On this day in movie history - The Killing (1956)

The Killing

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

dialogue written by Jim Thompson,

based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1956.

Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Jay Adler, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Adams, Herbert Ellis, James Griffith, Cecil Elliott, Joe Turkel, Steve Mitchell, Mary Carroll, William Benedict, Charles Cane, Robert B. Williams, Tom Coleman, Rodney Dangerfield, Franklyn Farnum, John George, Art Gilmore, Sol Gorss, Harry Hines, Kenner G. Kemp, Carl M. Leviness, Hal J. Moore, Harvey Parry, Richard Reeves, Frank Richards, Arthur Tovey.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Party (1938)

The Devil’s Party

directed by Ray McCarey,

written by Roy Chanslor, Charles Grayson and A. Dorian Otvos,

based on the novel Hell’s Kitchen Has a Pantry by Borden Chase,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1938.

Music by Charles Previn.

Cast:

Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Scotty Beckett, Stanley Blystone, Tommy Bupp, Neal Burns, Howard Christie, Drew Demorest, George DeNormand, Mike Donovan, Bill Elliott, Allen Fox, Otto Fries, Jack Gardner, Edward Gargan, Eddie Hall, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Robert Homans, Hugh Huntley, Dickie Jones, Harvey Karels, Jack Kenney, Carl Knowles, Mike Lally, Larry McGrath, Charles McMurphy, Charles Murphy, Spec O'Donnell, David Oliver, Lee Phelps, Juanita Quigley, Fred Rapport, Mickey Rentschler, Jolane Reynolds, Addison Richards, Dick Rush, Tiny Sandford, Ralph Sanford, Charles Sherlock, Charles Sullivan, William Tannen, Charles Teske, Jerry Tucker, Minerva Urecal, Beryl Wallace, Norman Willis, Si Wills, Florence Wix, Arthur Yeoman.

Born on this day – Virginia Vale:

 

Actress

May 20, 1920 – September 14, 2006

Credits:

Crime, Inc. (1945); Range Rhythm (1942); Cactus Capers (1942); Broadway Big Shot (1942); Keep Shooting (1942); Blonde Comet (1941); California or Bust (1941); The Gay Falcon (1941); Unexpected Uncle (1941); The Musical Bandit (1941); A Panic in the Parlor (1941); South of Panama (1941); Robbers of the Range (1941); Red Skins and Red Heads (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Prairie Spooners (1941); The Fired Man (1941); Triple Justice (1940); Stage to Chino (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940); Prairie Law (1940); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Bullet Code (1940); Legion of the Lawless (1940); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); Three Sons (1939); Unmarried (1939); Persons in Hiding (1939); Ambush (1939); Disbarred (1939); King of Alcatraz (1938); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); True Confession (1937); Night Club Scandal (1937).

Born on this day – James Stewart:

Actor

May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997

Credits:

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); Right of Way (1983); Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980); A Tale of Africa (1980); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Laugh-In (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Shootist (1976); Sentimental Journey (1976); Hawkins (1973); Harvey (1972); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); Fools' Parade (1971); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Bandolero! (1968); Firecreek (1968); The Rare Breed (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Shenandoah (1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1950); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); My Three Sons (1960); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); X-15 (1961); Two Rode Together (1961); The Mountain Road (1960); Startime (1959); The FBI Story (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Playhouse (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Vertigo (1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Night Passage (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Man from Laramie (1955); Strategic Air Command (1955); Tomorrow's Drivers (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Far Country (1954); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); Thunder Bay (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); Carbine Williams (1952); Bend of the River (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); And Then There Were Four (1950); Harvey (1950); The Jackpot (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Malaya (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948); Rope (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Magic Town (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); It's a Wonderful World (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Shopworn Angel (1938); Vivacious Lady (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); Seventh Heaven (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Born to Dance (1936); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); Speed (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Important News (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); The Murder Man (1935); Art Trouble (1934).

Born on this day – Estelle Taylor:

Actress

May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958

Credits:

A Broadway Saint (1919); A California Romance (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); Bachelor Mother (1939); Bavu (1923); Blind Wives (1920); Call Her Savage (1932); Cimarron (1931); Desire (1923); Don Juan (1926); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Footfalls (1921); Forgive and Forget (1923); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Frisco Kid (1935); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Honor Bound (1928); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000); Lady Raffles (1928); Liliom (1930); Manhattan Madness (1925); Mary of the Movies (1923); Monte Cristo (1922); New York (1927); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Phantom Justice (1924); Playthings of Desire (1924); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Rhythm Roundup (1937); Screen Snapshots (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Show People (1928); Some of the Greatest (1955); Street Scene (1931); Street Scene (1931); The Adventurer (1920); The Alaskan (1924); The Golden Shower (1919); The Lights of New York (1922); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Singapore Mutiny (1928); The Southerner (1945); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930); The Western Limited (1932); The Whip Woman (1928); Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922); Tiger Love (1924); Twinkle Twinkle (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); Where East Is East (1929); While New York Sleeps (1920).

Recommended reading - Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves, by Farley Mowat:

Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

by Farley Mowat.

First published in 1961.

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More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone – studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for these wild creatures (who were of no threat to caribou or man) – is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record of the myths and magic of wolves.

William Wordsworth, on writing:

 

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

- William Wordsworth.