Born on this day – Jim Henson:

 

Jim Henson

Actor

Writer

Producer

September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990

Credits:

20 to 1 (2006–2010); 5, rue Sésame (2005); 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003); 60 Minutes / Segment: Backstage at The Muppets (1979); A Company of Players (2008); A Current Affair (2011); A Muppet Family Christmas (1987); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A Year in Music (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Akasta: The Salvation of Thra (2016); Alexander the Grape (1965); Alive from Off Center (1987); All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Apple: Here's to the Crazy Ones (1997); Arias with a Twist (2010); Atop the Fourth Wall (2015); Basil Hears a Noise (1990); Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011); Big Bird in China (1983); Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (1988); Big Bird's Story Time (1987); Biography (2001); Bird of Steel! (2024); Blue Peter (1986); Cat and Mouse (1962); CBS Mornings (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (1993); Childhood Thoughts (2016 / 2019); Childrens Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985); Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Coffee Break Machine (1967); Conan (2014); Construction Site (1999); Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2022); Dante's Mystery Mix Vol. 1 (2012); De película (1983–1986); Defunctland (2018); DefunctTV (2019); Demnächst auf VHS (2024); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Die Robot (2022); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinosaurs (1991–1994); Dolly (1987); Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983); Double Toasted (2021); Down at Fraggle Rock... Behind the Scenes (1987); Drums West (1961); El kiosco (1984–1987); Elmo's World (2000); Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (2000); Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007); Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2009); Evening at Pops (1971); exclusive (1985); Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2005); Flip (1971); Follow That Bird (1985); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook (1985); Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2024); Free to Be... a Family (1988); From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival (1989); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1994); Great Performances: Dance in America (1985); Gumby II: Dead by Dawn (2021); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978 / 1983); Henson's Place (1984); Here Come the Puppets! (1981); Hey Cinderella! (1969); Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood in Vienna (2014); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love Muppets (2002); Idea Man (1966); In Their Own Words (2015); Inner Tube (1987); Inside the Labyrinth (1986); Into the Night (1985); It's Not Easy Being Green (1994); It's the Muppets! Meet the Muppets! (1993); It's the Muppets! More Muppets, Please! (1993); Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003); Jim Henson Presents the World of International Puppeteering (1988–1989); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015); Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (1986); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); Journey Through the Labyrinth (2007); Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978); Julie Andrews: One to One (1975); Julie on Sesame Street (1973); Julie: My Favorite Things (1975); Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007); Labyrinth (1986); Labyrinth: Remembering the Goblin King (2016); Labyrinth: Reordering Time - Looking Back on Labyrinth (2016); Le tour du monde des marionnettes (1969); League of Superheroes (2015); Learning to Add and Subtract (1987); Let's Learn to Play Together (1988); Life with Jeannie (2013); Lighthouse island (1989); Little Mermaid's Island (1990–1991); Little Muppet Monsters (1985); Look Jazz, See Jazz (1963); Lutheran Satire (2012); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1987); Magic on Sesame Street (1988); Marionnettes de tous les pays: Festival international de Charleville-Mézières (1972); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mickey's 50 (1978); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989); Muppet Babies (1984–2018); Muppet Babies Video Storybook Vol. 1 (1987); Muppet Breakaway (1987); Muppet Breaker Upper (1979); Muppet Breakthrough (1983); Muppet Coffee Break (1987); Muppet Gimme a Break (1979); Muppet Guys Talking (2017); Muppet Lift Off (1985); Muppet Madness (1988); Muppet Monster Adventure (2000); Muppet Perk-Up (1985); Muppet Picker Upper (1975); Muppet Race Mania (2000); Muppet Side Splitter (1981); Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988); Muppet Video: Country Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Muppet Video: Rock Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985); Muppet*vision 3-D (1991); MuppeTelevision (1987–1992); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021); Muppets Magic from 'the Ed Sullivan Show' (2003); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Muppets No-Nonsense Show (1975); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muppets TV (2006); Muppets: Time Travel (1999); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–2022); Na sowas! (1986); Natural Born Stanley (1997); NBC Experiment in Television (1968–1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Neat Stuff: To Know & to Do (1988); NECN Morning (2018); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2020–2022); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); OK Go & The Muppets: Muppet Show Theme Song (2011); Our Place (1967); Out to Lunch (1974); Parkinson (1979); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1977); Pioneers of Television (2011); Play with Me Sesame (2002–2007); Pre-Hysterical Times: The Making of Dinosaurs (2006); Prop Culture (2020); Pure Goldie (1971); Reading Rainbow (1985); Reflections of 'the Dark Crystal' (2007); Ripples (1967); Robot (1963); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rumple Wrinkle Shrinkel Stretchelstiltzkin (1965); Run, Run (1965); Sam and Friends (1955–1961); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2009); Saturday Night Live / Segments: The Land of Gorch; Dregs and Vestiges (1975–1976); Sesame English (1999); Sesame Songs: Dance Along! (1990); Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (1993); Sesame Street (1969–2005); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993); Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969); Sesame Street Unpaved (1999); Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997); Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 (1989); Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019); Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004); Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection (2019); Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002); Sesame Street: C is for Cookie Monster (2010); Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995); Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996); Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997); Sesame Street: Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998); Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991); Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997); Sesame Street: Getting Ready for School (1987); Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (1986); Sesame Street: Grover's Travels (1998); Sesame Street: I'm Glad I'm Me (1986); Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996); Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (2001); Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986); Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986); Sesame Street: Monster Hits! / Segment director: C is for Cookie (1990); Sesame Street: Numbers (1991); Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (2007); Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (2012); Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party (1988); Sesame Street: Play-Along Games and Songs (1986); Sesame Street: Preschool is Cool, ABCs with Elmo (2010); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997); Sesame Street: Rock & Roll (1990); Sesame Street: Silly Storytime (2011); Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! / Segment: One Banana (1990); Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991); Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories / Segment: The King's Problem (1986); Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994); Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2011); Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (1998); Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019); Sesamstraße (1973); Shalom Sesame (1987–1991); Shearing (1962); Shrinkel and Stretchel (1965); Shrinkenstein (1967); SIE - er – ES (1971); Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990); Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Stu's Show (2022); Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971); Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972); Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991); Telescope (1971); Television's Christmas Classics (1994); Temps X (1987); That's Life (1968); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual Cable ACE Awards (1987); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Beat with Ari Melber (2021); The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988); The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998); The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977); The Christmas Toy (1986); The Crystal Calls - Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal: The Magic, Myth, and the Henson Legacy (2018); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (2020); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Earth Day Special / Segment: Kermit the Frog (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966–1971); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989); The Golden Handshake (2022); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1966); The Julie Andrews Hour (1973); The Land of Tinkerdee (1964); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Magical World of Disney (1978 / 1990); The Making of 'the Muppets Take Manhattan' (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982); The Morning Show (2017); The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (1996); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Show (1976–1981); The Muppet Show Pitch Reel (1976); The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975); The Muppets (2011); The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981); The Muppets Mayhem (2023); The Muppets on Puppets (1970); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The Muppets Valentine Show (1974); The Muppets. (2015–2016); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Muppets: I'm Gonna Always Love You (1984); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Paperwork Explosion (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Power of the Dark CrystalThe Puppet Monster Massacre (2010); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Saturday Show (1984); The Sesame Street Experiment (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Storyteller (1987–1988); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1979); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Witches (1990); The Wizard of Id (1969); The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983); Three Men and a Little Lady (1990); Time Piece (1965); Vesper (2022); Wedden, dat..? (1986); Wheels That Go (1967); Wide Awake Club (1988); Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2 (1965); Wogan (1985); World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (1977); World of Robin Hood (2006); Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (1988).

On this day in movie and book history - The Name of the Rose:

The Name of the Rose

directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud,

written by Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin and Alain Godard,

based on the novel by Umberto Eco,

was released in the United States on September 24, 1986.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Dwight Weist, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Habeck, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donal O'Brian, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Urs Althaus, Lars Bodin-Jorgensen, Kim Rossi Stuart.

Recommended reading:

The Name of the Rose

 by Umberto Eco.
 
Published by Harper.
First published 1980.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0063279630
ISBN-13: 978-0063279636
 
Description:
 

Italy, 1347. While Brother William of Baskerville is investigating accusations of heresy at a wealthy abbey, his inquiries are disrupted by a series of bizarre deaths. Turning his practiced detective skills to finding the killer, he relies on logic (Aristotle), theology (Thomas Aquinas), empirical insights (Roger Bacon), and his own wry humor and ferocious curiosity. With the aid of his young apprentice, William scours the abbey, from its stables to the labyrinthine library, piecing together evidence, and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night."

 

First published in 1980, The Name of the Rose became an international sensation, beguiling readers around the world with its mix of history, humor, and intellectual heft. This beautifully designed modern edition, illustrated with exclusive original drawings created by Umberto Eco, will enchant a new generation of readers and entice old fans to fall under its spell once again.

 

Now available in a deluxe fortieth-anniversary paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey.

 

“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.” – New York Times.
 
“Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it. Who can that miss out?” – Sunday Times (London).

On this day in movie history - Michael Clayton (2007)

Michael Clayton

directed and written by Tony Gilroy,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2007.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, Wai Chan, Alberto Vazquez, Brian Koppelman, Tom McCarthy, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Richard Hecht, Bill Raymond, Jonathan Walker, Sharon Washington, Cynthia Mace, Michael Countryman, Ken Howard, Amy Hargreaves, Susan Pellegrino, Rachel Black, Matthew Detmer, John Douglas Thompson, Merritt Wever, Brian Poteat, Christopher Mann, Edward Furs, Katherine Waterston, John Gerard Franklin, Remy Auberjonois, Pun Bandhu, Jason Strong, Robert Prescott, Paul Oquist, Terry Serpico, Heidi Armbruster, Pamela Gray, Andrew Hunter Sherman, Kevin Hagan, Julia Gibson, Sean Cullen, Susan Egbert, David Lansbury, David Zayas, Douglas McGrath, Gregory Dann, Cathy Diane, Sam Gilroy, Maggie Siff, Sarah Nichols, Susan McBrien, Jordan Lage, Neal Huff, Paul Juhn, Patrick Askin, Angelo Bonsignore, Kevin Cannon, Pat Chambers, Clem Cheung, Tony Gilroy, Emelie Jeffries, Richard Kelly, Owen Lund, Josh Mowery, Kimmy Suzuki, Robert Torres, Steven Weisz, Kenneth G. Yong.

On this day in movie history - 2:22 (2008)

2:22

directed by Phillip Guzman,

written by Mick Rossi, Phillip Guzman and Eric Saavedra,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2008.

Music by Danny Saber.

Cast:

Mick Rossi, Robert Miano, Aaron Gallagher, Jorge A. Jimenez, Peter Dobson, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirby, Sile Bermingham, Sean Power, Luis Caldeira, Brian Foyster, Eric Shani, Tom Knight, Laura McLean, Cheryl Meyer, Sandy Duarte, Maja Mandzuka, Manny Barbosa, Vicki Rivard, Dan Fox, Steve Boyer, Andrew Robichaud, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Christian Bako, Beverley Ellis, Kelly Ames, Donald Mitchell, Domenic Bitondo, Mathew Bitondo, James LaMarr, Angela Froese, Darrel Gamotin, Louis Rossetti, Zach Humphreys, R Austin Ball, Roberto Caprara, Mike Guzzo, Philip Roy, Phillip Guzman, Katelyn Vanier, Mike Woodbridge, Alex J. Campbell, Richard Hasan, Matthew Campbell, David M. Frost, Billy Barbosa, Frank Consiglio, Vincent Tedesco, Diego Caprara, Anna Caprara, Rolando Marcello, Katie Spencer, Serena Karson, Andrew Risi, Loraine Guzzo, Michelle Guzzo, Manuel Brito, Salvatore Cangialosi, Seymour Abramovitz, Tommy Massis, Nikola Caloger, Natali Jones, Justin Kelly, Matt Greyson, Gene Burns, Gabriel Byrne.

On this day in movie history - The Guilty (2021)

The Guilty

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by Nic Pizzolatto,

was released in the United States on September 24, 2021.

Based on The Guilty (2018), directed by Gustav Möller.

Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal, Eli Goree, Ethan Hawke, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Christiana Montoya, David Castañeda, Adrian Martinez, Oscar Balderrama, Becky Wu, Bret Eric Porter, Maurice Webster, Beau Knapp, Edi Patterson, Paul Dano, Gillian Zinser, Terence J. Rotolo, Bill Burr, Dillon Lane, Marlene Forte, Jaime FitzSimons, Aileen Burdock, Jonathan Hunt, Brad Abrell, Yeni Alvarez, Rajia Baroudi, Joe Cappelletti, Keena Ferguson, Jackson Gutierrez, Amad Jackson, Terence Mathews, Nan McNamara, Gustavo Rex, Deena Rubinson, Elia Saldana, Lloyd Sherr, Stephen Stanton, Kirk Thornton, Debra Wilson, Serah Henesey.

On this day in movie history - Marlowe (2022) and Black-Eyed Blonde (2014)

 

Marlowe

directed by Neil Jordan,

written by William Monahan,

based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville,

was released at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain on September 24, 2022.

Music by Marcelo Zarvos.

Cast:

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Colm Meaney, Daniela Melchior, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Seána Kerslake, François Arnaud, Ian Hart, Anton Antoniadis, Julius Cotter, Darrell D’Silva, Kim DeLonghi, Billy Jeffries, David Lifschitz, J.M. Maciá, Patrick Muldoon, Mitchell Mullen, Rosa Rovira, Mark Schardan, Gary Anthony Stennette, Stella Stocker, Michael Strelow.

Recommended reading:

The Black Eyed Blonde

by Benjamin Black.
 
Filmed as Marlowe (2022), directed by Neil Jordan.
 
Published by Picador.
First published 2014.
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 144723670X
ISBN-13: 978-1447236702
 
Description:
 
A Philip Marlowe novel.
 
Raymond Chandler’s incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career.
 

“It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk had the look of something that knows it’s being watched. Traffic trickled by in the street below, and there were a few pedestrians, too, men in hats going nowhere.”

 

So begins The Black-Eyed Blonde, a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe – yes, that Philip Marlowe. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe sets off on his search, but almost immediately discovers that Peterson’s disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City’s richest families and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.

 

Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe novel that has all the panache and charm of the originals while delivering a story that is as sharp and fresh as today’s best crime fiction.

 
Praise for The Black-Eyed Blonde:
 

“Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling, because this is a beautifully rendered hard-boiled novel that echoes Chandler’s melancholy at perfect pitch. The story is great, but what amazed me is how John Banville caught the cumulative effect Chandler’s prose had on readers. It’s hard to quatify, but it’s also what separated the Marlowe novels from the general run of noir (which included some damn fine novelists, like David Goodis and Jim Thompson). The sadness runs deep. I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room. Kind of like Terry Lennox, hiding behind those drapes.” – Stephen King.

 

“Banville channeling Chandler is irresistible – a double whammy of a mystery. Hard to think anyone could add to Chandler with profitable results. But Banville most definitely gets it done.” – Richard Ford.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Parents.

Released September 24, 1959.

Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

Written by Douglas Taylor.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

 
Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Shirley Knight, Frank Dana, John Hoyt, Vic Perrin, Steve Gravers, Frank London, Lisa Davis / Lisa Davis Waltz, Nora Evans, Milt Holland, Ronny / Ronnie Lang.