Of one thing the reader can be certain:
the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.
the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.
- Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Recommended reading - The Bearded Lady (1955)
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The Bearded Lady
by Ross MacDonald.
In this short story from Ross Macdonald’s The
Archer Files, detective Lew Archer stops in town to look in on an old army
buddy, an artist, only to find that he has mysteriously disappeared. Seemingly
the only clue is a disturbing charcoal sketch of a woman with a thick beard
sitting in his studio. As Archer finds himself drawn into the investigation, it
soon becomes clear that things are not what they seem. And that no one is above
suspicion.
Born on this day – Mary Foy:
Mary Foy
Actress
August 9, 1872 – June 18, 1956
Credits:
A Fall to
Arms (1930); A House Divided (1931); A Man from Wyoming (1930); A Perfect
Gentleman (1928); A Solax Celebration (1912); A Tale of Two Cities (1935);
Algie, the Miner (1912); Ankles Preferred (1927); Ann Vickers (1933); Before
Midnight (1933); Behind Office Doors (1931); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Blockade
(1938); City Park (1934); Common Clay (1930); Dangerous Money (1924); Dumbbells
in Ermine (1930); Embarrassing Moments (1930); Falling Leaves (1912); Front
Page Woman (1935); Fury (1936); Ginger (1935); Her Indiscretion (1927); Hubby
Does the Washing (1912); I Stole a Million (1939); Icebound (1924); I'll Love
You Always (1935); In the Year 2000 (1912); Irish Luck (1925); It's the Cats
(1934); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Ladies of the Big
House (1931); Let Us Live (1939); Life of an Actress (1927); Little Big Shot
(1935); Love in Bloom (1935); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Maisie
(1939); Midnight Phantom (1935); Mind Your Business (1930); Naughty Marietta (1935);
No Ransom (1934); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Hour to Live (1939); Pack Up
Your Troubles (1939); Pepper (1936); Polly of the Movies (1927); Reform Girl
(1933); Sally in Our Alley (1916); Scandal Sheet (1931); Scarlet Youth (1928);
School for Girls (1934); Second Fiddle (1923); Slaves of Beauty (1927);
Slightly Married (1932); Stardust (1921); Strange People (1933); Such Men Are
Dangerous (1930); The Broad Road (1923); The Cradle Buster (1922); The Divine
Lady (1928); The Equine Spy (1912); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Godless
Girl (1928); The Great American Pie Company (1935); The Headless Horseman
(1922); The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924); The House of Mystery (1934); The
Lariat Kid (1929); The Lucky Devil (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Pinch
Hitter (1925); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Terrible People (1928);
The Vice Squad (1931); The White Rose (1923); The Widow from Chicago (1930);
The Wooing of Alice (1912); Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917); Thunder Trail (1937);
Transient Lady (1935); Two Heads on a Pillow (1934); Unrelated Relations
(1936); What a Time (1931); White Lies (1934); Zenobia (1939).
Born on this day – Alice Fleming:
Alice Fleming
Actress
August 9, 1882 – December 6, 1952
Credits:
A Medal for
Benny (1945); California Gold Rush (1946); Cheyenne Wildcat (1944); Colorado
Pioneers (1945); Conquest of Cheyenne (1946); Dick Tracy (1937 / 1990); Fired
Wife (1943); Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945); Headin' for God's Country (1943);
Her Primitive Man (1944); His Greatest Sacrifice (1921); In Society (1944);
It's a Pleasure (1945); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Lone Texas Ranger (1945);
Marshal of Laredo (1945); Marshal of Reno (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943);
Mystery Broadcast (1943); Overland Mail Robbery (1943); Phantom Lady (1944);
Phantom of the Plains (1945); Playmates (1941); Queen of Burlesque (1946);
Reckless Age (1944); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944);
Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946); Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943); Silas
Marner (1922); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); State Fair (1945); Storm
Over Lisbon (1944); Sun Valley Cyclone (1946); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
(1944); The Affairs of Susan (1945); The Beloved Cheater (1919); The Conquest
of Canaan (1921); The Dark Corner (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Mantrap
(1943); The San Antonio Kid (1944); Three Is a Family (1944); Tucson Raiders
(1944); Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944); Wagon Wheels Westward (1945); Who Done
It? (1942); Women Men Love (1921); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).
Born on this day – Florelle:
Florelle
Opera singer
Soprano
Actress
August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974
Credits:
Amants et
voleurs / Lovers and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Autour d'une enquête
(1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin von
Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931); Gagne ta
vie (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In theaters
tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxeur (1923); La dame de chez Maxim's / The lady
at Maxim's (1933); La dernière nuit / The Last Night (1933); La femme nue / The
naked woman (1932); La marmaille / The kids (1935); La merveilleuse journée /
The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The Night Is
Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); L'affaire de la rue de Lourcine (1923); L'amour
chante (1930); L'Atlantide / Atlantis (1932); L'autre (1930); Le fils improvisé
/ The improvised son (1932); Le grand bluff / The big bluff (1933); Le joker
(1930); Le poignard malais (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels (1937); Les
caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); Les deux canards / The Two
Ducks (1934); Les dieux s'amusent / The gods have fun (1935); Les Misérables
(1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping (1933); Liliom
(1934); L'Oeil du cyclone / The Eye of the Storm (1992); Ma tante d'Honfleur /
My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Mariage à responsabilité limitée / Limited
Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); Mon coeur incognito (1931);
Monsieur, Madame et Bibi / Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nuits de Venise (1931);
Oasis (1955); Passionnément / Passionately (1932); Sidonie Panache (1934); Sixième
étage / Sixth floor (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936); The Crime on
the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress of Atlantis (1932);
The Threepenny Opera (1931); Trois femmes / Three women (1952); Tumultes /
Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was committed (1938); Une
nuit de noces / A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).
Born on this day – P.L. Travers:
P.L. Travers
Writer
August 9, 1899 – April 23, 1996
Credits:
Books:
About the Sleeping Beauty (1975); Aunt Sass (2014); Essential Modern Classics Collection for Girls (2010); Fox at the Manger (1962); Friend Monkey (1971); Gingerbread Shop (1952); I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1941); Mary Poppins - the Complete Collection (2013); Mary Poppins (1934); Mary Poppins / Mary Poppins Comes Back (2007); Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1988); Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935); Mary Poppins From A-Z (1962); Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982); Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane / Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1999); Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975); Mary Poppins in the Park (1935); Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943); Mary Poppins Vintage Boxed Set (2007); Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party (1952); Stories from Mary Poppins (1952); The Magic Compass (1953); Two Pairs of Shoes (1976); What the Bee Knows (1989).
Movies and television:
Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 (1977); Diminishing Returns (2018); Hollywood goes to a World Premiere (1964); Hollywood Insider (2021); I riassuntini (2018); Jackanory (1966–1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mary Poppins Returns (2018); Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage (2009); Saving Mr. Banks (2013); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Studio One (1949); The Cat That Looked at a King (2004); The Culture Show (2013); The Real Mary Poppins (2013).
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