Coffee + book = happiness!

 

Coffee + book = happiness!

Lucy Maud Montgomery, on books:

 

I am simply a 'book drunkard.'
Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee.
I cannot withstand them.
- Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Recommended reading - The Zebra-Striped Hearse

 

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

The Zebra-Striped Hearse
by Ross Macdonald.
 
First published in 1962.
Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0375701451
ISBN-13: 978-0375701450
 
“Ross Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did.” – Chicago Tribune.
 

Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Ross Macdonald’s private eye is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlán. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's – and Archer's – in a powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.

 

“A model of his excellence…. [The Zebra-Striped Hearse] has character, statement, and style.” – The New Yorker.

Born on this day – Bessie Love:

 

Bessie Love

Actress

September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986

Credits:

A Daughter of the Poor (1917); A Fighting Colleen (1919); A Harp in Hock (1927); A Little Sister of Everybody (1918); A Lost World (1938); A Sister of Six (1916); A Son of His Father (1925); A Yankee Princess (1919); Acquitted (1916); Alice Guy-Blaché (1997); Always a Bride (1953); Amateur Night (1927); Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928); Battle Beneath the Earth (1967); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1958); Beau Brummell (1954); Bonnie May (1920); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Bulldog Courage (1922); Carolyn of the Corners (1919); Catlow (1971); Chasing Rainbows (1930); Cheerful Givers (1917); Children of the Damned (1964); Conspiracy (1930); Cupid Forecloses (1919); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Don't Do It Dempsey (1960); Dress Parade (1927); Dynamite Smith (1924); Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978); Emergency-Ward 10 (1960); Fashions in Love (1936); Forget Me Not (1922); From a Bird's Eye View (1970); Gareth Hughes (2000); Gentle Julia (1923); Georgia Pearce (1915); Going Crooked (1926); Good News (1930); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Harpers West One (1961); Hearst-Pathé News, No. 87 (1917); Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hotel Imperial (1958); How Could You, Caroline? (1918); Human Wreckage (1923); I Live Again (1936); I Think They Call Him John (1964); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); International Detective (1960); Intolerance (1916); Isadora (1968); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); ITV Playhouse (1968); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1960); Johnny Frenchman (1945); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1970); Katy (1976); Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981); Late Show London (1966); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); London Playhouse (1955); London Scrapbook (1942); Long Distance (1958); Looks Familiar (1980); Loss of Innocence (1961); Lovey Mary (1926); Man of the World (1962); Mary of the Movies (1923); Meet the Prince (1926); Morals for Women (1931); Mousey (1974); My Partner the Ghost (1969); New Brooms (1925); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Life in Hollywood (1922); Nina, the Flower Girl (1917); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Nowhere to Go (1958); Omnibus (1969); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Pegeen (1920); Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921); Picture This (2022); Polly Ann (1917); Pollyanna (1973); Promise Her Anything (1966); Public Eye (1971); Ragtime (1981); Reds (1981); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Round About Hollywood (1931); Rubber Tires (1927); Sally of the Scandals (1928); San Demetrio London (1943); Saturday Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 3 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); See America Thirst (1930); Shades of Greene (1975); Slave of Desire (1923); Some of the Best (1944); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Sons of the Sea (1941); Soul-Fire (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Stranded (1916); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Sundown (1924); The Adventures of Prince Courageous (1923); The American (1927); The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962); The Aryan (1916); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Broadway Melody (1929); The Caves of Steel (1964); The Dawn of Understanding (1918); The Enchanted Barn (1919); The Eternal Three (1923); The Flying Torpedo (1916); The Front Page (1948); The Ghost Patrol (1923); The Girl in the Show (1929); The Good Bad-Man (1916); The Great Adventure (1918); The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Honor of Rameriz (1921); The Hunger (1983); The Idle Rich (1929); The King on Main Street (1925); The Little Boss (1919); The Lost World (1925); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Magic Box (1951); The Male Animal (1956); The Matinee Idol (1928); The Midlanders (1920); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Purple Dawn (1923); The Ritz (1976); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Sawdust Ring (1917); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Song and Dance Man (1926); The Spirit of the Lake (1921); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Swamp (1921); The Swell Head (1928); The Vermilion Pencil (1922); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Western (1959); The Wild Affair (1965); The Wishing Ring Man (1919); The Woman on the Jury (1924); They Learned About Women (1930); This Is Your Life (1963–1978); Those Who Dance (1924); Three Who Paid (1923); Tongues of Flame (1924); Too Young to Love (1960); Torment (1924); Touch and Go (1955); Vampyres (1974); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Wee Lady Betty (1917); Westward Bo (1926); You Can't Take It with You (1947); Young and Willing (1954); Young April (1926); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – William Clemens:

William Clemens

Director

September 10, 1905 – April 29, 1980

Born on this day – Robert Wise:

 

Robert Wise

Director

Producer

Editor

September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005

Born on this day – Edmond O'Brien:

Edmond O'Brien

Actor

Director

September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985

Born on this day – William Brinkley:

William Brinkley

Writer

September 10, 1917 - November 22, 1993

When William Brinkley was a reporter for The Washington Post, he wrote the article covering the exorcism of a 14-year-old boy who lived in Mt. Rainier, Washington.

This case later became the inspiration for the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, published in 1971, and the movie of the same title, directed by William Friedkin and released in 1973.

Article in the Post was dated: Friday, August 20, 1949.

Born on this day – Bo Goldman:

Bo Goldman

Writer

September 10, 1932 – July 25, 2023

Born on this day – Spencer Milligan:

Spencer Milligan

Actor

Producer

September 10, 1937 – April 18, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Blob (1958)

 

The Blob

directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and Russell S. Doughten Jr.,

written by Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker,

based on an idea by Irvine H. Millgate,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1958.

Music by Ralph Carmichael.

 

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Stephen Chase, John Benson, George Karas, Lee Payton, Elbert Smith, Hugh Graham, Vincent Barbi, Audrey Metcalf, Jasper Deeter, Tom Ogden, Elinor Hammer, Pamela Curran, Ralph Roseman, Charlie Overdorff, David Metcalf, Josh Randolph, George Gerbereck, Julie Cousins, Keith Almoney, Eugene Sabel, Robert Fields, James Bonnet, Tony Franke, Molly Ann Bourne, Diane Tabben, Russ Conway, Howard Fishlove, Jack H. Harris, Vincent J. Mastrangelo, Theodore Simonson.

On this day in movie history - The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

a.k.a. The St. Louis Bank Robbery

directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix,

written by Richard Heffron,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959.

Music by Bernardo Segáll.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gable, Larry Gerst, Boyd Williams, Frank Novotny, Nell Roberts, Bob Holt, May Kohn, Jay Elliot, Robert Klauss, Barney Barnett, Nancy Lyon.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959 - 1960)

Johnny Staccato

a.k.a Staccato

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959,

and ran for two seasons until March 17, 1960.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Warren Berlinger, Geraldine Brooks, Walter Burke, Elisha Cook, Jr., Lloyd, Corrigan, Frank DeKova, Norman Fell, Marianne Gaba, Ingrid Goude, Harry Guardino, Arline Hunter, Martin Landau, Michael Landon, Cloris Leachman, Ruta Lee, Sylvia Lewis, Charles McGraw, John Marley, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Tyler Moore, Susan Oliver, J. Pat O'Malley, Gena Rowlands, Vito Scotti, Dean Stockwell, Nita Talbot, Jack Weston.

On this day in movie history - Money for Nothing (1993)

Money for Nothing

directed by Ramón Menéndez,

written by Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski,

based on the book Finders Keepers by Mark Bowden,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1993.

Inspired by the true 1981 Joey Coyle case.

Music by Craig Safan.

Cast:

John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Bracco, Ashleigh Dejon, Lenny Venito, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Currie Graham, Frankie Faison, Ed Pansullo, Benji Schulman, Sam Coppola, Jeanne McCarthy, Don Brockett, Nicholas Giordano, Victoria Thomas, Lonzo Green, Bernard Canepari, Iva Jean Saraceni, Betsy Zajko, Hank Stratton, Thomas N. Levine, Scott Klace, Alice Drummond, Della Crews, Don Cannon, Lenora Nemetz, Harish Saluja, Kate Young, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Monty Cox, Joseph W. Bonacci, Robert Bella, Pete Ferry, Marty Kassab-Chaney, Pete Iole, David Norona, Bingo O'Malley, Ana Dela Cruz, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Betsy Molina, Bill Dalzell, Barbara Russell, Tony Amen, Katina Forte, John W. Iwanonkiw, Angella Kaye, Frederick E. Kowalo, Joe Shelby.

On this day in movie history - True Romance (1993)

True Romance

directed by Tony Scott,

written by Quentin Tarantino,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1993.

Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek, Conchata Ferrell, James Gandolfini, Anna Thomson, Victor Argo, Paul Bates, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Gregory Sporleder, Maria Pitillo, Frank Adonis, Kevin Corrigan, Said Faraj, Paul Ben-Victor, Michael Beach, Joe D'Angerio, John Bower, John Cenatiempo, Eric Allan Kramer, Patrick John Hurley, Dennis Garber, Scott Evers, Hilary Klym, Steve Gonzales, Laurence Mason, Adam Boster, David Dean, Jonathan Fahn, April Freeman, Ed Lauter, Enzo Rossi, Nancy Young.

On this day in movie history - The Real McCoy (1993)

The Real McCoy

directed by Russell Mulcahy,

written by William Davies and William Osborne,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1993.

Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain, Zach English, Deborah Hobart, Pamela J. Hobart, Andy Stahl, Dean Rader-Duval, Norman Maxwell, Marc Macaulay, Nick Searcy.

On this day in movie history - Stigmata (1999)

Stigmata

directed by Rupert Wainwright and written by Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage,

and based on a story by Tom Lazarus,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1999.

Music by Billy Corgan, Mike Garson, and Elia Cmiral.

Cast:

Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Thomas Kopache, Rade Serbedzija, Enrico Colantoni, Dick Latessa, Portia de Rossi, Patrick Muldoon, Ann Cusack, Shaun Toub, Tom Hodges, Lydia Hazan, Shaun Duke, Valarie Trapp, Kessia Embry, Frankie Thorn, Mariah Nunn, Tom Fahn, Marilyn Pitzer, Jack Donner, Richard Conti, Mary Linda Phillips, Liz Cruz, Faith Christopher, Joe Ruffo, Federico Scutti, William Howell, Kristopher Davis, Devin Unruh, Vera Yell, Mary Marshall, Daniel Escalzo, Michael P. Dearth, Mark Adair-Rios, Jeffrey J. Ayers, Stephanie Carwin, Anthony Garibaldi, Mário Lara, LeJon, Nicolas Martin.