On this day in music history - Celtic Fairy Dream, by 2002 (2020):

Celtic Fairy Dream

Album by 2002,

released May 20, 2020.

Track list:

Castle of Dromore; The Green Fields of Autumn (Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair); Lullaby (Suantrai); South Wind; David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen); Close Your Eyes (Dun Do Shuil); She Moved Through the Fair; Genevieve’s Waltz; Little Bird (Einini); Across the Waves (Trasna Na D’tonnta).

On this day in music history - The Modern Romantic, by Laura Sullivan (2016):

The Modern Romantic

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released May 20, 2016.

Track list:

WInds of Magic; Moonlight Romance; Timeless; Come Home; The Most Beautiful Girl in the World; Finding You Finding Me; The Princess Dance; A Tender Obsession; Fairytale Waltz; I Will Remember.

On this day in music history - Bellini: Norma by Cecilia Bartoli (2013):

Bellini: Norma

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released May 20, 2013.

Track list:

Bellini: Norma: Sinfonia (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: Introduzione - “Ite sul colle, o Druidi” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Svanir le voci!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Meco all’altar di Venere” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Me protegge, me difende” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Norma viene” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Sediziose voci, voci di guerra” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Casta Diva” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Fine al rito” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Ah! bello a me ritorna” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Sgombra è la sacra selva, compiuto il rito” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Deh! proteggimi, o Dio!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Eccola! va, mi lascia, ragion non odo” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 1: “Va, crudele, al Dio spietato” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Vanne, e li cela entrambi” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Adalgisa!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Oh! rimembranza!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Ah! sì, fa core, e abbracciami” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Ma di’... l’amato giovane quale fra noi si noma?”...”Oh non tremare “ (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Oh! di qual sei tu vittima “..”Oh! qual traspare orribile”..”Norma! de’ tuoi rimproveri” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 1 Scene 2: “Perfido! - Or basti...Vanne, sì: mi lascia, indegno” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 1: Scena – Introduzione - “Dormono entrambi” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 1: “Mi chiami, o Norma!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 1: “Deh! con te, con te li prendi” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 1: “Mira, O Norma” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 1: “Si, fino all’ore estreme” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 2: “Non parti?” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 2: “Guerrieri! a voi venirne” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 2: “Ah! del Tebro al giogo indegno fremo io pure” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Ei tornerà” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Squilla il bronzo del Dio!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Guerra, guerra!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Né compi il rito, o Norma?” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “In mia man alfin tu sei”..”Già mi pasco ne’ tuoi sguardi” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Dammi quel ferro” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Norma! deh! Norma, scolpati!” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Bellini: Norma / Act 2 Scene 3: “Deh non volerli vittime” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi).

On this day in movie history - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008):

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by David Koepp,

based on a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson,

was released in the United States on May 20, 2008.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Dimitri Diatchenko, Emmanuel Todorov, Ilia Volok, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Andrew Divoff, Venya Manzyuk, Alan Dale, Joel Stoffer, Neil Flynn, Chet Hanks, Brian Knutson, Dean Grimes, Sasha Spielberg, Nicole Luther, Sophia Stewart, Chris Todd, Dennis Nusbaum, T. Ryan Mooney, Audi Resendez, Helena Barrett, Carlos Linares, Gustavo Hernandez, Maria Luisa Minelli, Nito Larioza, Ernie Reyes Jr., Jon Valera, Kevin Collins, Robert Baker.

On this day in television history - Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001):

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

a two-part TV miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm,

written by Kirk Ellis,

based on the book Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller,

was released in the United States on May 20, 2001.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Ben Kingsley, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Brenda Blethyn, Lili Taylor, Jessica Manley, Carly Wijs, Tatjana Blacher, Jean-Luc Julien, Joachim Król, Nicholas Audsley, Jan Niklas, Peter Bolhuis, Victoria Anne Brown, Jeff Caster, Rob Das, Cees Geel, Holger Daemgen, Michaela Horáková, Johannes Silberschneider, Jade Williams, Branka Katic, Klára Issová, Karel Dobrý, Veronika Nowag-Jones, Nancy Bishop, Dominique Horwitz, Suzanne Friedline, Pavel Kríz, Petra Lustigová, Joel Kirby, Robert Russell, David O’Kelly, Petr Meissel, Yanna Fabian, Zdenka Volencová, Howard Lotker, Michael E. Perry, Phil Jones, Nicky Kantor, Jaroslava Siktancova, Jelena Juklová, Jan Klíma, Lisa-Marie Gravell, Ela Lehotská, Olga Schmidtová, Kristina Beranova, Talya Gordon, Alec Gordon.

On this day in movie history - Once Upon a Time in America (1984):

Once Upon a Time in America

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli,

Franco Ferrini, Sergio Leone, Stuart Kaminsky and Ernesto Gastaldi,

based on the novel The Hoods by Harry Grey,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 20, 1984.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe, James Hayden, Darlanne Fluegel, Larry Rapp, Dutch Miller, Robert Harper, Richard Bright, Gerard Murphy, Amy Ryder, Olga Karlatos, Mario Brega, Ray Dittrich, Frank Gio, Karen Shallo, Angelo Florio, Scott Tiler, Rusty Jacobs, Brian Bloom, Adrian Curran, Mike Monetti, Noah Moazezi, James Russo, Frankie Caserta, Joey Marzella, Clem Caserta, Frank Sisto, Jerry Strivelli, Julie Cohen, Marvin Scott, Mike Gendel, Paul Herman, Ann Neville, Joey Faye, Linda Ipanema, Tandy Cronyn, Richard Zobel, Baxter Harris, Arnon Milchan, Bruno Iannone, Marty Licata, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Estelle Harris, Richard Foronjy, Gerritt Debeer, Jennifer Connelly, Alexander Godfrey, Cliff Cudney, Paul Farentino, Bruce Bahrenburg, Mort Freeman, Sandra Solberg, Jay Zeely, Massimo Liti, Louise Fletcher, Terry Angus, Greg Anthony, Salvatore Billa, Bruno Bilotta, Matteo Cafiso, Nelson Camp, Rossana Canghiari, Scott Coffey, Doug Davis, Mark Frazer, Nunzio Giuliani, Dario Iori, Ole Jorgensen, Francesca Leone, Chuck Low, Claudio Mancini, Giuseppe Marrocco, Maria Pia Monicelli, Ron Nummi, Ryan Paris, Harry Peerce, Filippo Perego, Nicola Roberto, Gianni Sanjust, Alex Serra, Susan Spafford, Marco Stefanelli.

On this day in music history - Private Audition, by Heart (1982):

Private Audition

Album by Heart,

released May 20, 1982.

Track list:

City’s Burning; Bright Light Girl; Perfect Stranger; Private Audition; Angels; This Man Is Mine; The Situation; Hey Darlin Darlin; One Word; Fast Times; America.

On this day in movie history - The Killing (1956):

The Killing

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

dialogue written by Jim Thompson,

based on the novel Clean Break, by Lionel White,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1956.
Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Jay Adler, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Adams, Herbert Ellis, James Griffith, Cecil Elliott, Joe Turkel, Steve Mitchell, Mary Carroll, William Benedict, Charles Cane, Robert B. Williams, Tom Coleman, Rodney Dangerfield, Franklyn Farnum, John George, Art Gilmore, Sol Gorss, Harry Hines, Kenner G. Kemp, Carl M. Leviness, Hal J. Moore, Harvey Parry, Richard Reeves, Frank Richards, Arthur Tovey.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Party (1938):

The Devil’s Party

directed by Ray McCarey,

written by Roy Chanslor, Charles Grayson and A. Dorian Otvos,

based on the novel Hell’s Kitchen Has a Pantry by Borden Chase,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1938.
Music by Charles Previn.

Cast:

Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Scotty Beckett, Stanley Blystone, Tommy Bupp, Neal Burns, Howard Christie, Drew Demorest, George DeNormand, Mike Donovan, Bill Elliott, Allen Fox, Otto Fries, Jack Gardner, Edward Gargan, Eddie Hall, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Robert Homans, Hugh Huntley, Dickie Jones, Harvey Karels, Jack Kenney, Carl Knowles, Mike Lally, Larry McGrath, Charles McMurphy, Charles Murphy, Spec O'Donnell, David Oliver, Lee Phelps, Juanita Quigley, Fred Rapport, Mickey Rentschler, Jolane Reynolds, Addison Richards, Dick Rush, Tiny Sandford, Ralph Sanford, Charles Sherlock, Charles Sullivan, William Tannen, Charles Teske, Jerry Tucker, Minerva Urecal, Beryl Wallace, Norman Willis, Si Wills, Florence Wix, Arthur Yeoman.

Born on this day – Christian Juttner:

Christian Juttner

Actor

May 20, 1964 – November 29, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1977); Alice (1980); Ark II (1976); Bewitched (1972); Emergency! (1972); General Hospital (1981); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Inside 'the Swarm' (1978); Ironside (1971–1974); Journey from Darkness (1975); Lou Grant (1979); Making the 'Return' Trip (2003); Medical Center (1976); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); Return of the Big Cat (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blair Witch Mountain Project (2002); The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Healers (1974); The Magical World of Disney (1974–1980); The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978); The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Swarm (1978); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Wonder Woman (1976).

Born on this day – Virginia Vale:

Virginia Vale

Actress

May 20, 1920 – September 14, 2006

Credits:

Crime, Inc. (1945); Range Rhythm (1942); Cactus Capers (1942); Broadway Big Shot (1942); Keep Shooting (1942); Blonde Comet (1941); California or Bust (1941); The Gay Falcon (1941); Unexpected Uncle (1941); The Musical Bandit (1941); A Panic in the Parlor (1941); South of Panama (1941); Robbers of the Range (1941); Red Skins and Red Heads (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Prairie Spooners (1941); The Fired Man (1941); Triple Justice (1940); Stage to Chino (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940); Prairie Law (1940); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Bullet Code (1940); Legion of the Lawless (1940); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); Three Sons (1939); Unmarried (1939); Persons in Hiding (1939); Ambush (1939); Disbarred (1939); King of Alcatraz (1938); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); True Confession (1937); Night Club Scandal (1937).

Born on this day – James Stewart:

James Stewart

Actor

May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997

Credits:

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); Right of Way (1983); Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980); A Tale of Africa (1980); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Laugh-In (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Shootist (1976); Sentimental Journey (1976); Hawkins (1973); Harvey (1972); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); Fools' Parade (1971); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Bandolero! (1968); Firecreek (1968); The Rare Breed (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Shenandoah (1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1950); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); My Three Sons (1960); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); X-15 (1961); Two Rode Together (1961); The Mountain Road (1960); Startime (1959); The FBI Story (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Playhouse (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Vertigo (1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Night Passage (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Man from Laramie (1955); Strategic Air Command (1955); Tomorrow's Drivers (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Far Country (1954); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); Thunder Bay (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); Carbine Williams (1952); Bend of the River (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); And Then There Were Four (1950); Harvey (1950); The Jackpot (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Malaya (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948); Rope (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Magic Town (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); It's a Wonderful World (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Shopworn Angel (1938); Vivacious Lady (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); Seventh Heaven (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Born to Dance (1936); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); Speed (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Important News (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); The Murder Man (1935); Art Trouble (1934).

Born on this day – Margery Allingham:

Margery Allingham

Writer

May 20, 1904 – June 30, 1966

Credits:

Books:

A Brief History of Witchcraft (1998); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Surprise for Christmas (2020); A Very Murderous Christmas (2018); Black Plumes (1940); Blackkerchief Dick (1923); Bodies from the Library 2 (2019); Bodies from the Library 6 (2023); Canine Crimes (1993); Capital Crimes (2015); Cargo of Eagles (1968); Christmas Crimes (1996); Classic Christmas Crime Stories (2023); Coroner's Pidgin / aka Pearls Before Swine (1945); Crime and Mr Campion (1959); Crimson Snow (2016); Dance of the Years / aka The Gallantrys (1943); Dancers in Mourning / aka Who Killed Chloe? (1937); Deadlier / 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Deadly Duo / aka Take Two at Bedtime (1949); Death of a Ghost (1934); Detective Duos (1997); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Flowers for the Judge (1936); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Hide my Eyes / aka Tether's End (1958); Look to the Lady / aka The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (1931); Miraculous Mysteries (2017); More Work for the Undertaker (1948); Mr Campion, Criminologist (1977); Mr. Campion and Others (1937); Mr. Campion's Clowns (1967); Mr. Campion's Falcon / aka Mr. Campion's Quarry (1969); Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969); Mr. Campion's Lady (1965); Murder at Christmas (2019); Murder at the Manor (2016); Murder in a Heatwave (2023); Murder In Midsummer (2019); Murder in Midwinter (2020); Murder on a Winter's Night (2021); Murder On Christmas Eve (2017); Murder Under the Christmas Tree (2016); Murder Under the Mistletoe (1992); My Friend Mr Campion (2011); Mysterious Pleasures (2003); Mystery for Christmas (1993); Mystery Mile (1930); Nine Detective Stories (1964); No Love Lost (1954); Police at the Funeral (1931); Rogues' Holiday (1935); Safer Than Love (1954); Serpents in Eden (2016); Silent Nights (2015); Six Against the Yard (1989); Sweet Danger / aka The Fear Sign (1933); The Allingham Case-Book (1969); The Allingham Minibus / aka Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories (1973); The Beckoning Lady / aka The Estate of the Beckoning Lady (1955); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Case of the Late Pig (1937); The Casebook of Mr Campion (1947); The China Governess (1962); The Crime At Black Dudley / aka The Black Dudley Murder (1929); The Darings of the Red Rose (1995); The Devil and Her Son (1936); The Fashion in Shrouds (1938); The Man of Dangerous Secrets / aka Other Man's Danger (1933); The Margery Allingham Omnibus (1983); The Mind Readers (1965); The Mysterious Mr. Campion (1963); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Patient at Peacocks Hall (1954); The Return of Mr. Campion (1989); The Tiger in the Smoke (1952); The White Cottage Mystery (1928); Traitor's Purse (1941); Wanted: Someone Innocent (1946); Water in a Sieve (1925).

Movies and television:

Dancers in Mourning (1959); Death of a Ghost (1960); Detective (1968); Die Kriminalerzählung (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Panorama (1958); Room to Let (1950); The Unforeseen (1959); Tiger in the Smoke (1956).

Born on this day – Estelle Taylor:

Estelle Taylor

Actress

May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958

Credits:

A Broadway Saint (1919); A California Romance (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); Bachelor Mother (1939); Bavu (1923); Blind Wives (1920); Call Her Savage (1932); Cimarron (1931); Desire (1923); Don Juan (1926); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Footfalls (1921); Forgive and Forget (1923); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Frisco Kid (1935); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Honor Bound (1928); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000); Lady Raffles (1928); Liliom (1930); Manhattan Madness (1925); Mary of the Movies (1923); Monte Cristo (1922); New York (1927); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Phantom Justice (1924); Playthings of Desire (1924); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Rhythm Roundup (1937); Screen Snapshots (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Show People (1928); Some of the Greatest (1955); Street Scene (1931); Street Scene (1931); The Adventurer (1920); The Alaskan (1924); The Golden Shower (1919); The Lights of New York (1922); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Singapore Mutiny (1928); The Southerner (1945); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930); The Western Limited (1932); The Whip Woman (1928); Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922); Tiger Love (1924); Twinkle Twinkle (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); Where East Is East (1929); While New York Sleeps (1920).

Born on this day – Honoré de Balzac:

Honoré de Balzac

Writer

May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

Credits:

Books:

Gobseck (1830); A Second Home (1830); Sarrasine (1830); An Episode Under The Terror (1830); The Elixir of Life (1830); Study of a Woman (1830); A Passion in the Desert (1830); The Red Inn (1831); The Recruit (1831); Maitre Cornelius (1831); The Hidden Masterpiece (1831); The Magic Skin (1831); Colonel Chabert (1832); The Vicar Of Tours (1832); History of the Thirteen (1833); The Old Maid, [and] the Cabinet of Antiquities (1833); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1833); The Illustrious Gaudissart (1833); The Country Doctor (1833); A Drama on the Seashore (1834); Father Goriot (1835); The Commission In Lunacy (1836); A Daughter Of Eve (1838); Beatrix (1838); Scenes from a Courtesan's Life / A Harlot High and Low (1838); The Village Rector (1839); The Celibates (1840); The Physiology of Marriage (1841); Catherine De Medici (1841); A Start In Life (1842); The Two Brothers (1842); A Man of Business (1844); Modeste Mignon (1844); Unconscious Comedians (1846); The Chouans (1929); The Last Fay (1823); The Quest Of The Absolute (1834); Seraphita (1834); Melmoth réconcilié (1835); Father Goriot and M. Gobseck (1835); La Rabouilleuse (1840); Illusions perdues (1843); Le Cousin Pons (1847); The Country Parson (1896); About Catherine de Medici (1900); Eugénie Grandet (1914); Père Goriot (1950); Cousin Bette (1965); The Black Sheep (1976); Lost Illusions (1976); The Wild Ass's Skin (1977); The Unknown Masterpiece (1983); Old Goriot (1987); Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau (1989); The Lily of the Valley (1989); A Woman Of Thirty (2000); My Journey from Paris to Java (1832); After Dinner Stories from Balzac (1832); The King's Sweetheart, The Maid of Thilouse, and The Reproach (1832); Juana, and the Red Inn (1833); The Napolean of the People and El Verdugo (1833); Massimilla Doni and Le Chef D'Oeuvre Inconnu (1839); Tales of the Napoleonic Era (1841); A Tragedy by the Sea and Other Stories (1842); A Marriage Settlement, And, Modeste Mignon: And Other Stories (1844); The Member For Arcis, The Seamy Side Of History, And Other Stories Part 2 (1847); The Atheist's Mass, and Other Stories (1986); Ten Droll Tales (1987); Domestic Peace (1989); The Commission in Lunacy, and Pierre Grassou (2006); The Exiles, and Other Short Stories (2006); The Celibates And Other Stories (2008); At The Sign Of The Cat And Racket / The Ball At Sceaux / The Purse / Madame Firmiani / Pierrette (2009); Honore de Balzac, Vol. 8: Provincial Life (2015); The Magic Skin. the Hidden Masterpiece (2015); The Country Parson and Albert Savaron (2015); The Chouans; The Gondreville Mystery, and Other Stories (2018); Treatise on Elegant Living (1830); Two Poets. Lost illusions part 1 (1837); 65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories (2015); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Classic Cat Stories (2020).

Movies and television:

1812, Gräfin Vandières (1926); A vörös vendégfogadó (1965); Adieu (1982); Albert Savarus (1993); Amore e la Maschera (1920); Ártatlan vagyok! (1916); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009); Au théâtre ce soir (1976–1978); Aus dem Bücherschrank geholt (1965); Balzac (2015); Balzac: Gobseck (1969); Béatrix (1967); Black Venus (1983); Bratranec Pons (1973); Caesar Birotteau (1911); Camera Three (1958); Camino de Sacramento (1946); Cesare Birotteau (1921); Chabert ezredes (1987); Chouans! (1988); Colonel Bridau (1917); Colonel Chabert (1994); Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Cousin Bette (1971 / 1998); Cousin Pons (1914); Cross of Gold (1965); Das Geld der Restauds (1964); Das Landhaus (1965); Das Maskenfest des Lebens (1918); Das Spiel vom Tode (1918); Den hvide djævel (1916); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Der Bagnosträfling (1921); Der Bagnosträfling (1949); Der Fächer der Madame de Pompadour (1964); Der Galeerensträfling (1919); Der Macher oder Warten auf Godeau (1974); Der Schwur (1963); Der Spekulant (1978); Desire (1920); Die Dreizehn (1918); Die Geschäfte des Herrn Mercadet (1965); Die Herzogin von Langeais (1960); Die Marquise von Clermont (1922); Die unheimlichen Wünsche (1939); Die wäscherin von Portillon (1984 / 1986); Divertimento (1992); Druh z vojny (1967); El regreso (1976); El Verdugo (1920); El verdugo (1948); Erotikon (1994); Eugenia Grandet (1918 / 1953 / 1910 / 1946 / 1956 / 1965–1966 / 1968 / 1994 / 2021); Eversti Chabert (1964); Ferragus (1910 / 1920 / 1923); Ficciones (1973–1974); Fireside Theatre (1949); Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1920); Gobseck (1924 / 1937 / 1985 / 1987); Graf Chargon (1924); Grande Teatro Tupi (1957); Himself as Herself (1967); Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau (1977); Honor of the Family (1931); Hora once (1970–1972); Human Comedy in Tokyo (2008); If Women Only Knew (1921); Il colonnello Chabert (1920); Il tuo piacere è il mio (1973); Illusions perdues (1966); Illusions Perdues (2015); Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa (1970); Invitation au voyage (2022); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Karriere in Paris (1952); Kolonel Chabert (1961); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Kuzen Pons (1978); La belle noiseuse (1991); La cousine Bette (1928); La Cousine Bette (1964); La donna di trent'anni (1920); La duchesse de Langeais (1995); La falsa amante (1920); La fausse maîtresse (1942); La femme abandonee (1992); La figlia dell'avaro (1913); La goccia di sangue (1910); La grande Bretèche (1960); La marâtre (1918); La peau de chagrin (1980); La piel de Zapa (1943 / 1964); La Rabouilleuse (1944); La rabouilleuse (1963); La reginetta Isotta (1918); La storia dei tredici (1917); L'auberge rouge (1910); L'avvoltoio (1920); Le bouton de rose (1971); Le club des Treize (1914); Le colonel Chabert (1911 / 1943); Le cousin Pons (1924 / 1976); Le curé de Tours (1980); Le curé de village (1969); Le faiseur (1965 / 1999); Le lys dans la vallée (1970); Le martyr calviniste (1913); Le père Goriot (1910 / 1921 / 1945 / 1972); Le réquisitionnaire (1968); Le roman du samedi (1981); Les amours romantiques (1983); Les arrivistes (1960); Les paysans (1909); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1960 / 1982 / 2023); Liebe (1927); L'interdiction (1993); Los libros (1977); Lost Illusions (2021); Luca Francesconi: Trompe la mort, Opéra en deux actes (2017); Magic Skin (2018); Man of the Sea (1920); Maskierte Liebe (1912); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mensch ohne Namen (1932); Mercadet (1936 / 1970); Mistr Kornelius (1988); Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur (1949); Narayana (1920); Novela (1969–1978); Nucingen House (2008); Oberst Chabert (1914 / 1956 / 1966); Old Goriot (2004); Orsola Mirouet (1914); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Out 1 (1971); Papà Goriot (1970); Paris at Midnight (1926); Passion in the Desert (1997); Per il passato (1920); Père Goriot (1915 / 1968); Piel de zapa (1978); Pierre Grassou (1965); Pierrette (1979); Plukovník Chabert (1976); Polkovnik Shaber (1978); Quando la primavera ritorno (1916); Rastignac ou les ambitieux (2001); Sagrénova koza (1972); Sagrenska koza (1960); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Shagrenevaya kozha (1975 / 1982); Slave of Desire (1923); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Stimulantia (1967); Stolen Kisses (1968); Survival (1927); Ted l'invisibile (1922); Television Theater (1999–2000); The Clock (1950); The Conquering Power (1921); The Country Parson (1915); The Dream Cheater (1920); The Duchess of Langeais (1910 / 2007); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Eternal Flame (1922); The False Oath (1909); The Fear (2001); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Great Breach (1909); The Lovable Cheat (1949); The Magic Skin (1915 / 2011); The Masked Lover (1940); The Red Inn (1923); The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (1965); The Royalists (1947); The Sealed Room (1909); The Silversmith to King Louis XI (1910); The Skin of Sorrow (2010); The Test (1923); The Ultimate Sacrifice (1911); The Unforeseen (1959); The Wild Ass's Skin (1909); Trompe-la-Mort (1914); Tromp-la-Mort (1920); Um Homem de Recursos (1965); Un homme sans nom (1932); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Une fille d'Ève (1989); (Une ballade à travers) Les ruines de Paris (2004); Une ténébreuse affaire (1975); Unser liebes Fräulein Grandet (1965); Ursule Mirouët (1912 / 1981); Vautrin (1919); Vautrin the Thief (1943); Wicked Duchess (1942); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Zakuro yashiki (2006).

Recommended reading - Clean Break, by Lionel White (1955):

Clean Break

By Lionel White.

Filmed as The Killing (1956), directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Published by Chosho Publishing.

First published 1955.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1958425516

ISBN-13: 978-1958425510

Description:

Johnny Clay, an ex-con determined to strike it rich, has worked out a fool-proof scheme to knock off a racetrack payroll. The two million bucks should be enough to last him a lifetime or two. But a two-faced dame has another idea: Let Johnny do the work, then she'll grab the swag for herself and her boyfriend.

Johnny Clay’s plan to rob the Long Island race track was daring and highly original. Johnny, an ex-convict, had spent his prison years thinking through every possible hitch to his scheme until he was sure it could go off like clockwork.

His four confederates were not known to the police for they were not professional criminals. They had been picked because they were ordinary nondescript men, all with money problems and a touch of larceny in their hearts. Mike Henty was a bartender at the track and George Peatty a cashier, both essential inside men. Martin Unger, a court stenographer, had put up the initial cash and Randy Kennan, a cop, was to get the money away from the track after Johnny had done the actual robbing.

There were in addition three others who were to do a specific jobs for a cash payment. To one of these men fell the assignment of shooting the favorite in the famous Canarsie Stakes. Once this was accomplished, the robbery was set into motion.

The crime in this story is a grand coup, fantastic yet completely possible if everything clicked. So too has Lionel White achieved a grand coup in the telling of the story as he concentrates first on one character then on another, picking up the individual threads and building them into a brilliantly integrated climax. Clean Break is a masterpiece of originality, a highly plotted and ingeniously executed story of suspense.

Recommended reading - Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves, by Farley Mowat:

Never Cry Wolf

Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

by Farley Mowat.

First published in 1961.

Back cover blurb:

More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone – studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for these wild creatures (who were of no threat to caribou or man) – is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record of the myths and magic of wolves.

World Bee Day – May 20 ... & ... Born on this day – Anton Janša:

World Bee Day - May 20

Born on this day – Anton Janša

Apiarist and pioneer of beekeeping

Painter

May 20, 1734 – 13 September 1773

William Wordsworth, on writing:

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

- William Wordsworth.