William E. Gladstone, on books:

Books are delightful society.

If you go into a room and find it full of books - 

even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you,
to bid you welcome.

- William E. Gladstone.

Recommended reading - City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present

 

City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present

Edited by David Willis McCullough.
 
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Published 1989.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0395513189
ISBN-13: 978-0395513187
 
Description:
 
Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.

Contents:

Introduction, by David Willis McCullough

The simple art of murder, by Raymond Chandler;

The clue of the yellow curtains, by Francois Eugene Vidocq

The mystery of Marie Roget, by Edgar Allen Poe

The lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes

Princess Sonia's bath, by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre

The investors, by Edgar Wallace

The tenth clew, by Dashiell Hammett

The rubber trumpet, by Roy Vickers

No proof, by Yoh Sano

Dead-end for Delia, by William Campbell Gault

At the Etoile du Nord, by Georges Simenon

I always get the cuties, by John D. MacDonald

This world, then the fireworks, by Jim Thompson

The gold fever tapes, by Mickey Spillane

Wild goose chase, by Ross MacDonald

The nine-to-five man, by Stanley Ellin

Small homocide, by Ed McBain

Blind man with a pistol, by Chester Himes

Pigeon blood, by Paul Cain

Just one of those days, by Donald E. Westlake

Election day, by Joseph Hansen

The Parker shotgun, by Sue Grafton

The Johore murders, by Paul Theroux

Sure, blue, and dead, too, by Janwillem van de Wetering

Skin deep, by Sara Paretsky

Death by water, by William Marshall

Flake piece, by Carolyn Wheat

Dead soldier, by Loren D. Estleman

Double indemnity, the screenplay, by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.

Born on this day – David Miller:

 

David Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992

Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

 

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:

Mario Nascimbene

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Woman's Secret (1949); Black Noon (1971); Blonde Fever (1944); Blood and Lace (1971); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Chandler (1971); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossfire (1947); Daniel Boone (1970); Dome Project (2010); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Escape (1971); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Game of Murder (1973); General Electric Theater (1961); Grindl (1964); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Human Desire (1954); In a Lonely Place (1950); Iron Horse (1967); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kojak (1977); Macao (1952); Mama's Dirty Girls (1974); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mannix (1970); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Merton of the Movies (1947); Mr. Griffin and Me (1981); My Heart Tells Me (1944); Naked Alibi (1954); Not as a Stranger (1955); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Oklahoma! (1955); Polka Dot Polka (1944); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); Pulp Cinema (2001); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Roughshod (1949); Sam Benedict (1962); Seventh Avenue (1977); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1984); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Big Heat (1953); The Cobweb (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Dancing Princesses (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Glass Wall (1953); The Good Die Young (1954); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Loners (1972); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nesting (1981); The New Breed (1961); The Outer Limits (1964); The Todd Killings (1971); Then Came Bronson (1969); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Hope Lange:

Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

On this day in movie history - Port of New York (1949)

Port of New York

directed by László Benedek,

written by Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend,

based on a story by Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray,

was released in the United States on November 28, 1949.

Narrated by Chet Huntley.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake, Lynne Carter, John Kellogg, William Challee, Neville Brand, Barry Brooks, Harry Brown, George M. Carleton, Stephen Chase, Steve Crandall, Sayre Dearing, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton, Fred Graham, Raymond Greenleaf, Chuck Hamilton, Patricia Hawkins, Joe Haworth, Chet Huntley, Stan Johnson, Doyle Manor, Joe Mantell, Jean McBride, Mickey McCardle, James Nolan, Tudor Owen, John Parris, Steve Pendleton, David Perry, Alexander Pope, Gordon Richards, Henry Rowland, Glenn Thompson, Larry Thompson, Harlan Warde.