On this day in music history - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2006):

Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

released January 1, 2006.

Track list:

Trying To Get Home; I'm On My Way; Ride Up In The Chariot; Now We Take This Feeble Body; In That Morning; Come Go With Me; Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down; Going Up; Don't Be Weary Traveller; I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger / Going Over Jordan; Oh Glory.

On this day in music history - Nightscenes, by Michael Whalen (1996):

Nightscenes

Album by Michael Whalen,

released January 1, 1996.

Track list:

Evening Blurs Into The Neon; Close Your Eyes, The Right Approaches; Acquainted With The Night; Part One: Light-Sky-Stars; Part Two: Passages; Part Three: Faces; Part Four: Love; Into The Darkness Part One: The Heart Of Midninght; Into The Darkness Part Two: Journey Towards The Sunrise; It Happened On A Sunday.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: The Twisted Way.
Released January 1, 1960.
Directed by Marc Lawrence.
Written by Adam Williams.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joanna Barnes, Charles Cooper, Walter Coy, Virginia Christine, Tetsu Komai, S. John Launer, Eddie Parker, Don Turner.

Born on this day – Brian G. Hutton:

Brian G. Hutton

Actor

Director

January 1, 1935 – August 19, 2014

Credits:

Archer (1975); Laramie (1959); The Interns (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); Geronimo (1962); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Rifleman (1959–1961); Frontier Circus (1961); 87th Precinct (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Rawhide (1959); The Detectives (1959); The Best of the Post (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Black Saddle (1959); The Big Fisherman (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1959); Sugarfoot (1957); King Creole (1958); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Walter Winchell File (1957); State Trooper (1956); Official Detective (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Carnival Rock (1957); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Climax! (1954); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Fear Strikes Out (1957); West Point (1956); Gunsmoke (1955); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Justice (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); High Road to China (1983); The First Deadly Sin (1980); Night Watch (1973); X, Y and Zee (1972); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Sol Madrid (1968); The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966); Wild Seed (1965).

Born on this day – Lewis John Carlino:

Lewis John Carlino

Director

Writer

January 1, 1932 – June 17, 2020

Credits:

Mechanic: Resurrection (2016); Snowangel (2013); The Mechanic (2011); Resurrection (1999); Haunted Summer (1988); Class (1983); Resurrection (1980); The Great Santini (1979); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Doc Elliot (1973); Crazy Joe (1974); Honor Thy Father (1973); The Mechanic (1972); A Reflection of Fear (1972); In Search of America (1971); The Brick and the Rose (1970); The Brotherhood (1968); The Fox (1967); Seconds (1966); Route 66 (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960).

Born on this day – Valentina Cortese:

Valentina Courteous

Actress

January 1, 1923 – July 10, 2019

Credits:

The End (Teleteatro) (1999); The Story of a Blackcap (1993); Buster's Bedroom (1991); The Betrothed (1989); The trap (1989); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); Young Toscanini (1988); Facciaffittasi (1987); Blue Tango (1987); Via Montenapoleone (1987); The Ferdinanda: Sonatas für eine Medici-Villa (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Ring of Darkness (1979); Le troisième couteau (1979); Anyway the cat goes to the lard ... (1978); The Cherry Orchard (1978); The Grand Duchess and the Waiters (1977); Nest De viudas (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Le grand escogriffe (1976); Nick the Sting (1976); Rose Bloomed Again (1975); Kidnap Syndicate (1975); Dracula in the Provinces (1975); My Love Don't Hurt Me (1974); The Kiss of Death (1974); The Big Scare (1974); Appassionata (1974); Day for Night (1973); The Assassination of Trotsky (1972); Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972); Chronicle of Homicide (1972); The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971); The Boat on the Grass (1971); The Buddenbrooks (1971); The Love Mates (1970); First Love (1970); Give Her the Moon (1970); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969); Oh grandma is dead! (1969); The Killer (1969); Preliminary investigation (1968); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Soleil noir (1966); Juliet of the Spirits (1965); The Possessed (1965); The Great Chameleons (1964); The Visit (1964); The Evil Eye (1963); Story of San Michele (1962); Barabbas (1961); Square of Violence (1961); Béatrice ou la servante folle (1959); Love and Trouble (1958); Decision (1958); Love at First Sight (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); Forget My Past (1957); The Rocket from Calabuch (1956); Faccia da mascalzone (1956); Magic Fire (1955); Rheingold Theatre (1953); The Girlfriends (1955); Adriana Lecouvreur (1955); Count Aquila (1955); The Barefoot Countess (1954); Avanzi di galera (1954); The wedding (1954); Angels of Darkness (1954); The Walk (1953); Lulu (1953); Secret People (1952); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Empress's Rival (1951); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Malaya (1949); Thieves' Highway (1949); Black Magic (1949); The Glass Mountain (1949); Crossroads of Passion (1948); The Wandering Jew (1948); Storm over Paris (1948); Hunting to Man (1948); The King's Courier (1947); Bullet for Stefano (1947); A American on vacation (1946); Rome, Free City (1946); Who saw him? (1945); Ten Commandments (1945); Nobody Goes Back (1945); Charge of Heroes (1943); 4 Girls Dream (1943); Happy Days (1942); Fourth page (1942); Horizon of blood (1942); Only a Kiss (1942); Queen of Navarre (1942); One Lady of the West (1942); The Mocking Dinner (1942); First Love (1941); The bravo of Venice (1941); The Missing Actor (1941); Painted horizon (1941).

Born on this day – Carole Landis:

Carole Landis

Actress

Writer

Singer

January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948

Credits:

Brass Monkey (1948); The Silk Noose (1948); Out of the Blue (1947); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); A Scandal in Paris (1946); Behind Green Lights (1946); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Secret Command (1944); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Wintertime (1943); The Powers Girl (1943); Manila Calling (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); It Happened in Flatbush (1942); My Gal Sal (1942); A Gentleman at Heart (1942); Cadet Girl (1941); I Wake Up Screaming (1941); Dance Hall (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); Sis Hopkins (1941); Topper Returns (1941); Road Show (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Turnabout (1940); One Million B.C. (1940); Reno (1939); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939); Three Texas Steers (1939); Girls on Probation (1938); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Four's a Crowd (1938); When Were You Born? (1938); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); Penrod's Double Trouble (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); Over the Wall (1938); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Blondes at Work (1938); The Invisible Menace (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Missing Witnesses (1937); She Loved a Fireman (1937); The Adventurous Blonde (1937); Over the Goal (1937); Alcatraz Island (1937); Varsity Show (1937); Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Fly Away Baby (1937); A Day at the Races (1937); A Star Is Born (1937); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936).

Born on this day – Basil Dearden:

Basil Dearden

Director

January 1, 1911 – March 23, 1971

Credits:

Mission: Monte Carlo (1974); The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970); The Assassination Bureau (1969); Only When I Larf (1968); Khartoum (1966); Masquerade (1965); Woman of Straw (1964); A Place to Go (1963); The Mind Benders (1963); Walk in the Shadow (1962); All Night Long (1962); Victim (1961); The Secret Partner (1961); Man in the Moon (1960); The Four Just Men (1959); The League of Gentlemen (1960); Sapphire (1959); Nowhere to Go (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Big Time Operators (1957); The Green Man (1956); Who Done It? (1956); PT Raiders (1955); Out of the Clouds (1955); The Rainbow Jacket (1954); The Square Ring (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); I Believe in You (1952); Pool of London (1951); Cage of Gold (1950); The Blue Lamp (1950); Train of Events (1949); Saraband (1948); Frieda (1947); The Captive Heart (1946); Dead of Night (1945); They Came to a City (1944); The Halfway House (1944); Did You Ever See a Dream Talking (1943); My Learned Friend (1943); The Bells Go Down (1943); The Goose Steps Out (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Under Suspicion (1939).

Born on this day – Dana Andrews:

Dana Andrews

Actor

January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992

Credits:

Prince Jack (1984); The Pilot (1980); Ike: The War Years (1980); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978); Born Again (1978); Good Guys Wear Black (1978); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Last Tycoon (1976); Ellery Queen (1975); Take a Hard Ride (1975); The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); Airport 1975 (1974); Bright Promise (1969); Innocent Bystanders (1972); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Devil's Brigade (1968); No Diamonds for Ursula (1967); The Cobra (1967); The Ten Million Dollar Grab (1967); Hot Rods to Hell (1966); The Frozen Dead (1966); Johnny Reno (1966); Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Loved One (1965); Spy in Your Eye (1965); Town Tamer (1965); Brainstorm (1965); In Harm's Way (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Crack in the World (1965); Madison Avenue (1961); The Crowded Sky (1960); Enchanted Island (1958); The Fearmakers (1958); Zero Hour! (1957); Curse of the Demon (1957); Spring Reunion (1956); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); While the City Sleeps (1956); Comanche (1956); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Smoke Signal (1955); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Duel in the Jungle (1954); Elephant Walk (1954); Assignment: Paris (1952); I Want You (1951); The Frogmen (1951); Sealed Cargo (1951); Edge of Doom (1950); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); My Foolish Heart (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); The Forbidden Street (1949); No Minor Vices (1948); Deep Waters (1948); The Iron Curtain (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Night Song (1947); Boomerang! (1947); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); A Walk in the Sun (1945); Fallen Angel (1945); State Fair (1945); Laura (1944); Wing and a Prayer (1944); The Purple Heart (1944); Up in Arms (1944); December 7th (1943); The North Star (1943); The Ox-Bow Incident (1943); Crash Dive (1943); Berlin Correspondent (1942); Ball of Fire (1941); Swamp Water (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Westerner (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); Lucky Cisco Kid (1940).

Born on this day – Nelson Leigh:

Nelson Leigh

Actor

January 1, 1905 – July 3, 1985

Credits:

The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other Wise Man (1969); This Is the Life (1952–1969); The Christophers (1968); Bonanza (1966–1967); The F.B.I. (1965–1966); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Silencers (1966); Perry Mason (1959–1964); The Great Adventure (1963); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Incident in an Alley (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Outsider (1961); Lover Come Back (1961); The New Breed (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Road to Better Living (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1961); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961); A Fever in the Blood (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Joyful Hour (1960); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); Men Into Space (1960); Ocean's Eleven (1960); The Gallant Hours (1960); Lassie (1960); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); The Millionaire (1956–1959); Tightrope (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); Steve Canyon (1958–1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Hangman (1959); Flight (1958); In Love and War (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); Step Down to Terror (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The Book of Acts Series (1957); Official Detective (1957); Bombers B-52 (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Black Panther (1957); God Is My Partner (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); Father Knows Best (1957); Navy Log (1955–1956); Friendly Persuasion (1956); Toward the Unknown (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Hold Back the Night (1956); The First Texan (1956); World Without End (1956); Crusader (1956); Empty Shoes (1956); Call It Free (1955); Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955); Medic (1955); The Virgin Queen (1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); Untamed Mistress (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); The Whistler (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Outlaw's Daughter (1954); Dynamite, the Story of Alfred Nobel (1954); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Saracen Blade (1954); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1954); Texas Bad Man (1953); Jack Slade (1953); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Split Second (1953); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Savage Mutiny (1953); The Living Bible (1952); The Story of Christopher Columbus: Proving the Earth Is Round (1952); Magnificent Adventure (1952); Family Theatre (1951–1952); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); The Living Bible (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Submarine Command (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); Yukon Manhunt (1951); Home Town Story (1951); The Cisco Kid (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Captive Girl (1950); The Lone Ranger (1950); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); The Living Christ Series (1949); The Christmas Carol (1949); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); Jolson Sings Again (1949); Barbary Pirate (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); Raising of Lazarus (1948); Simon Peter, Fisherman (1948); Racing Luck (1948); Congo Bill (1948); And Forbid Them Not (1948); Abraham's Faith (1948); The Gallant Blade (1948); Superman (1948); The Black Arrow (1948); Angels' Alley (1948); Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa (1947); Faith of Jairus (1947); The Unfaithful Servant (1947); Brick Bradford (1947); The Calling of Matthew (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem (1945); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); Cornered (1945); Son of Lassie (1945); Identity Unknown (1945); It's a Pleasure (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Hamlet (1945); Man of Faith (1944); Mary Magdalene (1944); Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Louisiana Hayride (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); The Girl in the Case (1944); Jam Session (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Texas Masquerade (1944); Journey Into Faith (1943); What a Woman! (1943); A Guy Named Joe (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Lassie Come Home (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); Sahara (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); First Comes Courage (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); No Greater Power (1942); A Certain Nobleman (1940).

Born on this day – Catherine Drinker Bowen:

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Writer

January 1, 1897 – November 1, 1973

Awarded the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1958.

Credits:

The Story of the Oak Tree (1924); A History of Lehigh University (1924); Rufus Starbuck's Wife (1932); Friends and Fiddlers (1935); Beloved Friend (1937); Free artist (1939); Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family (1944); John Adams and the American Revolution (1950); The writing of biography (1951); The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke (1957); Lord of the Law (1957); Adventures of a Biographer (1959); Bernard DeVoto: Historian, critic, and fighter (1960); Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man (1963); Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (1966); Biography: The Craft and the Calling (1968); Family Portrait (1970); The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin (1974).

Born on this day – Wanda Capodaglio:

Wanda Capodaglio

Actress

January 1, 1889 – August 30, 1980

Credits:

The Rattle Cap (1970); The end of the adventure (1969); Oh grandma is dead! (1969); Pirandello's world (1968); I Love You (1968); My Prisons (1968); The Boy Who Knew How to Love (1967); The Vanity Fair (1967); No One Can Judge Me (1966); Luisa Sanfelice (1966); David Copperfield (1966); Lieutenant Returns Sheridan (1963); Blood wedding (1963); More pink than yellow (1962); The Beautiful Adventure (1962); The Maurizius case (1961); The rattlesnake (1958); Jane Eyre (1957); Little Women (1955); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); The Woman Who Invented Love (1952); The carrier The bread carrier (1950); The Earth Cries Out (1949); Crossroads of Passion (1948); The nun of Monza (1947); The Lovers (1946); The models of via Margutta (1946); Resurrection (1944); Tears of Blood (1944); In two you suffer better (1943); Jealousy (1942); Spring waters (1942); Avanti c'è posto... / Next there is room... (1942); Queen of Navarre of Navarre (1942); Piccolo hotel / Small hotel (1939); The Wedding March / The wedding march (1915); The Naked Truth (1914).

Born on this day – Edward Dillon:

Edward Dillon

Actor

Director

Writer

January 1, 1879 – July 11, 1933

As actor:

Sherlock Holmes (1932); The Golden West (1932); Young Ironsides (1932); Week Ends Only (1932); While Paris Sleeps (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Nickel Nurser (1932); Love Pains (1932); Sob Sister (1931); Catch-As Catch-Can (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); The Iron Man (1931); Thundering Tenors (1931); Reducing (1931); Looser Than Loose (1930); Fifty Million Husbands (1930); Caught Short (1930); Whispering Whoopee (1930); Hot for Paris (1929); The Locked Door (1929); The Broadway Melody (1929); Lilac Time (1928); The Skyrocket (1926); America (1924); The Lady Drummer (1916); A Calico Vampire (1916); Intolerance (1916); The French Milliner (1916); Laundry Liz (1916); Bedelia's Bluff (1916); Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916); The Two O'Clock Train (1916); Don Quixote (1915); Shocking Stockings (1915); Only a Messenger Boy (1915); Faithful to the Finish (1915); The Fatal Finger Prints (1915); The Deacon's Whiskers (1915); A Chase by Moonlight (1915); Beppo, the Barber (1915); Where Breezes Blow (1915); Brave and Bold (1915); Ethel's Romance (1915); Ethel's Disguise (1915); Ethel's Doggone Luck (1915); A Costly Exchange (1915); Ethel Gets Consent (1915); Bill Turns Valet (1915); A Flurry in Art (1915); A Flyer in Spring Water (1915); His Lesson (1915); The Record Breaker (1914); Bill and Ethel at the Ball (1914); The Housebreakers (1914); Mr. Hadley's Uncle (1914); Ethel Has a Steady (1914); Casey's Vendetta (1914); Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (1914); Dizzy Joe's Career (1914); The Million Dollar Bride (1914); Bill Manages a Prizefighter (1914); Foiled Again (1914); Bill Organizes a Union (1914); A Physical Culture Romance (1914); Bill Saves the Day (1914); The Mix-Up at Murphy's (1914); Ethel's Teacher (1914); Search, the Scientific Detective (1914); Leave It to Smiley (1914); The White Slave Catchers (1914); Fatty and the Heiress (1914); The Deceiver (1914); Hubby to the Rescue (1914); Nell's Eugenic Wedding (1914); Home, Sweet Home (1914); The Right Dope (1914); When a Woman Guides (1914); The Fatal Dress Suit (1914); The Doctor's Trust (1914); Judith of Bethulia (1914); An Interrupted Séance (1914); A Desperate Hero (1914); The Faddists (1914); Buy Wool (1914); The Mystery of the Milk (1914); The Suicide Pact (1913); Oh, Sammy! (1913); The Troublesome Mole (1913); Mixed Nuts (1913); An Evening with Wilder Spender (1913); Aunts, Too Many! (1913); The Lady in Black (1913); Among Club Fellows (1913); Edwin's Badge of Honor (1913); The Work Habit (1913); The Suffragette Minstrels (1913); An Indian's Loyalty (1913); Cupid and the Cook (1913); Mr. Spriggs Buys a Dog (1913); While the Count Goes Bathing (1913); Pa Says (1913); The Sweat-Box (1913); A Sea Dog's Love (1913); The Noisy Suitors (1913); An Old Maid's Deception (1913); Faust and the Lily (1913); Master Jefferson Green (1913); A Compromising Complication (1913); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Rise and Fall of McDoo (1913); Almost a Wild Man (1913); Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character (1913); Red Hicks Defies the World (1913); Just Kids (1913); The Trimmers Trimmed (1913); Cinderella and the Boob (1913); A Rainy Day (1913); A Horse on Bill (1913); He Had a Guess Coming (1913); The Little Tease (1913); A Lesson to Mashers (1913); Their One Good Suit (1913); Edwin Masquerades (1913); The Old Gray Mare (1913); All Hail to the King (1913); The Power of the Camera (1913); A Delivery Package (1913); Tightwad's Predicament (1913); The Spring of Life (1913); Broken Ways (1913); A Queer Elopement (1913); Look Not Upon the Wine (1913); Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913); An Up-to-Date Lochinvar (1913); There Were Hoboes Three (1913); Oh, What a Boob! (1913); What Is the Use of Repining? (1913); Kissing Kate (1913); The Bite of a Snake (1913); Bill Bogg's Windfall (1912); The Massacre (1912); She Is a Pippin (1912); Jinx's Birthday Party (1912); After the Honeymoon (1912); An Absent-Minded Burglar (1912); The Informer (1912); Their Idols (1912); Hoist on His Own Petard (1912); His Auto's Maiden Trip (1912); The Club-Man and the Crook (1912); A Real Estate Deal (1912); At the Basket Picnic (1912); A Limited Divorce (1912); A Ten-Karat Hero (1912); Love's Messenger (1912); Stern Papa (1912); Blind Love (1912); Getting Rid of Trouble (1912); Through Dumb Luck (1912); Mr. Grouch at the Seashore (1912); The Baron (1912); An Interrupted Elopement (1912); The Baron (1912); The Would-Be Shriner (1912); Willie Becomes an Artist (1912); The Speed Demon (1912); One Round O'Brien (1912); The Baron (1912); The Spirit Awakened (1912); The Baron (1912); Algy the Watchman (1912); A Close Call (1912); The Baron (1912); When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912); The Leading Man (1912); The Baron (1912); Won by a Fish (1912); Their First Kidnapping Case (1912); Help! Help! (1912); Those Hicksville Boys (1912); Oh, Those Eyes (1912); A Voice from the Deep (1912); The Baron (1912); The Root of Evil (1912); A String of Pearls (1912); Priscilla's Capture (1912); A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); With a Kodak (1912); For His Son (1912); The Old Bookkeeper (1912); Did Mother Get Her Wish? (1912); The Engagement Ring (1912); The Baby and the Stork (1912); The Voice of the Child (1911); Caught with the Goods (1911); Taking His Medicine (1911); The Failure (1911); Why He Gave Up (1911); Sunshine Through the Dark (1911); Her Mother Interferes (1911); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Miser's Heart (1911); Their First Divorce Case (1911); The Long Road (1911); Through His Wife's Picture (1911); Josh's Suicide (1911); The Making of a Man (1911); Too Many Burglars (1911); When Wifey Holds the Purse Strings (1911); A Convenient Burglar (1911); The Baron: The Villain Foiled (1911); The Diving Girl (1911); An Interrupted Game (1911); The Adventures of Billy (1911); Bobby, the Coward (1911); The Jealous Husband (1911); Fighting Blood (1911); The Delayed Proposal (1911); Bearded Youth (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Their Fates 'Sealed' (1911); Dave's Love Affair (1911); Curiosity (1911); Dutch Gold Mine (1911); The Crooked Road (1911); The Manicure Lady (1911); Misplaced Jealousy (1911); The Two Sides (1911); A Knight of the Road (1911); Madame Rex (1911); The Chief's Daughter (1911); Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911); The Spanish Gypsy (1911); Cured (1911); Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911); The Lonedale Operator (1911); A Decree of Destiny (1911); Fisher Folks (1911); What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911); Priscilla's Engagement Ring (1911); Three Sisters (1911); The Poor Sick Men (1911); Fate's Turning (1911); The Midnight Marauder (1911); The Italian Barber (1911); When a Man Loves (1911); After the Ball (1910); White Roses (1910); The Lesson (1910); His Sister-in-Law (1910); Turning the Tables (1910); Happy Jack, a Hero (1910); Effecting a Cure (1910); A Plain Song (1910); Sunshine Sue (1910); Simple Charity (1910); The Fugitive (1910); Waiter No. 5 (1910); Two Little Waifs (1910); The Message of the Violin (1910); The Banker's Daughters (1910); The Masher (1910); A Lucky Toothache (1910); That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910); A Gold Necklace (1910); Examination Day at School (1910); Rose o' Salem Town (1910); The Oath and the Man (1910); A Summer Tragedy (1910); In Life's Cycle (1910); A Mohawk's Way (1910); Little Angels of Luck (1910); Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910); The Affair of an Egg (1910); The Modern Prodigal (1910); Wilful Peggy (1910); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Usurer (1910); A Salutary Lesson (1910); Her Father's Pride (1910); An Arcadian Maid (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); As the Bells Rang Out! (1910); A Flash of Light (1910); A Child's Faith (1910); A Midnight Cupid (1910); Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910); A Child's Impulse (1910); The Marked Time-Table (1910); The Face at the Window (1910); In the Border States (1910); A Victim of Jealousy (1910); The Purgation (1910); The Impalement (1910); A Change of Heart (1909); The Little Teacher (1909); One Busy Hour (1909); The Suicide Club (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Reckoning (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); After Many Years (1908); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908); Deceived Slumming Party (1908); The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908); The Black Viper (1908); The Fight for Freedom (1908); The Stage Rustler (1908); The Kentuckian (1908); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); At the French Ball (1908); Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1908); The Outlaw (1908); The Man in the Box (1908); The Invisible Fluid (1908); Mixed Babies (1908); Ostler Joe (1908); The Romance of an Egg (1908); Thompson's Night Out (1908); His Day of Rest (1908); The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908); Hulda's Lovers (1908); Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908); At the Crossroads of Life  (1908); The Boy Detective, or the Abductors Foiled (1908); The Princess in the Vase (1908); Bobby's Kodak (1908); Classmates (1908); Lonesome Junction (1908); Falsely Accused! (1908); The Village Cutup (1906); The Nihilist (1905).

As director:

Kentucky (1926); Flame of the Argentine (1926); The Dice Woman (1926); The Danger Girl (1926); The Drums of Jeopardy (1923); Broadway Gold (1923); Women Men Marry (1922); The Beauty Shop (1922); A Heart to Let (1921); Sheltered Daughters (1921); The Education of Elizabeth (1921); The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1920); The Amateur Wife (1920); The Winning Stroke (1919); Putting One Over (1919); Help! Help! Police! (1919); Never Say Quit (1919); Luck and Pluck (1919); The Embarrassment of Riches (1918); Our Little Wife (1918); The Antics of Ann (1917); Might and the Man (1917); A Daughter of the Poor (1917); Rough Knight (1916); Glass Slide (1916); The Lady Drummer (1916); The French Milliner (1916); Skirts (1916); Laundry Liz (1916); Bedelia's Bluff (1916); Mr. Goode, Samaritan (1916); The Two O'Clock Train (1916); Sunshine Dad (1916); The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916); Don Quixote (1915); The Jinx on Jenks (1915); Over and Back (1915); Shocking Stockings (1915); Faithful to the Finish (1915); The Fatal Finger Prints (1915); Father Love (1915); The Deacon's Whiskers (1915); Safety First (1915); A Chase by Moonlight (1915); Beppo, the Barber (1915); Where Breezes Blow (1915); Brave and Bold (1915); Ethel's New Dress (1915); By Fair Means or Foul (1915); Mixed Values (1915); Ethel's Doggone Luck (1915); Caught by the Handle (1915); Bill Gives a Smoker (1915); A Costly Exchange (1915); Ethel Gets Consent (1915); Music Hath Charms (1915); Bill Turns Valet (1915); Cupid and the Pest (1915); A Flurry in Art (1915); A Flyer in Spring Water (1915); Love and Business (1915); Ethel Gets the Evidence (1915); The Record Breaker (1914); Bill and Ethel at the Ball (1914); The Housebreakers (1914); Mr. Hadley's Uncle (1914); A Corner in Hats (1914); Ethel Has a Steady (1914); Out Again, in Again (1914); Ethel's Roof Party (1914); Casey's Vendetta (1914); Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s (1914); Dizzy Joe's Career (1914); Bill Spoils a Vacation (1914); The Million Dollar Bride (1914); Bill Manages a Prizefighter (1914); Foiled Again (1914); The Fire Chief's Bride (1914); Bill Goes in Business for Himself (1914); The Mascot (1914); Bill Organizes a Union (1914); A Physical Culture Romance (1914); Bill Saves the Day (1914); The Mix-Up at Murphy's (1914); Ethel's Teacher (1914); Bill Takes a Lady Out to Lunch... Never Again (1914); Search, the Scientific Detective (1914); Leave It to Smiley (1914); How Bill Squared It with His Boss (1914); It Was Some Party (1914); Wrong All Around (1914); Bill's Job (1914); The White Slave Catchers (1914); The Deceiver (1914); Hubby to the Rescue (1914); A Jonah (1914); The Last Drink of Whiskey (1914); An Exciting Courtship (1914); The Alarm (1914); Nell's Eugenic Wedding (1914); The Man in the Couch (1914); The Scene of His Crime (1914); Maniacs Three (1914); Izzy and the Bandit (1914); Nearly a Burglar's Bride (1914); The Right Dope (1914); The Fatal Dress Suit (1914); Skelley's Birthday (1914); After Her Dough (1914); Because of a Hat (1914); An Interrupted Séance (1914); Skelley and the Turkey (1914); Skelley Buys a Hotel (1914); Skelley's Skeleton (1914); Oh, Sammy! (1913); A Foul and Fearful Plot (1913); The Troublesome Mole (1913); How the Day Was Saved (1913); Binks' Vacation (1913); The Somnambulists (1913); A Circumstantial Hero (1913); He's a Lawyer (1913); A Cure for Suffragettes (1913); Mrs. Casey's Gorilla (1913); Mixed Nuts (1913); In the Hands of the Black Hands (1913); Boarders and Bombs (1913); A Barber Cure (1913); An Evening with Wilder Spender (1913); The Winning Punch (1913); A Fallen Hero (1913); McGann and His Octette (1913); Aunts, Too Many! (1913); Never Known to Smile (1913); Scenting a Terrible Crime (1913); Dyed But Not Dead (1913); With the Aid of Phrenology (1913); A Saturday Holiday (1913); The End of the World (1913); His Hoodoo (1913).

As writer:

Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Wandering Papas (1926); Faithful to the Finish (1915); Safety First (1915); A First Class Cook (1914); Skelley's Birthday (1914); Skelley Buys a Hotel (1914); Mixed Nuts (1913); Come Seben, Leben (1913); Cupid and the Cook (1913); The Divorcee (1912); The Leading Man (1912); The Romance of an Egg (1908); Lonesome Junction (1908).

Born on this day – Frank Stokes:

Frank Stokes

Blues singer

guitarist

songwriter

January 1, 1877 – September 12, 1955

Credits:

Albums:

Creator of the Memphis Blues (1977); Downtown Blues (2010); Frank Stokes with Dan Sane & Will Bats 1927–1929 (1968); The Best of Frank Stokes (2005); The Remaining Titles (1984); The Victor Recordings in Chronological Order 1928–1929 (1990).

Songs:

Ain't Goin' to Do Like I Used to Do; Beale Town Bound; Bedtime Blues; Blues in 'D'; Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon; Downtown Blues

Fillin' in Blues; Frank Stokes' Dream; Half Cup of Tea; How Long; Hunting Blues; I Got Mine; I'm Going Away Blues; It Won't Be Long Now; It's a Good Thing; Jazzin' the Blues; Jumpin on the Hill; Last Go Round; Memphis Rounders Blues; Mistreatin' Blues; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Nehi Mama; Old Sometime Blues; Right Now Blues; Rockin' on the Hill Blues; South Memphis Blues; Sweet to Mama; Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do; Take Me Back; Wasn't That Doggin' Me; What's the Matter Blues; You Shall.

Recommended reading - Film Noir Compendium (2016)

Film Noir Compendium

Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series

By Alain Silver and James Ursini.

Published 2016.

Published by Limelight.

Illustrated edition.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1495058980

ISBN-13: 978-1495058981

Description:

In this essential study of film noir, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini select the most significant and influential articles on the movement from their highly respected Film Noir Reader series and assemble them into a single, convenient, heavily illustrated volume. Still included, of course, are many rare early articles and such seminal essays as Borde and Chaumeton's “Towards a Definition of Film Noir” from Panorama du Film Noir Americain, Paul Schrader's “Notes on Film Noir ” and “Paint It Black: the Family Tree of the Film Noir” by Raymond Durgnat. With newer studies such as “Lounge Time” by Vivian Sobchack, “Manufacturing Heroines in Classic Noir Films” by Sheri Chinen Biesen, and “Voices from the Deep: Film Noir as Psychodrama” J. P. Telotte, this collection of over 30 articles probes this most influential American film movement from varying angles: formalist, feminist, structuralist, sociological, and stylistic; narrative-thematic historical, and even from the point of view of a pure aficionado. There is something in this volume for every student or devotee of film noir. Plus like the readers that have proven an invaluable tool for academics planning a syllabus, it can serve as the most complete core text for any of the myriad of film noir courses taught throughout the world.

James Patterson, on reading and writing:

I learnt to love reading.
And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

- James Patterson.

Carl Sagan, on books and writing:

What an astonishing thing a book is.

It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.

But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.

Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions,

binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs.

Books break the shackles of time.

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.

- Carl Sagan.

Happy New Year:

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a blessed and prosperous 2025.

Be inspired.