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Neil Gaiman, on books:

 

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
- Neil Gaiman.

T. S. Eliot, on literature:

 

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
- T. S. Eliot.

Recommended reading - Making Movies

 

Making Movies

by Sidney Lumet.
 
Published by Vintage.
Published 1996.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679756604
ISBN-13: 978-0679756606
 
Description:

Why does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout – involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis – in the heart of New York’s diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making Movies is a master’s take, delivered with clarity, candor, and a wealth of anecdote.

 

For in this book, Sidney Lumet, one of our most consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on forty years of experience on movies that range from Long Day’s Journey into Night to Network and The Verdict – and with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino – Lumet explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic.

 

“Film would be a better place if every director were required to share with other romancers of film his process. It is a gift to us all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of American’s greatest filmmakers, who is sharing his point-of-view.” – Stephen Spielberg.

“Invaluable. . . . I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book.” – Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review.

“Remarkable . . . . as dignified as the movies [Lumet] has made and yet deeply felt and very moving. . . . Anyone who truly loves movies ought to read what he has to say about them. . . . Delightfully engrossing.” – Los Angeles Times.

“The film bible from a master. It tells in meticulous detail the step-by-step process of making a movie. You feel you’re on the set. A must.” – Quincy Jones.

 

“Full of energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. . . . It’s all engrossing because [Lumet] speaks so fervently and opinionatedly about matters on which he has earned the right to opinions.”  - The New Republic.

Born on this day – Frédéric Chopin:

 

Frédéric Chopin

Composer

Pianist

March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849

Born on this day – William Dean Howells:

 

William Dean Howells

Writer

March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920

Credits:

A Boy's Town (1890); A Chance Acquaintance (1873); A Counsel of Consolation in In After Days: Thoughts on the Future Life (1910); A Counterfeit Presentment (1877); A Day's Pleasure (1876); A Day's Pleasure, and Other Sketches (1881); A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories (1881); A Foregone Conclusion (1875); A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889); A Letter of Introduction (1892); A Little Swiss Sojourn (1892); A Modern Instance (1881); A Pair of Patient Lovers (1901); A Parting and a Meeting (1896); A Previous Engagement (1897); A Sea-Change, or, Love's Stowaway (1884); A Traveler from Altruria (1894); A Woman's Reason (1883); An Imperative Duty (1891); An Indian Giver (1900); An Open-Eyed Conspiracy (1897); Annie Kilburn (1889); April Hopes (1887); Between the Dark and the Daylight (1907); Bride Roses (1893); Certain Delightful English Towns with Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between (1906); Criticism and Fiction (1891); Doorstep Acquaintance, and Other Sketches (1900); Dr. Breen's Practice (1881); Eighty Years and After (1919); Evening Dress (1893); Familiar Spanish Travels (1913); Fennel and Rue (1908); Heroines of Fiction (1901); Hither and Thither in Germany (1920); Imaginary Interviews (1910); Impressions and Experiences (1896); Indian Summer (1885); Italian Journeys (1867); Letters Home (1903); Literary Friends and Acquaintance (1900); Literature and Life (1902); Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (1860); London Films (1905); Miss Bellard's Inspiration (1905); Modern Italian Poets (1887); Mrs. Farrell (1921); My Literary Passions (1895); My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms (1910); My Year in a Log Cabin (1893); New Leaf Mills (1913); Niagara Revisited 12 Years after their Wedding Journey by the Hoosac Tunnel Route (1884); No Love Lost (1868); Out of the Question (1877); Parting Friends (1911); Poems (1885); Questionable Shapes (1903); Ragged Lady (1899); Roman Holiday and Others (1908); Room Forty-Five (1900); Seven English Cities (1909); Sketch of the Life and Character of Rutherford B. Hayes (1876); Stops of Various Quills (1895); Stories of Ohio (1897); Suburban Sketches (1871); The Albany Depot (1892); The Coast of Bohemia (1893); The Daughter of the Storage, and Other Things in Prose and Verse (1916); The Elevator (1885); The Flight of Pony Baker (1902); The Garroters (1886); The Kentons (1902); The Lady of The Aroostook (1879); The Landlord At Lion's Head (1897); The Leatherwood God (1916); The Minister's Charge (1886); The Mother and Father (1909); The Mouse-Trap and Other Farces (1889); The Mulberries in Pay's Garden (1906); The Parlor Car (1876); The Quality of Mercy (1891); The Register (1884); The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885); The Shadow of a Dream (1890); The Sleeping Car (1883); The Son of Royal Langbrith (1904); The Story of a Play (1898); The Undiscovered Country (1880); The Unexpected Guest (1893); The Vacation of the Kelwyns (1920); The Whole Family (1908); The World of Chance (1893); Their Silver Wedding Journey (1899); Their Wedding Journey (1872); Three Villages (1884); Through the Eye of the Needle (1907); Tuscan Cities (1884); Venetian Life (1866); Years of My Youth (1916).

Born in March – Kathleen Noisette:

 

Kathleen Noisette

Actress

March 1903 / exact date of birth unknown – April 16, 1935

Credits:
The Exile (1931); A Daughter of the Congo (1930); Wages of Sin (1929); When Men Betray (1928).

Born on this day – Glen Miller:

 

Glen Miller

Composer

Musician

March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944

Born on this day – Albert Ammons:

Albert Ammons

Pianist

Blues Musician

March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949

Born on this day – Walter Davis:

Walter Davis

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963

Born on this day – Jack Clayton:

Jack Clayton

Director

Producer

March 1, 1921 – February 26, 1995

Born on this day – Barbara Clegg:

 

Barbara Clegg

Actress

Writer

March 1, 1926 – January 7, 2025

Credits:

Armchair Theatre (1956–1957); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); Coronation Street (1961); Deadline Midnight (1960–1961); Doctor Who (1983); Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (1997); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2020); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2010–2011); Drama 61-67 (1961); Emergency-Ward 10 (1958–1960); Gems (1985–1986); Once Aboard the Lugger... (1963); Strange Concealments (1962); The Citadel (1960); The Dark Man (1960); The Desk Set (1958); The Dream Maker (1963); The Victim (1961); Together (1980–1981); Winner Takes All (2009).

Born on this day – Robert Conrad:

Robert Conrad

Actor

March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020

Born on this day – Joan Hackett:

Joan Hackett

Actress

March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983

Credits:

Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Flicks / New Adventures of the Great Galaxy (1983); A Girl's Life (1983); Paper Dolls (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); The Long Summer of George Adams (1982); Only When I Laugh (1981); Mourning Becomes Electra (1981); One-Trick Pony (1980); The Long Days of Summer (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); The Love Boat (1979); Taxi (1979); Sweepstakes (1979); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); Pleasure Cove (1979); Another Day (1978); The Possessed (1977); Dead of Night (1977); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); Mackintosh and T.J. (1975); Reflections of Murder (1974); The Terminal Man (1974); The Last of Sheila (1973); Class of '63 (1973); Rivals (1972); Lights Out (1972); Bonanza (1965–1972); Five Desperate Women (1971); U.S.A. (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Dan August (1971); Love, American Style / Love and the Jury / Love and the Proposal (1970–1971); The Other Man (1970); How Awful About Allan (1970); The Young Country (1970); Daniel Boone (1969); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); Assignment to Kill (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); Will Penny (1967); Run for Your Life (1966); Court Martial (1966); The Group (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Ben Casey (1961–1964); The Wednesday Play (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Channing (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Empire (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); Combat! (1963); The Defenders (1961–1963); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Theatre '62 (1962); Gunsmoke (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Twilight Zone (1962); The New Breed (1962); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); Young Dr. Malone (1958).

Born on this day – David Weatherley:

 

David Weatherley

Actor

March 1, 1939 – December 12, 2024

Credits:

A Country Practice (1989); A Going Concern (1975–1976); An Age Apart (1983); Beyond Gravity (1989); Buzz & Poppy (1999–2009); Chess (1992); Counter Measures (1985); Death Warmed Up (1984); Fuller's Earth (1978); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Home and Away (1990–1991); Hounds (2012); Jack Holborn (1982); Legend of the Seeker (2009); Lego the Lord of the Rings (2012); Mortimer's Patch (1984); Mosley (2019); My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992); Other Halves (1984); Path of Exile (2012); Power Rangers All (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive: Behind the Scenes (2007); Prisoners (1983); Ranger Arsenal (2007); Ranger Bios (2007); Ranger Vehicles (2007); Second Time Lucky (1984); Skycrane (1984); Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004); Talkback (1988); The Girl Who Came Late (1992); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Mackenzie Affair (1977); The Park Terrace Murder (1976); The Potato Factory (2000); The Shadow Trader (1989); Together (2004); Under the Mountain (1981 / 2009); Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989); Xena: Warrior Princess (1996).

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:

Josephine Hart

Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Credits:

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).

Born on this day – Miho Nakayama:

 

Miho Nakayama

Actress

Singer

March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024

Credits:
 
Albums:
 

After School (1985); All for You (1990); Angel Hearts (1988); C (1985); Catch the Nite (1988); Dé eaya (1991); Deep Lip French (1996); Exotique (1986); Groovin' Blue (1997); Hide 'n' Seek (1989); Jeweluna (1990); Manifesto (1999); Mellow (1992); Merry Merry (1989); Mid Blue (1995); Mind Game (1988); Neuf Neuf (2019); Olive (1998); One and Only (1987); Pure White (1994); Summer Breeze (1986); Wagamama na Actress (1993).

 

Movies and television:
 

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019); Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito (2019); Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai (1991); Aitsu to watashi (1986); Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986); Bi bappu haisukuru (1985); Bokura no jidai (2012); Butterfly Sleep (2017); Docchini suruno (1989); FNS Music Festival: Part 1 (2015); FNS Music Festival: Part 2 (2015); Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera (1986); Goodbye, Someday (2010); Heisei Sasameyuki (2018); Home & Away (2002); I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012); Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School- Tokusei Videotape (1988); Keishichô 0 gakari: Seikatsu anzen ka nandemo sôdanshitsu (2021); Kenja no ai (2016); Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (1989); Kizoku Tantei (2017); Last Letter (2020); Lesson in Murder (2022); Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018); Love 2000 (2000); Love Letter (1995); Love Story (2001); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mahou no Rinobe (2022); Maido Osawagase Shimasu (1985–1987); Mama wa aidoru! (1987); Marmalade Boy (2018); Meoto manzai (2001); Mikaiketsu no Onna (2018); Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu (1993); Moshimo negai ga kanaunara (1994); Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987); Nami no kazu dake dakishimete (1991); Natsu Taiken Monogatari (1985–1986); Nemureru mori (1998); Ohima nara Kite yo ne! (1987); Oishii kankei (1996); Platonic (2014); Prescription Police (2019); Sailor Fuku Hangyaku Doumei (1986–1987); Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono (2013); Smap×Smap (2010); Somebody Loves Her (1992); Suteki na Kataomoi (1990); Tales of the Bizarre / Segment: Kyôfu no tezawari (1990); The Forest Without Flowers and Fruits (2017); The High School Heroes (2021); Things You Can Tell by Looking at Them (2020); Tokyo biyori (1997); Tokyo Nijusan Ku Onna (2019); Tonneruzu no Mina-san no Okage desu (1988–1997); VS Arashi (2017); W no higeki (2019); Waka Okusama wa Udemakuri (1988); World Open Wide (2016); Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Autumn 2017 Special (2017); Zatoichi (1989).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Race to Death.

Released March 1, 1960.

Directed by Jerry Hopper.

Written by Whitman Chambers.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don O’Kelly, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Munday, Diana Crawford, Bill Baldwin, Len Hendry.

March in music history - Enya, by Enya (1986)

Enya

by Enya

was released in March 1986.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list:

The Celts; Aldebaran; I Want Tomorrow; March Of The Celts; Deireadh An Tuath; The Sun In The Stream; To Go Beyond (l); Fairytale; Epona; Triad: St. Patrick/Cu Chulainn/Oisin; Portrait; Boadicea; Bard Dance; Dan Y Dwr; To Go Beyond (ll).

On this day in music history - The album Arctic Sunrise, by Kerani (2014)

Arctic Sunrise

by Kerani

was released on March 1, 2014.

Track list:

Arctic Sunrise; Ice Kingdom; Far Away from Home; Norway; Drifting Ice; Aurora Sky; Discovery; Spirit of the Last Wilderness.