Star Trek Day - September 8:

Star Trek Day – September 8

On this day in movie history - Woman of the Hour (2023):

 

Woman of the Hour

directed by Anna Kendrick,

written by Ian McDonald,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 8, 2023.

Based on the true 1978 case of serial killer Rodney Alcala, nicknamed The Dating Game Killer.

Music by Dan Romer and Mike Tuccillo.

Cast: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale, Nicolette Robinson, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle, Matt Visser, Jedidiah Goodacre, Rob Morton, Dylan Schmid, Karen Holness, Denalda Williams, Jessie Fraser, Matty Finochio, Geoff Gustafson, Max Lloyd-Jones, Andy Thompson, Nancy Kerr, James Yi, Jessica Chaffin, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Taylor Hastings, David Beairsto, Darcy Laurie, Marc Gaudet, Bonnie Hay, Michael Adamthwaite, Jacob Woike, Jason Simpson, Hannah Henney, Tighe Gill, Michael Jonsson, Vonnie Bennetto, Thomas Strumpski, John Herkenrath, Jeremy Radin, John Gillich, Roma Lucero.

Every book opens to a new adventure:

Every book opens to a new adventure.

Margaret Culkin Banning, on writing:

 

Fiction is not a dream.

Nor is it guesswork.
It is imagining based on facts,
and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.
- Margaret Culkin Banning.

Recommended reading - The Wycherly Woman (1961)

 

The Wycherly Woman

by Ross Macdonald.
 
Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Paperback.
First published in 1961.
 
ISBN-10: 0375701443
ISBN-13: 978-0375701443
 
Description:
 
“A fine yarn…. The pace is fast, the plot well-knit, with plenty of suspense and surprise as extra dividends.” – Chicago Tribune.
 
Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was plenty of time for a young girl who wanted to disappear to do so thoroughly – or for someone to make her disappear. And before he can locate the Wycherly girl, Archer had to reckon with the Wycherly woman, Phoebe's mother, an eerily unmaternal blonde who keeps too many residences, had too many secrets, and left too many corpses in her wake.
 
“Macdonald is one of a handful of writers in the [mystery] genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.

Born on this day – Sada Cowan:

Sada Cowan

Writer

September 8, 1882 – July 31, 1943

Writing partners: Sada Cowan (left) and Howard Higgin (right).

 
Credits:

Stop, Look and Love (1939); Forbidden Heaven (1935); Woman in the Dark (1934); Stand and Deliver (1928); Mismates (1926); The Reckless Lady (1926); The New Commandment (1925); In the Name of Love (1925); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Charmer (1925); Smouldering Fires (1925); East of Suez (1925); Broken Barriers (1924); Changing Husbands (1924); Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Fashion Row (1923); Thundering Dawn (1923); The Silent Partner (1923); Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); Brass (1923); Peter the Great (1922); The Worldly Madonna (1922); Fool's Paradise (1921); What No Man Knows (1921); Charge It (1921); Straight from Paris (1921); Courage (1921); Hush (1921); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920).

Born on this day – May McAvoy:

May McAvoy

Actress

September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984

Credits:

1-2-3-Go! (1941); A Date with Judy (1948); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Perfect Lady (1918); A Private Scandal (1921); A Reno Divorce (1927); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Air Raid Wardens (1943); Almonds and Raisins (1984); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Ben-Hur (1959); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Born to Sing (1942); Caught in the Fog (1928); Clarence (1922); Classified X (2007); Compression (2023); Designing Woman (1957); Dulcy (1940); Everything for Sale (1921); Executive Suite (1954); Gareth Hughes (2000); Grumpy (1923); Gun Glory (1957); Hate (1917); Her Reputation (1923); Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); If I Were Single (1927); I'll Say So (1918); Irish Hearts (1927); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Kick In (1922); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Love Crazy (1941); Love Wins (1919); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Main Street on the March! (1941); Man and His Woman (1920); Married Flirts (1924); Matinee Ladies (1927); Morals (1921); Movie Pests (1944); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919); My Husband's Other Wife (1920); My Old Dutch (1926); My Tomato (1943); Mystery Street (1950); No Defense (1929); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Only 38 (1923); Personality Parade (1938); Phantom Raiders (1940); Ransom! (1956); Ringside Maisie (1941); Rio Rita (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 24 (1923); Sentimental Tommy (1921); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Slightly Used (1927); Stolen Kisses (1929); Sucker List (1941); Sunny California (1928); Tarnish (1924); Tessie (1925); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Bedroom Window (1924); The City of Stars (1924); The Devil's Garden (1920); The Enchanted Cottage (1924); The Fire Brigade (1926); The Forbidden Valley (1920); The Getaway (1941); The Glass Slipper (1955); The House of the Tolling Bell (1920); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jazz Singer (1927); The Lion and the Mouse (1928); The Little Snob (1928); The Mad Whirl (1925); The New Pupil (1940); The Passionate Quest (1926); The Road to Glory (1926); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Savage (1926); The Sporting Duchess (1920); The Tender Trap (1955); The Terror (1928); The Top of New York (1922); The Truth About Husbands (1920); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way of a Woman (1919); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Woman Under Oath (1919); The Yellow Cab Man (1950); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Three Women (1924); Through a Glass Window (1922); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Watch the Birdie (1950); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); West of the Water Tower (1923); Whispers (1941).

Born on this day – Hillary Brooke:

Hillary Brooke

Actress

September 8, 1914 – May 25, 1999

Credits:

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994); Africa Screams (1949); Alimony (1949); And the Angels Sing (1944); Beauty on Parade (1950); Bengazi (1955); Big Town (1946–1954); Big Town After Dark (1947); Big Town Scandal (1948); Bodyhold (1949); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Cavalcade of America (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953–1958); Confidence Girl (1952); Counter-Espionage (1942); Country Fair (1941); Crossroads (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); December Bride (1957); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); Dragon's Gold (1954); Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Eternally Yours (1939); Father Knows Best (1959); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Florian (1940); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1953); General Electric Theater (1959); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Heat Wave (1954); Hey, Abbott! (1978); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); House Party (1952); I Cover Big Town (1947); I Love Lucy (1956); Insurance Investigator (1951); Invaders from Mars (1953); Jane Eyre (1943); Lady in the Dark (1944); Lawman (1959); Let's Live Again (1948); Lost Continent (1951); Lucky Losers (1950); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Married Bachelor (1941); Mexican Manhunt (1953); Michael Shayne (1960); Ministry of Fear (1944); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); My Little Margie (1952–1955); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); New Faces of 1937 (1937); New Moon (1940); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1957); Practically Yours (1944); Private Secretary (1957); Public Defender (1955); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959–1960); Road to Utopia (1945); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 25, No. 3: Fashions and Rodeo (1945); Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942); Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943); Ship Ahoy (1942); Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951); Sleepytime Gal (1942); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Standing Room Only (1944); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Strange Impersonation (1946); Strange Journey (1946); Studio 57 (1956); Stump the Stars (1949–1953); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1953); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1954–1958); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Christophers (1954); The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945); The Crystal Ball (1943); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Great Detectives (1999); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941); The Lone Rider Rides On (1941); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Maze (1953); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955); The Millionaire (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Ray Milland Show (1954); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Strange Woman (1946); The Whistler (1955); The Woman in Green (1945); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); Unmasked (1950); Up Goes Maisie (1946); Vendetta (1950); Wake Island (1942); West Point (1956); Willie and the Mouse (1941); Yancy Derringer (1959); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Lana Marconi:

Lana Marconi

Actress

September 8, 1917 – December 8, 1990

Credits:

Aux deux colombes (1949); Compression (2018); Deburau (1951); I Was It Three Times (1952); Le trésor de Cantenac (1950); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017); Napoleon (1955); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); The Lame Devil (1948); The Private Life of an Actor (1948); The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953); Toâ (1949); Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950).

Born on this day – Laura Alves:

Laura Alves

Actress

September 8, 1921 – May 6, 1986

Credits:

A Menina Feia (1965); A Rainha do Ferro Velho (1969); Artistas (1982); Cena Aberta (1964); Cinema 66 (1966); Daqui Fala o Morto (1981); Frente a Frente (1967); Heranças D'Ouro (2008); Ligeiríssimo (1977); Notícia do Espectáculo (1969); O Amansar da Fera (1964); O Baile (1963); O Costa d'África (1954); O Ladrão de Quem se Fala (1969); O Leão da Estrela (1947); O Parque das Ilusões (1963); Perdeu-se um Marido (1957); Sonhar é Fácil (1951); The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942); The Tyrant Father (1941); TV Palco (1973–1975); Um Fantasma Chamado Isabel (1958); Um Marido Solteiro (1952).

Born on this day – Arthur Ibbetson:

Arthur Ibbetson

Cinematographer

September 8, 1922 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Babes in Toyland (1986); Santa Claus: The Movie (1985); The Bounty (1984); Master of the Game (1984); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Hopscotch (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); The Prisoner of Zenda (1979); The Medusa Touch (1978); A Little Night Music (1977); Spectre (1977); The Sell-Out (1976); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); Out of Season (1975); Brief Encounter (1974); 11 Harrowhouse (1974); Mistress Pamela (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); A Doll's House (1973); All Coppers Are... (1972); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); The Railway Children (1970); The Walking Stick (1970); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Inspector Clouseau (1968); A Matter of Innocence (1967); A Countess from Hong Kong (1967); The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); The Wild Affair (1965); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); Espionage (1963); Murder at the Gallop (1963); I Could Go on Singing (1963); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); Lisa (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Canadians (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Angry Silence (1960); The Bridal Path (1959); The Horse's Mouth (1958); Melba (1953).

Born on this day – Sid Caesar:

Sid Caesar

Actor

Comedian

Writer

September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014

Born on this day – Peter Sellers:

Peter Sellers

Actor

Comedian

September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980

Born on this day – David R. Ellis:

 

David R. Ellis

Director

Stuntman

September 8, 1952 – January 7, 2013

On this day in movie history - Une vie perdue (1933)

 

Une vie perdue

directed by Raymond Rouleau,

written by Jacques Deval,

was released in France on September 8, 1933.

Music by Jean Wiener.

Cast:

Marcel André, Camille Corney, Ady Cresso, Maxime Fabert, André Gabriello, Jean Guilton, Yolande Laffon, Lucienne Le Marchand, Raymond Rouleau, Michel Salina, Marcel Vallée.

On this day in movie history - The Phantom Carriage (1939 movie & novel):

The Phantom Carriage

a.k.a. The Phantom Wagon,

French title: La charrette fantôme,

directed by Julien Duvivier,

written by Julien Duvivier, Alexandre Arnoux,

based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness by Selma Lagerlöf,

original Swedish title: Körkarlen,

released in Sweden on September 8, 1939.

Music by Jacques Ibert.

Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Micheline Francey, Louis Jouvet, Jean Mercanton, Ariane Borg, Alexandre Rignault, Robert Le Vigan, Palau, René Génin, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Philippe Richard, Georges Mauloy, Joffre, Marcel Pérès, Jean Claudio, Andrée Méry, Mila Parély, Henri Nassiet, Valentine Tessier, Jean Buquet, Marcel Chabrier, Marguerite de Morlaye, Georges Douking, Michel François, Édouard Francomme, Lucy Kieffer, Mme Lherbay, Suzanne Morlot, Frédéric O'Brady, Jean Parédès, Sylvain, Génia Vaury, Eugène Yvernès.

Recommended reading:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness

by Selma Lagerlöf.

Translated by William Frederick Harvey.
Published by e-artnow.
First published 1912.
ISBN-10: 8027340209
ISBN-13: 9788027340200

Description:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness is a result of a collaboration between Selma Lagerlöf and the Swedish association. The novel was written as a means of public education about tuberculosis. It is set in a small town in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Edith, a young "Slum Sister" (social worker) in the service of the Salvation Army is on her death bed dying of tuberculosis. She requests that before she dies, she would like to again see David Holm, one of her charges. It becomes apparent that the two have a special relationship.

On this day in movie history - Last of the Dogmen (1995)

Last of the Dogmen

directed and written by Tab Murphy,

was released in the United States on September 8, 1995.

Music by David Arnold.

Cast:

Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith, Steve Reevis, Andrew Miller, Gregory Scott Cummins, Mark Boone Junior, Helen Calahasen, Eugene Blackbear, Dawn Lavand, Sidel Standing Elk, Hunter Bodine, Graham Jarvis, Parley Baer, Sherwood Price, Molly Parker, Antony Holland, Robert Donley, Brian Stollery, Mitchell LaPlante, Jaime Watts, Wilford Brimley, Tasha Poemoceah, Gary Tsoodle.