George R. R. Martin, on reading:

 

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life.

 
- George R. R. Martin.

Recommended reading - Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

by Eddie Muller.

 

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

ISBN-10: 0762480629

ISBN-13: 978-0762480623

Published 2023.

Hardcover.

 

Description:

Eddie Muller – host of TCM's Noir Alley, one of the world's leading authorities on film noir, and cocktail connoisseur – takes film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike on a spirited tour through the "dark city" of film noir in this stylish book packed with equal parts great cocktail recipes and noir lore.

Eddie Muller's Noir Bar pairs carefully curated classic cocktails and modern noir-inspired libations with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights on 50 film noir favorites. Some of the cocktails are drawn directly from the films: If you've seen In a Lonely Place and wondered what’s in a “Horse’s Neck” – now you’ll know. If you’re watching Pickup on South Street you’ll find out what its director, Sam Fuller, actually drank off-screen. Didn’t know that Nightmare Alley’s Joan Blondell inspired a cocktail? It may become a new favorite. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth is toasted with a "Sailor Beware," an original concoction which, like the film that inspired it (The Lady From Shanghai), is unique, complex, and packs a wallop.

​Featuring dozens of movie stills, poster art, behind-the-scenes imagery, and stunning cocktail photography, Noir Bar is both a stylish and exciting excursion through classic cinema’s most popular genre.

Recommended reading - The Dime Detectives

 

The Dime Detectives

The Dime Detectives
by Ron Goulart.
 
Published by Mysterious Press.
Published 1988.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
 
ISBN-10: 0892961910
ISBN-13: 978-0892961917
 
Description:
A comprehensive history of the detective fiction pulps.

Traces the history of detective fiction pulp magazines from their origins in the nineteenth-century dime novels to their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, profiling many pulp writers who went on to achieve greater fame.

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Born on this day – Devereaux “Dev” Jennings:

 Devereaux “Dev” Jennings

Cinematographer

September 22, 1884 – March 12, 1952

Credits:

Born to the West (1937); Musical Cocktail (1935); Hark Ye Hark! (1935); Rhythm on the Roof (1934); Stranger in Town (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); Manhattan Parade (1931); War Mamas (1931); Side Show (1931); The Public Enemy (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Finn and Hattie (1931); Divorce Among Friends (1930); The Life of the Party (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); The Matrimonial Bed (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Hold Everything (1930); Song of the West (1930); Sally (1929); The Sap (1929); Heart Trouble (1928); Vamping Venus (1928); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Flying Romeos (1928); College (1927); The Missing Link (1927); The General (1926); Battling Butler (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Steel Preferred (1925); Cobra (1925); The Eagle (1925); The Million Dollar Handicap (1925); Those Who Dare (1924); The Gunfighter (1923); Children of Jazz (1923); Brass Commandments (1923); The Footlight Ranger (1923); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); Without Compromise (1922); Bells of San Juan (1922); The Glory of Clementina (1922); Two Kinds of Women (1922); The Lure of Jade (1921); The Sting of the Lash (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); Salvage (1921); Roads of Destiny (1921); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Great Lover (1920); Madame X (1920); The Daredevil (1920); The Feud (1919); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Evangeline (1919); Cowardice Court (1919); Miss Adventure (1919); The Forbidden Room (1919); Treat 'Em Rough (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); Fame and Fortune (1918); Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918); Ace High (1918); Confession (1918); The Bride of Fear (1918); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Cheating the Public (1918); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Spy (1917); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Her Temptation (1917); One Touch of Sin (1917); The Sin Ye Do (1916); A Gamble in Souls (1916); The Mediator (1916); The Jungle Child (1916); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Eye of the Night (1916); The Dividend (1916); The No-Good Guy (1916); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); The Corner (1916); Civilization (1915); The Winged Idol (1915); Matrimony (1915).

Born on this day – Harry Joe Brown:

Harry Joe Brown

Director

Producer

September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972

Born on this day – Dorothy Dalton:

Dorothy Dalton

Actress

September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972

Born on this day – Katharine Alexander:

Katharine Alexander

Actress

September 22, 1898 - January 10, 1981

Born on this day – John Houseman:

John Houseman

Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988

Born on this day – Shepperd Strudwick:

Shepperd Strudwick

Actor

September 22, 1907 – January 15, 1983

Born on this day – Nell O'Day:

Nell O'Day

Actress

Equestrian

September 22, 1909 – January 3, 1989

Credits:

A Roaming Romeo (1933); Arizona Cyclone (1941); Arizona Stage Coach (1942); Back Street (1941); Boss of Bullion City (1940); Boss of Rawhide (1943); Buck Privates (1941); Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941); Captain Blue Blood (1937); Convention Girl (1935); Double Date (1941); Fighting Bill Fargo (1941); Flight Angels (1940); Hello, Sucker (1941); Hooks and Jabs (1933); It's a Date (1940); King of Jazz (1930); Knight Duty (1933); Law and Order (1940); Law of the Range (1941); Man from Montana (1941); Mystery of Marie Roget (1942); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); Nice Girl? (1941); Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942); Pirates of the Prairie (1942); Pony Post (1940); Rackety Rax (1932); Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940); Rawhide Rangers (1941); Return of the Rangers (1943); Rustler's Round-Up (1946); Saturday's Children (1940); Serves You Right (1935); Sing Another Chorus (1941); Smoke Lightning (1933); Son of Roaring Dan (1940); Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942); Star Tonight (1956); Studio One (1954); The Hope That Jack Built (1957); The Masked Rider (1941); The Monster Maker (1944); The Road to Ruin (1934); The Story of Kenneth W. Randall, M.D. (1946); There's One Born Every Minute (1942); This Side of Heaven (1934); Thundering Trails (1943); Tied for Life (1933); Twinkletoes (1926); Watch the Birdie (1935); Western Feud! (1949); Woman in the Dark (1934); You're Telling Me (1942).

Born on this day – Martha Ellen Scott:

Martha Ellen Scott

Actress

September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003

Born on this day – Colette Deréal:

Colette Deréal

Actress

Singer

September 22, 1927 – April 12, 1988

Born on this day – Robert Banas:

Robert Banas

Actor

Dancer

Producer

September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

Always (1989); Annie Get Your Gun (1957); Barnaby Jones (1978); Billie (1965); Bud and Lou (1978); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Carousel (1956); Daddy-O (1958); Damn Yankees (1958); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Don't Knock the Rock (1956); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966); Get Smart (1966); Girl Happy (1965); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); How the West Was Won (1962); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); Li'l Abner (1959); Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977); Made in Paris (1966); Malibu U. (1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mork & Mindy (1981–1982); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Odd Jobs (1986); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Rock Around the Clock (1956); Say One for Me (1959); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Shivaree (1965–1966); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Swingin' Country (1966); Teen Witch (1989); That's Dancing! (1985); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The King and I (1956); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Nut House!! (1964); The Skydivers (1963); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Virginian (1969); Toyland (1961); Tuff Turf (1985); Twist Around the Clock (1961); Under the Boardwalk (1988); Untamed Youth (1957); Webster (1983); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961).

Born on this day – Marie-Blanche Vergnes:

Marie-Blanche Vergnes

Actress

September 22, 1934 – July 28, 1989

Born on this day – Owen Roizman:

Owen Roizman

Cinematographer

Actor

September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Wyatt Earp (1994); Grand Canyon (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); I Love You to Death (1990); Madonna: Gambler (1985); Madonna: Crazy for You (1985); Vision Quest (1985); Tootsie (1982); Taps (1981); Absence of Malice (1981); True Confessions (1981); The Black Marble (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Rose (1979); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Straight Time (1978); Network (1976); Independence (1976); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); Three Days of the Condor (1975); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Exorcist (1973); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); Liza with a Z (1972); Play It Again, Sam (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The French Connection (1971); Stop! (1970).

Born on this day – Anna Karina:

Anna Karina

Actress

Director

Writer

Model

Singer

September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019

Born on this day – Brian Gibson:

Brian Gibson

Director

September 22, 1944 – January 4, 2004

On this day in movie history - King of New York (1990)

King of New York

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by Nicholas St. John,

was released in the United States on September 22, 1990.

Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:

Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Larry Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Janet Julian, Paul Calderón, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Theresa Randle, Carrie Nygren, Frank Adonis, Gerard Murphy, Harold Perrineau, Leonard L. Thomas, Gary Landon Mills, Robert LaSardo, Lance Guecia, Frankie Cee, Ernest Abuba, Freddy Howard, Frank Gio, Joey Chin, Lia Chang, Michael Guess, James Lorinz, Alonna Shaw, Nancy Hunter, Jay Julien, Roger Guenveur Smith, Vanessa Angel, Phoebe Legere, Erica Gimpel, Frank Aquilina, David Proval, Carlos Lauchu, Dhonna Harris Goodale.

On this day in music history - The album Our Songs, by Anastacia (2023)

Our Songs

by Anastacia

was released on September 22, 2023.