Jane Austen, on reading:

 

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! --
When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
– Jane Austen.

Recommended reading - Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life, by Spencer Johnson:

 

Who Moved My Cheese?
An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life

by Spencer Johnson.

Foreward by Kenneth Blanchard.

First published in 1998.

 

Description:

A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life.

 

It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze.
If the same old routines worked.
If they'd just stop moving "The Cheese."
But things keep changing...
 

Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude.

 

Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life.

Born on this day – Robert Montgomery:

 

Robert Montgomery

Actor

Director

Producer

May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981

Credits:

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006); Another Language (1933); Arena (1983); Art Heritage (1960); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Biography (2001); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Complicated Women (2003); Estrellados (1930); Ever Since Eve (1937); Eye Witness (1950); Faithless (1932); Fast and Loose (1939); Forsaking All Others (1934); Free and Easy (1930); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Haunted Honeymoon (1940); Hell Below (1933); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Hide-Out (1934); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Greats (1978–1979); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Trial (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Ingrid (1984); Inspiration (1931); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); John Ford (1992); June Bride (1948); Lady in the Lake (1946); Land of Liberty (1939); Letty Lynton (1932); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Love in the Rough (1930); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Made on Broadway (1933); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Navy Log (1958); Night Flight (1933); Night Must Fall (1937); No More Ladies (1935); Once More, My Darling (1949); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Petticoat Fever (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); President Hollywood (2008); Private Lives (1931); Rage in Heaven (1941); Reagan (2011); Review (1970); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Riptide (1934); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936); Shipmates (1931); So This Is College (1929); Some of the Best (1949); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Strangers May Kiss (1931); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big House (1930); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Divorcee (1930); The Earl of Chicago (1940); The Easiest Way (1931); The First Hundred Years (1937); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Man in Possession (1931); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); The Name's the Same (1953); The Perfect Match - The Sport of Polo in the US (2018); The Reagans (2020); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Secret Land (1948); The Single Standard (1929); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); Their Own Desire (1929); They Were Expendable (1945); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three Live Ghosts (1929); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Today (1960); Trouble for Two (1936); Unfinished Business (1941); Untamed (1929); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); War Nurse (1930); What's My Line? (1957); When Ladies Meet (1933).

Born on this day – Lola Lane:

Lola Lane

Actress

May 21, 1906 – June 22, 1981

Credits:

Alias Mary Dow (1935); Buckskin Frontier (1943); Burn ‘Em Up Barnes (1934); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Convicted Woman (1940); Daughters Courageous (1939); Deadline at Dawn (1946); Death from a Distance (1935); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929); Gangs of Chicago (1940); Girls of the Road (1940); Good News (1930); Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942); Hell Bound (1931); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Identity Unknown (1945); In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936); Let’s Go Places (1930); Lost Canyon (1942); Marked Woman (1937); Mr. Chump (1938); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Mystery Ship (1941); Panama (1938); Port of Lost Dreams (1934); Public Stenographer (1934); Speakeasy (1929); Steppin’ in Society (1945); The Big Fight (1930); The Costello Case (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); The Sheik Steps Out (1937); The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); The Woman Condemned (1934); The Woman Who Dared (1933); They Made Me a Killer (1946); Ticket to a Crime (1934); When Were You Born? (1938); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); Zanzibar (1940).

Born on this day – John Paxton:

John Paxton (left), producer Adrian Scott (center), director Edward Dmytryk (writer), on the set of Crossfire (1947).

John Paxton

Writer 

Producer

May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985

 
Credits:

A Prize of Gold (1955); Aftermath (1960); Cornered (1945); Crack-Up (1946); Crossfire (1947); Fourteen Hours (1951); General Electric Theater (1960); How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Kotch (1971); Murder, My Sweet (1944); My Pal Wolf (1944); Of Men and Music (1951); On the Beach (1959); On the Beach (2000); Pickup Alley (1957); Rope of Sand (1949); So Well Remembered (1947); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The Cobweb (1955); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Wild One (1953).

Born on this day – Cathleen Cordell:

 

Cathleen Cordell

Actress

May 21, 1915 – August 19, 1997

Credits:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Adam-12 (1970); Airport (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Bachelor Father (1961); Banyon (1971); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1967); Black Beauty (1978); Blind Ambition (1979); Cannon (1973); Dark Mirror (1984); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1966–1967); Gaslight (1940); Glynis (1963); Great Catherine (1948); Grindl (1963); Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938); Hong Kong (1960); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Ironside (1968); Kraft Theatre (1947); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); M*A*S*H (1970); Major Barbara (1941); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Mission: Impossible (1972); My Favorite Martian (1964); My Three Sons (1969); Night Gallery / The Housekeeper (1970–1972); Oliver Twist (1974); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Pleasure Palace (1980); Producers' Showcase (1956); QB VII (1974); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1977); Route 66 (1962); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Stage 13 (1950); Star! (1968); Studio One (1949); Tammy (1966); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Edge of Night (1957–1958); The F.B.I. (1971); The Facts of Life (1985); The Gong Show Movie (1980); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Letter (1982); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); The Smith Family (1972); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); This Is the Life (1969); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Villa for Sale (1938); Wagon Train (1963); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1938).

Born on this day – Jeanne Bates:

Jeanne Bates

Actress

May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Bachelor Father (1959–1961); Back from the Dead (1957); Barnaby Jones (1974–1978); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Benson (1979); Big Town (1955–1956); Blood Arrow (1958); Bonanza (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buckskin (1958); Cannon (1972); Charlie's Angels (1976); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Compression (2024–2025); Dallas (1981); Dan August (1970); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Days of Our Lives (1966–1975); Death of a Salesman (1951); Death Valley Days (1959–1961); Die Hard 2 (1990); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dream Lover (1994); Eraserhead (1977); Family Affair (1970); Family Theatre (1953); From the Dead of Night (1989); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1955–1959); General Hospital (1983); Getting Married (1978); Grand Canyon (1991); Great Directors (2009); Griff (1973); Guns Don't Argue (1957); Gunsmoke (1955); Gus (1976); Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hawaii Five-O (1968); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hi, Grandma! (1958); I Led 3 Lives (1955–1956); It's Murder (1944); Joyful Hour (1960); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kodiak (1974); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Laramie (1960); Lassie (1958); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lucas Tanner (1974); M Squad (1958–1959); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man with a Camera (1960); Mannix (1968–1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1972); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); Medic (1956); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Mod Squad (1971–1972); Mom (1990); Mulholland Drive (1999 / 2001); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Three Sons (1971); Needles and Pins (1973); One Night Stand (1991); One Step Beyond (1959–1960); Outlaws (1960); Paula (1952); Perry Mason (1958); Peter Gunn (1959); Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977); Public Enemy #2 (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1959–1960); Rescue 8 (1958); Riverboat (1959); Room 222 (1971–1972); Sabaka (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Sergeant Mike (1944); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Sister, Sister (1996); Sky King (1959); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); State Trooper (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1955); Sundown Valley (1944); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Suspicion (1958); Switch (1976); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1959); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That '70s Show (2002); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Black Parachute (1944); The Chance of a Lifetime (1943); The Chisholms (1980); The Commish (1991); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Halls of Ivy (1954); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Lineup (1958); The Living Christ Series (1951); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Mask of Diijon (1946); The Millionaire (1955); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oval Portrait (1997); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Phantom (1943); The Racket Man (1944); The Range Rider (1953); The Restless Gun (1957–1959); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Rockford Files (1975); The Rookies (1972); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Smith Family (1971); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stranger (1973); The Strangler (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Unexpected (1952); The Young and the Restless (1973); The Young Lawyers (1970); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); This Is the Life (1970); Three's Company (1979); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Topper Returns (1973); Touch and Go (1986); Trooper Hook (1957); Trouble in-Laws (1951); Two Faces West (1961); Vice Raid (1959); Wagon Train (1958–1962); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991); Wings (1996); Wonder Woman (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Alice Drummond:

 

Alice Drummond

Actress

May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016

Credits:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); After.Life (2009); American Playhouse (1980); Animal Behavior (1989); Another World (1979); Awakenings (1990); Boston Legal (2005); Chronic Town (2008); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Commandments (1997); Dark Shadows (1967); Daybreak (1993); Doubt (2008); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2002); Eyewitness (1981); Frannie's Turn (1992); Friends (1994); Funny Farm (1988); Furry Vengeance (2010); Ghostbusters (1984); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1977–1984); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); House of D (2004); I.Q. (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); In & Out (1997); Jeffrey (1995); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Just in Time (1996); Just the Ticket (1998); Kate & Allie (1988); King of the Gypsies (1978); Law & Order (1994); Lenny (1990–1991); Love, Sidney (1981); Man on a Swing (1974); Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007); Money for Nothing (1993); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Motherhood (2009); N.Y.P.D. (1968); NET Playhouse (1970); New York News (1995); New York Television Theatre (1970); Night Court (1984–1987); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Nobody's Fool (1994); Office Killer (1997); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Open House (2011); Park Place (1981); Particular Men (1972); Pieces of April (2003); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters / Music Video (1984); Running on Empty (1988); Ryan's Hope (1978); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Spin City (2000); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie / Cat From Hell (1990); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The American Parade (1975); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Families (1977); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dog Lover (1962); The Equalizer (1986); The Honeymooners (2005); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Jury (2004); The Love Letter (1999); The Rising Place (2001); The Suicide Club (1987); Thieves (1977); 'Til There Was You (1997); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Trinity (1998); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Walking and Talking (1996); Where the Heart Is (1973); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Booker Bradshaw:

Booker Bradshaw

Actor

Producer

May 21, 1940 – April 1, 2003

Credits:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983); Bracken’s World (1969); Carnival (1964); Coffy (1973); Columbo (1975); Diff’rent Strokes (1982); Ellery Queen (1976); Firehouse (1974); Galaxy Express 999 (1979); Get Christie Love! (1974); Gimme a Break! (1981–1983); Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981); Good Times (1976); Here’s Lucy (1968); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Information Processing (1971); Insight (1969–1972); Julia (1969); Lazer Tag Academy (1986); Lucas Tanner (1975); McCoy (1976); McMillan & Wife (1975); Mister T (1984); Mod Squad (1968); Planet of the Apes (1974); Roll Out (1973); Showtime at the Apollo (1987); Skullduggery (1970); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); Star Trek (1968–1969); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tenafly (1973); The F.B.I. (1969–1970); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Jeffersons (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The Richard Pryor Show (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); The Strawberry Statement (1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980).

Born on this day – Carl Carlton:

Carl Carlton

Singer

Songwriter

May 21, 1952 – December 14, 2025 

Credits:

Albums:

25 Greatest Hits (2015); Carl Carlton (1981); Everlasting Love (1974); Everlasting: The Best Of Carl Carlton (2009); I Wanna Be With You (2024); Lights out in Wonderland (2014); Private Property (1985); Songs for the Lost and Brave (2008); The Bad C.C. (1982).

Songs:

46 Drums - 1 Guitar; Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody; Baby I Need Your Loving; Don’t Walk Away; Don’t You Need a Boy Like Me; Don't You Wanna Make Love; Drop by My Place; Everlasting Love; Fighting in the Name of Love; God Is Good; I Can Feel It; I Love Only You; I Think It's Gonna Be Alright; I Wanna Be With You; I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze; I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart; I'll Love You Forever; I've Got That Boogie Fever; Just One Kiss; Look at Mary Wonder; Morning, Noon and Nightime; She's a Bad Mama Jama; Slipped, Tripped; Smokin' Room; So What; Sure Miss Loving You; The Generation Gap; This Feeling's Rated X-Tra; Toast to Freedom; Wild Child; You Can't Stop a Man in Love; You've Got So Much.

Movies and television:

Abbott Elementary (2024); American Bandstand (1974–1982); American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love and Soul (2003); Black in the 80s (2005); Champions (2023); David Makes Man (2019); Die Abendschau (2023); EastEnders (1999–2007); Fat Albert (2004); Friends (1997); How to Be a Player (1997); Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005); Performance (1981); Scandal (2015); So What Is Love (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2006–2007); Soul Train (1974–1983); Splitting Up Together (2019); Supergirl (2015); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The New Guy (2002); Tijd voor MAX (2025); Two Can Play That Game (2001); Two of Us (2024); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung (2022); Unsung Presents: The Decades (2022); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981).

Born on this day – Jill Jacobson:

 

Jill Jacobson

Actress

Writer

Producer

May 21, 1954 – December 8, 2024

Credits:

Actors Entertainment (2011); After the Storm (2001); An Uncommon Love (1983); Arli$$ (1999); Baby Sister (1983); Bad Georgia Road (1977); Best Performance (2018); Boredom (2015); Breaking the Silence (1992); Bulba (1981); Castle (2014); Cats Dancing on Jupiter (2011); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Days of Our Lives (1995); Etheria (2020); Excess Flesh (2015); Falcon Crest (1985–1987); Fixed (2005); Forbidden Love (1982); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Front of the Class (2008); Ghost Whisperer (2006); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hotel Vernonia (2013); House of Usher (2008); Hung (2011); I Gave at the Office (1984); Instinct to Kill (2001); Last Look (2014); Leo and Loree (1980); Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989); Merrily (2025); Mic Whore (2014); Murphy Brown (1994); My Sister Sam (1988); Newhart (1989–1990); Not Just Another Affair (1982); Nurse Sherri (1977); Nurses Confessions (2017); Obsessive Love (1984); Party Down (2010); Pecoima Can Wait (2014); Perfect Victims (1988); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Quantum Leap (1989); Reality Queen! (2020); Restless Souls (1998); Sad Girl: Chlorine (2019); Sideliners (2006); Sledge Hammer! (1988); Splash (1984); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Strong Medicine (2001); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Back-up Bride (2011); The Circle (2005); The Circle (2005); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Fix (2019); The Jigsaw Murders (1989); The New Gidget (1986–1987); The Perfect Marriage (2012); The Stone Boy (2015); Uncle Buck (1990); Up Yours (1979); Visage (2017); War of the Worlds (1989); Watch Out for Slick (2010); Welcome Home (2010); Who's the Boss? (1990); You Me & Her (2014).

On this day in movie and book history - Mystery House and The Mystery of Hunting's End (both 1938)

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.

Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.

Recommended reading:

The Mystery of Hunting’s End

by Mignon G. Eberhart.

Filmed as Mystery House (1938), directed by Noel M. Smith.

Published by University of Nebraska Press.
First published 1930.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0803267371
ISBN-13: 978-0803267374
 
Description:

The Sand Hills of Nebraska, where Mignon G. Eberhart lived as a newlywed, inspired the setting of this 1930 chiller. Smack in the middle of the rolling desolation is Hunting's End, a weekend lodge owned by the rich Kingery family. To that place socialite Matil Kingery invites a strange collection of guests-the same people who were at the lodge when her father died of "heart failure" exactly five years ago. She intends to find out which one of them murdered him. Posing as another guest is the dapper young detective Lance O'Leary. At his recommendation Matil has engaged Nurse Sarah Keate to care for Aunt Lucy Kingery at Hunting's End-not a pleasant assignment, as it turns out. Gathered at the lodge, Matil's guests are shut off from the outside by a November snowstorm. A collie named Jericho mopes around, and a stray cat seems to herald new, clearly unnatural deaths. What a trap to spring on people used to good wine and fresh-cut flowers at dinner! Nurse Keate is the same sharp-eyed, stiletto-tongued, strong-stomached Nightingale and sleuth who was introduced in The Patient in Room 18 and While the Patient Slept. She helped establish Mignon G. Eberhart as a mainstay of the golden age of detective fiction.

On this day in movie history - Death Hunt (1981)

Death Hunt

directed by Peter Hunt,

written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1981.

Music by Jerrold Immel.

Based on the true 1932 case of Albert Johnson, a.k.a. the Mad Trapper of Rat River.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter, Scott Hylands, Angie Dickinson, Henry Beckman, William Sanderson, Jon Cedar, James O’Connell, Len Lesser, Richard Davalos, Maury Chaykin, August Schellenberg, Dennis Wallace, James McIntire, Rayford Barnes, Maurice Kowalewski, Sean McCann, Steve Finkel, Denis Lacroix, Tantoo Cardinal, Amy Marie George, Steve Mirer.

On this day in movie history - Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Terminator: Salvation

directed by McG,

written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,

was released in the United States on May 21, 2009.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Michael Ironside, Ivan G’Vera, Chris Browning, Dorian Nkono, Beth Bailey, Victor J. Ho, Buster Reeves, Kevin Wiggins, Greg Serano, Po Chan, Babak Tafti, Bruce McIntosh, Treva Etienne, Dylan Kenin, Michael Papajohn, Chris Ashworth, Diego Joaquin Lopez, Greg Plitt, Omar Paz Trujillo, Terry Crews, Zach McGowan, Isaac Kappy, Boots Southerland, David Midthunder, Rafael Herrera, Maria Bethke, Marc Maurin, Anjul Nigam, Emerson Brooks, Lorenzo Callender, David Douglas, Joe Basile, Esodie Geiger, Roland Kickinger, Brian Steele, Chris Bentley, Scott Flick, John Gibbs, Linda Hamilton, Neil Harbisson, Casey Wayne Hupp, Luke Kearney, Shani Klein-Madden, Cynthia Lee, Gregory Leiker, Aaron Mastriani, Paul J. Porter, Frank Powers, Mark Rayner, Scott Wyman, Foued Zayani.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Scorpion.

Released May 21, 1997.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, John Rhys-Davies, Patrick Barnitt, Jeff Cadiente, John Copage, Neo Edmund, Tarik Ergin, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Zach LeBeau, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano, Keith Rayve, Craig Reed, Joey Sakata, Richard Sarstedt, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: The Expanse.

Released May 21, 2003.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Brannon Braga, Rick Berman, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Fleck, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Daniel Riordan, James Horan, Bruce Wright, Dan Desmond, Josh Cruze, David Figlioli, Gary Bullock, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Vince Deadrick Jr., Kevin Derr, Nikki Flux, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Dieter Horneman, Jim Lau, Aouri Makhlouf, Marnie Martin, Louis Ortiz.