Born on this day – Linda Lawson:

Linda Lawson

Actress

Singer

January 11, 1936 – May 18, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); Adventures in Paradise (1959–1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Another Woman's Husband (2000); Apache Rifles (1964); Arli$$ (1999); Ben Casey (1965); Bonanza (1960–1965); Border Patrol (1959); Colt .45 (1960); Don't Call Me Charlie (1962–1963); Dr. Vegas (2005); ER (2005); Five Fingers (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1960); House of Harrington (2008); It Takes a Thief (1968); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Let's Kill Uncle (1966); Lock Up (1959); M Squad (1960); Magical Mystery Tour (1967); Man with a Camera (1958); Maverick (1959); Mike Hammer (1959); Mr. Lucky (1960); Mrs. Stone's Thing (1970); Night Tide (1961); One Step Beyond (1960); Overland Trail (1960); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958); Please, Hold the Spaghetti!: Apache Rifles and the End of the Conventional Western (2010); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Stagecoach West (1961); Stu's Show (2023); Sunset Strip (2000); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); That's Life (2000–2001); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Aquanauts (1961); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Millionaire (1959); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rifleman (1961); The Tall Man (1960); The Tenants (2005); The Threat (1960); The Virginian (1966); Tombstone Territory (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Without a Trace (2002).

Born on this day – Christine Kaufmann:

Christine Kaufmann

Actress

Writer

January 11, 1945 – March 28, 2017

On this day in movie history - Four Boys and a Gun (1957)

Four Boys and a Gun

directed by William Berke,

written by Leo Townsend and Philip Yordan,

based on the novel by Willard Wiener,

was released in the United States on January 11, 1957.

Music by Marie Montague and Everett Sutherland.

Cast:

Frank Sutton, Tarry Green, James Franciscus, William Hinnant, Otto Hulett, Robert Dryden, J. Pat O'Malley, Diana Herbert, Patricia Sloan, Nancy Devlin, Patricia Bosworth, David Burns, Anne Seymour, Frank Gero, Ned Glass, Karl Swenson, Lisa Osten, Sid Raymond, George McIver, Frank Campanella, Joseph Campanella, Crahan Denton, Frank Marth, Diana Sands.

On this day in movie history - Dog Day (1984)

Dog Day

directed by Yves Boisset,

written by Jean Vautrin, Michel Audiard and Dominique Roulet,

based on the novel by Jean Vautrin,

was released in France on January 11, 1984.

Music by Francis Lai.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Bernadette Lafont, Grace de Capitani, Tina Louise, Muni, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Juliette Mills, Julien Bukowski, Jean-Roger Milo, Joseph Momo, Henri Guybet, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Myriam Pisacane, Inger Ekbom, Lillemour Jonsson, Jean Cherlian, Mohamed Bekhtaoui, Chrystel, Gora Chand Saha.

On this day in music history - The album River of Stars, by 2002 (2000)

River of Stars

by 2002

was released January 11, 2000.

Track list:

River of Stars; Elysian Fields; Stella Maris; First Daughter of the Moon; Starwalkers; Heaven and Earth; Lovers' Bridge; The Dreaming Tree; Tanabata Moon; Rays of Light.

Jimmy Carter road sign

 Jimmy Carter road sign

January 9, 2025

Recommended reading – Two O’clock Courage

 

Two O’clock Courage

by Gelett Burgess.
 
Filmed as Two in the Dark (1936), directed by Benjamin Stoloff.
 
ASIN: B005D2SGQU
Published by Surinam Turtle Press.
Published 1934.
Hardcover.
 
Description:
 

This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him. The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.