Charlaine Harris, on reading:

 

Here's to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

- Charlaine Harris.

Recommended reading - The Maltese Falcon

 

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett.

Introduction by Richard Russo.

First published 1930.
Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679722645
ISBN-13: 978-0679722649

Description:
“Hammett … wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.” – Raymond Chandler.

Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance – a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.

These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.

“Hammett’s prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Ferdinand Schubert:

Ferdinand Schubert

Composer

October 18, 1794 – February 26, 1859

Born on this day – Fannie Hurst:

 

Fannie Hurst

Writer

October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968

Credits:

 
Books & plays:
 

A President Is Born (1928); Anatomy of Me: A Wonderer in Search of Herself (1958); Back Pay (1921); Back Street (1931); Every Soul Hath Its Song (date?); Fannie Hurst: A Biographical Sketch, Critical Appreciation and Bibliography (1928); Fannie Hurst: In Her Own Words, 1952-1968: Love Notes to Her Deceased Husband, Jacques S. Danielson (date?); Five And Ten (1929); Four Daughters (1941); Gaslight Sonatas (1918); Humoresque - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); Humoresque (1919); Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It: A Tapestry of Emotion: Stories of Love, Loss, and Laughter in 20th Century America (1920); Humoresque: And Other Stories (1919); Imitation of Life (1933); It Is to Laugh (1927); Just Around the Corner: Original Edition (date?); Just Around the Corner: Romance en Casserole (1914); Lummox (1923); Mannequin (1926); My Favorite Story (1928); No Food with My Meals (1935); Procession (1929); Romance en Casserole (date?); Song of Life (1927); Star Dust A Story Of An American Girl (1921); Star Dust: Original Edition (date?); The Land of the Free (1917); The Official Chaperon (1909); The stories of Fannie Hurst (date?); The Vertical City - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); The Vertical City (1922); Today Is Ladies' Day (1939); We are ten (1937); White Christmas (1942).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Petal on the Current (1919); A Son's Ingratitude (1912); Aghla min hayati (1965); Anneler ve Kizlari (1971); Back Pay (1922 / 1930); Back Street (1932 / 1941 / 1961); Big Joe's Happiness Exchange (1951); Biography (1961); Celebrity Time (1950); Five and Ten (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Great Chance (1918); Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934); Humoresque (1920 / 1946); Imitação da Vida (1960); Imitation of Life (1934 / 1959); It's a Problem (1952); Just Around the Corner (1921); Lummox (1930); Mannequin (1926); Matinee Theatre (1956); One Hundred Pennies (1954); Person to Person (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); See It Now (1953); Seven Kadin Unutmaz (1965); Stardust (1921); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Take Thirty (1964); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Day She Paid (1919); The Good Provider (1922); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Painted Angel (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Younger Generation (1929); This Is Your Life (1957); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Said That? (1950); Young at Heart (1954).

Born on this day – Miriam Hopkins:

Miriam Hopkins

Actress

October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972

Credits:

Hollywood Horror House (1970); The Flying Nun (1969); The Chase (1966); Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); Route 66 (1963); General Electric Theater (1954–1962); The Children's Hour (1961); The Investigators (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Climax! (1957); Studio One (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); The Whistler (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Curtain Call (1952); Carrie (1952); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); The Mating Season (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Heiress (1949); Old Acquaintance (1943); A Gentleman After Dark (1942); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Virginia City (1940); The Old Maid (1939); Wise Girl (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Becky Sharp (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); She Loves Me Not (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); All of Me (1934); Design for Living (1933); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); Trouble in Paradise (1932); The World and the Flesh (1932); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931); 24 Hours (1931); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Fast and Loose (1930); The Home Girl (1928).

Born on this day – Johnny Temple:

 

Johnny Temple

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 18, 1906 – November 22, 1968

Credits:

Albums:

Johnnie Temple 1935-1940: From Mississippi to Chicago (The Blues) (1997); Johnnie Temple Vol. 2 1938-1940 (2005); Johnnie Temple Vol. 3 1940-1949 (2005); Johnny Temple's Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out (2006); Lead Pencil Blues (2015); Presenting Johnnie Temple (1935); Vol. 1 1935-1938 (2005).

Songs:

Beale Street Sheik; Between Midnight and Dawn; Big Boat Whistle; Big Leg Woman; Big Woman Blues; County Jail Blues; East Saint Louis Blues; Every Dog Must Have His Day; Fare You Well; Gimme Some of That Yum Yum Yum; Gonna Ride 74; Hoodoo Women; I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again; Jacksonville Blues; Lead Pencil Blues; Louise Louise Blues; Mama's Bad Luck Child; Mean Baby Blues; New Louise Louise Blues; New Vicksburg Blues; Olds "98" Blues; Peeping Through The Keyhole; Pimple Blues; Rhythm Mama; Snapping Cat; So Lonely And Blue; Something in the Moon That Gives Me a Thrill; Stavin' Chain; The Evil Devil Blues; What Is It That Smells Like Gravy?; Yum, Yum, Yum.

Born on this day – Evelyn Venable:

Evelyn Venable

Actress

October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993

Born on this day – Boogie Woogie Red:

Boogie Woogie Red

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992

Credits:

Albums:

Live at the Blind Pig (1974); Red Hot (1977).

Songs:

After Hours; Blues for My Baby; Bumble Bee Blues; Got to Find My Baby; Mean Ol' Frisco; Old Time Shuffle; Prison Bound; Red's Boogie; Red's Rhumba; Red's Rumba; Relaxin; Showtime; Sisterly Love; Step Down on It; Take Five; The Reefer Song; Viper Song; When I Was Young; You Put a Spell on Me.

Born on this day – John Morris:

John Morris

Composer

Dance arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018

Born on this day – George C. Scott:

George C. Scott

Actor

Director

Producer

October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999

Born on this day – Inger Stevens:

Inger Stevens

Actress

October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970

Credits:

5 Card Stud (1968); A Dream of Kings (1969); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Time for Killing (1967); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1964); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Bonanza (1959); Checkmate (1960); Climax! (1957); Conflict (1956); Crunch and Des (1956); Crusader (1956); Cry Terror! (1958); Danger (1954); Empire (1963); Firecreek (1968); Follow the Sun (1961); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Gypsy (1967); Hang 'Em High (1968); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hong Kong (1960); House of Cards (1968); Inger Stevens in Sweden (1965); Kraft Theatre (1954); Madigan (1968); Mama (1955); Man on Fire (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mister Peepers (1954); Moment of Fear (1960); Personality (1968); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Route 66 (1960–1961); Run, Simon, Run (1970); Sam Benedict (1962); Studio One (1954–1955); Sunday Showcase (1959); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bob Hope Show (1964); The Borgia Stick (1967); The Buccaneer (1958); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Mask of Sheba (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Wallace Interview (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1967); The Twilight Zone / The Hitch-Hiker (1959); The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959); You Don't Say (1963); Your First Impression (1963); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Peter Boyle:

Peter Boyle

Actor

October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006

Born on this day – Barbara Baldavin:

Barbara Baldavin

Actress

Casting director

October 18, 1938 – March 31, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1968–1969); Airport 1975 (1974); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bronk (1975); Charlie's Angels (1978); City of Angels (1976); Columbo (1971); Curacao (1993); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dynasty (1981–1984); Executive Suite (1976); Fallen Arches (2000); Fantasy Island (1978); Father of the Bride (1962); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Hagen (1980–1981); Hangup (1974); Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974); Insight (1967); Mannix (1968–1971); Marciano (1979); Matt Houston (1982–1984); McMillan & Wife (1971); Medical Center (1969–1976); Quincy M.E. (1979); Rawhide (1964); Satan's Princess (1989); Shooting Stars (1983); Skeeter (1993); Square Pegs (1983); Star Trek (1966–1969); Strike Force (1981–1982); The Bionic Woman (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1973); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (1965–1967); The Lady from Yesterday (1985); The November Plan (1977); The Princess and the Dwarf (1989); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); This Is the Life (1978); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Vega$ (1979–1980); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Wild Rovers (1971); Women in Chains (1972).

Born on this day – Dawn Wells:

Dawn Wells

Actress

October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020

Credits:

1 vs. 100 (2008); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 33rd Miss America Pageant (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); 87th Precinct (1962); Access Hollywood (2005); ALF (1987); All Access Pass: The TV Land Awards (2004); American Christmas (2019); Baywatch (1992); Before the Three-Hour Tour (2004); Bonanza (1962–1968); Burke's Law (1964); Camp Midnite (1989); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2008); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1961); Chopped (2013); Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993); Dawn Wells: Reel Adventures (1997); Daytrippers (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2005–2015); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales (2000); ET in TV Land (2003); Everglades! (1961); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy Island (1981); Forever for Now (2004); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016); Gilligan's Island (1964–1967); Gilligan's Planet (1982); Girlfriends (2005); Good vs Evil (1999); Growing Pains (1987); Hagen (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Heaven's Waiting Room (2017); Herman's Head (1993); High School U.S.A. (1983); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1999–2001); Hollywood Treasure (2010); Home & Family (2015–2019); Inside Edition (2015–2020); It's a Man's World (1962); Kaplan's Korner (2018); Ken Boxer Live (2015); Laramie (1963); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lawman (1962); Life Interrupted (2017); Live, Laugh, Eat (2012); Love on the Spectrum (2019); Lover's Knot (1995); Marie (2013); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1961); Meego (1997); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2016); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Password (1965); Pastor Greg (2007); Pyramid (2004); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Return to Boggy Creek (1977); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Ripcord (1963); Roseanne (1995); RuPaul's Drag U (2010); See Ya (2018); She's Still on That Freakin' Island (2015–2017); Silent But Deadly (2012); SoapTalk (2004); Soulmates (1992); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Steve Harvey (2015); Strange Inheritance (2017); Super Sucker (2002); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2020); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001); Survivor Stories with Dawn Wells (2013); Svengoolie (2015 / 2021); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Talk Soup (1996); That '60s Home (2004); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1993); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1979); The Bold and the Beautiful (2016); The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979); The Chew (2016); The Detectives (1961); The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2019); The F.B.I. (1969); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1991); The Gilligan Manifesto (2018); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Invaders (1967); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1964); The Late Show (1988); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man Show (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The New High Rollers (1974–1988); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Princess and the Dwarf (1989); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sixties (2014); The Test (2001); The Third Man (1963); The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976); The Unknown Story (2022); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is Our Time (2013); Three Sisters (2001); Today (2014 / 2020); Toon in with Me (2021); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Landmarks: Breaking the Mold (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004–2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All Time Favorites (1995); Valentine's Day (1965); Vega$ (1978); Vicki! (1992–1994); Wagon Train (1961); Whatever Happened To? (2007); What's Up Orange County (2015–2018); Winterhawk (1975).

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Born on this day – Ralph Eggleston:

Ralph Eggleston

Animator

Art director

Storyboard artist

Production designer

October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022

On this day in movie history - The Doorway to Hell (1930)

The Doorway to Hell

directed by Archie Mayo,

written by George Rosener,

based on the story A Handful of Clouds by Rowland Brown,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1930.

Music by Erno Rapee and Louis Silvers.

Cast:

Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney, Robert Elliott, James Cagney, Kenneth Thomson, Jerry Mandy, Noel Madison, Eddie Kane, Tom Wilson, Dwight Frye.

On this day in movie history - The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Maltese Falcon

directed and written by John Huston,

based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1941.

Music by Adolph Deutsch.

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Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton, Walter Huston.

On this day in movie history - Joe MacBeth (movie & play):

Joe MacBeth

directed by Ken Hughes,

written by Philip Yordan and Ken Hughes,

based on the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare,

released in the United Kingdom on October 18, 1955.

Music by Trevor Duncan.

Cast:

Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano, Grégoire Aslan, Sidney James, Harry Green, Walter Crisham, Kay Callard, Robert Arden, George Margo, Minerva Pious, Philip Vickers, Mark Baker, Bill Nagy, Al Mulock, Victor Baring, Jess Conrad, Shirley Douglas, Beresford Egan, Louise Grant, Launce Maraschal, Robert O'Neil, Johnny Ross, Nicholas Stuart, Teresa Thorne, Sheila Woods.

Recommended reading:

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare.

Edited by Barbara A. Mowat & Paul Werstine.

Folger Shakespeare Library.
Published by Simon & Schuster.
First published 1623.

ISBN-10: 0743477103
ISBN-13: 9780743477109

Description:

The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft.

In depicting a man who murders to become king, Macbeth teases us with huge questions. Is Macbeth tempted by fate, or by his or his wife’s ambition? Why does their success turn to ashes?

Like other plays, Macbeth speaks to each generation. Its story was once seen as that of a hero who commits an evil act and pays an enormous price. Recently, it has been applied to nations that overreach themselves and to modern alienation. The line is blurred between Macbeth’s evil and his opponents’ good, and there are new attitudes toward both witchcraft and gender.

This edition includes:
Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play.

Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play.

Scene-by-scene plot summaries.

A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases.

An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language.

An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play.

Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books.

An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading.

Essay by Susan Snyder.

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.

On this day in movie history - Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story (2022)

Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story

documentary directed by Phil Grabsky,

was released in the United States on October 18, 2022. 

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Face of Evil.

Released October 18, 1957.

Directed by Don Weis.

Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld.

Based on a story by David Alexander.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Werner Klemperer, Kevin Hagen, Morris Ankrum, Russell Thorson, Joseph Mell, Barbara Pepper, Barney Phillips, Vernon Rich, Madge Blake, Allen Emerson, Anthony Lawrence.