And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.

Casey At The Bat: https://t.co/W4Xy2K2tnK

✒️ American poet, was 14 August 1863.

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🎨 French painter and lithographer, was 14 August 1758.

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Remembering Alfred Hitchcock ~ Spellbound (1945)

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The commission for a new Cathedral in Coventry to replace the one destroyed by the Luftwaffe, made the reputation of architect Basil Spence He helped secure some of the best craftsmen and artists of the time, including Graham Sutherland and John Piper.

Perspective sketch

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📰 English printer and translator, first to print in the English language, was 13 August 1422 (date disputed).

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Billie Burke on Hollywood: “To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”

Best known as Glenda, Billie Burke was BOTD in 1884 in Washington D.C.

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🎨 German painter and graphic artist, was 7 August 1867.

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🎨 American painter and etcher, was 2 August 1871.

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HBD to my all-time favorite fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent 🥳 It seems off to think it wasn’t until Yves in the 1070s that ready to wear became a real thing.

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“What a long strange trip it's been.”

🎤 American rock and bluegrass guitarist, singer-songwriter (#GratefulDead), and painter, was 1 August 1942.

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🫣Mario Bava’s KILL BABY KILL (1966) on what would’ve been his birthday! An atmospheric masterclass in lighting, dissolves, & zooms; this Gothic Golden Age finale had a budget of less than 50K & was the only film funded by F.U.L. Film/Catenacci, who plays Karl!

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🎨 American artist and naturalist, was 31 July 1860.

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BOTD (Beomgyu of the day)

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“Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.”

🎨 French sculptor and painter (Nude Descending a Staircase), was 28 July 1887.

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Born on this day in 1936, John Farris.

Here's the 1992 Grafton paperback of The Fury with cover art by Steve Crisp.

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