The character that lasts is an ordinary guy
with some extraordinary qualities.
- Raymond Chandler.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Recommended reading – The Owl: Justice Never Sleeps & The Owl: Scarlet Serenade
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The Owl: Justice Never Sleeps
by Bob Forward.
First published in 1984.Republished in 2014.
Published by Brash Books.
Paperback.
ISBN-13: 978-1941298053
It’s the mid-1980s. Crime in Los
Angeles is running rampant. When the law can’t help you, there is one man who
can: Alexander L’Hiboux, whose ability to sleep was destroyed in the ghastly
tragedy that cost him his family. Now he’s justice-for-hire, prowling the
streets and solving crimes with deadly finality. A desperate, grief-stricken
shipping magnate hires The Owl to find the scum who brutalized his daughter…a
quest that uncovers a shocking conspiracy that will rock the city.
“Mike Hammer is a wimp compared
to The Owl,” – Bill Crider, author of Outrage at Blanco and the bestselling
Sheriff Dan Rhoades mysteries.
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The Owl: Scarlet Serenade
by Bob Forward.
First published in 1990.Republished in 2014.
Published by Brash Books.
Paperback.
ISBN-13: 978-1941298213
It’s the mean-streets of L.A. in
the mid-1980s. When The Owl rescues a young punk-rock starlet from being
kidnapped, he considered it just a minor good deed with a few dead bodies left
scattered around. But he soon discovers that she’s the target of a gangland
conspiracy that has half of the city’s underworld after her. Now the only thing
between her and certain death is The Owl.
“Exhilarating! A pure action
high unlike anything I’ve ever read before. The Owl is a cross between Batman
and The Terminator…but he’s even more deadly and relentless,” – Lee Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author
of The Chase.
“It starts off over the top and
builds from there. There’s action aplenty. The Owl absorbs more punishment than
any two or three or four people in other novels,” – Bill Crider, author of
Outrage at Blanco.
Born on this day – Jules Furthman:
Jules Furthman
Writer
March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966
Credits:
Rio Bravo (1959); Jet Pilot (1957); Lux Video
Theatre (1957); Cheyenne (1956); Peking Express (1951); Pretty Baby (1950);
Nightmare Alley (1947); Moss Rose (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); To Have and
Have Not (1944); The Outlaw (1943); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); The Way of All
Flesh (1940); Northwest Passage (1940); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Zaza
(1938); Spawn of the North (1938); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Good Earth
(1937); Come and Get It (1936); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); China Seas (1935);
Bombshell (1933); 6 Hours to Live (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); Shanghai Express
(1932); Over the Hill (1931); The Yellow Ticket (1931); Merely Mary Ann (1931);
Cuerpo y alma (1931); Body and Soul (1931); Morocco (1930); Renegades (1930);
Common Clay (1930); New York Nights (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); The Case of
Lena Smith (1929); The Docks of New York (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's
Irish Rose (1928); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Way of All Flesh (1927);
Barbed Wire (1927); Fashions for Women (1927); Casey at the Bat (1927); The
Love Wager (1927); Hotel Imperial (1927); You'd Be Surprised (1926); The Wise
Guy (1926); Big Pal (1925); Before Midnight (1925); Any Woman (1925); Sackcloth
and Scarlet (1925); Romola (1924); Call of the Mate (1924); Try and Get It
(1924); Condemned (1923); The Acquittal (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923);
High Gear Jeffrey (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Lovebound (1923); Pawn Ticket 210
(1922); A California Romance (1922); The Love Gambler (1922); Calvert's Valley
(1922); Strange Idols (1922); The Yellow Stain (1922); Arabian Love (1922); The
Ragged Heiress (1922); Gleam O'Dawn (1922); The Roof Tree (1921); The Last
Trail (1921); Colorado Pluck (1921); The Blushing Bride (1921); The Big Punch
(1921); The Cheater Reformed (1921); The Land of Jazz (1920); Singing River
(1920); The Iron Rider (1920); The Texan (1920); The Skywayman (1920); The Man
Who Dared (1920); The White Circle (1920); The Great Redeemer (1920); A Sister
to Salome (1920); Twins of Suffering Creek (1920); Leave It to Me (1920); Would
You Forgive? (1920); Treasure Island (1920); The Valley of Tomorrow (1920); The
Beloved Cheater (1919); The Lincoln Highwayman (1919); Victory (1919); Six Feet
Four (1919); This Hero Stuff (1919); A Sporting Chance (1919); Some Liar (1919);
Brass Buttons (1919); Where the West Begins (1919); When a Man Rides Alone
(1919); The Mantle of Charity (1918); Wives and Other Wives (1918); All the
World to Nothing (1918); Hobbs in a Hurry (1918); A Japanese Nightingale
(1918); Up Romance Road (1918); Hearts or Diamonds? (1918); A Camouflage Kiss
(1918); Souls in Pawn (1917); The Masked Heart (1917); The Shackles of Truth
(1917); The Frame-Up (1917); High Play (1917); The Little Blonde in Black
(1915); A Fiery Introduction (1915); Quits / The Sheriff of Long Butte (1915);
Mountain Justice (1915); Chasing the Limited (1915); Bound on the Wheel (1915);
Steady Company (1915).
Born on this day – Dorothy Green:
Dorothy Green
Actress
March 5, 1892 – November 16, 1963
Credits:
A Parisian Romance (1916); After
Dark (1915); Forest Rivals (1919); Her Mother's Secret (1915); My Favorite
Husband (1953); Patria (1917); The A.B.C. of Love (1919); The American Way
(1919); The Country Boy (1915); The Dark Star (1919); The Devil at His Elbow
(1916); The Good-Bad Wife (1920); The Grouch (1918); The Lesson (1917); The
Model (1915); The Praise Agent (1919); The Spirit of the Poppy (1914); The
Wonderful Adventure (1915); Your Favorite Story (1954).
Born on this day – Symona Boniface:
Symona Boniface
Actress
March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950
Credits:
A Duke for a Day (1934); A Pinch
in Time (1948); A Plumbing We Will Go (1940); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949);
All Gummed Up (1947); All the World's a Stooge (1941); Among the Missing
(1934); An Ache in Every Stake (1941); Andy Plays Hookey (1946); Angel and the
Badman (1947); Ankles Away (1938); Appointment with Danger (1950); Arsène Lupin
(1932); Baby Brother (1927); Back Street (1932); Beauty for Sale (1933); Bedlam
in Paradise (1955); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Beware of Blondie (1950);
Billie Gets Her Man (1948); Born to Kill (1947); Born to Sing (1942); British
Agent (1934); Broadway Bill (1934); Call Her Savage (1932); Christopher Bean
(1933); Clancy Street Boys (1943); Confession (1937); Crash Goes the Hash
(1944); Daybreak (1931); Dragnet Patrol (1931); Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946);
Easy to Love (1934); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Flat Feat (1948); Forgotten
Faces (1928); G.I. Wanna Home (1946); Gallant Journey (1946); Get Along Little
Zombie (1946); Gilda (1946); Girl Without a Room (1933); Girls' Dormitory
(1936); Girls of the Big House (1945); Go Chase Yourself (1948); Groom and
Bored (1942); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Half-Wits Holiday (1947); Heavenly
Daze (1948); Hectic Honeymoon (1947); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hey
Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); High Blood Pleasure (1945); Hiss and Yell (1946); In
Early Arizona (1938); In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941); It's Tough to Be Famous
(1932); Jerks of All Trades (1949); Jiggers, My Wife (1946); Joan of Arc
(1948); La vida nocturna (1930); Leaping Love (1929); Loco Boy Makes Good
(1942); Lost in a Harem (1944); Madame Q (1929); Marihuana (1936); Meet Mr.
Mischief (1947); Micro-Phonies (1945); Monte Carlo (1930); Moron Than Off
(1946); Movie Night (1929); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Murder in Times Square
(1943); New News (1937); Ninotchka (1939); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Nursie
Behave (1950); Oh, Baby! (1944); Oh, Duchess! (1936); On Your Toes (1939); One
Dangerous Night (1942); One Night of Love (1934); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932);
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940); Pardon My Nightshirt (1956); Pardon My Scotch
(1935); Pest Man Wins (1951); Pirates of the High Seas (1950); Pitchin' in the
Kitchen (1943); Radio Romeo (1947); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Rio (1939);
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Rolling Down to Reno (1947); Scheming
Schemers (1956); Shanghai (1935); Show Girl (1928); Show People (1928); Skyway
(1933); Slappily Married (1946); Slightly French (1949); Small Talk (1929);
Some More of Samoa (1941); Souls in Pawn (1940); Spook Louder (1943); Stop!
Look! and Laugh! (1960); Strictly Unreliable (1932); Strife of the Party
(1944); Sunny Side Up (1929); Talk About a Lady (1946); Tarzan the Fearless
(1933); Tassels in the Air (1938); Termites of 1938 (1938); That Girl from
Paris (1936); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Black Cat (1934); The
Blitz Kiss (1941); The Buccaneers (1928); The Caretaker's Daughter (1925); The
Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); The Fatal Warning
(1929); The Golden Arrow (1936); The Good Bad Egg (1947); The Hoose-Gow (1929);
The House on 56th Street (1933); The Jolson Story (1946); The Kiss (1929); The
Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Man from Colorado (1948); The Man Who Played
God (1932); The Mating Call (1928); The Medicine Men (1929); The Mind Reader
(1933); The Murder in the Museum (1934); The Mysterious Lady (1928); The
Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946); The Public
Defender (1931); The Return of October (1948); The Scooper Dooper (1947); The
Sheepish Wolf (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); The Vagabond Lover (1929);
Three Little Pigskins (1936); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Two Nuts in a Rut
(1948); Two Roaming Champs (1950); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Unexpected
Riches (1942); Vagabond Loafers (1949); Waiting in the Lurch (1949); Washee
Ironee (1934); Waterloo Bridge (1931); Wedding Belle (1947); What a Bozo!
(1931); Wilson (1944); With Love and Hisses (1927); Woman of the Year (1942);
Women Are Like That (1938); You Dear Boy! (1943).
Born on this day – Virginia Christine:
Virginia Christine
Actress
March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996
Credits:
The Insiders
(1986); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(1979); Kojak (1976); Woman of the Year (1976); Ironside (1974); This Is the
Life (1956–1971); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); Nanny and the Professor
(1970); Daniel Boone (1968–1970); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Hail, Hero!
(1969); Lancer (1969); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); n Enemy Country (1968); The
Virginian (1963–1967); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Invaders
(1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Jericho (1966); A
Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Laredo
(1966); A Rage to Live (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Wagon Train (1961–1965);
Gunsmoke (1957–1965); Broadside (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Bonanza
(1963–1964); Hazel (1964); The Killers (1964); One Man's Way (1964); Ben Casey
(1963–1964); Mr. Novak (1964); The Prize (1963); 4 for Texas (1963); Perry
Mason (1961–1963); Cattle King (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); The
Untouchables (1960–1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); Stoney Burke (1962); Going
My Way (1962); Incident in an Alley (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962);
Target: The Corruptors! (1962); The New Breed (1962); Bronco (1962); Shotgun
Slade (1961); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); The Rifleman (1959–1961); The Dick
Powell Theatre (1961); Rawhide (1960–1961); Mister Ed (1961); The Asphalt
Jungle (1961); The Deputy (1961); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Maverick
(1961); Coronado 9 (1960–1961); Flaming Star (1960); Death Valley Days (1960);
Thriller (1960); Happy (1960); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1960); Riverboat
(1960); M Squad (1960); Pay the Piper (1959); Special Agent 7 (1959); The Man
from Blackhawk (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); General Electric Theater
(1956–1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1959); How to Marry a Millionaire (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); State
Trooper (1957–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); The Lawless Years (1959); Steve
Canyon (1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Target (1958); The Life and Legend of Wyatt
Earp (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); Trackdown (1957–1958); Buckskin
(1958); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Peter Gunn (1958); Behind Closed Doors
(1958); The Thin Man (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Mike Hammer (1958);
Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1956–1958); The Restless Gun (1958);
Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Casey Jones (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Careless
Years (1957); Johnny Tremain (1957); The Lone Ranger (1957); Hey, Jeannie!
(1957); Wire Service (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); King of the Block
(1956); Three Brave Men (1956); Cavalcade of America (1955–1956); The
Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sneak Preview
(1956); Passport to Danger (1956); Big Town (1950); Private Secretary (1956);
The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); Nightmare (1956); Father Knows Best
(1956); Front Row Center (1956); The Star and the Story (1956); Invasion of the
Body Snatchers (1956); The Killer Is Loose (1956); Crusader (1956); Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (1955); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Soldiers of Fortune
(1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); The Cobweb (1955); Public Defender (1955);
Stage 7 (1955); The Whistler (1954); Dragnet (1952–1954); Dragnet (1954);
Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Adventures of
Superman (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1953); Woman They Almost
Lynched (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Never Wave at a WAC
(1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); High Noon (1952); Personal Appearance
Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); The First Time (1952); Boston Blackie
(1951); Mark Saber (1951); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); The Men (1950); Special
Agent (1949); Cover Up (1949); Night Wind (1948); Women in the Night (1948);
The Gangster (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
(1946); The Killers (1946); The Inner Circle (1946); The Wife of Monte Cristo
(1946); House of Horrors (1946); Murder Is My Business (1946); Idea Girl
(1946); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); Girls of the Big House (1945); Phantom of
the Plains (1945); Counter-Attack (1945); The Mummy's Curse (1944); The Old
Texas Trail (1944); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Women at War (1943); Action
in the North Atlantic (1943); Edge of Darkness (1943); Truck Busters (1943).
Born on this day – Myrna Dell:
Myrna Dell
Actress
March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011
Credits:
Unsolved
Mysteries (1990); Buddy Buddy (1981); The One Man Jury (1978); Batman (1966);
Hazel (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1963); Pete and Gladys (1961); Ma Barker's
Killer Brood (1960); The Texan (1959); U.S. Marshal (1959); Maverick (1958);
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); State Trooper (1957); Schlitz Playhouse
(1953–1957); The Millionaire (1956); Dragnet (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater
(1956); The Naked Hills (1956); Crusader (1956); Jungle Jim (1956); Last of the
Desperados (1955); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); Night Freight (1955); The New
Adventures of China Smith (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954); China Smith
(1952–1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Gang Busters (1952); Here Come the
Marines (1952); The Bushwhackers (1951); Reno (1951); The Strip (1951); Secrets
of Beauty (1951); Never Trust a Gambler (1951); oe Palooka in the Squared
Circle (1950); The Furies (1950); Destination Murder (1950); Radar Secret
Service (1950); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Girl from Jones Beach
(1949); Lust for Gold (1949); Roughshod (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); Search
for Danger (1949); Rose of the Yukon (1949); Motion Picture Stars Attend
Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); The Uninvited Blonde (1948); Guns of
Hate (1948); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The
Locket (1946); The Falcon's Adventure (1946); Vacation in Reno (1946); Lady
Luck (1946); Nocturne (1946); Step by Step (1946); I'll Take Milk (1946); Twin
Husbands (1946); Ding Dong Williams (1946); The Falcon's Alibi (1946); Oh,
Professor Behave! (1946); Maid Trouble (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); Man
Alive (1945); Beware of Redheads (1945); It's Your Move (1945); Double
Honeymoon (1945); Radio Stars on Parade (1945); The Falcon in San Francisco
(1945); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Thirty
Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Show Business (1944); Arizona Whirlwind (1944); Up
in Arms (1944); Jive Junction (1943); Old Oklahoma (1943); Raiders of Red Gap
(1943); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940).
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