Patricia Wentworth, on writing:

There is and always has been for me a peculiar need to write.

This is very different from wanting to be a writer.

To be a writer always seemed something so far removed from my talents and abilities and imaginings that it didn't afflict me at all as a notion when I was young.

But I was always conscious that I wanted to write.

- Patricia Wentworth. 

Recommended reading - Pulp Fiction: The Dames

 

Pulp Fiction: The Dames

Pulp Fiction: The Dames

Omnibus.

Edited by Otto Penzler.

Introduced by Laura Lippman.

Published 2008.

Published by Quercus.

Paperback.

 

ISBN-10: 1847242316

ISBN-13: 978-1847242310

 

Description:

 

Laura Lippman introduces 23 dames, femmes fatales, avenging angels, broads, molls and dolls from the golden age of pulp fiction and the dawn of modern crime writing.

 

From Sally the Sleuth to The Girl Who Knew Too Much, these women knew how to steal a guy’s heart – or his gun – and they weren’t afraid to use their fists if their charms couldn’t get them what they wanted. Risking their lives and ending others, these dames are certain to set your heart racing, whether you’re a pulp novice or a hard-boiled fan.

 

With stories from Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich and Dashiell Hammett, and a strip cartoon from Adolphe Barreau, Pulp Fiction: The Dames shows that some writing has an edge that time just can’t dull.

 

Contents: Preface, by Otto Penzler; Introduction, by Laura Lippman; Angel Face, by Cornell Woolrich; Chosen to Die, by Leslie T. White; A Pinch of Snuff, by Eric Taylor; Killer in the Rain, by Montanye; Snowbound, by C. B. Yorke; The Girl Who Knew Too Much, by Randolph Barr; The Corpse in the Crystal, by D. B. McCandless; He Got What He Asked For, by D. B. McCandless; Gangster's Brand, by P. T. Luman; Dance Macabre, by Robert Reeves; The Girl with the Silver Eyes, by Dashiell Hammett; The Jane from Hell's Kitchen, by Perry Paul; The Duchess Pulls a Fast One, by Whitman Chambers; Mansion of Death, by Roger Torrey; Concealed Weapon, by Roger Torrey; The Devil's Bookkeeper, by Carlos Martinez; Black Legion, by Lars Anderson; Three Wise Men of Babylon, by Richard Sale; The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon, by Eugene Thomas; Brother Murder, by T. T. Flynn; Kindly Omit Flowers, by Stewart Sterling.

 

Collect books and build your home library:

 

You know you're a bookworm when your ultimate goal in life is to have you own special library in your house.

Born on this day – Lynne Overman:

Lynne Overman

Actor

September 19, 1887 – February 19, 1943

Credits:

The Desert Song (1943); Dixie (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Silver Queen (1942); The Forest Rangers (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); New York Town (1941); Aloma of the South Seas (1941); Caught in the Draft (1941); The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); Safari (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); Typhoon (1940); Death of a Champion (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Hiding (1939); Ride a Crooked Mile (1938); Sons of the Legion (1938); Spawn of the North (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Hunted Men (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); True Confession (1937); Night Club Scandal (1937); Partners in Crime (1937); Blonde Trouble (1937); Wild Money (1937); Hotel Haywire (1937); Nobody's Baby (1937); Murder Goes to College (1937); Don't Tell the Wife (1937); The Jungle Princess (1936); Three Married Men (1936); Yours for the Asking (1936); Poppy (1936); Collegiate (1936); Two for Tonight (1935); Men Without Names (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Rumba (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Broadway Bill (1934); You Belong to Me (1934); She Loves Me Not (1934); The Great Flirtation (1934); Little Miss Marker (1934); Midnight (1934); Around the Clock (1934); The Poor Fish (1933); Five Minutes from the Station (1930); Kisses (1929); The Perfect Crime (1928).

Born on this day – Ricardo Cortez:

Ricardo Cortez

Actor

Director

September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977

Born on this day – Weldon Heyburn:

Weldon Heyburn

Actor

September 19, 1903 – May 18, 1951

Born on this day – Margaret Lindsay:

Margaret Lindsay

Actress

September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981

Born on this day – William Golding:

William Golding

Writer

September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993

Born on this day – Dolores Donlon:

Dolores Donlon

Actress

Model

September 19, 1920 – November 30, 2012

Born on this day – William Hickey:

William Hickey

Actor

September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997

Born on this day – Antonio Margheriti:

Antonio Margheriti

Director

September 19, 1930 – November 4, 2002

Born on this day – Kathie Browne:

Kathie Browne

Actress

Writer

Producer

September 19, 1930 – April 8, 2003

Credits:

43: The Richard Petty Story (1972); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1964); A Walk by the Sea (1963); American Reunion (1975); Angel (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1974); Ben Casey (1962); Berlin Affair (1970); Big Town (1955); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Bonanza (1961–1964); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Bronco (1961); Cade's County (1972); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinderfella (1960); City of Fear (1959); Coronado 9 (1960); Fantasy Island (1979); Frontier Circus (1962); Get Smart (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); Gunsmoke (1957); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hazel (1962–1965); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Ironside (1968–1974); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Johnny Midnight (1960); King of Diamonds (1961); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1962–1963); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1962); Lock Up (1960); Longstreet (1972); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the King (1970); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Miami Undercover (1961); Mooch (1974); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder by Contract (1958); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Favorite Martian (1963); Password (1974); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Police Story (1974); Rawhide (1961); Redigo (1963); Ripcord (1962–1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Shannon (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1960); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek / episode entitled: Wink of an Eye, originally aired November 29 1968); Startime (1959); Studs Lonigan (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962); Tattletales (1975–1977); Temple Houston (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1968); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Brass Bottle (1964); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Evil Touch (1974); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Name of the Game (1968); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Outsider (1968–1969); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rockford Files (1975); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1963); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); This Is the Life (1959–1968); Tombstone Territory (1960); Two Faces West (1960); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Whispering Smith (1961); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Ray Danton:

Ray Danton

Actor

Director

Producer

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992

Born on this day – David McCallum:

David McCallum

Actor

Musician

September 19, 1933 – September 25, 2023

Credits:
 

NCIS (2003–2023); NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2016); Batman vs. Robin (2015); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Son of Batman (2014); Diablo III (2012); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); NCIS (2011); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010); Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks (2009); Replacements (2006–2009); Wonder Woman (2009); FusionFall (2009); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Batman: Gotham Knight (2008); NCIS: Ducky's World (2007); JAG (2003); Jeremiah (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Deadline (2000); Cherry (1999); Sex and the City (1999); Coming Home (1998); March in Windy City (1998); Team Knight Rider (1997–1998); Three (1998); The Outer Limits (1997); Law & Order (1997); VR.5 (1995–1997); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996); Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996); Death Game (1996); Heartbeat (1994); Healer (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Shattered Image (1994); Fatal Inheritance (1993); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Dirty Weekend (1993); Trainer (1991–1992); Hear My Song (1991); Cluedo (1991); Masterpiece Mystery (1990); Boon (1990); Lucky Chances (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1990); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); The Haunting of Morella (1990); Mother Love (1989); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); Monsters (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Freedom Fighter (1988); Matlock (1987); Az aranyifjú (1987); The Wind (1986); The A-Team (1986); Those Golden Years (1985); Behind Enemy Lines (1985); Terminal Choice (1985); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); The Master (1984); As the World Turns (1983); Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Hart to Hart (1983); Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982); Strike Force (1982); The Watcher in the Woods (1980); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Kidnapped (1978); Dogs (1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); The Invisible Man (1975–1976); The Kingfisher Caper (1975); Colditz (1972–1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); She Waits (1972); The Man and the City (1971); Night Gallery (1971); Hauser's Memory (1970); The File on Devlin (1969); The Ravine (1969); Mosquito Squadron (1969); Teacher, Teacher (1969); Sol Madrid (1968); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968); Three Bites of the Apple (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Unknown (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Great Escape (1963); Freud (1962); Billy Budd (1962); Wuthering Heights (1962); Sir Francis Drake (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); Karolina Rijecka (1961); Jungle Fighters (1961); Jungle Street Girls (1960); Knight Errant Limited (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1960); Armchair Theatre (1959–1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960); Emma (1960); Antigone (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); The Eustace Diamonds (1959); Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Television World Theatre (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Hell Drivers (1957); Dangerous Youth (1957); The Secret Place (1957); Night Ambush (1957); The Rose and the Ring (1953).

Born on this day – Mariangela Melato:

Mariangela Melato

Actress

September 19, 1941 – January 11, 2013

Born on this day – Erica Ash:

Erica Ash

Actress

Comedian

Singer

Model

September 19, 1977 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

25 Words or Less (2023); 25th Annual Trumpet Awards (2017); 26th Annual Trumpet Awards (2018); A Black Lady Sketch Show (2021); All About Our House (2001); All I Wish (2017); American Judy (2012); Anatomy of a Queen (2019); Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2021); Be Woke (2018); BET Experience: Celebrity Basketball Game (2018); Bless the Harts (2020); Bloody Roar 4 (2003); Cold Case (2009); Dish Nation (2017–2022); Donnie After Dark (2016); Electric Easy (2021); Extended Family (2024); Face Value (2017); Family Reunion (2019–2021); Good Morning America (2018); Hip Hop Squares (2017); Hollywood Health Report (2016); Home & Family (2015); Horror Noire (2021); I Can Smoke? (2011); In Contempt (2018); In the Flow with Affion Crockett (2011); Jean of the Joneses (2016); Kickback & Chat with Amber Pickens (2017); Kiki Mobile (2017); Kristy (2014); Life Stinks? (2012); Love on A Two Way Street (2020); Mad TV (2008–2009); Married at First Sight: Couples Couch (2023); Miss Me This Christmas (2017); Noches con Platanito (2015); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); OWN Tonight (2017); Post Life (2016); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–2016); Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2015); RnB Live Hollywood presents (2010–2011); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2019); Sacrifice (2019 / 2021); Scary Movie V (2013); Shades of Blue (2016); Shenmue II (2001); Since When Do You Speak Japanese? (2019); Singleholic (2022); Sister Code (2015); Skin in the Game (2019); Soul Train Awards (2016); Soul Train Awards Post Show (2016); Survivor's Remorse (2014–2017); The 365Black Awards (2016); The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards (2015); The Big Bend (2021); The Big Gay Sketch Show (2006–2008); The D.L. Hughley Show (2019); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Real (2015–2018); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); Unbothered (2020); Uncle Drew (2018); Unthinkably Good Things (2022); VIOLET (2021); We Have a Ghost (2023); You Can't Fight Christmas (2017).

 

On this day in movie history - Without Warning (1980)

Without Warning

a.k.a. It Came Without Warning and The Warning

directed by Greydon Clark,

written by Lyn Freeman, Daniel Grodnik, Ben Nett and Steve Mathis,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1980.

Music by Dan Wyman.

Cast:

Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Cameron Mitchell, Neville Brand, Sue Ane Langdon, Ralph Meeker, Larry Storch, Lynn Theel, David Caruso, Mark Ness, Bert Davis, Jeffrey Sudzin, Darby Hinton, Kevin Peter Hall.

On this day in movie history - Amadeus (1984)

Amadeus

directed by Miloš Forman,

written by Peter Shaffer, and based on the play by Peter Shaffer,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1984.

Music credits:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mark Adler, Laszlo Heltay, Ling Ling Li, Zdenek Mahler, Neville Marriner, John McCarthy, Simon Preston, Robert Randles, John Strauss, Jonas Thaler and Marc Grauwels.

Cast:

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett, Barbara Bryne, Martin Cavani, Roderick Cook, Milan Demjanenko, Peter DiGesu, Michele Esposito, Richard Frank, Patrick Hines, Nicholas Kepros, Philip Lenkowsky, Herman Meckler, Jonathan Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Brian Pettifer, Vincent Schiavelli, Douglas Seale, Miroslav Sekera, Cassie Stuart, John Strauss, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Rita Zohar.

On this day in movie history - L.A. Confidential (1997)

L.A. Confidential

directed by Curtis Hanson,

written by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson,

based on the novel by James Ellroy,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1997.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kevin Spacey, David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Paolo Seganti, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Allan Graf, Precious Chong, Symba, Bob Clendenin, Lennie Loftin, Will Zahrn, Amber Smith, Darrell Sandeen, Michael Warwick, Simon Baker, Shawnee Free Jones, Matthew Allen Bretz, Thomas Rosales Jr., Shane Dixon, Norman Howell, Brian Lally, Don Pulford, Chris Short, John Mahon, Tomas Arana, Michael McCleery, George Yager, Jack Conley, Ginger Slaughter, Jack Knight, John H. Evans, Gene Wolande, Brian Bossetta, Michael Chieffo, Gwenda Deacon, T.J. Kennedy, Ingo Neuhaus, Robert Harrison, Jim Metzler, Robert Barry Fleming, Jeremiah Birkett, Salim Grant, Karr Washington, Noel Evangelisti, Marisol Padilla Sánchez, Jeff Sanders, Steven Lambert, Jordan Marder, Gregory White, April Breneman, Lisa Worthy, Beverly Sharpe, Colin Mitchell, John Currie Slade, Brenda Bakke, Kevin Maloney, Patrice Walters, Rebecca Klingler, Irene Roseen, Scott Eberlein, David St. James, Bodie Newcomb, Jeff Austin, Robert Foster, Kevin Patrick Kelly, Henry Marder, Monty McKee, Henry Meyers, Michael Ossmann, Dick Stilwell, Jess Thomas, Robert Thompson, Jody Wood, Jonathan Adler, April Audia, Jana Rains Austinson, William Boyd, Hennen Chambers, Jan Citron, Priscilla Cory, Alice Dinnean, T.K. Durham, Rhonda Fleming, Deborah Kerr, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Fred Lerner, Scott McKinley, John Meier, Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Ortega, Chris Palermo, J.P. Romano, Gilbert Rosales, Nectar Rose, Jane Russell, Rocco Salata, Frank Sinatra, Vern Urich, Sam P. Whitehead, Dell Yount, Anne Zogby.

On this day in movie history - Coherence (2013)

Coherence

directed and written by James Ward Byrkit,

based on a story by James Ward Byrkit and Alex Manugian,

was released at the Austin Fantastic Fest in the United States on September 19, 2013.

Music by Kristin Øhrn Dyrud.

Cast:

Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen, Hugo Armstrong, Alex Manugian, Lauren Maher, Aqueela Zoll, Carrie Patterson, Kelly Donovan, Alexis Boozer Sterling, Mark Ballou.