Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Recommended reading - The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins

 

The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins

by John Pearson.
 
Filmed as Legend (2015), directed and written by Brian Helgeland.
 
Paperback.
Published by William Collins.
First published 1972.

ISBN 13: 9780008150273
ISBN 10: 0008150273
ASIN: 0008150273
 
Description:
 
The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy.
 
Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London’s gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of organized crime that has never been matched, the brothers swindled, extorted and terrorized – while enjoying a glittering celebrity status at the heart of the swinging 60s scene, until their downfall and imprisonment for life.
 


Born on this day – Tony Gaudio:


Tony Gaudio


Cinematographer

Director

November 20, 1883 – August 10, 1951


Credits:

The Red Pony (1949); Love from a Stranger (1947); That's My Man (1947); Swell Guy (1946); I've Always Loved You (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); A Song to Remember (1945); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); Experiment Perilous (1944); Days of Glory (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); Background to Danger (1943); The Constant Nymph (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942); Wings for the Eagle (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); Navy Blues (1941); Affectionately Yours (1941); The Great Lie (1941); High Sierra (1940); The Letter (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); The Fighting 69th (1940); We Are Not Alone (1939); The Old Maid (1939); Juarez (1939); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Sisters (1938); Garden of the Moon (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); San Quentin (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); The Life of Emile Zola (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Kid Galahad (1937); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); God's Country and the Woman (1937); The White Angel (1936); Anthony Adverse (1936); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Dr. Socrates (1935); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); Front Page Woman (1935); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); The White Cockatoo (1935); Bordertown (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Man with Two Faces (1934); Fog Over Frisco (1934); Upperworld (1934); Mandalay (1934); Lady Killer (1933); The World Changes (1933); Ladies Must Love (1933); Voltaire (1933); The Narrow Corner (1933); The Silk Express (1933); Private Detective 62 (1933); Ex-Lady (1933); Blondie Johnson (1933); The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932); Tiger Shark (1932); Sky Devils (1932); The Front Page (1931); Little Caesar (1931); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); The Lady Who Dared (1930); Hell's Angels (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); General Crack (1929); She Goes to War (1929); On with the Show! (1929); The Racket (1928); The Gaucho (1927); Two Arabian Knights (1927); The Notorious Lady (1927); An Affair of the Follies (1927); The Blonde Saint (1926); Upstage (1926); The Temptress (1926); The Gay Deceiver (1926); Graustark (1925); Déclassé (1925); The Lady (1925); Sealed Lips (1925); The Price of Success (1925); Husbands and Lovers (1924); The Only Woman (1924); Secrets (1924); The Song of Love (1923); Ashes of Vengeance (1923); Within the Law (1923); Adam and Eva (1923); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); East Is West (1922); The Woman He Loved (1922); The Eternal Flame (1922); Shattered Idols (1922); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); Pilgrims of the Night (1921); The Ten Dollar Raise (1921); The Other Woman (1921); The Forbidden Thing (1920); Kismet (1920); Whispering Devils (1920); An Adventuress (1920); The Inferior Sex (1920); The Fighting Shepherdess (1920); In Old Kentucky (1919); In Wrong (1919); The Red Lantern (1919); The Unpardonable Sin (1919); A Man of Honor (1919); Pals First (1918); Lend Me Your Name (1918); The Landloper (1918); Broadway Bill (1918); The Avenging Trail (1917); The Square Deceiver (1917); Paradise Garden (1917); Under Handicap (1917); The Hidden Spring (1917); The Haunted Pajamas (1917); The Hidden Children (1917); The Promise (1917); Pidgin Island (1916); Big Tremaine (1916); Mister 44 (1916); The River of Romance (1916); The Masked Rider (1916); The Woman in Black (1914); Classmates (1914); The Better Way (1911); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Secret of the Palm (1911); The Message in the Bottle (1911); Tracked (1911); A Manly Man (1911); Artful Kate (1911); Pictureland (1911); The Mirror (1911); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909); Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1903).


Born on this day – Edwin Hubble:


Edwin Hubble


Astronomer

November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953


Born on this day – Allen Rivkin:


Allen Rivkin


Writer

November 20, 1903 – February 17, 1990



Born on this day – Mozelle Alderson:


Mozelle Alderson


Blues singer

November 20, 1904 – February 15, 1994

Credits:

Songs:

Mobile Central Blues; Mozelle Blues; Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat; Room Rent Blues; Sobbin' The Blues; State Street Special; Tall Man Blues; Tight Whoopee.


Born on this day – Judy Canova:


Judy Canova


Comedienne

Actress

Singer

November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983



Born on this day – Russell Rouse:

Russell Rouse


Writer

Director

Producer

November 20, 1913 – October 2, 1987