On this day in movie history - The Turning Point (1952)

The Turning Point

directed by William Dieterle,

written by Warren Duff,

based on a story by Horace McCoy,

was released in the United States on November 14, 1952.

Music by Irvin Talbot, Miklós Rózsa and Victor Young.

Cast:

William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Danny Dayton, Adele Longmire, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Don Porter, Howard Freeman, Neville Brand, Carolyn Jones.

On this day in music history - The album A Celtic Dream, by Michele McLaughlin (2008)

A Celtic Dream

by Michele McLaughlin

was released on November 14, 2008.

Anne Fadiman, on literature:

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

- Anne Fadiman.

 

Recommended reading – Duel

 

Duel

by Richard Matheson.
 
Introduction by Ray Bradbury.
 
Publisher by Tor Books.
Published 1971.
Paperback.

ISBN 13: 9780312878269
ISBN 10: 0312878265
ASIN: B00A2M37ZG
 
Description:
 

“Richard Matheson is worth our time, attention, and great affection.” – from the Appreciation by Ray Bradbury.

 

The late Richard Matheson's classic tale of highway terror.
 

He was heading west, en route to San Francisco. It was Thursday and unseasonably hot for April. He had his suitcoat off, his tie removed and shirt collar opened, his sleeve cuffs folded back. There was sunlight on his left arm and on part of his lap. He could feel the heat of it through his dark trousers as he drove along the two-lane highway. For the past twenty minutes, he had not seen another vehicle going in either direction.

 

Then he saw the truck ...
 

Remember that murderous semi chasing Dennis Weaver down a lonely stretch of desert highway?

 

Duel, Steven Spielberg's acclaimed first film, was adapted by Richard Matheson from his unforgettable story of the same name.

 

However, "Duel" is only one of the classic suspense tales in this outstanding collection of stories by the Grand Master of Horror. It also contains Matheson's legendary first story, "Born of Man and Woman," as well as several stunning shockers that inspired memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Little Girl Lost," "Steel," and "Third from the Sun."

 

Like Matheson's previous collection, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, Duel is an indispensable treasure trove of terror from the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come.

Born on this day – Robert Louis Stevenson:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer

November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894

Credits:

50 Classic Novellas (2011); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Child's Garden of Verses (1921); A Footnote to History (1892); A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong - as a kid! (2009); A Lowden Sabbath Morn (1898); A Picture for Marc (2009); A Spotlight for Harry (2010); A St. Nicholas Anthology (1969); A Time to Be Brave (2014); Across the Plains (1892); Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls (1985); Alice in Wonderland (2009); Aliens for Breakfast (1988); Aliens For Dinner (1994); Aliens for Lunch (1991); Anna Maria's Gift (2010); Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie (2011); Ballads (1890); Barry: The Bravest Saint Bernard (1973); Blue Ribbon Blues (1998); Catriona (1893); Classic Sea Stories (1996); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1984); Escape South (2004); Fossil Fever (1999); Frankenstein (1982); Ghost Horse (2009); Goldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail! (2018); Goldie Blox and the Best! Pet! Ever! (2017); Goldie Blox and the Haunted Hacks! (2018); GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 (2017); Graphic Classics, Vol. 6 (2014); Graphic Classics, Volume 9: 2nd Edition Robert Louis Stevenson (2004); Graphic Classics, Volume 9: Robert Louis Stevenson (2004); Gulliver's Travels (1726); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); Hannah (1991); Honey Cake (2009); Honey Cake (2009); In the South Seas (1900); Invasion of the Junkyard Hog (2014); Island Nights' Entertainments (1893); Kidnapped (1886); Knights of the Round Table (1985); Markheim (1886); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (1887); Memories and Portraits (1887); Mermaids (2008); Miami Jackson Gets It Straight (1999); Miami Jackson Sees It Through (2002); Monsters (2009); Moral Emblems (1921); New Arabian Nights (1882); New Poems and Variant Readings (1918); Next Spring an Oriole (1987); Night of the Full Moon (1993); Olalla (1885); Paint Brush Kid (1998); Pioneer Cat (1988); Robert Louis Stevenson: An Anthology (2017); Robin Hood: Bullseye Step into Classics (2011); Scottish Stories (2023); Scottish Tales of Terror (1972); Shadow of the Wolf (1997); Silver (1988); Smasher (1996); Snake Camp (2000); Songs of Travel (1896); Spinjitzu Brothers #4: The Chroma's Clutches (2022); St. Ives (1897); Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs (2012); Swiss Family Robinson (2006); Tales and Fantasies (1905); Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008); Tales from the Merged Realms (2024); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1995); The Amateur Emigrant (1895); The Beach of Falesa (1963); The Black Arrow (1926); The Blue Ghost (2005); The Body Snatcher (1895); The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits (1989); The Case of the Elevator Duck (1973); The Chalk Box Kid (1987); The Children's Hour: Leaders and Heroes (1954); The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson (2012); The Ebb-Tide (1894); The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023); The Golden Ghost (2011); The Greatest Books of All Time #4 (2017); The Green Ghost (2008); The Jungle Book (2008); The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays (1888); The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 1 (2021); The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 2 (2021); The Little Big Book of California (2005); The Man in the Iron Mask (2005); The Master of Ballantrae (1889); The Meaning of Friendship (1909); The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887); The Minstrel in the Tower (1988); The Old & New Pacific Capitals (1880); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The Prince and the Pauper (1999); The Sea Fogs (1907); The Secret Garden (1993); The Secret of the Painted House (2007); The Silverado Squatters (1884); The Story of a Lie, and Other Tales (1904); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Selected Short Fiction (2005); The Suicide Club (1895); The Three Musketeers (1994); The Ultimate Horror Collection, Volume 3 (2009); The Very Little Princess (2010); The Very Little Princess: Rose's Story (2011); The Wakey Wakey Machine (1997); The War of the Worlds (1991); The Wrecker (1892); The Wrong Box (1889); Thrawn Janet (1881); Tooter Pepperday (2013); Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879); Treasure Island (1882); Treasure Island (1990); Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1983); Underwoods (1887); Vailima Letters (1895); Virginibus Puerique and Other Papers (1901); Weir of Hermiston (1896); Weir of Hermiston and Other Stories (1979); Wild Horses (2001); Will O' the Mill (1915).

Born on this day – Henry Kolker:

Henry Kolker

Actor

Director

November 13, 1874 – July 15, 1947

Born on this day – Nita Naldi:

Nita Naldi

Actress

November 13, 1894 – February 17, 1961

Credits:

The Model from Montmartre (1926); Die Pratermizzi (1926); The Mountain Eagle (1926); The Unfair Sex (1926); The Miracle of Life (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Cobra (1925); Clothes Make the Pirate (1925); The Marriage Whirl (1925); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Hooded Falcon (1924); A Sainted Devil (1924); The Breaking Point (1924); Don't Call It Love (1923); The Ten Commandments (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Anna Ascends (1922); The Snitching Hour (1922); Blood and Sand (1922); Channing of the Northwest (1922); Reported Missing (1922); The Man from Beyond (1922); Everyman's Price (1921); Experience (1921); A Divorce of Convenience (1921); The Last Door (1921); Life (1920); The Common Sin (1920); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).