Born on this day – Boris Karloff:

Boris Karloff

Actor

November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969

Born on this day – Hobart Henley:

Hobart Henley

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

November 23, 1887 – May 22, 1964

Credits:

Unknown Blonde (1934); Night World (1932); Expensive Women (1931); Bad Sister (1931); Free Love (1930); Captain Applejack (1930); Mother's Cry (1930); La grande mare (1930); The Big Pond (1930); Roadhouse Nights (1930); The Lady Lies (1929); His Tiger Wife (1928); A Certain Young Man (1928); Wickedness Preferred (1928); Tillie the Toiler (1927); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); The Auction Block (1926); His Secretary (1925); Exchange of Wives (1925); A Slave of Fashion (1925); The Denial (1925); So This Is Marriage? (1924); The Turmoil (1924); Sinners in Silk (1924); A Lady of Quality (1924); Married Flirts (1924); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Abysmal Brute (1923); The Flame of Life (1923); The Flirt (1922); Her Night of Nights (1922); The Scrapper (1922); Cheated Hearts (1921); Stardust (1921); Society Snobs (1921); The Sin That Was His (1920); The Miracle of Money (1920); A Gay Old Dog (1919); The Peace of Roaring River (1919); One Week of Life (1919); The Woman on the Index (1919); Too Fat to Fight (1918); Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand (1918); Laughing Bill Hyde (1918); Money Mad (1918); The Glorious Adventure (1918); All Woman (1918); The Face in the Dark (1918); Mrs. Slacker (1918); Parentage (1917); A Woman of Clay (1917); June Madness (1917); The Double Room Mystery (1917); Jungle Gentleman (1916); Partners (1916); A Child of Mystery (1916); The Sign of the Poppy (1916); Somewhere on the Battle Field (1916); Partners (1916); The Crystal's Warning (1916); Temptation and the Man (1916); A Knight of the Night (1916); The Evil Women Do (1916); A Dead Yesterday (1916); The Rogue with a Heart (1916); The Devil's Image (1916); The Milk Battle (1916); The Illegal Bucket Shops (1916); The Insurance Swindlers (1916); America Saved from War (1916); The Railroad Monopoly (1916); Grinding Life Down (1916); Agnes Kempler's Sacrifice (1915); The Traction Grab (1915); The Tenement House Evil (1915); Liquor and the Law (1915); Graft (1915); The Phantom Fortune (1915); The Measure of Leon Du Bray (1915); The Man in the Chair (1915); The Silent Battle (1915); The Tenor (1915); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); The Eagle (1915); Extravagance (1915); A Substitute Widow (1915); The Flight of a Night Bird (1915); Jane's Declaration of Independence (1915); The White Terror (1915); Courtmartialed (1915); Matty's Decision (1915); The Bombay Buddha (1915); The Black Pearl (1915); A Photoplay Without a Name, or: A $50.00 Reward (1915); The Son of His Father (1915); Professional Jealousy (1915); The House of Fear (1915); She Was His Mother (1915); Peg o' the Wilds (1914); In Self Defense (1914); The Old Bell-Ringer (1914); Love and Baseball (1914); The Tenth Commandment (1914); Redemption (1914); When the Heart Calls (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); His Last Chance (1914); On the Chess Board of Fate (1914); Miss Nobody from Nowhere (1914); The Silver Loving Cup (1914); The Opal Ring (1914); Temper vs. Temper (1914); Where There's a Will There's a Way (1914); Forgetting (1914).

Maya Angelou, on writing:

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

- Maya Angelou.

Happy Thanksgiving :)

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

- Meister Eckhart.

On this day in movie history - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019):

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,

directed by Marielle Heller,

written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster,

was released in the United States on November 22, 2019.
Based on Can You Say Hero? by Tom Junod, a 1998 article published in Esquire.
Music by Nate Heller.

Cast:
Tom Hanks, Fred Rogers, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard, Noah Harpster, Christine Lahti, Carmen Cusack, Jessica Hecht, Maddie Corman, Daniel Krell, Zoey Harsh, Joanne Rogers, David Newell, Bill Isler, Margy Whitmer, Arsenio Hall, Oprah Winfrey.

On this day in movie history - The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017):

The Man Who Invented Christmas,

directed by Bharat Nalluri,

written by Susan Coyne,

based on the book by Les Standiford,

was released in the United States on November 22, 2017.
Music by Mychael Danna.

Cast:
Dan Stevens, Ely Solan, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Callow, Donald Sumpter, Miriam Margolyes, Morfydd Clark, Justin Edwards, Miles Jupp, Ian McNeice, David McSavage, Bill Paterson, John Henshaw, Annette Badland, Anna Murphy, Jasper Hughes-Cotter, Eddie Jackson, Paul Kealyn, Aleah Lennon, Ger Ryan, Cosimo Fusco, Valeria Bandino, Donna Marie Sludds.

On this day in music history - Portrait of a Waterfall, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2005):

The album Portrait of a Waterfall,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on November 22, 2005.