Friday, December 22, 2023
Born on this day – Doris Miles Disney:
Writer
December 22, 1907 – March 9, 1976
Credits:
A Compound
for Death (1943); Murder on a Tangent (1945); Appointment at Nine (1947); Fire
at Will (1950); The Last Straw (aka Driven to Kill) (1954); Dark Road (aka Dead
Stop) (1946); Family Skeleton (1949); Straw Man (1951); Trick or Treat (aka The
Halloween Murder) (1955); Method in Madness (aka Quiet Violence) (1957); Did
She Fall or Was She Pushed? (1959); Find the Woman (1962); The Chandler Policy
(1971); Unappointed Rounds (1956); Black Mail (1958); Mrs Meeker's Money
(1961); Shadow of a Man (1940); Who Rides a Tiger? (aka Sow the Wind) (1946);
Enduring Old Charms (aka Death for My Beloved) (1947); Testimony by Silence
(1948); That Which Is Crooked (1948); Count the Ways (1949); Look Back on
Murder (1951); Heavy, Heavy Hangs (1952); Do unto Others (1953); Prescription:
Murder (1953); Room for Murder (1955); My Neighbor's Wife (1957); No Next of
Kin (1959); Dark Lady (aka Sinister Lady (1961); Should Auld Acquaintance
(1962); Here Lies... (1963); The Hospitality of the House (aka Unsuspected Evil
(1964); The Departure of Mr. Gaudette (aka Fateful Departure) (1965); At Some
Forgotten Door (1966); The Magic Grandfather (aka Mask of Evil (1966); Night of
Clear Choice (aka Flame of Evil (1967); Money for the Taking (1968); Voice from
the Grave (1968); Two Little Children and How They Grew (1969); Do Not Fold,
Spindle or Mutilate (aka Death by Computer) (1970); Fatal Choice (1970);
Three's a Crowd (1972); The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared (1972); Only
Couples Need Apply (1973); Don't Go into the Woods Today (1974); Cry for Help
(1975); Winifred (1976); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); The Last Straw / The Pale
Door / The Dead Don't Speak (1955).
Lawrence Clark Powell, on books:
Books are islands in the ocean of time.
They are also oases in the deserts of time.
- Lawrence Clark Powell.
They are also oases in the deserts of time.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Born on this day – Fred M. Wilcox:
Photographed with Pal (as Lassie), on the set of Lassie Come Home (1943)
Director
December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964
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