Born on this day – Gloria Jean:

Gloria Jean

Actress

Singer

April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018

Born on this day – Bradford Dillman:

Bradford Dillman

Actor

Writer

April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018

Born on this day – Arlene Martel:

 

Arlene Martel

Actress

April 14, 1936 – August 12, 2014

Credits:

Adventures of Nick Carter (1972); Angels from Hell (1968); Banacek (1973); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Ben Casey (1961); Berrenger's (1985); Bewitched (1971); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Brothers & Sisters (2010); Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963); Bus Stop (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Chatterbox! (1977); Cheyenne (1962); Columbo (1972–1974); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Death Valley Days (1960); Dracula's Dog (1977); Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982); FedCon XX: The SciFi Experience (2011); General Electric Theater (1960); Gunslinger (1961); Gunsmoke (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Here Come the Brides (1970); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1970); Hong Kong (1961); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Indict and Convict (1974); Intimate Diary of Artists' Models (1963); Iron Horse (1966); It Takes a Thief (1969); Knots Landing (1983); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1970–1973); Matter of Family (2012); McCloud (1971–1972); Mission: Impossible (1970); My Favorite Martian (1965); Nudes on Tiger Reef (1964); Nudes, Nudists, and Nudism Vol. 4 / Segment: Nudes on Tiger Reef (2000); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Petrocelli (1974); Playhouse 90 (1960); Profiles in Courage (1965); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Route 66 (1960–1961); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Beat That Her Heart Skipped (2013); The Day the Loving Stopped (1981); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Doris Day Show (1972); The Extra Mile (2013); The Final Day (2000); The Flying Nun (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Glass Cage (1964); The James Dean Story (1957); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Love Boat (1981); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Monkees (1966–1968); The New Breed (1962); The Outer Limits (1964); The Rebel (1960); The Restless Gun (1958); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Untouchables (1960–1961); The Wild Wild West (1967); The Young and the Restless (1973); This Man Dawson (1960); Unity (2015); What Do Women Want (1996); William Shatner's Get a Life! (2012).

Born on this day – Betty Anne Rees:

Betty Anne Rees

Actress

April 14, 1943 – June 3, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1970); Banning (1967); Barnaby Jones (1976–1977); Bearcats! (1971); Deathmaster (1972); Lou Grant (1977); Mannix (1971); Medical Center (1970); Mod Squad (1971); Movin' On (1974); My Three Sons (1971–1972); Police Story (1977); Police Woman (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); Shane (1966); Sugar Hill (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The F.B.I. (1970–1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Magician (1974); The Photographer (1974); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1977); The Unholy Rollers (1972); This Is the Life (1977); To Rome with Love (1971).

Born on this day – Lynda Obst:

 

Lynda Obst

Producer

Writer

April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Dirty Dreams: A Novel (1990); Hello, He Lied (1996); Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (2013); The Sixties (1978).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Single Man (2009); Abandon (2002); Above Suspicion (2019); Adventures in Babysitting (1987 / 1989); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Bad Girls (1994); Charlie Rose (1996); Contact (1997); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Everything Is Copy (2015); Finding the 'Wonder Woman' Within (2017); Flashdance (1983); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016); GPS Fareed Zakaria (2018); Heartbreak Hotel (1988); Helix (2014–2015); Helix: Fabricating the Plague (2014); Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002); Hope Floats (1998); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); I Love Your Work (2003); Inside 'Interstellar' (2015); nterstellar (2014); Naked Hollywood (1991); One Fine Day (1996); Pie in the Sky (1995); Red Carpet Report (2019); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Releasing the 'Flashdance' Phenomenon (2007); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Someone Like You (2001); The 40th Annual Women in Film Crystal and Lucy Awards (2016); The '60s (1999); The Cycle (2013); The Fisher King (1991); The History of 'Flashdance' (2007); The Hot Zone (2019–2021); The Independents (2014); The Invention of Lying (2009); The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024); The Making of 'the Siege' (2000); The Media Show (1988); The Siege (1998); The Soul Man (2012–2014); This Is My Life (1992); Very Scary People (2020).

On this day in movie history - Hollywood Confidential (1997)

Hollywood Confidential

directed by Reynaldo Villalobos,

written by Anthony Yerkovich,

was released in the United States on April 14, 1997.

Music by Marc Bonilla.

Cast:

Edward James Olmos, Rick Aiello, Angela Alvarado, Christine Harnos, A. Day Henden, Richard T. Jones, Brendan Kelly, Charlize Theron, Thomas Jane, Evelina Fernández, Valarie Rae Miller, Marissa Ribisi, J. Downing, Sarah Lassez, Brent Huff, Kristen Dalton, Amanda Pays, William James Jones, Patrick Dollaghan, Billy Marti, Thomas Patti, Anthony Hickox, Ivana Milicevic, Kaylan Romero, Brendon Chad, Rene Mujica, Warren Reno, Madison Clark, Billy Kane, Paul Goodman, Robyn Lees, Anthony Yerkovich.

On this day in movie and book history - American Psycho (2000)

American Psycho

directed by Mary Harron,

written by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner,

based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis,

was released in the United States on April 14, 2000.

Music by John Cale.

Picture shown in Patrick Bateman’s apartment is part of the Men in the Cities

series by Robert Longo.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, Reg E. Cathey, Blair Williams, Marie Dame, Kelley Harron, Patricia Gage, Krista Sutton, Landy Cannon, Park Bench, Catherine Black, Margaret Ma, Peter Tufford Kennedy, Mark Pawson, Jessica Lau, Lilette Wiens, Glen Marc Silot, Charlotte Hunter, Kiki Buttignol, Joyce R. Korbin, Reuben Thompson, Bryan Renfro, Ross Gibby, Christina McKay, Alan McCullough, Anthony Lemke, Connie Chen, Brett Alexander, Peter Loung, Joseph Oliveira, Leanne Poirier, Somaya Reece, Kate Steen.

Recommended reading:

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis.
Filmed as American Psycho (2000), directed by Mary Harron.
 
Published by Picador.
First published 1991.
Paperback.

ISBN 13: 9780330319928
ISBN 10: 0330319922
ASIN: 0330319922

Description:

Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to head-on collision with America's greatest dream – and its worst nightmare – American Psycho is bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.

Cover Illustration by Marshall Arisman.