@intcrimeficassoc.bsky.social🎉Happy Birthday to #ColinDexter, #bornonthisday in 1930! He created the iconic Inspector Morse, blending puzzles, classical music & Oxford mysteries. His 13 novels inspired the TV series and spin-offs 'Lewis' and 'Endeavour'. He's a CWA Diamond Dagger winner. #CrimeFiction
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialElmer Rice, Playwright, #BornOnThisDay in 1892, in New York City
🎶 The night for me is not romantic
Unhook the stars and take them down
I’m lonely in this lonely house, in this lonely town 🎶
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialGeorge Gershwin, Composer, Pianist, #BornOnThisDay in 1898, in Brooklyn, New York
‘My Man’s Gone Now’: youtu.be/L9Gc2QnbQTY?...
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialWilliam Faulkner, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi
“Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.” (‘Light in August’)
📸 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1947)
@jacquiwine.bsky.socialFrom the archive for Madeleine Bourdouxhe, #BornOnThisDay in 1906, thoughts on LA FEMME DE GILLES (tr. Faith Evans), a striking novella of love, desire and duplicity.
If you're a fan of Jean Rhys, you'll appreciate this book! #BookSky #TranslationThurs 💙📚
@mk2-films.bsky.socialEmotion first: a tribute to French director Robert Bresson, born on this day in 1901.
@intcrimeficassoc.bsky.social🎉Happy Birthday to #MajSjöwall, #bornonthisday in 1935! She pioneered Scandinavian crime fiction with Per Wahlöö. Together, they created the ten Martin Beck novels (1965–75), blending realistic police work with sharp social criticism and laying the foundations for Nordic noir. #CrimeFiction
@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.”
― Jim Henson
#JimHenson #BornOnThisDay
@sagaftra.org#BornOnThisDay in 1897, the late Walter Pidgeon was a major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood and served as the tenth President of SAG. He received SAG’s Life Achievement Award in 1975 for his distinguished career that spanned the screen and stage.
@mk2-films.bsky.socialRaising a glass to Romy Schneider, born on this day in 1938. 🎬
𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪-𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘻𝘰𝘵’𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰 by Ruxandréa Médréa, Serge Bromberg, 2009
2010 César Award for Best Documentary Film
#LEnferDHenriGeorgesClouzot #HenriGeorgesClouzotsInferno #RomySchneider #BornOnThisDay #HenriGeorgesClouzot
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialErich von Stroheim, Actor, Director, Producer, #BornOnThisDay in 1885, in Vienna
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialCesare Zavattini, Screenwriter, #BornOnThisDay in 1902, in Luzzara, Italy
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialSophia Loren, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1934 in Rome
@jacquiwine.bsky.socialFrom the archive for Javier Marias, #BornOnThisDay in 1951, my thoughts on A HEART SO WHITE (tr Margaret Jull Costa).
A beautiful, beguiling novel of love, death, secrets & translation, a great place to start if you've yet to read him. #BOTD #BookSky 💙📚
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialWilliam Dyce, Painter, #BornOnThisDay in 1806, in Aberdeen
‘Portrait of a Lady’ (1832), Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
@jacquiwine.bsky.socialFrom the archive for Penelope Mortimer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, my thoughts on THE PUMPKIN EATER.
A superb novel about a married woman's descent into an inescapable abyss. Raw, unflinching and razor-sharp, it's one of the best books I've read this year. 💙📚
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialJack Cardiff, Cinematographer, Director, Photographer, #BornOnThisDay in 1914, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialRossano Brazzi, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1916, in Bologna, Italy
@tomasjmurray.bsky.socialFay Compton, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Fulham, London
@joeedelman.bsky.socialAmerican photographer Lindsay Adler was born in upstate New York on this date (9/17) in 1985.
➡️ Learn more about her and view her work at: www.joeedelman.com/lindsay-adler
