Stella Adler, on art:

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

- Stella Adler.

Recommended reading - The Long Good Friday

 

The Long Good Friday

screenplay by Barrie Keefe.

Filmed as The Long Good Friday (1980), directed by John Mackenzie.

Published by Methuen Publishing.
Published 2006.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413722902
ISBN-13: 978-0413722904
 
Description:

The first British thriller to even approach the cracking vitality of the classic 

Hollywood gangster movies ...dazzlingly slick. – Daily Mail.

The best British gangster flick of all time. – Empire.

Barrie Keeffe's acclaimed screenplay for the classic film. Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police and the local authorities in his pocket, is planning a major London property development and forging links with the international Mafia. Everything indeed is coming up roses for Harold until the Easter weekend when enemies unknown embark on a series of lethal outrages against his organization. As the story accelerates to a crazy vortex of violence, Harold discovers he has unwittingly crossed enemies whose connections, expertise and dedication to violence outclass his own.

Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

 

Ruth Donnelly

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

Born on this day – Jean Gabin:

 

Jean Gabin

Actor

Singer

May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976

Born on this day – Ralph Wright:

Ralph Wright

Animator

Writer

Director

Actor

May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983

Born on this day – Marie Déa:

 

Marie Déa

Actress

May 17, 1912 – March 1, 1992

Born on this day – Alice Backes:

 

Alice Backes

Actress

May 17, 1923 – March 15, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 87th Precinct (1962); Adam-12 (1973–1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Amanda's (1983); Bachelor Father (1957–1958); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1980); Barney (1965); Barney Miller (1981); Ben Casey (1961); Bewitched (1964–1966); Blondie (1968–1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Breaking Point (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Burke's Law (1965); Cassie & Co. (1982); Columbo (1974); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Date with the Angels (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dr. Kildare (1961); Dragnet (1952); Dragnet 1967 (1969); Fear on Trial (1975); Gable and Lombard (1976); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunsmoke (1959–1966); Half a House (1975); Hazel (1961–1966); Hennesey (1960); Here's Lucy (1968–1973); I Want to Live! (1958); Ichabod and Me (1962); Ironside (1974); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It Was a Very Good Year (1971); James at 16 (1977); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Knight Rider (1984); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Lancer (1970); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Lux Playhouse (1958–1959); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1973); Maude (1974); Mayberry R.F.D. (1970–1971); Medic (1955); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Belvedere (1988); My Favorite Martian (1964); Outlaws (1962); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Project U.F.O. (1978); Riverboat (1960); Room 222 (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Snowball Express (1972); Startime (1959–1960); Studio 57 (1958); Switch (1978); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1963); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Big Valley (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1966); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Glory Guys (1965); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1963); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1982); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man from Independence (1974); The Munsters (1965); The Outsider (1969); The Real McCoys (1957); The Rifleman (1960); The Rogues (1965); The Third Day (1965); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twonky (1953); The Virginian (1962); This Is the Life (1984); Thriller (1960); Turnabout (1979); Up in Central Park (1948); Wagon Train (1963–1965); Welcome Back, Kotter (1977); Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977); Winner Take All (1975); Women in Chains (1972); You Bet Your Life (1951).