On this day in music history: Vessel of Light, by Helen Jane Long (2020):

The album Vessel of Light,

by Helen Jane Long,

was released on February 19, 2020.

On this day in movie history - Shutter Island (2010):

Shutter Island

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Laeta Kalogridis,

based on the novel by Dennis Lehane,

was released in the United States on February 19, 2010.

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carroll Lynch, Ted Levine, Elias Koteas, Ruby Jerins, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham.

On this day in movie history - Cold Turkey (1971):

Cold Turkey

directed by Norman Lear,

written by Norman Lear and William Price Fox,

based on the novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau,

was released in the United States on February 19, 1971.
Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton, Barbara Cason, Judith Lowry, Sudie Bond, Helen Page Camp, Paul Benedict, Simon Scott, Raymond Kark, Peggy Rea, Woodrow Parfrey, George Mann, Charles Pinney, M. Emmet Walsh, Gloria LeRoy, Eric Boles, Jack Grimes, Walter Sande, Harvey Jason.

Born on this day – Carlin Glynn:

Carlin Glynn

Actress

Singer

February 19, 1940 – July 13, 2023

Credits:

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Whiskey School (2005); The Exonerated (2005); Lost Junction (2003); West of Here (2002); Judy Berlin (1999); Red Sky at Night (1996); Strange Luck (1996); Blessing (1994); Day-O (1992); Convicts (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); Blood Red (1989); Night Game (1989); Coyote Mountain (1989); Mr. President (1987); Gardens of Stone (1987); The Trip to Bountiful (1985); Sixteen Candles (1984); Johnny Garage (1983); Chicken Ranch (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Continental Divide (1981); Resurrection (1980); Three Days of the Condor (1975).

On this day in music history - Celtic Fairy Lullaby, by 2002 (2016):

The album Celtic Fairy Lullaby,

by 2002,

was released on February 19, 2016.

On this day in music history - On Water, by Amy Lauren (2013):

The album On Water,

by Amy Lauren,

was released on February 19, 2013.

Born on this day – John Frankenheimer:

John Frankenheimer

Director

February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:

Lee Marvin

Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:

The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

Born on this day – Ann Savage:

Ann Savage

Actress

February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

My Winnipeg (2007); Saved by the Bell (1991); Fire with Fire (1986); Gang Busters (1955); City Detective (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); Death Valley Days (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Pier 23 (1951); Pygmy Island (1950); On the Right Side (1949); The Daring Caballero (1949); Jungle Flight (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Spider (1945); Detour (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Scared Stiff (1945); Manhattan (1944); The Unwritten Code (1944); Ever Since Venus (1944); The Last Horseman (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Footlight Glamour (1943); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Passport to Suez (1943); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); The More the Merrier (1943); Saddles and Sagebrush (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); Boston Blackie (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942).

Born on this day – Frank Tashlin:

Frank Tashlin

Animator

Cartoonist

Writer

Illustrator

Director

February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972

Credits:

5 Against the House (1955); A Battle for a Bottle (1942); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Hollywood Detour (1942); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Artists and Models (1955); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Bachelor Flat (1961); Beginner's Luck (1935); Behind the Meat-Ball (1945); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham (2003); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Booby Hatched (1944); Brave Little Tailor (1938); Brother Brat (1944); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Caprice (1967); Cartoon Alley (2005); Censored (1944); Choo Choo Amigo (1946); Cinderella (1950); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinderfella (1960); Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942); Cracked Ice (1938); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey and Minnie (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Dog Meets Dog (1942); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944); Donald's Vacation (1940); Double Rhythm (1946); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); General Electric Theater (1954–1957); Gigot (1962); Good Will to Men (1955); Hare Remover (1946); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook & Ladder Hokum (1933); I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Only Money (1962); Kill the Umpire (1950); Ladies' Man (1947); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Little Beau Porky (1936); Little Pancho Vanilla (1938); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love Happy (1949); Malice in Slumberland (1942); Marry Me Again (1953); Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938); Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940); Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940); My Favorite Spy (1951); Nasty Quacks (1945); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Now That Summer Is Gone (1938); Of Thee I Sting (1946); Old Blackout Joe (1942); One Chance (1966); One Touch of Venus (1948); Peace on Earth (1939); Pepito's Serenade (1946); Pinocchio (1940); Plane Daffy (1944); Pluto's Dream House (1940); Porky at the Crocadero (1938); Porky in the North Woods (1936); Porky Pig's Feat (1943); Porky the Fireman (1938); Porky's Building (1937); Porky's Double Trouble (1937); Porky's Poultry Plant (1936); Porky's Railroad (1937); Porky's Road Race (1937); Porky's Romance (1937); Porky's Spring Planting (1938); Puss n' Booty (1943); Red Garters (1954); Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Say One for Me (1959); Scrap Happy Daffy (1943); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Something's Got to Give (1962); Son of Paleface (1952); Song of Victory (1942); Speaking of the Weather (1937); Susan Slept Here (1954); Swooner Crooner (1944); Tale of Two Mice (1945); Target Snafu (1944); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Alphabet Murders (1965); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996); The Bulldog and the Baby (1942); The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937); The Chow Hound (1944); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Drew Bromley Show (2019); The Dumbconscious Mind (1942); The First Time (1952); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Fox and the Grapes (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Goldbrick (1943); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Cheese Mystery (1941); The Great Gildersleeve (1954); The Gullible Canary (1942); The Home Front (1943); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Lady Said No (1946); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Major Lied 'Til Dawn (1938); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Paleface (1948); The Possum That Didn't (1972); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Scarlet Hour (1956); The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968); The Stupid Cupid (1944); The Tangled Angler (1941); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Way of Peace (1947); The Wild and Woozy West (1942); The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937); Thicker Than Water (1935); Three Stooges (1961); Timber (1941); Tit for Tat (1935); Tito's Guitar (1942); Toll Bridge Troubles (1942); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942); Variety Girl (1947); Wacky Wigwams (1942); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); Wholly Smoke (1938); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wolf Chases Pigs (1942); Woodman, Spare That Tree (1942); You're an Education (1938).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:

Hope Hampton

Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Nicole Krauss, on reading:

I read like an animal.

I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table.

While other people were talking to me, I read.

- Nicole Krauss.