Sunday, September 6, 2026

Born on this day – Otto Kruger:

 


Otto Kruger


Actor

September 6, 1885 – September 6, 1974

Credits:

711 Ocean Drive (1950); A Dispatch from Reuters (1940); A Mother's Confession (1915); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Allotment Wives (1945); Another Thin Man (1939); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1954); Around the Clock with a Sailor (1918); Around the Clock with the Marines (1918); Beauty for Sale (1933); Black Widow (1954); Bonanza (1963); Cash McCall (1960); Center Stage (1954); Chained (1934); Checkmate (1962); Climax! (1956–1957); Corregidor (1943); Counsel for Crime (1937); Cover Girl (1944); Della (1965); Disbarred (1939); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Dr. Kildare (1962); Dracula's Daughter (1936); Duel in the Sun (1946); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Escape in the Fog (1945); Ever in My Heart (1933); Exposed (1938); False Rapture (1939); Friendly Enemies (1942); Frontier Circus (1961); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); Glamorous Night (1937); Grand Jury (1959); High Noon (1952); Hitler's Children (1943); Housemaster (1938); I Am the Law (1938); Knickerbocker Holiday (1944); Ladies Not Allowed (1932); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lights Out (1951); Living Dangerously (1936); Love and Learn (1947); Lulu Belle (1948); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Marionettes (1925); Medallion Theatre (1954); Men in White (1934); Mercy Island (1941); Mr. Intruder (1930); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Night Plane from Chungking (1943); On Stage Everybody (1945); Paris Interlude (1934); Payment on Demand (1951); Perry Mason (1961–1964); Power of the Press (1943); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951–1952); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Saboteur (1942); Sam Benedict (1962); Scandal Sheet (1939); Schlagerparade (1953); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942); Seventeen (1940); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Smart Woman (1948); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Springtime for Henry (1934); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Studio One (1954); Suspense (1949); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939); The Barrier (1937); The Big Boss (1941); The Chicago Kid (1945); The Colossus of New York (1958); The Crime Doctor (1934); The Desert Song (1955); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Fabulous Suzanne (1946); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Great John L. (1945); The Hidden Menace (1938); The Home Girl (1928); The Investigators (1961); The Jungle Captive (1945); The Last Command (1955); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man I Married (1940); The Men in Her Life (1941); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); The Rebel (1959); The Runaway Wife (1915); The Women in His Life (1933); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); The Young Philadelphians (1959); The Zero Hour (1939); They Live in Fear (1944); They Won't Forget (1937); Thriller (1962); Treasure Island (1934); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Two Sinners (1935); Under the Red Robe (1923); Valentino (1951); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); When the Call Came (1915); Woman Who Came Back (1945); Wonder Man (1945).

Born on this day – Max Schreck:


Max Schreck


Actor

September 6, 1879 – February 20, 1936

Most famous for playing the vampire Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922).

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); A Woman Like You (1933); ABC News Breakfast (2024); Am Narrenseil, 2. Teil - Rätsel der Kriminalistik (1921); Am Rande der Welt (1927); Barron Arts Center Lecture: Vampires (2023); Biography (2004); Boo! (1932); Boykott (1930); Caligari - Wie der Horror ins Kino kam (2014); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2021); Compression (2024); Dämonische Leinwand - Der deutsche Film der zwanziger Jahre (1998); Das Land des Lächelns (1930); Das verliebte Hotel (1933); Death of the Rat (2024); Der alte Fritz - 1. Friede (1928); Der alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang (1928); Der Kampf der Tertia (1929); Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1923); Der Richter von Zalamea (1920); Der Roman der Christine von Herre (1921); Der rosa Diamant (1926); Der Sohn der Hagar (1927); Der Tunnel (1933); Der zeugende Tod (1921); Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz (1936); Die zwölfte Stunde (1930); Doña Juana (1928); Donogoo Tonka (1936); Dracula in the Movies (1992); Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Dracula: Fact or Fiction? (1992); Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode (2011); Dudu, ein Menschenschicksal (1924); Ein Kuß in der Sommernacht (1933); Ein Mann mit Herz (1932); Empire of the Censors (1995); Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Finances of the Grand Duke (1924); Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933); From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014); Gefühlswelten (2014); Geheimnisse der Weimarer Republik (2016); German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011); Haunted Housesitting (2025); Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); How to Survive a Vampire Attack (2009); Howard Goodall's Story of Music (2013); Knockout - Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935); Krieg im Frieden (1925); La duodécima hora (2007); La galerie France 5 (2018); Les Chroniques du Mea (2016); Local Nomad: Young Vampires (2020); Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930); Luther (1928); Meat the Carvers (2024); Moderne Piraten (1928); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Muß man sich gleich scheiden lassen (1933); Nacht der Versuchung (1932); Nathan der Weise (1922); Nightfall (2010); Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror (1996); Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir (2022); Nosferatu (1922); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nosferatu: The First Vampire (1998); Peer Gynt (1934); Peter Voss Who Stole Millions (1932); Prince Seppl (1932); Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 / Segment: Under Pressure (2003); Rasputins Liebesabenteuer (1928); Real vampires, exposed! (1998); Roman einer Nacht (1933); Rotten (2018); Sam and Colby Present: Hell Week (2021); Scampolo (1928); Serenissimus und die letzte Jungfrau (1928); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Spongebob in Real-Life (2019); SpongeBob SquarePants (2002–2022); Sprockets (1995); Teenagers' Republic (1928); Texas Freds Brautfahrt (1920); That really old vampire movie (2014); The Bartered Bride (1932); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (1999); The Horror of It All (1983); The Mandela Catalogue (2023); The Many Faces of Dracula (2000); The Mark of Dracula (2000); The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop (1923); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); The Steel Animal (1935); The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1927); The Street (1923); The Tomb of Nosferatu (2023); The Vampire (1945); Universal Horror (1998); Vampyr (1932); Volga Volga (1928); WatchMojo (2012); Welcome to the Basement (2014).


Recommended reading - Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 (2010).

 

Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

by Michael F. Keaney.

Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.
Published in 2010.
 
ISBN-10: 078646366X
ISBN-13: 978-0786463664
 
Description:
 
More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book – such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.

Zelda Popkin, on writing:

 
Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer.
Another is keeping regular working hours.
- Zelda Popkin.


Just one more chapter ...


I'm not addicted to reading.
I can quit as soon as I finish one more chapter.

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2:

 

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2


This is the second in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

Music credit:

Ambiance#5 by Lilo Sound.


#art #artwork #poster #painting #acrylic #abstract #FluidPainting #KathleenJaneKost #Showreel #video #MP4

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1:


Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1


This is the first in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.
 
Themes:

art, artwork, poster, painting, acrylic, abstract, fluid painting, Kathleen Jane Kost, showreel, video, MP4
 
Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera
 
Music credit:

Ambiance#5
by Lilo Sound.