Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

Nicole Van Goethem

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000

Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, for her movie: A Greek Tragedy (1985).

Book:

Drawing the Film (1988).

Movies and television:

A Greek Tragedy (1985); B.C. Rock (1980); Human Rights Article 13 (1988); John the Fearless (1984); Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975); Trouble in Paradise (1989); Verloren maandag (1974); Vol van gratie (1987).

On this day in movie history - Easy Money (2000)

Easy Money

French title: Argent content,

directed by Philippe Dussol,

was released in France on May 31, 2001.

18-minute short movie, filmed in color and black and white.

Written by Philippe Dussol and Mathias Pothier.

Music by Mathias Pothier.

Cast:

Anne Charrier, Fred Dussol, Philippe Dussol.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

 

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 36.

Episode entitled: Closed Season.

Released May 31, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Terry Crosby, Lee Erwin and William McCluskey.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Paula Raymond, Dennis Patrick, Herbert Rudley, Chet Stratton, Anita Gordon, Robert Kino, Leonard P. Geer.

World MS Day - May 30:

Believe in a cure for MS.

I wish people knew about MS.

What could be better than encouraging young scientists ... to focus on the final path of finding the way to stop MS cold?

- Don Tykeson

Charles de Lint, on writing:

 

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do,
so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
- Charles de Lint.

Recommended reading- The Bloody Spur

The Bloody Spur

by Charles Einstein.

Filmed as While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang.
Inspired by the true 1946 case of the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1953.

ISBN-10: 1627551158
ISBN-13: 9781627551151
 
Description:
HELP ME FOR GOD’S SAKE.
Later the doctors would use these words to decipher the riddle of a perverted killer.
Right now, the lipstick scrawl signaled the start of New York's greatest manhunt.

Born on this day – Howard Hawks:

Howard Hawks

Director

Producer

Writer

May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Little Princess (1917); A Song Is Born (1948); Adventure (1925); Air Force (1943); American Masters (2001–2008); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ball of Fire (1941); Barbary Coast (1935); Big John (2006); Biography (1993–2001); Bob Hampton of Placer (1921); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Cary Grant and Howard Hawks (2003); Ceiling Zero (1936); Cinema (1967); Code of the West (1925); Come and Get It (1936); Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dark Hearts: The Secret Of Haunting Melissa (2014); Dinty (1920); El Dorado (1966); Empty Hands (1924); Fazil (1928); Femme Fatales (2012); Fig Leaves (1926); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Go and Get It (1920); Hatari! (1962); Hawks on Hawks (2017); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942); His Girl Friday (1940); Hollywood Greats (1977); Hollywood Insider (2021); Honesty - The Best Policy (1926); Howard Hawks on the Front Page and His Girl Friday (2017); Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life (1978); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (2000); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); In Again, Out Again (1917); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast (1977); La foule hurle (1932); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Le Cinéma selon Luc Moullet (Carnet Filmé: 29 janvier 1979) (1979); Lord Jim (1925); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Metropolis Refound (2010); Monkey Business (1952); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1971); North of 36 (1924); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Open All Night (1924); Paid to Love (1927); Penrod (1922); Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Quicksands (1923); Red Line 7000 (1965); Red River (1948); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Lobo (1970); Scarface (1932); Scarface (1983); Sergeant York (1941); Talking Pictures (2016); Targets (1968); Test Pilot (1938); The Air Circus (1928); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Criminal Code (1930); The Crowd Roars (1932); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924); The Dawn Patrol (1930); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Devil's Cargo (1925); The Dreamers (2003); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (1967); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Outlaw (1943); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); The Road to Glory (1926); The Road to Yesterday (1925); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thing from Another World (1951); Tiger Love (1924); Tiger Shark (1932); To Have and Have Not (1944); Today We Live (1933); Trent's Last Case (1929); Twentieth Century (1934); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Underworld (1927); Viva Villa! (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2020).