3 August

Born in 1906 — Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian film production designer.

Above: Still from Billy Wilder’s 1960 film, The Apartment. The set for the office was designed by Trauner using forced perspective, with smaller desks and people placed toward the back of the room to make them appear farther away.

Also, born in 1920, English author P. D. James.

The intention of any novelist must surely be to make that straight avenue to the human heart.