in ancient Rome to the trenches of World War I. Robert Graves assures us that most of them – even the most improbable ones – are true.

“Graves’s stories strike one … as the playfulness of an extremely lively, observant, and humorous spirit. … All of these tales must be read to be appreciated, let alone believed.” – Newsweek.

Originally published in hardcover under the title Collected Short Stories.

The film The Shout is distributed by Films incorporated and stars Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, with Robert Stephens and Tim Curry; produced by Jeremy Thomas; directed by Jerzy Skolimowski; screenplay by Michael Austin from the story by Robert Graves.

On this day in movie history - Total Recall (1990)

Total Recall

directed by Paul Verhoeven,

written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Goldman and Jon Povill,

based on the novella We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick,

was released in the United States on June 1, 1990.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, Mel Johnson Jr., Michael Champion, Roy Brocksmith, Ray Baker, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell, Alexia Robinson, Dean Norris, Mark Carlton, Debbie Lee Carrington, Lycia Naff, Robert Costanzo, Michael LaGuardia, Priscilla Allen, Ken Strausbaugh, Marc Alaimo, Michael Gregory, Ken Gildin, Mickey Jones, Parker Whitman, Ellen Gollas, Gloria Dorson, Erika Carlsson, Benny Corral, Bob Tzudiker, Erik Cord, Frank Kopyc, Chuck Sloan, Dave Nicolson, Paula McClure, Rebecca Ruth, Milt Tarver, Roger Cudney, Monica Steuer, Sasha Rionda, Linda Howell, Robert Picardo, Kamala Lopez, Morgan Lofting, Patti Attar, Bob Bergen, Joe Unger, Karlyn Michelson, Andy Armstrong, Elizabeth Dennehy, Thomas Ebert, Frank Allen Forbes, Allan Graf, Peter Kent, Joel Kramer, Steven Lambert, Bennie Moore, Terry Richards.

On this day in movie history - Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006)

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

directed and written by Richard Alwyn,

released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2006.

Cast: Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Ashforde, Julie Covington, Emma Dewhurst, Ian Falconer, David Mallinson, James Cameron Stewart, Brian Timoney, Sue Wallace, Mitchell Zhangazha.