Wallace Stevens, on writing and imagination:

 

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
- Wallace Stevens.

Recommended reading - After Midnight

After Midnight

by Helen Nielsen.

ASIN: B0007E0IM4

Published by Morrow.
First published 1966.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
 
Description:

A beautiful suspect with an intense desire to kill. The murder of Roger Warren seemed like an open-and-shut case.The evening before, Roger and his dazzling wife Wanda had moved from one bar to another, fighting loudly and publicly. The next morning, the dead figure of Roger was slumped in a living room chair … while Wanda lay sleeping in bed, a bloodied knife on the pillow beside her. At the District Attorney’s office, the bereaved beauty could remember nothing . . . except an intense desire to kill.

Born on this day – W. S. Van Dyke:

W. S. Van Dyke

Director

Writer

March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943

Credits:

According to Hoyle (1922); After the Thin Man (1936); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Another Romance of Celluloid (1938); Another Thin Man (1939); Barriers Burned Away (1925); Bitter Sweet (1940); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cairo (1942); California (1927); Daredevil Jack (1920); Destroying Angel (1923); Double Adventure (1921); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Eskimo (1933); Eyes of the Totem (1927); Eyes of the Totem (1927); Fate's Frame-Up (1919); Foreign Devils (1927); Forget Me Not (1922); Forsaking All Others (1934); Gift o' Gab (1917); Gold Heels (1924); Guilty Hands (1931); Half-a-Dollar Bill (1924); Hearts and Spurs (1925); Hide-Out (1934); His Brother's Wife (1936); I Live My Life (1935); I Love You Again (1940); I Married an Angel (1942); I Take This Woman (1940); Intolerance / aka Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916); It's a Wonderful World (1939); Journey for Margaret (1942); Laughing Boy (1934); Love on the Run (1936); Loving Lies (1924); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Marie Antoinette (1938); Men of the Desert (1917); Naughty Marietta (1935); Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931); New Moon (1940); Night Court (1932); Northwest Passage (1940); A Daughter of the City (1915); Oliver Twist (1916); On Trial (1917); Open Places (1917); Orphan Joyce (1916); Penthouse (1933); Personal Property (1937); Rage in Heaven (1941); Ranger of the Big Pines (1925); Riders of the Dark (1928); Rosalie (1937); Rose-Marie (1936); Ruth of the Range (1923); Sadie Goes to Heaven (1917); San Francisco (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 15 (1920); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Spoilers of the West (1927); Stand Up and Fight (1939); Sweethearts (1938); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); The Adventurer (1927); The Avenging Arrow (1921); The Battling Fool (1924); The Beautiful Sinner (1924); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Desert's Price (1925); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Forbidden Room (1919); The Gentle Cyclone (1926); The Hawk's Trail (1919); The Heart of the Yukon (1927); The Lady of the Dugout (1918); The Land of Long Shadows (1917); The Lash (1916); The Little Girl Next Door (1923); The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row (1916); The Milky Way (1922); The Miracle Makers (1923); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Pagan (1929); The Primitive Strain (1916); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); The Range Boss (1917); The Thin Man (1934); The Timber Wolf (1925); The Trail Rider (1925); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Trader Horn (1931); Under the Black Eagle (1928); Unprotected (1916); War Paint (1926); White Eagle (1922); White Shadows in the South Seas (1928); Winner Take All (1924); Winners of the Wilderness (1927); Wyoming (1928).

Born on this day – Bo Carter:

 

Bo Carter

Blues musician

Songwriter

March 21, 1893 – September 21, 1964

Credits:
 
Albums:
 

Blue Comedy Bluesman (2023); Blues Essentials (1928-1950) (2012); Bo Carter & the Mississippi Sheiks, Vol. Two (2012); Bo Carter Vol. 1 (1928 - 1931) (2005); Bo Carter Vol. 2 (1931 - 1934) (2005); Bo Carter, Bluer Than Blues (2012); Bo Carter, Vol. 5 (1938-1940) (2014); Bo Carter's Advice (2020); Instinctively the Blues - Bo Carter (2020); Banana in Your Fruit Basket (1978); Let Me Roll Your Lemon (2024); Policy Blues (2016); Policy Blues: Bo Carter 1931 – 1940 (2013); Presenting Bo Carter (1930); Pussy Cat Blues (2007); Reality (2009); Sorry Feeling Blues (2015); Twist and Shake (2018); Twist It Babe (1931-1940) (1992); Volume One (2012).

 

Movies and television:
 

8th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1974); A Star Is Born (2018); Ambros pur! II (2008); Aufgspuit! (2008); Bandstand (1961); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Dolezal Backstage (2016); Enlightened (2011); Glädjekällan (1993); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); I'm Not There (2007); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Life (1999); Ranch Party (1958); Rhythm Round-Up (1945); Rockin' the Night Away (1988); The Blues (2003); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Band (1944); The Year My Voice Broke (1987).

Born on this day – Carmelita Geraghty:

 

Carmelita Geraghty

Actress

Painter

March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966

Credits:

50 Million Frenchmen (1931); A Close Shave (1929); A Jim Jam Janitor (1928); After the Fog (1930); All's Swell on the Ocean (1924); Bag and Baggage (1923); Black Oxen (1923); Brand of Cowardice (1925); Broadway Bad (1933); Brothers (1930); Button My Back (1929); Calling Hubby's Bluff (1929); Clunked on the Corner (1929); Courageous Fool (1925); Cyclone Cavalier (1925); Daybreak (1931); Discontented Husbands (1924); Don't Get Jealous (1929); Escapade (1932); Fight and Win (1924); Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 (1930); Foolish Husbands (1929); Forgotten Women (1931); Geared to Go (1924); Graft (1931); High Speed (1924); His Unlucky Night (1928); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); Jealous Husbands (1923); Josselyn's Wife (1926); Jungle Mystery (1932); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Malay Nights (1932); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Men Without Law (1930); Millie (1931); Motorboat Mamas (1928); My Best Girl (1927); My Lady of Whims (1925); Night Life in Reno (1931); Object: Alimony (1928); Paris Bound (1929); Passionate Youth (1925); Pick 'Em Young (1930); Prestige (1931); Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930); Smith's Uncle (1926); South of Panama (1928); The Bargain Hunt (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Canyon of Light (1926); The Devil Plays (1931); The Flaming Signal (1932); The Flying Mail (1926); The Girl from Everywhere (1927); The Gold Digger (1924); The Good-Bye Kiss (1928); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Hawk (1931); The Last Trail (1927); The Lily (1926); The Mississippi Gambler (1929); The Mysterious Stranger (1925); The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Slaver (1927); The Small Bachelor (1927); The Texas Ranger (1931); The Title Holder (1924); This Thing Called Love (1929); Through the Dark (1924); Trouble Brewing (1924); Uncle Tom (1929); Under the Rouge (1925); Venus of Venice (1927); What Every Girl Should Know (1927); What Men Want (1930); Winning His Way (1924).

Born on this day – Son House:

Son House

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Been Here and Gone (2003); Country Farm Blues (2010); Death Letter (1998); Delta Blues (1991); Delta Blues and Spirituals (1995); Essential Blues Masters (2009); Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992); Feel Like Going Home - A Film By Martin Scorsese (2003); Forever On My Mind (2022); Got the Blues (2012); Grinnin’ in Your Face (2015); J.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi Delta (1963); John The Revelator (Live Radio Broadcast) (2017); King Of The Delta Blues (2006); Legends of Country Blues (CD B) (2006); Les Pionniers Du Blues, Vol. 11: Son House (2019); Live at Oberlin College (Live) (2018); Live At Oberlin College, April 15, 1965 (2018); Live... (2013); Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (2000); Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House (2003); Milestones of a Legend - Delta Blues, Vol. 3 (2017); New York Central (2007); Rare Country Farm Blues (2017); Revisited (2002); Son House - At Home - Rochester 1969 (2005); Son House in Seattle 1968 (2018); Son House Library of Congress Recordings 1941-1942 (2014); Son House Live At The Gaslight Cafe Jan 3rd 1965 (2000); Son House Revisited Vol. 1 (2006); Son House Selected Favorites Volume 2 (2006); Special Rider (2000); The 1930-42 Mississippi and Wisconsin Recordings (2021); The Classic Years (2012); The Complete Library Of Congress Sessions, 1941-1942 (Hd Remastered Edition, Doxy Collection) (1990); The Delta Blues Of Son House (2003); Walking blues (2021 Remastered Version) (2022); Wonderful Soundtrack (2016).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); American Epic (2017); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Better Things (2017); Black Snake Moan (2006); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Cold Case (2006); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Fargo (2017); Fear the Walking Dead (2019); Festival (1967); Goliath (2016); Hard Target (1993); In the Aisles (2018); It Might Get Loud (2008); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); Later... With Jools Holland (2009); On the Road (2012); ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Supernatural (2006); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Blues (2003); The Howlin’ Wolf Story (2003); The Originals (2014); The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009); True Detective (2019); Two Trains Runnin’ (2016); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? (1979); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004).

Born on this day – Mark Hellinger:

Mark Hellinger

Writer

Producer

March 21, 1903 – December 21, 1947

Credits:

Affectionately Yours (1941); At the Round Table (1930); Between Two Worlds (1944); Boston Blackie / Rebound (1952); British Intelligence (1939); Broadway Bill (1934); Brother Orchid (1940); Brute Force (1947); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Danger (1951–1952); Hell's Kitchen (1939); High Sierra (1940); I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933); It All Came True (1940); Kid Nightingale (1939); Manpower (1941); Moontide (1942); Naked City (1958–1959); Night Court (1932); Racket Busters (1938); Riding High (1950); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Swell Guy (1946); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Doughgirls (1944); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Hundred Pound Window (1944); The Killers (1946); The Naked City (1948); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Women in the Wind (1939).

Born on this day – Diana Gibson:

 

Diana Gibson

Actress

March 21, 1915 – October 12, 1991

Credits:

When Tomorrow Comes (1939); A Western Welcome (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Adventure's End (1937); Stage Door (1937); Wrong Romance (1937); Behind the Headlines (1937); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); Bridal Griefs (1937); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Flying Hostess (1936); Ace Drummond (1936); Two in a Crowd (1936); Yellowstone (1936); Postal Inspector (1936); The Phantom Rider (1936); Nobody's Fool (1936); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Dangerous Waters (1936); His Night Out (1935).

Born on this day – Françoise Dorléac:

Françoise Dorléac

Actress

March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967

Credits:

4 fois D (1964); Adorable Liar (1962); Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Ce soir ou jamais (1961); Chroniques de France (1966); Cinépanorama (1959); Circle of Love (1964); Cul-de-sac (1966); Derrière l'écran (1966); Dim Dam Dom (1966); Discorama (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gala de l'Unicef (1966); Genghis Khan (1965); Grand écran (1964); Hollywood in Deblatschka Pescara (1965); Julie de Chaverny ou La double méprise (1967); La Gamberge (1962); Les échos du cinéma (1961–1962); Les loups dans la bergerie (1960); Les petites demoiselles (1964); Les portes claquent (1960); Les trois chapeaux claques (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Septième art septième case (1966); Teuf-teuf (1963); That Man from Rio (1964); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Soft Skin (1964); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); Tilt (1967); Tout l'or du monde (1961); Where the Spies Are (1965).

Born on this day – Michael Dibdin:

Michael Dibdin

Writer

March 21, 1947 – March 30, 2007

Credits:

Books:

A Long Finish (1998); A Rich Full Death (1986); And Then You Die (2002); Back to Bologna (2003); Blood Rain (1999); Cabal (1992); Così Fan Tutti (1996); Dark Spectre (1996); Dead Lagoon (1994); Dirty Tricks (1991); End Games (2007); Medusa (2003); Ratking (1988); Thanksgiving (2001); The Dying of the Light (1993); The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Tryst (1990); The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1997); Vendetta (1990).

Movies and television:

Zen (2011); Lucy in the Sky (2008); Dirty Tricks (2000).

On this day in movie history - The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

The Hitch-Hiker

directed by Ida Lupino,

written by Ida Lupino and Collier Young,

was released in the United States on March 21, 1953.

Inspired by the true 1950–1951 Billy Cook murder case.

Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacío, Rodney Bell.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

 

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 26.

Episode entitled: Girl Lost.

Released March 21, 1958.

Directed by Richard Bartlett.

Written by David P. Harmon.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Bill Williams, Margaret Field, Paul Newlan, Myron Healey, Vera Marshe, Ross Ford, Louise Truax, Beryl Machin, Earl Hansen.

On this day in music history - The album Magical Ring, by Clannad (1983)

Magical Ring

by Clannad

was released on March 21, 1983.

Track list:

Theme from Harry’s Game / Clannad & Máire Brennan; Tower Hill; Seachrán Charn tSiail; Passing Time; Coinleach Glas An Fhómhair; I See Red; Tá’ Mé Mo Shuí; Newgrange; The Fairy Queen; Thíos Fá’n Chósta; Coinleach Glas An Fhómhair.

On this day in music history - The album Soft Place to Fall, by Deborah Coleman (2000)

Soft Place to Fall

by Deborah Coleman

was released on March 21, 2000.

Track list:

Look What You Do to Me - Deborah Coleman; Confused - Deborah Coleman; Look What You Do to Me; Don’t Lie to Me; If You Love Me Like You Say; Another Hoping Fool; I’m a Woman; So Damn Easy; Nothing’ to Do with Love; What Goes Around; The Day It Comes.