Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Born on this day – James Gandolfini:


James Gandolfini


Actor

September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013


Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 12 Angry Men (1997); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2014); 2 Years of Love (2017); 20/20 (2006); 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (2002); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); 8MM (1999); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); A Civil Action (1998); A Stranger Among Us (1992); A Whole New Day (1999); Al rojo vivo con María Celeste (2007); Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007); All the King's Men (2006); All works are good (2020); Angie (1994); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2018); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2024); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Charlie Rose (2009); Chroma (2017); Cinema Verite (2011); City of Winners (2010); Club Soda (2006); Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (2001); Corazón de... (2005–2006); Crimson Tide (1995); De 'Los Serrano' a 'Cuenta atrás' (2007); Democracy Now! (2013); Días de cine (2013); Down the Shore (2011); El último golpe de Tony Soprano (2008); Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013); Enough Said (2013); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); Fallen (1998); Film '06 (2006); Get Shorty (1995); Gun (1997); Guys Choice (2007 / 2010); HBO First Look (2001–2004); HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect' (2006); Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012); Her (2013); Hollywood Insider (2021); In the Loop (2009); Inside the Actors Studio (2004); Italian Movie (1995); James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend (2013); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Killing Them Softly (2012); King Cake: The New Orleans Mardi Gras Story (2024); Late Show with David Letterman (2004 / 2015); Lonely Hearts (2006); Making 'Cleaver' (2007); Making 'the Man Who Wasn't There' (2002); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Mint Julep (2010); Money for Nothing (1993); Moving Image Salutes John Travolta (2004); Mr. Wonderful (1993); New World (1995); Nicky Deuce (2013); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); Not Fade Away (2012); Perdita Durango (1997); Rank (2002); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Romance & Cigarettes (2005); Saturday Night Live (2004); Secret Life of... (2012); Sesame Street (2002); Sesame Street: Being Brave (2013); Sex and the City: A Farewell (2004); She's So Lovely (1997); Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987); Special Collector's Edition (2013–2014); Stories of Lost Souls / Segment: A Whole New Day (2005); Stories USA / Segment: Club Soda (2007); Surviving Christmas (2004); Surviving Christmas: Unwrapping the Comedy (2004); Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009); Terminal Velocity (1994); The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000); The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2000); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002); The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007); The 5th Annual GQ Men of the Year Awards (2000); The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (2009); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The Big Breakfast (2000); The Cinema Snob (2013); The Cove: My Friend is... (2010); The Drop (2014); The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013); The Juror (1996); The Last Castle (2001); The Making of 'Killing Them Softly' (2013); The Making of 'Lonely Hearts' (2007); The Man Who Wasn't There (2001); The Mexican (2001); The Mighty (1998); The Night Of (2016); The Oscars (2014); The Real Sopranos (2006); The Sopranos (1999–2007); The Sopranos: A Sitdown (2007); The Sopranos: Family Business (2001); The Sopranos: Road to Respect (2006); The Sopranos: Season 6 Invitation to the Set (2005); The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009); The Tony Danza Show (2004); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Today (2007); True Romance (1993); TV's Nastiest Villains (2014); Violet & Daisy (2011); Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010); Welcome to the Rileys (2010); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (2024); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); Zero Dark Thirty (2012).


On this day in television history - Crime Story (1986 – 1988)


Crime Story


was released in the United States on September 18, 1986,

and ran for two seasons until May 10, 1988.


Cast:
Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison, John Santucci, Stephen Lang, Bill Smitrovich, Bill Campbell, Paul Butler, Steve Ryan, Ted Levine, Andrew Clay, Jon Polito, Joseph Wiseman, Darlanne Fluegel, Jay O. Sanders, David Caruso, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Deborah Harry, Paul Anka, Gary Sinise, Ving Rhames, William Russ, Christian Slater, Paul Guilfoyle, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Rooker, Lili Taylor, Pam Grier, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Tucci, Lee Ving, Anthony Heald, Bruce McGill, David Hyde Pierce, George Dzundza, Laura San Giacomo, Billy Zane, Michael J. Pollard, William Hickey, Elias Koteas, Dennis Haysbert, Eric Bogosian, Michael Madsen, Vincent Gallo, Armin Shimerman, Jim True-Frost, David Soul, James Remar, Michael Jeter, Steven Weber, Amy Morton, Fred Savage.


Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Margery Allingham, on writing:


I write every paragraph four times –
once to get my meaning down,
once to put in anything I have left out,
once to take out anything that seems unnecessary,
and once to make the whole thing sound as if I had only just thought of it.
- Margery Allingham.


Recommended reading - A Man Called Spade

A Man Called Spade


A Man Called Spade

by Dashiell Hammett.

 

Published by Dell.

First Edition.

Paperback.

First published 1944.

 

ASIN: B000JWUE5A

 

Description:

Collection of short stories by this master writer of the Sam Spade detective series. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Dell Mapback #90. Sam Spade is featured in five short stories. The original hard-boiled American detective is featured in this vintage mapback edition. 



The magic of imagination:


Books don't just go with you; they take you where you've never been.

- Anonymous.


Born on this day – Denise Grey:


Denise Grey


Actress

September 17, 1896 – January 13, 1996

Credits:

A Fine Romance (1991); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957); Adieu Léonard (1943); Allô... je t'aime (1952); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Antenne 2 Midi (1987); April Fools' Day (1954); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1984); Avis de recherche (1988); Bell' Antonio (1960); Boléro (1942); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonheur en location (1949); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); Carré de valets (1947); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Castles in Spain (1954); C'est la faute d'Adam (1958); Champs-Elysées (1982–1988); Chéri (1962); Coïncidences (1947); Demain nous divorçons (1951); Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943); Devil in the Flesh (1947); En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983); En famille (1915); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Escalier de service (1954); Et dix de der (1948); Étrange destin (1946); Fan des années 80 (2009–2012); Fantaisie d'un jour (1955); Girls' Dormitory (1953); Hello-Goodbye (1970); Honneur d'artiste (1920); Il seduttore (1954); Jeunes filles à marier (1935); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julietta (1953); La bonne soupe (1964); La dame de Vittel (1937); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1982); La joie de vivre (1954); La maison de campagne (1969); La nuit des Molières (1987); La peau de l'ours (1957); La ronde des heures (1949); La rue des bouches peintes (1955); La soupière (1992); La une est à vous (1988); La villa Sans-Souci (1955); L'auberge en folie (1956); L'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944); Le chevalier Tempête (1967); Le confident de ces dames (1959); Le couple idéal (1946); Le divan (1988); Le gaffeur (1985); Le panier à crabes (1960); Le père de Mademoiselle (1953); Le petit monument (1961); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1985); Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955); Le tombeur (1958); Le voleur de feuilles (1984); L'entretien (1969); Les aventures de Babar (1968); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les dames de la côte (1979–1980); Les moyens du bord (1979); Les petites Cardinal (1951); Les pique-assiettes (1989); Les quartiers de Paris (Clio dans le métro) (1967); Les rois maudits (1972); Les saisons du plaisir (1988); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les uns et les autres (1988); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'extravagante mission (1945); L'honorable Catherine (1943); L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946); L'oasis dans la tourmente (1942); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Madame et son flirt (1946); Madame Rigadin modiste (1914); Mademoiselle Etchiko (1913); Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé? (1971); Mardi cinema (1984); Merci Sylvestre (1983); Midi-Première (1981); Mimi Pinson (1958); Mitsou (1956); Mon ami Sainfoin (1950); Monsieur Hector (1940); Montmartre sur Seine (1941); My Fair Lady (1964); Nemrod et compagnie (1916); N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982); On demande un ménage (1946); Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965); Pas de week end pour notre amour (1950); Police judiciaire (1958); Raspoutine (1954); Regards de femme (1990); Retour de flamme (1943); Rigadin professeur de danse (1916); Romance à trois (1942); Rome Express (1950); Rouge (1960); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Samedi soir (1972); Serge Panine (1939); Six heures à perdre (1947); Stars 90 (1991); Summertime (1955); Sur la sellette (1978); Sylviane de mes nuits (1957); Tête blonde (1950); The Blue Veil (1942); The Blues (1918); The Party (1980); The Party 2 (1982); The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954); The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953); Thé, soupçon et sympathie (1967); Tout pour le mieux (1969); Trois artilleurs à l'opéra (1938); Trois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937); Un curé de choc (1974); Un homme dans la maison (1962); Un ours pas comme les autres (1978); Une autre vie (1971); Une femme par jour (1949); Une nuit aux Baléares (1957); Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur (1943).


Born on this day – Edith Roberts:


Edith Roberts


Actress

September 17, 1899 – August 20, 1935