Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Coffee and a book ... my perfect day!

Born on this day – F. Scott Fitzgerald:

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writer

September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940

Credits:

Books:

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015); 40 Short Stories (2004); A Short Trip Home (1927); A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1991); All of the Belles (2020); All the Sad Young Men (1926); American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009); Babylon Revisited (2023); Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories (2019); Black Water 2 (1990); Classic Works (2018); Flappers and Philosophers (1920); Golden Age Whodunits (2024); I'd Die for You (2017); Parties (2020); Spires and Gargoyles (2010); Tales of the Jazz Age (1922); Taps at Reveille (1935); Tender Is the Night (1934); The Beautiful and Damned (1922); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2008); The Best of F. Scott Fitzgerald (2021); The Complete Fitzgerald Collection (2019); The Crack-up (1945); The Cruise of the Rolling Junk (1924); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories (2020); The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1922); The Fantasy and Mystery Stories of F Scott Fitzgerald (1991); The Great Gatsby & Related Stories (2023); The Great Gatsby (1925); The Great Gatsby and Other Classic Works (2021); The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920 - 26 (2022); The Jelly-Bean (1920); The Last Tycoon / aka The Love of the Last Tycoon (1970); The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1964); The Love Boat and Other Stories (2019); The Moonlight Traveller (1949); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Pat Hobby Stories (1962); The Platform Edge (2019); The Popular Girl (2005); The Popular Girl (2018); The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1951); This Side of Paradise (1920); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991).

Movies and television:

A Curious World (2016); A Yank at Oxford (1938); American Playhouse (1984); Armchair Theatre (1959); Az édenen innen és túl (1971); Berenika (1995); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976 / 2015); Biography (1997); Bookmark (1988); Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Climax! (1955); Contretemps (2007); Curtain Call (1952); Duels (2016); Einer meiner ältesten Freunde (1994); Ernest Hemingway, quatre mariages et un enterrement (2021); Everything Happens at Night (1939); F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles' (1974); F. Scott Fitzgerald's Head and Shoulders (2014); Fate's Shadow (2019); Fate's Shadow: The Whole Story (2021); Frankly Speaking: A Conversation with Frank Howson (2012); Front Row Center (1955–1956); Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020); Gatsby: The Movie... Kind Of (2016); Grit (1924); Hemingway (2021); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); I riassuntini (2020); Indiánské léto (1995); Izmedju dva aviona (1964); Kraft Theatre (1955–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1952); La France en face (2013); Look Up and Live (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Marie Antoinette (1938); Million Dollar American Princesses (2016); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); New York: A Documentary Film (1999); Perfidi incanti / Segment: Il Viaggio (1985); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Ponds Theater (1954); Project Twenty (1956); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Raffles (1939); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Star Tonight (1956); Starlight Theatre (1950–1951); Suspense (1953); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (1987); Taví zadok (1979); Teletale (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962 / 1985); The Beautiful and Damned (1922 / 2009); The Bridal Party - F. S. Fitzgerald (2021); The Chorus Girl's Romance (1920); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); The Dashing Mr. Lowell (2012); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The Great Gatsby (1926 / 1949 / 1974 / 2000 / 2013); The Great Gatsby Live Read! (2021); The Husband Hunter (1920); The Jazz Age (1968); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Last Tycoon / TV series (2016–2017); The Lost Decade (2012); The Off-Shore Pirate (1921); The Offshore Pirate (2013); The Sensible Thing (1996); The Twentieth Century (1960); The Women (1939); Three Comrades (1938); To theatro tis Defteras (1977); Winter Carnival (1939); Zelig (1983).

Born on this day – Audra Lindley:

Audra Lindley

Actress

September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997

Credits:

Absolute Strangers (1991); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1979); American Inventory (1954); An American Girl (1958); Another World (1964–1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Barnaby Jones (1975); Best Friends (1982); Biography (2009); Bridesmaids (1989); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Cannery Row (1982); Chico and the Man (1975); Cybill (1996–1998); Dangerously They Live (1941); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Desert Hearts (1985); Dinah! (1979); Doc (1976); Entertainment Tonight (2016); Family Feud (1980); Fay (1975–1976); Friends (1995); From These Roots (1958–1961); Getting Married (1978); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Hands of Mystery (1951–1952); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); High Incident (1996); Horizons (1954); Insight (1981); Just My Imagination (1992); Kraft Theatre (1953–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992); Lights Out (1951); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Manpower (1941); Married Is Better (1974); Matlock (1987); Maude (1975); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Naked City (1961–1962); Nothing Sacred (1997); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Route 66 (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Shoot the Moon (1996); Sisters and Other Strangers (1997); Skyward Christmas (1981); Spellbinder (1988); Stamp of a Killer (1987); Sudden Death (1995); Take My Daughters, Please (1988); Taking Off (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land (1988); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957); The Big Story (1952); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Canterville Ghost (1974); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); The Hidden Room (1991); The Love Boat (1977–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Male Animal (1942); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1978–1979); The Mommies (1994); The New Age (1994); The Relic (1997); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Web (1951–1954); Three's Company (1976–1982); Three's Company (1982); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); True Story (1957–1958); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Zoo Ship (1985).

Born on this day – Bert I. Gordon:

Bert I. Gordon

Director

Visual effects artist

September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023

On this day in movie history - The Name of the Rose (1986)

The Name of the Rose

directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud,

written by Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin and Alain Godard,

based on the novel by Umberto Eco,

was released in the United States on September 24, 1986.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Dwight Weist, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Habeck, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donal O'Brian, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Urs Althaus, Lars Bodin-Jorgensen, Kim Rossi Stuart.

On this day in movie history - Michael Clayton (2007)

Michael Clayton

directed and written by Tony Gilroy,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2007.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, Wai Chan, Alberto Vazquez, Brian Koppelman, Tom McCarthy, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Richard Hecht, Bill Raymond, Jonathan Walker, Sharon Washington, Cynthia Mace, Michael Countryman, Ken Howard, Amy Hargreaves, Susan Pellegrino, Rachel Black, Matthew Detmer, John Douglas Thompson, Merritt Wever, Brian Poteat, Christopher Mann, Edward Furs, Katherine Waterston, John Gerard Franklin, Remy Auberjonois, Pun Bandhu, Jason Strong, Robert Prescott, Paul Oquist, Terry Serpico, Heidi Armbruster, Pamela Gray, Andrew Hunter Sherman, Kevin Hagan, Julia Gibson, Sean Cullen, Susan Egbert, David Lansbury, David Zayas, Douglas McGrath, Gregory Dann, Cathy Diane, Sam Gilroy, Maggie Siff, Sarah Nichols, Susan McBrien, Jordan Lage, Neal Huff, Paul Juhn, Patrick Askin, Angelo Bonsignore, Kevin Cannon, Pat Chambers, Clem Cheung, Tony Gilroy, Emelie Jeffries, Richard Kelly, Owen Lund, Josh Mowery, Kimmy Suzuki, Robert Torres, Steven Weisz, Kenneth G. Yong.

On this day in movie history - 2:22 (2008)

2:22

directed by Phillip Guzman,

written by Mick Rossi, Phillip Guzman and Eric Saavedra,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2008.

Music by Danny Saber.

Cast:

Mick Rossi, Robert Miano, Aaron Gallagher, Jorge A. Jimenez, Peter Dobson, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirby, Sile Bermingham, Sean Power, Luis Caldeira, Brian Foyster, Eric Shani, Tom Knight, Laura McLean, Cheryl Meyer, Sandy Duarte, Maja Mandzuka, Manny Barbosa, Vicki Rivard, Dan Fox, Steve Boyer, Andrew Robichaud, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Christian Bako, Beverley Ellis, Kelly Ames, Donald Mitchell, Domenic Bitondo, Mathew Bitondo, James LaMarr, Angela Froese, Darrel Gamotin, Louis Rossetti, Zach Humphreys, R Austin Ball, Roberto Caprara, Mike Guzzo, Philip Roy, Phillip Guzman, Katelyn Vanier, Mike Woodbridge, Alex J. Campbell, Richard Hasan, Matthew Campbell, David M. Frost, Billy Barbosa, Frank Consiglio, Vincent Tedesco, Diego Caprara, Anna Caprara, Rolando Marcello, Katie Spencer, Serena Karson, Andrew Risi, Loraine Guzzo, Michelle Guzzo, Manuel Brito, Salvatore Cangialosi, Seymour Abramovitz, Tommy Massis, Nikola Caloger, Natali Jones, Justin Kelly, Matt Greyson, Gene Burns, Gabriel Byrne.