Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS: October 7

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Louisa May Alcott, on books and reading:

I shall keep my book on the table here,
and read a little every morning as soon as I wake,
for I know it will do me good,
and help me through the day.
– Louisa May Alcott.

Monte Walsh

by Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

Born on this day – Robert Z. Leonard:

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Actor

Producer

Writer

October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968

Credits:

Kelly and Me (1956); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); The King's Thief (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Clown (1953); Everything I Have Is Yours (1952); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); The Bribe (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Cynthia (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Man from Down Under (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Pride and Prejudice (1940); New Moon (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Sweethearts (1938); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Firefly (1937); Maytime (1937); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Escapade (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); After Office Hours (1935); Outcast Lady (1934); Dancing Lady (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); Strange Interlude (1932); Lovers Courageous (1932); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Let Us Be Gay (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); The Divorcee (1930); Marianne (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); Baby Mine (1928); Tea for Three (1927); Adam and Evil (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); A Little Journey (1927); The Waning Sex (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Dance Madness (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Time, the Comedian (1925); Cheaper to Marry (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Circe the Enchantress (1924); Mademoiselle Midnight (1924); Fashion Row (1923); The French Doll (1923); Jazzmania (1923); Broadway Rose (1922); Fascination (1922); Peacock Alley (1922); Heedless Moths (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); Stronger Than Death (1920); The Miracle of Love (1919); The Way of a Woman (1919); Big Little Person (1919); What Am I Bid? (1919); The Delicious Little Devil (1919); The Scarlet Shadow (1919); Danger, Go Slow (1918); Modern Love (1918); Her Body in Bond (1918); The Bride's Awakening (1918); Face Value (1917); Princess Virtue (1917); The Punishment (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); The Forest Nymph (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); Please Be My Wife (1917); Racing Death (1917); The Human Flame (1917); On Record (1917); The Sin Unatoned (1917); Robinson Crusoe (1917); Life's Pendulum (1917); The Diamond Thieves (1917); The Eagle's Wings (1916); The Plow Girl (1916); The Evidence (1916); The Unfinished Case (1916); Little Eve Edgarton (1916); The Love Girl (1916); The Silent Man of Timber Gulch (1916); The Woman Who Followed Me (1916); The Crippled Hand (1916); The Winning of Miss Construe (1916); Yust from Sweden (1916); Secret Love (1916); The Silent Member (1916); The Boob's Victory (1916); Christmas Memories (1915); Idols of Clay (1915); Judge Not; or the Woman of Mona Diggings (1915); Both Sides of Life (1915); The Little Blonde in Black (1915); Heritage (1915); Betty's Dream Hero (1915); A Boob's Romance (1915); The Silent Command (1915); Shattered Memories (1915); Mavis of the Glen (1915); The Master Key (1914); The Boob's Legacy (1914); The Mistress of Deadwood Basin (1914); The Boob's Nemesis (1914); For the Secret Service (1914); The Bowl of Roses (1914); When Fate Disposes (1914); The House Discordant (1914); The Sherlock Boob (1914); A Law Unto Himself (1914); Swede Larson (1914); Shadowed Lives (1914); A Boob There Was (1914); A Man, a Girl and Another Man (1914); Mountain Law (1914); A Boob Incognito (1914); The Ruby Circle (1914); In the Eye of the Law (1914); The Senator's Bill (1914); For the Family Honor (1914); The Boob's Honeymoon (1914); A Race with Death (1914); The Fourth Proposal (1914); From Father to Son (1914); The Mud Bath Elopement (1914); Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn (1914); The Diamond Makers (1913); Sally Scraggs: Housemaid (1913); When the Prince Arrived (1913); A Woman's Folly (1913).

Born on this day – Del Lord:

Del Lord

Director

October 7, 1894 – March 23, 1970

Born on this day – Ralph Rainger:

Ralph Rainger

Composer

October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942

Born on this day – Mila Parély:

Mila Parély

Actress

October 7, 1917 – January 14, 2012

Born on this day – June Allyson:

June Allyson

Actress

Dancer

Singer

October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006

Born on this day – Jacqueline Gauthier:

Jacqueline Gauthier

Actress

October 7, 1918 – September 18, 1982

Born on this day – Martha Stewart:

Martha Stewart

Actress

October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021

Credits:

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Are You with It? (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Convicted (1950); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Doll Face (1945); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); In a Lonely Place (1950); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Musical Chairs (1955); My Three Sons (1965); Our Man Higgins (1963); Songs for Sale (1952); Surf Party (1964); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); The Stork Club (1955); Those Two (1952–1953).

On this day in movie history - Meet the Girls (1938)

Meet the Girls

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1938.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart, Wally Vernon, Erik Rhodes, Constantine Romanoff, Jack Norton, Emmett Vogan, Paul McVey, Harlan Briggs, Carol Adams, Billy Bevan, Ralph Brooks, James B. Carson, Alan Davis, Larry Dods, Lester Dorr, Dick Elliott, Allen Fox, Jack Gargan, Creighton Hale, Harry Hayden, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Fred Kohler Jr., Stanley Mack, David Newell, William Newell, Tom O'Grady, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, William Wagner, Bruce Warren, June Wilkins.

On this day in movie history - The Last Ride (1944)

The Last Ride

directed by D. Ross Lederman,

written by Raymond L. Schrock,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1944.

Music by William Lava.

Cast:

Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker, Jack La Rue, Cy Kendall, Wade Boteler, Mary Gordon, Harry Lewis, Tod Andrews, Leah Baird, Eddy Chandler, Clancy Cooper, Ross Ford, Eddie Foster, Jack Gardner, Creighton Hale, John Harmon, Howard Hickman, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Hank Mann, John Maxwell, Frank Mayo, Dolores Moran, Jack Mower, Pat O'Malley, Virginia Patton, Harry Strang, Charles Sullivan, Elliott Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, Norman Willis.

On this day in movie history - Monte Walsh (1970)

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.

Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

On this day in movie history - Rolling Thunder (1977)

Rolling Thunder

directed by John Flynn,

written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould,

based on a story by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1977.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Song San Antone performed by Denny Brooks.

Cast:

William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, Carol Sowa, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew, Lawrason Driscoll, Lisa Blake Richards, Randy Hermann, James Victor, Charles Escamilla, Pete Ortega, Cassie Yates, Jordan Gerler, Jacque Burandt, Paul A. Partain, James N. Harrell, Jane Abbott, Jerry Brown, Anthony Castillo, Rudy T. Gonzales, Robert K. Guthrie, Ray Gutierrez, Michael Nakamura, James Conner, Cheyenne Rivera, Robert Raymond Reyes, Arturo R. Tamez Jr., Bob Tisdale, Autry Ward, West Ward, William Vance White, Michael R. Witte, Alan Wong, Janet Quist.

On this day in movie history - Alien Nation (1988)

Alien Nation

directed by Graham Baker,

written by Rockne S. O'Bannon,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1988.

Music by Curt Sobel.

Cast:

James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason, Conrad Dunn, Jeff Kober, Roger Aaron Brown, Tony Simotes, Michael David Simms, Ed Krieger, Tony Perez, Brian Thompson, Francis X. McCarthy, Keone Drake, Edgar Small, Thomas Wagner, Abraham Alvarez, Harri James, Frank Collison, Tom DeFranco, Angela O'Neill, Seth Marten, Kendall Conrad, Brian Lando, Tom Morga, Regis Parton, Jessica James, Tom Finnegan, Doug MacHugh, Lawrence Kopp, Alec Gillis, Shuko Akune, Stephanie Shroyer, Frank Wagner, Clarence Landry, Van Ling, Mark Murphey, Kirsten Graham, George Robotham, Debra Seitz, James De Closs, Douglas Cameron, Jasper Cole, Lorenzo Gaspar, Eric Kay, Dee Giffin Scott.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm V: Ravager (2016)

Phantasm V: Ravager

a.k.a. Phantasm: RaVager and Phantasm: Ravager

directed by David Hartman,

written by David Hartman and Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on October 7, 2016.

Music by Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry, Stephen Jutras, Kathy Lester, Bill Thornbury, Daniel Roebuck, Daniel Schweiger, Cean Okada, Joe Jefferson, Kenneth V. Jones, Cesare Gagliardoni, Kathleen Hartman, Tim Divar, Vinton Heuck, Tyler O. Super, Jonathan Sims, Kyle Shire, Jay Oliva, Angus Scrimm, James Brink.

On this day in movie history - Violent Night (2022)

Violent Night

directed by Tommy Wirkola,

written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller,

was released at the New York Comic Con in the United States on October 7, 2022.

Music by Dominic Lewis.

Cast:

David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Leah Brady, André Eriksen, Brendan Fletcher, Mike Dopud, Alexander Elliot, Mitra Suri, Can Aydin, Phong Giang, Finn McCager Higgins, Rawleigh Clements-Willis, Stephanie Sy, Cha-Lee Yoon, Marina Stephenson Kerr, John B. Lowe, Ray Strachan, Sean Skene, Thomas Lorber, Erik Athavale, Adam Hurtig, Robert Borges, Adrian Persad, Marc-Andre Brisebois, Dylan Rampulla, Maxime Laurin, Christopher Sean Nott, Jake Kennerd, Carson Nattrass, Lance Cartwright, Alan Castanaga, Jeff Strome, Shannon Guile, Anders Strome, Darren Ross, BJ Verot, Tristan Carlucci, James Durham, Brent Poplawski, Frederick Allen, DJ Brotherson, Vance Halldorson, Derek James Trapp.