On this day in movie history - Anthropoid (2016)

 

Anthropoid

directed by Sean Ellis,

written by Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin,

was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.

Music by Robin Foster.

Cast:

Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr., Sára Arnsteinová, Hana Frejková, Sean Mahon, Jan Hájek, Marcin Dorocinski, Toby Jones, Alena Mihulová, Bill Milner, Charlotte Le Bon, Pavel Reznícek, Anna Geislerová, Vaclav Marek and his Blue Star, Justin Svoboda, Harry Lloyd, Václav Neuzil, Jirí Simek, Detlef Bothe.

On this day in music history - Crossing the Stone, by Catrin Finch (2003)

Crossing the Stone

by Catrin Finch

was released on August 12, 2003.

Track list:

Mountain Dance; Harpers Bizarre; James; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Crossing the Stone (Tros y Garreg); Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006; Prelude / Johann Sebastian Bach; Electric Counterpoint, for electric guitar, bass guitar & tape; 3rd movement; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Eternal Dream; Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67; The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frederick Handel; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Café Vamp Latino; Spain, for voice & ensemble; Buenos Aires hora cero (Zero Hour), tango; Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from “Suite Bergamasque” for piano), L. 75/3 / Claude Debussy; Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement) / Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod; Thingamujig; Suo Gân (Lullaby), song / Traditional / Welsh Traditional; Palladio, for string orchestra (or band); 1st movement (Dance mix version).

On this day in music history - Close Your Eyes, by Amy Lauren (2011)

Close Your Eyes

by Amy Lauren

was released on August 12, 2011.

Track list:

A Mother’s Prayer; Bed of Stars; Calm Is the Night; I’m Right Here; Drifting Starlight; Angels Are Sleeping; Nighttime Falls; Midnight Song; Search the Stars; When You Sleep; Close Your Eyes; Goodnight.

Betsy Byars, on reading and writing:

 

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together.

The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.
- Betsy Byars.

Recommended reading - The Embezzler (1940)

 

The Embezzler

a.k.a. Money and the Woman

by James M. Cain.

 
Published by‎ Avon Books, Inc.
Paperback novella.
 
ASIN: B002MICS6C
 
Description:
 
A bank employee’s wife teams up with his boss – with fatal results – in this noir novella by the legendary author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
 
Despite an ulcer that requires surgery, workaholic Charles Brent doesn’t want to take time off from his job as a head teller at the bank. What eventually convinces him to give in and take a break is the prospect of his young wife, Sheila, temporarily taking over his responsibilities. Then, in Charles’s absence, his wife and his boss discover the embezzlement he’s been hiding—and the reason behind it. But instead of reporting Charles, the two form a pact . . .
 
Originally published under the title Money and the Woman, The Embezzler is a standout novella from James M. Cain, celebrated crime writer and master of the noir thriller.
 
“James M. Cain is one novelist who has something to teach just about any writer, and delight just about any reader.” – Anne Rice, #1 New York Times – bestselling author of Interview with a Vampire.
 
“One of the greats of American noir.” – The Guardian.
 

Recommended reading - Andre Dubus: Selected Stories

Andre Dubus: Selected Stories

by Andre Dubus.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
First published 1975.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679767304
ISBN-13: 9780679767305

Description:
 
"Stunning…a fine, deeply rewarding collection from one of this country’s ablest writers." – Anne Tyler.

"Dubus’s characters resemble those of Raymond Carver...but the stories stand alone in their idiosyncratic spiritual cast, occasionally religious, more often expressive of devotion to the people he lives among." – New York Times Book Review.

A breaved father stalks his son’s killer. A woman cries alone by her television screen. A devout teenager wrestles with his faith and sexuality. Here, in these twenty-three stories, Andre Dubus turns fiction into an act of compassion. For readers new to Dubus, this is the perfect starting point. For fans of his, this is an essential, must-have collection.

Born on this day – Hobart Bosworth:

 

Hobart Bosworth

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943

Credits:

A Child of the Wilderness (1912); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (1912); A Crucial Test (1912); A Cup of Cold Water (1911); A Frontier Girl's Courage (1911); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); A Man of Peace (1928); A Messenger to Kearney (1912); A Modern Rip (1911); A Mormon Maid (1917); A Night Out (1912); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); A Reconstructed Rebel (1912); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); A Tale of the Sea (1910); A Thousand to One (1920); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Wise Old Elephant (1913); A Woman of Affairs (1928); Abraham Lincoln (1930); Across the Plains (1910); After the Storm (1928); Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913); Altar of the Aztecs (1913); An Englishman's Honor (1911); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Odyssey of the North (1914); Annapolis (1928); Annie Laurie (1927); Arthur Preston Hankins (1912); As a Father Spareth His Son (1913); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); Atala (1912); Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (2012); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Betrayed (1917); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Blackbeard (1911); Blind Hearts (1921); Boots and Saddles (1909); Bread (1924); Briton and Boer (1909); Buck Richards' Bride (1913); Buckshot John (1915); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Bunkie (1912); Burning Daylight (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Civilization (1914); Business Is Business (1915); Captain January (1924); Carnival Boat (1932); Chickie (1925); Coals of Fire (1911); Colorado (1915); Damon and Pythias (1908); Darkfeather's Strategy (1912); Davy Crockett (1910); Dirigible (1931); Disillusioned (1912); Doctor Neighbor (1916); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Escape from Crime (1942); Eternal Love (1929); Evangeline (1911); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); Fatherhood (1915); Fighting Bob (1909); Freckles (1917 / 1928); General Crack (1929); General Spanky (1936); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Getting Atmosphere (1912); Greater Wealth (1913); Hangman's House (1928); Harbor Island (1912); He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916); Hearts of Oak (1924); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Help Wanted (1915); Her Guardian (1913); His Own Law (1920); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hurricane (1929); I Was Framed (1942); If I Marry Again (1925); In God We Trust (1913); In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911); In the Badlands (1909); In the Days of Gold (1911); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); In the Frozen North (1910); In the Great Northwest (1910); In the Midst of the Jungle (1913); In the Palace of the King (1923); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); In the Sultan's Power (1909); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); It Happened in the West (1911); Joan the Woman (1916); John Barleycorn (1914); John Colter's Escape (1912); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Just Imagine (1930); Justinian and Theodora (1910); King of the Mountain (1929); King of the Sierras (1938); Lady for a Day (1933); Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (1912); Law of the Tropics (1941); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Little Injin (1911); Little Sunset (1915); Lost and Won (1911); Mammy (1930); Man Alone (1923); Martin Eden (1914); McKee Rankin's '49' (1911); Merely a Millionaire (1912); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Miss Aubry's Love Affair (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); Music in the Air (1934); My Best Girl (1927); My Son (1925); Name the Man! (1924); Nan of the Woods (1913); Nearly a Lady (1915); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); No Greater Love (1932); Oliver Twist (1916); On Thanksgiving Day (1908); On the Border (1909); On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Peck's Bad Boy / Together We Live (1935); Personality Parade (1938); Pierre of the North (1913); Pine Ridge Feud (1909); Portia on Trial (1937); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Range Pals (1911); Rip Van Winkle (1908); Rivals (1912); Rollin' Plains (1938); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Saved from the Snow (1911); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Seeds of Silver (1913); Shipmates (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Sin Town (1942); Sit Tight (1931); Songs of Truce (1913); Souls for Sale (1923); Spangles (1926); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Steel Preferred (1925); Sundown (1924); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Tainted Money (1915); Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (1912); The Artist and the Brute (1913); The Awakening (1912); The Barge Man of Old Holland (1910); The Beachcomber (1915); The Beaded Buckskin Bag (1913); The Big Parade (1925); The Blood Ship (1927); The Bootlegger (1911); The Border Legion (1918); The Brute Master (1920); The Buccaneers (1911); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Christian Martyrs (1909); The Code of Honor (1911); The Common Enemy (1910); The Common Law (1923); The Convert of San Clemente (1911); The Count of Monte Cristo (1908); The Country Mouse (1914); The County Fair (1932); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910); The Crusades (1935); The Cup of Life (1921); The Danites (1912); The Dark Hour (1936); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Devil-Stone (1917); The End of the Romance (1912); The Eternal Three (1923); The Eye of Conscience (1911); The Far Cry (1926); The Fisherboy's Faith (1912); The Foolish Matrons (1921); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Girl and the Judge (1913); The Girl of the Lighthouse (1912); The Girl of the Mountains (1912); The Golden Strain (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Hand of Fate (1912); The Haven of Refuge (1911); The Hobo (1912); The Inner Shrine (1917); The Iron Hand (1916); The Junior Officer (1912); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Knight Errant (1911); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912); The Leopard Queen (1909); The Little American (1917); The Little Circus Rider (1911); The Long Trail (1910); The Love of an Island Maid (1912); The Love of Penelope (1913); The Maid at the Helm (1911); The Man Higher Up (1929); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912); The Miracle Man (1932); The Nervous Wreck (1926); The New Faith (1911); The Novice (1911); The Office Wife (1930); The Other Fellow (1912); The Padre (1911); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pirate's Daughter (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Price He Paid (1912); The Professor's Wooing (1912); The Profligate (1911); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Rancher's Failing (1913); The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (1911); The Roman (1910); The Sanitarium (1910); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Scarlet Sin (1915); The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (1910); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret of Treasure Island (1938); The Sergeant (1910); The Sheriff (1910); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Shrinking Rawhide (1912); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Smart Set (1928); The Spirit of '76 (1908); The Spy (1911); The Stampede (1909); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Substitute Model (1912); The Target (1916); The Tenderfoot (1909); The Test (1912); The Third Alarm (1930); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trade Gun Bullet (1912); The Traitor (1914); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Vintage of Fate (1912); The Vision Beautiful (1912); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of the World (1916); The White Medicine Man (1911); The White Scar (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Woman on the Jury (1924); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Yaqui (1916); The Young Mrs. Eames (1913); Thelma (1911); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); This Modern Age (1931); Three Hours (1927); Through the Dark (1924); 'Twas Ever Thus (1915); Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916); Unconquered (1917); Unto Us a Child Is Born (1911); Up San Juan Hill (1909); Vanity Fair (1923); What Money Can't Buy (1917); When Edith Played Judge and Jury (1912); White Hands (1922); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Willie (1910); Winds of Chance (1925); Wolves of the Sea (1936); Yankee Doodle Dixie (1913); Zander the Great (1925).